Middlesboro youth joins navy sets score record
Homer Laur ence Dorton son of Mr and Mrs John W Dorton of 138 Ironwood Head Middlesboro and a Lincoln Memorial University student has set a new Middlesboro naval record for mental and physical ability. Norton scored the highest mark ever achieved in Middlesboro and is enrolled in the High School Graduate Training Program for Nuclear Power. He is undergoing nine weeks of basic training at the Naval Training Center in San Diego and will then enter a Class A Service School for further training. Dorton was a top Middlesboro High School student in mathematics science and music winning medals and trophies in science and music. As a senior he won a trophy as drum major at Bristol Tennessee Virginia in October 1957 in a 55-band competition from four states.
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NAVY
Homer Laurence Dorton
John W. Dorton
Ironwood Head
Middlesboro
Lincoln Memorial University
Navy Recruiting Office
Abies
Norton
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Dorton
Middlesboro High School
Bristol
Tennessee - Virginia
Rain floods parts of Hopkins County and other Kentucky towns
Madisionville area reports nearly five inches of rain as a creek overflows causing flooding in Nortonville Dawson Springs Nebo Hanson and Ashbyburg. Lightning lightly damages the home of Madisonville Messenger editor Edgar Arnold. In Richmond Dr Andrew Holt urges graduates to model moral and spiritual leadership at EKU. Laurel County homecoming moved to August 14 16. Fred G Slitz dies in Lexington. The 5th Airborne Battle Group resumes parades after missing reviewing stand limits activities. An infant in Des Moines serves a three day sentence with its parents after a drunken charge. the baby stays with its mother.
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Madisonville
UPD
Hopking County
Willy
Nortonsville
Madisonrill
Dawson Springs
Nebo
Hanson
Ashbyburg
Edgar ‘Arnold
Madilsonville Messenger
Des Moines
UPI
Alfred D. Clack
Kathrin
Harry B. Grund
Alfred Jr
Grund
House Subcommittee Seeks Officials On Brass Testimony
Washington UPI A House subcommittee investigating retired milan brass hired by defense firms summoned officials from Thompson Ramos-Wooldridge Inc to testify including board chair John Bayi Woght and Gen Benjamin W Chidlaw ret who led the Coneonden Air Defense Command. The panel led by Rep F Edward Hebert seeks to know if former high ranking officers influence defense contracts. Hebert also urged a new law to bar contractors from war weapon ads. Other news notes Viet Nam asked top US officials to face more questions over alleged waste and corruption in aid. Albert Colegrove testified anew behind closed doors. Highway funding foes resisted a billion dollar bond plan to avert interstate deficit, calling it unreal and backdoor financing of the worst kind.
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Viet Nam
Mike Mansfield
D- Mont
Senate Foreign Relations
U.S
Albert M. Colegrove
Scripps-Thow
Highwaya
Ianny F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ways & Means Committee
Byrd
Council mulls shed plan and updates on city issues
Meeting notes show Maupin proposing a 16 by 32 foot open shed on Pine Street with conflicting stories about use including renting to Straight Creek Bus Company for 50 dollars a month and a claim as a protective shelter during furniture moves. Council to ask police to look into loud truck radios on Park Avenue and discusses unsafe buildings hearings, zoning delays, lighting fixes, and 1959 city revenue figures.
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Maupin
Straight Creek Bus Company
Protectye Sheld
James R. Madon
Crosey
Park Avenue
Madon
Wilsie Wilder
Ike Wilson
Kroger
Clyde Hatmaker
Kentucky
2Nd Street
Wallsend
New York
Otal
Citybank
Cooper Says Coal Heating Saves Government Money
Senator John Sherman Cooper estimates federal costs drop by 413270 yearly by heating the Capitol White House and others with coal. He argues bituminous coal meets mid century energy needs and notes savings versus oil and the unlikely cost of natural gas. He cites pollution controls at Washington plants as an additional benefit.
