Two Pellets Hit as Feuding Neighbors Shootout Near Ripplemead
In Pearl Rorysburg area two shooting incidents occurred within about 15 minutes. James William Poe, 41, was wounded in the chest by a 12 gauge shotgun while James Kirk and William Hale, a 4 year old, were slightly injured as Poe and Hale exchanged shots near a store. The sheriff reported ongoing feuding with Poe charged with drunkenness and shooting into an occupied home.
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John Hopkins
Pearlsburg
James William Poe
Giles Memorial Hospital
Pearisburg
Robert E. Hale
Big Stoney Creek
Ripplemead
Sheriff's Office
Hale
Poe
Kirk
Bailey
Youth Indicted On Charge Of Escaping
A 17 year old Mingo County youth serving a sentence at the State Penitentiary was named in a Cabell County grand jury indictment charging him with escaping from the Barboursville State Farm. John Wayne Trent of Hampden fled April 22 with fellow convict Ernest Franklin Mallory who was fatally shot the next day in a scuffle with a State trooper. Trent surrendered the same day.
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Huntington
Mingo County
Cabell County
Barboursville
John Wayne Trent
Hampden
Ernest Franklin Mallory
Davis Creek
Kanawha
Mallory
Trent
New Mine Project Aims for Long Life Coal Reserve
Patton and Salvati announce a new mine developed under sub lease from Island Creek to supply Republic Steel with a steady coal flow. Island Creek will manage the venture. Sin Gaal dete Cuaterer, a branch of Island Creek, will market portions of output. Coal will serve Republic Steel plants in Cleveland Youngstown Ohio Chicago and Buffalo with low and high volatile blends to improve coke quality.
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Patton
Salvati
Heme
Island Creek
Republic Steel
Sin Gaal Dete Cuaterer
Island Creek Coal
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and surrounding towns
Obituaries and funeral notices for Sidney Emil Crockett of Lauder Home and others detail services, burials, survivors, and homes across Bluefield, Princeton, Hartwell, Band y, and surrounding areas. Names include Mary Lucy Redman, Robert Harris, Thelma Belcher, Tracy Yeary, Cora Reed, Thomas England, Nellie Garland, and many relatives.
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Robert Oe Harris
Saltville
Virgie Merix
Goldbond
Robert Harris, Jr
Chicago
Ill
Joel Harris
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
B. M. Holloway
Filbert
Paul Roberts
Kingsport
Tenn
Jack Harris
Broadford
Mattie Harris
A. R. Whitely
Henderson Funeral Home
John Davis
Elizabeth I Cemetery
Funeral notice for Andrew R. Taylor Huntington
Funerals for Andrew R. Taylor of 1682 Ninth Ave Huntington scheduled Saturday at 3 30 p m from Washington Funeral Home in Huntington.
VPI Announces Low Bids for New Dining Hall
In Blacksburg Virginia Tech bids opened for a new dining hall. J M Turner and Co of Roanoke was the apparent low bidder at 1 085 000 for the complete project. Marenka Stainless Steel Co of Laurel Maryland led on kitchen equipment with 225 276. Five contractors bid on the hall and seven on the equipment. All bids will be analyzed before award.
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Blacksburg
J. M. Turner & Co
Roanoke
Virginia Tech
Marenka Stainless Steel Co
Laurel
Reappraisal Contracts Let in Eight West Virginia Counties
State Tax Commissioner C Howard Hardesty Jr said contracts totaling 611000 were awarded for valuing nonpublic utility real property industrial personal property and commercial furniture in eight counties. Work begins in Barbour Calhoun Harrison Monongalia Roane Taylor Wayne and Wirt with final phase finishing in 12 to 18 months.
