Senate Debate Opens On Strauss Confirmation In Senate
Senator Schoeppel opened debate on Strauss for secretary of commerce amid warnings of pressure from both sides. Johnson warned against manipulating the process as Magnuson noted opposition to confirming a Cabinet nominee. debate paused for tributes to Eisenhower, Marshall, and Ambassador Bar on Silvercrays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creary Ton
Andrew Foel
R-Kan
Lewis L. Strauss
Schoeppel
Strauss
Couse
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Schoéppe
Senate
Eisenhower
Magnuson
Warren G. Magnuson
Dwash
Senate Commerce Committee
George C. Marshall
Baron Silvercrays
Johnson
George A. Smathers
Dfla
Trauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Report Details Excess Levies Impact on West Virginia Schools
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce reports that elections on excess levies in the past 90 days will raise 6.399 million dollars more in operating revenue for 1959-60, with bonds totaling 27.72 million across six counties. About 394000 students live in counties with excess money, and total 1959-60 spending on buildings and operations is projected at 143 million dollars.
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Charleston
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Explorers Continued From Page One Names and Relations
Mrs Gertrude C Emerson of North Attleboro Lt D P Hays mother Mrs Lisa Hays of Lee's Summit Lt John S Woravka brother Alex C Woravka of Cleveland Sgt Harold S Ripslinger father Frank Ripslinger of Saginaw Sgt Robert E La Montte father John D La Montte of Lake Linden Sgt Guy E Shelley father Guy Shelley of New Cumberland Sgt Vernon L Ford father Buford V Ford of New Boston Sgt Samuel R Adams wife Dorothy Mae Adams of Eureka This list repeats with other family ties and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude C. Emerson
North Attleboro
Mass
D. P. Hays
Lisa Hays
Lee’s Summit
John S. Woravka
Alex C. Woravka
Cleveland
Ohio
Harold S. Ripslinger
Frank Ripslinger
Saginaw
Mich
Robert E. la Montte
John D. la Montte
Lake Linden
Guy E. Shelley
Guy Shelley
New Cumberland
Vernon L. Ford
Buford
Ford
New Boston
Samuel R. Adams
Dorothy Mae Adams
Eureka
Ill
Mercer Board declares transfer order complete and matter closed
The Mercer Board states its position on disclosure saying everything to divulge has already been disclosed and the transfer order is in effect. It asserts the WVEA has no jurisdiction and that its obligation is to the people of Mercer County.
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WVEA
Mercer County
Smith Fannie Belcher Smith obituary and funeral details
Mrs Fannie Belcher Smith 84 of Littlesburg died Friday evening at her son Luther Allen Smith home. Survived by four sons two daughters 23 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren and many relatives. Funeral Sunday 2:30 p.m. Smith's Chapel Church with Rev S B Broughman. interment Smith Cemetery Littlesburg. Memorial Funeral Directory in charge.
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Fannie Belcher Smith
Littlesburg
Luther Allen Smith
Princeton
Joseph and
Mary Etta Bruce Belcher
Robert Lee Smith
Ray Smith
H. L. Daugherty
Etta Brookman
Elsie Crey
Lawrenceburg
Obituary: William M. Fields of Cedar Bluff Dies at 69
William Martin Fields 69 of Cedar Bluff Va died Friday in a Richlands Va hospital after a yearlong illness. Survived by Bertha Norman Fields wife two daughters Elizabeth Burnett and Mrs Frank Preston five sons William C Fields Thomas W Fields Henry Fields Jim Everett Fields and Ollie Fields four brothers James Ray Ernest and Robert Fields Funeral Sunday at 3 pm at Cedar Bluff Presbyterian Church with Dr A B Williford officiating Burial in Green Hills Cemetery Claypool Hill Va Hurst Scott Funeral Home Richlands Va in charge.
