Indian Envoy Menon Urged to Press Conciliatory China Move
India's V. K. Krishna Menon prepares to urge President Eisenhower next week to make conciliatory gestures toward Red China. U S officials doubt any concrete proposal will emerge amid a busy diplomacy week including Adenauer visits and Yugoslav policy reviews.
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Indias Menon
Communist
China
Washington
India
V. K. Krishna Menon
Eisenhower
U. S
Menon
Lelisenhower
Dulles
Konrad Adenauer
White House
Yugoslavia
State Department
New York
Miracle renews push to canonize Kateri Tekakwitha first American saint
Vatican reports new miracle attributed to Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks revives beatification efforts begun in 1931 The process started May 19 1939 and had stalled with one miracle rejected others pending approval The Mohawk born Ossernenon near Auriesville New York died 1680 at age 24 while pursuing penance Mother Cabrini is the only U S saint canonized to date
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Vatican City
Kateri Tekakwitha
St. Francis Xavier
Montreal
Ossernenon
Auriesville
N. Y
Vatican
Congregation of Rites
Pope Pius XII
U.S
Frances Xavier Cabrini
Italy
New York
Rites Held For Several Area Residents
Obituaries report Otis W Howell 56 of Crystal died at Bluefield Sanitarium after long illness. Robert L Heinshimer of Lake Hiawatha NJ died in sleep. Louis Schwartz 67 of Northfork dies in Columbus Ohio after years of illness. Charles B Carvin 76 of Wytheville Va funeral tomorrow at Lebanon Church. Tilda Stiltner 74 Pearly Va funeral Monday in Maxie cemetery. Leslie Scheer 3 year old Pearisburg Va killed by auto. Maggie Martin 51 Richlands Va dies in hospital. Noah W Shumate 54 Pocahontas Va dies in Bluefield hospital. Burial and service details listed for each.
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W. Howell Otis William Howell
Crystal
Bluefield Sanitarium
Ash County
N. C
Nellie Massie
Winfield Howell
Cravens Funeral Home
Montcalm
Funeral services for Charles L Haynes in Union
Funeral services for Charles Lawrence Haynes 44 of Union will be held today at 1 30 at Broyles Funeral Home Chanel Union with Rev W H Hairston officiating Burial follows at Elmwood Cemetery Union Pallbearers are Lewis Patterson Melvin Patterson Robert Graham Charlie Lewis Clinton Lambert and William Dunlap He died Friday night from suffocation The body will remain at the funeral home Also pending arrival in Bluefield of Sgt Elmore M Thompson US Army Korea death in 1951 whose survivors include mother Mrs Georgia Thompson and three sisters Ruth Smith Alice Smith Eva Mae Thompson Funeral arrangements will be at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home Bluefield with services to follow.
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J. L. Whitworth
Robert L. Heinsheimer
Lake Hiawath
N. J
Virginia Whitworth
Harry
Bobby
Christine
East Orange
Arthur K. Pa
Montclair
Tilda Stiltner
Pearly
George Stiltner
John Hess
Casby Cwaway
Lendon Clevenger
Johnny Layne
Maxie
George
Ann Branham
Grundy
Vergie Davis
Tennessee
Glade Ratliff
Mae Barly
Harman
Lewis Stiltner
Cedar Bluff
Granville
John Stiltner
Leslie Scheer
Julian Scheer
Riffe
B. F. C. Rowe
Birchlawn
Pearisburg
Charlotte
N. C
Scheer
Mary Virginia Williams
Narrows
Frank
Kate Hughs
Willie
Kathleen
Austin
Evelyn Elswick
Joseph
Richlands
Cecil
Nennie Brown
J. B. Hughs
Claude Hughs
Page, Va
Banner Hughs
Nichollsville
Hurst ‘Scott
Peery Smith
Nelson Barker
Noah William Shumate
Pocahontas
St. Lukes Hospital
Bluefield
Mary Maherda Shumate
Walter L
U. S. Army
Fort Campbell
Noah J
Army
Fort Meade
John Knowles
Bettina
Rosalie
Vincent
Mary
Jimmy
Barbara
Nora Shumate
Wolfe
John Shumate
St. Elizabeth Catholic Church
Alfonso Hayes
Woodlawn
Holy Name Society
Pocahontas Union
Charles Lawrence Haynes
Union
Broyles Funeral Home
Chanel
W. H. Hairston
Elmwood
Lewis Patterson
Melvin Patterson
Robert Graham
Charlie Lewis
Clinton Lambert
William Dunlap
Mr. Haynes
Elmore mM. Thompson
North Tazewell
Korea
Sgt
Thompson
Georgia Thompson
Tazewell County High School
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Ruth Smith
Alice Smith
Eva Mae Thompson
New York City
Jane Russell Sprains Ankle In Bath Scene
Actress Jane Russell sprained her right ankle today after slipping while climbing out of a bathtub during a scene at 20th Century Fox Studios. The injury was painful but minor and did not stop filming.
