Commonwealth rests case in Giles County deputy slaying trial
In Giles County, the Commonwealth rested its case in the murder trial of Arlington Farrow as defense witnesses began testimony. Farrow faces charges for the shotgun killing of Deputy Hugh C. Roadwell on April 1 at Farrow's Hayes Store home.
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The
Commonwealth
Arlington Far
Farrow
Christiansburg
Hugh C
Bill) Roadwell
Giles County
Hayes Store
Warren Williams
Henry Arrow
Broadwe
Clarence Smith
Broadwell
Williams
Broadwell Smith
Arlington Farrow
Smith
Parrow
Mary Redmond Farrow
Mary Farrow Ramsey
Pearisburg
Henry Farrow
Arlington
Stroadwell
Pembroke Town
Fred Smith
Deaths and funerals in Virginia and unseen regions
Obituaries list multiple deaths across Grundy Norton and Pocahontas with services set at churches in Finney Church Coalwood and Newport, plus graves at Memorial and Russell cemeteries. Surviving family members include spouses, children, and extended relatives, with funeral homes and ministers named.
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Finney Yapt
Coalwood
Nash
Richlands
H. G. Musick
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon
Guatemala Wins Round At U.N.
Guatemala gains a procedural victory at the United Nations as its soviet supported campaign to keep the Guatemalan conflict before the Security Council advances. President Arbenz Guzman’s left wing government seeks a second urgent session after a cease fire resolution failed to halt rebel actions.
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United Nations
N.Y
Guatemala
U.N. Security Council
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Council
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Brazil
Colombia
Soviet Union
Arbenz
Bluefield Pool Expansion Rushes Toward July Dedication
Work on Bluefield’s new swimming pool is accelerated to finish before the July 3 dedication. Extra workmen were added and painting underway as two local firms boost fundraising efforts. The Dairy Queen on Bluefield Ave will donate today’s proceeds to the drive, and Chicago House Furnishing Co. will give 10 percent of profits from June 28 and July 3 sales.
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Bluefield
Dairy Queen
Bluefield Ave
Chicago House Furnishing Co
Air Force selects Colorado Springs for national academy
The Air Force announced the national academy will be built at Colorado Springs Colorado, near the Rocky Mountains, with a temporary Denver home for the first cadet class of 300 starting July 1 1955. The permanent campus should open July 1 1957.
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Washington
Air Force
Air Force Academy
Annapolis
West Point
Colorado Springs
Colo
Rocky Mountains
Talbott
Denver
Lowry Field
Lake Geneva
Wis
Alton
U. S. District Court
Pentagon
Air Defense Command
VFW Hears Talk By Officer At 33rd West Virginia Encampment
General Handy, national VEW Quartermaster, told West Virginia VFW delegates of his 34 years with the organization. He spoke at a joint session with the auxiliary where Mrs. Thomas F. Holt of Philadelphia, national auxiliary vice president, also addressed the group. The program included a rediscussion of veterans problems and benefits from the Veterans Administration.
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Huntington
R. B. Handy Jr
National Vew Quartermaster
West Virginia Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Handy
Auxiliary
Thomas F. Holt
Philadelphia
National Auxiliary
New Virus Report Gives More Hope
A Pittsburgh team reports 16 new viruses linked to polio like paralysis. Gamma globulin GG protected children in 1951 52 tests, with 75.5 percent shielded when GG was given one week to eight weeks before exposure.
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San Francisco
Pittsburgh
William McD. Hammon
University of Pittsburgh
Utah
Texas
Iowa
American Medical Ason
Hammon
Winnie Cheerful Departure Amid Cold War Tensions
London reports Prime Minister Churchill, 79, cheerful as he leaves for Washington for talks with President Eisenhower on containing communism without triggering atomic war. He waves from the Stratocruiser Canopus with crowd cheers and support from Foreign Secretary Eden, who also smiles aboard.