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Bella Jones
Roderfield
Welch
Roderfield Christian Church
Paul Mahaffey
Jaeger Memorial
Jones
Fayette County
Thomas
Elizabeth Dakin
William Martin Fields
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Bertha Norman Fields
Elizabeth Burnett
Frank Preston
Spriggs
William C. Fields
Akron, CO
Thomas W. Fields
Princeton
Henry Fields
Hanover
Jim and
Everett Fields
Ollie Fields
Bluefield
Maggie Mutter
Detroit
Mich
James
Ray
Ernest
Robert Fields
Cedar Bluff Presbyterian Church
A. B. Williford
Green Hills Cemetery
Claypool Hill
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Security Chief Urges Action Over Communist Travel
John W. Hanes Jr., top State Department security official, urged Congress to close a loophole after the Supreme Court’s passport ruling. He said active American Communists could travel abroad unimpeded, aiding their alleged conspiracies. He testified amid a House Un-American Activities hearing where four witnesses faced questions.
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Washington
State Department
Congress
John W. Hanes Jr
Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Supreme Court
Hanes
Martin Popper
New York City
Victor M. Berman
Sidney M. Efross
Silver Spring
Elizabeth Boyton Millard
Five year old Ann Cole dies in Detroit hospital
Five year old Ann Carol Cole man formerly of Bluefield and Charleston died Friday in a Detroit Michigan hospital. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Coleman with a brother Jim Coleman and grandparents on both sides. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Also Mrs. Roca Jackson Calloway a Beckley resident died Thursday in Newark Delaware at 1 pm. She and her husband resided there for five months. survivors include her mother Denita Jackson of Beckley and she was a niece of Mrs. Hugh Peters Bluefield. Body will be sent to Bluefield and held at Mercer Funeral Home.
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Melvin Thomas Lyons
Baltimore
Premier
Lyons
Jesse Lyons
Anna Fain Lyons
Anna Lyons
Martha Anh
Charles Lyons
Mullens
Earl
Bluefield
Ernest
Walter Lyons
Indianapolis
Ind
Evelyn Rucker
Ida Lyons
Serah Mathers
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Rucker
Ann Carol Coleman
Charleston
Detroit
Mich
James Coleman
Jim Coleman
J. C. Hodges
A. P. Coleman
Williamson
Roca Jackson Calloway
Beckley
Newark
Del
Calloway
Denita Jackson
Hugh Peters
North Street
Mercer Funeral Home
Bank Hunting Lost 113200 in Cash After Armored Truck Stop
In Los Angeles the Bank of America and the FBI retraced an armored truck route after 113000 plus cash vanished between the central vault and a Slauson Avalon branch. Receipts show the money was on the truck leaving the vault and investigators probe a possible misdelivery. The bag contained 5000 in fives and 40000 in tens along with 60000 in twenties 4000 in fifties 4000 in hundreds and 200 in twos.
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Los Angeles
Bank of America
FBI
Slauson and
Ava
Lon Avenues
Louis Weiss
Bob Kitchen
North Hollywood
Slauson- Avalon
Funeral notices for Pruttt, Bane, Bouldin and McConnell
Herbert C Prutt of Bluefield dies age 31 with services at Bratton Memorial Chapel Mercer and interment Walnut Grove Cemetery. Robert A Bane of Burkes Garden Va 56 with service 2 p.m. Monday at Parrott Va Methodist Church and burial there. John A Jr Bouldin 37 of Narrows Va service 1 p.m. today at First Baptist Narrows with interment Stevens Cemetery White Gate. Ida McConnell 69 of Gate City Va service today 11 a.m. at Gate City Methodist Church interment Holston View Cemetery.
