Dorsey Faces Possible Transfer by Beckley Board
E. Van Dorsey, longtime Beckley Junior High principal, again faces transfer amid a Raleigh County education and political tug of war. Board members plan a Monday vote with A. P. Leeber leading opposition while B. C. Callaway, Carl Jarrell back Dorsey. Virgil Sarrett eyed as alternative. Dorsey’s fate hinges on the listed action and superintendent Bryson’s recommendation.
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E. van Dorsey
Beckley
Dorsey
Raleigh
Board of Education
van Dorsey
J. Marion Cook
B. C. Callaway
Carl Jarrell
Leeber
Covey
Beckley Junior High
D. W. Bryson
Virgil Sarrett
Stoco Junior High School
Beckley Post
A. P. Leeber
School Board Vote Centered On Principal Retention
Board President Dale Covey says voting against the principal will be for the school system's betterment not politics. He notes no one was asked to remove Dorsey from the candidate list and that he discussed the issue with Superintendent Bryson, who did not express a position for staff or board members.
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Dale Covey
Dorsey
Post
the Register Today
Bryson
Board of Education
White Crosses Honor Highway Fatalities In Raleigh County
Raleigh County marks Memorial Day with 70 white crosses on highways to remind drivers of highway deaths. Nine people have died in local crashes this year, surpassing 1954 and 1955 totals, as the Slow Down and Live safety campaign raises awareness through Crosses on staffed posts and luminous paint.
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Raleigh Countians
American Automobile Association
Raleigh
Nuntete
U. S
Acci
West Virginia
Beckley
Duncan- Catron Motor Co., Inc
Raleigh Motor Sales
Poth of Beckley
Hall Chevrolet
Sophia
Weirton Hears For costly wage and benefits package
Weirton workers and the Independent Steelworkers Union filed wage and fringe benefit demands with Weirton Steel Co. The joint statement said the package is costly and covers wages, hours, overtime, vacations, hospitalization, and other terms. The current contract expires June 30, with talks beginning April 30 and to continue weekly until a new agreement is reached.
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Weirton W
Weirton Steel Co
Independent Steelworkers Union
Weirton Mills
Weirton
E. O. Burgham
ISU
R. B. Buchanan
Lions Convention Registers 700 Delegates in Beckley
Some 113 Lions and ladies from the Beckley club plus 22 from Mount Hope registered for the Lions Convention set for Friday through Sunday. Registration starts Thursday in the Beckley Hotel lobby. International President Humberto Valenzuela of Santiago, Chile, will give the highlight address. About 700 delegates are expected.
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Beckley Club
W. B. Connoley
Mount Hope
Beckley Hotel
Donald P. Krisher
Wm. M. Caldwell
William Lee Chambers
Beckley
Internati
Humberto Valenzuela
Santiago
Chile
Lions Club
Chicago Prisoner Says He Killed Mrs. Clark
Chicago police report Erwin Shipley, 31, held in Chicago after admitting to killing Mrs. Julia Staunton Clark in Charleston in 1953. Shipley underwent a mental examination with inconclusive results. Det. Sgt. Fisher said no prior entry by Shipley had appeared in the long investigation into Mrs. Clark’s bludgeoning death found August 20, 1953.
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Charleston
Chicago
Julia Staunton Clark
Erwin Shipley
Shipley
W. W. Fisher
Fisher
Florida Goes for Adlai In Tight Florida Primary
Adlai Stevenson edged Sen Estes Kefauver in a close Florida Democratic presidential primary with 212217 to 204819 from 1680 of 1778 precincts. Each won 22 and 6 convention votes respectively as both men moved toward California for the June 5 nominating clash. Richard Barker was replaced as national committeeman by Jerry Carter for supporting Stevenson.
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Adlai Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Florida
Stevenson
Kefauver
California
Richard D. Barker
State Committee
Barker
Jerry W. Carter
Clements Wins Kentucky Primary Victory Over Chandler Backer
Senate majority whip Earle Clements swept the Kentucky Democratic senatorial primary, defeating Joe B. Bates who was backed by Gov. Chandler. Clements advances to face Republican Thruston Morton in the November election.
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Louisville
Earle C. Clements
A. B
Happy
Thruston B. Morton
Hadity
Speedway Opens Indy 500 standings after 100 miles
At Indianapolis, the 500 mile race shows O Connor leading after 100 miles with an average 123.592 mph. Flaherty is second, Par sons third, Bettenhauser fourth, J Rath mann fifth, Sweikhert sixth, Bryant Linden ninth, Hartley and Aga bashian tenth.
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Indianapolis
O'Connor
Flaherty
Parsons
Bettenhauser
J. Rathmann
Sweikhert
Bryant Linden
Hartley
Agabashian
Kefauver Calls Florida Loss a Moral Victory
In Los Angeles Senator Estes Kefauver called his Florida defeat to Adlai Stevenson a tremendous moral victory and vowed to launch a full campaign to win California next Tuesday. He said a California victory could propel him toward the Democratic nomination in Chicago this August.
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Los Angeles
Estes Kefauver
Florida
Adlai Stevenson
California
Tennessee
Stevenson
Chicago
Crane births mark first captive whooping crane hatch
In New Orleans Crip the male crane celebrates as Audubon Park Zoo confirms the first captive born whooping crane. The 31st of its kind known to exist, the chick emerged yesterday after mate Josephine laid the first of two eggs a month earlier. The second egg remains to hatch.
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New Orleans
Bird World
Audubon Park Zoo
Josephine
Funeral Rites Set For Frank Carpenter at Clarksburg
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow for Frank E. Carpenter 46 managing editor and sports editor of the Clarksburg Telegram. Rev. John E. Hanifan will officiate with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Salem. Carpenter died of a heart attack at his office early yesterday.
