Cardinal Roncalli Named New Catholic Pope Senate Candidates Battle On TV
West Virginia Senate race heated during a TV debate in Charleston with Sen. Chapman Revercomb and Rep. Robert Byrd trading sharp exchanges over tenure and policy while John D. Hoblitzell Jr. attacked Byrd’s opponent Jennings Randolph as lacking West Virginia roots. Byrd and Revercomb clashed on the Marshall Plan, mutual security, and foreign policy as Marmet sessions promised federal crime penalties for bombing schools and houses of worship. The TV telecast followed President Eisenhower’s Kanawha visit as campaigns pressed for votes ahead of Tuesday’s election.
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West Virginia
Charleston
U. S. Senate
Sen
Chapman Revercomb
R-We
Robert C. Byrd
D- A
John D. Hoblitzell Jr
R- A
Jennings Randolph
House of Representatives
Capital Airlines
West
Wchs-Tv
Eisenhower
Kanawha
Pittsburgh
Air National Guard
Hilltop
Revercomb
Byrd
Marmet
20 May Be Trapped Explosion Hits Nicholas Mine
A blast at Oglebay Norton Co. Burton coal mine near Summersville West Virginia trapped about 20 workers, per local sheriff reports. The mine lies 11 miles from Richwood and 21 miles from Summersville, employing about 125 men.
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Summersville
W. Va
Oglebay- Norton Co
Burton
Sheriff's Office
Nicholas County
Charleston
Oglebay-Norton
Richwood Sewell Coal Co
Richwood
Misplaced Dynamite Charge Blamed In Bishop Disaster
A Poca hontas Fuel Co official blamed a misplaced dynamite charge for the Bishop mine blast that killed 22 miners. Investigators noted the blast in the same section that claimed 37 lives in 1957. A formal public hearing begins Wednesday as authorities probe the cause and plan mass burials.
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Bishop, Va
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Bishop Mine
Bishop
West Virginia
Crawford Wilson
West Virginia Bureau of Mines
Coal Executive Sees Regional Prosperity Ahead
A. L. Lynn of Island Creek Coal Co. told the Bluefield Rotary Club the coal industry is improving and a prolonged period of high activity and prosperity for the region is likely. He cited 249 recalled workers in Q3 and September production over one million tons as demand rises, with further recalls expected. He predicted 1959 will show clear improvement over 1958, barring a steel strike, and that the 1960s could bring markedly better conditions overall.
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Bluefield Rotary Club
A. L. Lynn
Huntington
Island Creek Coal Co
Island Creek
Lynn
Damage Set At 700 In Two Car Collision
Damages were estimated at 700 after a two car collision at 6 50 p m Sunday. Police said the crash involved John Albert Knight of 303 Cannady Street and Frank William Lester of Flat Top on South Fayette Street at the 2nd Street intersection.
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John Albert Knight
Cannaday Street
Frank William Lester
Beckley
South Fayette Street
2Nd Street
Autopsy Confirms Suicide Theory in Beckley Death
An autopsy on Mrs. Mary Imogene Criss confirmed the initial finding of apparent suicide in the Beckley crash. Coroner Dr. Ford said no foul play or new facts emerged, and the state police echoed that the case remains a suicide in which Mrs. Criss drove her car into the Beckley Water Co Reservoir while alone, at Beckley, West Virginia.
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Mary Imogene Criss
8. A. Ford
West Virginia Weather Outlook and River Conditions
Fair and cooler tonight with scattered frost and lows from 32 to 36. Wednesday remains fair and cool. Oak Hill yesterday’s high and last night’s low not fully recorded. River at Bellepoint shows Greenbrier clear, Bluestone Reservoir at normal stage with gauge 1.7 feet and 1.4 gates open.
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Oak Hill High
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Marriage Counseling Clinic Session Set
The first official meeting of the newly organized Marriage Counseling Clinic will be held November 17 at 7 30 p.m. in the Raleigh Coca Cola Bottling Works Building on S Oakwood Ave. Twenty four men and women from religious legal medical and other professions are charter members. A committee spokesman outlined plans including individual and panel counseling and pre marriage counseling with a speaker bureau to visit groups. Those wishing to discuss problems may call CL 3 7835.
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Raleigh
Coca-Cola Bottling Works
S. Oakwood Ave
Charha
Counseling Clinc
Tragedy Dogs Miner's Widow, Son Among Bishop Blast Dead
In Bishop Virginia a widow Ada Turner 72 recalls a life in coal fields as her son Holiday 46 is reported missing after a mine explosion that killed 21 others. The scene shows two grieving women Ethel Sutherland 36 and Mrs Turner in the crowded mine office, as families await more word.
