Uprising in Poznan Sparks Polish and Berlin Tensions
Western reporters describe a massive Poznan anti-government uprising with crowds, gunfire, and casualties amid Polish Premier Cyrankiewicz warnings. Police and soldiers oversee the scene as readers across Germany and Sweden report ongoing unrest and contested casualty figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
League of Free Jurists
East Germany
East Berlin
Free Jurists
Cyrankiewicz
Warsaw
Jhours
Poznan
Cyrankiewics
Warsaw Radio
Germany
Sweden
Stockholm
Poland
Belle Mother Is Selected Miss West Virginia of 1956
A 24 year old Belle mother won Miss West Virginia of 1956 at the Miss Universe finals in the Daniel Boone Hotel. Mrs. Jan Cardi a secretary at Westvaco in South Charleston and mother of Cheryl Lisa wins wardrobe and trip to California to compete in the finals. Eleanor Carney of Dunbar places second Zona Ann Hess of Charleston third. Teen queen winner Drannta Holsters 16 daughter of Mr and Mrs Holstein is from Stonewall Jackson High School with runners up Billie Ann Coleman and Roberta Cobb and state princess Nida Rugel.
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West Virginia
Jan Cardi
Daniel Boone Hotel
John Brawley American Legion Post
California
Cardi
South Charleston
Westvaco
Cheryl Lisa
Columbus
Ohio
Eleanor Carney
Dunbar
Zona Ann Hess
Charleston
Drannta Holsters
Stonewall Jackson High School
Himer L. Holstein
Billie Ann Coleman
St. Albans
Roberta Cobb
Nida Rugel
Spring Hill
Marland Sees State Sharing U S Expansion
West Virginia must earn a fair share of a potential 34 billion dollar U S industrial expansion, Gov. Marland told 180 Mineral County civic leaders in Keister. He noted attracting 59 new industries in two years and said the in state phase of his 1956 campaign is a collective effort. He has traveled 50 009 miles promoting new industry in the state.
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Keyser
West Virginia
United States
Gav
Marland
Mineral County
Wilson denies belittle remark as hearings probe Air Force funds
In a Capitol hearing on Pentagon spending, Senator Wilson defends a word he used as critics press for details on a billion dollar Air Force funding boost. Witness Fowler Hamilton questions span back to 1950s defense programs as lawmakers seek context on Russian arms buildup.
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Son
Congress
Wilson
Supreme Court
Capitol
Twro
Pentagon
Fowler Hamilton
Symington
Jackson
Eisenhower
Mit
Hussia
East State VFW encampment speaker warns of Soviet smiles
In Parkersburg on June 29 Hugh Milton II, assistant secretary of the Army in charge of manpower, told about 400 attendees at the West Virginia VFW encampment that Soviet leaders seek international respectability while pursuing the same communism aim as 20 years ago. The event runs to tomorrow with officer elections, a parade and a dance.
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Parkersburg
Messag
West Virginia
Hugh MM. Milton II
Washington
Milton
Kremlin
Tag Day Attendance Forecast By Department Opens At Nine
The article notes an uncertain turnout as the department prepares for a 9 a m opening with crowding expected. Wally Pere spanel sells plates at 10 cents to manage lines, and total registrations exceed 370 000 new plates including car and truck tags. The pace lags behind last year’s figures with July totals around 478 963 and ongoing registration increases.
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Pere Spanel
Springfield teen found slain on home patio
Carol Elaine Drennan, 14, a Springfield high school sophomore, was found stabbed 40 times on her home patio around 1 a.m. She was last seen alive by her father by phone earlier. Detectives questioned neighborhood teens as they hunted for clues and traced a family car abandoned near the scene.
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Springfield
Carol Elaine Drennan
Carol
Harold Pritt Dies at Union
Harold Lynch Pritt, 59, longtime Union merchant and former mayor of Union, Monroe County, died unexpectedly at his home. He married Hihel Ellison in 1927 and after her death, Pearl Livesay. Survived by three sons, two sisters, a brother, a grandson, and his wife. Service set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Union Methodist Church with Masonic graveside rites at Green Hill Cemetery. Body at Broyles mortuary.
