Tennessee Song Theme of Dobyns Bennett Exercises
Dobyns Bennett Commencement Exercises at Sprankle Gymnasium featured a large student program led by S T Wittard and Marie Hutchinson. Faculty and students highlighted Tennessee folk music, with narrators Hetty Joll Shanks and Marilyn Jones, and many awards presented by Rosa N Rotinsolt.
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Sprankle Gymnasium
Boat
Schol Band
Water
S. T. Wittard
Marie Hutchin+son
Virginia Brewett
Hetty
Joll Shanks
Marilyn Jones
Palredictorians
Harriet Robinagn
Gerald Davis
Ruth Ramer
John W. Work
Fisk University
Nashville
Robinson
George Jackson
Georges Pesbady Teachers College
Charles Bryan
Pesbedy
Termesson
Moasen
Mtmec
Tennessee
Boy 7
Kinnick
Niwanis Club
Martyn Dames
Betty Jel! Shanks
American Legion
Betty F Jo Boyd
Rotary Club
Amelia
Ballitades
Cillan
Dan Dellus
Carollyn Carson
Clu
Jimmie King
Gene Aren
Bertram H. Border
Julian King
Borden
Charlene Haney
Jerry Ford
Martin Jones
Kentucky News Highlights From June Proclamations To Elections
Gov Earle Clements proclaims Flag Day June 14 and Father’s Day on June 19. James Mod Som of Argo Pike County files for Republican nomination in the Seventh District. Muhlenberg and Ohio Counties extend utility service to 260 farms costing about 8101,000. Henry G Martin named principal at Wayslick High School for 1960 61 term. Centre College carnival pageant and parade run Thursday to Sunday. Era J Porter elected president of Georgetown College succeeding retired Porter Nunnery. Henry Timberlake 31 Negro drowns while swimming near Winchester Pike in Lexington. Chattanooga contractor enters race for Third District in Democratic primary. petitions must be postmarked by midnight.
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Madisonville
Kentucky Utilities Company
Greenville
B. £. Foster
Muhlenberg
Ohio
Georgetown
Georgetown College
J. Porter
Porter
Louisville
Porter Nunnery
Lexington
Henry D. Timberlake
Winchester Pike
Chattanooga
James B. Frazier
Fred Hixson
James Walter Harris
Just J
Free Advice Flows to Young Salesman After Bird Rescue
Baltimore reports Jack Meyers a Gnoleum salesman rescued Petey a sick sparrow from a cat. Petey stays with him as Meyers resists caging and considers feeding tips to restore the bird. Dozens call offering sparrow care advice and methods to ease the bird’s diet and recovery.
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Baltimore
Jack Meyers
Petey
Meyers
Woman Charged Items To Detective Chief Prendergast
Detectives at Central Station seek a woman who charged a women and children's apparel purchase totaling 3.95 to John C. Prendergast. The man listed as Commissioner Prendergast lives at 7333 South Shore Drive. the shopper is identified as Mrs Feeneergrat of 1383 South Shore Drive.
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Chicago
Polles
Central Station
John
Premiergast
Skvest
Childrens
John C. Prendergast
South Shore Drive
Feeneergrat
Prendergaat
Burglar Alarm Foils Fuel Firm Heist
Burglars broke a window at Muncle Inc and stole $1 from the fuel company. They entered through a broken pane and tripped the electric eye alarm on exit, alerting the crime.
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Muncle, Inc
Whch Thes
Government waste sparkles in cost of small orders
A civic notice urges efficiency by noting it costs the government $14 to process a 50 cent typewriter ribbon order. It calls for implementing the Heavey Commission recommendations and lists Senators McKellar Estes Kemper and Representative Dayton Phillips as contact points in Washington DC.
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Congress
Heavey Commission
H. D. McKellar
Estes Kempyer
Senate
Rep
Dayton Phillips
House
Washington, DC
Robinson to Speak at City Mission
Prof. J. Lorenzo Robinson will be the speaker at the City Mission this week. Mission superintendent Thomas Willems announced Monday that Robinson will speak daily beginning Tuesday through Saturday June 10. He will present a different program each evening and the meetings are open to the public.
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J. Lorenzo Robinson
Thomas Willems
Mission
Robinson
Big Stone's Singing Festival Draws Tri State Crowds
Big Stone Gap Virginia hosts an all day singing convention at Bullitt Park on June 11 drawing many units and notable performers from Wise County Lee County and Scott County including the Fletcher Sisters the Bartley Sisters and the Thompson Family Choir along with Allen Williams and Claude Ely among others as rain is hoped for but not expected by Mayor W S Bevery.
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Big Stone Gap
Spl
Tri-State
Fletcher Sisters
Wise County
Fowell River Boys of
Wise
Bartley Sisters of
Lee
Millers Chapel Quartet
Shirley Thompson
Dr McNeer to Speak at Red and Gun Meeting
Dr Thomas McNeer will present First Aid in the Outdoors at the Kingsport Red and Gun Club regular meeting Tuesday night at 7 30 at the Civic Auditorium. Ed Shipley president says conservation films will be shown at the event.
