Britain to ease Red China trade despite U S concerns
Senate leaders weighed Britain's move to lower trade barriers with Communist China. Knowland warned of risks to Hong Kong, while Johnson avoided comment and Sparkman urged realism as Allies seek relief from embargo limits.
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Washington
Britain
Knowland
California
Senate
Hong Kong
China
Knowlan
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Bermuda
Red China
State Department
U.S
Soviet Russia
United States
Free World
E. Tain
Asia
Europe
Korea
Southeast Asia
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Japan
Mysterious Explosion Injures Two at Clarksburg Airport
At Clarksburg Benedum area an unexplained blast critically injures two men identified as David Folio a plumber and Gene Chadwell. Chadwell suffered severe head injuries lost an eye and part of his face while Folio remained hospitalized. State Police report no confirmed third person at the scene.
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Clarksburg
Benedum
At &Hospital
David Folio
Gene
Huntington Firm Bidder For Survey Work
The Mott Core Drilling Co of Huntington West Virginia appeared as bidder for survey work to locate the final site of the Kingua Dam on the Allegheny River near Warren. Mott bid 44.90, while Sprague Henwood Inc of Scranton placed the other bid of 48327. A million dollar appropriation for the dam construction is pending in Congress and a final decision is awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Mott Core Drilling Co
Huntington
W. Va
Kingua
Allegheny River
Warren
U. S Army Corps of Engineers
Mott
Sprague & Henwood Inc
Scranton
Huntington Plumbers Vote Today On Strike
Huntington May 31 union members will vote whether to strike to press for a 15 cent hourly wage increase. The 450 member Huntington Master Association contract expired at midnight. Journeymen plumbers now earn 3.20 an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Plumbers and Fitters Union
Huntington Ma«ver Assn
Tazewell House Race Gets Hot
Tazewell County's race for the Democratic nomination for the House of Delegates goes to a convention today as challengers press incumbent Dr. Jack Witten to honor a promised retirement. Gady Dalton, Richlands publisher, accuses Witten of backing him instead, saying he has broken his pledge to the county. Dalton had previously nominated Witten two years ago and expected a last term for the benefactor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell County
House of Delegates
Gady Dalton
Richlands Ot
Jack Witten
Dalton
Witten
Dr. Witten
Rats
States Allotted School Money Under Proposed Bill
Public today outlines tentative allotments for a five year 1 percent program of federal aid for school construction. Funds totaling 300 million dollars yearly would be distributed by two methods: based on school age population and based on relative income per public schoolchild, with potential reductions for below average spending redirected to other states. District totals include Tennessee Virginia and the District of Columbia with figures for each method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Virginia
District of Columbia
Baptist Ministers Urged to Attend Anniversary Meeting
Rev. R. E. Jones of the Flat Top Baptist program committee urges ministerial members to attend a church anniversary meeting. Rev. William Turner of Zion Baptist Church will speak, and Rev. H. L. Robinson of First Baptist Northfork will discuss the pastor's duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist
R. E. Jones
Gr William Turner
Vely Zion Baptist
Ghureh
H. L. Robinson
First Baptist Church of
Pocahontas Legion to Elect Officers Monday
Post 14 of the American Legion in Pocahontas announces an officers election Monday at 7 30 p m. Fr L Morrissette, post commander, urges members to attend and vote for the slate of candidates.
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Pocahontas
FR. L. Morrissette
American Legion
Pce
VEPCO Sends 4 Million Dollar Tax Payment to Virginia
Virginia Electric and Power Company paid the state 4,004,360 dollars as a gross receipts tax on 1956 business. VEPCO said this check represents the largest bill mailed by any corporation to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Electric & Powers
Vircinte
VEPCO
Weather across Virginia and nearby states shows heat and storms
Weather Bulletin reports warm, humid conditions across Virginia with cloudiness and scattered thundershowers mainly west and north Saturday afternoon and night. Sunday turns warm with showers and storms. West Virginia sees partly cloudy, warm, humid skies with weekend thundershowers and cooler Sunday night. Western Pennsylvania stays warm with Saturday showers and storms. temperatures high 78 to 85, Sunday cooler. Tennessee forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and scattered thundershowers Saturday and night, then cooler Sunday. Washington May temperatures and rainfall cover the 24 hours to 7 p.m.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Washington
In Weather Bureau
US Army Driver kills Greek Hero in Athens
Greek authorities report an American military truck fatally injuring Gen Stephen Sarafis a WWII resistance hero near Athens airport. His wife Mary injured one leg may be amputated as anti American demonstrations feared driver charged with involuntary homicide. driver surrendered to Greek police and detained.
