Airman charged with murder in Kirtland assault death
McDowell County airman Thomas Allen Davis 29 of Algoma West Virginia is held without bond in Albuquerque New Mexico after the death of Jose M Castro 20 of Mesa California. Castro was found dead behind a Kirtland Air Force Base barracks with a skull fracture believed caused by a hammer. Davis pleaded innocent and a preliminary hearing was set for tomorrow morning.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Kirtland Air Force Base
Thomas Allen Davis
Algoma
W. Va
Jose M Castro
Donicio Castro
Mesa
Calif
A. S
Owen J. Mowrey
Castro
Kirtland
Davis
Good Luck Charm Travels With Oklahoma Deputy Marshal
Oklahoma City deputy U.S. marshal Mike McGrew carries his son's first baby shoe as a 13 year good luck charm. The shoe has hung on four car mirrors and traveled about 418000 miles across campaigns and the Mediterranean, surviving a sea toss. A new car roof mirror may end its ride, but McGrew vows to find another way to keep the charm.
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Oklahoma City
Mike McGrew
U. S
McGrew
Snakes Deadly Says Hindu Official and India Deaths
New Delhi reports snake bites cause thousands of deaths yearly though exact totals are uncertain. For 1951 five thousand one hundred five deaths were recorded in areas with available data, while 1,594 deaths in other states were listed as wild animal fatalities.
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New Delhi
India
Thrift Starts At Home During Hartford Thrift Week
Mrs Lidstone, teller at State Savings Bank, gave birth to son Neil during Thrift Week in Hartford. The newborn received a $5 savings account from Mechanics Savings Bank, continuing a yearly state practice where banks present $5 accounts to newborns alongside Hartford’s mutual savings banks.
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Hartford
Conn
Martin W. “Idstone
State Savings Bank
Mutual Savings Banks
Deaths and Funerals: Miss Geneva Smith
Last rites for Geneva Smith 29 of Vansant Virginia held today at 1 p.m. in her residence after illness. Interment at Dry Fork Cemetery Vansant with Virginia Funeral Home and Cravens Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Geneva Smith
Vansant
Grundy Hospital
Dry Fork
Virginia Funeral Home
Funeral services for Walter J. Ott held today at 2 p.m
Walter J. Ott president of the Coal Statistical Bureau Inc Bluefield dies Friday at daughter Mrs Thomas H Dowd s Milton home Mass services planned at St Mark s Episcopal Church Milton John Hall Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
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Walter J. Ott
Coal Statistical Bureau, Inc
Bluefield
Thomas H. Dowd
Milton
St. Mark's Epicopal Church
John Hall Funeral Home
Archi e Dock Stinson 74 dies in Michigan home
Archie Dock Stinson of Richlands dies Friday at daughter’s home in Gibraltar Michigan after a lingering illness. He operated a coal mine near Richlands and is survived by two daughters and seven grandchildren among others. Funeral services in Richlands today with interment at Johnson Cemetery. Hurst Scott Funeral Home in charge. Funeral services also today for Mrs J W Doak 82 of Bluefield at Hawkins Funeral Home with burial at Heatherington Cemetery.
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Archie Dock Stinson
Richlands
Charles Winslow
Gibraltar
Mich
John R
Zelia Taylor Stinson
Amanda Jean Johnson
Dorothy McCloud
Cleveland
Ohio
Layman Chapel
Peery Herndon
Nelson T. Barker
Johnson Cemetery
Wysor Valley
Hurst Scott Funeral Home
Hawkins Funeral Home
J. W. Doak
Bluefield
R W. John
Heatherington Cemetery
Princeton Road
Funeral services for Mrs Ida Simms in Pocahontas
Funeral services for 54 year old Mrs Ida Simms of Pocahontas are set for today at 2 30 p m in the Pocahontas First Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Bryant Cemetery with Pocahontas Union Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Ida Simms
Pocahontas
Pocahontas First Baptist Church
Bryant Cemetery
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Funeral for Mrs. Margaret Shrader Held at Montcalm Methodist Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Shrader 78 of Duhring are set for 2 p.m. today at Montcalm Methodist Church following a brief illness. Interment will follow in the local cemetery.
