Charlottesville Desegregation Suit Seeks Court Jurisdiction Ruling
Charlottesville School Board asks Federal District Court to dismiss the NAACP desegregation suit on grounds the court lacks jurisdiction over a state agency and that Virginia has not consented to be sued. The case, set for July 12, involves Prince Edward County precedent and ongoing Virginia court actions on segregation policy. Attys include John S. Battle Jr and Lindsay Almond Jr.
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Charlottesville
Federal District Court
The
National Assn
Advancement of Colored
Norfolk
Newport News
Arlington
NAACP
Western District of Virginia
Fendall R. Ellis
U. S
Virginia
Battle
J. Segar Gravatt
Nottoway County
Chesterfield County
William Old
Gravatt
Defenders of State Sovereignty
Prince Edward County
U. S. Supreme Court
Ase
Prince Edward
Charlottesville City
John S. Battle Jr
Lindsay Almond Jr
Henry T. Wickham
Richmond
Prince
Stuart R. Beville
Spottswood W. Robinson III
Beville
Board of Supervisors
Robinson
Supreme Court
Deaths and Funerals Add to Bluefield Area Obituaries
Luther Wider 62 of Leckie died at Bluefield Sanitarium. Services at Leckie Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. H L Austin and Rev Ervin Smith. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. Survived by wife Bertha Lovell and children. Also listed Harvey Worley 6 Princeton. Trig Kelly 40 Jewell Valley. Joseph Wainwright 77 Boissevain. Mrs Mattie Painter Bluefield. Roy L Compton 52 Bluefield.
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Luther Vider
Luther Wider
Leckie
Bluefield
Pentecostal Holiness Church
H. L. Austin
Ervin Smith
Woodlawn
Bertha Lovell
Richard Cook Jr
Ernest Vider
Dorothy Vider
Fred Cartwright Jr
Sloria Vider
Billy Vider
James Compton
Brenton
Green Webb Jr
Anawelt
James Elwood Vider
Aldphi
Robert
George
Edward Prister
Sandston
Alphonso Greer
Carville York
Steve Vider
William McKinley Vider
Adkins Post
American Legion of
Gary
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Trigg Kelly Trige Kelly
Jewell Valley
Coeburn
Acie
Lula Powers Kelly
Jewell Ridge Coal Corp
UMWA
Ethel Spears
Delores
Loretta
Claude and
Trigg Jr
C. H. Ready
Elizabeth Maine
Hurst Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Joseph Wainwright
Joseph E. Wainwright
Boissevain
Boissevain Methodist Church
Ted R. Cook
F. W. Greeniey
Rebecca
Jane Tabor
Norman W. Hughes
Dorothy Wainwright
Richard H. Wainwright
Los Gatos
California
J. W. Groseclose
Wilson Alsup
George Hodock
Charlie Hedrick
Walter Harmon
Jimmy Murphy
L. E. Joyce
John Sanders
WSCS
Pocahontas Funeral Home
Compton
Roy L
Montcalm
Marion Hospital To Get Improvements
Governor Stanley authorized the state hospital board to prepare preliminary plans for eight mental hospital projects totaling over three million dollars as part of the 20 million dollar capital outlay for mental hospitals. Funds become available after July 1, with construction potentially starting earlier. projects include a 455,000 upgrade at Southwestern State Hospital Marion to support a new building for the city insane.
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Richmond
Stanley
State Hospital Board
Southwestern State Hospital
Marion
Forthwestern
Funeral notices for Bryson and Gibson from Greensboro area
Thomas M Bryson 85 of Bluefield funeral 11 30 a m today at Scott Street Baptist Church interment Sunday Luster Grove Cemetery Greensboro N C Robert D Gibson Sr 70 of Greensboro noted in obituary fragment
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Bryson
Thomas M
Bluefield
Scott Street Baptist Church
Luster Grove
Greensboro
N. C
Weekend regional forecast spans four states
Weather notes for West Virginia Virginia Maryland and Western Pennsylvania describe Saturday highs in the 70s to low 80s with mostly sunny to partly cloudy conditions. Sunday forecast remains generally fair with little temperature change and cooler winds in parts of the north and east.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ennessee
Florida
Wyoming
Washington
Oregon
Central Plains
Plateau
Smith Expected To Be Named Demo Chairman
The new Democratic State Executive Committee elected May 8 will meet tomorrow to elect officers and conduct business. Beckley insurer Hales C. Smith is favored to become State Senate Clerk, with J. Howard Myers of Martinsburg likely to be state chairman. The panel will also choose a national committeeman and committeewoman, with Arthur B. Koontz of Charleston expected to seek re-election as committeeman.
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New Democratic
Beckley Insurance
Hales C. Smith
J. Howard Myers
Martinsburg
Smith
Robert H. Mollohan
Myers
Mollohan
Arthur B. Koontz
Charleston
200000 Golfers Compete With Open Champions on Golf Day
In Rochester New York on National Golf Day a projected 200000 players will try to match their scores with Open champions Jack Fleck and Fay Crocker. By paying one dollar a golfer competes on his own course and may win medals reading I Beat Jack Fleck or I Beat Fay Crocker if his score beats the champs.
