Foreign policy tensions and unusual crime headlines mix in Solon era brief
A fragmented clipping reports on Eisenhowers and critics in foreign policy clashes, a Beehive bandit felled by a jar, Irish dress code mentions in Detroit, Israeli blame on infiltrators near Gaza, wedding site plans in Lisbon, and other scattered items including an asylum request, a death by own action in 1988, a civil service strike, a Grandby bear shot, and Italian atomic experts heading to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight
Denver
Shi
Milton
Joe McCarthy
R-Wis
Ireland
Bisek
Detroit
Gaza
Corrine Calves
Jeff
Stone
Lisbon
FBI
Irving Potash
Red Po
Herman Albrecht
Finland
Grandby
Quebec
Italy
New York
Flood Areas Brace Again in Southern West Virginia
Williamson reports renewed flood misery as heavy rains trigger river crests near 30 feet, with Tug River set to top a March record but just shy of it. Roads blocked in Mingo, Mercer, McDowell, Wyoming, and Roane counties. over a dozen schools closed or delayed as utilities and services cope with widespread disruption. Local police and fire on Third Ave faced mounting hazards amid the deluge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
West Virginia
Tug River
Third Ave
Mingo
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
Upstate
Roane
Bluefield
Ex Cop Released From Hospital Amid Flooding Spreads
Rainfall totaled 7.31 inches in 24 hours into mid morning, flooding Nazin Abbess’s auto parts plant area in Matewan and forcing evacuations. Eastern mining towns OVS disrupted. schools in Matewan Matoaka Spanishburg Montcalm and Herndon closed or suspended. Chattaroy evacuees remained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazin Abbess
Matewan
Tug River
Mate Creek
PSC Continues Phone Rate Case Across Mercer McDowell Co
The Public Service Commission continued a hearing on General Telephone Co of the Southeast proposed higher rates for Bluefield and other Mercer County towns, plus McDowell County areas including Davy and Welch. Company witnesses cited need to steady return on investment and fund a five year expansion program with separate rate scales for each area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
McDowell County
Public Service Commission
General Telephone Co
Southeast
Bluefield ‘Telephone Co
Bluefield
Bramwell
Matoaka
Princeton
Athens
Mercer County
Davy
Keystone
Kimball
Northfork and
Welch
McDowell
PSC
Rain Washed Car Reported Stolen in Franklin Ohio
Rain washed details of a claimed car theft in Franklin Ohio on March 16. Herschel Berkley reported his vehicle missing after returning to the front of a location, but police found it where left. unclear notes reference Cedar and a George Paret to a siren incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Ohio
Herschel Berkley
Berkley
Cee Ofeeze
George Paret
Senate panel probes Peress discharge delay and mixups
Army witnesses testified of months of mixups and delays before Irving Peress received an honorable discharge. Senator McClellan cited the process as inexcusable as he chairs the Senate Investigations subcommittee. Witnesses described transfers and loyalty questions affecting Peress from coast to coast and back, with remarks on improved personnel security under Eisenhower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Irving Peress
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Peress
New York
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Thomas
Stuttgart
Germany
Curtis Army Intelligence
R. Kirkland
Jacksonville
Fla
Lnterocenace
Ronald F. Thomas
Army
1St. Army
Robert F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
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Prosibels
Solon
Eisenhowers
America
DABER
Spain
J Lodge
Madrid
Pittsburgh
Paris
Ilurs
Mit
Ao Keng
R European
Wei Li-hunang
Red China
General Hospital
Kanawha
James
J. Robert L. Davis I Jr
Washington St. W
Mare
Kanawha Blvd
Mace Addad
R ‘Ossary
Oxford
Cotton Oxford
Nicaties
Chairman Hits Peress Mixup
Mann
Fa ‘Saat
Navy
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