Legislature to Revisit Lakin Hospital Improvement Funds
West Virginia lawmakers order a second look at Lakin State Hospital renovation and water system plans with more than 700000 in funds on hold. Sen. Mitchell notes possible savings while urging continued study of buildings, water supply, forest land, and support services.
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Charleston
Lakin State Hospital
William Mitchell
McDowell
Board of Public Works
Sys Mitchell
Committee On Government and Finance and
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Lakin
Mitchell
Elea
Conservation Department
Dr Denman to Speak at Bland Street Church and Ramsey Auditorium
Dr Harry Denman executive secretary of the Methodist Churchs General Board of Evangelism will speak Sunday at 11:00 am at Bland Street Methodist Church Bluefield and again at 2:30 pm at Ramsey Auditorium. He has traveled widely including Moscow last year for Christ and literature and served at the 9th World Methodist Conference in 1956 Lake Junaluska.
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General Board of Evangelism
The
Methodist Church
Bland Stret Methodist Church
Bluefield
Ramsey Auditorium
Denman
Moscow
Peoin
Republic of Korea
General Conference
1St Church
Lake Junaluska
N. C
Dr. Denman
Dickenson Forest Coal Lease Put to Highest Bidder
A 235.3 acre coal lease on national forest lands in Dickenson County Virginia will be sold to the highest bidder at 2 pm July 17. The minimum bid is one dollar per acre and the winning bidder pays a cash bonus under the 1920 mineral leasing act. Bids are due by 2 pm July 17 at the Eastern District land office in Washington.
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Washington
National Forest
Dickenson County
Department of the Interior
Befferson Wna National Forest
Bart Lick
Som
Up Land Management
Patida
Wash
Tanner Speaks on Taxes at Princeton Rotary Noon Meet
Courtney Tanner, chief deputy in the Mercer County assessor’s office, spoke on taxes before Princeton Rotary Club at the Virginian Hotel. He described WV Legislature actions on property tax payment and auto registration, and outlined an Advisory Council to improve property assessments. E. W. Anderson introduced him.
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Mercer County Assessors Office
Princeton Rotary Club
Virginian
Tanner
West Virginia
E. W. Anderson
Father’s pleas lead fugitives to surrender at Lincoln County Jail
In Hamlin West Virginia a father’s appeal prompted his son and six others to surrender after seven escaped from Lincoln County Jail. Two fugitives were recaptured near Two Mile Creek while others hid in Branchland and Logan County areas. Police say a hacksaw was smuggled in by a fellow inmate, enabling the escape before the seven lowered to the ground with blankets.
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W. Va
Lincoln County
Two-Mile Creek
Branchland
Harvey Samuel Curtis
Logan
James Cooper
Spurlocksville
Brock
Logan Cotty
Bonar
Peyton
Cooper
Hayes
Brunty
State Penitentiary
Lions Committees Named At Bluefield Meeting
Paul Holm and C O Warren reported on the State Lions Club convention in Wheeling during the noon gathering of the Bluefield Lions Club at the West Virginian Hotel. New committee chairmen were announced with July 1 start.
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Paul Holm
C. O. Warren
Lions Club
Wheeling
Bluefield Lions Club
West Virginian
Dave Spracher
Carlyle Cole
Lacy Edwards
Bill McDougle
al Brooks
Ross Boyce
Boys and Girls Work
R. C. McConnell
Preston Hamilton
John Shott
Earle Wood
Cochairman
James Lambdin
Tom Gawthrop
Harold Miller
Bud Johnson
Lindsey Dula
John Tyson
Venoy Ownes
John Wright
Venoy Owens
Karl Frye
Joy Everson
Pete Cooke
Bill Hendricks
Covington Alleghany GOP Endorses Dalton for Governor
In Covington Virginia the Covington and Alleghany county Republicans held a mass meeting to unanimously endorse State Senator Ted Dalton for the Republican nomination for governor. Fifteen delegates and fifteen alternates were chosen for the Roanoke convention and will vote uninstructed, with Dalton as the favored candidate.
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Covington
Alleghany County
Ted Dalton
House of Delegates
Roanoke
Dalton
Covington - Alleghany Gop
George A. Revercomb
Weather outlook for Maryland Virginia West Virginia and surrounding area
Maryland expected mostly fair skies with warmer humid conditions and a risk of scattered thundershowers in the afternoon or evening through Saturday highs in the 80s to low 90s. Sunday hotter and humid with more showers. Virginia shows similar pattern with interior Saturday storms and Sunday heat and humidity. West Virginia partly cloudy with warm humid Saturday showers then cooler by night. Sunday more showers and scattered storms. Western Pennsylvania partly cloudy Saturday with scattered showers then Sunday continued heat and humidity but cooler at night. Tennessee partly cloudy warm and humid with scattered showers on Saturday and Sunday thundershowers.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Eisenhower Opposes Postal Worker Pay Raises Now
Washington June 21 The Eisenhower administration opposes pay raises for postal workers at this time. Asst. Budget Director Merriam told a House subcommittee that a raise would be inflationary and trigger other federal increases. He argued overall fiscal policy outweighs worker demands amid resource competition and security needs.