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Thomas McNeer
Kingsport
Civic Auditorium
Ed Shipley
AEC Labor Board Sets June9 Strike Action at Oak Ridge Plant
The Atomic Energy Labor Relations Board entered the Oak Ridge K-25 plant dispute between Carbon Chemicals and CIO United Gas Coke and Chemical Workers. A three member panel will meet with company and union officials likely in Oak Ridge to continue talks. The wage issue centers on a ten cent raise under a two year contract. Production workers have not struck before but have sought union authorization. The panel may issue recommendations within 30 days.
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New York
Oak Ridge
Atomic Energy Labor Relations Board
Ronald Straus
Dave
Straus
Atomic Energy Commission
Ocarbide and
Carbon Chemicals
Com
CIO
United Gas
Coke and Chemical
Spute
Akious
William H. Davis
War
Aaron Horvitz
Edwin E. Witte
University of Wisconsin
Jerry A. George
Feajtless
Fruman
Bor Cispuses All Avenue
Damta
Baby Loaded Plane Diverted to Cuba and England Permit Delayed
A charter plane carrying 38 wives 9 husbands and 33 children diverted to Cuba after landing permission to enter England was not granted. Transocean Air Lines obtained a landing authorisation by cable. The group had left Havana and was headed to London, with prior plans to stop in Marford Connecticut before arrival.
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Oakland
Calif
England
Fliglt
Transocean Air ‘Lines
Cable
U, & Civ Aeronautics Board
Transocean
Havana
London
Mariford
Conn
Bristol Plans Comprehensive Traffic Survey
Bristol Tennessee Virginia announce a comprehensive traffic survey of Whig Twin City to begin after June 25. The study will assess parking, enforcement, flow, service, and wire selection for a federal air urban system, financed by federal highway funds with state contributions.
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Bristol
Tenn
Whig Twin City
Tennessee
Virginia
Escapes From Work Gang Captured Near Jefferian Barn
Two prisoners who escaped a county work gang were captured nine hours later by state highway patrolmen in a barn near the old Jefferian community. They overpowered guard Hollis Betis and took his pistol before the escape. Sheriff Hari McKnight said the pair, James McCullough and Henry Smitty, were serving terms for vagrancy. A tip from an unidentified woman led troopers to the barn where the men were returned to the Hatterford County jail.
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Murfreesboro
Hollis Betis
Hari McKnight
James McCwrough
Henry Smitty
J J. Jackson
Snd
Charles, McGuire
McCullough
Smitty
Hatterford
Crime Inquiry Turns To Narcotics Traffic
Washington Senates crime investigation pivots to narcotics traffic amid suspicions that organized crime and gambling overlords are involved. Commissioner Anslinger, top narcotics expert, testifies at a secret session to provide special committee information and set the inquiry’s course.
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Washington
Senate
B. J. Anslinger
U. S. Bureau of Narcotics
PROUD PARENTS SEND STUDENTS TO GRADUATION
Mrs Ben Sewell and Mrs Vesta Sewell report their children will attend graduation exercises at the University of Virginia and Randolph Macon Woman's College. Ben Pride Sewell is to receive his degree and Phi Beta Kappa honors, while George and Winston Sewell graduate in Richmond.
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Jonesville
Ben Sewell
Mias
Sally Sewell
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Middlesboro Police Case Hearing Set for June 10
Pineville Ky region report states hearing date of June 10 for motions to quash indictments against Middlesboro Police Chief Guy Harrell and department members. Judge Maddox set June 25 for Bell County residents charged with illegal election practices. Several others indicted in April pled guilty and were fined 240 to 300 dollars.
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Pineville
Mid- Gloster
Guy Harrell
Bell Circuit
Maddox
Bell
Harwell
Drunkenness Cases Tried In City Court And More
City Court heard drunkenness cases with fines ranging from 10 to 35 dollars for public drunkenness and meter violations. Several defendants forfeited bail or paid fines for reckless driving speeding and parking in an alley. Infant catalog remark at Richmond and Roanoke College speeches urged social reform and a design for living beyond self.
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Stanton
Frank Chapman Brown
Howard Postam
First Presbyterian Church
Dallas
Texas
Mary Baldwin Celne
Ome
Senators Seek Probe Into Rising Gas Prices
Senators Ferguson and O Mahoney call for a Senate investigation into the steadily rising gasoline prices. They accuse possible monopolistic practices and price manipulation and urge inquiry into potential anti trust law violations.
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Washington
Senate
Ferguson
Michy
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
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Mason County World of Education
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Big Stone
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Birmingham
Randolph’ Macon Woman's College
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University of Richmond
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Politburo
Roanoke
U. S
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Roanoke College
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