Republicans File Petition Answer In Russell County Ballot Issue
In Lebanon Virginia today Republicans answered a Democratic petition seeking mandamus to count 32 challenged mail ballots from Dorton precinct in Russell County. Judge Carter expected an early hearing as parties argued that election judges already prepared poll books and that writs are not the proper method to contest the election.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
W. VA
Russell County
Lebanon
Wood Hall
Carlyle Byington
Commissioners of Election
Fred Parks
Abingdon
Parks
Lébanon
Dorton
Ezra T. Carter
Carter
Circuit Court
Guy Whited
J. Stanley Hargis
Committee Urges Amendment Move
A West Virginia subcommittee recommends the Legislature place before voters a constitutional amendment to abolish county elected assessors. Instead, county courts would appoint assessing officers under a county board of equalization and review, five nonpartisan members. The group, part of the Lindman study, seeks broader school funding authority and reorganizes education governance ahead of the January legislative session.
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Charleston
West Virginia Commission On Education
Board of Education
E. L. Lindman
George Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
Legis Ae
Lindman
Seana
State Board of Education
Commission
Paratyphoid Epidemic Still Rages in Lancaster County
Lancaster county health officials reported 113 paratyphoid cases with no tapering, all primary infections from a common source. The illness, a communicable disease with typhoid like symptoms, is not yet deadly according to investigators.
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Lancaster
Lancaster County
Canadian Citizen Warns on Cops Lurking for Parking
Edward O'Brien 31, an aircraft plant worker in Toronto, says police watch shadows to issue illegal parking tickets and harm small merchants. He urges drivers to avoid forbidden zones to escape fines as authorities crack down.
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Toronto
Edward O’brien
O’brien
James K. Adams Dies. Bluefield Worker Funeral Planned
James K. Adams 57, a Bluefield Church Furniture Co. employee, died yesterday morning at a West Graham residence. His body is at Wagner-Hawkins Funeral Home in Bluefield Virginia. Survived by daughter Katherine Conley of Roanoke and granddaughter Kathy, six sisters, and three brothers.
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James K. Adams
Bluefield Church Furniture Co
West Graham
Wagner-Hawkins Funeral Home
Bluefield
Katherine Conley
Roanoke
Kathy
J. C. Lovelace
Princeton Road
W. W. Osborne
Mouth
Wilson, Va
L. M. Brookman
Radford
Vester Brinkle
Arnold Kanade
Pulaski
A. L. Jones
Galax
A. E. Adams
Wayne Adams
Portsmouth
Earl T. Adams
Rock
Obituary notices from Athens area list multiple family survivors
Mrs. W. M. Smith aged 82 former Athens resident died in Washington D C at her daughter’s home. Survived by seven daughters and one son. Body to be returned to Seaver Mortuary Princeton for arrangements. Edith Brooks 61 of Princeton dies. services at Kee Street Methodist Church with burial Resthaven. Memorial Funeral Directory in charge. Last rites for Alford Lee White 19 of Athens at Nazarene Church. interment White Cemetery Pisgah Road. Six brothers and three sisters survive. He died after brief illness.