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Rochester
N.Y
Jack Pleck
Fay Crocker
Negro Mother Forced To Return To South
In Cleveland a Black mother with eight dependents aged 11 days to 17 years was ordered by a Juvenile Court to return to Livingston Alabama. The ruling cites ineligibility for Ohio relief funds as the reason, with the judge saying exile ensures the children will be fed. The family had sought permission to stay, but no Ohio welfare funds were available.
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Cleveland
South
Livingston
Ala
Ohio W
Martha Winston
Albert A. Waldman
Sumter County
Ohio
Logan Miner Guilty Of Attack On Waitress
Logan Miner, a 27 year old miner from Ethel, was found guilty of unlawfully wounding a 29 year old waitress and received a 15 year prison sentence. Circuit Judge C C Chambers urged the maximum term. Florence Tunyon testified Stepp cut her with a can opener on March 10 on Blair Mountain, needing 127 stitches.
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Logan
Stanley Stepp
Ethel
C. C. Chambers
Stepp
Florence Tunyon
Stallings Drive-In
Blair Mountain
President Ike Suffers Stomach Attack Hospitalized at Walter Reed
President Eisenhower was taken to Walter Reed Army Medical Center after a stomach attack with ileitis and partial small intestine obstruction. Drs Snyder and Heaton described tests including X ray and ECG with stable vitals and no heart change. He ate a fatless meal and remained under observation as physicians monitor his condition.
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Discom- Snyder
Snyder
White House
Walter Reed
Francis Pruitt
A. D. Heaton
Jack W. Schwartz
Robert T. Gants
Department of Surgery
Elmer A. Lodmell
Max Smith
Thomas Mattingly
Cheraw
D. C
Columbia
Heaton
Glouchester
Hagerty
Eisenhower
New York
Adlai Stevenson
Santa Barbara
Califone
Bosch
Denver
Howard M. Snyder
Bluefield Chapter to Install New Officers Monday
Mrs Judy S Beckham West Virginia Division National Secretaries Association will install Bluefield Chapter officers Monday at 6 pm in the Bluefield Auditorium Restaurant. Installation includes Elsie Heifner as president Lois Rounion vice president Janet R Caffee reporting secretary Roy Browder corresponding secretary and A R Evans treasurer.
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Judy S. Beckham
West Virginia
National Secretaries Association
Bluefield
Bluefield Auditorium
Beckham
Huntington
Herman P. Dean
Standard Printing and Publishing Company
Elsie Heifner
Lois Rounion
Janet R. Caffee
Roy Browder
A. R. Evans
Barta
Cancer Society Reports Progress In Cell Energy Study
Madison scientists from the American Cancer Society announce a biochemist team has mapped differences in mitochondria between cancer and normal cells. Dr. Van R. Potter and colleagues describe how cancer cell energy differs and outline steps to disrupt growth without harming normal tissue.
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Madison
Wis
American Cancer Society
van. R. Potter
University of Wisconsin
Potter
Philip §. Ekevitz
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
Edward Herbert
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marching Band Hates Marching In Parades
In Custer Michigan the Bran denberg and Buffenbarger band founded by Dewey and Bill Buffenbarger is an eight man group that marches only when neighbor helps by tractor and wagon. They boast their music is loud though not good. A windstorm blew away their garage roof during practice.
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Custer, Mich
Brandenberg
Fire destroys home in Richlands Addition
A Thursday night blaze gutted a frame house in Richlands Virginia's Farmer Addition. Mr and Mrs Sam Yates and their daughter Sammie lived there. Fire department blocked by a train at a crossing. only a lawn mower and clothing survived. Family staying with relatives.
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Richlands
Sam Yates
Sammie
Farmer Addition
Yates
Farmers To Get Crop Payments
Washington announces broadened soil bank eligibility to include crop reductions from drought and natural causes this year. Secretary Benson outlines payments up to 1.2 billion dollars, with 4 dollars per acre for unplanted portions and 6 dollars per acre for crops destroyed by natural causes, and notes future program terms may change.
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Washington
Soil Bank
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Eisenhower
Education Committee Advances Bill To Extend School Aid
The House Education Committee approved a bill to continue and expand federal aid to schools in areas affected by military camps and defense plants. The measure would extend aid to June 30, 1958 and increase eligibility, with about 90 million dollars requested for the next fiscal year.
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Washington
House Education Committee
Cp. Udall
D-Ariz
Udall
Congress
Kaganovich Resigns Foreign Service Post
Moscow radio reports Lazar Kaganovich, senior Soviet labor official, relived of his post at his own request. Alexander Volkov to succeed him. Molotov had quit as foreign minister days earlier. Kaganovich, aged 63, long seen as a chief labor troubleshooter.
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London
Moscow Radio
Lazar Kaganovich
V. M. Molotov
Kaganovich
Moscow
Alexander Petrovich Volkov
Soviet
Soviet Union
Sovi Union
Ike's Illness and 1952 Political Prospects
The piece discusses public perception of President Eisenhower's health after his illness and heart issues. It questions whether voters will trust his recovery and continues to forecast GOP efforts to shape opinion while Democrats may push a contrasting view in the coming months.