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Hollywood
Jane Russell
20Th Century-Fox Studios
West Virginia Civil Defense Exercise Faces Communication Check
West Virginia will participate in a national Civil Defense drill next Wednesday and Thursday chiefly as a failed test of communications. State headquarters will operate 26 hours from 11 a.m. Wednesday to 1 p.m. Thursday as all facilities are tested, with county directors guiding public involvement. Robert Y Hayne, Charleston engineer, serves as operations officer in the absence of Col. C E arene.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Wheeling
Office of
Edgar B. Sites
Robert Y Hayne
Col
C. E.arene
National Guard
Hayne
Little Mo Becomes Bride in San Diego Queen of Home
Tennis icon Maureen Connolly Brinker married Norman Brinker in a simple ring ceremony officiated by Bishop Charles F Buddy. The 20 year old, defending Wimbledon champion and former US champion, will remain in San Diego with her husband and plans a European tour beginning June 15 after a brief California honeymoon.
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San Diego
Calif
Maureen
Little Mo
U.S
Norman Eugene Brinker
Charles F. Buddy
Miss Connolly
Brinker
California
Europe
Wimble
Wimbledon
United States
Shivers Commencement Speech Spurs Short-Lived Boycott Threat
Governor Allan Shivers of Texas spoke at the University of Southern California commencement before an overflow crowd of 14 000. Extra police guarded the event after protests and a boycott threat tied to his segregation views, though the ceremony proceeded smoothly and he received a doctor of laws degree.
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Los Angeles
Allan Shivers
Texas
University of Southern California
University
Shiversch
Shivers
Senate
Youngstown Cops Superior Feet in Local Study
The Mahoning Valley Chiropody Society reports 68 percent of Youngstown police had some foot ailment while 80 percent of American adults overall share foot trouble. The group notes flat feet are less common among officers than in the general male population.
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Youngston, Ohio
Youngstown
Mahoning Valley
Catholics Boycott Mountaineers At Girls State Opening
In Bartello Dr June 11 Catholics boycott Mountaineers to celebrate Girls State opening. Campaigns for modest dress by Catholic groups and SDS crusades target fashion trends, while Ashland hosts the 25th American Folk Song Festival led by Jean Thomas. At Jackson’s Mill West Virginia the 12th annual Girls State begins with 350 delegates and state officials present.
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Ashland
Jean Thomas
Miss Thomas
Woods
Kentucky
Jackson's Mill
W. Va
American Legion Auxiliary
Mountaineer
Wayne Reynolds
Beckley
Elizabeth O’dell
Chauncey M. Browning
State Supreme Court
Inauguraion
Catholics Defy Ban in Corpus Christi Procession in Buenos Aires
Thousands of Catholics gathered in Buenos Aires for Corpus Christi, the largest such show in Argentina, defying a government outdoor procession ban by marching 15 blocks along Avenida de Mayo toward the national Capitol. Police did not intervene as clashes between church and state deepen, with 77 priests jailed on various charges since November.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Metropolitan
Avenida de Mayo
National Capitol
Peron
Plaza de Mayo
Crew Of 10 US Airmen Killed In German Crash
A US Air Force B29 crashed into Mt Teckberg near Stuttgart while on a training instrument approach killing all ten crew aboard. The plane based at Molesworth England exploded on impact in fog and rain, with wreckage thrown up to 300 feet.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Mt. Teckberg
Swabian Alps
Stuttgar
Truman Attacks GOP Over Public Power in Portland
Former President Harry S Truman told a Democratic fund dinner in Portland that Republican leadership is driven by big business interests and seeks to curb public power. He criticized moves to privatize river projects like St Lawrence and Columbia and warned of private control harming public safeguards.
