Fire Chiefs Die in Prestonsburg Gunfight
Fire Chief Amos Gray and former Fire Chief Vernon Blackburn were killed in an exchange of gun fire Sunday in Prestonsburg Kentucky. Gray died from a single bullet wound above the heart and Blackburn died at the hospital after being shot twice. Marguerite Gray witnessed the shooting in the Grays apartment above the fire department. Police offered no motive. Gray had been chief about six months after replacing Blackburn’s temporary successor.
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Prestonsburg
Amos Gray
Vernon Blackburn
Gray
Blackburn
Marguerite
Grays
Deaths and Funerals
Thomas Patterson Williams dies after long illness in Lynchburg Virginia. Survived by sister Mrs. W A Light and brother Dr William Page Williams. Former Williams Drug Co operator in Brookneal with real estate work. Funeral at Wesleybury Methodist Church Gladys Virginia. Miss Vicie Harman dies suddenly in Bix Creek with multiple siblings listed and services set in Bishop Virginia. Ethel Echols 62 dies in Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore after short illness. Survived by husband Denver B Echols four daughters two sons and extended relatives. Services at Rock Methodist Church with burial at Mt Olivet Lashmee. Sarah Jane Burton dies at Falls Mill Bluefield home of daughter Cordia Neal. Survived by sons Rufus Willie Sherman and daughters Cordie Neal Bertha Porterfield. Funeral at Assembly of God Bluefield with Walnut Grove Cemetery burial. Wagner Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Thomas Patterson Williams
W. A. Light
Pane Avenue
Lynchburg
Mr. Williams
Mt. Zion
Virginia
John S. Williams
Selina Page Williams
Bluefield
William Page Williams
Brookneal
Williams
Williams Drug Co
Wesleybury Methodist Church
Gladys
Vicie Pearl Harman
Bix Creek
Tazewell County
Sam Bandy
Cedar Bluff
Nannie Bell Hunt
Bishop, Va
Laura Fields
Philadelphia
Mollie Bandy
Bandy
Rosa Rose
Hartwell
Lala Musick
Cleveland, Va
Violet Davia
Martinsville
Bill
Charlie Harman
Minnie Bell Hunt
Crocketta Cove
Hurst-Scott Funeral
Hunt
Rock
Denver B. Echols
John M. Brown
Dewey Lacy
Wallace Bailey
Mercer County
The
Rock Methodist Church
Order of
Eastern Star
Sarah Jane Burton
Cordia Neal
Falls Mill - Bluefield
Rufus Burton
Willie Burton
U. S. Army
Sherman Burton
Pearisburg
Cordie Neal
Bluefield Falls Mill Road
Bertha Porterfield
Assembly of God Church
Walnut Grove
Grandisons
Wagner Funeral Home
Trusties At State Home Suspected Of Burglary Ring
Five convicts working as trusties at the West Virginia Home for Aged and Infirm Negroes were arrested after an investigation into 25 burglaries in the Russell Creek area. About $1000 in stolen goods found at the institution linked to wider thefts including items from Putnam County. Warden Howard Perine ordered internal conditions reviewed by Harold Neely. The five trusties are James Cox of Pineville James Lohr of Wheeling Nelven Queen of Logan and Richard Collins of Albans.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Russell Creek
W. E. Webb
Webb
Putnam County
Howard Perine
Huttonsvile
Harold Neely
James Cox
Pineville
James Lohr
Wheeling
Nelven Queen
Logan
Richard Collins
Albans
Portugal Votes Salazar Sweep Ends Opposition Rise
In Lisbon the National Union led by Premier Antonio Salazar secured a sweeping victory in Portugal's presidential election Sunday. Opponent Humberto Delgado conceded defeat but criticized the process. Delgado, director of Civil Aviation, had pledged to fire Salazar if elected. Ballots named only Salazar. Delgado support faded outside the Porto region. Registration reached 1.2 million.
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Lisbon
Premer Antonio Salazar
National Union Party
Portugal
Tional Union
Humberto Delgado
Hiller
Mussolini
Salazar
Delgado
Tomas
Joaquin Trigo de Negreiros
Oporto
Alleged Jury Tampering Probe in Parkersburg Trial
Wood County Professor Richard F. Pence plans to present to the grand jury questions about alleged jury tampering in the Parkersburg Fire Captain Bernard Trippett grand larceny case. Trippett has been tried twice with hung juries as Pence and Police Chief Bruce E. Parsons investigate the matter.
