07 Jun 1955
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1955
Page
1
In Dungannon residents differ on a coal comeback. B Putnam expects decline citing electric heat oil and railroad shifts. Elsie Welch sees revival if interest rises, while Joe Dingus anticipates coal in a new form with future uses but not as fuel as before.
In Springfield Ten, grocer M Paul Randolph was shot during a robbery for 1100 dollars in his store last night. Sheriff Otto Murphy reported a car with Davidson County plates seen fleeing the scene and Randolph's son followed the suspect vehicle briefly, obtaining the license number.
Hal Boyle profiles Chino, a 32 year old Apache minister and tribal leader, who heads a push to raise his people from poverty by developing a high level dude ranch on the Mescalero reservation in New Mexico. He emphasizes education and economic diversification.
Bishop Roy H Short announces the election of Dr Foye G Gibson of Emory and Henry College as Scarritt College president-elect to succeed Dr Hugh Stuntz who retires in July 1956. Dr Gibson previously led Emory and Henry after service in Poland and both candidates are former missionaries with long international work.
A town justice fined the Yale Alumni Club of Hartford fifty dollars for running a raffle at a 2 scholarship fund output. The judge noted the officers pleaded no contest and emphasized enforcement of the state raffles ban. Justice Malbie upheld the law despite mixed views from participants.
Memphis officials confined to hospital beds after surgical and medical checks. Mayor Frank Tobey and Commissioner Joe Boyle rest in hospital. Tobey expected four days for tests and recovery while Boyle faces several weeks away from office following surgery.
A thief knocked down 68 year old drugstore clerk Meurite Schechter near a bank and grabbed his briefcase. The briefcase vanished, but the man escaped wearing only a raincoat as he fled the scene.
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