Committee forms to defend Virginia right to work law
The Committee To Protect Right To Work Law announced in Richmond aims to defend the law amid Democratic primary campaigning. Co chairman Harry Easterly Jr. said more than 50 Virginians joined to counter opponents including pressures from Mills Godwin supporters. The move targets state Sen. Armisten L. Boothe and his education record in the lieutenant governor race.
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Committee To Protect
Boothe
Virginia
Joe S . Getta - Button
Armisten L. Boothe
Alexandria
A. E. S. Stephens
Byrd
Suletien
A. S. Harrison Jr
Stanley
Harry Easterly Jr
Richmond
Bothe
Srong
CIO
Fatal Gun Wound Ruled Personal Safety Related
Charles Falkey of Newhall in McDowell County died from a shotgun wound to the chest. Sheriff's deputies Buck Jones and Melvin Yost and county coroner investigated at the Newhall home, with the wound deemed personal safety related. The body was pronounced dead at Bluefield Sanitarium after arrival Wednesday.
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Charles Falkey
Newhall
McDowell County
Bluefield
Welch
Buck Jones
Melvin Yost
Robert Black Post to Elect Officers in Gary
Members of Robert Black Post 123 American Legion in Gary McDowell County will meet Saturday June 3 at 3 p.m. in the Community Hall. A officers election is planned with delegates to the State American Legion Convention in Charleston on July 29 30. The meeting also covers sending Gary youth Freddie Pounds to Boys State at Jackson's Mill and the commander’s report on the Sixth District Convention in Bluefield May 21.
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Robert Black
American Legion
Gary
McDowell County
Charleston
Freddie Pounds
Jackson's Mill
Bluefield
Blaine Clark
Bluefield Girl Set to Graduate From Holt on June 3
Marjorie Pritchard Bowen daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Hopkinson Bowen Bluefield will graduate from Hol ton Arms School in Washington D C Saturday June 3 Miss Bowen plans to attend Queens College after graduation
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Marjorie Pritchard Bowen
Joseph Hopkinson Bowen
Bluefield
Holton Arms School
Washington, D. C
Miss Bowen
Queens College
Cleaning tips for arms and chair backs with Blue Lustre foam
An advertisement-like note promotes Blue Lustre Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner foam as an easy solution to dirty arms and chair backs. The brief suggests swishing soap foam over solid areas to clean. It mentions a location on the 3rd Floor in a context implying a store or showroom setting.
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Happy Housekeeping
Former Gary Man Drowns in Abingdon Funeral Planned
Former Gary resident Bobby Johnson Fern 30 of Abingdon Va died by drowning in McDowell County. He worked at Gary U S Steel payroll clerk before moving to Wise Homes Abingdon. Survived by wife Judy Ann Harris Fern two sons Kenneth and James Hubert Fern his parents Hubert and Mrs Fern of Abingdon Va. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm Henderson Funeral Home Chapel Abingdon with Rev Willis E M Collier officiating burial Knollkreg Memorial Cemetery Abingdon. Pallbearers listed. Body arriving Thursday afternoon.
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U. S. Steel Corp
Gary
Wise Homes Corp
Abingdon
Judy Ann Harris Fern
Bluefield
Bobby Kenneth
James Hubert Fern
Hubert Fern
Henderson Funeral Home
Willings
E. M. Collier
Knollkreg Memorial
Robert Lee Johnson
Charlie Hutton
Joe Abel
Arthur Crigger
Johnny Crigger
Robert Blevins
Luke Russell
Bill Rogers
Virginia Toll Climbs To 15 After Memorial Day Crashes
Two more deaths from motor vehicle crashes raised Virginia's Memorial Day accidental death toll to 15, with 277 in the state police traffic tally. John Nathaniel Radabush, 36, of Orange died in Charlottesville, injuries from a Sunday crash on Virginia 20. Another death, Richard D. Swain Jr., a Ft Story soldier, occurred Tuesday in a sports car crash.
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John Nathaniel Radabush
Orange
Charlottesville
Richard D. Swain Jr
Ft. Story
Hearings Set in Officer Shooting Near Clintwood
Preliminary hearings on charges of shooting with intent to kill involving Virginia state trooper B J Atwood and Russell County deputy Banner are set for May 2 in Clintwood Virginia court. The pair wounded each other after a gunfight that arose when Atwood stopped a car moving erratically near Haysi Virginia last Sunday.