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Eisenhower
Asst
Robert E. Merriam
House Post Office
Civil Service
Merriam
Seton
Man Crushed To Death By Truck Load Of Money
Government worker Anthony Schroeder age 29 died yesterday from injuries after a Bureau of Engraving and Printing incident. He was pinned against a wall when a truck carrying 800 pounds of currency tilted on a ramp and collapsed.
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Anthony Schroeder
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Deacon Wives Rally Planned at Mt. Zion Church
The deacon's wives of Mt. Zion Baptist Church will hold a pew rally Sunday at 3 p.m. The Rev. J.C. Baly of St. James Baptist Church Welch will be guest speaker and his choir will provide music.
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Mt. Zion Baptist Church
J.C. Baly
St. James Baptist Church of
Welch
Beefed Up Arms Going To Korea
U S troops along the truce line learn they will receive beefed up arms to counter North Korean strength. Immediate air support with atomic potential and modern ground equipment are promised, but no nuclear weapons. Rhee spokesman welcomes the move and criticizes the armistice ban. Allies some support, North Korea denounces, and U N Command notes, with plans for possible future meetings.
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Washington
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Jaeger Lions Elect New State of Officers
Robert Fanning entertained the Welch Jaycees at the Jaeger home of his parents Mayor J Pat Fanning and wife. On the big lawn twenty five members played softball badminton croquet and horseshoe pitching while the Fanning family helped with a backyard barbecue grill.
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Robert Fanning
Welch Jaycees
Laeger
J. Pat Fanning
Fanning
John Pat
Mrs. Sly
Welch
State Masonic Figure Dies In Charleston
Delbert Thomas Robinson aged 78 died in a Charleston hospital. He was sovereign grand inspector general of the Scottish Rite in West Virginia and a retired attorney. A native of Grafton, he served as law clerk of the State Supreme Court from 1911 to 1916 and was an official of two Charleston savings and loan firms.
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Charleston
Delbert Thomas Robinson
Scottish Rites
West Virginia
Grafton
Robinson
State Supreme Court
Charleaston
Judge Enters New Court Orders in Princeton Docket
Judge F. Morton Wagner issued several orders in Princeton Circuit Court appeals striking actions for delinquent court costs and dismissing listed cases. Some appeals yielded verdicts including damages and contempt findings. new suits include Bivens v Bivens and Harris v Turner with damages claims.
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F. Morton Wagner
Circuit Court
Princeton
Bess Eanes
Fay Cunningham
Ida Booth
Noah
Booth
Wanda Demont
Billie Demont
Janice Sneed
Goldie Hall
Nicholas Sneed
Myrtle Dunn
Clarence Dunn
Thelma Fain Howington
Claude Howington
Alice J. Cooper
William Howard Cooper
Tractor trailer crash injures driver in Giles County
A southbound tractor trailer carrying machinery for a hosiery mill crashed into a bridge abutment on Va 100 near the Giles County line. Driver Révis leaped clear and broke a leg. regular driver Leavy, both of Greensboro, escaped unharmed. About 40 feet of railing and the truck suffered damage estimated at 800 and 5000 dollars respectively. The Central Motor Lines of Charlotte owned the rig. The 4:40 a.m. crash was investigated by Trooper J T Lee and Deputy Sheriff T G Whittaker.
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Giles County
Robert H.vis
Greensboro
N. C
Bluefield Sanitarium
John E. Leavy
Révis
Central Motor Lines
Charlotte
J.T. Lee
T. G. Whittaker
Tax Official To Aid Local Merchants
C R Lilly deputy tax commissioner will assist merchants in obtaining business licenses under new West Virginia laws. He will hold sessions at the Princeton Courthouse June 25 and 26 and at his Bluefield home 1301 Lebanon St June 27 to 29. The July 1 effective act shifts licensing to the State Tax Commission with full licensing by the state. Previously county clerks issued about 80 percent of general licenses and the tax commissioner 20 percent.
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Princeton
C. R. Lilly
Lilly
Lebanon St
West Virginia
Vacationers Ill May Vote Absentee in Bluefield Election
Voters out of state or ill may vote absentee July 2 in Bluefield’s general election. City Clerk Janet Caffee said forms are available. eligible voters must return the completed form with a physician’s affidavit and their precinct number, and the ballot will be mailed to them.
