Defense Claims Not Same Man
A federal grand jury recesses to resume deliberations on the case of Lawrence T. Sizemore Jr. of Landgraff McDowell County charged with a six count moonshine violation. The prosecution asserts Sizemore is the still operator captured near Lardgraff. the defense presents alibi witnesses claiming he was drinking in Welch and surrounding areas from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on May 11 with others, casting doubt on the identification and timing of the raid. Prohibition-era witnesses. witnesses place the defendant at Welch bars and lunch spots as investigators note inconsistencies. The judge noted this is the term’s first criminal case and reminded jurors the indictment is not evidence. the burden rests with the government. The jury deliberated briefly and was later sent back for further consideration as another case awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Ritcher
Lawrence T. Sizemore Jr
Landgraff
McDowell County
Sizemore
Lardgraff
Welch
Duncan Daugherty
Huntington
Bob
U. S
Daugherty
Ten Moore
Heavy Rains Wreak Damage in McKeesport Pa
Thunderstorms drenched Western Pennsylvania causing hundreds of thousands in damage led by McKeesport where officials forecast a million dollars in losses. The city declared a state of emergency and sought state aid as streets flooded and homes and businesses flooded. Two people were hospitalized and Rainbow Gardens amusement park in White Township reported about 100000 dollars in damage with patrons evacuated.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
McKeesport
White
Rainbow Gardens
Britain orders cuts in school construction program
London reports a one third reduction in planned school building to curb inflation. Education Minister Sir David Eccles told local authorities that 89 million pounds of on schedule construction will start only 144 million dollars before next March 3, with further work possible if inflation is checked.
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London
Britain
David Eccles
Bocles
Egypts new boss visits model village on the Nile
Egypts new leader toured a model Nile village as Britain agreed in 1954 to withdraw 80 000 troops from the canal zone ending long illness between the nations. Selwyn Lloyd said in a letter to El Akhbar that the agreement failed to start a new era of friendship.
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Nile
Canal Zone
Selwyn Lloyd
el] Akhbar Today
Eisenhower Signs Bills and Proposes Foreign Aid Funding
The President spent about an hour on government business including a 15 minute talk with Nixon, a five minute session with Dulles, and a ten minute meeting with Dulles. He then met with Sherman Adams and White House staff, signed ten bills, vetoed one, sent nominations to the Senate, and urged foreign aid funds restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Dulles
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
White House
Congress
Senate
House
Deaths and Funerals for Emory E. Rogers in Sinks Grove
Emory Earl Rogers 77 of Sinks Grove dies from a fall injuries in Greenbrier Valley Hospital Ronceverte. Funeral tomorrow 11 a.m. at Pickaway Methodist Church with Rev Stacy Grosecup. interment Salem Cemetery Oregon Cave. Survived by wife Verda, three daughters Lillian Christy Jessie Benn Eleanor Cassell, two sons James H. Ters and Robert R Rogers, step son Joan C. Turner, siblings and several grandchildren. Active pallbearers listed. Burial from Broyles Funeral Home Union.
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Emory Earl Rogers
Sinks Grove
Pickaway Methodist Church
Stacy Grosecup
Salem
Oregon Cave
Rogers
Greenbrier Valley
Pital
Ronceverte
James M
Emma Jane Dusmore Rogers
Pickaway
James H. Ters
Links Grove
Robert R Rogers
Air Force Staff Fleet
Norfolk, Va
Joan C. Turner
Lewisburg
B. Rogers
H. D. Roegers
J. L. Rogers
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Deff Rogers
Mary Rogers Clark
John Turner
Guy Cassell
Robert Rogers
James Rogers
Bob Christy
Daniel Benn
Broyles
Union
Keesee Rites Set This Afternoon
Bluefield residents gather for the funeral of Mrs. William Riley Keesee at Trinity Methodist Church with interment in Maple Hill Cemetery. Survived by husband, eight children, sisters, and nine grandchildren, funeral director Hawkins Funeral Home.
