Virginia Governor Hints At Two More Session Dates
Gov. Stanley indicated lawmakers in Virginia may hold two additional sessions this year. He said the Gray Commission can finish its report after the riot subsides and that highway and sales tax studies should be reviewed. he would prefer the General Assembly digest reports before deciding on further dates.
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Gov. Stanley
Richmond
Virginia
Assemer
Assembly
Gray Commission
Vely
Moonshine indictments seal federal grand jury session
Ten true bills were returned by the Federal Grand Jury in Southern West Virginia. Indicted defendants include Ervin Pool Sr. Harvey Pool Ted Pool George Baldwin Lawrence Sizemore Jr. Mary Bolen Will Patrick Kenneth Harper Barney Phipps William Adkins Letis Wills Jackie Thompson Philip Lilly. One case involves a person not yet in custody. Judge Moore charged the jury and described duties and the jury system.
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U. S. District Court
West Virginia
Ervin Calvin Pool Sr
Harvey Jackson Lee Pool
Ted Stanley Pool
Princeton
Mercer County
George Thomas Baldwin
Newhall
McDowell County
Lawrence T. Sizemore Jr
Ben Moore O
State Insurance Head Now Group Chairman
Insurance Commissioner Thomas J. Gillooly was elected unanimously as chairman of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Zone 2. The zone includes Delaware DC and West Virginia. Gillooly becomes the first West Virginia commissioner to serve as general chairman succeeding the late George A. Bowles of Virginia.
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Charleston
Thomas J. Gillooly
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Dela Ware
District of Columbia
West Virginia
Gene
Gillooly
George A. Bowles
Virginia
Special Service Fee Notices Being Mailed
The Bluefield city treasurer reports notices are being mailed to delinquent property owners for the special service fee. Fees became delinquent June 1 with a nine percent penalty added. About 96 percent of 1954 fees and 91 percent of 1955 fees have been collected.
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Bluefield
A. L
Deaths and Funerals in McDowell and Nearby Areas
Obituary notices from McDowell County and surrounding towns report the deaths of Emmitt D. Pickett 56 at Newhall services set 2 pm Belcher Mountain Church burial Belcher Mountains Douglas Funeral Home in charge other obituaries include Mrs. Sarah Owens 86 Prater Va and E Tower Lowe 48 Petersburg Va detailing survivors and funeral arrangements.
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Emmitt
Presbyterian Church
Wean Tars
Maude Woody
Edmund
Charles J. Woody
Andrew Dogema
Ray ©. Jones
Columbus
Sarah Owens
Prater
Grundy
Joseph Owens
Bland
Andy Owens
Charlie Owens
John Henry Owens
Ida Belle Charlies
Lillie Mae Owen
Americus Lockhart
Emmaline Blankenship
Shumate Grove Baptist Church
Stewart Owen
Grover Crabtree
Tom Lockhart
E. Tower Lowe
R.N
N. Jefferson St
Petersburg
Medical College Hospital
Richmond
Lowe
Cena
W. Va
George Briggs
Waverly
Funeral notices and burial plans for area locals
Funeral services are set today or tomorrow for Hankins James Raleigh 52 from North Tazewell Calvary Pentecostal Church with burial at Maplewood Cemetery. Charlie Stephens 51 from Draper Church with interment at Stephens Cemetery. Vickie Lynn Bennett 15 months old of Winston Salem N C burial at Hartwell Cemetery. R A Grogan 72 of I Street funeral at Funeral Chapel with Knollkreg Burial Park. L C Bowles 15 former Wythe County resident at St Luke s Lutheran Church with church burial. Della T Burton from Pearisburg 2 p m service at home with family burial nearby.
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Edna Mae McGlothin
Edna Mae MecGlothin
Cleveland
RFD
Abingdon
Mont McGlothin
Albert McGuire
Dayton
Ohio
Marie Kegley
Honaker
Lonnie Kiser
Bristol
Myrle Stevens
Millard Cook
Glen
Frank
Von
North Tazewell
Eugene
Bill
Frank Hart
Coalwood
Bilie Hart
Emma McGlothin
Richlands
Howard Bostic
Hart Cemetery
Hankins
James Raleigh
North
Tazewell
Pee Calvary Peaist
Maplewood
Charlie J
Pulas-Tephenski
Draperan Church
Stephens Cemetery
Strickler
Grogan
R. A
I Street
Knollkreg
Bowles
L. C
Wythe County
St. Luke's Lutheran Church
Weather outlook across states with warm, fair days
Maryland and Virginia forecast fair and warm Wednesday with isolated showers on Thursday west and near coastlines. West Virginia and Pennsylvania expect mostly fair to hot weather with isolated thundershowers in the west and mountains. Tennessee shows fair to warm, humid days with scattered thundershowers mainly in the west. Washington report notes 24 hour temperature data.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Roane County Gas Producer Succumbs
Spencer West Virginia June 12 Kenna M Hunt 73 a Roane County oil and gas producer died of a heart attack while riding with his wife on Virginia Route 36 three miles south of Spencer Mrs Hunt the former Sallie Carper was driving His brothers and sisters listed include Mrs a cresaree of femereburg Co Ohio and Bar bourevile and Orland Charles and Harley Hunt all of Hunting-
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Spencer
W. Va
Kenna M. Hunt
Roene
Funeral rites set for Edmund Woody in Columbus Ohio
Edmund Woody former Bramwell resident and Norfolk and Western Railway foreman died at his Columbus home yesterday morning. He was a member of the local community line.
