Senate Poised to Scale Back Foreign Aid Increase
Washington June 17 The Eisenhower administration faced likely opposition in the Senate to increasing foreign aid beyond the House ceiling of 3.8 billion dollars. Senate leaders and key Democrats signaled only limited support, with many fearing the Foreign Relations Committee’s 700 million boost to the House total may not survive in the full Senate.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
Fulbright
D-Ark
Mansfield
D-Mint
Morse
D-Ore
Senate Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Byrd
Dva
Ellender
D-La
Long
Police Study Clues in Death Of Teenagers
Washington June 17 police studied school notebooks and a diary for clues to the double killing of two Maryland teen girls. A note read I hate Al Al hates me authored by Shelby Venable 16 of Laurel. Mary Fellers 18 of Beltsville found near Potomac River. Authorities sought origins of a light blue car with Virginia plates seen with the girls. Bodies located in Catoctin Creek and Potomac River as investigators pursue possible sexual assault links.
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Washington
Maryland
Potomac River
Shelby Jean Venable
Laurel
Mary Elizabeth Fellers
Beltsville
Venable
Laurel Race Track
Miss Fellers
Edwin
U. S. RE
Virginia
Ft. Meade
Ali
Miss Venable
Shelby Jean
Catoctin Creek
Potomac
Fellers
Brunswick
Hollis L. Gray Dies at Age 44
Hollis L. Gray 44 of 5504 Staunton Ave SE died yesterday in Kanawha Valley Hospital after a brief illness. He managed Whelan Drug Store at Capitol and Quarrier St since January, formerly with Trivillian Drug Co. of Charleston. Survived by wife Ethel Fish Gray mother Ina E. Gray and brother H. E. Gray. Service 11 a.m. tomorrow at Westminster Presbyterian Church Kanawha City. burial Montgomery Memorial Park London under Barlow-Bonsall. Body at mortuary, to be taken to church one hour before service.
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Hollis L. Gray
Staunton Ave
S. E
Whelan Drug
Capitol and
Quarrier St
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Whelan Company
Trivillian Drug Co
Charleston
Charleston Lodge
Af&am
Scottish Rite
BPOE
Ethel Fish Gray
Ina E. Gray
Huntington
H. E. Gray
E Bluefield
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Kanawha City
A. D. Elison Jr
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Barlow-Bonsall Mortuary
Tne
Moruary
Secil
Rosa Belle
Cecil
St. South Charleston
Godey
Council Gap Church of Christ
Lincoln County
Sod
Gerald Waits
Burisl
Lively
Degnan Mortuary
Oth
Hazel Blankenship
Voth
Gulf Beach Boulevard
Pla
Lockwood
Nicho- Tag County
Fairview Baptist Church
Bruce Cooper
Bighorn Sheep Population Estimated Across U S
Data released estimates the United States hosts about 20 000 bighorn sheep across multiple states. Wildlife agencies note regional variations in population due to habitat quality disease and hunting pressures.
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United States
Dolan Dies at 75 in Ronceverte After Short Illness
Arthur H Dolan 75 of Ronceverte Greenbrier County died yesterday afternoon at C O Hospital Huntington after a brief illness attributed to a heart attack He was a longtime Chesapeake and Ohio rail way car inspector retired last year A deacon and member of Ronceverte Presbyterian Church active in Masons Shriners and related orders Surviving include a son three daughters five sisters three brothers and two granddaughters Funeral service 3 p m tomorrow at Ronceverte Presbyterian Church with Rev J G Morrish burial in Riverview Cemetery Masonic rites at the graveside Shankling Mortuary White Sulphur Springs handling arrangements
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Arthur H. Dolan
Rovnceverte
Greenbrier County
C & O Hospital
Huntington
Dolan
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Ronceverte
Shyrock Lodge
AF & AM
Royal Arch Masons
John L. Dolan
Rich Linda
Calif
Presbyterian Church
J. G. Morrish
Riverview
White Sulphur Springs
Bill
Bam
Olive Baptist Church
Julian
Boone County
Kelly Smith
Hunter
Clifford
Gas
Sammy Godby
Parkersburg
Mes
Hazel Johns
Caldwell
Onfo
Raene
Chambers
Mr. Payne
Webster Springs
Bmccoy Church of God
Hance McCoy
Gra. Clifton Cemetery
Dodd and Hart Mortuary
Payne
Webster County Memorial Hospital
Miss Mabel
Robertson
Emmanuel Methodist Church of
Greenbrier
FiveYearOld Girl Breaks Wrist After Park Swing Fall
A five-year-old Charleston girl Anitra Conley fell from a swing at Coonskin Park injuring her left wrist. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jason Conley of Wilkie Drive and was treated at St. Francois Hospital and released.
