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64 crossing the Lee-Wise County line and through Wise County to the junction of an u n n u m b e r e d road approximately one-half mile southwest of Cadet; thence southeasterly a straight line to the junction of Route 609 and U.S. Highway 23 at Irondale; thence northeasterly with Route 609 to its junction with Route 612; thence northeasterly with R o u t e 612 to its junction with Route 616; thence southeasterly with R o u t e 616 to its junction with Route 602; thence northeasterly with Route 602 to its junction with Route 610; thence northeasterly with Route 610 to its junction with Route 612; thence westerly a straight line to class A corner 702 which is also corner 13 of tract 19e; thence southwesterly and northerly with t r a c t s 19e and 3a to corner 8 of t r a c t 3a; thence southwesterly a straight line to corner 29 of t r a c t 19f; thence southwesterly with t r a c t 19f to class A corner 707; thence southwesterly a straight line to corner 1 of t r a c t 19g; thence southwesterly around the corporate limits of Big Stone Gap, passing corner 1 of t r a c t 252, to R o u t e 621 a t Cadet; thence southwesterly with Route 621 crossing the Wise-Lee County Line and through Lee County to its junction with R o u t e 65; thence northwesterly with R o u t e 65, through Pennington Gap to its junction with R o u t e 606; thence northeasterly with R o u t e 606 to its junction with R o u t e 627; thence northerly with Route 627 to Trace G a p on Black Mountain and the Kentucky-Virginia state line; thence northeasterly and northerly with the state line to the point of beginning.

D E A T H OF JOHN FOSTER D U L L E S BY THE P R E S I D E N T OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION TO THE P E O P L E OF THE UNITED STATES: WHEREAS Almighty God, in His infinite wisdom, has taken from us on this day the mortal life of John Foster Dulles; and WHEREAS this eminent American was a leader in his generation, a champion of righteousness, strong for truth, a builder of good and noble purpose whose eyes were fixed on the highest goals which men are given to see; and WHEREAS he was a citizen of many achievements in the courts, in the Government of the United States, in the churches and councils of the world, lifting high the banner of freedom and strengthening the cause of justice; and WHEREAS by his integrity, his sense of duty to country and mankind, his unceasing quest for peace, he earned the regard and respect of all men of good will: NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, in grateful tribute to this esteemed statesman, do hereby direct that the appropriate officials arrange for the display of the national flag at half staff on all Government buildings of the United States until the body of John Foster Dulles is laid to rest. I also direct that for the same length of time the representatives of the United States in foreign countries shall make similar arrangements for the display of the flag at half staff over their embassies, legations, consular offices, and military facilities. From the example of John Foster Dulles, brave in living, brave in dying, let us each hold with all fervor to the verities which inspired him. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

May 24, 1959 [No. 3295]

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