United States and Britain Sign Secret Missile Base Pact
The United States and Britain secretly sign an agreement to establish intermediate range missile bases in the British Isles. US will supply missiles and nuclear warheads. Britain to staff bases and cover base construction costs around 90 million dollars. The deal sparks public unrest in Britain and awaits parliamentary debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Britain
Washington
United States
Britain
British Isles
State Department
Defense Ministry
London
Iow
Mac
Macmillan
Selwyn Lloyd
House of Commons
U.S
Atlantic
Deaths and Funerals In Bluefield and Cannady Areas
Numerous obituaries report births and deaths across Bluefield Virginia Avenue Cannady and nearby towns. The records note babies Terry Wayne and Tina Lane Pruitt, 84 year old Kansadie Arrington, 65 year old Mary Elizabeth LaFon, Loy Fury, Cecil Richards and many others with funeral details and burial sites at Maple Hill Woodlawn Oak Grove and Appalachian Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby William Pruitt
Virginia Avenue
Bluefield
Terry Wayne Pruitt
Tina Lane Pruitt
Protest Against BSC Team Ends In Charge Of Arson
Philipi West Virginia February 22 A man named Robert S. Corder waived to the Barbour County Grand Jury on a charge of arson for a hotel fire. The blaze caused slight damage and was alleged to protest the Bluefield State College basketball team members on the floor during the WVIAC tournament at Buckhannon.
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Philippi
W. Va
Barbour County Grand Jury
Roberts. Corder
Bluefield State College
Buckhannon
Corder
Princetonians Continue After Auto Crash Arrests
Insurance disputes led to two Princeton youths jailed in Bluefield after a collision. One was released on bond for appearance in Police Court, while the other faced a drunk charge. Other accidents included two women rescued after a pond plunge and a three vehicle wreck on Bluefield Princeton Road with about $1,000 damage.
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Bluefield
Highway 2
Bluefield-Princeton
Trailways
Oakvale Mountain
Funerals for Barnes Compton Horne and Lester
Funeral services are listed for Maggie Barnes of Washington BC at 2 p.m. today at Midway Christian Church with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Thomas Compton, 80, of Pilgrims Knob, Va., will be 11 a.m. Monday at Watt Compton’s home and interment in Compton Cemetery. Smiley W. Horne, 80, of Route 1, Raven, Va., will have a 2 p.m. service at Richlands Tabernacle with interment at McGlothlin Cemetery on Kent's Ridge. Shirley Lester, 35, of North Spring Wyoming County, will be 11 a.m. today from the home with burial in the family cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark
Bobbie Pruitt
Mennis Pruitt
Bluefield
Brookie Hicks
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Maple Hill Cemetery
Mount Zion
Waiteville
Broyles Funeral Home
Union
Loy J. Fury
Hollywood
Monroe County
Forest Run Church
Hylton Cemetery
Glace
Fury
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Anna Clark Fury
Robert
Nelson Fury
Cleveland
Ohio
Billy
Salem
Thomas
Chantilly
Richard
Kenny
Wesley Fury
Crockett Harrison
Bandy
Richlands
Dix Creek
Harrison
J. E
Lizzie Horn
Tazewell
Ida Mitchell
Pennsylvania
Hurst-Scott ‘Funeral Home
Blevins
S. J. Blevins
Sturgil
N.C
William Gente
Duhring
Lilly Sturms
Montcalm
Seibert Dalton
Haywood Stone
Jacksonville
Fla
Roscoe Taylor
Elyria
Jack Redmond
Danville
J. J. Johnson
North Tazewell
Elmer Garrison
Orlando
Oscar Brevins
Lorton Lick Road
Dora Patterson
Goodwill
Elmer Staton
Mullens
Smith Jones
Oscar Jones
Charleston
Pine Grove Church of Christ
Coy
Oscar Dunn
Budd
Susan Hale Dunn
Dunn
Laura Amelia Hodges Dunn
Deanie Saunders
Rock
Clara
Lashmed
Naoma
Susan
Beatrice June
Wanda Marie
Phyllis
Linda
Janice
Lonnie
James Oscar
Arthur
Kegley and
Cecil
Bossevain
Betty Edwards
Mack Wimmer
Kegleyridge
Arnie Perkins
Lee Warden
Ethel Perkins
Flint
Mich
Willa Mae Watkins
Pennyslvania
Kelly Jennings
Spanishburg
Montcalm Pentecostal Holiness Church
Cravens Funeral Home
Miss Lilly Mae Meador
Princeton
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Miss Meador
Lilly Land Company
Dunns
Luther J
Nancy Lilly Meador
Huntington High School
Marshall College
First Christian Church
Cecil Meador
Crab Orchard
Oakwood Cemetery
Harry H. Dixon
Charles E. Waddell
Charlie Brooks
Walter White
W. R. Hedrick
Earl Kendricks
Willing Workers
Lela Mae Brown
C.W.F
William Roy
Gardner Street
Russell Dickey
Harman
Hettie Cantrell Dickey
Eugene
Elliott
Edd
Alabama
Clarence Fadwards
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Bill Peters
