Princeton Childs Death Probed
A six month old Princeton child Georgia Virginia Brown died after being taken to Princeton Memorial Hospital. Parents Stella Mae Brown and George Albert Brown remained in custody as state police, county officers, and the prosecuting attorney conduct a combined investigation. An autopsy at Bluefield Sanitarium was completed and the report given to investigators. Formal charges awaited further medical findings and questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Bluefield Sanitarium
Georgia
Virginia Brown
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Stella Mae Brown
George Albert
L. P. Mullins
Mullins
Clyde White
Space expert resigns as he blasts top scientists
Col William C Davis a key Air Force space planner resigns after 17 years saying senior scientists on advisory panels hinder space progress. He accuses leaders of conservatism and notes plans to join Turbo Dynamics Corp as VP for research. Davis, his wife and four children reside in Annapolis Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
William C. Davis
Pentagon
Davis
James R. Killian
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eisenhower
Lee DuBridge
California Institute of Technology
Lloyd Berkner
J. J. Rabi
Joseph Kaplan
U.S. International Geophysical Year Committee
Turbo Dynamics Corp
Minden
New
Annapolis
Agencies Get Needed Funds
The Senate approved a 6.108 billion dollar appropriations bill for 17 independent agencies and a 14.064 million dollar White House and executive agencies measure. Veterans Administration receives about 4.945 billion, while 589 million for the federal employees retirement system was removed. The Civil Rights Commission gets 750 thousand dollars for initial expenses. House and Senate differences await conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
White House
House
Veterans Administration
Eisenhower
U. S
Civil Rights Commission
Army Secretary Seeks 55,000 More Troops
Secretary of the Army Brucker and Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor told a Senate appropriations subcommittee they need 55,000 more soldiers than the administration allows for the coming fiscal year. They backed their request by noting Army strength would stay at 900,000 if funded, against a Pentagon recommendation of 870,000 and earlier targets of 925,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilber Brucker
Gen
Maxwell Taylor
Senate
Washington
Brucker
Maxwell D. Taylor
Milly Lital Yvear
House
Defense Department
Pentagon
Dennis Chavez
D-Nm
Army
Defense McElroy
McElroy
Taylor
Chavez
Rioting in Cyprus Strains Britain Greece and Turkey
Fresh clashes in Nicosia raise tensions among NATO allies Britain Greece and Turkey. Two Turkish Cypriots including a policeman are killed as curfews and demonstrations intensify. Greece seeks a NATO Council showdown while Britain considers self government plans for Cyprus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicosia
Cyprus
NATO
Britain
Greece
Turkey
Middle East
Athens
French Report 591 Algeria Rebels Dead
French authorities said 591 Algerian nationalist rebels were killed in the past week during Charles de Gaulle's Algeria tour. They reported 123 captured and noted De Gaulle urged integration of Algerian and European elements and called rebels to join elections he promised. About 3,000 nationalists were killed by French forces in May, similar to April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
de Gaulle
Ex-McDowell Deputy Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement
Mrs. June Darlington former chief deputy in McDowell County pleads guilty to embezzling more than six thousand dollars. Judge I Mann Litz takes the case under advisement until Thursday sentencing follows. Darlington extradited from California where she lived since leaving office December 31 1956. She seeks probation while civil suits for six thousand three hundred twelve forty one remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Darlington
McDowell County Sheriff's Office
Darlington
McDowell County
Welch
San Mateo
Calif
B. M. Stone
Liberty
California
Stone and
New Amsterdam Casualty Company
Stone
House Votes Jobless Aid Extension Across States
The House approved 665.77 million dollars to extend unemployment benefits previously voted by Congress. States may accept or reject the funds. federal advances would add 13 weeks of aid in many states, boosting 26 week periods to 39. Pennsylvania joined. New York set June 23 for extra payments. Rhode Island votes soon on participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Eisenhower
Appropriations Committee
Pennsylvania
New York
Rhode Island
Michigan
Massachusetts
Maryland
Minnesota
Indiana
Connecticut
Ohio
Illinois
Virginia
Florida
North Carolina
Utah
New Hampshire
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Kentucky
Oklahoma
US Faces East German Return Talk Over Lost Helicopter
East Germany urged direct negotiations with the United States for the return of nine American crewmen and a Sikorsky helicopter after it went down in a thunderstorm outside allied air corridors. U.S. officials said no official communication had been received and vowed to ignore notes from a regime not recognized by Washington. Nine men on board were identified, with next of kin listed for several, as the case drew in Soviet and East German authorities amid Cold War tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
East Germany
United States
U. S
Soviet Union
3Rd Armored Division
West Germany
East Berlin
West Berlin
Britain
France
State Department
Washington
U.S
Bonn
Big Four Air Safety Center
Moscow
Frankfurt
Ike and Macmillan Open Atomic Talks at White House
