Search On For Jack Stringham
Police pursue a wide search for Jack H Stringham a 39 year old Bluefield business executive missing from the General Telephone Co building between 4 and 5 pm Wednesday He left for a different office but never returned with no transport and little money. Authorities ask for tips to locate him and consider amnesia after a fall.
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Bluefield
General Telephone Co
Jack H. Stringham
Clovis
Telephone Company
Stringham
String
Tech Students Square Off For Water Tank Paint Job
About 40 Virginia Tech students arrive in Cambria to repaint the town water tank facing a vandalism incident last month. The project launches Saturday with air hoses sprays and paint as the college team works to renew the 30 foot high structure.
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Cambria
Virginia Tech
Tech
Soviet Missile Strategy and U2 Cover Story Details
The article discusses U S perceptions of Soviet missile bases and the impact of U 2 flights on plans. It notes Gates' Paris orders for a military alert, the administration's stance on responsibility for the spy plane operation, and the persistence of a phony weather cover story.
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Gates
Paris
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
Eisenhower Administration
State Department
Pisen
Duke Students and Trucker Die in South Carolina Crash
Two Duke University students Mary Elliott Parker and Steve Pierce, both 19 and 22 from Jacksonville Florida, died in a head on crash with a truck driver William F. Hagan 53 of Lakeland Florida near Paxville South Carolina on U S Route 15. Hagan died later in hospital. passenger John A. Zipperer 42 survived serious injuries.
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J. J. Hodge
Paxville
Convicted Of Violating Tazewell Dog Laws
Tazewell County enforces dog laws with immediate effect as county court in Bluefield convicts twelve defendants on dog law charges. Each fined $10 to $25. more arraignments planned for next Wednesday. County records show 4 500 dog licenses issued this year totaling $10 500. The warden reports 196 dogs liquidated since January 1, including 18 sheep killers, with no rabid dogs and one rabid fox. A Ohio research facility requested 82 dogs for laboratory use after impoundment.
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Tazewell
Elbert W. Wilson
Bluefield
Wilson
E. P Greever
Ohio
Mamie Doing Well Visited By Husband
President Eisenhower stopped at Walter Reed Army Hospital to visit Mrs. Eisenhower who remains under treatment for acute asthmatic bronchitis. The First Lady is described as responding well and recovering, while she cancels plans to attend his 45th West Point reunion. She is expected to remain in hospital over the weekend.
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Stringham
Jackie
West Virginia
Bluefield
Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
White House
James C. Hagerty
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Bluefielder Lazer to Receive Carnegie Tech Degree
Alan Cecil Lazer of 824 Rock Ridge St Bluefield is named a candidate for a BS in Math at Carnegie Institute of Technology 63rd Commencement on June 7 at the Carnegie campus in Pittsburgh Pa He is among graduates from 34 states and 24 foreign countries listed as degree candidates.
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Alan Cecil Lazer
Rockridge St
Bluefield
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Carnegie
Pittsburgh
Lazer
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Outlook
Weather by the Associated Press. West Virginia sees considerable cloudiness, warmth, humidity, and scattered showers with thunderstorms Friday, highs 77 to 84. Saturday improves to partly cloudy and less humid. Virginia expects similar conditions with scattered Friday showers and highs in the 80s, followed by a fair, mild Saturday with reduced humidity near the coast.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Three Men Rescued From Roanoke Cave-In
Three sewer workers were trapped when a ditch wall caved in near Thrasher Park Roanoke Virginia on Thursday. Robert Sessam 33 Donald Stuart 19 both of Roanoke and James A Harris 9 of Salem were freed after coworkers and rescue crews dug them out and they are in satisfactory condition at Burrell Memorial Hospital.
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Burrell Memorial Hospital
Robert Sessam
Donald Stuart
Roanoke
James A. Harris
Salem
Thrasher Park
Harris
Sherrill Dudley
Vinton
Carvin Street
Vineton Mill Road
Plans Advance For YMCA Day Camp For Boys
The Youth Work Committee was authorized to plan a day camp for boys six to eight at City Park. The two week program runs five mornings a week starting Monday June 2 led by Edward S. Douglas. The board also aims to renew about 180 lapsed memberships and authorized purchasing a top quality trampoline for camp and next year’s gym program. Vice-president W J Gillespie Jr presided and Fred McCoy conducted devotions.
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City Ymca Board of Directors
Y.W.C.A
City Park
Edward 5. Douglas
J. H. Lazenby
W. J. Gillespie Jr
Fred McCoy
Gene
Committees hampered by incomplete primary results in West Virginia
Charleston AP report notes confusion over seating on the Democratic and Republican State Executive Committees as official primary results from 6 of 16 districts are in with 11 counties still lacking. Committees will organize Friday and Saturday to elect chairmen and nominate national committee members amid potential credential wrangles.
