Red Pen Poison Former Red Officer Is Ringleader
A crackdown on Soviet come-home campaigns reveals a former Red Army officer, Gen Nikolai Mikha ilov, steering a Return to the Homeland drive from East Berlin. The drive uses paid propaganda through a satellite network, targeting Ukrainians Georgians and Baltic groups with multi language home paper appeals and short wave broadcasts. The committees pose as citizen groups, but are Communist fronts linked to NKVD tactics, aiming to swell refugee numbers and pressure deserters to return.
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Odessa
Mikal Shislin
The
Ree
Soviet Union
Baltic States
Kiev
Mikhailov
Mikhailov Committee
Gen. Mikhailov
Shailov
National Committee For Liberation From
Ald Nkvd
Lions Club Discusses Glasses And Convention Plans
Dr. M A Krupey demonstrated sun glasses with tinted glass at the Bluefield Lions Club meeting at the West Virginian. Delegates heading to the Lions International Convention in Miami with wives include Bernard Wilkinson Alfred White James Morris Roy Browder Kenneth Cole Kenneth Shrader Bob Hart and Glen Lankous as officers and committee chairs for 1956 57 named for Division I and Division II roles.
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Bluefield Club
West Virginian
Lions Club
Carl Powell
Ram
PB ” Hendricks
Miami
Fla
Bernard Wilkingon
Alfred White
James Morris
Roy Browder
Kenneth Cole
Kenneth Shrader
Bob Hart
Glen Linkous
Cochairmen
Jim Harold Miller
Stanley Martin
Brand Whitlock
Ralph — Nevie
John Tyson
Harry Turner
al Carroll
Pe Spracher
W. O. Bivens
Spying and Sabotage Deemed Widespread in China
Public Security Minister Lo Jui ching stated that spying and counterrevolutionary activity are widespread in China and vowed a war to the end to stamp them out. He claimed Peiping radio reported numerous coun terrevolutionary cases of great importance and that the fight against counterrevolutionaries must continue to the very end.
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Hong Kong
Red China
China
Lo Juiching A Mgae Reeee
Congress Eiping
Speec
Peiping Radio
Wall Street Mixed After Morning Rally Clips
New York stocks closed mixed as a brief day and a half rally faded. Trading volume reached 1.63 million shares with the Press News average down 20 cents to 182.00, while General Motors led list declines and Louisville & Nashville rose on merger news.
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General Motors
Panhandle Oil
United Dye & Chemical
Peabody Coal
Ford Motor
Steel
Bethlehem
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Boeing
Santa Fe
Louisville & Nashville
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
Atlantic Coast Line
L&n
Miners Holiday Won't Slow Coal Shipping at Ha Roads Piers
Norfolk Virginia reports robust coal movement despite a miners holiday set for July 18. Spokesmen from Norfolk & Western Chesapeake & Ohio and Virginia Railway note large stockpiles and substantial coal car inventories at the port and mines.
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Norfolk
Ha Roads
Norfolk & Western Railway
N&w
Newport News
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Virginia Railway
Chesapeake And Ohio Reshuffles Divisions Across Regions
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad announces a three division plan effective July 1, moving from two sections. E T Packer becomes Eastern Region chief based in Richmond, R G Vawter leads Central Division from Huntington, and Millikin remains in charge of the Northern Region in Detroit. M I Dunn named vice president in charge of operations.
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Eel
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Today
E. T. Packer
Richmond
R. G. Vawter
Huntington
W. Va
Millikin
Detroit
Railroad
M. I. Dunn
Tazewell Tax Debate Highlights Local Views
Tazewell representatives at a Bristol tax study hearing urged sales tax relief as a local solution. George N. Mustard cited county totals showing potential gains from a 2 percent sales tax, while Sam Ward Bishop and others pressed for broader state support of schools and local services.
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T . Va
Virginia
Tazewell County
General Assembly
Bristol
Tazewell
Sam Ward Bishop
Clear Fork
Jeffersonville
Mer
Blue Cross Plan Raises Benefits in 1956
Blue Cross Plan of Associated Hospitals in Bluefield announces increased benefits effective July 1 1956 with only slight premium increases. The new plan is voluntary but requires 100 percent group participation.
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Blue Cross Plan of Associated Hospitals
Bluefield
New York Wholesale Price Index Movements Reported
The Associated Press notes the New York wholesale price index for coins rose to 175.7, with prior readings at 196.57 weeks ago and 171.8 month ago. The report records high 193.97 and low 170.55, showing a dynamic but unclear current average.
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New York
The
Associated Press
Market Updates From Board of Trade Report
The Board of Trade releases figures across grains and soy as futures show mixed shifts. Corn and soy contracts move with July and December postings while wheat, oats, and lard display varied adjustments through Sep and Dec expiries.
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Soremmara
Board of Trade
Cate
New Tenure June Saas: mediums Butter steady
The report notes butter prices hold steady with no change in the latest figures. Market readers see overall stability as the index shows 374,005 for recent activity, indicating little fluctuation in demand.
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Saas
Baltimore livestock market report June shows mixed cattle and scarce hogs
Baltimore dairy notes say cattle receipts 280 with a rise from earlier in the week. Hog offerings were light with too few hogs to establish a market. Sheep sales listed but details incomplete.
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Baltimore
USDA
Treasury Receipts and Debt Highlights June 1 Figures
Treasury reports show the cash position as of June 1 at 5,009 180,647 dollars. The fiscal year ending July 1 totals 89,629,959,029.05 in receipts with withdrawals at 69,143,702,820.51. Gold assets are 621,108, and 464,074,604.30 of debt is not subject to the statutory limit.
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Washington
Pressure on Sales Tax Might Be Lifted by Expense Ruling
The discussion centers on whether bearing all expenses could remove pressure for a sales tax. A study commission report showing many pleas for a tax may influence the tax law if expenses are treated differently.
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Study Commission
Chicago Livestock Prices and Grading Report
Chicago June 22 USDA market report lists lots of cattle and hogs with weights from 149 to 550 pounds and price ranges for No 1 and 3 grade lots, standard and utility cows, bulls, and sows. Figures show prices per hundredweight with various grades and sizes noted.
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Chicago
USDA
Baltimore Grain Receipts and Prices Report
Baltimore June 23 report shows flour receipts 9754 100 lb sacks and wheat receipts of 408309 bushels with 383333? shipments. Closing prices list No 2 red winter at 2.07 domestic. Corn receipts 36954 bushels with 5000 shipped and 1 pe or shes in stocks. Oats shipments referenced.
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Baltimore
Souther
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