Political Picture of Acuff and Reece in Tennessee Campaign
The article recalls Roy Acuff and B Carroll Reece challenging Kefauver and Browning in Tennessee during 1952. It details their vigorous campaign from the mountains to the Mississippi, the Kingsport rally of Sept 7, and a partisan projectile incident. It notes Browning and Kefauver won, while Acuff and Reece faced a defeat amid a hostile crowd. It also mentions Ed Arnold’s political hints and his later activities along with Gov. Frank Glemont.
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Eddie Arnold
Opry
Roy Acuff
B. Carroll Reece
Gordon Browning
Estes Kefanver
Reece
Kefanver
Senate
Harry Truman
Ton Dewey
White House
Tennessee
Browning
Kiefauver
Lvne
Crump
Kelauyver
U.S. Senate
Acull
Anil Reece
Mississippi River
Acuff
Smoky Mountains
Philos Reece
Dewex
Browneing
Kefruver
Viles
Kingsport
Center
Andil Acull
Bill Freehuff
Bill
Lloyd McMillan
Charles
Uhuk
Broad Street
Uncle Sam
Henry Wallace
Jada
Reeve
Natrally
Ray Acuff
Reege
Tris
Sullivan County
Arnold
Boss Bass
Frank Glemont
Drivers Face Fines After City Court Rulings
Two persons were fined this morning in City Court. Ted Lee Frazier, 18, Park St, paid 100 dollars for reckless driving and speeding after a chase from a downtown funeral home to Highland Park. James R. Hutchins, 51, 2603 Bloomingdale Rd, was fined 30 dollars for driving while intoxicated and 25 dollars for driving without a license after admitting he had never held a license. Frazier’s $104 bond forfeiture was noted, with trial pending on the charges.
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Ted Lee Frazier
Park St
Ed Bralley
Bralley
Frazier
Watauga Street
Highland Park
Marvin Parsons
Parsons
James R. Hutching
Bloomingdale Road
Hutchins
Cumberland Street
Loonie
Two Local Students Receive Degrees at UVa Commencement
Kingsport residents John Terry Parsley son of James B Parsley and John Irvin Dale II both earned degrees at the University of Virginia commencement. Parsley received a BS in commerce while Dale earned a doctor of philosophy in chemistry among 420 graduates.
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Kingsport
University of Virginia
Jobn Terry Parsley
James B. Parsley
Belmeade Drive
John Irvin Dale II
Georgia Tech commencement honors three Kingsport students
More than 1,000 graduates were honored at Georgia Tech commencement. Kingsport students Frank M. Clarion Jr. Route 3 Temlock Park, received a BS degree in applied psychology. Robert Dobyns, 1005 Catawba St, earned a BS in industrial management. Charles G. Leeper, 1021 Watauga St, earned a BS in mechanical engineering.
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Kingsport
Georgi Tech Saurday
Frank M. Clarion Jr
Temlock Park
Robert
Kingsport Man Receives Top Eastman Award
Starling Lawson of the Tennessee Eastman Co. received the largest cash award ever paid for a safety suggestion. The $2,500 prize marked the top Eastman honor for ideas adopted to improve equipment maintenance, production, and safety. Howard Salyer also earned $1,000 for improving swearn manufacturing process. About 12,000 Kodak employee ideas were submitted with 31 percent adopted, totaling $100,000 in cash awards.
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Starling Lawson
Tennessesee Eastman Co
Kodak Co
Lawson
Kodak Chemical Division
Iign
Texas Eastman
Howard Salyer
Tennessee Eastman
Eastman
Kodak
Rhododendron Festival Opens At Roan Friday
Roan Mountain hosts the 17th Rhododendron Festival starting Friday, drawing visitors to the world class gardens atop the 1100 foot mountain on the Tennessee North Carolina line. Sixteen entrants compete for Miss Rhododendron 1968 with talent and bathing suits Friday night at Cloudland High School. The Saturday evening gown event tops the program as part of the Miss America preliminaries, with the winner to represent Roan Mountain and Carter County in Jackson Tennessee. Jereme Dick Litis of Johnson City serves as master of ceremonies for the third year.
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Roan Mountain
Tennessee
North Carolina
East Tennessee
Cloudland High School
Carter County
Jackson
Tenn
Jereme
Dick Litis
Johnson City
City Court Public Drunkenness and Fines
Reed Bellamy aged 38 of Carmel was fined for public drunkenness. A 22 year old from Highland Park, Larry Tipton, forfeited end for firing a gun inside the city. Ralph Rowlan d Wields, 25 from Route 4 forfeited $10 for speeding. Selma Jean Flannery, 23 of 118 Ridgecrest forfeited a $7.50 bond for following too closely.
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Larry Tipton
Highland Park
Ralph Rowland Wields
Route 4
Idaho Firm to Dismantle and Ship Odor Convertor Unit
Idaho firm will dismantle and ship a Tony mitric acid converter unit in steel Trame Structures about 11 feet high and covering about 50,000 square feet. The framework will be erected at Holston Ordnance Works by Army Engineers. The project includes piping electrical instrumentation, a new conical house, an ammunition loading dock, a small prefabricated building, utilities paving and a railroad spur track.
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Iigh Bagineur
Holston Ordnance Works
Army Engineers
Two Strike Incidents Reported In Sullivan County
Reports from Sullivan County Tonight detail two separate incidents. A broken window on Aiatina Street and a steel bearing found at the scene are noted by the Sheriff’s Department, while Kingsport police report a tire slashed on an automobile on Truston Drive.
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Kingennet
Deeliius
Sullivan County
Amae
Sheriff's Department
Aiatsina Street
Kingsport
Truston Drive
Credit Grantors to Meet at Downtowner Tonight
The Credit Grantors Association will hold its monthly meeting at 6 15 tonight at the Downtowner. Haskell Duncan will run the program with Jim Hampton, assistant director of University Hospital at Knoxville, delivering the speaker notes.
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Credit Grantors’ Association
Haskell Duncan
Jim Hampton
University Hospital At
Knoxville
Hning
Water Lines Break In Cristal Cause Geysers
Construction damage ruptured two eight inch water mains in Cristal on Monday. Water spouted to a0 feet high for about ten minutes as crews worked through the night to restore service to the neighborhood.
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Cristal
Water Department
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