Postal Supervisors To Elect Officers And Pick 1961 Site
West Virginia Branch of the National Association of Postal Supervisors closes its 1960 convention today with officer elections and selection of the 1961 site. Speakers include U S Senator Jennings Randolph Congresswoman Elizabeth Kee and local officials.
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West Virginia
National Association of Postal Supervisors
West Virginian
U. S
Jennings Randolph
Elizabeth Kee
T. Courtney Tanner
Arnold G. Porterfield
Bluefield
Stewart A. McVicker
Joe Hoback
NAPS
Marshall Santiago
CAB Approves Air Fare Hike
Washington AP The Civil Aeronautics Board approved a 2 percent fare increase plus $1 per one way ticket on domestic trunk lines starting July 1. The rise is about 5 percent overall and could lift annual airline revenues by about 4 million dollars. The $1 and jet surcharges expire June 30, 1961, while the 2 percent increase may continue indefinitely.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Fun
CAB
Eisenhower visits Formosa amid Quemoy bombardment
President Eisenhower arrives at Formosa amid heavy Communist shelling of Quemoy 100 miles away. Nationalist forces greet him with a two gun salute as Chiang Kai-shek and U.S. officials pledge closer cooperation to uphold freedom and counter aggression.
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Chiang
Eisenhower
Far East
Free World
Santo
John Eisenhower
Barbara
Philippines
South Korea
Japan
Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
U.s.japan
St. Paul
U.S
Quemoy
7Th Fleet
S. Paul
Asia
United Sates
Peiping
Formosa Strait
Korea
Mine Safety Revision Endorsed By Bureau of Mines Chief
Washington AP A House subcommittee heard that a revision of mine safety regulations would improve disaster conditions. Marling J. Ankeny director of the Bureau of Mines endorsed Senate approved legislation extending uniform safety standards from the 1952 act to mines employing 14 or fewer men. He said the bill will not force mine owners out of business.
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Washington
House
Marling J. Ankeny
Senate
House Safety and Compensation
Ankeny
Milk Production In State Takes Jump
West Virginia milk production for May rose to 77 million pounds from 65 million in April while equal to May 1959 totals. Higher production per cow offset a steady 168 000 milk cow count. Wholesale prices averaged 4.45 per 100 pounds, up 15 cents from 1959. The May price for milk cows averaged 170 per head, five dollars below May 1959.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Federal
Pakistan official ousted from politics in six year ban
Kara chi Pakistan former deputy speaker Ce cil E Gibbon who led the Pakistan Christian community was purged from politics for six years and ordered to repay government funds. A special court convicted him of corruption and misuse of official powers.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Cecil E. Gibbon
Deaths and Funerals Alvin Mullins 44 Fairfax Va
Alvin B Mullins 44 of Fairfax Virginia died Wednesday in a Washington DC hospital. Survived by wife Mae McFalls Mullins mother Alice Mullins Clintwood Virginia daughters Irene Thompson Mildred Sue Mullins Fairfax sons John Carlos Prentiss Eugene Mullins Fairfax sisters Pluma Shortt Harmon Zetta O Quinn Mary Mullins Clintwood grandchild. Funeral Monday 2 pm George s Fork Freewill Baptist Church officiated burial in family cemetery George s Fork. Body to be moved to his mother s home Saturday afternoon Clintwood Colley Funeral Home.
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Fairfax
Washington, D. C
Mae McFalls Mullins
Alice Mullins
Clintwood
Irene Thompson
Mildred Sue Mullins
John Carlos, Prentiss
Eugene Mullins
Pluma Shortt
Harmon
Zetta O'Quinn
Mary Mullins
George's Fork
Freewill Baptist Church
Edgar Baltimore
Dotson
Clintwood Colley Funeral Home
Deaths: Solman David Taylor 9 percent obituary Tarpon Va
Solman David Taylor aged 9 percent died at his Tarpon Virginia home after a lingering illness. Survived by wife Pride Jane Taylor two daughters Grace Broome of Charlotte North Carolina and C M James of Bluefield seven sons Fred Taylor Wise Hayse Taylor Harmon Vernon Ray Carl Harless and Bennie Taylor all of Tarpon eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services Sunday at 1 am in the Free Will Baptist Church Tarpon with ministers Acasa Hughes and Enoch Rose officiating. Burial at Puckett Cemetery near the home. Body to be returned to the residence Saturday morning from Clintwood Colley Funeral Home.
