Warren County seals white school after court ordered integration
Warren County high school at Front Royal closes following a federal court order to admit Negro students. The school board announced a temporary suspension and planned Negro enrollment Saturday and Monday. Governor Almond and state aides discussed possible actions as divisions consider private schooling or transfers to avoid integration.
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Warren County
Front Royal
Virginia
Guv
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Pony
Lear Bsis
Lane
John Paul
Decision Paves Way For Central High Equity
The Supreme Court denied delay in integration at Central High School in Little Rock. The ruling affirms the St. Louis 8th Circuit decision and allows seven Negro students to readmit immediately as the school opens Monday amid Governor Faubus’s threats to close the school.
Faubus silent as Supreme Court orders integration
News of the Supreme Court ruling mandating integration at Little Rock Central High reached Gov. Orval Faubus who nodded in silence. Local officials prepared peace plans while U S Attorney Osro Cobb and DOJ aides studied the decision. Board of Education president Wayne Upton warned they may have to operate under the ruling or close the school.
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Orval BE. Faubus
Supreme Court
Little Rock Central High School
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Little Rock
Justice Department
Washington
Wayne Upton
Board of Education
Gov. Faubus
Adams Time to Quit Falls on White House Aides
Republican campaign chiefs expect Sherman Adams to resign within days after returning from a Canadian fishing vacation. Senators Schoeppel and Simpson have halted plans for a joint ouster statement and will await developments. Potential successors include Fred Seaton and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr as Adams weighs stepping down.
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Sherman Adams
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Adams
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Canada
Fred Seaton
United Nations
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
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Lodge
U.N. High Command
Confusion Grows Over Lost Air Force Plane Search
Three Lester residents reported sighting a missing C45 twin engine aircraft and hearing a crash as state police and deputies scanned the Lester Surveyor area. By 12 30 p m authorities found nothing while conservation director M Lane rejected an emergency opening of squirrel season to aid the search.
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Carl Byrd
Lester Town Hall
Surveyor
Beckley
Charleston
M. Lane
Lane
White Oak Game Protectors Association
Harold Hanks
Okesman
Two-Way Radios Boost Raleigh County Sheriff's Patrol
Two-way radio communications are now in operation between the Raleigh County Sheriff's Office and eight patrol cars. Radios will be installed in five additional cars. A control station at the jail provides around the clock contact between the sheriff and his deputies.
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Raleigh County
Yukon poet Robert W. Service dies at 34 in France
LANCIEUX France AP Robert W. Service famed Yukon poet of The Shooting of Dan McGrew died of a heart attack in his home on Robert Service Street with his wife present. His 130 lines from Dan McGrew reportedly earned about 500000 to date. He once worked in a Yukon bank and wrote verses for church socials. A bank guard fired near him thinking he was a robber, nearly killing him. He later published Dan McGrew after a rocky start and booming sales in 1907. He claimed to grow tired of the famous verse.
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France
Robert W. Service
Yukon
Dan McGrew
Robert Service
Brittany
Service
Toronto
Nationalist Blockade Hold at Quemoy Amid Heavy Shelling
Nationalist forces continued attempts to run the Communist blockade at Quemoy and nearby islets as Red artillery pounded the area. About 300 shells struck Quemoy and Little Quemoy Ehrtan and Tan though Nationalists halted supply landings. Some officials called for more American aid and possible air delivery of supplies. Chiang Kai-shek and leaders welcomed Eisenhower’s firm stance.
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Quemoy
U.S
Femmosa Strait
Associated Press
James Cary
Eisenhower
Chiang Kai-shek
Bonds Posted In Felony Warrants In Raleigh County
Delana Brown and Budgy Petty of Colcord were released from Raleigh County Jail after posting bonds to Magistrate Clifford White and awaiting arraignment on felony warrants. Bill Turner of East Park is jailed awaiting arraignment on an assault and battery warrant issued by Magistrate W A Burke. Bernard Crump of Ury was jailed on a non support warrant and awaits a hearing.
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Budgy Pettry
Colcord
Raleigh
Clifford White
Bill Turner
East Park
W. A. Burke
Mary Eaves Beckley
Turner
Bernard Crump
Ury
Sheriff's Deputies
Missing Green Valley Youth Sought By County Officials
A 15 year old Green Valley boy, James Persinger, has been missing from his home since 8 am Wednesday after missing his school bus. He is 5 feet 7 inches, 135 pounds with light brown crewcut hair and blue eyes. He was last seen walking toward Wand Sophia wearing a light blue plaid shirt and light blue pants, possibly with a flashlight in his hip pocket. Call the Sheriffs office at CL 2 13131 if seen.
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James
Persinger
E. J. Huscuecon
Wand Sophia
Sheriffs Office
Funeral rites incomplete for Mrs Celia Hall in Beaver
Mrs Celia Almeda Hall 79 Beaver died at 12 20 am Thursday in a local hospital. The body is at the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
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Beaver
Hall
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Eisenhower Aides Weigh Billion-Dollar Tax Hikes
The Eisenhower administration weighs a possible one billion dollar increase in gasoline taxes and postal rates to counter a record wartime budget deficit. Budget Director Maurice Stans says a decision will come within 60 days as deficits climb and debt nears a new peak.
