Board Denies Montclair-Maryland Zoning Change Request
At yesterday’s meeting the board unanimously rejected a rezoning proposal at the corner of Pee to Maryland Ave turning four lots into a area. A protest group of about ten in the district spoke as a larger turnout was hindered by a storm. Tanner urged traffic lights and lighting along College and Jefferson to curb speeding and requested paving talks on Main View. The city will stage a joint meeting with officials and attorneys next week to discuss paving. The board also OK’d K. V. Thomas for the firearms service panel and a CAA hearing on northern and southern air service. Three building permits were approved for repairs on Powell, College Ave, Jones St, and Greenbrier St.
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Jome Elizabeth Charlton
Pee
Maryland Ave
T. Courtney Tanner
Tanner
The
of College
Jefferson Tanner
Augusta
Mountain View
Main View
Soena
Rockbridge St
K. V. Thomas
Firearm
Civil Service Commission
CAA
W. M. Black
N. Powell
Mary A. & Queenie V. Long
College Ave
Harry White
Jones St
Niel Woodson
Greenbrier St
British Pastor Praises Graham Crusade Over London
A British pastor declared Billy Graham's New York crusade larger and deeper than a London event years earlier. After three weeks at Madison Square Garden 17,500 attended the latest service, with total readings at 74,500 dollars and 12,684 surrender responses, including 636 decisions tonight.
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New York
Billy Gratan
Graham
Lonon ‘Ares
Tere
Madison Square Garden
Christ
Peterstown Sees Record Voter Turnout in Municipal Election
The Peterstown municipal election produced the largest vote total in the town’s history with 219 ballots cast. Frank R. Spencer was elected mayor and James Webb won the recorder seat. Incumbents Clauce L. Rowe N. A. Buckland and E. B. were reelected to the council. Robert O. Dillon and Mrs. Hugh F. Hughes joined the council.
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Peterstown
Frank R. Spencer
James Webb
Clauce L. Rowe
N. A. Buckland
E. B
Robert O. Dillon
Hugh F. Hughes
Two Coal Firms Cited By Commission For River Pollution
The State Water Commission cited two Boone based coal firms, Coal Co. and Boone Coal Corp, ordering their representatives to appear at a later hearing to show cause why their operations should not be halted for polluting the river. The secretary John was instructed to notify the firms of the hearing date.
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State Water Commission
Ena
Ines Commission
John One
Land Coal Co
Boone Coal Corp
Boone
Tennessee Wesleyan Grants Degree to R R Webb
Richard Ralph Webb was among 87 seniors receiving degrees at Tennessee Wesleyan College on June 1. He is son of D H Webb of Bluefield.
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Historic Tennesseeesleyan College
Tennessee
toWeee
D. H. Webb Bluefield
Bus and Truck Collision on Route 460 Near Princeton
A Trailways bus and a truck collided on Route 460 east of Princeton, injuring 19 people with minor bruises and a leg cut to the bus driver, William Arch Pruett. The truck overturned blocking the highway near a truck stop. traffic routed around the scene as passengers sheltered at a nearby inn.
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Trailways
Princeton
Wiliam Arch Pruett
Cedar Bluff
L. P. Mullins
Fountain Park
Mullens
Plemmons and Irvins
Winston-Salem
N.C
Charles Edward McGee
Virginia State Lines
Trailways System
Contipeee Lines
Alexanta
George Robert Hill
Oakvale
Governor Cecil H. Underwood to Address Bluefield Chamber Dinner
The 53rd Annual Dinner Meeting of the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce will feature Governor Cecil H. Underwood as speaker on June 10 at 7 p.m. in the West Virginian Hotel Ballroom. Three firms will be honored with Pioneer Certificates for 40 years of service in Bluefield, including Bluefield Shoe Co Lillyoe Co and Warlick Ancre Co. A special edition of the Daily will be published Sunday June 9 commemorating the event and the governor’s visit.
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Cecil H. Underwood
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
West Virginian
Pee
Bluefield
Sh Shoe Co
Lillyoe Co
Warlick Ancre Co
Oe Pererner
Tazewell Cops Return From Denver With Man
Tazewell County Sheriff E. P MecGrothlin and Deputy Sidney Walter brought back a man sought for a Blufielda Virginia robbery in April. FBI involvement followed his escape to Denver where he was captured, reportedly working for a carnival at the time. Extradition papers were served, and the man was indicted in the May term of the Tazewell County Circuit Court.
