West Virginia Methodists vow end to racial segregation
At the 115th West Virginia Conference in Buckhannon, about 600 ministers and 600 lay delegates unanimously approved a resolution to end segregation of Negro members with all reasonable speed. The assembly also urged against religious bigotry in voting and attacked the coal industry for social harm while noting progress on a new hospital, a child care center, and expanded pension programs.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
West Virginia
Methodist Church
General Conference of the National Church
Kenneth Ball
Welch
Board of
Christian Social Concern
Bluefielders Attend Rotary International Convention in Miami
Six Bluefielders attend the Rotary International Convention in Miami and Miami Beach this week. Frank McKenzie and family, Keith and Charles McKenzie, Russell and Mrs. Yarbrough join delegates. Speakers include Dr Victor Belaunde James Mitchell Eddie Rickenbacker Ben McGahey and Rotary Foundation fellows from ten countries.
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Rotary Convention
Victor A. Belaunde
Lima
Peru
General Assembly of the United Nations
James P. Mitchell
U. S
Eddie Rickenbacker
New York City
Eastern Airlines
Ben C. McGahey
of Commissioners
Dade County
Florida
Rotary Foundation
Wesleyan Receives NSF Grant for Research Training Program
West Virginia Wesleyan College has been awarded a $1,200 National Science Foundation grant to support an undergraduate research training program. Dr. John C. Wright, Wesleyan chemistry professor, will direct the nine month program starting September 1.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
West Virginia Wesleyan College
National Science Foundation
Wesleyan
John C. Wright
Two West Virginia Sisters Convicted for Obscene Mail
Two sisters from West Virginia were convicted in Roanoke U S District Court of sending obscene letters through the mail. They pleaded no contest, were fined 150 dollars each, and placed on one year probation. The letters were mailed February 13 1959 to a woman tenant in Bland County Virginia.
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West Virginia
Roanoke
U. S. District Court
Dorothy Jean Linkous
Frances Shirley Witt
VU. S. Atty
John Strickler
Ted Dalton
Bland County
Strickler
Princeton
W. Va
Judge Nominee In McDowell Says He's Inactive In Politics
Sidney L Christie a longtime figure in McDowell County Democratic politics said he would no longer be an active political figure. He sent a letter to McDowell County Democratic chair B M Stone stating he would disassociate himself from political activity if elected. Christie received the Democratic nomination for judge of the McDowell County Circuit Court in the May primary and has no position in the general election. He objected to participating in a June 8 county executive committee meeting to organize for the next four years.
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Christie
McDowell County
Keystone
Stone
Welch
Hot And Wet June Outlook From Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau predicts a hot and wet June for much of the United States. Temperatures are expected to run above normal in the Great Lakes region and western half of the country, with near normal or slightly below normal elsewhere. Precipitation should exceed normal in the Pacific Northwest and western Great Lakes, plus middle and north Atlantic states, while plateau, far Southwest, and Gulf Coast states may see below normal rainfall.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
Middle Atlantic States
Middle
North Atlantic
Plateau
Far
Gulf of Mexico
Weather notes for West Virginia and Virginia regions
West Virginia sees partly cloudy warm conditions on Thursday with highs 80 to 85 most areas and 76 to 80 in the mountains. Scattered afternoon or night showers are likely. Friday remains warm with cloudiness and showers expected. Virginia reports mostly sunny and warm Thursday with highs 83 to 87, near 80 in the mountains, and Friday warm with scattered thunderstorms.
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West Virginia
Virginia
NASA officials clash over controlled release on downed plane
NASA deputy administrator Dryden testifies that a formal statement was issued after CIA clearance while Sen. Fulbright questions the lack of State Department approval and Gore notes NSC decisions directing the department to speak. He says Dryden did not contact White House staff about the cover story.
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NASA
Dryden
Inteligence
Fulbright
State Department
CIA
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
National Security Council
Space Agency
Department
James C. Hagerty
White House
Hagerty
Duke of Windsor Visits London in Private Detour
The Duke of Windsor arrives in London from Paris wearing a derby and a red carnation as British royalty depart for the Epsom Derby. He does not intend to attend the race.
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London
Duke of Windsor
Paris
More Bodies Found In Desert From Lady Be Good
In the Libyan Desert the remains of two more crew members from the World War II bomber Lady Be Good were found. One body was located in May by British geologists, the other by a U.S. Army search team in April-May. Names will be released after a court admissibility review. Identified are believed to be T. Sgt. Harold S. Ripslinger and Sgt. Guy E. Shelley. Personal effects bearing their names were found with the bodies. The B24 was found almost intact last year about 400 miles from the Mediterranean coast after a belly landing following a 1943 Naples raid.
