West Virginia Young Republicans Electing New Officers In Wheeling
West Virginia Young Republicans gather in Wheeling for their 14th biennial convention to elect new officers and prepare for the state primaries and general elections. U S Sen Thruston B Morton and WV leaders speak as party leaders emphasize recruiting youth to GOP leadership.
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West Virginia
Young Republicans
Wheeling
Arch A. Moore Jr
GOP
Daniel Louchery
Helen Holt
Virgil Rohrbough
Blue
Republican Party
Eisenhower
Maybelle Carter Joins Mountain Music Makers on WHIS TV
Maybelle Carter becomes a permanent member of the Mountain Music Makers tonight joining Bonnie Lou and Buster Moore on WHIS TV Channel 6. The 8 pm broadcast runs thirty minutes featuring Maybelle with the Carter Family legacy and a blend of folk songs and rural country selections.
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Grand Ole Opry
Maybelle Carter
Mountain Music Makers
Bonnie Lou
Buster Moore
Whis-Tv
Maybelle
Carter
Radio
Nashville
Tennessee
Televiewers
80 Persons Receive Chest X-Rays At Princeton Clinic
At the Mercer County monthly diagnostic clinic held in Princeton this week a total of 80 persons received chest X-rays. The clinic occurs on the second Tuesday of each month, with 14 known cases, 30 contacts, 16 referred by a private physician, 11 follow ups, and 9 routine exams. No new cases were added. 2 suspects were found. Volunteers included members from the Bluefield and Princeton clubs and the Mercer County Medical Auxiliary.
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Princeton
Mercer County Tuberculosis & Health Association
Mercer County Health Department
Bessie Ferguson
Bluefield Woman's Club
M. C. Huffman
George Robinett
Hode White
T. E. Callaway
Marc Cassidy
Princeton Woman's Club
Harold Troup
Mercer County Medical Auxiliary
Tornado Skips Over Topeka After Alert
A tornado passed over Topeka Kansas late Thursday without damage after an alert lasting about an hour. Sirens sounded at 4 55 p m as residents sought basements and shelters following recent deadly tornadoes in El Dorado 100 miles southwest.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
el Dorado
Phillips In Welch Hospital Chronology of Slaying Connected to Luther Phillips
Police tie the 50 year old Mrs. Phillips murder to her husband Luther Phillips. Investigators traced movements from Bluefield to Crab Orchard and Spring City, locating the wife’s body at a dump with a .38 bullet in her brain. Luther Phillips remains hospitalized as officers plan interviews pending his recovery.
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Phillips
Bluefield
Jim Bailey
Homer Tabor
Trailways
Luther Phillips
Bailey
Keystone
Tennessee
Rockwood
Trailway
McDowell County
Delaney
Spring City
Helen Dotson
Mynott
Crab Orchard
Cumberland County
Bearden
Stevens Clinic
Weather outlook for West Virginia and Virginia
The forecast calls for considerable cloudiness and warmer temperatures with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly Friday afternoon and night in West Virginia, highs 82 to 88, cooler in the mountains. Saturday brings partly cloudy, warm and humid conditions with scattered thunder showers. Virginia sees similar Friday and Saturday patterns with highs 82 to 88 and mountain areas in the 70s.
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West Virginia
Virginia
New Navy Recruiter Joins Princeton Staff
Chief Boiler man Vernon Ivey is added to the U S Navy Recruiting Station at Princeton for a two year tenure. Ivey arrives from Williamson and has 19 years of service with WWI battle experiences in France Africa Italy the Philippines Iwo Jima and Okinawa plus 18 months in Korea.
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Navy
Princeton
U. S. Navy
Vernon Ivey
Ivey
Williamson
Chief Ivey
Erwin, Tenn
France
Africa
Italy
Phillipine Islands
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Korea
Adams Clarifies Goldfine Favors and Intercessions
Washington reports Adams acknowledged that Boston industrialist Bernard Goldfine paid hotel bills and that he contacted a federal agency on Goldfine's behalf on two occasions. He denied any improper influence, saying he sought only hospitality from an old friend and described the charges as unwarranted insinuations.
