119 Injured In Chicago Elevated Train Collision
CHICAGO AP At least 119 people were injured in a head tail collision of two jammed rush hour elevated trains near Milwaukee Avenue between Damen and Western stations. About 800 passengers were aboard the two trains and many were treated at the scene or hospitalized. A passenger described a loud crash with sparks and chaos as the rear train rammed the front one. The motorman Dominick Paris freed by firemen after being trapped for over half an hour said he had just pulled away from Western Avenue when a train stalled ahead. Hospitals reported at least 92 injured, with 27 at St Mary of Nazareth and none in serious condition.
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Chicago
Logan Square
Jenny Rogus
Milwaukee Ave
Dominick Paris
Paris
St. Elizabeth
St. Mary of Nazareth
WVU lands Thorn and Shuck to boost Schaus recruit class
West Virginia University coach Fred Schaus lands two top stars for 1959. Rod Thorn of Princeton and Dave Shuck of Lookout High School choose WVU over Maryland, after Shuck briefly considered the Terrapins. Maryland coach Bud Milikan confirms Shuck’s switch and notes the July 10 deadline. The pair join a wave of Mountaineer recruits including Mike Wolfe, Guy Elmore, Jim Moe Cormick, Bill Londeree, and Carl Ward, forming Schaus’s strongest prospect group.
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West Virginia University
Fred Schaus
Mountaineers
Dave Shuck
Lookout High School
Rod Thorn
Princeton
WVU
Maryland
Bud Millikan
Shuck
Millikan
Thorn
Schaus
University
Mike Wolfe
DuPont
Guy Elmore
Charleston
Stonewall Jackson
Jim MoeCormick
Greenbrier Military School
New Martinsville
South Charleston
Bill Londeree
Carl Ward
Ex Register Editor Dies Hurst Rites Set At Parkersburg
Charles L. Hurst former Ra leigh Register city editor died in Greenville hospital at 12 10 a m Sunday A native of Parkersburg he worked at Parkersburg Publishing Co Staunton Daily Leader Newport News Daily Press Beckley Register Wilmington News and wrote Mrs Murphy and Mrs O Toole columns He survived by sister Miss Florence Hurst in New York City funeral and graveside services planned in Greenville and Parkersburg
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Charles L. Hurst
Raleigh Register
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Greenville
S. C
Mount Carmel
Parkersburg
Hurst
Parkersburg Publishing Co
Wood County
Staunton
Leader
Newport News
The
Daily Press, Inc
Beckley
Register
Wilmington
N.C
Mrs. Murphy
O’toole
Florence Hurst
New York City
AFL-CIO Seeks Changes to Labor Control Bill
Washington AP AFL-CIO leaders meet to decide changes to the Kennedy Ervin labor control bill they previously supported. They may condition support on removing Senate amendments and oppose it in the House if altered. House hearings extend weeks with a June or July readiness target. Unions claim new provisos would hamstring leaders. Teamsters and United Mine Workers oppose new laws. Chamber of Commerce plans a detailed analysis.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
Senate
AFL - Cio
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-Nc
House
House Labor
Federation
Secretary of Labor
John L. Meclellan
D-Ark
Congress
Teamsters
United Mine Workers
James R. Hoffa
Miners Union
John L. Lewis
McClellan
United States Chamber of Commerce
Two Beckley Masons Receive York Cross Honor
Beckley men Verne L. Tucker and Carey B. Canterbury have been named Knights of the York Cross of Honour the highest York Rite degree. Tucker and Canterbury each held the four top offices in the rite including master high priest commander and Priory member. Since inception 7,302 North Americans have earned the award amid a four million member fraternity.
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Beckley
York Cross of Honour
York Rite of Freemasonry
Verne L. Tucker
Locust Drive
Carey B. Canterbury
Westwood Drive
Rite
Tucker
Canterbury
Lodge of Masons
Royal Arch Masons
Mount Hope
West Virginia
North America
Delegate Selected for Synod Meeting
Elder A. J. Walker will represent Beckley Presbyterian Church at the Presbyterian Synod of West Virginia meeting at 10 a m Thursday in the First Presbyterian Church of South Charleston. Dr B B Richmond, a Beckley church member, will report as president of the men of the Synod. The Rev James W Witherspoon, pastor, will also attend.
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A. J. Walker
Beckley
Retiring Moderator Addresses Presbytery
Bluestone Presbytery retiring moderator Elder A. O B Hogue spoke at the 9 30 a m meeting in Brodley Presbyterian Church The Beckley session was represented by Elder James K Edmundson The Rev James W Witherspoon pastor of Beckley Presbyterian Church also attended.
