Total Solar Eclipse Set To Captivate North America
An observer forecast estimates 800 million people from Nebraska to Iran will witness the first U S total solar eclipse since 1945 on June 30. Cities like Minneapolis St Paul Chicago New York will see partial or total coverage with eclipse path stretching 35 miles each side of Minneapolis. The next total eclipse in North America is predicted for October 2 1959 in New England.
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U. S
New York
Nebraska
Iran
United States
Canada
North Atlantic
Europe
Iron Curtain
Joseph M. Chamberlain
Hayden Planetarium
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Antarctic
South Africa
Indian Ocean
North America
New England
Hsi
China
Herodotus
Ature
Washington
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Aeanta
Bluefield
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Dallas
Denver
Jacksonville
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Richmond
St. Louis
San Francisco
Seattle
Area Students Receive Degrees From National Business College
Ten degrees were conferred and eight diplomas awarded at National Business College Roanoke spring quarter exercises. Recipients include James W. Lambert Jaeger W. Va. James Wayne Hart Beckley Gina Miranda Basso War Marble Beatrice Sharp Austinville Wythe County Va. Hart and Lambert earned highest honors. David Williams Newbern Va. also received highest honors.
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National Business College
Roanoke
James W. Lambert
Jaeger
W. Va
James Wayne Hart
Beckley
Gina Miranda Basso
War
Peggy S. Ratcliffe
Pearlsburg
Marble
Beatrice Sharp
Austinville
Wythe County
Hart
Lambert
David Williams
John W. Williams
Newbern
Harry Patteson
Richlands
Deaths and Funerals Bulk in Mercer County Area
Funeral notices list Augustus Lester 70 of Anawalt Virgil Hazelwood 10 of Princeton and others. Services set at Pilgrim Holiness Elgood Maxwell Witten Beckley Hollywood and Hancock cemeteries with multiple interments and obituaries for Sam Tate Beverly Mutter Joseph Hancock and more.
Obituaries: Wytheville and Horsepen Residents Die
Mrs. Joe Taylor aged 62 of Wytheville died Tuesday at Bluefield Hospital. Survivors include a daughter Mrs. Pearl Hill and five sons. Services Thursday at 2 p.m. at Hicksville Church, with burial in Bland Cemetery. Also Huffard Lockhart 56 of Horsepen died Monday. Services at Horsepen Christian Church with interment in church cemetery. Pocahontas Union Funeral Home in charge.
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Augustus L. Lester
Anawalt
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Maple Hill Cemetery
Bluefield
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
Virgil David Hazelwood
Garfield Hazelwood
Princeton
Elgood Church
Elgood Cemetery
L. A. Dorsey
Johnston Funeral Home
Oakvale
Sam T. Tiller
Rich Creek
Beckley
Gilbert
Little Rock
Ark
Samuel Jr
Norfolk
Beth McMannis
Beverly Mutter
Walter Taylor
Maxwell, Va
Maxwell Methodist Church
Maxwell Cemetery
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
H. A. Stephenson
Harry A. Stephenson
Marion
Marion Hospital
Greer McClothin
Portsmouth
Ohio
J. J. Yohes
Tulsa
Okla
W. W. Ballrich
Beverly Hills
Calif
Ian and
Herman
Jenette Lilly
L. W. Dawn
Arlington
Lola Lee Mitchell
Myrtle Russell
O. Russell
J. Russell
Woodrow
Lynn
Chilhowie
Barnett Funeral Chapel
Marion. the Rev. Premitive Delgade and the Rev. L. D. King
Round Hill Cemetery
Earl Vincent Sigler
Hemphill
Grace Hospital
Welch
Julian Vincent Sigler
Brunswick
James Earl
Earnest Ray
Leo
Ashland
Issac
Ernest
Howard
U. S. Army
Willard
James
Randolph
Roland
Hazel Stroupe
Thelma Smith
Beatrice Sigler
Anna Thornton
