Virginia Education Commission urges no session on desegregation plan
The 32 member Virginia Public Education Commission recommended no new legislative session on desegregation. It said that continuing a segregation basis remains practicable administratively and that Gov. Stanley and the State Board should keep the present policy in effect. The panel, led by Sen. Garland Gray, will file a further report after its study of constitutional limits and statutory changes.
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Richmond
Virginia
Commission On Public Education
Gov. Stanley
State Board of Education
Education Commission
Garland Gray
Waverly
Inia
Pyromaniac Escapes From Peace Springs Prison
Huntington reports Mildred Shrewsbur alias Mildred DeBois, a 29 year old confessed pyromaniac under two to 20 years, escaped from the women's penitentiary at Peace Springs during a rainstorm last Wednesday. She had been sentenced March 8 by Common Pleas Judge John Daniel for attempting to burn a two family dwelling in December.
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Huntington
Mildred Shrewsbur
Women's Penitentiary
Peace Springs
Miss Shrewsbur
Mildred DeBois
Common Pleas
John Daniel
Mabel T. Sims
Son Follows In Health Director's Footsteps
Morgantown June 101F Dr Allen Dyer son of West Virginia state health director will become director of the Monongalia County Health Department effective Aug 1 The acceptance announced by President H L Winter of the Monongalia County Court notes Dyer 29 will move from Ohio where he has worked in public health across a three county area to join the county department.
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Morgantown
Allen Dyer
West Virja
Monongalia County
Dyer
H. L. Winter
Monongalia
N. H
Ohio
Pike County
Hungry Thief Grabs Food From Scranton Freezer
In Scranton Pennsylvania a hungry thief entered the home of Albert Ellowitz and stole multiple items from a food freezer. The haul included two broiled chickens two chicken pies half gallon of ice cream one coffee cake one can of pineapple one can of grape juice one can of orange juice and a five pound rib roast.
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Scranton
Albert Ellowitz
U S SEEKS Details In Plastics Contract Probe
Lev testified he gave a $2000 check to Mrs Hort as payment for a survey, while Hort denied blackmail and labeled the payment as a settlement for a plastics deal that never materialized. Leo admitted discussing the contract with Mrs Hort, and earlier testimony said he gave her two $150 coats. Hort worked in the New York military procurement office.
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Lev
House Approves Power Projects Amid Broad Public Works Cuts
A House committee backed West Memphis and Fulton power plants financed by Middle South Utilities and Southern Co. the Fulton plant costs an estimated 90 million dollars. The panel approved a 1.285 trillion appropriation bill, trimming 418.758 million from President requests as the largest cut this year.
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West Memphis
Middle South Utilities Co
Edgar H. Dixon
Southern Co
Eugene Yates
Fulton
Comttee
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Sava Wos
British Rail Talks Fail To End Strike Parley
London June 10 The British Transport Commission held a three hour talk with strike leaders but no immediate agreement emerged. ASLEF seeks pay increases for 67000 members to restore differentials, while a rival union represents lower grades. Talks resume tomorrow with possible government action if no settlement.
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London
British Transport Commission
Commission
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
ASLEF
National Union of Railwaymen
Pastor Hugh E. Kelse Dies After Illness in Charleston
Charleston veteran clergyman Dr. Hugh E. Kelse, 65, pastor of Wesley Methodist Church, died at home after a six month cancer illness. He moved to Charleston from Huntington two years ago and previously led the Buckhannon District in the West Virginia Methodist Conference. He leaves a widow and two daughters.
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Charleston
Hugh E. Kelse
Wesley Methodist Church
Kelse
Huntington
Buckhannon
West Virginia Methodist Conference
Deaths Bring Obituaries From Virginia and Ohio
Obituaries list C B Mustard of Tazewell Virginia died at Roanoke Veterans Hospital after a heart condition with services at St Matthews Lutheran Bland. Mona Evelyn Swapp of Bluefield is mourned with services at Hawkins Funeral Chapel. Arley Forest Miller of Union dies suddenly. survivors include wife Madelin Tomlinson and children. funeral at Union Presbyterian Church. Okie Hutton Keyes of Marion Virginia dies after illness. survivors include son Rev W W Keyes and daughter Mrs Virgie Hall. George B Brown of Montcalm is remembered in services at Pentecostal Holiness Church with burial in Montcalm Cemetery. list of survivors provided.
