Legislative Group Plans Second Look at Lakin Hospital Upgrade
A West Virginia legislative panel voted to revisit Lakin Hospital improvement plans including renovating a ward building, adding a kitchen and dining center, a laundry, and new water system. Sen. William Mitchell noted potential savings and urged study of a dammed lake water supply and a reform of the site while also calling for timber assessment and forest land review. The committees approved extending references, maintaining drafting services, and reporting findings to the Legislature and Board of Control.
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William Mitchell D-Mcdowell
Board of Public Works
Mitchell
Conservation Department
Dr Denman to Speak at Bland Street Church Bluefield
Dr Harry Denman executive of the Methodist Church board will speak at Bland Street Methodist Church Bluefield Sunday 11:00 am and again at Ramsey Auditorium 2:30 pm. He has traveled widely including Moscow and the Republic of Korea, and served as official at the General Conference and 9th World Methodist Conference in 1956.
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Harry Denman
Ay Board of
Methodist Church
Bland Stret
Junaluska
N. C
Denman
Biuefield
Bluefield
Dickenson Forest Land Goes To Highest Bidder
The Department of the Interior announced a lease sale for Dickenson Forest lands located onealf mile west of Bartlick under the 1920 mineral leasing act. Minimum bid is one dollar per acre with the highest cash bonus securing the lease. bids due by 2 p.m. July 17 at the Eastern States land office in Washington.
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Bart Lick
Eastern States Land Office
Bureau of Land Management
Departmen
Washington
Tanner Speaks on Tax Policy at Princeton Rotary
Courtney Tanner, Mercer County assessor deputy, spoke before Princeton Rotary at the Virginian Hotel about the 1957 West Virginia law on full payment of personal property taxes and securing auto registrations. He outlined the legislature advisory to aid tax commissioners and discussed proposals to remove cash on hand as a personal asset.
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Courtney Tanner
Mercer County Assessors Office
Princeton Rotary Club
Fathers Plea Triggers Jail Break Suspects Surrender
A father's plea led his son and two other fugitives to surrender at Lincoln County Jail in Hamlin West Virginia. Two other escapees from seven fugitives were recaptured near Two Mile Creek by Branchland. Police continued search for Harvey Samuel Curtis and James Cooper while Brock remains in custody awaiting trial on burglary and forgery charges.
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Hamlin
W. Va
Lincoln County
Two-Mile Creek
Branchland
Lange
Harvey Samuel Curtis
Logan
James Cooper
Spurlocksville
R. L. Bonar
Weather outlook for Mid-Atlantic and Appalachians this weekend
Maryland shows mostly fair skies with warmer humidity and scattered thundershowers possible in the afternoon or evening Saturday, highs 85 to 92, cooler in mountains and along the coast. Sunday turns hot and humid with more scattered thundershowers. Virginia trends similar with interior Saturday possible showers, high 86 to 92, cooler on mountains and coast, Sunday hot and humid with afternoon storms. West Virginia partly cloudy and warmer with scattered storms Saturday, Sunday showers then cooler later. Western Pennsylvania Saturday partly cloudy with scattered noon or evening storms, high around 83 to 68, Sunday isals o scattered thundershowers and remained warm but cooler at night. Tennessee partly cloudy and warm with scattered showers Saturday, Sunday thundershowers.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Lions Committees Named At Bluefield Club Meeting
Paul Holm and C O Warren reported on the State Lions Club convention in Wheeling at the Bluefield Lions Club noon meeting. Committee chairmen and appointments were announced including Membership Education Publicity Converition Finance Safety Conservation Civic Welfare Attendance and Program and Entertainment with listed chairs and co chairs.
