West Virginia Assessor Meeting To Address Equal Taxation Rulings
West Virginia county assessors convene with state tax officials in an emergency session to discuss the impact of Supreme Court decisions upholding equal taxation. The talks focus on a June ruling reversing tax valuations and a separate decision voiding a 1957 school tax on property transfers, with statewide implications for 55 counties.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Supreme Court
John A. Field Jr
House of Delegates
Capitol
Supreme Court
Kanawha
John M. Slack Jr
Kimball Recreation Facilities Vastly Improved This Year
A Kimball district playground has been transformed with a ball diamond, basketball area, and planned tennis courts. Seven new picnic tables, a brick oven, and grill accompany the shaded benches as Little League teams use the field for practice and games. Sam Romeo oversees this summer’s improvements, with a benefit supper planned on Saturday evening at the Corte Building.
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Kimball
Corte
Sam Romeo
Personnel Change In Tazewell Bland Jobs
TAZEWELL Va A shake up in personnel has been announced for the Tazewell Bland residency of the Virginia Department of Highways effective July 1 Frank Fawcett resigns as resident engineer moving to Amherst C H to take over there He will be succeeded by H B Tatum who has headed the Wise residency for five years David Holyfield assistant resident engineer of the Tazewell Bland residency for eight years will retire He will remain in Tazewell for the present with a son in the service
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Tazewell
Tazewell-Bland
Virginia Department of Highways
Frank Fawcett
Amherst C. H
H. B. Tatum
Wise
David Holyfield
Tazewell- Bland
Tatum
Holyfield
Two Break-Ins Probed Here in Bluefield
Bluefield police investigate two recent break-ins within 36 hours, plus an auto looting and other minor crimes. A break-in on East River Mountain was reported to state police as well. Judith Arlene Crist reported a green billfold and papers stolen from a car on McCullock Avenue Thursday. Trailways Supply House on Princeton Avenue and Club 201 on the North Side were broken into Wednesday night or Thursday morning with coins and other items missing. State police probe a Park Ette Driven break-in on East River Mountain.
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East River Mountain
Judith Arlene Crist
McCullock Avenue
Trailways Supply House
Princeton Avenue
Club 201
Park Ette
Bluefield
Derailment Near Johannesburg Kills Dozens
At New Canada junction near Johannesburg nine miles away a train derailed injuring and killing dozens. Emergency crews and hospital staff treated victims as officials later confirmed seven to thirty fatalities.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Red Cross
New Canada Junction
Tazewell Republicans Convene On Monday
John W. Gillespie, county chairman, calls a mass meeting of Tazewell County Republicans in the courthouse at 7:30 p.m. Monday July 7 to elect delegates and alternates to the Republican State Convention in Roanoke on July 12 and to reorganize the county committee.
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Tazewell
John W. Gillespie
Tazewell County
Roanoke
Bituminous Coal Production Down This Week
The National Coal Assn estimates week ended June 21 bituminous production at about 8.78 million tons, down from 10.18 million a year earlier. For the week ended June 14 output was 8.37 million tons, and January 1 to June 21 production is about 185.73 million tons versus 242.32 million a year ago.
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Washington
National Coal Assn
Motorman Killed In Dante Mine Mishap
Fact report from Dante Virginia says Charles Herron a 42 year old motorman for Clinchfield Coal Co Mine No 58 was crushed to death Wednesday afternoon when trapped between a locomotive and the tunnel. Herron of Dante.
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Dante
Clinchfield Coal Co
Charles Herron
Weather Janesville and surrounding regions forecast
West Virginia remains mostly sunny and cool with highs 68 to 77 Friday. Virginia sees mostly sunny, cool conditions with highs 70 to 75 inland and near 80 southeast Friday. Saturday remains fair and cool across areas.
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West Virginia
Sebener
Virginia
Oklahoma Floods Take All By Surprise
Guthrie Oklahoma flood disaster leaves more than 150 families homeless as Cottonwood Creek overflows into the Cimarron River after heavy rain. Fire Chief Melvin Daniels calls it the worst flood since 1949 and Red Cross teams and firemen evacuated stranded persons through the night. No injuries or fatalities reported.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma City
Red Cross
Cottonwood Creek
Cimarron River
Melvin Daniels
Diefenbaker Plans Talks With Eisenhower During Canada Visit
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker said he and President Eisenhower will hold at least two conferences during Eisenhower's July 8 to 11 Canada visit. The public highlight is a July 9 address to Parliament and a wreath laying at the National War Memorial.