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Charleston
Coonskin Park
Anitra Conley
Jason Conley
Rar Wilkie Dr
St. Francois Hospital
Tito Embraced as Part of Soviet Family in Sochi
President Tito told cheering crowds in Sochi that he feels at home in the Soviet Union because “we are part of the same family the family of socialism.” He appeared deeply touched by the reception during his Russia tour and signaled Yugoslavia’s continued independent stance despite thawing relations. His party planned talks with Soviet leaders in Moscow starting Monday after the speech.
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Sochi
U.S.S.R
Yugoslavia
Tito
Soviet Union
Russia
Kremlin
Moscow i
Turkey
NATO Memien
Eddie Harvit Heads Whitesville Chamber of Commerce
Whitesville June 17 Eddie Harvit head of local store named president of the Whitesville Chamber of Commerce. Officers elected include Fred Joseph as vice president Danny Branham secretary and Ted Bsharah treasurer. Meetings at the Press Club in the Whitesville State News Building. Planning underway for a Labor Day celebration and a Whitesville Bi Centennal set for 1937 in honor of the towns first 50 years.
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Whitesville
Spetial
M. E
Eddie) Harvit
Mrs Rebecca Young Service Scheduled Today
A funeral service for Mrs. Rebecca Ellen Young aged 77 of 302 32nd St. is set for 2:30 p.m. today in Cunningham mortuary chapel with Rev. Hobson D. Fisher and Rev. Charles Scragg officiating. Burial will follow at Cunningham Memorial Park. The body is at the mortuary.
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Cunningham Mortuary Chapel
Rebecca Ellen Young
32Nd St
Hobson D. Fisher
Charles Scragg
Cunningham Memorial Park
Sarlow-Beasnil Mortuary
George H. Vick
Sunset Memorial Park
High Power Wire Kills Mingo Man
The body of Chester Wellman, 19, was found draped over a cross bar of a high power transmission line in the Trace Fork of Pigeon Creek, Mingo County. Coroner Tabor Ball said Wellman was electrocuted, likely dying between midnight and 1 a.m. The line lay on Island Creek Coal Co property. Wellman had cut two lines with a hacksaw, though he was not Island Creek employees.
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Wellman
Memorial Obituaries for Local Residents in West Virginia
Funeral notices list many names including JAMEMELL Daniel Wayne, CUSTER John N, BUDDING George F, FLANAGAN Mabel Simms, JENKINS Albert G, FACKSON George Luther Sr, MASSEY William Frazier, MENDINGS Ida, PUCKETT Wiber Creed, STOVER Laura Aye, WAYNE James F., WEBER Ineeph. Details include ages, residency, church services, morgues, burial sites such as Hughart Cemetery, Coolville Cemetery, Sunset Memorial Park, Mt. Vernon Memorial Park, Rotan Cemetery, Greencastle Cemetery, Graceland Memorial Park, and locations: Scraggs Hollow, St Albans, Payetteville, Ripley, Dunbar, Arnoldsburg, Gasseway, and Calhoun County with service times and funeral homes.
