City Parking Commission Forms to Start July First
E G Otey named chairman as the Parking Facilities committee organizes to begin operating with the new fiscal year. Members include Max Matz Hugh Shott Jack McClaugherty Frank McKenzie Jack Blank and Ernest H Keesee. The panel will oversee meter revenue and pursue off street parking in Bluefield's business districts to ease the city parking shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Otey
Laurence Tierney
Te’ Ceersione
Ie’ Groumnert
Max Matz
Hugh Shott
Jack McClaugherty
Frank McKenzie
Jack Blank
Ferry Fleet Expands in Washington Town
Seattle officials announce a two million dollar new ferry for Puget Sound operations. The 310 foot craft is described as the West Coast's largest ferry. It will join a fleet recently expanded by two automobile and passenger vessels from Maryland.
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Seattle
McCarthy and Welch clash over hearings on communism
In tense exchanges Senator McCarthy defends his anti subversion drive while Joseph Welch urges Army loyalty and due process. McCarthy warns of continued personnel purges and wartime danger, as Welch accuses premature claims and insists on strict conduct of investigations. The session ends without Welch finishing cross examination.
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McCarthy
Welch
Army
Wisconsin
Unitedes Army
United States Army
Mr. Welch
Notable Deaths Across Virginia Communities
A sequence of obituaries from Rich Creek to Farmville notes sudden heart attack death of Leo M. Auer born 1902, his business ties, and surviving family. Other notices include John Alley and Carrie Alley deaths, services in Austinville Church of God, and multiple funeral arrangements across Radford Concord Marion Gap Mills Farmville with interment details.
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Leo McGuffin
Happy
Auer
Rich Creek
Nancy Auer
Joseph Auer
Bramwell
Bailey Lumber Company
Princeton
Thomas C. Honeycutt
Radford
Welding and Mitchell Funeral
Concord
N. C
Roberta
Seaver Funeral Home
Marion
Death notices and funeral plans from Athens to Princeton
Obituaries report the death of Mrs. Elbert Vermillion of Athens and funeral plans at Resthaven Cemetery. John G. Steele of Bluefield has last rites at Bluewell Baptist Church with interment at Woodlawn. Other notices include Elmer Lockhart of Yards and R H Bob Dennis of Oklahoma City with survivor details and service info. Raymond Parsell of Princeton dies at Bluefield Sanitarium with arrangements pending at Bailey Funeral Home.
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Lera Frances Bragg
Princeton
Bluefield Sanitarium
Chapel of Hawkins Funeral Home
Monte Vista Cemetery
Elbert Vermillion
Athens
Kingsport Hospital
Kingsport
Tenn
Vermillion
Sun Hill
W. Va
Baptist Church At
Janice Vermillion
Welch
U. S. Navy
Mediterranean
Claude Jackson Hogan
John G. Steele
Bluefield
Bluewell Baptist Church
Woodlawn
Bailey Funeral Home
Elmer Lockhart
Yards
Big Rock
R. H. Dennis
R. H
Bob” Dennis
Oklahoma City
Okla
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Ardmore
Raymond Parsell
South Ave
Pulaski
Charles
Virginia Parsell
Jean Carol Reese
William Michael
Charles Thomas
Lisa Ellen
Donald C
Radford
William Lee
James D
Robert Pendleton
Parsell
Parsell Bottled Gas Company
Princeton First Christian Church
No Time Agreement Stop The Clock In Cadiz
Cadiz Ohio June 16 12 o clock noon is the time shown by the courthouse clock as of yesterday after the Harrison County commissioners halted it at noon. Merchants had urged moving to fast time to align with town clocks, but the prosecutor advised staying on standard time during daylight saving. The clock will stay stopped until daylight time ends and clocks revert.
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Cadiz
Ohio
Harrison County
Summerton
D. C
Clarendon County
Deep South
Sherman
Duta
Supreme Court
McCarthy Symington Exchange Highlights Hearing Banter
The scene centers on a light exchange during the McCarthy hearing as Symington quips about a memorandum and Roy Cohn’s ear. McCarthy praises Cohn as valuable while remarks and banter amuse the senators, with Mundt noting a long debate ahead before Democrats win the Senate.
