Presbyterian Church Merger Predicted in Assembly Vote Today
At the 168th General Assembly in Philadelphia the Presbyterian Church in the U S A weighs a two way merger with the United Presbyterian Church Union of 235000 members faces name change debates and approval votes in Knoxville Next June Proffitt the lay moderator from Maryville is leading the session as the church moves toward unity over controversial branding and unity issues
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Philadelphia
168Th General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
United Presbyterian Church
U.S
General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church General Assembly
Knoxville
Tenn
David W. Profitt
Proffitt
Maryville
Bailey seeks extra funds for Sutton Dam project
Representative Bailey of West Virginia asks for an additional 2.2 million dollars for Sutton Dam in the Elk River area. He says the Army Engineers could use the money alongside 4.5 million dollars already approved, with bids possibly lower if work continues without interruption. The project aims to begin in the year starting July 1, with total estimated cost about 28 million.
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Washington
Army
Bailey
D-Wva
Sutton Dam
West Virginia
Budget Bureau
Congress
Elk River
Sutton
Cosily
Ingnent
En Have
Beckleyan Charged Following Accident
Beckley resident T. C. Glashen was ordered to appear at Beckley Police Court on Monday night to answer a charge of leaving the scene of an accident. Police said his car struck two vehicles on South Kanawha Street around 11 a.m., and he did not stop. One vehicle was owned by Pointer Floral Shop. details on the other were unavailable.
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T. C. Glashen
Beckley
Glashen
South Kanawha St
Pointer Floral Shop
Beckley Man Critical After Self-Inflicted Gunshot
Delmer Carper aged 114 Miller Street remained in critical condition at Raleigh General Hospital today. He was admitted Wednesday after reportedly shooting himself in the chest with a .22 caliber rifle and had been under doctor care since January.
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Delmer Carper
Miller St
Raleigh General Hospital
State Convict's Bid for Freedom Lasted 8 Years
MARTINSVILLE Virginia police nabbed frazier Mulkey 33 after eight years on the run from the West Virginia State Prison. Convicted of voluntary manslaughter in August 197, he escaped 14 months later. Mulkey drove to his brother Ray Mulkey's farm near Axton where Sgt J H Barnes and Trooper J M Keck arrested him. He admitted his identity and said he had lived nationwide, including Florida California and Front Royal. He was held at Henry County jail awaiting West Virginia reclaim action. Mulkey is a native of Tazewell County Virginia.
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Martinsville
Frazier Mulkey
West Virginia
Mulkey
Virginia
Axton
J. H. Barnes
J. M. Keck
Wytheville
Barnes
Ray
Florida
California
Front Royal
Henry County
Tazewell County
Raleigh County Graduations Set Tonight for 1200 Seniors
Graduation exercises are held tonight for seniors at six Raleigh County high schools. Classes ended today and about 800 seniors have already received diplomas. Tonight 1,200 more diplomas will be awarded at Sophia, Trap Hill, Clear Fork, Stratton, Shady Spring and Woodrow Wilson high schools.
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Raleigh County
Sophia
Trap Hill
Clear Fork
Stratton
Shady Spring
Woodrow Wilson
Arnett Man Burned In Bed Fire At Home
Paul Webb, 31, of Arnett, remained in critical condition at Beckley Hospital after his bed caught fire while he was smoking. He suffered first and third degree burns covering about 59 to 61 percent of his body, and was admitted at 7 10 a m today for treatment.
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Paul Webb
Arnett
Beckley Hospital
Webb
Eisenhower calls for world science centers to aid free nations
President Eisenhower, amid Baylor commencement in Waco, denounced communism as a gigantic failure and urged U S universities to help create science education centers in needy free nations. He pressed for a stronger European union and warned against penny wise foreign aid, arguing it risks greater costs and threats to world peace.
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Waco
Tex
Eisenhower
America
United States
Europe
Baylor University
Penny Wise
House Foreign Affairs Com
Washington
Free Nations
U. S
Northeast Suffers Crop Killing Frosts
Record cold hit the northeast with temperatures in the 20s in northern New England and readings from 24 to 28 degrees in Maine New Hampshire and New Jersey. Damage to fruit trees tomatoes beans squash sweet corn and cucumbers was reported. Rhode Island Rhode Island growers burned fires to shield orchards while cranberry bogs were flooded to combat frost on Long Island crops.