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Margaret Shrader
Margaret Elizabeth Shrader
Duhring
Montrcalm Methodist Church
Augustus Lee Lester Dies at 70 in Anawalt
Augustus Lee Lester 70 of Anawalt died at home after a brief illness. He lived in Anawalt 40 years and worked for Pocahontas Fuel Co at Jenkin Jones. He was a Local 6193 UMWA member and active in the union. Survived by wife Edna Mae, three sons Woodrow Billy Joe Charlie, two daughters Dorothy Bane Grace Robertson, one sister Dana McDaniels, one brother J T Lester, twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild. Bennett Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Augustus Lee Lester
Anawalt
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Jenkin Jones
Union 6193
UMWA
Edna Mae Lester
Woodrow
Billy Joe
U.S. Army
Germany
Charlie
Pasadena
Dorothy Bane
Knoxville
Grace Robertson
Vancouver
Wash
Dana McDaniels
Fullerton
J. T. Lester
Ames
Iowa
Bennett Funeral Home Atd
Remains of Ezra C Sanders of Grundy Va
Ezra C Sanders 59 of Grundy Va died Sunday morning at home from a heart attack. He worked 31 years for Norfolk & Western Railway. Survived by wife Stella McGlathlin five sons John H Everett George Thomas Charles all of Grundy two daughters Edith Wright Phyllis Darlene Sanders two brothers Fielden Walker both of Council Va two sisters Ida Larson Keyest Fla Virgie Fletcher Council. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm at residence with interment Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery.
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Ezra C. Sanders
Grundy, Va
The
Norfolk & Western Railway
Stella McGlathlin
John H
Washington, D.C
Everett
George
Thomas
Charles
Grundy
Edith Wright
Phyllis
Darlene Sanders
Fielden
Walker
Council
Ida Larson
Keyest
Fla
Virgie Fletcher
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Grundy Funeral Home
Infant Marilyn Evans Anderson Died In Tazewell
Marilyn Evans Anderson seven month old daughter of Mr and Mrs William E Anderson of Tazewell died suddenly yesterday in a Tazewell hospital. Surviving are her parents two sisters Ruth Etta and Bonita and three brothers Eddie Curtis and Jack. The body will be taken to the residence at 2 30 p m today from Peery and St Clair Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Tuesday at the home with Rev W M Miller officiating. burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
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Granville Mann
Lowell
Hinton
C & O Railway
Paul
James
Albert
Ralph
U.S. Army
Louise Netro
Irene Martin
Alderson
Annie Looney
Craig Healing Springs
Maude Hicks
Alice Treadway
Princeton
Frances Lister
Pocatello
Idaho
Welch Mann
Lindside
Lowell Methodist Church
Swope Cemetery
Marilyn Evans Anderson
William E. Anderson
Tazewell
Ruth Etta
Bonita
Eddie
Curtis
Jack
Peery and St. Clair Funeral
W. M. Miller
Maplewood Cemetery
Three of Four Roseville Penitentiary Escapees Recaptured in Ohio
Three of four men who fled Wednesday from the Roseville branch were captured by Ohio Highway Patrol near Cambridge and Canton, to be returned to the state prison. Hanovich and Strahm were identified as escapees. Burge remains at large. The pair admitted breaking into a Philo home, stealing food, tying and binding a couple, and stealing their car before further robberies and a car chase ended with arrest. Hanovich was serving life for a 1929 Cleveland police slaying. Strahm for armed robbery. Thacker for unarmed robbery.
