Betty Crawford Dies at Age 82 in Fort Loudoun
Betty Crawford 82, longtime Fort Loudoun resident, died yesterday at 2 30 PM at the lcrest Nursing Home after years of ill health. Born in Moundsville WV, she was raised by the Cockayne family and attended Market Street Methodist Church. She served as house mother at Fort Loudoun around 1912 and later at Shenandoah Valley Academy. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 PM from Jones Funeral Home with Rev J S Duckwall officiating. Burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Betty Crawford
Fort Loudoun
Lcrest
Miss Crawford
Moundsville
West Virginia
Cockayne
Market Street Methodist Church
Christian Temperance Union
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Crawford
Kathryn Glass Green
Jone
J. S. Duckwall
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Evening Radio Schedule Echoes Classic 1940s Programs
Radio listings show a dense, period schedule with varied programs including Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Fibber and Molly, Mysterious Traveler, and Robert Nathan talks. Several stations present News, Drama, and Variety blocks, with times spanning afternoon to late night.
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Abe
Nbe
Cbs
Beulah
Cbs News
Abe Jack Smith
Cbhz
Abe Eres
Trop
Dick Haymes
Ci Club
Ebsa Ounter
Mbs
Siystery
America
Abe Arneste
Count of Monte Cristo
Fanny Brice
Abe Mr. and
Morth
Abe Tective
Bob Hope
Alohn Steelerama
Fibber
Molly
Abe Kewe Marlowe
Ews
We Care
Abc
Cbs Ime For
Abe Rauit
T'S Your Business
Robert Nathan
Abc Ews
Television Evening Programs A 1960s Channel Lineup
A listing of WNBEW Channel 4 WTITG Channel 5 and Channel 9 evening programs with times from 6:00 to 1:30 including local shows such as Cactus Jim Frontier Theater The Muppet Shop and News plus sports reels and film shorts.
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WNBEW
WTITG
Jim Simpson
Spr
Ollie
T—Telenews Daily
Television
Television 7345 Ch. 4—News
Caraven Rle
Prauer
Warner’s Corner
Dateline Tomorrow
Jewel Box Appoints Abe Cooper New Manager
Abe Cooper named manager of the Jewel Box succeeding an earlier official. He arrives from Danville after long affiliation with the Jewel Box organization and previously served as a diamond buyer for a large jewelry chain. Cooper is a St John’s University alumnus and is married with a wife and daughter moving to Winchester.
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Abe Cooper
Jewel Box
Cooper
Winchester
Danville
Jewel Box Organisation
St. John’s University
New York City
Mr. Cooper
Lemons Valued For Vitamins And Appetite Support
Lemons are praised as a vitamin source and mineral contributor. They may stimulate appetite and aid digestion.
Williamsburg Tavern Fire Costs One Life As Stairs Defect
Virginia State Fire Marshal C B Mullen Jr said the Brickhouse Tavern blaze in Williamsburg last Saturday killed one man and injured four others because the stairs were open. He noted no law violation but enforceable compliance by April 12 1950 is urged for enclosed stairs in public buildings.
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Richmond
Mullen, Jr
Williamsburg
Mullen
Services Held for Mrs. Stras Sr at Stars Memorial Church
Funeral services were held at Stars Memorial Church in Tazewell for Mrs. Stras Sr mother of Serene W. Stras Jr chairman of the Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries. Burial followed at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Tazewell
Stars Memorial Ee Church
Stras, Sr
Serene W. Stras, Jr
Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Maplewood Cemetery
Trial resumes in Shirley Murray slaying case
The United States District Court jury resumes hearing the murder of six year old Shirley Murray. Seventeen witnesses testified as prosecutors tie Markham to the crime. The defense contends Markham was insane at the time and unable to control a diseased mind.
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Norfolk
Shirley Murray
United States District Court
Markham
Vernon Nelson
Sicily
L. L. Jones
FBI
John K. Frieman
Braden Vadeventer, Jr
Vandeventer
Miners Return to Work Across Southwest Virginia After Strike
Nearly all southwest Virginia miners resumed digging coal as the month long strike waned. After a late Sunday contract signing in Washington between coal producers and the United Mine Workers, first shifts were missed but production improved through the day. Virginia operators expected near normal output by today or tomorrow with 21 of 39 member mines already producing.
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Virginia
Washington
United Mine Workers
Virginia Coal Operators Assn
Prisoner Escapes Hopewell Jail in Midnight Break
Jacob Jef frey Smith, 28, awaiting murder trial, overpowered the jailer, took keys, and fled the city jail with another inmate Snyder Gray Reed, 23. Reed faced armed robbery charges. Smith headed toward Florida. Smith shot Robert West on June 15, 1949, and was to stand trial March 30 after arrest in Iberville Louisiana.
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Hopewell
Jacob Jeffrey Smith
Smith
Snyder Gray Reed
Reed
Surry County
R. K. Egerton
Florida
Robert Woodfin West
West
Iberville
Brick House Destroyed on Harri son Estate
A fire of undetermined origin yesterday destroyed the 30 room brick house on the Walter J. Harrison estate seven miles south of Leesburg. A tenant family escaped unharmed and most furniture and house contents were saved.
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Leesburg
Walter J. Harrison
Here
World Federalists To Meet Friday
Virginia Senate adopts a three paragraph resolution clarifying state policy on world federation. The body supports a United Nations style federation to prevent aggression but rejects a centralized world government that would curb constitutional freedoms. Senator Raymond R. Guest presents the compromise amid a week of heated debate.
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Virginia
Senate
House
Raymond R. Guest
Warren
Uest
General Assembly of
United States
World Organization
United Nations
Federation of Nations
Guest
Andrew W. Clarke
Alexandria
James M. Magruder
Magruder-Clarke
UWF Hearing Draws Support From State Figures
At a Monday night hearing, Scully as first chairman of the State Branch of UWF and Mrs. Stewart Bell Jr. attended along with others as the world federation movement faced opposition. The record notes a victory for UWF and Clarke while isolationist interests were defeated.
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UWF
Clarke
World Federation Movement
A Scully
Stewart Bell,Jr
Presbyterian Church Assembly Elects Officers Friday Night
The State Branch in Bell elected a chairman to the State Board VW KS and announced a UWF meeting to hear a report by Scully on recent events. The Presbyterian Church assembly will convene on Friday at 8 p m to elect officers for the coming year and hear the report.
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Bell
UWF
Tay Inaetare Vin Bee Eee
Presbyterian Church Assembly
Oy Scully
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