Early City Vote Underway In Beckley Mayoral Election
Slight drizzle morning voters gathered at OcoU as Beckley conducts a mayoral election for four-year terms. About 13,000 voters across 20 precincts decide mayor and council seats plus a potential three-year extension of the Special Recreation Levy.
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Beckley
Ocou
A.m
Cecil L. Miller
Sylvia
Meadows
A. K. Minter
Joseph Sparacino
J. S. Larrick
Earl, Snider
George B. Chambers
G. C. Porter
Thomas Shrewsbury
Cecil Cooke
John Smith
A. A. (Buck) Ross
Thomas R. Wilson
Noel Christian
George L. Piper
Lloyd Shutko
Hyden Smith
David B. Clower Dies In Hospital
David B. Clower 61 of Maxwell Hill died at 12 55 am in a local hospital after a long illness He was a retired hoist engineer last with New River Co Cranberry for about 31 years He lived in Raleigh County forty years part owner of Gulf Service Station Eisenhower Dr Born Feb 10 1898 in Greenville Monroe County He was a son of the late W F and Virginia Angle Clower A Prosperity Baptist Church United Mine Workers Local 5822 Beckley Lodge 95 AF and AM and a Scottish Rite Mason Surviving are his wife Elizabeth Miller Clower one brother William T Rainelle a sister Lacie Mann Prosperity two daughters Mrs Henry Baird Prosperity and Mrs Fred Lewis S Kanawha Sr two sons David E Beck ley and Master Sgt Hubert L Clower in England nine grandchildren The body will remain at Webb and Neal Funeral Home pending arrangements
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New River Co
Cranberry
Raleigh County
Eisenhower Dr
Greenville
Monroe County
W. F
Virginia Angle Clower
Clower
Prosperity Baptist Church
United Mine Workers of America
Beckley Lodge
Elizabeth Miller Clower
William T
Rainelle
Lacie Mann
Prosperity
Henry Baird
Fred Lewis
S. Kanawha Sr
David E., Beckley
Hubert L. Clower
Air Force
England
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Faubus Suffers Setback In Ark Recall Election
In Little Rock the recall of three segregationist school board members failed for Faubus who backed them while moderates who favored some integration retained their seats. The ousted president Ed S. McKinley lost 13 347 to 11 855. the moderates gained a show of confidence as vacancies now await Pulaski County Board of Education action.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orvald. Faubus
Faubus
Ed S. McKinley
Pulaski County
Robert W. Laster
McKinley
Ben Rowland
Stuttgart
Negroes Seek Lunch Service at G. C. Murphy store
A crowd of about fifty Black patrons entered the Mullens area store Monday and, after taking seats at the lunch counter in an ordered system, were denied service. They remained until 1 p.m. when the counter closed and workers cleared the area. Management reserved all stools with cardboard signs.
Memorial Service Set At Crews Cemetery Nimitz
Memorial Day observance at Crews Cemetery Nimitz begins 2 p.m. May 30 with special music and a guest speaker planned for the event.
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Nimitz
Dulles Rites Open With World Diplomatic Watch
Washington bids farewell as John Foster Dulles lies in state at the National Cathedral. World leaders including Gromyko Adenauer and Mikoyan attend the funeral procession toward Arlington National Cemetery amid full military honors and 19 gun salute.
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United States
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Arlington
Fuel Gas rate hike hearing continues in Charleston
The Public Service Commission extended testimony in United Fuel Gas Co. move for a 1.7 million dollar rate increase. Officials cite inflation outpacing allowed hikes while protesters including Charleston Huntington and Nitro withheld statements. The company says the rise would raise the average West Virginia household bill by about 2.89 dollars monthly.
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Pittsburgh
Ronald Colman
Christian Church Nears Goal for New Educational Building
The First Christian Church has reached fifty four percent of a 101400 goal in pledges for a new educational building. Pledges totaling 54029.20 were pledged at a Monday All Church Dinner at the Beckley Hotel. Attending were Dr. William T. Pearcy and church leaders including W H File Jr and the church board executive committee. Ten fund raising teams were organized with captains and secretaries named.
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Board of
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Ray B. Sigmund
Spiritual Life
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E. V. Bowman
Virgil Horton
W. J. Groseclose Jr
John S. Callaway
Lee Burleson
James A. Prince
H. D. Butterworth
Paul Phipps
Robert C. Bane
G. H
Death of Henry Cooper at Allen Junction
Henry Cooper of Allen Junction died in a local hospital at 10 45 p m Monday after a long illness. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending completion of arrangements.
