Judge Ponders Motion To Set Aside Verdict
Lindy Givens, 19, faced a Raleigh County Criminal Court jury that convicted him of second degree murder for the slaying of Thomas Jefferson Pace, a 63 year old coal miner. The jury returned the verdict after 65 minutes of deliberation, a deal the defense says should be set aside as contrary to law and evidence.
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Lindy Givens
Raleigh County
Givens
J. Q. Hutchinson
Anthony J. Sparacino
Forest Dallas Moye
Ghent
Thomas Jefferson Pace
Fireco
Raleigh
Harry L. McCreery
Hutchinson
Pace
Clay §. Crouse
J. S. Butts
Sparacino
I Givens
Concord College Homecoming Rescheduled This Weekend
Concord College announces a revised Homecoming weekend plan delayed from Oct 17 18 to Friday and Saturday. Virgil H. Stewart says water supply stabilized enough to hold classes and events. The Mountain Lions meet Davis and Elkins College at 2 p.m. Saturday with postgame alumni activities and campus floats and parade planned.
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Concord College
Virgil H. Stewart
Athens
Stewart
Mountain Lions
Davis and Elkins College
Concord College Alumni Association
Dana S
Homecoming Queen Shelby Levy to attend dance
Shelby Levy the Homecoming Queen will attend with attendants Marie Hall Bartley and Addie McCoy of Williamsburg. Concord Commanders will supply music for a Friday 8 p.m. dance. A street dance is sponsored Saturday night by Sigma Tau Gamma National Social Fraternity.
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Ibe
Shelby Levy
Lookout
Marie Hall
Bartley
Addie McCoy
Williamsburg
Concord
Sigma Tau Gamma
State Road Bridge Near Skelton Near Completion
The double lane steel bridge replacing an old wooden span on Secondary Route 8 from Skelton to Stanaford is expected within 10 days. Maintenance supervisor Minor Scott of Raleigh County SRC said work began about two weeks ago near the Houchins Block Plant.
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Skelton
Stanaford
Minor Scott
Raleigh County
State Road Commission
Houchins
Scott
SRC
Glen White
Sophia
Acme Construction Co
Glen Daniel
Horse Creek
Beckley Figures Attend West Virginia Poultry Meeting
Beckley Farmers Market manager O C Hutchinson and Beckley Ice and Feed Co manager J S Larrick head to a West Virginia Poultry Association board meeting at Blackwater Falls starting at 6 p m today and running through Thursday afternoon Larrick also attends the West Virginia Feed Dealers Association meeting with sessions Thursday afternoon and Friday at Blackwater Falls where he serves as secretary.
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O. C. Hutchinson
Beckley
J. S. Larrick
Beckley Ice and Feed Co
West Virginia Poultry Association
Blackwater Falls
Larrick
West Virginia Feed Dealers Association
Graveside Rites Today For Richardson Infant
Graveside services for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Julius Richardson Lester were held at 2 p.m. today in the Lester Cemetery. The infant died Tuesday afternoon at her residence. The body stayed at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor. Surviving are the maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Leonard Patterson Springfield Ohio and the paternal grandparents Elder and Mrs J C Richardson Lester.
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Julius Richardson
Lester
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Leonard Patterson
Springfield
J. C. Richardson
Science Circus Lights Up Beckley Kindergartens
Bob Brown and Miss Pauline Dodd entertained Mrs A A Edwards kindergarten class with Science Circus stunts from the Science For You column. The show demonstrated simple experiments like lifting peers by fingertips and driving soda straws through potatoes, teaching scientific laws. Brown's troupe tours public schools for the third time and wraps up today with stops in Stratton Mark Twain high schools.
