Three Women Deadlock Jury In Finch Tregoff Trial
Los Angeles AP reports a jury deadlocked on the murder case of Dr. R Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff after nine jurors found guilty of first degree murder while three refused. The case could go to a third trial with a new judge and jury, as cost estimates reach $600,000.
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Los Angeles
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Mha San
Andad Manda
John Patrick Cody
Dr. Finch
Miss Tregoff
Finch
California
Grant B. Cooper
Cooper
Dawson
Donald Bringgold
Carole
West Virginia voting enters final day with tight race
Voters in 55 counties face a statewide ballot as Democrats hold a statewide edge but Republicans push for gains. Precinct results show partisan splits with Nixon leading in Berkeley County and Wheeling Island precinct backing Republicans. Incumbents include secretary of state and agriculture commissioner, with many local offices up for grabs and 29 judicial circuits to choose judges.
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Berkeley County
Nixon
Charleston
Harold E. Neely
Barron
Hinton
Neely
West Virginia
U.S
Dwight Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Underwood
Randolph
State Board of Education
Joe F. Burdett
John T. Johnson
Supreme Court
Chauncey Browning
Logan
Harlan Calhoun
Moorefield
House of Delegates
Senate
Voters Ignore Nine-Inch Snow In Election Day
Snow up to nine inches fell in West Virginia but did not deter voters on election day. Mountain areas saw the heaviest fall while roads were cleared by Road Commission crews. Temperatures ranged from 11 to 27 degrees, with skies clear to partly cloudy and rain not expected until after polls closed.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Road Commission
Elkins
Beckley
U. S. Weather Bureau
Charleston
Parkersburg
Martinsburg
Huntington - Morgantown
Wheeling
The Kennedy Clan Returns After Campaign Finale
Rose Kennedy the senator's 70 year old mother returned home after extensive campaigning and socializing across towns. Bobby Kennedy at 33 led the campaign with Ethel and their three older children joining the scene alongside Ted Kennedy aged 26 who managed the Western region.
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Rose Kennedy
Kennedy
Bobby
Edward
Ted
Ethel
UN Battle Over Congo Looms
In New York the General Assembly prepared for a Congo debate as President Joseph Kasavubu arrived to oppose Soviet backed moves favoring Patrice Lumumba. The session was delayed to allow Kasavubu to marshal his arguments.
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United Nations
N.Y
General Assembly
Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
Patrice Lumumba
Library at British Museum Holds Vast Print Collection
The British Museum library houses over six million printed volumes and about 60 thousand manuscripts, highlighting its vast archival reach and historic holdings.
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The
British Museum
Deaths and Funerals George Larkin Hill and others
Funeral services for George Larkin Hill 74 Mabscott are set for 2 p m at Rose and Quese Peace Chapel with Rev M Littlejohn officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Hill died at his daughter’s Beckley home after a heart attack. Survivors include five sons, six daughters, a brother, 29 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Grandsons will be pallbearers. Also scheduled: funeral for Herbert Brunty 58 Baileysville at 2 p m Wednesday in Church of God Clear Fork with Rev Elva Mullins and Rev Ike Mullins. Burial in Community Cemetery Elk Lick. Brunty died at 2 a m Monday from heart condition. Survivors include wife Myrtle, three sons, five daughters, and five grandchildren. Body to be taken to Evans Funeral Home in Oceana.
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Mabscott
Rose and Quese Peace
M. Littlejohn
Sunset Memorial Park
Hill
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Beckley
Pee Ses
Wood
Sprague
Clinton Hill
Charles Hill
Key Rock
Dempster Hill
Sabine
J. E. Hill
J. T. Hill
Cleveland
Ohio
Janice Webb
Vonda Birchfield
Lela Clyburn
Colbert Wood
Juanita Hill
Huntington
Sanders Hill
Clintwood
Herbert Brunty
Baileysville
Church of God At
Clear Fork
Elva Mullins
Ike Mullins
Elk Lick
Brunty
Davy
Myrtle Morgan Brunty
Fred
Herbert Jr
Ray Brunty
Mildred Kelley
Jean King
Chicago
Ill
Audrey Belcher
Irene Blankenship
Virgie Snyder
Elbert
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Rns
Miss Jean Porter, Raleigh educator, dies at 61
Former Woodrow Wilson High School teacher Miss Jean W Porter died at 2 40 p m Monday after a seven week illness She taught senior English at Woodrow Wilson High School for 33 years retiring in May 1959 Born October 28 1894 she held degrees from Ohio State University Columbia University and did PhD work at Michigan West Virginia University and Chicago Her career spanned Fayette Raleigh and Mingo counties She was active in Methodist Temple clubs and civic groups Survived by brother Lloyd Porter of Pontiac Mich Services at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home with pallbearers named including Armstrong Van Meter Hinkley Martin and Larrick
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Woman's Club of
Beckley
Chaminade Music Club
Woman's Society of’ iChristian Service
The
Kings Daughters
Women’s Christaan Temperance Union
League of Women Voters
Circle 2
Methodist Temple
Rebekah Bible Class
Friends of the Library
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Lloyd G. Porter
Pontiac
Mich
Keyser - Bryant
E. D. Armstrong
J. R. van Meter
Roland Hinkley
Raymond V. Martin
L. L. Thorne
Robert Thomson
E G. Larrick
Sherman Trail
Bailey Otis A. Bailey funeral arrangements announced
Otis A. Bailey 82 died Sunday night at a son’s home in Hungart's Creek. Born October 15 1878 in Union he moved to Hinton young and belonged to Second Baptist Church Talcott. Survived by five daughters and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Body at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors.
