Fugitive from Bluefield Captured Near Mineral Ridge Ohio
A Morgantown prisoner who escaped with a prison baseball team in West Virginia was caught by a Mineral Ridge factory worker and his dog after a car theft spree and a chase through fields. He surrendered when confronted with a gun. Police reported prior arrests and a 1951 conviction for armed robbery. The pursuit began after a stolen car collision near Austintown.
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Bluefield
Ohio
Youngstown
Moundsville
W. Va
Herbert Sewell, Jr
Canyon St
Chatenooga
Tenn
Sewell
Starchers
Wilbur Parker
Mineral Ridge
Parker
Parcmen
Canfield Barracks
W. V
Irish Sinn Fein Candidate Behind Bars Misses Commons Seat
Belfast report states Sinn Fein candidate Tom Mitelvsil, who won by 280 votes in Mid Ulster, is jailed serving a 10 year term for an Omagh attack and will not take his seat in Parliament. Sinn Fein refuses to swear allegiance, marking the vacant seat as protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Nana
Brittan
House of Commons
Tom Mitelvsil
Sinn Fein
North
South Ireland
Midulster
Omagh
Government disproves Lias US citizenship claim
The government closed its 21 member hearing on William Big Bill Lias by presenting a Greek document denying his Wheeling West Virginia birth claim. The Greek Ministry of Education document lists Vasilios Akakos born 1899 in Gythion and confirms schooling there, prompting review for possible deportation after 1,000 pages of testimony.
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Pittspurgh
William
Big Bill) Lias
Lias
Wheeling
W. Va
Aiecaring
Lloyd H. Matson
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Charles J Margiotti
Offias
Wheeling Downs
Ison
Ministry of Education
Vasilios Akakos
William Lias
Gythion
Sremnmar
FCC Approves Changes For Radio Facilities
The Communications Commission approved facility changes in Latrobe Pennsylvania and Parkersburg West Virginia. AKU in Latrobe power rises from 250 watts to one kilowatt. WCEF in Parkersburg power increases from 250 watts to one kilowatt.
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FCC
Washington
the Communications Commission
AKU
Latrobe
WCEF
Parkersburg
W. Va
Clarksburg Priest Transferred to Beckley Parish
The Rev. Leo B. Lydon, administrator of St Johns Catholic Church, will transfer to Beckley on June 11 as assistant to the Rev Helsley at St Francis DeSalles Parish after notification from Archbishop Swint in Wheeling.
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Clarksburg
Leo B. Lydon
St. Johns Catholic Church
Swint
Wheeling
Beckley
Helsley
St. Francis DeSalles
Farm Supervisors Select White Sulphur Springs Site
The National Conference of Institutional Farm Supervisors met in Philadelphia and chose White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, as the site for its annual fall meeting on November 13. C. M. Vaughan of Charles Town was named program chairman. officers will be elected at the meeting.
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Philadelphia
National Conference of Institutional Farm Supervisors
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
C. M. Vaughan
Charles Town
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and Surrounding Areas
Multiple obituary notices list James B. Lawson 32 Mullens World War II veteran died May 24 in Melfa Virginia funeral services set at Wyoming Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Still Run. Other notices include Donna Mae Lawrence Miller 61 Bluefield death details Wagner and Hawkins Funeral Home. Charles V Hayton 70 near Ceres death with services at Red Oak Church. Aphrodite Genodopoulos 66 Kimball Greece birth 1889 and Greek Orthodox Church member with services at Houston Methodist Kimball. Howard H Richards 66 Princeton funeral at First Christian Church and Oakwood Cemetery. Harry Scott Smith 15 Red Zoot Ridge death and Massdonia Church service. John Henry 77 Rockingham NC death from car crash. Lucinda Abshire Bailey Princeton death at son’s home. Robert Campbell 69 Bluefield funeral at Bratton Memorial Chapel. Ralph Johnson 28 Welch death at hospital. Claude Talley 58 Wythe Adkins and North Tazewell arrangements with services planned. further survivors listed for various individuals.