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Tarpon
Pride Jane Taylor
Grace Broome
Charlotte
N. C
C. M. James
Bluefield
Fred Taylor
Wise
Hayse Taylor
Harmon, Va
Vernon
Ray
Carl
Harless
Bennie Taylor
Former Lovern resident dies in Houston burns
Truman Lovern aged 44 formerly of Lovern near Athens died from burns in Houston Texas. Details of the incident are not learned locally. He is survived by his mother and a brother of Lovern. The body will arrive at the Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton on Sunday morning.
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Lovern
Athens
Houston
Texas
Memorial
Princeton
Delegates Elected In 6th District By Narrow Margin
In the 6th Congressional District Republican primary four candidates vied for two delegate posts. Phil M. Conley led with 11,910 votes while John Thomas edged B I Gentry by two votes for the second delegate spot. Final tallies: Conley 11,910 Thomas 10,512 Gentry 10,510 William Blakely 8,121. Counties: Kanawha Raleigh Logan Boone.
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John Thomas
B. I. Gentry
Phil M. Conley
Gentry
Thomas
Secretary of State
Conley
William Blakely
Beckley
Kanawha
Raleigh
Logan
Boone
Ground Breaking Set for RCA Electronics Plant
Washington scene where Gov. David L. Lawrence will trigger a dynamite blast to break ground for a new RCA electronics plant near Washington. The facility is planned to employ up to 1,000 workers and expand regional industry.
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Washington, Pa
David L. Lawrence
Radio Corp. of America Electronics
Talks on disarmament near collapse in Geneva
In Geneva the top American and British negotiators Faton and Ormsby-Gore return home for crisis talks as Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Zorin accuses the West of sabotage and links Eisenhower era base policies to global unrest. He cites Japan and Iraq revolts as warnings.
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U.S
Frederick M. Faton
David Ormsby-Gore
Valerian Zorin
Zorin
United States
Eisenhower
Lane seeks AG action to recover pool pipe costs in Kanawha Forest
State Conservation Director Warden M. Lane says he asked the attorney general to begin legal proceedings to recover purchase and installation costs for a two inch plastic pipe used in a state forest swimming pool. The pipe burst under 57 pounds of pressure, delaying the pool opening beyond July 1.
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M. Lane
State Forest
Lane
Persingers, Inc
Conservation Department
Food Parcels to Red China Rejected by Post
Hong Kong reports Communist post office refuses parcels sent to families in Communist China. Returned goods pile up locally. Some believe rejection aims to disrupt communications amid typhoon effects while others think it reflects broader policy.
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Hong Kong
China
Communist Post Office
Israel and France Hold Second Talks On Diplomatic Issues
In Paris Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and President Charles de Gaulle met for a second session of discussions. Neither side disclosed specific topics covered during the talks.
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Charles de Gaulle
Bishops Named By Methodists In Northeastern Conference
Two more Methodist bishops were elected at the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference. Rev. Dr. W. Ralph Ward of Pittsburgh won on the ninth ballot and Rev. Dr. James K. Mathews of Montclair on the twelfth. They join two others crowned earlier as the five day meeting closes. Ward, 51, previously led Mount Lebanon Church in Pittsburgh, while Mathews, 47, serves as associate general secretary for the world missions division in New York.
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Pittsburgh
James K. Mathews
Montclair
N.J
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Fred G. Holloway
Drew University
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W. Vernon Middleton
Philadelphia
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Mathews
Boston
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Maine
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Hingham
Mass
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Manchester
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Local Kiwanians Headed to Kiwanis Convention in Miami
Three members N Boveniser Robert A West and G Haskel Sluss will represent the Bluefield Kiwanis Club at Kiwanis International’s 4th Annual Convention in Miami Beach from June 30. About 16 000 convenioneers will attend this long running gathering with speakers including Douglas W Ambridge and Dr James W Parrish. The four and a half day meeting will include elections of officers and trustees for 1960 61 and the presentation of achievement awards to top clubs and districts.
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Douglas W. Ambridge
Abitibi Power and Paper Company
Toronto
James W. Parrish
Stetson Universty
Deland Florida
Abigail van Buren
Abby
New
Miami Beach Conven
Blount Brothers Win Parkersburg Courthouse Job
The Blount Brothers Construction Co of Montgomery Alabama won a 2 957 000 contract to build a new federal courthouse and office building in Parkersburg West Virginia and to remodel and extend the adjacent post office. Completion is expected within 27 months.
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Washington
Blount Brothers Construction Co
Montgomery
Ala
Parkersburg
W. V
General Services Administration
GSA
Bluefield Officers Head To West Virginia Police Convention
Four Bluefield Police Department members depart for Martinsburg to attend the West Virginia Fraternal Order of Police biennial convention. Lt. Roy Humphrey Sgt. Gene Kirk Sgt. Robert Jones and Patrolman Roby Brown will represent Bluefield. The Forty-Hour Work Bill study is a highlight.