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Pruett
Herbert C
Fourth Street
Bluefield
Bratton Memorial Chapel
Mercer
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Bouldin
John A. Jr
Narrows
First Baptist Church
Stevens Cemetery
White Gate
McConnell
Ida
Gate City
Gate City Methodist Church
Holston View
City Engineer Starts Bluefield Street Plans
The City Engineer's Office prepares specifications for three Bluefield street projects Hill Ave from Route 52 west Wheeling Ave and a section of East Drive bids to be opened June 23. Notices to contractors will go out early next week. On-site work continues on streets with contracts already awarded as Barton says construction will begin soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Hill Ave
Wheeling Ave
East Drive
E. C. Barton
Bartion
Youth Drowns In Rescue Try At West Fork River
In Clarksburg West Virginia Ralph Westfall 18 from Mount Clare drowned Friday while attempting to rescue 11 year old Donna Sue Perine of Webster Springs at Camp Good Turn on the West Fork River. Dan Simpson, a city truck driver, rescued Perine but Westfall did not survive. His body was found about 12 feet deep an hour and fifteen minutes later near the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Ralph ‘Westfall
West Fork
J. McIntyre
Westfall
Mount Clare
Here
Perines
Webster Springs
Donna Sue Perine
Camp Good Turn
Rebels Predict Nicaragua Win
Rebel leaders led by Enriquio Lacayo Farfan said their anti Somoza movement will triumph in two to three weeks. They claimed two fronts are formed near Managua and a third along the coast in Leon state while await further signals from Costa Rica. The OAS asked Caribbean governments for invasion information as Somoza claimed his 2000 man army holds rebels on the run and dismissed arms shipments from Cuba.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Luis Somoza
Somoza
Enriquio Lacayo Farfan
San Jose
Costa Rica
Havana
Lacayo
Leon
Washington
Organization of American States
OAS
Cuba
Reid Sworn In As Israel Ambassador
Ogden R. Reid was sworn in Friday as U S ambassador to Israel one day after Senate approval. He thanked Eisenhower and the State Department and said he looks forward to serving the United States in Israel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ogden R. Reid
U. S
Israel
Senate
Robert Murphy
Reid
Department of State
Eisenhower
State Department
Murphy
United States
New York Herald Tribune
Foreign Relations Committee
Substitute Postal Clerks Are Needed in West Virginia
Bluefield Postmaster Arnold G. Porterfield announced the ongoing need for substitute postal transportation clerks across West Virginia. Salaries start at $2 an hour with annual raises, 10 percent extra for night work, and potential promotions to supervisory roles on a competitive basis. Porterfield highlighted job security, sick leave, vacation time, low cost insurance, and liberal retirement. applications are available at the Bluefield Post Office on North Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Bluefield
Arnold G. Porterfield
Porterfield
Bluefield Post Office
North Street
Seven Indicted In Conspiracy Over Arms Shipment
In Miami seven people including Dominican Consul Augusto Ferrando and Miami police officer Joseph Liquori were indicted for conspiracy to smuggle arms to Batista’s Cuba. The May 22 seizure at Miami International Airport involved a plane loaded with guns destined to aid Batista against Fidel Castro.
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Miami
Fla
Tampa
Dominican Republic
Miami International
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Batista
Toledo
Ohio
Cleveland
Samuel E. Poole Jr
Bartone
Poole
Julio Laurent
Cuba
Liquori
Ferrando
William B. Lankford
Wallace Shanley
Neubauer
Trento
Colle
Newark
Lankford
Shanley
Genovese Wins Jail Release on Appeal Bond
Vito Genovese, long described as king of the rackets, won bail to appeal his narcotics conspiracy conviction. The U S Court of Appeals granted $150000 bail pending appeal after his April 17 detention. He left the federal detention center smiling, having been convicted with 14 others last April 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vito Genovese
U.S. Court of Appeals
Genovese
U.S. District Court
Federal House of Detention
United States
Underworld
Apalachin
N.Y
Atlantic Highlands
N.J
Ground Air Missiles In Successful Attack
Ground launched Bomarc and air launched Genie rocket attack two jet drones over the Gulf of Mexico about 115 miles from Eglin AFB Florida. Bomarc scored a direct hit on one drone while Genie achieved a near miss on the other, both under SAGE control at Gunther AFB Alabama.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Eglin
Air Force
Montgomery Air Defense
Gunther Afb
Ala
Truck Collision Kills Four Children in Mulvane Area
Four children of a Mulvane family died and their mother was seriously injured when a truck collided with their auto southeast of Mulvane on Friday. Victims are Ruth Ann Lewis 10 Ronald 8 Allan 4 and Mark 1. Rex Minson 38 of Udall the truck driver was among the injured.
