Estate of William Woodward Jr. Inherits Millions
New York socialite William Woodward Jr. left an estate estimated between five and ten million dollars. Beneficiaries include his wife Ann and two sons William III and James. The will probate is pending this week. Police say the Oyster Bay shooting appears accidental and reveal no financial motive or new light from the will.
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New York
William Woodward Jr
Woodward
Ann
William III
James
Belair
Bowie
Nashua
Brownell Points to US Canada Relations as Peace Model
U S Atty General Herbert Brownell Jr praised Canada US ties as a blueprint for peace in Toronto remarks. He cited arbitration and diplomacy over force in areas like human rights economy trade and borders, arguing nations can resolve disputes within international law without sacrificing freedom or sovereignty.
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Toronto
Canada
U. S
Herbert Brownell Jr
Brownell
United States
NCA Explains Stand On Nuclear Power
The National Coal Association adopted a policy statement backing continued government sponsorship of atomic energy while cautioning against too-optimistic views on quick, cheap nuclear power. An Atomic Energy Committee will study policy impacts on coal, chaired by Kenneth A. Spencer, with Pickett arguing coal fuels most US electricity and urging informed public policy.
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Washington
Tom Pickett
National Coal Association
Atasmic Energy
Ergy
Pickett
N.C.A
Atomic Energy Committee
Kenneth A. Spencer
Pittsburg and Midway Coal Mining Co
Kansas City
United States
College Official Pleads Innocent
New York College official Clark George Kuebler 47 of Santa Barbara California pleaded innocent to morals and assault charges brought by a city vice squad detective He is provost of the english literature school at Santa Barbara arraigned in felony court the case adjourned until Thursday He was paroled to his attorney Harry Sokel Kuebler a former Ripon College president denied the arrest and called it a gross mistake He had no prior record and said he came to interview prospective teachers Det Detective Eugene Kelly said Kuebler made an immoral proposition after inviting him to a room at the Biltmore Hotel
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New York
Clark George Kuebler
University of California
Kuebler
School of English Literature
Santa Barbara
Calif
Harry Sokel
Ripon College
Ripon
Wis
Eugene Kelly
Biltmore
Jets Ordered By Third Firm Jets Ordered By Third Firm
National Air Lines announces six Douglas DC8 jet planes for New York to Miami service cutting the flight to 2 hours 20 minutes. First delivery due May 1959 with five more by 1960. cost 36 million plus 1.4 million for spare parts as part of a 95 million fleet plan.
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New York
National Air Lines
Miami
Pan American World Airways
United Air Lines
National
Inquest Slated In Blast Death
Phoenix police scheduled an inquest into the bombing death of retired racketeer Willie Bioff. An intensive detective effort yielded few clues. Mrs. Bioff will testify to identify the victim. The blast destroyed Bioff’s right hand and seven carat diamond ring. Fingerprint charts were to arrive to aid investigation.
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Phoenix, Ariz.p
Willie Bioff
Accidents Cause High Weekend Toll in West Virginia
West Virginia suffered a deadly weekend with multiple accidents and unrelated deaths. William F Watts Beckley family mourns four children Roberta 6 William Jr 3 Mary Beth 2 and Michael 1 died from carbon monoxide poisoning in their home. Myrl Martin Zimmers 46 found dead from accidental asphyxiation in Ridgeley. Manuel Numes Bento 32 Logan killed when his car struck a bridge and overturned. Delbert Blankenship 38 and Nellie 40 Columbus Qhie died in a WVa 39 collision near Swiss Nicholas County. Patricia Ann Wallace 13 burned to death in a Wayne home fire. Frank Mason King 45 Hastings Wetzel County fatally injured when a rifle discharged accidentally. Robert R P Weaver 22 motorcycle rider killed on Sec Rt 3 in Berkeley County.
