Auto Hits Hay Wagon. One Teenager Killed in Staunton
A car rear ended a tractor drawn hay wagon crowded with 11 youths returning from church. Patsy Sheffer 13 of Rural Churchville died at the scene. Driver Lynwood Fridley 23 Augusta Springs faces DUI and manslaughter charges after the wreck on U S 250 near Staunton. Eleven injured youths included Barbara Doyle 15 and Doris Ann Masincupp 16. Passersby described a chaotic scene as state police investigated.
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Lynwood Fridley
Augusta Springs
Patsy Sheffer
Churchville
Augusta County
Barbara Doyle
Doris Ann Masincupp
Kings Daughter Hospital
Ek Run
Church of the Brethren
Parnassus
Mountain Lake
Galen
Ellen Hevener
Swoope
Bill Evans Named Fairmont Editor Succeeding Smith
William D. Evans Jr. of Fairmont was named editor of the Fairmont Times succeeding the late C. E. Smith. Evans has worked for The Times since 1923 and now succeeds Smith who died June 19. He has been editor of the morning newspaper since 1953 and writes the popular Sport Talk column started in 1924. Evans has served as a state Democratic delegate and held roles with the Coal Commission and WV University Athletic Council.
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William D. Evans Jr
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Washington
Bituminous Coal Commission
West Virginia University Athletic Council
West Virginia
Southern Conference Sports Writers Associations
Adenauer Thanks Ministers for Geneva Efforts
Bonn Germany Chancellor Konrad Adenauer has written personally to the Western foreign ministers thanking them for their work at the Geneva conference a government spokesman said Sunday.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Publicized Baltic takeover details emerge from 1940 dispatches
Secret diplomatic cables released by the United States recount how the Soviet Union seized Latvia Lithuania and Estonia in 1940. The reports note half a million Soviet troops, rapid government reorganizations, arrests, and staged elections leading to joining the USSR. One diplomat, Henry William Antheil Jr., died when a Finnish airliner exploded in 1940.
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Soviet Union
United States
State Department
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
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U.S
Henry William Antheil Jr
Finland
John C. Wiley
Cordell Hull
Baltic States
Moscow
Tass
Latvia-Estonia
George B. Huthsteiner
Antanas Merkys
Merkys
Outlook for Virginia Egg and Hog Markets Weakens Prices
The Virginia Department of Agriculture notes prices may dip after a recent rise driven by disrupted supply channels. Virginia egg prices rose eight to ten cents, with regional ranges from 34 to 39 cents and New York prices 41 to 44 cents. Broiler and hog markets show mixed signals with expected July and August emphasis on supply and a potential fall in hog prices.
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Virginia Department of Agriculture
New York
Richmond
Shenandoah Valley
Norfolk
Roanoke
North Carolina
Delmarva
Georgia
Chicago
Eisenhower to visit Soviet culture exhibit in New York
President Eisenhower will fly to New York Monday for a brief informal preopening visit to the Soviet culture and science exhibition, arriving late afternoon for about an hour, before returning to Washington. The Soviet exhibit will be formally opened later in Moscow by M. Nixon on July 25.
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Eisenhower
New York
White House
M. Nixon
Moscow
Miss Virginia Sue Williams Crowned In Roanoke Pageant
Sue Williams of Richmond won the Miss Virginia title in Roanoke in a brief ceremony. Entering as Miss Williamsburg she is 5 foot 6 and a half, 35 2 23 35, with brunette hair and brown eyes. She earns a 11000 scholarship and will compete for Miss America in Atlantic City.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Sue Williams
Richmond
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg
Sue
Atlantic City
N. J
Barbara Guthrie
Martinsville
Mary Ann Mobley
Williams
Top Soviet Official Arrives For Opening Of Exchange Show
Frol Kozlov Soviet first deputy premier arrived in New York to open the Soviet cultural and scientific exhibition at the Coliseum. He landed at Idlewild after an 11 hour 6 minute nonstop flight from Moscow and said the fairs would help consolidate world peace. He noted the distance between the Soviet Union and United States has decreased and reciprocal meetings have expanded.
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NEW York
Frol Kozlov
Idlewild
Moscow
Kozlov
New York Coliseum
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
United States
Swimming Pool Has Big Crowd for Fourth of July Events
The East River Swimming reports a season high crowd of 560 on Sunday with perfect weather. Saturday planned events include a diving contest and a beauty contest with twenty five regular swimmers competing for the Be Queen title under the direction of Goodman J, with judges from the board of directors led by Clyde Elliott.
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East River
Goodman J
Mittee
Clyde Elliott
Two Bristol Youths Die In Vehicle Crash Near Weber City
BRISTOL Va Two youths from Bristol died in a single vehicle crash nine miles east of Weber City on U S 58. Earl D Lovins 18 died on arrival at Kingsport hospital Willie Hayden 22 died about an hour later. Both were passengers with E Cole 21 of rural Abingdon driving the sedan State Police said.
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Weber City
U. S
Earl D. Lovins
Kingsport
Tempital
Willie Hayden
Bos
Acd
E. Cole
Abingdon
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