Nine arrested in nude modeling and prostitution ring in Tampa
Tampa police say a three month probe traced a modeling agency that sent women to pose for nude pictures and prostitution. Three men including Rocky Point Motel assistant manager Robert Stromberger were charged as others tied to a nudist camp near the city. Bond amounts ranged from 750 to 3 500 and two models admitted posing for the photography.
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Tampa
Fla
Rocky Point
Fred Patnode
Robert Stromberger
Rick Falcon
Robert B. Jones
Atlanta
Stromberger
Paul Johnson
Patnode
West Virginia lawmakers debate public aid and tax extensions
The session heated as lawmakers weigh eliminating public assistance to curb fraud while pursuing a new federal ADC program. Barron pushes a work requirement through EEP projects. debates on extending a sales tax and funding for jobs continue amid labor opposition and competing bills.
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DPA
Smith
Barron
United Mine Workers Districts
Teamsters Joint Council of
C. Stanley
West Virginia Labor Federation
Afl-Cio
George Wood Educator Dies in Princeton Mer cer County
George W. Wood Sr former Mercer County school superintendent and teacher died Wednesday at his home in Princeton after a two year illness. He leaves wife Ann and three sons, a daughter, six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 3 p.m. at Seager Memorial Mortuary with burial at Oakwood.
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George W. Wood Sr
Mercer County
Princeton
Raleigh County
Nancy Sweeney Woods
James Nelson Woods
Ann Tabor Wood
W. J
Bill) Wood
G. J. Wood Jr
Bluefield
James C. Wood
Largo
Fla
Eloise Oxley
House Resolution Praises Those Who Beckoned Industry
Charleston AP reports the West Virginia House adopted two resolutions praising efforts behind North American Aviation Inc. deciding to locate a Princeton plant. Del Clarence E. Christian Jr. led praise for Gov. Barron staff and state agencies, Mercer County officials, and local civic groups. A separate measure backed by Harrison County Democrats urged Kennedy to back a tariff increase on imported sheet glass per a Tariff Commission unanimous recommendation.
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House
Senate
Del
Clarence E. Christian Jr
Mercer
North American Aviation Inc
Princeton
Gov. Barron
Industrial Development Authority
State Department of Commerce
Mercer County Court
Mercer County
Harrison County
Dels. H. Laban White Jr
Carmine J. Cann
Wade H. Garrett
Rene V. Zabeau
Kennedy
U. S. Tariff Commission
Reds Given Medals By Indonesia President
President Sukarno conferred medals on Liu Chao-chi Chu Teh and Chou En-lai to strengthen ties between Indonesia and Communist China. The ceremony occurred in Peiping as Sukarno continues his world tour after arriving from Moscow.
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Tokyo
Sukarno
Indonesia
Liu Chao-chi
Chu Teh
Chou En-lai
China
New China
Peiping
Moscow
Weather forecast summary for southern region
The forecast calls for about 70 in the southern portion with continued cool conditions Friday. Virginia will clear and cool Thursday after showers in the south, with highs Thursday from 80 in the south to the upper 60s in the northern mountains. Friday remains fair and cool.
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Virginia
Owens First Island Creek Engineering Program Graduate
George Owens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Owens of Oakwood Virginia, became the first graduate of Island Creek Coal Company's Cooperative Engineering Program at Virginia Tech. He alternated study at VPI and work at Keen Mountain Mine since 1956 and will join Island Creek as a supervisor at Keen Mountain.
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute
George Owens
Island Creek Coal Company
Owens
Tom Owens
Oakwood
Garden High School
Island Creek
VPI
Keen Mountain
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers
Tarr Epsilon Kappa Fraternity
Buckhart Mining Society
Sigma Gamma Epsilon Society
Gerry, Bohon
Norton Boy Drowns In Strip-Mining Pond
A 13 year old Norton boy, Paul David Adams, drowned in a deserted strip mining pond in Norton Virginia. He was with two cousins from Mayking Kentucky when he slipped into the 12 foot deep water. Rescue workers recovered the body at 4 p.m.
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Norton
Leonard Marcum
Paul David Adams
Jason Adams
Mayking
James Elmer Bolling
Bruce Rose
David
Norton Unit
Wise County Rescue Squad
Suit Filed in Pineville Over Gas Lease Dispute
A $65,000 damage suit was filed in the Wyoming County Circuit Court in Pineville by Paul Dingess, Robert F. Westbury, Fred Lord, and Charles Allen trading as Miller Gas Company. They accuse C. S. Worrell of Pineville and his firms of bad title reports and counsel that led to drilling costs and a United Producing Co. lawsuit.
