Kin Denies Manipulation of State Contract Ties
Fayette firm named in road probe. State Purchasing Dept buyer Ray Tracy denies alleged contract juggling. sworn witnesses Id en and Law testified behind closed doors. Committee transcripts will be shared with Gov. Marland and officials.
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Fayette
Charleston
Ray Tracy
Highway Research Committee
State Road Commission
Senate
Ralph Bean
D-Hardy
House
W E. Flannery
Logan
Marland
John G. Fox
Lyle Smith
Tracy
Six Defendants Guilty In Criminal Court Sentencing
Six defendants received prison terms of one to ten years after pleading guilty in criminal court as the trial docket opened today. Judge Harry L. McCreery sentenced five men and one woman and took motions for probation under advisement for four. Defendants tied to the Glen Daniel break in include John Mitchell Lane and James Richard White, with White’s attorney seeking probation. Fleming, from Mabscott, pleaded guilty to entering High Line Distributing Co. and was returned from Baltimore for October term. Grimmet of Oak Hill began a one-to-ten year sentence on the same charge. Lilly of Mabscott is on probation after breaking into Black Knight County Club. Milam and Jackson of Charleston pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods. McKinney of Stamford pleaded guilty to breaking and entering Black Knight County Club. Motions for probation were filed for Milam, Jackson, and McKinney. McCreery paused sentencing Adkins of Odd on a pistol charge until November 4.
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Harry L. McCreery
Ralph Victor Fleming
Mabscott
High Line Distributing Co
Fleming
Raleigh County
Baltimore
Eugene Grimmet
Oak Hill
Albert Lacy Lilly
Mabcott
Reba Milam
James J. Jackson
Charleston
Orland Edward McKinney
Stamford
Black Knight County Club
McCreery
Milam
Jackson
McKinney
Plumley School Approval Sought
Approval of rebuilding plans for Plumley Mountain School, destroyed by fire last summer, is before the Board of Education. Assistant superintendent Cc D Munson presents the two room frame plan. Abraham School, also burned, is near completion with a one room block structure replacing the former two rooms. Enrollment is expected at 35 with a teacher position to fill. Plumley students have been at Bragg and Richmond High, Abraham pupils are not attending.
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Plumley Mountain
Charleston
Cc. D. Munson
County Board of Education
Deck
Abraham _ school
Plumley School
Bragg School
Richmond High School
Abrahams
16 Persons Tried To Collect Money In Kidnaping Case
Tulsa interview with Robert Letterman recounts at least sixteen individuals posing as kidnappers of six year old Bobby Greenlease and demanding ransom from 5 000 to 600 000. Letterman details a plan to pay 600 000 split among twelve federal reserve banks and notes the largest ransom ever paid.
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Tulsa
Okla.p
Little Bobby Greenlease
Robert L. Letterman
Robert C. Greenlease
Kansas City
Ledterman
Bobby
Letterman
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown
Federal Reserve
Greenlease
Cars Ransacked on Wilson Street
Five automobiles on Wilson Street were broken into last night by youths. Entry was through no draft windows using screw drivers. James Lowery reported his car missing and found it 45 minutes later on Hull Street with a broken left front window. Police say owners reported no thefts, implying a juvenile ransacking.
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Wilson Street
James Lowery
Wilson St
Hull Street
Pike Pace Hits Peak In Manpower and Machines
A peak of 1,624 workers is on the 50 mile West Virginia Turnpike project from Mossy to Princeton, with 568 heavy equipment units in use. Funds show wages from 50 to 250 weekly as crews shift as contracts near completion in three to six weeks, replacing retiring crews across eleven contracted segments.
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West Virginia Turnpike
Edward A. Bryden Jr
Fay, Spofford
Thorndike
Mossy
Princeton
Ghent
Blue Jay
Gardner
Bluestone River
Camp Creek
Piney Creek
Piney River
Cirtsville
Long Branch
Guiana Strike Spreads as British Hunt Plot Unfolds
British troops and police raided the People's Progressive Party headquarters in Georgetown and homes of leaders as a sugar industry strike spread across British Guiana. Observers estimate the walkout could halt a large share of sugar production, while the PPP denies the plot charges and calls for peaceful resistance.
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Guiana
British Hunt
Georgetown
British Guiana
People’s Progressive Party
Britain
PPP
Cheddi Jagan
Beckley Council to Consider City Engineer Resignation
Beckley City Council will vote to accept the resignation of Phil Wilson as city engineer at 7:30 p.m. today. City Recorder T. E. Bazzarre Jr. said Wilson submitted the resignation on October 6, the day before the municipal election, and the letter is dated the same.
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Beckley
Phil Wilson
T. E. Bazzarre Jr
Wilson
Earthquake Recorded Off Central America Noted by Fordham
A severe quake was recorded today by the Fordham University seismograph, believed to be off Central America. The event was detected at Fordham's seismology unit, with no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
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New York
Central America
Fordham University
Soviet Union calls UN meeting on Trieste issue
The Soviet Union today urged a United Nations Security Council session to discuss the Trieste question.
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United Nations
N. Y
Soviet Union
U. N. Security Council
Trieste
GOP to retain Senate control despite Burke move
Republican prospects to keep Senate majority face a hurdle after Democratic Mayor Thom Burke of Cleveland was chosen to fill the Taft vacancy. With Burke’s oath, 48 Democrats, 47 Republicans, and 1 independent would exist, risking deadlocks in committee appointments unless a formula preserves GOP chairs.