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Charleston
New Democratic State Executive Committee
House of Delegates
State Capitol
Republican State Executive Committee
Kanawha
Joe F. Burdett
Burdett
Louchery
GOP
Daniel L. Louchery
Clarksburg
Harold E. Neely
Hulett C. Smith
Beckley
Atty. Gen
W. W. Barron
Democratic Committee
Republicans
National Committees
Walter S. Hallanan
John E. Amos
Mercer Acres Burn During Spring Fire Season
During the spring fire danger period 16 fires burned 1221 acres in Mercer County per the Conservation District Office in Beckley. District 4 saw 275 fires char 5800 acres including Bluefield and new outdoor burning rules from June 1. District Forester Carl Lucas notes fire tower observers were removed. 26 people were arrested for forest fire law violations.
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Mercer County
Beck
District 4
Bluefield
Carl Lucas
Micamold Plant Strike Near Tazewell Virginia
About 500 workers at the Micamold plant in Tazewell Virginia walked off the job as a contract between management and United Construction Workers expired. Company officials said negotiations continued and described the strike as nebulous with both sides in accord on a new contract. The plant, a subsidiary of General Instrument, employs up to 750 people with roughly three quarters women.
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Tazewell
Micamold Corporation of Virginia
United Construction Workers
UCW
H. R. Livingston
Livingston
Joe Shelley
Charles L. Sheen
Miramold
General Instrument Company of
Elizabeth
N. J
Precision Instruments
Pineville Student Wins PSU Fellowship for Public Admin
Morris Harvey College graduate Ray Goode of Pineville receives a $2,800 Penn State fellowship covering tuition and a $180 monthly stipend for ten months. He will study in PSU’s Graduate School of Political Science pursuing a master’s in public administration with state government supervision and a final project instead of a thesis. Goode, summa cum laude in May, led student government for four years and earned Who’s Who and Outstanding College Student honors in West Virginia.
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Ray Goode
Morris Harvey College
Pineville
Pennsylvania State University
Penn State
Goode
Graduate School of Political Science
Pennsylvania
Morris Harvey
West Virginia
Oxford
England
W. G. Goodes
Consolidation Coal Names Nailler Operations Vice President
D L McElroy announces Charles R Nailler as vice president in charge of operations effective immediately. Nailler has led Christopher Coal Co Morgantown as president for seven years. He will base at Morgantown while Harold Suter becomes president of Christopher Coal Co.
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D. L. McElroy
Consolidation Coal Co
Charles R. Nailler
Nailler
Christopher Coal Co
Morgantown
Consol
Case University
Hanna Coal Company
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Hanna Coal
Christopher Coal Company
Harold Suter
Suter
Pursgrove Coal Mining Co
Deaths and Funerals: Caldwell Mitchell Lowe and Others
Daisy Caldwell 57 of Serena dies at Princeton Memorial Hospital after a prolonged illness. Funeral Saturday at Pine Grove Church Lerona with burial in Crews Cemetery. Also noted are the deaths of Mrs. Wadie Mitchell 36 Bluefield and Mrs Ida Lowe 79 Cedar Bluff with services in Bluefield and Richlands. Additional obituaries list Sanders Austin of Tazewell and survivors across multiple states.
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Wadie
Virginia Mitchell
Jones Street
Bluefield
Sophronia Wilkins
Clarence Mangus longtime Pocahontas Fuel employee dies
Clarence Devoy Mangus 65 of Wallscreek Va died Thursday in a Richlands Va hospital. native of Wyoming County he was a son of the late Edd and Alice Mangus. He worked 25 years for Pocahontas Fuel Co and was a Methodist Church member. Surviving: two daughters Mrs Charles Adkins and Mrs Richard Earls. two sons Sgt Edgar Mangus in Korea and Wirt Mangus of Wallscreek. sister Mrs Frank Ratliff. nine grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 2 p.m. at Hurst-Scott Funeral Home Richlands with Rev Mangus and Rev De noff officiating. Burial Hartwell Cemetery.
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Ida Chambers Lowe
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Raven, Va
John and
Judy Byrd Compton
R. Joy
Chicago
Ill
Robert L. Short
Bluefield
Hurst - Scott Funeral Home
James Whitt
McKinley Gross
Chambers Cemetery
Shorts Gap
Clarence Devoy Mangus
Wallscreek
Amonate
Wyoming County
Edd
Alice Mangus
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Methodist Church
Charles Adkins
North Tazewell
Richard Earls
Canebrake
Patton Robert A. 80 of Keenan dies after lung illness
Robert A Patton age 80 native of Laurel Branch dies at home Thursday after a lung illness. Survived by wife Mattie Elmore Patton, three daughters Alma Maynor Ava Smith and Bernice Hill, three sons Terry Perry and Okey Patton, a brother W M Patton and sister Miss Myrtle Patton. Body at Broyles Funeral Home Union.
