Bluefield Dinner Highlights GSA Savings At Chamber Event
Edmund F. Mansure, administrator of General Services, told Bluefield Chamber leaders that a single year’s savings by his agency equaled the cost of several facilities, highlighting GSA as the government’s central housekeeping bureau. The dinner honored local leaders, with Wingo receiving a plaque and talks on ADC Thayer Furniture negotiations and regional development.
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Bluefield
Edmund F. Mansure
General Services
General Services Administration
Chambers of Commerce
W. O. Bivens
Chamber of Commerce
Percy C. Wingo
Pocahontas
Norfolk and Western Railway
of Commerce
Wingo
Blue, Va
Ube
J. E. Wagner Jr
Schlossberg's
Easley- Wilson Real Estate
Treveless
Mansure
GGA
Adventists To Convene Weekend Encampment At New Market
More than 5,000 Adventists gather in New Market Virginia for the Potomac Conference Bible conference. The 10 day event marks the first Shenandoah Valley hosting in over six decades with tents erected on Shenandoah Valley Academy campus. Speakers include G Bunch pastor of Sligo Takoma Park and Dan A of Washington president of Columbia Union Conference.
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New Market
Potomac
Seventh Day Adventists
Shenandoah Valley
Shenan Valley Academy
G. Bunch
Deviation
Sligo Takoma Park
Dan A
Washington
Columbia Union Conference
E. A. Robertson
Columbia Confer
Huntington Restaurant Fire Damages Reach Twenty Two Thousand
Fire at the Trade Winds Restaurant on Fifth Avenue caused 22 000 in damage, raising an earlier estimate of 16 000. Fire Chief John W. Gallagher reported the loss as the blaze injured two firefighters who remained under treatment for burns.
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Huntington
John W. Gallagher
Fifth Avenue
Ames
Staggers Delivers Faith Themed Talk At VFW Encampment
West Virginia congressman Harley Staggers told about 250 VFW delegates that the nation's strength lies in belief in God. His remarks closed the three day Bluefield encampment with ceremonies including the Commanders banquet and Ball.
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United States
Ao. O. Staggers
West Virginia
Stagcers
Staggers
Bluefield Auditorium
Stagger
W. Pat Jennings
U. S
Virginia
Harley O. Staggers
VFW
Ruth God
Adenauer Urges Rapid West German Rearm Must Start This Summer
Adenauer pressed urgent rear mament as he urged quick call up of the first 6,000 volunteers to show unity against Russia. He warned wavering would invite Soviet efforts to divide the West and sought to push military legislation before constitutional amendments. The defense minister noted more than 6,000 volunteers would be called under temporary law while permanent laws await formation.
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Ant
Geneva
Arles
Adenauer Toleg
West Germany
North Atlantic Alliance
Adenauer
Free Democrats
Christian Democrats
Defense
Theodor Blank
Ne Wallies
Bundesrat
CBS Cancels Molotov Interview on CBS Programs
CBS cancelled V. M. Molotovs scheduled Sunday appearance on Face the Nation TV and radio. CBS cited Molotovs refusal to accept the panels free questioning and a rejected request to restrict questions. The memo notes the Soviet minister sent a question list but CBS rejected it.
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CBS
San Francisco
Columbia Broadcasting System
V. M. Molotov
Mickelson
Wise Countian Killed In Truck Car Collision
Coleman L. Clasby, 30, of Big Stone Gap Virginia, died in a truck car collision on Virginia Route 610 Thursday. His death pushed Virginia's 1955 traffic toll higher.
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Wise Countian
Coleman L. Clasby
Big Stone Gap
Clasby
Virginia
Deaths And Funerals In Daily News
Multiple obituaries from Bluefield area detail deaths in Fort Worth and Marion Virginia along with Pearlisburg and Kermit. Notables include Walter B. Copenhaver and Mrs Annie B McDonald, with survivors listed. Funeral rites set for today in Fort Worth and Marion.
