FBI Informant Found Shot Dead in Boston After Brink's Case
Boston police sought a suspect after the shooting death of William J. Cameron an ex convict tied to the Brink's robbery inquiry Cameron was found in an automobile behind Pargo Navy Barracks in the south end He had been questioned in the case and was linked to the Brink's gang with prior arrests for auto theft and drug peddling.
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Boston
Pargo Navy Barracks
South End
William J. Cameron
Alarate Brink
Cameron
Aehim
Ee Bren
James P. Fay
Cap
Trooper Killed At Wreck Scene Near Alta Vista
Altavista Virginia June 10 A state trooper 29 Gretna resident Henry Murray Brooks Jr. died after a car struck a flame marked wreck scene on US 29 while he questioned three men at least 10 feet from his cruiser. Injured were John Williams Botta Mammoth W Va hit-and-run victim and Melvin Reece McDaniel Gretna driver of the fleeing car. Ralph James Grubb also a passenger in McDaniels car sustained minor injuries. Brooks who married and father of a 20 month old son had served as a trooper since March.
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US 29
Here
Henry Murray Brooks Jr
Gretna
Lynchburg General Hospital
John Williams Botta
Mammoth
W. Va
Brooks
Memorial Hospital
Danville
Melvin Reece McDaniel
Botts
Ralph James Grubb
McDaniel
Wntate Pie
W. W. Blythe
Vista
Pittsylvania
George Spicey Martin
Caen
Se Road
Blythe
Train Conductor Saves Life Of Four Year Old
Chester rescue tale as Charles Royer a Conrail foreman and Chester man pulled a four year old from a freight engine. Royer leapt to the front of the locomotive and hurled the boy to safety after signaling the engineer who blew warnings. The child moved toward the tracks as the train could not be stopped in time.
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Chester
Com' Reading Pony Freight
Bruce
Charles Royer
Royer
Nobody Watches The Watchman At State Pen
Monster AR reports a guard at the West Virginia Penitentiary mine was attacked while escorting prisoners. Melvin L bga, 40, from Raleigh, was serving 1 to 10 years for grand larceny. The incident occurred between 5 p.m. and 6 a.m. yesterday. four inmates were nearby during the event.
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Monster AR
Melvin L Bga
West Virginia Penitentiary
Shrewsbury
Raleigh Y Iust
Grand iv
President Exercises With Support in Recovery Report
The President walked with support from bed to an armchair, a four foot distance, then sat and performed breathing exercises. After 10 minutes in the chair his pulse rose briefly before returning to normal as he was helped back to bed by two attendants. Sherman Adams and an aide reported his condition.
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Duiged
Ery
Presi- Sherman Adams Dential
Deaths and funerals in Bluefield area
Retired N and W trainman Bee Lusk 75 of Bluefield died at home after an extended illness. He retired July 1952 after 50 years on the railroad and was a WWI era Carriage Hero Medal recipient for rescuing a woman and two children. Survived by wife Hattie Hornbarger and multiple children. body at Mercer Funeral Home pending arrangements. Funeral for John Aubrey Sarver 48 Falls Mills will be 3:30 pm at Falls Mills Christian Church with interment at Harrison Tabor Cemetery following death Saturday in Bluefield Sanitarium. Additional notices include Mrs Effie Blankenship 46 Havaco and Rev Levi Gibson 84 Wharncliffe with services announced by local funeral homes.