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Athens
Greece
Stephen Sarafis
Mary
U.S
U.S. Information Agency
George Allen
Sarafias
Evenghelos Averoff
Musilli
Frank Musilli
Charleston Kids Find Diamond Loot in Trash Box
Three children on Charleston's West Side spotted a small tin box wedged above a trash bin. They retrieved it with a mop handle and delivered it to a nearby jewelry store. The box held diamond engagement rings and wedding bands from a robbery at the West Side Loan Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlesion
West Side
West Side Loan Co
Jupiter fired from Cape Canaveral in missile test
The Army's Jupiter missile was believed fired today around 1 15 p m from Cape Canaveral. Defense officials confirmed a test firing occurred as observers reported the rocket hovered at treetop height before rising into the sky.
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Cocoa
Fla
Army
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Ere
Washington
Defense Department
Cape
Werner von Braun
Redstone Arsenal
Alabama
Coty Pleads For Algerian Support
President Rene Coty urged civilized nations to break ties with Algeria rebels in a dramatic midnight broadcast from Paris. He condemned killings of 5 000 Muslims, calling for a united stance as North Africa crisis deepened amid domestic government turmoil during a soccer match incident.
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Paris
Rene Coty
France
Algeria
North Africa
Ali
Algerian Assembly
Coty
Alabama Negroes May Use Passive Resistance
Roy Wilkins of the NAACP issued a statement reacting to a verdict in Alabama suggesting some form of passive resistance by Negroes. He said the ruling shows the South is not prepared to deliver justice to a Black man killed by whites.
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New York
Powell
Alabama
Serio
Directuas
Roy Wilkins
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Mountain Ordeal Ends For Mother
Mrs. Dorothy Lemasurier, 46, endured 19 days atop Ferris Mountain Wyoming during a snow and rain siege after a Beechcraft crash. Her husband Dalton, 47, died from a skull fracture and brain bleed. She travels 142 miles by ambulance to Casper then by plane to Duluth for treatment. doctors credit her strong constitution and careful survival.
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Joe McGowan Rawlins
Wyo
Dorothy Lemasurier
Wyoming Mountain
Duluth
Ferris Mountain
Here
Donald J. Ver Ruyten
Lemasurier
Dalton
Minn
Robert D. Paul
Rawlins
Paul
Carbon County
Pasadena
Calif
Four Hospitalized In Wythe Mishap
A three car crash on U S 11 nine miles west of Wytheville hospitalized four people including Harry D Saul 18 driver of the berserk auto with a broken arm and Robert E Smith with a broken leg. Arthur Jeffries and Smith are soldiers at Fort Lee. A hitchhiker called Keifer broke an ankle. Hanley Stafford and his wife escaped unhurt. Police Jack Pugh and E T Keister investigated.
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U.S. 11
Wytheville
Radford
Sailor
Harry Douglas Saul
Berserk Auto
Los Angeles
Calif
Hanley Stafford
Saul
Robert E. Smith
Arthur Jeffries
Smith
Jeffries
Fort Lee
Keifer
Stafford
Jack Pugh
E. T. Keister
Tazewell Bowhunters Meet Sunday At New Course
Tazewell Bowhunters and Virginia Bowhunters Association members invite men women and juniors to a Sunday meet at the new Goose Creek Road course 14 miles from N. Tazewell. If rain, gathering moves to the C. A. P. Building at the Fairgrounds.
