West Virginia seeks extra jobless benefits agreement
West Virginia Employment Security Director Henry L. Ash flew to Washington to finalize a federal state agreement enabling 12 weeks of added unemployment benefits for claimants exhausted under state limits. Gov. Underwood signed the related bill. the Legislature’s special session also approved a revised employer contribution scale linked to the state unemployment fund balance.
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Charleston
Henry L. Ash
Washington
West Virginia
Underwood
Ash
West
Union Carbide delays Putnam County plant project
Union Carbide announces possible two to three year delay in the Putnam County West Virginia plant near Winfield. The move follows a plant-wide reassessment due to recent process advances, economic slowdown, and revised domestic and overseas market demand projections.
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Kanawha Valley
Institute
Technical Center
South Charleston
Union Carbide
C&O Recalls 20 Workers at Huntington Shops
Huntington West Virginia: Chesapeake & Ohio Bay recalls 20 workers at its Huntington locomotive shops for July 7. About 180 are back on the job. A C&O spokesman says further recalls are unlikely this summer and furloughs were due to the February recession. The CIO notes no full resumption is expected this season.
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Huntington Locomotive
Chesapeake & Ohio Bay
C&o
CIO
Gospel Sing Planned In Saltville Saturday
A Gospel Singing is set for June 28 at 8 p.m. in the R. B. Worthy High School auditorium Saltville Virginia. The Masters Quartet from Wytheville and other out of town quartets will perform. Saltville Valley Memorial Post No 7328 VFW and the Melody Quartet sponsor. No admission charge but a free will offering will be received.
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Saltville
Wytheville
Saltville Valley Memorial Post
V.F.W
Melody Quartet
Virginian Railway Coal Loadings Rise for Fourth Week
Virginian Railway reports coal loadings for the last week totaling 6,462 cars, up 101 from the prior 6,361, marking a fourth consecutive weekly increase. Daily totals: Monday 1,522. Tuesday 1,206. Wednesday 1,267. Thursday 1,243. Friday 1,224.
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Princeton
W. Va
Virginian Railway
Weather Forecast West Virginia and Virginia
The Associated Press reports West Virginia will be partly cloudy Wednesday with scattered showers later. highs in the 70s east and 80s west. Thursday brings cloudy skies and isolated thunderstorms with little temperature change. Virginia enjoys a warm Wednesday with scattered showers after noon. highs 75 to 84. Thursday stays warmer and humid with afternoon storms.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Montgomery County Given More Time To Raise Factory Money
In Christiansburg Virginia Ed Pierce of the Montgomery County Development Corp says the group has until Tuesday to raise 100000 dollars in stock for a proposed garment factory. Thornhill of Salem has extended the deadline after 72000 dollars was raised. If funded the plant would produce womens blouses and dresses employing about 300 people. Thornhill owns Maid Best Garment Co and co-owns Floyd Garment Co and Dublin Garment Co.
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Christiansburg
Salem
Montgomery County Development Corp
Ed Pierce
Development Corporation
Glen Thornhill
Thornhill
Maid- Best Garment Co
Floyd Garment Co
Floyd
Dublin Garment Co
Dublin
14 Candidates Pass State Pharmacy Exam
Fred C. Allen of Marlinton was elected president of the State Pharmacy Board at a Morgantown meeting. William B. Stuck of Charles Town was elected vice president and Roy Bird Cook of Charleston was chosen secretary. Fourteen candidates who passed examinations and will be registered July 1 include Richard E. Rader and Lewis J. Anile among others from Charleston Weirton Welch Weston Spencer Parkersburg Huntington New Martinsville Shinnston Buckhannon Clarksburg and more.
