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Kingsport Times

Location

Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1954

Page

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Bond Distributions Reported for County School Issue

Kingsport area receives 132 325 23 dollars from 700 000 bond total Bristol city gets 85 059 34 as its share Sullivan County lists 787 60 to 14 400 302 total Emergency program began July 1959 with 2 259 000 bond issue Kingsport Bristol and Sullivan share funded additions to Belton Memorial High School Sullivan Elementary Lynn Garden Cecar Grove and Kingsport area schools plus renovations at Sullivan Blountville Helston High Schools

Blountville Kingsport J. Craft Akard Bristol Tasua Akard Sulivan County Sullivan County Belton Memorial High School Bloomingdale Road Sullivan Elementary Lynn Garden Cecar Grove Kingsley Sullivan High School Blountville High School Helston High School

Senator Hoey Dies In Capitol Capitol statesman Clyde Hoey dies in Washington at 76

Senator Clyde R. Hoey of North Carolina died in his sleep after a stroke yesterday afternoon. He had served in the Senate since 1945 following a governorship and chaired a subcommittee probing the five percenters during the Truman era. Umstead will name Hoey's successor amid talk of Crege Cherry and Carlisle Higgins as possible choices.

Washington Clyde R. Hoey North Carolina Senate Hoey Willis Smith George W. Calver Congress William GB Umstead Crege Cherry Gastonia Carlisle Higgins Winston-Salem

Travel Editors Visit ET Area in Kingsport Trip

Twenty two travel editors touring Tennessee arrive Saturday at Tri Cities Airport for a Kingsport visit. They will tour East Tennessee by air, tour Boone Lake, a loxeshore dinner, and meet Kingsport and Johnson City chambers officials. Delegations welcome editors from major magazines radio networks and newspapers across the country.

Tennessee Kingsport A. B. Coleman Chamber of Commerce Tri- Cities East Tennessee Radio Naiworks Girlport Johnson City Miami Herald Herbert H. Beck Whicaro American E. A. Jones Highway Traveler Chicago Burns Cincinnati Times Claude Talbot Cleveland News Robert Rutt National Geographic Washington, D. C Ray Columbus Dispatch Columbus Ohio Harry Smith Plain Dealer W. Murray Milton Mone Jamington Bel C. L Herschel Washington Post Myron Glaser Washington Naily News Harry Lions Holiday Magazine Philadelphia Frank N. Dunn Montreal! Star Montreal Canada Vera Bradshaw Topeka Kas Henry Bradshaw Cappers Farner Toneka Tennesseans Paul Evans TVA Dixon Johnson Institute of Nuclear, Studies Oak Ridge Paul Mathes Chanttanoagans, Inc Anderson Knoxville

Precinct Meetings Scheduled Tonight

Tonight's precinct meetings list Republican events in the 7th District at Sullivan High School at 7 30, and in the 14th District at Miller Perry School at 7 30. Democrats in the 5th District South Ward meet at Civic Auditorium clubroom at 8 with all nominees for August 5 discussed by Lords.

Sullivan High Schoal Civic Audi Lords 14Th District Miller-Perry

State Air Guard Officials Killed In Plane Crash

Three Tennessee Air National Guard officers died when their light reconnaissance plane crashed near Lewisburg. Col. P. B. Simmons Maj. Val Ragsdale and Capt. Douglas E. Grubbs, all based in Nashville, were en route to Fort McClellan for a summer training conference. Witnesses heard an explosion before the craft plunged into a field.

Lewisburg Tennessee Air National Guard Here National Guard Nashville P. B. Simmmons U.S Tennessee Val Ragsdale Douglas E. Grubbs Army INQ Fr McClellan van Nunally ING Berry Field Nunally FL. McClellan Lyndal Fagan Frank Clement Clement Vance Galloway Mr. Barnes Barnes

Railroad Officials Visit City on Inspection Tour

Five railroad officials visited Kingsport Tuesday and Wednesday for an inspection of Clinchfield Railroad Company property. Attendees included H. R. Dennis of Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad, W. J. McDonald of Louisville and Nashville, HE Woodruff of New York Life Insurance and CC&O, A. A. Early CC&O, and Frank E. Hanson CC&O, per Walter L. Allen, district freight agent.

Jin Kingsport Clinchield Railroad Company Walter L. Allen H. R. Dennis Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad New York City W. J. McDonald Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co HE. Woodruff New York Life Insurance Company Cc&o Railroad New York A. A. Early Frank E. Hanson

Soviet hunters launch five year plan to rid wolves

London Tass reports that about a million registered Russian hunters have pledged a five year plan to rid the country of wolves. The agency says the campaign aims to reduce wolf numbers within the period.

