Cop Slayer Dies Of Wound In Kingsport Shootout
George Fuller 49 dies at hospital from a bullet wound suffered after he killed Kingsport patrolman Ira Burgess 48 with a shotgun. Fuller was wounded by Eugene Parker, a workhouse guard and former deputy sheriff, during the ensuing confrontation at Fuller's home. Police planned murder charges if he had survived.
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Kingsport
Tenn
George Fuller
Ira Burgess
Fuller
Eugene Parker
Anr
Burgess
L. T. Anderson
John G Martin
Graduate H Kahle Jarrell of VPI 1950 class leader
Graduate H Kahle Jarrell agronomy major at VPI from Bluefield Va completed 1950 class. He led the VPI Agricultural club and was secretary of the Student Section of the American Society of Agronomy in 1948 and president in 1949 50. He also served on the Student Life Council and belonged to Alpha Zeta and Phi Sigma. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs F H Jarrell of East Cumberland Road Bluefield. He lives with wife Ella Nash and daughter Nancy Eileen on the Bluefield College campus Bluefield Va.
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VPI
VPI Agricultural Club
American Society of Agronomy
Alpha Zeta
Phi Sigma
F. H. Jarrell
East Cumberland Road
Bluefield
Jarrell
Ella Nash
Nancy Eiieen
Bluefield College
Capt Rickenbacker to Visit Roanoke Airport
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker president of Eastern Air Lines will be welcomed at Roanoke Woodrum field by city officials and civic leaders. He travels with 24 top airline officials to inspect the eastern station and discuss a proposed 40 million dollar expansion including new planes for service in September 1951. The group will depart Woodrum at 4 15 p m for Winston Salem.
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Roanoke
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
Woodrum Field
Rickenbacker
W. L. Robertson
Eastern
Winston-Salem
N. C
Funds Released For State Institutions In West Virginia
The West Virginia board of public works released funds for state facilities. Seventy thousand seven dollars allocated for Barboursville State hospital laundry and bakery. Pinecrest Sanitarium dormitory and staff residences receive fifty seven thousand and six dollars. Booker T. Washington state park improvements get six thousand dollars. Pinecrest work to be directed by institution officials. Barboursville plans not yet set.
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Charleston
W. Va
Board of Public Works
Barboursville State Hospital
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Booker T. Washington State Park
Institute
Pinecrest
Joe J. Burdett
Board of Controls
Barboursville
Communists push Ruhr election campaign in Germany
In Frankfurt on June 14 Communists announced last minute bids to win votes for the Ruhr state legislature election. They plan a peace rally in Essen on Sept 1 tied to a large West German youth gathering, with East Zone dignitaries due to speak and an expected turnout of 50 000 FDJ youths.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Ruhr
Essen
Berlin
North Rhinenestphalia
Hermann Matern
People’s Congress
East Zone
Herbert Heinz
Communist Free German Youth
FDJ
West Germany
Virginia Bankers Close Annual Meet in Hot Springs
The Virginia Bankers association wraps up its annual meeting in Hot Springs, Virginia, adopting resolutions against deficit financing and urging banks to study retirement systems for employees. Giles H. Miller Jr. of Culpeper is installed as president, succeeding John B. Alfriend of Norfolk. The group also commends Sen. A Willis Robertson for helping defeat the Hoover commission’s reorgan ization plan to abolish the comptroller of the currency.
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Hot Springs
Virginia Bankers Association
Virginia
Giles H. Miller, Jr
Culpeper
John 8. Alfriend
Norfolk
A. Willis Robertson
Hoover Commission
Comptroller of the Currency
French use few matches compared to Europe
The French state controlled tobacco administration notes that French citizens use about 1,350 matches per year. This is lower than the European average of 1,800 to 2,000 matches per person.
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Paris
Tobacco Administration
West Virginia Delegation Attends 30th J C of C Conference
A 40 member delegation of the Junior Chamber of Commerce from West Virginia represented the state at the 30th annual national conference in Chicago on June 14.
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Chicago
Junior Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
National Organization
Army worm swarm ravages Greenbrier county crops
State entomologist F Waldo Craig reports a swarm of army worms has damaged 28 acres in Greenbrier county near Lewisburg. Eight acres of corn five of barley and 15 of meadow were affected. Control methods include poisoned bait and a tomorrow follow up study to assess effectiveness as worms progress from larvae to moths in the four yearly cycles.
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Lewisbrug
W. Va
Greenbrier
Lewisburg
F. Waldo Craig
Charleston
Craig
WVU to Show Home Pasteurizers at Daily Day Event
Morgantown residents will see demonstrations of home pasteurizers at the third annual West Virginia University Daily Day on June 30. Other displays will cover hay drying and irrigation techniques.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
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