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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1958

Page

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Gene Tierney Faces Comeback After Two Decades Of Loss

Gene Tierney, 38, speaks from Westport of years in mental illness and time in two clinics. After a long struggle with personal tragedy including family estrangement, elopement fallout, and her daughter Daria’s mental disability, she aims to return to acting and reestablish family life.

Gene Tierney Cynthia Lowry Westport, Conn Miss Tierney Menninger Clinic Topeka Kan Gene Hollywood Daria

Osage Blast Suspect Held

A white coal miner about 26 from Osage is held on an open charge in the Osage School bombing. Prosecutor Cox says the man has a history of brawling with Negroes. Osage pupils return to classes in new quarters as investigators and FBI aid seek the blast motive and damages estimated up to 500000.

Morgantown Monongalia County Osage Stanley R. Cox Jr Here Osage School Seneca Cassville FBI E. Hugo Winterrowd Pittsburgh

Mabscott Man Dies At 68 In West Virginia

James Harris Redden aged 68 of Mabscott died at his home Tuesday after an eight and a half year illness. A retired farmer, he lived mostly in Richmond district and was a Methodist, born June 8, 1889 in New. Survived by wife Lot tie, six sons Elsworth Arnold Jonah James H Okie Albert John C. and one daughter Har old Rover, plus two sisters and two grandchildren. Funeral at Shady Spring Baptist Church Friday at 2 p.m. with Rev Powers and John M. Garten officiating. interment in family cemetery Abraham. Body to be taken to Arnold Redden’s home in Abraham after 3:30 p.m. Thursday from Webb and Neal Funeral Home. Pallbearers named.

James Harris Redden Mabscott Richmond Methodist Church New James Redden Nancy Bragg Redden Lottie Redden A. D. Redden Beaver Ida Hunt Glen Morgan Edna Radford Shady Springs Elsworth Arnold Shady Spring Jonah James H Okie Albert Cleveland E. W. Powers John M. Garten Abraham Arnold Redden Webb and Neal Delbert Redden Charles Fred Hunt John R. Bragg James Radford Woodrow Canterbury Joe Redden

Hacksaw Blades Knife Found In Jail Search

A Raleigh County Jail shakedown uncovered a pen knife, razor blades, and two broken hacksaw blades on inmates. Razor and hacksaw blades were in a cell, the pen knife in a shoe toe. Inmate Franklin Ferrell, held for breaking and entering, had a hacksaw blade found in his bed.

Raleigh Zina French Franklin Ferrell

Seedling Tree Orders Due For Spring Delivery

District Forester Carl J. Lucas said seedling orders placed with the Conservation Commission will start deliveries after Saturday. A total of 272,300 seedlings were ordered this fall and orders are now being accepted for seedlings scheduled to be delivered next March.

Carl J. Lucas the Conservation Commission Lucas

Pineknob Man Waives Hearing On New Charge

McKinney Lee Treadway 26 of Pineknob waived preliminary hearing on entering without breaking. Bond set at 1000. FBI and deputy sheriff arrested him and jailed him Monday night. He faces interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle in Federal Court and later added charges of breaking into Burleson Motor Co lot, theft of four sets of keys and a jacket. Police also accuse auto theft. arraignment pending. Other detainees: Cecil W. Bibb Jr jailed for parole violation. Eugene Lester Burks held on trespassing. Henry Dow released after serving a sentence and costs for shoplifting and drunkenness.

McKinney Lee Treadway Cotton White Treadway Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Beckley Burleson Motor Company Woodlawn Avenue Cecil W. Bibb Jr Shady Spring Eugene Lester Burks Stamford Henry Dow W. A. Burke

West Virginia Weather Briefs and River Update

Considerable cloudiness and warmer high in the 60s with 55 to 60 in the mountains today. Fair and colder tonight with lows in the 30s, 25 to 30 in the mountains. Thursday brings more cloudiness and a touch cooler. Beckley highs yesterday 46, low 30 today. Oak Hill highs around 56, low 7 a.m. gauge 11.8 ft at Bluestone Reservoir. gates 1.4 open. Greenbrier low is clear. River conditions show normal Bluestone stage, Bellepoint readings noted.

