Underwood Defends Labor Role At West Virginia Convention
At the West Virginia Labor Federation convention governor Underwood argued for state action to fund essential services and tax equity to support industrial growth. He cautioned against corruption in unions while pledging government protection and worker support. Miles C. Stanley was elected president of the newly formed federation.
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Huntington
U—Gov
Underwood
Lada’y
Labor
Milnes Ag Nak
Atk
Virginia
Afl-Cio
Bor
Portani
Federation
Miles C. Stanley
Dunbar
CIO State Council
State Federation of Labor
A. K Minner
West Virginia
Cecil. H. Underweed
Rackets Inquiry Coverage Tagged Unfair To Labor
George M Harrison vice president of AFL Clo and president of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks accused editors in New Orleans today of unfair coverage of the McClellan Committee. He said newspapers focus on labor misdeeds while ignoring similar graft by businessmen. Harrison urged ethical codes to curb corruption and noted about 300 million dollars involved in business misconduct last year.
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SNEW
Orleans
George’ M Harrison
Wice
AFL Clo
McClellan Committee
Harrison
Associated, Press_ Managing ‘Editors
The
Brotherhood of Railway _Clerks
John McClellan
D-Ark
Rebor
Labor
Byrd and Santa to Lead Miners Day Parade
Congressman Robert C Byrd and Santa Claus join Beckley officials A K Minter and Bill Wilbur for Beckley’s Miners Day Parade The 1958 model cars donated for the parade will carry participants and contestants in the Coal Queen beauty contest All contestants gather at Woodrow Wilson High School practice field at noon for parade start then proceed through town to the Beckley Recreation Building for contests
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Robert. C Byrd
Santa Claus
Beckley
A. K. Minter
Bill Wilbur
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Recreation
Henry Lilly Named Night Watchman At County Airport
Henry Lilly longtime foreman for the State Road Commission and Democrat was appointed night watchman at Ray County Memorial Airport by the County Court on Tuesday. Lilly, once removed from SRC duties after a new administrator took office, had his selection submitted by Van Dorsey and accepted unanimously. Airport manager Herb Alley said Lilly will begin duties soon.
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Lilly
State Road Commission
Democrat
Sitton
Raic County Memorial
SRC
Minor Scott
Ald
van Dorsey
Herb Alley
Airoat
Mrs Stover 51 Dies in Scarbro
Mrs Mar tha Agnes Stover Sr of Scarbro Route 1 died at 2:30 pm Thursday in Charleston hospital after a short illness. She was a Church of God Massey member born June 19 1906, daughter of Henry Aliff. Survivors include husband Hobart two brothers two sisters seven daughters and a stepson ten grandchildren. Funeral at Lick Fork Church of God Massey Sunday at 2 pm with burial Payne Cemetery Scarbro under A J Lilly Funeral Home.
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Scarbro
Martha Agnes
Stover
Charleston
Church
F of God
Massey
Henry Aliff
Inchyte
Hobart
Brad
Searbro
Barney
Dothan
Ruthie Winston
Alena Clifton
Sear
Bro
Flossie
Court
Lilly
Anders
Sylvia Stover
Baltimore
Lillian
Roberta
Rushie
Judith
Sharon
Cecil
Har
Lick Fork Church
Lick Fork Church of God, Mas J. Lilly Said the Omission of the Sey
Henry Lily Rom
Earl P. Kings
Princeton
Payne
Saiinfay
Sery
Reds Urge Iron Unity To Win World Goals
A Peiping radio broadcast reports a communique urging world Communist unity in a struggle for common goals amid fears of nuclear war. Tito’s Yugoslav Communists did not sign, stressing differing roads to socialism while endorsing core Red revolutionary principles.
