Coal Urged as Cheaper Fuel for WV Colleges
West Virginia educators faced a protest from United Mine Workers leaders at the State Board of Education meeting over coal usage in new campus buildings. The union urged coal heating bids, citing coal’s lower cost as gas and oil rise, while planning for new dorms and a student union at Fairmont State and West Liberty. The board approved a Marshall College project and sought new bids, with Concord College seeking a $1.607 million loan for dorms and family housing.
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John F. Weyland
Charleston
State Board of Education
United Mine Workers
Fairmont State College
West Liberty State College
Michael Widman
Washington
UMW
John L. Lewis
Widman
Adolph Pacifico
Columbus
Ohio
R. O. Lewis
Cecil Urbaniak
Fairmont
UMS
Thomas A. Williams
Michael Gretchen
UMWA
C. E. Benton
Cleveland
Bituminous Institute
National Coal Assn
Benton
Uni
Ing
Congressional
West Virginia
West Virginia University
West Liberty College
Spillers
WVU
Marshall College
John W. Pence
Baker & Coombs Inc
Morgantown
Concord College
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Concord
Virgil H. Stewart
Bluefield Kiwanians Hear SBA Director
Clarence P. Moore regional director Region IV of the Small Business Administration tells Bluefield Kiwanis members that American small business embodies opportunity enterprise and achievement and is essential to freedom. He notes two area men J H Huffard and Ernest G Otey serve on the SBA advisory board and outlines the SBA program at the West Virginian Hotel luncheon.
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Clarence P. Moore
The
Small Business Administration
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
West Virginian Hotel
Moore
J. H. Huffard
Virginia
Ernest G. Otey
West Virginia
SBA
Air Force Reserve Unit Meeting Tonight at HQ
A meeting of Flight A 9481st Air Force Reserve Squadron is called for 7 30 tonight at the unit headquarters 1201 Bluefield Avenue.
Deaths And Funerals In McDowell County Area
Several obituary notices list deaths in McDowell County and nearby areas. Samuel Fisher aged 80 of Roderfield and William Otey aged 76 of Keystone are among the deceased, with services planned in Roderfield and Keystone churches. Additional deaths include Mrs. Fred W. Brown, Edward C. Mercer, and Camplin E. Nierman. multiple survivors and funeral arrangements are noted for each, with services scheduled locally.
Four and half year old Jane Ellen Law dies in Cleveland
Jane Ellen Law daughter of Mr and Mrs Jim Law of Bluefield died Monday morning in University Hospital Cleveland after months of illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Rites for the late Rev B E Wil King include Flat Top Baptist leaders with church staff roles. Survivors include wife and several children, many relatives. services set at a local church.
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Edward C. Mercer
Raven
Richlands
Russell County
Thomas W. Mercer
Minnie H. Mercer
Mary B. Mercer
Eugene
James
Billy Mercer
Magdelene Dye
Frank Mercer
Lane Mercer
Jane Ellen Law
Jim Law
Cumberland Road
Bluefield
University Hospital
Cleveland
Ohio
Rites
B. E. Wil King Hiram Lodge
Flat Top Baptist Association
Flat Top Association
Mt.Mariah Baptist Church
Mayberry
First Baptist Church
Wilcoe
Bluestone Baptist Church
Marie F. Williams
Bramwell
Elizabeth Lewis
Baltimore
Delores Moore
Detroit
Mich
Velma Long
New York City
James Williams
Grand Rapids
Vernon Williams
Caropolis
Sophronia Lawson
Columbus
Alma Johnson
New River
Ilam
Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Victory Court
Jericho
Charlie Price
Charlie Eanes
Joseph Cook
J. J. Howard
A. M. Henry
Charlie Isters
Ben F. van Dyke
James F. van Dyke
Maxwell
Whitten's Valley
Hurst - Scott Funeral Home
Connie Marie Capaldo
Grundy Hospital
Stacy
Dutch Capaldo
Katherine Lebonick
Alice Mahan
Pittsburgh
Myrtle Bremsteller
Obituary notices list services for several residents
Funeral services are announced for Elmer H Hurley 4 of San Ferguson John B Ferguson 68 of 209 Kirk Street Princeton Archelaus H Williams 9 of Wytheville VA Miss Lucy L Hall Roanoke VA William C Myers 81 Dry Fork VA Mary P Newman 75 Glenwood Park Bluefield WV B C J Shepherd Mrs 109 Rogers Street Bluefield WV A M Black 79 Tazewell VA Agnes Wooding Bramwell with interments set at Maplewood and Walnut Grove cemeteries and church services at First Methodist St Pauls Bratton Memorial Mercer and Tazewell Presbyterian churches.
