Statewide Safe Driving Day Boosts Patience and Caution
Bluefield area joins nationwide Safe-Driving Day efforts with sheriff challenges, hat bets, and city parades aimed at reducing accidents. Officials report dry roads after melt, but warn of icy spots. weather suggests occasional snow flurries and a cold high near 8. The campaign urges year round safety through personal responsibility and courtesy.
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Mercer County
P. L. Prs
Raigh County
John Ward
Stetson
Bluefield
W. L. Thornton
Beckley
West Virginia Turnpike
Auto Club
Weather Bureau
Develo
Virginia Assembly Opens Special Session on Public Education Referendum
The 14 month Virginia Education Commission report dominates the Special Session called by Governor Stanley to address a referendum bill. Lawmakers limit debate to the administration bill and potential amendments amid a northern Virginia bloc opposing public funds for private schools. Del. John Webb proposes an alternative plan while supporters push for swift passage with an emergency clause.
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Gray
Virginia
Stanley
House
Senate
del. John Webb
Fairfax
Webb
Deaths and funerals in the Athens Princeton area
Mrs. Neta Lee White 52 of Athens died at home after illness. Widow of Saino D. White she owned White's Market and was a Christian Church member. Survived by two sons Jess Adolph and Q. D. of Athens one daughter Quinncia Dillon also of Athens two sisters and five brothers. Funeral plans at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton. Other obituaries note Andrew Charles Hill 23 of Doran Va. and infant Stanley Ray Morgan two weeks old of Hanover WV. Alice Cooper 74 of Richlands Va. also survives. Funeral arrangements at Hurst-Scott Funeral Home Richlands and Adams Funeral Home Gilbert. David Allen Christian 17 months died in Williamson. Isaac Lemuel West 65 of Green Valley died at Bluefield Sanitarium. Atha Madora Six 71 of Thorntontown near Princeton died of heart condition. services at First Church of God Princeton. Resthaven Cemetery burial planned.
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Neta Lee White
Burch Street
Athens
White's Market
The
Christian Church
Jim and
Josephine Vaught Alvis
Saino D. White
Jess Adolph
Q. D
Quinncia Dillon
Mae Martin
Princeton
O. L. Mabbitt
Phoenix, Ariz
Alfred
Lacy
Sam
Glenn Alvis
Everett Alvis
Narrows
Andrew Charles Hill
Doran
Richlands
Lawrence Smith
Hugh Goodman
Shelton Cemetery
Raven
Farmer Funeral Home
Bailey White
Stanley Ray Morgan
Verlin
Alice West Morgan
Hanover
Welch Hospital
Teddy
Billy
Gary
West Cemetery
Coal Mountain
Lloyd Ferguson
Adams Funeral Home
Gilbert
Alice Cooper
Russell County
John
Eva Thompson
Earl Cooper
Bruce Thompson
Bluefield
Mary Jane Honaker
Honaker
Rosa Smith
Marion
David Allen Christian
George Allen
Ruth Cochran Christian
Williamson
Thomas Cochrane
Cliffield
Ted Christan
Cedar Bluff
Hurst-Scott Puneral
Ted Christian
H. D. Hampton
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Issac Lemuel West
Green Valley
Craven
Montcalm
Atha Madora Six
Thorntontown
Six
Joseph K. Arnbarger
Wytheville
George Walter Six
First Church of God
Straley Avenue
Herman
Harold Six
Stewart L
Franklin Six
Roanoke
Estel Umbarger
Bill Umbarger
Prince
Funeral notices for Smith Briscoe Caudill in Virginia
Funeral services are scheduled today for Lula Smith 83 of Gary at Clinton Chapel AME Church Filbert with burial in Marion family cemetery Nathan M Briscoe 46 of Marion at First Methodist Church Marion and interment at Round Hill Cemetery Marion John W Caudill 70 of Wrights Valley Va 2 PM at Wagner Hawkins Funeral Chapel Bluefield with interment Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield Va
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Smith
Lula
Gary
Clinton Chapel
Filbert
Marion
Briscoe
Nathan M
First Methodist Church
Round Hill
Caudill
John W
Wright's Valley
Wagner-Hawkins
Bluefield
Maple Hill Cemetery
Geneva Parley Record Shows Disarmament Clash
The State Department released 307 pages of the Geneva foreign ministers meeting from Oct 27 to Nov 16. Dulles denounced Soviet disarmament proposals as deception while Molotov charged Western powers with espionage aims in Communist lands.