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Tazewell
E. P MecGrothlin
Sidney Walter
Blufiela
Earp
FBI
Denver
Tazewell County
Sawmill findings to be presented to Tazewell men
Bennie Cobb of the TVA Division of Forestry Relations will lead a June 6 meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Tazewell National Bank assembly room to discuss a study of 58 sawmills in the Tennessee Valley. The session covers log factors like species, diameter, length, defects and tree position affecting lumber grade, with charts to explain the features. The event is open to all interested persons.
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Tazewell
Tennessee Valley
Tazewell National Bank
Bennie Cobb
Division of Forestry Relations
T.V.A
Japanese Radio Hams Track Imaginary Satellite Path
About 5000 amateur radio operators in Japan join efforts to trace the path of a supposed satellite. The Japan Amateur Radio Association announces the activity and has organized the tracking operation with national scope.
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Tokyo
Japan Amateur Name Assn
Ry I A
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Mollie Akers 63 of Beeson
Mollie Akers 63 of Beeson died Sunday morning at Princeton Memorial Hospital after two years of declining health. She was a Methodist, wife of William Hiley Akers, and mother of Lacy Earl and Vester Akers. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. from Old State Road Freewill Baptist Church, burial in Peyton Cemetery. Stephen Mathena 40 of Jenkin Jones died of a heart condition at Bluefield Sanitarium. He leaves wife Vivian Crist, two sons Stephen Ployd and Philip Westeyg, parents Mr. and Mrs T Mathena, and two brothers. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at Jenkin Jones Methodist Church, burial Woodley Cemetery. Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Beeson
Princeton Memorial Hospital
The
Charles
Virginia Pettry Peyton
William Hiley Akers
Methodist Church
Lacy
Earl
Vester Akers
Douglas Peyton
Old State Road Freewill Baptist Church
Spanishburg
Peyton Cemetery
Benson
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Stephen Mathena
Jenkin Jones
Bluefield Sanitarium
Vivian Crist
Pocahontas
Stephen Ployd
Philip Westeyg
T. Mathena
Falls Mills
Robert Mathena
Boissevain
Roy Mathena
Abbs Valley
Jenkin Jones Methodist Church
Larry Greenwood
Diarg
Woodley Cemetery
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Obituary for Charlie Franklin Cook Hillsdale farmer
Charlie Franklin Cook 77 of Hillsdale died at his home Tuesday. He was a farmer and member of Fairview Christian Church Keenan. He is survived by wife Florence Canterbury Cook a daughter Louise Johns Akron Ohio four sisters Edith Butler Ora Price Bessie Correll Lena Li. Funeral and interment in Gates Cemetery with body remaining at the funeral home.
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Charlie Franklin Cook
Hillsdale
Fairview
Funeral Rites Set For Mrs Matilda Colley In Breaks Virginia
Funeral services will be today at 11 a.m. for Mrs Matilda Colley 84 who died Monday at home in Breaks Virginia with Reverends Martin Hadley Edwards Henry Viers and Rene Singleton in charge Interment will be in the Colley Cemetery at Fame Virginia Mary Phillips of Pineville died yesterday afternoon at 5 oclock after a long illness Survivors include husband J W Phillips six daughters four sons and a granddaughter The body is at Foglesong Funeral Home Pineville with arrangements incomplete
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Matilda Colley
Martin and
Hadley Edwards
Henry Viers
Rene Singleton
Colleyry
Fame Va
S. Mary Phillips
Pineville
J. W. Phillips
James Jordan
Charleston
Jack Cook
Mullens
Harry Lambert
Chicago
Ill
Gladys Pendy
Jacksonville
Fla
T. E. Hall
Freeman
Mary Ann Phillips
Roy
Winding Gulf
Drewy
George
Paul
Foglesong Funeral Home
Hope Ranks Law Commission Told
CHARLESTON June 4 Hope Natural Gas Co ranks to ward the bottom of Consolidated Natural Gas Co sister companies, PSC heard today. Herbert C. Johnson testified about Hope finances during three day rate hearing. Hope seeks about 14 percent higher rates and roughly 2 300 000 more yearly gross income. He said Hope was toward the bottom last year due to higher costs across operations. Johnson denied using profits from one unit to shore up another. The hearing also covered financing policies and federal taxes affecting Hope. Thomas Morrissey of Standard & Poor s will testify tomorrow on rate of return.