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Union
Monroe County
Harold Lynch Pritt
Pritt
Monroe Lodge
AF & AM
I Eastern Stars
Lotge
Union Rotary Chuir
Hihel Ellison
Pearl Livesay
Harold Loyd Pritt
New Holland
Bobby Gene
Ft. Meade Md
Dewey Lynch Pritt
A. E. Givens
Keenan
Russell V. Kittle Sr
Hillsdale
Carl G. Pritt
Union Methodist
A. B. Shiftlett
D. C. Craft
Burjial
Green Hill Cemetery
Broyles Mortuary
Man En Route To See Marine Son Killed In Wreck
BLUEFIELD June 29 A 19 year old father en route to Mercer County Airport to see Marine Sgt Robert Davis off for overseas duty was killed in a collision one mile east of Bluefield on U S 460. Police report his 1948 sedan crossed the highway and struck a Power Co service truck. A second four car crash at the same spot caused no injuries.
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Bluefield
Cave
Here
E. D. Baazzier
Mack D. Davis
Mercer Country
Princeton
Robert Davis
New York
Red Cross
Bare
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Davis
Marcer County
Drowned Man Identified After Body Pulled From Creek
New Martinsville report says George Plants, 45, of New Martinsville, was found dead in Procter Creek. Sheriff says he was a construction employee who fell from an embankment and drowned, noting $63 found in his clothing supports an accidental death.
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New Martinsville
George Plants
Proctor Creek
Lee Fran
Humid weather and severe accident disrupt Ohio Valley
Humid conditions are forecast across much of the Ohio Valley and West Virginia with rising temperatures. Cooler weather is expected in the Northern Central Plains and Upper Great Lakes, while the Far West and Northeast see fair skies. An accidental shotgun discharge at Mrs. E. E. Fizer’s home injured Loretta Smith, 16, and family members, with Loretta in fair condition at Charleston General Hospital. The Smith and Pierson families were en route for a joint Harrisville vacation. the incident occurred as Mr. Pierson tested the shotgun.
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Ohio Valley
West Virginia
Plains
Great Lakes
J. C. Crockett
E. E. Fizer
Bigley Ave
H A. mi
Loretta Smith
BE. E. Smith
Beach Ave
Sharon
Loretta
Charleston General Hospital
Weather Summary Across States for Saturday
Forecasts show Charleston increasing clouds and warmer with possible afternoon or evening thundershowers. West Virginia expects mostly fair and warmer conditions with scattered thunderstorms late in the day. Maryland and Virginia vary to sunny or mostly sunny with scattered storms southwest in the evening or night. Ohio and Western Pennsylvania anticipate warm, sunny or partly cloudy weather. Kentucky and Tennessee expect partly cloudy skies with little temperature change. Highest winds were reported at 12:24 p.m. Friday.
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Pam
Charleston
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
Warner
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Biehest
Pau
Civitan Names New International President At Charleston Banquet
Civitan leader Luther Medlin told 115 club members that Civitan’s mission grows from a shared civic duty. Roy E. Ailstock was installed as Charleston Civitan president for 1956 57 with officers and special awards announced for service.
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Civitan
Charles PF. Fox
Roy EH
Hatfield, Pecular Mission
Charleston Civitan Club
Luther R. Medlin
Greensboro
N. G
Civitans
Charleston
Roy E. Ailstock
Club For
Frank ‘T. Litton
George W. Kelly
Bert’ W. Morris
Fisher
S. J. Breadwater
L. D. Crankleton
Paul L. Jefferson
J. Ken Crouch
Kyle King
Phillip W. Kelly
C. Frank LePage
Robert D. Hiffe
Willard R. Pool
Lynn Martin
Pat Vallandingham
Frank LePage
Claude E. Wheeler
KH. C. Faulkner
Denver
Casto
R. D. Riffe
Forbes R. Clark
CG. Ree Wingett
James A. Yeager
Frank A. Suter
Charles F. Fox
Ailstock
Tinue
Civitan Groups
Mrs Caruthers Dies After Long Illness In Charleston
Mrs Alice Troxel Caruthers of 1313 Quarrier Street dies at home after a long illness. Widow of Benjamin A Caruthers former Capitol City Supply Co secretary treasurer. She helped found Kanawha County public library and was a charter Kanawha Literary Society member. She lived in Charleston over 50 years. Body at Barlow-Bonsall mortuary.
