Eisenhower Begins Six Day West Coast Campaign Tour
President Eisenhower launches a six day campaign swing to bolster Republican efforts in Congress. He travels from Cedar Rapids Kansas and Colorado to California with Los Angeles San Francisco stops and a final Chicago speech. Nixon to press foreign policy attacks as Ike aims to stay focus on day to day policy.
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Norther n Negroes Dissatisfied With Both Parties On Rights
The New York Times says a wide survey shows more Northern and border state Negro voters split tickets in upcoming elections. It notes Democrats likely still lead, with gains in Michigan and Pennsylvania, while some seek no party’s civil rights stance as satisfactory. The Cleveland mechanic’s quote illustrates disillusionment with both parties on integration and rights.
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Randoloph Rails Against Hoblitzell In Mullens Rally
Democratic Senate nominee Jen nings Randolph accused Senator Hoblitzell of spreading socialism fear and brainwashing charges at a Mullens rally. She criticized Eisenhower disavowal of a GOP policy statement and contrasted Nixon and Byrd critiques with the current economic outlook. Eisenhower planned a Charleston speech Oct. 27 with a Pittsburgh TV broadcast.
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Three Die In Turnpike Truck Collision
A fiery head on crash on the West Virginia Turnpike near mile marker 68 killed three drivers. James Jaret Buckley of Reedsville Ohio. Joseph Randell of Winston-Salem North Carolina. John Johnson of Forest City North Carolina. The McLean Truck Line rig overturned after striking the Bell Lines truck carrying drums of tar and acid. Buckley was en route from Charleston to Winston-Salem. the other truck from Winston-Salem to Chicago. Gov Underwood and state police officials visited the scene shortly before.
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Mass Jailbreak Quelled By Denver Police
Denver police and more than 100 officers crushed a mass jail escape attempt at Denver County jail. About 70 inmates, including a confessed murderer, fought guards for two hours with tear gas and weapons. Four guards were injured lightly. inmates uninjured aside from gas exposure as the last ringleader vanished from a hidden penthouse window.
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Pheasant Crashes Into Itmann School During Recess
Pupils at Itmann Elementary watched a pheasant fly through a classroom window and surrender to first grade teacher Mrs. William Hodson during recess. The frightened bird was quickly restrained as students returned to their activities.
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Raleigh County Mental Health Board Meeting Listed
Mrs Rose Pickus announced a 7 30 p m Monday Oct 20 meeting of the Raleigh County Mental Health Association board of directors at the Courthouse with location details provided.
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Mullens Girl Francine Bolen Funeral Sunday
Ora Francine Bolen 14 dies in Durham North Carolina hospital from Hodgkins disease. Funeral at 1 p.m. Sunday at Mullens First Methodist Church with burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery Bluefield. Graveside rites by Mullens Assembly Order of Rainbow for Girls. Methodist Youth Fellowship to be flower girls. She was a Mullens High School freshman born May 27 1944 in French North Africa. The body at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home.
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Optimism and Fear Mark Nation’s Business Upturn
In Hot Springs, top industrialists on the Commerce Department’s Business Advisory Council report strong optimism for a full recovery but fear inflationary pressures and a potential overheat. They project a 450 billion dollar quarterly production rate, unemployment dropping toward 3.5 percent, and rising orders as the economy regains ground since 1957.
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Fire destroys Bennett Lumber Co. in Glen Jean
The Bennett Lumber Co. burned to the ground Thursday evening in Glen Jean. Firemen from Oak Hill rescued about 2000 dollars worth of lumber. Estimates put damage between 20000 and 25000 dollars. About 1000 dollars of gallons and fuel and gas burned. Cause not yet determined.
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Evening sky events and star positions noted
The Sun and Moon times are listed for the evening with a first quarter on Oct 19. Aldebaran rises in the east after moonset, followed by Mars and the Pleiades cluster.
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Walkout at Kaiser Aluminum Plant Shuts Down Works
In Ravenswood West Virginia about 150 workers walked off after midnight protesting a temporary promotion in a fabricating department. Picket lines formed and the 8 am shift of 400 to 500 workers was turned away. The plant is idle and Kaiser employs about 2,400 at its Ravenswood operations. The United Steelworkers Local 5668 is the involved union.
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British Leader To Get French Medal In Paris Reunion
London AP reports Sir Winston Churchill and Premier Charles de Gaulle may reunite in Paris to end a long running feud. Churchill would award de Gaulle France's highest foreign honor, the Grand Cross, though date and ceremony details remain unsettled. The rift stemmed from divergent views on postwar France and leadership of the Free French.