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Hope Natural Gas Co
Consolidated Natural Gas Co
Public Service Commission
Herbert C. Johnson
Consolidated
Hope
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Fairmont
Parkersburg
Johnson
Hillis Townsend
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Tech
T. D. Kauffelt
Walter Kronke
Malcolm Lonan
Thomas P. Morrissey
Standard & Poor's
Morrissey
Brownell Reports on Communist Party Registrations
Gen Brownell told President Eisenhower and Congress that the Communist Party appears to shift from national operations to organizing state and local groups. The report covers Justice Department actions under the Subversive Activities Control Act through May 31 and notes six fronts cleared in court along with actions against the party itself.
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Washington
Brownell
Eisenhower
Congress
Justice Department Oe
Communist Party
Nest Is Demolished, Couple Adopts Birds
TORONTO June 4 A neighbor shoved a robin's nest from a window prompting Mr and Mrs John Watson to adopt the two surviving hatchlings They placed a nest in a bird cage by their third floor apartment window and the mother robin now feeds the young each day with worms The couple watch the birds fly in daily to tend their offspring
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Toronto
John Watson
Mamma
Obituary notices for Seeton Blaylock and Wintz in West Virginia churches
Notices report multiple funeral arrangements. George G. Seeton 79 of Missionary Baymist Church Spencer's Curve near Anawalt to be buried at Wassom Cemetery Atkins at 2 p.m. Mrs. Jesse W. Blaylock 32 of Anawalt to be interred Woodlawn Cemetery after services at Conklintown Church of God near Jenkin Jones. Arthur M. Wintz 51 of 1116 Princeton Avenue Bluefield to be buried Spring Hill Cemetery Charleston after 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Chapel Charleston.
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George G
Missionary Baymist Church
Spencer's Curve
Anawalt
Wassom
Atkins, Va
Blaylock
Jesse W
Conklintown Church of God
Jenkin Jones
Woodlawn
Wintz
Arthur M
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
Barlow-Bonsall
Charleston
Spring Hill
Annual Meeting Of CAR Opens In Bluefield WV
Delegates of West Virginia Society of Children of the American Revolution arrive in Bluefield for the 17th convention. Miss Dorothy Buckton of New York City, national CAR president, attends as an honored guest. Barbara Honaker presides. theme centers on West Virginia coal and railroads with activities from registration to a banquet by Norfolk and Western official Lawrence Helm.
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West Virginia Society
Bluefield
Virginian Aa
Dorothy Buckton
New York City
Buckton
Lydia Boggs
Mie Society
Princeton
Nancy Ann Fleshman
Lyle Gage
Peggy Moore
Margaret McKenzie Society
Roger Hughes
Princeton Group
Barbara Honaker
West Virginia
Fast Freight
Moe
Norfolk and Western Railway
Fleshman
Eis
Susan Addingvice Sident
Lydia Boggs Secor
Barbara Gage
Marjorie Bowen
Miss Honaker
Lawrence Helm
Helm
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Oakhurst
Worker Shortage Forecast Across Prime Working Age
Charleston June 4 Ewan Clague commissioner of labor statistics warned at the Kana wha Welfare Conference that by 1965 the labor force will be short of people in the prime working years. He projected about half of the 100 million increase from 1965 would come from those over 45 and half from younger workers. He said farmers would shrink while professional workers grow, clerical and sales expand, and unskilled positions decline. A fall handbook will guide students on future job needs. Gaston of Charleston was elected president of the Welfare Council board, succeeding Marshall Buckalew of Charleston.
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Ewan Clague
Department of Labor
Kanawha Welfare Conference
Clague
Gaston of
Walfare Council
Marshall Buckalew
Queen Elizabeth Flies To Scotland For Comet II Ride
Queen Elizabeth II rode in the co pilots seat of a Somet II jetliner from Leuchars RAF base to London, a 72 minute flight seen as a confidence boost for the new Comet II. The Queen requested the flight, highlighting renewed faith in British commercial aviation after earlier Comet disasters.
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Elizabeth
Scotland
London
M.p.h
Leuchars Royal Air Force Base
Royal Sandringham Estate
Gotham Police Suppress Illicit Dice Games with Helicopters
New York police deploy newly acquired helicopters to monitor race tracks and ball parks after events. Officers radio in as crews spot groups gambling on dice and surround the scene to halt the活动.