London INS Tass

Judge Dismisses Beer Case Here

Judge S G Gilbreath Jr in Sessions Court dismissed a charge that Kingsport beer wholesaler Blaine Haga sold beer without a permit. The case hinged on whether the sale was wholesale or retail under Tennessee law. Deputy Cox testified a case sold for about 4.30 dollars, 18 cents a can.

Kingsport Imerning Im Sessions Court S. G. Gilbreath, Jr Blaine Haga Johnson City Tennessee John Cox Haga Gilbreath

Patrol pilots airborne to aid Tennessee traffic control

Tennessee Highway Patrol unveils air unit led by Capt Erle Boen with a two seat Super Cub mission to spot reckless drivers assist in manhunts and direct traffic from the sky. Demonstration over Kingsport shows radio linked airborne patrol to ground units with plans for broader use statewide.

Air Force Erle Boen Kingsport Tri-Cities Boen Air Control Division White Nash Born Division Five T. D. Seymour

Construction Starts Halts French Crisis On Highway Section 1

Mooresburg Morristown area reports a fatal car crash in Mooresburg as Anderson Linkhorn 56 dies when an auto overturned on a four lane highway project at Center Street. Three other passengers from New Jersey injured while paving work begins on a $453,000 project to complete a six mile segment from Kingsport to the Virginia line. Contractors Wesco Paving and Clinchfield Concrete. Senior inspector A T Vermillion. Genevam Indochina talks stall as France polity risks collapse awaiting confidence vote. British Eden to address Korea as US expresses frustration at Western allies.

Mooresburg Jersey City N. J Tennessee Highway Patrol Anderson Linkhorn Morristown Samuel Gray Ruby Anthony Norwalk Alice Gmalley Newark Center Street Gate City Highway Ford Kingsport Virginia State Line State Line Lynn Garden Wesco Paving Company Chattanooga Clinchfield Concrete Co A. T. Vermillion France Joseph Danel National Assembly Indochina Geneva Sen Anthony Eden Korea United States U. S

Cornered Hoods Take Own Lives in New Haven Shootout

In New Haven two gunmen sought for a Midgubury robbery opened fire in a downtown movie theater. Detective Ralph Palma was shot. Pollard and Rydstrom later killed themselves when cornered by police. Police pursued after a $1,400 theft of cash jewelry and bonds.

New Haven Conn Howard C. Young James Pollard Stonington Young Clarence Rydstram Wa~terbury Laxivab Ralph Palma Pollard Rydstrorm Midilebury Palma Bineka Rydstrom

Federal Grand Jury To Meet In Abingdon

Roanoke Virginia report notes the federal grand jury that indicted five Russell County residents on election irregularities in 1952 will reconvene May 24 in the Western District Federal Courts at Abingdon. Assistant District Attorney B F Davis III indicated more testimony could be heard.

Roanoke L County Wll Abingdon B. 4. Davis III

Mercy Airlift Aims to Evacuate 700 French Union Wounded

A French list seeks a mercy airlift of about 700 French Union soldiers wounded at Dien Bien Phu. A four member team will fly from Monongsai to Dien Bien Phu to begin evacuations, with potential recovery of French doctors. Viet Minh holdouts plan to use Hanoi sent engineers and ambulance planes for the shuttle.

Hanos INS Dien Bien Phu Air Force Monongsai Laos International Dien Bien Phu Hanoi Tox Ven Guyen Giap

Reds Say British Major Was A Spy

London reports Russia accuses a British major now in London of spying on Soviet military secrets. The Soviet commander warned he could not return to Moscow. A Red Cross parachute silk signal marked the evacuation and the French were detained while attempting to assist. Two Red Air Force majors were ordered to leave within ten days.

London Russia Red Cross Moscow Britain Lotion

Humiliation Of McCarthy Changed Army Tactics In Monmouth Probe

Washington Army counselor John G. Adams testified that no offer of special favors was used to influence Senator McCarthy's Fort Monmouth inquiry. He said McCarthy's threats to end the probe shifted after Cohn's complaints of humiliation when Stevens refused entry to a radar lab. Adams denied any bribery, stating officials sought mollification, not bribes, amid Senate subcommittee pressure and a memorial service for Senator Hoey.

Washington INS Army John G. Adams Joseph R. McCarthy Fort Monmouth N. J David Schine Pentagon McCarthy Robert T. Stevens Roy M. Cahn Adams Monmouth Cohn Stevens New Jersey Bush Ray H. Jenkins Clyce Hoey Joseph M. Welch James St. Clair Welch Capitol Hill Jenkins Knoxville Viser Lash Senate Armed Services Committee Defense Department Couse Karl E. Mundt Senate MrCarthy

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Clyde Hoey Senator Hoey Capitol State Air Guard Red Hunters Kingsport State Line Frank Creasy Sy Paul Williams Tennessee State Highway Patrol High Command Nien Bien Phu
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