Crew Of 3 Dies In The Flames At Paris Air Show
A U S Air Force B58 bomber crashed during a 15 nation air show at Le Bourget Field near Paris. The four-jet craft plunged into a hay field after circling the stands in front of about 20 000 spectators killing its three crew members. The May 26 nonstop flight from New York to Paris in a different bomber set a 3 hour 19 minute 41.5 second record with an average speed of 1095.9 miles per hour.
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Atlantic
U.S. Air Force
le Bourget Field
Louvres
David F. Dickerson
Ardmore
Okla
New York
Carswell Air Force Base
Texas
William R. Payne
William L. Polhemus
Raymond R. Wagener
Aircraft Industry
Kennedy Khrushchev Meet in Vienna to Discuss World Peace
In Vienna Kennedy and Khrushchev held a 75 minute lunch at the U S Embassy residence and talked privately through interpreters about world peace issues. Both leaders arrived after Kennedy's Paris talks with de Gaulle and prepared for more discussions on Cold War controls.
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Soviet Union
Kennedy
Khrushchev
U. S
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Kremlin
Vienna
Eisenhower
Francis Gary Powers
United States
Khruchchev
Mies LE
Scouts Stage Field Meet in Mullens Wyoming County Event
The J. L. Brawley District Boy Scouts held their third annual field meet at Mullens Football Field with Cub Boy and Explorer Scouts from Wyoming County. Pack 119 Kopperston won high honors while Packs 140 Herndon and 172 Glen Fork tied for second and third. Lonnie Parks led as high scorer with three firsts. Roy Kemp earned high Boy Scout honor. Billy Stafford received Explorer Award. Pack 172 Glen Fork and Troop 119 Kopperston earned other top recognitions.
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J. L. Brawley
Mullens
Wyoming County
Kopperston
Herndon
Glen Fork
Little Lonnie Parks
Randy Lafferty
Larry Litteral
Roy Kemp
Billy Stafford
Jack Davis
Ray Caldwell
Mullens High School
Mack
George Nolley
Cub
Pack 119
Koppeston
David Stafford
Donnie Stafford
Rickey ‘Walker
Gary Baldwin
Billie Armachaine
David Thacker
Doug Mayhue
Stevie Cassell
Weather Outlook for Virginia and West Virginia
Mostly cloudy conditions across Virginia north and west with party cloudy southeast. Highs 75 to 80 in the south, 70 to 75 in the north. Fair and warmer Monday. West Virginia sees fair weather Sunday and Monday with Sunday highs 70 to 75 in the west and 66 to 72 in the east, warming on Monday.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Homemakers Plan Clifftop Training Camp June 5 7
The 14th annual West Virginia Homemakers encampment will run from Monday June 5 to noon Wednesday June 7 at Washington Carver 4H Camp Clifftop. It features nutrition clothing management crafts a dress review banquet and outdoor recreation under the leadership training program of West Virginia University. Planning committee chair Mrs Ethel Banks leads with assistants from Pocahontas and surrounding areas.
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West Virginia
Washington - Carver
Clifftop
West Virginia University
Pocahontas
Ethel Banks
Mesdames D. A. Willie Jones
Alberta Easley
Myrtis Walker
Hazel
Bernard
Truelove Thompson
Nettie McDaniel
C. B. Wright
I. E. Holcombe
Billie J. Coates
Mary C. Reed
Janie Henderson
Tanner J. Livisay
Fire Rips Joy Manufacturing Plant In Franklin Pa
Officials estimate the loss at 2.5 to 3 million dollars after a spectacular fire destroyed Joy Manufacturing Co. No 3 plant in Franklin Pennsylvania. The blaze began in the heat treat furnace department and spread through the l shaped facility. Cause not yet determined. William L io Tony, Joy president, said valuable precision equipment used in coal mining machinery was destroyed.
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Franklin, Pa
Joy Manufacturing Co
Pennsylvania
William L. Io Tony
Joy
Adlai Stevenson Starts South American Tour
Adlai Stevenson begins an 18 day tour through 10 South American capitals. He travels amid Cuban crisis tensions and U.S. stance on Cuba. He will land in Caracas for talks with Venezuelan officials amid past demonstrations tied to Cuban policy.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.S
Feu Sousa Dele Golan
Stevenson
Cuba
Caracas
Morals crackdown nets 30 arrests in Florida
Police raids across Florida resulted in more than 30 arrests on morals charges. Sheriff Ed Blackburn called it the biggest morals crackdown in the state’s history. One arrestee, Percy A. Jerkins, 35, principal of Citrus Park Elementary in Tampa, was named among those taken into custody.
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Tampa
Fila
Ed Blackburn
Florida
Percy A. Jerkins
Citrus Park
Man Finds $612 Returns It Receives Reward
Norman Squires Sr. of Reedsville found an envelope with 612 dollars in a Morgantown lunchroom. He returned it to the sheriff after confirming ownership. Theodore Virikios of Morgantown reported losing the money, saying he needed it to send a boy to the hospital.
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Morgantown
Preston County
Norman Squires Sr
Reedsville
Sheriff's Office
Theodore Virikios
Virikios
Squires
Pest Campaign Starts Monday to Halt Oak Wilt
West Virginia launches an intensive state and federal campaign starting Monday to locate and treat oak wilt outbreaks. Five of 55 counties are free of infection. program includes ground crews and cutting infected trees, with U S Forest Service test plots to gauge methods. Citizens urged to report diseased trees to authorities as the disease has spread to about 11 000 trees in 50 counties since 1951.