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Lybian
U.S. Army
Army
Harold S. Ripslinger
Saginaw
Mich
Guy E. Shelley
New Cumberland
Tripoli
Mediterranean
Naples
Italy
Old Guard Receives Charter in Bluefield
The Old Guard of Bluefield was officially chartered on Wednesday at 10:30 am in Trinity Methodist Church. Director W. B. Martin presented the charter as the new unit joined Senior Citizens of America. Rev. Clarence E. Smoot spoke on Peace, with new members M. C. Young and John W. Hager enrolled and J. T. Wynn reported ill in Bluefield Sanitarium.
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Old Guard of
Bluefield
W. B. Martin
Trinity Methodist Church
Senior Citizens of America
Clarence E. Smoot
Graham Christian Church
M. C. Young
John W. Hager
J. T. Wynn
Pastors School Concludes Tomorrow at Bluefield College
The annual pastors school for Virginia Baptist ministers ends Friday morning at Bluefield College in Bluefield Virginia. Sessions began Tuesday evening with the Virginia Baptist Board of Missions hosting Dr Raymond B Brown of Tabernacle Baptist Church Richmond lecturing on Biblical studies from the Lord's Prayer. Wake Forest North Carolina delegates present daily on Worship In the Life of the Christian Church under the general theme Lovest Thou Me.
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Virginia Baptist
Bluefield College
Bluefield
Virginia Baptist Board of Missions
Raymond B. Brown
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Richmond
Lord's Prayer Pretist Theological Seminary
Wake Forest
N. C
The
Christian Church
New Ceramics Pathfinder Demonstrated for Rocket Guidance
A new ceramic pathfinder to guide a rocket's flight into space was demonstrated in New York. The device is an improved gyroscope, ten times more accurate than prior models, yet weighs eight ounces, a Minneapolis Honeywell spokesman said.
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New York
Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co
Mercer County Light Court Closes With Few Indictments
The April term of Mercer County Criminal Court wrapped with a light docket as 12 indictments were handled and no jury trials occurred. Most defendants pleaded out or were excused before noon, keeping costs low at about 915 dollars total expenditures for juror and witness claims.
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Mercer County Criminal Court
Raleigh
Samuel Wayne St Clair
Henry Spicer
McComas
Spicer
St. Clair
Margaret Howard
Princeton
Josephine Barret
Frank Whitlow
Kellysville
W. L. Dooley
Whitlow
Horse rescued after stuck in cellar in Chicago
Tommy the 12 year old horse pulled from a cellar beneath a stable after a civil defense rescue. Workers widened the opening with tools while spectators watched as Julius Pekofsky led the exhausted animal away. A vet treated a cut lip a scraped back and hoof injuries.
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Chicago
Tommy
Civil Defense
Julius Pekofsky
Five Marriage License Applications and Three Property Transfers
Five marriage license applications were filed in Mercer County with applicants including Leonard Long and Mary Brinkley, Billy Richards and Janie Wiley, James Runyon and Shirley Harvey, Thomas Brown and Shirley Hill, and Bobby Thompson and Myrtle Thomas. Deeds recorded show Lucy Farley and Frank Farley selling property to Buford and Margaret Brooks in Bluefield, and Cora Farley selling land to Leonard Farley and Eva Farley in the East River District, with Joyce Perkins selling property to Kenneth Stafford and others along Lorton Lick Creek.
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Leonard Eugene Long
Mary Vivian Brinkley
Oakvale
Billy Joe Richards
Reck
Janie Maxine Wiley
Kegley
James W. Runyon
Shirley Lee Harvey
Princeton
Thomas Wesley Brown
Shirley Jean Hill
Bobby Lee Thompson
Myrtle Elizabeth Thomas
Lucy M
Frank H. Farley
Buford
Margaret Brooks
Bluefield
Montclair Street
Lark
Cora Farley
Leonard A
Eva Mae Farley
East River District
Joyce Perkins
Kenneth Lee Stafford
Beaver Pond
Lorton Lick Creek
Deaths and Funerals in Pocahontas and Area
Morton McLaughlin 30 of Pocahontas Va died Tuesday in Bluefield Sanitarium. Survived by three daughters two sons a widow and extended family. Funeral Thursday 2 pm Pocahontas Union Funeral Home burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Graveside for 1 day old Deliela Derine Bales at Gravel Hill Cemetery Gallipolis Ohio. Rev George Williams Haynes 82 of Gap Mills died in Clifton Forge hospital. Funeral Saturday 2 pm Brown Chapel Church Gap Mills burial Brown Chapel Cemetery. Mary Adkins 72 of Hurley Va died in Grundy hospital. Survived by sons Ira Harold Paul and daughters Edna Johnson P H Searce and James E O Neal. Funeral Saturday 1 pm Regular Baptist Hurley burial Justus Cemetery. Graveside for 1 day old daughter of Oscar McCoy Jr Laeger in Reed Cemetery. Burial Fanning Funeral Home Laeger in charge.
