Eisenhower vetoes wheat and tobacco bills in bid to curb farm supports
President Eisenhower vetoed the wheat and tobacco bills, signaling unlikely overrides. Rep. W. C. Poage noted no new wheat or tobacco programs this year, as controversy centered on price supports and planting limits. The wheat measure would raise supports to 9 percent parity and curb plantings. the tobacco aim was to bolster U. S. tobacco sales abroad, which Eisenhower warned would mislead farmers.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
U.S
W. C. Poage
D-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Poage
House
Senate
Costa
Cab Driver Aids Police Catch Weirton Bar Robber
Harold A. Grumet 22 of Weirton confessed to robbing the Home Plate Bar for 15 dollars. A taxi driver Ralph Girdano helped by steering Grumet toward Pittsburgh and authorities used details to arrest him near Carnegie. Grumet remains jailed in Allegheny County pending armed robbery charges.
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Pittsburgh
Weirton
W. Va
Pennsylvania
Harold A. Grumet
Anna Matta
Grumet
Pittsburgh Delicatessa
Girdano
Idano
al " Chauncey Broughs Robinson
Allegheny County
Pamphlet On Proper Use Of Plastic Film Will Be Distributed
The State Health Department will distribute 2500 copies of a pamphlet to physicians and local health departments. The illustrated manual explains proper and improper use of plastic film and notes accidental suffocation risks to children from discarded film.
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Charleston
State Health Department
Department
Bureau of Health Education
McMorandum
Jakarta Orders Training Period
Jakarta reports a two year military training period with the army stating a need for 15,000 able bodied trainees annually in Indonesia and elsewhere.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Deaths and Funerals in Mercer County and Bluefield Area
Mrs. Clark Peters of Union dies in Clifton Forge Virginia at age 60. Survivors include three daughters and four sons. Funeral in Union Methodist Church with WSCS involvement. Loyd Easley Cumby of Falls Mills dies after long illness. services pending. J. W. Pennington of Princeton dies after month-long illness. Route 4 Princeton resident. Jane Emily Peterman of Bluefield dies at 79. services at Bratton Memorial Chapel with burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Stuart W. Campbell of Bluefield dies of heart attack. longtime Norfolk and Western employee. Malinda Hairston dies at Princeton Memorial Hospital. funeral arrangements pending.
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Clark Peters
Union
C&o
Clifton Forge
Pickaway
John A
Lucy Kershner Campbell
Union Methodist Church
Order of the Eastern Star
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
L. J. Marshall
Huntington
F. M. Stone
Charleston
John A. Baker
Samuel Peters III
Ronceverte
Charles A. Peters
Bluefield
C. Oswald Peters
Wellesley
Mass
Robert M. Peters
Emporium
Billee
Mick
G. M. Ford
Broyles Funeral Home
Greenhill
WSCS
Loyd Easley Cumby
Falls Mills
Mr. Cumby
Hoge's
Thomas A
Margaret Attn Williams Cumby
Mercer County
Nannie Fletcher Cumby
Clyde O Cumby
Bluewell
Earl Jackson Cumby
Allen Hager
Yards
R. W. Compton
Brushfork
Helen Sanford
Geneva Barber
Ralph Marrs
Gainesville
Fla
Conley Lowe
Portsmouth
Phillip McWilliams
Donnell Gardner
Philadelphia
Lacy Corner
J. W. Pennington
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Mr. Pennington
Route 4
Princeton
Greene
Margaret Anne Whittaker Penni
Ella Hylton
George
Albert
Warren Pennington
Route 3
W. A. Osborth
Beckley
Bailey Funeral Home
Jane Emily Peterman
Princeton Avenue
Peterman
Baron Furnace
England
George and
Rose Killip
First Christian Church
Roscoe Peterman
E. G
E. T. Peterman
A. R. Peterman
Keystone
R. N
E. A. Hunnicutt
Roy Whitt
Jimmy Francis
Flower
Stuart W. Campbell
Summers Street
Jonesboro
Tenn
Norfolk and Western Railway
Order of Railway Telegraphers
Morse Code Club of America
BH. ‘Lineback
J. R. Campbell
Bess Mae Phipps
Clyde J. Campbell
Daytona Beach
Guy E. Campbell
Knoxville
F. Bailey
Johnson City
C. A. Mesters
Telford
Hawkins Funeral Home
Malinda Hairston
Lugo
Ioo
Gas Company Cuts Down Rate Increase Proposal
United Fuel Gas Co. reduced its proposed annual rate increase from 4.7 million to 4.2 million for about 119000 West Virginia customers citing overestimation of serving costs. PSC hearings continue with cross examination logistics unresolved and reviews into related Columbia Hydrocarbon transactions set for July 17.