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James B. Lawson
Mullens
Melfa
Acme Sales Corp
Jacksonville
Fla
Wyoming Funeral Home Chapel
Sam McClure
Still Run
Hazel Lawson
William
Amigo
Marco
Air Force
New York City
John
Evans
Wyoming Funeral Home
John Genodopoulos
Aphrodite Genodopulos
Kimball
Stevens Clinic
Welsh
Greece
McDowell County
Greek Orthodox Church
Roanoke
Mary Balois
Virginia Genodopoulos
Cathern Pontilidis
Sampras
Annapol
George
Pearisburg
Toney Taurlopis
Cleveland
Ohio
Mary Psathas
Angeline Taurlopis
Howard H. Richards
Princeton
First Christian Church
J. M. Dunn
Oakwood Cemetery
L. Q. Austin
Roy Hall
G. E. Charlton
C. W. Johnson
H. B. Shrewsbury
A. E. Dangerfield
Tri-City Traction Co
Loyal Order of Moose
James
Sarah Copen Abshire
Bluefield
H. Bailey
Grat ‘Hubble
Carlton Meal
Federalsburg
Henry Crout
Cokeyville
Everett Miller
Tom Carroll
Baltimore
E. L. Garrett
J. Bob Bailey
William P
Charles W
Fred D
M. A. Abshire
Camera
W. M. Abshire
G. E. Abshire
Wenatchee
Washington
James W
Kokomo
Ind
Hawkins Funeral Home
Herman H. Mauck
Bailey Cemetery
Cumberland Road
Jorell Gott
Fred Anderson
Bernard Perdue
Ira Lockhart
Aubery Wilson
Mack Morgan
Claude Talley
Theo
Claude W. Talley
Brooklyn
N.Y
Tazewell
Peery & St. Clair
Wythe Adkins
North Tazewell
Ruby Talley
Salem
Oregon
Ruth Musick
Bristol
Tenn
Nancy L. Laws
New York
Huntington Democrat Artie Holley Dies in Route 60 Incident
Cabell County Coroner ruled the death of Artie Holley 48 a public accountant and former county commissioner as death by own action after he was struck by Elk Refining Co tank truck on U S 60 one mile east of Huntington. Driver Leo Finley 32 Wayne was shaken and halted at the scene. A witness said Holley leaped into the truck rear wheels. He died 45 minutes later at a hospital. Holley long time Democratic leader and former Cabell County Court member.
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Huntington
Cabell County
Roberts
Barrett
Artie Holley
Jack Milam
Holley
Elk Refining Co
Here
U.S. 60
Leo Finley
Wayne
Erence Milam
Earl Jackson
South Charleston
Democratic Party
Cabell
Walter Walker Survives Throat Wound in Bramwell Incident
Walter Walker, 51, from Bramwell, survived a slash wound to the throat after being found in an outhouse. He was rushed to Bluefield sanitarium yesterday morning, its condition listed as satisfactory. His wife Dora Louise Walker and three children were at his side as an ambulance took him from Pocahontas Funeral Home.
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Walter Walker
Bramwel
Bluefield
Walker
Bramwell
Dora Louise Walker
Cosa
Pocahanos Funeral Home
Jenkin Jones Mines
Reluctant Wagon of 1928 Model Hits 103 MPH
Miami now hosts Worth Gruelle's souped up 1928 station wagon dubbed Reluctant Wagon. Purchased new in 1928 for 325 dollars, later sold, bought back, and rebuilt with a 1948 Mercury V8 engine achieving an estimated 135 horsepower. Gruelle, an architect and auto parts seller, moved to Florida after World War II and upgraded the car with modern features including a Lincoln brake system and Cadillac radiator.
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Miami
Fla
Seais
Gruelle
Worth
Norwalk
Conn
Ford
Boston Post
Florida
Parking Lot Contracts Bid At Bluefield Session
Bluefield Virginia parking facilities commission meets this morning to award three contracts for a new off street lot at Tazewell and Duning streets. Two contracts will be let this morning at First National Bank offices for house moving and paving. lighting to be awarded later. Bonds totaling 120000 were delivered to purchasers, funded by local businesses and individuals, with a 100 car capacity.
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Bluefield
Thailand Size Compared To Texas Population
A historical note states Thailand spans about four fifths the size of Texas and has an estimated population around 18 million.
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Thailand
Texas
Hong Kong Life Under Colonial Pressure and Prosperity
Hong Kong pursues a moderate course amid Far East tension while expanding manufacturing to 30 percent of local output. Refugees from China and Vietnam boost population to nearly 3 million as banks, luxury goods, and swift tailoring mark the colony as a busy offshore outpost.
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Hong Kong
Far East
Iia
Quemoy
Ma Su
Tne
China
Britain
Great Britain
Vietnam
New Territories
First National City Bank of
New York
Communist Bank of China
Japan
Switzerland
Kowloon
Judge Defers Sentence In McDowell County Loan Theft
Federal judge Harry E. Watkins deferred sentencing for McDowell County man John Elmer Kulchar 21 of War after guilty plea for the May 21 armed robbery of the Federal Savings and Loan Assn Huntington the theft totaling 850 dollars. Co defendant Manuel James 34 Huntington hotel porter will be sentenced separately for related false statements to the FBI. Other actions include probation for Juanita Antis 22 Columbus and Ray Dean 26 Huntington for harboring fugitive Earl Lee Dean with Dean ordered to pay a 200 dollar fine by August 1.