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Columbus
Ohio
Roseville
Ohio Penitentiary
Charles Hanovich
Wheeling
W Va
Richard Strahm
Lima
Cambridge
Ohio Highway Patrol
Homer Thacker
Dayton
Canton
Ernest Burge
Marietta
Hanovich
Strahm
L. L. Pletcher
Philo
Pletcher
Zanesville
Charles Miller
Miller
Newcomerstown
J. Bert Patterson
Jack Appleby
Massillon
Appleby
Regen
Belmont County
Cleveland
Thacker
Burge
Graham Draws Huge Crowd In Stockholm
In Stockholm Sweden June 20 a capacity crowd of 23500 filled the Olympic stadium to hear American evangelist Billy Graham His followers estimate about 200 joined the altar call to turn to God Cliff Barrows led a Swedish hymn and the Graham party heads to Copenhagen Amsterdam Duesseldorf and Berlin before Paris The local press gave mixed reactions noting his dramatic preaching style
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Stockholm
Sweden
Olympic Stadium
Billy Graham
Cliff Barrows
Graham
Copenhagen
Amsterdam
Duesseldorf
Berlin
Paris
Billy
Aftonbladet
Chupka Warns Council at Maine CIO Convention
Belgrade Lakes Maine June 20 A CIO textile leader warned the state council that soft goods industries are bellwethers of disaster and that wage cuts threaten workers families and communities The union official linked industry sickness to broader economic and democratic risks worldwide.
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Belgrade Lakes
Maine
CIO
John Chupka
Maine State Cio Council
Chupka
Textile Workers Union
America
Stolen 1947 Buick Burned After Theft Near Brushfork
Frank Abrams reported his 1947 Buick stolen from Falls Mills Road at Brushfork Friday night. His son found the car completely burned at Bud Hollow between Bluewell and Falls Mills, a total loss.
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Abrams
Frank
Falls Mills Road
Brushfork
Bud Hollow
Bluewell
Falls Mills
Weekend moonshine raids yield multiple arrests countywide
County and state officers conducted a series of arrests Saturday for moonshine sales and tax paid whiskey. James Hill paid a $59.60 fine after a Crystal son pint sale. Johnson Jolly and Eula Mae Brooks face charges and court dates, with several locations including Duck Pond jon Lorton's Lick and Bluefield Cab Stand raided resulting in seized whiskey portions. Additional suspects, Pinch Shrewsbury and McKinley McDaniels, faced charges or bonds, as officers extended investigations into tax paid whiskey distribution.
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James Hill
Crystalson
W. Oris Barton
Johnson Jolly
Pinnacle Hollow
Barton
Eula Mae Brooks
Giotto
P. L. Dye
L. P. Mullins
R. H. Rose
Kathleen Martin
Jon Lorton
Maytrate Barton
Bluefield
Griffith
Pinch Shrewsbury
Montcalm
McKinley McDaniels
Bramwell
Chase Confident In Maine Primary
On the eve of Maine's primary Sen. Margaret Chase Smith says her youthful opponent Bert L. Jones appears planted in the race by Sen. McCarthy. Jones, a McCarthy disciple from Biddeford, is seen as a favorable target for Smith who is expected to win.
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Portland
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Smith
Wisconsin
Hunter
Bert L. Jones
Biddeford
Drew Pearson
Jones
Pearson
Gene Shrader Improves After Wreck On Stadium Drive
Gene Shrader 27 of Bluefield with critical injuries from a two car collision on Stadium Drive was reported slightly improved at Bluefield Sanitarium. Two teens Peggy Minnick 14 and Frances 16 sisters of Sand Lick were in the same crash and listed as satisfactory at St. Luke's Hospital. Bernard Foy 18 and Donald Lipsinger 17 of Stony Ridge were released from hospital.
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Gene Shrader
Bluefield
Stadium Drive
St. Luke's Hospital
Peggy Minnick
Frances
Sand Lick
Bernard Foy
Donald Lipsinger
Stony Ridge
Wimbledon Tourney Opens With Yankees Favorites
London June 20 The Wimbledon Championship begins with Americans as favorites for both sexes. Tony Trabert the No 1 U S Davis Cup player is expected to win the men's singles while Maureen Connolly the 19 year old Port miss known as Little Mo is the leading choice in the women's. Trabert has left college to focus on tennis with plans to turn pro if he performs well this season.