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Charleston
United Fuel Gas Co
West Virginia
C. H. Workman
UFG
Charles C. Wise
Public Service Commission
PSC
Huntington
Lagan
Nitro
Ile
United Fuel
Columbia Hydrocarbon
Columbia Gas System, Inc
Kenova
Wise
Local Obituaries and Funeral Details
Funeral notices for Lila D Lovern of Poplar Hill Lena Dillow of Bland Lena Dillow of Bland and Earnest Roberts of Jolo and Bill Ray Ball of Raven and Charlies G Surface of Christiansburg outline service times locations and interment plans with pallbearers named for Lovern Roberts Ball and Surface. Interments at Newbern Dublin Bland Road Ridge Estep and Woodlawn cemeteries.
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Lovern
Lila D
Poplar Hill
French Chapel
Roberts
Earnest
Jolo
Hannibal Roberts
Estep Cemetery
Bradehaw Mountain
Ball
Bill Ray
Raven
Road Ridge
Ball Cemetery
Nancy Huddle Wins Virginia 1959 4 H Dress Review
Nancy Huddle of Wythe County was named Virginia's 1959 4 H Dress Review Winner and will represent the state at the national 4 H Club Congress in Chicago this November. The event also awarded several 4 H members for public speaking achievements and other contests with trips, cash, and certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
Nancy Huddle
Wythe County
Virginia
Chicago
Matthew Hulbert
Campbell County
Richmond
David Lewis
Albemarle County
Donald Lipecomb
Culpeper
Priscilla Baker
Arlington
Virginia Beach
Barbara Sue Tucker
Alleghany
Beck Lou Poff
Floyd
Brenda Barrett
Russell
Susan McComb
Rockinham
All-Stars
FCC Asked To Drop Radio Station WMOD
The FCC was asked to authorize relinquishment of control of WMOD Moundsville West Virginia by John Taylor through a stock sale to Guy McDowell and others.
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FCC
WMOD
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Moundsville
W. Va
John T. Tayior
Guy McDowell
Puerto Rico high school grads face facility shortage
In San Juan AP reports about 9000 high school graduates seeking to attend college. Only about 55 percent will be admitted due to lack of facilities. Admissions will be merit based, say university officials.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Beer Licenses Revoked for Four Charleston-Area Venues
In Charleston AP report Beer Commissioner R D Pilati revoked the beer licenses of four establishments—two in Clay—for offenses including serving minors after hours and permitting disorderly conduct. Crossroads Restaurant run by Jesse Be Ferrell and Riverside Club run by Clara Pierson both in Clay had bonds forfeited. Blue Moon at Baisden Mingo County and Tennant and Willard Service Station at Char West Chanceville Monongalia were revoked without bond forfeiture for after hours sale and liquor possession respectively.
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Charleston
Clay
R. D. Pilati
Jesse Be, Ferrell
Crossroads Restaurant
Clara Pierson
Riverside Club
Clay Ferrell
M. B. Walker
Blue Moon
Baisden
Mingo County
Marvin Tennant
George Wilard
Tennant
Willard
Chanceville
Monongalia County
Five More Bodies Found in Stalheim Hotel Debris
In Voss Norway AP reports search crews uncovered five additional victims in the Stalheim Hotel ruins, totaling 15 confirmed dead from Tuesday’s explosion and fire. Ninety guests remain missing and presumed dead among 147 guests in the 99 room hotel, including 130 Americans. A detachment of 100 troops from the region assisted the rescue effort.
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Voss
Norway
Stalheim Hotel
N&W Retires Arthur B. Stone
Roanoke Virginia Arthur B Stone chief engineer of the Norfolk and Western Railway will retire July 1 after 47 years with the company Walter L Young currently assistant chief engineer and Roanoke City Council member will succeed him Young began with N W in 1924 and has been assistant chief engineer since 1948 Crumpler will replace Young Crumpler joined N W in 1926 and was named to his present post in 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Arthur B. Stone
Norfolk and Western Railway
N&w
Walter L. Young
Stone
Old Virginia Bridge and Iron Co
New York
Crumpler
Bluefield
Qualified Postal Employes Sought At Freeman Office
Freeman Postmaster Blanton announced that the Postal Service with the Civil Service Commission seeks qualified applicants for postal Substitute Clerk Carrier positions. The open competitive exam will place top examinees on a local register to fill current and future vacancies with salaries from $4035 to $4875 plus uniform allowance and leave benefits.