Knoxville
Joy Davidson
Brunswick, Md
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Joe Taylor
Wytheville
Bluefield Hospital
Pearl Hill
Waverly
Guy
Eugene
Bastian
Charles
W. W
Rocky Gap
John
Clinton
Iowa
Hicksville Church
Bland Cemetery
Barnett Funeral Home
Huffard Lockhart
Horsepen
Horsepen Christian Church
Charlie Sublette
Joseph Brockman
John Linley
Jim Daniels
Meef Stillwell
Clarence Wyatt
Emerson Brewster
Bruce Daniels
Poca
Funeral for Joseph E. Payne Confectionery operator
Joseph Earnest Payne longtime Jones Street Confectionery operator dies after several months illness. Funeral at 3 p.m. Thursday from Scott Street Baptist Church with Rev. M. L. Shepard Jr. delivering the eulogy. Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. Payne a 30 year resident, Survived by wife Lydia, seven sisters, three brothers, three stepchildren. Gate City Lodge Elks pallbearers and Eureka Temple Daughters of Elks flowerbearers. Graveside rites by Gate City Lodge 33. Body at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home until 2 p.m. Thursday. Call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. today. Cars to arrive at 2:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Joseph Earnest Payne
Jones Street
Jones St
Scott Street Baptist Church
M. L. Shepard Jr
Oak Grove
Goodview
Payne
Lydia Payne
Gate City Lodge No
Order of Elks
Eureka Temple No
Daughters of Elks
Gate City Lodge No. 33
Linkford and Richardson
N W Traffic Man Speaker At Weekly Rotary Club Meet
Everett L. Repass of Roanoke Va passenger traffic manager of the Norfolk and Western Railway spoke to the Bluefield Rotary Club on The Passenger Problem of the Railroads introduced by Larry L Helm Repass has long served with N W and led troop movements during World War II Frank McKenzie reported on the Rotary International Convention in Seattle W S Owen urged Ladies Night Banquet next Tuesday with humorist McCoy Franklin to speak and Aubrey Stowers to be installed as president elect and new officers and board members
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Everett’ L. Repass
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Bluefield Rotary Club
West Virginian
Repass
Larry L. Helm
N&w
Frank McKenzie
Seattle
Wash
W.S. Owen
McCoy Franklin
Madison, Tenn
Aubrey Stowers
Officers Land Board
Museum of American Comedy Houses Vast Joke Archive
Riviera Beach museum displays over 1,200 joke volumes 100 categories and 5,000 humor props. Bill Treadwell and George Lewis run the collection praised as the nation’s most complete, with items from Charlie Chaplin and W C Fields plus Punch magazine files and a 1739 Joe Miller joke book.
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Riviera Beach
Fla
Nana
America
Museum of American Comedy
Charlie Chaplin
W. C. Fields
Ed Wynn
Bob Benchley
United States
Brooklyn
Comedy Museum
Bill Treadwell
New York
George Lewis
National Laugh Foundation
Treadwell
Humor House
Gabby Scoops
Joe
Penner
Morey Amssterdam
Ted Healy
Mabel Todd
Joe Miller
Museum
Punch
London
Tom Howard
Deputy Sheriff James Brown Resigns in Hit and Run Case
Logan dispatch reports deputy James Brown resigned after a hit and run incident. Sheriff Ray Watts said Brown allegedly struck parked cars last Sunday and fled the scene before a hearing before Mayor Litz McGuire. Brown, from Godby, previously served under Sheriffs White and Combs.
Schine Transferred To New Detachment
Pvt. G David Schine, a controversial figure in McCarthy era hearings, is reassigned to Camp Gordon Georgia. He joins a new detachment with a military police reserve officer training corps summer encampment unit likely serving as an instructor and not an ROTC candidate.
