Senate debate opens on Strauss confirmation
Washington Senator Schoeppel opened debate on Strauss nomination for secretary of the interior amid warnings of a long fight. Senator Magnuson said he opposes, while Johnson warned against pressure tactics. Strauss, former Atomic Energy Commission chairman, faced broad scrutiny as confirmation proceedings began.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Senate
Strauss
Washington
Andrew Fr
R-Kan
Lewis L. Strauss
Schoeppel
Democra
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower
Magnuson
Warren G. Magnuson
Senate Commerce Committee
George C. Marshall
Baron Silvercruys
Johnson
Lee
George A. Smathers
Dfila
Excess levies report outlines WV school funding 1959 60
The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce reports excess levies will add about 6.399 million to operating revenue for 1959 60, with 35 counties affected. New levies in 22 counties under the Better Schools Amendment push rates to maximum 100 percent in many areas. Building bonds in 30 counties total 68 million dollars, while total school expenditures for 1959 60 are projected near 8 million for buildings and 107 million for operations.
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Charleston
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Explorers list of family members and ties
The continued Explorer page lists multiple relatives and spouses connected to explorers. Names include Mrs Gertrude Emerson North Attleboro Mass Li D P Hays and Lisa Hays Lee's Summit Mo Lt John S Worawka and Frank Ripslinger Saginaw Mich Sgt Robert E La Montte and John D La Montte Lake Linden Mich Sgt Guy E Shelley and Guy Shelley New Cumberland Pa Sgt Vernon L Ford and Bu ford V Ford New Boston Ohio Sgt Samuel R Adams and Dorothy Mae Adams Eureka Ll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude
Emerson
North Attleboro
Mass
D. P. Hays
Lisa Hays
Lee's Summit
John S. Worawka
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
Ohio
Samuel R. Adams
Dorothy Mae Adams
Eureka, Ll
Mercer Board Declares Disclosure Complete and Case Closed
The Mercer Board states it has divulged all information and the transfer order is in effect. They argue the WVEA has no jurisdiction and emphasize the board’s obligation to Mercer County residents, declaring the matter closed.
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Ppt
WVEA
Mercer County
Deaths and Funerals Salute Local Notables
Mrs. Fannie Belcher Smith, 84, of Littlesburg, died at her son Allen Smith home Friday evening. Survived by four sons, two daughters, five sisters, three brothers, 23 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Services Sunday 2:30 p.m. at Smith's Chapel Church. burial in Smith Cemetery. Memorial Funeral Directory in charge. Also funeral for Mrs Bella Jones, 76, of Roderfield, 2 p.m. at Roderfield Christian Church. burial Kaeger Memorial Cemetery. Melvin Thomas Lyons, 40, of Baltimore, former Premier resident, died Tuesday after heart attack. survived by wife Anna Lyons, daughter Martha Anh, four brothers, three sisters. body moved to sister Mrs Rucker's home.
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Fannie Belcher Smith
Littlesburg
Allen Smith
Princeton
Joseph and
Mary Etta Bruce Belcher
Robert ‘Lee Smith
Ray Smith
H. L. Daugh‘erty
Etta Brookman
Elsie Crey
Lawrenceburg
Ezra
Allen
Arthur Belcher
Smith's Chapel
Bella Jones
Roderfield
Welch
Roderfield Christian Church
Paul Mahaffey
Kaeger
Melvin Thomas Lyons
Baltimore
Premier
Atre Lyons
Jesse Lyons
Anna Fain Lyons
Anna ‘Lyons
Martha Anh
Charles ‘Lyons
Mullens
Earl
Bluefield
Ernest
Walter Lyons
Indianapolis
Ind
Evelyn
William Fields 69 Cedar Bluff Va dies after long illness
William Martin Fields 69 of Cedar Bluff Va died Friday in a Richlands Va hospital after more than a year illness. He is survived by his wife Bertha Norman Fields two daughters Elizabeth Burnett and Mrs Frank Preston five sons William C Fields Thomas W Fields Henry Fields Jim and Everett Fields Ollie Fields four brothers and a sister. Funeral services will be Sunday at 3 p m at Cedar Bluff Presbyterian Church with Dr A B Williford officiating. Burial will be in Green Hills Cemetery Claypool Hill Va. Hurst Scott Funeral Home of Richlands Va in charge.
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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 Official Urges Passport Rules After Court Ruling
John W. Hanes Jr the State Department security chief told the House Un American Activities Committee the Supreme Court passport decision created a hole in defenses and urged new legislation to allow denying passports to Communists and subversives four witnesses had earlier refused to answer questions about party membership while four others had passports issued after denial in 1958. The witnesses included Martin Popper Viector M Berman Sidney Efross and Elizabeth Boyton Millard all associated with New York and Silver Spring Md.
