Underwood Stresses GOP Gains at Beckley Rally
Governor outlines Republican advances in labor and road programs and urges support for Revercomb and Hoblitzell for Senate. He touts Pinecrest Sanitarium upgrades, cites a liberalized workmen compensation law, and argues Democratic obstruction hamstrung unemployment and highway initiatives while praising a broader road-building push and new industrial growth in Raleigh County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Underwood
Apman Revercomb
John Hoblitzell Jr
U.S
Sen
Revercomb
Senate
Hoblitzell
Washington
Pinecrest Sanitarium
George) Ballard
Pinecrest
Stump Trial Ends In Hung Jury In Raleigh Court
A Raleigh County Criminal Court jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of J. H. Stump charged with driving while drunk. The three and a half hour deliberation ended in a hopelessly deadlocked jury, with the case to be set for the next term. Beckley Patrolman Walter Gilmore testified about the weaving drive on S Fayette Street and Stump’s drunken condition including a near empty whisky bottle and refusal to take a breathalyzer at the county jail.
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Raleigh County
Gilmore
Stump
Infant Graveside Rites Set In Beckley
Graveside rites and burial for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Woodson Beckley were to be conducted at 3 a m today at Greenwood Memorial Park. The infant died at 11 a m Thursday in a local hospital. Survivors include the parents a sister Darlene maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Lonnie Gore Glen Jean and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Ernest Powell Beckley. The body remained at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home until the hour.
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Wayne Woodson
Beckley
Greenwood Memorial Park
Darlene
Lonnie Gore
Glen Jean
Ernest Powell
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Brown Services Set At Gallagher
Final rites for Wade Hampton Brown, 74, of Gallagher and former Maddscott resident, were to be conducted by Rev. CFE Johnson at 1 p.m. today at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Gallagher. Brown, a retired miner, died Sunday in a Beckley hospital after an extended illness. Survivors include a stepdaughter Edwina Mauers of Gallagher, nine grandchildren, and 22 great grandchildren. The body remained at Godfrey Pack Funeral Home in Montgomery until the funeral hour. Burial was to be in Carter Woodson Cemetery in Ingram Branch.
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Wade Hampton Brown
Gallagher
Maddscott
C. FE. Johnson
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Brown
Beckley
Edwina Mauers
Godfrey-Pack
Montgomery
Carter-Woodson
Ingram Branch
County Mines Accused of Polluting Streams
Two Raleigh County mines figure among five coal mines cited by the State Water Commission for stream pollution. Eastern Gas and Fuel's No. 10 mine at Helen and Central Pocahontas Coal Co.'s Besaco mine were named along with three other operators in a plan to clean up the Tug Fork Big Sandy basin. Hearings will be set later this year, and a study was ordered to speed waste abatement at 37 coal washeries in the Guyandotte basin.. The commission noted 13 washeries took no action on waste handling, 16 completed facilities, seven under construction, and one with preliminary plans, citing a 1947-48 survey showing the Tug Fork streams largely unusable. The director highlighted possible action against Pocahontas Fuel Co. at McComas if needed after a spot inspection. Mines cited include Eastern Gas and Fuels Kopperston and Guyan Eagle No. 1 Amherstdale and No. 4 Stowe in Logan County.
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Raleigh County
State Water Commission
Eastern Gas and Fuel
Helen
Besaco
Central Pocahontas Coal Co
Tug Fork
Big Sandy
Fastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Guyan Fagle Coal Co
West Virginia
Wright
Commission
McDowell County
Elkhorn Creek
Pocahontas
Eastern Gas and Fuels
Kopperston
Wyoming County
Guyan Eagle Mines
Logan County
Amherstdale
Stowe
Band Mothers Plan Bazaar to Buy Band Trousers
Sophia Band Mothers, chaired by Mrs Susan Handy, set a November date for a rummage sale and bazaar to fund new trousers for Sophia High School Band members. Band director Mrs Duke Williams urged transportation help from Soak Creek Slab Fork and Midway for daily beginners practice and noted a spare uniform is needed. A dance for members and alumni is planned for November 28 at the Greenbrier Dairy Recreation Room in Stanaford.
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Sophia
BNS
Susan Handy
Sophia Band Mothers
Sophia High School
Hendy
Duke Williams
Child Hit By Car Is Hospitalized
A 4 year old Shady Spring boy, Donald Arthur, is in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital after being struck by a car on Heber Street near the G C Murphy Co store at 1 56 p m Thursday. Police identified driver J C Heaberlin 300 Park Ave, with details unclear. Heaberlin said light was green. Mrs Arthur said it was walk. A bystander said the child darted into the street. Heaberlin was not charged.
