Court Delays Action On Paying Park Bills
Raleigh County Court ends a two hour session with no decision on about 5000 dollars in park board bills for Little Beaver Park. Walter Duncan urged payment while John Ward urged delay for legal advice. The panel approved topographical mapping for Stevens Branch lake and funding for air surveys.
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Raleigh
Raleigh County Park Board
Little Beaver Park
Walter Duncan
Park Board
John Ward
General County Fund
Ward
Duncan
Stevens Branch Lake
Robert L. Davis
Davis
American Air Surveys
W. H. File
Raleigh County Library Commission
Fayette County
Weather Brief From West Virginia Today
Mostly sunny with highs 75 to 82 across Beckley and Oak Hill. Tonight mostly fair with lows in the 50s. Wednesday will be partly cloudy and cooler. River conditions show Greenbrier low and clear, Bluestone normal and clear with 2.4 gates open and gauge at 1.76 ft.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Sunset and Moon Times Announced for Local Day
Today sunset is at 6:07 a.m. Tomorrow sunrise follows. Moon rises today at 5:48 p.m. Moon sets tomorrow at 5:38 a.m. A full moon is noted.
Officers Testify In Murder Case
Pineville jury hears two county law officers describe the murder of Woodrow Tate by Edgar Spratt on January 30 near a railroad track. Deputy Sheriff Bernie Lawrence testified Spratt surrendered and gave him the gun, while Sheriff Bert Short located the body and Tate’s truck. The trial paused for lunch with judge Worrell set for resumed proceedings at 1:15 p.m.
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Pineville
RNS
Edgar Spratt
Oming
Spratt
Woodrow Tate
Simon
Bernie Lawrence
Lawrence
Tate
Bert Short
D. Grove Moter
Mullens
Robert M. Worrell
Stiffer Speeding Fines Suggested
Charleston AP report says Police Superintendent Hazen Fair urged troopers to press peace and traffic courts for tougher penalties on speed violations to cut highway deaths. The plan imprints fines of 2 dollars per mile for each mile over 55, with a 20 dollar fine plus costs for 65 mph. Fair argued the usual 10 dollar penalty is inadequate and backed drastic action.
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Charleston
Hazen Fair
Fair
Police raid finds poker game in ladies room
Midland Texas police raided a local tavern and confiscated 155 dollars found on a table in the room labeled Ladies Rest Room. Six men were booked for gaming as they played poker with no women present.
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Midland
Tex
Nightly News Jumble Upends Haste and Hubris
In a garbled row of phrases the speaker mocks rapid news consumption. Khrushchev arrival sparks insult rumors while a rocket reportedly hits the moon. Mullens defeats Beckley in football. A stovepipe incident is noted at a residence, all amid a light political and social bravado.
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Khrushchev
Russia
Mullens
Beckley
Soviet Leader Lands in United States for Historic Visit
Washington AP A huge Soviet air liner touched down at 11:21 a m EST marking the first visit of a Soviet head of state to the United States. President Eisenhower and top U S officials awaited as security tightened at Andrews Air Force Base for Nikita Khrushchev on the opening leg of talks on Cold War issues.
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Washington
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United States
Eisenhower
U. S
Andrews Air Force Base
State Department
Nikita Khrushchev
Richard M. Nixon
Khrushchev
Moscow
Com
Lantic
Jon
Air Force Base
Scandinavia
Moscow Radio
Einar H. Gerhardsen
Norway
Tage Erlander
Sweden
Canada
John Diefenbaker
U. N
Khrushchev Visit Prompts U.S. Propaganda Battle
Washington braces for a major propaganda campaign during Khrushchev's U.S. tour as Eisenhower and Lodge prepare countermeasures. The plan emphasizes private talks and defensive strategy to protect American interests amid security-boosted oversight. In Houston, a deadly explosion at Poe Elementary School reports multiple fatalities including children and adults.