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Coolville
Coolvile
Ohio
George F
Sixth Ave
St. Albany
Bartlett
Albans
FP. N. Nuller
Sunset Memorial Park
Flanagan
Mabel Simms
Jackson St
Barlow Bonsall Mortuary
George H. Vick. Burta
Fryetteville
James Austin Berit
Rotan
Payetteville
Stover
Laura
Dunbar
Church of the Nazarene
Musser
Burisi
Grandview Memorial Park
Durber
Wayne
James
Arnoldsburg
Galhoun County
Milo Gnurck
Calhoun Counin
Johnny Vamred
Buger Creek
Gasseway
Braxton County
Weather forecast for multiple states on Monday June 1 1956
The forecast covers Charleston West Virginia Maryland Virginia Ohio and Western Pennsylvania with partly cloudy skies warm temperatures and scattered thundershowers. Ohio and Tennessee expect scattered showers with mild to humid conditions. Sunday’s highest wind reached from the north northwest at 1 pm and temperatures peaked around 85 degrees.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Obituary notices from West Virginia brief items
Multiple obituaries and notices from West Virginia communities recount deaths in Julian, Dunbar, Charleston, Ripley, Webster Springs, White Sulphur Springs, Nitro, and surrounding areas. Included are survivors, funeral details, church affiliations, military service, and burial arrangements with local mortuaries and cemeteries.
Miner Admits Killing Pair in Preston County
Benton W. Alexander a Turner Douglas miner admitted he killed his wife Nora and landlord Stephen A. Malish last night after finding them in the bedroom. Prosecutor James T. Dailey Jr. said Alexander signed a statement. Alexander described a drinking spree after Malish and he received their pay, with the couple and two children living in the Malish home for a month.
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Kingwood
Preston County
Benton W. Alexander
Turner Douglas
Nora
Stephen A. Malish
James T. Dailey Jr
Alexander
Alexanders
Malish
Daley
Maryland Line
Oakland
Crellens
R H Bailey 90 Dies in Dunbar
Remley Harden Bailey a retired custodian of Dunbar High School died yesterday at his home in Dunbar after a long illness. A lifelong Kanawha County resident, he lived in Dunbar over 50 years and served as high school custodian more than 20 years. Surviving are six half brothers, a half sister, two granddaughters, and a funeral service will be held at Cunningham Mortuary Chapel with burial in Mottesheard Cemetery on Rocky Fork.
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Craigo
Wands Rose
Eighteenth St
Dunbar
Beckley
Hirlong
Durbar High School
United Fuel Gas Co
Sophia Aretz
Charleston
Emory BE. Craigo
Harbara
Pamela Craigo
Remley Harden Bailey
Dunbar High School
West Virginia Ave
Dunar
Kanawha County
S. L
C. H
Morgan Bailey
S. C
Calder Bailey
Rocky Fork
Braxton Bailey
RFD
Demma Estep
Doris Ann Lathey
Christine Bailey
Cunningham Mortuary Chapel
Mottesheard Cemetery
Dr. T. C. Moorefield Dies at 59 in Beckley
Beckley June 17 Dr Terrance Clyde Moorefield former vice commander of the West Virginia American Legion died early today at his office. He was 59 and had practiced dentistry in Beckley for 37 years. A native of Hinton and World War I veteran he twice commanded American Legion Post 32 here.
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Beckley
Terrance Clyde Moorefield
West, Virginia
Department of the American Legion
Moorefield
Hinton
American Legion
Seizure plan for Moscow Pa called off by Defense
The Mutual Broadcasting Co said the planned July 4 seizure of Moscow Pennsylvania by 300 Pennsylvania National Guard troops was canceled after the Defense Department withdrew its support. The network planned to broadcast the event to warn against forfeiting civil liberties and political freedoms.
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New York
Moscow
National Guard
Defense Department
Mutual Broadcasting Co
Mutual
American Legion
Department
Mutual Jast
Debster Huffman Dies in Washington DC
Debster Huffman 34 of Alpine Street Washington died yesterday at George Washington University Hospital after a brief illness. He was a sheet metal worker at the Naval Gun Factory. Survived by daughter Joyce A and son Jeffrey Lee at home, four sisters and two brothers. Body at Chambers Mortuary Washington DC.