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Freeman
Blanton
Postal Service
Civil Service Commission
Post Office Department
Civil Service
Weather Outlook for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia shows considerable cloudiness and warm humid conditions Friday and Saturday with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs 85 to 90 outside mountains and 75 to 80 in the mountains. Virginia features variable clouds and warm humid periods with scattered afternoon and evening storms. Highs 86 to 92 inland and 76 to 82 along mountains and coast.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Couple Escapes In Emergency Landing In West Virginia
A Kentucky couple escaped injury when their small single engine plane made a crash landing on Walhunda golf course near Madison West Virginia. The pilot Master Sgt James W Rice of Johnson AFB North Carolina and his wife were en route to Covington Kentucky for a vacation with relatives. The plane nosed into a ditch and was badly damaged as it rolled to a stop five miles from Madison. Sheriff Dell White reported they were quartered at a local hotel and the damaged aircraft would be moved to North Carolina on a low boy.
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Madison
W. Va
Kentucky
Dell White
James W. Rice
Johnson Air Force Base
Goldsboro
N. C
Rice
Covington
Walhunda
Sheriff White
North Carolina
Trujillo Declares Cuban Invasion Eradicated in DR
Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo told reporters at a U S Coast Guard visit that his forces cleaned up invaders from Cuba on the Dominican Republic north coast. He displayed a recovered American flag from a sunken invasion launch and rejected Havana reports of a collapse.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Cuba
Havana
U.S. Coast Guard
Marmon Bay
Trujillo
U.S
Polio cases rise in Canada from 1957 to 1958
Polio cases in Canada increased from 172 in 1957 to 249 in 1958, raising the national case rate per 100 000 people from 1 to 1.5. The peak rate was 25.7 in 1953 before the Salk vaccine era.
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Ottawa
Canada
Statistics Bureau
Treasury Sets New Borrowing
The Treasury will borrow five billion dollars in new cash through auctions of two short term securities in early July to cover most cash needs through September. A further borrowing may be needed in early August. Three billion in 258 day tax anticipation bills and two billion in one year bills will be auctioned on July 1 and July 8 respectively, to mature in 1960. Auctions depend on raising the debt limit. the operation aims to replenish cash balances after recent tax bill redemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Department
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
White House
Golden Agers And Kiwanis Hold Meet
The South Bluefield Kiwanis and the Golden Age Club held a joint meeting at the Golden Agers home 1008 College Ave. Highlights included a film on the New York Giants 1958 59 season with guest speaker Sam Huff former West Virginia University player. Thomas Garl and Bill Hoskins were guests. A directors meeting followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bluefield
Memorial Gra-Y Club Outdoor Meet Hikes East River Mountain
Twelve members of the Memorial Gra-Y Club enjoyed an all day hike and cookout despite intermittent rain. They hiked East River Mountain, played games, fished, and swam while Fred McCoy of the City Y.M.C.A. supervised the outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Gra-Y Club
East River Mountain
Fred McCoy
City Y.M.C.A
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Ike
Benson
J. W. Davis
Mrs. Clark Peters
L. E. Cumby
Mrs
Jane Peterman
W. Campbell
L. United Fuel
Ritchey
Emory E
Route 1
Hawking Funeral Chapel
Woodlawn
Dr. R. 8
McClung
George Bruce Jr
Don Simpkins
William Price
Frank Carter
J. W. Wood
Lillard Tankersley
Dillow
Lena
Bland
Bland Methodist Church
Bland Cemetery
Charlies G
Christiansburg
Richardson Funeral
THE
Intermont Express, Inc
Motor Transportation
Bluefield Ave
Daily Express
Clinch Valley Area
Seatrii
Thunde
Joan
UPI Telephoto
Petal
Associated Press
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Atlanta
Buffalo
Boston
Cleveland
Cincinnati
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Des Moines
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Jacksonville
Kansas City
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St. Paul
New Orleans
Omaha
Phoenix
Porland
St. Louis
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Winnipeg
Dorothy Gray
Rigimen
Taylor’s Drug
Princeton Ave
Golden Agers
Ammars
Tennis
Oxfords
Ammar
Bluefield, W. Va
Princeton, W. Va
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