Publicized Runaway Bridegroom Marriage Ends in Annulment
Palm Beach Florida June 4 One of the year s briefest marriages ends in annulment when Mrs. all Havens 67 sues Percy Herman 49 alleging he induced her to marry and then abandoned her in a Virginia motel after absconding with cash and jewelry later recovered by FBI. Herman faces charges with Kathleen M Magler in New York and Richmond Va for transporting assets out of state.
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Palm Beach, Fla
All Havens
Beach
Percy Herman
Haven
Havens
Herman
Fredericksburg
FBI
New York
U. S
Kathleen
Richmond
Mexico
Weather summary for mid-Atlantic and Ohio Valley regions
The report notes fair and cooler conditions in Virginia and Maryland with highs in the low 70s, fair and cool in West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania with mid 60s to high 60s, and fair to warmer conditions in Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee with highs mostly in the 60s to 70s. A Washington report covers 24 hours ending 7 p.m. with temperature and rainfall data.
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Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Washington
WF Weather Bureau
Pearl Harbor Prober Maj Gen McCoy Dies in Washington
Maj. Gen. Frank R. McCoy aged 79, member of the Pearl Harbor inquiry commission and later president of the Nazi saboteurs military court, died at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Funeral set for Fort Myer chapel, Arlington burial. Survived by wife Frances, sisters Margaretta and Hannah, brother John Howard McCoy.
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Washington
Frank R. McCoy
Pearl Harbor
U.S
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Fort Myer
Arlington National Cemetery
McCoy
John J. Pershing
Lewistown
Frances
Margaretta
Hannah McCoy
John Howard McCoy
Cranford
Richlands Woman's Club Wins Honors In Essay Contest
In Denver on June 4, Arial Kinard a 15 year old from Fort Bragg North Carolina won the top prize in the General Federation of Women's Clubs Essay Contest for the theme What America Means to Me. The award includes an expense paid trip to New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington. Richlands Virginia Intermediate Woman's Club also earned top honors in press and publicity for the year with a first place citation and a $50 savings bond for the city of Richlands Virginia.
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Denver
Arial Kinard
Ft. Bragg
Fayetteville
N. C
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
America
New York City
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Richlands
Ed. M. Anderson
os press and _ publicity vo
Intermediate Woman's Club
Richlands Va
Deaths and Funerals Listings Across Regions
Numerous obituaries and funeral notices span Virginia and West Virginia communities. Louis Owens Neel of Indianapolis dies suddenly at 43 with services at Broyles Funeral Home Union and Carmel Cemetery Gap Mills.
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Louis Owens Neel
Indianapolis
Ind
Broyles Puneral
Union
Carmel
Gap Mills
Mrs Ruth Bogle Mitchelson Dies in Patrol Mich
Ruth Bogle Mitchelson died Wednesday night in Patrol Michigan after a short illness. Funeral services will be at Lonnie Lurber home in Pocahontas Virginia with Rev Frank Reedy presiding. Interment will be in Music Cemetery near Pocahontas. Survived by her husband Geneseve. Body to be taken to residence today at 2 p.m. by Pocahontas Union Funeral Home.
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Ralph Wolfe
Marion
Jessup
First Methodist
Round Hill
Seaver Funeral Home
Cora Cundiff
Princeton Ave
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Woodlawn Cemetery
Dorothy Cardwell
Mary Kincer
Grover
Edward
George
Wytheville
Robert
A. J. Ar
Cregger
Cooper
Alma Young
Marie Smith
Bristol
Oscar
Gordon
Walter
Andrew
Mt. Ephrian Church
Gene Holdredge
L. D. Mayberry
Wytheville Order of the Oaks
Barnett
Ruth Bogle Mitchelson
Patrol Mich
Lonnie Lurber
Pocahontas
Frank Reedy
Music Cemetery
Geneseve
Pocahontas Union
Deaths of Mrs. Janie Shultz and Mrs. Josephine Patterson
Two long obituary notices from West Virginia and Virginia communities. Mrs. Janie Shultz, 76, of Rich Creek, Va., dies after a long illness at her daughter’s home in Rich Creek with survivors including two sons and two daughters. service at Rich Creek Baptist Church with interment in Williams Cemetery. Mrs. Josephine Patterson dies at her daughter’s home in Elkhorn Keystone, born in Rocky Mount. survived by three sons, siblings, eleven grandchildren, and nineteen great grandchildren. funeral at Mount Chapel Baptist Church with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.]]
