Governor keeps open mind on special session
Governor Stanley said there is nothing to lead him to call a special session at the moment though delegates including Del Roy B Davis Sr of Halifax express support. The Gray commission on public education plans to meet and decide on any recommendation, with a closed session and possible guidance for the governor.
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Halifax County
Davis
House of Delegates
General Assembly
Halifax County School Board
Gray Commission
Stanley
Weather outlook across states with cool, showery days
The forecast shows mostly cloudy and cool days across Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Western Pennsylvania. Showers are expected mainly Thursday with some lingering into Friday. Temperatures range from the 60s to mid 70s depending on location.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Lack Of Interest Halts Scheduled CD Workout
Milwaukee officials cancel a Civil Defense evacuation drill planned for eight northern suburbs after only 48 motorists volunteered to participate. The test aimed to mobilize 1,000 cars to Port Washington as part of a national Civil Defense exercise set for June 15.
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Milwaukee
Port Washington
Ray W. Rose
Whitefish Bay
West Virginia Seeks $2.78 Million for Airport Aid
Estimates for civil airport improvements over four years show West Virginia requesting 2.78 million dollars from local and federal sources. Mayor William B. Hartsfield, speaking for the American Municipal Association, submitted the figures to a Senate Commerce subcommittee as part of nationwide airport development funding.
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Washington
Senate Commerce
William B. Hartsfield
Atlanta
Ameri Municipal Assn
Iun
West Virginia
Grandma Says Shorty Still a Good Husband on 9th Anniversary
In Louisa Kentucky on June 8 an 88 year old grandmother praised her 2 year younger husband Delbert as a good mate after nine years of marriage. She noted he avoids doctors and leaves at night to visit neighbors amid an income of 33 dollars a month from an age pension.
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Louisa
Grandma
Shorty
Martha Mattie Lyons
Delbert
Dag Hollow
Lightning Strikes Navy Transport Twice During Flight
A Navy C34 transport flying from Glenview to Anacostia Naval Air Station was struck by lightning twice. One aileron was knocked off and the other damaged, yet pilot Georges I. of East Alton Illinois landed safely with 27 passengers. The strike began near West Virginia at about 10 000 feet.
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Washington
Glenview
Anacostia Naval Air Station
Georgesi Af
Harvey
West Virginia
Kilgore Probes Chrysler Curtain Back Window Comment
Senator Kilgore questions Chrysler president L L Colbert during a Senate hearing on monopolies. He jokes about a De Soto feature a curtain over the back window and laments its removal, sparking light banter with Colbert and Senator Seney.
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Washington
Sen. Kilgore
D-Wva
L. L. Colbert
Chrysler Corp
Senate
Kilgore
Colbert
Lenore
Seney
Milton Man Indicted In Mother's Murder
William Walker of Milton, 49, indicted for murder in the death of his mother Mary Walker, 86, found unconscious and died days later. The Grand Jury also indicted David Tomlin for murder over a shooting at a courthouse employee and another shooting after a nightclub quarrel.
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Huntington
William Walker
Milton
Mary Walker
Woman Reports Purse Pilfered At Church
Mrs. Robert J. Frost of Charleston told police at Ruffner Memorial Presbyterian Church she laid down her pocketbook during a Bible conference and on return found it open with $50 missing from the purse.
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Charleston
Robert J. Frost
Ruffner Memorial Presbyterian Church
Deaths 4 (F uneral) Robert H Harold
Robert H Harold 39 of Hall Ridge near Princeton died yesterday at St Luke's Hospital He was born in Tazewell Virginia son of W M and the late Mamie Harold A Army veteran Survivors include his father step mother a sister two brothers three half sisters and three half brothers with Ward R in the Air Force in Alabama The body is at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton pending funeral arrangements
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Robert H. Harold
Hall Ridge
Princeton
St. Luke's Hospital
Tazewell
W. M
Mamie Harold
Eva
Virginia Harold
Barnes L
Rufus
Annie May Brown
Goldbend
Mattie E. Bundy
Valley Ford
Washington
Leola Hill
Long Beach
Calif
Edd
Garnett
Bandy
Ward R
Air Force
Alabama
Graveside rites for six day old Brenda Stevenson
Graveside services are set for today at 1 30 p m at the new North Tazewell Cemetery for Brenda Gail Stevenson infant daughter of Oscar and Pearly Mae Stevenson of Springville Virginia. The infant died yesterday at Bluefield Sanitarium where she had been a patient since premature birth. She is survived by her parents. The body remains at Dudley Mortuary in Bluefield until the hour of services.
