Legal Move In Bland Fight Targets County Funds
Bland County seeks court orders to compel payment of school debts from available funds and to deem the May 9 supervisors meeting unlawful. Petition filed by Ira Kidd L D Morehead and Gar land Updyke aims for July 6 hearing before Judge Vincent Sexton as the county faces consolidated school finance turmoil and potential state fund withdrawal.
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Bland
Bland County
County Board of Supervisors
Schoo Board
Bland County Circuit Court
Ira S. Kidd
L. D. Morehead
Mechanicsburg
Garland Updyke
Rocky Gap High School
Vincent L. Sexton
State Department of Education
Richmond
Man Seriously Hurt By Train In Richlands Virginia
A 36 year old Tazewell County man Harold McFall remained in serious condition at Richlands hospital after his auto was struck by a Norfolk and Western freight diesel unit at the Dalton Addition crossing near U S 460. The collision occurred as the car pulled onto the highway and was dragged along the track. McFall suffered back pelvis and internal injuries and possible back fracture.
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Tazewell County
Richlands
Harold McFall
Jewell Ridge Coal Co
Jewell Valley
Norfolk and Western
Dalton Addition
U. S. Highway 460
Johnny Reynolds
McFall
U. S. 460
Williamson
Clinch Valley
Sixth Bluefield officer arrested in theft ring case
Patrolman Ted Land was arrested at his home soon after midnight in a widening probe into a string of thefts and burglaries tied to Bluefield law enforcement.
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Bluefield
Ted Land
Israel arrests Soblen after flight from U.S. life term
Dr Robert A Soblen, wanted for escaping a U.S. life sentence as a Soviet spy, was captured in Tel Aviv at the Hotel Savoy less than 60 hours after fleeing New York on $100,000 bail. He faces an illegal entry charge and extradition questions loom as Israel weighs political crime versus criminal statute.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Robert A. Soblen
United States
Hotel Savoy
New York
Idlewild
Air France
Soblen
Ramieh
U.S. State Department
Adolf Eichmann
Washington
U.S
Robert M. Morgenthau
Russia
Banker's Wife Posts 60,000 Bail For Soblen Case
Helen Buttenwieser, wife of banker Benjamin Buttenwieser, posts 60 000 of Soblen's 100 000 bail and calls for reform of bail systems saying release should reflect character rather than wealth. Soblen fled to Israel, facing life sentence for spying for the Soviet Union. The heiress and Lehman family link, with ties to Nation publisher George Kirstein and Kuhn Loeb banker family, frame the case.
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New York
Robert A. Soblen
Helen Buttenwieser
Mrs. Buttenwieser
Ephraim London
Bonding Firm Pays For Welch Accounts
A bonding company paid 15000 dollars to cover shortages at Welch Emergency Hospital after an auditor's 1960 61 review showed total losses of 18592 dollars. Former hospital business manager Lucille LaFon Fallin and former employee Milton Hawse were charged in connection with the shortages.
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Charleston
Donald Robertson
Welch
Legislative Auditor's
Lucille LaFon Fallin
Milton Hawse
Robertson
Kennedy Begins Three Day Visit To Mexico
President Kennedy arrives in Mexico City for a three day visit expected to draw a million Mexicans. He will be greeted by a parade of 300 bands and will meet with President Adolfo Lopez Mateos at Los Pinos with Fidel Castro in the backdrop. The Kennedys plan to attend Mass at the Basilica of Guadalupe on Sunday.
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Mexico City
Kennedy
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Los Pinos
Chapultepec Park
Fidel
Byrd Leads Losing Fight On Debt Ceiling Clash
The Senate voted 55 to 34 to raise the federal debt limit to 308 billion dollars, with House-originated terms for the year. Sen. Byrd denounced the move as fiscally dangerous, demanding Bell be fired and warning of multi‑billion deficits and gold reserve declines. Sen. Douglas defended the condition as sound, noting assets nearly match the debt and output has surged since World War II.
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Washington
Senate
John J. Williams
R-Del
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
David E. Bell
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Bell
Men Fined and Jailed for Lottery Ticket Possession
Police Judge James Martin fined $105 and ordered 15 days in jail for Isadore S. Hayes and Sidney A. Byard both of Bluefield for possession of lottery baseball tickets. Hayes was arrested at The Hub 731 Bland Street and Byard at XL Grocery 103 Jones Street after raids by city police Wednesday night.
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James Martin
Bluefield
Isadore S. Hayes
Sidney A. Byard
Hayes
Bland St
Byard
Jones St
Churchill Fractures Hip In Bedside Fall at Monaco
Sir Winston Churchill, aged 87, fractured the neck of the left femur after a fall in his Hotel de Paris suite. An RAF medical jet will fly him to England with a medical team. doctors note the injury could affect mobility and may require surgery.
