Kanawha County Fire Kills Woman and Two Daughters
Mrs. Audrey Wheat aged 26 and her two daughters Melody 5 and Mary 6 were killed in a house fire at Big Chimney Kanawha County near Charleston. Jack Wheat saved their two sons James 12 and Eddie 7 who escaped. Funeral services planned at Elkview with burial at Spring Hill Cemetery.
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Charleston
Audrey Wheat
Big Chimney
Kanawha County
Wheat
Melody
Mary
Edward Mace
Pinch
Jack Wheat
Ohio Valley
Nitro
Dick Masterson
James Wheat
Eddie Mace
Red China Charges U S Ship Violation
Tokyo AP says Communist China charged an American warship violated waters around Haitan and Wuechou islands. A Foreign Ministry spokesman quoted by Peiping radio issued the 11th warning against military provocations near Fukien Province after the incident Saturday night.
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Tokyo
China
Haitan
Wuechou Islands
Fukien
Foreign Ministry
Peiping Radio
Thinking Machines May Dominate Human Life Says MIT Scientist
Dr. Warren McCulloch of MIT argues electronic computing machines will surpass humans in decision making. He envisions machines handling judgments from daily purchases to major corporate bets and even diagnosing ailments. He warns of risks but expects humans to adapt as machines take over many roles.
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MIT
McCulloch
London
New York Academy of Sciences
Farm Price Forecast And Market Advice
Virginia Department of Agriculture warns prices may fall seasonally with guidance to move lambs 100 pounds and under promptly while heavier lambs benefit from holding. Reports show Virginia Auctions steady with prime at 26 dollars per hundred, potatoes mixed with harvest near normal, oats holding, and widespread advice on on farm storage.
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Virginia
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Kansas City
Maine
California
North Carolina
Te Canade
U. S
VPI Degree Recipient From Bluefield Achieves B S in Chemical Engineering
Ronald Ray Morehead son of Mrs Thelma Morehead 213 Spruce St Bluefield received a bachelor of science in chemical engineering at the June 12 graduation ceremonies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg Virginia He earned the United Daughters of the Confederacy scholarship by the Bluefield UDC chapter after Beaver High School in 1956 He attended Bluefield College for two years then joined the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Tau Beta Pi and Phi Lambda Upsilon He has accepted employment with Monsanto Chemical Co Texas City Texas.
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VPI
Ronald Ray Morehead
Thelma Morehead
Spruce St
Bluefield
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Bluefield Udc
Beaver High School
Bluefield College
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Tau Beta Pi
Phi Lambda Upsilon
Monsanto Chemical Co
Texas City
Tex
Nationalist Soldier Gifts Ike Ivory Seal in Formosa
In Taipei a Nationalist soldier gifts President Eisenhower a hand carved ivory seal bearing his name in Chinese characters. The seal was carved on embattled Quemoy as a farewell token from Formosa.
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Taipei
Formosa
Eisenhower
Four Methodist ministers elevated to bishops in Northeastern Jurisdiction
In Washington four ministers of the Methodist Church were consecrated as bishops at a five day Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference. The four new bishops are Fred G. Holloway of Madison New Jersey to West Virginia area William V Middleton of Philadelphia to Western Pennsylvania area William Ralph Ward Jr of Pittsburgh to Syracuse New York area and James K Mathews of New York to the Boston area. The ceremony was led by retiring Bishop Frederick B Newell of New York.
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Washington
Methodist Church
Fred G. Holloway
Madison
N. J
West Virginia
William V. Middleton
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
William Ralph Ward Jr
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
N. Y
James K Mathews
New York
Boston
Frederick B. Newell
College of Bishops
Kasavubu forms coalition government in Congo
Congo nationalist Joseph Kasavubu announces a coalition government and aims to present it to Parliament this week. He claims broad parliamentary support and says Lumumba might join, while Lumumba calls a Kasavubu puppet ministry. Belgium stresses need for a functioning government before independence in 11 days.
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Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
Kasavubu
Ment
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
Kasavabu
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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