Macmillan Proposes Nonaggression Pact Startling Europe
Prime Minister Macmillan calls for a solemn nonaggression pact with Russia and a possible summit to ease East West tensions. West Germany shows the strongest favorable response, with Adenauer signaling cautious engagement during his 82nd birthday reception with the Russian ambassador. Italy and Austria react with cautious commentary, while Britain weighs Commonwealth implications and NATO unity.
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Macmillan
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Italy
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India
Pakistan
Ceylon
New Zealand
Australia
NATO
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Pravda
Moscow Radio
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Soviet Union
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Andrei Smirnov
U. S
Adenauer
Julius Raab
Austria
Il Giornale d'Italia
Independent Sunday Times
Weather summary for WV VA MD PA and TN
Weather outlook notes cloudiness and warmer highs in the 35 to 44 degree range across West Virginia Virginia and Maryland. Snow flurries possible in mountains and parts of Pennsylvania and Tennessee with colder turning conditions Tuesday and strong northerly winds.
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Prominent Virginian Legislator Featherston Dies at 86
Howell Colston Featherston, 86, longtime Virginia state legislator and Virginia Bar Association leader, died at his Lynchburg home. He had been homebound recently but stayed active in public affairs. funeral at his home Tuesday, Spring Hill Cemetery burial. Survived by daughter Mrs. John Buchanan Adams of Charleston and three grandchildren. wife died last month.
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Howell Colston Featherston
Virginia Bar Assa
Featherston
Spring Hill
John Buchanan Adams
Charleston
W. Va
1958 Monticola honors Stewarts at WVU dedication
Morgantown January 5 1958 the West Virginia University Monticola yearbook will dedicate its 1958 issue to university president and Mrs Irvin Stewart Dr Stewart will complete his 12th and final year as university president on June 30 The yearbook distribution is slated for early May
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West Virginia University
Monticola
Irvin Stewart
Stewart
Hinton Youth Dies Of Collision Injuries
Hinton resident Lee Bennett, 21, died in a local hospital from injuries after a two car crash on West Virginia Route 20 four miles south of Hinton. Nine others were hospitalized Saturday. two were discharged and seven remained in satisfactory condition.
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Lee Bennett
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Bennett
W. Va
Murder Charge Follows Fist Fight at Kenna Station
In Ripley West Virginia a fist fight at a Kenna service station led to the death of Hershel Clifton Skeens 40 of Kentuck who collapsed and died en route home. William J Miller 27 of Kenna is held on a murder charge and to have a hearing tomorrow in Ripley. Skeens worked for Libbey Owens Ford Glass Co in Charleston and is survived by his wife two sons and a daughter.
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Ripley
W. Va
Kenna
H. M. Starbuck
Hershel Clifton Skeens
Kentuck
Starbuck
William J. Miller
Skeens
Libbey-Owens Ford Glass Co
Charleston
General Contractors Balloting on Officers
Balloting by mail is in progress to elect officers of the Associated General Contractors of West Virginia Inc. Results will be announced at the state convention in Charleston January 17 and 18. Arthur H. Ritchie of Ravenswood, a member of Bose and Ritchie Inc., is the AGC nominee for president and currently serves as vice president. Also to be elected are five vice presidents, a corporate secretary, a treasurer, and three division chairmen.
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Charleston
Associated General Contractors of West Virginia, Inc
Arthur H. Ritchie
Ravenswood
Bose and Ritchie, Inc
AGC
Nixon Evades Details In Plane Controversy
In New York on January 5 Vice President Richard M. Nixon said he was unfamiliar with the facts tying his name to the use of a new Air Force jet transport tanker. He refused to discuss specifics when questioned about plans to fly in the KC135 jet.
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Jan
Richard M. Nixon
Air Force
Deaths and Funerals in North Tazewell and Area
Robert Mitchell 82 died at home in North Tazewell Virginia. Survived by 3 sons 4 daughters 30 grandchildren 26 great grandchildren and 1 sister. Service Tuesday at Midway Christian Church burial Maplewood Cemetery. Body to residence Tuesday morning from Greever Funeral Home. Joseph B. West 66 died at Willows Mercer County after leg illness. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Body at Johnston Funeral Home Oakvale. James William Holland 86 died at son Alfred Holland’s home Amonate after lingering illness. Former blacksmith for Berwind White Coal Company. Survived by 4 sons 3 daughters 46 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren. Burial Clinch Valley Memorial Richlands. Service Tuesday at 2 p.m. at funeral home chapel. Mrs. Walter S. Shepard 72 Maybeury died Sunday in Bluefield Sanitarium after four months illness. Survived by 3 sons 3 daughters 1 sister 2 brothers 6 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Bennett Funeral Home. Pallbearers listed. Henry Shortridge 79 Richlands died in Richlands Hospital after several years illness. Member of Pentecostal Holiness Church UMWA 6167. Survived by wife formerly Miss Sarah Burress. 7 daughters 5 sons 26 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren. Body at Hurst-Scott Funeral Home with arrangements pending.
