Wythe FFA Chapter Wins State Honors at Virginia Meet
George Wythe High School FFA members Paul Jackson and Bert Stinson led a slate of Virginia boys who captured multiple top prizes at the state FFA convention in Blacksburg. Winners included a silo valued at 800 dollars donated by a Richmond firm, a 100 dollar farm mechanics award for Paul Jackson, and 100 dollar cash prizes for farm and home electrification and soil and water management.
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Blacksburg
Paul
Paul J Jackson
Rt. 2
Max Meadows
FFA
Farm Mechanics
George Wythe
R. A. Jackson
Een
Virginia
B. He
Bert S. Stinson
L. A. Stinson
Rocky Gap
Bland County
Earl
Ray Wood Jr
Ray Wood
Ashland
Hanover County
Andrew Lewis High School
Salem
Narnia
Campbell County
Woodlawn
Carroll County
James Wood
Frederick
Midway
Dinwiddie
Wythe
Charles Edwards
Smithfield
William J. Hall
Bruce Cauthorn
Henry Clay
Basil Boitnott
Franklin County
Danny Wertz
Andrew Lewis
Eddie Morey
Brookville
Jan Altizer
Riner
D. B. Waddle
Bland
Mervin Prochl
Wayne Schwartz
Council Vaughan
Franklin
Benn Robertson
Narrows
Res Christian
Middle River
Victoria High School
Richard Trice
Louisa
Danny Myers
Turner Ashby
Wade Maloyed
Rich Valley
William B Jones
Galax
Toledo Seeks Expanded Feeder Air Service
Toledo Chamber official Phil Carter told a Civil Board examiner Toledo has only one local carrier, Lake Central. Airlines proposed feeder links would connect Toledo with Indiana, lower Michigan and eastern states, with Lake Central and Allegheny outlining routes from Toledo through Cleveland, Columbus, Akron and Pittsburgh.
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Columbus
Ohio
Toledo
Phil Carter
Toledo Chamber of Commerce
Lake Central
Indiana
Lower Michigan
West Virginia
Alleghen
Cleveland
Akron
Pennsylvania
C. Allen Petersen
Hoover Co
North
Canton
Erie
Bafac
Pittsburgh
Phila
No Time Extension For Auto Licenses In Charleston
June 10 report from Charleston notes motor vehicles office will close late hours but provides less time than usual to renew licenses. The June 30 deadline remains the final date, with Panterra Ma department staff expecting shutdown of operations.
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Charleston
Pote
Joseph
Panterra Ma
Mining Engineers Gather for Three Day Work Session
About 200 mining engineers and industry officials attend a three day work session of the American Mining Congress starting tomorrow in Illinois Indiana and Ohio with participants from across the region.
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Ame Mining Congress
Aaa
Diana
Ohio
Doctors Study Emergency Plans
An advisory committee on community disaster planning met to discuss emergency medical care in disasters. Dr. David M. Wayne presided as chair of the Mercer County disaster committee with Dr. C. R. Hughes and Dr. F. C. Goodall aboard. A July 23 meeting will invite Red Cross, National Guard, schools, mayors, fire and police, utilities, ministers, and civic groups to join the vis ory committee.
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David M. Wayne
Mercer County
Local Medical Association
C. R. Hughes
F. C. Goodall
Red Cross
National Guard
Ulity
Transportation — Communication Out Press
Chamber of Coungy
James L. Fos
Josie Graham
A. Jackson
George E. Sni
R. A. Lawrence
Mary Cadle Dodd
Mary Cadle Dodd Are Dr. Co. Bushes
NLA
Byer Jry
Grafton Man In State School Job
Walter a GShegein a Fairment in education at West Virginia University in 1940. Married, he has two sons. The 1957 Legislature passed a measure permitting driver education as an elective in high schools and expanding the program. The bill allowed courses to be set up on a 12en Dee, and could mean summer driver training for students.
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Walter A Gshegein
West Virginia University
Rural Mail Carrier Hopes to Care for Found Baby
Grand Haven Michigan June 18 A baby boy left in a mailbox near the Richard Vander Yacht residence may gain temporary custody with rural mail carrier Robert Bethke and his family after he found the infant. Dr Peter McArthur reported the child in good health weighing 5 pounds 12 ounces. Bethke, a 41 year old carrier, said he would consult his wife Ella before deciding to take the child in briefly. Ottawa County Probate Court officials will decide on custody.