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Augusta
David Schine
Camp Gordon
Schine
Military Police Reserve Officers Training Corps
Irotc
Foreman Dies In Slate Fall At Bishop Mine
Cecil Charles Johnson fifty year old foreman at the Pocahontas Fuel Company Bishop Mine died instantly in a slate fall Monday night. He had 18 years of service and was born in Fries Virginia. Surviving are his wife Virginia Repass and six children all at home, three brothers and three sisters. The body was taken to his Bishop residence and funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Cecil Charles Johnson
Bishop
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Fries, Va
Robert
Bertha Johnson
Virginia Repass
Richard
Charles
Loretta
Carol
Linda
Terria
Diane
James
Roby Lee
Cleveland
Ohio
George
Lloyd
Liberal
Kans
Pat Helton
Marie Phillips
Bessie Combs
Tenn
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Capitol To Host FOP Meeting in Charleston
West Virginia Fraternal Order of Police members meet for their 16th biennial session in Charleston. Lt. James Hunter was chosen unopposed to preside for a two year term. Ray Blake is current president. Other officers included Kenneth Hager vice president, William Thomas secretary treasurer, John King, Mike Ronkow, J. W. Onestinghel, and six nominees for trustees.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Kenneth Hager
Charlesto
William T. Thomas
Wheeling
John King
South Charleston
Mike Ronkow
Weirton
Guards
J. W. Onestinghel
Clarksburg
James Stanley
Carl Cain
Fairmont
Gale Smith
Parkersburg
Herman Frazier
Huntington
R. T. Jones
Bluefield
William Dameron
Bartender Cleared in Downtown Club Shooting
A Allegheny County coroner's jury absolved John G. Margey a 35 year old bartender in a fatal May 24 shooting at a downtown Pittsburgh club. Margey testified the shooting was accidental claiming he and the victim Howard H. Heckman 27 were great friends and Heckman picked up a clip and played with the gun.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
John G. Margey
Howard H. Heckman
Margey
Heckman
Druggist Pomery Found Dead in Paden City
Robert Pomery a 52 year old drug store operator was found dead from a bullet wound in Paden City Wetzel County. Sheriff Lee Francis said the wound was personal safety related and that Pomery had been despondent due to a four to five year illness.
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Paden City
W. Va
Robert Pomery
Wetzel County
Lee Francis
Francis
Pomery
Trade pact debated as senators critique administration
Southern Democrats Fulbright and Gore attack the Do Nothing trade policy noting free nations seek deals with Russia. They argue no new agreement was signed under the one year extension and doubt any will be under the current proposal, urging a more active approach to protect U S security jobs and living standards.
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Fulbright
Arkansas
Gore
Tennessee
Russia
Weather chart for Mid-Atlantic and Southeast states
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers across Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania. Highs range from 80s to mid 90s with Wednesday and Thursday mostly fair and less humid in most areas. Tennessee and Kentucky show hot and humid conditions with isolated storms and cooler trends overnight in parts of the region.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Teach English And See Europe
Madrid offers a year or two abroad with English teaching. Non natives teach and earn about 500 pesetas per student monthly, with many students staying for years. An American organizer can make around 10000 pesetas monthly teaching in Madrid, while classes and home visits boost income.
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Madrid
Nana
Europe
United States
England
Spain
Norfolk Western Posts Best Month of 1953
Roanoke June figures show Norfolk Western Railway earning 1 655 004 in income for May, the year’s best month. For five months in 1953 the railroad grossed 6 239 153, down from 8 663 940 for the same period a year ago. May revenue reached 13 854 740 with expenses at 10 427 701, the year’s high and low respectively, pushing the operating ratio to 75.26 percent.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Auto Makers To Join Forces
Studebaker and Packard plan a merger to form Studebaker Packard Corp. Shareholders vote August 17 on consolidation terms. The new company would hold about 6.44 million shares with distributors for both firms and aim to become a major fourth full line car and truck producer.