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New North Tazewell, Va
Brenda Gail Stevenson
Oscar and
Pearly Mae Smith Stevenson
Springville
Bluefield Sanitarium
Dudley Mortuary
Bluefield
Funeral services set for Mrs Ida Bell of Oakvale Narrows
Funeral services for Mrs Ida Fern Bell 82 of Oakvale Narrows will be held today at 3 p.m. at Oakvale Methodist Church with Rev J M Hypes and Dr Frank L Shaffer officiating. Burial follows at Oakvale Cemetery. Body at Johnston's Funeral Home and to be moved to church an hour before service. She died Tuesday in Roanoke.
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Ida Fern Bell
Oakvale
Narrows
Oakvale Methodist Church
J. M. Hypes
Frank L. Shaffer
Oakvale Cemetery
Johnston
Puneral
Bell
Roanoke
Death notice for Mona Evelyn Snapp of Bluefield
Mrs Mona Evelyn Snapp 58 of Stoney Ridge Bluefield died yesterday at home. Survived by daughter in law Mrs Tommy Staize of J ville Florida. Body at Hawkins Funeral Home.
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Mona Evelyn Snapp
Stoney Ridge
Bluefield
Tommy Staize
Jville, Fla
Hawkins Funeral Home
Dickenson Official Orders Son-In-Law Rearrest in Slaying
In Clintwood Virginia Eskar Phillips of Pound is ordered rearrested for questioning in the ambush slaying of Milton Stanley a 60 year old Nealy Ridge farmer shot returning from a potato field. Sheriff Rose says new evidence prompted the order and that family members were questioned and released.
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Clintwood
Dickenson County
Eskar Phillips
Pound
Milton Stanley
Stanley
Nealy Ridge
Phillips
Miner
John C. Rose
Commonwealth
Hansel Fleming
Rose
Tazewell Livestock Market Consignments Rise From Week
Tazewell Va June 8 The Tazewell Livestock Market opened the lamp auction with 250 head consigned Monday. Prices ranged with top calves at 21 dollars, heavies 19.80, reds 23.95, and stocker steers 14 to 18.50. Cows 12 to 13.50, canners 8.50 to 10.50. Hogs top 19.80, total consignments 1,000 head and most classes up slightly from prior weeks.
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Tazewell
Brief Solar Eclipse Rarity Shocks 20th Century Observers
Only four solar eclipses surpassed seven minutes in duration during the 20th century, making such events exceptionally rare and notable for astronomers and skywatchers.
AA to Form Permanent Assembly in Alcoholics Anonymous
At a St Louis conference from June 26 to July 3 AA will establish a permanent assembly to oversee its service functions. Led by founder Bill W AA numbers about 150 000 in over 50 countries and the new body will supervise AA world headquarters the Grapevine magazine and the publishing company. Delegates from US and Canada will attend as medical men credit AA with about 60 percent sobriety success and doctors and corporations increasingly support it. Bill W says nearly anyone who wants to stop drinking can learn to live without alcohol.
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New York
Alcoholics Anonymous
Fellowship of
St. Louis
Bill W
A. A
Assembly
General Service Board
New York City
AA Publishing Company
Grapevine
du Pont
Bill
Bramwell Election Canvas Tallies Mayor and Council Votes
Bramwell city officials tallied challenge ballots from the previous day’s election. Mayor McCormick led with 290 votes to 81 for Barlow, while recorder Mitchell led Roberts 205 to 143 in the clerk contest. Council candidates drew varying tallies from 227 for Newbold to 129 for Talbott.
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Bramwell
Donald Anello
City Recorder
D. W. McCormick
Harry Barlow
C Corder
J. E. Mitchell
Newton Roberts
J. C. Newbold
A Owens
P. Clark
RR Tabor
Thomas O'Neil
Prank Queen
Co. E. Cumby
J. D. Sizemore
Leo Haynes
W. B. Talbott
Stenographers Invited To Apply For Jobs Today
A United States Air Force representative will be in Bluefield WV at the State Employment Service today from 9 30 a m to 4 30 p m to interview stenographers for Washington DC positions. GS 4 grade with a 3175 annual salary. Applicants must pass a 45 wpm typing and 80 wpm shorthand test. Housing assistance available.