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Grand Haven
Mich
Robert Bethke
Ottawa County
Bethke
Richard Vander
Grand
Peter McArthur
Sunteigel Hospital
Opposition Clamors Over Queen’s Head on Ghana Currency
ACCRA June 18 Opposition figures press to keep the queen’s head on Ghana currency instead of Kwame Nkrumah’s portrait, arguing for continuity of the existing design.
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Accora
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Complete rebuilt duplicators at half price
Fully guaranteed to operate like new these rebuilt duplicators include many makes and models. See at Commerce Printing Company 621 Commerce St Bluefield West Virginia or call DA 17 5014 for details.
Weather outlook for Washnia and surrounding regions
Weather brief notes considerable cloudiness and showers with thunderstorms on Wednesday. Highs reach the 80s to low 90s, then cooler Wednesday night. Virginia shows humid conditions with scattered afternoon showers and a cooling trend. Tennessee predicts partly cloudy, a few showers in the east, then mostly fair and warmer Thursday.
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Washnia
Virginia
Oere
Tennessee
Defense Mobilizer Balks At Hearing
Defense Mobilizer Gordon Gray refused to produce a predecessor’s memo on a controversial fast tax write-off for Idaho Power Co. Gray told the Senate Antitrust and Monopolies subcommittee he would not release the document, drawing sharp remarks from Sen. Estes Kefauver about withholding information from the public and the committee. The inquiry centers on government losses estimated at 83 million dollars.
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Washington
Defense
Gordon Gray
Senate
Idaho Power Co
Office of Defense Mobilization
Gray
Eisentomer
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate Antitrust and Cenguery
Kegauger
Effective Congress Committee Not Happy About Leadership
The committee supported by private donations backs liberals of both parties and warned that lack of leadership may lead to further Democratic gains in the 1958 congressional elections.
Virginia Circuit Judge Crosby Dies After Illness
Staunton, Va. Floridas Crosby aged 64 former judge of the 18th Virginia Judicial Circuit died in a hospital after a brief illness. He resigned in 1955 due to ill health and had been hospitalized since last Thursday. Born January 15, 1893 in Staunton, he was educated at Staunton Public Schools Military Academy and Dunsmore Business College.
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Staunton
Crosby
Virginia Judicial Circuit
Staunton Public
Military Academy
Dunsmore
US Japanese tensions rise over Ottawa shooting case
Japanese officials said they would press ahead with trying Girard in spite of US judge McGarraghy's order, under the mutual security treaty. Editors feared anti American demonstrations may erupt while Tokyo withheld official comment awaiting notice from the US government.
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Oa Ier Saito
Dist
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Trial of
Ottawa
Girard
McGarraghy
Tokyo
Shinichi Kondon
Foreign Office
Japan
U.S
Man
Stanley Levin
Kishi Trains in English for U.S. Visit
Tokyo reports Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi has spent years preparing for his trip to the United States. His English lessons, aided by Newsweek’s Tokyo correspondent, aim to ensure clear communication with foreign leaders.
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Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
United States
Kishi
Tokyo Foreign Press Club
Congress
Compton Packenham
Newsweek
Kishie
Packenham
Winston Churchill
Airmen and families injured in Wytheville two car crash
A foggy Highway 11 head on collision near Wytheville injured seven people. Ronald Pettit 24 of Nashville and Robert Kinlaw 23 of Hampton, both airmen, faced injuries to multiple family members including Pettit’s wife Dorothy and Kinlaw’s wife Ora Lee. Pettit charged with reckless driving as all victims were treated at Wytheville Hospital and Chitwood Clinic.
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Wytheville
E. T. Keister
Ronald Allen Pettit
Nashville
Hampton
Langley Air Force
Abingdon
Keister
Pettit
Dorothy
David
Karen
Wytheville Hospital
Kinlaw
Ora Lee
Clarence Martin Kinlaw
James Martin Kinlaw Jr
Chitwood Clinic
Safeway Fined In Antitrust Charge
Safeway Stores Inc was fined 108000 for antitrust violations in a federal district court case. Lingan A Warren formerly of Hillsborough California and New York City received 75000 in fines and now operates as a consultant. Cliff of Dallas was fined 7500 with a one year probation. Elton r Marshall Kansas City defended the ruling noting selling below cost to meet competition.