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Charleston
West Virginia
John T. Johnson
Ohio
Brooke
Whster
Craig
U. S. Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Department of Plant Pathology
West Virginia University
Youth Kills Dad Protects Mother in Philadelphia Incident
John Dominick, 14, an honor student, was held on a homicide charge after striking his father Michael, 42, with a baseball bat during a dispute in Philadelphia. He says he stopped the beating of his mother and fled, later returning to defend her as she urged him to call police.
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Philadelphia
John Dominick
John
Michael
Barron Spells Redistricting as WV Sees One House Seat Loss
Atty. Gen. C. Donald Robertson states the act reduces five members of four state boards from service once it takes effect. The extraordinary session can consider only items in the governor’s proclamation, except Senate confirmation of governor appointments since the last session remains a standing item.
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West Virginia
U. S
House of Repre- Atty
C. Donald Robertson
Senate
NAACP meeting set for 3 p.m. at John Stewart Methodist Church
The NAACP will hold a meeting today at 3 p.m. at John Stewart Methodist Church to discuss local civil rights concerns and community outreach.
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NAACP
John Stewart Methodist Church
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and Surrounding Areas
Death notices from Thelma Wallace Dalton and several others detail services in Bluefield Virginia Keystone and surrounding towns. Thelma Dalton wife of Lew H Dalton Graham High principal died in Bluefield Sanitarium with funeral at First Methodist Church Bluefield. Funeral plans list pallbearers and flower bearers. Burial at Maple Hill Cemetery follows. Other obituaries include Ella Aunspaugh of Keystone and John R Bean of Avondale with services at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Saeger and Collins Ridge Cemetery Avondale. Rena B Watson of Gary dies of heart attack with services at Temple of Castlewood Va and burial at Temple Hill Cemetery. Survivors listed for each. Funeral home details indicate timing and visitation.
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Lewis H. Dalton
Graham High School
First Methodist Church
Bluefield
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glenn F. Lippie
Dalton
Bluefield Sanitarium
C. A. Wallace
Honaker
Ada Jessee Wallace
Way- Va
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J. K. Porterfield
Rey Tate
W. M. McGlamery
B. B. Slemp
L. H. Bradley Jr
Litz Armbrister
Paul Jackson
M. R. Louthan
Frank Denardo
Wesleyania
First Methodst Church
Graham Elementary
Delta Kappa Gamma
Ella Aunspaugh
Keystone
Huntington State Hospital
James Aunspaugh
Tazewell
I. W. Britten
Keystone Baptist Church
Terry Aene Sam Snider
Woodlawn Comeracy
Bluewell
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
John R. Bean
Mary Neal
Avondale
Adria
McDowell County
Nannie Hobstetter
Portsmouth
Ohio
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Golconda
Lewis Bean
Jackson
Artemas Bean
Otto Bean
Rena B. Watson
Gary
Jack V. Watson
Gary Methodist Church
Order of Eastern Star
White Shrine
Welch
Paul Watson
Jack Watson
Tempa
Fla
Temple Hill
Castlewood
Sixteen Safety Awards Given Food Drivers
Sixteen employees of Fairmont Foods Co in Bluefield Virginia received safe driving awards. Recipients include George Miller with 13 years as well as Carlos Worrell and John Brooks with eight and ten year pins. Other honorees cover seven to twenty year service periods.
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Fairmont Foods Co
Bluefield
George Miller
Carlos Worrell
John Brooks
B. Guy Elam
John Coon
Ernest Moye
Audry Spence
Ballam
Melvin Hall
William Thompson
Edgar Hale
Verne Spence
George Wallace
Summer Classes Start Monday at Glenwood Park
Summer classes at the Mercer County Vocational School Glenwood Park begin Monday June 5 at 8 30 am. Students may board county school buses along routes including Weyanoke Springton Matoaka Lashmeet Kegley Princeton Glenwood Roseville Nemours Brush Fork Bluefield and Glenwood Park. One unit awarded for completion of courses.
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Mercer County Vocational School
Glenwood Park
Weyanoke
Springton
Matoaka
Lashmeet
Kegley
Princeton
Glenwoodwell
Roseville
Nemours
Brushfork
Bluefield
Bluefield Avenue
Princeton Avenue
Ireson Dies Merchant of North Tazewell at 82
Henry Frank Ireson 82 of North Tazewell Va died Saturday noon after a long career as a retail merchant there. He was active in the North Tazewell Methodist Church and a charter member of the local Woodmen of America lodge. Survived by wife and seven grandchildren. Funeral at North Tazewell Methodist Church with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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Henry Frank Ireson
North Tazewell
J. C. Ireson
W. Grant Ireson
Palo
Stella Blackburn
New York City
N. Y
Rhea Moore Sr
Tazewell
Clarence E., Ireson
Williamson
Peery-St. Clair
Aerojet fires world’s largest solid-fuel rocket motor
Aerojet-General Corp test-fired a 55 ton 30 foot long solid-fuel rocket motor delivering about 500000 pounds of thrust. Dan Kimball said the event proves large rockets can be built in segments and joined before firing, surpassing previous U S thrust records.
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Sacramento
Calif
Aerojet-General Corp
United States
Titan
Aerojet
Dan A. Kimball
Kimball
Sheriff Faces 2000 Sticker Debacle Over Welcome Posts
Huntington sheriff Harold Frankel ordered 2000 tourist welcome windshield stickers and had deputies place them on cars near hotels. County Court president Fred Lunsford called the move foolish and wasteful. Frankel will redraw the purchase and pay $15.41 out of pocket, urging progress in county government.
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Huntington
Harold Frankel
Fred Lunsford
Frankel
Lunsford
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