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New England
Houston
Maine
Lebanon
N.H
Caribou
Millinocket
Old Town
Jamestown
N.Y
Kinnelon
N.J
Newark
New York City
Rhode Island
Long Island
Brookhaven
Old Brookville
President Sukarno Enjoys New York City Sightseeing Visit
NEW YORK The Indonesian president charmed crowds and school groups during a Manhattan tour. He chatted with residents, quizzed students on geography, and spoke with Dag Hammarskjold at the UN before visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a Columbia University ceremony where he joked about his nickname Bungkarno.
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New York
Sukarno
Manhattan
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jurors Won't Reopen Clark Murder Case
Newburyport Mass. Attorney General Fingold vows a new probe after a Essex County grand jury declines to indict. Lorraine Clark, 30, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in her husband’s 1954 shooting and body dump. She later claimed another person was involved, named Arthur Jackson as a former lover who is already serving a three year sentence for adultery.
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Newburyport
Mass
Massachusetts
Clark
Lorraine Clark
Essex County
George Fingold
Fingold
Women's Reformatory
Merrimack
Arthur Jackson
Jackson
Cross Suits Continued in Raleigh County Circuit Court
Judge Norman Knapp continued one cross suit action to the next term of Raleigh County Circuit Court. The suits, appealed from a lower court, involve Union Day and Nite Taxi Co Inc versus M O Peters and Peters against the taxi company.
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Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Union Day and Nite Taxi Co., Inc
M. O. Peters
Peters
Taxi Company
Miners Strike Over Roof-Bolting Paralyzes WV Ops
About 2,000 miners idle in Monongalia and Harrison counties as an unauthorized walkout spreads from Williams No. 98 mine at Nora to five other Consolidation Coal and Christopher Coal Corp. operations. Pickets seen at Owings No. 32. UMW District 31 chief Urbaniak calls the action unwarranted. strike stems from roof-bolting terms disputed with management and State Mines Department.
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Clarksburg
Monongalia
Harrison
Williams No. 98
Nora
Consolidation Coal Co
West Virginia
Christopher Coal Corp
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Cecil J. Urbaniak
Fairmont
United Mine Workers District 31
Urbaniak
Williams Mine
State Mines Department
Mystery Blast Kills Chicago Man
A Chicago man was killed by a blast on a North Side street. Police found papers bearing the name C. W. Campbell or Mike Campbell, 58, from a South Side address. A car registered to Campbell was nearby with .22 cartridges and race sheets in the trunk and $522 on the body. Residents within a half mile heard the explosion.
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Chicago
C. W
Mike) Campbell
South Side
Campbell
Dothan Pastor Dies After Mine Accident
The Rev. Henry Britt, about 45, of Dothan, died at Oak Hill Hospital from chest and head injuries sustained while working the New River Co. mine at Carlisle. He was on the midnight shift when the 5 a.m. accident occurred. Investigations by company officials and mine inspectors are underway. The body was taken to Tyree Funeral Home. arrangements are incomplete.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Henry Britt
Dothan
New River Co
Carlisle
Britt
Tyree Funeral Home
Marland praised by Lausche for industry attraction efforts
CHESHIRE Ohio Gov Marland draws praise from Gov Lausche of Ohio at dedication of the Kegger Creek power plant the second largest private capital electric plant in the world Philip A Sporn president of American Gas and Electric Corp explains the plant will use vast coal supplies eight million tons annually and underscores coal's role in the region's utility market The ceremony also highlights the Ohio Valley Electric Corp and notes a sister plant at Clifty Creek Indiana dedicated earlier this week
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Cheshire
Ohio
West Virginia
Marland
Frank Lausche
Lausche
Kgger Creek
Philip A. Sporn
American Gas and Electric Corp
Sporn
Ohio Valley Electric Corp
Atomic Energy
Portsmouth
Clifty Creek, Jnd
Charleston Mayor Copenhaver cites TV censorship incident
Charleston mayor and West Virginia governor race hopeful John T. Copenhaver accused Station WCHS-TV of censorship after a planned 15 minute appearance was canceled. The station said no schedule existed and that he would discuss controversial topics liable for lawsuits.
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Charleston
John T. Copenhaver
Wchs-Tv
West Virginia
Copenhaver
Morton Cohn
Tomb dating to 10 000 B C found in Israel by Perrot
French archeologist Jean Perrot reports a 10 000 B C tomb near En Mallaha in upper Galilee. The site features a stone walled pit over 3 feet deep and 20 feet wide with a paved floor, concentric circles, a basin, and a fireplace. A crouched skeleton with a shell diadem, seven other remains, and Stone Age artifacts suggest a unique early farming hunter site with primitive art in basalt.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Jean Perrot
En Mallaha
Hatsor
Upper Galilee
Perrot
Antiquities Department
African Hepcats Jump To Satchmo's Swing
ACCRA hosts a three day visit by Louis Armstrong noted with a 2000 crowd at a local movie house and street gatherings. The 96 degree heat outside and 100 plus inside framed a vivid jam session as Armstrong played St Louis Blues Back Home in Indiana and He Rambled Till the Butcher Cut Him Down. The Gold Coast crowd presented a talking drum gift while Armstrong praised local reception and New Orleans roots.
