Bluefield Auto Sale Promises Stronger Local Economy This Week
The You Auto Buy Now promotion in Bluefield kicks into high gear today after a strong opening with shoppers flocking to autos and general merchandise. Local dealers highlight luxury car interiors and leather upholstery as part of the week long push, backed by the Automotive Dealers Association and the Chamber of Commerce with broad business support.
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Twin Bluefields
L. J. Compton
Bluefield Automotive Dealers Association
Compton
Automotive Dealers Association
Chamber of Commerce
Twin City
Troop 31 Wins Top Award At Camp Roland
Scoutmaster Charles Bowling leads Troop 31 of Grace Methodist Church to the Camp Roland high honor with 861 points earning the Adventure Trail patch. Second class work by Sid Lester Jim Umberger Charles Murphy Jimmy Rose Richard Lewis Jimmy Wimmer and Donald Stowers. Paul Bunyon awards earned by Sid Lester Charles Murphy and Donald Stowers presented by Lawrence Snead camp director. Bluefield parents attended.
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Grace Methodist Church
Camp Roland
Sid Lester
Jim Umberger
Charles Murphy
Jimmy Rose
Richard Lewis
Jimmy Wimmer
Donald Stowers
Paul Bunyon
Charlies Murphy
Lawrence Snead
HK. Umberger
J. H. Wimmer
C. L. Lews Jr
Bluefield
W. Va
Freight train fatally strikes Hagerstown boy on Potomac span
Norfolk and Western freight train struck 16 year old Terry Wayne Beard as he walked across the 100 foot high Potomac River bridge with two friends from Maryland into West Virginia. Beard died at the scene while companions Richard H. Sager and Hoover E. Kline escaped across the span.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Potomac River
Terry Wayne Beard
Beard
Richard H. Sager
Hoover E. Kline
Maryland
West Virginia
Claude Tucker
Levant Settles TV Squabble Returns to KCOP
Oscar Levant and KCOP manager Al Flanagan reconciled after a suspension over on air remarks. Levant plans to return Monday night and resume the program, saying he will work to restore good relations with the sponsor and audience.
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Oscar Levant
Levant
Alvin G. Flanagan
KCOP
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Democrats Forecast Northward Shift in Congress
The National Committee for an Effective Congress predicts after November Democrats will shift power away from the South. It projects six more Senate seats and 15 to 60 more House seats, mostly in the North and West, based on 15 of 16 Senate races rated as contests or doubtful. The committee, nonpartisan with New York headquarters, lists Republican holds in West Virginia seats held by Chapman Revercomb and John D. Hoblitzell Jr. as contests.
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National Committee For An Effective
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Rotary's 1958 Ladies Night Planned in Bluefield
The Bluefield Rotary Club schedules its 1958 Ladies Night for Thursday June 26 at the West Virginian Hotel ballroom. The program starts at 7 p.m. with Rotarian Roland C. Luther as toastmaster. Judge Harold G Kes singer will be principal speaker, introduced by Rotarian Frank McKenzie.
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West Virginian Hotel
Roland C. Luther
Harold G
Sam” Kessinger
Frank McKenzie
Marine cute moves to Philadelphia Washington in rong Bai 1800
A brief note reports a misread or garbled line about a marine unit moving to Philadelphia and Washington around the year 1800, with unclear phrasing and missing details. The readable fragment mentions locations and a historical timeline but lacks verifiable specifics.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Rong Bai
Weather forecast for West and Virginia states
The Associated Press reports West Virginia and Virginia weather with lingering showers. West Virginia Monday mostly cloudy with showers and a high in the 70s. Tuesday remains cloudy with showers likely in the west and little temperature change. Virginia Monday mostly cloudy with showers spreading north by night and a high in the 70s. Tuesday partly cloudy with showers and little temperature change.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Virginia
Lower Texas Hit By Seven Inch Rains
Rains up to nearly seven inches swamped wide areas of lower Texas on Sunday. Flash flood warnings were issued for streams in the hill country west and northwest of San Antonio. The deluge followed last week’s cloud bursts that left hundreds marooned and cut communications. In San Antonio, four and a half inches fell, stopping traffic on many streets. Orange in extreme southeast Texas reported 6.52 inches.
