Key Witness Jaffee Balks At Amerasia Probe
Philip Jaffee refused to answer most questions about the 1945 Amerasia documents case during a Senate inquiry. Senator Green hinted at contempt citation as the committee weighs whether Jaffee violated cooperation terms and the panel plans to study the legal basis for a contempt charge. Jaffe, editor of Amerasia magazine, faced about 100 questions in a closed session as agents raided its New York offices five decades earlier.
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Washington
Philip Jaffee
Amerasia
Senate
Green
D-Ri
Jaffe
Tydings
D-Md
Edward P. Morgan
Committee
Jim
Russia
U. S
Amerasia Magazine
New York
Man Arrested After Seizing Wartime Documents
A man and five others including two State Department officials faced charges after allegedly stealing hundreds of confidential wartime documents. The original conspiracy to commit espionage was reduced to conspiracy to remove U S documents illegally and a $2500 fine was paid.
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State Department
U. S
Certa Vin Claims Gas Relief from Stomach Pain
A Bluefield man reports his stomach gas and daily pains vanished after using Certa Vin a new formula taken before meals. The product says it works with food to expel gas and improve digestion and blood iron, with Ten Great Herbs plus vitamin B and iron.
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Bluefield
Sas
Centre shopping center planned at Bland and Union
Plans for a modern South Bluefield community shopping center have been drawn after the Flat Top National Bank trust department purchased the corner lots at Bland and Union. The building may be one or two stories with seven shops on the first floor and potential office space upstairs. Parking will be provided for patrons. Two houses and lots totaling about 100 by 150 feet are being dismantled to make way for the project.
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Bland
Union Streets
Bluefield
Prap
Trust Department
Flat Top National Bank
P F Walker Wins UDC Prize in Mississippi College ceremony
John Westfall escapes from a state penitentiary in Moundsville. P F Walker II, son of Dr Franklin T Walker and Mrs Walker, wins a fifty dollar prize from the United Daughters of the Confederacy at Clinton Mississippi for a research paper on the Vicksburg defenses. Walker, a Mississippi College student and U S Marine trainee, will attend officer school at Quantico after graduation.
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Peter Franklin Walker II
Franklin T. Walker
Bluefield College
Army Intelligence
U.S.A.R
Young Walker
Ares
Mississippi Age
Vicksburg
Walker
National Memorial Park
Department of Archives and History
War Memorial Building
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Grant
U.S. Marine Office
Quantico
Mississippi College
UDC
Tazewell Road Men Earn Safety Awards at Weiner Roast
Virginia department of highways personnel from the Tazewell residency received safety badges for 10 years or more with no injuries or equipment damage. Reece Puckett of Tazewell County and E F Repass of Bland led the noninjury and supervisory groups with long records. The celebration at Shufflebarger’s Store recreation grounds featured a mandolin performance by Jimmie Brown and a dance at the Clear Fork Community House.
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Tazewell
Virginia Department of Highways
Cove Creek
Reece Puckett
Tazewell County
E. F. Repass
Bland
Weiner
Shufflebarger’s
Clear Fork
Henry Hounsbell
Bland Force
Hornbell
Jimmie Brown
Gnusic
E. R. Repass
East End
West End
G. D. Grey
Tazewell Highway
Bland County
Gets 99 Years For Killing Wife and Girl in Memphis
William F. Bean, 52, a mechanic, was sentenced to 99 years after admitting he killed his wife and 11 year old daughter in December. His nine year old son Donnie was critically wounded. two other children were present. Bean was captured two days later. A neighbor testified he told her he had carried out the shooting and planned to kill himself.
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Memphis
William F. Bean
Bean
Donnie
Mary Rice
West Virginia April coal output falls sharply from 1949 levels
Charleston June 12. West Virginia April coal production totaled 12,318,757 tons, over 2,000,000 tons below April 1949. The year’s first four months combined output reached 36,815,037 tons, about 25 percent under the same period a year earlier, as mines faced strikes.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Mines Department
Kopperston Miner Injured In Mine Accident
Emmett Layton is reported improving at Stevens Clinic in Welch after a fall of slate at the Kopperston mine. He suffered three broken ribs and was treated by Dr. C T Upchurch after ambulance transport from Evan's funeral home at Oceana.
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Kopperston
W. V
Emmett Layton
Steven
Welch
Eastern Gas and Fuel Company
Layton
Welch Hos
Pital
C. T. Upchurch
Plant
Evan's
Oceana
Claims Filed In Mercer Accident Near Freeman
Three of five claims filed with the West Virginia Court of Claims relate to a February 7 three car crash on U S Route 52 near Freeman Mercer County. Richard H Spicer drove into holes caused by a road slide and rear ended by Charles Wright of Kimball. Wright sought 5000 for himself and 10000 for his wife, plus damages to a Keystone Hardware truck owned by Keystone Hardware and Lumber Co of Keystone McDowell County which claimed 480.
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Charleston
W. Va
Court of Claims
Freeman
Mercer County
Ead Commission
Richard H. Spicer
Charles Wr
Kimball
McDowell
Keystone Hardware and Lumber Company
Keystone
McDowell County
Wright
Holston Methodists May Get Camp Site
The Abingdon district of the Holston Methodist conference plans to lease 19 acres of Cherokee national forest land from the federal government for a summer camp. Dr Faye Gibson, camp committee chairman, announced the move.
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Bristol
Abingdon
Holston Methodist Conference
Faye Gibson
Hadacol Aids Nervous Mother of Twelve in Testimonial
A Carmi Illinois mother of twelve, Mrs. Robert Duvall, says Hadacol cured her run-down, nervous state and sleep problems caused by deficiencies in vitamins B1 B2 iron and niacin. She reports lasting relief after using Hadacol, noting a trial size of 1.25 and larger sizes up to 35. The LeBlanc Corporation produced the product in 1980.
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Robert Duvall
Carmi
Ilinois
Hmada
The
LeBlanc Corporation
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