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Tazewell Bowhunters
Archery
New Course
Tazewell County Archers
Norly
Charles Whittaker
N. Tazewell
Dillard Bucklin
Richlands
James K. Lurber
Castlewood
J. B. Harris
Thompson Valley
Wallace Wrigh Bluefield
Tazewell County
Virginia Bowhunters Association
Lynchburg
Goose Creek
Fairgrounds
Boy sets 16000 fire at Morgan Junior High
In Ellensburg Washington a juvenile admitted starting a 16000 fire at Morgan Junior High School on May 16 to destroy his report card. He was found at 3 a.m. in an office area and later said a second attempt failed. He was turned over to juvenile authorities. name withheld.
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Ellensburg
Wash
Morgan Junior High School
John Panatonni
Pantonni
Deaths and Funerals in Marion and Erie
Mrs Lillie Loretta Hash, 65, of Marion Virginia, died at home. Survivors include husband McCoy Hash and children including Mrs Charles Cole and several Firestone relatives. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday Attoway Lutheran Church Marion. Interment church cemetery. Vernon Clarence Hurst, 46, Erie Pennsylvania, died from a steel mill accident. Widow Lillian Knox Hurst and extensive family survive. Funeral 9:30 a.m. Monday Erie and graveside 4:30 p.m. Steubenville. Mrs Frances Burrs, 79, Richlands Virginia, died after illness. Survived by husband Raleigh Burrs and eight children from a former marriage plus numerous stepchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. tomorrow Laymen's Chapel Richlands. William Riley Alston, Prince, died at Christian Nursing Home Fayetteville after eight years illness. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday New Century Methodist Church Princeton. Burial Lincoln Park Cemetery. Details on survivors and services listed.
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Lillie Loretta Hash
Marion
McCoy Hash
Charles Cole
Victoria Goins
Worth
Stafford Firestone
Bluefield
Stewart Firestone
Harvey Firestone
Everett Firestone
Buena Vista
Millard Pennington
Ross Blank
Vernie Clarence Hurst
Erie
Lillian Knox Hurst
Randolph
Newark
Ohio
John Ray
Carl Hayse
Jimmie Helthry
Char Ies Moore
Columbus
R. H. Alely
Mettly
N. J
H. R. Mason
Mack Hurst
Masons, Elks, and
National Guard
McComas
John Mulzer
Steubenville, D
Frances Burrs
Baptist Valley
Raleigh Burrs
Richlands
William and
Eliza Jackson McCoy
Clifton
Sandy Alley
James Alley
Tazewell
Joe
Raven, Va
Kelly Alley
Seaboard
Cecil Alley
Newport News
Mae Welch
Elsie Muncey
Elizabethton
Tenn
Margie Fox
Crosley
Matilda Bledsaw
Cainbrake
Dora Evans
Georgia Harrison
Baltimore
Byrd
Sherman Burrs
Cedar Bluff
Emory
Ernest Burrs
Detroit
Mich
Jack
H. D. Hampton
C. H. Dillon
J. D. Clark
Hawkins Cemetery
Hurst Scott Funeral Home
William Riley Alston
Prince Wedney
Christian Nursing Home
Fayetteville
New Century Methodist Church
Princeton
Horace Boyd
Webster
James Wade
Lincoln Park
Carthage
N. C
Hiram Alston
Alston
American Coal Co
Aizira Alston
Matilda Harris
Montgomery
Robert Alston
Frank Alston
Raleigh
George Tynes
Nathan Lindsey
Lewis Stevenson
Robert Hairston
Fred Jones
Arthur Forney
New Century Methodist Nya
Linkford and Richardson
Emma Jones
Abbs Valley
Wiley Jones Sr
Boissevain Methodist Church
W. B. Morgan
Woodlawn
Wiley
Roy
Jenkinsones
David H
Marine Corps
Quaintico
Louie Presley
B. B Eastridge
Elkhorn
D. D
Eastridge
Casey Creek
Emmett Eastridge
Logan
G. T. Taylor
Coleville
Funeral services set for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Chandler
Mary Elizabeth Chandler 80 formerly of Bluefield dies in Charlotte N C. Funeral at Bratton Memorial Chapel at 3 30 p m with Rev Richard Hamblin and Rev Bruce Robertson in charge. Interment Maple Hill Cemetery West Graham. Nephews as pallbearers and nieces as flower bearers. Body at Mercer Funeral Home until services.
