Uncle Charged in Slaying of Raymond Blankenship
State Police charged Ernest Lee Ties, 36, with the Saturday murder of 18 year old Raymond Blankenship at the victim’s grandparents’ home in Clear Park. Tilley admitted shooting after a lie detector test. the rifle remains unrecovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Lee Ties
Raymond Blankenship
Clear Park
Tilley
Blankenship
Cpl. C. W. Andrick
State Police
Charleston
Wyoming County
Jai
W. P. Wilson
Robert M. Worrell
Weather Summary for Maryland Virginia West Virginia and nearby areas
Weather report notes snow ending in Maryland and Virginia with cold highs ranging from 25 to 44 degrees. West Virginia sees lingering cold with highs 30 to 34 and chances of snow by Thursday night. Western Pennsylvania and Tennessee forecast cooler conditions, with snow likely in parts and cloudier skies Thursday. Washington dispatch records 24 hour temperatures ending 7 p.m. with temperatures and rainfall data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Eastern Store
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Tennessee
Washington
Im Weather Bureau
Liquor Store Clerks Waive To Grand Jury
Dewey Browning manager and Carson Hobbs clerk at the Main Street state liquor store waived to the grand jury on a charge of money under false pretense. Mayor Litz McGuire set bonds at $500 each. Warrants by city patrolman Hugo Evans allege a 1.98 pint of vodka sold for $2.45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Dewey Browning
Carson Hobbs
Main Street
Litz McGuire
Browning
Hobbs
Hugo Evans
Deaths and Funerals Involving Van Sutphen and Others
Funeral services for Mrs. Lelia Van Sutphen of Northfork will be held at Burke Baptist Church with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Surviving relatives include four sons and four daughters across multiple towns in Virginia and Kentucky. Other obituaries note the deaths of Ellis Stacy and Mrs. Hurdie Mullins, with service details and extensive survivor lists. Additional notices cover Mrs. Emily Jane Walk and Mike De Armand, and late Mrs. Blanche Crawford with burial at Willowton Cemetery and family survivors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lelia van Sutphen
Northfork
Burke Baptist Church
Wiley Brooks
Woodlawn
Keystone Baptist Church
Vivian
Waiteville
Raymond
Princeton
Edward
Welch
Fred
Northwfork
B. A. Sehen
Kethel McPeax
Meadows
Dan
Luther Lambert
Wise
Roy van Hoose
Nippa
Virginia
Grundy
Walford
Walter Lester
Walford Comery
Hurdie Mullins
Brees
Dall
Jessie
Jewell Ridge
Dewey
Breaks
Hamilton
Portsmouth
Ohio
Ausbey
Wheelsburg
Amsley
Yardley
Casbey Edwards
Maxie
Robert Bartley
John Bartley
Lawrence Bartley
California
Little Jacey Church
Johnny and Dexter Church
Bruce Mullins
Emily Jane Walk
Pocahontas
Joe Houston
Ernest Westmoreland
Burton Harmon
Pocahontas Union
Walk
Mike DeArmand
Wolf Creek
Presbyterian Church
Narrows
Elkton
H. T. DeArmand
New River
Blanche Lillian Crawford
Carroll Crawford
Route 1
Kellysville
George Harry
Allie Davis
Dorothy Jackson
Baltimore
James Harold Shumate dies after long illness
James Harold Shumate 22 son of Mr and Mrs Elisha Shumate East Cumberland Road Bluefield died last night at home after a long illness He was born in Bluefield September 2 1934 Survived by four brothers Alfred Ralph Kenneth Glenn all of Bluefield four sisters Mrs Pete Martin Spout Springs VA Anna Ruth Mary and Anita May all of Bluefield and one half brother Ray of Bluefield Body remains at Mercer Funeral Home pending arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Harold Shumate
Elisha Shumate
East Cumberland Road
Bluefield
Alfred
Ralph
Kenneth
Glenn
Pete Martin
Spout Springs
Anna Ruth
Mary
Anita May
Ray
Mercer Funeral Home
Funerals for ELECK, BANDY, and JONES Held Today
ELECK Alex 58 of Fibpert to morrow 10 a m O J Douglas Mortuary Chapel Welch interment Thorpe Cemetery. BANDY Grat M 73 Route 1 Bandy Va today 11 a m Adria Advent Christian Church burial Maplewood Cemetery Taze well Va. JONES Joseph W 84 Jenkin Jones today 10 a m Pocahontas Union Funeral Chapel burial Harman Cemetery near the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleck
Alex
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Thorpe Cemetery
Bandy
Adria Advent
Jones
Joseph W
Jenkin Jones
Pocahontas Union Funeral
Harman
Mad Bomber Had Patent for Pump Invention
Waterbury resident George Metesky known as the Mad Bomber had a patent approved for an electric solenoid pump by the U S Patent Office on Sept 23 1941. Police linked his patent to the bombings in New York beginning Sept 24 1941. The Waterbury American confirmed the patent after checking with the Patent Office and noted the 1938 application and published drawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury, Conn
George Metesky
Waterbury
New York
U.S. Patent Office
Metesky
Consolidated Edison Co