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New York
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Towns vote in light turnout with quaint party labels
Across 150 towns in West Virginia many mayor and council contests used quaint labels like Citizens and Progres sive. Dunbar saw a Democratic mayoral win as Republicans and Democrats split council seats. Clendenin elected John D. Kennedy to a fifth term amid a three day vote. Whitesville reelected mayor H F Morgan.
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Recorder
Citizens
Clarksburg
Mangantown
Moundsville
Grafton
Kanawha County
Lawrence Barker
W. C
Doc) Noyes
Carroll F. Stewart
Floyd Jack
D. L. Salisbury
Charleston Gazette
Sam Pignato
Dunbar Democratic Executive Committee
Clendenin
John D. Kennedy
Kennedy
Citizens Party
James Jackson
Aan
Chuck Harris
H. F. Morgan
Boone County
Whitesville
Boy Finds Parents Dead In Wichita Home Shooting
A 12 year old boy returning from Bible School found Floyd W. Starkweather 58 and Pauline Starkweather 39 shot to death in their Wichita home. Sedgwick County coroner Dr. Dean Bratt called the deaths tentative homicides with a note about money matters and a will change. The boy Mike is the woman’s stepson. The couple had seven years of marriage.
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Kan
Dean Bratt
Sedgwick
Floyd W. Starkweather
Pauline
Starkweather
Aleen Dollinger
Dallas
Dr. Bratt
Mike
Czechoslovakians to Build Egypt Bicycle Factory
Prague newspapers report that Communist Czechoslovakia will build a bicycle factory for Egypt, with Vienna reporting on the development dated June 4. The project involves Czechoslovak builders and Egyptian partners, signaling expanded industrial collaboration in the region.
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Egypt
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Prague
NATO Will Surrender Port To Lufthansa
Bonn reports a plan to transfer control of a West German airfield to Lufthansa in August. The Transport Ministry says the action will repurpose the facility for civilian airport use.
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NATO
Lufthansa
Bonn
Wahn
Sa Transport Ministry
Weather TEMPERATURES WASHINGTON June 4
Weather bureau report shows temperatures and rainfall across districts for the 24 hours ending 7 pm. Readings reflect conditions across the capital region with notable highs and general rainfall data for the period.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Rai
Eisenhower to send message for Truman Library dedication
Washington reports President Eisenhower will have a message read at the July 6 dedication of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence Missouri. Truman will turn over the $1.75 million library to the federal government, funded by private contributions. The library houses Truman’s presidential papers valued at about $17 million.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
Independence
Truman
Thebrary
Eee
Franklin Gaome
Nce
Hagerty
Hie
Ploete
Pact Conference Faces Obstacles in Middle East Focus
The Pact Conference struggles over whether the alliance should intervene in Kashmir India Pakistan disputes and how far to expand membership. United States and allies push to limit actions to halting Communist influence while weighing full membership amid Egyptian and Arab world opposition.
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India
Pakistan
Kashmir
United States
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Headoe Oe OS
Eee
Washington
Quaint
Egypt
Road Users Warn of Problems with Interstate Expressway
Charleston June 4 Arthur C Butler told the West Virginia Highway Users Conference that the interstate expressway plan faces issues unless users and citizens stay vigilant. He noted about 225 miles of the 41 000 mile network would pass through West Virginia and urged states to seek proper federal funding and avoid toll roads that could dilute interstate construction.
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Charleston
Arthur C. Butler
West Virginia Highway Users Conference
Butler
Washington
Gene Underwood
Patrick C. Graney
West Virginia
High Butler
Tazewell County Treasurer Resigns. Greever Named Successor
Judge W L Sexton Jr announces the resignation of County Treasurer W Oscar George Jr effective June 3 and appoints Edward Phillip Greever of Burkes Garden as his successor. George, a Republican, won the office in 1951 and was reelected in 1955. Greever is a farmer and mutual auto insurance representative, married to Lucy Gillespie with two daughters.
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W. L. Sexton Jr
Tazewell Circuit Court
W.oscar George Jr
Edward Phillip Greever
Burkes Garden
Nooene
George
Tazewell Farm Bureau
Bluefield
Richlands
Chilhowie
North Tazewell
Greever i
A. S. Greever
Tazewell County
Greever
Lucy Gillespie
W. M. Gillespie
Tazewell
Greevers
Seaslug Supersonic Slug Revealed by British
The British disclose Seaslug a supersonic missile capable of shooting down high flying aircraft. Details cover sustainer motor four booster rockets radar target plotting and triple ramp launcher with automatic feed. Production not yet started and launch position timing guided by radar.
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House of Commons
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