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Debster
Jim) Huffman
Alpine St
Washington
D. C
Charleston
George Washington University Hospital
Naval Gun Factory
Doshin A. Huffman
Joyce A
Jeffrey Lee
Mary Clarkson
Detroit, Mich
Grace Lowe
Elkview
Gladys Cobb
Clara. Lawrence
Jake le Huffman
Big Chimney
John A. Huffman
Landover Hills
Chambers Mortuary
Washington, D. C
Rape Suspect Sought in Border Area Hunt Near Klamath Falls
A 15 year old girl from Chiloquin Ore described a rape in a lumber yard and a knife attack in a road ditch near Sand Creek. Suspect Louis Garcia Ramos 32 fled after officers converged with California Oregon authorities in a cross state search over 100 square miles.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
California-Oregon
Dorothy Jackson
Chiloquin
Sand Creek
Louis Garcia Ramos
Jack Gravier
Ramos
Keg Pitt
California
Oregon
al Cotter
Siskiyou County
Zuazo Assured Bolivia Victory in presidential race
In La Paz on June 17 Bolivians elected a new president and Congress amid high living costs and political tension. Hernan Siles Zuazo, 42, of the leftist National Revolutionary Movement, led the ticket with Nurlo Chavez Ortiz as running mate, while main rival Oscar Unzaga de la Vega withdrew at campaign end.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Congress
Hernan Siles Zuazo
National Revolutionary Movement
MNR
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Siles Zuazo
Nurlo Chavez Ortiz
Oscar Unzaga de la Vega
Jazz guitarist Billy Dillard dies in Hollywood Hills fire
In Hollywood Hills early today guitarist Billy Dillard, 30, member of the Red Norge jazz trio, died as flames swept through his apartment. Weekend guest Robert Tully, 28, UCLA student and trumpet player, was seriously burned. Firemen said the blaze started downstairs and spread upward. damage estimated at 38,000.
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Mollywood
Billy Dillard
Red Norge
Hollywood Hills
Dillard’s
Robert Tully
UCLA
Dillard
Kefauver backs Stevenson if nominating winner chosen
Senator Estes Kefauver said he will support Adlai Stevenson if he wins the Democratic nomination. Kefauver discussed unity at Chicago, noted Stevenson’s California win, and said he will still seek the nomination himself at the August convention. He indicated no vice presidential plans and rejected behind the scenes deals. He also praised Paul Butler’s neutrality.
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Washington
Estes Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Ilinois
Kefauver
Chicago
Stevenson
Paul Butler
Sharples Man Killed by Freight Train Near Mine
A Logan County man, Earl McDonald Brown, 54, of Sharples, was struck and killed by a Chesapeake and Ohio freight train at about 2 a.m. near the Boone County Coal Corp. mine, one mile from Sharples. Survived by Garnet Brown and two sons Norman Lee and Charles Earl, a daughter Mary Ella, a brother Roscoe Brown, and sister Mrs. Della Lane. Service set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hunter and Hunter Mortuary chapel in Madison, with burial in Madison Memorial Park. The body lies at the mortuary.
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Sharples
Logan County
Chesapeake and Ohio
Earl McDonald
Brown
Boone County Coal Corp
Garnet Brown
Norman Lee
Charles Earl
Mary Ella
Shot in Thigh Sparks Flight and Car Crash
Gordon Humphreys, 29, of 1206 Mountain Ave in Bowne Mont Section, said his wife accidentally shot him in the left thigh when a child bumped the gun. He fled in the family car, struck a traffic island at Patrick St Bridge, and was treated at Staats Hospital before being released. he did not plan to press charges.
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South Side
Gordon Humphreys
Mountain Ave
Bownemont
Humphreys
Patrick St. Bridge
Staats Hospital
R. W. Porterfield
Motorcycle Mystery Puzzles State Cops
State Police investigated an accident at Deed Man's Curve on U S 60 East. A broken fence and a motorcycle in a field were found but no rider was located by midnight. Hospitals were checked. the rider did not seek treatment. The bike appeared to be eastbound, crossing a railroad, then the curve and through the fence.
