Caperton Resigns Raleigh County School Board Presidency
S Austin Caperton, key proponent of desegregation in Raleigh County Schools, resigned as president and member of the Board of Education. He handed a written notice to Supt. D W Bryson effective 12:01 a m Wednesday, after calling a Thursday meeting to elect a successor. Caperton, 34, also led the Slab Fork Coal Co and had served on the board since 1947 with re election in 1952 and presidency since 1953.
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Negro Students Seek to Enroll In Three County White Schools
Three Raleigh County white schools saw Negro students at opening of fall term but none were admitted. At RMI Elementary a large group expected enrollment but principals cited no integration plan and kept students in a single room. Five Negro boys at Trap Hill High were turned away as integration was canceled. Two boys at Lincoln Elementary were not admitted while awaiting board decision. No reports at Peeberton East Gulf Affinity Ameagle Eccles or Clear Fork High.
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Lawton's Trial Set Wednesday In Federal Court
W D Lawton of Mount Hope faces trial in the U S Southern District Court on charges of defrauding two Fayette County banks of 500000. Indicted in April, he pleaded innocent and a Beckley trial was delayed by illness. Judge Ben Moore will preside. juries were being impaneled.
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Mount Hope
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Beckley
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Jumping Branch
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Bluefield
John W. Trimble
Killarney
Ben Moore
Charleston
Police Examination Ordered by Mayor Beckley
Mayor A K Minter ordered an immediate police civil service examination to fill the police force roster. The roster is low as qualified officers seek deferred status for other jobs. He plans to name a replacement for M D Hensey, moved to Charleston by Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co., with a recommendation to the City Council at the September 13 meeting.
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Layland Miner Bowles Killed at Layland Mine
Harry Blain Bowles 41 of Layland was fatally injured at 9 a m in a slate dump accident at New River Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co layland mine He died after a backward moving slate laden car struck him Bowles son of Kenna Bowles and the late Alice Coffman Bowles was born Jan 15 1914 at Meadow Creek He leaves four sisters and six brothers and was a member of UMWA Local 5821 The body will be removed to the Layland home for services Friday at Layland Community Church with burial in Bowles Cemetery at Meadow Creek
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Alice Coffman Bowles
Meadow Creek
Fay Roberts
Summerlee
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Connie Lee
Jeanetta Bowles
Virgil
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Hilbert
Eugene
Kenneth
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Rose and Quesenberry Funeral
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Albert Noe
Legal Action Slated NAACP Spokesman
Following the refusal to enroll Negro students in at least three Raleigh County schools a NAACP spokesman said action would be taken. Rev. J. G. Harris an NAACP official and Raleigh County group leader stated we will enter suits at the proper time. He spoke after appearing before the Raleigh County Board of Education to petition for complete integration for the present term.
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J. G. Harris
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Red China Frees 9 American Civilians in Shanghai
Geneva authorities announced that nine American civilians were freed from detention in China and could return home immediately. The lettered list includes Emma Barry, Ralph Boyd, Juanita Huang, Robert Parker, Howard and Mrs. Howard Ricks, Eva Dugay, Nadesha Romanoff and Irene Romanoff. Additional exit permissions were discussed for two more and a third within months, with talks continuing Saturday.
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Philadelphia
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New York City
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Edward Walsh
Peter Huizer
Bank of America
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Cumberland
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Charles Sydney Miner
American Asiatic Underwriters
the Metropolitan Land Co
C. V. Starr Enterprises
Fayette Raleigh Judges Swap Court Duties
In Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Charles L. Garvin Jr. filled the bench for Judge Norman Knapp, who was hearing a Summersville case in which Garvin was disqualified. The day also saw trial in John Baldwin v Harizanoff with a cross suit, and a motion to set aside a $1,310 verdict in Dickens v Dickens held for ruling by Judge Knapp.
