McDowell Man Charged In Wounding Of Supermarket Owner
Ted Stacy aged 44 of English was charged with malicious wounding in the shooting of Albert Deskins owner of Deskins' Supermarkets in Welch West Virginia near Bluefield. Deskins remained in critical condition at Grace Hospital after being shot four times in front of his home as he returned from church.
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McDowell
English
Ted Stacy
Albert Deskins
Deskins
Bluefield
Tazewell
Wood
McCounty
Welch
Grace Hospital
Stacy
Dickenson Jury Indicts Housewife in Slaying Case
A Dickenson County Grand Jury issued a murder indictment against Blanche Phillips, a Clintwood housewife, for the June 7 pistol slaying of Ramona Counts in McClure. Counts was pregnant with two children and was shot in bed. Phillips, 22, did not attend court and is reportedly hospitalized. bond remains at 10 000.
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Clintwood
Dickenson County Circuit Court
Blanche Phillips
Ramona
Phillips
Glyn R
Lebanon
Commonwealth
Hansel Fleming
Weeks outlines electric and telephone regulation revision
Weeks argues for studying a rate system that lets competitive factors guide pricing. He believes higher returns on investment could improve service and spur progress, while lowering public rates. He spoke at the Mountain Pacific States Conference of Public Service Commissions.
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Congress
Weeks
Mountain Pacific States Conference of Public Service Commissions
Tazewell and North Tazewell Election Polls Open
Polls open 6:30 p m to 7:30 p m for mayor recorder and council seats in Tazewell and North Tazewell. Mayors: G Brittain in Tazewell and Mrs manate B Hall in North Tazewell. Recoders: Mrs Herbert Ward in Tazewell and Mrs Ethel Johnson in North Tazewell. Council candidates listed for both towns with multiple nominees.
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Tazewell
North Tazewell
G. Brittain
PSC Hears AEPCO Plans For Wyoming
The Public Service Commission heard AEPCO plans for purchasing electrical facilities at Coal Mountain Wyoming County and considered the case submitted after briefs are filed. The commission also noted Pennsylvania Railroad petition to discontinue two passenger trains between Weirton Junction and Wheeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Searlaeton
Public Service Commission
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Coal Mountain
Wyoming County, Incs
Red Jacket Coal Corp
Pennsylvania Railroad
Weirton Junction
Wheeling
PSC
Photogs Record Brooklyn Landmarks About to Be Torn Down
A group of amateur photographers in Brooklyn aims to document local landmarks slated for demolition. They organize to capture images before sites vanish and pledge assistance to preserve memories of the area.
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New York
Brooklyn
Sidene Hee Oven
Francis R. St
Morton Died Yesterday in Winchester Hospital
William P. Morton age 67 of Winchester died in a local hospital from heart disease. He was uncle to Dr. Charles M. Scott of St Luke's Hospital Bluefield and to Mrs. Lewis Tierney of Charleston. Morton was president of Home Lumber Co and linked to Ritter Lumber Co of Raleigh County. He left a wife two sons George 8 Morton of Louisville and William P Morton Jr of Hazard and three grandchildren. Funeral plans not announced.
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William P. Morton
Winchester
Charles M. Scott
St. Luke's Hospital
Bluefield
Lewis Tierney
Charleston
Morton
Home Lumber Co
Kentucky
Ritter Lumber Co
Raleigh County
Inentucky K
W. W. Morton
Scott
Tierney
George 8. Morton
Louisville
William P. Morton Jr
Hazard
Funeral services set for Fowler and Johnson in two states
Funeral services for Jessie Everett Fowler 55 of Wilmington Delaware and Pocahontas Virginia will be held tomorrow at 2 p m Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel with Maplewood Cemetery as the burial site Fowler died of a heart attack on Bluefield Avenue Sunday Funeral services for Violet Agnes Johnson 26 of Raven Virginia will be held tomorrow at 11 a m at her Raven home with Reverend Albert Ball and Reverend Grat Horton officiating Interment will be in Smith Cemetery on Root Ridge
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Jessie Everett Fowler
Wilmington
Del
Pocahontas, Va
Hawkins Funeral Home
Maplewood Cemetery
Fowler
Bluefield Avenue
Violet Agnes Johnson
Raven
Albert Ball
Grat Horton
Smith Cemetery
Root Ridge
Pittsburgh
Funeral services announced for several area residents
Obituaries list funeral plans for James Alderson Ramey of Princeton, Robert of Narrows Va 16 killed in a wreck, and Walter Reed Wiley 55 of Union. Ramey services at Athens Nazarene Church with burial in Athens Cemetery. funeral for Robert at Narrows Christian Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Wiley services at Broyle's Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Green Hill Cemetery.
