Three Raleigh County Soldiers Plead Guilty to Robbery
In Fairfax County detectives report three soldiers pled guilty to felonious assault and armed robbery tied to a Eagle s Eye filling station holdup. Lonnie J. Wood Tommie Tillie Jr. and Claude E. Buskirk faced charges after the May 25 robbery and were arrested in early June. They pled guilty on June 9 and await sentencing July 12.
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Raleigh County
Fairfax
I — Pairfax
Dennis O'Neil
Eagleside
O'Neil
Lonnie J. Wood
Surveyor
W. Va
Tommie Tillie Jr
Clear Fork
Air Force
Claude E. Buskirk
Beckley
Ft. Lee
William Gramling
O'Neill
Wood
Tillie
Alexandria
Fairfax County
H. W. Jenkins
Buskirk
Armed Service
Washington
Police Seek Motorist After Headon Collision
City police hunted last night for the driver of a car that smashed into Ralph Thompson of Rt. 2 Bluefield on A Avenue. The eastbound vehicle swerved to the wrong side, the driver fled leaving a 1986 Plymouth behind. Thompson and seven year old Clarence sustained minor injuries. Mrs. Sueueete suffered a possible nasal fracture.
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Ralph Thompson
Rt. 2
Bluefield
Avenue
Clarence
Sueueete
Bias Denounces McCarthy Tactics at West Virginia Legion Meet
Gaujot Bias of Williamson told 132 delegates at the American Legion sixth district convention that Sen McCarthy should change its methods in investigating communism. He urged support for abolishing school segregation in West Virginia. Louis J. Kanan of Mullens was elected district commander and Pineville chosen for the 1955 convention.
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A. Gaujot Bias
Williamson
American Legion
Senate
Legionarres
West Virginia
Louis J. Kanan
Mullens
Pineville
South Carolina Has No Solution On School Desegregation
A governor spokesman says South Carolina has not decided policy on school desegregation after the Supreme Court ruling. He notes only the state legislature can adopt policy and Byrnes will not speak until legislative committee reviews the issue.
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Richmond
James P. Byrnes
South Carolina
Gues Byrnes
Southarolina
Supreme Court
Byrnes
Deaths And Funerals In Several Communities
List of obituaries and funeral services for Ben Jessie Taylor and others across Pocahontas Richlands and McDowell counties. Details include service times at Bland Methodist Church and Union Funeral Home arrangements, interments at Bland Cemetery and Bryant Memorial Cemetery, plus survivor lists and home visits for the departed.
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McKinley Mitchell
Maybeury
Welch
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Bryant Memorial Cemetery
Infant Ball dies after short illness at four months
Frankie Lee Ball four months old died Sunday morning at home after a brief illness. Survived by four brothers Paul Billy James Joe and sister Nancy all at home. Family graveside service today at 11:30 p.m. Rev Ben Woodring to officiate. Bailey Funeral Home in WALTER BREWER Walter Brewer 71 of Lashmeet dies after heart attack yesterday at home. Retired miner formerly a ...
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Bailey Funeral Home
Lashmest
Wesley Chapel
Rock
Hiram Rinehart
John P. Hall
Wytheville
Lilly Ingo Hall
C. R. Hillenbrand
Pulaski
Fred L. Cline
Barry H. Shortt
Ray Miler
Mary Frances Hall
Burley Bridges
Charles
Freemont
Walter Brewer
Lashmeet
Joost Zernial Dispute Heads for Showdown with A's Trade
Philadelphia June 13 The battle between manager Eddie Joost and slugger Gus Zernial over insubordination flares with a Tuesday trading deadline looming. A’s vice president Earle Mack backs Joost as Zernial says the matter is as straight as it can be.
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Philadelphia
Eddie Joost
Philadelphia Athletics
Gus Zernial
Big Gus
Earle Mack
Zernial
Mack
Patty Beats Yugoslav In Hanover Net Meet
Budge Patty of America defeated Milan Branovic in straight sets 6-4 6-4 6-2 to win the Hannover International Tennis Tournament final in Hanover Germany. Patty paired with Gottfried Von Cramm to win the men's doubles title 7-5 3-6 11-9 7-5 against Ballardinelli and Lazzarino.
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Patty
Hanover
Hannover
Germany
M—America
Budge Patty
Milan Branovic
Gottfried von Cramm
M. Ballardinelli
G. Lazzarino
Search Called Off On Missing Yacht Elinor
A Royal Navy spokesman announced the search for the recreational yacht Elinor is called off. The vessel had been missing since June 6 with nine British sailors aboard near Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
Royal Navy
Elinor
Raleigh County Miner Killed In Collision
Sylvester West Virginia June 13 James L Foster a 34 year old Edwight Raleigh County miner was killed when his car collided with a large tractor trailer near the Boone County community early today police said
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Sylvester
W. Va
James L. Foster
Edwight
Raleigh County
Boone County
King Sizes Losses On Large Cigarettes
Connecticut tax receipts from cigarette taxes face a large hit as king sized cigarettes grow in popularity. Tax Commissioner William F. Connelly warns of about a $100,000 drop in current year receipts because more smokers buy king sized packs for more tobacco per package.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
William F. Connelly
Moe
Escapee Prang Captured as Five Remain At Large
Carl Prang, 21, of Charlotte, a long term prisoner among seven who escaped from the North Carolina State Prison Camp, was recaptured near Highway 441 six miles from Franklin. He faced 12 to 15 years for armed robbery and was unarmed. Six others remain at large after using a pipe wrench to loosen bars and flee. they include Cecil Earl Smith, Seth Gibson Jr, Joseph Ellis, Leslie Howa Dickenson, Mack Hoover Walden, and Herbert Watts, with charges ranging from burglary to murder.
