Death Toll Rises After Three Air France Crashes
Paris reports 101 dead as a second Air France Skymaster crashes in the Persian Gulf amid sabotage suspicions. Officials note bad weather but stress security at Saigon and Paris airfields as investigators weigh mechanical failure against rebel attacks tied to Indochina conflict.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
W. VA
Persian Gulf
Air France
Saignon
Paris
Saigon
Bahrein Island
Death Toll Rises in Three-Day Air Disasters at Sea
Over three days, 101 perish in crashes and disappearances. A Madagascar military plane on a Tananarive to destination flight vanished with 16 aboard. A French C-54 Skymaster from Saigon to Paris crashed off Bahrein with 46 dead and five survivors. Another C-54 crash near Bahrein left 39 dead and 13 survivors.
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Madagascar
Tananarive
Persian Gulf
Air France
Saigon
Paris
Bahrein Island
Bahrein
Air France Planes Crash in Persian Gulf Storms
In the Persian gulf a stormy season led to two air crashes. The first crash early Tuesday killed 46 with five survivors as planes were diverted. The second crash last night killed 39 with 13 survivors amid continued rough sea conditions. Bahrein officials investigated and ordered grounded flights.
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Persian Gulf
Gulf
Air France
Bahrein
Arrest Made In Auto Accident In Bluefield
Bill Fisher of Bluefield was arrested on charges of driving without a license hit and run and reckless driving in a Princeton road crash that seriously injured two men. He will be jailed until a hearing set by Justice J A Bailey.
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Bill Fisher
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Fisher
Justice of the Peace
J. A. Douglas Bailey
Bluefield Sanitarium
Buddy Perry
Cherry Street
Donald Davidson
Bluefield Avenue
Sebert Gambill
Anawalt
Truckola
C. H. Mace
Paul Carty
Bill Long
Franklin Street
Two Planes Crash Near Karachi En Route to Cairo
Two aircraft crashed about 15 miles apart after pilots radioed for landing instructions at a night airstrip lacking radar and with only two radio beacons. Both planes had stopped in Karachi, Pakistan, before heading to Cairo.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Cairo
Eeony J
Burkes Garden Ram Sets Highest Price at Sale
Staunton Va June 15 shattering total receipts of 17765 for 98 head of registered e bred sheep were recorded at the ninth annual eastern stud ram sale which closed today at the Staunton purebred livestock sales pavilion. High selling ram was a Hampshire lamb consigned by Lawson and Moss of Burks Garden Va which sold to Pennsylvania State College for 770.
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Staunton
Virginia Purebred Sheep Breeders Association
Hampshire
Lawson
Moss
Burk’s Garden
Pennsylvania State College
West Germany joins Council of Europe in 220 to 152 vote
Bonn reports West Germany gains associate membership in the Council of Europe after Bundestag approval 220 to 152. The upper house ratified earlier. 18 seats to be taken at the next Strasbourg plenary. Opposition cited Saar status and associate limits.
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Bonn
Germany
Council of Europe
Bundestag
Bundesrat
Hitler
League of Nations
Council
Consultative Assembly
Strasbourg
France
Social Democrats
Saar
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Scout Council Meets Tonight in Southern West Virginia
The Southern West Virginia Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, holds its annual dinner and officer election at 7 pm in the Appalachian assembly room. Attendees from three West Virginia and three Virginia counties expected. main speaker Dr. R. T. L. Liston of King's College Bristol Tenn. presides.
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West Virginia
Boy Scouts of America
Appalachian Assembly Room
R. T. L. Liston
Bristol, Tenn
King’s College
Davis- Elkins College
Arm of Liberty
Lawrence E. Tierney, Jr
J. C. Acuff
J. Howard Anderson
Welch
Eleven McDowell men shipped to prison from Welch
Eleven McDowell County men, judged in criminal court, were transported by prison bus to Moundsville to begin terms. Among them Sam Lindsey, a Pageton parole violator, to serve 5 to 18 years for second degree murder. others include Melvin Mutter Kimball 1 to 5 years for bigamy. Orville Moore Newhall 2 to 10 years for malicious wounding and 1 to 10 for illegal liquor manufacture. James Edward Harman Jenkin Jones 5 to 20 years for rape. Foley Panther 5 to 18 years for second degree murder with prior felony, plus 1 to 10 years. Carter Welch 1 to 10 years for breaking and entering. Edward Bryant Jr Welch 1 to 10. Archie Blankenship Bartley 1 to 10. William Andrew Hess Jaeger 1 to 10 for grand larceny with prior felony. and additional 1 to 10 year suspended sentence totals.
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Foley
Robert Carter
Welch
Edward Bryant, Jr
Archie Blankenship
Bartley
William Andrew Hess
Jaeger
McCarthy Questioned Loyalty Clearance in Espionage Case
McCarthy challenged the loyalty clearance for a man convicted of stealing secret documents. He asked how such clearance could be given despite the FBI describing the case as an almost airtight espionage finding. He told the state department’s security chief not to worry about testimony against Service.
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State Department
John
McCarthy
FBI
New Post Office Dedication Highlights Local Support
Merriman S. Smith will become postmaster July 1 as a dedicated ceremony marks the opening of the New Post Office in South Bluefield. Judge Wagner spoke with key support from the South Bluefield Businessmen’s Association and the Bluefield chamber of commerce. Ralph Huff C A Lilly led planning with Herman Kirchner Stewart Webster K N Buford C S Cheyney and Dodd Mortensen assisting in arranging the dedication rites.
