May CPI Edges Down With Food Drops But Outlook Mixed
The Labor Department reports May consumer prices slipped 0.1 percent led by cheaper meat and groceries, keeping the index at 127.4 of the 1947–49 base. A June uptick seems possible if produce rebounds, while beef and poultry prices help households but overall costs remain near record levels.
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Washington
Labor Department
Robert J. Myers
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Myers
BLS
Deslers
Groundhog hunt ends in miner’s fatal shot
Four vacationing miners on a Greenbrier County farm in West Virginia hunted groundhogs when George W. Richmond 43 of Charmeo was shot in the head while holding a dead groundhog to examine it. Richmond was killed instantly by a .222 caliber rifle. His brother Enoch Richmond also of Charmeo and two other vacationing miners, William Gale Wells and Wise Bishop of Quinwood, were on the same farm. The shooting occurred about 1 30 P. M. and the investigation continues. Richmond’s survivors include his parents, three sisters and three brothers. Funeral services are planned in East Rainelle with burial at Wallace Memorial Cemetery Clintonville.
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Lewisburg
George W. Richmond
Charmeo
Greenbrier
I. P. Richardson
Richmond
Enoch
William Gale Wells
Wise Bishop
Quinwood
Greenbrier County
William Richmond
Near
Rupert
Alice Anderson
Chicago
Leola Fresiman
Columbus
Ohio
Dorothy West
Ostrander
Sat
Walter
Oregon
John
Jim
Wallace and Wallace
East Rainelle
Wallace Memorial
Clintonville
Charleston Man Receives Medical Degree in 1960s Shootings
James C. Meador Jr of Charleston WV earned an MD from the Medical College of Virginia while gunfire interrupted the scene in Richmond. Wells, charged with negligent shooting, awaited a Saturday hearing before Justice Harry Zimmerman as authorities recovered the victim's body.
The Escape from Spencer Jail
Three men escaped from the Roane County jail in Spencer between midnight and 1 a.m. They stole a car belonging to Troy Chandler and were seen in the vehicle later by police. Missing are Nelson Bailey 20 Spencer Newberry Truman 35 Newton Mansfield Allen Bess 36 Oak Hill. Bailey served 30 days for petit larceny Truman facing assault and rape charges Bess held on federal parole violation.
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Spencer
Roane County
Nelson Bailey
Newberry Truman
Newton
Mansfield Allen Bess
Oak Hill
Boyd Egnor
Troy Chandler
Spencer City
Egnar
Bailey
Truman
Bess
Bose
Free 10 Point Car Safety Check This Week
Motorists may receive a free 10 point safety check today through Saturday. Sponsored by the American Business Club and WTIP, the check is available at the Kanawha Blvd and Pennsylvania Ave location from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. today Thursday and Friday, and 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. A World War II veteran and city police officer was present during inspections.
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American Business Club
WTIP
Kanawha Blvd
Pennsylvania Ave
Pennsylvania screens drivers for safety with medical exams
More than 700 potentially dangerous Pennsylvania drivers were barred from the highways as the state enforces medical exams for license holders. In the first year 421,857 applicants were examined. 602 were rejected for medical reasons and 130 gave up plans to drive after failing to pass the tests, totaling 732 ineligible.
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David M. Cleary
New York
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
Charles L. Wilbur Jr
Two Sentenced In N C Robbery
In Kingston North Carolina two Baltimore men Purcelle Green and Nic Griffin received prison terms after a jury found them guilty of an armed robbery at a Kinston service station on April 8. Green received 18 to 21 years and Griffin 12 to 15 years. Police killed James Oliver at a roadblock near New Bern as he tried to grab a pistol from an officer.
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Suprior Court
Tudalph Mintz
Purcelle Green
Nic Griffin
Kinston
New Bern
Here
James Oliver
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Sharmco Man
Richardson
UMWA
Anjean
Charleston
James C. Meador Jr
Picadilly St
W. Va
Wells
Medical College of Virginia
Meador
Duke University
West Virginia
Uiversity School of Medicine
U.S. Naval
A.D. Williams
C.V. Mossby
Ted
Vonly
Sgt
Justice, of the Peace
Harry Zimmerman
B’nai B’rith
Alex Diznoff
Charleston Lodge
Nat Maslow
Sam Gilbert
Grand Lodge No. 3
Harry Wonder
Supreme Lodge of B'nai Brith
Teodore H. Cook
District Lodge
Eli Weinberg
State Council
Piedmont Airlines
Corsair
South Charleston
Chevrolet
Roger Dean, Inc
Washington and Broad Sts
Rhodes-Holland Chevrolet Go., Inc
MacCorkle Ava
S.W
Wilbur
N.C
Kingston
Baltimore
Ryanize
Lustaquik Enamel
Apex Paint & Glass CO
Central Ave
Corvair
Plaid
Jamaicas
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