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Rhoda Margaret Wilborn
Clinchco
Monroe Wilborn
Howard
James
Elyria
Ohio
Minnie White
Mason Silcox
Zella Davis
Detroit
Mich
Oma Hatfield
Beckley
William and
Watson Thompson
Bee
Mary Bales
Clyde Lee
Temple Hill
Clintwood
Sicox
Fred P. Neely
Mpestem
Cook's Chapel
4A M. Neely
Glen Lyn
Walter
Pearisburg
Sydney
Pipestem
Emma Lilly
Beckiey
Blanche Powell
Front Royal
Faye Major
Cleveland
Othelene Rose
Camp Creek
Walter L
Hinton
John
Clara Farley
Piney View
Wessie Shawver
Danese
Everett Shaffer
Neely
E. M. Meadows Funeral Home
Bessie Louella Proffitt
Route 1
Bluefield
North Carolina
Eli and
Sarah Ellen Brinager
Fred L. Proffitt
Daniel R. Proffitt
Luxembourg
Germany
Gladys Shrader
Bonnie Booth
Betty Yopp
R.F.D
Pauline Harless
Charlie Proffitt
Pearl Robinette
Roanoke
Alice Tuttle
Germanton
N. C
Henry Combs
Mercer Funeral Home
W. M. Smith
Athens
George Moore
Washington, D. C
Martha Smith Neal
Rock
W. M
Blain Caldwell
Columbus
Newt Murphy
Anawalt
Fletcher Mann
Washington, D
Alford Lee White
Harve White
Nazarene Church
I. G. Neal
White Cemetery
Pisgah Road
Ida Tracey
Dorothy Southern
Elgood
Virginia Steel
James R. White
Albert
Perry
Warren
Lester
Jackie White
Funeral services for Walter Frank Griffin in Bluefield
Walter Frank Griffin 70 of 749 Calhoun Street will have a 3 p.m. service at Sinkford and Richardson Funeral Home with Rev. Frank Wade and Rev Marshall Shepard Jr. officiating. Burial in East End Cemetery. Survived by brother John Pearl Griffin and stepdaughter Alberta Thompson plus nine grandchildren. Pallbearers named. Body at home until service. cars at 2:45 p.m. tomorrow.
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Walter F. Griffin
Walter Frank Griffin
Calhoun St
Sinkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Frank Wade
Marshall Shepard Jr
East End
Griffin
Bluefield
A. W. Cox Department Store
Arthur Griffin
John Pearl Griffin
Alberta Thompson
George Francisco
James Martin
John Cawthorne
John Hairston
Raymond Higginbotham
Leonard Henry
William E. 62 Wil Wilp.m. Service at Metro Church
William E. aged 62 of Wil is to be honored in a memorial service this evening at the Metro Methodist Church in Gary. The obituary notes he will be laid to rest at Grove Cemetery in Oax.
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William E
Wilp.m
Metropo Methodist Church
Gary
Oax Grove
Ceme
Brother Chosen As Bible Expert
Stanley E. Skeens, a 26 year old coal mine electrician from Danville, may risk his $32 000 on The $64 000 Question to reach 64 000 with Bible knowledge. He will bring his brother in law Wetzel Adkins, a seminary graduate and Bible teacher, as his expert. Skeens is an ordained minister of the Free Will Baptist Church.
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Charleston
Stanley E. Skeens
New York
Skeens
Danville
Wchs-Tv
Wetzel Adkins
Adkins
Free Will Baptist Church
Bob White
Boone County
Knowland Awaits Decision On 1956 GOP Nomination
Senator William F. Knowland said he expects the GOP presidential choice to emerge by mid January or February with a possible declaration by the President if Eisenhower confirms a second term. He spoke at a National Association of Manufacturers dinner, urging clear stance on key issues and cautioning candidates not to waver on foreign policy.
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York
William F. Knowland
Calif
Leonard W. Hall
Knowland
GOP
National Assn. of
United States
United Nations
Association Times
Dng
Eisenhower
Auto Truck Collision Fatal To Car Driver
An auto crossed the median and struck a truck on the snow slick Pennsylvania turnpike near Irwin killing the car driver and injuring his companion.
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Irwin
Accident Fatal To Squire Man
Autopsy on McDowell County timber worker Kermit Beavers shows death from brain concussion and exposure after a fall near Jacob's Fork Creek. Beavers, 43, father of four, was found face down in icy water near a bridge. no foul play suspected.
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McDowell County
Kermit Beavers
Squire
Jacob’s Fork Creek
L. Z. Wright
Hubert Bellamy
Bellamy
Wright
Navy unveils new sub design inspired by Albacore hull
The Navy will build a new atomic submarine with a novel hull modeled on the high speed test sub Albacore. The design aims for superior underwater speed and range with improved maneuverability at similar cost, and will be used for three diesel powered submersibles as well.
