Total Eclipse Of Sun Visible In U S On June 30
The June 30 total solar eclipse will be visible across the United States and parts of Canada and Europe, with a 35 mile wide path. Up to 800 million people may witness the event, including major urban centers Minneapolis and St Paul. New York and Chicago will see partial coverage. The next total eclipse in North America is predicted for October 2, 1959 over New England.
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New York
Nebraska
Iran
United States
Canada
North Atlantic
Europe
Iron Curtain
Joseph M. Chamberlain
Hayden Planetarium
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minnea
Antarctic
South Africa
Indian Ocean
North America
New England
Area Students Receive Degrees From National Business College
Ten degrees were conferred and eight diplomas awarded at National Business College Roanoke spring quarter. Among those earning commercial science degrees were James W. Lambert Saeger James Wayne Hart Beckley Miranda Basso War Peggy S Ratcliffe Pearisburg Marble Beatrice Sharp Austinville Hart and Lambert graduated with highest honors. David Williams son of Mr and Mrs John W Williams of Newbern Va also earned highest honors. Rhinestone pins and buckles gain new look when soaked in gasoline then rubbed with dry flannel.
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National Business College
Roanoke
James W. Lambert
Saeger
W. Va
James Wayne Hart
Beckley
Miranda Basso
War
Peggy S. Ratcliffe
Pearisburg
Marble Beatrice Sharp
Austinville
Wythe County
Hart
Lambert
David Williams
John W. Williams
Newbern
Harry Patteson
Richlands
Deaths and Funerals Key Mercer County Obituaries
A roundup of funeral services and death notices from Mercer County and surrounding areas. Augustus Lester, 70, Anawalt, dies after long illness. Virgil Hazelwood, 10, Princeton, dies from injuries after a car incident. Mrs. Winters McCue Wright, 83, Mercer native, dies in Lynchburg. Also listed are services for Sam Tate, 99, and Mrs. Beverly Mutter, 78, plus the families and funeral home arrangements handling the ceremonies.
Obituaries for Wytheville resident and Horsepen man
Mrs. Joe Taylor 62 of Wytheville died Tuesday in Bluefield Hospital with a daughter Pearl Hill and five sons among fourteen grandchildren surviving. Services Thursday at 2 p.m. at Hicksville Church with burial in Bland Cemetery. body at Barnett Funeral Home until noon Thursday then to church. Huffard Lockhart 56 of Horsepen died Monday at a sister’s home after brief illness. Services at Horsepen Christian Church with Rev. Charlie Sublette and Rev. Joseph Brockman officiating. Interment in church cemetery. Pallbearers named John Linley Jim Daniels Meef Stillwell Clarence Wyatt Emerson Brewster Bruce Daniels. Pocahontas Union Funeral Home in charge.
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Sam Tate
Sweet Springs
Pulaski
Tate
Mercer County
Sally Haynes
Susie Tate
Glen White
Raleigh County
H. A. Stephenson
Harry A. Stephenson
Marion
Marion Hospital
Greer McClothin
Portsmouth
Ohio
J. J. Yoher
Tulsa
Okla
W. W. Ballrich
Beverly Hills
Calif
Ian and
Herman
Jenette Lilly
L. W. Dawn
Arlington
Lola Lee Mitchell
Norfolk
Myrtle Russell
W. O. Russell
J. W. Russell
Woodrow
Lynn
Chilhowie
Barnett Funeral Chapel
L. D. King
Round Hill Cemetery
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
Pocahontas
Joseph E Payne longtime Jones Street Confectionery operator dies
Joseph Earnest Payne longtime Jones Street Confectionery operator dies after months of illness at his home 111 Jones Street. Funeral at Scott Street Baptist Church Thursday at 3 p.m. with Rev. M L Saapare Jr. delivering the eulogy. Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. Payne a Goodview, Virginia native, resident of the city for 30 years. Survived by wife Lydia, seven sisters, three brothers, three step-children. Gate City Lodge No 33 Elks to pallbear. Eureka Temple No 339 Daughters of Elks will be flowerbearers. Graveside rites by Gate City Lodge No 33. Body at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home until 2 p.m. Thursday. procession to church for service. Friends may visit after 3 p.m. today.