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Pineville
Paul Dingess
Robert F. Westbury
Fred Lord
Charles Allen
Miller Gas Company
C. S. Worrell
Bailey, Worrell, and Bailey
James Roscoe Mutter
Guy Webb
Brooke Webb
Frank Blankenship
Ocie Blankenship
Paul Digess
United Producing Co
United Producing Co. Inc
Dingess
Worrell
United Producing Co, Inc
Witnesses to Attend New York Assembly
Local Jehovah's Witnesses will travel to New York this summer for the United Assembly at Yankee Stadium. Organized by the Watchtower Bible Society, the event runs June 20 to June 25 and will draw thousands from across the country. Attending families include Buford Bradberrys, Elbert Tillers, Pansy McCroskey, Rosa Bradberry, and Asa Thomas with their kin.
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New York
United Assembly of Witnesses
Yankee Stadium
Watchtower Bible Society
Buford Bradberry
Elbert Tiller
Pansy McCroskey
Rosa Bradberry
Asa Thomas
Insurrection Leaders Start Prison Term Near Colombe
Maurice Challe and Andre Zeller, stripped of rank and sentenced to 15 years for leading the April Algiers insurrection, will be jailed six miles from Colombe de Gaulle at Clairvaux Jail near Colombey les Deux Eglises. New cells with adjoining showers are being prepared for them.
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Paris
Maurice Challe
Andre Zeller
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Colombey Les Deux Eglises
de Gaulle
Clairvaux
Colombey
Richwood Man Elected to Mechanics Board
Charles W. Ambrose of Richwood West Virginia was elected a member of the board of control of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics at the annual convention in Atlantic City New Jersey on a Wednesday.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Charles W. Ambrose
Richwood
W. Va
Order of United American Mechanics
P. J. Ashworth Dies in Bluefield Funeral Friday
P J Ashworth merchant longtime Bluefield resident died aged about seventy officiated by Dr James T Browning at Bratton Memorial Chapel. Burial at Walnut Grove Cemetery. Survived by wife Beulah Tuggle two sons James T and Raleigh J and daughter Helen with six grandchildren. He was active Republican and a longtime U C T member.
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Bratton Memorial
Mercer Funeral Home
James T. Browning
Trinity Methodist Church
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Bluefield
Hawley'’s
Ashworth and Son
Bland Street
United Commercial Travelers
Bland County
Menaly Sdlyes Roach Ashworth
Beulah Tuggle
R. W. Tuggle
Nixon Declines Duke Honorary Degree
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon declines an honorary Doctor of Laws from Duke University citing it would reopen old wounds. Duke trustees had planned the award after faculty vetoed a 1954 grant, with Nixon previously invited to speak at commencement.
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N. C
Greensboro Daily News
Richard M. Nixon
Duke University
Nixon
Washington
Deryl Hart
Duke
Whittier College
California
Board of Trustees
Fac‘lly
Barron To Address VFW Convention in Huntington
Gov Barron will be the principal speaker June 23 as West Virginia VFW opens its three day convention in Huntington. Other speakers include Richard L. Roudebush of Indianapolis, national commander of the organization.
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Huntington
Barron
West Virginia Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Richard L. Roudebush
Indianapolis
Meador Virginia Cleo Meador dies at 70 in Beckley
Mrs. Virginia Cleo Meador 70 wife of the late Armus W Meador of Camp Creek died Wednesday in a Beckley hospital after months of illness. Survivors include three sons three daughters and 17 grandchildren. funeral at Spanishburg Methodist Church Saturday at 2 p.m. with burial in French Cemetery Camp Creek. Body to church an hour before services.
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Armus W. Meator
Camp Creek
Beckley Hospital
Methodist Church
Mercer County
Russell
Mary Karnes French
Thre
William and
Paul Meador
Welch
Deane Meador
Crab Orchard
Charles Melton
Long Island
N. Y
Donzie Ellison
Beckley
Helen Griffith
Cool Ridge
Millard
William French
Hazard
James
Frank Bowling
Bluefield
Carl Taylor
Lebanon
Mary Moore
Spanishburg Methodist Church
French Cemetery
Kerry Funeral Home
Servie
Funeral services for Mrs Henry Perkins in Princeton
Funeral services for Mrs Henry Perkins of 1518 North Walker Street Princeton will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in the home with Dr L B Houston officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. She died Tuesday evening in Princeton Memorial Hospital. She was born in Bluefield daughter of the late Phillip and Calistia Shrewsbury. A Cherry Chase Seminary Maryland graduate she was assistant director of Woman's Hall in Concord College Athens prior to retirement. She lived with Mrs C D Riley in Princeton. Surviving are a brother Wil pallbearers listed. Body returned to residence from Hawkins Funeral Home in Bluefield.