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Bluefield
Janet Caffee
Miss Caffee
Anawalt Man Named VFEW Aide-de-Camp
WB Sexton Anawalt has been appointed national aide-de-camp recruiting class to the commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Cooper T Holt of Chattanooga Tenn real pleasure to have him serve on my personal staff
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WB. Sexton
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cooper T. Holt
Chattanooga
Tenn
Doughton, Hicks, Compton, and Mahan Death Notices
Multiple obituaries from Bluefield and nearby towns report deaths of Maude M Doughton James A Hicks Ricky Compton and Thomas Mahan. Services for Doughton and Hicks are set at Hawkins Funeral Home and Memorial Funeral Directory with interments in Woodlawn Swope Cemetery, and Compton burial in Compton cemetery with Honaker Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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W. D. Conley
Cecil
Richard
Billy Coughton
Bluefield
David Brooks
Walter Dillon
Springville
Kelly
Robert
Tazewell
George
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Claude Dillon
Shawver Mill
Nellie Shreve
Richlands
Prevo Bitters
Ida Miller
Bluewell
Hawkins Funeral Home
L. H. Burns
Woodlawn
James A. Hicks
Jennings Street
Princeton
Ben Cox
First Baptist Church
Swope
Lindside
Hicks
Ralph Wade
Bill Helsel
Otis Yopp
Harold Martin
Howard Tolley
Buford Mann
Ricky Compton
Ralph
Marjorie Smith Compton
Council
Dr Cecneten
Cleveland Smith
Walter Comptons
Glenn Musick, Jr
Compton Cemetery
Honaker
White Farmer Admits Killing Negro Airman During Visit
In Yazoo City Mississippi county attorney Griffin Norquist filed murder charges against 50 year old Ray Walton for the killing of Airman Charlie Brown during a social visit at Walton home. Walton admits the shooting but declines to explain motive. He waived preliminary hearing, likely to be bound over until the grand jury convenes October 21. Brown sat with Walton relatives when Walton shot him in the heart with a neighbor's shotgun.
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Griffin Norquist
Norquist
Ray Walton
Charlie Brown
Walton Place
Delta
Norquest
Walton
Brown
Erin O'Brien Appears on George Gobel Show Tonight
Erin O'Brien will sing a duet with the host as a guest on the George Gobel Show tonight at nine on Channel 6 WHIS TV. Gobel plans a playful segment with yodeling, band leading, introducing members, and showcasing gifts from fans.
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Erin O'Brien
George Gobel
Whis-Tv
Gobel
Pocahontas Railway Clerks Meet Sunday
Pocahontas Lodge No 619 Brotherhood of Railway Clerks calls a Sunday 3 p.m. meeting at the Railroad YMCA. All members urged to attend as important business will be discussed, per president J E Eaton.
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Pocahontas Lodge No. 619
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Railroad Ymca
J. E. Eaton
Hong Kong Revenue Men Eye Border Seizures
Dope smugglers kept Hong Kong revenue agents busy in May with 3 159 small boats and 47 ships searched. Officials seized 101 pounds of opium 2020 grams of morphine and 1782 heroin pills after 2100 hours of patrols along areas skirting the Red China border.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Obituaries and funeral notices from Virginia towns
Multiple death notices list the names Joseph Edward Bryant Barnett L Stuart Belva W Davis Maurice F E Harrison Sidney Nixon and others. Services are scheduled today at Thompson Valley Church of God Memorial Funeral Rec tory Chapel Speedwell Methodist Church Maple Fork Baptist Church and Cedar Bluff Methodist Church with interments at nearby cemeteries.
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Joseph Edward
Joseph F. Bryant
Thompson Valley
Stuart
Barnett L
Speedwell
Speedwell Methodist Church
Davis
Belva W
Bluefield
Princeton
Maple Fork Baptist Church
Mount Hope
Spiral Davis Cemetery
Nixon
Sidney
Cedar Bluff
Cedar Bluff Methodist Church
Jones Chapel
America Holds No Trust For Reds
Washington reports that the United States in disarmament talks with Russia signals distrust of the Communists by repudiating the Korean armaments limit. The move aims to strengthen UN force in Korea and affects London talks on pledge compliance, highlighting a split between Adm. Radford who doubts trust and Harold Stassen who seeks arms control.
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United States
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Korea
Lowon
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Harold E. Stassen
United Nations
Stassen
Eisenhower
London
Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
N W Authorized To Sell Equipment Bonds
The Interstate Commerce Commission today authorized Norfolk and Western Railway Co to issue 4 320 000 of equipment trust certificates to buy new equipment.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norfolk and Western Railway Co
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