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Court Rejects Voting Machine Offer Over Strings Attached
Raleigh County Court President E Van Dorsey stated the court rejected an offer from Automatic Voting Machine Co to supply 16 to 18 machines for the November election due to “strings attached.” He noted the deal involved future purchases and would be costly, impractical, and not in line with good business. The action followed earlier voter approval of a levy for machines that failed by a wide margin.
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Capital Airlines Strikes Idle Major Carrier Nationwide
Capital Airlines halted all flights due to a system-wide strike by about 2,500 mechanics represented by the International Association of Machinists. Talks are to resume under a White House emergency board recommendation for a 9 percent wage increase, with the union seeking a larger boost and a company financed health welfare plan.
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Dulles Schedules Formosa Visit
Secretary of State Dulles plans a quick flying visit to Formosa next week to meet Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek in Taipei after attending Pope Pius XII memorial services in Rome. The trip would follow Defense Secretary McElroy's talks with Chiang on a formula to ease the Quemoy crisis, possibly including a partial withdrawal of Chiang's 85,000-man garrison.
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Sims Modifies State Pay Plan
Charleston AP reports salaried state employees may receive half of October pay at month end if payroll requests cover the first two weeks. The change stems from Auditor Edgar B. Sims and a contested regulation that would have left about 12,000 workers without a payday for six weeks. Governor Underwood offered no comment on the late yesterday announcement.
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West Virginia Weather Report and River Gauges
Scattered thundershowers likely this afternoon mainly in the south portion with cooler conditions tonight. Highs 70s to low 80s and lows around 40s to mid-50s with a fair, cooler day Saturday. River gauges show Greenbrier normal and clear, Bluestone Reservoir at normal, clear with 1.1 gates open.
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Wichita Bomb Carrier Dies In Airport Blast
Police report a man identified as Forest Don MecCastion, 1804 Marion Tulsa Okla, died in a lobby blast at Wichita airport. Dozens of windows shattered, no other casualties, FBI on scene. Witness Joann Embree described MecCastion's change exchange and briefcase before the explosion.
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Film Features Ex County Man in A Man Never Walks Alone
Former Raleigh County resident James Lacy appears in a film about his life titled A Man Never Walks Alone. The program airs Monday Oct 2 from 2 30 to 3 p m at Oak Hill Station. Lacy, now paraplegic, works as an instructor at the Kessler Institute in Newark N J for ten years teaching children to walk again. He is married to Lotty Roman, also paraplegic, with a son and an adopted daughter. Relatives include Jesse Lacy at Sophia High School Cecil Lacy a vocational counselor in Beckley and sister Mrs Fonzie Campbell of Winding Gulf. He attended Collins and Mount Hope schools and worked in mines for seven years before the accident.
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Three Guilty Pleas Heard By Court
Three men pleaded guilty in Raleigh County Criminal Court. Granville Bragg paid fines for failing to stop and invalid registration with payment deferred to January. Randal Ayers and William Waddell admitted possession of a 1958 Chevrolet worth 3500. Ayers’ sentence deferred to November 10, Waddell sentenced 1-5 years with 5 years added for a prior conviction. Remaining cases were remanded or reset. court adjourned at 1:30 p.m.
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Garland Jackson
Wyoming Man Waives To Jury In Shooting
Virgil Kennedy, 26, waived to the Wyoming County Grand Jury on a felonious wounding charge in Baileysville. Magistrate Ira Jackson set a $2,500 bond and released Kennedy pending grand jury action.
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Boreman Named Federal Judge For 4th Circuit
President Eisenhower granted a recess appointment to Herbert B. Boreman of Parkersburg West Virginia to the U S Circuit Court for the Fourth Circuit to replace the late Judge John J Parker Boreman already served as a federal district judge in northern West Virginia since July 22 19 He is 61 and a former West Virginia state senator Boreman was Senate minority leader in 1947 and 1949 and ran for governor in 1948 losing to Okey Patterson He has ties to WVU including being a former board member and past WVU Alumni Association president Arthur Boreman first governor of West Virginia was his great uncle He was born in Middlebourne Tyler County and holds a WVU law degree earned in 1920 He is married to Cornelia Campbell and they have three children
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Five Indicted In Church Bombing Atlan ta Temple Case
ATLANTA AP Five men were indicted on charges of destroying a house of worship in the Sunday dynamiting of Atlanta's Jewish Temple. Indicted are Wallace Allen 32 George Bright 35 Kenneth Griffin 32 Robert Bowling 25 and Richard Bowling, brothers. Richard Bowling is not captured. Luther King Corley 26 was not charged by the grand jury.
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Senior Students Only Little Rock Group To Open All-White School
The Little Rock Private School Corporation announced it will open an all-white high school for senior students next week. Dr. T. J. Raney said a 32-room former University of Arkansas building will house the senior classes with about 500 seniors expected to enroll.
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