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Morton McLaughlin Morton McLaughlin
Pocahontas
Bluefield Sanitarium
Harry Shaffer
Washington, D. C
Howard White
James Moore
Princeton
James McLaughlin
Jacksonville
Fla
Sammy McLaughlin
Susian McLaughlin
A. R McLaughlin
Falls Church
Raymond Boone
Joe Caton
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
M. R. Green
Woodlawn Cemetery
Deliela Derine Bales
William W Bales
Bartley
Gravel Hill Cemetery
Gallipolis
Ohio
George Williams Haynes
Gap Mills
Clifton Forge
Summers ‘County
Bath County
Irene Jefferson Haynes
Brown Chapel
Godfrey Tate
Bufial
Mary Adkins
Hurley
Grundy
Denver Adkins
Ira
Harold
Paul Adkins
Edna Johnson
P. H. Searce
High Point
N. C
James E. O Neal
Groves
Texas
Ben Justus
Oscar McCoy Jr
Laeger
Reed Cemetery
Browker Riffe
Andy McCoy
Wilma McCoy
Fanning Funeral Home
Funeral notices for Rev John Brooks Blankenship and Mrs Flossie Meadows
The Rev John Brooks Blankenship of Jolo will be laid to rest Thursday at 11 am in the Church of Christ at Wolfpen with Reverends Richard Kennedy and Jim Short officiating. Burial follows in Jewell Cemetery on Bradshaw Mountain. Mrs Flossie Meadows of Princeton, 56, will be buried Thursday at 10:30 am in Meadows Cemetery at Dunns.
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Blankenship
John Brooks
Jolo
Church of Christ At
Wolfpen
Richard Kennedy
Jim Short
Jewell Cemetery
Bradshaw Mountain
Meadows
Flossie
Princeton
Meadows Cemetery
Dunns
Soldier Tried For Fleecing Soldier In Virginia Case
ABINGDON Va Eorn est E Childers 2% returned from the U S Army in Germany on a charge of fleecing a 65 year old Washington County widow of her savings of 12500 promising to marry her. He went on trial in circuit court at Abingdon on grand larceny. The widow Mrs Biddie Goodson testified she gave him 12500 in three checks after he spoke of oil land in Indiana and marriage. They later obtained a marriage license and he reportedly joined the Army before the plan collapsed. The case against him was brought after his return from Germany and extradition to Virginia. The Commonwealth Attorney said he would seek up to 10 years.
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Abingdon
Enrnest
E. Childers
Germany
Washington County
Biddie Goodson
Wallace
Childers
Jonesboro
Tenn
Indiana
Goodson
Fort Shelby Hospital
Bristol
Blountville
Army
Commonwealth
E. Summers Sheffey
New Jersey
Virginia
Sheffey
Dakota Explosion Kills Two Injures Nine in Fargo
An explosion at an industrial site in Fargo North Dakota killed two workers identified as August Nevessen and an unnamed colleague and seriously injured nine others. The crew was converting a storage building into a natural gas operation center for Northern States Power Co when the blast occurred just before 5 p.m. CST as a welding torch was involved.
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Fargo
N.D
August Nevessen
Northern States Power Co
Mrs Wadie Mitchell Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Wadie V. Mitchell of 213 Jones Street Bluefield died Wednesday morning at Bluefield Sanitarium after a long illness. The body will remain at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Wadie V. Mitchell
Jones St
Bluefield
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Young GOPs Aim 300 Members By July Rally
Mercer County Young Republican Club meets tonight at 8 in Princeton to plan a 300 by mid July membership drive. John J. Hoblitzell will speak in the Circuit Court room. The group targets a Glenwood Park picnic and a get out the vote push through November with candidates to be featured at the July rally.
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Mercer County
Young Republican Club
Glenwood Park
Princeton
Juanita Basham
John J. Hoblitzell
Bluefield Bank
U. S
Busham
Grace Methodist Vacation School Plans Announced
Grace Methodist Church announces its annual vacation school for June 6 to 17 with sessions 9 AM to 1 PM on weekdays excluding Saturdays. The program includes nursery through intermediates with supervisors and associate teachers listed, plus two week core instruction directed by Lewin Boice and Glenn Kilgore.
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Grace Methodist Church
Betty Forlines
Claude Ferguson
Roy Caldwell
Raymond Weatherford
Sandra Wornal
Richard Poe
James Murray
Carl King
Harry Booth
Harold Whitmire
E. M. Long
Paul Taylor
Don Orander
Charlotte Smith
Lewin Boice
Glenn Kilgore
Sue Gibson
Rosalee Gearheart
Kay Sage
Sandra Rose
Alice Albright
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