Long's Petition Expected Soon
In Louisiana Governor Earl K. Long remains in Southeast Louisiana Hospital as legal maneuvers unfold. Lt. Gov. Luther Frazar resists a prior AG ruling, while Judge Robert Jones signs a writ for Long's release. attorney Joe Arthur Sims weighs a petition.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Ear K. Long
Luther Frazar
Bogalusa
Robert Jones
Earl K. Long
Joe Arthur Sims
Hammond
Long
Southeast Louisiana
Mandeville
Sims
Zarre
Ate Wade C. Martin Jr
Bluefield City Manager Speakers at Kiwanis Luncheon
Bluefield city manager Randolph Whittle addressed the Kiwanis Club at the West Virginia Hotel outlining Bluefield’s three base problems. He cited economic adjustment amid the proposed N and W Virginian Railroad merger and coal industry mechanization, plus boulevard needs. Whittle described urban highway renewal and capital improvements as key approaches, weighing pros and cons of a new boulevard and urban highway, and concluded Bluefield’s long range outlook remains good. N S Bovensizer presided in place of president William Faulkner.
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Bluefield Kiwanis Club
West Virginia
Randolph Whittle
Bluefield
Whittle
N&w-Virginian
William Faulkner
Bluefield Official Elected Postal Supervisors Leader
Joe Hoback of Bluefield, super of mails, elected vice-president of the West Virginia Branch of the National Association of Postal Supervisors. Bluefield named Convention City for 1960. At Wheeling 1959 convention, Stewart A. McVickers of Follawsbee elected president and Edward Spencer of Huntington noted among attendees.
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Joe Hoback
Bluefield
Superof
West Virginia
National Association of Postal Supervisors
Wheeling
Stewart A. McVickers
Follawsbee
Edward Spencer
Huntington
Gene Madi B
Frank C. Cw
Ory Dent
Federal
Princeton Ave
Pastoral Counseling Calls Emphasis for United Presbyterians
Ministers across the United Presbyterian Church in the U S A value pastoral counseling as highly as preaching. A nationwide three year survey reported to the Board of Christian Education meeting in Atlantic City New Jersey underlines this view.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United Presbyterian Church
Board of Christian Education
Meek Harvey Bowen Meek 57 Burkes Garden Va Obituary
Meek a lifelong Burkes Garden resident and Hereford breeder died at home early Monday. Survived by two daughters, a son, three brothers, one sister and six grandchildren. Funeral 11 a.m. Wednesday at Lutheran Church Burkes Garden. burial in church cemetery. Body to home at 10 a.m. from Greever Funeral Home Tazewell.
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Harvey Bowen Meek
Burkes Garden
Meek
Joe Meek
Roy Shrader
Tazewell
Granville Dawson
Heathsville
Joe Bowen Meek
Alex Meek
John Meek
Farmville
Leon Meek
Ethel Poole
Albuquerque
N. M
Greever Funeral Home
S. P. Harrig
Bluefield
Hilltop
Oak Hill
Flap Top
David
Elizabeth Wilson Harris
Laurel Creek Coal Company
Harris
Melvin Harris
Cumberland Road
Masonic Laurel Creek Lodge
Frank Carter
Ernest Worth
Dover Jackson
James Bailey
William R. Hambrick
B. D. Wassum
Ladies Bible
Mercer Funeral Home
William Riley Wimmer
Buchanan County
Robert Cole
Jewell Valley
Richard Hagerman
Welch
Carl Compton
Pilgrim's Knob
Warner Compton
Hassell Blankenship
Whitewood
Carl Wimmer
Richard Kennedy
John Blankenship
White Cemetery
White Mountain
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Cole
Massie
Christian Church
Cliffield
Masonic Order of
Cedar Bluff
Fannie Earls
Edith McGlothlen
Pounding, Mill
Ellen Phillips
Williamson
Irene Keen
Grundy
Sheffey Massie
Bernard Massie
Hinton
Billie Joe Massie
Edgar French
A. J. Reed
Earl Jenkins
Pulaski
Billie B. Barrett
Detroit
Mich
Sheffey N Massie
Logan
Pounding Mill Union Church
M. E. N. Lindsey
Dexter Wasson
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Hurst Scott Funeral Home
Eugene Williamson
Squire
Dock Williamson
Bailey Cemetery
Baptist Valley
A. J
Nancy Jane Mitchell Williamson
Georgie Riggsby
Hannon
Ella Spriggs
Baltimore
Tom
Fred Williamson
North Tazewell
Greever Funeral
Benjamin Theo Barnett
Marion
Rena Richardson Barnett
Richard Larry Barnett
William B. McGlothlin Jr
Thomas Peyton Barnett Sr
Roanoke
D. Lee Barnett Sr
Wytheville
Hugh Barnett
Vance Barnett
Abingdon
Laura Alice Wysor
Swords Creek
First Baptist Church
Honaker
Clark Cemetery
Carrie Gillespie
Elsie Oberstreet
Bedford
Henry Wysor
Bristol
Tenn
Smith Dies In Florida Veteran, engineer, WW II Lt Cmdr
Frederick W. Smith 66 of New Port Richey Florida died Sunday in the Veterans Hospital St. Petersburg. A Princeton native and great great nephew of Captain William Smith he was a former Mercer County donor and a World Wars veteran. Funeral arrangements in St. Petersburg with service in Princeton.