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Fayetteville
Norman Knapp
Circuit Court
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Summersville
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Nicholas Counties
John Baldwin
George Harizanoff
Harizanoff
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Cecil Dickens
David Earl Dickens
Paul J. Fourney
Beckley
County Court To Tour Memorial Airport Runway Extension
Members of the Raleigh County Court meet in regular session and plan an inspection tour this afternoon at Memorial Airport. Robert L. Davis, airport engineer, will show progress on the runway extension to court members arriving between 1 and 2:30 p.m. The group includes Harry E. Anderson, county clerk, H. G. Farmer, court president, and A. J. Lilly. The court also approved purchasing two adding machines from Klaus and Page Co. for $634 to replace two traded in from the Sheriff's office.
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Memorial
Robert L. Davis
Harry E. Anderson
H. G. Farmer
A. J. Lilly
Klaus and Page Co
Beckley
Sheriff's Office
Funeral services for Leonard Rock in Princewick
Leonard Rock 73 of Princewick died Monday night at a local hospital at 7 p m Funeral services have not been completed.
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Princewick
Labor Day Auto Toll Tops 423. Drownings 80, Total 651
The three day Labor Day weekend saw 423 traffic deaths from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight, with 80 drownings and 88 other accidents, bringing the overall toll to about 651. The National Safety Council had predicted 400 fatalities. The report lists deaths by state and notes a continuing highway danger.
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Ned Dearborn
Council
Seven accidental deaths reported in West Virginia
West Virginia counted seven accidental holiday deaths by midnight including four highway fatalities. Victims include Jimmie Ray Armstrong of Richwood, Albert Pongrancz of Nellis, Mrs. Rose Elizabeth Sigler of Powellton, Roby H. A. Van Dyke of Switchback, plus drownings of John Grover Freezer of Brunswick and Victor G. Bender of Chapel. Two accidental shootings occurred near Turkey Creek and at Clarksburg involving a 26 year old Cleveland man and George Henry Frye.
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Richwood
Nicholas County
Cline Massie
Albert Pongrancz
Nellis
Boone County
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Kanawha County
Rose Elizabeth Sigler
Powellton
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Montgomery
Roby H. A. van Dyke
Switchback
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Brunswick
Black Creek
Martinsburg
Victor G. Bender
Chapel
Gassaway
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Turkey Creek
Clarksburg
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William Dodd
Verna Jones Stricken at Beckley Drug Co Store
Verna Jones of Eccles was taken to Raleigh General Hospital around 12 30 p m today after collapsing in the Beckley Drug Co store. Rescue squads from Beckley Fire Department were summoned and a spokesman said she suffered either a heart attack or a partial stroke.
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Eccles
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley Drug Co
Beckley Fire Department
Mexico City Flooded During Gladys Gales
Gladys drove floods into Mexico City causing the worst flooding in the capital in recent memory. About 40,000 families affected as rains persisted for three days. In Tampico, half the city lost power with heavy wind damage and low areas flooded by the Panuco River. In Brownsville, warnings remain for possible flash floods along the Rio Grande despite a spared valley.
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Flora Avoiding U S Mainland
Hurricane Flora remains well offshore and not a threat to the U S coast. Forecasters say it will curve northward into an upper air current and head away from the mainland while passing east of Bermuda.
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Marland Denies Split With Sen Neely
Governor Marland rejected claims of a split with U S Senator Matthew Neely while noting discussions of the 1956 campaigns. He said they discussed elections and party unity but have not discussed candidate specifics, and he would support any Democrat. He outlined plans for an industrial trip and named appointees and road policy remarks during a busy press conference.
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West Virginia Weather Forecast Update
Five day outlook shows temperatures 2 to 4 degrees below normal with cooler midweek and a warm trend by Friday. West Virginia regions vary with a cooler weekend ahead and only light precipitation expected Friday or Saturday totaling under a quarter inch. Normal temps run about 69 to 70 degrees across north and south.
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