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Monte Carlo
Monaco
Winston Churchill
Britain
British
Air Ministry
London
RAF
England
Middlesex Hospital
Churchill
Sir Winston
Anthony Montague Browne
Hotel de Paris
Myrddin Roberts
Riviera
Sir Winston Churchill
Winnie
Five Bluefield officers face preliminary hearings in theft probe
Prosecutor W. O. Bivens said victims gave detectives detailed information as police lawbreakers remained under investigation. Five officers Capt. Charles Cregger Sgt. Eugene Kirk Sgt. Robert Gibson Lt. Charles Fox and Patrolman K R Lee were charged and held on 2600 dollar bonds each ahead of a Princeton hearing. Gibson resigned Fox was expected to resign Cregger denied charges and planned an appeal Lee faced charges for pilfered pistols and cash from local businesses. The case ties to a 1959 burglary ring led by Ira Mathena and a suspect who claimed Cregger stood guard during a $18,000 Bluefield theft.
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Robert R. Gibson
Charles A. Fox
KR. E. Lee
Cregger
Kirk and Lee
Force
Gibson
Randolph G. Whittle Jr
Fox
Kirk
J. C. Penney Co
Lee
Bluefield Supply Co
Ira Mathena
Marvin Brooks
California
Bivens
Brooks
Bluefield
House approves Kennedy free trade expansion bill
The House passed President Kennedy's broad trade expansion bill by 208 to 125, defeating a Republican substitute for a one year extension of the current law. The measure greatly increases tariff negotiation powers, enabling cuts toward zero, with aid provisions for firms and workers harmed by imports.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
Senate
White House
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
Tech
Bland County man electrocuted on job in Virginia
Luther Donald Repass 34 of Bland County Virginia was killed in an on the job accident in Fairfax Virginia when he touched a high tension wire. He worked for Richardson and Wayland Construction Co of Roanoke. Survivors include his wife two daughters a son and three sisters and three brothers. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 PM at Mechanicsburg Christian Church with two pastors officiating. Burial will be at the home.
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Luther Donald Repass
Rt. 2
Bland
Richardson and Wayland Construction Co
Roanoke
Virginia
Maxine Fanning Repass
Connie Sue
Ruth Arlene Repass
Rockie Alan Repass
Ruth Shaver
Akron
Ohio
Lena Karr
Phoenix
Ariz
Mabel Hayton
Ceres
Harold Repass
Manassas
Grover
Walter Repass
Wytheville
Mechanicsburg Christian Church
P. P. Patton
Baren Littreal
Newberry Funeral Home
Spaniards Return Home From Oran on Two Ships
About 5,000 Spaniards were brought back to Spain from Oran on Thursday aboard two Spanish vessels in a rapid repatriation effort.
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Madrid
Spain
Oran
Freeman admits slow handling of Estes case at Agriculture
Secretary Orville Freeman acknowledged slow actions by his department over Billie Sol Estes but defended no impact on outcomes. He cited a faulty decision by Undersecretary Murphy to appoint Estes to the Cotton Advisory Committee despite warning of possible prosecutions. The testimony detailed prior transfers and later charges, with Freeman accepting responsibility for the appointing decision.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
Ser
John McCellan
D-Ark
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Billie Sol Estes
Freeman
Estes
Washington
Orville L. Freeman
Pecos, Tex
Charles S. Murphy
Cotton Advisory Committee
Murphy
John L. McClellan
Advisy Committee
Texas
Department
Personnel Office
Cotton Council
Senate
Global turmoil and royal rescue headlines fade into policy battles
Secretary of State Rusk fails to ease Portugal tensions while Israel plans extradition talks over Robert Soblen. Churchill injures leg in Monte Carlo hotel accident as RAF transport prepares to bring him home. House approves sweeping trade expansion and reopens battle over farm policy. Freeman admits Estes appointment error amid Senate probe. Algerian violence winds down as French forces quit Oran, and stock market surges after Black Monday.
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Dina Seble
Helen L. Buttenwiester
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Brooklyn
Dina Soble
Alger Hiss
Lehman Brothers
Arthur Lehman
Banking House
Herbert H. Lehman
Benjamin Buttenwieser
Kuhn, Loeb, Inc
Title Guarantee & Trust Co
Mrs, Buttenwieser
Mexico
Byrd
U. S
Congress
Sir Winnie Falls
Charles Chatelain
Princess Grace Hospital
You
Says Bivens
Burl Osborne
W. O. Bivens
James Belcher
Princeton
Charles Cregger
Eugene Kirk
Oks
Western
Europe
The
Trade Commission
Bland Countian
Bland County, Va
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Portugal
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