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Charleston
C. Howard Hardesty Jr
Barbour
Calhoun
Harrison
Monongalia
Roane
Taylor
Wayne
Wirt
Associated
Passaic
N. J
J. M. Cleminshaw Co
Cleveland
Harrison County
Cole - Layer - Trumble Co
Dayton
Monongalia County
Southern Appraisal Co
Greensboro
N. C
Barbour, Calhoun
Taylor and Wirt
Hardesty
Red Cross Adopts Home Visitation Program in Bluefield
Bluefield Chapter of the American Red Cross approved a new En listees and Inductees Home Visitation Program at a Thursday night meeting held at Westminster Presbyterian. The program dispatches Red Cross representatives to visit servicemen’s families to explain the liaison service between the service member and home. E R Phelps of Bluefield was named to the Eastern Area American Red Cross Advisory Council by National Chairman F E Roland Harriman, serving three years as one of two WV representatives.
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Bluefield
American Red Cross
Westminster Presbyterian
Red Cross
E. R. Phelps
American Red Cross Advisory Council
FE. Roland Harriman
Phelps
United States
West Virginia
North Cameroon Joins Nigeria as Sardauna Province
Lagos AP reports the former British trust territory of North Cameroon that joined Nigeria last month now adopts the name Sardauna Province in honor of Northern Nigeria Premier Sir Ahrondu Bello, who holds the title Sardauna of Sokoto.
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Lagos
Nigeria
North Cameroon
Sardauna Province
Northern
Ahrondu Bello
Sardauna
Sokoto
Gilmore Elected To Pocahontas Town Council
C W Gilmore of Pocahontas Virginia was elected to fill the unexpired term of C F Mustard at a Town Council meeting with Mayor M B Hammitt presiding. The council also moved to oppose higher telephone rates and approved a 20 year water contract with Fern Plumbing and Heating Co at 35 cents per thousand gallons.
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C. W. Gilmore
Pocahontas
C. F. Mustard
Mustard
Tampa
Fla
Gilmore
M. B. Hammitt
Carl C. Gillespie
General Telephone Company of
Southeast
State Corporation Commission of Virginia
Richmond
Fern Plumbing and Heating Co
Paul Fern
Fern
Hammitt
Roy Sykes
Injured Miner Wilbur Sheets Of Powhatan
Wilbur Sheets aged 31 from Powhatan was injured at Keystone while working in the Eastern Gas and Fuel Co mine. He was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium Thursday with facial injuries and is listed in satisfactory condition.
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Wilbur Sheets
Powhatan
Keystone
Eastern Gas & Fuel Co
Sheets
Bluefield
Weather Outlook From The Mountains To The Plains
The forecast calls for upper 70s in the mountains, 80s to low 90s elsewhere. Saturday stays cloudy and cooler with scattered thunder showers and less heat.
Safety Belts Slated For Police Cruisers
Huntington Police Chief Herman Frazier says fifteen city cruisers will be fitted with safety belts immediately. The project aims to improve officer safety in patrol vehicles.
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Huntington
Herman Frazier
Frazier
Circuit Court Orders Involving D C Mead D Mrs Mc Daniels
Motion to dismiss in the Mead vs Mc Daniels farm case was overruled and the matter continued to the August term. An administrator deed and title were delivered for property sold to the high bidder A J Flanary. Perdue gets 30 more days to July 9 to file a formal bill of exceptions in the Daily Telegraph case. Civil actions include divorce filings Lester vs Roberta Lester and Robinette cases Randolph Smith vs Viola Smith.
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D. C. Meadows Jr
Fred D. McDaniels
Jumping Branch
Phil Kirby
Della Bar
A. J. Flanary
Charles Otis
Ossia
Perdue
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Virgil L
Montcalm Residence Burns To Ground
A two story frame house occupied by Woodrow Perkins near Montcalm Methodist Church burned Thursday around 6 p.m. Firefighters answered but could not extinguish the blaze. Only a few pieces of furniture belonging to Cecil Lovern were saved.
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Woodrow Perkins
Montcalm Methodist Church
Montcalm
Perkins
Cecil Lovern
Harrison Campaigns Rally Ties School Policy to Race Tensions
Albertis S. Harrison Jr. warned that Virginia public schools face the greatest risk if a governor is elected who does not grasp race relations. The gubernatorial candidate, speaking in Caroline County with running mate Mills E. Godwin, cited his 100 days in federal court over segregation and the campaign framed the issue amid a region where Negroes outnumber whites.
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Bowling Green
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Virginia
Harrison
Mills E. Godwin
Caroline
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