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Paul Holm
C. O. Warren
Lions Club
Whee
Bluefield Lions Club
West Virginian
Dave Spracher
Carlyle Cole
Lacy Edwards
Bill Mc Dougle
Sage von
al Brooks
Ross Boyce
Boys and Girls Work
R. McConnell
Preston Jamton
John Shott
Earle Wood
Cochairman
James Lambdin
Pinance
Tom Gawthrop
Harold Miller
Bud Johnson
Lindsey
Santyeate Conservation
On Tyson
Venoy Ownes
Civic Welfare
John Wright
Venoy Owens
Karl Prye
Joy Everson
Pete
Bill Hendricks
Covington Alleghany Republicans Endorse Dalton for Governor
The Covington and Alleghany county GOP mass meeting endorsed State Sen. Ted Dalton for the Republican nomination for governor. Delegates to the Roanoke convention were named with 15 alternates, all uninstructed except support for Dalton.
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Alleghany County
Ted Dalton
House of Delegates
Roanoke
Dalton
Covington - Alleghany Gop
George A. Revercomb
Eisenhower Opposes Postal Worker Pay Raise At Present
Washington June 21 The Eisenhower administration announced it opposes raises for postal workers now. Assistant Budget Director Robert E Merriam told a House subcommittee that increasing the postal payroll could trigger other government raises costing billions. He said overall fiscal policy and national security considerations justify the stance.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Asst
Robert E Merriam
House Post Office
Civil Service
E House
Man crushed to death by truck load of money
Washington report states a government worker died from injuries after a wall pinning incident when a truck loaded with 800 pounds of currency tilted on a ramp, crushing him.
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Washington
Deacon Wives Meet Sunday Afternoon
The deacon's wives of Mt. Zion church will gather Sunday afternoon for their meeting. J C Baly, pastor of St. James Baptist Church in Welch, will be guest speaker with his choir providing music.
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Mt. Zionnat Church
J.C. Baly
St. James Baptist Church of
Welch
Beefed Up Arms Going To Korea
U S divisions guarding the truce line receive beefed up arms to counter North Korean military growth. President Rhee welcomes the UN Command move removing the ban on modern weapons for its troops and hopes for further action. General Litzenberg notes a milder than expected Communist reaction as North Korea blames the plan for arming South Korea and possibly revisiting the armistice terms.
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Korea
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North Korea
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
U. N
Rhee
U. S. Marinerps
Homer L. Litzenberg
Chung Kook Rook
South
Kerea
Chung
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Litzenberg
Murray Snyder
Washington
Pentagon
Snyder
Laeger Lions Elect New State Of Officers
Laeger Lions Club elects new state officers at a gathering hosted by Mayor J. Pat Panning and family at the Laeger home. The event featured outdoor games and a barbecue on the big lawn attended by twenty five men including Mayor and Mrs. Panning, John Pat, a daughter Mrs. Sly, and others from Welch.
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Laeger
Lions
Taeger
Robert Panning
Welch Jaycees
J. Pat Panning
Panning
John Pat
Mrs. Sly
Welch
State Masonic Figure Dies In Charleston
Delbert Thomas Robinson 78 prominent Scottish Rite official in West Virginia died in Charleston hospital. A retired attorney born in 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
Oreign
West Virginia
Grafton
Robinson
State Supreme Court
Judge Enters New Court Orders in Princeton Docket
Judge F Morton entered orders in several docket actions at Princeton Court yesterday. Several cases were stricken for delinquent court costs. New suits filed include Doris Louise Bivens vs Alvin Pierce Bivens and Ella Mae Burgess infant suing by Elsie Mae Bailey vs Carroll Eugene Burgess.
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T Court
Princeton
Bess Eanes
Pay Cunningham
Ida Booth
Noah
Booth
Wanda Demont
Billie Demont
Janice Sneed
Goldie
Nicholas Sneed
Myrtle Dunn
Stella Ruth Chuckler
Herbert C. Chuckler
Doris Louise Bivens
Alvin Pierce Bivens
Elia V. Harris
Donald F. Turner
Geraldine H. Turner
Ella Mae Burgess
Elsie Mae Bailey
Carroll Eugene Burgess
Trailer Mishap Injures Driver In Virginia Road Crash
A tractor-trailer carrying hosiery machinery from Central Motor Lines overturned a bridge rail on a curve near a bridge in Virginia. Driver Robert H. 40 of Greensboro NC suffered a broken leg. regular driver John E. Leavy escaped. Vehicle damage estimated at 5000, bridge damage around 800. Accident occurred about 4 40 a m with officers J T Lee and T G Whittaker investigating.