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Henry Cooper
Allen Junction
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Youth Agee Injured After Wall Fall Behind Temple
Nine year old Billy Agee, son of Mrs Helen Agee of Grove Avenue, is hospitalized at Raleigh General today after falling from a wall behind the Methodist Temple. The extent of injuries is not yet clear.
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Helen Agee
Grove Avenue
Raleigh General Hospital
Methodist Temple
Dulles the Secretary of State and His Era
Washington AP profile of John Foster Dulles outlines his rise to secretary of state at 64, his relentless push to avert nuclear war, and his fraught legacy. The piece notes Eisenhower’s trust, critics’ volleys, and Dulles’ enduring influence amid a dangerous Cold War era.
Beckley patrons pack cars near Prince Street liquor shop
Sherwood Glutz says he cannot understand men drinking store bought liquor. In Beckley a batch of fellows plan to drink it, parking cars haphazardly near the state headache emporium on Prince Street. He argues law should be enforced.
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Beckley
Prince Street
Damages exceed half a million in Kamensky crash suits
Eleven damage suits, totaling $649,000, were filed in Circuit Court on Monday over a Mount Hope By-pass head on collision March 1, 1959. Plaintiffs include John E. Pack and Euline Pack and infant family members, with claims against Edward and Eddie Kamensky. The action notes facial injuries requiring over 100 stitches for one Pack girl and lists multiple infant plaintiffs with varying sums.
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Mount Hope
John E
Pack
Euline Pack
Kilsyth
Thornhill
Warren Thornhill
John E. Pack
Edward
Kamenskys
Johnny Leon Pack
Peggy Pack
James Samuel Pack
Donna Ruth Pack
Loretta F. Pack
George G Green Rites Thursday at Killarney Temple
Funeral services for George Gilmore Green will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Killarney Temple Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Bly officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. Green, 61, died Sunday morning after a long illness in a local hospital. Born July 4, 1898 in Pittsburgh, he lived in Killarney for 30 years. Survived by wife Lucille, son Ernest Brown of Cincinnati, two brothers in Philadelphia, and two half brothers in Beckley and Philadelphia. The body will be taken from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to the church one hour before services.
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Killarney Tempvle Baptist Church
Robert Bly
Greenwood Memorial Park Green
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Pittsbugh
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Ernest Brown
Cincinnati
Ohio
Double Case Before Judge Knapp In Consolidated Suit
Two related cases arising from an October 14 1957 Stephenson auto crash were consolidated in Circuit Court to avoid duplicate hearings. The matter, styled L McKinney v Worley, has each party acting as both plaintiff and defendant. Jurors were impaneled and others excused until Wednesday.
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L. Lloyd McKinney
Lacy Worley
Norman Knapp
Court summons for William Curtis Johnson on traffic charge
William Curtis Johnson of 200 Brooks Street was ordered to appear in City Police Court Thursday night after being cited at 11 05 p m Monday for driving to the left of the highway center.
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William Curtis Johnson
Brooks St
Two Days In Jail Company Driver Fined
H Nelson Eccles was fined and sentenced to two days in the Raleigh County Jail after a hearing before Magistrate Cotton White on Monday for operating a vehicle after his license had been revoked.
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Eccles
Raleigh
Cotton White Monday
Mrs Ninnie Witt Dorsey Dies at 62 in Charleston
Mrs. Ninnie Witt Dorsey aged 62 died at her South Charleston home after a heart attack. She was sister of Mrs. Orel Fisher Beck ley. Her husband, the Rev. Owen H. Dorsey, is a retired Methodist minister who served as pastor at Mullens from 1948 to 1953.
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Orel Fisher
Beckley
South Charleston
Owen H. Dorsey
Mullens
Weather outlook with scatters and storms today through Wednesday
Considerable cloudiness remains with warm humid air and scattered showers and thunderstorms today tonight and Wednesday. Highs range from 74 to 80 east and 78 to 84 west. Lows tonight 55 to 60 east and west. Beckley Bluestone Reservoir notes: normal land clear 2.3 gates open gauge 2.5.
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Hos West
Bluestone
Berlin Talks Urged as Big Four Open Friday
Secretary of State Herter pressed the Soviet Union to seek a Berlin settlement that unites the city under a new constitution pending German unification. East German party officials insisted German representatives must attend all talks, while West German officials favored progress toward a Berlin accord. Western and East experts revisit the 10 year Big Four Berlin control pact as a potential basis for a new agreement.
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U. S
Christian A. Herter
Russia
Berlin
East Germany
Washington
John Foster Dulles
West
East Berlin
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