Roane County Farmer Dies From Self-Inflicted Wounds
Spencer West Virginia June 15 a coroner's jury ruled prominent Roane county farmer George Shelby Young age 52 died last night from self inflicted wounds. His body was found with a bullet in the forehead and cuts from a pickaxe. Doctors testified Young may have fired a gun after blows from a pickaxe. The investigation concluded the death was a self inflicted homicide.
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Spencer
W. Va
Roane County
George Shelby Young
Ana
Young
C. W. Dye
Butter Prices and Receipts in York Dune Market Notes
Market notes show butter prices and receipts with limited clarity. References to quality grades and volume sales indicate steady butter demand and modest price variation. The fragment mentions top quality and general quotations, plus a large receipt figure of 463.00.
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York Dune
USDA
Briton says frogman Crabb wrote him before vanishing
Paris dispatch reports a titled Briton claiming Lionel Crabb sent a cryptic note the day he disappeared off Ports mouth near Ordzhonikidze. The letter postmarked Portsmouth mentions selling an invention and loan repayment, amid broader diplomatic inquiries and ongoing official statements.
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Frogman
Paris
Lionel Crab
Crabb
Portsmouth
P Ordzhonikidze
Niert
Sir Francis
Francis
Grundy Rotary Club Holds Annual Picnic
About 80 Rotarians and their guests attended the Grundy Virginia Rotary Club picnic Monday at Dismal River Country Club. Tom Lockhart and Sam Beinhorn led golf events with net scores around 36.
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Grundy
Rotary Club
West Virginia school aid rises with teacher pay raise
Final calculations show county school aid for the next fiscal year increasing overall due to the 1956 Legislature funded teacher salary hike. The rise includes 34 counties with higher aid and several with decreases, while the general school fund receives support from a higher cigarette tax.
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West Virginia
Wales
General School Fund
Berkeley
Brooke
Carbell
Calhoun
Hancock
Harrison
Jackson
Kanawha
Lewis
Marshall
Mason
Sceaemanha
Morgan
Ohio
Pleasants
Putnam
Ritchie
Tucker
Tier
Wood
Forest Fire Report From Virginia Abingdon District
District Chief Ray F. Duncan reports in 1955 five months saw sixty one fires burn 350 acres across ten southwestern Virginia counties. Washington County had 99 acres lost, Lee 81, with Smyth zero and Russell one fire.
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Grundy
Ray F. Duncan
Virginia Division of Forestry
Abingdon
Virginia
Washington County
Lee
Smyth County
Russell County
Buchanan
Dickenson
Grayson
Russel
Scott
Smyth
Tazewell
Washington
Division of Forestry
Duncan
West Germany to Set Up Tunisian Relations
Bonn reports the West German cabinet, with French concurrence, has decided to recognize Tunisia and Morocco as independent states and establish diplomatic relations with both. The move marks a formal shift in postwar ties and widens West Germany's diplomatic footprint in North Africa.
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Bonn
Natinonly
Tunnisia
Morocco
Market totals steady as stock averages rise in quiet session
YORK June 15 The Associated Press average of 60 stocks edged up to 181.80 while volume shrank to 1,550,000 shares. Panhandle Oil led activity, American Petrofina merger announced, Dow Chemical gained, and notable gains came from Portland Cement and Kennecott Copper among others with mixed moves across industries.
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Associated Press
Panhandle Oil
com=f
American Petrofina
Dow Chemical
Benguet Consolidated Mining
Iow
Portland Cement
General Portland Cement
Penn Dixie Cement
Steel
Goodrich
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Kennecott Copper
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Southern Railway
Continental of
Chadbourn Gotham
Fedders Igan
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RCA ‘S
American Telephone ‘Se
Long Bell Lumber
Chesnake & Ohio
Johnsonville
American Stock Exchange
Nies
U. S
Rock Man Receives Oregon Scholarship
Arthur G. Neal of Rock West Virginia received a National Research Foundation scholarship for graduate research training at the University of Oregon in the summer quarter. He earned a Master of Arts at Ohio State University on June 8 1956 in sociology and anthropology. Neal served two years in the U S Army including Korea where he earned the Combat Infantryman Badge and Korean Service Medal with three battle stars. He graduated Cum Laude from Concord College in 1951 with history major and social science minor and participated in Blue Key Pi Gamma Mu and Sigma Kappa.