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Fred C. Allen
Marlinton
State Pharmacy Board
William B. Stuck
Charles Town
Roy Bird Cook
Charleston
Richard E. Rader
Lewis J. Anile
Weirton
Welch M. Batten
Welch
Wallace F. Brannon
Weston
John C. Buck
Spencer
Frederick E. Combs Jr
Parkersburg
David Earl Full
Claude D. Fuller
Fred G. Hawes Jr
Huntington
Kent R. Hornbrook
New Martinsville
Samuel C. Lang
Shinnston
Billie Myers
William Mark Neal Jr
Buckhannon
John T. Tiano
Clarksburg
Bluefield Promotes You Auto Buy In Bluefield Sale
President Eisenhower sends congratulations to L J Compton and the Bluefield Automobile Dealers Association for the You Auto Buy In Bluefield drive co sponsored with the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce Retail Trade Division. The campaign, started last Friday, runs through Saturday with rising sales and traffic across Twin Bluefield as bargains on clothing banjo strings and related goods draw shoppers to the State Line City.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
L. J. Compton
Bluefield Automobile Dealers Association
Freddie Fox
Washington
Eisenhower
Auto Dealers Association
You Auto Buy
Twin Bluefield
Superintendent at Denmar State Dies
Dr. Hoffman Tyrell Elliott, 57, superintendent of Denmar State Hospital for chronic disease patients in Marlinton, West Virginia, died unexpectedly after a recent illness. A Virginia native and Howard University medical college graduate, he previously served as a Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from Logan County and had led Denmar since 1953.
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Marlinton
W. Va
Hoffman Tyrell Elliott
Denmar State Hospital
Elliott
Virginia
Howard University Medical College
House of Delegates
Logan County
Logan
Denmar
Virginia UCC Reports 90 000 Still Jobless
Virginia's unemployment stayed above 90,000 last week the State Unemployment Compensation Commission said Tuesday. About 20,000 youths joined the labor force for the summer, with uncertain impact on overall unemployment. Initial and total benefit claims held roughly steady with a slight dip in initial filings.
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UCC
Richmond
State
Welch Resident Takes Own Life
Bascom S. Breeding 48 of Welch died at Grace Hospital four hours after a gunshot wound deemed self inflicted. He shot himself at the Welch Hardware and Furniture Company about 7:30 a.m. He left letters to relatives and was reportedly despondent over business matters. Survived by wife Margaret and two daughters, plus four sisters and three brothers. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. First Baptist Church Welch. burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Fanning Funeral Home of Welch in charge.
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Welch
Honaker
Grace Hospital
John Goins
Breeding
John
Nannie C. Breeding
Margaret P. Breeding
Bob Hood
Roanoke
Brenda Kay Breeding
Paul
N. E. Breeding
Northfork
C. S. Breeding
Ormond Beach
Fla
Frank Price
Glade Spring
J. L. Hudson
Arlington
Lucy Musick
Bristol
Princeton City Council Reappoints Clerk and Attorney
McGuire and Carr are reappointed city clerk and city attorney for the next fiscal year by the Princeton Council. The mayor will be elected at the July 7 meeting. A new street sweeper will be purchased for 10 732 27 dollars. Bids will be sought for a police cruiser replacement. The Park Avenue Grand and Damewood additions join Ward II. Tri City Traction gets a tax reduction to 1 dollar for the year, with 499 dollars waived due to financial difficulties.
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C. C. McGuire
Princeton
W. Robert Carr
E. W. Anderson
Park Avenue
Grand Addition
Damewood
Tri-City Traction Company
State Guardsmen Sharpen Shooting Eyes With Practice
Fort Knox Ky AP The 1300 members of the West Virginia National Guard's 150th Armored Cavalry engage in service firing M 41 M 47 and 106 howitzers during a bivouac The unit will fire light and 50 caliber machine guns and stage night demonstrations before returning to summer training duties At Camp Breckinridge 120 miles away the 468th Armored Field Artillery fired eight inch self propelled and 155 millimeter bridge on Des Islet Lake
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Si State Guard
West Virginia
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Des Islet Lake
Deaths and Funerals Notices From Indiana and Virginia
Eugene Henderson 21 of Indianapolis died June 23 after a brief illness. He was born Jan 9 1937 in Princeton and survived by MaeNell Henderson Ronnie Nellie June and two grandparents. Funeral Thursday 2 30 p m at Zion Methodist Church Indianapolis. Sally Spencer Ward 77 of Wolfe died at Laurel Codex Baptist Church Wolfe. Interment Bryant Memorial Cemetery Pocahontas Va born June 17 1881 in Brookneal Va member of Laurel Creek Baptist Church and Heroes of Jericho Victory Court No 20. Survived by Clarence Major and Aubrey three sons 15 grandchildren five great grandchildren. Body at Lugo's Funeral Service 5 to 10 p m today and church one hour before service. King Hiram Lodge pallbearers Heroes of Jericho to provide flower bearers. Thomas Sidney Yost 79 of Bluefield Tazewell Road died Wytheville Va born May 24 1879 at Shawvers Mill Va member Springville Christian Church. Survived by Virginia Mae Mullin Yost wife three sons Okie B Yost Hubert E Yost Thomas R Yost two daughters Edward Tabor Frances Yost and six sisters and three brothers. Body at Dudley Memorial Mortuary Bluefield Va with viewing. service at Springville Christian Church 2 30 p m interment Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield Va. Pallbearers listed S C Nash Henry Kinder Ray Barnett others as flowerbearers.