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Liddy Justice
Kemper
Lendo Justice
Clinard
Alvie
Steele, Ky
Albert
Sidney Smith
Feds Creek
Clarence May
Monroe Taylor
McAndrews, Ky
Garney Justice
Matewan
Robert Leady
D. J. Blevins
John Ander
Kemper, Ky
Minnie Sloane
Louisa May
Tildon May
Emily Sloane
McAndrews
Dixie Sloane
Ohio
Robert Barney
Leonard West
Phillips Cemetery
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Janie Shultz
Rich Creek
R. K. McDonald
Green Valley
Monroe County
Peterstown
Frank Short
Clarence McDonald
Aubrey Meadows
Virgil Spear
Lacey Crowely
John Hansbarger
Mary Adair
Josephine Patterson
Keystone
Laura Hughes
Elkhorn
Rocky Mount
Zack
Emma Patterson
Samuel Patterson
Paul
Russell
Felix
Bluefield
Boyd
Ruth Hickman
Lucy Patterson
Mount Chapel Baptist Church
L. A. Watkins
Alexander Gregory
Oak Brove
Crozier Temple Church
Missionary Society of
Bland Woman In Critical Condition After Car Crash
A 22 year old Bland Virginia woman Wanda Christine King remained on the critical list at Bluefield Sanitarium after a Wednesday night collision near Bland. Her husband Garland Brown King escaped injury when the car she rode with him rolled and skidded along Route 21.
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Bland
Bluefield Sanitarium
Wanda Christine King
Garland Brown King
Route 21
Guillaume Named Army M'Carthy Chief Of Staff
Paris reports Gen. Augustin Guillaume named chief of staff to succeed Gen. Paul Ely as French commander in Indochina. Guillaume, 58, formerly resident general in Morocco, has long served in North Africa and held posts from Vichy to Allied campaigns. In Washington, McCarthy era hearings loom with signals of possible Senate action and calls for fair procedures.
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Paris
Augustin Guillaume
Charmed
Paul Ely
Indochina
Guillaume
Morocco
North
Africa
Germany
Mystery Death Verdict Withheld In Staunton
C Ben Moseley deputy U S marshal resignate found dead in upstairs room at Staunton home. No external wounds noted. Autopsy planned. no verdict until completes. Moseley was Staunton GOP treasurer and University of Virginia graduate with two children and a widow. Burial set at Thornrose Cemetery after funeral at Staunton Funeral Home.
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Staunton
C. Ben Moseley
Resignate
R. R. Cline
Charles
Cline
Moseley
Charles F. Gaylord
GOP
Western Virginia
University of Virginia
Blue Ridge Storage Co
R. T. Moseley
Mirth
Emily
Raymond H. Anderson
Emily Moseley
O. C. Noble
Greenville
Qualifying Dates Set For Governor's Cup Handicap
Qualification shooting for the Governor's Handicap Golf Tournament opens at Blue Field Country Club today and runs through June 13. Qualifiers may use scores to enter the U S National Open against Ben Hogan acc aa Schorr. The first 32 low nets form the first flight with the next 8 for the third. 16 of Governor's flight are second. Players must register at the Golf Shop when qualifying. first round matches must be played by June 27.
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Bluefield Country Club
Ben Hogan
Acc
Aa Schorr
Schorr
Lausse Stops Rindone For 17th Straight Win At MSG
Eduardo Lausse from Argentina won his 17th straight fight with a technical knockout of Joe Rindone of Boston in 1:28 of the second round at Madison Square Garden. Lausse weighed 156 pounds to Rindone's 161, delivering a sharp left hook that knocked Rindone to the canvas and led to the stoppage.
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New York
Eduardo Lausse
Argentina
Joe Rindone
Boston
Madison Square Garden
Lausse
Rindone
Cowen
Joey
Harry Kessler
Kessler
Bobo Olson
Ae Joey
San Francisco
Veteran French Golfer Wins Fifth Amateur Title
Henri De La Mare of France defeated Clarke Hardwicke of Los Angeles 4 and 3 to capture France's amateur championship for the fifth time. Hardwicke, at 35, reached a major final for the first time. The final was played in Paris.
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Paris
Henri de la Mare
France
Clarke Hardwicke
Los Angeles
Bogs Preserve Early Norse Remains Through Tannic Acid
National Geographic Society notes that pagan northern European rites included human sacrifices. Bog burials preserved remains remarkably well due to tannic acid, producing lifelike forms.
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Europe
National Geographic Society
Explosions near Charleston resemble atomic blast eyewitness accounts
Witnesses described five giant blasts at the Institute plant of Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co. near Charleston. Shattered glass, falling walls, and a mushroom-cloud-like smoke column were reported as fires raged within a 15 mile radius affecting Spring Hill, South Charleston, Dunbar, and Institute.
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Relive Pieeway
Institute
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co
Charleston
Spring Hill
Dunbar and Institute
Pete Droddy
Dreddy
Charles White
Tous
Wiehanawonak
U. S
Five Reds Meted Prison Sentences
Four Communists were sentenced to five years and one to three years in federal prison by Judge Roy W. Harper for conspiring to overthrow the government by force. William Sentner, Robert Manewirtz, James Forest, and Marcus A. Murphy received five years. Dorothy Forest got three years. The group had been free on bond since conviction after a 46 day trial, the longest in federal court here.
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Missiouri
Forest
Dorothy
Construction Strike Ends With 10 Cent Hourly Increase
In Wheeling a labor dispute ending May 18 halted area construction. Unions accepted a 10 cent per hour across the board raise and more than 5,000 workers will return to work Monday. The settlement followed three days of meetings led by Walter F. Gantz with mediation services and officials from the Ohio Valley Contractors Assn and construction trades council.