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A. A. Edwards
Bob Brown
Pauline Dodd
Brown
Stratton
Mark Twain
Mount View
Marsh Fork
Whitesville
Beckley
Wesleyan College Homecoming Weekend Will Feature Six Speakers
Homecoming at West Virginia Wesleyan College spans Thursday to Saturday in 1958. Six speakers include Leon E. Hickman and Dr. N E Wagman, plus Raymond Courtney, Mark T. Robinson, and John J. Lawless. Founders Day events, Coronation Festival, and campus shows accompany reunions and the Homecoming parade and dance.
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West Virginia Wesleyan College
Leon E. Hickman
The
Aluminum Company of America
Atkinson Chapel
N. E Wagman
Allegheny Observatory
Pittsburgh
Raymond F. Courtney
United States Department of State
Washington, D. C
Mark T. Robinson
Solid State
Nancy
Funk
Clarksburg
Board of Trustees
Leon Hickman
Paul Brooks
West Virginia Wesleyan
National Carbon of
Cleveland
Wesleyantics
Wesleyan
Ross Field
McCaskey Hall
William Phillips
Parkersburg
Billy May
Frank Lester
Beckleyans to Attend Ground Breaking Rites
Four Beckleyans plan to attend the ground breaking for section one of Interstate 77 from Charleston to Parkersburg. The Beckley delegation includes Mayor A K Minter Harry Anderson managing director of the Beckley Chamber of Commerce Lawrence T Forbes and William Blakley. They depart Beckley at noon Thursday for ceremonies in Sissonville at 2 30 p m. Those interested may telephone Anderson at CL 3 4117 to join the trip.
How to Marry A Millionaire on TV a playful mass hit
AP writer Charles Mercer reviews National Telefilm Associates series How to Marry A Millionaire airing on 115 stations. Three bright actresses Lori Nelson Merry Anders Barbara Eden play would be brides for money but insist romance hinges on personality not wealth.
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Charles Mercer
New York
Telefilm Associates
Lori Nelson
Merry Anders
Barbara Eden
Miss Nelson
Miss Anders
Miss Eden
Loco
Michael Ansara
Hollywood
Mike Page
Greta Lindquist
Greta
Understanding GNP How it measures the U S economy
The article explains gross national product GNP as the dollar value of all goods and services produced in the nation. It covers personal consumption investment inventories net foreign investment and government purchases while noting revisions and potential omissions like asset exchanges.
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AP Business News
NEW York
United States
Eisenhower
Council of Economic Advisers
Commerce Department
Driver to be charged after collision in Mabscott
State Police said Hershell Eugene Pennington of Mabscott will face reckless driving charges upon release from Raleigh General Hospital where he is listed in satisfactory condition. Pennington was involved in a two car crash at 4 45 a m Monday on U S Route 21.
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Hershell Eugene Pennington
Mabscott
Pennington
Raleigh General Hospital
County Baptist Ministers Hold Meet Af Sophia
The Raleigh County Baptist Ministers Council met at Sophia First Baptist Church with Rev. Dewey Wilson as pastor. Rev. Beryl Long presided and Rev. J. W. Nunn preached. Attending were several local pastors and a visiting out of state minister. The next gathering is set for Nov. 17 at Stamford Baptist Church.
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Stamford Baptist Church
W. C. Jones
Garland Akers Lodged In Jail
Garland Akers of Beckley was lodged in the Raleigh County Jail at 8:50 p.m. Tuesday by Beckley Police on charges of being drunk and trespassing. A deputy sheriff booked Earnest Chambers of Old Eccles Road at 8 p.m. Tuesday on a breach of peace charge.
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Garland Akers
Beckley
Raleigh County
Earnest Chambers
Old Eccles Road
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Washington, D.C
Thomas E. Smith
Enue
Fred M. Reed
W. Oswell Ellison
Welch
Science Circus
Jo Beay
Eer Enn
James
Jim Beam
Kentucky
James B. Beam Distilling Company
Clermont
Wesleyan College
Business Mirror
By Sam Dawson
Citizens Committee For Tax Reform
Charleston, W. VA
County Baptist
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