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N. and
Bee Harry Lusk
Jefferson St
Bluefield
Lusk
James Mack
Abbie Strong Lusk
Rock
W. Va
Athens
Mercer Funeral Home
John Aubrey Sarver
Falls Mills
Betty Farmer
Joyce
Mildred Sarver
Lillie Thormpson
Richmond
William Robert
Navy
Barry Teeith
Bertie Daniely
Pearle Sarver
Virginia Mabe
Wagner Hawkins
Carlton Whitley
Robert Buckland
Jake Stapes
Kyle Jessee
Shorty Tabor
John Belcher
The
Christian Church
Betty Sharon Endicott
Silver Creek
Crum
Elda Justice
Grander
Columbia Shannon
United Baptist Church
Eilis
Warfield
Liss
Gilbert
Jake
James Webb
Route 1
Delbarton
Nile
Fort Gay
Marion
Lonsdale
Jenny Harmons
Delbayton
Sackie Mae Ratliffe
Chattaroy
Dovie Boyd
Columbus
Ohio
Mazelle Kidd
Glen Hayes
Havaco
Effie Georgie Blankenship
Havaco Hospital
Ita
N. C
Luthar Arnold Blankenship
Laura Jenkins
Sparta
Betty Clark
Manchester
Love
Peggy Blankenship
Hasel
Joe
James Jenkins
Elkhorn
Garland
Predrick
Glen
Fred
Carter, N. J
Swanson
Junior
Will
Otis
Kansas
Kathleen Crosley
On Pinez
English, Va
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Lester Cemetery
Bradshaw Mountain
A. Grogan
Sebring
Levi Gibson
Wharncliffe
Enoce Gibson
Lurrilda Hatfield Gibson
Mingo County
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Pricey
Robert Owens
Harold Bloom
Perrysville
Glen Meade
B. H. Miller
Adams Funeral Home Inoat
Mattie Painter
Bethel Methodist Church
J. G. Holloway
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Liberty Hill
Tazewell County
Painter
James
Louise Wright
Eva Saunders
Newark
N. J
Lawrence
Phillip
George al
Braxton
Maggie Morris
Tazewell
Bessie Satterfield
Mt. Airy
Linkford and Richardson
Tomorow
Funeral notices for Luther Vider and Mrs Victory Fitchko
Luther Vider, 62, of Leckie, funeral today at Leckie Pentecostal Holiness Church with interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. Victory Fitchko, 56, of Fil Gary, obituary notice listing religious affiliation and residence.
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Luther
Leckie
Leckie Pentecostal Holiness Church
Woodlawn Cemetery
Fitchko
Victory Catholic
Fil
Gary
Virginia Farm Outlook Signals Market Fluctuations Amid Barley Eggs and Lamb Notes
Virginia farm bulletin reports barley and egg prices, with barley near 85 cents and moisture warnings for harvest. Wheat barley storage issues, loan rate at 1.02, and a cautious near term outlook for barley. Eggs seen rising modestly, with regional price ranges and weak summer demand. Lamb prices likely peak and trend downward as supplies grow, with markets in Chicago and Virginia cited. Postmaster reports dog bites to city mailmen in Sterling, Colorado in 1955.
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Virginia Department of Agriculture
Richmond
Georgia
North Carolina
Richman
Harrisonburg
Roanoke
Chicago
Noyes
Obituaries and Interments in Local Cemeteries
Barry Eugene Bowman of Bluefield Virginia interred at Woodlawn Cemetery after service at Dudley Memorial Chapel. Charley Stasheen, 73, of Newhall, buried after 2 PM service at Newhall Bible Church. John Lee Keyser, 73, of Jaeger, funeral from Jaeger Memorial Cemetery in Roderfield at 2 PM.
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Charley
Newhall
Newhall Bible Church
Woodlawn
Keyser
John Lee
Jaeger
Roderfield
Weather Summary West Virginia Virginia Maryland and nearby regions
Weather Bureau report covers West Virginia Virginia Maryland and western Pennsylvania with mostly fair conditions from Monday to Tuesday. Daytime highs reach the 80s and low 90s in several areas while coastal temperatures rise along the Atlantic. Chance of thunderstorms remains near Lake Erie on Tuesday and temperatures trend warmer.
