Congress Sets Ambitious Posture Before August Adjournment
The House and Senate push a heavy must-do agenda aiming for an August 1 adjournment. The House plans to move a $2.368 billion military construction program and draft extensions, foreign aid, housing, and Social Security changes. The Senate targets a security system commission and a large spending bill tied to TVA, AEC, rivers and harbors, and Dixon-Yates action.
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Washington
INS
House
Senate
District of Columbia
Atomic Energy Commission
National Guard
Tennessee Valley Authority
Dixon-Yates
West Memphis
Ark
TVA
Mrs Mollohan Dies at 88 in Gassaway
Mrs. E. A. Mollohan, 88, of Gassaway died after a 10 day illness at a son's home. She leaves 61 descendants across four generations with five sons, three daughters, 29 grandchildren, 36 great grandchildren and 7 great great grandchildren. Services at Elk River Baptist Church with Rev. E. J. Walker. burial at family cemetery.
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Gassaway
E. A. Mollohan
W. L. Mollohan
Gasssaway
Elk River
Lloyd
Beckley
W. E. Given
Flora
E. T. Miller
Daytona Beach
Fla
Ina Dean Henderson
Charleston
Elk River Baptis
E. J. Walker
Bartlett Mortuary
Harmonica King Minnevitch Dies at 52 in Paris
Harmonica King Minnevitch, famed as the Harmonica Rascals, died at 52 in a Paris hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. He had a long career in vaudeville and cabaret, and is survived by his wife Lucille and daughter Lydia.
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Washington
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Soviet
Russia
Paris
Borrah
America
United States
Harmonica
Jackson
Lucille
Little Taylor
Beian Hospital
Neuilly
Minnevitch
Lydia
Los Angeles
Calif
Knowland Rejects Expanded Japan China Trade Policy
Senate Republican Leader Knowland called proposals to expand trade with Japan and Red China bad public policy. He opposed trading strategic goods like machine tools and locomotives and soft goods such as textiles, warning it could boost Communist war potential and trigger Japan's economic collapse if China cuts off access. He noted U S controls Japan China trade through strict mutual aid restrictions.
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Washington
Senate
Knowland
United States
Japan
Red
China
Sen. George
D-Ga
Foreign Relations Committee
James L Pursley Roane Farmer Dies at 74
James Loy Pursley 74 a Spencer area farmer died in a Spencer hospital shortly after suffering a sun stroke while working in a hayfield. He lived in Roane County most his life and managed a Rocksdale Heights farm near Spencer. He is survived by his wife Alta five daughters three sons, three sisters, 17 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Service set for 1 30 p m at Egypt Church with burial in Egypt Cemetery. Body at Hardman Conrad mortuary Spencer.
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James Loy Pursley
Spencer
Roanes County
Rocksdale
Alta
Hubert Childers
South Charleston
Clyde Parker
Charleston
Frances Miller
Phil Harper
Elkview
Delmer Romine
Huntington
Harley
Clarence
Charles
Brunswick
Lena Thompson
Everett Rogers
James Ressenger
Willard
Forerow
Egypt Church
Stanley Rowd
Egypt Cemetery
Hardman-Conrad Mortuary
Bookmobile Schedule Set For Alpha Regional Library
Alpha Regional Library bookmobile will visit Mt Alto Cottageville Hudnall Grasslick Gay Rhodes Looneyville Newton Amma Linden next week with specific times at each location listed in the notice. Communities and time slots include Mt Alto 10:10 to 12:15 Cottageville 1:30 to 3 p m Hudnall 9:45 to 10:30 Grasslick 11 to 11:45 Gay Rhodes 2 to 3 p m Looneyville 9:15 to 10 a m Newton 10:30 to 12 p m Amma 1 to 1:45 p m Linden 3:15 to 4 p m.
Fourteen Ruhr Miners Die in Underground Explosion
In Gelsenkirchen Germany during dynamiting at the Nordstern diggings a blast collapsed a gallery trapping fourteen coal miners 2,400 feet underground. All victims were killed by the air blast as the explosion tore through the mine.
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Gelsenkirmen
Germany
Ruhr
Nordstern
Senate panel head cites Soviet gain in jet bomber race
Jackson, chairman of the Senate House Atomic Military Applications subcommittee, says in an interview that the United States lagged as the Soviets gained at least two years in jet bomber development while he gathered classified testimony from defense intelligence and atomic officials.
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United States
Senate
House
Jackson
Defense Intelligence
Atomic
Icus
Charleston High Band Invited to Miss America Pageant
Charleston West Virginia Lions Club delegates returned from the Atlantic City Lions International Convention with a formal invitation for the Charleston High School marching band and dancing majorettes to perform on September 6 1955 in the Miss America Pageant Parade. The Miss America Pageant Committee praised the Charleston group as a hit of the convention and extended a cordial invitation to return and take a leading part in the parade.
