Matoaka Man Drowns During Fishing Trip in Giles County
Thomas B. Wood, 58, Mercer County businessman and Matoaka service station operator, drowned while fishing on a river near Glen Lyn Virginia. His family witnessed the fall. rescue squads from Giles County Christiansburg and Pulaski recovered the body around 6 p.m. Funeral plans set for Matoaka Methodist Church with burial to be announced.
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Christiansburg
Pulaski
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Defense Study Backing Ike Policies Faces Rockefeller Clash
A GOP group in Congress released a study praising Eisenhower defense and economic policies as pivotal for the 1960 campaign. Led by Rep. Gerald Ford, it aligns with Nixon aides and White House figures, defending current spending and U S strength while opposing Rockefeller's call for faster growth and greater welfare roles.
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Robert Smith Rites Tuesday
Roanoke Virginia funeral services for Robert Hall Smith, former president of the Norfolk and Western Railway, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Prominent Roanoke residents will serve as pallbearers, including Stuart Saunders and Harry C. Wyatt. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Smith, 72, died of a heart attack Saturday after nearly fifty years with the N&W and serving as a director at death. He stepped down as president in 1946 after a 12 year term.
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Robert Hall Smith
Norfolk and Western Railway
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Stuart Saunders
N&w
Harry C. Wyatt
Evergreen Cemetery
Smith
Child Drowns Near Fayette County Home
Judy Kay King four drowned after wandering from her Nallen Fayette County home into Meadow River. She was pronounced dead at Summersville Clinic. Survivors include her mother Bernice Plummer, three brothers, a sister, and a grandmother.
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Summersville
W. Va
Judy Kay King
Nallen
Fayette County
Bernice Plummer
Pennsylvania Congressman Elliott Found Dead
U S Representative Douglas H Elliott of Pennsylvania was found dead near a lakefront cabin 18 miles from Chambersburg. State police list the death as apparent suicide, pending a coroner report. Elliott, 39, filled an unexpired term after winning the April 26 primary and had been noted as a rising GOP figure.
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Wilson College For
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Emmy Awards Change Shape for 1959 60 Season
The Television Academy marks 12 years and reshapes the 1959 60 Emmy program. Awards cover the season rather than calendar year with 22 prizes, no studio audience, and NBC TV producing at 10 p.m. Eastern. Fred Astaire eyeing more noms and hosting with Arthur Godfrey. other contenders include Alec Guinness Ingrid Bergman Teresa Wright Loretta Young Donna Reed Jane Wyatt Richard Boone Raymond Burr Robert Stack.
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Astaire
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Jebal Deeks
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Lee Cobb
Ingrid Bergman
Julie Harris
Ethan Frome
Teresa Wright
Margaret Bourke-White
Loretta Young
Donna Reed
Jane Wyatt
Richard Boon
Will Travel
Raymond Burr
Robert Stack
Philadelphia Blaze Claims Fifth Life
A Philadelphia fire has killed a fifth person, with eight others hospitalized. Authorities identified victims as Charles Cox 30 Charlies Tabb 50 Mattie Hoote 50 Gorge Frazier 6 and Janie Rush Powell 3, all Negro. Fire Marshall Wilmer Boardman says origin was an overstuffed chair in a second floor lounge.
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Charlies Tabb
Mattie Hoote
Gorge Frazier
Janie Rush Powell
Wilmer Boardman
Bomb Shelter Living Tested in Pittsburgh Experiment
A two week shelter test near Pittsburgh by the American Institute for Research studied 3 men women and children with 85 to 90 degree heat in a 12 by 20 foot cubicle. Participants included Dolores Marion and 10 year old Paul Jr. as well as Laura Ellis 72 and Zygmunt Malinoski with his family. The project director said the group showed cooperation and adaptation rather than aggression.
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Kathleen
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Zygmunt Malinoski
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Marcia
James W. Altman
Fire Claims Family as Alaska Home Burns
A father and three of his four children died in an early morning fire that swept through a frame house in Petersbu rg Alaska on Sunday. Two daughters Eleanor 15 and Mildred 14 and a son Harlan died, while Mrs Skeek and a second daughter survived. Fire officials traced the blaze to an oil stove explosion. a neighboring house was badly damaged.
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Eleanor
Harlan
Auto Crash in Tazewell County Kills Boissevain Man
A year old resident Joe Hill of Boissevain was killed late Sunday night when his 1990 sedan struck a power pole on Bluefield Avenue in front of the Appalachian Power Company station. He died about 1 pm at Bluefield Sanitarium while being treated for head and other injuries. Authorities said he apparently lost control after Mt p. The crash also cut power to the Bluefield Sanitarium briefly.
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Tazewell County
Appalachian Power Company
Bluefield Avenue
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Dailygraphers
Wes Inerragh
Kidney Switch Fails. Father Gives Kidney to Son
Robert Reck, 15, died ten days after his father Virgil Keck donated a kidney to save him. Surgeons at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital performed the transplant, a first in this donor relation, but the boy succumbed to the kidney ailment despite the operation.
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Boston
Robert Reck
Young Reck
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Virgil N. Keck
Dayton
Ohio
Reds to Offer Drive-Your-Own Cars for Tourists
The Soviet Union plans to make drive-it yourself rental cars available to tourists this summer through a travel agency. The move signals broader access to private automobile use for visitors and marks a notable shift in tourism policy.
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New York
Soviet Union
Senf
Rumors Stir Capital Over Nationalist Violence Threats
Reports of planned terrorist actions against Parliament and newspapers sparked fear in Tokyo as ultranationalist groups threatened to target institutions amid violent leftist protests. Police discounted the rumors but warned security would tighten as tensions rose.
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Atoliskek
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Eisenhower Welcome Flares As Seoul Crowds Roar
President Eisenhower arrives in Seoul amid a massive cheering crowd after a volatile day visiting Okinawa and Taipei. Security detours kept his motorcade off side streets as demonstrators jeered at Naha, while officials report 68,000 shells on Okinawa and casualties. Eisenhower vowed to continue anti-Communist efforts.
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Naha
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Shek
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Fargo Hosts Campaign Frenzy as 1960 Election Looms
Fargo North Dakota becomes a political hub as Vice President Nixon Senator Kennedy and Senator Symington campaign ahead of the June 2 Senate race to replace the late William Langer. The Chicago convention setting is outlined with a five session plan. Kennedy and Symington pursue the Democratic nomination, Nixon leads for the Republicans.
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Chicago
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