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Huntington
Harry E. Watkins
McDowell County
John Elmer Kulehar
Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Manuel James
FBI
Kulchar
U. S
Juanita Antis
Columbus
Ray Dean
Earl Lee Dean
Earl Dean
Drownings After Yugoslav Navy Vessel Sinks in Adriatic
Belgrade reports 26 officers and men drowned when a Yugoslav navy small vessel sank in the Senj channel during a coastal storm. Naval HQ ordered three days of mourning as a 60 mile per hour wind battered the Adriatic coast.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Senj
Adriatic
Naval Headquarters
Civil Defense Officials Urge Home Bomb Shelters
Civil Defense officials stress every home needs a bomb shelter. Washington contractor David Scull has built one basement shelter and has two more on order as costs and lending hurdles slow broader adoption. Eisenhower and Civil Defense leaders urge individual action.
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Civil Defense Administration
Eisenhower
David Scull
Washington
Civil Defense
Scull
U. S. Government Printing Office
D. C
National Assn. of Home Builders
Houston
Tex
Immigration Law Changes Sought By Stevenson in Speech
Adlai Stevenson urged liberalizing the nations immigration laws at a 300th anniversary of American Jewish faith noting the need for revisions and supporting Eisenhowers proposed changes to the 1953 Refugee Relief Act. He warned current policy restricts talent flow and world healing efforts.
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New York
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
America
Europe
Congress
Weather snapshot for Virginia Maryland West Virginia and Ohio
The forecast shows fair to partly cloudy skies across Virginia with highs in the 70s to low 80s and rising cloudiness in some areas. Maryland and Ohio expect warm high temperatures with some showers possible in western Kentucky and the Ohio valley. Underwater storm note discusses Chesapeake Bay tides creating storm-like effects.
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Virginia
West
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tenn
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Ithe National Geograhic Society
Civitan Club Honors Past Officers With Pins
Civitan International field secretary Grizaard presented outgoing officers at Bluefield Civitan Club during a luncheon. Pins were given to past-president H. H. ,ast-secretary Woodrow Jarrett, and past-treasurer Crittle Steele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan International
Grizaard
Civitan Club
H. H
Woodrow Jarrett
Crittle Steele
Mercer Lodge to Convene June Meeting with Elections
City and Coalfield Stated Communication of Mercer Lodge No. 160 AP and AM will meet at 7 30 p m on June 2. Officers to be elected and work in the degrees to be performed. Visitors welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer Lodge No. 160
AP & AM
House Battle Over Draft Restraints Signals Russia Peacemaking
Washington reports show the House defeating a compromise antisegregation substitute 167 to 143 as it stalled a national military reserve bill. The vote foreshadows shifts in support from Southern Democrats, with antiwar sentiment influencing calls to extend or cut the draft.
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Washington
Russia
Eisenhower
House
Armed Services Committee
Rules Committee
Senate
Johnson
Texas
Russell
Georgia
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Herbert Sewell
Ano
Windsor
Hocks
Beckley Parish
Rome
Constantine
Arthur M. Miller
Donna Mae Lawrence Miller
Wagner and Hawkins Funeral Home
Charles V. Hayton
Charles B. Hayton
Ceres
Pavl Dillman
Otis Kitts
Ballard
W. C. McNutt
E. H. Sadler
Bland, Va
Arthur Witnesett
Rhesong Ae Umberger
Rockville
Germantown
Wytheville
Red Oak Church
Porterfield Minnick Funeral Home
Harry
Smith
Harry Scott Smith
Dale Smith
Red Zoot Ridge
Raven, Va
Walter Childress
Farley Beavers
Massdonia Church
Raven
Simmons Cemetery
Red Root Ridge
John Henry
Rockinghan
N. C
Laurinburg
Frank Hunter
Lucinda Bailey
Lucinda Abshire Bailey
Fred D. Bailey
Brush Fork
Robert
Campbell
Bration Memorial
Mercer Fneral
Clay H.way
Monte Vista Cemetery
Pendleton Terrace
Mary Ann Campbell
Tree
Chatham
Western Star Lodge
AF & AM No. 11
Guyandotte
Ralph Johnson
Welch
Twin Branch
Hamilton
Clara Blankenship Johnson
Purity Baking Co
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Judy
Corkie
Raymond
Ed Lester
Julian Mullins
Ioseann
John Elitchie
Gentiva Johnson
By Jim Martenhoff
Facts Life
McDowll
Bitzy
Arthur Edson Washington
New Chaltane
Ike
Weather Bureau
Bluefield Civitans
City & Coalfield
Vukojevich, W. M
Senate Armed Services Committee
Army
U. S. News and World Report
Navy
Taylor's Drug Store
W, VA
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