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Washington
Geneva
State Department
Dulles
Molotov
Russia
Eisenhower
West
Portugal
Paulo Cunha
Hound Dog to Receive Medal for Saving Boy
In Gadsden Alabama Navy mentions Frank a four year old hound dog will be awarded a medal for saving his master Tommy Richards After ten hours lost in dense woods the boy was found by six searchers with Frank baying and keeping him warm, the dog credited with guiding rescuers to Tommy.
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Gadsden
Ala
Navy
Frank
Tommy Richards
Tommy
Woody Woodsmall
Fourth Turncoat To Return Home
Richard R. Tenneson an American GI who defected to Red China after the Korean War has been permitted to leave China and is expected home tomorrow The British Red Cross relayed his release from the Chinese Red Cross Peiping had agreed to accept 21 turncoats as free men since January 27 1954 Three others Cowart Griggs and Bell returned last July and were dishonorably discharged and briefly jailed on betrayal charges Another defector Rufus Douglas died in China
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Capitol Leston
West Virginia
R. Boyles
Col. Boyles
N. H. Dyer
H. Dyer
American Legion
West Virginia Motor Truck Assn
West Virginia Petroleum Assn
Hong Kong
Richard R. Tenneson
Red China
British
Red Cross
Tenneson
United States
Peiping
Portia Howe
Alden, Minn
Tokyo
Korea
Richard
Red
China
William A. Cowart
Lewie E. Griggs
Otho G. Bell
United Sates
Supreme Court
Rufus E. Douglas
Texon
Tex
Few States Struggle to Meet School Building Needs
White House conference on education accepts the Beling Rowley report showing most states lack firm plans to fund school building needs over the next five years. Delegates applaud. no formal votes. The report notes possible outside aid and pending federal aid discussions.
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Washington
White House
Earl H. Beling
Moline
Ill
Elmer W. Rowley
Joliet Junior College
Ilinois
Beling-Rowley
U.S. Office of Education
Speech Contest Winner Listed
Miss Phyllis Ann Howe wins the local Voice of Democracy contest sponsored by the Greater Bluefield Junior Chamber of Commerce. Her speech I Speak for Democracy advances to the state contest in Wheeling on December 14 with a chance for a Washington trip. top prize is a table model radio.
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Greater Bluefield Junior Chamber of Commerce
L. W. Robinette
Phyllis Ann Howe
Phillip W. Howe
Beaver High School
Wheeling
Washington
Voice of Democracy
Bluefield Supply Company
Walter W. Morrison
Park Central High School
Bluewell Man Dies of Wound in Family Porch Shooting
A 26 year old Bluewell man Hubert Lewis Dillon died after stepping onto his brother Lloyd Dillon's porch and firing a single blast from a 12 gauge shotgun into his head around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. State police investigated with motive not yet determined. The victim, born Sept 8 1929 at Coopers Mercer County, left behind wife Sally and two children Hubert Eugene and Sally Gale. He survived by nine brothers and one sister. Mer cer Funeral Home in Bluefield to handle arrangements.
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Bluewell
Hubert Lewis Dillon
J. F. Wynne
H. C. Thompson
Wild Goose
Route
Dillon
Coopers
Mercer County
Marvin B
Georgia LaRue Dillon
Jack
Lee
Luther
Jimmy
Johnny
Page
Lloyd
Billy
U.S. Army
Fort Knox
Frank
Detroit
Mich
Sally of
Hubert Eugene
Sally Gale Dillon
Mercer Funeral Home
Bluefield
Weather Outlook Across States With Rain or Snow Likely
Maryland sees fair skies and milder temps with highs 30s to mid 40s and rain or snow possible Friday west and rain east. Virginia reports fair Thursday with 35 to 45 and rain or snow west Friday night. Ohio Kentucky Tennessee forecast fair to 30s with Friday rain or snow and warmer winds. Washington, Nov. 30 Weather Bureau notes 24 hour totals ending 7 pm.
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Maryland
Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Washington
Weather Bureau
Man Surrenders After Crashing Stolen Plane
Washington hospital attendant William Beloate surrendered to Norfolk police after admitting he stole a Navion airplane from Washington National Airport and crash landed six miles south of Aylander North Carolina. FBI will hold preliminary hearing. Beloate, 25, faced intrastate transportation of a stolen aircraft charges. Beloate previously worked at Doctors' Hospital in Washington and stayed at the Taft Hotel.
