Holston Conference to Install Four New Superintendents
In Chattanooga today the Holston Conference announced four district superintendents for Wytheville Abingdon Big Stone Gap and Clinton to take office for the next year. The conference also set next year’s meeting location Knoxville and completed delegate selections for the General and jurisdictional conferences.
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Wytheville
Abingdon
Big Stone Gap
Holston
Chattanooga
Tenn
The
Methodist Church
Roy H
Virginia
Clinton
C. P. Hardin
Church Street Methodist Church
Knoxville
Hardin
Minneapolis
Lake Junaluska
N. C
W. G. Brown
H. L. Jackson
Dublin
Earl Blazer
Maryville
B.C. Graybear
Radford
Carroll Long
Johnson City
Lynn Sheeley
Morristown
C. D. McHaffey
H. M. Russell
Tazewell
Queece Smith
W. Debusk
Greeneville
Co. É “Sherrod
R. N. Kinsey
Neil Ensminger
Athens
C. B. Ketron
Oak Ridge
D. Trigedames Sr
Robert H. Duncan
Earl G. Hunt
C. E. Lundy
Cleveland
Badham G. Hodge
Mack B Stokes
Candler School of Theology
Atlanta
Wythe
Marvin 8. Kincheloe
F. B. Shelton
Madisonville
Conference Colleges’ Board of Trustees
Emory and Henry
Tennessee Wesleyan
Bishop
Nashville
Miner's Body Recovered From Kanawha River
The body of Lyle James Pauley a 32 year old unemployed Cabin Creek miner missing since last Tuesday was found in the Kanawha River in Charleston Acting coroner Earl Arthur ruled the death an accidental drowning Pauley of Miami had gone to Charleston to obtain a State Mines Department certificate which was recovered with the body He had one dollar in his possession at the time of his departure
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Charleston
Cabin Creek
Kanawha
Earl Arthur
Lyle James Pauley
Miami
Pauley
State Mines Department
Aliso
Arthur
C&O Inspector Dies In Railroad Mishap
Clyde H. Gunter aged 29, a Chesapeake and Ohio airway car inspector from Daniels Raleigh County, died at Gauley Bridge in a railroad accident. Funeral home attendants said he fell beneath railroad cars.
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Gauley Bridge
W. Va
Clyde H. Gunter
Chesapeake and Ohio Airway
Daniels
Raleigh County
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
Obituaries list Isaac M Hager 79 of Narrows Va survived by wife Cora Burton and children including B H French. Lucille Cuthbertson dies Bluefield with service at Bradshaw and Hollywood Cemetery. Ratliff infant Mary Alice survives parents and siblings. George W Cross 56 formerly of Tazewell dies in Arizona. George W Horn 57 of Pilgrims Knob dies. Sallie Osborne 73 of Bradshaw dies. Underwood twins born yesterday die at Bluefield Sanitarium with graveside service in Rock Cemetery.
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Isaac M. Hager
Isaac Marion Hager
Near Narrows
Cedar Grove Christian Church
Wolfe Creek Road
Riffe Funeral
Sallie French
Cora Burton
Narrows, Va
8. H. French
Narrows
Lake of
Lucille Cuthbertson
Jer" Parton Braid
David Meachum
Archie 8. Booker
W. C
R. H. Crosier
Richmond
G. A. Cuthbertson
Cuthbertson
Staunton
Bluefield
New Bedford
Mass
W. ¢. Kidd
W. R. Graham
Percy Gillie
Lee Anderson
Dr. C. R. Hughes
Elmo Agee
Lowell
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Ronceverte
Broyles Funeral Home
The
Rock Cemetery
Craven
Montcalm
Radford Begins Second Term as Joint Chiefs Tough Guy
Adm. Arthur Radford starts a renewed two year term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is portrayed as a hard line figure influencing U S policy toward Asia while denying warlike aims. President Eisenhower and Defense Secretary Wilson express confidence in his leadership.
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Washington
Adm
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Red China
Asia
Radford
Eisenhower
Defense Wilson
Radord
U. S
State Department
Pentagon
Wilson
Dulles
United
JCS
Russia Proposes Cold War Basketball Exchange Series
Moscow proposes a 10 game series in the United States next December with American college teams. In return a West Coast college all star squad would tour the Soviet Union from July 1 to August 15, 1956, for 20 matches with Russian teams across 16 republics.
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Moscow
Frank Walsh
San Francisco Basketballomoter
Soviet Union
United States
Walsh
Browns Sign Two More For 1955 Grid Season
Cleveland Browns announce contract signings for 1955 with Rick Spinks the top Border Conference ground gainer last season and Ken Gorgal a veteran defensive back joining the team for the coming season.