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West Virginia
William F. Watts
Beckley
Roberta
William Jr
Mary Beth
Michael
Ridgeley
Myrl Martin Zimmers
C. J. Phillips
Manuel Numes Bento
Logan
Island Creek
Delbert Blankenship
Nellie
Columbus
Qhie
W.va
Swiss
Nicholas County
Blankenship
Lockwood
Patricia Ann Wallace
Wayne
Frank Mason King
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co
Hastings
Wetzel
No Extension for Safety Inspection Sparks West Virginia Crackdown
West Virginia motorists face automatic suspension of vehicle registration if inspected stickers are not in place by midnight November 19. Officials including Motor Vehicles Commissioner Joseph Condry and State Police Supt. R. W. Boyles warned that cars cannot be driven to inspections or towed for inspection after the deadline, and penalties will mirror driving without a plate. Police report rising sticker orders but caution many vehicles may still need inspection.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Joseph P. Condry
R. W. Boyles
Col. Boyles
Condry
Attorney General's Office
T. S. Myers
Sgt. Myers
Myers
Dulles Seeks Russian Input On Blocking Surprise Attacks
Secretary of State Dulles urged Soviet participation in measures to prevent surprise attacks and signaled progress with Tito on Eastern Europe regaining independence. Harold Stassen joins discussions as part of Big Four talks, while talks on arms reduction and aerial inspection loom. Disarmament topics push ahead as the Geneva talks show mixed progress and early recess.
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Dulles
Russia
Geneva
Harold Stassen
America
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Brioni
Marshal Tito
Europe
Tito
Stassen
Eisenhower
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
United States
State Board Opens Probe Into Mason College Charleston
The State Board of Education ordered a formal investigation of the Mason College of Music and Fine Arts in Charleston by its five member committee on unaccredited colleges. Board members noted past concerns about quality and litigation at the private school and referenced a previous probationary action. The board also required burglary insurance for state colleges and approved several routine actions including safety forms, travel allowances, textbook advisory appointments, and a resignation from a local school committee.
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Charleston
State Board of Education
Mason College of Music and Fine Arts
H. K. Baer
Baer
Raymond Brewster
Huntington
Concord College
Virgil Stewart
Stewart
Brewster
James Rowland
Beckley
White House
Laura Singleton
Roscoe Martin
Elkins
Mona R. Jones
Prichard
Wayne County
Episcopal Rites Set For Watts Children
Funeral services for four Watts children Roberta 6 William Jr 3 Mary Beth 2 and Michael 1 will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at St Stephen Episcopal Church with Rt Rev W C Campbell presiding. Father William Watts recovering after carbon monoxide accident. insurance agents to attend funeral.
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William F. Watts
Oakwood Ave
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
W. C. Campbell
Charleston
West Virginia Diocese
Salk Vaccine Shows Results at Military Surgeons Meet
Surgeon General Leonard Scheele announced that early data on the Salk polio vaccine indicate substantial protection after one dose. Preliminary figures show vaccinated children experienced a 67 to 90 percent reduction in paralytic polio compared with unvaccinated peers, marking a major step toward eradicating the disease.
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Washington
Leonard Scheele
The
Assn. of
Military
United States
Lanark Driver Jailed for Speeding in Raleigh County
Joe Henry Mailo of Lanark was sentenced to 30 days in Raleigh County Jail and fined $10 plus costs after conviction on speeding. Mailo was arraigned before Magistrate J. E. Mays and arrested last week by State Police.
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Joe Henry Mailo
Lanark
Raleigh
Mailo
J. E. Mays
Elige Green jailed in Raleigh County on grand larceny charge
Elige Green of Dry Branch was placed in the Raleigh County Jail at 12 15 p m today on a charge of grand larceny. Deputies of the sheriff's office arrested him.
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Elige Green
Dry Branch
Raleigh
Rev May's Brother Dies in North Carolina
The Rev. O Worth May and his wife left for Raleigh to attend the funeral of his brother Richard May, who died suddenly Saturday evening. Richard May was the brother of the rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.
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Rev. May
N. Carolina
O. Worth May
Raleigh
N. C
Richard May
May
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Beckleyan Sentenced In Peace Warrants Case
Beckley resident Felton Farley was sentenced to six months in Raleigh County Jail after conviction on a peace warrant charge. He was arraigned before Magistrate J. P. Meadows on the warrant based on a complaint from his wife Hazel.