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Frederick W. Smith
Veterans Hospital
St. Petersburg
Fla
New Port Ritchey
Princeton
Charles W
Mary Sutton Smith
William Smith
Mercer County
Courthouse Square
M. C. Smith
Presbyterian Church
Roanoke College
Carnegie Tech
Leonora Honecker Smith
Suzanne Morley
Falls Church
Ajax T. Smith
Carl W. Smith
Wilhelm Funeral Home
Mercer County Deeds Recorded In MercER County
Deeds recorded in the county clerk office include Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens transferring four adult interment spaces to William E Kennedy for 300 dollars and numerous land transfers in Rock and Beaver Pond districts involving buyers such as George Short Ray Henderson Ada Lee Robinson and Gertrude Hodges along with smaller parcels and rights of way. The listings name parties including Lowery Collins Pete DeMarchi H Wimmer J T Jones N G Foley and Claud Lee Nipper among others with recording dates not specified.
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Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens,Inc
William E. Kennedy
Sumner G. Whittier
George
Virginia Short
Rock District
Mercer County
Laural Creek
Wolfe
Lucy R. Calfee
Ray B
Ethel E. Henderson
H. H. Wimmer
J. T. Jones
Silver Springs
Princeton
East River District
Charles W
Mary Virginia Lynch McGlothlin
N. G
Eula P. Foley
McClaugherty
Fannie J. Crotty
James Berkley
Catherine Jean Shrewsbury
Beaver Pond
R. M. Sexton
Delila Sexton
Lewis and Lorrain V. Williamson Jr
Funerals Held for PUCKETT, PAYNE, and TINSLEY in Local Services
Funeral services announced for Jesse Howard Puckett 51 of Gratton Virginia at Mt Olive Church at 2 p m with interment Mt Olive Cemetery George Payne 46 of Garland to be laid to rest at 1 30 p m at Church of the Living God and Dry Branch Cemetery Interment Bryant Tinsley 53 of Wolfe tohold 2 p m Wednesday Laur el Creek Baptist Church with burial at Bryant Cemetery Pocahontas.
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Payne
George
Garland
Church of the Living God
Dry Branch
Mile Branch
Tinsley
Theodore
Wolfe
Laurel Creek Baptist Church
Bryant Cemetery
Pocahontas
Dominican Republic Jet Fighter Crashes Over Haiti
A Dominican Republic jet fighter crashed near a cemetery at Jacmel in southeast Haiti. Officials said no trace of the pilot has been found. A previous Dominican jet crashed in the Haitian mountains four months earlier. Reports of fighting by Dominican exiles in Cuba were denied by embassy officials who ridiculed invasion claims on the north coast.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Jacmel
Cuba
Nationalist Chinese Cruiser Haiyang Refloated in Yangtze
Radio Peiping reports the 5,000 ton Haiyang cruiser sunk at Kiangyin after the Chinese Japanese War has been refloated by a Shanghai salvage group. The Yangtze incident occurred 22 years ago.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Kiangyin
Woman Feeds Dozens Of Rats In Taipei Nights
Taipei resident Mrs. Kao Lai Chao chi, 57, has fed 40 to 50 rats every night for six months to keep them from traps. She says rats are no worse than many human beings in a pointed defense of her unusual habit.
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Taipei
Kao Lai Chao-chi
Kao
Pepsi-Cola Silver Dollar Man Catching Shortages Warned
An unsigned brief warns readers not to fall behind on Pepsi-Cola Silver Dollar promotions, urging attention to stock levels and timely purchases. The item emphasizes vigilance and consumer awareness without naming individuals or locations.
Liquor Top Traffic Menace Warns Adventists at Convention
James W Scully of the American Temperance Society told the Potomac Conference Summer Convention of Seventh Day Adventists in New Market Virginia that liquor is the number one highway menace. He argued safety gadgets and laws fail without sober drivers and urged practical steps to curb drinking and driving.
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New Market
James W Scully
American Temperance Society
Potomac
Bluefield Wins Pedestrian Safety Award for No Deaths
W. N. Lambert Bluefield Virginia City Manager received a merit certificate at Town Hall last night for the town’s no pedestrian deaths in two years. Bluefield joins four other area towns including Hinton Big Stone Gap and Norton in the 5 000 to 50 000 population class awarded by the Bluefield Automobile Club for road safety efforts.
