Nixon presses government aid for growth at Jaycees rally
Vice President Richard M. Nixon urged government action to boost growth while stressing private enterprise remains the engine of the economy. He mocked Khrushchev's claims, warned critics of “growthmanship,” and noted his own anniversary with Pat Nixon drawing cheers from about 8,000 Jaycees.
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Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
United States
Nixon
Nikita Khrughelev
Texas
Dakoota
Missouri
Pat Nixon
President Eisenhower Plays Golf at Kaneohe
The President spends the week in Hawaii for a reception by Gov. Quinn and an honorary law degree. He tested his clubs on a practice tee, misfired several shots, then hit one 250 yards with a grin. He traveled the course in a Secret Service driven golf cart, a habit since his 1955 heart attack.
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Aloha
Kaneohe
William F. Quinn
University of Hawaii
Eisenhower
Kaneohe Marines
Secret Service
Tazewell Thieves Target Town Homes and Station
Sheriff Clarence Davis and town police probe a string of burglaries in Tazewell Va within the past 10 days. About 150 dollars stolen from homes with no forced entry. A service station at Riverjack was broken into last Saturday, with 125 dollars in cash checks and three tires taken. Police learned of the incident Monday.
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Clarence Davis
Tazewell
Riverjack
Cookout Marks YMCA Day Camp Session
Today’s YMCA Day Camp session features a cookout weather permitting and a closing mock Indian raid after a day of hikes swimming and handicraft. Squad leaders include Dudley Parks and John Wright with participants Richie Nuckolls Billy Lockhart Matt Yancey Josh Jones Henry Bowen Hank Burnley and Jimbo Godwin. The second week begins Monday.
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Poe
Geee Dudley Parks
Richie Nuckolls
Billy Lockhart
Matt Yancey
P. D. Bratton
John Wright
Josh Jones
Henry Bowen
Hank Burnley
Jimbo Godwin
Tommy Wright
Burglars Rob Store Without Entering On Cumberland Road
State police investigate a theft at C. W. Burton's Grocery on Cumberland Road where $498.37 was taken after burglars broke a front window after midnight Monday and reached the cash register without entering the store, located near Bluefield.
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C. W. Burton
Cumberland Road
Bluefield City
Ushers Union Convenes 26th Annual Session Saturday
The Flat Top Baptist Ushers Union and Mt. Olive Baptist Church Usher Board will hold their 26th annual session on Saturday with Miss Anna Dandy as president and the Rev J J Howard as pastor. The theme Here Am I Send Me echoes as Rev F L Reid delivers the annual sermon. Music from Trinity Mt Olive and Mill Creek Junior Choirs, plus a youth program and Usher Board Queen 1960 61 crown. Meeting begins at 9 am.
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Flat Top Baptist Ushers Union
Mt. Olive
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Outlook
West Virginia sees humid, mild temperatures with scattered thundershowers possible Wednesday and clearing Thursday. Virginia reports mostly cloudy skies with occasional rain and a few scattered thundershowers, highs in the 70s Wednesday, followed by partly cloudy, warmer, humid conditions and thunderstorms Thursday.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Pharmaceutical Unit Elects Bluefielder At Annual Meeting Here
Bluefielder Joseph Grose named president of the Southern Appalachian Pharmaceutical Association at the unit’s Ladies Night meeting in Club Ramon. Other officers elected include William Brown of Princeton as vice president and Jerry Galigher of Bluefield as secretary-treasurer. Scholarships awarded to Steve Carter and William Bird of West Virginia University.
Fire Department Praised For South Bluefield Blaze Work
A letter read to the Bluefield board commends Fire Chief E. L. Mac Mc Clure and the Bluefield Fire Department for excellence in responding to and extinguishing a fire at the Williams residence. It highlights quick arrival, efficient control, and no water damage to other parts of the house.
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South Bluefield Blaze
E. L. “Mac” McClure
Bluefield Fire Department
Bluefield Board of Directors
Lin Session
W. T. Williams
South Bluefield
Wil‘ams
Williams
Third Man Held In Local Theft
A third man was bound over to the federal grand jury after a hearing on theft from an interstate shipment. Carl Henry Bryant, 23, of Boissevain Virginia, surrendered Monday night and was bound over to the February grand jury in Bluefield. He is jailed in Beckley on a 1000 bond and had companions John A. Martin and Wallace R. Bigelow charged with stealing two television sets and a record player from an express truck en route from Williamson into Virginia. Martin and Bigelow were bound over to Beckley jail on 500 bonds after hearings. An 18 year old Bluefield man also charged was released to his grandmother.
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Federal Grand Jury
Carl Henry Bryant
Boissevain
Sid Harman
Virginia
U. S
Howard M. Jarrett
Bluefield
Bryant
U. S. District Court
Grand Jury
Beckley
John A. Martin
Wallace R. Bigelow
Williamson
Martin
Bigelow
Jarrett
Stans Protests Heavy Spending Threat to Budget Surplus
Budget director Maurice H. Stans warned in a letter to Rep. John Taber that Congressional spending programs threaten a four billion dollar budget surplus for the fiscal year starting July 1. He cited proposed pay raises for federal workers, defense and welfare bills, pension deduction changes, and missing postal rate increases as major budget-busting items.