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Felton Farley
Beckley
Raleigh
Farley
J. P. Meadows
Hazel
Supreme Court bars court-martial for service crimes
The Supreme Court struck down a law allowing armed services to prosecute crimes committed in service by court-martial. Ex Air Force Sgt. Robert W. Toth of Pittsburgh cannot be tried by the Air Force for the killing of a South Korean civilian, Bong Soon Kil. President Eisenhower plans to leave the hospital and fly to Washington, with a possible delay before deciding on reelection.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Armed Services
Air Force
Robert W. Toth
Pittsburgh
Bong Soon Kil
Denver
Eisenhower
Coal for West Germany Delivers Liberty Ships At Cost Plan
A UMW spokesman described a private plan to revive tied Liberty ships to sell U S coal to West Germany at cost. The program aims to improve German coal supply, boost U S coal competitiveness against Iron Curtain imports, and aid American miners amid unemployment while avoiding government involvement. Legislation may be needed to authorize international trade.
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Washington
United States
West Germany
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
U. S
Germany
Poland
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Congress
Police to Question Victim of Assault in Beckley
Beckley police plan to question Florence Roach, 61, of Harper Heights, after she was found bruised and battered beside South Fayette Street at 1:23 a.m. Sunday. Her condition at the hospital is described as fair today.
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Beckley
Florence Roach
Harper Heights
South Fayette St
Raleigh General Hospital
Deputies Arrest Raymond Campbell in Raleigh County
Raleigh County Sheriff's deputies arrested Raymond Campbell at Wet Branch and booked him into Raleigh County Jail at 1 a.m. today on a listed charge.
Sheriff Ward Attends West Virginia Sheriffs Meet
Raleigh County Sheriff John C. Ward is in Charleston for a three day session of the West Virginia Sheriffs Association. The meeting began Sunday and will end Tuesday with Ward possibly not attending the full conclave.
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Raleigh
John C. Ward
Charleston
West Virginia Sheriffs Association
Sheriff Ward
Dorothy Carnegie Named President of Dale Carnegie Group
The widow of Dale Carnegie, Mrs Dorothy Carnegie, was named president of the organization he founded to promote his human relations and effective speaking courses. Carnegie, age 66 and author of How to Win Friends and Influence People, died in New York last week, leaving behind a global best selling non fiction work beside the Bible.
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Dale Carnegie
Dorothy Carnegie
New York
Actress Jil Jarmyn Drops Battery Complaint
Hollywood report says actress Jil Jarmyn plans to drop her battery complaint against red-haired Susan Hayward after warning her lawyer that her children could be dragged into the dispute. The incident began when Jarmyn visited Don Barry's home for coffee and Hayward allegedly swung a clothes brush, with both sides offering differing accounts and a later description of the scene as a tempest in a teapot.
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Hollywood
Jil Jarmyn
Susan Hayward
Don (Red Ryder) Barry
Saul Ross
Miss Hayward
Jess Barker
Miss Jarumn
Barry
Miss Jarmyn
Cold Front Pushing On to Appalachians
The Associated Press reports light snow showers and cloudy conditions across the nation. Snow was generally light except in Duluth and International Falls Minnesota with about an inch. A Weather disturbance brought over an inch of rain to New Orleans and Burwood Louisiana. Temperatures ranged from the 40s in New England to 30s and 40s inland in the Far West as cold air moved east toward the Appalachians.
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Upper
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Duluth
International Falls
Minn
Wyoming
Montana
Gulf States
New Orleans
Burwood
Plains States
Great Lakes Region
Appalachians
New England
West Virginia Weather Report and Temperature Notes
West Virginia forecast calls for occasional rain or snow mainly in the eastern high elevations with cooler tonight as low clouds dip to 25 to 30 degrees. Tuesday brings partial clouds and continued cold with snow flurries. Beckley reported a high yesterday and a low of 32 at 7 am today. Oak Hill saw a low last night around 33 with rain totals measured at 10 inches in rivers near Bellepoint, Greenbrier, Bluestone, and New. Bluestone Reservoir remains at normal stage and clear.
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Csccoees
Cccaceovacs Ae
M. Todoy
Csesacee
Oak Hill High
Dogry
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone
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