Weather Lifts Balloting Pace in Beckley Area
Nice weather draws more voters to Beckley area polls with early tallies showing 20 ballots at the Raleigh County Courthouse by 8 10 a.m. and 30 at City Hall by 8 20 a.m. Reports note a delayed opening due to a ballot box lock, a janitor with a hacksaw changing the lock, and widespread turnout in nearby precincts including Sylvia Elementary and East Park School. Local observers cite health levy support and notable turnout at Mount Tabor and Institute Elementary as Fayette County reports strong participation with detailed precinct counts.
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Fayette County
Fayetteville
Retired Miner Charles Gardner Dies at 60
Charles Walker Gardner 60 of Stanaford died at 6 a m after an eight year illness. A retired miner and United Mine Workers member, he was born March 28, 1898. Survived by wife Flossie Collins Gardner four daughters a brother and a sister and 11 grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 2 p m at Webb and Neal Funeral Home with Rev C W Jones officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park.
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Orpha Gardner
United Mine Workers of America
Baptist Church
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Jean Moore
Beckley
Nettie Comer
Maxwell Hill
Norma Harris
Sherleen Lynch
Kaiserlautern
Germany
Lewis Gardner
Nettie Vandusen
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Chanel
C. W. Jones
Sunset Memorial Park
State Turnout Figures In WV 60 Percent Forecast
AP dispatches report West Virginia voters faced a 60 percent turnout estimate in the general election as polling places opened at 6:30 a.m. and closed at 7:30 p.m. Local weather was clear with rising temperatures. Key races included U.S. Senators, six House seats, two state Supreme Court judges, and Secretary of State, plus four proposed constitutional amendments. Prominent national figures campaigned for Byrd, Randolph, Revercomb, and Hoblit zell.
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Atlantic
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U. S
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Supreme Court
House of Delegates
U. S. Senate
Harry S. Truman
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
Eisenhower
Nixon
Chapman Revercomb
John D. Hoblitzell Jr
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Revercomb
Randolph
Hoblitzell
M. M. Neely
Helen Holt
Joe F. Burdett
Robert T. Donley
Harlan M. Calhoun
Rex Bumgardner
Will E. Neal
Ken Hechler
Elizabeth Kee
John Slack
F. O'Dair Duff
First Returns Favor GOP Office Seekers in N H
Waterville New Hampshire reports first election results with 15 votes for Governor Wesley Powell and six for Bernard Boutin. GOP dominated the rest of the ballot with one blank. Ellsworth narrowly follows as Powell and Bass win all ballots.
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Six States Vote On Right To Work Law Test
Voters in California Colorado Idaho Kansas Ohio and Washington face a right to work ballot measure banning the union shop. The outcome could shape future battles as both sides spend heavily amid uncertainty about which states will narrow the gap.
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California
Colorado
Idaho
Kansas
Ohio
William F. Knowland
Knowland
Pope John XXIII Crowned In Regal Rites At Vatican
Pope John XXIII was crowned the 262nd leader of the Catholic Church in a four hour coronation at St. Peter's Basilica. About 200000 spectators filled St. Peter's Square as Nicola Cardinal Canali placed the jeweled tiara on the pope, the sharecropper's son from a northern Italian village.
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Watch These States For Sign Of Trend
The Associated Press notes potential early nationwide trends from key election contests. Senate races in Connecticut New York Pennsylvania West Virginia Maryland New Jersey and others in Arizona California Indiana Michigan Minnesota Nevada could shift. Governorships in New York and Maryland and possibly Ohio also appear undecided with party likelihoods.
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New York
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
Arizona
California
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Michigan
Minnesota
Nevada
Ohio
South Dakota
Delaware
Indiana
Kentucky
Hungry Thieves Break Into Mabscott Elementary School
Intruders entered Mount Tabor/ Mabscott Elementary late Monday night or today, took three turkeys, 32 pounds of butter, six dozen eggs, 11 pounds of coffee, and ate a meal in the school kitchen before fleeing. Police say no windows or doors were broken and the break-in occurred while a meeting was in progress.
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Mount Tabor
Mabscott
Reds Say Poison Gas Fired From Quemoy
Communists in Peiping accuse the Nationalist garrison on Quemoy of firing poison gas at the Chinese mainland during an 18 hour artillery duel that saw 39,142 shells. Nationalists deny gas use and accuse Communists of initiating propaganda. Peiping claims four troops were affected and warns of punitive action.
