24 Jun 1957
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Newspaper
Middlesboro Daily News
Location
Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1957
Page
1
In Washington the crooner urged the Senate that modern radio and television music is trash and blamed BMI for shaping tastes. He claimed ASCAP writers are crowded out as he questioned industry influence and sought fairer air play for traditional songwriters.
Funeral services for Mrs. Kitty Barnett Clifton of Middlesboro Route 2 were held Saturday at 2 pm at Mt. Mary Baptist Church. Burial was in Yellow Elm Cemetery. Pallbearers included Charlie Green and Bob Miller among others. flower bearers were family friends. Song services were led by the church choir under John Barton with a solo by Nellie Poore. Rosa B. Wilson, 79, of Calvin died Saturday in Pineville Community Hospital. She was a member of Brownies Creek Primitive Baptist Church and is survived by her husband John M. Wilson, nine children, 14 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were scheduled for today at 2 pm at Durham Funeral Home chapel with burial in the OCFC Cemetery. Pallbearers include Victor Wilson and Otto Wilson. Burial was in the 10.0.F. Cemetery, with Durham Funeral Home handling arrangements.
Admissions and discharges list numerous patients visiting hours and birth entries. Names include Norma Will Tazewell Mrs Bill Hensley Carol Lynn Duff Gibson Station Mrs Clarence Phelps Lone Mountain Roscoe Fappy Witol Warrogate and birth report for Mrs Lee Hopkins Sneedville.
Billy Graham told about 18,300 people in New York that hell is necessary to deter sin as the electric chair deters murder. He said hell is a figurative word and warned that salvation depends on individual choice with deathbed timing critical. He noted some ministers dispute the concept while others distort biblical wording. The note on engineers appears unrelated to the talk.
About 250 Kentucky youths attended the five day Boys' State government workshop sponsored by the Kentucky American Legion. Tin Goodrum, 17, Bowling Green, was inaugurated governor. other officers included Paduah Purdy lieutenant governor and Charlie Lake auditor.
Dr A B McEwen of the University of Kentucky was killed when a lightning strike hit the golf cart he rode with Paul Eberhardt Frank J Quinn and Carl Hudgins at Lexington Country Club. Eberhardt remained in serious condition at St Josephs Hospital.
Kentuckys Homer Rennell 40 part of a mining family was sentenced to 21 years after a Harlan Circuit Court jury found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of his brother Harry Bennett. In January, voter to decide a 50 cent tax for a 2.5 million school improvement program in Ashland. Lincoln Leadership School opens at Kentucky State College in Frankfort today. Ford Foundation final payments totaling 1.091 million go to 10 Kentucky colleges and universities this week.
AP reports that average American women now show a bustier silhouette than dressmakers’ patterns assume. Government officials cite new measurements, uplift bras, and a shift in hip bust ratios as industry moves to modern foundation garments.
The board of management of the Kentucky Daughters of the Revolution will convene here next Saturday. Mrs. Roy Williams, state publicity chairwoman for the DAR, announced over the weekend.
The term comes from Latin sol meaning sun and sistere meaning to stand still, marking the sun's apparent pause as it halts its southward path across the sky.
In Washington DC the National Citizens Committee to Curb Inflation held a two day meeting with which coeditors of the Mexico Ledger Mitch and Bob White attended. The event drew economists bankers and lawmakers to discuss inflation risks and proposed remedies, highlighting bipartisan concerns over rising prices and federal spending.
The Army develops a new lightweight fallout mask to protect soldiers from radioactive particles and war gases. Developed by the Army Chemical Corps and John T. Ryan Memorial Laboratory, it uses molded gas vapor filters in the rubber facepiece for easier breathing and better vision, with improved speech transmission and comfort, though not shielding against external radiation.
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