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Russell County
Clintwood
B. J. Atwood
Haysi
Atwood
Banner
Bid Opens On Road Project In Buchanan
Bids opened in Richmond Virginia for road work in Buchanan County and Lee County. Buchanan project covers 1.16 miles of parallel lanes on U S 460 from near Van Sant to Dismal River with Sutton Co. of Richmond submitting the low bid at 424905 dollars. Lee County bid details show chloride stabilization and paving along Vergineort Road area with My ELL Brothers of Cedar? Bidding firms and exact figures incomplete from readable text.
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Vansant
Sutton Co
Ford
Virginia
ELL Brothers
West Virginia Weekend Forecast From AP
Variable cloudiness and mild conditions expected across West Virginia with temperatures in the 80s and 70s in the mountains. A chance of scattered showers is forecast Friday afternoon or evening.
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West Virginia
Elbert Man Faces Federal Grand Jury On Moonshine Charge
King Harvey a 59 year old resident of Elbert will face a federal grand jury in Beckley on July 18 on a charge of possessing moonshine. U S Commissioner J Strother Crockett of Welch said Harvey waived preliminary hearing and was bound over with a $500 bond. He was arrested by agents from the Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit for possessing 12 and one half gallons of moonshine.
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Crockett
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Hector Trujillo
Balaguer
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Plans For Y Camp Will Be Completed
The Y Board of Directors meets at noon today at the YWCA to finalize summer camp plans. Boys six to eight start Day Camp June 19 at City Park Recreation area. Resident Camp runs July 20 at Camp Iva on Cove Creek with three one week periods. First vice president H L Jack Whitenack will preside and R R McI Jr will conduct devotions.
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Jack” Whitenack
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Permits Totaling Five Thousand Six Hundred Seventy Dollars Approved
Twelve building permits totaling 5670 dollars were approved by the Bluefield Board of Directors in a weekly session at the Municipal Building. The projects include remodeling a dwelling on Essex Street for 250 dollars, installing a transparent roof over a patio at 1108 Heatherwood for 300, enclosing a door and installing a closet at 412 College Avenue for 75, repairing a roof at 1233 View Avenue for 500, erecting a sign for Bluefield Book Shop on Commerce for 25, adding an addition at 1009 Dogwood Lane for 1000, housing at 210 Day Street for 200, building a fence at 1712 Whitethorn for 270, installing aluminum siding at 504 Monterey Hill for 2000, building a new roof and repairing a dwelling at 1177 Stovall for 750, and constructing concrete steps at 718 Holbrook for 100.
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Manuel Giampocaro
Essex St
J. S
Pearl Grose
Heatherwood
A. C. Davis
College Ave
O. A. Roberts
View Ave
Bluefield Book Shop On Commerce
R. Frank Davis
Dogwood Lane
Perkins
Day St
Whitethorn
Kennedy De Gaulle Hold Warm Talks in Paris for Western Unity
In Paris Kennedy and De Gaulle met in cordial talks to discuss Western unity and a closer Anglo American French role in the North Atlantic. Fans braved rain as crowds cheered the leaders near the Arch of Triumph after a morning reception for the US president.
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Diplomatic Corps
France
U. S
North Atlantic
de Gaulle
United States
Arch of Triphumph
Champs Elysee
Changes In Church Heads Across West Virginia Districts
West Virginia Methodist Conference selects new district superintendents for five of eleven districts. The annual meeting at West Virginia Wesleyan College opens with Bishop Fred G. Holloway presiding, drawing about 500 ministers and 500 lay delegates. Replacements include A E Wills for Beckley, Alvin C Young for Central, Lacy H Burns for Charleston, Walter S Overstreet for Fairmont, plus other named pastors for Buckhannon Huntington Lewisburg Moorefield and Wheeling districts.