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Washington
Navy
Rough Weather Halts Navy Jet Bomber Salvage
Heavy rain and high seas stopped divers from recovering wreckage of the jet bomber that exploded and crashed into Chesapeake Bay near Lookout Maryland. The Navy plans to resume salvage work when weather improves with weekend operations eyed. Divers reported locating a large wing section and marking its position for crane ship recovery as investigators seek cause of the 600 mph bomber’s midair destruction. One body was recovered with three others still missing from the four crew aboard.
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Washington
Navy
Chesapeake Bay
Lookout
Norfolk
Four Charged In Coal Company Copper Theft
Four men were charged after copper wire thefts from Dorothy Coal Co. Ferndale against three incidents in six weeks. Suspects include Melvin Lewis Fannin, Martin Estep, William Lee Campbell, and Clyde Burris, all of Elk Ridge. Police say about 1,300 pounds stolen at Ferndale and additional copper wire thefts pursued at Elk Ridge Fayette Kana wha Ward and Winifrede operations.
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Montgomery
W. Va
Dorothy Coal Co
Ferndale
Boone County
Cpl
H. D. Gibbs
Melvin Lewis Fannin
Morris Creek
Martin Estep
William Lee Campbell
Clyde Burris
Elk Ridge
Gibbs
Elk Ridge Coal Co
Fayette County
Kanawha
Mammoth Coal Co
Valley Camp Coal Co
Ward
Winifrede Carbon and Fuel Co
Mercer County Sees New Polio Case In Child
Charleston reports one new polio case in the past week a 2 year old Mercer County boy without vaccine treatment for paralytic polio at Marmet Hospital. State total rises to 176 this year with 25 in inoculated children and six polio deaths recorded.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Oe Health Department
Mercer County
Marmet Hospital
Roane County Man Dies From Head Wound
Roane County coroner R C Newman said Paul Boggs a 34 year old employee of B and W Steel Co Barberton Ohio died from an apparently personal safety related wound in his head at his home in Looneyville Roane County today.
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Looneyville
W. Va
R. C. Newman
Paul Boggs
B. and W. Steel Co
Barberton
Ohio
Roane County
Life-Terrier hearing set in Army colonel murder case
Judge Ben Moore scheduled a December 20 hearing on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus for Mrs. Krueger, inmate at Alderson, daughter of retiring Gen. Walter Krueger. Col Aubrey Krueger was fatally stabbed October 4, 1952, prompting the request challenging civilian trial by court martial in peacetime.
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Dom
Ben Moore
Mrs. Krueger
Federal Reformatory For Women At
Alderson
She
Walter Krueger
Sixth Army
Pacific
Col
Aubrey CS
Moore
John C. Morrison
Charleston
Congress
Washington
Edward A. Tamm
China presses for U N priority in admitting candidates
China demands the Security Council first vote on 18 resolutions to admit non-Communist candidates including Italy Japan Spain Korea Vietnam Cambodia Laos Portugal and Ireland. The United States Britain and France back Western choices while the Soviet Union vows to veto if its favorites are blocked. The article notes veto dynamics and a possible vote order debate among delegates.
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United Nations
N.Y
China
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Soviet Union
T. F. Tsiang
Italy
Japan
Spain
Republic of Korea
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Laos
Portugal
Oon
Libya
Austria
Ireand
Tsiang
Finland
Nepal
Korea
Russia
Albania
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Outer Mongolia
Eisenhower
Chiang Kai-shek
Security Council
United States
Britain
France
Kiwanis Club Selects Speaker For Luncheon
Bluefield Kiwanis Club announces Daniel A. Prager vice president of the National Foundation for Consumer Credit in Washington DC will speak at the regular luncheon Monday in the West Virginian Hotel. J Hudson Huffard of Bluefield VA helped arrange his visit. An organizational conference for all 1956 officers directors and chairmen is planned at 7 30 p.m. Monday.
