England Gains One In Each Of Nine Precincts
PINEVILLE RNS Nine precincts counted in the recount of County Court Paul England gained one vote apiece in Kopperston Lynco Sun Hill Oceana Coal Mountain Cabell Wolf Pen Mullens High and Pineville Grade One hundred voters in Kopperston did not vote for any of the four Democrats running for County Court England Hansberger Straley or Chambers. Similar abstentions occurred at Lynco with 80 ballots unmarked. At Covel 25 or 30 did not vote in the three member court. South Mullens and West Mullens were to be recounted this afternoon. England said results may influence his decision to continue the recount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Paul England
Kopperston
Lynco
Sun Hill
Oceana
Coal Mountain
Cabell, Wolf
Pen
Mullens High
County Court—England
Joe Hansbarger
Harry Straley
C. C. Chambers
Former County Man Hurt On Fishing Trip
A cliff collapsed while two men fished, trapping Hatcher who was crushed as rocks weighed two to four tons. His companion freed him and summoned Radford Rescue Squad. He was taken to Community Hospital Radford two hours after the accident with possible internal injuries and a broken leg. His condition was listed as satisfactory. He was visited by aunts Lena Richardson and Bettie Hatcher, Darrell, Maple Meadow, Bertha Meadows, Sophia, and great uncle W. C. Hatcher, Pleasant Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatcher
Radford
Lena Richardson
Darrell
Maple Meadow
Bettie Hatcher
Mabscott
Bertha Meadows
Sophia
W. C. Hatcher
Pleasant Hills
Burglars Lose Hide-Seek Game At Kansas City Market
Police cornered two burglars above a false ceiling after a two and a half hour pursuit in a Kansas City supermarket. A German shepherd helped locate suspects Walter Elwell 25 and D K Williams, an ex convict, and Leo D Welsh. All three were booked for investigation of burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Somone
Caneeenael Aan
Duke
Arthur Felts
Felt
D. K. Williams
Ed Ritterhoff
Pelee
Leo D. Welsh
Walter Elwell
Stanaford Driver Held On Two Counts
William Lee Bennett, 29, Stanaford, jailed at Raleigh County Jail at 5 a.m. on charges of driving while drunk and driving a vehicle with an expired inspection sticker. City Police arrested him. Frank H MacArthur released at 6:25 a.m. after serving time for permitting a drunk to drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lee Bennett
Stanaford
Raleigh County
Frank H MacArthur
Riot injures policemen and militants amid 20000 crowd clash
Police dispersed a crowd of about 20,000 after a riot left ten policemen and six communists injured. Pajetta was arrested for remarks deemed offensive to the Italian government and a friendly nation amid a tense protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat
United States
Soviet Union
Pajetta
West Virginia Last Year and Regional Education Ties
State brief notes that West Virginia and Ohio faced continued talent drain in education. It cites 8,482 teachers trained over a decade and accuses Kentucky and West Virginia legislatures of letting teacher talent be bled from their states. The Columbus division of North American Aviation will build a 600 foot diameter radio telescope dish at Sugar Grove. M. L. O Neale resigns as chief engineer of the State Road Commission after 33 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Ohio Educaton, Sr
Ohio
Kenucky
Columbus
North American Aviation, Inc
Sugar Grove
W. Va
M .L. O’neale
State Road Commission
Patrick C. Graney
Mark Twain Coach Injured By Harrow Incident
Mark Twain High School coach Glenn P. Daniel is reported in fair condition at Beckley Hospital with a scalp injury from a harrow accident Monday evening. He had been using a horse to pull the implement to work a plot of ground when turning into a gate the harrow apparently tipped over and struck him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn P. Daniel
Lester
Mark Twain High School
Beckley Hospital
Lockie Daniel
Newborn Legislation Referred to Labor Committee
In Trenton New Jersey a bill affecting county maternity hospitals has been sent to the state senate Labor Committee for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N.J
State Senate
