Scarbro Soldier Killed In Highway Collision Near Oak Hill
Pvt. Ballard Preston Burnside 19 of Scarbro was killed when his 1948 Chevrolet veered and struck a tractor-trailer on U S 21 near Gray's Market Hill Top. Charles Wesley Shannon Jr 26 of Reed the truck driver suffered leg bruises and faces negligent homicide arraignment. Burnside on furlough from Fort Jackson was to report to Camp Gordon Oct 22. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Ballard Preston Burnside
Route 1
Scarbro
U.S. 21
J. R. Lilly
Burnside
Bell Lines
Charles Wesley Shannon Jr
Reed
Oak Hill Hospital
Shannon
R. C. God
Lilly
W. R. Seal
Mount Hope
Nelson Burnside
101St Airborne Division
Fort Jackson
S. C
Camp Gordon
Armed Forces
Pilot Hospitalized After Fayette Crash
A young pilot named Halden Thompson age 21 from Santana Florida was hospitalized at Laird Memorial Hospital after his single engine plane struck a hillside during takeoff near Gauley Mountain. He had landed in a meadow near Gauley Bridge to avoid fog.
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Montgomery
W.va
Laird Memorial Hospital
Halden Thompson
Santana
Fla
Luther Hill
Gauley Bridge
Thompson
Gauley Mountain
Youngstown
Ohio
Legislature to Deal With Budget Matters
Charleston reports that West Virginia lawmakers will focus the 1956 budget session on the annual budget unless a two thirds vote allows other measures. Atty Gen. John G. Fox advised strict interpretation of the constitutional amendment, as committees chaired by W. E. Flannery and Ralph J. Bean studied the mechanics of the 30 day session opening Jan 1 1956. The goal is to trim personnel and clarify the session scope in the new biennial arrangement.
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Charleston
Atty
John G. Fox
Fox
Senate
House Rules Committees
House
W. E. Flannery
Ralph J. Bean
Flannery
Bean
Christmas Lights Still Burning for Korean Veteran
Mrs Luella Miller of Decatur keeps a Christmas tree lit 24 hours a day since 1950 to honor her son Pfc Clifford Sapp missing in Korea after 1950. Army identified remains in January 1981. funeral planned for Saturday, yet she holds out hope and will keep the lights burning. Her other son George runs a roadside cafe in Forsythe.
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Decatur
Luella Miller
Miller
North Korea
Artie Man Freed After Bond Posted in Raleigh Jail
Artie Man released from Raleigh County Jail after posting a $500 appearance bond for trial before Magistrate J. P. Meadows at 1 p.m. Saturday. The charge stems from a peace warrant and involves the named defendant Arbetus Legg.
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Arbetus Legg
Artie
Raleigh
J. P. Meadows
Weather forecast for west and east regions
Cloudy with scattered showers tonight. West 52 to 60, east 45 to 52. Thursday mainly cloudy and cooler with morning showers.
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Ness
Medical Grants Hearing Planned in Charleston West Virginia
State Health Director N H Dyer announced a public hearing for October 27 on the allocation plan for federal grants to medical facilities in West Virginia. The session will review funds under a 1954 act for chronic disease hospitals nursing homes diagnostic centers and rehabilitation facilities, separate from Hill Burton funds. The State Board of Health has approved a supplemental plan with a priority schedule, and the 10 a m start in the Health Department conference room invites interested parties to learn about the program.
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Charleston
N. H. Dyer
West Virginia
State Board of Health
Dyer
Health Department
Death by own action Ends Double Life
In Los Angeles, John Murrieta, 32, who led a double life with two wives and six children, shot himself after wounding his second wife Norma, 30. Norma is in serious condition. their six month old daughter Linda was with friends. Detectives say Murrieta also had a wife Gloria, and five children in Gardena.
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Los Angeles
John Murrieta
Norma
Murrieta
Harper Man Released After Drunk Driving Fine
Roy Lee Lester of Harper was released today after paying a $50 fine plus costs on a drunken driving charge. He was arrested Tuesday night by State Police and arraigned before Magistrate T N Thurman. The conviction includes a six month automatic license suspension.
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Roy Lee Lester
Harper
Raleigh
Lester
T. N. Thurman
Iran Joins Baghdad Pact to Fortify Western Defense
Iran formally aligned with the Baghdad Pact joining Turkey Iraq Pakistan and Britain to form a Middle East defense belt from the Mediterranean to the Himalayas. Premier Hussein Ala said a Foreign Ministry official delivered the note to Baghdad and Parliament must ratify the treaty with Shah’s strong support aiding expected approval.