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United States Air Force
Bluefield
West Virginia
Crockett’s Turbulent Washington Years Revealed
The piece chronicles Davy Crockett’s shift from loyal Tennessean to sharp Jackson-era adversary. It notes his 1827 29 Congress terms, opposition to tariffs and West Point, pension debates, and a dramatic 1832 comeback speech attacking Andrew Jackson, portraying his rise and feisty confrontations in national politics.
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Washington
Nana
Deveruth
Congressional Globe
Crockett
Congress
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Ruling on N and W health plan case unlikely before October
Testimony ended in Roanoke as Norfolk and Western employees seek to halt 3.40 monthly payroll deductions for a health and welfare plan started in February. Judge S L Fellers said a final decision will require about sixty days for a typed record plus 30 days for answering briefs.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
S. L. Fellers
Law and Chancery Court
Norfolk and Western
G. E. Leighty
St. Louis
Doctor Delivers First Baby In Office In 25 Years
In Charleston a physician delivering alone in his downtown office assisted an expectant mother Mrs. A. C. Spaulding 17. A true knot in the umbilical cord caused a hurried break and salvaged delivery. Both mother and baby are reported in good condition in a Charleston hospital.
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Charleston
A. C. Spaulding
Crockett’s Last Stand and a Frontier Creed Recalled
A rugged Tennessee frontiersman demands accountability in the House while recalling Davy Crockett’s maxim to “be always sure you’re right then go ahead.” The passage juxtaposes public money critiques with Crockett’s legacy and his later fame after the Alamo, where his simple philosophy endured.
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Crockett
Congress
Davy
President Jackson
House
Tennessee
The
Alamo
Texas
Davy Crockett
Jathers
Virginian Train Cut Request Taken Under Advisement
The Virginian Railway asks to discontinue two passenger trains in West Virginia and Virginia. A Public Service Commission hearing reviewed the operation and revenue for the first quarter of 1955, noting $785 in revenue and $57,780 in operating expenses with 17 passengers daily and $24,108 lost due to no mail service. The trains run between Page, Fayette County and the Virginia line near Hales Gap in Mercer County.
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Charleston
Virginian Railway
Public Service Commission
George B. Smith
Smith
Page
Fayette County
Hales Gap
Mercer County
West Virginia
Page Roanoke
Virginia
Smyth Countian Named New Agent In Tazewell
A. L. Eller of Smyth County is named assistant county agent by the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors. Eller succeeds Dc. T. Barnes Jr and begins duties June 16. The board also approves funding for the National Association of County Officers event in Richmond on July 17 and rabies clinic notices.
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Tazewell
A. L. Eller
Smyth County
Tazewell County
Organic
Virginia
Phone Expansion Plans Revealed for West Virginia
Directors approved expansion plans totaling 1,000,000 for expansion and improvement of telephone service in West Virginia. An expenditure of 139,000 was approved for planning facilities. A 78,900 allocation plus 21,100 for extending rural service into an unserved area north of the Rivesville exchange and 9,900 to install additional central office equipment in Saeger, McDowell County, were authorized yesterday.
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West Virginia
Rivesville
Saeger
McDowell County
West Virginia Declared Safe From Air Attack Zones
Charleston June 8 nearly all West Virginia lies outside potential enemy air attack zones says Andrew W Ruckman head of the Industrial and Publicity Commission He notes four Northern Panhandle counties are excluded while remaining areas meet National Industrial Dispersion standards officials say tax amortization and defense loans may aid new or relocating defense industries if certified The Commerce Department waits on additional data before final ruling on the four counties
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Charleston
West Virginia
Andrew W. Ruckman
Ruckman
Panhandle
Marshall
Hancock
Ohio
Brooke
Department of Commerce
Jail Population Rises at Tazewell County Jail
Tazewell County Jail in Virginia houses 26 prisoners with one awaiting transfer to Petersburg Hospital. Four inmates serving county sentences remain due to Richmond facilities shortage, either awaiting trial or serving time.
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Tazewell
Tazewell Va
Tazewell County
Petersburg Hospital
Richmond
Surprise Ending in Youth Killing Case
The article describes a quiet student, Blankenship, shot down in what officials call a chance encounter with Santana and Navajo gang members. McCarthy warns against relying on public statements and notes a gang confrontation was brewing as Blankenship was preparing for a confrontation.
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Lum
Blankenship
Santana
McCarthy
Young Blankenship
Himse
Seand Hom
Aes
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