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Deed Man's Curve
U.S. 60 East
Chelyan
Earthquakes in Pakistan Afghan region kill 190 and injure 100
Kabul radio reported at least 190 dead and 100 injured as aftershocks continued. Communications broke down in many areas and many villages were wiped out in the series of violent quakes shaking Afghanistan region. Exact counts remained uncertain.
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Pakistan
Karachi
Kabul
Afghanistan
Ex-Democrat Official Samuel O'Neal Dies
Samuel A. O'Neal, 56, a veteran Washington newsman and former publicity director for the Democratic National Committee, died after a long illness. He led the committee's publicity from February 1945 to April 1947 and later continued in public relations work.
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Samuel O’neal
Washington
INS
Samuel A. O'Neal
Democratic Nations Committee
O’neal
Democratic National Committee
City Delays Partial Center Construction After Pact
City officials indicate funds are available for Board Urges continuation but skirt the issue when asked about adding on to partial construction. A few parts of the center remain to be completed, delaying final action.
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Dds
Girl 4 Slain By Sex Fiend In Seattle Garage
The bruised body of Kathryn Ruoff, 4, daughter of Washington State Representative Richard Ruoff, was found in an abandoned garage behind a playmate’s home after disappearing at 2 PM yesterday. Police say she was criminally assaulted and strangled, possibly with a cord, and her mouth gagged with a green and white playsuit. Detectives pursue several leads.
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Seattle
Kathryn Ruoff
Washington
Richard Ruoff
Asst
J. D. Porter
Kathryn
C. A. Rouse
Ruoffs
Ex Mother of Year Dies at 86 in Maine
Mrs Harriette Flora Gray widow of Harold R Gray former Union Pacific president died at 86 in Rockland Maine She was American mother of the year in 1937 A native of Carthage Missouri she married in Oswego Kansas Two of her sons Carl Jr and Dr Howard Gray died last year Carl Jr served as veterans administrator during Truman era in Rochester Maine
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Rockland
Maine
Harriette Flora, Gray
Harold R. Gray
Union Pacific Railroad
Gray
Thomston
Carthage
Oswego
Kan
Howard Gray
Rochester, Mian
Mingo Girl Killed In Bicycle Accident
Eleven-year-old Romaine Smith of Justice Mingo Counts died after falling from a 60-foot embankment while riding a bicycle near her home. She suffered fatal injuries. parents and two brothers survive.
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Williamson
Romaine Smith
Justice
Mingo Counts
Girl Down 30 Sleeping Pills Escapes Injury
Little Connie Jo Rollins, three, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Rollins of Elk View RFD 1, swallowed about 30 sleeping pills at home. She was taken to St Francis Hospital in satisfactory condition. Attendants said she was awfully sleepy but the pills did not harm her and they kept her awake.
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Connie Jo Rollins
Joseph Rollins
RFD 1
Elkview
St. Francis Hospital
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Mingo Man
Massey
William Frazier
Dayton
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Surnwell
Burnwell Nazaresa Church
Eva Crist
Greencastle Cemetery
Mendings, Mre
Ida—70
Klisyth
Fayete County
Maple Fork
Freesill Baptist Church
Ernest Farley
Sightawno Memorial Park
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Allanta S A
Byston
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Ace
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Memphis - Attawere
Miami RR
Mols
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Nancy’ Keller
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Teays Valley
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40Th St. Rd
Nitro
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Prankie
Kathy
Virgie Sergent
Emmett Winters
Virgie Quinn
Belle
Laulie ‘Washington
Poca
Oren Inter
Kentucky
Fred Cooke and Son Mortuary
Johnny King
St. Albans
Shaw
Maude S
Jackson ,&J
Mountain State Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Vesta Shaw
R. D. Thrush
James R.’Shaw
Lauisville
Laura Chapman
Ather
Clarenci
Mason
the Gazette
R. H. Bailey
T. C. Moorefield
Debster Huffman
Jim
Huffman
Zuazo
Adlai—Iif
Mingo
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