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Cohn
McCarthy
Symington
En McCarthy
Senate
McClellan
Mundt
R-Sd
Sumter County views on school integration in Summerton
In Summerton South Carolina a Negro majority resists integration while white residents fear social contact and intermarriage if schools desegregate. The piece details local attitudes with quotes from both black and white residents amidst the Supreme Court's ruling.
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Supreme Court
Summerton
South Carolina
High Court
South
Oklahoma
Texas
Optometric education talks set in Seattle by Greenspon
William Greenspon chairman of the Council on Education of the American Optometric Association will travel to Seattle Washington for a series of professional meetings. On June 21 he addresses the House of Delegates on Optometric Education in the United States and Abroad. On June 22 he presides over a joint meeting of the Council on Education and the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry.
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William Greenspon
Council On Education
American Optometric Association
Seattle
Wash
House of Delegates
United States
Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry
West Virginia CPAs Set Annual Meeting in Charleston
The West Virginia Public Accountants Assn will hold its annual meeting in Charleston June 25-26. Louis J. Thomas of Morgantown, the association president, said the opening session June 25 will cover accounting and tax topics, with the annual banquet that evening. A general business meeting with officer elections is set for June 26.
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Morgantown
The
West Virginia Public Accountants Assn
Charleston
Louis J. Thomas
Thomas
Eisenhower Brothers Recall Fights and Doubts on Boxing Strength
New York dispatch reports Edgar Eisenhower doubts his brother Dwight could whip him today while the two recall a past slugging match. Bela Kornitzer’s July Woman's Home Companion interview with the five surviving Eisenhower brothers covers family life and parental discipline.
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New York
Edgar Eisenhower
Dwight
Abilene
Kas
Edgar
Bela Kornitzer
Woman's Home Companion
Kornitzer
Milton
Rainfall and Heat Aid West Virginia Crops
West Virginia crops show strong growth as rainfall and warm conditions boost pastures, hay making, and heading of wheat and oats. Corn progresses despite prior cold damage while heavy fruit set on apples and peaches signals a good crop. statewide temperatures averaged 68 with 1.51 inches of rain, Glenville recording 4.06 inches and Grantsville 95 degrees.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Federal
Servce
Grantsville
Bluefield
Rainelle
Glenville
Huntington
National Fertilizer Association names officers in meet
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS W Va June 16 P E A Geoghegan vice president of Southern Cotton Oil Co New Orleans elected board chairman of the National Fertilizer Assn at the association annual convention Geoghegan moves up from vice chairman succeeding Louis Ware president of International Minerals and Chemical Corp Chicago C T Princeville vice president Swift and Co Chicago named to succeed Geoghegan as vice chairman Re elected were Russell Coleman president W R Allstetter vice president and William S Rimour secretary treasurer all of Washington
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Swift and Co. Chicago
Geoghegar
Russell Coleman
W. R. Allstetter
William S. Rimour
Washington
Boudoir Blindness Warns of Modern Eye Strain
Dr Ned Hobbs president of the South Caroline Optometric Assn warns that modern indoor living harms vision. He says the eye evolved for outdoor tasks and long horizons, not close up intricate work, urging a return to outdoor activity to prevent a looming plague of boudoir blindness.
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Columbia
8. C
Ned Hobbs
South Caroline, Optometric Assn
Hobbs
Riddle of Earth Will Be Studied
Washington reports plans for a year long international geophysical program to map the earths shape and inner structure. Dr Joseph Kaplan announces observational network across Alaska Antarctica Jarvis Island and Greenland with 30 stations in the US and 17 to observe aurora and 26 spectrographic patrols. Balloon flights and rockoon launches will extend to New Mexico Greenland Canada and Alaska. Copper element and trapping note follow.
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Washington
National Research Council
Joseph Kaplan
US National Committee
International Geophysical Union
Kaplan
Earth
Big Delta
McKinley National Parks
Alaska
Antarctic
Jarvis Island
Pacific
Arctic
United States
Gun
Greenland
Ross Shelf
New Mexico
Canada
Weather map shows regional clouds and thundershowers across mid-Atlantic
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Western Pennsylvania forecast cloudy and cool to warm with scattered light rain and afternoon or evening thundershowers. Highs range from upper 60s to lower 90s with warmer western areas.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Truck Driver Survives 1000 Foot Mountain Plunge
A tractor trailer loaded with toes from Guignard Brothers of Charlotte plunged over a thousand feet down Camp Creek Mountain in Mercer County. Driver William Wager said skidding caused the brake spin and guard rails failure. he rode the truck down, escaping with minor scratches while the vehicle was a total loss. Trooper Griffith investigated for state police.