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Lawrence W. Boyd
Grundy
First Baptist
John Holland
Greenhills
Claypool Hill
Boyd
Grundy Hospital
Mingo Lime and Lumber Co
Bluefield Elks Club
Prune
Pocahontas
Bluefield
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Nancy Virginia Perdue Poindexter
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N. R. Green
Frank Walton Scott Sr
Tazewell
E. T
Annabelle Reynolds Scott
Princeton
Scott
The
Virginian Railway Co
R. J
E. E
W. A. Scott
L. C. Scott
Roanoke
Grat Harmon
J A. Summers
G. R Bowling
Walton Tabor
Kee Street Methodist Church
Paul Bohn
Richard Crickard
B. T. Tickle
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
A. G. Clemmons
William Thompson
Garner Rose
Essie Mathena
Roy Dowles
Carl Belcher
H. J. Graham
Ray Bailey
Circle No. 2
Melrose Presbyterian Church
Seaver
Princton
Henry Perkins
North Walker St
L. B. Houston
First Baptist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Perkins
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Phillip and
Calistia Mastin Shrewsbury
Cherry Chase Seminary
Maryland
Woman's Hall
Concord College
Athens
C. D. Riley
Wil
Mason Claytor
R. T. Peters
Bill McClaugherty
Frank Nelson
Sam Evans
Otto Fredeking
H. D. Roberts
F. B. Wimmer
Hawkins Funeral Home
Rites Held for Bartley Electrician John W Humphries
John Wesley Humphries 48 of Bartley died at work in Bona Bland Virginia reportedly from a heart attack. He was a son of the late Steven and Cora Humphries and connected with the International Order of Odd Fellows War lodge and United Mine Workers Bartley. Survivors include his wife Dossie a son William and a daughter Geraldine. He had four brothers and two sisters. The funeral was held Thursday at 11 a.m. in Bartley Methodist Church with Reverends Porter Legg presiding. Burial followed at Clark Cemetery Honaker Virginia. C J Douglas Mortuary Welch arranged services.
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Ronnie Johnson
Columbus
Eckman
Lukie Johnson Cobb
Ronie Johnson
Maybeury
Gowd Cobb
Tom John
Yonkers
N. Y
Willy Johnson
Keystone
Hattie Johnson
Elkhorn
John Wesley Humphries
Bartley
Island Creek Coal Co
Bona Bland
Steven
Cora Tickle Humphries
International Order of Odd Fellows At War
United Mine Workers of America
Dossie Humphries
William Humphries
Geraldine Humphries
Clark Cemetery
Honaker
C. J. Douglas Mortuary of
Welch
Miss Della Shrader Dies After Surgery
Miss Della Shrader age 16 daughter of Mr and Mrs Free man Shrader of Bluewell died Wednesday in Bluefield Sanitarium after surgery ten days earlier. Body taken to Mercer Funeral Home for further arrangements.
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Della Shrader
Freeman Shrader
Bluewell
Bluefield Sanitarium
Mercer Funeral Home
Mrs Lillian Cannon Tynes obituary notice
Mrs Lillian Cannon Tynes passed after a long illness. The body was taken to Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home to await completion of funeral arrangements.
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Lillian Cannon Tynes
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
300 Africans To Be Given Scholarships
Government and academic groups plan to offer 800 African youths scholarships to study in the United States next year. E. Jefferson Murphy of the African-American Institute in Tanganyika confirms the program and its aim to broaden educational opportunities for Africans.
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Nairobi
Kenya
United States
E. Jefferson Murphy
Tanganyika
Pew
The
African-American Institute
Alma Morris Returns Home After 18 Days at St Luke's Hospital
Alma Morris has been discharged after an 18 day stay at St Luke's Hospital following injuries from a fall she sustained. She returned to her home at 601 Rogers Street and is now improving.
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Alma Morris
St. Luke’s Hospital
Rogers St
Blue Lustre Carpet Cleaner Ad Claims Home Test Quality
An advertisement touts Blue Lustre as a premium home tested carpet cleaner. It asserts the product cleans three 9 by 12 rugs per half gallon and can be applied with any shampoo or brush, emphasizing homemaker authority and durable performance.
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