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Parkersburg
Wood County
Richard F. Pence
Grand Jury
Bernard Trippett
Trippett
Sears Roebuck
Pence
Bruce E. Parsons
German statesman receives honorary Dartmouth degree
Dr. Theodor Heuss, 74, first president of West Germany, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from Dartmouth College in Hanover New Hampshire. Heuss pledged to donate library copies of his books to the college as a symbolic gesture.
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Hanover
N.H
Theodor Heuss
Federal Republic of Germany
Dartmouth College
Nationals Win In Portugal
Somerset Pa AP A Somerset County coroner s jury ruled Milton Weisberg state deputy secretary of labor and industry death on the Pennsylvania Turnpike accidental after a January 14 multi vehicle crash near the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel. Weisberg died two days after being pinned by a skidding trailer truck in adverse weather and icy road conditions.
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Somerset, Pa
Somerset County
Milton Weisberg
Weisberg
Eight Area Students to Graduate at Charlottesville University
Eight area graduates from Charlottesville will receive degrees this afternoon at the University of Virginia. The class of 1956 includes 813 men and women from ten schools. President Francis P. Gaines of Washington and Lee University will address the ceremony. Local graduates include Richard Clement Hoffman Richlands James Shelby White Richlands Howard Painter Walker Pearisburg James Michael French Pocahontas Edith Ann Baugh Amonate Mae Glover Craft Links Grove Clark Moore Brown Richlands and Gene Webster Grind Master of Education.
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University of Virginia
Richard Clement Hoffman
Bluefield
James Shelby White
Richlands
Howard Painter Walker
Pearisburg
James Michael French
Pocahontas
Edith Ann Baugh
Amonate
Mae Glover Craft
Links Grove
Clark Moore Brown
Gene Webster Grind
Prominent Wheeling Doctor Dead At 86
Funeral services will be held Tuesday for Dr. Joseph Ridgely Caldwell a renowned Wheeling physician who died Saturday at age 86 in a local hospital He was a pioneer in West Virginia medicine credited with performing the state’s first successful blood transfusion Survivors include his widow and daughter Dr Nancy Caldwell Lenefessey at home
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Wheeling
Joseph Ridgely Caldwell
Caldwell
West Virginia
Bar Memorial Plans Nearing Completion
TAZEWELL Va John R Boggess chairman of the committee of the Tazewell County Bar Association aims to compile a roster of attorneys who died since 1900 and place a memorial plaque in the courthouse. The project should be ready by the fall term of the Tazewell Circuit Court and will feature a speaker of statewide reputation for the dedication.
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Tazewell
John R. Boggess
Tazewell County Bar Association
Shoes Fit Cinderella Test Leads to Confession
In Rome police solved an apartment burglary by using the Cinderella test they fitted a suspect with the homeowner’s shoes. The youth fled the scene but was tracked down after suspects were rounded up and shoes tried on. Police reported a confession from the man.
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Rome
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Outlook With Humidity
The Associated Press reports variable cloudiness across West Virginia and Virginia with warm, humid conditions and scattered showers or thunderstorms. In West Virginia showers may intensify in the north Monday through Tuesday with highs in the 80s to near 90 in the southwest. Virginia sees similar patterns with highs in the 80s and activity mainly Monday to Tuesday evenings.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Soviet Stars Called to Account for Drunkenness and Misconduct
Soviet Culture denounces top film figures in Moscow as part of a campaign against snobbery in the creative intelligentsia. V. Druzhnikov is named for drunkenness at a workers club, while S. Martinson and others face censure over unofficial paid performances.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Russia
Creative Intelligentsia
Soviet Culture
Ministry of Culture
Ceylon Dispatches Air Force to Tamil Areas Amid Riots
The government sent air force personnel into Tamil regions in north and east Ceylon as the nation enters its 13th day under a state of emergency.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Million Dollar Fire Destroys Boswell Lumber Complex
In Somerset Pa a fire of unknown origin hit Boswell Lumber Co destroying four buildings including a flooring mill planing mill yard office and a dry kiln. Estimated losses run about ten million dollars with lumber stocks and machinery also lost. Twenty two volunteer companies fought the blaze for nearly two hours. eight firefighters treated for minor injuries. Operations to resume remain undetermined.