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Robert
Narrows
Eagle Rock
The
Christian Church In
Murray A. Carson
Tor
Fairview Cemetery
Whitt Youth Dies After Illness at Grundy Hospital
Atwood Elwell Whitt 19 of Rowe Virginia died Sunday after a lengthy illness at Grundy Hospital. Survived by mother Bessie Hale Whitt and siblings all of Rowe. father Omer Whitt preceded in death. Funeral today at 11 a.m. Rowe Church with Revs Coy and Ancil Childress officiating. burial Whitt Cemetery. Arrangements by Honaker Funeral Home.
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Atwood Elwell Whitt
Rowe
Grundy
Bessie Hale Whitt
Kessie
Garland
Junior
Alma Whitt
Haffie Ratcliff
Omer Whitt
Rowe Church
Coy
Ancil Childress
Whitt Cemetery
Honaker Funeral Home
Funeral services set for Everett Bowl in North Tazewell
Everett Bowl 14 of North Tazewell Va died Sunday at his home. Services are at 2 p m today at the North Tazewell Methodist Church with survivors including wife Mrs Earl Newman, two sisters Mrs Charles Peak and Mrs Ben Lockhart. The body is at Greever Funeral Home. Martha Ellen Hayton 77 died yesterday at her home. Her husband George Hayton survives. Her body remains at Greever Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Maggie McGlothlin Shockley
Foster Falls
T. L. Mabry
Charles B. Shock
Austinville
Buford Shockley
Wytheville
Fred L. Shockley
Emma Farmer
Fries
Galax
C. W. McGloth‘lin
M. Temperow
The
Deer A Methodist Church
Porterfield - Minick Funeral Home
Everett Bowl 14
North Tazewell
North Tazewell Methodist Church
Hhere
Earl Newman
Charles Peak
Amonate
Ben Lockhart
Hartwell
Bowling
Greever Funeral Home
Martha Ellen Hayton
George Hayton
Geever Puneral
Maryland and Ohio Weather Outlook From Tuesday through Wednesday
Maryland sees fair and cool conditions with a fair sky. Ohio expected to warm with partly cloudy skies. Western Pennsylvania reports mostly cloudy and cool Tuesday. Washington notes a Weather Bureau temperature and rainfall briefing for the 24 hours ending 7 p.m. Analysts track regional temperature and precipitation.
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Maryland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Washington
Weather Bureau
Cops Find New Buick Against Utility Pole
Grove Ave resident reports a car crash in front of the Jefferson nuts area. Police locate a 1955 Buick against a utility pole driven by Emory E. Jones, owner, with the car found in a nearby garage. Tampering suggests an attempted quick getaway by an auto thief.
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Grove Ave
Emory E. Jones
Spring Grove Ave
Jones
Furtner
Firestone Reports Higher Net Income for Six Months
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co reports net income of 22.33 million dollars or 2.76 per share for the six months ending April 30, up from 18.13 million dollars or 2.26 per share a year earlier. Sales reach 519.508 million dollars, up from 447.949 million.
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Akron
Ohio
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Virginia Railway Coal Loadings Rise Last Week
Virginia railway coal loading increased to 5 813 50 ton cars for the week, up 709 from 5 104 last week. Daily totals were 1 625 Monday 1 126 Tuesday 1 014 Wednesday 952 Thursday and 1 096 Friday.
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Princeton
Virginian Railway
New York to Scrap Old Moving Stairway
One of the world's oldest escalators will be scrapped soon. The moving stairway at the 50th Street station of the 3rd Avenue elevated line was installed in 1900 and will be torn down this summer along with the elevated line.
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New York
50Th Street
3Rd Avenue
Parking in Grant Park garage exceeds projections in six months
Chicago Park Board president James H. Gately reports 497,307 collected in the underground garage in Grant Park for the first six months, with 284,376 as profit. An average of 25,000 automobiles were parked weekly and bond retirement on the project will start next year.