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Charleston High Band
Charleston
Atlantic City
C. R. Frampton
Frampton
West Virginia
R. G
Bob) Williams
Kanawha County Publc
Bradford Hl. Frapart
Frapart
Lions
Lions Club
Lions International
Graham Invited to Crusade in New York
Evangelist Billy Graham announced from Meranberg Germany that the Manhattan Protestant Council invited him to hold his first crusade for Christ in New York. He would discuss the invitation after returning to the United States and said a 1957 start would be needed due to prior engagements and planning.
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Mernberg
Germany
Billy Graham
Manhattan Protestant Council
New York City
Graham
United States
Vermilion 10 year old dies of heart disease during visit
A 10 year old Vermilion boy Allen Scott Jarvis died in his grandparents home in Harrison County. Dr. A A Smith attributed the death to heart disease. The boy’s family said he appeared healthy Friday night and family members including his brother and sister survive him along with his mother and stepfather. The body rests at Clay mortuary.
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Harrison
Clay County
A. A. Smith
Allen Scott Jarvis
Scott Legg
Allen
Lewisburg Physician Dies at Age 46
Dr. Leonidas Williams, 46, a Lewisburg physician and surgeon, died at home four hours after a heart attack. A native of Williamsburg, he studied at the University of Virginia and practiced in East Mainville and Greenbrier County before moving to Lewisburg. Survived by his wife Madeline Kincaid Williams, infant son David Lee, his parents, two brothers, three sisters, and several Lewisburg relatives. Body at Nickell Funeral Home in East Rainelle.
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Leonidas Williams
Lewisburg
Williamsburg
Greenbrier County
University of Virginia
East Mainvile
Williams
Frankford Presbyterian Church
East Rainelle Lodge
Af&am
Madeline Kincaid Williams
David Lee
Charles B
Lorena Garner Williams
Ray Williams
St. Louis
C. N. Williams
Charleston
Bessie Estep
Glessie Arbaugh
Ruth Kneisley
Nickell Mortuary
East Rainefic
Drivers Okay
Union negotiators from the Motor Coach Employes union met at the Hotel Charlton in Washington last Wednesday and Thursday. Participants included Daniel V. Maroney Jr. of Charles 1 ton, president of Division 1493, and Engle’s management assistants. The 11 member committee met Saturday to discuss tentative week long agreements reached in Washington.
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Tage 1
Motor Coach Employes Union
Charlton
Washington
Daniel V. Maroney Jr
Charles 1Ton
AFL
Engle
Obituary notices from Frametown and surrounding towns
A batch of death notices lists Thomas J. Boggs and others from Frametown, Clendenin, Charleston, and Pt. Pleasant. Services set at Sablett mortuary, Bartlett mortuary, and Tyree mortuary with local clergy officiating. burials planned in family or local cemeteries. Survivors include spouses, children, and grandchildren. causes include heart attack and long illness. Burial sites span Carles, Koontz, Lone Oak, Sprins Creek, and Highlawn Memorial Park.
Menon Says Door Open To Free Gls
At San Francisco's Memorial Opera House six former U S Assembly presidents attended the U N anniversary event and urged peace. Krishna Menon said the door to Red China may be open if not slammed shut by words, and noted families of 11 U S fliers could visit prisoners.
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U. S. Assembly
Way Memorial Opera House
U. N
E. N. van Kleufens
Anssembly
Oswaldo Nursing Home
Sears
Sranha
Brazil
Herbert V. Evatt
Evangelical Vested
Deeuren
Australia
Jose Arce
Argen- Ghureh
Tie “Ortina
Vijaya L. Pandit
Shadyside
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Lof India
Cleo Mccannell
Mollyspat
Fea Nehru
Tr Rronton
Edna Rolling
Secresre Au el Laren Ney
Teese le Seer
van Kleffens
Lamorroy
Dartlett
Moruary
Lhe Dais
Aion
Bandung
Romulo
Soviet Bloc
Romula
U.N
China
V. K. Krshna Menon
India
Airman Sought in Slaying of Dickinson Family
Dickinson Texas police hunted a 190 pound airman for questioning after three members of the McPherson family were killed in their Dickinson Bayou area home. Mrs Ruby C McPherson, her son George 12, and grandmother Zela Normain were found shot in bed as neighbors grew suspicious. The airman was seen with Mrs McPherson at a restaurant Wednesday night and believed to have stolen her car en route to California.
