Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Peggy Kessinger reports on soldiers linked to West Virginia families. Sgt C Robert J McCall arrives in Korea with the Seventh Infantry Division. his wife Ann and his parents live at Allen Junction. Other notes include Dallas A Fix completing recruit training at Great Lakes. Pvt Charles A Pilliteri finishing Parris Island Marine training. Pvt Norman D Eller finishing at Fort Jackson. Pvt Archie H Lester departing for Germany with the Third Division. and Mullens High School alumnus who worked for Page Coal before joining the Army.
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Korea
Seventh Infantry Division
Robert J. McCall
Ann
Randolph K. McCall
Allen Junction
40Th Armor
Army
Mulelens High School
Parris Island
S. C
Marine Corps
Pvt
Charles A. Pilliteri
Sam Pilliteri
Route 2
Beckley
Marine Pvt Melvin Elswick Returns From Mediterranean Duty
Returning to Camp Lejeune North Carolina Marine Pvt Melvin D Elswick son of Mr and Mrs Melvin Elswick Route I Mount Hope after a six month tour of duty aboard amphibious vessels of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean area.
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Camp Lejeune
N. C
WaSe Marine Pvt
Melvin D. Elswick
Melvin Elswick
Route I
Mount Hope
VU. S. Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Specialist Amos E Bailey Receives Expert Infantryman Badge
Specialist 4 Amos E Bailey, 24, of Athens Prince ton, son of Mr and Mrs Estell Bailey, earns the Expert Infantryman Badge while with the Third Armored Division 36th Infantry in Germany. He is married to Elizabeth Heslip of Mullens and is a Herridon High School 1953 graduate who worked for American Coal Co McComas before enlisting in March 1958 and completing basic training at Fort Hood.
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Germany
Third Infantry
Archie H. Lester
Gilbert Lester
Third Armored Division
Amos E. Bailey
Estell Baieley
Athens Star Route
Princeton
Elizabeth Heslip
Guyandotte Ave
Mullens
Herridon High School
American Coal Co
McComas
Army
Fort Hood
Tex
Navy Training News From Great Lakes Identification
Great Lakes training location lists Thomas K. Chaffin son of Mr and Mrs Henry Chaffin Route I Sophia and Charles A Sturgill chief radioman Route I Beckley serving aboard oiler USS Canisteo with Sixth Fleet in Mediterranean area
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Great Lakes
Naval Center
Thomas K. Chaffin
Henry Chaffin
Sophia
Canisteo
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Charles A. Sturgill
Beckley
Soldier Philip D Leo graduates NCO academy in Germany
Sgt Philip D Leo son of Mr and Mrs Dominco Leo Glen White graduates from the Seventh Army NCO Academy at Bad Tatz Germany He serves as a squad leader in Company I Third Battalion Second Armored Cavalry Regiment based in Amberg A July 1957 Army enlistment marks his entry into service He is 20 and attended Woodrow Wilson High School
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Seventh Army Non-Commissioned Officer Academy
Bad Talz
Germany
Philip D. Leo
Dominco Leo
Glen White
Second Armored Cavalry Regiement
Amberg
Woodrow Wilson High School
Huntington City Plans Bond Issue And Urban Renewal
Huntington officials discuss a second bond issue totaling 3.2 million to finish a sewer project due in 1962 and appoint nominees to a five member Urban Renewal Authority for a 761 395 redevelopment in a 20 acre east side district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Robert M. Hoisington
Huntington Council
Social Security Q&A on widows and earnings rules
A set of Social Security questions explains widow benefits at $33 monthly, unemployment earnings not freezeable unless totally disabled, adoption altering benefits with half amounts to wife and child, wage reporting upon work performed, and quarterly cash wage thresholds guiding reporting.
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Social Security Office
Man charged after garbage can smashes downtown loan office
Birmingham AP report says Arthur Bostian aimed to spotlight Gov. Patterson against loan sharks but police pursued charges of malicious mischief after a garbage can was hurled through the plate glass window of a downtown loan company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Arthur Bostian
John Patterson
Sosenko Sets Broadway Plans for Age Cannot Wither
Producer Anna Sosenko picks a feminine lead for the stage adaptation Age Cannot Wither about Eleonora Duse and Gabriele D'Annunzio. She holds the stage rights and will select an adapter after casting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anna Sosenko
Eleonora Duse
Gabriele D'Annunzio
39 Die In State Traffic Accidents During October
Charleston West Virginia streets and highways saw 39 traffic fatalities in October according to figures released by Colonel Hazen H Fair, superintendent of the West Virginia State Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Hazen H. Fair
Passenger Car Traffic Drops on West Virginia Turnpike
Turnpike manager W C Stahl notes October car traffic fell to 118 673 from 167 049 in August. Trucks rose by 50 on the 88 mile Princeton to Charleston route. October revenue totaled 321 770 with 254 763 set aside for interest. The year’s toll road fatalities reached 340 across 35 accidents with many drivers speeding or improper passing. Sophia High seniors begin yearbook work.
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Charleston
West Virginia Turnpike
W. C. Stahl
Princeton
Stahl
Turnpike
Turnpike Commission
Fair
Wise Woman Avoids Fad Diets With Steady Habits
A Raleigh County Health Association note urges women to skip crash diets and drugs. It advocates gradual weight loss, cutting chips and snacks, and walking away from seconds. If faster results are desired, consult a doctor for supervision.
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Raleigh County
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Peggy Kessinger
Great Lakes, Ill
Dallas A. Fix
Virginia Gay Fix
Coal City
Fourth Training Regiment
Fort Jackson
Norman D. Eller
Mose W. Eller Jr
Slab Fork
A. E. Bailey
A. H. Lester
Mt. State Miscellany
Alabama
Blount Brothers of
Montgomery
Bonn Brown
Elkins
American Legion
City of
Wheeling
Wheeling Park Commission
Wheeling Park
Wheeling Tile Co
Weirton City Building
Air Service Committee
The
Huntington Chamber of Commerce
New England
Milton J. Lilly
Mason County
Kanawha Medical Society
Carl B. Hall
Kanawha Welfare Council
Charleston Foundation For Research
Bill Bolden
Charleston Civic Center
Oral Roberts Crusade
James E. Gray
Cambridge
Ohio
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Amere Gas Utilities Company
Sophia High School
Linda Lambert
Stella Cook
Robert Peak
Wanda Johnson
Wayne Martin
Eng
Aed
Theodore Roosevelt
North
Africa
Billings County
the Sample Shop
Neville ST
Neville Maytag & Furniture CO
Neville Street
AIR Rifles
Fanner & Buckle Guns
Beckley, W. VA
TIMEX
Oe Ag
Neville St. Beckley
Betsy Wetsy
Mattel
Fanner
Winchester
Aattel
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