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Virginia
Maryland
Lake Erie
Tennessee
Viscose Pension Plan Approved by Textile Union Council
The advisory council of the Textile Workers Union approved a negotiated settlement for American Viscose employees including a new pension plan and wage raise. Local ratification is required from seven locals in Marcus Hook Lewistown Meadville Pa Parkersburg Nitro W Va Roanoke Front Royal Va. The plan eliminates employee pension contributions retroactive to Jan 1 and grants a 4 percent June 1 1957 wage boost raising average earnings to about 1.86 an hour with disability life and sick benefit improvements.
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Washington
Textile Workers Union of America
Marcus Hook
Lewistown
Meadville
Parkersburg
Nitro
W. Va
Roanoke
Front Royal
Coast Guardsman and Nevada Bride Tie Telephoned Knot
Miss Louise Phillips aged 17 of Nevada wed J. P. Ashley 20 a Coast Guardsman stationed in Hawaii by telephone in the First Baptist Church here. Ashley spoke his vows from a Honolulu center while 125 guests heard via loudspeaker. The 10 minute ceremony proceeded with only a brief line trouble between San Francisco and Honolulu.
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Nevada
Louise Phillips
J. P. Ashley
Coast
Bob
Miss Phillips
Harold
Charlene
Ashley
Phillips
Reds Say Armistice Is Being Wrecked
Hong Kong reported that Communist China charged the Korean armistice is under threat of being wrecked. The Foreign Ministry statement broadcast by Peiping radio tied the charge to the U N Command inspection teams in Korea. Also noted was a record 710 splits at the American Bowling Congress tournament in Rochester, surpassing the 1955 mark of 9.
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China
Foreign Ministry
Peiping Radio
U. N. Command
Korea
North Korea
Rochester
N. Y
Bluefield man shoots self in home. critical condition
63-year-old David Greenspan, a confectioner, self-inflicted a 38 Colt gunshot wound at his College Ave home. Police say domestic difficulties were motive. he was found alone in a second floor bedroom and was taken to Bluefield Sanitarium in serious condition. A note to his wife and sister was found. officers attempt to contact his wife.
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David G
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Mercer Funeral Home
College Ave
College Avenue
Greenspan
Bluefie Avenue
Redly
Roby Brown
Genie
Alfred Bailey
Debt Ceiling To Be Decreased In Coming Congress Action
Washington June 10 The administration plans to ask Congress to extend the current debt ceiling for another year but at a level perhaps two billion dollars below the present 2751 billion. The higher level expires June 30 and the final size depends on Treasury budget surplus estimates and incoming business tax payments due by June 15.
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Congress
Treasury
Treasury Humphrey
Eisenhower
Humphrey
Tri-State Typographical Conference elects officers in Meadville
The 79th semi annual two day meeting in Meadville Pennsylvania re elected all officers Delegates chose Oil City for the fall meeting and Sharon for next spring The officers are Irvine M Kelley president Alfred Glaser first vice president Walter Burke second vice president Clarence O Nystrom third vice president Joseph Hellman fourth vice president Clyde S Slick secretary treasurer
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Meadville
Oil City
Sharon Pa
Irvine M. Kelley
Altoona
Alfred Glaser
Beaver
Walter Burke
Wheeling
Clarence O. Nystrom
Joseph Hellman
Greensburg
Clyde S. Slick
Johnstown
Wytheville Livestock Market Prices and Trends
Hogs sold with 12 percent head, prices for various weights. Veal and lambs traded with prime and good classifications. Slaughter cattle ranged 6.50 to 14 per hundredweight for canners to steers, stock cows priced per head. Market weak on cows and veal calves, steady on lambs and hogs.
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Choice
Injury in Bike Car Collision In Pulaski Street Area
A 10 year old Northside youth Ronald Prigmore was hospitalized in serious condition after his bicycle collided with a Mercer Street Gulf Station truck at the Pulaski Burton street intersection. The 17 year old driver Marvin Kyle was not charged and the boy underwent surgery to assess internal damage.