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Mulvane, Kans
Mulvane
Here
Ruth Ann Lewis
Ronald
Allan
Mark
Wichita
Rex Minson
Udall
Kans
West Virginia and Virginia warm with scattered thundershowers
Partly cloudy and warm weekend with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. West Virginia highs 80 to 85, mountains in the 70s. Virginia similar outlook with highs 80 to 85 and mountain areas in the 70s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Virginia
Dynamite Planted on Rock Island Train Track
A suitcase with dynamite was placed on Rock Island Railroad tracks in Des Moines before a passenger train with about 200 people arrived. The fuse burned twice but failed to detonate. no injuries occurred. R. E. Johnson of Chicago, Rock Island VP operations, was among the train crew.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Rock Island
R. E. Johnson
Chicago
West Des Moines
George Shuck
Agency Would Drop Office At Princeton
Railway Express Agency Inc. seeks to discontinue its Princeton agency and serve Princeton with collection and delivery from Bluefield. Public Service Commission considered the request after a Friday hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Charleston
Railway Express Agency Inc
Public Service Commission
Railway Express
Bluefield
Riots quiet in Guayaquil after three days of violence
Guayaquil residents return to normal life after three days of deadly rioting that left 24 dead and 150 injured. President Ponce imposed martial law to quell the unrest as troops maintained order. Authorities blamed students for initial clashes but saw little political motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Pacific
Camilo Ponce
Republic
Luis Ricardo Pineiras
Ponce
Pineiros
Auto Thieves Here Twice Are Thwarted
Police thwart two car theft attempts in Blue field last night. Two boys are suspected after a 9 05 p m report of a vehicle moved from 2009 Walton Ave to a yard where it struck a tree and a pole. A second attempt on 808 College Ave failed when the ignition key broke. Officer Roby Brown investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Walton Ave
Betty Asbury Myles
Jefferson St
Harry P. Saunders
College Ave
Augusta St
Ferndale
Roby Brown
Coal production rises in Southern West Virginia fields
Coal River Kanawha Logan Williamson in Southern West Virginia show stronger May week one output than 1958. Coal River is 7.3 percent ahead, Logan 13.4 percent ahead, Williamson 15.2 percent ahead, Kanawha trimmed losses to 10.4 percent behind after starting May 1959 at 11.8 percent behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Coal River
Kanawha
Logan
Williamson
Water Shortage Reported Acute
Los Angeles area officials warn of a critical water shortage threatening safety and welfare as population growth outpaces capacity. Glendale Public Service chief Lauren Grayson cites inadequate collection, storage and treatment, urging immediate reform and noting projected demand could surge 270 percent in 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Eee
Lauren W. Grayson
Public Service Department of
Glendale
Grayson
American Water Works Assn
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Waste Charged In Foreign Aid Waste Charged In Foreign Aid
Washington AP report states House Foreign Affairs Committee faulted foreign aid administration for waste laxity inefficiency and in at least one instance graft and corruption. The panel trimmed the year’s aid bill to 3 642 600 000 and urged a new inspector general and comptroller at 19 000 annual pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
International Cooperation Administration
Craig Jury Convicts Fisher Of Murder
Craig County Circuit Court jurors convict Howard Preston Fisher of second degree murder for the torch death of his wife Annie Greenway Fisher on December 5. The punishment is set at 10 years in the penitentiary after about two hours of deliberation.
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New Castle
Howard Preston Fisher
Craig County
Fisher
Annie Greenway Fisher
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Fannie B. Smith
Mrs
Melvin T. Lyons
William M. Fields
B. L. Livingstone
Mrs. Roca Calloway
Jan Black
Ringling School of Art
Sarasota
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