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Greensboro
N. C
Bluefield Sanitarium
John E. Leavy
The
Central Motor Lines of
Char
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 state laws. Sessions held at Princeton Courthouse June 25 and 26 and at Bluefield 1301 Lebanon St June 27 28 29. Legislation effective July 1 shifts licensing to the State Tax Commissioner with all general licenses issued centrally.
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Princeton
C. R. Lilly
Lilly
Lebanon St
Virginia
Vacationers Ill May Vote In Absentee In Bluefield
Voters out of state or confined by illness may cast absentee ballots July 2 in Bluefield. Applications are available. voters must send forms to Miss Caffee, include their precinct number, and provide a physician’s affidavit confirming hospitalization or home confinement.
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Bluefield
Cotes
Anawalt Man Named VEW Aide-de-Camp
WB Sexton Anawalt has been named national aide-de-camp to the commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Cooper T Holt of Chattanooga Tenn expresses pleasure at his service.
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Anawalt
Vew
WB. Sexton
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cooper T. Holt
Chattanooga
Tenn
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
Obituaries list Betsy Dillon of Springville and James A. Hicks of Princeton among others. Services set for 2 p.m. at Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel and Memorial Funeral Directory with interments at Woodlawn and Swope Cemeteries, plus multiple local survivors and church services noted.
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Springville
Tazewell
Betty Stephens
D. Conley
Soult
Richard
Billy Donahion
Bluefield
David Brooks
Walter Dillon
Kelly
Robert
George
Florida
Claude Dillon
Shawver Mill
Nellie Shreve
Richlands
Prevo Etters
Ida Miller
Bluewell
Hawkins Funeral Home
L. H. Burns
Woodlawn Cemetery
James A
Ben Cox
First Baptist Church
Swope
Lindsi
Hicks
Ralph Wade
Bill Helsel
Otis Yopp
Harold Martin
Howard Tollegat
Buford Mann
White Farmer Admits Killing Visiting Negro Airman
In Yazoo City Mississippi county attorney Griffin Norquist filed murder charges against a white farmer for killing Airman Charlie Brown. The farmer Ray Walton, who had served time for manslaughter, admitted the shooting but refused to state a motive. Brown was sitting with Walton’s relatives when Walton fired a shotgun from the doorway. The case moves to the grand jury after Walton waived preliminary hearing.
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Miss
Atty
Griffin Norquist
Norquist
Ray Walton
Charlie Brown
Walton
Norquest
Brown
Erin OBrien on George Gobel Show Tonight
Erin O'Brien will sing a duet with host George Gobel on the George Gobel Show tonight at 9 on Channel 6 WHIS TV. Gobel plans a playful mood with yodeling, leading the band, introducing members, and showing gifts from fans.
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Erin O'Brien
George Gobel
Channel
Whis-Tv
Gobel
America Holds No Trust For Reds
Washington reports in a June 21 dispatch that the United States, amid disarmament talks with Russia and tensions over Korea, doubts Communist trustworthiness. Views differ, with Adm. Radford cautious and Harold Stassen favoring stricter moves to secure an arms accord at London.
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Korea
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Dow
Arthur W. Ford
Harold E. Stassen
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Bette
Wassen
Eisenhower
Stassen
Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
N&W Authorized To Sell Equipment Bonds
Washington June 21 The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Norfolk and Western Railway Co to issue 4 320 000 equipment trust certificates to buy new equipment.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norfolk and Western Railway Co
Pocahontas Railway Clerks Meet Sunday
Railroad YMCA group calls a Sunday meeting at 3 p.m. Members urged to attend as J. E. Baton president announces important business to discuss.
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Pocahontas
Railroad Ymca
J. E. Baton
Hong Kong Revenue Boys In Busy Workout
Hong Kong police in a busy patrol near the Red China border report seizing pounds of opium 2020 grams morphine 1782 heroin pills and 2100 in US currency as smugglers are questioned and searched.
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Revenue Boys
Red China
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