Woman Survives 19 Days After Mountain Plane Crash
Mrs. Dalton LaMasurier of Duluth Minnesota was found alive beside her husband's body on May 11 after 19 days on a snowbound mountain side near Rawlins Wyoming. Nourishment was candy and vitamins. she endured frost, wind, and exposure, aided by rescuers who finally located her in heavy overcast conditions.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Dalton LaMasurier
Duluth
Minn
Pieuc
Pasa
Calif
Shelfoot
Ferris Mountain
Nas
State Methodists Spotlight Education At Conference
Buckhannon, W Va The West Virginia Annual Conference of the Methodist Church enters its third day focusing on educational problems and college faculty salaries. Bishop Paul Neff Garber spoke to about 1,100 delegates on Christian higher education while routine reports were set for the afternoon. A new men’s residence hall at Wesleyan College had been consecrated yesterday as part of a five million dollar improvement program, with plans for a similar women’s dormitory. The conference reported 95,000 dollars raised in the past church year for educational work.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
West Virginia
The
Methodist Church
Paul Neff Garber
Richmond
Froe
West
Isaac M. Rakes of MacArthur Dies at 78
Isaac Madison Rakes 78 died at his home in MacArthur at 2 a.m. after a heart attack following a yearlong illness. A retired farmer, he had lived in West Virginia 17 years. Surviving are his wife Bertie Ed wards Rakes, their four sons Emmett Harvey Louie and Hansel, four daughters Callie Fain Elva McKinney Susan Handy, 30 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Lester Primitive Baptist Church. Burial Slab Fork Cemetery. Body to Williams Funeral Home. pallbearers listed.
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Isaac Madison Rakes
MacArthur
West Virginia
Bertie Edwards~Rakes
Lina Cruise
Adeline Clifton
Vista
Minter
Turner
Pulaski
Jenny McCormick
Bristol
Bernyl
Mandy
Howard
Lee Hylton
Ing
William
Clayton
James
Congress
FFLA
Frank Meistrell
House
Senate
Wilson Directive Cited As Obstacle To Bomber Force
New York Times quotes Air Force sources saying Secretary Wilson's directive would impede the buildup of an intercontinental bomber force. It would block equipment orders unless full program funds exist, provoking protests from James J. Douglas and officials who warn of procurement delays for costly bombers.
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Wilson
New York
The
New York Times Today
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Washington
Jack Raymond
the Times
James J. Douglas
Cleanup chief tied to Beck son inquiry
Washington reports that John F. English, 68, secretary treasurer of the Teamsters, may have helped rackets investigators locate Dave Beck Jr and relatives. English cut Beck Jr and relatives from payroll two months earlier, sending them to Canada where subpoenas could not be served. The group reportedly ran out of funds, returned to the U.S., and were subpoenaed on the West Coast for hearings next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington i
John F. English
Teamsters Union
Senate
Teamsters
Dave Beck
English
Beck
Dave Beck Jr
Beck Jr
Canada
Heartings
United States
Joseph E. McEvoy
Fred Verschue
Ren Sr
Rackets Committee
Senators Urge Broad Lobbying and Campaign Finance Law
An eight member Senate committee, evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, unanimously urged new laws to curb lobbying and campaign finance abuses. The proposal calls for greater public disclosure of lobbying activities and campaign donations, with criminal penalties for failing to file required statements or submitting false reports.
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Washington &H
Senate
Brandeis
Congress
Four Beckley Agencies Schedule Next Week Meetings
Four city agencies have scheduled meetings at City Hall next week. On Monday the Beckley Recreation Board and the Beckley Beautiful Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. On Tuesday the Planning and Zoning Commission will be in session at 7:30 p.m. On Wednesday the Traffic Control Commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. All meetings are at City Hall.
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Beckley Recreation Board
Beckley Beautiful Committee
Planning and Zoning Commission
Traffic Control Commission
City Hall
Street Scene Two Teens Shop Through Pain
Two teenage girls roam a city street on a shopping spree while grimacing to hide their discomfort, their first high grade purchases hinting at a bold, fearless outing amid busy storefronts.