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Somerset
Boswell Lumber Co
William Hall
Cambria
Boswell
Articles Stolen From Autos Here
Bluefield police investigate thefts from several parked autos over the weekend. F A Hawkins reports a tire and wheel taken from his 1955 auto on the Parking Building top floor. R W Farley states a tire and wheel stolen from his 1949 auto on Edgewood Road. Claude Burkhart reports two fender skirts and a side mirror missing from his 1955 auto on Glendale Avenue. Eddie Jones of Princeton reports a camera, billfold, and binocular case stolen from his car on Monroe Street.
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Bluefield
F. A. Hawkins
Coopers
R. W. Farley
Edgewood Road
Claude Burkhart
Glendale Avenue
Eddie Jones
Princeton
Monroe Street
Masonic Grand Lodge Opens Annual Session
The Grand Lodge of Prince Hall Masons begins its annual sessions at Bluefield State College Arts and Craft Building. Registration is tonight. the opening session Tuesday morning features Bishop Plummer as guest speaker. Genoa High School chorus directed by Olivia Cannady will perform. Over two hundred delegates and visitors from lodges statewide attend.
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Grand Lodge of Prince Hall Masons
Bluefield State College
Bishop Plummer
Genoa High School
Olivia Cannady
Former Pastor Speaks at Westminster Bluesfield
Dr. C. G. Gunn former Westminster pastor in Bluefield delivered the Sunday night sermon at Westminster Presbyterian Church. He and his wife now reside in Hot Springs Arkansas. Gunn recently retired after forty years in ministry and served Bluefield as pastor for twenty five years.
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C. G. Gunn
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Bluefield
Gunn
Hot Springs
Ark
McDowell Circuit Court Opens Today in Welch
The June term of the McDowell County Circuit Court opens in Welch with about 66 cases on the docket for the first session. Jurors report at 9 a.m. Most cases are appeals and notices. only a few likely require jury trial, officials said.
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McDowell County
Welch
Soviet Denies Spy Charges
Washington AP Russian Ambassador Menshikov says Soviet diplomat Nikolai I. Kurochkin denies the spying accusations and notes embassy staff are under strict prohibition. Kurochkin allegedly paid at least 450 dollars for secret U.S. military documents leading to his expulsion as persona non grata. Beaumet, the American who aided investigators, faces no charges.
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Washington
Menshikov
U.S
Nikolai I. Kurochkin
U.S. State Department
Nbc-Tv
Meet the Press
Kurochkin
State Department
Charles Theodore Beaumet
Beaumet
Russell Says He Won’t Budge On Defense Powers
Senator Richard B. Russell D Ga says he will not support any Pentagon reorganization that erodes Congress power to raise and support armed forces. He rejects President Eisenhower’s claim that the House bill creates legal bottlenecks and insubordination in the military. Mansfield adds Congress must keep control of military structure and clear functions for defense heads.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Pentagon
Congress
Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Eisenhower
House
Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Local Addresses and Names List From Blue Ridge Area
Oregon State College has developed a butter churning process that allows butter to be spread evenly at 48 degrees F. The list includes numerous streets and residents across Holston burn Ct Bland Ct and Wytheville with names such as M G Goodpasture Jr W S Murphy A Carr Jones J M Satterfield P H Horner C H Loudy G W Atkinson Mark M Moore C P Beasley Richard H Timberlake Howard L Griffith Enos Wagner E C Vestal Jr A Lt Brewster R C Anderson John R Steiner Phil F Ernst Jr W Taft Andrews G Wilson Elliott B G Keebler J L Crabtree William J Elzey Eugene Brown Simpkins.
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Elk Creek Ct
B. F. Bauman
Floyd Ct
C. H. Loudy
Fries
G. W. Atkinson
Fries Ct
R. Alligon
Galax - First
Mark M. Moore
Galax Ct
C. P. Beasley
Hillsville
Richard H. Timberlake
Hillsville Ct
Howard L. Griffith
Independence
Enos Wagner Pulaski
Aldersgate - Trinity
E. C. Vestal Jr
Flint
A. Lt. Brewster
Mt. Oliver-Wesley Memorial
R. C. Anderson
Radford
Carter Street
John R. Steiner
Central
Phil F. Ernst Jr
Fairlawn
W. Taft Andrews
Grove Avenue
G. Wilson
Elliott
Rural Retreat
W. H. Byars
B. G. Keebler
Spring Valley Ct
J. L. Crabtree
Thorn Springs Ct
William J. Elzey
Woodlawn
Eugene Brown
Wytheville
Paul
George
Hart Jr
West End
Kenneth Weir
Simpkins
Oregon State College
Adlai urges U S aid for France and global plan
Adlai Stevenson urged a Marshall Plan style approach to free world economics and acceptance of Russia as an equal power. He told Michigan State University graduates that France risks economic failure without aid and proposed cooperative alliance to stabilize North Africa and curb Arab nationalism and Communist influence. He backed a nuclear test ban as a step toward disarmament and outlined plans for a summer visit to Russia to seek security progress.