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W. N. Lambert
Bluefield
Town Hall
Hinton
Big Stone Gap
Norton
Bluefield Automobile Club
Coal Research Program Begun in Kentucky Roads Plan
Kentucky signs a 200000 dollar contract with Curtiss-Wright Corp to develop coal as a binder for roads and runways. A pilot plant will produce 3000 gallons daily, testing across eight to twelve 1/2 mile sections to reduce maintenance costs and boost coal areas. Governor Chandler and Highway Commissioner Oates touts it as a roads and employment boost.
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Lexington
A.P
State Highway Department
A. B. Chandler
Ward J. Oates
Curtiss Wright Corp
Woodridge
N. J
Kentucky Coal Assn
Curtiss-Wright
Oates
Special Detachment Working On Jackson Case Is Broken Up
A full time detective unit investigating the Carroll Jackson family murders was disbanded due to police manpower shortages. Five detectives returned to their regular squads after three months of work. The case remains unsolved with links to Maryland and Virginia authorities.
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Jackson
Washington
Carroll Jackson
Louisa County
Edgar E. Scott
Annapolis
Fredericksburg
Disaster toll rises to 35 in New Brunswick tragedy
In Escuminac New Brunswick authorities report 35 dead in the disaster after a northeast gale struck 530 to 60 fishing boats in Northumberland Strait. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say 13 bodies recovered and 22 missing presumed dead as a bumper salmon run lured many fishermen to sea.
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Northumberland Strait
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Weather by The Associated Press West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia will see considerable cloudiness with showers and scattered thunderstorms mainly south. north highs reach 76 to 80 and 80 to 85 south. Virginia expects similar cloudy skies with showers and storms, cooler in extreme northwest. Tuesday highs 82 to 87 west and north, 87 to 92 southeast, and Wednesday partly cloudy with more showers and storms.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Wayward Cows Swim in Backyard Pool at Arizona Home
In Tucson Arizona Carl found two cows swimming in his backyard pool. He captured them by the ears and guided them to the shallow end where they escaped. A third cow then jumped in and was removed. A gate at the nearby University of Arizona Dairy farm had been left open allowing the Holsteins to wander away.
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Tucson, Ariz
Carl “Ldt
University of Arizona
State Bankers Meet Set For Greenbrier
The West Virginia Bankers Association will hold its 66th annual convention in White Sulphur Springs July 23 to 25. President E D Rothrock of Weirton said about 750 bankers and guests will attend.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
West Virginia Bankers Assn
E. D. Rothrock
Weirton
Peasants Invited to July March in Havana
Fidel Castro invites about half a million peasants to march in Havana on July 26 to celebrate the revolution. Peasants will come armed with machetes in a show of support and solidarity for the government.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Marriage License Application and Civil Damages Filed in Court
An application for marriage license by Richard William Whitt Jr and Helen May Lucado was filed in the county clerk’s office. Ben B. White Jr filed in circuit court against Howard D. Wolfe Inc and Howard D. Wolfe and Elizabeth Rice Wolfe for $1,000 damages. J Lacy Romans versus Bluefield Cab Co. Corp and JJ Lacy Romans for $1,600 and $1,750 in related cases were consolidated for one trial. Ramona White versus James Arnold White involved alimony, custody, and costs including $60 initial payment, $90 monthly, and court costs totaling $16.50 plus $125 attorney fee. Remaining furniture in residence awarded to defendant. plaintiff awarded temporary custody of two infant children. defendant ordered to pay all costs of the action in the future.
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Richard William Whitt Jr
Ingleside Rd
Helen May Lucado
Ben B. White Jr
Howard D. Wolfe
Lacy Romans
Ramona White
James Arnnold White
Negotiations Stalled in Westvaco Chemical Strike
In South Charleston West Virginia negotiations stall over a 750 hour strike by Westvaco Division chemical workers who shut down plants. Neil Elphick manager of Food Machinery and Chemical Corp plant and Clarence Wight regional director for United Mine Workers District 50 could not say when talks will resume. Workers of UMW Local 16265 walked out Saturday after rejecting a two year contract offer as the old three year pact expired.
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South Charleston
W. Va
Westvaco Division
Neil Elphick
Food Machinery and Chemical Corp
Clarence Wight
UMW
Date Set for Arkansas Execution in Strangulation Case
Gov. Faubus fixed July 24 for Emmett Earl Leggett, 22, to die in the electric chair for the murder of 14 year old Joe King near Little Rock. King was killed after resisting an alleged sexual advance before Christmas 1955. King’s father Sgt. James King, a West Virginia resident, is named in the case.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Emmett Earl Leggett
Leggett
Joe King
Here
King
T Sgt
James King
Charleston
W. Va
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