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Portland
Ore
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Eisenhower
St. Lawrence
Columbia
Weather Outlook for West Virginia Virginia Kentucky Tennessee
West Virginia shows cloudy conditions with showers and possible thunderstorms, highs 65 to 70, and a cooler Monday with scattered showers. Virginia expects considerable cloudiness, highs 72 to 78, with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms by Sunday afternoon, then cooler Monday. Kentucky stays mostly cloudy and cool with scattered showers or thunderstorms, highs in the 60s, Sunday to Monday. Tennessee remains mostly cloudy and cool with a few scattered showers or thunderstorms, highs 66 to 72, Sunday to Monday turning partly cloudy and warmer.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Staunton Plans 1956 observance for Woodrow Wilson birthday
In Staunton Virginia on June 11 plans to commemorate the life and principles of Woodrow Wilson on the 100th anniversary of his birth will be announced. Separate meetings will be held by a national commission and a Virginia state commission at the Wilson birthplace shrine. Representatives from the Birthplace Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson Foundation will attend, with Maj. Gen. Walton Opie named by President Eisenhower as national commission chairman.
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Staunton
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
League of Nations
Congress
Virginia
Wilson Birthplace
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
New York
Walton Opie
The
Birthplace Foundation
Eisenhower
National Commission
CIO Political Action Director Denies Communist Affiliation
John J. Mullen, CIO Steel Workers political action director and former Clairton mayor, swore to Senate investigators he never joined the Communist party. He also denied Musmanno asked him in 1953 to drop bribery charges against two Clairton city councilmen and a coal operator, despite prior newspaper quotes. The testimony followed Mazzei's claim that Mullen was a Communist party functionary.
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Washington
John J. Mullen
United Cio Steel Workers
Clairton
Senate
Communist Party
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Mullen
Musmanno
Internal Security Subcommittee
Joseph D. Mazzei
Pittsburgh
FBI
Magnesium Jet Tests Successful At Mitchell AFB
A magnesium built jet trainer with pilot Captain Richard Ramsbottom completed a test flight at Mitchell Air Force Base in New York. The Air Force called it successful and noted the design uses 1,100 fewer parts and requires fewer stiffening members than aluminum models. Designers East Coast Aeronautics Corp. of Pelham, New York project a 20 percent lower production cost and a 10 mph speed increase over aluminum versions.
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Mitchel Air Force Base
N. Y
Air Force
Richard Ramsbottom
East Coast Aeronautics Corp
Pelham
Clarksburg Youth Wins March of Dimes Scholarship
Clarksburg June 11 John Richard Deem of West Virginia University medical college has been awarded a March of Dimes scholarship by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The award was announced by E J Lowther, Harrison Gaunt, foundation chairman.
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Clarksburg
John Richard Deem
Medical Coliegat
West Virginia University
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
E J. Lowther
Harrison Gaunt
Bradley's Bridal Shop Offers Wide Summer Apparel Deals
Bradley's Coats And Suits are greatly reduced with prices from 8.95 to 189.95. New wedding dresses and play clothes are highlighted along with practical underwear and accessories. The shop promotes costumes, jewelry, bags, gloves, hats, blouses, skirts, sweaters, and a selection of white and pink bags at 2.95 and a $5 table.
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Bradley
Bradley’s
Bradley’s— Bridal
Bradley's
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