Mark Twain High Withdraws From Raleigh County League
Mark Twain High will be missed from the Raleigh County League after withdrawing as only 17 players remained on its football team. The move leaves Clear Fork and Byrd Prillerman as the Class A teams in contention for the league title while Mark Twain’s 1960-61 opponents will be notified to find new schedules. Coach Glen P. Daniel is hospitalized for scalp injuries from a farming accident Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Mark Twain
Clear Fork
Byrd Prillerman
Glen P. Daniel
Beckley
Missing Man Seen Fails To Return Home
Fred Brown, 38, of Crab Orchard, missing for a week, was reportedly seen at The Canteen tavern in Shady Spring by the operator Monday. Police hunt Brown who reportedly carried a large sum of money when he left home. He drives a 1951 light blue Cadillac with California plate KWV 789. Anyone with information should contact State Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Brown
Shady Spring
Brown
Register
Hazel Oar
California
Bond hearing set for 84-year-old in Gunnoe slaying case
A bond hearing for Robert Lee Stewart, 84, of Naoma, charged with the Saturday night slaying of Herbert Gunnoe Jr., will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Raleigh County Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lee Stewart
Naoma
Herbert Gunnoe Jr
Raleigh County
Election Officials Merit Praised by County Commissioners
County commissioners commended election officials for their efficient and honest handling of the primary election. They noted long hours spent tabulating votes and the support provided by county citizens. A recount in three Marsh Fork precincts found no change, following Fred Massey’s petition against William Brown. The court discussed landfill servicing bids from Carson Kelly and Glen White at Arnett and Metalton, with proposed wages around $10 per hour. The next court meeting was set for the following week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsh Fork
Fred Massey
Democratic
William Brown
Carson Kelly
Glen White
Arnett
Metalton
Kelly
Deaths of notable figures across nations
AP reports list of deaths including Yen Hsi shan former mainland premier of Nationalist China at 77 from a heart attack. Louis Marin former French minister and deputy aged 89. Ida Morgan mother of the Stage Door Canteen in New York at 87. George Claude French neon light inventor aged 90. Leo Casey former Republican National Committee PR chief at 60. Sol Polito Hollywood camera man, 67, veteran of Warner Bros. studios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Yen Hsi-shan
Nationalist China
Shensi Province
Yen
Chiang Kai-shek
Paris
Louis Marin
New York
Ida Morgan
George Claude
Leo Casey
Republican National Committee
Hollywood
Sol Polito
Biograph Co
New York City
Sicily
Polito
Warner Bros. Studios
Rockefeller Abandons Nomination Bid Amid Nixon Support
Governor Rockefeller withdrew from the nomination race while acknowledging strong party backing for Vice President Richard Nixon. He recalled his plan to speak plainly on national issues and praised President Eisenhower's dignity amid Khrushchev's Paris aggression. He said the pre Paris conduct did not justify a total debacle nor a sure victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Mabscott Boy Sent To Pruntytown Today
A 15 year old Mabscott youth was sentenced to Pruntytown by Raleigh County Juvenile Court Judge Harry L. McCreery after breaking and entering the Mabscott post office. He was on probation from Wyoming County Court and will turn 16 next month. The youth is one of seven children from a broken home and had been living with an aunt in Wyoming County before moving to Mabscott with another aunt. He had not attended school for about three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabscott
Pruntytown
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
Wyoming County
Kennedy Defends Stand Amid Paris Summit Collapse
Senate hearings are set to examine the Paris summit failure with Fulbright inviting Herter and Dulles to testify. Kennedy denounces appeasement charges, says the spy plane incident harmed summit prospects and American prestige while denying calls for presidential apologies. Stevenson denies published quotes. Dirksen notes possible misattribution.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Paris
