Man pleads self defense in Giles deputy slaying
In Giles Circuit Court Arlington Farrow 33 testifies he used a shotgun to eject Deputy Bill Broadwell from his father Henry Farrow’s home after Broadwell supposedly pressed for entry without a warrant. Broadwell died from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The defense notes Farrow’s injuries and claims the shooting was accidental during a struggle.
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Farrow
Giles
Pearisburg
Giles Circuit Court
Bill Broadwell
Broadwell
Henry Farrow
W. L. Sexton Jr
G Farrow
T. Warren Messick
Albert Ellett
Roanoke
J. L. Dillon
James
Clarence Smith
Arlington
James Farrow
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area Set
Obituary notices recount the passing of George Washington Francisco 82 of Brushfork at Bluefield Sanitarium after a short illness. Survivors include one daughter and several sons. service at Brushfork Methodist Church. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery with Mercer Funeral Home arranging. Flowers omitted.
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George Washington Francisco
Brushfork
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bluefield
Brushfork Methodist Church
Laura Thompson
C. Save
Isco
Washington County
Louis
Lenah Cunningham Francisco
Max Shumate
Orlando
Fla
Earl E
Kramknell Road
Jess
Sturgis
Virgil
Glendale
Ariz
A. Francisco
Sparta
N. C
Jasper
Remington Parole Denied by Justice Department
William W. Remington, a former Commerce Department economist serving a three year term in Lewisburg, has been denied parole. He was convicted in New York on January 27, 1953 of lying about giving secret government data to Elizabeth Bentley and about a Young Communist League unit at Dartmouth in the 1930s. He became eligible for parole April 14.
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Washington
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
Justice Department
Remington
New York
Elizabeth Bentley
Russia
Young Communist League
Dartmouth College
Lewisburg
Point Of Order Sparks UN Council Exchange
In the United Nations Security Council Soviet delegate Semyon K. Tsarapkin interrupts U S representative Henry Cabot Lodge Jr claiming the title gentleman but insisting on official designation representative of the Soviet Union. A separate note mentions a new plastic treated glass fiber material for aircraft construction reducing costs and radar visibility.
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United Nations
N.Y
Security Council
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Tsarapkin
Three Men Receive Death Penalty in Union Slaying
In Elizabeth New Jersey three men described as a team of death were sentenced to die in the electric chair the week of July 25 for the holdup slaying of Union Police Sgt Clinton Bond during a $1400 dairy farm robbery. Albert Wise 23 Harry Wise 21 and Alfred Stokes 21 faced mandatory death sentences with appeals planned.
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Elizabeth
N.J
Wise Brothers
Albert
Harry
Roselle
Alfred Stokes
Union
Clinton E. Bond
Union Bond
Union County
Milton A. Feller
Harry Wise
Stokes
Trenton State Prison
Joseph Wise
Springfield
Mass
Weekend Weather Maps Across States Show Warm to Hot
Delaware Maryland: Mostly sunny with highs 86 to 94 Saturday. Sunday partly cloudy, more humid. Vir: Mostly sunny with highs 90 to 96 Saturday. Sunday partly cloudy, more humid. West Virginia: Mostly sunny, highs in 80s southeast and 90s west and north. Saturday sunny. Sunday partly cloudy with little change. Ohio Western Pennsylvania: Partly cloudy hot and humid with scattered thunderstorms possible, highs 90 to 96 Saturday. Kentucky Tennessee: Fair and hot Saturday and Sunday, highs 92 to 98.
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Delaware
Maryland
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Tennessee
Secrest Nominated to FTC by President Eisenhower
President Eisenhower nominated Rep. Robert T. Secrest of Ohio to the Federal Trade Commission for a seven year term to succeed Democrat Albert A. Carretta. The commission cannot have a majority from one party and currently includes Republicans and two Democrats.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Robert T. Secrest
Dohio
Federal Trade Commission
Secrest
Virginia
Albert A. Carretta
Trade Commission
Pennsy Steelworker Drowns While Fishing
In Bedford Pennsylvania on June 25 29 year old Johns town steelworker Boyd Blough drowned when the boat he shared with two others capsized on Shawnee Lake near Shawnee State Park. Park Superintendent John Genter said attendants recovered Blough’s body with grappling hooks shortly after the boat overturned. Rescue teams saved his companions Otto Makarowski and Wilbur Smith both of Johnstown ages 28 and 35 respectively.