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Paul Huggins
Bluefield
West Virginian
Virginia Attorney 49 Dies of Heart Attack
MATHEWS Va Dec 9 Alfred L Marchant Commonwealths Attorney of Mathews County since 1950 died at his home this morning of a heart ailment. He was 49. Marchant attended Trial Justice Court yesterday and suffered a heart attack after returning to his office about 11 am. He died about 7 am today.
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Mathews
Alfred L. Marchant
Commonwealth
Mathews County
Marchant
Trial Justice Court
Entertainers Rally For Bluefield Christmas Tree Funds
Bluefield volunteers urge donations to reach a 4000 goal for 1500 children. WHIS radio hosts hillbilly acts to entertain while urging 3.50 gifts to fund toys, fruit, nuts, and candies. Dr. David K. Allen spoke on independent colleges financial struggles at a Bluefield Lions Club meeting. Next Friday is Lions Toy Day with a Salvation Army Collection Day set for Dec 24.
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Bluefield Lions
Dr. Allen
WHIS
Munity Christmas Tree Association
Bluefield
Santa Claus
Municipal Bldg
Bland St
David K. Allen
Davis and Elkins College
Elkins
Bluefield Lions Club
Allen
West Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges
Alderson Broadus
Bethany
Salem
West Virginia Wesleyan
Davis and Elkins Colleges
Jesu
Wheeling
Lions
Bill Hendricks
Salvation Army
W. R
Pete) Cooke
Lion Sight Program Inc
Local Symphony Debuts Season With Handel Messiah
Louis A Capaldini reports on the Bluefield Symphony Orchestra first concert of the season. Handel Messiah Part I was performed by a 50 piece civic orchestra and 135 voice chorus with high precision and balanced choruses. The performance shows polish over last year and featured strong diction and a difficult chorus sung well.
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Louis A. Capaldini
Bluefield Symphony Orchestra
Civic
Handel
Weather Map forecast for Mid Atlantic states
Weather Maryland has partly cloudy skies with wind and cold. extreme west shows snow flurries with highs 23 to 30, east 32 to 39. Sunday expected clouds and continued cold. West Virginia cloudy cold with flurries Saturday, high 27 to 32. Sunday mostly cloudy. Ohio mostly cloudy and cold with snow flurries north and east Saturday, high 25 to 30. Sunday more cloud. Kentucky cloudy and cold Saturday and Sunday with some snow flurries east portion. Saturday high 30 to 35. Tennessee cloudy and cold Saturday and Sunday with occasional snow northeast Saturday morning, highs in the 30s. Virginia partly cloudy windy and cold. mountains may see snow flurries Saturday. coastal highs near 40, interior in 30s, mountains upper 20s.
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Maryland
West Virginia
Ohio
Lake E
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Weather Report from Washington December 9
Weather Bureau report lists temperatures and rainfall across regions for the 24 hours ending 7 p.m. today. Readings include notable variations by location and show overall trends in daily climate data.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Stanley Appoints Man To Push School Vote
Governor Thomas B. Stanley named Dr. Dabney S. Lancaster to lead a statewide campaign for a yes vote in the January constitutional convention referendum. Lancaster, former state superintendent and president emeritus of Longwood College, will direct the State Referendum Information Center opening offices at the Hotel Richmond. The drive will be funded by private contributions with some volunteers and paid staff.
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Richmond
Thomas B. Stanley
Dabney S. Lancaster
Bath County
Longwood College
Farmville
Lancaster
Stanley
Marland Outlines West Virginia Industry Push
Governor William C. Marland outlined new efforts to attract industries to West Virginia during a Huntington Board of Realtors dinner. He cited prospects from his national trips and said local communities must act as the sales force, with results dependent on local effort.