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Cooper
Washington
UPI
John Sherman Cooper
Capitol
White House
Senate
Boy Killed Toll Up to 439 in 1959 Attic Fatalities
FRANKFORT UPI The state's attic fatality toll rose to 439 with the death of a Louisville toddler run down by a car while pursuing his older brothers across a street as a traffic light changed. Another teen died in a Monticello crash and a Hopkinsville car train collision claimed a third life.
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Frankfort
UPI
Louisville
Roger Dale Bartley
Oider
Everett Mack Alexander
Monticello
Mayor veto chase and street repairs in Middlesburg
City actions approve a $345 bid from Middlesburg Plumbings and Healing Co. to fix a water leak at City Hall and purchase gravel, a fire-proof file cabinet, and work on a creek bed between 20th and 22nd Streets. A one-way alley plan, sewer line adjustments, a public safety policy meeting with Chief Ridings, bids for a fire truck, zoning ordinance second reading, and armory site debates are noted.
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Middlesburg Plumbings and Healing Company
City Hall
1St Street
Winchester Avenue
Chester Avenue
20Th Street
22Nd Street
Cumberland Avenue
Sewer Department
Arthur
Ted Yeary
Kentucky
Frank Lee
National Guard Armory
White
National Guard
J. J. B. Wiliams
Williams
Col. Davidson
Parachute Jump Ends With Injured Officer Transport
An Air Force jet crash near Scotland, North Carolina left Rankin, group inspector for The Marine Aircraft Group 32 at Cherry Point, injured after a perilous descent. He freed himself from a snarled harness, fell to the ground, and was hospitalized in Aboski, North Carolina before transfer to Beaufort for further tests.
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Aboski
N.C
Rankin
Marine Corps Hospital
Cherry Point
Beaufort
Air Force
Scotland
Jurest Rankin
Marine Aircraft Group 32
Fies Marine Air Station
Dot Buffets Kauai Island in Pacific Storm
UPI report states Hurricane Dot moved over Kauai early today delivering 66 mile per hour winds and heavy rain. Civil defense said the eye had passed the island with a theatre and plantation damaged in Kerala town and Kapaa suffering serious damage to buildings and houses.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
UPI
Hawaiian
Kauai
Kerala
Kapaa
Middlesboro Proclaims August 1959 Civic Center Month
Mayor Hubert F. White proclaims August 1959 as Middlesboro Civic Center Month urging all citizens to support the project. The resolution honors the Middlesboro Junior Chamber of Commerce for leadership and calls for liberal financial help to ensure the civic center serves youth, conventions, public meetings, and banquets in the city.
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Srcowe Fegan Pein Acne Ate
TIAOR
Clyic Center
Jaycee
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Middlesboro
Daycees
Middleshoro
Hubert
White
Kentucky
Middlesboro Civic Center
Middleshare
Hubert F. White
Six Negroes To MemphisU Fall Registration Granted
MEMPHIS UPI Six Negro students are eligible to register for the fall term at Memphis State University in mid September. They are part of the first group admitted since President Jack Smith announced last month that the state supported school would accept qualified Negro students this fall. Names of the students were withheld. Registrar Clark said another Negro youth passed exams and needed only a high school transcript to be accepted. Another candidate took entrance tests Wednesday but his papers were not yet graded.
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Memphis
UPI
Memphis State University
Jack Smithy
Schox
Tn, T. Clark
Fless High School
Chess prodigy Bobby Fischer seeks funds for Yugoslav playoffs
Regina Fischer of Brooklyn appeals for aid to send 16 year old Bobby Fischer to the Yugoslav candidates tournament in Bled. With about half the needed funds raised, she says another $2,000 could cover entry and travel for the nearly two month event, where the winner faces world champion Mikhail Botvinnik. Brady notes a few days' delay may still allow participation if funds arrive by August 10.
