Senate Sets Special Meeting to Consider Civil Service Veto
Charleston experts report the Senate approved a road reorganization measure and a salary plan for state officials 30-0 The session then set 2:30 pm tomorrow for considering Gov Underwood's veto of the Civil Service Act A sweeping road commission overhaul was passed with a seven year governor named advisory board and a salary rise for the road commissioner from 9000 to 14000 The insurance commissioner's pay was cut from 10000 to 8000 and a wine and liquor licensing bill cleared a passage stage with minor amendments
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Baer
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R Marshall
Umvinous
State Road Commission
Mar
Omnibus House
al and Publicity Commission
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Sen. Vassar
R-Lewis
D - Hardy
Damage Suit Filed Against Island Creek Coal Co
A $152000 damage suit was filed in U S District Court by Paul Kauffman of Columbus Ohio and Northern Insurance Co of New York against Island Creek Coal Co of Huntington and Walter Jaap Jr of McDowell County. Kauffman seeks $150000 for injuries from a collision with an Island Creek vehicle driven by Jaap on April 13 in Wyoming County. The insurer seeks $2324 for car damage.
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Island Creek Coal Co
Huntington
Walter Jaap Jr
McDowell County
U. S. District Court
Paul Kauffman
Columbus
Ohio
Northern Insurance Co
New York
Kauffman
Island Creek
Jaap
Wyoming County
Possible Pick For State School Superintendent Named
Capitol Hill sources name four school division superintendents and a state education official as top possibilities to replace the late Dowell J. Howard as state superintendent of public instruction in Virginia. Gov. Stanley will decide after returning from Arizona.
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State Education Department
Capitol Hill
State
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Arizona
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Alexandria
Ray E. Reid
John D. Meade
Petersburg
Hugh V. White
Nansemond
R. O. Nelson
Newport News
H. J. Willett
California Streetcar Wrecks Leave Several Hurt in Two Cities
A Los Angeles streetcar derailed during rush hour injuring 18 people after it jumped a switch and collided with a car at Varnon and Hoover streets. In San Francisco a Municipal Railway bus struck a streetcar and a power pole, killing Frank Casebolt and injuring 26 others including driver Walter Tompkins.
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Los Angeles Transit Lines
R. D. Mann
Varnon and
Hoover Streets
A. J. Johnson
George J. Johnson
Peavey
San Francisco
Municipal Railway
Weather forecast for Maryland and surrounding states
The Western Maryland area will be windy and colder with occasional rain changing to snow flurries in the mountains on Wednesday. Conditions clear and colder Wednesday night with lows 30 to 35 while daytime highs reach 55 to 64. Virginia foggy then partial clearing and mild by Wednesday with north winds, colder nights and cooler Thursday. West Virginia windy and colder with scattered snow flurries on Wednesday, clearing and colder Wednesday night with 30 to 35, Thursday fair. Tennessee mostly cloudy and colder Wednesday with occasional rain east, then partly cloudy in the extreme west by Thursday evening. Western Pennsylvania cloudy and windy with a high of 34 to 44 and cooler temperatures. TEMPERATURES WASHINGTON FEB 2 RF Weather Bureau report for the 24 hours ending 7 p.m.
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Pennsylvania
Communist Police Detain Hungarian Legation Visitors
Western diplomats conferred in Budapest on how to respond to detention of Hungarian visitors by Communist police. Detentions continued near the US UK French Austrian legations with hundreds stopped for questioning. A correspondent was halted briefly outside the US legation, then allowed to proceed after noting the American passport.
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Weather forecast rain and snow across regions
Weather Bureau predicts rain in the Northwest persisting today with clearing in coastal Middle Atlantic areas. Snow is expected in Southern New England central Appalachians and the upper Lakes region. Elsewhere shows generally fair conditions.
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Middle Atlantic States
New England
Central Appalachians
Upper Lakes Region
Saud Pushes Neutral Arab Stand Against Communism
Cairo Feb 26 Saud urges Arab leaders at a four power summit to clamp down on domestic Communists while avoiding alignment with East or West He talks with Hussein Kuwatly and Nasser as subcommittees draft a communique The plan faces Syrian resistance due to ties with the Soviet Union Saud says cooperation could win U S aid or arms under the Eisenhower doctrine
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Heli
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U S Plans Middle East Proposal Amid Assembly Debate
The United States works on a Middle East plan to remove Israeli forces from Egypt and Gaza without sanctions. Henry Cabot Lodge leads talks, aiming for a non drastic approach aligned with Pearson ideas, amid scrutiny by the Soviet Union and Syria.
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Sheriff White Hurt In Collision
Sheriff Clyde White was hospitalized with chest injuries after a head on crash on West Virginia Route 20 near Athens. The other driver Freddie Joe Farley and passenger Milton Pennington were taken for observation with varying injuries. Farley was recently discharged from the Air Force.
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Mercer County
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Spanishburg
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Milton Pennington
Athens
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Thompson
Farley
Athens Corporation
L. P. Mullens
Bill Coeburn
Harry Lee Harvey
Lewis Miles
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Coeburn
Pistol Stolen In Wytheburglarized Office
Two pistols and ammunition were taken from Wythe County Motors office in Wytheville after a burglary on Monday night. A .45 pistol and a .22 target pistol, shotgun shells, and office loot were stolen, with $9 in silver from vending machines. A parked Kentucky man's portable typewriter was also taken. investigators labeled juveniles as suspects.
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Wytheville
Ae Parts Department
Yeggs- Wytheville
Maxwell Wheeler
Syrians and Lebanese Executed After Syria Plot Trial
A Syrian military court sentenced 11 Syrians and a Lebanese to death for conspiring with Baghdad Pact nations to overthrow Syria. Thirty others received prison terms. five were acquitted. The 48 day trial named Adib Shishekly in exile in France as involved in planning a coup.