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Bedford
Boyd Blough
Johnstown
Shawnee Lake
Shawnee State Park
John Genter
Blough
Howl
Otto Makarowski
Wilburt Smith
Ford Takes Stand Friday Is Goal In Loveless Trial
Charles Edward Ford, one of four men serving life for Mrs. Sarah Reed's death, testified over two hours in the Loveless murder trial in Charleston. He described the shooting during the April 29, 1953 robbery slaying, noting co-defendants planned the crime and that Loveless plotted the robbery.
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Charles Edward Ford
Sarah Reed
Charleston
Melvin Loveless
Loveless
Supreme Court
D. J. Savage
Ford
Lifer
Savage
C. C. Chambers
Moundsville
Eugene Sherman
James Jones
Albert Puckett
Reed
Wayne
Érman
Alladine Sheriman
Sherman
Barbara Harris
Miss Harris
Ima. Ford
Puckett
Billy Graham III s Kidney Ailment
In Duesseldorf Germany Billy Graham ruled by kidney block and extreme pain but says he plans to preach Sunday in Berlin if carried on a stretcher. Secretary Beavan says he is resting and responding to treatment with 140000 expected to attend Olympic Stadium appearance.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Billy Graham
Berlin
Graham
Jerry Beavan
Rhine
Beavan
Billy
Beaven
Olympic Stadium
Scandinavia
Two Men Escape Serious Injury After Ada Area Crash
Two Pocahontas men Jessee East and Jimmy Slauss survived a single vehicle crash on Route 12 near Ada. The car overturned after losing control across from Dave's Tavern, with East suffering leg injuries and both men sustaining facial and arm cuts. They were taken to Bluefield Sanitarium for treatment. Slauss was named the driver.
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Dave
Banana Trade Hit By Revolt
A Wheeling survey shows Guatemala's revolt cutting banana shipments to the Ohio Valley by up to 50 percent. Jebbia Metz reports weekly rail carloads drop from 4–5 to 2–3. residents consume about 264000 pounds weekly. Salena Bros notes a 33 percent drop. Robrecht cites no impact. Jebbia expects a return to normal in 10–12 days after fighting ends.
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Wheeling
Guatemala
Ohio Valley
Wheeling News - Register
Stephen Jebbia
Jebbia- Metz Co
Jebbia
Honduras
Pacific Islands
James Purpera
Salena Bros
C. A. Robrecht Co
J. Joe Klug
Canada
Robrecht
Moscow cocktail hall turned to ice cream parlor by Soviets
In Moscow, the Koktail Hall once famed as the city’s top bar has been closed and repurposed as an ice cream parlor. The government action by Anatoly Mikoyan’s trade ministry followed charges that staff and patrons flouted discipline and consumed alcohol. The drive began after Evening Moscow denounced the venue as a western dress hangout.
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Moscow
Anatase I. Mikoyan
Trade Ministry
Evening Moscow
Mummy Found in Pocahontas Apartment Ruled Natural Causes
In Pocahontas, authorities ruled the elderly mummified woman found in Moses White's apartment last week died of natural causes. The body, kept for two months, was identified as White's wife. no foul play was found. In Chicago, Gordon C. Thorne searches for answers in her son Monty's death while revelations emerge about his will and possible influence from his fiancé. Two separate cases unfold with investigations ongoing.