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Miner
Bishop
Ada Turner
Ethel Sutherland
Holiday
Mrs. Turner
Ethel
Drunk Driving Case Under Way in Raleigh County Court
Garland Jackson, address 106 Ringleden St, entered a not guilty plea in Raleigh County Criminal Court to a drunk driving charge. Police arrested him June 15 after Patrolman Thomas Durrett stopped him. Jackson, a former Raleigh County school bus driver, awaits jury selection. Henry Griffith pleaded no contest to a second offense of drunk driving and license suspension, with sentencing set for Nov 10 by Judge Harry L. McCreery. Estel Roy Gill and Raymond Ray Adkins of Hinton pleaded guilty to burglary and face sentencing Nov 10.
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Garland Jackson
Ringleden St
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Jackson
Beckley
Thomas Durrett
Raleigh County
Henry Griffith
Harry L. McCreery
Estel Roy Gill
Raymond Ray Adkins
Hinton
Pasternak expelled from Soviet Writers’ Union
Nobel Prize winner Boris Pasternak has been expelled from the Soviet Writers' Union, accused of treacherous behavior. The Literary Gazette announced the 68 year old author of Doctor Zhivago was ousted for actions deemed hostile to the state.
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Moscow
Boris Pasternak
Soviet Writers’ Union
Union
Doctor Zhivago
Literary Gazette Today
Pasternak
Soviet Union
Nobel
Soviet Writers Union
Cherenkov
Frank
Tamm
Kremlin
Council Meets Tonight Beck ley City Council Session
A regular Beckley City Council meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. today in City Hall. Officials will address agendas and local matters in the session.
New York GOP Ticket Gets Eisenhower's Aid
President Eisenhower campaigned for New York Republicans as Truman cautioned against overconfidence and Nixon questioned polls. Eisenhower praised West Virginia actions and outlined plans to aid small business and roads, urging support for Revercomb Hoblitzell and the Republican slate amid a tight countdown to the election.
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New York
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Congress
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St. Louis
Thomas E. Dewey
Nixon
Flint
Mich
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Midwest
Alaska
New York City
Pittsburgh
California
Charleston
W.va
Pennsylvania
Kanawha
Air National Guard
West Virginia
Underwood
John T. Copenhawer
GOP
Chapman Revercomb
John D. Hoblitzell Jr
Revercomb
Hoblitzell
Smear Tactics Seen Aimed At FBI Chief
Washington AP reports a national debate over attempts to smear FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover. Preston J Moore of the American Legion accuses a deliberate character assassination plan by New York Post reporters. Wechsler from the Post defends a balanced study.
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FBI
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Preston J. Moore
The
American Legion
Hoover
Communist Party
New York Post
James A. Wechsler
Post
Moore
Mrs Frances Kesler Dies After Illness at 81
Mrs Frances Kesler of Mount Hope, 81, died today in Oak Hill hospital after an extended illness. Her body remains at Wrights Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
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Frances Kesler
Mount Hope
Oak Hill
Wrights Funeral Home
John XXIII Elected Pope At 76 In Secret Conclave
Angelo Cardinal Roncalli, patriarch of Venice, chosen pope to become the 262nd ruler of the Catholic Church. He accepts the name John XXIII and succeeds Pope Pius XII. Roncalli, 76, is praised for affable manner and long service in diplomacy and church administration.
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Vatican City
Angelo Cardinal Roncalli
Roncalli
Venice
College of Cardinals
John XXIII
Pius XII
St. Peter
Rome
Prince of the Apostles
Universal Church
West
Italy
France
Bergamo
Bergamaschi
Roman Pontifical Seminary
Msgr
Radini-Tedeschi
Benedict XI
Charles de Gaulle
Vatican
Vichy
Valerio Cardinal
Valeri
Paris
Princeton Man Dies En Route To Hospital
John Keatley of Princeton died Monday in a Keyser-Bryant ambulance en route to Beckley Hospital after suffering a heart attack at Peerless Packing Co in Prosperity. Rescue personnel from the Beckley Fire Department administered oxygen. Keatley was an employee of S. B. Belcher Co and had stopped at the local firm to pick up merchandise.
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John Keatley
Princeton
Keyser-Bryant
Beckley Hospital
Keatley
Peerless Packing Co
Prosperity
Beckley
S. 8. Belcher Co
Soviet Physicists Win 1958 Nobel Physics Prize
Three Moscow professors Cherenkov Frank and Tamm share the Nobel Prize in Physics for the Cherenkov effect and a better atomic mousetrap. The prize honors their cosmic ray counter now circling Sputnik I and used in labs worldwide, with implications for high energy particle research.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Sputnik I
P. A. Cherenkov
I. M. Frank
Igor E. Tamm
Moscow
Royal Swedish Academy
Frederick Sanger
Alfred Nobel
Berkeley
Calif
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