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Mae Deaton
Bertha Deaton
Hubert Rogers
George Taylor
Charles Nauman
Mary Eleanor
Keesee
Trinity Methodist Church
Women's Auxiliary
John Chapman
Daughters of the American Revolution
Tazewell County
Marion College
Marion
Frank Shaffer
Maple Hill Cemetery
Bluefield
Porereren
H. H. Stuckman
A. T. Gott
Aneea King
Willian
B. 2. Stuart
Harry D. Holmes
Cariyie Cole
Ray Noell
Yindsey
Kirke Lee
Anderson
James Wilburn
P. R. Fox
Frank Ellett
Edwin Davis
George Alfred Deaton
Eddie Weisman
Jack McClaugherty
Hawkins Funeral Home
College Ave
Obituary: Mrs Betty Davis Keene 76 of Hurley Va
Betty Davis Keene 76 of Hurley Va died Monday morning at Grundy Hospital after a long illness. Survived by husband John Keene five sons four daughters four step children three brothers two grandchildren and six greats Funeral services Wednesday at 11 a.m. Supler Springs Baptist Church with burial at Wolford Cemetery conducted by Grundy Funeral Home.
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George Flourney Shockley
Lamar
S. C
Dudley
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Bluefield
I. W. Kilby
Resthaven
Princeton
Hillsville
John
Sarah Kester Shockley
Galax
Shockley
Spanishburg
Yakima
Wash
Kermit Bowling
Maxine Earp
West Graham
C. L. Parnell
8. C
George P
Betty Davis Keene
Hurley
Grundy Hospital
Bucanan County
John Keene
Dewey Lester
Veldere
N. C
Cornelius Lester
Grundy
Clarence Lester
Pulaski
Mack Lester
John A. Lester
Wytheville
H. M
Blackey
A. C. Davis
Supler Springs Baptist Church
Tom Young
Jim Justus
Wolford
Obituary notices for Hallie Snow Wilson and others
Obituaries note Hallie Snow Wilson 60 of Hoges Chapel at Mount Lebanon Church with burial in church cemetery. Robert Lacy Johnston 78 of Ripplemead to be buried at Birch Lawn Pearisburg with burial later. James Hubert Bradley 51 of Keen Mountain to be buried at Clinch Valley Memorial Richlands after Keen Mountain Church service. Jessie Calvin Johnson 41 of Anawalt to be interred at Woodlawn Anawalt. Mrs William Riley Keesee 634 College Ave City to be laid to rest at Maple Hill after Trinity Methodist service.
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Wilson
Hallie Snow
Hoges Chapel
Mount Lebanon
Johnston
Robert Lacy
Ripplemead
Johnson
Jessie Calvin
Anawalt
Long Point Baptist Church
Barm Stergal
Woodlawn
Keesee
William Riley
College Ave
City
Trinity Methodist Church
Maple Hill Cemetery
Bluefield
Collision Injures Four Youths Near Edgemont Addition
Four Princeton youths were injured in a collision on the Princeton Oakvale Road near the Edgemont Addition yesterday around 4 p.m. Sarah Whittaker 17 suffered facial lacerations Joe Lee 9 had a head injury both hospitalized with injuries not yet known James Bradley 14 and an unidentified brother were treated for minor injuries and released from Princeton Memorial Hospital Ralph Roberts vehicles were not identified last night
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Princeton
Princeton-Oakvale
Edgemont Addition
Sarah Whittaker
Joe Lee
Princeton Memorial Hospital
James Bradley
Ralph Roberts
Career Boy and Jazz Age Hurt In Belmont Stakes
Career Boy and Jazz Age, two C. V. Whitney 3-year-olds, sustained injuries in the Belmont Stakes. Career Boy reinjured his right hind foot and faces likely rest until Saratoga in August. Jazz Age bowed a tendon and may have raced days left, finishing seventh in the Belmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jazz Age
New York
Career Boy
C. V. Whitney
Syl Veitch
Needles
Veitch
All Woman Jury Empaneled in Kentucky First
Paris Kentucky June 18 an all woman jury was empaneled in circuit court the first in Kentucky history Judge William B Ardery said the 60 names in a jury wheel produced the first 12 women who were qualified and accepted for duty He noted the panel may be the first in the state and possibly the nation and promised the work would be pleasant at this court term
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Kentucky
William B. Ardery
Ardery
Bluefield Firms File Two Claims Against State