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GOP
Pastor Sees Wave Of Juke Box Religion In Revival Talk
In Catonsville Maryland Arthur J Potter warned at the Maryland and Delaware Seventh Day Adventists summer Bible Conference of a wave of juke box religion. He criticized gospel boogie songs and Hollywood bible portrayals while urging a revival led by the Holy Spirit with delegates from Virginia West Virginia Maryland and Delaware.
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Catonsville
Arthur J. Potter
Washington
Maryland
Delaware
Columbia Union Conference
Potter
Hollywood
Patzer
Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia Methodists approve budgets for year
The West Virginia Methodist Conference approved church year budgets totaling 597500 with allocations to world service benevolences administration and building for Christ. Notable line items include West Virginia Wesleyan College 32000 and Westminster Theological Seminary 12500 while Union Protestant Hospital joined conference ownership and a new home for the aged fund has 47000 raised.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
West Virginia Methodist Conference
C. K. Gilchrist
Charleston
Commission On World Service and Finance
World Service
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Westminister Theological Seminary
Methodist College
Clarksoure
Building For Christ
Gilchrist
Joint Commission On Promotion, Cultivation and Advance
L. E. Crowson
Piedmont
A. W. Cox
A. Coleman Brown
Bridgeport
Methodist Hospitals and Homes
Union Protestant Hospital
Clarksburg
Brown
Milton Eisenhower Quits At Penn State
Dr Milton 8 Eisenhower resigned tonight as president of Pennsylvania State University effective no later than December 31 He announced the move while absent in Washington with his ailing brother the President The resignation came on the eve of graduation ceremonies and cited personal reasons
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University Park
Milton
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State University
Washington
Girl Testifies Leggett Admitted Slaying King Boy
In Little Rock Arkansas Emmett Leggett 19 ex convict on trial for the murder of 14 year old Joe King testified a girl he asked about the case said he admitted killing the boy Leggett also allegedly confessed to officers in two statements viewed by prosecutors amid defense objections King's jacket and wallet were identified by his mother as belonging to the slain boy in court
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Little Rock
Ark
Sters
Emmett
Bail Leggett
Joe King
King Boy
Leggett
King
Jacksonville
North Little Rock
GOP Delegates Meet in Charleston to Choose National Posts
West Virginia's 16 GOP delegates convene in Charleston at 2 p m to select a national committeeman and committeewoman. Walter Hallanan of Charleston seeks reelection. Frances Stubblefield may retire. Possible successor Alice Oates of Parkersburg favored by Hallanan supporters. An executive committee decision may direct the selection.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Walter 8
Hallanan
Frances Ogden Stubblefield
Alice Oates
Parkersburg
Stubblefield
GOP
James O. Lakin
Flag Day Meeting For Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Kyle McCormick publisher of a Princeton weekly newspaper is guest speaker at the Bluefield Kiwanis Club regular meeting at the West Virginian Hotel. The annual Flag Day event features a talk on the West Virginia state flag. Lunch is scheduled for 12 15 p m.
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Kyle McCormick
Princeton
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
West Virginian Hotel
McCormick
West Virginia
Kiwanis
Notice of Trustee's Sale of Mercer County Real Estate
Trustee will sell at public auction on June 16 1956 at 10 00 a m at the front door of the Mercer County Court House the following parcels in Mast River District Mercer County West Virginia as shown on the D A Johnston Sub division map Lots 3 5 7 36 27 28 and 29 with bound lines and bearings described including the avenue and state route 20 intersection purchaser takes the property cash at sale and assumes all taxes due due at time of sale and sale terms start with cash on delivery of deed
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J R R. Sigmon
Lucky & Sigmon
L. B Winfrey
Owen R. Griffith
County Court
Mercer County
West _Wire
Fia
Gaid
Mast River
West Virginia
D. A Johnston
D A. Johnson
Princeton
East River
W. Va
F E. Walker
Euc
Renan Avenue
Uae
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Harvey Worley
Harvey L. Worley
Seaver
Edward Stubblefield
Resthaven Memorial Park
Hode White
L. C. Craighead
Dean Lilly
William Belcher
Lawrence Conley
Mattie Painter
James S. Painter
Wilson Street
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Bluewell
Bluewell Methodist Church
Woodlawn Cemetery
Marion Hospital
Gibson
Robert D. Sr
Logan Miner
Weather Bureau Forecast
Beytine
Dept
el. Weather Bureau
New England
Tennessee
Nixon
Harry Truman
Paris
Sheraton Park
Assn
Henry Burroughs
Associated Press
Tony Muto
Fox Movietone News
Association
Burroughs
Cancer Society
Blaze
FORD
Milan, Mich
Henry Ford
Milan
Theutomobile
Foreign Service
Ike
Pocahontas
Cook
Methodists
Milton Eisenhower
Penn State
Bluefield Kiwanians
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Bluefield, West Virginia
John S. Sammons
C.S OF Chicago
Illinois
Mother Church
Boston
Massachusetts
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