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Norfolk
Washington
Nrfolk
Washington National
Aylander
N.C
FBI
William Joseph Beloate
Beloate
U. S
Harry Brinkley
Doctors’ Hospital
Taft Hotel
McDuff Green
Jack Leachman
Johnson and Winsatt Co
Superior Miner Hurt While Shooting Coal
Marshall Turner of Superior, 53, was admitted to Stevens Clinic in Welch with a fractured hip after a timber struck him while he was shooting coal at the Superior Mine. His condition was satisfactory last night.
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Marshall Turner
Superior
Stevens
Welch
Uiner
Hillbilly Star to Headline WHIS Christmas Tree Show
Fred Pendleton and a stagelike Hillbilly group perform on WHIS radio and TV to raise $4,000 for Bluefield’s Community Christmas Tree program. The event features Tru man Pennington Ray Morgan and others with Pendleton as the longtime local fiddle icon and first WHIS live TV talent.
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Whis Tonight
WHIS
Whis-Tv
Bluefield
Dick Daisey
Jane Meadows
Garland Bruce
Whis Radio
Community Christmas Tree Association
Drama and Comedy On WHIS-TV Channel 6 Tonight
WHIS-TV features The Web a mystery co starring Ray Danton Aileen Whelan and Raymond Burr at 10 p.m. Otto Kruger hosts The Fabulous Sycamores a zany Ford Theatre segment at 9 30 p.m. Dragnet with Jack Webb follows at 9 p.m. on Channel 6.
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Whis-Tv
Ray Danton
Aileen Whelan
Raymond Burr
Lux Video Theatre
Bob Regan
Regan
Otto Kruger
Channel 6
Bluefeld
Joe Friday
Jack Webb
Friday Makig
Los Angeles
Parents mourn as two of Nelson quads die
Alma Georgia ALMA Ga Nov 30 Two of the day old Nelson quadruplets the lone boy and a girl died today leaving the tenant farm parents heartbroken The two remaining girls each about two pounds were reported doing beautifully at Bacon County Hospital in southeast Georgia One was named Alma and the other Georgia The parents Mr and Mrs E E Nelson 36 and 34 share crop tobacco on a acre farm in adjoining Coffee County They have six other living children three born to Mrs Nelson during a previous marriage
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Alma
Nelson
Bacon County
Georgia
E. E. Nelson
Coffee County
Scott Tobacco Sells 273 382 Pounds at Two Warehouses
WEBBER CITY Vir Nov 30 A total of 273 382 pounds of tobacco sold today at Scott County's two new warehouses Farmers No 1 and 2 bringing in 151 942 41 dollars at 55 58 per hundredweight H J Donelson of Dungannon Va topped the sale with 1 783 pounds at 55 35 a hundredweight.
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Webber City
Scott County
H. J. Donelson
Dungannon
Miner Injured at Itmann Mine Hospitalized in Bluefield
Itmann miner Charles Radford was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium with head injuries from the Pocahontas Fuel Co. Itmann mine incident details and extent of injuries were not learned last night.
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Charles Radford
Itmann
Bluefield Sanitarium
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Former School Man Arrested for Embezzlement Charges
Charleston reports the former financial secretary of the West Virginia Training School at St. Marys, Harry R. Riggs, was arrested on two warrants for embezzling state funds. One warrant involves a $30 money order from a Scott Depot woman, the other a $519.50 check from the Marietta Livestock Co. authorities continue the inquiry.
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Charleston
West Virginia Training School
St. Marys
Attorney General's
Fred H. Caplan
Harry R. Riggs
Wood County
Attorney General’s Office
James Donohoe
State Board of Control
Caplan
Scott
Putnam County
Riggs
Marietta, Ohio
Parkersburg
Jaycee Beauty Pageant Cast Plans Dress Rehearsal
Dress rehearsal for the Jaycee Beauty Pageant is tonight at Ramsey Auditorium at 8 p.m. Thirty contestants will attend along with lighting sound and stage technicians. The pageant on Friday December 2 at Ramsey Auditorium will crown Miss Bluefield of 1956 after a panel of five judges.
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Ramsey Auditorium
Jaycee
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Nation
Mrs. Mary Dean
L. R. Coul
A. Charles Hill
Morgan
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
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Mrs. Atha
Geneva Parley
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Santa Claus
Ford
NBC
Cecil Kellaway
Barbara Britton
Joyce Holden
Nydia Westman
Sycamore Circus
Sycamores
Friday
Scott Tobacco
Hehi Bottling Company
Bluefield, Virginia
Scott Depot
Shaman’s Presents
Buffalo Horn
Fed
Dad & Lad
Princeton Ave
W. VA
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