Officials Assume Russians Are Speeding Spy Satellite
U S officials accelerate the Samos spy satellite project amid fears Russia may rush countermeasures. Samos aims to orbit a series of recon vehicles for ground imaging and electronic-detection globally with first launch planned from Point Arguello California late this year and full operation hoped by 1963 or 1964. Senate committee backed an 84 million dollar funding boost to speed development as critics note the U2 gap leaves Samos as the main source of timely Soviet intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense
Senate Appropriations Committee
Point Arguello
Calif
John Stennis
D-Miss
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Air Force
Samos
United States
Moscow
Ceredo Man Charged With Wife's Murder
Henry Hargis of Ceredo, after a lie detector clearance, is jailed in Wayne County on murder charges in his wife’s death. The 32 year old woman died at a Huntington hospital about 18 hours after June 5 admission. autopsy shows severe beating. He waived preliminary hearing and is bound to the July grand jury.
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Wayne
W. Va
Henry Hargis
Ceredo
Hargis
Wayne County
Huntington
Mrs. Allen Receives PhD From Boston University
Alma Coppedge Allen, wife of Bluefield State College president L B Allen, earned a PhD in romance languages and literatures at Boston University during the June 5 convocation. She was nominated by Greensboro Agricultural and Technical College where she served as associate professor and holds degrees from Shaw University and Iowa State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Coppedge Allen
Boston University
Allen
L. B. Allen
Bluefield State College
Agricultural and Technical College of Greensboro
N. C
Danforth Foundation
Shaw University
Iowa State University
Howard University
American Association of University Women
National Education Association
The
Modern Language Association
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portugese
Phi Sigma Iota
Alpha Kappa Mu
Alpha Sorority
Deaths and Funerals in Mercer County Widens
Obituaries from Mercer County list Earnest Bowie Kahle 60 of Jaeger in Welch hospital after a cardiac event and services at Jaeger Methodist Church. Also noted are Mrs. George Starling 75 Bluefield and Michael Barna 65 St Albans with multiple survivors and burial plans.
Obituaries for McFadden Rogib McFadden and Averill
Obituaries list funeral details for W. M. McFADDEN of Coopers Bluefield Va. Monday 2 p.m. Dudley Memorial Chapel Rev Alton Jessee. Burial Oakwood Park Princeton pallbearers named. W Arnold ROBINETT Richlands Va funeral 3:30 p.m. Richlands Christian Church Rev D W Wasson. burial Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery. Mrs W E Averill Rolston Street Bluefield Va funeral Sunday 3 p.m. Immanuel Lutheran Church burial Maple Hill Cemetery pallbearers listed with honorary pallbearers. church circle 2 members carry flowers.
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McFadden
W. M
Coopers
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Bluefield
Alton Jessee
Oakwood Park Cemetery
Princeton
Johnny Wasco
Johnny Painter
Robert Eller
Donald Allen
Guy Sykes
A. L. Poteet
Gordon Short
Cecil Cowan
Church Circle No. 2
Nixon Headquarters Opens in Washington D C Center
A Nixon for President headquarters opened in a downtown office building with Leonard W. Hall in command. Aides including Herbert G. Klein set up on the Underwood Building top floor at 11 46 19th St N W with space reserved for Nixon after Congress quits.
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Washington
Leonard W. Hall
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
19Th St
N.W
Nixon
Congress
Herbert G. Klein
National Committee
Homemakers Convene Training in West Virginia Growth Effort
The State Homemakers Training meeting ran June 6 to 8 at Cliff Top's Washington Carver Camp. Speakers included Miss Maggie Fleshman, Professor C. C. Carter, and A. Bacon with nutrition classes by Shirley Rae Bryant and Jeanette Gazianne. 4-H Leaders training followed June 8 to 10 with J.O. Knapp stressing education as vital. banquets highlighted Junior Leaders. Local attendees from McDowell County and nearby towns participated in sessions on radio, photography, news writing, and community pride.