Actress Sheree North to undergo surgery today
An operation described as not serious will be performed today on actress Sheree North in Los Angeles. Her physician says she will be in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital for five to six days.
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Los Angeles 4
Sheree North
Cedars of Lebanon
Formosa To Get More Americans
A naval transport with 1,037 U. S. military personnel and dependents neared Formosa as Premier C. K. Yui said Taipei was returning to normal after last week's anti American riots. The Hugh J Gary was due at Keelung with about 10,000 Americans already on Formosa. 247 personnel and dependents reassigned will depart. Yui said it is now safe for Americans and other foreigners to move about the island though soldiers remain under orders to stay out of Chinese establishments except official premises and to be indoors by 9 pm.
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Taipei
Formosa
U. S
C. K. Yui
Hugh J
Gary
Keelung
Yui
Principals Check In At Raleigh County School Board
Raleigh County principals began checking in at the Board of Education office in the courthouse today. They bring or request yearly attendance, financial reports, and requisitions for the coming year. All principals must check in before receiving pay. one assistant superintendent notes the process spans about two weeks for a pipeon.
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Raleigh County
Memorial Day race ends in tragedy at Shippenville Speedway
A feature race at Shippenville Speedway in Clarion County ends when a wheel flies off a stock car and vaults into the crowd, killing two children and injuring another child and adults. Driver Ted Wise of Hubbard, Ohio, escapes injury, while another race at Pinegrove Speedway 90 miles northeast sees further injuries.
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Clarion
Shippenville Speedway
Tyro
Pinegrove Speedway
Pittsburgh
Ted Wise
Hubbard
Ohio
Billy Grahams Plea Converts Skeptics At Garden
New York report notes Billy Graham’s Madison Square Garden appeal drawing 17,500 attendees. Three skeptical office workers from Manhattan joined in the mass moment, moving from doubt to belief as the evangelist spoke, amid a scene of widespread curiosity and conversion.
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Byrd
NEW York
Billy Graham
Graham
Manhattan
Jess
Madison Square Garden
Janet
Puckhabter
Sallier
Patty McClain
Gra
Ham
Girl Begins 2nd Year In Coma In Long Beach Calif
Suzanne Payette, 16, remains in a deep coma after a May 3 1956 brain injury during a tonsillectomy and failed surgery. Her father Lyle Payette a nature salesman says doctors are split on any hope while the family exhausted funds and keeps faith.
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Long Beach
Calif
Zanne Payette
Tors
Lyle Payette
Suzanne
Russia Claims Monster H Bomb Cannot Be Tested
Khrushchev reportedly told Polish journalists in the Kremlin that the monster H-bomb is so large testing is impossible even in the Soviet Arctic or North Pole. API quotes him saying a detonation could melt icecaps and flood cities, and one bomb could threaten Britain or France. Separate Vienna report notes two USC students vanish near Hungary after hitchhiking in Western Europe. An Austrian guard says Hungarian militiamen escorted two men at the Margareten frontier.
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Warsaw
Soviet Union
Poland
API
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Arctic
North Pale
Khrushchev
London
New York
Scandinavia
Britain
France
Vienna
U.S
Hungary
Mike A. Gilbert
Waterboro
S.C
Warren William Wair
North Augusta
Budapest
University of South Carolina
Europe
Eisenstadt
Margareth
U S Trims Down Military Missions
United States quietly reduces overseas military missions by about 12 percent to curb tensions from large American expatriate communities. The move, ordered earlier this year for economy, follows unrest linked to U S residents abroad and prompts a high level study on large troop contingents.
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Washington
United States
Formosa
Dulles
U.S
Surgeon warns of radar danger in Los Angeles
California surgeon Dr John T McLaughlin reports in CMA monthly that radar beams can kill quickly. The first known death from radar occurred in 1954 in the Los Angeles area when a 42 year old radar technician stood briefly before a transmitter. He suffered abdominal heat, his insides were cooked, and he died within two weeks with a large burn in the small bowel.