Hurb
Welling
Braxton County
W. Va
Belcher
Grundy Funeral Home
Sam J. Taylor
Saltville
Margaret Miller
Taylor
Billy Ray
Manassas
Joe
Floyd
Harold
Curtis Akers
Roanoke
Glen Bandy
Vea
Charlotte Allison
Jean ‘Taylor
Opal Taylor
Edith Taylor
Bess McKeeder
Tampa
Kert Broody
Henderson Funeral Home
Elizabeth
Thursa J. Lampert
Thursa Jane Lambert
Bland
R. H. Brown
Dublin
Tilden
Jessie F
Charles H
John D. Cambria
James Lindamood
Bland Lutheran Church
Bland Cemetery
Strickler
Sam Poseno
Boissevain
Poseno
UMWA
Cora Dillion Poseno
Katherine McReynolds
Paul Little
Parise Reese
Joe Busick
Baltimore
Howard Hunt
Barnes
Maggie
Washington
Midway Christian Church
Maplewood
Compton
Pilgrims Knob
Watt Compton
Compton Cemetery
Horne
Smiley W
Raven
Richlands ‘Tabernacle
McGlothlin Cemetery
Kent's Ridge
Lester, Shirley
North Spring
Wyoming County
Soviet Defense Minister Promises Hydrogen Rockets For All Earth
Soviet Defense Minister Rodion Malinovsky declared on Moscow Radio that the armed forces already possess long range rockets capable of carrying hydrogen warheads to any point on earth. He praised industrial and scientific progress enabling modern arms and electronic control, and asserted land forces can handle wartime tasks while the navy can defend sea fronts and strike enemy fleets and distant targets.
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London
Rodio Malinovsky
Moscow Radio
Marshal Malinovsky
Charleston Lawyer Elected ABA Insurance Chair
Atty. Stanley C. Morris of Charleston West Virginia was elected chair man of the American Bar Association section on insurance negligence and compensation law. He will take office at the ABA annual meeting in Los Angeles in August. Morris has long been active in West Virginia insurance circles and is a former president of the International Association of Insurance Counsel. The section is the oldest and largest ABA division.
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Atlanta
Stanley C. Morris
Charleston
W. Va
American Bar Assn
ABA
Los Angeles
Calif
Morris
West Virginia
Interational Assn
Insurance Counsel
Chinese Medicines Seem To Be All Fake
The Nationalist Chinese Interior Ministry reports a check of 1,739 medicine brands made last year on Formosa found 1,278 were fakes.
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Taipei
Formosa
Interior Ministry
Delta Queen Continues Run Under New Ownership
The Delta Queen will stay in operation on the Ohio Tennessee and Mississippi rivers after Greene Line sold it to investors led by Richard S Simonton and Edwin J Quinby. The new owners will run it as a passenger carrier with Greene Line in charge. financial terms were not disclosed. The ship may appear on television as negotiations with Twentieth Century Fox TV proceed.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Tennessee
Mississippi
Greene Line Steamers
Richard S. Simonton
Edwin J. Quinby
Los Angeles
Greene Line
Letha Greene
New Orleans
Louisville
Japan to Pay Direct WWII Reparations Per Capita
Tokyo announces direct reparations totaling 10.58 dollars for each of Japan's 87 million people. The Finance Ministry says 1.18 dollars per person was paid by end of 1957 and the remainder will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Finance Ministry
Local tax bill faces committee clash in Virginia
A Senate finance committee clash over a local sales tax proposal delayed action as members argued they had no chance to vote. Sen. Stuart defended the measure saying it would let counties in southwest and southside Virginia tax themselves, while opponents warned about further hurdles in both chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Harry C. Stuart
Charles R. Fenick
General Assembly
Virginia
House
House Finance Committee
del. Howard H. Adams
Northampton
Kyger Creek Strike Pending at Kyger Creek Plant
Federal mediator George F. Bell may seek further talks but UMUA officials plan a meeting to set a tentative strike date at the Kyger Creek plant near Gallipolis Ohio. The UMUA represents 193 members at OVEC plants with wider implications across 15 companies in seven states.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
George F. Bell
Big Kyger Creek
Here
Utility Workers Union of America
Ohio Valley Electric Corp
Harold J. Straub
UMUA
Bell
Columbus
Straub
Kgger Creek
Kyger Creek
OVEC
Kentucky
Indiana
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
James G. Cox
Cox
Tazewell Joins In Heart Sunday Today
Six Tazewell County towns join Bluefield and regions in observing Heart Sunday as part of the American Heart Association fund drive. Volunteers canvass homes to collect contributions and provide receipts for income tax purposes if desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell County