Christian A. Herter
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Senate
Hugh Scott -Pa
Stevenson
Portland
Ore
Eisenhower
Mmet
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Scott
United States
French-Presse
Berlin
Europe
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Marianna Man Fined and Jailed in East Pineville Incident
A Marianna man faced fines and jail time after an incident near Lotties Place in East Pineville. Rutherford testified Byrd struck a car owned by Paul McGraw. Byrd appeals to circuit court as operator’s license is suspended for six months for drunk driving at a hearing near Jack Pizzino, Glen Ork. Paugh was arrested Saturday at 3 pm near Glen Fork by State Police Trooper Stanley Epling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Pineville
Rutherford
Byrd
Paul McGraw
Jack Pizzino
Glen Ork
Paugh
Glen Fork
Stanley Epling
Reds Free C47 Crew From East German Regime
Soviet and American authorities jointly addressed the incident involving a C47 aircraft freed from East German control. Five crewmen and four passengers were aboard the plane, including pilot Captain James Lundy and copilot Captain George Jordan, with other crew members and passengers from Ohio, Georgia, New York, and Texas. The event highlights postwar tensions and Western recognition dynamics in a volatile Cold War context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Palmer Lundy
Findlay
Ohio
George A. Jorldan
West Ae Ind
William Thomas Frewen
Tex
Setoo Porter
Chester Kenneth Sleezer
Galway
Saratoga County
N.Y
Paul K. McCash
Atlanta
Air F
James P. Garvin
Woodbine
Ee Morrison
Cleveland
Spy Debate Sees U2 Incident Feed U.N Open Skies Talk
The U N Security Council resumed debate on the May Day U 2 downing near Sverdlovsk as Henry Cabot Lodge disputed Soviet charges of U S aerial espionage. Lodge defended U S policy, urged an open skies treaty and accused the Soviet Union of spying intently near Long Island, listing 11 unreported U S ground space violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Cabot Lodge
Sverdlovsk
Soviet Union
Gromyko
Uni
Lodge
Eisenhower
U.S
United States
Korea
Hungary
Free World
Cyclist Injured In Beckley Fall
Cynthia Clark a 12 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Clark of Tams was treated at Beckley Hospital Monday for facial and knee lacerations after she fell from a bicycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Clark
Charles Clark
Tams
Beckley Hospital
Deaths and Funerals Shirely Donnelly in charge
Shirley Donnelly in charge of funerals as obituaries list Shirley Tennant and John F. Lusk with service details. Mrs. Tennant of Kilsyth and Oak Hill area dies after illness at Oak Hill hospital aged 93. Survivors include husband Saul and three sons Ira Boyd Charles and Homer, plus siblings and seven grandchildren. Services at Rose and Quesenberry and Tyree funeral homes. Also notes final rites for John F. Lusk aged 74 of Itmann with burial near Herndon Heights.
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Shirley Donnelly
Peprial
Odd Fellows
Oak Hill
Columbia
D. C
Kenneth Bibb
Roanoke
Beulah Prather
Eva Slayton
Dunbar
Hazel Puckett
Kilsyth
Rose and Quesenberry
Puckett
Funeral Services for Mrs Cora Grove at Backus Church
Funeral services for Mrs Cora Grove will be held at the Baptist Church in Backus. Born July 2, 1880, she was a daughter of Charles and Nancy Eagle Crotty. Survivors include a daughter Bessie Adkins of Backus and multiple sons, with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. The body will depart Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle for the son Russell’s home at 5 p.m. today and proceed to the church one hour before the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Grove
Backus
Charles
Nancy Eagle Crotty
Bessie Adkins
Cecil
Beckley
Sam
Midway
Edgar
Chicago
Wallace and Wallace
East Rainelle
Russell
Final rites for Mrs Katie Kincaid held at Maple Fork