Baxter Poole Hepler Dies in Covington Hospital at 69
Baxter Poole Hepler 69 of Sweet Springs Va died in a Covington hospital late Thursday. Survived by wife Miss Nannie M Baker. sons Eugene of Covington and Call a Pearisburg businessman. two daughters Mrs Leon G Hart of Covington and Miss Marie Hepler of Pearisburg. 15 grandchildren. Funeral and burial from home with details to be announced.
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Baxter Poole Hepler
Sweetie Springs
Covington
Nannie M. Baker
Eugene
Call
Pearisburg
Leon G. Hart
Marie Hepler
Poms
Death of Mrs. Virginia B. Frye in Wytheville
Mrs. Virginia B. Frye 76 of Route 3 Wytheville Va died yesterday morning in a Wytheville hospital. Surviving are three daughters Mrs T ford Mrs John Porter Mrs ana Coleman and three sons Frank and Steve Frye all of Route 3 Wytheville and William Frye of Detroit Mich. Also five grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren and two brothers Andy and Winton.
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Virginia B. Frye
Route 3
Wytheville
Wythevill Hospital
T.ford
John Porter
Ana Coleman
Frank
Steve Frye
William Frye
Detroit
Mich
Andy
Winton
Debt Limit Voted To Remain High In Congress Action
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to keep the national debt limit at 281 billion dollars for another year at the Eisenhower administration's request. President Eisenhower seeks elbow room while a 275 billion ceiling and 2.5 billion deficit projections prompt debate on balancing the budget before the 1956 elections. As of Tuesday the debt stood at 271.03 billion with 504 million exempt from the limit. implications for borrowing in the coming months are discussed. Funeral notices for Joseph Melvin and related rites announced for Hurricane and Wytheville areas.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
Humphrey
Eisenr
Colum bus Ohio Tree Surgeon Buster Wheeler Dies
Buster Wheeler 45 of Columbus Ohio formerly Kimball dies in a Columbus hospital. He worked as a tree surgeon. Survivors include wife Alafair Wheeler, daughter Betty, siblings Red Wheeler and Ruby Foss in New York City, Ted Wheeler of Columbus, and Tinney half siblings John Sam Earl, Rosa Parsons, Mary Tinney, plus step father Steve Tinney Kimball. Body to Welch arriving Train No 4, services planned in Carswell and Norwood Cemetery burial. Reverend Andy Roe to officiate.
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Buster’ Wheeler
Columbus
Ohio
Kimball
Alafair Wheeler
Betty
Red’ Wheeler
New York City
Ruby Foss
Ted Wheeler
John Tinney
Sam Tinney
Caples
Earl Tinney
Shenandoah
Norwood Cemetery
Andy Roe
Eternal Revenue Dept. Noted at Clemson Post Office
Sam Burnett of the Clemson post office staff reports a patron consistently mails her income tax return to a mock department named Eternal Revenue Dept. The quirky practice highlights postal workers awareness of misaddressed items and recurring joke names in the community.
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Clemson
Sam Burnett
Post Office
Eternal Revenue Dept
Weather summary across states with scattered storms
Weather Bureau report covers Maryland to western Pennsylvania for June 4. Partly cloudy conditions east and heavy cloudiness west with scattered showers and thunderstorms in several states. Highs range from the mid seventies to mid nineties, with variable conditions expected Saturday and Sunday across Maryland Ohio Tennessee Virginia and Pennsylvania, including west Virginia and Washington area.
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Maryland
West
West Virginia
Ohio
Tennessee
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Virginia Board Approves Segregated School Projects
The State Board of Education approved over 743000 in state funds for seven white and two Negro schools in Virginia as part of a plan to keep public schooling segregated for the coming year. Localities will provide about 877000 of the total 1620000 project cost across Augusta Craig Dickenson Floyd Grayson Isle of Wight and Hampton. The board also set a teacher salary schedule for the Matta Indian Reservation raising pay to 2000 to 3200 dollars.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Board of Education
Gov
Stanley
Augusta
Craig
Dickenson
Floyd
Grayson
Isle of Wight
Hampton
Mattami
Aged Physician Takes New Lease On Practice
New York dated June 24 reports 97 year old Dr Maurice J Lewi resumes practice in podiatry after decades away. He says he has much work to do in his field until the final gong sounds and remains active in foot care.