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Bluefield
Martinsburg
West Virginia Fraternal Order of Police
FOP
Roy Humphrey
Gene Kirk
Robert Jones
Roby Brown
Nazi Rally Plans Stir New York Furor
The American Nazi Party sought a July 4 rally in Union Square provoking protests. Rival seamen rally plans in the Square, plus protests by veterans groups and Jewish organizations, drew calls for action and court intervention. Governor Wagner commented on his abhorrence of Naziism while considering permit rulings.
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Nazi Party
Union Square
National Maritime Union
New York County Council of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Supreme Court
Public Awareness Society
Morris
George Lincoln Rockwell
Arlington
Emma Lazarus Federation of Jewish Women's Clubs
Rockwell
Wagner
Japanese Premier Nobusuke Kishi Cornered by Socialists in Parliament
In Tokyo Friday night Premier Nobusuke Kishi faced a hostile melee as Socialist MPs crowded the hall of the Parliament building. They shoved him tugged his coat and yanked his necktie while shouting about unrest and his responsibility.
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Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
Spend For Pleasure Advised By Beaverbrook Winners
Lord Beaverbrook a Canadian-born British publisher spoke to three high school girls winning an essay contest, awarding prizes totaling 100 dollars and urging them to spend the money on pleasurable pursuits and ignore saving advice.
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Fredericton
N.B
Lord Beaverbrook
Lost cherished film chair valued by producer in transit
London AP report says film producer Wal Guest misplaced his cherished cava chair used on set since 1938. The chair, famed for its presence with stars Bette Davis Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons, vanished during transport in France and a reward is offered for its return.
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Wal Guest
Cava
Bette Davis
Robert Mitchum
Jean Simmons
France
Editor Is Sentenced In Denmark Libel Case
In Copenhagen the editor of the Communist paper Land Og Folk received a three month prison term for libeling Denmark s army chief Lt Gen Viggo Hijlaf The paper had accused Hijlaf of treasonable activities during the German occupation.
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Denmark
Land Og Folk
Viggo Hijalf
Hjalf
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy and cooler Saturday with highs 70 to 75, 65 to 70 in mountains. Sunday fair and warmer. Virginia sees mostly sunny conditions cooler and less humid Saturday with highs 80 to 85 in the southeast and 70s elsewhere, 65 to 70 in mountains, then fair and cool Saturday night and continued pleasant Sunday.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Virginia
TV Sets and Phonograph Stolen From Intermont Truck
Two television sets and a stereo record player were stolen from an Intermont Express truck parked beside Bluefield Hardware late Thursday night. Night foreman George Coeburn found the theft at 2 a.m. Friday and reported it to police. The goods were to be delivered in various Virginia areas.
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Intermont Express
Bluefield Hardware
George Coeburn
Virginia T
National Fishery Institute Planned for Ecuador
The FAO reports a 14 million dollar national fishery institute planned for Ecuador. Half funded by the UN special fund, with the remaining cost covered by Ecuador.
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Ecuador
Rome
The
Food and Agriculture Organization
National Fishery Institute
U.N. Special Fund
Communists in Poland Schedule June Meeting for 1961-65
Warsaw reports of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers Communist party set a meeting for June 21 to map strategy and policy for 1961-65. The session aims to outline plans and party directives for the coming years.
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Communist Party In
Poland
Warsaw
Polish United Workers (Communist) Party
Conspirator Gets Probation for Murder Plot
Har vey Kitchen a 51 year old Moundsville taxi driver was given two years probation after pleading guilty to conspiracy to murder William A. Campbell of Buffalo Pennsylvania. A doctor said Kitchen has pernicious anemia and heart ailment requiring lifelong care making jail unsuitable. The case stemmed from Marvin Mellott a dispatcher who said Kitchen offered 1200 dollars and a 100 dollar advance to kill Campbell to clear the field with Mrs Campbell.
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Moundsville
Harvey Kitchen
Lloyd Arnold
Ritchen
Arnold
Everett Cox
Marvin Mellett
William A. Campbell
Buffalo
Mellett
Campbell
Campbell Ritchen
Campbells
Pennsylvania Line
Here
Florida
Washington County
Mellott
SAC Jets to Train Over Charlottesville Area
SAC bombers from the B47 and B52 fleets will conduct low level training over Charlottesville and surrounding areas in the coming weeks. Gen. Powers said missions will run day and night in all weather, at about 1000 feet and 280 mph, with no sonic booms. Route covers Richwood West Virginia to western Charlottesville area, then to Westernport Maryland and Lexington Kentucky.
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Strategic Air Command
Thomas S. Powers
SAC
Powers
Richwood
W. Va
Westernport
Lexington
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