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Lebanon
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Shishekly
France
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Iraqi Army
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Geneva
Switzerland
Deaths and Funerals Across Virginia and New Jersey
Five month old Carole Ann Prazecky of Highland Park New Jersey dies after two weeks illness born September 14 1956 in New Brunswick New Jersey funeral set for Milltown New Jersey with burial in Franklin Memorial Park North Brunswick Township. William Harrison Combs 74 Grundy Virginia funeral today Grundy Church of Christ with burial in Hibbet Cemetery. Mrs S A Robertson 78 Thessalia Virginia dies at home with multiple relatives surviving including five daughters and two sisters. W B Belcher 78 Princeton New Jersey dies in Washington hospital body to Bluefield arrangements via Memorial Funeral Home. Thomas A Dame Princeton retired Virginian Railway services today Seaver Mortuary Chapel with Oakwood Cemetery burial. Frank M Pollock 47 Norfolk Virginia funeral Bratton Memorial Chapel Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Ella R Hambrick Bluefield Virginia funeral Bratton Memorial Chapel Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Maay E Jenkins 72 Gary Indiana services Pentecostal Holiness Church burial Oak Grove Cemetery Blevins. Sherman Sherman 22 Twin Branch burial Lick Branch Cemetery near Taeger. P H Hunter 64 Princeton services New Century Methodist Church with Restlawn Memorial Cemetery burial.
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Bluefield
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Milltown
Franklin Memorial Park
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North Walker St
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Norfolk
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Sherman
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Funeral arrangements for Mrs Susan Jane Froe 91
Funeral arrangements for Mrs Susan Jane Froe 91 of 108 North College Avenue Bluefield Va are incomplete pending arrival of relatives. Born in 1865 in Tazewell County she lived here all her life. She was preceded by husband John Froe and two daughters Miss Lethia Froe and Mrs Beatrice Carter. Surviving sons are A Wayne Froe Herbert and Sybil all in Los Angeles with one in McKenney and Washington DC. Body remains at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Bluefield
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Lethia Froe
Beatrice Carter
A. Wayne Froe
Washington, D. C
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Sybil
Los Angeles
Calif
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Rites for Charles C Graves in Bramwell after fatal train accident
Funeral services for Charles C Graves of Freeman will be held at noon tomorrow at Bluestone Baptist Church Bramwell. He died Saturday when struck by a train in the Norfolk and Western tunnel at Coop ers. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. Survived by widow Alice and 9 children, 26 grandchildren, plus a sister. Pallbearers from King Hiram Lodge and Dew Drow Court No 20. Body at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home. cars to 11 15 a m from deceased residence.
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Columbus
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Tony
Funeral Services for Mrs. Frederick Herndon
Mrs. Frederick Herndon aged 84 of Montcalm dies and funeral services are held today at 2 p.m. from the Montcalm Methodist Church with burial to follow.
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Walt Disney Captures Everglade Prowlers
Walt Disney presents The Crisler Story Prowlers of the Everglades a True life adventure on Disneyland at 7 30 on Channel 6 WHIS The program follows Herb and Lois Crisler in Arctic and sub Arctic wilds filming grizzly bears caribou timber wolves and Kodiak bears Their two year North stay highlights hardiness and patient pursuit culminating in the caribou migration study
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Man Found Dead In Parked Car On Bland Street
Walter Massey Scott about 52 of 2120 Shenandoah Ave Bluefield was found dead in his parked car outside Carter Motor Sales on Bland Street. Police say he entered the garage asked for someone to drive him home then appeared to suffer a heart attack and died en route to Bluefield Sanitarium. He was born 1904 in Vinita Va and had worked in the Norfolk and Western Railway engineering dept since 1926. Surviving: widow Mae Goodnight a son Waller Jr a daughter Francis two sisters and a brother. Services planned Bratton Memorial Chapel with graveside rites in Simpsonville Ky.
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Shenandoah Ave
Bluefield
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Richmond
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Chattanooga
Tenn
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Frank L. Shaffer
Simpsonville Cemetery
Bulldozer Operator Dies Beneath Tree
A Beckley bulldozer operator was crushed by a falling tree at Maple Wood in Fayette County. Theodore G. Killen, 37, of Killen Lumber Co., died en route to the hospital. Survivors include his widow and four children.
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W. Va
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Fayette County
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Pruntytown Coal Probe Proposed
The West Virginia House was urged to investigate alleged unauthorized coal mining on state land near the Pruntytown Industrial School for Boys. The resolution, backed by Dels and Baker, requests a joint committee study and report to the 1958 Legislature amid questions over property ownership and mining rights by Mason Brothers of Grafton and state land use.
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Taylor County
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House
Senate
Compton Faces Trial for Fatal Shooting in Lebanon
F. D. Compton 20 of Honaker Virginia stood trial in Lebanon circuit court for the murder of 21 year old Leonard Dave Fields. The Commonwealth rested after six witnesses. defense to resume. Fields died from a shotgun blast on May 14 as he stood on the porch of Compton’s father’s home.
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Honaker
Leonard Dave Fields
Lebanon
Commonwealth
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Compton
Repossesed 1952 Studebaker sale in Pearisburg Virginia
Public notice states a 1952 Studebaker 4 door sedan with Motor V-205777 repossessed for default will be sold at public auction March 11 1957 at Cray Motor Sales Pearisburg Virginia. Payment due to date due plus storage. undersigned may bid or purchase. Dated February 21 1957 Commercial Credit Corporation Bluefield W Va W W Wilson Jr. Terms cash.
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Ap Pearaen
Cray Motor Sales, Inc
Pearlsburg
Virginia
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