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Alice Troxel
Caruthers
Quarrier St
Benjamin A. Caruthers
Capitol City Supply Co
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Kanawha Literary Society
Kanawha County
Charleston
Barlow-Bonsall Mortuary
Strikes No Problem At Weirton Steel Co
Weirton, June 29. Steel will continue to come from this Ohio River community whether or not there is a strike. Weirton Steel's 10 000 employees, members of an independent union, have 23 years of peaceful relations with the firm. Plants in Weirton and Steubenville, Ohio are operating normally. Negotiations are on a day to day basis to sign a new contract.
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Weirton
Ohio River
Weirton Steel
Steubenville
Ohio
Pway
Boy Learning Contolled From Page 1 Nazarene Church Glasgow
A Glasgow boy from Cub Scout Pack 73 Cu Scouts died, with services at the Glasgow Church of the Nazarene at 2 p m led by Rev A George Pitizer. Burial will be in Melton Cemetery at Elkview. The body lies at Cook Mortuary and will be moved to the church an hour before the service. Survived by parents, two brothers Paul Melvin and Dale Clayton Tiswick, two sisters Peggy Sue and Twila Kay, and grandparents Mrs Anna Elswick Witcherland and Mrs Effie Mae Melton Glasgow, great great grandmother Mrs Ora Melton Blue Creek.
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Nazarene Church
Glasgow
Cu Scouts
Paul Melvin
Dale Clayton Tiswick
Peggy Sue
Twila Kay
Anna Elswick
Witcherland
Effie Mae Melton
Ora Melton
Blue Creek
Ex-Gazette Man Dies in Kentucky
Prestonburg Kentucky June 29 11 William Byrte Given 80 a former Gazette employee and coal industry figure in Eastern Kentucky died of a heart attack on a Prestonsburg street He was a Cadiz Ohio native and Cleveland area educator and businessman who helped found Lincoln Coal Co Napier and Beaver Coal and Mining Co Drift He was associated with City Elkhorn Purity and Josephine coal firms and belonged to Mason Blue Lodge and Bene Kedhem Temple He leaves a widow and daughter Mrs Hunter F Lewis Vern on New Jersey Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Prestonsburg
Wiliam Byrte Given
Charleston
W. Va
Gazette
Kentucky
Given
Cadiz
Ohio
Canton
Ohio - Wesleyan College
The
Egal
Homer H
Georgetown
Lincoln Coal Co
Napier
Kentucky River
Beaver Coal and Mining Co
Drift
Elkhorn, Purity and
Josephine Coal Companies
Blue Lodge
Bene Kedhem Temple
Contract Awarded for Floodwall Work in Huntington
A Huntington contractor Wilson Co won the floodwall repair bid with 48 320 for work at Pt Pleasant and Parkersburg walls. The bid was the only submission, above the U S Engineers' 41 900 estimate, and covers joint reinforcement sheet piling and rubber water stops installation.
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Huntington
Wilson ,Co. of
Pt. Pleasant and
Parkersburg
U. S
Highway Funds Move to 41 000 mile Superhighway Plan
Weeks allocates 1.5 billion for the fiscal year to 48 states plus D C Hawaii Puerto Rico and Alaska. A billion funds start construction on a 41000 mile system of superhighways linking access roads with four lanes or more. Some routes pass near businesses with limited disruption, while the program aims to minimize hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau
Columbia
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Weeks
Eisenhower Leaves for Gettysburg Farm for Rest
President Eisenhower will drive to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, from Walter Reed Hospital for at least two weeks of convalescence. Press secretary James C. Hagerty said there are no plans for a hospital news conference or for a White House stop before departure around 8 30 a m. He could not confirm future plans with reporters.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Walter Reed Hospital
Pennsylvania
White House
Rite Arranged For Car Victim Sgt Delbert Price
Service will be at 11 30 a m today in Cunningham mortuary chapel for Sgt Delbert Price 20 of 809 Hillsdale Dr who was killed in a June 22 automobile accident near Ft Lewis Washington Rev Earl G Hissom will officiate Burial in Hope Cemetery Price a Boone County native had just returned from Germany and was stationed at the Washington Camp
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Cunningham Mortuary Chapel
Delbert
Price
Hillsdale Dr
Ft. Lewis, Wash
Earl G. Hissom
Hope Cemetery
Boone County
Free
United States
Germany
Washington Camp
Polish Poznan Uprising Shapes Postwar Policy Debate
U.S. officials scrutinize Poznan events to gauge impact on Soviet bloc turmoil and possible Polish government remedies. The Poznan uprising is seen as workers' resistance against heavy production diverted to the Soviet Union, heightening concerns over Khrushchev era policies.