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Houston, Tex
Poe Elementary
Houston
News Briefs From Around The World And Nation
A UN fact finding team arrived in Laos to probe alleged North Vietnamese backing of rebel activity. Tass dismissed the mission, urging an international conference with Red China. Steel negotiations between workers and industry stalled after 90 minutes. Evadale Texas paper mill explosions killed three and wounded 11. Bing Crosby welcomed daughter Mary Frances with Kathryn Grant. A Greyhound bus hit a horse near Evanston Wyoming, killing one and injuring six. Ike signed a law shielding radio and TV news from equal time rules. Fred Townsend, Legion co founder, died in Phoenix. State briefs covered SRC audits, highway bids, a clerical conference in England, and a polio peak in Kanawha County. Typhoon Sarah threatened Japan and Korea. Heinrich Luebke sworn in as West Germany’s president. Lenin icebreaker sails on first voyage. Pole temperature hit record depths at the South Pole station. An air force training accident left Lt. Pruden injured after a missile mishap.
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U.N
Laos
Viet Nam
Little Kingdom
Soviet Union
Tass
Red China
United Steelworkers
Evadale
Tex
Bing Crosby
Mary Frances
Bing
Kathryn Grant
Dixie Lee
Harry Lillis III
Miss Grant
U. S. Highway 30
Evanston
Wyo
Eisenhower
Fred Blair Townsend
The
American Legion
Phoenix
Ariz
State Road Commission
Board For Public Works
SRC
Berkeley
Mineral
Mingo
Chichester
England
Episcopal Church
Romney
U. S
U. S. Public Health Service
James Mason
Kelly’s Creek
Kanawha County
West Virginia University
Elvis Jacob Stahl Jr
Mountainlair
WVU
Morgan Hotel
Sarah
Japan
Korea
Formosa
Heinrich Luebke
West Germany
Lenin
Itass
United States South Pole
Montie A. Davis
Air Force
Albert L. Pruden
Selfridge Air Force Base
Pruden
U S Calls Off Vanguard Satellite Launch At Cape Canaveral
The Vanguard rocket countdown reached zero but the 100 pound satellite mission was abandoned due to unresolved technical difficulties. An informed source said the firing button sent no ignition signal and the crew, after 2:40 am, decided to return later with no immediate reschedule.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla.a
Vanguard
Congress Adjourns After Frustrating Long Session
Congress closed its 1959 session in Washington five hours before Khrushchev’s arrival. The Senate quit three minutes later, ending the longest peacetime session since 1951. Final actions included foreign aid of 3.255 billion and a two year Civil Rights Commission extension with 500 thousand dollars. Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state and a broad labor regulation bill was passed. A shorter 1960 session will tackle civil rights, farm policy, education aid, minimum wage, social security, and tax issues.
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Washington
Congress
Nikita Khrushchev
Senate
Eisenhower
White House
Khrushchev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Capitol
House
Civil Rights Commission
Hawaii
Los Angeles
Fire Destroys Costello Home
Sandy Costello and his wife with two children lose their six room limestone house at Lower Raleigh Heights to an early morning fire. The unoccupied dwelling, recently furnished for move in from Ellison Avenue, was gutted with no hydrants nearby and Beckley firefighters not responding. The house lay outside city limits, and a Costello brother noted there may be insurance on the structure.
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Sandy Costello
Lower
Raleigh Heights
Costellos
Ellison Ave
Beckley
Cecil P. Connor
Costello
Right Flatfoot But Wrong Flat Right Flatfoot But Wrong Flat
Oakland AP report says policeman LeRoy Pelley, 35, suspended 20 days for unofficerlike conduct after an off duty drink led him to a wrong house where he kissed a woman in the bedroom and began removing his shoes before realizing the mistake. The resident later reported his license number.
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Oakland
Calif
LeRoy Pelley
Pelley
San Lorenzo Village
Band of Black people assault teen near Fort Worth
Fort Worth police reported that a band of Black people dragged a sobbing 16 year old girl from her escort’s car near Trinity Park and beat her. The girl ran into a wooded area by a river levee and was found by officers with injuries. Several suspects were arrested and she was rushed to John Peter Smith Hospital.