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London
Peiping Radio
Germany
Middle East
Asia
Falrigid
Tito
Communist Party
Moscow
Belgrade
Borba
Politika
Poland
Alescow
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Warsaw
Africa
Mikhail
Suslov
Soviet Party
Beaver Resident Fannie Haley Dead at 87 in Beaver
Mrs. Fannie F. Simpson Haley age 87 of Beaver died at 6 15 pm Thursday at her daughter’s residence in Beaver of complications. Born July 23 1870 in Virginia she was daughter of R. Simpson and late Tate. She married Floyd C. Haley May 1898. he died November 13 1936. A Beaver resident since 192? coming from Bluefield after 83 years there she belonged to the First Baptist Church Bluefield. Surviving: two sons F C Haley Jr Bluefield and Robert Bruce Haley Washington DC. one stepson Earnest G Haley Princeton. two granddaughters. Funeral 2 pm Sunday Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel Bluefield Rev Cecil V Cook. Burial Monta Vista Cemetery Bluefield. Body to be moved from Melton Mortuary to Bluefield Funeral Home at 1 30 pm Saturday.
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Fannie’ F. Simpson Haley
Beaver
H.H
Susie” Miller
Virginia
Tate
R. Simpson
Floyd C. Haley
Haley
Bluefield
Firstly Baptist Church
F. C. Haley Jr
Robert Bruce Harley
Washington, D. C
Earnest «.G. Haley
Princeton
Hawkins Funeral Home
Cecil V. Cook
Monta Vista
Melton Mortuary
Bluefield Funeral Home
Checks To Korean Vets Total 202800 In Charleston
Charleston VA Director C. S. Collier announced 22,000 in Korean veterans bonus checks would mail today to 1,042 recipients. Verifications from Navy and Air Force centers in Washington and St Louis help speed up payments to eligible veterans.
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Charleston
Veterans Affairs
C. S. Collier, Rr
Callier
Navy
Air Force
Washington
D. C
St. Louis
Sparacino Announces Run for Sixth District Congress
Raleigh County prosecutor Anthony Sparacino said he will seek the Sixth District congressional nomination next year, entering a crowded field after Robert Byrd’s announcement. Sparacino, 49, has served as prosecuting attorney of Raleigh County and previously as Beckley Police Court judge, with a Navy service record and ties to Beckley family figures.
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Raleigh
Anthony J. Sparacino
Robert C. Byrd
Sophia
Sparacino
Byrd
Wilk
United States
Congress
Spararino i
Beckley Police
Accused Slayer To Be Returned To Pineville
James Messer, accused slayer of Mrs. Elsie Agee, a West Virginia store clerk, is scheduled to be returned to Pineville Saturday from Weston State Hospital after mental tests. Deputies James Gibson and Bud Daniels will accompany him, while a 42-year-old Hanover man is taken to Huntington State Hospital for observation. Messer has been jailed since Monday on a huriacy charge.
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James Messer
Elsie Agee
Weston State Hospital
Kopperston
Weston
Sheriff's
James Gibson
Bud Daniels
Hanlover
Huntington State Hospital
Wyoming
Candy theft at Byrd-Prillerman High School reported
State Police investigated a Thursday night intrusion at Byrd-Prillerman High School. An intruder took four or five pieces of candy described as a sweet tooth clue. How entry was gained remains undetermined.
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Byrd-Prillerman High School
Last Rites Incomplete For East Gulf Resident
Funeral services for Elder Jim Ray of East Gulf are incomplete pending arrival of relatives from South Carolina. Ray died at his home Thursday afternoon. body at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor. Weather: Cloudy with some snow likely south tomorrow. tonight low 25 to 32.
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Jim Ray
South Carolina
Ray
East Gulf
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Beckley
Sidievereeeeerss
Wea
Altair
Venus
Jupiter New River
Mars
Pentagon pins Cheyenne as first major ICBM firing site
Near Cheyenne Wyoming the Pentagon announced plans to begin a small one billion dollar missile site by mid 1953 marking the United States first major ICBM firing site. Warren Air Force Base near Cheyenne will be converted from a training school into a missile site to support the new program.
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Washington
Pentagon
Cheyenne
Wyo
Russia
Mahon
House Defense Appropriations
United States
A. Day
Defense
Neil McElroy
Army
Air Force
Warren Air Force Base
Wyoming
Senators Set for Immediate Production of Intermediate Missiles
Senate and House defense committees push to end testing and start production of 1,300 mile range ballistic missiles. Johnson chairs the Senate panel in a nonpartisan probe, aiming to strengthen national security rather than assign blame. Nixon warns the US fell behind Russia due to past military choices, urging continued effort and funding to catch up.