Beckley Greenbrier Bluestone Reservoir

Berlin Situation Deepens as Talks on Soviet Troop Withdrawal Begin

Communist East Germany and the Soviet Union plan early talks on withdrawing troops from East Germany in a move to pressure the Western powers. Otto Grotewohl cited the step aimed at pushing the United States Britain and France to remove forces from Western Germany and Berlin amid high tension.

Berlin Russia East Germany Otto Grotewohl Grotewohl United States Britain France Germany Kremlin Nikita Khrushchev Khrushchev Moscow Soviet Union West Germany East Berlin West Berlin Washington London Ern

Johnson to undertake bipartisan mission to Mexico City

Eisenhower calls on Senator Lyndon B Johnson to meet with Mexico's president elect Adolfo Lopez Mateos in Mexico City this month. Johnson's trip signals a push to strengthen Latin American relations and follows his agreed speaking role at the United Nations for peaceful space uses.

Washington Eisenhower Lyndon B. Johnson D-Tex Mexico Johnson Senate Mexico City Adolfo Lopez Mateos Congress State Department Dulles United Nations William Proxmire Wis Texas Frank E. Moss Utah Lopez Mate

Ex-Gov Curley of Massachusetts Dies at 83

Boston AP James Michael Curley the longtime Boston and Massachusetts political boss died at City Hospital after a 55 minute operation to clear an intestinal artery clot. He would have turned 84 Nov. 20. Curley served four terms as Boston mayor, one as governor, and four as a congressman. He had a history of jail terms for conspiracy and mail fraud.

Boston James Michael Curley Big City City Hospital Curley Massachusetts Danbury, Conn

Givens Receives Prison Sentence

Givens 19 of Cool Ridge was found guilty by a Raleigh County Criminal Court jury of second degree murder in the death of 63 year old Thomas Pace. He received a 5 to 18 year sentence from Judge Harry L. McCreery. Pace was beaten to death with a bummerjack last April near his Fireco home. Forrest Dallas Moye Ghent, charged in the killing, is held by U S Naval Authorities in Ashland Kentucky and will be brought back for a January trial in Beckley. A $10 000 suit was filed against the two by Pace’s widow Virginia Pace. Randall Ayers, who pleaded guilty to possession of a stolen vehicle, drew one to five years.

Lindy Givens Cool Ridge Raleigh County Thomas Pace Fireco Harry L. McCreery Pace Forrest Dallas Moye Ghent U. S. Naval Ashland

Break In Probed at Mid Way General Store

State Police probe a reported breaking and entering at Mid way General Store, first reported at 7 a.m. today. Officers secured the scene and began canvassing for witnesses and clues.

Midway General Store

From Obscurity To Limelight Young Mother Becomes Recording Star

Fran Lacey a Buena Park mother rises to fame after neighbors suggest a record deal. Russ Malloy signs her with Buddy Collette’s band backing, she records an album titled Fran with her image on the cover. She dreams of managers TV appearances and night clubs as her album releases this week.

Buena Park Calif Fran Lacey Los Angeles Russ Malloy The Dy Collette Malloy Fran Bulkin Lacey Visalia Les Means Les

Soviet Charges U S Preparing To Put Bases On Moon

At the United Nations the Soviet Union charged the United States plans to establish military bases on the moon to attack Soviet cities. Design Minister Valerian A. Zorin demanded a ban on space weapons and liquidating foreign bases as a condition for peaceful space cooperation. The U S delegate argued Zorin distorted the stance while the U S seeks a UN study commission on peaceful space use and opposes Russia’s ban and base elimination demands.

U. S Moon United Nations N.Y Soviet Union United States Valerian A. Zorin U.N Zorin Sen Lyndon B Johnson D-Tex Senate Johnson U.S Henry Cabot Lodge Lodge Russia U.N. Commission Europe Middle East Africa

County Girl Scout Fund Reaches 2929 Dollars In Raleigh County

An extra 261.75 contributed by county workers brings the total to 2929.81 collected Monday in the Raleigh County Girl Scout Council fund drive. Several areas remain to report, with Mrs. S. C. Woods Jr. expected to have a complete report Friday.