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Ottawa
John Diefenbaker
Eisenhower
Canada
Diefenbaker
Court Awards 3250 Damages in Windstorm Case
In Bluefield the U S District Court awarded 3250 to Henry E Spence Jr of Tazewell County Virginia against Standard Life Insurance Co over windstorm damage to a house trailer last January. Judge Ben Moore set August 11 to resume the civil docket.
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U. S. District Court
Bluefield
Ben Moore
Henry E. Spence Jr
Tazewell County
Spence
Standard Life Insurance Company
Tazewell Rotarians Install New Officers
TAZEWELL Va Tazewell Rotary Club held a Ladies Night banquet and officers installation. Ralph Hawkins entertainer presented a program. Holley Singers performed hymns and spirituals. Installation led by John W Gillespie for E R Kilgore president J L Walthall vice president Dallas M Hubbard secretary treasurer B R Baker sergeant at arms. Directors named F E R Kilgore R Bowen Royall J L Walthall D M Hubbard J W Harman Jr and Jack Chambers.
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Tazewell
John W. Gillespie
E. R. Kilgore
J. L. Walthall
Dallas M. Hubbard
B. R. Baker
F E. R. Kilgore
R. Bowen Royall
D. M. Hubbard
J. W. Harman Jr
Jack Chambers
Tazewell Supervisors Postpone July Meeting
Tazewell Va officials announce the regular Tazewell County Board of Supervisors meeting is postponed to Tuesday July 8. County Clerk H Elmer Kiser notes that fishing and hunting licenses for the year begin July 1 and trout fishing after July 1 requires a special license. Resident trout license is 1 and non resident is 5 with no changes to other licenses.
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Tazewell
President To Inspect Seaway Section in Massena
President Eisenhower will visit Massena New York on July 11 to inspect a section of the St. Lawrence Seaway opening next week. He will travel with Mrs Eisenhower after a three day Ottawa stay as guests of Prime Minister John G Diefenbaker. Secretary of State and Mrs John Foster Dulles accompany them to Canada.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Massena
N.Y
St. Lawrence Seaway
Ottawa
Canada
John G. Diefenbaker
Eisenhowers
John Foster Dulles
Beaver High Band Seeks $450 for Chicago Trip
Beaver High School Band faces a $450 shortfall for an International Lions Club convention trip in Chicago. Mark Boyd says members pay their share with earnings from mowing, deliveries, baby sitting and store work. Band Boosters President G A Browder notes annual costs around $6,000 and a tag day planned for June 28 plus mail contributions to Band Booster, Box 353, Bluefield.
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Chicago
Mark Boyd
Beaver High School
Mark
Robert E. Wright
G. A. Browder
Band Boosters Club
Tazewelll Lions Club
Browder
Beaver
The
Lions Club
State Lions Organization
Bluefield Lions Club
Kenneth Cole
Bluefield
Boostee
P. O
Blueeld
Dr Mahaffey Opens Tazewell Office On Main Street
Dr Ralph B Mahaffey opens a Tazewell Virginia medical office on Main Street opposite the courthouse in Lawyer's Row. He holds an MD from George Washington Medical School and completed a two year internal medicine residency at St Michael's Hospital Newark. Office hours are 2 to 4 PM and 7 to 9 PM with other hours by call.
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Tazewell
Ralph B. Mahaffey
Mother's Appeal Leads to Dog Bite Resolution
A Bluefield mother, Mrs. Catherine Chambers, urged the dog owner to come forward after her four year old son was bitten. The owner was located through the appeal, and all is resolved with the dog’s rabies precautions presumably addressed.
