Twenty more Riders land in Jackson jail
Twenty more Freedom Riders arrived in Jackson Mississippi by train and were taken to the police station after an arrest for breach of the peace. The group included Negro and white riders with fourteen from California. Police counted 164 riders jailed since May 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Freedom Riders
California
J L. Ray
Marian A. Kendell
San Leandro
Calif
Ray
Janis Rogers
Los Angeles
Mercer County Brother Jailed After Ingleside Road Shot
A Mercer County man was wounded non fatally and his brother jailed on a felonious assault charge after a family argument Sunday afternoon on Ingleside Road near Princeton. Marvin Shorter, 27, was hospitalized with a shotgun wound to the arm, while Jim B. Shorter, 29, awaits preliminary hearing before Squire Jim Belcher in Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Ingleside Road
Princeton
Marvin Shorter
Memorial Hospital
Jim B. Shorter
Squire Jim Belcher
Dave Moye
Este Shorter
Jim Shorter
Scotland Yard Named After Old London Residence
London’s Metropolitan Police Force was organized in 1829 by Sir Richard Mayne and Col. Charles Rowan. Its headquarters opened onto a courtyard of an old house that had been the kings of Scotland’s residence, and the force soon became known as Scotland Yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Metropolitan
Sir Richard Mayne
Col
Charles Rowan
Scotland Yard
Rev George F Ricketts Appointed Chaplain at Southampton Farm
The Rev George F Ricketts is named chaplain of the Southampton State Farm in Southampton County. His wife, daughter of Mr and Mrs J F Crawford Sr of Bluefield, also attended Bluefield College, where she graduated in 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Ricketts
Southampton
Va.) State Farm
Southampton County
Ricketts
J. F. Crawford Sr
Bluefield
Farmer Shot In Smithfield
Charles R. Huffman a 37 year old farmer from new Smithfield remained in serious condition at a West Virginia hospital Sunday after gunshot wounds to the head He was found Friday by a farmhand lying on his living room floor Police said he was shot twice in the head with a .22 caliber rifle Huffman was transported to the West Virginia University Hospital in Morgantown State police are investigating
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Charles R. Huffman
New Smithfield
West Virginia
Huffman
West Virginia University Hospital
Morgantown
School Teacher Killed In Two Car Wreck in Pennsylvania
A two car collision near Canonsburg in Washington County killed Mrs. Jessie N. Gibson 47 a Peters Twp High School music teacher. The other driver Calvin N. Blumer 55 of Canonsburg was treated for lacerations after losing control on a bend and colliding head on with Gibson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penn
Canonsburg
Washington County
Jessie N. Gibson
Peters Twp. High School
Gibson
Peters
McMurray Road
Calvin N. Blumer
Canonsburg Hospital
Blumer
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Richmond Cleaners—Laundry
South St
W. Va
Carlos Thompson
Farmer
Smithfield
Johnson
U. S
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Khrushchev
West Ber
Colonia
India
New Delhi
Calcutta
SKY Way
David Niven
Thea
Robur the Conqueror
Ata
Macna
Ea One
Bammer
Bluefield, VA
PH. FA
Carole King Jrs
Betty Hartford
Carol Craig Shroyers
R. P. Harman & CO
VA. Ave
Jerry Wald
Hubbard
Guy
Fisher
Trenton
T.V
Virginia
RCA
Admiral Get Tha
Motorola
Philco
Zenith
Central TV
Ladies ’ Childrens
Jamaicas
Oxfords
Otto
Chenille
Ladies’ & Children’s Canvas
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