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Guignard Brothers
Charlotte
N. C
Camp Creek
Mercer County
William Wager
Excent
Griffith
Princeton
State Police
House With Cupid Room Marries Off Tennants
NEW ULM Minnesota. For twenty years Mr and Mrs Harald Sallet rented a room in their home. Nine consecutive occupants left after marrying. The ninth roomer Miss Charlotte West a kindergarten teacher became Mrs Hobart H Anderson.
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New Ulm, Minn
Harold Sallet
Charlote West
Hobart H. Anderson
Severe rainstorm and wind strike Fairmont area
A heavy rainstorm with lightning and strong winds caused significant damage in Fairmont and Doddridge County West Virginia. Flooding, downed telephone lines, road slides, and power outages affected multiple towns and facilities including Fairmont State College. The Monongahela River rose four tenths of a foot and a Lock 15 rain gauge recorded 0.43 inches in under two hours.
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Fairmont
West Virginia
Doddridge County
Monongahela
Lock 15
Merl Guthrie
Doddridge
Greenbrier Creek
Miletus
Salem
George B. Southern
Chesapeake and Potomac
Sherwood
Long Run
Smithburg
Middle Island Creek
J. Blum
U. S. 50
Marion County
Rivesville
Bunner's Ridge
Mannington
Here
U. S. 250
Wellington
Fairmont State College
U. S. 19
Coveriea
Meas
J. J. McLinden
Wetzel County School Bond Levy Fails Again
In Wetzel County near New Martinsville, a $1,135,000 special school bond measure failed for the second time in two months. An unofficial tally showed 3,858 votes for and 2,784 against, 58.08 percent in favor, 1.92 points short of the 60 percent requirement. The plan would fund school improvements including shop programs at Magnolia High School and Pine Grove High, plus trades and vocational agriculture expansions at Hundred High.
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New
Martinsville
W. Va
Wetzel County
Magnolia High School
Pine Grove High
Hundred High
West Virginia Turnpike seeks side-of-road delineators bids
The West Virginia Turnpike Commission invites sealed proposals for approximately 7300 side-of-road delineators between Princeton mile 88 and Charleston mile 88 in Mercer Raleigh and Kanawha counties. Bids include four delineator types and are due June 29 1954 with public opening in Charleston. D Holmes Morton chairman.
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West Virginia Turnpike Commission
West Virginia
Ae Commission
West Virginia Turnpike
Princeton
Charleston
Mercer
Raleigh Payette
Kanewhe
Reed
House of Delegates Chamber
State Capitol
D Holmes Morton
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Group
Washington Town
Sen. McCarthy
Leo M. Auer
Carrie Alley
Austinville
Wytheville
John Alley
Acie Webb
Catherine Ligeberry
Marie Alley
Raymond Grimes
Walter Davis
Foster Rails
Floyd Webb
Fries, Va
T. C. Honeycutt
Mrs
Lera Bragg
Joe G. Sweeney
Joe Gray Sweeney
Gap Mills
Carmel Presbyterian Church
Carmel
Broyles
Alice Richardson
Alice Holman Richardson
Farmville
George Richardson Jr
E. P. Lancaster
Richardson
Cumberland County
John Seymour
Anne Lavinia Holman
George Richardson
Farmville Presbyterian Church
Westview
Walter J. Richardson
R Hoskins Sclater
Roanoke
David C. Laughan
William B. Pollard
Winston-Salem
Freezer Supplies
Bland St
Bluefield, W. Va
Saul Pett
Dr. Greenspon
Cpas
James Petrillo
Federation of Musicians
Milwaukee
Harry S. Truman
Federation
Mr. Petrillo
Mr. Truman
Eisenhower
National Fertilizer Association
Iowa
M — Weather Bureau
Asheville
Atlanta
Chicago
Cincinnati
Jacksonville
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
St. Paul
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Richmond
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Bluefield Ave
Thorn St
D. R. Kaufman
James H. Cyphers
Hotpoint
Firsti Home & Auto Supply
Federal ST
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