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Catherine Chambers
Washington Street
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and Nearby Areas
Obituaries note Louise Thompson Peters dies at Bluefield Sanitarium. Survived by husband Charles C Peters and five children. funeral by Peery and St. Clair in Tazewell. Infant Lawson, three days old, dies in Bluefield. graveside service at Maple Hill Cemetery with Wagner Funeral Home handling. George W Williams of Upland dies after long illness. multiple children and grandchildren, burial at Woodlawn Cemetery with Masons rites. Mrs Ollie Granny Shupe, 81, of Boissevain, dies. funeral at Boissevain Methodist Church with Maple Hill Cemetery burial. extensive survivor list. Mrs Robert Tackett, 76, Switchback, dies after long illness. services at Maybeury Church of God. interment Brush Fork Cemetery. survivors include children and grandchildren.
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Charles C. Peters
Louise Thompson
Bluefield Sanitarium
Betty Lou
Charles Jr
Alice Faye
Patsy Jane
J. L
Paul
Herbert Thompson
North Tazewell
Raymond Thompson
Roanoke
W. H. Burress
J. W. Pruett
Earl Anders
Bluefield
Lula Myres
Ray Atwood
Vanne Toney
Madge Catron
Peery and St. Clair
Tazewell
Lawson
John Henry Lawson
Third St
St. Luke’s Hospital
John
Donald
Rita
L. S. Comer
H. S. Lawson
Maple Hill Cemetery
Wagner Funeral Home
George W. Williams
Upland
Williams
Empire Pocahontas Coal Company
Landgraft
Upland Powhatan Methodist Church
Luther H. Clark Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Northfork
Naomi Pickett Williams
George W. Williams Jr
Shawsville
Joe
Blue
Ollie
Granny” Shupe
Boissevein
F. M. Shupe
Boissevain Methodist
Maple Hill
M. P. Shupe
Newport
Olen
Boissevain
Floyd G. Dale
Boisevain
Frank Jennings
Trenton
N. J
George Jennings
Pocahontas
A. C. Cooper
Ed Harrison
White
Robert A. Tackett
Switchback
Tackett
Floyd, Va
W. C.tackett
Paul Tackett
Richmond
Nannie van Dyke
Walter Pauley
Lynchburg
House Passes Price Packing Bill To Require Car Prices
The House sent to President Eisenhower a bill requiring automobile manufacturers and dealers to display the suggested retail price of new cars. After a brief debate, the measure to curb price packing and misleading advertising of new car costs gained congressional action.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Local Funerals Held for Breed ing Bascom S and Others
Bascom S Breeding 48 of Welch died recently and funeral set for 2 p.m. at First Baptist Welch with interment at Woodlawn Cemetery. William R Stinson 55 of Route 2 Cedar Bluff Va funeral 2 p.m. at First Baptist Richlands with interment at Stinson Cemetery near home. Mrs Eli Belcher 71 of Bud funeral 1 p.m. at a Baptist Church with internment at Bud Cemetery. Joshua Grace 86 of Raven Va funeral services this morning at 11 at Farm er Funeral Home chapel with burial at Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery.
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Bascom S
Welch
First Baptist Church
Woodlawn
Stinson
William R
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Belcher
Eli
Bud
Grace
Joshua
Raven
Farmer Funeral Home
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Bonuses total 1.17 million for Southwest Virginia miners
In Bristol Virginia on June 2, bonuses totaling 1 170 000 will be distributed among about 6 500 coal miners as they begin a one week vacation. The mines will close for the holiday week.
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Bristol
Virginia
You Auto Buy Now In Bluefield Final Sale Drive
Merchants in Bluefield launch the last two days of the You Auto Buy In Bluefield Now campaign as miners begin a two week vacation. Dealers cut prices display first class merchandise and offer financing for cars and other goods amid city and national economic aims. The drive is co sponsored by the Bluefield Automobile Dealers Association and the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce Retail Trade Division.
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Bluefield
Forday
United Mine
Drive
Esso Speaker Talks to West Virginia College
Nick Kukshtel industrial sales representative for Esso Standard Oil Co spoke at West Virginia Business College on Brief case for Business. He linked big business to small business and demonstrated new products for small firms helping create new offerings. This was the session’s second lecture of the summer series. Kukshtel is Marshall College alumni and has six years with Esso.
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West Virnia Business College
Nick Kukshtel
Esso Standard Oil Co
Kukshtel
Marshall College
Esso
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