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Poznan
Commuist
Nikita Khrushchev
Stalin
Soviet Union
Obituary notices from Dunbar Alum Creek and nearby towns
Funeral notices list Mary Baker aged 08 of 426th St Dunbar at 1 p m Open Door Migalon with Rev D W Durst, burial Montgomery Memorial. Also French Amogan 74 of Alum Creek at 2 p m Forks of Coal Baptist Church with Hoy W K Rule, burial Forks of Coal Cemetery. Gessie Irene DeVose 62 of Horsey Fayette County at 2 p m Harvey Baptist Church burial Prudence Cemetery. Bernard Lyons 30 of 1112 Conen never Dr Odthard Mange 444 p c in Glassow Methodist Church burial Montgomery Memorial Park Lag ate. Senna Thompson age 0 of Detroit former Clintonville at ta sem Bleck Methodist Church burial tauale ry cemetery Hominy Falls.
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Baker
Mary Efhabett
Dunbar
Brown &J
D. W. Durst
Montgomery
London
Keller Mortuary
Wit
Amogan
Alum Creek
Forks of Coal Baptist Church
Hoy
W. K
Rule
Forks of Coal Cemetery
Curry Mortuary
Aram Creek
Devose
Mra Gessie Irene
Horsey
Fayette County
Harvey Baptist Church
D. Parry
Prudence Cemetery
Hompson
Senna
Detroi
Clintonville
Tasem
Pam Bleck Methodist Church
Roy
Fay Perkins
Rev
Rynory MeQhraw
Taualery
Hominy Falls
Obituary notices from Greenbrier County clipping
Obituaries list William J Boone of Ronceverte and Lissie Dailey Brown in Montgomery, Sullivan Poss of Charleston, John G Eades of Ronceverte, Gilbert Araybill of Union Monroe County, Delia Holley of Kingston, and Hill Flagg of Putnam County. Survivors include spouses, children, siblings, and many grandchildren. Services noted with Wallace mortuary, Barrow-Bonsall mortuary, and local churches.
Service Arranged For Guy Manuel
Funeral services set for 2 30 pm tomorrow at Lincoln Baptist Church near Ronceverte for Guy Manuel 53 of Quinwood West Virginia who died from injuries in a mine accident. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Manuel was employed by Imperial Smokeless Coal Co Local 6200 UMWA and a member of Lincoln Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife Sarah Manuel a brother Clarence Manuel two sisters Josie Gilreath and Cora Lovings a stepson Lemuel Richardson. The body lies at Nickell mortuary East Rainelle and will be moved to the church an hour before services.