Asst. Atty. George Burnette Jr. heard two claims against state agencies in Charleston. Reid-Boice Tire and Tread Co of Bluefield seeks 758.07 refund for alleged overpaid gross sales tax for 1950 and 1951, claiming authority limits on past-year settlements. American Surety Co. of New York seeks 95.32 damages from the State Road Commission for repainting a Bluefield car by a crew at the Easley Bridge site on U S 52 near Bluefield on July 12, 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
George Burnette Jr
Reid-Boice Tire and Tread Co Bluefield
Tax Department
Bluefield Company
American Surety Co
New York
State Road Commission
Robert H. Grim
Bluefield
Easley Bridge
U. S. 52
Nation's Midsection Broils Under Hot Sun
The midsection of the United States faces extreme heat with 90 degree temperatures from the central Plains to the Ohio Valley and Gulf Coast. Cool air moves south along the Atlantic coast and Great Lakes region while the Pacific Northwest warms in the afternoon. Thunderstorms pop up in the hot belt with more forecast. early frost possible in northern New England and lowland Maine New Hampshire Vermont and New York low valleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Central Plains
Ohio Valley
Gulf Coast
Oklahoma
Georgia
Mid- Atlanta
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
Pennsylvania
Duluth
Imian
New England
Weather Bureau
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York State
Rail Fare Increase Passed In Virginia
The State Corporation Commission approved a 5 percent rail fare rise for intrastate trips in Virginia to align with interstate rates raised May 1 by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Spokesmen for eight petitioning railroads said Virginia fares would mostly rise only a few cents. The lines seeking the increase include the Southern, Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac, Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, Norfolk and Western, Pennsylvania, Atlantic Coast Line, and Seaboard Air Line.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Virginia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern
Fredericksburg
Potomac
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard Air Line
Juvenile Trio Bound Over To Grand Jury
Three juveniles arraigned before U S Commissioner How ard M Jarrett on charges of destroying nine rural email boxes on Lorton Lick Road June 13. All were bound over to the January 1957 Grand Jury with bonds set or posted. They were arrested Saturday by a postal inspector and a deputy marshal.
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U. S
Howard M. Jarrett
Lorton Lick Road
Jarrett
Raleigh
McComas
Post Office
Good Luck Margarine Toast Topping Delights Fans
A playful note praises Good Luck Margarine spread on toast with brown sugar and chopped pecans. The ad copy claims the margarine tastes as fresh as you know what.
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Binky
Weather across states shows mixed sun and clouds
Maryland reports mostly sunny to partly cloudy conditions from Tuesday into Wednesday with cool highs in the 70s and mild nights. Virginia notes cooler mornings with widespread cloudiness and scattered thunder showers in the southwest, highs in the 70s. West Virginia and western Pennsylvania expect sun and mild to warm days with lower humidity, while Tennessee foresees cooler and partly cloudy conditions through Wednesday. Washington weather bureau summary covers 24 hours to 7 p.m.
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Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Dunford Shot. Wife Lucy Dunford Free on Bond
Lucy Baldwin Dunford, about five, of Cliffs on Stoney Ridge in Tazewell County, released on $2000 bond after arrest for malicious wounding of her estranged husband Mose Dunford, a 47 year old coal miner. He is hospitalized in Bluefield for intestinal perforations from a .22 caliber pistol wound and another bullet hit his little finger near Cliffs. A motorist took him to the county jail, then to Bluefield for surgery. his condition was listed as very critical. Mrs. Dunford was found at her brother John Baldwin’s Dry Fork home and jailed. A hearing is tentatively set for June 27 in Tazewell court. The couple had been married about 26 years and not living together recently.