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Huntington
Wiliam C. Marland
West Virginia
Huntington Board of Realtors
Marland
Supreme Court declines to review gas rate case in West Virginia
The State Supreme Court rejected a bid to review a Public Service Commission order granting Amere Gas Utilities a rate increase of about 117000 dollars annually affecting 16000 customers in Beckley Mullens Princeton Lewisburg and White Sulphur Springs. Amere argued the rise underpaid a fair return. The court also denied Remington Arms Co. an order to halt Judge Worrell in a separate suit involving Oldie A. Lusk over a shotgun injury claim.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
Amere Gas Utilities
Amere
PSC
West Virginia
Beckley
Mullens
Princeton
Lewisburg
White Sulphur Springs
Supreme Court
James B. Riley
Remington Arms Co
Robert M. Worrell
Wyoming County
Oldie A. Lusk
Lusk
Remington
Connecticut
Worrell
Frank Colvett Wins In CCC Academic Contest
Frank Harmon Colvett a son of Ben F Colvett of Princeton was named one of ten national CCC scholarship winners. The contest open to CCC employees families offered a four year scholarship to any accredited college. Colvett manages the Bluefield District office and is a Memphis native attending Auburn Alabama Polytechnic Institute as a freshman.
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Frank Harmon Colvett
Ben F. Colvett
Princeton
The
Commercial Credit Corp
Canada
Colvett
Bluefield
Memphis
Tenn
Kiwanis History Highlighted by Paul Thom at South Bluefield
Kiwanis guest Paul Thom spoke on Whats in a Name at the South Bluefield Kiwanis Club meeting in the Bluefield Auditorium restaurant. He traced Kiwanis history and meaning while visitors included Jim Powell, Taylor Johnson, Haskell, K. O. Pierce, and Jim Porterfeld. George Hall announced the 1956 organizational meeting set for Monday December 12 at 7:30 PM at the West Virginian Hotel.
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Paul Thomas
South Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Bluefield Auditorium
Thomas
Kiwanis
Jim Powell
Taylor Johnson
Haskell
K. O. Pierce
Jim Porterfeld
George Hall
West Virginian Hotel
Abingdon Market Reports Burley Tobacco Totals
On December 9 in Bristol Virginia the Abingdon market sold 639 588 pounds of burley tobacco for 370 639 dollars. The average price was reported with a top basket price of a. No report came from Pennington Gap.
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Bristol
Abingdon
Pennington Gap
Fairview School Honors Sixty-Two Top Scorers
Principal Keith Skidmore announced that sixty two Fairview Junior High students achieved a 90 or higher average in all subjects. The list includes Rosemary Music Sidney Albsher Jackie Martin Clinton Alley Susan Carlan Jean Cox Mary Troup and many others.
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Fairview
Keith Skidmore
Rosemary Music
Sidney Albsher
Jackie Martin
Clinton Alley
Susan Carlan
Jean Cox
Mary Troup
Nancy Wren
Dale Black
Freddie Spradlin
Darla Sue Bond
Carolyn Wysor
Nina Beth Hudson
Rebecca Holt
Bobbie Gage
Susan Effron
Douglas Katz
Sammy Porter
Holly Sphar
Steve
Two-Car Crash on Princeton Avenue Damages Peaked
City Patrolman R E Lee Jr reports a morning collision on Princeton Avenue at Giles Street Service Station involving a 1951 Cadillac driven by William Roscoe Jones of 1100 James Street and a Chevrolet. Total damage estimated around $300 with $100 on the Chevrolet and about $200 on the Cadillac.
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Princeton Avenue
Giles Street
R. E. Lee Jr
Willian Roscoe Jones
James St
Chevrolet
Cadillac
Caution Urged as Weather Closes Blue Ridge Parkway
Rain fell steadily through the day with 0.47 inch measured at 1 30 pm. The Blue Ridge Parkway faced temporary closure for snow and ice though other winter sections may reopen as weather allows. The Weather Bureau forecast colder temps with snow and rain ending by afternoon. flurries on Shenandoah and Blue Ridge mountains were reported.
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Blue Ridge Parkway
Weather Bureau
Richmond
Blue Ridge Mountains
Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Mounkey
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