American Heart Association
W. E. Simmons
Bluefield
Tazewell
North Tazewell
Richlands
Jewel Ridge
Pocahontas
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
Weather Outlook For West Virginia Virginia and Maryland
West Virginia sees considerable cloudiness with highs 35 to 45 across regions and rain developing from the south by Monday afternoon as temperatures rise slowly. Virginia forecasts mostly sunny conditions thereafter with highs 36 to 48 and rain spreading from the south and central zones by Monday afternoon. Maryland remains mostly fair Sunday with 38 to 46 highs, cooler in the mountains, then cloudiness and a slight rain chance late Monday. Tennessee experiences on and off clouds Sunday into Monday with a modest uptick in western highs and little overall temperature change.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Tennessee
West
Whirlybirds In Mid Air Crash Near Red Bluff
In foggy conditions near Red Bluff California three Army helicopters collided during a 21 craft flight from Fort Riley to Fort Lewis. Six bodies were reported at the scene with three survivors. Captain W W Jackson ordered secrecy on information. Coroner Hoyt said six bodies were there.
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Red Bluff
Calif
Army
W. W. Jackson
Ft. Riley
Kan
Ft. Lewis
Wash
George Hoyt
Tehama County
E. E. McWilliams
Hoyt
Briton Convicted OverTV Traffic Violation in Durham
William Hutchinson, 67, became the first British subject convicted of a traffic offense based on televised evidence. Police saw him run a red light via a closed circuit hookup in Durham and fined him two pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
England
William Hutchinson
Faubus Mulls Third Term as Arkansas Governor
In Washington Faubus says he will announce within 10 days to two weeks whether he will seek a third term. He opposes a new third party over the Little Rock school integration issue and notes 400 federalized troops remain at Central High School. He cites Arkansas sentiment favoring Meyner or Kennedy for 1960, with Kefauver and Williams also mentioned.
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Washington
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Harry Truman
Faubus
Jack Carnes
Camden
Ark
South
Democratic Party
Little Rock
National Guard
Eisenhower
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Sen
Kennedy
Massachusetts
State GOP Chairman Named In April Rally
Charleston February report says a new West Virginia GOP chairman will be announced at a two day Clarksburg rally in April. Sen. John D. Hoblitzell Jr. notes no selection yet by the State Executive Committee and that the appointee must dedicate full time starting July 1. Meade Alcorn will attend.
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Charleston
Clarksburg
John D. Hoblitzell Jr
R-Wva
Hoblitzell
GOP
Meade Alcorn
Perfume Clues Spark Arrests At Italian Shop
In Foggia Italy police nabbed two men after a perfume bottle was toppled during a store robbery and a puddle formed. Officers rounded up locals with police records and detained the two men who smelled like fugitives from a rose garden.
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Foggia
Italy
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Duncan Sandys
Kansadie Arrington
Cannady, Va
John Arrington
Cannady
Rose Vires
Myrtle Edwards
Birch Leaf
Maude Owens
Carrie Duty
Haysi
Jim Arrington
Vires
Harmon Arrington
Floyd Arrington
Cokey
Raymond Arrington
Daytona Beach
Emmett Arrington
Pedro
Clinton Arkington
Virginia Funeral Home
Mary E. Lafon
Mary Elizabeth LaFon
Verlie LaFon
Pauline Day
Gold Word
Aileen Keiler
Marcella Keller
Paint Bank
Hazel Kruscha
Ireve Solan
Raymond
Gold Bond
Cay
Bladenboro
N. C
Willie Liucas
Christiansburg
Larson
Guthrie
Orange Lucas
Petersburg
Rosie Martin
Bertha
Miss Lilly Meador
Mrs
Cecil Richards
Bland Street
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Mrs. Della Blevins
Della Jane Blevins
Portsmouth
Bertha Hill
BSC
Princetonians
Bluefield Supply CO
Bluefield, W. Va
Delta Queen
Weather Bureau Forecast
U.S. “Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
Southern Plains
Texas
North
Central Pacific States
Western Lakes
Appalachians
Heart
Davenport
Bursteial Finance Co
Charles Richardson
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Boston
Chi
Dallas
Denver
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Miami
St. Paul
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Richmond
St. Louis
San Francisco
Seattle
Nba SF
Jimmy
Linwood
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