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Tehran
Iran
Middle East
Soviet Union
Turkey
Iraq
Pakistan
Britain
Mediterranean
Himalayas
Europe
Atlantic
North America
Hussein Ala
Baghdad
Hutchinson Named Cardinal Manager In Surprise Move
ST LOUIS Fred Hutchinson former Detroit manager who led Seattle to the Pacific Coast League title this year was named manager of the St Louis Cardinals. He signed a two year contract with salary not disclosed. Hutchinson replaces Harry Walker and is joined by Frank Lane as general manager after Lane’s recent appointment. Hutchinson will bring coaches Terry Moore Johnny Hopp and Bill Posedel, with Posedel remaining from the Walker regime.
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ST. Louis
Fred Hutchinson
Detroit
Seattle
St. Louis Cardinals
Hutchinson
Harry
Lane
Hutch
Terry Moore
Cardinal
Johnny Hopp
Bill Posedel
Posedel
Walker
Soviet warning over Iran Turkey Pakistan pact ties
Moscow radio cited by London reports that the Soviet Union warned Iran that adhering to the Turkey Pakistan Faraci defense pact could risk relations between Iran and the USSR.
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London
Soviet Union
Iran
Moscow Radio
President Eisenhower Reasserts Peace Plan Leadership
President Eisenhower resumes command of the U S peace program as medical bulletins show progress toward recovery. A 7 am report notes eight hours of sleep and satisfactory progress. Dulles and the President exchanged views on disarmament with a tough stance on military guarantees, while Milton Eisenhower travels to join him.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Bedside Chat Backed by Eisenhower Dulles Talks
Washington aides described Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles in Denver as presenting a united front on foreign policy on the eve of the Big Four conference. Dulles flew back after a 25 minute talk of eight points, calling the President’s input extremely helpful and planning a Geneva briefing with leaders.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
U.S
Denver
Geneva
Bulgarin
White and Negro Educators Warn Against Mid Term Integration
In Greenbrier County West Virginia two high school principals and a county school board member testified as a case brought by the NAACP against school integration moved through its third day. Earl Clay Negro Bolling High principal urged delaying integration until term end while Roy Coffman Lewisburg High principal supported cautious steps for next term. Board member W B Anderson suggested possible integration at the start of the 1956 term, as Judge Ben Moore presided over the unprecedented hearing on mandatory school integration.
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Greenbrier
Lewisburg
W.va. I
Greenbrier County
Earl
Lewisburg Bolling
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Bolling High School
Bolling
NAACP
Clay
Roy Coffman
W. B. Anderson
Anderson
H. H. Crickenberger
Ben Moore
Moore
Crickenberger
Crickerberger
Rosalie S. Detch
O. O. Neely
W. D. Tuckwiller
Delvin D. Harrah
Chamber Manager Hits Industrial Trail for Jobs Growth
Charlies Bowers industrial development engineer and managing director of the local Chamber of Commerce travels Friday to meet industrial officials in two states. He will also visit Washington DC to seek leads from the Defense and Commerce Departments, aiming to recruit 25 to 30 firms in planning stages, then target textile and aircraft sectors for expansion. The trip seeks concrete company names to spur new jobs and income for Raleigh Countians.
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Raleigh
Washington, D. C
Defense Department
Commerce Department
Bowers
Virginia
Maryland
William Marland
Marland
General Industries
Tennessee Youth Wins Star Farmer Award 1955
Joe Moore, 21, runs a $46,000 farm near Granville, Tennessee, and was named Star Farmer of America at the Future Farmers of America convention. The award includes a $1,000 prize, with three regional winners named Lynn Loosh, Richard Arnold, and Ross Smith Jr.
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Kansas City
Joe Moore
Moore
Star Farmer of America
Future Farmers of America
Tennessee
Granville
Lynn Loosh
Ashton
Idaho
Richard K. Arnold
Painwell, Mich
Ross Edward Smith Jr
Monkton
Legion Parade Dampens Miami Convention Parade
Rain fell on the annual American Legion parade in Miami as members wrapped up a rain soaked event and debated UNESCO issues. A unofficial joint meeting of the Americanism and Foreign Relations Committees reportedly rejected a report clearing UNESCO of communism atheism and world government ties.