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Los Angeles
California
John T. McLaughlin
Glendale
California Medical Assn
McLaughlin
State Counts Five Dead In Holiday Accidents
West Virginia reports five deaths during Memorial Day period including three drownings, a highway crash, and a railroad accident. Victims include 15 year old Allen Cobb near Masontown who drowned in the Cheat River, 24 year old George Hughes Jr. of Turkey Dip whose wife died swimming, and 17 year old Ronald Casdorph of St. Albans in Coal River. Also noted were Dorothy McGee of Followsbee killed in a W V 2 crash and George Hess of Jolo struck by a rail switch engine in Bradshaw.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Allen R. Cobb
Masontown
Cheat River
Preston County
Cobb
George Hughes Jr
Turkey Dip
Neae
Oceana
Wyoming County
Laurel Fork Creek
Ronald Casdorph
St. Albans
Coal River
Dorothy M. McGee
Follawsbee
W. Va
George Hess
Jolo
McDowell County
Norfolk and Western Railway
Bradshaw
Hess
Holiday Road Toll Falls Short Of Early Estimate
Memorial Day traffic deaths were tallied as 120 with drownings and other mishaps raising the total to 166. As the long holiday stretched through the weekend the fatality list continued to grow with 37 traffic deaths and 35 other losses added to the toll.
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Associated Press
Flamingo Feature Delights Readers In Family Weekly
A short feature in Family Weekly West Sunday highlights the pink flamingo with color photos. The cover photo shows flamingo paradise Pirvecta Jangie Gardens in Fier, drawing attention to this least-understood bird.
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Family Weekly
Fier
Comment Silence From US Atomic Energy and State Department
Neither the U S Atomic Energy Commission nor the State Department in Washington had any immediate comment. The note indicates a stalled official response amid unfolding events and questions from observers.
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U.S. Atomic, Energy ,Commission
State Department
Washington
Class Reunions and Commencement at WVU
Reunions of 25 45 and 50 year graduates began the WVU commencement program in Morgantown with an Emeritus Club dinner for alumni of 50 years and more. The highlight will be Monday morning field house exercises where Gov Underwood will deliver the address to over 2 300 graduates continuing a governors speaking tradition at WVU commencements.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
Uniersity
WVU
WVII
Field House
Underwood
Assistant Fire Chief To Address Scouts
Otis Lyons, assistant Beckley fire chief, will speak at Shady Spring Elementary School at 7 20 p m today to Scouts and parents on first aid rescue work and fire prevention.
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Shady Spring
Otis Lyons
Beckley
UMW Establishes Nursing School in Kentucky
The United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund announces a professional nursing school at its Harlan Kentucky hospital. Beckley area candidates will be admitted and graduate as registered nurses after three years with the first year at Morehead College and two years at Harlan hospital. A Beckley practical training school exists at Beckley Memorial Hospital, part of the Fund's network, run with Concord College cooperation.
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United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement. Fund
Harlan, Ky
Beckley
Morehead College
Harlan Hospital
Beck
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Welfare and Retirement Fund
Concord College
West Virginia Weather Update With Scattered Showers
Weather forecasts show scattered showers tonight with lows from 33 to 62 and warmer, more humid conditions Saturday. River conditions report normal stages for Greenbrier and New River systems with clear status at 7 am.
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Oak Kill
Violent Weather Hits Southwest
Violent weather battered Texas and the Southwest with severe storms across central and northern plains. Tornado activity reported in eastern New Mexico and West Texas. Heavy rain and hail damaged property in Hobbs New Mexico. baseball sized hail observed.