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Shady Spring
Raleigh General Hospital
Heber Street
G. C. Murphy Co
Donald Arthur
Ellen Arthur
J. C. Heaberlin
Park Ave
Heaberlin
Loyola University TV license affirmed in New Orleans
The US Court of Appeals rejected a challenge to Loyola University New Orleans Channel 4 license. Appeals by James A. Noe Co and by Protestant groups urged overturning the FCC award, but the court upheld Loyola’s right to hold a broadcast license.
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Washington
US Court of Appeals
Loyola University
New Orleans
Loyola
James A. Noe & Co
Federal Communications Commission
Mistrial Declared In $62,000 Raleigh County Suit
A mistrial halted a $62,000 damage suit in Raleigh County Circuit Court as a defense witness mention of insurance was ruled prejudicial. Plaintiff Shirley Bika Shumate seeks damages from Alonzo Blevins Bobby Phillips and Esso Standard Oil for injuries in an automobile crash on November 14 1957 near Beckley. The case will restart at the next term after the judge instructed jurors that insurance discussion constitutes legal error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Julia Bailey
Anthony J. Sparacino
Sparacino
Shirley Bika Shumate
Alonzo Blevins
Bobby Phillips
Esso Standard Oil Co
Knapp
Oil Company
Phillips
Beckley Mount Hope
Shumate
Beckley
Gregory
Beckley Announces Bargain Days This Weekend
Beckley holds three day Bargain Days today Saturday and Monday with record crowds expected for fall and winter shopping. Parking meters on all city streets and the municipal lot will be free Saturday, courtesy of the Mercantile Division of the Beckley Chamber of Commerce.
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Beckley
Mercantile Division
Postmaster Exam Set for Harper Office Job
A civil service examination for the fourth-class postmaster at Harper, with a $2 078 yearly pay, will accept applications until November 12. Applicants must reside in the post office area and be at least 18 on closing date, with no upper age limit except those over 70 may be considered only for one-year temporary renewals. Obtain details at the local post office and file forms with the Civil Service Commission in Washington.
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Harper
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington
D. C
Marines enlist two men from Clear Fork and Oceana
Marine Corps recruiters announced 2 Enter Marine Corps Earnel Jay Morgan Jr from Clear Fork and Ronald Dale Mathis from Oceana have joined for four years. Ronald is son of Henry and and Earnel son of Arminta Morgan. They are at Parris Island boot camp after 12 weeks of recruit training and four weeks of combat training, with 15 days home before next assignment.
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Earnel Jay Morgan Jr
Clear Fork
Ronald Dale Mathis
Oceana
United States Marine Corps
Edward L. Queen
Beckley Station
Queen
Ronald
Henry Mathis
Earnel
Arminta Morgan
Parris Island
S. C
Clear Fork High School
Oceana High
Sgt. Queen Said
Dinner Ends Inspection Tour With School Officials
Dinner followed a day spent inspecting Raleigh County Schools for fire hazards. Field representatives of insurers, Board of Education members, and other school officials attended the event.
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Raleigh
Board of Education
Police pay parking fine after gambling raid rush
State police admitted paying a parking meter fine for a patrol car in Hammond Indiana after racing to raid a gambling operation and forgetting to coin the meter.
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Hammond
Ind
Improperly addressed mail highlighted at UK exhibition
A Speed Your Mail exhibition in Manchester warned that about one third of the 28 million letters posted daily in the United Kingdom are improperly addressed.
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Manchester
England
United Kingdom
Area Residents Pass Insurance Exams
Charleston AP reports 18 applicants were licensed after passing state exams for agents and solicitors. New licenses span Accident and Sickness, Life, Automobile, and Casualty insurance with recipients from Beckley Wheeling Charleston Huntington Clarksburg Mount Hope Dunbar War Point Pleasant St Albans Welch Princeton and Bluefield.