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New York
America
Studebaker and
Packard
Studebaker- Packard Corp
James J. Nance
Hugh J. Ferry
Harold S. Vance
Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker
Hoffman
Nance
Ferry
Packard Board
Vance
Studebacker- Packard Corp
Studebaker-Packard
West Virginia Safety Day Set for October 2 in Charleston
The eighth annual West Virginia Safety Day, sponsored by the State Department of Mines, will be held in Charleston on October 2. A plan proposes first aid and mine rescue contests at Watt Powell Park starting at 1 30 p.m. King noted growing statewide interest and expects more than 50 teams, up from 25 in 1950. Additional activities are planned for the event.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Department of Mines
State Mines
Frank B. King
Watt Powell Park
King
Banker Pay Low So Steals 88 G's
Roland B. Walker, 73, Jackson City Bank and Trust Co. cashier, arrested in St. Petersburg on an 88000 shortage charge. He told police he took the money over 16 years to "live right" and pay bills while earning only 5000 a year. He signed a confession and was held under guard in an FBI probe.
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ST. Petersburg
Fila
Roland B. Walker
Jackson
Micn
Walker
Jackson City Bank and Trust Co
J. R. Reichert
Ralph Lee
Detroit
FBT
Fred H. McIntyre
McIntyre
Willow Run
FBI
U.S. Federal Reserve Bank System
Evangelist John W Sullivan Seeks Virginia 9th District Seat
Richlands Virginia June 22 54 year old evangelist Rev John W Sullivan announces he will run as an independent for Congress in Virginia 9th district citing voter choice concerns and a national tide of independent thinking He criticizes both major parties for policy failures and vows to promote Christian values rebuilding homes churches and stronger national defense outlined policies and district concerns against residual oil imports hurting southwest Virginia.
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Richlands
Virginia
John W. Sullivan
Sulivan
General Council of the Assemblys of God
Wampler
R-Va
Pat Jennings
Smyth County
Sullivan
America
More Hot Weather Due To Hit State
West Virginia weather to stay hot through Sunday with temperatures 2 to 4 degrees above normal. Rain showers totaling about half an inch expected Friday or Saturday and in southern sections tomorrow.
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Huntington
West Virginia
US Weather Bureau
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A. L. Lester
Virgil Hazelwood
Mrs. Winters Wright
Winters’ McCue Wright
Mercer County
John P. Rector
Lynchburg
James M
Josephine Gooch McCue
Charles C. Wright
H. P. Musser
Witten
Hollywood Cemetery
Sam Tate
Sweet Springs
Pulaski
Tate
Sally Haynes
Susie Tate
Glen White
Raleigh County
Sam Tiller
Mrs
Beverly Matter
Joseph Hancock
Joseph Steven Hancock
Asa B. Hancock
Hicksville
Hancock Cemetery
Asa Jr
Daniel Davis
Bastion
Hubert
Covington
Warren
Chattanooga
B. V. Spangler
Brainard Vance Spangler
Welch Hospital
Cambrea
Claude
Nancy Dickerson Spangler
Hazel Stacey
Eddie
Welch First Baptist Church
Raymond J. Adkins
Sunset Cemetery
Christiansburg
Jack Marcum
Buster Dodson
Cooper Stafford
Jack Leddy
Jess Mullen
John Schaffer
Alex Gray
Ed Bishop
Dan Dodson
Oo. J. Douglas Mortuary
E. V. Sigler
0. L. Huffman
O. L. Huffman
G. G. Williams
Hinton
Hong Kong
Mrs. Niedt
Bangkok
Tesaery
Gans Es Eee
Joseph E. Payne
Bill
Benchley
Roger de Coverly
Roger
Addison and
Steele
the Spectator
Fred Allen
Amos ‘N’ Andy
Jack Benny
Fanny Brice
Burns and Allen
Bobby Clark
Jimmy Durante
Bob Hope
Emmett Kelly
Ring Lardner
the Marx Brothers
Victor Moore
Will Rogers
Damon Runyoun
Red Skelton
James Thurber
Mark Twain
Mack Sennett
Sophie Tucker
Benny
Olsen and Johnson
Bluefield Swimming Pool
Clyde E. Elliott
Elliott Brokerage Company
Clyde Stephens
Kresge Company
Jess Michaelson
Steckler’s Men's Shop
Sie
Foreman
Capitol
Norfolk Western
Arbor Hills Country Club
Congress
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