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New York
Maurice J. Lewi
Long Island
Umeya
Williamsburg Board Weighs Student Complaints At Marathon Meeting
The College of William and Mary Board of Visitors met in a marathon session to scrutinize nine page student grievances against President Alvin Duke Chandler. The meeting started at 10:30 a.m. and continued past dinner as members weighed actions and possible outcomes.
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Williamsburg
William and Mary
Ee Board of Visitors
W&m
Alvin Duke Chandler
James M. Robertson
Chandler
Gov .Stanley
Virginia General Assembly
Board of Visitors
Eisenhowers Son Graduates From Staff College in Virginia
Maj. John Eisenhower is among 610 officers from the United States and 35 allied nations who graduate from the Army Command and General Staff College. Dwight D. Eisenhower, president, not among the top 10. he will join wife Barbara in Washington for the weekend of July 8 before reporting to Fort Belvoir Virginia on July 1 as an instructor in the Engineers School.
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FT. Leavenworth
Kan
Elisenhower
United States
Army
Command & General Staff College
Maj
John Eisenhower
Mas. Eisenhower
Barbara
Ft. Sheridan
Col
Mrs . Thompson
Ues
Dwight David
Barbara Ann
Susan Elaine
Washington
Ft. Belvoir
Engineers’ School
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Elizabeth Kee
William Pat Jennings
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W. C. Daw
Pearsburg
West Vir
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Sea Chamber
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Bivens
Sie
J. Dodd Mortensen Mortensen
Hugh C. Stillman
Hunt
Hunt Chamber of Commerce
Kirkland
Abingdon
W. MacCormick
al Amwell
L. B. Crawford
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Harley Staggers
Jennings
Richard Rundle
VFW Council of Administration
Second Army Band
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Department of West Virginia
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Matz Hotel
W. B. Copenhaver
Walter B. Copenhaver
Marion
Fort Worth, Tex
Dan Jansas
Oklahoma
Fort Worth
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Annie McDonald
Annie B. McDonald
Silas Cummings
E. McDonald
Louisville
Dry
California
Clarence W. Wilburn
Clarence Webster Wilburn
Providence Methodist Church
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J. L. Allen
Tor
Wilburn Cemete
Iburn
Bluff City
Walter Munsey
Pearlsburg
Michael Flanigan
Micheal B. Flanigan
Kermit
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Williamson
Flanigan
Mr. Flanigan
New Philadelphia Pa
Glen Allen
St. Mary's Hospital
Frank M. Flanigan
Gainesville
Fla
Katherine Flanigan
Welch Hospitals
W. L. Perry
One Methodist Church
O. L. Johnson
Pulaski
Perry
Veterans Hospital
Roanoke
Bertain of
Ralph
Frankfurt
Germany
Theodore
James
Donald
Bionnie
Bernice Perry
Charles
William Perry
Claytor
Radford
Bluffs City
Charlie A. Starr
Irma Kate Starr
N. J. Worrell
Sylvatus
Carroll County
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Richard
E. D. Patterson
Halifax
Carl Coe
Lackey Pruitt
Hillsville
E. V. Worrell
Ivan B. Worrell
Jack Worrell
US Army
France
Sylvatus Methodist Church
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Vaughan-Guynn Funeral Home
Jack Stella Ulem
John Stella
Princeton Road
Princeton
Edward Tighe
Woodlawn
Mr. Stella
Hubert Phillips
Clarence Southard
Lee Pennington
Preston Warden
Nathan Tabor
Belmont Wimmer
Blue-field
Seaver Mortuary Chapel
Carl J. Kirk
Guire Veterans Hospital
V. E. Helmondollar, An
U. S&s
Norfolk and Western
Memorial Funeral Directory Chapel
B. P. Hepler
Akers
Route 3. E
Barnette
Joseph Melvin
Church of God of Hurricane
Madam Marie
Aity
New Kene
Door Bluefield
W. Va
New Bluefield- Princeton
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Glenwood Park
T. A. Robertson
Titusville, Penne
Henry W. Lelean
Fey Helsteed
Ruth Dawson
Hookstown
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