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George Bailey
Hungart’s Creek
Union
William and
Ellen Bailey
Hinton
Second Baptist Church
Talcott
C. R. Johnson
G. B. Haynes
Lowell
Mrs Will ie D Howell dies in Fayetteville nursing home
Mrs Willie D Howell 229 N Kanawha St Beckley dies at 10 30 p m Monday after several months illness heart attack cited Funeral set 10 am Thursday at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Dr Alvin J Cook Graveside Evergreen Burial Park Va 4 pm Thursday pallbearers listed including Harry L Mondorf J T Hollandsworth Ray Brash Mack Maples Ray V Martin John W Eye Earl Snead James Pickus Nathan Pickus Charles Hughes Isaac McKinney relatives include sister Mrs A Z Lilly and several nieces and nephews
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N. Kanawha St
Fayetteville
Beckley
Raymond D. Martin
Purple Box
Quality Shop
Martin
French Lucas
Raleigh
Henry E
Emma Hull
North Kanawha Street
Gordon D. Howell
Roanoke
A. Z. Lilly
Caffee Funeral Home
Alvin J. Cook
Evergreen Burial Park
Thurs
Wade Richardson Dies in Beckley Hospital
Wade Richardson of 111 Tolbert Street died at 11 30 a m in Beckley Hospital where he was admitted Friday. The body is at the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
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Wade Richardson
Tolbert St
Beckley Hospital
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Ralph Crawford Funeral Services Held in Oak Hill
Funeral services for Ralph Crawford 55 of Oak Hill were set for 2 p m Wednesday at the Thomas Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Randolph Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Crawford died in an Oak Hill hotel Thursday from a cerebral hemorrhage. A retired Army sergeant and member of Metropolitan Baptist Church in Washington D C he had lived at the hotel 30 years. Surviving are two sons Eugene Crawford Chanute Air Force Base Indiana Woodrow Steven Crawford Bloomington Calif a brother Roy Crawford Kennywood Pa.
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Ralph Crawford
Oak Hill
Thomas Funeral Home
Randolph Johnson
High Lawn Memorial Park
Crawford
Metropolitan Baptist Church
Washington, D. C
Jackson
Eugene Crawford
Chanute
Air Force Base
Indiana
Woodrow Steven Crawford
Bloomington
Calif
Roy Oa
Kennywood
Fire damages garage rags at Johnstown Motors
A small fire at Johnstown Motors on Johnstown Road started when rags over a heater ignited. Beckley Fire Department responded at 11 20 a m and extinguished the blaze with about 25 dollars in damage reported.
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Johnstown Motors
Johnstown Road
Beckley Fire Department
Hired murderer implicates Peel in Palm Beach case
In a hospital-room like testimony Floyd A Holzapfel confessed he was hired to kill Circuit Judge Chillingworth and Mrs Seekes as Palm Beach County political boss Peel Jr. Peel allegedly hired Holzapfel and George David Lincoln to silence the judge over a divorce dispute. The hearing continues next Monday.
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Theingworth
Floyd A. Holzapfel
Co. E. Seekes
Jos A. Peel Jr
Holzapfel
State Ay
Phil O’connell
Palm Beach County
Rae
Beach
Mur
Chillingworths
Peel
George David Lincoln
Chillingworth
Early concession patterns in U.S. presidential races
A historical roundup notes how winners and losers conceded across elections from 1916 to 1920 and 1924 1928 and 1982. It cites Herb Hoover Al Smith John W. Davis Charles Evans Hughes and James Cox as examples of early or late acknowledgments of defeat with varying concession times.
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Herb Hoover
Roosevelt
Hoover
al Smith
John W. Davis
Calvin Coolidge
Charles Evans Hughes
California
Woodrow Wilson
James Cox
Warren G. Harding
Kennedy and Nixon Face Varying Electoral Forecasts
Pollster forecasts show Kennedy between 244 and 306 electoral votes across outlets, with Nixon ranging from 109 to 314. several predictions mark many undecided states. An Agriculture Department survey notes only two of five Americans skip eggs at breakfast.
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Kennedy
Nixon
New York Times
United Press International
Time Magazine
Newsweek Magazine
American Society of Newspaper Editors
U.S. News & World Report
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States
Heavy early voting across precincts in South Oakwood area
Voter activity reported at multiple precincts shows high turnout from early morning to late morning. Precincts include South Oakwood No 13, Harper Road No 12, Woodrow Wilson High School No 8, Institute School No 9, Armory No 7, Sylvia School, Lincoln School No ? , East Beckley Elementary No ? , Stratton High School No ? , Piney Oaks No ? , Johnstown Road No ?, Worley Road No ?, East Park No ? with totals ranging from about one quarter to more than half of registered voters casting ballots by 11:45 am. A crutch-assisted voter aid noted.
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South Oakwood
Harper Road
Woodrow Wilson High School
Institute School
Woodrow Wilson
Armory
Institute
Sylvia School
Lincoln School
East Beckley
Stratton High School
Piney Oaks
Johnstown Road
Worley Road
East Park
Marine Edward Guy Held on Absence Charge
Edward Guy of Maple Meadow, a United States Marine Corps member, was held in Raleigh County Jail at 12 10 p m today on charges of being absent without leave.
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Edward Guy
Maple Meadow
United States Marine Corps
Raleigh
Arrest of Gus Fotos for red light violation in Beckley
Beckley police arrested Gus Fotos at 10 25 am and charged him with a red light traffic violation. He was ordered to police court for a hearing on the charge.
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Gus Fotos
Beckley
End of campaign as voters cast ballots nationwide
As millions vote, Nixon and Kennedy face final questions on religion debates and impact. Governors races draw attention in Michigan Illinois and Kansas while Democrats hold Senate and House majorities. Campaigns end with candidates at home and in rally settings awaiting results and public reaction.
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