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Tazewell
Lucy Baldwin Dunford
Cliffs
Stoney Ridge
Tazewell County
Mose Dunford
Bie Auger
Dunford
Bluefield
Henry Billips
John Baldwin
Dry Fork
Albert Peery
Commonwealth
Wade
Coates
Big Auger
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Music needs many clubs says Dr Sigmund Spaeth
Des Moines Iowa Dr Sigmund Spaeth noted composer author and music critic counsels would be hobbyists to try a musical instrument for pleasure comparing music to golf tennis or baseball and saying it requires many clubs to enjoy.
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Des Moinds
Iowa
Sigmund Spaeth
Unprecedented Pact Between Builders And Union Signed
In Wheeling on June 18 representatives of Northern Panhandle contractors and the Building and Construction Trade Council of Wheeling signed a two year contract. The Ohio Valley Builders Exchange and the council issued the agreement but did not disclose terms.
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Wheeling
Middlecoff’s Caddy Says He Enjoys Work
William F. P. Anson a 37 year old shipping clerk for Eastman Co said he would caddy for Cary Middlecoff again for free. Anson who earned $500 for the U S Open stint took a week off to work in the event with his assignment drawn from a hat. Regulations set a minimum $5 for each round of caddy service.
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Rochester
N. Y
William FP. Anson
Cary Middlecoff
Anson
Eastman Co
Middlecoff
Shavlik Signs With Knickerbockers in NBA Meeting
Ronnie Shavlik, 68 North Carolina State on, signed with the New Knickerbockers of the Na tanayo ye Assn. The move adds a 6-8 frontcourt piece alongside Gary Bergen as the Knicks add a second promising big man. Shavlik earned second team All America honors last season and averaged 185 for the offipack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ronnie Shavlik
North Carolina State
Knickerbockers
Nataneyo Ye Assn
Knicks
Shavlik
Utah
Gary Bergen
Knick
Virginia Launches Delinquent Tax Drive in Southwest Virginia
The Delinquent Tax Section of Virginia's Department of Taxation will start a collection drive in several Southwest Virginia counties including Tazewell. The effort targets mainly individuals, with some corporate and merchant taxes. it will use tax warrants to sheriffs and notices of tax liens. A representative will be at the Tazewell CountyTreasurer’s Office on June 20 and during the next six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Department of Taxation
Richmond
Virginia
Tazewell
Aged Pedestrian Killed North of Charleston
A motorist Roy Blizzard swerved to avoid a collision and hit 83 year old Frank Rhodes while passing a stopped car on a highway four miles north of Charleston. State Police reported no immediate arrests.
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Charleston
0. S
Frank Rhodes
J. C. Bowman
D. L. Jackson
Roy Blizzard
Blizzard
Rhodes
Here
Nitro Man Committed After False Murder Confession
Erwin Shipley, 31, of Nitro West Virginia, told Chicago police he killed Mrs Julet Staunton but later said the tale was false. He is now committed to a state mental hospital after a psychopathic court hearing on June 13. A disorderly conduct charge remains pending but is expected to be dismissed.
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Chicago
Erwin Shipley
Nitro
W. Va
Julet Staunton
Clark
Charleston
Daily Mail
Shipley
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Appalachians
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Oregon
Cali
Wir
Emory FE. Rogers
William Riley Keesee
Luke's Hospital
Abbs Valley
John William
Sarah Deaton
Ernest H. Keesee
James H. Martin
Robert H. Fleshman
Lee Rhodes
Amelia
Richard Baylor
Norfolk
Wiloe Riley Keesee Jr
Columbus
George F. Shumaker
George Floyd Shumaker
Bee St
Cedar Grove Baptist Church
Wolf Creek
Giles County
T. E. Painter
Cedar Grove
Memorial
Romaine Pinky Smith
John and
Okie Smith
Justice
First Baptist Church
Bill Noe
Four Cole
Isaban
Adams Funeral Home
Gilbert
Elizabeth EF. Martin
Ees E. Martin
W. R. Carter
Heatherwood Road
Nation
G.L. M
High Low
Asheville
Cincinnati
Dallas
Denver
Jacksonville Reteewes
Los Angles
Memphis
Philadelphia
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Lucy Dunford
Bond
R. A. Carlisle Jr
Psale
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