One Dead and Dozens Hurt as Hay Wagon Crash in Virginia
A hay wagon carrying 11 youngsters from Elk Run Church of the Brethren and Parnassus Methodist Church was struck from behind on U S 250 near Churchville Virginia killing Patsy Sheffer age 13 and injuring 30 others. Driver Lynwood Fridley 28 faces charges of driving under the influence and manslaughter. he was released on bond.
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Staunton
U. S. 250
Here
Lynwood Fridley
Augusta Springs
Patsy Sheffer
Churchville
Augusta County
Barbara Doyle
Doris Ann Masincupp
Kings Daughter Hospital
Elk Run
Galen
Ellen Hevener
Swoope
Frank Slater
James Acrod
Fridley
Bill Evans Named Fairmont Editor Successor to Smith
William D. Evans Jr. was named editor of the Fairmont Times Sunday succeeding the late C. E. Smith. Evans, a Fairmont native, has long ties to the paper, has run the Times during Smith’s illness, and will be 52 on July 6. He is known for Sport Talk and has held roles in coal, politics, and journalism including work with the Bitu minous Coal Commission and Democratic conventions.
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Bill Evans
Fairmont
Smith
William D. Evans Jr
Evans
Washington
Bituminous Coal Commission
West Virginia University Athletic Council
West Virginia
Southern Conference
Adenauer Thanks Western Ministers For Geneva Efforts
Bonn Germany Chancellor Konrad Adenauer wrote 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
Baltic States Fall to Soviet Takeover in 1940
Secret 1940 diplomatic cables released by the State Department reveal how Soviet troops seized Latvia Lithuania and Estonia after ultimatums in June 1940. The dispatches describe arrests, confiscations, and staged elections to absorb the Baltic states into the Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union
United States
State Department
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Red
Department
U.S
Henry William Antheil Jr
Finland
John C. Wiley
Cordell Hull
Baltic States
Moscow
Tass
Latvia-Estonia
George B. Huthsteiner
Antanas Merkys
Merkys
Eisenhower to visit Soviet culture exhibition in New York
President Eisenhower will travel to New York Monday for an informal preopening visit to the Soviet culture and science exhibit at the New York Coliseum. He will arrive late afternoon and stay about an hour before returning to Washington. Vice President Nixon attends the formal Moscow opening on July 25.
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Washington
Eisenhower
New York
White House
New York Coliseum
Richard M. Nixon
Moscow
Egg price fluctuations and hog market outlook in Virginia
Virginia farm price prospects show a possible dip after a recent egg price rise. Disruptions in New York supply affect Western shipments. Virginia prices range from 29 to 39 cents for eggs, with broilers and hogs also trending lower as mid summer approaches.
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New York
Virginia
Richmond
Shenandoah Valley
Norfolk
Roanoke
North Carolina
Delmarva
Georgia
Miss Virginia Sue Williams Crowned In Roanoke Pageant
Sue Williams of Richmond won the Miss Virginia title, entered as Miss Williamsburg, in a ceremony where she said she was too happy to cry. The rising William and Mary sophomore, 5 ft 6 1/2 in, earned a $1,000 scholarship and a shot at Miss America.
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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
Top Soviet Official Arrives For Opening Of Exchange Show
Soviet first deputy premier Frol Kozlov arrived in New York to open the Soviet cultural and scientific exhibition at the Coliseum. He flew from Moscow on a nonstop 11 hour flight and said fairs may help consolidate world peace. Kozlov noted the distance between the USSR and United States has decreased and reciprocal meetings may increase.
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NEW York
Frol Kozlov
Idlewild
Moscow
Kozlov
New York Coliseum
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
United States
Swimming Pool Crowds Mark Big Holiday Weekend
The East River Swimming pool drew 560 visitors after ideal weather. On Saturday a diving contest and a beauty pageant with twenty five top swimmers compete for the Bea Queen title. Goodman J chairs the pool committee and Clyde Elliott leads the board of directors.
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East River
Bea
Goodman J
Mittee
Clyde Elliott
Two Bristol Youths Die In Single Vehicle Crash
BRISTOL Va Two Bristol youths died in an early morning single vehicle crash nine miles east of Weber City on U. S. 58. Earl D Lovins 18 died on arrival at a Kingsport hospital Willie G Hayden 22 died about an hour after the wreck. E Cole 21 of rural Abingdon was driver and survived.
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Weber City
U. S
Victi Earl D. Lovins
Kingsport
Tempital
Willie G. Hayden
Accid
E. Cole
Abingdon
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