Yugoslavia Asked to Explain Its Western Ties
In Washington on June 15 the United States asked Yugoslavia to clarify its stance between Russia and the Western powers. Ambassador Leo Mates was summoned and discussions lasted 40 minutes with no disclosure of subjects. U.S. concern centered on Tito's comments in Russia suggesting restored Soviet ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Russia
Marshal Tito
Goameseneare
Robert Murphy
Leo Mates
State Department
Mates
Murphy
Tito
Soviet Union
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Belgrade
Cominform
Britain
France
Moscow
B 57 Jet Bombers Grounded Since May
The Air Force announced that all B57 jet bombers have been grounded since May 24 due to a mechanical difficulty. The Air Materiel Command and Martin Co. Baltimore are correcting the issue. no official accident-rate figures are available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Pentagon
Air Materiel Command
Martin Co
Baltimore
Weather summary for West Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and Tennessee
Partly cloudy and warm across the region with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Highs range from the mid 80s to mid 90s with cooler conditions on Sunday in northern and eastern areas. Showers likely in the south and west portions, with humid, warm conditions continuing.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Sunong
National Guard Units Set To Leave For Field Training
Bluefield and Princeton units depart at 6 40 p m for two weeks at Fort Knox Kentucky. About 140 enlisted and officers from Bluefield units and 60 from Princeton will train on M 41 and M 48 tanks with scout work and armored equipment, Governor Marland to inspect June 16 30.
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Bluefield
Princeton
15Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
W. Va
N&w
Milton B
Port Knox
Kentucky
Baron H. Cornett
Bland Road
West Virginia National Guard
George R. Nuckolls
Fort Knox
Army National Guard of
West Virginia
National Guard
Field Ag
Baron H
Os. H. Summers
John M. Cis W. Pendleton
Joseph 8. Lassak
Welch
William M. Crockett
CWO
Joe
Rt Mann
Norman E. Dangerfield
Sam F. Payne
Harold D. Gerheart
Saa
Hubert H. Wall
Ervin J. Wakeland
Willian
Wood
William H. Smith
Orland H. Bell
Marion B. Myers
Economy Shows Bright Spots in May and June
The Federal Reserve Board reports a steady pace in national activity with rising construction spending at an annual rate of 43.6 billion dollars and private housing starts near 1.1 million units. Nonfarm employment remains at record levels while farm prices hold steady and steel, trucks, and equipment output stay near peak rates amid auto plant curtailments.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Subway Strike Paralyzes New York as Unions Clash
Grim motormen estimates place 200 to 400 workers involved as three subway lines halt. MQ Quill calls the strike a criminal conspiracy while the MBA and American Transport Union push for recognition ahead of contract expiry with the Transit Authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quill
MBA
TWA
American Transport Union
Transit Authority
Summer Activities Planned At Tazewell
Tazewell Virginia announces summer programs led by James H. Rogers. The Tazewell and North Tazewell playgrounds will operate weekdays 8 30 to 12 00. Teen programs run Tuesday and Thursday 7 30 to 10 00 p m at Tazewell elementary gym. Little League baseball begins with Wednesday and Friday games and any postponements on Monday.
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Tazewell
James H. Rogers
North Tazewell
Tazewell Elementary School
Buchanan Boy Struck by Car Near Vansant
A 10 year old Buchanan County boy, Jimmey Looney, was hit by a northbound 1951 Ford on Route 83 near his home six miles south of Vansant. He suffered critical injuries including brain concussion and a fractured leg. no charges filed against Sherman Coleman, 20, of Prater, who drove the car.
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Buchanan County
E. R. Adams
Jimmey Looney
Willie Looney
Prater
Looney
Vansant
Looney Lad
Jerry Lee
Adams
Grundy Hospital
Grundy
Moscoe Bele
Coleman
New England Sweats as Nation Simmers Under Heat Wave
The nation faced widespread heat with northern New Portland Maine at 94 degrees while Southwest stations lingered near 90. Cool northerly winds cooled the Pacific Northwest and California. Texas Gulf coast endured hurricane force winds. Galveston area saw planes and a hangar destroyed. Chicago area suffered a cloudburst flooding basements and power lines.