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Robert A. Patton
Keenan
Laurel Branch
Napoleon
Harriet Cole Patton
Modern Woodmen of America
Mattie Elmore Patton
Alma Maynor
Mount Hope
Ava Smith
Covington
Bernice Hill
Woodbridge
Terry Patton
Fairfax, Va
Death of Boyd Blanchard Wilson in Bluefield
Boyd Blanchard Wilson of 308 Marshall Street Bluefield died Thursday noon in the Bluefield Sanitarium. The body will remain at Lugo's Funeral Service pending completion of arrangements.
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Boyd Blanchard Wilson
Marshall St
Bluefield
Lugo
Ten Marriage License Applications Filed in Pineville
County clerk records show ten couples applying for licenses in Pineville. Names include Joseph Day and Brenda Miracle, Harry Goode and Elena Farmer, John D. Jones and Drema Elaine League, Thomas F. Morris and Iva Cook, Charles E. Graham and Phyllis Ann Robinson, Willie Belcher and Gladys Reed, Albert Cook and Bethel Simmons, Raymond Tracy and Peggy Dowell, Alton Atchinson Jr. and Peggy Bunting, James Harris and Bernice McKinney.
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Pineville
Joseph Day
Glen Fork
Brenda Miracle
Oceana
Harry Goode
Elena Farmer
Wyoming
John D. Jones
Lynco
Drema Elaine League
Thomas F. Morris
Iva Cook
Charles E. Graham
Phyllis Ann Robinson
Willie Belcher
Herndon
Gladys Reed
Albert Franklin Cook
Registration For Swim Classes At Rock View Pool
Registration opens today for three Rock View Pool swim courses this summer. Harry Charlton, a Red Cross accredited water safety instructor, will lead sessions from 9 to 10 a.m. daily. Junior lifesaving runs June 13 24 for ages 12 to 16, senior lifesaving starts June 27 July 8, beginners of all ages July 11 22, with intermediates included in the final session.
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Rock View Pool
Rock
Harry Charlton
American Red Cross
Sentence Meted Out In Robbery Attempt
Charles Jerone Johnson Jr. of Kopperston pleaded guilty to an attempted armed robbery of Kathleen Jones of Kopperston. The court accepted the plea and he was sentenced to a forestry camp for one year, with return to Wyoming County after completion.
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Charles Jerone Johnson Jr
Kopperston
Kathleen Jones
Johnson
Wyoming County
Feuchtenberger Re-Elected AAA Club Leader in Bluefield
The Bluefield Automobile Club reorganized its board electing Feuchtenberger to a second term as head. J. Taylor Frazier and Pearle A. Brammer were named vice president and treasurer, with Brammer also serving as secretary manager. The board renamed Mrs. Marble Weaver as secretary manager and discussed a new headquarters on Commerce Street with architect revisions.
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Bluefield Automobile Club
Feuchtenberger
Betsy Ross Bakeries
AAA Club
American Automobile Association
J. Taylor Frazier
Pearle A. Brammer
Frazier
Bluefield Supply Co
Miss Brammer
Auto Club
Marble Weaver
Commerce Street
Queen of Coal to be Chosen at Appy Auditorium
At the Appalachian Power Co auditorium Bluefield West Virginia on Saturday June 18 the Bluefield Coal Show will crown a queen and two attendants for the three day event at the Norfolk and Western freight station Sept 21 23 The official selections will be announced June 19 Entrants must be single ages 16 to 23 related to mining or allied industries and must present at 10 AM June 18 with letters mailed by June 17 to Bluefield address
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Bituminous
Bluefield
Appalachian Power Co
Jack J. Adams
Coal Show
Norfolk and Western
West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Peggy Lee Tolley
Mullens
Carol Todd
Coalwood
Nancy Hughes
Pageton
Sarita Arlene Matney
Baileysville
Wanda Lou Stout
P. O. Box
W. Va
Appalachian
GOP Has No Choice To Oppose Rep. Tuck
Hillsville Virginia Fifth District Republicans meet with no candidate against Democratic Rep. William M. Tuck. Joe Parsons of Galax is stepping down as District GOP Chairman.
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Gop
Rep
Tuck
Hillsville
William M. Tuck
Joe Parsons
Galax
Bradley's sale of hats coats and dresses limited week
Hats priced from 1.00 to 4.95 available this Friday through Thursday. Suits cut to cost with many less than cost. Coats moving rapidly in one case. Dresses arriving daily at Bradley's with value emphasis.
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Bradley's
Bradley
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