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Associated Press
Texas
Southwest
Central
Northern
Plains
Newagj
Mexico
North Central
South Central
Pecce River
Weather Bureau
Hobbs
N. M
Boys State To Honor Governor At Banquet
West Virginia Boys State prepares a banquet in Jackson's Mill to honor the state governor and past governors. John Frye of Huntington will chair the event as the current governor continues in office until inauguration. The yearlong program blends civic education with leadership training as participants attend mounting activities with state officials.
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Jackson's Mill
W. Va
Underwood
Mountaineer Boys
Rotary
Kiwanis and Elks
State
West Virginia
Mars
Boys State
John Frye
Huntington
Nev
North Star
American Legion
Pollux
Al-Lone
Martha Crider Freed On Bond
Martha Ann Crider, 20, of Harper Heights, charged with murder in her husband’s shooting, was released on $5,000 bond from Raleigh County Jail. Judge Harry L. McCreery set the bond. Ted Brown and Daniel McCray stood as surety. She is accused of fatally wounding James William Crider, 33, with a single 12 gauge shotgun blast at 9:20 a.m. Saturday after he allegedly cursed and abused her.
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Martha Ann Crider
Harper Heights
Raleigh
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Raleigh County
Ted Brown
Daniel McCray
Virginia Motorist Pays Speeding Fine
Andy G. Childress of Vansant Virginia paid a 310 fine and costs at Magistrate Cotton White after arraignment on a speeding charge. Childress was arrested Wednesday night in the county by State Police on the West Virginia Turnpike.
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Virginia
Andy G. Childress
Vansant
Cotton White
Childress
West Virginia
Ohio Driver Remanded To Jail In Lieu Of Fine
Vernon Dale Bailey of Cleveland was remanded to Raleigh County Jail in lieu of a 500 bond. Chester Frank and costs totaling 32.30 followed after failing to attend arraignment before Magistrate Colton White. Bailey was booked for non support of his wife and children after a rock driving charge. He was ordered to pay by Thurman. The incident occurred at 10 p.m. Thursday in Beckley.
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Vernon Dale Bailey
Cleveland
Raleigh
Chester Frank
Lin Flint
Beckley
Colton White
Thurman
Bailey
Beer Commission Extends Hours For License Applicants
Charleston officials say the Beer Commission will stay open 5 am to 5 pm six days a week in June to handle about 2,000 license applications out of 6,000 total. Licenses must be posted publicly by July 1 or distributors may not sell to taverns. May tax collections on beer rose by 10 000 dollars, funding general revenue and veterans bonds.
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Charleston
Beer Commission
Roy Platt
Platt
West Virginia
General Revenue Fund
Beckley Man's Mother, 87, Dies in Philadelphia Hospital
Mrs Bessie Levine 87 New Castle Pa mother of Charles Levine Beckley died Thursday in a Philadelphia hospital after a period as a patient. Funeral services and burial set for Sunday in New Castle Pa. Levine owner of Raleigh Junk Company. Survivors include two daughters Esther Levine Charlestown and Giddie Keysler New Castle. two sons Marc Levine Birmingham and Sherman Levine New Castle. five grandchildren.
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Bessie Levine
New Caste
Charles Levine
Beckley
Philadelphia
Levine
Raleigh Junk Company
Esther Levine
Charleston
Giddie Keysler
New Castle
Marc ‘Levine
Birmingham
Ala
Sherman
Fungus Victim Returns Home Then Takes Exams
Miss Linda Kessel, long treated at Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond for a lung fungus, went home Sunday and sat school exams this week while her mother, Edna Kessel, remains hospitalized and improving slowly. Dr. W B Lilly, sister’s brother, a physician at the hospital, cares for the family.
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Linda Kessel
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Edna Kessel
Clark Kessel
W. B. Lilly
Kessel
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Charles E. Wilson
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Sen
D-Va
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Jean C. Press
Rosa Lee Vaughan
Russia
Flamingo
UMW
Skie
Algiers
Constantine
la Melouza
la Casbah
Algerian Nationalist Movement
MNA
National Liberation Front
FUN
Martha Crider
Beckley Man
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