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Associated Press
New
Portland
Maine
Southwest
Pacific Northwest
California
Plateau States
Rockies
Plains
Great Lakes
Texas Gulf Coast
Galveston
Houston
Chicago
Washington Park Race Track
New England
Partial Calendar For Federal Court Set
A partial calendar for the Southern District of West Virginia lists hearings presided by Judge Ben Moore. Civil actions include matters involving infants Brooks and Lewis, rail and sanitarium cases, a 1950 Pontiac AmMobile dispute, Pocahontas Fuel Co and Georgia Lumber Co, plus the famed Picture Show Case jury trial tied to Hollywood producers and McDowell County theater operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
West Virginia
Ben Moore
Margaret K. Brooks
Diamond Clayton ‘Tabor
June Ellen Tabor
Walter Tezore
The
Norfolk and Western Railway
Cecil Lewis
Bluefield Sanitarium
Judy Carol Lewis
Bluefield Sanita
Escape Attempts Add Time in Southern West Virginia Court
In a wind up session in the district court for Southern West Virginia five Alderson inmates were sentenced for escape attempts. John J. Hooker alias Jack Davis pleaded guilty to impersonating a federal officer and defrauding the government, admitting payments totaling 111 dollars and a camera from James Parks. Multiple inmates received months for escapes. judges deferred several judgments pending further investigations.
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Is District Court
West Virginia
Winston N. C
Government of Revenue
Agenta
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hooker
James R. Parks
Athens
Parks
Oakvale
Princeton Toll Plaza
West Virginia Turnpike
Princeton
George Harmon
Moore
U. S
Alderson
Marian Frances Stamps Phillips
Jarrell
Patrick
Lales
Suicante
Oherrice
Noakes
Dayton
Ohio
Canada
United States
Isabella Ophelia Bull
U.S. District Court
Florida
Bull
Huntington
Moundsville
Margie
Hargis
Nat
Memorial Hospital
Hcspe Ae
Richard Mirklyn Jones
Charleston
Eee
McKinley Bragg
Connie L. Cooke
John R. Cooke
Beckley
Logan
Isaac Norris Kantor
Eects
District Court of Southern
Kes
V. Bluefield Co
Drowns and Funerals Chronicle Life Loss in Bluefield Area
Obituary list notes the drowning death of 4 year old Robert Stinson in Baltimore while visiting relatives. It also covers multiple funeral notices across Princeton, Bluefield, and surrounding towns, detailing survivors, burial plans, and church services for residents.
Wyoming County Man Arrested For Robbery
Franklin Cox 21 of Sabine was arrested by Deputy Sheriff James Gibson for a June 7 coal company store robbery in Wyoming. Sheriff Goode said a 17 year old Keyrock youth already in custody implicated Cox in the May 2 robbery at the same store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
W. Va
Franklin
Roy) Cox
Sabine
Wyoming
James Gibson
Paul Goode
Wyoming County
Keyrock
Cox
Lias Criticism Deemed Unfair In Wheeling Racetrack Case
Federal receiver Carl O. Schmidt labeled recent criticism by Senator Williams as unfounded and partly false while detailing payments related to Wheeling Downs. He disclosed that only 10000 of 35000 went to Lias personally as general manager and 15000 taxes. the rest to taxes and to a separate receiver. Judge Watkins approved Lias’s employment and set a summer meeting from July 14 to September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
Carl O. Schmidt
Wheelin Racing Assn
U.S
John J. W
R-Del
Sen
Williams
William G
Big Bill
Internal Revenue Bureau
W. Frank Keefer
Schmidt
Keeler
Wat Om
Harry B. Watkins
Laas
Watkins
Racing Association
Homer R
Department of Justice
Andrew A. Sharpe
Department
Keen Mountain Foreman Dies at Work in Mine
James Hubert Bradley age 51 of Keen Mountain Virginia died yesterday afternoon at Universal Coal Corp mine from a heart attack while unloading a shot. An autopsy in Bluefield will determine exact cause. Survived by wife Nana Ruth Renefro and several children. Funeral arrangements pending at Farmer Funeral Home Richlands.
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James Hubert Bradley
Keen Mountain
Universal Cal Corp
Bradley
Bluefield
St. Luke's
Bethpage
Iern
Harvey
Johnnie Key Bradley
Kren Mountain
Universal Coal Corp
Nana Ruth Renefro
Pfc
Jay G. Bradley
Japan
Geraldine Forn
Germany
Barbara Clifton
Pigrim’s Knob
Clara Mae Bradley
Linda Ruth Bradley
Paul
Mre. Allen London
Brunswick, Ga
Farmer Funeral Home
Richlands
Millard Va Man Drowns In Michigan
G C Mullins of Millard Virginia drowned while swimming with a fishing party near Pontiac Michigan. His body was recovered and attempts at revival failed. He leaves parents five brothers and six sisters. Funeral service tomorrow at 11 from the parental residence with burial at Peather Chapel Cemetery Colley Funeral Home in charge.