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Port Worth
Tex
Safeway Stores, Inc
Trict
Jedee Joe Estes
Margaret H. Brass
Department of Justice
Lingan A. Warren
Hillsborough
Calif
New York City
N Cliff
Dallas
Gavinson
Elton
R. R Marshall
Kansas City
Marshall
Mullens Attorney Named To State Post
Charleston June 18 Workman’s Compensation Commissioner George Sharp replaced two of four trial examiners to take effect July 1. Ray Toler of Mullens is named to replace William V. Nemar of Pineville and James M. Powell of Parkersburg will succeed Edward M. Baker of Toler. Powell is a 1951 West Virginia University law graduate from Pleasants County.
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Charleston
Workman's Compensation
George Sharp
Sharp
Ray Toler
Mullens
William V. Nemar
Pineville
James M. Powell
Parkersburg
Edward M. Baker
Toler
Wyoming County
Cancer College
West Virginia University Law School
Powell
West Virginia University
Pleasants County
Marland
Com- Lopes
George Es
John F. Bronson
Williamson
Gomulka Warns East Germany Over Student Repression
Warsaw's Gomulka and Premier Cyrankiewicz arrived in East Berlin to mend frayed ties with East Germany. Polish sources report Gomulka warned Stalinist leaders to slow crackdowns on students and intellectuals as repressions might trigger upheaval.
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Berlin
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Poland
East Germany
Josef Cyrankiewicz
East Berlin
Gomulka
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Ada Necessary 69 Cambria Va
Mrs Ada Necessary 69 of Cambria Va died at her daughter’s home in Tannersville on May day afternoon. Survived by four daughters Daisy Dora Mrs W D Pae terson and Mrs Martin all of Tannersville six sons Lee C J Pierce Herbert Douglas and Clyde. Henderson Funeral Home Saltsville in charge.
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Ada Necessary
Cambria
George Sotin
Tannersville
Daisy Necessary
Dora Necessary
Cleveland
Ohio
W. D. Paeterson
Martin
Lee
C. J
Roanoke
Pierce
Lorado
Herbert
Bethlehem
Douglas and
Clyde
Henderson Funeral Home
Saltsville
Funeral notices and survivors from Buchanan as town copies
The page lists funeral arrangements and survivors for several local figures. Harless Lee Street, 18, of Buchanan County, died in a truck mine accident near Mount Heron. Surviving siblings are named, with services pending at Virginia Funeral Home in Grundy. Other obituaries include John Alderson Beckner, 66, retired State Road Commission worker, and Mrs Mary Smith Whitt, 66, of Big Rock. Funeral details and burial sites are given for each, with churches and cemeteries named. Additional notices cover Mrs. Ethel D. Orris of Washington, D C and Mrs. Annie Dickerson of Tazewell, with service times and locations.
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Harless Lee
Buchanan County
Mount Herona
Cal Blankenship
Boissevain
Ollie Wilson
Ike Neely
Portsmouth Va
Worley Street
Mount Heron
Paul
Manuel Street
Portsmouth
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
John Alderson Beckner
Princeton Memorial Hospital
State Road Commission
Joseph and
Sarah Abbott Beckner
Hinton
Willie Bays
Oak Hill
Joe Beckner
Baltimore
Seaver
First
Church of God
Straley Ave
A. W. Campbell
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Mary Smith Whitt
Big Rock
Grundy Hospital
John R. Whitt
Lawrence
Charlie
Bob
Emmy
Sam
Detroit
Mich
Maragret Hackney
Madeline Sparks
Cedar Bluff
Taylor Cemetery
Home Creek
Grundy Funeral Home
Annie Dickerson
Tazewell
Wilbur Methodist Church
T. J. Stewart
Thomas Hendrick
Maplewood Cemetery
Dickerson
Susie Love
Columbus
Ohio
Perry and St. Clair Funeral Home
Obituary notices for Harvey and Thomas families
Andrew W Harvey 71 of Oakvale to be laid to rest at New Zion Cemetery after service at New Zion Church. Rodrick Thomas 11 months son of Mr and Mrs Frank Thomas New Springfield Ohio to be interred at New Springfield Cemetery following Seeberly Bilhartjunes service in North Lima Ohio.
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Harvey
Andrew W
Oakvale
New Zion Church
New Zion Cemetery
Thomas
Rodrick
Frank Thomas
New Springfield
Ohio
Seeberly-Bilhart
North Lima
Weather Relief as Rains Slow Huntington Heat
Huntington residents found temporary relief from extreme heat as a passing storm dumped rain across the area. Traffic slowed and streets flooded with water up to car door handles in underpasses. In Hurricane about 30 miles east, the storm disrupted telephone service for roughly 150 lines before restoration by Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. crews.