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C. B. Mustard
Tazewell
St.Matthews Lutheran Church
Bland
W. D. Larrowe
M. G. Goodpasture Jr
Creete Chapel Cemetery
Mustard
Veterans Hospital
Roanoke
George
Roland
Welch
Alva Necessary
Greever Funeral Home
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Mona Evelyn Swapp
Stoney Ridge
Bluefield
Earl Clark
Monte Vista Park
Rufus Drewster
Albert Mooney
Andy Bevill
Charlie Nunn
Alvie Brennan
Oscar Tabor
Arley Forest Miller
Union
Union Presbyterian Church
Monroe Lodge No
Madelin
Tomlinson Miller
Beverley
Sonny
Shelton Miller
Pickaway
Carl
Maggie Piskine
Links Grove
R. R. Gray
D. T. Goodwin
Green Hill Cemetery
Monroe No. 77
Lodge
Union Cha
Order of the Eastern Star
Broyles Funeral
Okie Hutton Keyes
Marion
W. W. Keyes
Virgie Hall
Roy
John
Herbert Keyes
Sugar Grove
Nannie Gilbert
Lena Rich
Mollie Rich
George B. Brown
Lorton Lick Road
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Montcalm
Sublette
Mathews
N.C
Dennie M. Brown
W. E. McDowell
Brith Whitt
Columbus
Ohio
Portsmouth
Frank
Defiance
Annie Trull
N. C
May Crowe
Charlotte
Hawkins Funeral Home
Diverse Belmont Field Gathers Against Nashua in Dizzy Stakes
A crowded nine to ten 3 year olds enter the Belmont Stakes as Nashua opens as a heavy favorite despite a wide entrant field. Jabneh changes ownership and Portersville eyed as a strong upset chance with betting around 10-1 while Nashua aims for a record pace after the Preakness win.
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Nashua
Belmont
New York
Old Jerome Park
Bronx
Belair Stud
Old College
William Woodward, Jr
Jabneh
Eugenia Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead
Clearwater Stable
Portersville
Saratoga
Freese Brothers Have Night Despite Rainout
A rainout of the Pirates Braves game did not stop a Wheeling West Virginia group from honoring third baseman George Freese and second baseman Eugene Freese with plaques checks savings bonds and merchandise during a community night event in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirates
Milwaukee Braves
Pirates
Freese Brothers
Wheeling W. Va
George Freese
Eugene Freese
State Youth Killed In Car Motorcycle Mishap
A West Virginia youth, 19 year old Stuart Allen Hamrick of Webster Springs, was killed in Akron in a collision between his motorcycle and an automobile. He worked at a filling station in Akron and funeral services were to be held Sunday at Point Methodist Church near Webster Springs. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Ray Luther Hamrick.
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Akron
Ohio
West Virginia
Stuart Allen Hamrick
Webster Springs
W. Va
Point Methodist Church
Ray Luther Hamrick
Negro Mechanic Dead In Monroe
Charles Lawrence Haynes a 44 year old Negro mechanic and Union resident died of suffocation in the Monroe County Jail. Prosecuting Attorney Forrest Roles said Haynes had been committed to a mental institution and was in jail awaiting transfer when his body was found near his bunk amid a bed and blanket fire and smoke. Funeral arrangements are pending at Broyles Funeral Home in Union.
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Charles Lawrence Haynes
Union
Monroe County
Alilomey Forrest Roles
Haynes
County Mental Hygiene Commission
Broyles Funeral Home
State Woman Gets Term 2-14 Years In Forgery
Betty Jo Wood a 22 year old practical nurse from Logan West Virginia pleaded guilty to issuing a forged check and was sentenced from two to 14 years in the Indiana Woman's prison She admitted financing a coast to coast trip on checks taken from Madison State Hospital where she had worked The checks paid for the first good time fling she said Police said she was wanted in Chicago Cincinnati California and other places in connection with the trip She was arrested May 9 at Madison Ind and told police she accidentally swallowed an open safety pin and suffered no ill effects
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Indianapolis
Betty Jo Wood
Logan
W. Va
Indiana Woman's Prison
Miss Wood
Madison State Hospital
Chicago
Cincinnati
California
Madison
Ind
Weather outlook across states with rain and cool periods
Weather summaries describe Maryland Delaware and Virginia with cloudiness cool air and rain on Saturday and mostly cloudy or cool Sunday with minimal temperature change. Tennessee and Pennsylvania show showers and cool conditions with occasional rain and western regions mainly cloudy. Washington reports a Weather Bureau temperature and rainfall update for the prior 24 hours ending 7 p.m.
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Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Washington
Weather Bureau
Shows Remind Of Horse's History
Tazewell and Rotary clubs stage a horse show to honor equine history, tracing Virginia horses from Captain James Moore through Kentucky imports, notable studs like Yorick and Prince Al, and local breeders such as Dr. O Keeffe and Maj. Walton, highlighting lifelong links between Tazewell culture and horse lineage.
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Tazewell
Tazewell and
Rotary Clubs
James Moore
Yorick
Kentucky
Jaspeh Moore
Captain James
Virginia
Tazewell County
Hill
Esay O
Joseph Tingly
Jos S. Gillespie
John Barns
Alex Buchanan
Gillespie
Prince al
Catholics Move Corpus Christi Rite In Buenos Aires
The Roman Catholic Church advances plans to hold the Corpus Christi procession inside the Metropolitan Cathedral to avoid the Plaza de Mayo square. Police ban the outdoor site amid government orders under President Juan D. Peron, risking possible trouble.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Plaza de Mayo
Juan D. Peron
Suibee
Peron
P. Perez
Perez
Japan
Yoshio Shira
Tokyo
Records Spin Out Prosperity Song
The nation’s phonograph record makers see sales rise 30 percent from 1954 as teens become primary buyers. Industry leaders including RCA, Columbia, Decca and Capitol push promotions via radio disk jockeys to drive hits. A& R executives note classic and pop markets shifting with youth demand and postwar Hi Fi growth.