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Eisenhower
Maurice H. Stans
Congress
Stans
John Taber
New York
House
Ways and Means Committee
Taber
Treasury
Kiwanis Education Week Observance Planned
Matoaka Kiwanis Club plans Kiwanis Education Week during the June 2% meeting at Matoaka High School starting at 6 30 p m President Claude Blank enship said Claude Karnes past president leads the program outlining the club and national organization history and achievements Keyettes and Key Club members honored last night at the high school dinner served by Women of the Lashmeet Presbyterian Church Honorees included Sue Waters Sandra Kay Mulls Butch Thompson and Raymond McGuire.
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Matoaka Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Matoaka High School
Claude Blankenship
Claude Karnes
Sue Waters
Sandra Kay Mulls
Butch Thompson
Raymond McGuire
Lashmeet Presbyterian Church
Virginia Plans 25 Million Dollar Withdrawal From Time Deposits
The Virginia State Treasury will withdraw about 25 million dollars in time deposits from nearly 200 banks on September 15 due to a tight budget. Remaining time deposits will total about 12 million dollars at a reduced rate, and the move aims to meet operating needs amid the 1960 62 budget outlook.
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Richmond
Virginia
E. B. Pendleton
Pendleton
Almond
Floods Add To Chile's Woes
SANTIAGO Chile AP Over flowing rivers fed by torrential rain poured over quake stricken southern Chile Tuesday flooding a dozen communities and forcing evacuation of people by thousands. The lake Rinihue outlet has risen 42 feet since May landslides blocked it, threatening Valdivia if barriers fail. Chilean Army engineers work around the clock to relieve three million cubic yards of backed up water.
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Santiago
Chile
Valdivia
Rinihue
San Pedro
Agencies Plan Move To Federal Building
Federal agencies will move into the new Federal Building in Bluefield by early July. The building has been doubled in size and remodeled at a cost of 750000 dollars. An open house is slated for Thursday before agencies move in. The facility will include postal services with boxes and house federal courts FBI IRS and other offices starting next month.
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Federal
Porterfield
Bluefield
Federal Court
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Internal Revenue
Oceana Gas Rate Hike To Be Heard By PSC
The Public Service Commission will hold a hearing on August 8 over proposed rate increases by Oceana Gas Co. The Wyoming County utility serves 1,089 customers in Oceana Kopperston Jesse and nearby areas. The tariff, filed to take effect June 20, is suspended until November 19 to allow the hearing. The monthly minimum would rise from 1.35 to 2.90 dollars.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
Oceana Gas Co., Inc
Oceana
Kopperston
Jesse
Wyoming County
PSC
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and Tazewell Areas
James R. Lawrence 65 rural mail carrier of North Tazewell Va died after a paralytic stroke in Richlands hospital. Survived by wife Minnie Howery Lawrence adopted son James R. Lawrence Jr and three sisters. Funeral arrangements by Greever's in Tazewell. Infant daughter of Bill and Betty Akers Johnson died in Princeton Memorial Hospital. Graveside service at Monte Vista Cemetery. Nellie Wilson wife of Isaiah Wilson Bluefield died in St Marys Hospital. Funeral arrangements pending. Joseph Smith Hill 62 Boissevain Va killed in single car crash near Bluefield. Services at Boissevain Baptist Church. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Survived by brothers Thomas H and R K Hill, sister Pearl Blankenship, two foster children and a foster daughter. Pocahontas Union Funeral Home in charge. Maggie E. Christian 79 Cedar Bluff Va died in Richlands hospital. Survived by husband Floyd and several children and grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 p m at Richlands Tabernacle, burial Green Hills Memory Gardens. Mary Ann Neel 79 Bluefield Va died at home. Survived by daughter Katie Neel and two grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2:30 p m at Dudley Memorial Chapel Maplewood Cemetery. Riley Bradshaw 78 Otoole died Stevens Clinic Welch. Services at home with Jehovahs Witnesses. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell. Bradshaw formerly of Greenstone and McDowell County. Foster son Sam Carter and two grandchildren survived. Body to be returned to Lago's Bluefield.