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Miami
Fla.p
Odd Fellows Convene in Charleston for 90th Convention
CHARLESTON West Virginia Independent Order of Odd Fellows meet in Charleston for the 90th annual convention. Sessions run through Friday with Grand Lodge and Assembly meetings and new officers to be installed Friday.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge
Assembly
Grand Jury Dismissed After No Indictments In Huntington Vice
Huntington Common Pleas Judge John W. Daniel yesterday dismissed a grand jury probing commercial vice conditions after it returned no indictments. Prosecutor Russell L. Daugherty said the panel found gambling activity but not to the extent previously reported.
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Huntington
Common Pleas
John W. Daniel
Russell L. Daugherty
Herteofore
Burdette Pays Fine By Mail For No Passing Charge
Charles Raymond Burdette of Charleston sent a $10 check by mail to Magistrate J P Meadows to cover a fine from a traffic violation near Beckley. Burdette was arrested on a charge of passing in a no passing zone enforced by the West Virginia Turnpike State Police recently.
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J. P. Meadows
Burdette
West Virginia Turnpike State Police
Mickeys Restaurant Won’t Have a Bar
Los Angeles Cohen says he hopes to open a restaurant but expects no bar. The ex-underworld figure, freed Sunday from McNeil Island Federal Prison after three years eight months for income tax evasion, reports interest from backers while liquor officials deny him liquor licensing due to his record.
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Los Angeles
Cohen
McNeil Island Federal Prison
West Virginia teachers to miss school for statewide convention
Raleigh County schools suspend for two days as the West Virginia Education Association holds its 91st annual convention in four regional meetings across Huntington Parkersburg Martinsburg and Clarksburg October 17 to 28. Five speakers including Phillip Lovejoy Orlo M. Brees and Bertha Lawrence headline programs, with Dr. Bertha Lawrence speaking Martinsburg. A long list of Raleigh County schools is named for closure during the convention period.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia Education Association
Huntington
WVEA
West Virginia
Parkersburg
Martinsburg
Clarksburg
Phillip Lovejoy
Rotary International
Robert Kazmayer
Orlo M. Brees
Bithis Jane Whitney
Bertha Lawrence
Trenton
New Jersey Education Association
Byrd Prillerman
Clear Fork
Elliott
Mark Twain
Marsh Fork
Sophia
Stratton
Trap Hill
Beckley
Eccles
Glen White
Mount View
Stoco
Acord
Affinity
Ameagle
Amigo
Bacon Town
Beaver
Blue Jay
Bradley
Bragg
Central
Cirtsville
Cleveland
Cliff Top
Coal City
Collins
Old Crab Orchard
New Crab Orchard
Cranberry
Crow
Daniels
Dillon
Dorothy
East Gulf
Edwight
Fairdale
Fairview
Fitzpatrick
Ghent
Glen Daniel
Glen Leigh
Grandview
Harper Road
Harvey
Helen
Hollywood
Ferris Wheel Accident Kills Texas Girl at State Fair
A 17 year old high school girl, Cynthia Combest of Memphis, Texas, died after a pivot on a 90 foot Ferris wheel at the State Fair of Texas broke and dropped her seat. Two companions, Kay Leslie 15 and Barbara Allen 14, were critically injured. The incident occurred yesterday at Baylor Hospital where she died on arrival.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Cynthia Combest
Memphis
Baylor Hospital
Kay Leslie
Barbara Allen
New Cumberland Dam to modernize Ohio River traffic
A 50 million dollar New Cumberland Dam project on the Ohio River below Newell West Virginia is announced by US Army Engineers to replace three aging dams and speed river traffic up to three hours. Ohio Edison plans a 75 million dollar nearby power plant with 1,200 megawatts capacity, bids for locks estimated at 20 to 25 million will be opened October 20, with completion aimed for June 1959 and dedication on November 1.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio Valley
U. S. Army Engineers
Newell
W. Va
Ohio River
Pittsburgh Sun
Telegraph
Ohio Edison Co
Ohio
Ohio Edison
Toronto
New Castle
Akron
Youngstown
Springfield
New Cumberland
H. H. Sprague
The
Army Engineers
New dam to replace three locks on Ohio River route
J A Neill chief engineer for the U S Army Engineers says the forthcoming dam will replace Lock 7 at Georgetown Pa Lock 8 at Newell W Va and Lock 9 at New Cumberland Ohio Eventually plans aim to cut the number of dams and locks on the Ohio from Pittsburgh to Cairo by building new dams reducing the total from 46 to 21
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J. A. Neill
U. S. Army Engineers
Georgetown
Newell
W. Va
New Cumberland
Ohio
Neill
Pittsburgh
Cairo
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Harper Man
Western Defense Alliance
Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
United States
Russia
Milton Eisenhower
Penn State University
Bulganin
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American Legion
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Mickey’s Restaurant
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