President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Macmillan begin a three day session with a broad 24 hour opening talk in the White House Cabinet Room. They discuss air missile bases for Britain and atomic sharing with no tentative agreements reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Macmillan
White House
Britain
Dulles
Eee
Asst
C. Burke Elbrick
G. Frederick Reinhardt
Harold Caccia
Norman Brook
Foreign Office
Dep
Patrick Dean
F. A. Bishop
Labor Measure Faces Administration Opposition
Washington AP Mitchell secretary of labor denounces pending Senate labor bill aimed at curbing union corruption as ineffective and misleading. Administration says the measure, backed by Senator McClellan, would weaken existing controls though aligns with some Eisenhower recommendations. Johnson pledges high Senate priority with no date set for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Mitchell
Senate
Labor Department
Geneva
Switzerland
John McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee
Oerank-Ami-Tile
UN Cs Andies
Satan Shiie
Sen
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Supreme Court Reviews Wyoming Child Custody in Ohio Move
The Supreme Court will review an order directing James Martin Boggs to surrender his 2 year old son James Jr. to Billie Dean Boggs for transport to Ohio where the mother resides. Mrs. Boggs had won habeas corpus in the lower court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Supreme Court
Wyoming
James Martin Boggs
James Jr
Billie Dean Boggs
Ohio
More Humid Weather Due Mountain State
West Virginia will experience warm humid conditions with scattered showers from Tuesday through Saturday. The Weather Bureau forecasts daily temperatures near 69 degrees in the north and 70 in the south, with rainfall totaling about three quarters of an inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Ike Responds to Khrushchev on Atomic Test Suspension
President Eisenhower sent a reply to Soviet Premier Khrushchev on suspending atomic tests. White House officials said the text would be released around 10 a.m. Tuesday and described the message as a short one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
White House
U.S
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Death Claims Hubert Cassell
Hubert A. Cassell 67 longtime Pocahontas Fuel employee died at Bluefield Sanitarium after a yearlong illness. A Virginia native, he supervised Itmann Bishop and Boissevain units and retired as division superintendent on August 1 1936. He helped found Cassell Memorial Church at Itmann and remained active in church and Masonic circles. He survived by wife Bertha Ross Cassell four daughters two sons and other relatives. funeral at Main Street Methodist Church Tazewell followed by Maplewood Cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert A. Cassell
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Bluefield
Patrick County
University of Virginia Hospital
Charlottesville
Boissevain, Bishop
Itmann
Alexander Methodist Church
Bishop
Cassell Memorial Church
Main Street
Tazewell
Bramwell Lodge 45
Beni Kedim Temple
Charleston
Bertha Ross Cassell
Frieda Sadler
Suffolk
Mellie Mustard
Phylis Lynch
Asheville
N. C
Mary Cassell
Hubert A. Cassell Jr
Glen Cassell
Morgantown
Robert E. Cassell
Cora Dancy
Chicago, Ill
Maggie Anderson
Radford
Kate Albert
McCoy
Erenna Albert
Whitethorne
Main Street Methodist Church
Paul P. Martin
George Fox
Maplewood Cemetery
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Bramwell Masonic Lodge 45
John Sproles
G. L. Asbury
Howard Clark
P. P. Feret
De Gaulle Holds Napoleonic Cabinet Meeting in Paris
Premier de Gaulle convened a brief cabinet session described as Napoleonic in tone. He named a group to fill cabinet ranks, with posts for Rene Brouillet as top civilian aide to Gen. Salan and Guy Lamassoure as Corsica prefect, amid Corsican unrest and talks of East West summit prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
de Gaulle
U. S
Armory Houghton
Houghton
Harvard
Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
Macmillan
United States
America
Fourth Republic
Information
Andre Malraux
Napoleon
de Galle
Vatican
Raoul Salan
Algeria
Rene Brouillet
Holy See
Guy Lamassoure
Corsica
Mediterranean
Napoleon I
Lamassoure
Grand Rapids Cops Test Dice at Engineer Convention
Grand Rapids officers played craps on duty while testing 600 pairs of educated dice worth $1,000 seized from two delegates at an engineers convention. Some dice were loaded to predict outcomes with many sevens, others arranged to block sevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
Grand Rapids
Raven Woman Wins Big on The Price Is Right in 32700 Gift Payout
A 30 year old Raven Virginia woman with a heart condition won gifts valued at thirty two thousand dollars on The Price Is Right. Nancy Robinette guessed the showcase value within three cents earning a 10000 dollar bonus plus a collection including a mink coat a diamond necklace a convertible and more. She and fiancé Clifford Lane of Raven celebrated after officials verified the win and the WHIS TV program aired the announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raven
NBC
Nancy Robinette
Speidel Company
Miss Robinette
Nick Robinette
Richilands- Raven
Richlands
Whis-Tv
Bluefield
Also Mentioned on This Page
Princeton Childs
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Council
Sir Hugh Foot
McDowell
I. Mann Litz
Ok’s Fursts
Reds
By Seymour Topping
George E. Kemper
Escondido
James R. Zeller
Mount Joy
Allan A. Brister
Wyncote
Paul E. Jones
Cleveland
Raymond
Carrol T. Ruffin
Howe
Tex
Mike Ellis
Mel
Vera Ellis
Bremen
Germany
Jones
Corpus Christi
Westigrook
Jacksonville
Fla
Ike, Macmillan
Mansfield Sprague
Nathan Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nok
Harold Macmillan
Ike
Hubert Cassell
Stanley Johnson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!