Raleigh County Girl Scout Council S. C. Woods Jr

Ladies Night Set By Kiwanis Club Beckley

The Beckley Kiwanis Club will host the 37th Annual Ladies Night at 6 30 p m Friday at the Elks Club Guest speaker will be Ben Franklin IV a Point Pleasant school teacher and amateur artist Jan Campbell will provide diner music with Ed Ratcliffe as master of ceremonies Phil McDaniel II president will report and president elect Roy I Smith will be introduced All wives guests widows and civic leaders are invited The regular noon meeting is canceled Friday.

Beckley Kiwanis Club Elks Club Ben Franklin IV Point Pleasant Jan Campbell Ed Ratcliff Phil McDaniel II Roy I. Smith Kiwanis Smith Beckley Circle K Beckley College Key Club Woodrow Wilson High School

Big Jump In Coal Sales Predicted By Editor

Huntington editor Joseph Forsythe of the Keyssone Coal Buyers' Handbook in Pittsburgh told the Hunting ton Advertising Club on Tuesday that coal sales will rise two thirds within seven years and much of the nation's oil and gasoline will be produced from coal in the foreseeable future.

Huntington Joseph Forsythe Keyssone Coal Buyers’ Handbook of Pittsburgh Huntington Advertising Club

Stassen Relaunches Dump Nixon Campaign for 1960

Harold E. Stassen relaunches his 1956 Dump Nixon drive after a post mortem with President Eisenhower. He omits Richard Nixon from a list of four likely Republican contenders for 1960 and signals no clear party stance. The Philadelphia lawyer and former adviser names Nelson Rockefeller Henry Cabot Lodge Robert Anderson and Fred Seaton as possible nominees. He says the 1958 election speaks for itself and declines to use the term dump Nixon again.

Washington (Ap Harold E. Stassen Nixon Eisenhower Vice Presiden Stassen Republican Party Nelson Rockefeller New York Henry Cabot Lodge U.S United Nations Secretary of the Treasury Robert Anderson Interior Fred Seaton Nixson

Two Beckleyans Win Bridge Title in State Tourney

Sam Hochman of 118 Mason Street and Williams Klein of 110 West Virginia Street won the open pairs championship in the West Virginia State Bridge Tournament held at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel in Clarksburg. Hochman partnered with Mrs. Elsie Werthhaenmer of Huntington and also placed second in the mixed pairs event.

Beckley Sam Hochman Mason St Williams Klein West Virginia St West Virginia Stonewall Jackson Hotel Clarksburg Hochman Elsie Werthhaenmer Huntington Beckley Duplicate Bridge Club William H. Weber

Junk Yard Fire Destroys Equipment in Prosperity

Early morning blaze at Mack and Joe's Junk Co. in Prosperity gutted a cinder block building and destroyed about $8,000 worth of tools and equipment. Joe Barney, inside at 8 15 a m, escaped unharmed after an acetylene tank exploded. Loss included two power plants worth $3,000, seven motors worth $2,000, two welders at $1,400, and $600 in tools. no fire insurance was carried.

Joe Barney A. P. McNichol Mack and Joe's Junk Co Barney

Zenith Resident Dies in Veterans Hospital

Samuel Herron aged 62 of Zenith died Tuesday night after a long illness at the Veterans Administration Hospital. His body was taken to Boyles Funeral Home in Union for arrangements.

Samuel Herron Zenith Veterans Administration Hospital Boyles Funeral Home Union

Army Honors Hero Listed As Deserter

Gabriel Garcia, a 68 year old farm laborer, was honored for bravery decades after being treated as a deserter. A WWI rescue near St Juvin earned him the Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart, and Victory Medal with three battle clusters. He was wounded in France October 16, 1918 and later corrected after learning he had been listed as a deserter.

San Diego Tex Gabriel Garcia No Man's Land France Army Garcia St. Juvin Ft. Sam Houston San Antonio Veterans Administration Office G. S. Meloy Jr 4Th Army

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