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Nellie
June
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Hobart Henderson
Charleston
Zion Methodist Church
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Yost
Tazewell County
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Shawvers Mill
Springville
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G. N. Shupe
Norman Cole Sr
Arthur Wallace
Ike Carter S. C. Nash
Henry Kinder
Ray Barnett
YM Recruiting New Members
YM recruiting drive underway with 20 captains planning to form five worker teams each. They will report next Tuesday for assignments after a joint meeting with the Y's Men's Club at the Pinnacle Restaurant.
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Y's Men's Club
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Fred McCoy
Tass Blames America For Inciting Riots At Soviet Quarters
The Tass news agency accuses American authorities of direct responsibility for anti-Soviet protests at the Soviet U.N. delegation in New York and protests in Copenhagen and Bonn over Nagy era executions. It faults police for allowing and even encouraging demonstrators.
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America
Moscow
U.N
New York
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Bonn
Imre Nagy
Park Avenue
Senate Group Votes To Double A-Building
The Senate House Atomic Energy Committee voted to nearly double the 193 million dollar atomic building program recommended by the Eisenhower administration. It added about 184 million dollars for construction next year, with 145 million for a second plutonium plant at Hanford in Richland Washington and remaining funds for basic research facilities.
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Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Eisenhower
Joint Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
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Hanford
Richland, Wash
Funeral notices from multiple towns announced for today
Funerals scheduled in Lerona Charleston Hiawatha Spanishburg Davenport Bluefield Honaker and other areas. Services set for Thurman Caldwell Donald J Parks Harrison Kinzer Vicey Owens Rose Brewer Alice Price with interments at Crews Matoaka Bowling Jackson Monte Vista Payne and Payne cemeteries.
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Donald J
Charleston
S. C
Lonnie Parks
Hiawatha
Matoaka Cemetery
Sealed bids asked for concrete bases for Bluefield mail boxes
Postmaster Arnold G. Porterfield seeks sealed bids by noon July 11 195. About 25 concrete bases to be built at street mail collection sites in Bluefield each slab 26 by 28 inches four inches deep with bolts for box legs and embedded reinforcement. Bids per slab, forms available at the Post Office. expected completion within two months after award.
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U. S
Bluefield
Arnold G. Porterfield
Porterfield
Postal Drivers To Be Honored In Bluefield Ceremony
Six Bluefield postal employees will receive special awards June 30 for safe driving records. The event starts at 8 p.m. in the Bluefield Post Office conference room. Recipients include Wilford M. King Sigle R. Hylton George W. Gilliam Roland Dixon John E. Caldwell and Harry G. McColgan. The program features remarks by field supervisor and a film shown by Walt Disney titled Motor Mania. Charles C. Tickle will present the awards as assistant superintendent of mails in Bluefield.
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Bluefield
Wilford M. King
Sigle R. Hylton
George W. Gilliam
Roland ©. Dixon
John E. Caldwell
Harry G. McColgan
Arnold G. Porterfield
William Hostetter
LaFollette Will Probate Triggers $1 Million Bond
Charleston man James A. LaFollette dies at 51 leaving half his estate to brother Robert B. LaFollette and half to L. M. LaFollette Jr. The administrator posted a then unprecedented one million dollar bond on the estate, with Reliance Insurance Co. backing it.
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James A. LaFollette
Robert B. LaFollette
Reliance Insurance Co
L. M. LaFollette Jr
White Sulphur Springs
L. M. LaFollette [II
Clara J. LaFollette Wright
Columbus
Ohio
LaFollette Saeks
Down— Charleston
Free booklet on The Lord's Prayer by Voice of Two Worlds
A Los Angeles explorer known as the Voice of Two Worlds offers free to the public a booklet claiming a new light on prayer and personal power. It describes hidden methods from the Far East for improving health wealth and success, with a free copy at the Institute of Mentalphysics in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Voice of Two Worlds
Voice of
Far East
Institute of Mentalphysics
Hobart Blvd
Dept
California
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