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Berwind White Coal Company
Berwind
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Charlie
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Excelsior
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Ned Holland
Detroit
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Doshin Smallwood
Gay Neel Higgins
Irene Higgins
Richlands
Frank Holland
Wayne
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Funeral Home Chapel
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Walter S. Shepard
Maybeury
Bluefield Sanitarium
Carroll County
Thomas L. Carter
Worth
Helen Shepard
C. E. McNew
Pulaski
Cleve Payne
Galax
Charles Payne
Brock, Neb
Henry Shortridge
Pentecostal Holiness Church
UMWA
Shortridge
Jewell Ridge Coal Company
Sarah Burress
Grace Rimmer
Doran
Nannie Houchins
Pansy Damron
Thelma Joyce
Ann Blevins
Jewell Valley
Mae O’bryne
Cedar Bluff
June Shortridge
John R
W. H
S. C
Raymond
Portsmouth
Bobby Shortridge
Flint
Mothers plan shock visit to sons jailed in Red China
Three American mothers Mary Downey Ruth Redman and Philip Fecteaus wife travel to Canton for two weeks to visit their sons Hugh Redmond Richard Fecteau and William Downey imprisoned in Communist China on espionage charges. They bring warm clothing gifts and say the visit will be a surprise to the prisoners and that they expect no diplomatic issues despite no formal ties. The group will split up in Canton for visits with each son and they emphasize government efforts to secure their release.
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Red China
Hong Kong
United States
Peiping
Mary Downey
New Britain
Conn
Ruth Redman
Yonkers
N.Y
Philip Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Canton
World's Largest Atomic? nonatomic Explosion Rocks Utah Cliff
In Little Valley Utah a giant blast used 2,138,000 pounds of dynamite and fertilizer to peel over three million cubic yards of rock from a 300 foot cliff. The Atlas Powder Co. employee set off charges 2,600 feet into the cliff at 10 am for film material on a Great Salt Lake causeway project. Morrison Knudsen Construction Co. handles the 49 million dollar job replacing 12 miles of Southern Pacific trestle. Sunfish Valley, dubbed Little Switzerland of Ohio, is noted in passing.
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Obituaries and funeral services listed for five residents
Funeral notices include John G. McPeak services at Community Church Shiloh Virginia with burial in Mc Peak family cemetery, Samuel Arthur Bird 83 Princeton with burial Resthaven Cemetery, Giles Monroe Slade 77 Springville with interment Maple Hill Cemetery, Franklin King 62 Kingston Tennessee with interment Fairview Cemetery Narrows, and John L. Carver services at Layman's Chapel with burial Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery Richlands Virginia.
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Shiloh
Broyles
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Bird
Samuel Arthur
Princeton
Mt. Horeb Methodist Church
Resthaven
Slade
Giles Monroe
Springville
Graham Christian Church
Maple Hill Cemetery
King
Franklin
Kingston Tenn
First Presbyterian Church
Narrows
Fairview Cemetery
Carver
John L
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Richlands
Police Crack Robbery Ring in West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia State Police say they cracked a break and enter and safe robbing ring in Mercer and McDowell counties and across five counties. Eleven men were arrested on crimes in Mercer McDowell Mingo Wyoming and Logan counties with help from Virginia troopers and Tazewell police. Authorities report 15 safe crackings 2 attempted crackings and 5 break and enter cases cleared.
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McDowell
Welch
Mingo
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Logan
Virginia
Tazewell
Oakvale Woman Critical After Two-Car Collision
A 20 year old Oakvale woman remained in extremely critical condition with brain injury after a two car crash on Oakvale Road between Princeton and Oakvale Saturday night. Three others from Oakvale were in serious condition. James Bailey faces a driving while intoxicated hearing. E E Pyne, driver of the other car, is charged after pulling into the lane from a parking area.
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Oakvale
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Highway 460
Princeton
Lois Bailey
James Bailey
Ima Bailey
Dana Alma Bailey
Zsa Gabor to Star in NBC Matinee Theatre Opener
NBC Matinee Theatre opens with Henry James The Europeans as a color cast with Zsa Zsa Gabor and Peter Cookson portraying American expatriates returning from Europe to reintegrate with family in Boston. The week features comedy and drama cobracasts on Channel 6 WHIS-TV daily 3 4 p.m. including The Collected Letters of Mr Sage Two Picture Deal The Great Obstacle Courtship and A Chance to Die with Prison inmate stories.
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NBC
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Zsa Gabor
Peter Cookson
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Boston
Whis-Tv
Mr. Sage
Hollywood
New York Theatre
Patrolman's Car Destroyed in Hillside Fire
Patrolman N W Dalton of the Bluefield Police Department reported his late model automobile caught fire coming up Pinnacle Mountain on Rt. 52 yesterday at 1 30 a m and was destroyed. He, his wife, and their daughter escaped after flames erupted from underneath the car. The vehicle rolled into a ditch and was partially insured.
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N. W. Dalton
Bluefield
Dalton
State Safety Council Urges Change to Cut WV Traffic Toll
The West Virginia Safety Council says a complete attitude shift by officials and the public is needed to reduce driving deaths. In 1957 WV reported 477 traffic fatalities and more than 57 million dollars in property damage. The council urged willingness to spend both personal effort and money.
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Charleston
West Virginia Safety Council
West Virginia
Retailers Wary In 58 Outlook
New York January 5 Retail merchants assess the 1958 outlook from the NRDGA survey noting little expected improvement in general conditions. G Gordon Dakins NRDGA executive vice president said retailers are wary and plans for the first half hinge on slow improvement. Over 5,000 retailers expected to attend the NRDGA convention with record exhibit space sales amid uncertainty.
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New York
Raleigh Road Death Marks First for Raleigh County
Welden Martin 52 of Beaver Raleigh County died from injuries after being struck by a car while crossing U S 19-21 in Beckley. Harold Wilburn 18 of Daniels drove the vehicle. no charges filed. This is Raleigh County's first traffic fatality of the year.
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Welden Martin
Beaver
Raleigh County
U. S
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