Board of Education Hears Complaints on Negro Children
A Mercer County committee led by Preacher Anderson Davis pressed the board for alleged racial discrimination in school admissions. Davis could not name specific students or schools, prompting requests for concrete facts. Board members urged action within the law and discussed staffing and funding matters, including school floor repairs and janitorial budgets.
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Anderson Davis
Bluefield
Mercer County Board of Education
Davis
Jack Merty
McClaugherty
School board backs nursing course and city bell move
Nurses asked the Bluefield school board to sponsor a practical nurse training program next fall. The board expressed sympathy and will study the survey, while also approving a plan to transfer the Ramsey bell to the city for use at the stadium and paying removal costs. The board joined the state association of county school boards and approved reduced insurance costs and chlorinated updates. It denied two months of Princeton Youth aid, approved coal bid review, and allowed army reserve utility work on Ramsey property with damages covered by the reserve. Personal resignations and staff transfers followed.
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Jones Stree
Saa' Cesmetens
Toyer
Suitiui Eau
Oakvale
Lambert Arrington
Beaver
Houchins
Princeton High School
Cooke
Jack Cartwright
Cleveland
Ray Barnett
Don
Princeton Igh
Beaver High
Iion
Bluefield
O. P. Keyes
R. N
Ember Ray Barnett
Tony Institu
Ramsey
Lotiie
Barnett
Barn
Toute
State Association of County School Boards
Princeton Youth, Inc
Princeton
County School Board
Therd
Army Reserve
Cumberland Road
John McGuire Aerty
House Wrestles With Rights Bill Defeated 199 to 119
The House defeated a rights bill section on race color and creed from the vote, 199 to 119. Southern lawmakers backed the measure, while Vice President Nixon acted as Senate officer on procedural matters. The right-to-work amendment, proposed by Rep. Alger, sought to bar labor contracts linking union membership to employment.
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Nixon
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
House
Rep
Alger
R-Tex
Mental Health Head Named Temporarily in Charleston
Gov. Underwood appoints Dr. Willem B. Rossman as temporary head of the new Mental Health Department in Charleston. The agency, created June 4 under a 1957 act, will supervise state mental institutions but lacks funding until the new fiscal year. Dr. Rossman, a Charleston physician with Army service in 1942-45, previously directed part time at the State Hygiene, and will lead amid ongoing staffing and budget questions.
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Charleston
Underwood
Willem B. Rossman
Vaday
New Mental Health Department
W. W. Barron
Ronemen
University of Indiana
Indianapolis
U. S. Army
Roanoke Opens Diamond Jubilee Celebration
Roanoke marks its 75th birthday with a nine day Diamond Jubilee starting at noon at city hall. Mayor Walter L. Young will cut a 60 pound three tier cake signaling festivities. Gov. Thomas B. Stanley and other officials attend. Miss Diamond Jubilee and Miss Shenandoah Valley will reign. A 2000 cast Rising Star pageant runs seven nights at Victory Stadium. The Index-1957 industrial exhibit and a parade with Governor Stanley are planned.
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Roanoke
City Hall
Walter L. Young
Thomas B Stanley
Sen
F Byrd
A. Willisary
Richard H. Poff
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Shenandoah Valley
Mayor Young
Ralph Story
Virginia
Stanley
Official Vote Canvass by Bluefield City Board
An official canvass of the Tuesday election ballots was made by Bluefield's board of directors at the Municipal Building. They discussed amending the charter to align city boundary lines with county precincts to avoid voting confusion before the general election on July 2.
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Bluefield
Bedroom Fire Causes $800 Damage on Westmoreland Street
Fire caused by an undetermined origin in a dresser on the second floor of a frame home belonging to J. W. McCumber on Westmoreland Street near Stadium Drive. Total damage estimated at $800 with the house taking $500 in damage and contents of the room affected.
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J. W. McCumber
Westmoreland Street
Stadium Drive
E. L. McClure
Firemen Complete Red Cross First Aid Course at Bluefield
The Bluefield Fire Department reports 100 percent attendance in a 15 hour American Red Cross First Aid Course. Chief E. L. McClure notes four nightly sessions were needed to present each course phase to every member. Volunteer instructors included Eddie Sarver Dixon Jones W M Bostic and Gordon Damron.
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Bluefield
E. L. McClure
Eddie Sarver
Dixon Jones
W. M. Bostic
Gordon Damron
Huntington Sizzles As Temperature Reaches 93 Degrees
Huntington on June 13 experienced a scorching 93 degree high amid oppressive humidity. Officials noted it was the hottest day this season and the city had not seen such heat since August 31 of the previous year.
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Huntington
The
Mercury
Wyoming County tightens penalties for speeding
Wyoming police adopt a new approach demanding a $100 fine and 30 days jail or license suspension for speeding or reckless driving starting Monday. Sheriff Burt Short said deputies will issue warning cards this week as accidents rise with three deaths in the year. The circuit judge noted a maximum $500 fine, while Piney detailed statutory limits.