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Tex
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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More Foreigners See American Films
Foreign audiences viewed American films at roughly 100 million weekly, more than twice the 45 million Americans who watched at home. The Film Daily Year Book notes global theaters earned about three billion dollars in the year.
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Film Daily
United States
Beckley Council Set to Hear Richmond Expert on July 2
Beckley Area Rural Development Council will host Dr. Paul D. Sanders of Richmond Va as the principal speaker on July 2. More than 100 people are expected to attend with representation from Raleigh Fayette Nicholas Greenbrier Monroe Mercer and Wyoming counties.
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One Of Wanted Ten Surrounded Near Eureka California
Humboldt County deputies say a man believed to be George S. Cole, one of the FBI's ten most wanted, is surrounded near Dubakella Mountain about 80 miles southeast of Eureka. Cole, 29, is wanted for the December 30 fatal shooting of a San Francisco police officer during a tavern heist. Deputy James Boyer chased the suspect by car for about 40 miles then lost the vehicle on a logging road as helicopters aided the search.
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Humboldt County Sheriff's Office
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FBI
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Here
Cole
San Francisco
James Boyer
Humboldt
Shasta
Tehama
Redding
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Boyer
Carlotta
Demo Executives Meet Next Thursday in Charleston
The West Virginia State Democratic Executive Committee will meet in Charleston next Thursday afternoon to plan the general election campaign and fill vacancies. Chairman Hulett C. Smith said the session at the Charleston Press Club starts at 1 30 p m and precedes the Jefferson Jackson Dinner with featured speaker Mayor Robert F Wagner of New York City.
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West Virginia
Democratic Executive Committee
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Smith
GOC Volunteers In Four State Alert
Volunteers of the Ground Observer Corps manned 158 observation posts across parts of West Virginia Ohio Kentucky and Virginia during a monthly six hour test alert Lt Frank L Sarbo commander of the Charleston Filter Center said communications difficulties delayed the alert but observations were reported on schedule once cleared
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Ground Observer Corps
Frank L. Sarbo
Tokyo Surgeon Cites Stop to Giant Growth
A Tokyo University surgeon says Yoshimitsu Matsuzaka a 22 year old 7 ft 8 in man weighing 255 lb has halted growth after an operation months ago targeting the pituitary gland. Matsuzaka who was taller than teachers by age 10 had grown four inches since February last year. Professor Kentaro Shimizu head cerebral surgeon announced the stop to giantism at the university hospital.
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Tokyo University
Japan
Yoshimitsu Matsuzaka
University Hospital
Kentaro Shimizu
University
Graham Ends Frisco Crusade At San Francisco Stadium
Evangelist Billy Graham wrapped his San Francisco crusade before about 38 000 at Seals Baseball Stadium urging believers to avoid backsliding and embrace a new attitude toward race. He spoke from second base, noted the crowd’s size, and announced future revival meetings in Sacramento and a California tour.
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Seals Baseball Stadium
Graham
Cow Palace
North Carolina
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Christ
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Sacramento
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Trujillo's Yacht Party Hit by Bomb Scare in Los Angeles
A bomb scare aboard Dominican Lt. Gen. Rafael Trujillo Jr.'s luxury yacht disrupted a Sunday party off Los Angeles harbor. Law enforcement including bomb squad, harbor detectives, Coast Guard and the FBI investigated after an unidentified longshoreman claimed a bomb was planted as a joke but later decided not to hurt anyone.
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Rafael Trujillo Jr
Coast
Harbor Division Detective Bureau
Trujillo
State Men Graduate From Army College
Four officers from West Virginia were among graduates of the U S Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth Kansas this month. The WV group includes Maj Ralph J Ford of Charleston Capt Milton H Hamilton Elkins Capt James R Koenig Fairmont and Lt Col Russell P Bonasso Wyatt in Harrison County.
