Tennessee bride slain. husband confesses in Rockwood case
Luther Phillips, 69, reportedly confessed to murdering Minnie Bell Phillips of McDowell County after a June 6 trip from Bluefield to Crab Orchard Tennessee. She was found shot near Rockwood. Police say he admitted the killing as a relief to get it off his chest after recent heart-related illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Bell Phillips
Bluefield
Trailways
Crab Orchard
Tenn
McDowell County
W. Va
Ity
Rockwood
Knoxville
Luther Phillips
Phillips
Tennessee
Keystone
Mynott Phillips
Crab, Orchard
Tennessee Coach Lines
Col McQuail In New Role In Berlin Talks
In Berlin US officials outlined a fresh approach to win rapid release of nine American prisoners held by East Germany. Col Robert P McQuail, 41, opened negotiations as East German Foreign Ministry demanded proof of intergovernmental standing. Ottawa Winter promised quick settlement if criteria were met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U.S. Army
State Department
Foreign Ministry
East Berlin
Gob
Red Armored Division
West Germany
Iron Curtain
U.S
Robert P. McQuail
Otto Winter
McQuail
Bluefield
W. Va
Former FTC Chairman Bucks Adams In Goldfine Case
Edward F. Howrey, a former FTC chairman, supports Adams claim that Bernard Goldfine was not given special treatment by the FTC. Harris will hear testimony as Democrats renew accusations Adams accepted gifts from Goldfine. Goldfine firms faced wool labeling act violations, settled with corrective agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Sherman Adams
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
FTC
Edward F. Howrey
Adams
Oren Harris
D-Ark
House
Harris
Howrey
Eisenhower
Goldfine
Poland Starts First Atomic Reactor Eve Begins Work
Poland opened its first nuclear reactor named Eve at Swierk on the Vistula River about 20 miles north of Warsaw. Construction and startup mark Poland stepping into the atomic age with government and research support driving the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Warsaw
Eve
Swierk
Vistula River
Hallanan Sued Over 2 Million Claim By Secretary
Walter S. Hallanan president of Plymouth Oil faces a $2 million suit filed in New York Supreme Court by Miss P Antionette Supplee who alleges he hired her as secretary at $1,000 weekly for life and required her to be at his beck and call. Hallanan denies any contract and calls the suit ridiculous. The papers were sealed by two justices and the appellate division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Walter S. Hallanan
Plymouth Oil Co
New York
Hallanan
P. Antionette
New York Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Appellate Division
Hallanan Per Yell
Radford Youth Killed In Wreck
A 14 year old Radford youth Joe Gordon died at 2 45 am Sunday in a Christiansburg hospital after a car crash on U S 11 west of Christiansburg Montgomery County. Three other teens Clyde Walters Donald Dudley and Dudley operated a new sedan owned by Dudley father. the car went over an embankment into a garden and overturned. All occupants were thrown clear. The crash raised Virginia 1958 highway deaths to 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radford
Christiansburg
Joe Gordon
U. S. 11
Montgomery County
Clyde F. Walters
Cambria
Donald Lee Dudley
Dudley
Old Dominion
Alma Whips Over Texas Storm Lashes Rio Grande Area
The first tropical storm Alma disintegrated over the lower Rio Grande Valley bringing torrential rains and winds up to 50 mph. The Weather Bureau warned of up to 5 inches of rain in central Texas and advised beach areas south of Corpus Christi to stay ashore while small craft remained in port south of Galveston.