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Washington
Sherman
Adams
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
Goldfine
Eisenhower
Rep
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Harris
House
Goldine
AP Official Speaks At Marshall Aug. 23
Frank J. Starzel of New York general manager of the Associated Press will deliver Marshall College's summer commencement address on August 23. About 300 students will receive degrees. Starzel joined AP in 1929 and later led the Columbus bureau before becoming assistant general manager and then general manager.
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Huntington
Frank J. Starzel
New York
Associated Press
Marshall College
Stewart H. Smith
Starzel
Columbus
Ohio
Kent Cooper
Country Girl Wins In City
Jolitta Schlehuber a 14 year old from McPherson Kansas won the National Spelling Bee spelling 29 rounds correctly including propylaeum and syllepsis to defeat runner up Terry Madeira of Elizabethtown Pennsylvania. The 31st annual bee sponsored by Scripps Howard awarded Schlehuber $1000 cash a trophy and a weekend trip to New York City. Third place went to Stanley Schmidt of Cincinnati who received $250.
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Washington
Jolitta Schlehuber
McPherson
Kan
Propylaeum
Syllepsis
Terry Madeira
Elizabethtown
Jolitta
New York City
Stanley A. Schmidt
Cincinnati
Scripps-Howard
Harmony Rural School
Milton Schlehuber
The
Baptist Church
Terry
Lost toddler returns home as police soothe with treats
Wailing Towhead in Bluefield leads Raffles Police to a crying five year old boy who is clearly lost. Patrolman Jim Bailey brings the child in and Sgt. R. T. Jones tries ice cream and candy before the boy is calmed by his father’s arrival, ending the neighborhood uproar.
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Bluefield
Jim Bailey
East River Mountain
Bailey
Sgt
R. T. Jones
Sgt. Jones
Jones
Mary Burke Church Sets Commencement
The Vacation Bible School of Mary Burke Memorial Baptist Church will hold commencement exercises tonight. Nursery to intermediates will present Bible work and themes from the past two weeks, with a pupil handwork display. Workers include musical director Mrs T E Blankenship, Mrs Buford, Mrs Laura Ellison, and teachers led by Clayton D Sweet principal and pastor.
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Mary Burke Memorial Baptist Church
T. E. Blankenship
Buford
Laura Ellison
Oliver Pettrey
George Helton
Judy Ellison
Wysor Rites For Mary Inez Wysor In Bluefield
Mrs Mary Inez Wysor 44 wife of Joe E Wysor of Harry Heights Bluefield died at Bluefield Sanitarium after a long illness Born November 8 1913 in Coeburn Virginia daughter of W M Patterson and Ruth B Patterson She survived by husband two brothers two sisters and several relatives Services will be Saturday at 1 pm Bratton Memorial chapel interment Russell Memorial Cemetery Lebanon Virginia Body at Mercer Funeral Home chapel after 1 pm today Pallbearers named.
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Joe E. Wysor
Mary Inez Wysor
Harry Heights
Bluefield
Coeburn
W. M
Ruth B. Kennedy Patterson
Frank Patterson
Knoxville, Tenn
Billy Joe Patterson
A. E. Wickenden
Miami
Fla
Joe Jordan
Keystone Methodist Church
American Nurses Association
Bratton Memorial
Russell Memorial
Lebanon
Mercer Funeral Home
William Burnett
Elio Pais
Gene Cornett
Joe Cowell
P. B. Bowling
T. L. Cobbs
Gordon L. Cox
Norfolk
Heatherwood Road
Robert Kyle
Athens
Gordon
Pittsburgh
Donald
New York
N. Y
Glen Bearden
Welch
Mary F. Chandler
Havaco
Denver
Colo
Jaeger Memorial
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Oscar
Edward Wilhite
Turner, Ore
James
Fred Chandler
Joyce White
Shirley Workman
Fred Burress
Havace
Leslie Chandler
Princeton
John Carter
Kyle Welly
Harold
Clarence
Jackson
Hubert
Earl Carter
Legionnaires Name Officers
Richard Wood was named commander of Riley West Post 9 American Legion. Henry Burnley became first vice commander and Dave Keesee second vice commander and Americanism officer. Arnold Porterfield historian Luther Page sergeant at arms Robert West chaplain David Ernest finance officer Ryland Bailey Conrad Brevick and John Rutland joined the executive committee.Election held in a sudden death vote at Post Headquarters on Raleigh Street.