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Jones Street
Jones St
Scott Street Baptist Church
M. L. Saapare 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 on The Passenger Problem of the Railroads before the Bluefield Rotary Club at the West Virginian Hotel. Frank McKenzie reported on the Rotary International Convention in Seattle.
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Roanoke Va
Norfolk and Western Railway
Bluefield Rotary Club
West Virginian Hotel
Repass
Larry L. Helm
Roanoke
N&w
Tie
Frank McKenzie
Seattle
Wash
W. S. Owen
McCoy Franklin
Madison, Tenn
Aubrey Stowers
Comedy Museum Houses Vast American Humor Archive
The Comedy Museum in Riviera Beach offers access to over 1,200 humor volumes, 100 joke categories, and more than 5,000 props. It features items from Charlie Chaplin to Bob Benchley and houses the private collection of Bill Treadwell, valued at $500,000, with ties to the Laugh Foundation. The museum aims as a world laugh center and humor reference hub for all ages.
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Riviera Beach
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
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Joe
Penner
Morey Amsterdam
Ted Healy
Mabel Todd
Joe Miller
Museum
Punch
London
Tom Howard
Deputy Sheriff James Brown Faces Hit and Run Hearing
Logan June 22 Deputy Sheriff James Brown awaits a hearing before Mayor Litz McGuire on a hit and run charge. Sheriff Ray Watts said Brown was allegedly involved in a collision with parked cars and failed to stop. Brown of Godby had previously served under Sheriffs Freak White and Grover C. Combs.
Schine Transferred To New Detachment
Pvt. G. David Schine, a controversial figure in the McCarthy Army hearings, is reassigned to Camp Gordon in Augusta Georgia. He joins a military police reserve officers training corps summer encampment unit and likely serves as an instructor rather than an ROTC candidate.
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David Schine
Camp Gordon
Schine
Military Police Reserve Officers Training Corps
Foreman Dies In Slate Fall At Bishop Mine
Cecil Charles Johnson, 40, of Bishop Virginia died instantly in a slate fall at the Bishop Mine of the Pocahontas Fuel Company Monday night. He had worked there 18 years and was a foreman. He was born in Fries Virginia, a son of the late Robert and Bertha Johnson. Surviving are his wife Virginia Repass and six children Richard Charles Loret ta Carol Linda and Terria Diane at home. five brothers James Robert Roby Lee George and Lloyd. three sisters Mrs Pat Helton Mrs Marie Phillips and Mrs Bessie Combs. The body leaves for residence today at 10 am from Hurst Scott Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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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
Cleve
Tenn
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Capitol To Host FOP Meeting In West Virginia
Charleston reports the West Virginia Fraternal Order of Police holds its 16th biennial meeting with Lt. James Hunter elected presider for a two year term. Ray Blake leads the association as carret president while other officers are chosen without opposition. A contested area arises for five trustee posts with six nominees.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Fraternal Order of Police
Morgantown
James Hunter
Ray Blake
Huntington
Jack Dudek
Cleveland Police Department
Predel
Parkershoro
Herman Frazier
R. T. Jones
Bluefield
William Dameron
Bartender Cleared in Downtown Club Fatal Shooting
An Allegheny County coroner's jury absolved bartender John G. Margey of blame for the May 24 fatal shooting of Howard H. Heckman in a downtown Pittsburgh club. Margey testified the act was accidental as Heckman played with a gun and an ammunition clip on the bar.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
John G. Margey
Howard H. Heckman
Margey
Heckman
Druggist Found Dead From Bullet Wound in Paden City
Robert Pomery a 52 year old operator of a local drug store was found dead from a bullet wound in Paden City Wetzel County authorities say the wound appears self inflicted amid despondency over a long illness. Sheriff Lee Francis called the death personal safety related and noted the case follows a four to five year illness.
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Paden City
W. Va
Robert Pomery
Wetzel County
Lee Francis
Francis
Pomery
Trade Pact Faces Criticism By Southern Democrats
Southern Democrats Fulbright and Gore slammed the GOP led trade plan calling it a Do Nothing Program. They argued the administration abandoned free nations to trade with Russia and its satellites. Fulbright questioned if any agreement was signed under last year’s extension and doubted any under the current proposal.