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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
Department
Hanes
Martin Popper
New York City
Viector M. Berman
Sidney M. Efross
Silver Spring
Elizabeth Boyton Millard
Bank Hunting Lost 113000 Reveals Missing Armored Cash
Bank of America and the FBI retrace armoured truck routes after an estimated 113 200 disappeared between the central downtown vault and the Slauson Avalon branch. Receipts confirm the money rode the truck but were missing upon arrival after 17 stops. Delivery men Louis Weiss and Bob Kitchen reported the bag contained 5000 in fives 40000 in tens 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
Avalon Avenues
Accdent
Louis Weiss
Bob Kitchen
North Hollywood
Slauson- Avalon
Five year old Ann Cole man dies in Detroit hospital
Ann Carol Cole man of Bluefield and Charleston died Friday in a Detroit hospital. Survived by parents James and unnamed mother, one brother Jim Coleman, maternal grandparents J C Hodges of Bluefield and A P Coleman of Williamson, funeral arrangements incomplete. Mrs Roca Jackson Calloway of Beckley died Thursday in Newark Delaware. survived by husband and her mother Denita Jackson of Beckley. niece of Mrs Hugh Peters Bluefield. Body sent to Bluefield for Mercer Funeral Home arrangements.
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Ann Carol Coleman
Bluefield
Charleston
Detroit
Mich
James Coleman
Jim Coleman
J. C. Hodges
A. P. Coleman
Williamson
Roca Jackson Calloway
Beckley
Newark
Del
Mr. Calloway
Denita Jackson
Hugh Peters
North Street
Mercer Funeral Home
Funerals announced for PRUETT, BANE and McCONNELL
Herbert C. Pruett 31 of 314 Fourth Street Bluefield at Bratton Memorial Chapel Mercer 2 p.m. today. Interment Walnut Grove Cemetery. Robert A. Bane 56 of Burkes Garden Va 2 p.m. Monday Methodist Church Parrott Va Interment Parrott. Ida McConnell 69 Gate City Va today 11 a.m. 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
McConnell
Ida
Gate City
Gate City Methodist Church
Holston View
Engineer's Office Starts Street Plans in Bluefield
City Engineer E. C. Barton announced three street projects in Bluefield with bids to open June 23. Plans cover Hill Ave from Route 52 west, part of Wheeling Ave, and a section of East Drive. Notices to contractors go out early next week before a 2:30 p.m. bid opening at the Director's meeting.
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Bluefield
Hill Ave
Wheeling Ave
East Drive
E. C. Barton
Barton
Youth Drowns In Rescue Attempt At West Fork River
Clarksburg AP Ralph Westfall 18 from Mount Clare drowned Friday while carrying Donna Sue Perine 11 across the West Fork River to Camp Good Turn. Donna Sue was saved by Dan Simpson who later learned Westfall had been guiding her. Westfall’s body recovered in 12 feet of water about an hour after disappearance.
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Clarksburg
Ralph ‘Westfall
West Fork
Carl McIntyre
Westfall
Mount Clare
Here
Perines
Webster Springs
Donna Sue Perine
Camp Good Turn
Dan Simpson
City
Donna Sue
Simpson
Rebels Predict Nicaragua Win
Rebel leaders claim their threats to President Luis Somoza's regime are just beginning and that their movement will triumph in two to three months. Enriquio Lacayo Farfán says rebels reorganized on two fronts near Managua and a third along the coast, while the OAS moves to request information about the invasion that began May 31. Somoza says his 2,000‑man army has the rebels on the run and denies Cuban arms ships.
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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
Reid sworn in as Israel ambassador after Senate approval. Reid, former president and editor of the New York Herald Tribune, thanked President Eisenhower and the State Department and said he looks forward to serving the United States in Israel. He praised Israeli progress and aims to meet its people.
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Washington
Ogden
Senate
Robert Murphy
Reid
Department of State
Eisenhower
State Department
Murphy
United States
Israel
New York Herald Tribune
Foreign Relations Committee
Substitute Postal Clerks Needed in West Virginia
Bluefield Postmaster Arnold G Porter announced ongoing need for substitute postal transportation clerks for mail transport units across West Virginia. Salaries start at $2 per hour with annual increases and generous retirement benefits. Information and applications are available at the Bluefield Post Office on North Street.
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West Virginia
Bluefield
Arnold G. Porterfield
North Street
Seven Indicted in Conspiracy Ties to Batista Coup
Seven people including Dominican Republic consul Augusto Ferrando and Miami policeman Joseph Liquori were indicted in Miami on charges connected to a May 22 seizure at Miami International Airport of a plane loaded with guns and ammunition. The group allegedly planned to ship arms to support a Batista removal effort in Cuba, with several defendants accused of offering bribes to customs officials and coordinating shipment from Newark to Miami. Julio Laurent, a Batista naval operations chief, was named as a coconspirator but not indicted.
