N and W urged to keep last area passenger car
Local business leaders and officials urged Norfolk and Western to retain the remaining passenger car linking the area with Washington and New York. They said cutting service hurts Bluefield Welch and Williamson and advised writing to N&W vice president Harry Wyatt in Roanoke to protest.
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New York
N&w
Washington
Roanoke
Harry Wyatt
Middleboro
Williamson
Lewis
Beckley
Here
Prince
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Atlanta Killer Sought in Payroll Slaying
Atlanta police mobilized the homicide and robbery squads to find a killer who bludgeoned Mrs. Inez Johnson 30 and fled with a $2400 payroll from the Ingram Mantel and Tile Co. office. Detectives questioned employees, conducted house to house checks, and searched the surrounding block while three men were questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Atlanta Police Department
Inez Johnson
Ingram Mantel and Tile Co
Harry Ingram
Herbert Harcourt
Mrs. Johnson
I. G. Cowan
Ingram
White and Negro Trainees Clash On Train En Route
In Crocker Missouri on June 27 a mixed group of about 150 white and Negro trainees clashed aboard a moving train bound for an Air Force Base near San Antonio Texas. A military source said the scraps were not racial disturbances. Crocker city marshal Clyde Frey said there was a racial dispute and drinking may have contributed. No serious injuries were reported. the train was stopped for about an hour and a half until an Air Force lieutenant from Ft Leonard Wood restored order.
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Crocker
Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Clyde Frey
Air Force
Ft. Leonard Wood
Lewis Dedicates Hospitals In Rainy Beckley Ceremonies
John L. Lewis dedicates ten memorial hospitals across West Virginia Kentucky and Virginia in Beckley amid rain. The units serve UMW members with free medical care, stressing community hospital status and union support. Guests include officials, doctors, and Governor Marland.
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Lewis
Stubby
Currence Beckley
W. Va
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Beckley
Williamson
Man
West Virginia
McDowell
Pikeville
Harlan
Whitesburg
Hazard
Middlesboro
Kentucky
Wise
Virginia
Williamson and Harlan
Bigamist with two wives exposed after suicide attempt
Edward Voss, a Fort Worth electronics worker, admitted marriages to two women in Panama and California without either knowing of the other. Wife No 1, Sixta B. Voss, attempted suicide in a gas-filled bedroom after police revealed the split. Wife No 2, Doris Voss, expressed ongoing love as the trio confronted the tangled deception.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Edward Voss
Fort Worth General Depot
O. R. Brown
Wife No
Panama
Wife
California
Hea Voss
Sixta B. Voss
Central America
Doris Voss
Los Angeles
Sixta
D. A. Cardwell
Sam Latham
Wess
Voss
Wife No. 2
Wife No. 1
No. 2
Martinsville Dope Ring Broken in County Narcotics Sweep
An undercover agent posed as a wholesaler and helped arrest three men near Martinsville, Virginia, for possession of marijuana after purchasing 12 cans containing 11 ounces each. Convicted suspects Gravely 48 Eggleston 72 and Gibson 32 face up to five years. The operation extended across state lines with 10 or 11 cans found in Gravely's store. Federal and local police coordinated the bust amid reports of narcotics sales in southside Virginia.
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Martinsville
Henry County
Walter Morris
Western Virginia
John Gravely
Sam Eggleston
Gravely
Alfonso Gibson
Irwin Greenfeld
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Greenfeld
John Strickler
Virginia
Eggleston
Gibson
Morris
Inflation edge blunted but not defeated says analysts
Government analysts said the sharp edge of inflation has been blunted though a general downturn is not guaranteed. They noted temporary downward trends amid a high level economy, with construction at a 42 billion dollar annual pace and expected business spending, personal income near 315 billion, plus fiscal-year cleanup.
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Washington
Tito Sees Unity of Communist Nations in Moscow Visit
Marshal Tito arrives in Moscow for a state visit and declares that Communist nations will never again be split. He, in a gold braided uniform, is greeted by Khrushchev and Voroshilov while Shepilov is named foreign minister, signaling closer Yugoslav ties. Children throw flowers as he departs with Jovanka.