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Fulbright
Arkansas
Gore
Tennessee
Russia
Weather Outlook Across States With Scattered Thunderstorms
Maryland sees partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers and highs of 85 to 90. Wednesday and Thursday bring fair weather and lower humidity. Virginia reports similar conditions with highs 86 to 94. Wednesday and Thursday turn fair and not as warm. West Virginia faces tonight and Wednesday showers in the east, high 80 to 88, with Thursday fair and little temperature change. Ohio shows cloudiness and lower humidity, high 80 to 85 in the north and 82 to 88 in the south, with Wednesday and Thursday fair and warmer afternoons. Kentucky mostly fair with possible southeast thundershowers, highs 84 to 92. Wednesday and Thursday fair with little change. Tennessee mixed clouds and isolated storms Wednesday and Thursday, hot at times. Western Pennsylvania cooler with clouds, high near 80 Wednesday, then fair Thursday.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pensylvania
Teach English And See Europe
MADRID June 22. An article outlines a path to live in Europe by teaching English. It notes demand across capitals, flexible qualifications, and incomes from about 500 pesetas per month per student or 10 000 pesetas monthly for a diligent organizer. Pupils range from schoolboys to government officials.
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Madrid
Nana
Europe
Engla
United States
England
Spain
Norfolk and Western Posts Best Month of Year
Norfolk and Western reports a May income of 1 655 004, the best month so far in 1953. For January through May the railroad earned 6 239 153, down from 8 663 940 for the same period in 1952. May revenues reached 13 854 740 with expenses at 10 427 701, while the expense ratio fell to 75.26 percent.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Auto Makers To Join Forces
NEW YORK June 22 Two of America's oldest independent auto makers Studebaker and Packard will combine forces to gain market share. Stockholders vote Aug 17 on forming Studebaker Packard Corp. The merged group would own both businesses with 6 440 455 shares and no model overlap. Industry observers see the move as a step toward broader consolidation in the car industry.
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New York
America
Studebaker and
Packard
Studebaker- Packard Corp
James J. Nance
Hugh J. Ferry
Harold 8. Vance
Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker
Hoffman
Nance
Ferry
Packard Board
Vance
Studebacker- Packard Corp
Studebaker-Packard
West Virginia Safety Day Planned for Oct 2
Charleston report says the eighth annual West Virginia Safety Day sponsored by the State Department of Mines will be held Oct. 2. A committee urged Frank B. King to host first aid and mine rescue contests at Watt Powell Park starting 1:30 p.m. The event, first held since 1950, is expected to draw more than 50 teams in the first aid contest, with other activities planned.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Department of Mines
State Mines
Frank B. King
Watt Powell Park
King
Banker Pay Law So Steals 88 G's
Roland B. Walker a 73 year old Jackson Mississippi bank cashier was arrested in St. Petersburg Florida on an 88000 shortage charge. He confessed after 42 years with the bank that he took the money over 16 years to pay bills and live properly. Walker was held under guard in a hospital ward and faced embezzlement and Federal Reserve Act violation charges with expected warrants in Detroit. He had just 51 dollars when arrested and had planned to kill himself.
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Pla
Roland B. Walker
Jackson
Micn
Walker
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J. R. Reichert
Ralph Lee
Detroit
FBT
Fred H. McIntyre
McIntyre
Willow Run
FBI
U. S. Federal Reserve Bank System
Arbor Hills Country Club
Evangelist Sullivan Runs for Congress in Virginia 9th
Richlands Virginia June 22 54 year old evangelist Rev John W Sullivan announced his independent bid for Congress in the 9th district opposing incumbent Wampler and Democrat Pat Jennings. He cites a rising tide of independent thought and calls for stronger national defense and restoration of religious premises while criticizing oil imports and regional economic stagnation.
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Richlands
Virginia
John W. Sullivan
Sulivan
General Council of the Assemblys of God
Rep
Wampler
R-Va
Pat Jennings
Smyth County
Sullivan
America
More Hot Weather To Reach West Virginia This Week
The US Weather Bureau forecast two to four degrees above normal temperatures through Sunday across West Virginia. Expect about half an inch of showers Friday or Saturday, with southern regions seeing precipitation tomorrow.
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Huntington
West Virginia
US Weather Bureau
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