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Chicago
Grant Park
James H. Gately
The
Park Board
Bluefield to Mail New Phone Numbers for Businesses
General Telephone Southeast announces mailed new six digit mixed prefix numbers for Bluefield Princeton and Grundy businesses. Local calls use five digits while long distance requires exchange word Davenport plus five digits. New numbers effective Oct 16 with digit changes to existing four digit lines. Salesmen begin June 20 for directory advertising. directory listings close Aug 19.
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Bluefield
General Telephone Southeast
Toucheteak
J. E. Johnson
Davenport
Johnson
Princeton
Grundy
Finna Bank
Red Cross Swim Lesson Schedules Altered In Bluefield
Bluefield municipal pool announces new schedules due to delayed classes. Beginners and intermediates continue through June 23 with June 18 as a possible Saturday class. junior and senior life saving run June 27 to July 2. instructors’ course June 27 to July 8. water safety aid July 5 to July 8. graduation set for July 9 with formation swimming, exhibition diving, and races. certificates awarded to all completers.
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Red Cross
Bluefield
State Municipal Elections Today
West Virginia holds municipal elections across the state to fill four board seats and elect mayors and council members. In Williamson, voters pick a mayor and four councilors, with party nominees listed for both races and a proposed three year tax levy to fund the Memorial Field House and recreation facilities. A separate petition seeks a June 1956 primary referendum on adopting voting machines in Mingo County, requiring over 1,800 signatures and about 136 machines at an estimated $136,000.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Board of
Williamson
John Layne
W. Clyde McCoy
Henry T. Hammond
Walter L. Jude
K. W. (Dove) Eaton
Joe Marcum
W. F. Blackburn Jr
Republican Council
Leonard Esteppe
John Horn
Thomas Calvin Stone
John Walter McCoy
Williamson Memorial
Mingo County
Radford Man Found Dead In Little River Underwater Search
Crews recovered the body of an elderly Radford man and former Radford Foundry manager from the Little River near Radford this afternoon at 3 15. He was last seen Sunday, located about a mile above the hydro plant and five miles from Radford on the Montgomery County side. Death ruled accidental drowning by Dr. George M. Caldwell. Life saving teams from Radford Christiansburg and Pulaski County scoured the river from 10 a m until locating the body in 10 feet of water, 15 feet from the bank, 200 feet above the man’s motor boat. The Halifax County native worked at Lynchburg Foundry Co. from 1918 to 1921 and later oversaw Radford plant operations.
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Radford
Little River
Elder
City
Montgomery County
George M. Caldwell
Christiansburg
Pulaski County
Halifax County
Lynchburg Foundry Co
Lynchburg
Communists Say Britain Fighting Hopeless War
Moscow dispatch reports Red Star says Britain fights a hopeless war in Malaya after seven years of guerrilla conflict. The Soviet army newspaper presents a harsh verdict on Britain's Malayan campaign.
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Britain
Moscow
Malaya
Red Star
Mother and Son Injured in Jewell Ridge Collision
Mrs. Jessie Austin age 44 and her son Jerry 19 of Jewell Ridge were hospitalized after their northbound car crossed the center line and collided with a Lemon Tractor trailer near the Mountain Motel on East River Mountain. Both were listed in satisfactory condition at St Lukes Hospital. The truck driver from Wytheville was not hurt and damage to his rig was about 1900 dollars. The Austins were treated for facial cuts and possible hip injuries.
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Jewell Ridge
Mountain
East River Mountain
Jessie Austin
Jerry
Jewelly Va
Lemon Trier Co
St. Lukes Hospital
Austin
Bune
Wytheville
W. M. Price
Bland County
Ford Austin
Anis A Lukes
Japanese Court Sets Odd Life Term Contradiction
In Tokyo a court debates a 15 year term for a life killer. The ruling includes a condition tying prison days to the life sentence, reflecting Japan’s option for lifers to be released on good behavior after about ten years.
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Tokyo
Chen Fupane
Killlife
Japan
Miner Rex Barrett Dies in Shaft Fall at Bishop Mine
Rex Barrett, 46, of Cliffield, Virginia, was killed instantly in a state fall at the Bishop mine operated by Pocahontas Fuel Co. He lived in the Cliffield Maxwell area all his life. Survived by wife Elsie Asbury, two sons John and Raymond, mother Mrs Dora Barrett, four brothers and three sisters, with funeral arrangements pending at Hurst Scott Funeral Home in Richlands.