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Gram
Merriman S. Smith
Post Office Department
Smith
Judge Wagner
South Bluefield
Rural Electrification Admin powers lines reach seven Earth circuits
In 1949 the Rural Electrification Administration funded a vast network of power lines that could encircle the globe seven times. The achievement highlights the agency's rapid expansion of rural electrification and its impact on nationwide infrastructure.
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Rural Electrification Administration
Obituaries and funeral notices from Mountain View and Welch
Deaths include Mrs Dovie Anderson of Mountain View wife of Z P Anderson. Funeral at Mountain View church Saturday at 1 30 PM burial in family cemetery. Survived by three sons Kyle Kenneth and Frank. two daughters Lelia Radford and Mrs Walter Leonard. siblings Lex Kingrea Sam Kingrea and Annie Albert. Also notices for Thomas R Doss 66 Bluefield and Ed Matheson 54 Welch. Interment Maplewood Tazewell and Annapolis naval funeral for Rear Admiral Stuart.
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Dovie Anderson
Mountain View
Z. P. Anderson
Mountain View Church
Kyle Anderson
Radford
Kenneth Anderson
Princeton
Frank Anderson
Pembroke
Lelia Radford
Walter Leonard
Blue Ridge
Lex Kingrea
Eggleston
Sam Kingrea
Pulaski
Annie Albert
Lotz Funeral Home
Roanoke
Thomas R. Doss
Mr. Doss
Tazewell County
Kenneth Carter
Otis R. Doss
J. A
Ed Matheson
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Welch
Matheson
First Baptist Church
Uon Roy Wolfe
Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell
Elkhorn Council No
Jouam
Russell Mil
Terday
Bethesda Hospital
Washington
R. R. Stuart
College Avenue
Bluefield
R. R. Stuart, Jr
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Stuart
Marie Blandin
Thomas Wacher
Joseph Thatcher
Coronado
Calif
Robert Green
Boston
Mass
Harry Stuart
Mrs John F Ward Funeral Services Today
Funeral services for Mrs. John F. Ward 220 Beech Street are set for 2 30 p m at Hawkins funeral chapel with Rev. Howard H Gordon of First Presbyterian officiating and Dr C G Eastwood assisting. Burial will be in Monte Vista cemetery with flower bearers from auxiliary groups. The body will lie in state at the mortuary after the service. Pallbearers are W M Pennington A B Morrison J M Knight John Houtchins S H Clark J T Watts W W Thomason and C T Tucker.
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John F. Ward
Hawkins Funeral
Beech St
Bluefield Sanitarium
Howard H. Gordon
First Presbyterian Church
C. G. Eastwood
Monte Vista
BRT
ORC
W. M. Pennington
A. B. Morrison
J. M. Knight
John Houtchins
S. H. Clark
J. T. Watts
W. W. Thomason
C. T. Tucker
Admiral H A Stuart dies after long naval career
Rear Admiral Harry A. Stuart, retired naval officer with a long and distinguished service record, died recently. The obituary notes his prominent roles and contributions within the Navy.
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H. A. Stuart
Harry A. Stuart
Mrs Arminday Matney Dies At 76 In Virginia Home
Mrs Arminday Matney aged 76 died Tuesday night at her son John Matney's home in Berwind where she had lived for seventeen years. Funeral and burial will be at 1 PM today at Sycamore Jump Cemetery in Buchanan county Virginia.
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Arminday Matney
John Matney
Berwind
Sycamore Jump
Buchanan County
Russian official linked to Soviet spy ring named in indictment
The FBI ties Anatoli Yakovlev former New York consulate vice consul to Soviet espionage via contact with Gold. Stuart Stack, a Syracuse area chemist, is described with prior work across chemical labs and pencil manufacturing, tracing a career from Syracuse to Georgia.
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Anatoli Antonovich Yakovlev
New York City
Gold
FBI
Yakovlev
Semenov
John”. Stack
Clay
N. Y
N W Film Shown To Kiwanis Club
Operation Fast Freight, a sound film on Norfolk and Western operations, was shown to the Gra ham Kiwanis Club. Carl C. Gillespie urged Bluefield business leaders to sponsor floats for the Tazewell County Sesquicentennial parade beginning June 25. a committee to study the idea was authorized.
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Norfolk and Western
Graham Kiwanis Club
Carl C. Gillespie
Tazewell
Tazewell County
Gillespie
Bluefield
M. Corbett Hughes
Earl Gibson
D. C. Duncan
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Roanoke
Wade Frazier
Miner Killed At Bishop Virginia Mine
Lawrence Colan Lucas of 201 Alder Street was killed instantly at the Bishop, Virginia mine yesterday evening. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Details of the accident were not available early last night.
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Lawrence Colan Lucas
Alder Street
Bishop
Masonic Lodge Special Communication in Bluefield
Bluefield Masonic Lodge No. 85 invites visitors for a special communication on Friday night June 16 at 7 o clock with work in several degrees. S P DeBusk W M and L M Carper Secy sign the notice. Pete's Grill offers lunch 11:30 to 9 p.m. and promotes fresh Chesapeake Bay soft shell crabs.
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Mercer Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Federal Street Masonic Building
Charles Johnson
L. D. Wilmore
C. W. Johnson
W. M. Bostic
H. E. Taylor
R. E
Bluefield Lodge No
AFP & A
S. P. DeBusk
W. M. L. M. Carper
Secy
Chesapeake Bay
Pete’s
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Ronson Lighters
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Burkes Garden
Bill Stern
News of the World
Lonesome
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Mindy Carson
Scout Council
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Grand Canyon
Bluefield Motors, Inc
Bluefield Ave
Dial
Bluefield, W. Va
Mrs. Arminday Matney
Bland Street
Bluefield Music Co
N&w
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Pete's
Pete’s Grill
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