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Mary Elizabeth Chandler
Bluefield
Bratton Memorial Chapel
Richard Hamblin
Bruce Robertson
Maple Hill Cemetery
West Graham
Chandler
Willis Summers
Charlotte
N. C
Mercer
Funeral Notices for Reed Smith McDonald White Brewster
Obituaries list six individuals with names ages and hometowns from Oak Vale Jenkin Jones Tazewell Doran and Shawvers Mill. Services scheduled today Sunday or Sunday afternoon at temples churches and cemeteries with interments at Maple Hill Maplewood Clinch Valley and Rich Valley cemeteries.
Windstorms and Rain Hit Wide Nation
A broad weather disturbance moved from the southwest toward the Great Lakes on Friday spawning windstorms and heavy rain. The Weather Bureau reported clouds in Minnesota Kansas Colorado Iowa and possibly a tornado in the south central region. Torrential rains and high winds struck Texas with a flash flood bringing 18 inches of water to iq, while eastern Colorado faced hail. The system was fed by moist air drawn north from the Gulf of Mexico.
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Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
Minnesota
Kansas
Colorado
Iowa
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Mercer County Board Adjusts Staff and Assignments
MAC BOWLES named assistant principal with prior coaching at several colleges. Wade Arrington, a Princeton High and Concord College graduate, moves into Beaver coaching after teaching at Wade Junior and Calovale. Board appoints Walter White to Mercer County Health Unit and accepts E. W. Anderson as member. Resignations from Jess With at Princeton High and transfers include Thelma Bilmore to Princeton High and Nancy Campbell Carter teaching at Central Junior High.
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Fablans- Henderson
Davis and Baikins College
D&e
University of Michigan
Wade and
Beaver
Arrington
Princeton High
Concord College
Lee Pathun
Sriineton
Bluefield
Wade Junior
Calovalea
Walter White
Princeton
E. W. Anderson
Mercer County Health Unit
Anderson
Jess With
Thelma Bilmore
Matoaka High
Nancy Campbell Carter
Central Junior High
Ero
Central Junior
Tazewell High School Preparations For Year End
Tazewell Va finals set for June 2 and 5 to close the 1956-57 term. Dr T A Freeman will deliver the deccalaureate sermon at the school auditorium Sunday evening. Gerald Bradshaw will sing and the choir will provide music while Nana Peery performs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Tazewell High School
T. A. Freeman
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Elizabethton
Tenn
Everatt Hankle
Jerry Bradshaw
Paul Martin
Main Street
P. C. Foote
Alexander Methodist Church
Janice Martin
Betty Jo Asbury Dunnan
Arion Foundation
C. B. Robinson
D.A.R
W. D. Bundy Jr
American Legion
Russell Fletcher
Sea
Kate O'Keeffe Gillespie
J. J. Walthall
Dallas M. Hubberd
State Police switch to shorter weekly leave to boost efficiency
West Virginia State Police adopt a reduced work schedule. Supt. Hazen Fair says 48 hours off per week replaces 38, aiming for more alert officers. The change applies to all personnel except Turnpike detachment, with leave from midnight to midnight 48 hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Hazen Fair
West Virginia
Fair
Perdue 28th To File For City Board Post
G Ossa Perdue of 311 Rogers St filed a petition yesterday to run for a Bluefield City Board seat. He was the 28th filer, creating the largest municipal slate to date. Perdue resides in District TI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perdue
City Board
G. O
Ossa) Perdue
Rogers St
Bluefield
City and Coalfield In Stock Waterhose Orders
Warlick Furre at 125 Roanoke St offers waterhose stock for customer orders, expanding available inventory for area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warlick Furre
Roanoke St
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