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Fort Worth
Tex
John Peter Smith Hospital
Trinity Park
Trinity River
Khrushchev Schedule in Washington and Beltsville Visit
Khrushchev’s itinerary in the United States includes a private luncheon at the President’s guest house at 1 30 p m and a White House meeting with President Eisenhower at 3 30 p m followed by a state dinner hosted by the President at 8 p m A Beltsville Maryland inspection of an agricultural experiment station is planned for Wednesday at 9 40 a m with a luncheon at the National Press Club at 12 45 p m and a national radio and television address The day also features a sightseeing trip on Capitol Hill tea with senators and a dinner at the Soviet Embassy in honor of the Eisenhowers
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President's Guest House
Eisenhower
White House
Beltsville
Capital
National Press Club
Washington
Capitol Hill
Mixups in Pike inquest cited by county officials
A magistrate erred on the death certificate in a West Virginia Turnpike crash case. Changes were made to read last seen deceased dead on arrival as county records and vital statistics officials reviewed the filing. Prosecutors noted the inquest was improper and not required by law, given the circumstances.
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Cotton White
West Virginia
White
County Registrar of Vital Statistics
Truman Sayre
Funeral Home
Anthony J. Sparacino
Raleigh
A. Ford
Off To Apple Country And Jobs Thirty Area Men Leave Beckley
A bus carried thirty local men from Beckley at 1 30 p m Monday toward Martinsburg for apple picking work. Farm Placement Service representative Claron Wyatt screened applicants at Beckley during the departure and field staff checked names as the group boarded. Names include Alfonza Carey Eugene Carey Benjamin Woods Charles Carey John Smith and William Morgan. The 18 to 50 year olds will work for Berkeley and Jefferson County fruit growers until late October.
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Beckley
Martinsburg
Farm Placement Service
Claron Wyatt
West Virginia
Hildreth Downs
M. L. McSpadden
Alfonza Carey
Lanark
Eugene Larry Carey
Benjamin F
Nine speeding arrests heard by magistrate after Labor Day
Nine persons arrested by State Police for speeding and road violations were brought before Magistrate T H. Wills for hearings. Fines of 10 dollars and costs were imposed on Lion el Terry Summers of Eau Gallie Florida Robert G. Via of Charleston Richard Lee Lilly of White Oak on a hazardous driving charge Kay Frances Brellehan of Oak Hill Harold Keith Harriston of Charleston Jimmy Ray DeHart of Mount Hope John T. Kirk of Hinton Maxcel Deel of Pineville and Ruby E. Coleman of Pax.
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T H. Wills
Lionel Terry Summers
Eau Gallie
Fla
Robert G. Via
Charleston
Richard Lee Lilly
White Oak
Kay Frances Brellehan
Oak Hill
Harold Keith Harriston
Jimmy Ray DeHart
Mount Hope
John T. Kirk
Hinton
Maxcel Deel
Pineville
Ruby E. Coleman
Pax
Cool Ridge Woman Caroline Hedrick Dies at 98
Mrs. Caroline Hedrick, 98, of Cool Ridge died at her daughter’s home early today after a long illness. Surviving are daughters Mrs. Elsie Ranson and Mrs. Bessie Johnson, son Allen Hedrick, and son-in-law Mr. View. Funeral plans are incomplete.
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Caroline Hedrick
Cool Ridge
Frank Griffith
Elsie Ranson
Bessie Johnson
View
Allen Hedrick
Mt. View
Gould Scion Gould Dies After Long Illness in New York
Howard Gould, 88, last surviving son of financier Jay Gould, died Monday after a long illness in New York. He inherited wealth, and was known for living lavishly, entertaining extensively.
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New York
Howard Gould
Jay Gould
Gould
New Surprise Up Red Sleeve for Khrushchev Visit
Rocket pioneer Dr Willey Ley predicts Soviet tests during Khrushchev visit including manned orbiting, a 24 hour satellite halo, and a cluster of balloons visible from Earth. Ley notes moon hit as superb ballistic rocketry with little success.
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Los Angeles
Willey Ley
Nikita Khrushchev
Ley
Germany
Bond release in felonious assault case at Raleigh County Jail
Lewis Lee and Dorothy were released from Raleigh County Jail after posting a bond of 1000 dollars to Magistrate Clifford White while awaiting Grand Jury action on a felonious assault charge. The warrant was obtained by Millie Walker Dorothy. Lee was lodged by a constable at 8 p.m. Sunday.
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Lewis Lee
Dorothy
Raleigh
Clifford White
White
Millie Walker
Lee
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Ike
Brace For Propaganda
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Lodge
U.S
Europe
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Texas
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Mississippi
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Apple
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