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A. O'B. Hogue
Bluestone Presbytery
Brodley Presbyterian Church
Toay
Beckley
James K. Edmundson
James W. Witherspoon
Beckley Presbyterian Church
High Court Rejects Wyoming County Divorce Case
The Supreme Court refused to review a Wyoming county order granting Mrs. Virginia Hammond a divorce and awarding her alimony below her request. The decision leaves the lower ruling intact with the reduced alimony.
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High Court
Wyoming
Charleston
Supreme Court
Virginia Hammond
Raleigh Circuit Court Launches May Term
Today marks the start of the May term of Raleigh County Circuit Court. Docket includes non contested divorces chancery cases and pleadings filings. Jurors summoned for the term report for duty next Monday.
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Raleigh County Circuit Court
Two Saved After Crash In Desert
Two Arizona men Lonnie Davison and R V Powell were rescued after five days stranded in desert south central Arizona. Their small plane crashed between Ray and Tucson leaving them without food or water in 100 degree heat. Davison, dehydrated with a broken ankle and a cracked vertebra, crawled eight miles toward the Gila River before rescue. Powell suffered a broken arm a broken leg and chest injuries.
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Kearney
Ariz
Arizona
Lonnie Davison
R. V. Powell
Tucson
Ray, Ariz
Davison
Gila River
Powell
Pemberton Man Fined and Jailed in County Court
Harry Brown Owens Sr. was fined 60 dollars and costs and sentenced to 10 days in Raleigh County Jail after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated and operating without a license. He was jailed Sunday night with Carlos Max Lilly, who faced a 50 dollar fine and costs for allowing an intoxicated unlicensed driver to use his vehicle. Dennis Dale Honaker was remanded to jail on a 50 dollar fine for driving while drunk, with a 500 dollar property bond posted today. Uel Bragg and Carson Jack Roark also appear in related local detentions for moonshine possession and expired license plates.
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Harry Brown Owens Sr
Pemberton
Raleigh
Cotton White
Owens
Carlos Max Lilly
Lilly
Dennis Dale Honaker
Arnett
W. A. Burke
Honaker
Uel Bragg
Shady Spring
Carson Jack Roark
Tennessee
Car goes off road injures seven in three incidents
Seven people escaped injury when a 1951 car driven by Robert L. Richmond left the Metalton highway at 7 45 p m and went over an embankment. Six passengers were unhurt. In a separate Sunday incident William Akers and Roy Duncan collided on the 1921 By Pass near Route 19 injuring Duncan and causing $500 damage. Duncan was treated at Beckley Memorial Hospital. no charges yet. Harry Owen, driving drunk, left MacArthur road and hit a parked car. he received 10 days in jail and $60 fine after a hearing.
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Metalton
Robert L. Richmond
Chicago
Richmond
William Riley Akers
Myers Avenue
Roy
Lee Duncan
Oak Hill
Duncan
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Harry B. Owen
Pemberton
MacArthur
Roy Carter
Beckley
Owen
Cotton White
Raleigh County Board of Education to appoint Leeber successor
A special Raleigh County Board of Education meeting is set for 7 39 p m Wednesday to appoint a replacement for A P Tony Leeber. Leeber was removed after the state Supreme Court of Appeals would not review his case and he had earlier been ousted for voting to employ his wife as a schoolteacher. Litigation began in November 1957 and the new member will be a Beckley resident as the board seeks a full turnover with several long serving members departed.
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A. P
Tony” Leeber
Leeber
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Raleigh County Circuit Court
O. A. Phillips
Beckley
Raleigh County
James H. Trail
B. C. Callaway
H. Dale Covey
Carl Jarrell
Gates Named Deputy Defense Secretary in Eisenhower Era
Thomas S. Gates Jr. will become the deputy secretary of defense, succeeding the late Donald A. Quarles. The 53 year old Republican, former secretary of the Navy, was to retire and return to investment banking with Drexel & Co.
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Washington
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Quarles
McElroy
White House
Gates
Senate
Navy
Eisenhower
William Franke
Drexel & Co
Weather Summary for Beckley and Oak Hill Regions
West Virginia weather outlook shows cloudiness with evening showers possible and a low around 50s. Tuesday warms, becoming partly cloudy. Beaufort area high temps were 67 in Beckley and 70 in Oak Hill with overnight lows around 44 to 40. River conditions at Bellepoint report Greenbrier normal, Bluestone Reservoir clearing with two gates open and gauge at 2.6 feet.
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Beckley High
Cgrpious Ciscccce Rae
OAK Hill High
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Illinois Students Stop In Beckley On Tour
The Cairo high school senior class stopped in Beckley on their bus tour of eastern historic points. They were entertained at Teen Town Saturday evening and attended the 7:45 a m church service at the Presbyterian Church Sunday morning before resuming their journey.