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Tex
Ruby C. McPherson
California
Dickinson Bayou
Houston
Galveston
Texas
Johnny Klevenhagen
Ruby Krueger
Daris Flillup
Fred Arvidson
McPherson
Arvidson
Mrs. McPherson
George
Jack
Funerals for Bean and others listed in Webster and surrounding areas
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices for residents of Webster Springs, Oak Hill, Mammoth, Alum Creek, and nearby towns. Services set at 2 p m or 3 p m in local churches with burial at church or municipal cemeteries. Revs. Mustoe, Woods Tow, Linville, Casto, and others named. Burial at Cunningham Memorial Park and Lincoln Memorial Park among locations.
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RGNOM
Roy Hos
Alkol
Lincoln County
Sycamore Grove
Hopulat
Revs
Woods Tow Lawson
Emory Linville
Murial
Lincoln Memorial Park
Hanlin
Marmon
Walter
Campbell's Creek
Spring
Vietnam Problems Are Lessening
Saigon reports progress in Vietnam amid diplomatic and internal political struggles. Military operations against dissident groups near mop up stage. Premier Diem confident of success. France signals written conventions to govern expeditionary corps and prefers Foreign Office channels to avoid colonial associations.
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South Vietnam
Neu Dinh Diem
France
Edgar Faure
Vietnam
Ministry For Associated States
Moonshine Raid After Girl Targets Mayor
A West Side man, John Spencer, 43, was jailed on three moonshining charges after a daughter’s letter to Mayor Copenhaver exposing his untaxed whisky sales and gun possession prompted a raid by six officers on his Third Avenue home.
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City
Sen
Copenhaver
John Spencer
Third Ave
Spencer
Algeria War Toll Tops 500 as Violence Clashes Persist
Paris reports more than 500 dead and 300 wounded in seven months of nationalist violence in Algeria. Rebels suffer about 1,302 killed and 49 wounded. 347 captured. Attacks hit Sedrata Akbou Soukahras and Constantine region as crops burn near Constantine.
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Algeria
Constantine
Aures
Algeri
France
Sedrata
Philippeville
Akbou
Jalgiers
A A Meadows Dies at 79 Pioneer of Institute Community
A A Meadows 79 longtime Institute resident and retired farmer died last night at Thomas Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He lived in Institute 50 years. Survived by Lula his wife four sons Mangus Clifford Ferguson of Institute Quinton of Charleston a daughter Laverna of Institute two sisters Emma L Meadows and Ollie Whitlock a brother DeWitt Meadows 13 grandchildren nine great grandchildren. Dean James Kelly of West Virginia State College to conduct service 2 p m Wednesday at Samaritan Baptist Church Institute burial in Institute family cemetery Harden and Harden mortuary to transport body to church prior to service.
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A. Meadows
Institute
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Ollie Whitlock
Charleston
DeWitt. Meadows
Dean James Kelly
West Virginia State College
Samaritan Baptist Church
Ot Institute
Meadows
Harden
Stand Firm in Your Faith at Baptist Temple
Rev Oscar E Myerscough urged 600 in Charleston to resist social trends and remain steadfast in faith. He cited Adlai Stevenson on dissent and praised reformers like Socrates and Lincoln, while warning against extreme nonconformity and odd fashions.
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Oscar E. Myerscough
Adlai Stevenson
Death at Fayette intersection under investigation
State Police continue probe into the death of Nelile Mays Allen 59 found near Fayette near W V 19 and U S 60. Officials list skull fracture broken neck crushed chest and possible run over cause while investigations proceed. She leaves husband Cody three sons Thomas James and Johnny a sister Adeline Avis and brother Jessie Smith plus 16 grandchildren. Graveside rites set for 2 p m Wednesday at Highland Mountain Cemetery Layland under Wallace and Wallace mortuary direction. Body to be taken to sister’s Danese home Tuesday evening.
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East Rainelle
Fayette Country
W. Va. 19
U. S. 60
Here
Wallace and Wallace Mortaary
Nelile Mays Allen
Allen
Cody
Thomas
Danese
James
Johnny
Indianapolis
Ind
Adeline Avis
Jessie Smith
Denese
Highland Mountain Cemetery
Layland
Fayette County
Bill Houchins
Wallace
Five British airmen die in crash with U.S. jet
In Triere Germany during NATO exercises a British bomber collided with an American jet. Five of the bomber crew of six were killed while the American pilot parachuted to safety with minor injuries. No names released.
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U.S
Trier
Germany
NATO
Here
Flowers Speak in Time of Bereavement
A brief note on flowers as a comfort during bereavement, stating there is no substitute for their beauty and the solace they provide to both the sender and the mourners. The writer reflects on the memory and friendship conveyed by sending blossoms.
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Ady
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