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London
Tony Trabert
United States
Maureen
Little Mo) Connolly
Trabert
Cincinnati
Police recover car stolen from Commerce Street
Bluefield police recovered a car owned by Mrs. E Creed of Elkhorn that was stolen on Commerce Street Saturday. Police Sergeant C H Fox and Brown recovered the vehicle on Jefferson Street.
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Bluefield
E. Creed
Elkhorn
Commerce Street
C. H. Fox
Eee Brown
Jefferson Street
Weather outlook across Maryland to Pennsylvania
Maryland sees mostly sunny warm weather with highs around 86 to 92 and a chance of scattered evening thundershowers northward. Virginia and Kentucky expect hot loads of sun with highs in the mid 80s to low 90s and scattered afternoon thunder showers. West Virginia and Ohio show hot to very warm conditions with variable cloudiness and scattered thundershowers mainly in the afternoon or evening. Western Pennsylvania remains partly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms possible Monday and Tuesday.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Corn Land Needs Cover Crop To Prevent Loss
Corn land should be seeded to a green through winter cover crop for grazing and to reduce erosion and leaching. If soybeans accompany corn, broadcast ryegrass or crimson clover mixtures. if not, crimson clover and ryegrass or crimson clover alone. A good cover crop adds nitrogen, with crimson clover or vetch offering about 600 pounds of nitrate per acre when turned under.
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Blacksburg
WPI
Western Senior Golf Opens Here With 240 Entered
Milwaukee hosts the sixth annual Western Senior Championship as 240 players from coast to coast arrive. J. Clark Espie of Indianapolis leads entrants seeking a third title in the six year history of the event.
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Milwaukee
J. Clark Espie
Indianapolis
Economic Study To Benefit Farms In West Virginia
A West Virginia University study in ten Upper Monongahela Valley counties aims to gather data on farm and rural nonfarm income, employment, and farm operation. Led by Professor W W Armentrout with the Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology division and US ARS cooperation, interviews run June 15 to July 15 to inform potential relief programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
West
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
College of Agriculture
United States Agricultural Research Service
West Virginia
Monongalia
Mar‘our
Tucker Area
VFW Encampment Opens in Roanoke With 2000 Members
Roanoke hosts the annual VFW encampment as 2000 members and auxiliaries arrive. A memorial service led by Dept Chaplain William B Gold honors fallen soldiers. The event includes hospital donations, sessions, dances, a banquet, and a grand military ball. Howard Shaver and Mrs. Bessie Kessler hold top posts.
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Roanoke
Veterans of Foreign Wars
William B Gold
Roanoke Veterans Administration Hospital
Ladies Auxiliary
Department of Virginia
Cooties
VFW
Arlington Post and Auxiliary
Robert Handy
Alice Chadwick
Howard Shaver
Staunton
Bessie Kessler
Norfolk
State Auxiliary
Mercer Lodge 160 AF and AM to convene for first degree work
City and Coalfield Special Communication of Mercer Lodge No 160 AF and AM will be held at 7 30 p m Monday for work in first degree Visiting Masons welcomed R S Vukojevich W M
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Mercer Lodge No. 160
AF & AM
Vukojevich
W.M
Ray H Jenkins Likely Won't Seek Senate Seat
Ray H Jenkins, special subcommittee counsel in the McCarthy Army hearings, said on Meet the Press he probably will not run for the Senate this year. He would welcome help from supporters and even from Sen. McCarthy if he chose to run, though Tennessee voters would decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ray H. Jenkins
Senate
Sen. MéCarthy
R-Wis
Jenkins
Meet the Press
Knoxville
Tenn
Sen
Kefauver
Dtenn
Tennessee
McCarthy
Lodge condemns Soviet veto over Guatemala crisis
At the United Nations the U S delegate John Lodge denounced the Soviet veto on Guatemala as cynical while urging a fact finding mission. He warned the Soviets to stay out of the American hemisphere and framed the conflict as a Guatemalan revolt. The council adjourned after almost five hours.
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Inter - American Organization
Lodge
Guatemala
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