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Wheeling
Ohio Valley
APL
Construction Trades Council
Ohio Valley Contractors Assn
Walter F. Gantz
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Building Trades
Concord Summer Term Enrollment Rises to 768
Enrollment for the Concord College 1954 summer session rose to 768 as of June 3 with registrar S L McGraw noting 648 enrolled last year for the comparable term, a net increase of 120 students. The registration period extends to July 9 1954 and a second six week term begins on a specified date and runs through August.
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Concord College
S. L. McGraw
Fishing Outlook Bright for Weekend in Several Counties
The Conservation Department reports mostly clear and normal conditions for the weekend fishing. Barbour and Putnam counties show good fishing, with Pocahontas County streams up slightly. Green Bay County areas depend on rainfall, while western county streams run slightly high but clear. Bluestone Reservoir and Summers Raleigh waters are clear and normal, and Monroe County waters range from milky to clear.
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Charleston
Conservation Department
Barbour
Putnam
Pocahontas County
Green Bay
Bluestone
Summers
Raleigh
Monroe County
Armistice talks in Geneva stall over Indochina policing role
West and East officials wrangled for hours over who should supervise an Indochina armistice. Molotov pressed inclusion of Poland and Czechoslovakia, the West rejected. Laos and Cambodia oppose joint treatment of Viet Nam, Laos, and Cambodia. U N involvement rejected due to nonmembers. Military talks continued without results.
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Geneva
Indochina
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Poland
Czechoslovakia
United States
Korea
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
U.N
Engineer With 32 Years Experience Removed By State Road Commission
Charleston reports the removal of M. H. Sickler after 32 years as right of way engineer for the Road Commission. Richard Dean Heironimus of Davis, an attorney, is named to succeed him. Gov. Marland says the commission wanted a lawyer in the post. the Public Administration Service helped study the agency.
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State Road Commission
Charleston
M. H. Sickler
Road Commission
Stickler
Commission
Richard Dean Heironimus
Davis
Department of Employment Security
Stickker
Marland
Public Administration Service
Chicago
McCarthy Demands Scrutiny in Army Hearing Tangle
In continued testimony, McCarthy pressed for release of Army records including Stevens White House talks. Stevens warned such disclosures would require pulling many items together and risk exaggeration. Mundt said McCarthy had gone off on a one-man crusade based on prior events not revealed.
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White House
Army
McCarthy
Mundt
Stevens
Adams
Frank Carr
Joseph N. Welch
Henry Dworshak
Idaho
Carr
Symington
Senate
Congressional
House
Homer Ferguson
Republican Policy Committee
Senator McCarthy
Fort Montmouth
Syming
Zwicker
Joe
Committee
Cohn
Eisenhower
R-Sd
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Asheville
Cincinnati
Los
Prober
Richlands Woman’s Club
Louis
Neel
E. C. Honaker
Elbert Clark Honaker
Honaker
St. Luke's Hospital
Cathleen Horne
Thelma Horne
Toneytown
Lois Honaker
Alden Honaker
Camp Pickett
Ivan
Nathan
Bertha Cole
Radford
Julia Harris
Lena Belcher
Washington, D. C
Tunnel Hill Church
Roby Rasnake
Honaker Funeral Home
Ethel Thornton
Ethel V. ‘Thornton
Bramwell
Lynchburg
George W
Emma Green O'Brien
Francis A. O’brien
West Palm Beach
Fla
Cecil Cowan
Department of Public Assistance and Welfare Work
Mercer County
Lyndirg
Mrs
J. M. Long
James Madison Long
Red Sulphur Springs
First National Bank
J. Kemming
J. J. Pickens
Red Sulphur Cemetery
Red Sulphur Community Circle
Ray Long
Otis Long
Frank Long
Homer Long
P. Long
C F. Raines
Riffe
Narrows
James C. Roe
James C., Roe
Clintonville
Harrison Family
Thompson Valley
Suman Thompson Valle
Jake
Jaeger
Pattyne
Alonzo HO
Alonzo Houseman
Wytheville, Va
Dorcus Crockett Houseman
Henry P. Pruett
English
Welch
Mr. Pruett
Liberty Hill
John
Nancy Pruett
Bartley No. 1
Bill Ruble
Lula Barrett Pruett
Dewey
Barley
Ray
Jonesboro
Junior
Detroit
Vernie
Oregon
Frank Thomas
Casey Jones
English Methodist Church
Billy Mick
Maple Hill
Fanning Funeral
Ruth Mitchelson
M’carthy
Senate Trene
Francis Carr
Stuart Symington
Committee On
Warn Colleagues
Wisconsin
Hiram Bingham JR
Conn
Connecticut Manufacturers’ Association
Tom Blanton
Tex
Wayne Morse
Normandy
L. T. Gerow
Fifth Corps
Gerow
Manton Eddy
Concord
Peer Executive Secretarial Secretaria Medical Legal Court Reporting
Federal Street
Blusfield, W. Va
Outlook
Armistice Police
M‘carthy
Mington
Schine
Bluefield, W. Va
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