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London
Churchill
Washington
Eisenhower
Winnie
Anthony Eden
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Coal Loadings Fall for C&O Week Ended June 19
Cleveland data shows Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Loadings at 14,028 cars for the week ended June 19, down 21.8 percent from the same week last year but up 0.1 percent from the prior week.
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Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio Relves Co
Little Democracy Journey Planned
A 30 person interfaith tour organized by the National Conference of Christians and Jews departs New York for Europe and the Holy Land. The group includes Roman Catholics Jews and Protestants from across the United States and will meet rabbis bishops patriarchs and political leaders and visit the Vatican.
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New York
Europe
Holy Land
Natonal Conference of Christians and
Palestine
Vatican
Robinson
United States
WSAZ Urges Solons To Oppose Frequency Change Proposal
Huntington June 4 WSAZ Inc hails to senators from West Virginia Kentucky Ohio and Virginia to oppose a bill moving television to Ultra High Frequency or limiting Very High Frequency to cities. General manager Lawrence H Rogers says the plan would harm public reception and cut WSAZ TV in 92 of 102 counties across the four states.
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Huntington
Wsaz, Inc
Kilgore
Neely
West Virginia
Clements and Cooper
Kentucky
Bricker and Burke
Ohio
Byrd and Robertson
Virginia
Lawrence H. Rogers
Wsaz-Tv
Weather Update for Mid-Atlantic and Adjacent States
Maryland will be fair with highs 82 to 88 degrees Friday. Friday and Saturday in the region turn partly cloudy, hot with a chance of afternoon thundershowers in the northeast. Virginia and nearby states see hot, humid conditions with scattered clouds and daily highs in the mid 80s to 90s. West Virginia stays fair with highs 80 to 88 and some clouds. Ohio experiences some cloudiness with 84 to 92. Friday and Saturday turn partly cloudy and hot with a chance of thundershowers in the extreme north. Kentucky and Tennessee expect generally fair and hot weather with highs 90 to 96 and increasing humidity on Saturday. Western Pennsylvania has clouds and hot, with 80 to 88 Friday and Saturday. some thundershowers possible in the east and north.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Grand Ole Opry Comes to Wytheville High School
The Grand Ole Opry appears at George Wythe High School in Wytheville at 8 15 p m under the Wytheville Junior Chamber of Commerce. Featured acts include Johnnie and Jack Kitty Wells Ruby Wells Bobby Wright and the Tennessee Mountaineers.
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Wytheville, Va
Grand Ole Opry
George Wythe High School
Wytheville
Johnnie and
Jack
Kitty Wells
Ruby Wells
Bobby Wright
Tennessee Mountain ‘S
Wytheville Pool Offers Morning Swimming Classes
The McWane pool directors announced daily morning swimming classes. Children over six years old are eligible to enroll, with options to register for junior intermediate or senior lifesaving courses.
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Wytheville
McWane Swimming Pool
Bratton Injured In Plane Crash Near Altavista
Ralph D. Bratton, a Bluefield funeral director, was in satisfactory condition at Alta Vista Hospital after a single engine plane crash near Altavista yesterday. Police say he had refueled and attempted takeoff after a forced landing on the river's west side. The craft struck a tree and fell into telephone lines, with the full damage not yet known.
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Ralph D. Bratton
Bluefield
Altavista
Bratton
D. M. Arthur
Thornton's Store Robbed of 1030 Dollars
A thief hid in the store after closing Wednesday evening, cracked the safe, and stole 1030.50 in cash, all in bills and change. The theft was found by manager Roy Browder when the shop opened. Authorities say the thief escaped into the Law and Commerce Building lobby with a hole cut in the safe. Lieutenant C N Wilson leads the probe.
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Ton'’S
Roy RK
Browder
Law and Commerce
C. N. Wilson
Atlantic Seaboard Gets Reduced Nat Gas Rate Hike
The Power Commission approved a settlement cutting Seaboard’s wholesale natural gas rate increase to about 856 thousand dollars annually, instead of 2.496 million. Seaboard serves 11 wholesale customers across West Virginia Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. The firm must file the new rates within 25 days effective from last March.