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Browns
Cleveland
Rick Spinks
Ken Gorgal
Cleveland Browns
Pro
Professor Seeks to Trim Congress to 300 Members
Ithaca journalist John W. Garrett reports 94 year old Prof Walter F Willcox, Cornell statistician emeritus, advocates shrinking the U S House from 455 to 300 and revising apportionment rules to reflect population shifts with a plan limiting growth and altering state allocations. He cites past success in slowing growth and believes new methods could pass within 30 years. Willcox notes the constitution guarantees one representative per state and outlines how his plan would distribute seats based on census data.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Walter F. Willcox
Cornell University
Willcox
House of Representatives
U. S
Congress
House
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Vandenberg
J. Q. Tilson
Connecticut
W. Sterling Cole
House Committee On the Judiciary
New York
Michigan
Weather outlook across Mid-Atlantic with warm weekend risk of storms
Maryland sees fair warm conditions with highs around 77 to 84 and late day thundershowers possible on the Eastern Shore. Virginia remains warm with a few scattered thundershowers inland and west. West Virginia Ohio Kentucky Tennessee feature partly cloudy to mostly warm days with scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers, while Western Pennsylvania expects sun and warmth followed by late afternoon storms. Washington reports temperatures and rainfall data through 7 p.m.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Eisenhower to Make Five June Trips
President Eisenhower will embark on five June trips including a West Point reunion and address, a visit to Pennsylvania State University to see his brother Milton Eisenhower, a Civil Defense relocation drill, a UN opening ceremony in San Francisco, and a six day fishing tour of New England with Maine as a stop. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Eisenhower on the West Point flight.
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Washington
Eisenhower
West Point
United Nations
West Coast
Maine
Military Academy
Tomarry
Tuesay
Brother
Pennsylvania State University
Milton Eisenhower
White House
San Francisco
New England
Vermont
New Hampshire
Big Four Level Talks Tentatively Scheduled In Geneva
Washington reports that subject to Russian agreement a top level four power talk will open in Geneva on July 18. The United States has withdrawn objections to Geneva and will seek Moscow's consent. Lausanne or Stockholm were earlier suggested alternatives with Vienna favored by the Russians. The plan calls for a brief Eisenhower meeting with British and Soviet leaders to map general tensions and potential easing, with formal talks to follow by diplomats.
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Washington
Geneva
Great Britain
France
Moscow
Eisenhower
Dulles
Lausanne
Switzerland
Stockholm
Vienna
Russia
Engagement Serenaded by Five-Band Proposal in Columbus
Circleville trombonist Chuck Magill brought five OSU marching band members to serenade fiancee Nancy Bessey of Columbus outside her home. The 21 year old proposed with a ring as the band played Melody of Love and Those Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That of Mine.
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Columbus
Ohio
Chuck Magill
Magill
Circleville
Ohio State University
Nancy Bessey
Nancy
Chuck
West Grid Squads Adds 2 Hard-Driving Backs
West Milford W V June 4 Two hard driving backs were added today to the West squad for the Monongahela Valley Senior Bowl game at Clarksburg July 29 West coach Joe Michaels of West Milford High School said he had added Alex Waitkus of Thomas High and Bert Scott of West Union to the team The additions bring to 10 the number of players on the West team which will face an East Squad coached by Jimmy Feltz of Monongah
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West Milford
W. Va
Clarksburg
Joe Michaels
West Milford High School
Alex Waitkus
Thomas High
Bert Scott
West Union
Jimmy Feltz
Monongah
West Virginia Press awards honor juvenile delinquency series and flood photos
Beckley hosts WVPA Better Newspaper Contest awards for a juvenile delinquency series and flood photography. Winners include reporters from Charleston, Wheeling, Fairmont, Buckhannon, Weirton, Beckley, and Princeton with firsts in news writing, editorials, local columns, sports stories, and photography across divisions.