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UPM
America
Boboy Fischer
Simiet
Russia
Yugoslavia
Alps
Regina Fischer
Brooklyn
N.Y
Bobby
Fischer
Frank Brady
U.S. Press Federation
Fischers
Robby
Bled
Mikchail Botvinnik
United States
Argentina
Chile
Switzerland
Siler Seeks Shoe Money for School Children Aid
Representative Eugene E. Siler proposes a resolution to allocate six hundred dollars per congressman for stationery and shoes and clothes for school children in low income districts. He cited Eastern Kentucky’s Harlan County as an example and urged earnest consideration.
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Washington
UPI
Eugene E. Siler
it-Ky
Sier
Kentucky
Harlan County
House
FE Am
Obituary for Lizzie Johnston of Evarts Ky
Funeral services for Lizzie Johnston of Evarts Kentucky were held at East Cumberland Avenue Baptist Church with several reverends officiating. Burial followed at Lurst Cemetery with pallbearers including Shelby Day Von Bay Gillis Day Cecil Ford and Herbert Ford. Flower bearers were family friends. Song services featured Mrs Robert Lockhart and Mrs Clarence Coleman. Cawood Funeral Home directed arrangements.
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Lizzie Johnston
Evarts
East Cumberland Avenue Baptist Church
Robert Lockhart
BM Melzuni
Lloyd San‘ters
Damon Patterson
W. B. Bingham
Lurst Cemetery
Shelby Day
von Bay
Gillis Day
Cecil Ford
Herbert Ford
Edgar Ford
Clarence Coleman
Plano
Cawood Funeral Home
Bids Opened For Ditches In Bell County Roads
FRANKFORT The Department of Highways will open bids in August for ditch pulling on 10 Bell County roads. Roads listed include Hall Henderson from KY 74 to KY 190 for 4.6 miles and Four Mile from RI 1065 to Miller School for 4 miles, plus Hignite Travisburg Ely Bridge and others with distances ranging from 1.2 to 4.6 miles.
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Frankfort
Department of Highways
Bell County
Ky. 74
Ky. 190
Miller School
Travisburg
Ky. 490
Ely Bridge
Four Mile
Litle Clear Creek
Laurel Hill
U.S. 258
Middle Fork
Research Chief Named for London Thermo Nuclear Program
Batain Thursday named John B. Adams 39 to head its newly organized thermo nuclear research program. Adams currently serves as an officer of the European Council for nuclear research at Geneva.
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London
UPL
Batain
John B. Adams
Adams
Eutropean Council For Nuclear Research
Geneva
Vet Campaign Unit Formed
A Veterans committee for the Democratic campaign for the November general election was named Thursday with Tom R. Hayden of Louisville as chairman. Cochairmen are Col. Roscoe L. Murray of Elizabethtown and Pela Flynn of Frankfort. additional members include Homer Wright of Prestonsburg, Robert W. Bucchell of Manchester, Pete Peterson of Russellville, Wilf Ed Shelton Jr. of Mayfield, Tom Brizendino of Franklin, James W. Hammond of Ashland, Darrell B. Hammock of Lexington, and Fred Radford of Hopkinsville.
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UPI
Tom R. Hayden
Roscoe L. Murray
Elizabeth
Town
Pela Flynn
Frankfort
Democratic
Naign Charman
John C. Watts
Homer Wright
Prestonsburg
Robert W. Bucchell
Manchester
Pete Peterson
Tussellville
Wilf Ed Shelton Jr
Mayfield
Tom Brizendino
Frankinj
James W. Hammond
Ashland
Darrell B. Han McK
Lexington
Fred Radford
Hopkinsville
Dave Sachs
Heat content of Abul 6000 cubic tert gas implied unit
The query asks for the heat or energy content of Abul 6000 cubic tert of natural gas equal to that of one Taree at wil. It seeks a comparative energy measure between Abul gas volume and a standard unit, likely evaluating calorific value and conversion to common energy terms.
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