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Washington
the Power Commission
Atlantic Seaboard Corp
Charleston
W. Va
Seaboard
Waholesale
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
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M. C. Newton Sr
Narrows
Chapman Cumbee
Ripplemead
Fred Harkrader
Arungton Farrow
J. L. Dillon
Chester J. Safford
Harkrader
Robert Jordan
Montgomery County
P. M. Ledford
Cambria Bank
Charles W. Crush
G. W. Arrington
Harkraders
Major Nash
James Hurley
Nancy Marie Hurley
Grundy
Grundy Hospital
James Edward
Ben Thompson
Feds Creek
Thompson Cemetery
Feds
M. J. Miller
Sally J. Payne Miller
Newport
Mason J. Miller
A. L. Farrier
R. W. Dickson
Roanoke
Hattie Early Miller
Harry K
W. P
Nitro
C. P
Newport Methodist Church
Williams Funeral Home
Pembroke
L. C. Blevins
Frances Martha Blevins
Princeton
First Baptist Church
Ben Cost
Edwin Stubblefield
Clayton Sweet
Monte Vista
Seaver Funeral Home
Paul Hodgins
C. H. Woods
Bill Winfrey
Jim McMullin
Dana Rorrer
Dewey Bailey
E. K. Johnson
Ted Pritchard
Otis Bivens
Dan MecMullin
Frank Claytor
W. R. Hall
L. J. Pace
John Robertson
Paul Pennington
Amos Lusk
Harry Keller
Mac White
Lewis Bowling
F. H. Penn
Dewey Whitt
Archie Lusk
E. K. Shelton
F. L. Blankenship
F. W. Glover
Junior Tibbs
Bill Hall
Carl Woods
F. S. Yancey
J. W. Porterfield
E. H. Farley
L. M. Crews
Leon Archer
Tate Lohr
Boyd Green
Sam Mason
Frank Hunter
Joe Crockett
Gid Commer
Bill McClaugherty
L. H. Lucas
L. G. Bowling
L. C. Porter
A. M. Francisco
Madison Church
Bradshaw
Welch
Billy Mick
L. D. Yost
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
Kaeger Masonic Lodge
Elanning
Jaeger
S. H. Gilbert
Margaret Gilbert
Haysi
Peery
Basil
Sulphur Springs
Fla
Pride McDaniel
Rutledge
Tenn
Martha Cameron
Jefferson City
Mary Gilbert
W. L. Sexton Jr
Stafford and Dillon
C. B. Andrews
T Warren Messick
Albert Ellett
W. J. Massie
Lou Massie
Spanishburg
Fly Top
John and
Emily Clark
Rumberg
Spanisburg
Gale Young
South Avenue
Kathryn
M. C. Young
Nathan White
Resthaven Cemetery
John Dunn
Earl Moorman
Earl
Hank) Moorman
Pocahontas
R. E. Jones
J. C. Stith
Bryant Memorial Cemetery
Johnson
Jimmy Jones
Gene McCollium
Lawrence McCollium
Caldwell Robinson
Aquiela Page
Luther Moore
Nathaniel Fitzgerald
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Giant House of Credit
Princeton Ave
Linefield
U.N
Paper Supply Co
Bluefield, W. Va
Walter V. Ross
Greater Bluefield
AF Academy
Dacron
United Woolen Olen Co
VFW
C&o
Toonerville
By Fontaine Fox
Katrinka
Baby
Little Democracy
Allyn Robinson
NCCJ
Commission On Religious Organizations
Weather Bureau
Ashville
Atlanta
Bluefields
Boston
Chicago
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Jacksonville
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Paul Ul
New Orleans
New York Philadelphia
Richmond
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WSAZ
Solons
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Power Commission
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