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Greater
West Virginia
Washington Carver
Cliff Top
Maggie Fleshman
Bluefield
McDowell County
Nettie McDaniel
Cone Reeves
Elbert
Ruth Norwood
Lucy Watkins
A. B. Williams
Venus
Lilly Wilkerson
Juanita Miller
Willie B. Jones
Filbert
R. L. Robinson
Fannie Woodruff
Sallie Long
Emma Minor
Agricultural Extension Service
West Virginia University
Argentina Israel Confer on Eichmann Case
Argentine Ambassador Rodolfo Garcia Arias met with Israeli Foreign Ministry director general Chaim Yahiel on the eve of his departure for Buenos Aires to discuss the Adolf Eichmann matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Rodolfo Garcia Arias
Chaim Yahiel
Israeli Foreign Ministry
Buenos Aires
Adolf Eichmann
Rockefeller Tongue Tied on Debate with Nixon
The piece mocks Rockefeller effort to gauge Nixon stance on issues and his refusal to debate on television. It praises Nixon as best prepared for president, citing his Russia trip and stance against appeasement. It notes Rockefeller fits the Democrats more than the GOP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Dick Nixon
Russia
Malace
Lincoln
Eisenhower
Rites Set For Mrs Cheatwood In Elgood
Funeral services for 92 year old Ree na Olive Cheatwood of Elgood are planned for 2 p.m. Monday at Mountain View Baptist Church Elgood with burial in Elgood Cemetery. She died Friday at Princeton Memorial Hospital after a four month illness. She lived in Elgood 76 years and was born in Floyd County Virginia, widow of S B Cheatwood, and a member of Mountain View and Villa Heights Baptist Churches. Survivors include two sons Ray Cheatwood and Fred Cheatwood two daughters Florence White and Louise Shoop a brother N F Whickham five sisters six grandchildren 11 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. The body will be removed from Seavers Mortuary Princeton to Ray Cheatwood’s residence Sunday at 4 p.m. and to the church at 12:30 p.m. Monday. Pallbearers listed.
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Earnest Bowie Kahle
Jaeger
Welch
Wharncliffe
Jaeger Methodist Church
Rotary Club
Masonic Lodge
Bluefield
Clarence
Emma Harmon Kahle
Virginia Crawford Kahle
E. Bowie Kahle Jr
Eloise Jones
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Fanning Funeral Home
G. F. Plybon
Raymond Adkins
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Princeton Road
Saeger Masonic Lodge
George Starling
Fairmont St
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bland County
John Wolfe
Nebo Methodist Church
Bland
E. W. and
R. Wade Starling
J. H. Starling
Rapid City
Lucille Pedigo
Ruby Roland
Nell Williams
Georgia Tibbs
Princeton
Virginia Thompson
Norfolk
Agnes Pruett
Fayettesville
Thompson's Chapel
Cumberland Road
Heywood Price
Dwight Dickenson
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Mercer Funeral Home
Michael Barna
St. Albans
Maybeury
Barna
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Hovra
Czechoslovakia
St. Mary's Orthodox Greek Church
Elkhorn
Zurich Barna
John Eastone
Andrew Merguz
Peter
Paul
John Barna
Michael Barna Jr
Lexington
Mike Hallis
Anna Ordos
Stephen Barna
Nesquehoning
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
Hallis
St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church
L. Stecuik
Woodlawn Cemetery
William D. Bobbitt
Athens
Welch Emergency
U. S. Coal and Coke Co
Gary
Bobbitt
Mercer County
Pittsylvania County
Tom and
Lucy Dalton Bobbitt
Melrose Presbyterian Church
Athens Road
Theda Scruggs
Gretna
Sally Elliott
Danville
Paul Bohn
Resthaven Cemetery
Bailey Funeral Home
Reena Olive Cheatwood
Elgood
Mountain View Baptist Church
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Floyd County
Samuel
Mary Jane DeWeese Whickham
S. B. Cheatwood
Mountain View
Sally Bowers
Salem
Hattie Kirkpatrick
Annie Short
Adeline Whickham
Richmond
Seavers Mortuary
Ray Cheatwood
A. R. Nash
W. E. Shephard
D. C. Whitt
N. C. Akers
W. B. Holdren
H. F. Har
Khan's Horses to Race in Columbus Colors of Galbreath
John W. Galbreath of Darby Dan Farm and the Pittsburgh Pirates plans to race the offspring of 13 Aly Khan broodmares. The mares were sent to Columbus in December 1957 and the foals will compete here for three years before a Europe bound breeding phase.