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Miami
Fla
Tampa
Dominican Repubs
Miami International
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Batista
Dominican Republic
Charles Colle
Larry Lamarca
Union
N.J
Sidney Neubauer
New York
Augusto Ferrando
Joseph Liquori
Leonard Trento
Newark
Dominic E. Bartone
Toledo
Ohio
Cleveland
Samuel E. Poole Jr
Bartone
Poole
Julio Laurent
Cuba
Liquori
Ferrando
William B. Lankford
Wallace Shanley
Neubauer
Trento
Colle
Lankford
Shanley
Genovese Wins Jail Release After Appeal Bail Posted
Vito Genovese, longtime rackets figure and reputed Mafia leader, wins release on bail of 150000 to appeal narcotics conspiracy conviction. He walked out of court smiling after posting bond, having been jailed since April 17. Genovese, 61, was sentenced to 15 years and a 20000 fine. He faced charges tied to an international narcotics operation and was linked to the Apalachin meeting. He resides in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey.
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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 scored direct and near hits on two jet drones over the Gulf of Mexico about 115 miles from Eglin Air Force Base. The Air Force called the test 100 percent successful, controlled by the SAGE system at Gunther AFB Alabama.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fila
Gulf of Mexico
Eglin
Air Force
Montgomery Air Defense
Gunther Afb
Ala
Truck-Auto Collision Kills Four Children in Mulvane
Four children from a Mulvane family died in a truck auto crash southeast of Mulvane. Ruth Ann Lewis 10 Ronald 8 Allan 4 and Mark 1 were killed. Their mother was seriously hurt and Rex Minson 33 of Udall the truck driver was injured, all taken to a Wichita hospital.
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Mulvane
Kans
Here
Ruth Ann Lewis
Ronald
Allan
Mark
Wichita
Rex Minson
Udall
Weather Outlook West Virginia and Virginia Weekend
Partly cloudy and warm Saturday and Sunday with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. West Virginia highs 80 to 85, cooler in the mountains around 79. Virginia highs 80 to 85, mountains in the 70s.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Train Misses Dynamite Blast
A suitcase filled with dynamite was placed on Rock Island Railroad tracks in Des Moines Iowa before a passenger train. The fuse was lit but the train wheels cut it and the charge did not explode. No injuries were reported.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Rock Island
R. E. Johnson
Chicago
West Des Moines
George Shuck
Agency Would Drop Office At Princeton
Charleston AP reports Railway Express Agency Inc seeks authority to discontinue its Princeton agency and transfer collection and delivery operations to Bluefield, moving the service location while maintaining access for customers.
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Princeton
Charleston
Railway Express Agency Inc
Bluefield
Rioting Ends in Guayaquil After Three Days of Bloodshed
In Guayaquil Ecuador normal life resumed after three days of fierce riots that killed 24 and wounded 150. Martial law remained in place with 450 arrests. authorities pointed to a feud between a recruit and a captain and downplayed political aims while noting possible electoral impact.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Pacific
Auto Thieves Here Twice Are Thwarted
Police thwart two car theft attempts in Blue Field last night as two suspects, described as two boys, are believed responsible. At 9:05 p.m. a vehicle owned by Mrs. Betty Asbury Myles was pushed from Walton Avenue, veered into a yard, and struck a tree and utility pole. At 9:20 p.m. Harry Saunders’s car on College Avenue was moved toward Ferndale, but a broken ignition key halted the theft. Officer Roby Brown investigated both incidents.
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Bluefield
Walton Ave
Betty ‘Asbury Myles
Jefferson St
Harry
P. Saunders
College Ave
Augusta St
Ferndale
Roby Brown
Coal Production Up In Southern West Virginia Fields
In early May Coal River Kanawha Logan and Williamson coal fields show gains over 1958. Coal River is 7.3 percent ahead Logan 13.4 percent ahead Williamson 15.2 percent ahead Kanawha started May 11.8 percent behind but improved to 10.4 percent behind.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Coal River
Kanawha
Logan
Williamson
Acute Water Shortage Warns of Public Health Risk
Glendale Public Service Department chief engineer Lauren W. Grayson warned at a General Federation of Women's Clubs event that the United States faces a critical water shortage. He cited inadequate collection, storage, and transport facilities and projected a 270 percent rise in demand in 25 years, urging massive investment and policy action.
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Los Angeles
Lauren W. Grayson
Public Service Department of
Glendale
Grayson
American Water Works Assn
General
Federation of Women’s Clubs Convention
Waste Charged In Foreign Aid
The House Foreign Affairs Committee criticized foreign aid administrators for waste laxity and inefficiency in the 3.6426 billion dollar bill for the year starting July 1. They proposed an inspector general and comptroller at 19000 dollars yearly to establish fiscal controls.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs
Eisenhower
Craig Jury Convicts Fisher Of Murder
Howard Preston Fisher was found guilty of second degree murder in the torch death of his wife Annie Greenway Fisher in Craig County Virginia. A jury fixed his punishment at 10 years in the penitentiary after more than two hours of deliberation. The case drew steady crowds over the three days of the trial.
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New Castle
Howard Preston Fisher
Craig County
Fisher
Annie Greenway Fisher
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William M. Fields
B. L. Livingstone
Mrs. Roca Calloway
White Gate
M. A. Fae
Tin
Jan Black
Ringling School of Art
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Ponce
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