servicemen assignments and relocations across bases
A-3C Bobbie J. Asbury, from Giotto, was assigned to the 377th Troop Carrier Squadron in France after prior stints at Sheppard AFB and Matoaka High School. Frank E. Kerr, USN, returned to Norfolk aboard USS John R. Pierce after nearly five months with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Bobby R. Steelman, 18, of Boissevain VA, joined the 823rd Air Division at Homestead AFB Florida. Pvt Nolan N. Rich and Pvt Walter B. Bowman, both with ties to Bluefield and Pocahontas VA, were assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Benning GA for training and deployment with the Maine Division to Germany next spring.
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Bobbie J. Asbury
Bert Asbury
Giotto
60Th Troop Carrier Wing
Dreux Air Base
France
West Virginia
Asbury
Matoaka High School
Newport Hospital
Newport R. C
Sheppard Air Force Base
Texas
Dreux
Frank E. Kerr
USN
Pembroke
Norfolk, Va
John R. Pierce
U. S. Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Pvt
Nolan N. Rich
Albemarle Street
Bluefield
Walter B. Bowman
Pocahontas
3Rd Infantry Division
Fort Benning
Maine” Division
Germany
Missing Police Dog May Be On Menu
Taipei dispatch reports Mayor Huang Chi ju fears his missing police dog has been turned into a restaurant meal. The mayor has led a campaign against dog thieves who sell stolen hounds to eateries. Sale of dog meat is legal if dogs are lawfully acquired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
Huang Chi-ju
Two Radios Tune In to WKOY and WHIS Broadcast
A broadcast instruction lists using two radios to tune to WKOY 1240KC and WHIS 1440KC. A constant tone signals start, guiding volume adjustment so sound appears to come from a single source in front of listener X. Do not adjust volumes during the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WKOY
WHIS
Virginian Harrison Moves Up On Ways And Means
Rep Harrison of Virginia rises in the Democratic ranks on the House Ways and Means Committee after the death of Chairman Jere Cooper. His No 9 position could lead to a chairmanship as Mills of Arkansas becomes chairman and tax bills originate in the committee. Virginia’s broader representation on the panel links to North Carolina in some matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep. Mills
D-Ark
Harrison
Sen. Robertson
House
Senate
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Virginia
North Carolina
Congress
Ways and Means
Wall Street Slump Deepens As 1957-58 Outlook Darkens
Wall Street faced its worst slide since mid October with AP average dropping 4.60 to 152.70 as poor business reports and forecasts of the first half of 1958 weighed on stocks. Industrial production and personal income fell for the third straight month, Chrysler planned plant shutdowns, and rails and steel led declines with several blue chips hitting new yearly lows.
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New York
Wall Street
Sputnik I
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Federal Reserve Board
Chrysler
Detroit
American Stock Exchange
U.S. Foil
Scurry-Rainbow Oil
Sapphire Petroleum
Fargo Oils
Franklin’s Unite or Die Flag Concept Origin Story
Benjamin Franklin originated the U S colonial flag idea featuring a rattlesnake cut into 13 pieces with the caption Unite or Die. The proposal linked colonial unity to a common symbol during the path toward independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
U.S
Stereophonic Broadcast For Christmas Choir By WHIS WKOY
WHIS and WKOY plan a 8 35 p m Monday December 23 stereophonic broadcast of the Flat Top National Bank Bluefield Christmas Choir. Separate mics and transmitters create bi neural sound to enhance presence with Mrs Eugene E Jones Jr organist and Rev Robert H Wan street narrator. Louis Capaldini directs the choir in a dress rehearsal on WHIS TV at 1 30 p m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WHIS
WKOY
Flat Top National Bank of Bluefield
Eugene E. Jones, Jr
Robert H. Wanstreet
Saint- Saens
Palestrina
Leontovich
IV — Hark
the Herald Angels
Bottazzo
Ing
Beethoven
Hallelujah Chorus
Handel
Louis Capaldini
Whis-Tv
Japan to declare dead 20000 missing WWII victims
Tokyo reports Japan will seek legislation to declare dead 20000 people missing since World War II after no information since January 1, 1947. Most disappeared in Manchuria during Soviet attacks. Japan also lists 40000 still missing.
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Tokyo
Japan
Welfare Ministry
Manchuria
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Daily Telegraph
W Va
Armed Services
Telegraph Commercial Printing Company
Bobby R. Steelman
Ed Steelman
Boissevain, Va
Homestead Air Force Base
Fla
Philco
Philco Htv
Mon Christa En
Mullens
Northfork
Frank E. Taylor
AP Special
Washington Service
Truman
Franklin
Hillman
Rootes Group
Sunbeam
Brevice Motors
Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield, W. Va
Bethlehem
Cincinnati
Etropole
Wolna
Frag
S. Brinkmann
General
Variety Club
aDwar
Spordway Knickerbocker 400
Fort Wayne
Lincoln A
Sovereign
Oreen
Mea Wa
Rialto Theatre
Princeton Ave
Anything
Sponsored By
Civil Air Patrol
W. H. Harry & Co
W. Ve
Suds
Kelvinator
Welch, West Virginia
Charleston, West Virginia
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