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Marshal Tito
Moscow
Tito
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Kievsky
Lenin
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Klementi Voroshilov
Dmitri Shepilov
V. M. Molotov
Shepilov
Nehru
Soviet Union
Molotov
Stalin
Jovanka
Marshal ‘Tito
Center
Nikita Kruschev
Kruschev
Jovanka Broz
Russia
Northwest Faces Raging Floods Across Pacific Northwest
June 2 report from Portland notes the Columbia River and tributaries rising, threatening thousands in Oregon Washington and Idaho. Forecaster says snowmelt waning and minor upstream rises expected, with levees protecting most Lower Columbia areas as British Columbia mobilizes 75 troops to defend Creston and other flood threatened communities.
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Portland
Ore
Adam Burst
Idaho
British Columbia
Columbia Basin
Pacific Northwest
Columbia
Elmer Fisher
Fisher
Vancouver
Loweria
Gerald Whitworth
Kootenai
Canada
Kootenay
Creston
You and Your Heart starts in Telegraph Spotlight
Three top heart specialists author a six part Telegraph Spotlight series on heart attacks. The feature from the book You and Your Heart explains that coronary thrombosis is rarely fatal and many recover fully. It gives symptom lists and guidance to act until a doctor can be seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph
Telegraph
Blind Students Conquer Canyon Across Grand Canyon Trail
Six students from the state school in Tucson hiked 21 miles from Hopi Point to Bright Angel Point led by coach Charles A. Thornton. Two are totally blind and the rest nearly so. they used ropes and held shoulders to stay together. They trained since October with monthly mountain hikes.
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Tucson
Ariz
Charles A. Thornton
Conqueereat Gorge
Hopi Point
Bright Angel Point
Richard Ferguson
Raymond Mungaray
John Tsosie
St. Michaels
Evans Honkoinewa
Second Mesa
Ennis Sumpter
Phoenix
Jerry Fields
Thornton
Tornton
Eisenhower Receives Western Horses From Quarter Horse Group
President Eisenhower and his eight year old grandson David receive two Western horses named Doodle De Do and Sporty Miss from the American Quarter Horse Association led by Lester Goodson of Magnolia Texas. De Do goes to the President. Sporty Miss stays for David at the Ft Belvoir Virginia area.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
American Quarter Horse Assn
Lester Goodson
J-3 Ranch
Magnolia
Texas
David Eisenhower
David
Ft. Belvoir
Doris Day Hospitalized in Glendale For Minor Procedure
Actress Doris Day underwent a minor procedure at Glendale General Hospital according to her agent. The Hollywood report confirms Day is resting and not disclosed to the public.
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Doris Day
Glendale
Hollywood
Jean Hersholt Dies of Cancer at Beverly Hills Home
Danish born actor Jean Hersholt died of pancreatic cancer at his Beverly Hills residence aged 69. He headed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for four years and received two special Oscars for philanthropic work and the Motion Picture Country Home. He was famed for Dr Christian on radio and for films such as Stella Dallas and Abies Irish Rose. He is survived by his wife Via in marriage of 42 years.
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Maynard Ansmen
Hersholt
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy
Spreece
Teterma
Charles Coburn
Dr. Christian
Mary Pickford
Christian
Copenhagen
Navy Secretary Predicts World Reach With Guided Missiles
Navy Secretary Charles 8. Thomas said in Monterey that the United States will soon have a guided missile capable of hitting any target in the world. He denied the nation is backward in missile development and asserted the U S has the most advanced missiles.
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Monterey
Calif
United States
Navy
Charles 8. Thomas
Thomas
Monterey Peninsula Navy League
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Na&w
Bluefield
Welch
UMW
America
Josephine Roche
Charles A. Owens
UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund
John L
Elmer Hess
Erie
American Medical Association
Warren F. Draper
Welfare and Retirement Fund
Frederick D. Mott
Miners Memorial Hospital Association
Howard A
Cyrus Eaton
Cleveland
Walter J. Touhy
Bit
Bob Phillips
Him
Reds
Emil Hymowitz
U. S. Naval Air Station
Patuxent River
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
U. S. Navy
Margit Nuenke
Cologne
Germany
Stockholm
Sweden
Margit
Michael Katz
Lke
Jean Hersholt
Jean
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