Khrushchev Suggests UN Summit on Middle East Crisis
Presidents Eisenhower and Macmillan offered a Security Council summit with Khrushchev to address the Middle East crisis. De Gaulle resisted, preferring Geneva or a different venue. Khrushchev urged immediate removal of Western forces from Lebanon and Jordan, while Britain and the U.S. weighed limits and procedures.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Britain
Macmillan
Middle East
Russia
Khrustchev
United Nations Security Council
France
de Gaulle
United Nations
New York
Khrushchev
Lebanon
Jordan
United States
Khruschev
London
U.N. Security Council
Rebel leader predicts Marines to retreat as Lebanon crisis eases
Lebanon veteran leader Hussein Oweini says U S Marines and paratroopers will return to ships and bases soon as Iraq crisis winds down. He notes Murphy seeks compromise on Lebanon's presidency while rebels form a potential government if cornered. Aboard the Corregidor helicopters arrive as clashes continue and Iraqi intervention doubts grow.
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Lebanon
U.S
Middle East
Iraq
Hussein Oweini
National Front
Robert Murphy
Eisenhower
Murphy
Oweini
Navy
Corregidor
Naples
Baghdad
London
Washington
Welch businessman W. B. Lovett dies at 66
W. B. Lovett known as Bunny Lovett, president and general manager of Baxter and Co. Inc. in Welch, died Tuesday morning at Grace Hospital after a two month illness. Born in Ravenswood in 1891, he moved to Welch in 1912 and worked in hardware with Moore Summers. He served in WWI with the 41st Division and the 125th Infantry, saw five battles, and later in the Rhine occupation. He married Callie Bowling in 1917. she preceded him in death. He was active in American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, aiding veteran and civic projects.
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W. B. “Bunny” Lovett
Baxter and Co. Inc
Welch
Grace Hospital
Ravenswood
Chicago
Ill
Moore Summers Hardware
Callie Bowling
Stuart
U. S. Army
41St
125Th Infantry
Army of Occupation
Rhine River
Germany
Welch American Legion
Veterans of Foreign War
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McClellan's Only Son Killed in Plane Crash
James H. McClellan, 31, son of Sen. John McClellan, died in a twin engine trainer crash 25 miles from Little Rock along with three others. Victims include Willis Hill Harold Gilbert J R Williams and Ben Meeks. The senator’s two older sons died in separate wartime and car crash deaths.
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Little Rock
James H. McClellan
Ark
Sen
John L. McClellan
D.-Ark
Sen. McClellan
Little Rock, Ark
John McClellan
D-Ark
Here
McClellan
Max
Africa
United States
John Jr
Arkansas
Willis Denman Hill
Fort Worth
Tex
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Harold K. Gilbert
Stuttgart
McDowell County Youths Sentenced for School Arson
Four McDowell County youths aged 17 and 18 were sentenced to 110 years at Davis Forestry Camp after pleading guilty to second degree arson in two school fires in Bradshaw. Howard Ball John Kennedy Charlie Blankenship and Jim Cline received the terms for the May 20 and July 8 blazes causing $1500 damage each to Jewell Blankenship and Collins Ridge schools. Ed Kennedy, 15, had case moved to juvenile court.
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WELCH
McDowell County
Davis Forestry Camp
Kennedy
Litz
Blankenship
Cline
Collins Ridge
Bradshaw
Bluefield Man Indicted In Teen Car Hop Case
A 26 year old Bluefield man Charles Proffitt awaits a Mercer County trial on rape charges from July. He was arrested in downtown Bluefield Tuesday on a second charge tied to alleged assault of a teenage car hop. Proffitt and Clowney William Gadd Jr. were indicted by the Mercer County grand jury.
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Bluefield
Mercer County Criminal Court
Charles Proffit
Exeter Street
Squire W. T. Jackson
Proffitt
Lewis Perdue
Tazewell County
Mercer County
Clowney
William Gadd Jr
Mercer County Grand Jury
Gadd
Bluefield Opposes General Telephone Rate Hikes
Bluefield's board of directors opposed General Telephone Co. rate increases and instructed City Attorney Phil Lilly to file a petition with the Public Service Commission, with Princeton and Welch expected to join. The group also sought north south airline service with Mercer County submitting to the Civil Aeronautics Board for Pittsburgh and Charlotte routes. A motion for the immediate resignation of city engineer Elmer C. Barton failed to attract support amid allegations from C O Perdue of a $50 kick back on a city project. Mayor Tanner pledged an investigation and public findings.
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Bluefield
General Telephone Co
Phil Lilly
Princeton
Public Service Commission
Welch
McDowell County
Mercer
Mercer County
Civil Aeronautics Board
Pittsburgh
Charlotte
N.C
L. M. Carper
Elmer C. Barton
Carper
C. O. Perdue
Citizens For Better Government
Barton
Perdue
W. E. Ferrell
T. Courtney Tanner
Committee Tells City It Should Keep Auditorium
The committee urges the city to preserve the existing auditorium. It argues the venue serves community events and historic value, recommending ongoing maintenance and protection from redevelopment pressures.
City Auditorium to be retained and run by Bluefield
The Auditorium Study Committee unanimously urged Bluefield city officials to keep and operate the City Auditorium. It proposed supplemental rentals by the recreation department, with waivers for non profits and nominal charges when admission is charged, to fund ongoing programs.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Auditorium Authority
Audiorium
Auditorium Commission
City Recreation Department
Recreation Department
Bluefield Budget Proposal Seeks 743 663 For 1958 59
City Manager Whittle proposes a 1958 59 budget of 743 663 for Bluefield operations, about 76 000 above last year and 40 000 beyond expected income, with final board approval planned for August 6. The plan adds a two person detective bureau, new equipment, police cars, a breathalyzer, and road projects including Scott Street widening and Mercer Street Bridge work.
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Whittle
Bluefield
Rudolph G. Whittle
Ors
Bluefield Police Department
FBI Academy
Southern Police Institute
Scott Street
Mercer Street
Elmer Barton
Mitchell Stadium
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W. B. Lovett
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Mayflower
Civil Aeronautics Administration
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Rock Ridge
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Jerry McDevitt
Ossie
Ferrell
Clovis Street
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City Board of Directors
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