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Robert Stinson
Glen Davis Stinson
Honaker
Baltimore
Wayne
Steven
Henry Stinson
Coalwood
Finney Baptist Church
F. G. Musick, Jr
Honaker Funeral Home
Robert Robins
Cedar Bluff
Route 2
Richlands
Bluff
Somver
Glenn Tucker
Gerald McParland
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon
Roxie Ratcliff
Bluefield
Gracie Johnson
Lovington, Mich
Minnie French
Pennsylvania
Clint Robins
Ellis Garen, Va
Herbert W. Mann
Lindside
Mr. Mann
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Giles Mem
H. E. Mann Co
Greenville
Monroe County
8. M
Mamie Whitt Mann
Kenneth Vans
Isaac Mann
Mason Helmintoler
Hinton
Myrtle Pence
Links Grove
Lindside Methodist Church
O. F. Surface
Franklin Delano Rozell Jr
Jaeger
Rozell
First Baptist Church
J. L. Mann
Jaeger Memorial
Roderfield
Virgil
Rhodes
Anawalt
Qamine
Gary
At Fork Baptist Church
Apeanee Curve
Byron Sturgill
Woodlawn Cemetery
Wilkes County
Wiley
Dona Belle Rhodes
Helen Eva Day Rhodes
Teza
Pageton
Walter Taridge
Eva Darlene Hicks
Jess Hicks
Lester Click
Cove Cemetery
War
Jess Jr
Joseph Hicks
Flora Blevins
Columbus
Susie Elizabeth
Welch
Lan
William Luther Barnett
Skygusty
Jesus Christ
Abbs Valley
Tery
Burton Harman
Athens
Waeaere
Thorpe
James
Martha Douglas Barn
J. G v. A.M. Bluefield
Carl T. Froe
Wilcoe
Stevens Clinic
B. E. Williams
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bluewell
Mudfork
Tazewell County
George and
Estella Free
U. S. Steel Co
A Oighter
Maxine Brown
Cleveland
Ohio
Zeola Brown
Mary Parker
Argatha Barksdale
Arthur Free
Thrifty Community Club
Missionary Circle
Lou Williams
AME Zion
Lebanon Community
Finney-Basterly
Charles
Calm
Bristol
Lacey
Doug
Dock
Roanoke
Ernest
New York
Bila Ross
Lena Hicks
Margaret Brown
Lebanon, Va
G. C. Mullins
Millard
Mullins
Pontiac
Carl Mullins
Elster
Benny
Detroit
Lowell T
Bobby Joe
Carl, Jr
Joe Pratt
Anam
Mabel Hammons
Janice Hall
Slat Lick
Pearl Mullins
Dicy K. Mullins
Charlotte Ann Mullins
Alex Rakes
Bert Nowlin
Peather Chapel
Colley Funeral Home
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alderson Reformatory
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Tne
Atlanta
Denver
Jacksonville
Memphis
St.Paul
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Richmond
San Francisco
Charles Goren
Matz
Goren
Weather Bureau Forecast
Beterom
Prisau
Middle Atlantic
Lower Lakes
Central Plains
Buchanan Boy
Arizona
By Bob Ritcher
J. &. Hopkins
Hammond Infant
Giles
Erma Sizemore Hammond
Lilly Addition
Eldridge
Anna Lyn
Thomas Cemetery
Ingleside Road
Memorial Egy 38
Sarah Phipps
Vance Phipps
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Union
Norvel R. Green
Moore Cemetery
Oliver Moore
Oak Hill
Francis C. Moore
Williamson
Walter Barnes
Tom Wingo
Phipps
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Charles B. Wilson
Charles Bruce Wilson
South Charleston
Wilson
United Carbon Oil and Gas Division
United Producing Co
Collierstown
Franklin D. Rozell
H. B. Lester
Virginia Christine Lester
Distil Street
Princeton Memorial
J. W. Hopkins
J. E. As
Swart
Stuart
Flay
William L. Barnett
Carl Trexie Froe
Mrs
Sam Calloway
Harlan Heights
New Hope Baptist Church
Whipple
C. M. Ellis
W. N. Harris
Greennee Memorial Cemetery
Beckey
Lugo
Frank Robinson
Clearance Laine
Lawerence Kemp
Filiott Johnson
Charlie Scales
Ruben Puryear
Rose
Margaret A
Graham Christian Church
Woodlawn
Ae. H. G
Davy P.m
Jaeger Chuceh
God
Lilydale Cemetery
McGlothlin
Jake
Durst- Scott Funeral Chapel
Blankenship Cemetery
Scott
Arthur C
Pesshoatae
Bau Chute Tintern
Lias
Millard, Va
Michigan
Lem Sts
Westinghouse Ea
Uae
Thornhill Tinning & Plumbing Co
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