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Charleston
Princeton
C. Judson Pearson
David R. Anderson
Beckley
Eileen B. Carter
Wheeling
Waldo F. Cochran
Joanne E. McGinnis
Huntington
Bobbie G. Nale
Clarksburg
Lola F. Shaver
Eddie R. Spangler
Mount Hope
Cecil R. Swim
Hatcher
Donald C. Brinkley
Dunbar
William A. Lay
Cecil P. Moses
Clifford S. Summerfield
William H. Wagner
War
Automobile
Bruce E. Dennis
Point Pleasant
James R. Evans
St. Albans
W. E. von Pechy
Welch
Robert R. Hudson
Noel F. Wickham Jr
Bluefield
Casualty
Auto
Nuclear tests continue at Yucca Flat in rapid sequence
At the Atomic Energy Commission site in Nevada a balloon suspended device fired yesterday marked the third detonation within 24 hours. The nominal test produced under one kiloton, with no sight or sound at Las Vegas, following the biggest tunnel shot two miles away the prior night.
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Atomic Test Site
Nev
Yucca
Fiat
Atomic Energy Commission
Las Vegas
Deeds on File Transfers in Multiple Districts
Deeds filed show transfers from James D. Hughes and Nina Hughes to John and Madeline Wells in Slab Fork District for about as well as transfers from Charles E. Mahan trustee to Kelly Development Co in Section Two Helen for about 500 dollars. Additional transfers include Willard E. Lively to Effie Cook in Trap Hill District for about 500 dollars Frances and James A. Kincaid to Charles and Pauline Minnick in Sophia for about 500 dollars Isaac N. Smith and others to Rowland Land Co in Marsh Fork District with no consideration Rudolph and Violet Reed to James K and Edith Foley in Shady Spring District for about 6000 Lana B. Lester to Jack C and Amanda A Breeden in Spring District for about 000 Amma and J W Frazier to Robert O Dunkley in Shady Spring District for about 2000 Cora S Brown to Henry E and Carrie W Washington in Beckley for about 500 dollars.
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Charles E. Mahan
Kelly Development Co
Helen
Willard E. Lively
Effie Cook
Trap Hill
Frances
James A. Kincaid
Charles
Pauline Minnick
Sophia
Isaac N. Smith
Rowland Land Co
Marsh Fork
Rudolph
Violet Reed
James K
Edith Foley
Shady Spring
Lana B. Lester
Jack C
Amanda A. Breeden
4 Spring
Amma
J. W. Frazier
Robert O. Dunkley
Cora S. Brown
Henry E
Carrie W. Washington
Beckley
AF Recruiters Sign 27 Men
Twenty seven men enlisted in the United States Air Force at Beckley Air Force Recruiting Station from Oct 7 to Tuesday and were sent to Lackland AFB Texas for nine weeks basic training. Enlistees include Perry R Duncan Delbarton Arthur Tester man Baisden Roland G Taylor Clendenin Orville J Hatfield Meador Bobby J Mullins Verdunville John T Browning Gauley Bridge Gordon W Sizemore Charleston Robert N Caldwell Longacre John D Justice Clothier Dar win J Karr St Albans Ronald R Flanigan Princeton William W Butt Pocahontas Sherman L Branch Jr North Tazewell Elmer B Simmons Bluefield Michael Chapman Nettie Donald R Russell Crown Hill David L Kidwell Charleston William L Nutter St Albans George W Still Charleston Howard C Mays Beaver Ronnie R Bolen Daniels Lowell G Knapp Glen Jean Earl T Jones Jr Welch Joseph A Sulesky Scarbro Vernon L Davidson Beckley Freddie L Masters Caldwell Sent to Sheppard AFB Texas James E Lay Seth Enlistee Arthur L McKinley Holden sent to Lockbourne AFB Ohio.
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United States Air Force
Beckley Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Perry R. Duncan
Delbarton
Arthur Testerman
Baisden
Roland G. Taylor
Clendenin
Orville J. Hatfield
Meador
Bobby J. Mullins
Verdunville
Phillip L. Scaggs
Chapmanville
John T. Browning
David L. Browning
Gauley Bridge
Gordon W. Sizemore
Charleston
Robert N. Caldwell
Longacre
John D. Justice
Clothier
Darwin J. Karr
St. Albans
Ronald R. Flanigan
Princeton
William W. Butt
Pocahontas
Sherman L. Branch Jr
North Tazewell
Elmer B
Delman Theatre Box Office Receives Anonymous Donation
Gene Welch, Delman theatre manager in Tulsa, says two youths rode to the box office on bicycles and slipped a folded note with 70 cents in coins through the window. The note confessed an uncharged entry to see Frankenstein weeks earlier, apologized, and promised not to repeat the act. The letter remained unsigned.
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Tulsa
Gene Welch
Delman Theatre
Delman
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