Waterbury American
Official
Gardening Tips Today On Woman's Whirl
Gardening tips will headline the Wednesday Woman's Whirl program on WHIS TV Channel 6 from 1 to 2 PM. Mrs. Andrew Clark, gardening expert and Flora bunda Garden Club member, opens with lawn seeding advice and will cover seasonal planting and landscaping each week. Mrs. Jackie Oblinger hosts homemaking on Channel 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whis-Tv
Channel 6
Andrew Clark
Florabunda Garden Club
Jackie Oblinger
Six Bills Move From Committee To House
Charleston February 19 six bills from the Joint Democratic Steering Committee were sent to the House by the Judiciary Committee with recommendations for passage. Measures include creation of a mental health department, a legislative council, bans on dealings with state by party executives, a West Virginia business development authority, and abolition of the Industrial and Publicity Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Joint Democratic Steering Committee
House
Judiciary Committee
Mental Health Department
Department of Mental Health
Board of Control
Legislative Council
West Virginia
Industrial and Publicity Commission
Commission
Conservation Department
Dels
England
Wyoming
Carey
R-Kanawha
House Temperance Committee
Terry
Berkeley
Cruikshank
D-Clay
House Finance
Dels, Jefferson
Bachmann
Ohio
Lad Dies Of Injuries When Struck By Car
Fred Everett Robins five year old son of Mr and Mrs Fred Robins of Lebanon Virginia died yesterday from injuries after being struck by a car near his home Monday night. The driver Kyle Jessie Kiser 19 a student at Cleveland High School was not charged. The boy darted into the path of the car. The incident marked Russell County Virginia s first traffic fatality this year and one of many statewide fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Everett Robins
Fred Robins
Lebanon
J. B. Slaughter
Kyle Jessie Kiser
Cleveland
Slaughter
Kiser
Robins
Russell County
Virginia
AEP Plan Expands with 1957 Budget Over $56 Million
Appalachian Electric Power Company outlines a 1957 expansion program with a construction budget exceeding 56 million dollars to serve 470,000 customers in western and southern West Virginia. Key items include the Clinch River Plant at Carbo n valued at 55.9 million, the Glen Lyn unit at 26.4 million, distribution facilities at 11.4 million, and nearly 7.3 million for high voltage transmission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Electric Power Company
G. L. Farr
Aid
Virginia
West Virginia
Clinch River
Carbon
Glen Lyn
Furr
Wythe County Man Leads Officers To Stolen Safe
Gatewood Gibbs of Wythe County is jailed on breaking and entering and grand larceny charges after guiding Sheriff Shockley and Deputy Stoneman to a 400 pound safe taken from the R. Z. Manning store in Austinville. Checks totaling 1200 dollars found. 369 dollars cash missing. Three other robberies reported near the Carroll Wythe county line including a Woodlawn store theft of cigarettes, candy, tires, and a shotgun. This marks the Manning store’s second safe robbery in two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gatewood Gibbs
Wythe County
Buford Shockley
Kenneth Stoneman
R. Z. Manning
Austinville
Gibbs
Carroll-Wythe
Woodlawn
Ben White
Laswell
Alfred Brothers
Bulganin Attacks Ike Doctrine in Moscow
Premier Bulganin denounces the Eisenhower doctrine as a colonial trap and warns the Arab world of potential atomic war, urging vigilance against U S domination. Khrushchev shares warning on imperial intrigues and party unity, while Chou En Lai backs the anti doctrine stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
United States
Middle East
Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita I. Khrushchev
Red China
Chou En-lai
Soviet Union
Texas Bows To Need Of Europe For Oil
Texas agreed to raise March oil production by 210 901 barrels daily to aid Europe. The Railroad Commission set an 18 day producing schedule statewide, aiming for a daily output of 3 733 054 barrels, a record. Major buyers said they could absorb and market the surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
Europe
New York Stock Exchange
Oil - Regulating Railroad Commission
Army Withdraws Public Testimony on Security Matters
The Army asked that portions of officers testimony before a Senate subcommittee be kept secret citing security concerns such as small atomic weapons. The committee granted secrecy on those parts but not all, so the transcript will not be public or available to reporters. The hearings focused on plans to close three ordnance plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Senate
Sen
Kefauver
Dtenn
Armed Services Group
Kent
Britain forms guided weapons regiment in 1958 defense shakeup