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Pulaski
Burton Street
Vic
Ronald Prigmore
Fannie Prigmore
Peck St
Marvin Kyle
Exeter St
Mercer Street
Gulf Station
John Kyle
Roby Brown
Pulaski Street
Sam Payne
Brown
American Capitalist is Now A Housewife
G. Keit Funston, president of the New York Stock Exchange, told Mills College graduates in Oakland that many capitalists are middle or lower income and own about four stocks each. He cited rising shareholder numbers and said data will dispel the myth that stock ownership is limited to the wealthy.
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Oakland
Calif
G. Keit Funston
New York Stock Exchange
Mills College
Funston
Revolt Crushed as Rebels Surrender Unconditionally
Reported by the government 40 leaders were said to be completely destroyed and Capt Walter Philippeaux, leader of the movement, captured. Air force jets bombed rebel units at La Plata while the 7th Regiment surrendered, ending the revolt nine months after Peron was ousted.
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Walter Phillippeaux
Air Force
7Th Regiment
la Plata
Adm
Rojas
Peron
Evolt
Two Gun Sheriff Albert Peyton Dies in Billings
Albert William Peyton, one of the West’s last two gun sheriffs, died in a Billings hospital at 76 from a heart ailment. He served as sheriff of Douglas, Wyoming from 1914 to 1916 before World War I service.
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Billings
Mont
Albert William Peyton
Peyton
Douglas
Wyo
Bluefield Dog Show Triumph Highlights Local Entries
A Black Cocker Spaniel led 72 pure bred dogs at Bluefield Dog Club AKC sanctioned show at the Bluefield Auditorium. Judge V A Potter awarded Irish Manor Young At Heart best in match to Howard A Irish and Johnson City Tenn owners. Eversridge Imp, owned by L L A Evers of Charleston, won best opposite sex to best in match.
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Bluefield Dog Club
American Kennel Club
Bluefield Auditorium
V. A. Potter
South Charleston
Irish Manor
Young At Heart
Howard A. Irish
Johnson City
Tenn
Eversridge
Bluefield
Potter
J. Fishman
Huntington
Laudean
Swisher
L. A. Evers
Caprice
Ward B. Sims
Charleston
Car-Bet
Marquis de Lache
Bettie Davis
Nashville
J. W. Huddleston
Police Searching For Missing Coopers Lady
Tazewell County Virginia authorities hunted for 50 year old Daisy Davias who vanished during a tent meeting at Four Way around 9 p.m. after she rose from her seat and did not return. Her husband notified officials about two hours later describing their absence from the service.
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Tazewell County
Coopers
Four Way
Daisy Davias
Paynesville Man Hurt In Automobile Wreck
Charlis Allen about 45 of Paynesville was admitted to Grace Hospital in Welch with facial lacerations after a single car collision Saturday night. Hospital staff reported no serious injury or fracture and observation was planned.
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Charlis Allen
Paynesville
Grace Hospital
Welch
LITTLESBURG SHOT. CHARGE TO MURDER IF VICTIM DIES
Wynne stated the charge would be upgraded to murder if the victim dies. Deputies Pat Elmore and E. H. Crumpecker assisted in the investigation for the prosecuting attorney.
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Wynne
Pat Elmore
E. H. Crumpecker
Notice of sale of repossessed vehicles in Welch WV area
Public auction to sell repossessed 1953 Plymouth with serial 13079009 and 1953 Studebaker with serial 348173 at Callaway Motor Sales in Keystone West Virginia. Amount due 160.56 on the Plymouth and a base amount on the Studebaker, with any sale expenses to be paid. Universal Credit Corp. and B C Nichols Jr announce the sale date June 18 1956 and May 31 1956 as notices.
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Plymouth
Callaway Motor Sales, Inc
Keystone, W. V
Arid Se Pe Universal C.lt
B.C. Nichols, Jr
Studebaker
J. R. Mall Motor Bases
Welch
W. Va
Universal C.lt, Credit Corp
B. C. Nichols, Jr
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