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Cairo,Tl
Beckley
United States
Presbyterian Church
Seven Traffic Deaths Listed In West Virginia Week End
The Associated Press reports nine accident deaths in West Virginia over the weekend, with seven from traffic incidents. Fatalities push the year toll to 138, including 23 in May, compared to 114 by this date last year. Notables include Robert Austin of St. Albans and David W. Dawson of Moundsville, among others, with drivers not charged in at least one case.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Robert Austin
St. Albans
U. S. 60
Rachel J. Allen
David W. Dawson
Moundsville
David A. Patrick
Mononigah
John Greynolds Jr
Charleston
James Hayes
Elkins
U. S. 33
Randolph County
Willard Junior Shomo
U. S. 250
Four To Attend FBI Conference In Charleston
Four Beckley police officers Capt M E Tyree Lt E A Ballengee and State Police Capt H R Shields Lt Altare Co D Beckley are slated to attend a Charleston FBI conference Tuesday. Organized crime is the theme under E H Winterrowd in charge at 10 a m in Charleston City Council Chambers with invited police officials from West Virginia.
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Charleston
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
West Virginia
M. E. Tyree
E. A. Ballengee
Beckley
H. R. Shields
Altare
D. Beckley
E. H. Winterrowd
Pittsburgh, Pa
Trusty Traps Inmates After Jail Elevator Escape
In Huntington AP report a prisoner known as a trusty halted an elevator escape at Cabell County jail by throwing an emergency power switch trapping three inmates. The escape was foiled when deputies and police regained custody of Homer Lyons 3 Burt Phillips 28 and Albert Grades 30 all awaiting trial on armed robbery charges.
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Homer Lyons
Burt Phillips
Albert Grades
West Virginia University Adds Rod Thorne to Basketball Roster
In a casual note, Rod Thorne will join West Virginia University's basketball program. Sherwood Glutz reports a calm morning with rain keeping fields unused and days free from political speech or quarrels. The tone is light and cheerful about sports news.
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Haint
Rod Thorne
West Virginia University
Three WVU Cagers Unhurt In Wreck
Three West Virginia University basketball players Willie Akers Paul Butch Goode and All American Jerry West escaped injuries after a wreck on the West Virginia Turnpike The 1953 59 Mountaineers were returning to Morgantown from Beckley with the accident near milepost 58 causing $150 in damage Akers was driving a 1955 hardtop coupe when a tie rod dropped off the car went out of control crossed the guard rail and slid to a stop No injuries were reported and the trio were taken to West Virginia Wests Cabin Creek home before the car was towed to Charleston and traded for a new vehicle
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West Virginia University
Rod Thorn
Princeton
Morgantown
Willie Akers
Mullens
Paul
Butch” Goode
Pineville
Jerry West
Cabin Creek
Mountaineer
California
West Virginia
Akers
Blackton
Simms
West
Charleston
W. D. Akers
Willie
Arr
Western powers offer to discuss Berlin separate from German issues
Geneva AP Western powers proposed discussing Berlin with the Soviet Union apart from other German matters while insisting Berlin cannot be settled in isolation from German reunification and European security. The joint statement sought to calm Western rifts over a stopgap Berlin plan amid differing views on package talks and potential stopgap solutions.
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Geneva
Berlin
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
U. S
Andrei Gromyko
West
East Berlin
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Palace of Nations
Russia
Court upholds $150,000 verdict in boy injury case
U S Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirms $150,000 award to a West Virginia boy injured on a railway trestle. The Beckley District Court also upheld $17,500 to the child’s parents. James Ernest Rose, age nine, was struck on May 15, 1957, by a Virginian Railway Co. train at Pineville, West Virginia, losing a leg and most of his right arm.
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Richmond, Va
U. S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
West Virginia
Beckley
W. Va
Federal District Court
James Ernest Rose
Virginian Railway Co
Pineville
Police Probe Break-In At Lester School
State Police investigate a weekend break-in at Lester Junior High School. Entry method unknown. Only a record player was reported stolen.
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Lester
Lester Junior High School
Mrs Holliday Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Carrie Holliday aged about 80 dies at home after a decade of illness. Born Riverton October 9 1869, she is survived by husband Rev J W Holliday and daughter Virginia. Funeral arrangements pending at Caffee Funeral Home.
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Carrie Holliday
Harper Rd
Riverton
Wesley
Lucinda Dooley
J. W. Holliday
Virginia
Caffee
Ordered Into Court James Davis Teen Targeted For Court Appearance
James Davis 17 of Mabscott was cited by City Police at 7 p.m. Sunday for following another vehicle too closely and was ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court tonight.
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James Davis
Mabscott
Beckley
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