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Richard Wood
Riley West
American Legion
Henry Burnley
Dave Keesee
Arnold Porterfield
Luther Page
Robert West
David Ernest
Ryland Bailey
Conrad Brevick
John Rutland
Raleigh Street
Train wreck halts crossing. cleanup rushes in Bramwell area
A Norfolk and Western freight wreck near Simmons crossing blocks traffic as two cars topple after an accident around 6 15 p m. Gordon Short of Bramwell Police notes a bent seat pin may point to a wobbling wheel cause while onlookers from Bramwell Simmons Cooper Freeman areas gather.
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Simmons
Gordon Short
Bramwell
Bramwell - Simmons-Cooper-Freeman
Short
Funeral arrangements for Ephriam L. Cox in Bluefield
Ephriam L. Cox 76 of Princeton died Thursday in a Huntington hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Dudley Mortuary Bluefield Virginia as per obituary notice.
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Dudley Mortuary
Bluefield
Ephriam L. Cox
Princeton
Huntington Hospital
Funerals scheduled for several area residents
Funeral services are set for Mattie Adams 78 of Spanishburg at 2 p.m. Saturday at Troutdale Virginia Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Arthur Turpin 77 of Avondale has 2 p.m. services today at the Episcopal Church with interment at Roderfield Cemetery. Manuel Zifarkis 65 of Princeton-New Hope Road has committal rites at Rasnake Cemetery today. Howard W. Russ 66 of War has 2 p.m. today at War Methodist Church with interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. Mrs J S Crockett 73 of 408 College Avenue Bluefield has 2 p.m. today at Trinity Methodist Church with interment at Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Mrs Joe Gocal 49 of Squire has 10 a.m. Saturday at St Jerome Catholic Church Charleroi with interment Calvary Cemetery Charleroi. Lester M Sykes 54 of East Cumberland Road Bluefield has 2 p.m. today at Calvary Baptist. Mrs George Mullins 63 of Otsego has 2 p.m. today from Falling Rock home with interment at family cemetery Falling Rock.
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Adams
Mattie
Spanishburg
Troutdale
Baptist
Bailey Funeral Home
Turpin
Arthur Garfield
Avondale
Episcopal Church
Roderfield
Fanning Funeral Home
Jaeger
Zifarkis
Manuel
Princeton-New Hope Road
Rasnake Cemetery
South Clinchfield
Russ
Howard W
War Methodist Church
Woodlawn
Gocal
Joe
Squire
St. Jerome Catholic Church
Charleroi
Calvary Cemetery
Sykes
Lester M
East Cumberland Road
Bluefield
Calvary Baptist Church
Monte Vista Park
Mullins
George
Otsego
Falling Rock
Clay County
Failing Rock
New Angle In Infant Death Case Emerges
Stella Mae Brown the mother was asked to report to State Police Headquarters as investigators pursue possible additional charges in the death of six month old Georgia Virginia Brown. Autopsy tied the infant’s death to a lacerated liver from a traumatic blow. Father George Albert, 34, is jailed on murder charges pending grand jury action while the mother, released on recognizance, may face accessory charges after further inquiry.
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Princeton
Stella Mae Brown
Georgia
Virginia Brown
Princeton Memorial Hospital
George Albert
Cecil Observes Guard Training at Otis Air Base
Gov. Cecil H. Underwood with West Virginia Adj. Gen. William E. Blake observes over 500 members of the Mountain State Air National Guard in training at Otis Air Force Base Massachusetts. The visit covers planned encampments and a four hour RC-121 mission plus water landing and jet assisted takeoff activities.
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Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Adj
William E. Blake
Air Nationa Guard
Cape Cod
Army National Guard
Air Guard
Underwood
Bud Stowers To Speak At Lions Club Meeting
Bud Stowers, Bluefield auto dealer, will be the principal speaker at the Lions Club weekly meeting. The event starts at 12 15 p m at the West Virginian Hotel with Stowers discussing the impact of foreign cars on the American market.
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Bud Stowers
Bluefield Auto
Lions Club
West Virginian Hotel
Stowers
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