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Pranklin
N.C
Carl Prang
Charlotte
J.R. Overton
Prang
Clayton
Overton
Here
Cecil Earl Smith
Bayboro
Seth Gibson Jr
Inglewood
Tenn
Adams urges sound American system at Bates College
Sherman Adams told Bates College graduates that the American system remains sound despite limelight seekers. He warned against hatred and demagogic tricks shaping political criticism and urged vigilance toward those who claim sole wisdom. The remarks came amid McCarthyism debates in Maine politics and the Eisenhower administration.
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Lewiston
Maine
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Adams
Bates College
Margaret Chase Smith
Robert L. Jones
McCarthy
New Hampshire
Washington
Morbid Crowd Hunts Bodies At Cobbled Farm Murder Site
COSHOCTON Ohio hundreds of curious visitors swarmed the Cletus Reese farm for a grisly hunt after the body of Clyde Patton was found. Sheriff Kempf said crowds tore at the land seeking bodies and souvenirs. Reese, 36, a former mental patient, is charged with one murder.
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Coshocton
Ohio
Cletus Reese
Husky
Reese
Clyde Patton
Fresno
Gilbert Kempf
Kempf
Patton
Youngest Montana organist may be Haroldie Miller
Haroldie Miller, 10, of Broadus, Montana, is touted as the youngest church organist in the state and perhaps the country. He first played at St. David's Church on Christmas Eve and was asked to continue as regular organist. Haroldie also works as a tap dancer and drums for the school band.
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Broadus
Mont
Montana
United States
Haroldie Miller
St. David's Church
Haroldie
Chatham High School
Leslie Whiteyhead
Hargrave Military Academy
Chatham High
Chatham 17-Year-Old Crowned Miss Virginia 1954
Ellen Whitehead of Chatham, age 17, won the Miss Virginia title over 19 contestants in Richmond. She earns a 10 day trip to Long Beach to compete in Miss Universe July 15 25. Beverly Hilton and Jane Boykin finished second and third.
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Richmond
Ellen Whitehead
Chatham
Virginia
Long Beach
Calif
Beverly Hilton
B. B. Hilton
Stand Collapse Injures About 100 At Dover Speedway
During the feature stock car race at Dover Speedway a stand collapse injured about 100 fans, with ten hospitalized. A crowd of 3,600 was monitored by police as 87 were taken to Dover General Hospital and St. Clare's Hospital in Denville after ambulances rushed to the scene. The season opener followed a two year hiatus.
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Verni
Dover Speedway
Dover General Hospital
St. Clare's Hospital
Denville
Speedway
Rollins Edges Michigan State 5 4 In Tight NCAA Tilt
Rollins University defeats Michigan State 5 to 4 in a Saturday NCAA baseball game. Arizona survives 14 innings against Oklahoma A and M 4 to 5 before Arizona is eliminated. Missouri topples Massachusetts 8 to 4 as Massachusetts exits the tournament.
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Rollins
Michigan State
Oklahoma A
Arizona
Missouri
Massachusetts
Marshall College Professor Granted Sabbatical Leave
Prof. W. Page Pitt head of the Journalism Department at Marshall College has been granted sabbatical leave for the first semester of 1955 56. He will study needs and provisions for college trained journalists and visit leading newspapers and journalism departments in the West and Midwest.
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Huntington
W. Page Pitt
Marshall College
Pitt
Stewart H. Smith
Marshall
Midwest
Japs Cut Russian Imports In Half
Tokyo dispatch reports Japan's government halved imports from Russia arranged by Japanese firms. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry ordered deep cuts in coal and oil contracts, with no reason given for the action.
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Tokyo
Japan
Russia
Kyodo News
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Dewey Bemoans US TV Attitude During Einstein Med Speech
New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey criticized American television for distracting the free world from threats to its foundations. He warned the nation must mature and show humility as he spoke at the laying of a stone for Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University in the Bronx.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
Washington
Dewey
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Yeshiva University
Bronx
France
India
Indochina
Britain
Weather roundup for several states with warm highs
Weather bulletin from Washington reports warm conditions across Maryland Virginia West Virginia Ohio Kentucky Tennessee and Western Pennsylvania through Monday and Tuesday with high temperatures in the 80s and 90s scattered afternoon thundershowers and mostly fair skies. A curious line notes a hammer and pail shattering at extreme cold once hit.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
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Beacon Drive
Don
Athens, West Virginia
Hill Brothers
Squire, West Virginia
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Kellysville
West VA
Whitt's
Bluewell, West Virginia
Young's Variety Shop
Bluefield, Virginia
B & P Super Market Guy's Men's Shop
Barnett Motor's, Inc
Key's Planing Mill Corp
Narrows, Virginia
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Rich Creek
Gulf Station
Tookland, Virginia Francis Gulf Station
North Tazewell, Virginia
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Oakwood, Virginia
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