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Aguero Elected Cuban President in Landslide Vote
Former premier Andres Rivero Aguero won the Cuban presidency by a wide margin after a light turnout and violence marked the polling. Early unofficial tallies from 3717 precincts showed Aguero with 439,991 votes, Carlos Marquez Sterling 100,528, Ramon Gay San Martin 68,649, and Alberto Salas Amaro 7,744 with results incomplete for other races.
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Andres Rivero Aguero
Fulgencio Batista
Rivero Aguero
Carlos Marquez Sterling
Ramon Gay San Martin
Alberto Salas Amaro
Paris B. Jones Succumbs At 70
Paris Brady Jones, 70, of Crab Orchard, died in a local hospital at 8 30 p m Monday after a long illness Born at Pipestem March 19 1888 he was a member of Crab Orchard Baptist Church A retired miner he worked 37 years for MacAlpin Coal Co and belonged to United Mine Workers Local 5955 Surviving are wife Sally V Jones five daughters two sisters and a brother Services conducted at Crab Orchard Baptist Church at 2 p m Wednesday by Rev C S Donnelly Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Body to remain at Williams and Craven Funeral Home until service Pallbearers named
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Crab Orchard
Pipestem
MacAlpin Coal Co
United Mine Workers of America
Sally V. Jones
Elmer Jones Jr
C. S. Donnelly
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Williams and Craven Funeral
Mose Pitzer
Claude Stone
Hollis Rhodes
Ira Crook
N. L. Knapp
W. H Walker
Mother Charged With Neglect of 10 Children
Lillian Martin, 34, Glen White, listed as missing, was booked at Raleigh County Jail on neglect of her 10 children. Bertha Martin, 19, mother of one, was jailed by State Police, reportedly arrested at Kingston.
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Raleigh
Lillian Martin
Bertha Martin
Kingston
Democrats Seek Record Senate Gains in 1966 Election
Washington reports 48 million Americans vote in nationwide contests that could reshape control of Congress and governors. Democrats aim to surpass 12 Senate gains from 1932, with Alaska adding two seats later. Current Senate balance 49-47 Democrats ahead. House 235-200. Key races include New York governor race Rockefeller versus Harriman and California contests Knowland Knight Engle. President Eisenhower and Truman campaigned for their parties. Senate seats at stake include 20 Republican and 13 Democratic facing voters.
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Muskie
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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Wisconsin
Broke County Man Arrested Over Pre-Election Pamphlet
Wellsburg police arrested Joan Damms 58 of Follansbee at 2:30 a m on a charge of distributing an anonymous political pamphlet tied to Mollohan and Moore. Bond set at 500 dollars. FBI reportedly involved. warrants also issued in Taylor County for two men over circulated material posing as UMW Journal.
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Brooke County
Joan Damms
Follansbee
Damms
John Chernenko
Democratic Executive Committee
George Mahan
Robert H. Mollohan
Arch A. Moore Jr
Wva
Moundsville
Federal Bureau of Investigation
West Virginia
Brooke
Taylor County
Flemington
S. R. Simon
Earl E. Thorn
Simpson
Sam Girard
Grafton
Flemington Area
United Mine Workers
Richard Watson
Russell Mayle
Simon
United Mine Workers Journal
Cecil J. Urbaniak
UMW
Fairmont
Mollohan
Democrats Take Mullens Lead in Early Balloting
Democrats ran ahead in Mullens during today's early voting with roughly a two to one margin after three of five precincts reported. Precinct 38 saw Byrd and Calhoun among top vote getters while Dems led county races and four amendments appeared to pass by large margins. Balloting in Pineville was light while Baileysville Oceana and Huff Creek districts reported heavy turnout with 223 in Baileysville by noon.
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South Mullens
Byrd
Revercomb
Randolph
Hoblitzell
Burdett
Holt
Berry
de Berry
Calhoun
Donley
Nuckols
Kessinger
Belcher
West
Shields
Harmon
Smith
Lester
Conley
DeBerry
Mullens High School
Pineville
Baileysville
Oceana
Huff Creek
West Virginia Weather Update With Cloudy Skies
Considerable cloudiness and not as cool tonight with low 36 to 45. Wednesday remains cloudy with a chance of rain in the south portion and little temperature change. Beckley report shows yesterday’s high, last night’s low, and morning readings, while River conditions at Bellepoint indicate Greenbrier low and clear, Bluestone Reservoir normal with 18 gates open and gauge at 1.9 feet.
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West Virginia
American Heritage Foundation
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
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