Premature Blast At Richlands Construction Site Kills Worker
A dynamite explosion at a Richlands construction site killed a 41 year old father of four and critically injured a 43 year old man assisting Newberry in digging a ditch for a sewer line on Central Avenue. The two workers placed a charge in a drilled hole to loosen rock when it went off. The sewer project is part of a new $1 million sewage disposal plant.
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Richlands
Osella
Newberry
Central Avenue
Honaker
Six Companies Seek Dismissal of 12 Million Suits
Six electrical equipment manufacturers including Westinghouse Electric General Electric Allis Chalmers McGraw Edison Federal Pacific and Wagner Electric asked U S District Court to throw out 12 million damage suits filed by the federal government and the Tennessee Valley Authority. They deny allegations of price fixing and bid rigging and say references to indictments are prejudicial. Judge J Cullen Ganey gave until June 15 to answer with a month extension granted.
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Philadelphia
U.S. District Court
Tennessee Valley Authority
Westinghouse Electric
General Electric
Allis Chalmers
McGraw Edison Electric
Federal Pacific
Wagner Electric
U. S
J. Cullen Ganey
Charlottesville Lottes Name New Dean at Clinch Valley College
Dr. Thomas Theodore Hailton will succeed Dr. Archer Jones as dean and professor of American history at Clinch Valley College of the University of Virginia on Sept 1. He currently serves as assistant professor at the University of Wichita and hails from Missouri. Dr. Jones resigns to head the history department at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
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Charlottesville
Lottes
Thomas Theodore Hailton
Archer Jones
Clinch Valley College
University of Virginia
Hailton
University of Wichita
Missouri
Jones
Ead
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Giant wrecker built by Glenn Hummer at Shade's Garage
Glenn Hummer, an employee at Shade's Garage, spent eight to nine years crafting a 28 foot long wrecker weighing between 28 and 28 thousand pounds with a 7 thousand pound capacity. Powered by a 687 cubic inch International engine and built on a White frame, the wrecker section was made by Holmes for moving wrecked tractor trailers.
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Glenn Hummer
Shade
Hummer
Ant
Shade’s
Holmes
Lando Reynolds
New Books At Handley Library
Handley Library at the corner of Braddock and Piccadilly Streets in Winchester adds a large list of new titles across fiction and non fiction. Notable authors include David Alexander Francis Clifford Nancy Mitford Elie Wiesel Harpo Marx and James McLeod Carr among others.
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Handley Library
Braddock and
Piccadilly Streets
Winchester
David Alexander
Mt. Vernon
Burke
Francis Clifford
Tristram
Des Cory
Spencer Ae
Stewart Farrar
Clarn
Bill Knox
Don Lawson
Snail
William P. McGive
Chateau
William Max
Alfred
Nancy Mitford
Edwin O'Connor
Judson P Lion
John B Prescott
Eliza Stewart
John Stephen Strange
Sea House
Margaret Summerton
Phyllis Brett Young
Indianapolis Speedway
al Bloemker
T. A. Boyd
Jacob Braude
James McLeod Carr
Henry Hill Collins
Sid Feder
Robert Howton
Robert L. Gardner
Joseph E. Granville
William Edwin Hall
United States
Selig
Harrison
Jean Hersey
New Salem
Paul Horgan
Horizon
Elspeth Huxley
Red Square
Eliane Jacquet
Dan Jacobson
Ella Thompson
Margaret LeBaron
William Lederer
Marion Lowndes
Grant. S. McClellan
Harpo
Harpo Marx
Adrienne
Maraise de Lafayette
Andre Mavrois
Martin Mayer
Virginia
Jamin Muse
Rene
Y. Truly
Emily Post
Edwin Post
Ros
Ser Reeves
Sam Snead
Samuel
Explosion Injures Floyd County Woman
An explosion injures Mrs. Mason Akers, 47, of Floyd County, knocking her down in her garage. Authorities say a box on the floor detonated, blasting a hole through the floor and wall and injuring the woman, with no clear sign of foul play. Sheriff Paul Sutphin led the investigation.
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Mason Akers
Floyd
Paul Sutphin
Woman Wins 20000 In Plane Crash Suit
Mrs. Marvel L. Michelle of Barrington New Jersey was awarded 20000 in U S District Court Richmond for injuries from a plane crash involving William A Manson piloting a Cessna 170 that went down on a hillside near Glastonbury Connecticut two years ago.
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Richmond
New Jersey
Marvel L. Michelle
Barrington
N. J
U. S
Richmond Flier
William A. Manson
Glastonbury
Conn
New Treatment Shrinks Piles Without Surgery
A new healing substance called Bio-Dyng has shown full relief of hemorrhoids with reduction and pain relief without surgery. The product comes in suppository or ointment form under the name At all, available at drug counters.
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New York
Science
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
Our New Co
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James
Richard L. Tobin
Kep
Zachary Ball
Mary Milenka
Mary Libal Barker
Margaret Theig
Young Brontes
Phyllis Science
Oi Ue
Melvin Run Eae
J. Bragdon
Cinderella
Mar- Brown
Brownie Scout Handbook
Sheila Burnford
Patrick Henry
Nardi Champion
Nan Chauncy
Kant Cosgrove
Suzanne DeBordegui
William O. Douglas
Rosamond Dujardin
Virginia S. Bifert
Walter Farley
John J. Florty
Jean Fritz
Peterkin
Lucretic P. Hale
Big Bear Pond
Laura Lee Hope
Bobbsey Twins
Laura Lee
Lesyle Joslin
Carolyn Keen
Carolyn Keene
John F
Mary Morton
Richard Pearl
Donald Peattie
Captain January
Laura E. Richards
Old Egypt
Rianoe
William C. Steele
James L. Summers
Turner Square
Ann Thwaite
Tasha Tudor
Norman
H.P
Fim
Jackson Snead
John L. Springer
Olle Strandberg
Rune Hassner
William Stafford
Ruth Stout
Louise Tanner
Paradise
K’tut
HFC
J.C. Pinay
Mohawk
Floyd County
Sealy
Lo 'R
Life Line Flang Construction
Sealy's Edge
Talia
Ichevyl
Corvairs
Cevrole
Chevrolet
Cadillac
Corvair
Winchester, Va
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