Services for 76 year old Mrs Katie Bell Kincaid of Maple Fork are set for 2 p m Thursday at Maple Fork Baptist Church with Rev C H Paintary Beckley. She died Monday at a hospital after a long illness born Elk River 1884. Survivors include Calif Delmas Kincaid Marlinton two daughters Mary Epperly and Cynthia Hodges Scarbro 21 grandchildren eight great grandchildren. Body to be moved from Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope to Maple Fork home at 4 p m Wednesday and to church an hour before services. (RNS) Final rites incomplete for Sam Ricks 47 Mullens who died Monday afternoon of a heart attack at the Blacke Mine where he worked. He was stricken minutes before entering the mine. Ricks a second shift supply man was pronounced dead on arrival of Dr George Fordham from Verne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Bell Kincaid
Maple Fork
Maple Fork Baptist Church
C. H. Painttery
Beckley
Kincaid
Elk River
Calif
Delmas Kincaid
Marlinton
Mary Epperly
Cynthia Hodges
Scarbro
Sam Ricks
Mullens
Black E
Ricks
George Fordham
Verne
South
Steve Malenick death notice in Beckley area
Steve Malenick of Tepttallow died in Beckley after a heart attack. A disabled employee of the Central Appalachian Coal Co. Morris is one stepson David L. Bower Mullens one brother Frank Welch one sister Mrs Marie Newark N J two
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Malenick
Tepttallow
Central Appalachian Coal Co
Morris
David L. Bower
Mullens
Frank, Welch
Marie Ee
Newark
N. J
Walter C Romine Dies After Heart Attack at Home
Walter C Romine age 65 died at his home about 7:30 p.m. Monday after a heart attack. Born in Cirtsville he was employed. Survivors include his wife Mildred Romine a sister Mrs G C Maynor of Cirtsville four sons Ross Jack Mickey all of Chicago Illinois and David of Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Romine
Ville
Cirtsville
Funeral arrangements for Ashton H Newsom Bisley
Richmond funeral home calls for completion of arrangements for Ashton H Newsom Bisley at Newsom Bisley Funeral Home in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bisley Funeral Home
Richmond
Israel Captures Nazi Criminal Eichmann in Jerusalem
Israel announced the arrest of Adolf Eichmann after a 14 year hunt and said he would be tried in Jaffa under Nazi trial laws. Premier Ben-Gurion pledged a full trial for the former Himmler aide suspected of exterminating six million Jews, with possible death penalty discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Hitler
Israel
Jaffa
David Ben-Gurion
Eichmann
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Australia
Switzerland
Middle East
West Germany
Ministry of Justice
Tidal waves hit multiple coastlines with limited casualties
A Santiago newspaper reports 24 foot tides washing over Chilean towns and 15 foot peaks on New Zealand coast. Dozens of small boats drifted away as harbors suffered damage from Sydney to Formosa. Crescent City residents report injuries and water pushing into town, while Los Angeles to Long Beach face harbor closures and debris damage.
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Queule
Santiago
New Zealand
Australia
Sydney
Formosa
California
Los Angeles
Long Beach
San Diego
Cantor, A
Court rules against spouse damages suit citing public policy
Wyoming court forbids action for damages between spouses over personal injuries. It warned that allowing such suits would burden marriage, strain relations, and invite lawsuits for every real or fancied wrong, contravening public policy and common law.
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England
Webb's Florist
William Dale Shaffer Jr
Fairmont
Elks
Joan Kay Yasui
Hood Rover
Stephen K. Smith
Lafayette
Ind
U. S
Shaffer
Delta Air Line
Richard M. Nikon
Pennsylvania
Florida
Toyo
Japan
Harrow
Mark Twain High
Gov
Rockefeller
OPEN
Stamford Rd
Eastwan
Tony Randall
Thelma Ritter
Johnson Asks
Marianna
Dr. In
Louis Prima
Keely Smith
Kerwin Mathews
Dick York
Mervyn LE Te
Enon
Ken Ee Kovacs Moore
McCarthy
Shawn
Glen Jean
Jane
Doris Day
Jack Lemmon
THE
Robert Mitchum
Elisabeth Mueller
Viola Tennant
Nashville, Tenn
Mary Masktinz
Akron
Tyree Funeral Home
Mount Hope
John F. Lusk
W. A. Curtis
Marin Ha Shan Eed
Cora Vandall
Mrs
Katie Kincaid
Walter
Romine
Wyoming
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