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Huntington
Sunsick
Mercury
Here
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Ten Hurt In Two Car Collision In Buchanan County
Ten persons were injured in a two car crash near Pilgrims Fourth in Buchanan County Virginia last night. Eight of the injured are from the Hutchinson family of Whitewood. Clifford Hutchinson and his wife Ida along with their children and cousins from Thomasville Georgia suffered cuts bruises and a fractured rib. Ed Cochran and W M Hale from Oakwood Virginia sustained cuts and chest injuries. The second car’s driver was not identified. The 1952 Buick involved overturned sending both drivers into embankment authorities said.
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Pilgrims 4
Buchanan County
M Tined Valley Clinic
Grundy Hospital
N. G. White
Clifford Hutchinson
Ida Hutchinson
Clifford
Mary Pruett
Mary Louise
Cathleen
Karen Hutchinson
Janet Trent
Haven Trent
Hutchinsons
Thomasville
Whitewood
Ed Cochran
W. M. Hale
Oakwood
White
Hutchinson's
Submarine deal cements Egypt’s new fleet additions
Cairo reports Egypt has purchased three Soviet submarines and added them to its navy in Egyptian waters. The move follows recent British notes of submarines passing the English Channel and entering the Mediterranean en route to Egypt. The British Admiralty calls them small coastal types and long range variants, as Israel voices concern over a potential arms escalation.
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Cairo
Middle East
Egypt
English Channel
North Sea
Mediterranean
Soil Conservationists Hear Details Of West Virginia Plan
A Waynesburg group met in Graysville to discuss flood control along Wheeling Creek. The plan from the Flood Control Association calls for about 30 small dams across the Wheeling Creek watershed spanning four counties in West Virginia and two others in Pennsylvania and Washington. The effort involves Wheeling and Ohio Valley groups and local civic clubs seeking federal and state support.
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Waynesburg
Soil Conservati
Graysville
Wheeling
Ohio
W.va
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Wheeling Creek
Washington
Governors Lead Wytheville Rally For U S 21 Caravan
Two governors William O Neill of Ohio and Cecil Underwood will fly into Mercer airport and join the Bluefield Princeton motorcade for a U S 21 rally in Wytheville on Saturday July 6. The event includes a formal welcome and a southern barbecue after speeches at mid afternoon.
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Bruce
Wytheville
William O'Neill
Ohio
Cecil Underwood
Mercer
W. C. Warlick
Fred R. Christie
Wythe
Woodrow Wilson
W. P. Huddleston
Harry Burnett
Bland
Ors
Dodd Mortensen
Building Inspectors Sought by U S Army Engineers in Pittsburgh Area
The U S Army Engineer District Pittsburgh seeks civilians for construction inspector posts across western Pennsylvania eastern Ohio and northern West Virginia. Entrance salaries range up to 3670 per year with civil service fringe benefits and paid leave. The Pittsburgh Army Engineer unit reports a heavy workload with civil construction valued at 65.3 million and military work at 20.6 million, plus future projects planned.
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U.S. Army Engineer District
Pitts
Corps of Engineers
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
US Civil Service
US Army
Federal Building
Pitch 19
Pittsburgh “Army Engineer” Organization
Mercer County Cereal Commissioner's Sale Notice
The Circuit Court of Mercer County WV orders a public auction on June 28 1957 at 10 00 am at the Law and Commerce Building Bluefield WV to sell real estate 124 Norfolk Street subject to a first FHA trust deed with a $500 38 balance plus interest. The sale is conducted by Special Commissioner Sidney J Kwass. Bond filed.
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Circuit Court
Mercer County
West Virginia
Martha M Bley
Eo Si
Odell Te Adal
Law & Commerce Building
Bluefield
City of
Norfolk Street
Sidney J. Kwadss
L. T. Reynolds
Samuel H. JA
Agnes Mab James
K B. Thomas
J Kwass
Rinceton Oirginia
Netanne Saiese
York Street
Logan Street
KB Thomas and
Midney J. Ewass
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Commerceial Printing
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Congress Committee
Shumates
Hideki Tojo
Shigeru Yoshida
Ichiro Hatoyama
Tojo
Manchuria
Saipan
Al-les
Radio & T.V
Matoaka, W. VA
Safeway
Mrs. Ada Necessary
Harless Lee Street
Ethel D. Orris
Washington, D. C
Vinton
Sidney T. Dearing
Lake Shawnee
House of Prayer
Bowling Cemetery
Spanishburg
Emory D
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Micamold Corporation
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Jerusalem
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Coal & Coke
Federal Street
A. R. McElroy
National Heating Co
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