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Clarksburg
Frank E. Carpenter
Western Union Workers Receive Strike Notice
Washington reports strike instructions issued to 30,000 Western Union Telegraph Co. employees nationwide as the labor contract nears midnight Thursday. Negotiations, ongoing since April 12, recessed until Thursday morning. The Commercial Telegraphers Union seeks a 16-cent wage rise plus seven cents in job classifications and five cents in fringe benefits. The company reportedly offers a 10-cent wage increase and a seven-cent job classification adjustment effective next year.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Co
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Western Union
New York City
B H White 63 Claimed by Death in Beckley WV
Benjamin Harrison White 63 died at his Pluto road home at 3 am after a heart attack. A farmer and Shady Spring Baptist Church member born May 2 1893 in Logan County. Survivors include wife Rosie Meadows White daughter Bessie Shrewsbury Beckley three sons Henry Fred Carlos, three step sons, a brother and two sisters, eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are complete. body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
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Benjamin Harrison White
Pluto Road
Shady Spring
Logan County
Rosie Meadows White
Bessie Shrewsbury
Beckley
Henry
Fred
Piney View
Carlos Cleveland
Jack Parsley
Grayson
Fred Meadows
Alabama
Ernest ,Meadows
Virginia
William White
Logan
Lizzie Meadows
Meadow Bridge
Mary White
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Wildcat Strike Hits Northern West Virginia Mines
A spreading wildcat strike idled at least seven mines and possibly over 25 in Marion Harrison and Monongalia counties, affecting about 9,000 miners. UMW officials urge workers to return, while disputes over roof bolting machine staffing fuel the walkout and extend beyond Consolidation Coal Co. operations.
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Fairmont
West Virginia
Marion
Harrison
Monongalia
United Mine Workers
Cecil J. Urbaniak
UMW District 31
Urbaniak
UMW
UMIW
John L. Lewis
Compass
Chieftain
Rosedale
Minden
Henry Allai
Pittsburg
Kan
John Smetz
Wilkes-Barre
Peter Phillipps
Cadiz
Ohio
Williams No. 98
W.va
Monongah
Owings No. 32
Shinnston
State Mines Department
Williams
Owings
Williams Mine
Lwo
Logan Highway Project Ready for Contract
The Road Commission will open bids June 12 for a federal aid project on U S 119 near Monitor Junction. It covers construction of a small bridge over Island Creek west of Monitor Junction as part of the Logan area highway improvement program. The SRC approved a contract last week for the Monitor Junction overhead.
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Charleston
Logan Area
Road Commission
Island Creek
Monitor Junction
U. S. 119
SRC
Chapmanville Man Kills Himself in Home Tragedy
Robert Melroy Thompson, 30, committed suicide with a shotgun at his Chapmanville area home last night as several relatives were present. State Police reported survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs George W Thompson five brothers and two sisters. Family members said Thompson showed no prior despondency and the motive remains unexplained.
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Logan
Robert Melroy Thompson
Chapmanville
Thompson
George W. Thompson
Nation's Memorial Day Traffic Fatalities Rise
Traffic deaths climbed during the Memorial Day period with thirty one killed in accidents from 6 p.m. yesterday to 10:30 a.m. today. Two people drowned and four more fatalities were reported in miscellaneous incidents as millions observed the holiday.
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Associated Press
President Prays For Lasting Peace
President Eisenhower and three aides walked from the White House to St John’s Episcopal Church for Memorial Day prayers for endur ing peace. He was in conference with Defense Secretary Wilson, Treasury Secretary Humphrey, and Air Force Secretary Quarles at 11 a.m. as called in his proclamation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Russia
Quarles
Twining
Soviet Union
Secretary of Staff
Dulles
Wilson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
White House
Defense Wilson
Treasury
Humphrey
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Postal deficit of $1000 a minute prompts rate hikes
Washington The House Post Office Committee urged Congress to end a roughly $460 million annual shortfall by raising mail rates. The panel backed a bill to lift first second and third class rates, expecting about 432 million dollars more in annual postal revenue.
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Washington
House Post Office Committee
Congress
Post Office Department
Grain Beet Fields Damaged by Hail in Nebraska
Hail struck the southern western panhandle district of Nebraska with rainfall up to eight inches flooding Anselmo in the Sandhills. Grain and beet fields were damaged as waters receded, and two tornado funnels were sighted in the Harrisburg storm zone with limited damage reported.
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Harrisburg
C and C Employee Hart Sweeney Injured at Railroad Yard
Hart B A Sweeney 26 of Sullivan Road was treated and released from Raleigh General Hospital after an accident at the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway yard. A C and O brakeman since 1951, he was struck in the face by a broken air hose while uncoupling cars, sustaining a cut above the eye and a cheek wound.
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B. A. Sweeney
Sullivan Road
Raleigh General Hospital
Raleigh
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
C. and O
Sweeney
Local Weather Fragments Report Varying Conditions
Oak Hill yesterday high near 80 with low overnight. Rainfall 0.2 inches. Rivers at Bellepoint show one foot above normal. Greenbrier and Bluestone areas near normal but muddy conditions persist. Bluestone Reservoir remains at normal stage with clear skies elsewhere.
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Oak Hill
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Beckley Skies Tonight and Tomorrow
The Sun sets at 7 40 p m and rises at 5 05 a m Thursday The Moon rises at 11 50 p m Last Quarter on June 1 Prominent star Spica is due south at 9 14 p m Visible planets include Saturn in the southeast at 8 42 p m Venus sets at 9 38 p m Jupiter sets at 12 03 a m Mars rises at 1 04 a m and will be in the south at sunrise
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Spica
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Mars
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