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Columbus
Ohio
Edmund Woody
Bramwell
Woody
Norfolk and Western Railway
Primary nominations at Rhododendron Girls State
Federalist Sue Smith of Beckley and Nationalist Nancy Erskine of South Charleston led the governor race in the June primary ballot at Rhododendron Girls State where 357 attendees voted. State office nominees include Carolyn Smith Parkersburg and Charleston attorney general Martha Yeager with a list of other posts and candidates.
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Jackson
MI. W. Va
Sue Smith
Beckley
Nancy Erskine
South Charleston
Ballowing
Rhododendron Girls State
Carolyn Smith
Parkersburg
Mary Soros
A Fleming
Linda Hughey
Charleston
Mary Marshall Logan
Thalia Thralls
Pairmont
Nan Whitlock
Virginia Davis in Critical Condition After Shooting
State police reported no new leads as Mrs. Virginia Davis, shot seven times in the kitchen, remained in critical condition at Bluefield Sanitarium. Glen Davis, her father in law, 57, was released on $2000 bond and declined to speak. The weapon, likely a .22 pistol, was not found.
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Virginia Davis
Fred Wynne
Ees
Prigmore Lad Shows Slight Improvement
Ronald Prigmore a 10 year old Bluefield youth injured in a bicycle truck collision at the Pulaski and Burton intersection Sunday afternoon was slightly improved at Bluefield Sanitarium that night. He is the son of Alonzo and Fannie Prigmore of 101 Peck Street Bluefield. He suffered internal injuries when he went under the rear wheels of a ton and a half truck. The truck driver was not charged. Police said the youth rode the bicycle into the side of the truck.
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Ronald Prigmore
Northside
Pulaski
Burton Streets
Bluefield
Alonzo
Fannie Prigmore
Peck
David Greenspon Remains in Serious Condition After Self Inflicted Shot
David Greenspon 63 year old Bluefield merchant remained in serious condition at Bluefield Sanitarium after a self inflicted gunshot wound. Police said notes were written to his wife and a sister before he called an ambulance and shot himself. Domestic difficulties cited as the motive by Bluefield police.
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David Greenspon
Bluefield
College Avenue
Lewis Asked To join AFL-CIO
Washington June 12 In formal overtures have been made to get John L. Lewis United Mine Workers to end their nine year independence and become part of the AFL-CIO feud between Lewis and key AFL-CIO leaders before the UMW could become part of the merged labor movement. Dubinsky praises Lewis and says he expects the UMW to join soon. Meany and Lewis have clashed before and neither has shown willingness to lead the UMW into the federation.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ninewear
Apl-Cio
Lewis
UMW
David Dubin Dubinsky
Proclanes
Ladies Garmentorkers Union
Afl-Cio
Federated Labor Union
Dubinsky
George Meany
APL
Ag Herria Setee
Meany
National Labor Relations Board
AFL
NLEB
New Insurance Head Named For Virginia
T Nelson Parker named Virginia Commissioner of Insurance succeeding the late George A Bowles. Parker, a former Democratic committee chairman and Richmond mayor, will head the Bureau of Insurance within the State Corporation Commission. Bowles died June 1 after serving as a leading state and national figure among insurance commissioners.
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Richmond
Democratic Committee
T. Nelson Parker
Virginia
W. Marshall King
State Corporation Commission
Bureau of Insurance
Parker
SCC
George A. Bowles
Bowles
National Assn. of Insurance Commissioners
Mayor Woodrow Cook Reelected In Mullens West Virginia
Mullens West Virginia voters reelected Mayor Woodrow W. Cook to a second term without opposition in a municipal election. The race also chose two city commissioners Pat Russell of the Peoples Party and E B Atkins of the Citizens Party. Cook had been nominated by both parties last month.
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Mullens
W. Va
Woodrow W. Cook
Pat Russell
Peoples Party
E. B. Atkins
Citizens Party
Cook
Man Questioned About War Robbery
A 29 year old Marmet West Virginia man was taken in for questioning about a Monday night armed robbery at War Liquor Store in War. Clerk Howell Gibson was badly beaten and left in an alley. two armed men escaped with 619 dollars.