Britain announces a new guided weapons regiment to slim forces for the nuclear age. The Defense Ministry hints at further cuts to empire postings. Chancellor Thorneycroft notes defense spending in the coming year will be below the original 1958 57 estimate with no definite figure yet. The regiment, formed next month, will use US trained officers and Corporal missiles with conventional or atomic warheads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Defense Ministry
Gibraltar
Hong
Libya
Peter Thorneycroft
House of Commons
US. Army
Marta Toren Dies of Sudden Brain Hemorrhage at 20
Stockholm report says Marta Toren youth star known as The Eyes died from a subarachnoid hemorrhage shortly after a stage performance at Alle Theater. She was married to Leonardo Bercovici and his daughter Kristina was in London. Toren appeared in Casbah and ten other U.S. films before returning to Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Marta Toren
J. B. Priestley
Mr. Kelly
Mrs. Mann
Alle Theater
Ingrid Bergman
Leonardo Bercovici
Kristina
London
Miss Toren
United States
U.S
Europe
Spain
Italy
Guardsmen Probe River For Bodies
A nine member rescue team from Company D of the 150th Armored Cavalry Regt West Virginia National Guard moved into Pineville to recover the bodies of Diane and Betty Hatfield. The sisters aged 9 and 10 drowned when a motorboat capsized crossing the Guyandotte River nine days ago. The team will drag or dive starting at 8 am as conditions allow, aided by amphibious equipment. The Hatfields are children of Mr and Mrs William Hatfield of New Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. ‘D
150Th Armored Cavalry Regt
West Virginia National Guard
Pineville
Diane
Betty Hatfield
Guyandott River
William. Hatfield
New Richmond
Jack E. Creger
Logan County
Creger
Dreger
Hatfield
R. I. Bolling
Coffey
Steve Branch
James Hunter
Bill Bostic
Matt Hunter
Jack Bates
Hugo Evans
David Ellis
Underwood
Wyoming
Thompson Case Is Self Defense
West Virginia rested yesterday in the murder trial of Lacy Thompson 51 of Premier charged with the pistol slaying of Charley Carter 44 of Premier in front of the Thompson home. Defense lawyer Walter Burton said he would present self defense evidence after five defense witnesses testified. Special prosecutor Harry Capehart Jr. of Welch led the state case and defense counsels Burton and Ballard of Welch prepared for jury deliberations scheduled for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Lacy Thompson
Premier
Thompson
Charley Carter
Walter Burton
Princeton
Harry Capehart Jr
Welch
Burton
William H. Ballard
Glen Lyn Man Hurt As Car Leaves Road
A Glen Lyn Virginia man, Jack Junior Neely, 31, was injured when his 1951 car left Virginia Route 100 near Staffordsville and crashed into a rock. Neely, now working in Roanoke, was en route to Pearlsburg to visit a brother when he lost control. Cause of the accident was not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Lyn
Staffordsville
E. H. Harman
Jack Junior Neely
Roanoke
Pearlsburg
Harman
Red Cross Sets Flood Aid Commitments for Three States
The Red Cross reported 687573 in flood relief commitments for Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia with 8732 families applying for rehabilitation aid. Tri state relief headquarters here noted 2 million set aside, though expenditures may exceed that figure as staff reaches 412 in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Red Cross
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Tri-State
Fateful 1951 Prophecy Prompts Free Suez Book Offer
A Los Angeles figure called The Voice of Two Worlds offers free 64 page booklet Beware of These Days outlining prophecies and a Suez canal crisis. The text claims 1957 would bring great dangers and opportunities. Free copies from Institute of Mentalphysics, Los Angeles, no obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Voice of
Tw Worlds
Thes Times
Suez Canal
Tibet
Institute of Mentalphysics
South Hobart Blvd
Dept
Los Angeles 4
Calif
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Uncle
Ernest Tilley
Andrick
Thomas Tilley
Melvin Trent
Trent
Atlanta
Pstovenne High
Charlotte Peet
Chicago
Etessrvennes
Seeenala Coho
Denver
Louisville
Memphis
Ami
St Paul
Philadelphia
Weather Bureau Forecast
Pforecas
Great Lakes
Central
Rockies
Pacific Coast
Great
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Florida
Ellis Stacy
Ezra
Stacy
Rosa Belle
Georgia Allen
Jolo
Dolly Stacy
Lonnie
Roseann
Lee
Blackie
Alta Coleman
Deela
Mrs. Dall Mullins
Mrs
Robert Walk
Mrs. Carroll Crawford
Christine W. Jones
Christine Wilkinson Jones
Eggleston
Union Church
Charles Wilkinson
Marco and
Mayo
Nathaniel Jones
George
Nathaniel
Area
Mad Bomber
Woman’s
Warlick
Lad
AEP
Manning
Ike
Guided Weapons Regiment
Motora
Bluefield Auto Body Company
Bluefield Avenue
Crowder & Freeman
Bland Street
Glen Lyn Man
Denmark
Suez
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