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Kan
West Virginia
U. S. Army Command and General Staff College
West
Nicklaus Tops field in Trans Mississippi Amateur Golf
Jack Nicklaus of Columbus Ohio defeated Richard Norville of Oklahoma City 9 and 8 to win the Trans Mississippi Amateur Golf Championship in Hutchinson Kansas. Nicklaus, 18, a freshman at Ohio State University, finished 3 over par for the 28 holes.
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Oklahoma City
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Deaths Luther Dickerson and families funeral notices
Funeral services are set for Luther Dickerson 59 of Switchback at Memorial Baptist Church with interment at Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell. Also noted are services for Donald Jason Parks killed in a mobile accident near Asheboro NC and for Isabelle Clemons 82 of Bozoo. Burial is planned in Clemons Cemetery Mercer County.
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Switchback
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Oak Grove
Donald Jason Parks
Lonnie Parks
Hiawatha
Matoaka
Parks
Asheboro
N. C
Bailey Funeral Home
Isabelle Clemons
Bozoo
Peterstown
Monroe County
Monroe
Summers County
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Hale
Harold Clemons
Glen ‘Lyn
Mamie Butler
Madge Clemens
Hilda Masters
Levern
Claude Wiley
Spanishburg
Neal Wiley
Ridge Creek
Oliver Riley
Droop Mountain
McMillian
Sidney Hayes
Powhatan
Mercy Seat Baptist Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bluewell
Dutch Princess Fends For Self at Soestdyk Palace
The 11 year old Marijke, daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard, bicycles outside the Dutch palace under limited guard. She was born with cataracts and now attends public school alone, as the royal couple teach self reliance amid past rumors of influence by a faith healer.
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Holland
Nana
Soestdyk
Marijke
Juliana
Prince Bernhard
Greet Hofmans
Bernhard
Beatrix
Irene
Margriet
Maria Christina
Mrs Sally Ward 78 Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs Sally S Ward aged 78 of Wolfe died Sunday after a lingering illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body lies at Lugo's Funeral Home.
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Wolfe
Lugo
Funeral Home
Obituaries and funeral notices from West Virginia towns
Funeral arrangements list several local figures, including Bessie Mary Barley 73 of Ronceverte Cleo Lester 60 of Princeton Sidney Hayes McMillian 57 of Powhatan Hobert Lester 50 of Princeton Charles L Atkinson 60 of Virginia. Services set at churches and chapels with interments at nearby cemeteries and military rites at one grave.
Teenage Couple Found In Hotel In Petersburg
A New Jersey girl 16 and her 17 year old East Orange fiancé, missing since June 11, were found registered as a married couple in a Petersburg hotel. Police said the youths planned to marry but faced youth limits. they had 20 cents between them and a $100 stash. Parents opposed the union. the pair tearfully parted after being detained.
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New Jersey
Helen Jones
Kearny
N.J
David Horne
East ‘Orange
Horne
Miss Jones
New York
W. H. Stewart
Francis Jones
Explorer Scout
Jones
Young Horne
Joneses
W. H. Price
East Orange
Jones Girl
Keystone Man Struck by Diesel at Town Crossing
Floyd H. Justice, 33, escaped death Sunday afternoon after a diesel engine struck him at the Stevens Clinic reports bruises to hips and legs and a small head cut. Police Chief G F Farmer said Justice did not see or hear the train until late and shoes were knocked off landing about 20 feet away.
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Stevens
G. F. Farmer
Floyd H. Justice
Justice
Farmer
Ice Cream Sales Dip in Soviet Union Prompting Boosts
In Moscow officials report falling ice cream sales across the Soviet Union. The Soviet Trade newspaper said the National Ministry of Trade has ordered stronger sales efforts in parks stadiums railway stations and public eating places to address the decline.
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Soviet Union
Soviet Trade
National
Ministry of Trade
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