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Brownsville
Tex
Alma
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Eagle Pass
Rio Grande
Weather Bureau
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Mexico City
Texas-Mexico
International Falcon Dam
Monaco Royal Gala Debuts Kings Go Forth Premiere
Prince Rainier and Princess Grace hosted a world premiere and charity gala in Monte Carlo for Kings Go Forth. Sinatra performed a standout show with a French band as guests including Maugham and Onassis, raising about 12000 for the United Nations Refugee Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Mediterranean
Frank
Joan Caulfield
United Nations Refugee Fund
Grace Kelly
Somerset Maugham
Kurt Jurgens
Mai Zetterling
Aristotle Onassis
Peter
Yugoslavia
Peter Lawford
Patricia Kennedy
Don Lopez
Lex Barker
Tarzan
Sinatra
Miss Nancy Robinette Wins $10000 On Price Is Right
Nancy Robinette of Raven, Virginia will receive a $10000 cash bonus on NBC TV The Price Is Right at 730 PM on WHIS TV Channel 6 in New York. She has won $32000 in prizes from guessing item prices in the Showcases. Bill Cullin will present the award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Robinette
Raven
New York
Whis-Tv
Channel 6
Tazewell
Bill Cullin
Wabash River Flood Forces Terre Haute Emergency
A state of emergency was declared in Terre Haute Indiana as the Wabash River crest reached 14 feet above flood stage. Gov Handley acted after local officials warned the West Terre Haute levee could fail threatening 40 percent of the city. Extra state police 60 National Guard troops and 40 prisoners were mobilized to reinforce the levee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Harold W. Handley
West Terre Haute
Indianapolis
National Guard
State Penal Farm
Twenty Hurt as Greyhound Bus Plunges in Georgia
A Greyhound bus traveling from Jacksonville to Cincinnati plunged down an embankment in Marietta Georgia injuring twenty passengers. Six other riders on the same coach escaped unharmed in the Sunday crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta, Ga
Greyhound
Jacksonville
Fla
Cincinnati
Severe storm cuts power in Tazewell County Virginia
A fierce electrical storm struck southwest Virginia around Sunday morning causing a home fire in Baptist Valley and uprooted trees as power poles fell. Lightning knocked out a Richlands substation, leaving areas without electricity for nearly three hours. Fire damage was estimated at about $1,000, with no injuries reported.
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Tazewell County
Virginia
Richlands
Theia
Joseph Brown
Baptist Valley
Appalachian Power Company
West Virginia
West Pat
Belcher Brothers Die in Windstorm Crash near Maiden Creek
A Piper Tri Pacer crashed into a Tazewell County hillside near Maiden Creek at about 10 a.m. Sunday killing Rufus Belcher 42 and Wallace Belcher 45. Injured was D R Belcher 30, son of Wallace, in critical condition with multiple injuries but consciousness returned by night. Witness James Brown described a forced landing attempt as wind tore the plane from a storm base, with the craft stalling near a rock pile and a farm house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Grundy
Rufus
Wallace Belcher
Wallace
R. D. Belcher
Tazewell County
Virginia
L. C. Mercer
Maiden Creek
Rufus Belcher
Belcher
California
Bluefield
James Brown
Brown
Church thief sent to hospital for mental observation
A Brooklyn youth was sent to Bellevue Hospital for mental observation after his mother said he stole from church collection boxes since age seven. Magistrate Manuel Gomez labeled John Knudsen the "meanest thief in town" after his arrest at Holy Cross church on burglary tools charges.
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NW York
Bellevue Hospital
Manuel Gomez
John Knudsen
Brooklyn
Knudsen
Holy Cross Church
Mercer Native Dies En Route to Princeton on Turnpike
A 44 year old Mercer county native Ernest Paris Basham died of a heart attack Sunday on the West Virginia Turnpike near Princeton after his car grazed a guard rail. He had lived in Toledo 15 years and was en route to spend Father's Day with his parents. He was pronounced dead at Princeton Memorial Hospital. His wife Anna, his son Ernest, and five sisters survive.
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Toledo, Ohio
Princeton
Mercer County
Toledo
Ernest Paris Basham
C. M. Yoak
Basham
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Anna Basham
Ernest Basham
Yoak
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McDowell Countian
By Russ Lemon
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Roane County
R. M. Delaney
Kingston
Delaney
Col. McQuail
Col
R. P. McQuail
Bucks Adams
Demos
Minneapolis Tribune and
Des Moines Register
Subcommittee
Congressional Democrats
Mss
Supplee
P. Antoinette Supplee
Grundy Coal
Grundy Coal Company
Port Isabel
Monte Carlo
Monaco
Prince and Princess of
Prince Rainier
Princess Grace
Noel Coward
Rainier
Mandalay
Prince
Wabash
Georgia
Belcher Bros
Piper
Tazewell Hillside
Charlotte
N. C
Mercer
Everett Basham
Anna M. Basham
Kathleen Shaffer
Detroit
Mich
Daneice Talbert
Ula Lawrence
Bridgewater
Lillian Oliver
Howe, Mich
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