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Ferguson
John B
Kirk Street
Princeton
First Methodist Church
Monte Vista Park
Myers
William C
Dry Fork
Tazewell County
Dunford Town Church of God
Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell
Shepherd
Rogers Street
Bluefield
Bratton Memorial Chap- Mercer Funeral Home
Walnut Grove Cemetery
East Germany demands diplomacy for release of nine American prisoners
Berlin AP notes Communist East Germany insisted on full diplomatic negotiations with the United States as the condition for freeing nine American Army prisoners. Diplomatic sources say East Germans promised immediate return if Washington agrees to talks, while the United States has long avoided recognizing their regime and resuming formal diplomatic ties.
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Berlin
East Germany
United States
Washington
Tazewell Livestock Market Sees Busy Day in Virginia
Tazewell County Virginia livestock market moved briskly with about 1100 head sold. Top calves brought 27.15, lights 25.95, heavies 425.50, commons 22 to 25.70. Ram colors ranged from 16 to 25.05, cows topped at 21.25, medians 19 to 21, canners 14 to 16.50, bulls 19 to 22.50, hogs 18 to 22.50.
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Tazewell County
Blue Circle
Red Circle
McCoy Freed In Federal Court
Lacy McCoy of Panther in McDowell County was found not guilty on five counts related to alleged moonshine whiskey manufacture. His brother Kirk McCoy faced one guilty plea on all counts. one charge was struck as duplicative. A second case, United States vs Donald Gleason, involves failure to answer a draft call, with proceedings delayed seeking leafing without a jury.
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Lacy McCoy
Panther
McDowell County
Kirk McCoy
Ben Moore
Moore
Bond
United States
Donald Franklin Gleason
Gleason
Charleston
Police Probe Store Robbery at Mick or Mack No 2
Police investigate a late night break-in at Mick or Mack No 2 1317 Pen Mar Ave. Thieves entered via a coal chute into the basement and forced a basement door. About $717.99 in a money box plus $300 in checks were stolen along with five green stamp books containing 5,000 stamps valued at $210. Investigation continues Monday night.
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Mick Or Mack No. 2
Pen Mar Avenue
Wates
Albert M. Black remembered for church work and parsonage drive
Albert M. Black died after a period of misfortune with his widow Mrs. Black leading the subscription drive for a $65,000 Presbyterian parsonage project. A brick chapel in Five Oaks was named Black's Chapel upon completion. Survived by his wife, one sister-in-law Fredrick Black Sr. and nephew Fredrick Black Jr. of Terre Haute. Service held at Tazewell Presbyterian Church with burial in Maplewood Cemetery.
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Fred W. Brown
Black Mountain
N. C
Wayside
Hinton
Fred W. Brown Sr
Fred W. Brown Jr
Chicago
Ill
Sidney Lively
Creamery
J. Cecil Lively
Verdia Lively
Fred Stennett
Princeton
L. C. Davis
Ballengee
Frank Rinehardt
Long Beach
Calif
North Carolina
Sidney
Presbyterian
Five Oaks
Tazewell
Black
Fredrick Black Sr
Fredrick Black Jr
Terre Haute
Indiana
Tazewell Presbyterian Church
Maplewood Cemetery
Peery-St. Clair Fu
Bus Company Strike Ends in Tennessee and Nearby States
Knoxville June 16 Local 1490 leader James E Burke says a meeting with a U S Labor Conciliation Service mediator ended the strike. Picketing ceased in Knoxville Bristol and Atlanta as TCC resumes operations June 2 after losses and wage demands.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Burke
State Guard Gets Oriented at Fort Knox Encampment
The 150th Armored Cavalry Regiment of West Virginia, with about 1,500 soldiers from 14 communities, began its 15 day summer encampment at Fort Knox Kentucky. Units from Fairmont Martinsburg Keyser Moorefield and Kingwood join 38 WV guard units training at Camp Breckinridge. all Guardsmen outside the 150th are at Camp Breckinridge 120 miles west of Fort Knox.
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Fort Knox
150Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
West Virginia
Army National Guard
Camp Breckinridge
National Guard
1St Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Fairmont
Martinsburg
Keyser
Moorefield
Kingwood
249Th Army Band
Weston
Armored Field Artillery
Huntington
Williamson
Point Pleasant
Kentucky
150Th
Virginian Loadings Show Increase In Coal Shipments
The Virginian reports total coal loadings last week reached 6 361 cars, up 55 from 6 306 the prior week. Daily shipments were 1 448 Monday 1 258 Tuesday 1 166 Wednesday 1 217 Thursday and 1 272 Friday.
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Princeton
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Forecast
The Associated Press reports West Virginia will be mostly sunny Tuesday with highs 72 to 78. Wednesday brings partial cloudiness and a chance of showers. Virginia is mostly sunny Tuesday with highs 78 to 84. Wednesday looks partly cloudy with a chance of showers in the south and west.