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Wyoming County
Aera Ee
Ista
Burt Short
Piney
Staute
Princeton Vet Struck By Car In Princeton
Hartley Snider a 22 year old Army veteran was struck by a car in front of Gibbs Motor Sales Princeton He was hospitalized with possible back and skull injuries in Memorial Hospital His discharge from the Army was recent and his hearing was impaired while serving at Fort Riley Kansas The vehicle driver Wilmer Richard Bailey 31 Princeton was charged with auto registration and released The oncoming car fled the scene and the driver is unidentified Troopers W R Dyer and L E Kessel investigated
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Princeton
Gibbs Motor Sales
Hartley Snider
Snider
Wilmer Richard Bailey
Bailey
W. R. Dyer
L. E Kessel
Hartley
Army
Memorial Hospital
Dyer
Defense Ent
Fort Riley
Kans
Deaths and Funerals in Buckeye Local Area
Mrs. Alice Dean Simpson 75 of English died at Hicks Nursing Home Bristol Virginia from complications. Born January 18 in Nicholsville Virginia she is survived by two sisters and three brothers. She lived in Hemphill for 39 years before moving to Pag Ish. Funeral at Fanning Chapel Welch with burial at Saeger Memorial Cemetery Roderfield. Funeral for Mrs. June W Deel 28 Vansant Virginia tomorrow at Oakwood Presbyterian Church interment McGlothlin Cemetery Garden Creek. Pallbearers listed. Mrs Stacy Vance 71 dies. funeral today at home with burial Noah Stacy Cemetery Panther. Fanning Funeral Home Saeger in charge.
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Hick's
Bristol
Nicholsville
Frank Day
Hemphill
Gracie Ray
Henry Dean
Charlie Dean
Appalachia
Dean
Francisco
Calif
McDowell County
Kiam §. Simpson
William Wade
Pagish
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Welch
Saeger Memorial
Roderfield
Fanning Funeral Home
June W. Deel
Vansant
Oakwood Presbyterian Church
Paul Geass
McGlothlin Cemetery
Garden Creek
Harold Trivitt
Tildon Yates
Boyd Alien
Raymos Seatie van Ke Ene
Berlin
Canaio
ClarencesLooney
Grundy Funeral Home
Stacy Vance
Hobart Williams
George Hobson
Noah Stacy
Panther
Garnet Roberta
Virgil West
Jimmy Rose
Hershel Morgan
Hudson Cline
Paul Grimes
Saeger
Elizabeth K. Davis 55 Interred at Resthaven Memorial Park
Elizabeth K. Davis 55 of l. 1 p.m. today Rainelle Street Church service with interment at Resthaven Memorial Park. William S. Edmonds 86 Bluefield 2 p.m. today Brown's Chapel Interment in Brown's Chapel Cemetery.
Kiwanians Plan Events as Storm Impacts Marshall County Raspberry Show
A severe windstorm disrupted Wheeling area services around 4 30 PM with heavy rain hail and a window blown at a downtown store. The Kiwanis Club heard Briscoe Carlen and Fred Edwards will speak at the June 18 education luncheon and plan a June 27 4 H raspberry show with ten contestants, judging, and sale led by Mercer County agent Dick E Harbert.
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Cmic
Wheeling
Fred McCoy
Bluefield Wmca
South Bluefield
Dick E Harbert
Mercer County
G. Haskel Sluss
Uptown
Harold Troup
Thomas Reeves
Walter Meister
Bluefield Home Fair draws crowds with prizes and shows
More than 1 000 residents from Bluefield and nearby communities visited the 3rd annual Home Fair in the Auditorium. Tonight from 7 to 10 promises bigger crowds with grand prizes including a refrigerator a power lawn mower and three 3 speed phonographs plus two half gallons of ice cream an orchid a ball baby set and various gift certificates. Style shows by Town n Tweed Shop and Lyn Del Shop feature latest women apparel and business wear. Last night winners include Mrs N C Baker Beth Nelson Bill Francis Donald Adkins Douglas Katz Tyler Sandy Elizabeth DeVault Connie Zifler C A Miller Jim Hyams and others with prizes such as sewing machines and gift certificates.
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Bluefield
Pame Merchantsa
Town 'N Tweed Shop
My Lady
Lyn-Del Shop
N. C. Baker
Beth Nelson
Bill Francis
Donald Adkins
Douglas Katz
Tyler Sandy
Elizabeth DeVault
City
Connie Zifler
C. A. Miller
Jim Hyams
Weather In Area Diversified With Rain Wind Hail
Last night the Bluefield area saw varied weather with rain and lightning in Bluefield while nearby Princeton enjoyed a balmy evening. A hail storm hit Giles County Virginia and high winds uprooted a tree on U S 32 near Northfork McDowell County. Heavy rains also affected Buchanan County Virginia earlier in the day.
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Bluefield
Bramwell
General Telephone Company
Princeton
Giles County
McDowell County
U. S
Northfork
Buchanan County
Pulaski County
Weather Outlook for Mid-Atlantic States Friday to Saturday
Maryland faces partly cloudy skies then scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers Friday and Saturday with highs around 85 to 90. Virginia remains hot and humid with scattered thundershowers mainly in the afternoon and evening, highs near 95. West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania stay hot or warm with humidity and showers or thundershowers, similar Friday and Saturday. Tennessee shows partly cloudy warm conditions with widely scattered thundershowers Friday and Saturday.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Charleston Woman Outlines Music Aids
Charleston West Virginia woman Helen Thompson executive secretary treasurer of the American Symphony Orchestra League outlined the Eisenhower administration people to people program in music at the League convention in Sioux City Iowa. She said the presidents committee aims to sell America through music and noted musicians from different countries exchanging visits and information.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Charleston
W. Va
Eisenhower
Helen Thompson
American Symphony Orchestra League Inc
American Symphony Orchestra League
America
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