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Columbus
Ohio
John W. Galbreath
Darby Dan Farm
Pittsburgh Pirate
Aly Khan
Galbreath
Europe
Weather Outlook for West Virginia and Virginia
The Associated Press reports variable clouds and warm humid conditions. Sunday brings scattered showers and thunderstorms with highs in the upper 70s to low 90s. Monday turns partly sunny and slightly cooler in both states.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Wind and Rain Hit Huntington Area
High winds and heavy rain battered southwestern West Virginia after severe storms. Huntington reported flooded streets and underpasses with unofficial rainfall near an inch and winds around 30 to 40 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
West Virginia
Central States
Butler Blasts The GOP Again
Democratic National Chairman Paul M Butler criticizes the Republican leadership after Friday's RNC meeting saying Republicans will rely on slogans not a great debate. He cites Nixon Rockefeller exchanges and foreign policy issues as evidence of a need for clear stances.
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Washington
Paul M. Butler
Republican National Committee
Butler
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson
House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Republican Committee
Nixon
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Japan
Republican Congressional Committee
Research Physicist Dooley Dies at 64 in Springfield
William D. Dooley a Springfield research physicist and inventor died at his home Saturday after a year of ill health Heavy with a year of failing health Dooley credited with inventing a supercharger for automobiles and other electronic devices He headed Dooley Enterprises and is survived by his widow Leah M Weeks of Wheeling West Virginia born in Idaho Springs Colorado.
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Springfield
Ohio
William D. Dooley
Dooley
Idaho Springs
Colo
Dooley Enterprises
Leah M. Weeks
Wheeling
W. Va
New Virginia Capital Outlays Commission Formed
Gov. J. Lindsay Almond named a 12 member Study Commission to advise on a six year state capital outlay program and the financial outlook, including possible new taxes. The panel will address the sales tax issue and is led by Tax Commissioner C. H. Morrissett with seven returning members from the earlier group and five new appointees.
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Richmond
J. Lindsay Almond
General Assembly
Commission
C. H. Morrissett
Thomas B. Stanley
Morrissett
Webster S. Rhoads Jr
Richmond Department Store
Ralph B. Douglass
Norfolk Industrial
Paul C. Buford
Roanoke Insurance
C. C. Clee
Triangle Bank
George Damm
Arlington
House of Delegates
William N. Neff
Abingdon Business
State Board of Education
Mason W. Johnson Jr
Richmond Investment
Garland EF. Moss
Chase City
Thomas B. Blanton
Bowling Green
Del
James W. Roberts
Norfolk
L. M. Kuhn
About 45,000 U S Forces in Japan After Cutbacks
Pentagon figures show U S military presence in Japan trimmed to about 45,000, based at a half dozen bases, aligned with the new U S Japanese security treaty awaiting ratification. Officials note generally good U S Japan relations and no widespread public demonstrations besides a few officials.
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Washington
U.S
Japan
U. S
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Tokyo
Pentagon
State Department
Hagerty
Douglas MacArthur
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Atlamta
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Mississippi Valley
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UPI Telephoto
Boston U
Charles W. Blankenship
William Bobbitt
Roy W. Sexton
Miami, Fla
Katherine Kahle
Merce County
Wytheville
Charles William Blankenship
Boissevain
Henry
Nannie Blankenship
UMWA
William E. Baker
Ind
Wayne B. Wright
Nemours
Howard Otey
Troutville
Frank Beaudoin
Washington, D. C
Huey Stallard
Bear, del
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Pocahontas, Va
Ira Edward White JR
Richlands
Jewell Ridge
Ira Edward
Opal Sayers White
Richlands High School
Glenna Tiller
Seat Pleasant
Wilma
Rosemary White
Jim Sayers
Doran
Farmer Funeral Home
Earnest B. Kahle
Continental Stores
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Matoaka, W. VA
Westinghouse
Hotpoint Appliances
Sherwin Williams
RCA - Zenith T
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Sporting Goods
Youngstown Kitchen
Argentina
Israel
Eichmann
Roosevelts
Harrimans
Mennen Williamses
Joe Kennedy
Adlai
Stuart Symingston
Truman
Missouri
Mrs. Cheatwood
Roena Cheatwood
Khan
Rosalien
Rock OF Ages
Monument Co
Dial FA
Bluefield, Virginia
For All
Bluefield Furniture Co
Princeton Ave
Raleigh St
Associated Press
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