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Accra
Gold Coast
Louis Satchmo
Armstrong
St. Louis
New Orleans
Indiana
91 Candidates File Campaign Expenses
Raleigh County candidates filed post primary receipts and expenditures with the county clerk. Five more entries list QO. D. Hall Beckley House of Delegates none $69.50 Edna Wills Mankin Arnett Republican Executive Committee none none James E. Greene Beckley Democratic Executive Committee none $29.28 Buffalo Kessler Eccles constable Trap Hill none $15. The filings bring total compliant candidates to 91 under state law.
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Raleigh
QO. D. Hall
Beckley
House of Delegates
Edna Wills Mankin
Damaged Crate Exposes Workers To Polio Virus
A crate containing live polio virus leaked during a Washington to Baltimore flight on a Capital Airlines DC4. Four boxes were en route to Johns Hopkins Hospital. Swift calls led to immediate immunizations for 22 passengers at Friendship Airport and for Washington and Baltimore staff. Key individuals included Capt Edward A. Tappe and Dr Jonas Salk.
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Baltimore
Capital Airlines
DC4
Washington
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Friendship International
Friendship
Pittsburgh
Jonas Salk
Washington National Airport
Edward A. Tappe
Silver Spring
R. S. Hurley
Arlington
B. A. Miller
Alexandria
Parke Davis Co
Detroit
Beckley Sky Almanac Entry for Weekend Observing
The Sun sets 7 36 p m and rises 5 07 a m Saturday and Sunday. The Moon rises at 8 42 p m with low trajectory Saturday 9 28 p m Last Quarter June 1. Prominent star Arcturus shines high in the south at 10 24 p m. Visible planets Saturn in the southeast at 9 03 p m Jupiter west at 10 39 p m Mare in the southeast at 3 14 a m Venus sets 9 59 p m and moves into Gemini Saturday with Castor and Pollux nearby. next week Venus begins moving toward the constellation.
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Arcturus
Saturn
Mare
Venus
Gemini
Castor
Pollux
Trucker Dies in Brakes Failure on 6th Avenue
New York police report a 49 year old Brooklyn truck driver Sidney Slapo died after his brakes failed near a red light on 6th Avenue Manhattan. He yelled warning pleas and was crushed under his own wheel when the cab swung, the vehicle struck a curb and a traffic box. Slapo’s helpers David Jones and Russell Sweatt escaped injury, Rosario de Mario of Brooklyn in a passenger car was unharmed.
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New York
Sidney Slapo
Brooklyn
6Th Avenue
Manhattan
Slapo
Slapp
Rosario de Mario
David Jones
Russell Sweatt
Model Mother Kills Daughters Then Tries Suicide
In Lake Wales Florida a woman known as a model mother killed her three daughters Shirley five Pamela three and Jan one then shot herself in the breast. Lorene Culbeck in her late 30s told a patrolman she killed the children but gave no reason as doctors said she was not expected to live. Police found the bodies in the children’s beds and Culbeck on the floor after entering the trailer at 1 30 a m Neighbors said she appeared well cared for with no money worries. She left a note for her husband in Michigan promising valuables and a black Bible in a suitcase. The doctor was called and police were summoned when he feared something wrong.
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Lake Wales
Fla.p
Lorene Culbeck
S. D. Betton
Shirley
Pamela
Jan
Michigan
Lanark Juvenile Held For Theft of Tools
A 16 year old Lanark boy faces a Raleigh County Juvenile Court hearing Saturday on a breaking and entering charge. He was booked at 3 40 p m Thursday after state police arrest. The youth allegedly stole a box of tools from a car. Judge Harry L McCreery also released a 13 year old East Beckley girl into her grandmother’s custody after a juvenile warrant was issued by her mother.
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Lanark
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
McCreery
East Beckley
West Virginia Weather Forecast Brief
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Saturday with lows in the 40s east and near 40 west. Five day outlook shows temperatures 2–6 degrees above normal, a slow weekend rise, cooler midweek, chance of rain in the north Saturday, showers likely Tuesday or Wednesday, total rainfall 0.1–1.4 inch, normal highs 65 in the north and 66 in the south.
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West Virginia
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