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Stanley Kligfeld York
Nana
Lawrence W. Kanaga
Radio Corporation of America Victor
Ed Records
Columbia Records, Inc
Prn
Sydney Goldberg
Decca Records
Capitol
Dick Linke
Mercury
Irvin Green
Alan Livingston
A. & Chief
RCA
Columbia
Decca
Rome
Strikers at Sylvania Plant Decide to Return to Work
Huntington June 10 A WW strik ing employee at the Sylvania Electric Products plant voted to return to work but production will not restart until next week. CIO Local 608 President Quentin Kirk said the walkout began over a dismissed woman worker not meeting quota. Company called the strike illegal and said maintenance staff will report Monday with tube production resuming at 7 a.m. Tuesday.
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Huntington
Sylvania Electric Products
Quentin Kirk
CIO Electrical Workers Local 608
Kirk
Sylvania
Poca Coal Operators Report Production Up For Week And Year
Pocahontas Operators Association reports week ending June 9 production at 560 598 net tons, up 33 549 tons from the prior week and above the 1954 week by 84 188 tons. Year to date 1955 surpasses 1954 by 1 840 392 tons, a rise near 19 percent.
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Poca
Pocahontas Operators Association
State Woman Found Dead in Apartment
Acting Coroner Earl Arthur said Mrs. Hardman was dead about 24 hours, apparently of natural causes, after a landlord and a relative forced entry into the kitchen apartment when no sign of life was present.
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Earl Arthur
Ohioans Held In State On Auto Theft Charges Waive In Preliminary
Two Ohio men Alfred Tucker and Donald Dishen waived preliminary hearings on federal auto theft charges in Wheeling. Bond set at 2000 dollars each. Authorities recaptured them after escapes from Mansfield reformatory and later from an Erie County jail en route to work detail. They allegedly stole a truck in Huron and a car in Delaware before returning to East Liverpool.
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Wheeling
Ohio
Alfred Tucker
East Liverpool
Donald Neil Dishen
Findlay
Hancock County
Mansfield
Sandusky
Huron
Erie County
Erie
Chester
Tucker
Dishen
Delaware
Ohio River
Vandalism Report In Bluefield Targets Homes And Shops
Bluefield residents report vandalism by B-B guns and acid with damages cited at 500 Tazewell Street homes and three local businesses. Ralph Thompson and Mrs. Julia Bragg described windows shot and a basement hole, while Bradley's Dress Shop awning was cut and three firms faced acid-smeared windows Thursday night.
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Bluefield
Ralph Thompson
Julia Bragg
Tazewell St
Ompson
Bradley
Stanley Barber Shop
Bland St
Kingslow Drug Store
Willis Grocery Store
Genoa Street
Matoaka Kiwanis Hear Ralph D Bird
Ralph D. Bird spoke on Canadian Citizenship Week to the Matoaka Kiwanis. The program noted the friendship between Canada and the United States and Kiwanis clubs, with Pat Murphy's prior program and M. G. Jones as next meeting leader.
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M. G. Jones
Matoaka Kiwanis
Pat Murphy
Ralph D. Bird
Bird
Kiwanig
Factory Erecting Roof for Tazewell Addition
TAZEWELL The Tazewell Manufacturing Company plant at Four Way is adding a 30,000 square foot annex to reach about 90,000 total. B F Parrott and Company of Roanoke are general contractors with steel work and roofing underway. The plant employs about 350 now, with potential to rise to 1,000 after completion. The company is a Miramold Radio subsidiary based in New York.
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Tazewell
Tazewell Manufacturing Company
Four Way
B. F. Parrott and Company of
Roanoke
Miramold Radio Corporation of
New York
Public Notice in Mercer County Court and Tax Seizure report
West Virginia Circuit Court notice in Mercer County requires defendants to respond within one month after first publication. Also included is a Treasury notice of seizure of a 1953 or 1955 Dodlton truck in McDowell County for tax code violations with a $250 cost bond due by June 27, 1955 at Charleston.
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West Virginia
Mercer
Ruby G. Simmons
Irvin Gordon
Jack M McDonald
Virginia
Mae MacDonald, Sutherland
Myrtle Harold Porterfield
G. D. Sutherland
Myrtle Evans Sutherland
Harold ¥. Porterfield
Ee Stentam
Sereine Mae
Mae McDonald
State of
West Vic
Mercer County
L. T. Reynakds
Philip T Lily
Treasury Department
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax
Internal Revenue Service
Cincinnati
Ohio
Dod
Beria
McDowell County
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Code
Ed Sizemore
Northfork
Embleton Building
Charleston
H. G. Morthorst
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