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George’ Mahen
Texas
Lewis
Washington
Defense
Neil McElroy
Wiliam Heladay
Defense Department
Mahon
Eben
House
Appropriations
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon
Committee For Economic Development
United States
Russia
Chicagoan Wins Probation In Grand Larceny Case
Thurman Downey of Chicago was sentenced to one to ten years in a state penitentiary at Moundsville but placed on probation by Judge Harry L. McCreery in Criminal Court. Downey pleaded guilty to stealing a refrigerator, broiler, stove, and coat from Leela Poe of Harper Heights on February 16. He was arrested July 22 and jailed in Raleigh County awaiting trial before probation release at 10:55 a.m. Thursday.
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Thurman Downey
Chicago
Til
Moundsville
Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Downey
Downey J
Leela Poe
Harper Heights
Raleigh
Lawsuit Seeks 1500 Dollars in Timber Dispute
A Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s Office filing by Ella Webb Jackson against John Clark seeks 1500 dollars in a timber-cutting dispute. Attorney Joseph Luchini notes the case concerns timber belonging to the plaintiff. In other news, the National Coal Association reports bituminous production for the week ending Nov 16 about 9,125,680 tons, down from 9,400,000 tons the prior week.
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Ella Webb Jackson
John Clark
Clark
Joseph Luchini
Washington
National Coal Alan
Athens Man to Face Hearing on Disturbing the Peace
A year old Athens man named William Whitt is scheduled for a hearing today before a Wyoming County magistrate on a disturbance of the peace charge. He was jailed Thursday night by Sheriff Bert Short and Deputies Roy Aliff and James Gibson.
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Pineville
Ans
Athens
William Whitt
Wyoming
Sherif Bert Short
Roy Aliff
James Gibson
Carlisle Woman Succumbs After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Mrs. Willie Viola Anthony Welch 38 of Carlisle died at Bluefield Sanitarium at 3:05 a.m. after a six week illness from a cerebral hemorrhage. She was a member of Carlisle Church of God and the Women of the Moose No. 33 Oak Hill. Born August 18 1918 at Powhatan she is survived by husband Robert five sisters four daughters three sons and the body is at Tyree Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Carlisle
Willie
Viola Anthony Welch
Bluefiield
Carisle Church of God
Women of the Moose
Oak Hill
Wreck Victim's Funeral Sunday Held for Raleigh County Driver Emmett Smith
Funeral services for Raleigh County highway victim Emmett Lawrence Smith will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Everett R. Shafer officiating. Burial follows in Meadows Cemetery Blue Jay. Smith, 43, Glen Morgan, was killed Thursday evening when his car on State Route 16 near Slab Fork State Police said excessive speed caused the head on collision with rock debris on the hillside. He was returning from Nemo Coal Co. work in Amigo. Surviving: wife Nora Lee Shrewsberry. daughter Marsha. brother E. M. Smith of Beckley. five sisters Stella Levy Alexandria Virginia Nellie Phitcott Coal City H. Atkinson Beckley Mrs Carlos Martin Glen Morgan and Mrs Clarence Underwood Port Arthur Texas. The body remains at the funeral home.
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Raleigh County
Emmett Lawrence
Smith
Melton Mortuary
Everett R. Shafer
Meadows
Blue
Jay
Glen
Morgan
Slab Fork
Nemo Coal Co
Amigo
Helen Constable
Sophia
Glen Morgan
Charles J
Rosie Price Smith
U.S. Air Force
USAF
Marriana
Fla
Nora Lee Shrewsberry
President Eisenhower to Broadcast NATO Talk Live
New York The Mutual Broadcasting System said it will air President Eisenhower's December 16 speech at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Conference in Paris. NATO permission was granted for a special radio circuit to carry the broadcast. Further details on the exact time will be announced.
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New York
Mutual Broadcasting Men
Eisenhower
North Atantha Treaty Organization
Paris
NATO
Eotley
NATO Chief May Get Oked To Use Nuclear Weapons
London reports NATO allies are studying an aggression thermometer to grant the American commander limited power to decide on nuclear retaliation against a Red attack. Diplomats say plans aim to define aggression grades and circumstances for permissible use, with decisions expected by the December Paris NATO summit.
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London
Atlantic
NATO
Aviation Atlantic Aliance
Paris
United States
Britain
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