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Rex Barrett
Cliffield
Bishop
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Barrett
Cliffield - Maxwell
Elsie Asbury
Maxwell
John
Raymond
Dora Barrett
Ed Barrett
Clarence
Tazewell
Roy
Swords Creek
Sherman
Maxwell, Va
Dickie
Air Force
Canal Zone
Ella Beaver
Horton
Wyrene
Hurst Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Tokyo Shops Move Underground Amid Space Crunch
Tokyo merchants push underground arcades to ease crowding with no ground space left. A completed quarter block arcade in Asakusa area exists, a second is under construction, and permits are sought for fifteen others.
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Tokyo
Asakua
Otey Appointed To State Group
Charleston reports A S W Foul announced a new industrial program committee with members including Andrew Ruckman, Eugene Carter, Charles Darrah, Richard Gibson, John E. Martin, E H Howerton, and others from Huntington, Logan, and McDowell regions. Final survey report pending.
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Otey
Charleston
Sandin d
A. SW. Foul
Ti Sirsta
Gow
Pyland
Spleen
Andrew Ruckman
Industrial
Richard Gibson
Huntington Chamber of Commerce
John E. Martin
Spencer
E. H. Howerton Logan
Logan Development Assn
Sam Rush
Weirton
Andrew L. Henry
Wheel Ohio Valley Industrial Corp
Paige Bell
Naenelly Fred Otto
Belle
DuPont Com
Miss Dallas of 1955 Loves Ice Cream Breakfast
Judy Moon Miss Dallas of 1955 is quoted as preferring ice cream for breakfast in a light feature from Dallas. The blurb highlights her playful habit and hometown pride.
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Dallas
Tex
Judy Moon
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Dickenson
AEPCO
Wyoming
Wm. P. Morton
Mrs
Maggie Shockley
Jessie FE. Fowler
Mrs. Avery Johnson
James Alderson
Ramey
James Alderson Ramey
Athens Nazarene
Athens
Neal and
van Anderson
West View Ave
Robert R. Thompson
Walter R. Wiley
Walter Reed Wiley
Union
Broyle
R. R. Gray
Green Hill Cemetery
Wiley
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Ronceverte
Juanita Shanklin Wiley
Ruthwae
White Sulphur Springs
Margaret Gallagher
St. ‘Waents
Dorothy
Atwood FE. Whitt
Conley M. Farmer
Roderfield Christian Church
Ream
Gary
Paul Mehaffey
Saeger
Columbus
Irene
Thurman
Tampa
Fla
Elmer
Yukon
George
Huntington
Kenova
Ruby Nolan
McCarthy
Mae Rowe
Palmer
Stevens Clinic
Everett
Paperyui
Memphis
Miami
New Orleans
Richmond
Seattle
Firestone
Virginia
BSC
Bluefield State College
Beta Lambda Omega
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Park Central
Lucinda Bannister
Fredia Dews
Lois Anderton
Tazewell County High
Juanita Prunty
Irasca Pearson
Elkhorn High
Emma Martin
Shirley Horton
Hazel Gregory
Excelsior High
Delores Simpson
Ernestine Carrington
Carol Wagoner
John Stewart Methodist
John Stewart Methodist Church
L. Farris
Clark Methodist Church
Pulaski
Charles Clayborne
Farris
Eamibit
Appalachian Assembly Room
Home and Garden Club
Charles McGue
Helen Davis
J. Patrick Beacom
Charles A. Jenkins
al Hinton
Harold B. Eagle
John W. Cook
City & Coalfield
Bluefield Oo No
AF & AM
Co. O. West Jr
W. M. L. M. Carper
Secy
B’nai B'rith
Sidney Rosenthal
Emmanuel Borinsky
Frank Klauber
Fred Gilbert
Morris Lisagor
Guardian
Irving Selig
Monitor
Yankee Barbakow
Bluefield-Princeton Lodge
Grand Lodge District 3
Delaware
Phil Goldman
Bikins
Ent of Industries
R. H. Magee
Service Co
Larrick
Jofty, Jr
Wores
McDowell County
Riggleman
Charlesmg
Morris Harvey
Eugene Carter
State Federation Labor
Elza Johnson
United Mine Workers District 50
C. C. Darrah
Tug Valley Industrial Corp
Bunning
Aluminum
Chicago House Furnishing Company
Bluefield, VA
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