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Eisenhower
Maurice 4H
Stans
Congress
Budget Bureau
S Bureau
Post Office Department
Juror Deliberations Begin in McKinney Murder Trial
The Wyoming County jury, 10 men and two women, begins deliberations in the murder case of Frank J. McKinney Cyclone accused of fatally shooting Forest Haynes Sams the constable in front of the McKinney home on February 28. Court instructions were given at 9 a.m. and deliberations ordered for 1 30 p m after closing arguments from state prosecutor Robert Bailey and defense attorney D Grove Moler with McKinney facing first degree murder charges.
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RNS
Frank J. McKinney
Cyclone
Wyoming
Forest Haynes Sams
McKinney
Rome
Wyoming Circuit Court
Robert Bailey
Wyoming County
D. Grove Moler
Walter G. Burton
Sams
Burton
Moler
Mercury Edges Toward Normal in West Virginia
After two days of unusually cool weather the mercury rose toward normal across West Virginia. No frost was reported but mountain regions likely saw some by Wednesday and Thursday nights. Elkins logged 40 degrees, Martinsburg 44, Flat Top 43, Wheeling 45, Huntington 45, Morgantown 47, and Parkersburg 49.
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West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Elkins
Martinsburg
Wheeling
Huntington
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Weather Update For Beckley And J Hill Areas
Fair and cool tonight with low in the 40s. Saturday will be partly cloudy and somewhat warmer. River conditions at Bellepoint show Greenbrier in normal stage and clear. Bluestone Reservoir at normal stage is clear with gates open.
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Church Delegates Appointed for State Conference Trip
Feckleyans D. D. Holliday and H. C. Sessions will depart Saturday to represent St. Stephen's Episcopal Church at the West Virginia Episcopal Layman's Conference at Peterkin Conference Center Romney. On Sunday Rev. C Worth May Mrs P B Earwood and W F Waits leave to attend the Diocese Executive Board Meeting in West Virginia.
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H. C. Sessions
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May
Beckley Skies Night and Moonrise Schedule
The Sun sets at 6 38 p m and rises at 6 04 a m Saturday. The Moon rises at 6 11 a m Saturday with a New Moon at 7 02 a m Saturday.
Banquet Tonight For New River Hereford Breeders
The New River Hereford Breeders Association holds its annual banquet at 6 30 p m at El Chico with officials J T Johnson and Dr J T C Green expected to attend. The Hereford sale and show begin at 9 30 a m Saturday at Beckley Farmers Market Cranberry.
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Herbert E. Shumate
J. T. Johnson
J .T. C. Green
Beckley
Fourth candidate files for Raleigh County Board of Education
Ira Cook, Glen Daniel, and two others have filed candidacy papers with the Circuit Clerk. The article notes Cook filed his centents of candidacy at the office on Monday.
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Glen Daniel
Raleigh County Board of Education
Circuit Clerk’s Office
Jail Term Taker Thinking It Over
Beckley man P. E. Reynolds 32 Junction Street faced a $10 fine for failing to yield. He told Police Court he preferred jail to paying and was given a two day grace period to decide, with a requirement to report to police headquarters. The incident followed a minor two vehicle collision on Granville and College Aves at 1 30 p.m. August 25.
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P. E. Reynolds
Junction Street
Edward P. Stansbury
Reynolds
Granville Ave
College Ave
$14 000 Accident Suit Settled in Raleigh Court
A $14,000 suit over a lawn mower accident in Raleigh County opened in circuit court and was settled out of court. Harry Riley of Mabscott and the parents of Jerry Lee Smallwood of Crab Orchard reached the agreement after Smallwood lost four toes last October.
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Raleigh County
Harry Riley
Mabscott
Jerry Lee Smallwood
Crab Orchard
Kerry
Riley
Cecil Smallwood
Snailwoods
Burmeister Undergoes Surgery at St. Marys Hospital
R. J. Burmeister of Raleigh underwent surgery at St. Marys Hospital in Huntington on Thursday and is reported to be in good condition after the operation.
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R. J. Burmeister
Raleigh
St. Marys Hospital
Huntington
Snow on Mt Washington N H With Temperature At Four
An inch of snow fell on Mt Washington overnight, and the temperature dipped to four degrees. The report notes cold conditions across New Hampshire as wintry weather affected the region.
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Boston
Mt. Washington
N.H
West Virginia centennial plan calls for train exhibit shows
Alfred Stern proposes a $964000 centennial program with a seven-car traveling exhibit train visiting 19 towns plus Washington and nearby cities. Four weekends in 1963 feature outdoor stadium shows in Huntington Charleston Wheeling and Parkersburg. The plan includes theme centers fireworks forums fine arts prizes and a statewide training camp for Boy Scouts.
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West Virginia
Alfred Stern
New York City
Centennial Commission
Stern
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Community and
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Louisville
Roanoke
Pittsburgh
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