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GOP
Senate
Washington
Thomas A. Burke
Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
Burke
Taft
Frank Lausche
Columbus
Sen
Morse
Ore
Nixon
Lauscher
New Forest Fires Reported Across Fourth District
Beckley office of District 4 at the Conservation Commission listed new fires in Devil's Fork Wyoming County near Oak Hill Fayette County near Princeton Mercer County Fireco Raleigh County and nine more blazes including Middle Fork and Staunch Fork Panther Creek McDowell County Esty Greenbrier Stony Gap Mercer Sewel Mountain Summers John Branch Welch and a half acre at Roadside Park near Bradley Raleigh County fire crews responded to an alarm near the city dump with woods burning in that area.
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Raleigh County
Louthern
West Virginia
Beckley
District 4
The
Conservation Commission
Devil's Fork
Wyoming County
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Princeton
Mercer County
Fireco
Middle Fork
Staunch Fork
Panther Creek
McDowell County
Esty
Greenbrier
Stony Gap
Sewel Mountain
Summers County
John Branch
Welch
Bradley
Raleigh
State Court Reverses Ruling on Vet Bonuses
The West Virginia Supreme Court rules that a dependent parent of a deceased service member is eligible for a veteran's bonus even if an unremarried widow who could claim the bonus lives outside the state. The decision requires the Veterans Affairs Department to reprocess 178 denied claims, including Isaac S. Flesher's. The ruling rejects an attorney general view that unremarried widows must reside in state for eligibility, clarifying residency applies to the applicant when applying for payment. The court notes about $40,000 in potential payments and that reprocessing will take about two weeks as new evidence may be gathered.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Supreme Court
Frank C. Haymond
Veterans Affairs Department
Department
Board of Review
Isaac S. Flesher
Parkersburg
Flesher
Robert Moran
Moran
Haymond
Attorney General
Weather Forecast For West Virginia Regions Tonight And Weekend
Clear tonight with temps in the 30s to mid 40s across regions. Wednesday brings fair warm weather with higher afternoon readings. Near normal temps persist through the weekend with a modest warmup midweek and a cooler spell Sunday, slight chance of light showers then. Normal averages cited: 55 in the north and 56 in the south. Local station readings note yesterday highs near 73 at Oak Hill and 69 at Glade Creek with cooler early morning lows. Reservoir levels at Bluestone and nearby rivers remain low and clear.
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West Virginia
Oak Hill
Keseceskca
Glade Creek
Rahabs
Bellepoint
Bluestone Reservoir
New
Greenbriek
Yugoslav Anger Grows Over Tito Warning and Trieste Pullout
Yugoslavia faced anti Western violence as crowds attacked a USIS office and beat a US student amid Tito threats while Western powers prepared to withdraw from Zone A of Trieste. Meanwhile a first group of American servicemen’s dependents sailed home from Trieste as protests planned for the night.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Trieste
Italy
Washington
U. S. Information Service
USIS
United States
America
Geiger
United Nations
Britain
Kremlin
Adriatic
U. S
Zone A
Petit Jurors Report Seeks Release From Duty
Sixty four of 125 petit jurors drawn for Criminal Court duty answered summons. At noon eleven sought excuse before Judge Harry L. McCreery. Release chances slim as two panels (20 men) needed with others ready to fill. Sheriff Ward said many jurors not found by officers serving papers.
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Criminal Court
Harry L. MccCreery
John C. Ward
Stock Market Mixed on Opening After Columbus Day Recess
The New York market opened with mixed results as Chesapeake & Ohio rose on solid nine month earnings of 4.45 a share versus 3.95 a year ago. International Paper advanced on 1100 shares while Radio Corp opened down on light volume. gains posted by American Cyanamid Studebaker Montgomery Ward Boeing and United Aircraft contrasted with declines in New York Central Standard Oil Bethlehem Steel Paramount Pictures and Du Pont.
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New York
Chesapeake & Ohio
International Paper
Radio Corp
New York Central
Standard Oil
Paramount Pictures
Bethlehem Steel
du Pont
Beckley Bargain Days Promises Wide Store Sales
Beckley merchants prepare for the second annual Greater Beckley Bargain Days to be held Friday and Saturday. Sponsored by the Beckley Business Bureau, the event features new fall and winter merchandise and special pricing with many stores and auto dealers participating to offer bargains. Ads announce the event in The Raleigh Register and Beckley Post-Herald.
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Beckley
Greater Beckley
Beckley Business Bureau
New York City
Purc
Raleigh Register
Beckley Post-Herald
Fugitt Plans Move to Masonic Building After 20 Years
W. R. Fugitt, longtime executive secretary of the West Virginia Athletic Association, prepares to relocate from Memorial Building offices where he has worked since 1933. He will move to the Masonic Temple Building on Howe Street, taking three rooms, with the former snack bar and lounge space repurposed as his quarters.
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W. KR
Fugitt
West Virginia Athletic Association
Memorial Building
Masonic Temple
Howe St
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
County Board of Education
American Legion
The
Athletic Association
Rome unions call 24 hour general strike for Tuesday
Communist and anti Communist Italian unions announced a 24 hour national general strike to be held next Tuesday, aiming to pressure government actions and rally public support across the country.
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Rome
Abandoned Iceboxes Banned in Huntington
Huntington city council outlawed possession of abandoned iceboxes that cannot be opened from inside after Lions Club cited recent child fatalities in the U S and Canada. The club’s drive last week collected over 225 boxes to be destroyed or made harmless by removing latches.
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Huntington
Lions Club
U. S
Canada
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