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WVPA
Beckley
West Virginia Press Assa
Beiswinheare Ware
Ed Wemitie Wees
Princeton
Athens
Hinton
Huge Cochran
Wheeling News Register
Chuck McGhee
Charleston Daily Mail
Lewis Abbott
Charleston Gazette
J. D. Maurice
Beckley Raleigh Register
Thomas F. Stafford
Fairmont West Virginian
Richard Parrish
Weirton Daily Times
Earle Veee
Weston Democrat
Princeton Observer
Buckhannon Record
Sistersville
Tyler Star News
A. R. Kelly
The
Marlinton Journal
George Lawless
Adrian Gwin
Eugene L. Scott
Beckley Post - Herald
John W. Barger
Keyser Mineral Daily News - Tribune
Neil H. Shreve
Earle V. Wittpenn
R. H. Ralston
Robert Earle
Creel Cornwell
Weston Independent
Aubrey Crawford
Rex Woodford
Hinton Daily News
Buckhannon Republic - Delta
Spencer Times Record
Piedmont Herald
Glenville Pathfinder
A. E. Hennen Jr
J. F. Dent
W. E. Chilton III
Edward Zierold
ITI
Ralph Tinney
Roane County
Ralston
Bernard Palausky
Harry Seawell
Parkersburg News
Frank Wilkin
Charles‘on Gazette
Jack Zierold
Don Crislip
Richwood Nicholas Republican
Howard Hiner
Buckhannon Republican
H. E. Fretwell
Buckhannon
Republican Delta
Frank Wilkins
E. T. DuMetz
Har] Benton
Navy midshipmen depart for summer training in Europe and Virginia
About 2 400 cadets from the first to third classes embarked in 18 warships at Annapolis for an eight week program to ports in Southern England and Spain, while 700 more sailed to Little Creek Virginia for two weeks of amphibious and air training. Sweethearts and families watched as vessels Iowa and New Jersey led the squadron toward Norfolk to join the Naval Reserve officer training course. The week follows graduation with 59 weddings planned in the Academy chapel and surrounding churches.
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Annapolis
Naval Base
Cad
Rls
England
Spain
Te Veginia
Latimer
Little Creek
Sicily election seen shifting toward center and right
In Palermo Catania and Messina editors forecast Sicily regional assembly results will move from the Communist Left to the Center and Right. They note the island’s unique stance and caution against interpreting Sicily results as national fate.
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Palermo
Sicily
Catania
Messina
Rome
Mario Scelba
Caltagirone
Italy
Scelba
Mediterranean
Maine
Europe
Graham Prepares Paris Campaign
American evangelist Billy Graham held a preliminary Paris meeting ahead of his campaign opening tomorrow at Velodrome d'Hiver. About 700 attendees, including 500 French residents and 200 Americans, heard a five point program urging prayer belief work sacrifice humility and smiles. Graham said he is thrilled and expects success beyond expectations.
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Paris
Billy Graham
d'Hiver
Graham
Bradley's Bridal Shop Promotes Summer Wardrobe and Weddings
City and Coalfield Bradley's Bridal Shop sees busy activity with weddings and vacations. The ad touts wedding gowns, vacation clothes, Grenhaven suits, and coats on clearance. It highlights Adele Simpson, Paul Parnes, Oleg Cassini, Herbert Sondheim designs and Midprice dresses, with accessories for any costume.
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Bradley's Bridal Shop
Bradley
Adele Simpson
Paul Parnes
Oleg Cassini
Herbert Sondheim
Keyser Man Elected IOOF Grand Patriarch
M W Oates of Keyser was elected grand patriarch at the 88th IOOF grand encampment in Huntington. The event drew over 100 delegates. next year’s convention will be in Parkersburg. Other officers named include Kenneth Kayser, Lewis County high priest. Robert L. Cooper, senior warden. Paul W. Stoudt, junior warden. D. McCardle, scribe. Chin ton W Fielder, treasurer. Glenn Criss remains national lodge representative. Foresters estimate most US sawamber growth occurs in the South.
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Huntington
M.W. Oates
Keyser
Order of Odd Fellows
Glenn Criss
Clarksburg
Oates
Parkersburg
Kenneth Kayser
Alum Bridge
Lewis County
Robert L. Cooper
Paul W. Stoudt
D. McCardle
Cameron
Chinton W. Fielder
Weirton
Criss
National Lodge
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Marion Lowe Gross
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Peach Creek
Ted
Greeverneral
Betty Justice
McDowell County
Evelyn Jones
Gloria Gross
Charles B
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Letty Stuart
Perry
Walter
Lloyd
Christiansburg
Henry
George W. Horn
Pilgram’s Knob
Albert Ball
Grat Horton
Japan
Mr. Horn
Richlands
Sallie Osborne
Sallie Cyphers Osborne
Bradshaw
Baptist Church
Cyphers
Bartley
Billy Mick
R. Leddingham
Grace Hospital
Welch
By Don Whitehead
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Ithica Journal
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Wayne County News
Kyle McCormick
Prince Observer
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Spencer Times - Record
Adam R. Kelly
Sistersville Tyler Star News
George Holbrook
Skip Johnson
Charleston /Gazette
John F. Rose
Wallace Knight
Monroe Worthington
Millie Martin
Academy
Hawkins
Bluefield, Virginia
Cravens Funeral Home
Montcalm, W. VA
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