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Seaboard
Maine
Florida
U.S
Gulf Coast
California
West Virginia
Virginia
Buchanan Fete Starts Centennial Week in Grundy
Buchanan County holds its centennial celebration with a 5:30 p.m. parade from Grundy to Van Sant, crowning Kathy Ratliff as centennial queen by Virginia State Treasurer E B Pendleton. A 250 foot stage pageant Gem Of The Cumberlands portrays the county’s early history, followed by a fireworks display.
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Grundy
Buchanan County
Ball Park
Vansant
Kathy Ratliff
Virginia
E. B. Pendleton
Cops Probing Street Robbery In Bluefield
Police investigate a midnight street robbery in Bluefield after two men allegedly attacked Clarence J. Hazelwood 28 of Ada and took his $59 pocketbook near Raleigh Street and Wyoming Avenue. Hazelwood, crying for help, alerted a resident who contacted authorities.
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Bluefield
Clarence J. Hazelwood
Ada
Raleigh Street
Wyoming
Hazelwood
C. P. Cregger
Raleigh-Wyoming
Investigator airs on WHIS TV at 8 P.M.
Jeff Prior is hired to locate a political refugee who fled a Latin American country to New York City and disappeared. The hunt traces the dictator’s chief henchman as two refugees aid Prior while he suspects a paymaster.
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Jeff Prior
New York City
Tonight At 8
Channel 6
Whistv
Prior
Bluewell Man Given Judgement In Suit
A Mercer County Circuit Court jury awarded Ed D. Steel of Bluewell $12,000 in a $35,000 suit against Perry F. Blackwell of Bluefield Prince ton Road. Steel alleged severe injuries from being struck Sept 10 by Blackwell who he said was speeding. He claimed compound fractures of both legs and long term disability. The defense motion to set aside the verdict will be reviewed by Judge F. Morton Wagner.
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Mercer County
Ed D. Steel
Bluewell
Perry F. Blackwell
Bluefield
Princeton
Blackwell
Bluefield Avenue
F. Morton Wagner
Steel
Berwind Postmaster Nominated By Ike
President Eisenhower sent postmaster nominations to the Senate on Monday naming Victor G. Overbeck Albright Ruby M. Mae Glothlin Berwind Elmer R. Shafer Caldwell and Lawrence L. Bayles for towns including Mill Creek West Virginia
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
West Virginia
Victor G. Overbeck
Albright
Ruby M. MaeGlothlin
Berwind
Elmer R. Shafer
Caldwell
Lawrence L. Bayles
Mill Creek
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Bluefield Kiwanians
Air Force Reserve
Samuel Fisher
Roderfield
Welch
Lancaster
England
Angella Piga Fisher
Angella Mahaffey
Premier
Emma Fisher
Louise Piga
National City
Frank Piga
U.S. Air Force
Roderfield Christian Church
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
Fanning Funeral Home of
William A. Otey
William Arthur Otey
Keystone
Stevens
Montgomery County
Otey
Eckman Coal Company
Greenbrier Coal and Coke Company
McDowell Board of Education
Luther H. Clark Lodge
A.F
A.M
North
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
Camplin
E. Nierman
Camplin E. Nierman
Lucille R. Nierman
Dudley
William
Richard
Charles
Roland
Sheldon Nierman
Patricia
Marie Nierman
Florine Thompson
Jaeger
Lucille English
Big Sandy
Sarah Romans
Havace
Lucille McIntire
Louise Wells
Benjamin E. Williams
Ernest P. Basham
Toledo
First Christian Church
Seavers Mortuary
Everett Basham
North 4Th Street
Roselawn
Harry G. Lucas
Ennis
Mildred Wright Lucas
L. D. Bailey
Falls Mills
Zenith Burton
Albin Breunig
Middletown
Wisc
C. H. Lucas
James Lucas
Prestonsburg
Frederick D. Evans
Grove St
Bluefield Sanitarium
Lugo
John A. Saunders
Wagner Funeral Home
Saunders
John D. Farmer
Baptist Valley
Dr. Saunders Was
MeTer Saunders
Near Tip Top, Va
Connie M. Capaldo
Hall
Lucy L
Roanoke
Oakey Funeral Chapel
Hickman
Pulaski County
Newman
Mary P
Glenwood Park
Woodlawn
Wooding
Agnes
McCoy
Albert M. Black
Jimmy’s
Bluefield’s Camera Center
Commerce Street
Weather Bureau Forecast
OREC
AST
U.S. Weather Bureau
Dept. of Commerce
Middle Atlantic States
Montana
State
Associated Press
Buchanan
Albany
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Riing
Ike
Bailey Lumber Go
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W. Ve. Mullens
W. Ve. Gilbert
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