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Everton Neal
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West Virginia
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Neal
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7Th Infantry Division
Korea
Concord College
Concord
Blue Key
Pi Gamma Mu
Sigma Kappa
Grundy Kiwanis Hosts Local Musical Program
Grundy Virginia Kiwanis Club featured a musical program this week directed by Mrs Gladys Charles. Janet Rife James Vandyke and Juanita Woodard were introduced by Frank Spraker. Dr F G m and Woodrow Mason attended as guests.
Trend of Staple Prices
New York June 15 The Associated Press reports wholesale KB commodities declined to 16a from previous week.
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New York
Associated Wholesale Press
Baltimore Livestock Report Summary
Baltimore June 16 cattle market details from USDA show about 20 head offered with around three loads of fed steers and three loads of stock cattle carried over. Receipts include roughly half steers and no cows among stock cattle. most steers presented.
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Baltimore
USDA
Ministers Wives Program Sunday at Community Christian Church
The Interdenominational Ministers Wives Alliance sponsors a 3 p m program at Community Christian Church on Marshall Street with Mrs Viola Richmond as guest speaker and multiple singing groups providing music.
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Ministers’ Wives Alliance
Community Christian Church
Marshall Street
Viola Richmond
Chicago Livestock Market Report June 4
Salable hogs 5,000 with Dutchess weights 190-270 lb at 16.25-17.00 per cwt and sows 120-170 lb 12.25-15.00. Steers and calves: 1,000 lb pack average 20.50, standard and good at 5.50-10.00. mixed cull to commercial dealers around 10.00. Prime spring lambs 83-06 with ewes 3.00-4.00.
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Chicago
USDA
Treasury Receipts and Debt Details Amid Fiscal Year Figures
The June 12 1956 fiscal data show total debt and deposits with a $21 796 gold asset. Included is $464 947 056 not subject to statutory limit, marking the latest treasury receipts update from Washington.
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Washington
Zyes Eary
Saas
Grundy Girl Earns Berea College BA in Elementary Ed
Mrs Ava Gay Looney Grider, daughter of Glenn C Looney of Grundy Virginia, earned a BA in Elementary Education from Berea College Kentucky. She was among 200 graduates at Berea College's 101st annual commencement on Sunday June 4.
Church School Staff Listed With Leadership Roles
The article names teachers in music art and manual arts including Mrs. Genella Harris and Rev. W H Brown, plus Mrs. Lola Mack as dean and Mrs. Ora Middleton and Mrs. Mamie Goodwyn as directors. Deacons J C Hicks Lloyd Middleton and Lenius Harris serve as church school superintendents and Rev Alexander Gregory is pastor.
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Genella Harris
Mentoria Edwards Thom
Fannye Mincy
Corella Watson
Robert Goodwyn
Crouthers
W. H. Brown
Nathaniel Harris
Sandra Austin
Bertha McKnight
Brenda Saundle
Lola Mack
Ora Middleton
Mamie Goodwyn
J. C. Hicks
Lloyd Middleton
Lenius Harris
Alexander Gregory
Grain futures and price moves on Chicago Board
The report shows various grain futures quotes with July dates and price changes for oats corn and rye. It lists July and September contracts with specific prices and shifts, alongside barley and feed values, reflecting a mixed activity session on the Chicago Board.
Baltimore grain receipts and stocks report June 18
Baltimore notes wheat receipts 294 997 bushels and 188 600 bushels for shipments. No. 2 red winter prices around 2.06 dollars, transit or non transit. Corn oats barley rye receipts and stocks listed. rye shows 14 849 bushels on hand with shipments 72 027 bushels and 296 160 stocks. Straw figures incomplete.
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Baltimore
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