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Pocahontas
Commonwealth
Atty
James W. Harman Jr
Geoffrey Mann
Moses White
Son Abbner
Jerry Jackson
Jackson
White
Harman
Chicago
Ieap
Dea
Montgomery Ward Thorne
Gordon C. Thorne
Monty
Thorne
Mother
Maureen N
Aleen
Police Raid Abortion Mill In Virginia
Police from State and Fauquier County raided a farmhouse near State Route 17 outside Paris Virginia and arrested Dr. G Thomas Strother of Brunswick Maryland in the act of performing an illegal abortion aides said two women were operated on and another was partially through an operation One patient was sent to Physician's Hospital Warrenton for treatment No charges had been filed by late tonight
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Paris
Fauquier County
T Here
Brunswick
G. Thomas Strother
Potomac St
James Dellinger
Physician's Hospital
Warrenton
School Law Move Eyed By Virginia
Governor Thomas B. Stanley proposes amending the state constitution to end the obligation to maintain a public school system while pledging to continue segregated schools in Virginia. He says the move does not aim to abolish the public system but to let the Legislature handle the issue following the Supreme Court decision. He asserts Virginians favor segregation and vows to use legal means to preserve it.
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Richmond
Thomas B. Stanley
Commonwealth
Virginia
Stanley
Supreme Court
Senate Endorses Monroe Doctrine Style Warning Against Communism
The Senate, amid Guatemala’s civil conflict, approved 69 to 1 a resolution decrying international communism in the Americas. It framed the measure as a modern Monroe Doctrine urging noninterference and would guide congressional sentiment though not bind administration action. Sen Johnson of Texas sponsored it. Sen Langer of North Dakota voted no without explanation.
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Senate
Guatemala
Americas
Spain
Western Hemisphere
House
Congress
Latin America
Sen
In Johnson
Texas
Sen.land
California
Len Langer
R-Nd
Langer
West Virginians face hot weekend with light rain planned
Huntington reports the Weather Bureau forecasts a hot spell across the state with only scattered showers expected tomorrow and a total rainfall under half an inch. Temperatures will run six to eight degrees above normal through next Wednesday, with north region near 73 and south near 74.
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Huntington
West
WVPA Announces Award Winners
The West Virginia Press Association lists first to fifth place winners across categories for daily and weekly newspapers. Winners include Neil Boggs, James A. Haught, Frank K. Green, Peggy Kessinger, Don Seagle, and many others for news writing, editorials, columns, sports, features, pictures, and advertising layout.
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WVPA
Parkersburg
West Virginia Press Assa
Neil Boggs
Charleston Gazette
James A. Haught
Gazette
Frank K. Green
Charleston Daily Mail
Peggy Kessinger
Beckley Raleigh Register
Don Seagle
Tom Cummings
Mail
Green
Seagle
Angelene Battle
Welch Daily News
Harry Hoffmann
J. D. Maurice
Terry Turner
Harry Flournoy
Dick Leonard
Parkersburg News
Adrian Gwin
Charles L Hurst
Raleigh Register
Skip Johnson
Robert Wills
Register
Jerry Gould
George Holbrook
Frank A. Knight
Charles Connor
Cummings
The
Harry G. Hoffmann
Charles R. Armentrout
W. E. Chilton
Earl Benton
Lew Raines
Getter W Riffe
E. T. DuMetz
Cheacer Hawes
Lois M. Amick
Raines
Benton
Hawes
DuMetz
Haes
Wheeling Intelligencer
Weirton Daily Times
Johnnie Dalrymple
Chelton
Edward Zierold
Zelda R. Yates
Kanawha Valley Leader
Nitro
Norman W. Laughlin
Spencer Times - Record
May Rose
Piedmont Herald
John F Rose
Richwood News Leader
Laughlin
Times
Adam R. Kelly
Wetzel Republican
Richwood News - Leader
Kanawha Valley
Princeton Observer
Buckhannon Record
Times - Record
Kelly
Charge Law Firm Continues Discussion On Evaders
The article notes defendants plead innocent to charges while the government avoids charging 10 as coconspirators. Could aim to win them as witnesses against four defendants or lack sufficient evidence to prosecute the others.
Muskegon JCs Balk At New Miss Michigan Contest
The Muskegon Junior Chamber of Commerce considers staging another Miss Michigan 1954 contest after the Miss America pageant suggested it. A Wednesday night decision was suspended after six judges were accused of voting improprieties and Delores Susin of Bloomfield lost the crown amid audience protests. The crowd favored Janice Somers, a Michigan State College junior from Lansing, who was runner-up.
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Muskegon
Mich
Michigan Theater
Jaycees
Janice Somers
Michigan State College
Lansing
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