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Marmet
Raleigh County
Irs
Howell Gibson
Gibson
Painter Re elected Treasurer In Bluefield Va Municipal Vote
Painter won a 14th term as Bluefield Va treasurer with 243 votes to 99 for H L McCall. Incumbent mayor W R Williams and council members were reelected. Cedar Bluff had only one candidate per race with 39 ballots cast.
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Painter
Virginia Side
Co. P. Painter
Bluefield
H. L. McCall
G. H. Nash
Walter D. Dowell
Arthur Miller
Wwe West Ward
Charles E. Warden
Cedar Bluff
W. R. Williams
O. D. Abitzer
John C. Scott
James M. Peery
W. F. Glenn
J. K. MacFariey
Jim Evans
Wytheville Wythe County council seats see incumbents reelected
Incumbents on Wytheville town council win reelection in the Wythe County vote. J Rolfe Lindamood and Stuart M Spiller retain seats, John F Vernon write in candidate earns 124, Curtiss Puckett on ballot 46, James T Davidson and Ralph Slater receive one vote each. Mayor O Hoge Hopkins secures 227 votes. Edsel Clevenger 219 and H H Clark 66 elected to council. Three incumbents Harless Johnson 309 Harold M Kirk 349 Paul Thompson 295 beat Melvin Clevenger 204 and J Frank Hesler Sr 242. Major reelection also noted in Glen Lyn.
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Wytheville
Wythe County
J. Rolfe Lindamood
Stuart M. Spiller
John F. Vernon
Curtiss Puckett
Puckett
James T. Davidson
Ralph Slater
O. Hoge Hopkins
Narrows
Edsel Clevenger
H. H Clark
Harless Johnson
Harold M. Kirk
Paul Thompson
Melvin Clevenger
J. Frank Hesler Sr
Dillard Heads Roanoke Ticket In Council Contest
In Roanoke Virginia six candidates sought four seats with Benton O Dillard leading the ticket at 6266 votes opposing new taxes Mary C a the anual ever elected Seana won reelection in second place with 6167 votes W B Carter a former councilman during the war years finished third at 5574 votes and Vincent S Wheeler a newcomer ranked fourth with 5411 votes There were 13 candidates in the field the largest council race in city history.
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Roanoke
Benton O. Dillard
Mary C. A
Seana
Shine
W. B. Carter
Vincent S. Wheeler
C & O Ordered To Pay Workman $130,000
A circuit court jury in Chicago ruled Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co must pay a West Virginia railroad worker $130,000 for injuries from a train accident.
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Chicago
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
West Virginia
Nine-candidate race decides town council seats in Pocahontas
In Pocahontas Virginia on June 12 eight of twelve candidates were elected to the town council. Dr E C Sutphin and Ralph Edwards joined new councilmen G E Adams E L Peters W F Shumate A Whie Jr N B Mustard and G B Mustard Walter E Wyrick the only new faces. Mayor L B Crawford was reelected unopposed. Incumbents Clarence Alderman and Victor Wilson lost with Alderman trailing Edwards by four votes and behind Harris by 12.
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Clintwood
Hatcher Selfe
Gaines Vanover
W. E Counts
William Peebles
Millard Artrip
É. F. Steele
Edgar Sutherand
E. C. Sutphin
Ralph Edwards
Clarence Alderman
Victor Wilson
Alderman
Edwards
Harris
Pocahontas
Yo G. E. Adams
E. L. — Peters
W. F. Shumate
A. Whie Jr
N. B
G. 8. Mustard
Walter E. Wyrick
L. B. Crawford
Insurance Firms Seek Supreme Court Review of Kanawha Case
Inland Mutual Insurance Co asks the Supreme Court to review a Kanawha County order dismissing its declaratory judgment suit over liability in a truck crash near Ambhertsdale in 1954. The action involves Halj Trucking and Service Co and a $100,000 policy with $1,000 PD certificate. The state seeks $30,000 for bridge damages and a temporary span. Also noted are Ridgely v Crawford in Brooke County over a signed release in a Nov 7 accident and Sayre’s alcohol DUI conviction review in Putnam County. Petition to review service of process in Swift & Co suit against Mrs Price and Albert Price.
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Charleston
Inland Mutual Insurance Co
Supreme Court Today
Kanawha
Halj Trucking and Service Co
Public Service Commission
Ambhertsdale
Inland Mutual
Hall
Ridgely
Crawford
Peley
W. Va
Wellsburg
Brooke County
Spencer Sheridan Sayre
Putnam County
Sayre
Cabell County
Phil Price
Albert F. Price
Swift & Co
Buchanan Police Nab W Virginia Man
The Buchanan County VA sheriff's department arrested a 42-year-old West Virginia man, Rush Hickman, wanted by the FBI for interstate transportation of a stolen car. He was arrested near the Dismal River while visiting his wife. another man, Becker, also faces charges and is held for investigation. Both are lodged in Dickenson County jail.
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Buchanan County
Becker
Virginia
West Virginia
Dickenson County
Wood
Rife
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