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North Tazewell
Richlands
Minnie Howery Lawrence
James R. Lawrence, Jr
Bates McCrathlin
Marion
Milton Patrick
Akron
H. H. Scaggs
Princeton
Greever
Tazewell
Bill
Betty Akers Johnson
Memorial Hospital
Monte Vista Cemetery
Bailey Funeral Home
Joseph Smith Hill
Boissevain
Appalachian Power Co
Bluefield
Boissevain Baptist Church
Max Thompson
Ted Cook
Woodlawn
R. K. Hill
Thomas H. Hill
John Hill
Route 3
Pearl Blankenship
Stevenson
Jerry Bailey
Miami
Fla
James Howard
Roger Matson
Sioux City
Iowa
Donald Howard
Marvin Blenkenship
Roy Hill
Jack Hill
Jimmy Hill
Robert Hill
Paris Hill
Maggie E. Christian
Rt. 2
Cedar Bluff
Christian
Tazewell County
Floyd Christian
Sam Young
Jewell Ridge
I. W. Roberts
Charlie Christian
Ervin
Jack Christian
William Christian
Clarence Christian
John Joyce
Arthur Joyce
Oma Clingenpeel
War
Jenny Worrell
Richlands Tabernacle
H. D. Hampton
Graff Horton
James Street
Green
Mary Ann Neel
Lee St
Neel
William H. Neel
Lee Neel
Milton
Nancy Peery
Katie Neel
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Keith Anvil
Maplewood Cemetery
Don Neal
Herbert Scott
Orrin Davis
Jack Necessary
Raymond Neel
Ted Farris
Riley Bradshaw
O'toole
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Jehovah's Witnesses
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bluewell
Greenston
N. C
Bradshaw
Wilson and
Mary Roberts Braddent
McDowell County
Pocahontas Fuel Co., Inc
F A A Y Mason Meet Set Here
The 67th annual Grand Communication of the Royal Craft Masonry of West Virginia will be held June 23 to 29. Meetings for men at Jones Street Hall and women at John Stewart Church. Events include a grand parade, receptions, an St. John's Day service, and various ball events with participation by Blue Cross Nurses and local organizations.
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Royal Craft Grand Lodge
F. and
A. A. Y. Masons
West Virginia
Jones Street Hall
John Stewart Church
Ola Hunt
Blue Cross
Grand Lodge
Grand Court
Davis Center
L. B. Allen
Bluefield State College
Mt. Olive Chorus
Peck Street
Genoa Avenue
Elkhorn Band
Order of the Eastern Star
Appalachian
Shriners and
Isis
Royal Arch
Eastern Star
Knights of Templar
Crusaders
Shriners
Bob Taylor Dies In Florida
R L Bob Taylor 87 former Bluefield police chief and later a prohibition officer in this area died in Panama City Florida late Sunday night He was a working partner with El Watkins in the Twenties famous for strict enforcement of prohibition laws He was a veteran of the Spanish American War and commanded Company 1 West Virginia State Militia The body is due in Bluefield today with funeral plans to be announced
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Bluefield
Panama City
Fla
R. L
Bob) Taylor
Taylor
el Watkins
West Virginia
Combined accident suits seek $60,000 in Mercer Court
Trial proceeds in Princeton as Merc er County litigants Kenneth Perdue and Lewis H Perdue sue Virgil Mullins and J M Adair for 60 000 total damages. Five witnesses testified Tuesday with defense to present further evidence as jury trial expected by Thursday.
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Mercer County
Princeton
Mercer Countian
Kenneth Perdue
Virgil Mullins
Grundy
J. M. Adair
Bradshaw
Lewis H. Perdue
Bagan
Bluefield
Plain Counsel
Two Cabell youths receive murder sentences
Gary Steel age 17 and Ronald Joe Wilson age 19, both of Huntington, were sentenced to 5 to 18 years in the Medium Security Prison at Huttonsville after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the October 26 1958 ambush slaying of Homer Buskirk 33 of Wayne. William Dallas Wilson 17 brother of Ronald Joe had earlier been convicted of first degree murder and given a life term. Sentences for Steel and Ronald Joe were delayed pending an appeal by William Dallas Wilson which the Supreme Court recently upheld.
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Huntington
Gary Steel
Ronald Joe Wilson
Huttonsville
Steel
Wilson
Homer Buskirk
Wayne
Rt. 1
West Huntington
William Dallas Wilson
Ronald Joe
Buskirk
William Dallas Wilon
Supreme Court
Bluefield Board Approves Nine Building Permits
Nine building permits totaling six figures were approved by the Bluefield Board of Directors Tuesday. The permits include repairs to dwellings on Warren St Stovall St Rogers St Jones St Princeton Ave and Mt View Ave, a wall and fencing projects, and a new dwelling on Mt View Ave with costs ranging from 10 to 10 400 dollars.
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Bluefield Board of Directors
Thomas Moton
Warren St
Clara Lee Wynn
View Ave
Frances Green
Stovall St
Mason Dixon
High St
C. W
Mary Wellman
Walters Ave
Nellie Poff
Rogers St
Roy Lee Davis
Jones St
Claude Henderson
Princeton Ave
Gene E. Lewis
Mt. View Ave
Highlands CPA Chapter to Meet Today in Abingdon
Members of the Highlands Chapter of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants will hear Washington tax attorney John Y. Merrell in Abingdon. The Highlands Chapter draws CPAs from Christiansburg to the state line.
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Highlands
Cpa’s
Abingdon
Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants
Washington
John Y. Merrell
Christiansburg
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