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East Lansing
Mich
Adlai Stevenson
U.S
France
Russia
Stevenson
Michigan State University
North
Africa
Morocco
Tunis
Algeria
United States
Soviet Union
Two Tazewell Men Sentenced To Prison
TAZEWELL Va Sentences of two years in the state penitentiary for two defendants who pled guilty to breaking and entering were imposed Friday by Judge W L Sexton Jr The defendants were Earl Young Jr and James William Wells The jail capacity is 32 but 38 inmates were housed using pallet beds and floor pallets as of noon Saturday jailer Foster Vance said
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Tazewell
State
W. L. Sexton Jr
Tazewell Circuit Court
Earl Young Jr
James William Wells
Tazewell County
Foster Vance
Bisch Edges Garrett in 100-Mile Milwaukee Race
Art Bisch of Phoenix won the 100 mile big car race at State Fair Park in Milwaukee by a few seconds over Tony Bettenhausen with four of the first five finishers within only seconds. Billy Garrett was unconscious after a wall impact on the north turn and was taken to Milwaukee County General Hospital with a possible neck injury.
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Milwaukee
Art Bisch
Phoenix
Ariz
Auto Sunday
Billy Garrett
Burbank
Calif
Bisch
State Fair Park
Garrett
Milwaukee County General Hospital
Tony Bettenhausen
Tinley Park
Obituary notices for George W Robinson and others
Funeral services are planned for George W. Robinson 79 of Hot Springs Arkansas at 2 p.m. at First Methodist Church Bluefield Virginia with burial at Grandview Memorial Bluefield. Also listed are Mattie Baldwin Belcher Lilly Blankenship Will L Blevins Mae Deaton Mae 512 College Avenue William E Booth with respective services and burials in Tookland Shrader Maple Hill Resthaven Princeton.
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Robinson
George W
Hot Springs
Ark
First Methodist
Bluefield
Grandview Memorial
Belcher
Mattie Baldwin
Tucson
Ariz
Tookland
Blankenship
Lilly
Niday
Church of Christ In
Shrader
Deaton
Booth
William E
Kimball
Houston Methodist Church
Resthaven
Princeton
Stock Exchange Plans Large Census of Stockholders
New York Stock Exchange president W. Keith Funston announced a 5,000 company census covering 8,000 stock issues to map the stockholding public. The study, to be conducted next year, aims to reveal the geographic distribution and composition of shareholders.
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Canton
N. Y
New York Stock Exchange
W. Keith Funston
St. Lawrence University
U S Atomic Exhibit Plans May Reach Russia
Washington reports plans for an American exhibit on peaceful atomic energy in Moscow and Leningrad late this year or early in 1950. Soviet exhibits may be shown in New York and Washington at the same time.
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Washington
Moscow
Leningrad
Soviet Union
New York
Reds De-Purge Top Musicians
Moscow reports the Central Committee apologizes for 1948 denouncements of Shostakovich Khachaturian Prokofiev and other composers The party blames Stalin era errors on Beria Malenkov Molotov and Zhdanov without naming him The decree endorses Pravdas three page analysis of artistic development and reduces emphasis on formalism while noting Stalin's faults in art policy.
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Moscow
Central Committee
Soviet Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
Dmitri Shostakovich
Aram ‘Khachaturian
Serge ‘Prokofiev
Stalin
Lavrenty Beria
G. M. Malenkov
V. M. Molotov
Andrei Zhdanov
Zhdanov
Shostakovich
Khachaturian
Prokofiev
V. Shebalin
N. Miasko
Pravda
Beria
Malenkov
Molotov
Cyprus Turmoil Spreads to Larnaca Amid Street Clashes
In Larnaca two Greek Cypriots were killed and two injured as Turkish Cypriots clashed in a Greek sector square. Greek-owned shops were smashed and riots spread from Nicosia where five Turkish Cypriot guards were hurt at a central prison riot linked to EOKA members.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Larnaca
Mediterranean
Central
EOKA
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Miss Vicie P. Harman
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John Hopkins Hospital
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Mt. Olivet Cemetery
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W. German
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S. Martinson
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K. Sorokin
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Masonic Grand Lodge
Westminister
McDowell Circuit
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