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Eades
John G
Wallace and Wallace Mortuary
David Harper
Burlaw
Iverview
Ronceverte
Mir. Eades
Greenbrier County
Crazet Methodist Church
Crazet
Araybill
Gilbert Tee
Pint Mountain Baptist Church
Hubert Bennett
Earlward
Tat Mountain
Grayhill
Union
Monroe County
Flint Mountain Baptist Church
Alderson
Elizabeth C. Gravell
Thomas DePriest
Alec. McGraw
Cella—ghen, Va
Clacy D. Basham
Massillon
Ohio
Charles Thomas
Josie Taylor
Traey Taylor
Huntington
Welet Stakes
Akron
Orving
Shackiin Mort Tuary
White’ Burnier Springs
Guy
Jack) Manuel
Quinwood
Lincoln Baptist Church
William Freeman
C. C. Logan
Church
Manuel
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington
T D. C
Imperial Smokeless Coal Co
UMWA
Sarah Manuel
Clarence Manuel
Pittsburgh
Josie Gilreath
Cora Lovings
Lawton
Lemuel Richardson
Roxbury
Mass
Nickell Mortuary
East Rainelle
Road Jobs to Cost 1.82 Million by Road Commission
The Road Commission awarded or recommended accepting low bids on eight projects totaling 1,822,598 dollars. Contracts went to low bidders on three state funded jobs and five federal aid projects were recommended for acceptance by the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads. The list includes a Procotor Creek bridge on West Virginia 2 in Wetzel County and nine other highway improvements across multiple counties.
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The
Road Commission
U. S Bureau of Public Roads
Proctor Creek
W. Va. 2
Wetzel County
Wallace Construction Co
Huntington
Harry Hatfield and Co
Barboursville
Jackson County
U. S. 33
Ripley
Mt. Alto
UFG Seeks Pipeline to DuPont Belle Works Plant
United Fuel Gas Co seeks a Federal Power Commission permit to build a 12.75 inch pipeline from Coca compressor station in Kanawha County to the duPont Belle Works plant nearly 18 miles away. Costing about $845,000 the line would supply 31 million cubic feet of gas daily to support modernization and a shift from coal to natural gas for ammonia ethylene glycol and urea production with delivery to begin by December and construction by October.
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Grant County
WW. Va
Petersburg
Pendleton County
Asphalt Products Co
Martinsburg
Harrison
W. Va
Wallace
Lumberport
J. F. Alien Co
Clarksburg
Lewis
U. S
Weston
Andersons’, Inc
Charleston
Osage
Pennsylvania Line
Feather Construction Co
Morgantown
RB. N. Hewitt Corp
Lewis County
Road Commission
U. S. 119
United Fuel Gas Co
duPont Belle Works
Federal Power Commission
Coca
Kanawha County
Belle Works
United Fuel
Stetrec
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Ers
Rundschav
Belle
Miss
U.S
Wison den Ley
VEW
David
Lawrence Drennon
T Racper
W. E. Mumford
Harold Pritt
Man
GI Son
Bureau Foi Zevue OF
Weat Vs
Tecast
Saikie
COP
Eowit
Weirton Steel Co
Rite
Sgt
Delbert E. Price
U.S. Appeals
Dutles
Boone
William J—B
Eliza Boone
Beulah Gilles
Wattsville
Mary Brown
Lewisburg
Anna Stoner
Camden
Lucille Wilmer
Ranceverte
Clarence
Leonard
Bady
Philadelphis
Jesse
Detroit
John
Cleveland
Walter
Howard
William
Cora Dickerson
Jesls Maore
Ned
Alfred
Poss
Sullivan
Lee St
State Road Commission
John Brawley
American Legion
Doss
Ruth Greene
Charles Sullivan Doss
Lulan Allen
Nitro
Dorothy Boy
Baltimore
Sherry Lynn Doss
Maude Perry
Madison
Gertrude Kine
Hattle
Holley
L.a. P.m. Tamar
Kingston Community Church
Raidh Parsons
Fayette~ Ville
Burlel
Highlawn Erectorial
Guk Hill
Hol Joy
Kingston
Mercy Hospital
Calimbus
Ono
D. Holley
Holey
Hillard
Lac
Flogg
Rokarwoure
Putnam County
Nes Hor
Boyd
Saltimaze
Outor
Allie Flgains Bathant
Macle Higginkathant
Orimni
Stra
Viola Marshell
Lotte Kine
Cee
Ropertsbure
Sally Brink
Quatto
Qallipolis
Onlomalster
Dune Craig
Teobertsburs
Larry
Robertadury
GO. B
Wag
Fayoes Aoretuary
Buftelo End
Howe
Smra
Viola Marana
Bermuda
Guy Manuel
UFG
duPont
Virginia St
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