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W.va
West Virginia
Methodist Church
West Virginia Methodist Conference
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Fred G. Holloway
A. E. Wills
Weston
Glenn Stewart
Beckley
Alvin C. Young
Central Methodist Church
Fairmont
Joseph P. DeBardi
Central District
Lacy H. Burns
First Methodist
Clarksburg
Ross Culpeper
Charleston
Walter S. Overstreet
Walton Memorial Methodist
Frank Shaeffer
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
Obituary list from the Bluefield region notes William Elbert Barlow 75 of Montcalm dies at Bluefield Sanitarium with services at Pentecostal Holiness Church and burial at Reeselawn. Also memorials for Amanda Jane Moore 98, Fugate Moore family, Taylor 76, Martha Susan Alley 90, Mrs. Walter Church, Mrs. C E Miller, Viola F. McKenzie 46, and other survivors across Smyth, Mercer and surrounding counties with funeral home arrangements at Cravens Givens and Riffe.
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Montcalm
Pentecostal Holiness Church
E. Ray Furrow
Reeselawn Memorial Gardens
Barlow
Bluefield Sanitarium
Smyth County
Jessee
Amanda Barlow
UMWA
Emily Booth Barlow
Clarence
Vance Barlow
Baltimore
Elbert Barlow
Summerlee
Dallas Barlow
Bluefield - Bramwell Road
William Bailey
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bob
Joe Barlow
Oak Hill
Roscoe Barlow
Norton
Cravens Funeral Home
Martha Susan Alley
Pembroke
Noah W. Alley
Paar Seeks Tractor Swap to Aid Cuban Prisoner Release
TV host Jack Paar used his show to back the tractors for freedom drive aimed at freeing prisoners from the Cuban invasion. He noted past criticism and insisted the tractors would be used only as agricultural tools, with support from the sponsoring committee and influential backers including Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt.
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Jack Paar
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Paar
Latin America
Castro
Cuba
Tazewell Youth to Stay in New Orleans with Mother
Fifteen year old Steve Stroupe of Tazewell County will remain in New Orleans with his mother, Mrs. Virginia Frances Falcon, and enroll in school. Police reports confirm the reunion after he hitchhiked 900 miles to find her, aided by New Orleans officers.
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Tazewell County
New Orleans
Virginia Frances Falcon
Montcalm Man Hospitalized After Head Injury
J B Doc Clower 62 of Montcalm was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium after 10 p.m. Wednesday with a cut on the head. State police investigate the injury as Roy Lacy found him by the road near Montcalm and Cravens Funeral Home ambulance transported him. Condition not listed as critical.
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Dominican Crisis Deepens With Military Readiness Across Hispaniola
Reports indicate Haiti has put its army on full alert and the frontier is closed as tension rises between Cuba's Castro era remnants and Dominican authorities. The United States broke diplomatic ties with both Cuba and the Dominican Republic amid questions of Castros influence and Trujillo's legacy.
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Cuba
Caribbean
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Castro
Washington
United States
Organization of American States
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Trujillo
Santo Domingo
Newsman's Wife Dies in Bethesda After Bluefield Career
Mrs. Charles R. Armentrout of Bethesda Maryland widow of a former Bluefield reporter and US Chamber editor died. She leaves husband four children a granddaughter and siblings. Died Friday at 10 am with burial in Monte Vista Cemetery. pallbearers listed.
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Bethesda
Bluefield
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Deaconess Home and Hospital
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bluefield Sanitaiiing
William L. North Jr
Lafayette
Ind
Charles B. Armentrout II
Monaco
Martha Min Armentrout
Armentrout
Una B. Smith Imentrout
Bluemont Drive
Onan B. Smith
Cleveland, Va
Appoint Young to State Post at Concord College
CHARLESTON AP State Young 58 of Concord College will assume duties July 1 as supervisor, a post created by the State Board of Education. He will assist state colleges in developing approved teacher training programs. Young has led teacher training and field services at Concord since 19 and earned a master’s degree from West Virginia University.
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State Young
Concord College
State Board of Education
Two Gilmore Brothers Jailed After Downtown Fight
Samuel Jackson Gilmore of Route 1 Bluefield Virginia and his brother Robert James Gilmore of Shelby North Carolina were jailed after a late afternoon brawl at the Terminal Hotel. Both charged with assault and drunkenness. Samuel required six stitches after an eye injury.
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Samuel Jackson Gilmore
Route 1
Bluefield
Robert James Gilmore
Shelby
N. C
Samuel Gilmore
Robert Gilmore
Bluefield Sanitarium
An Gilmore
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