Downtown Study outlined for Bluefield modernization plan
Civic leaders and club members examined the Bluefield Business District Study presented at a Rotary meeting. The $50,000 survey, funded by a $39,000 federal grant and $11,000 local backing, includes a scale city model and proposals to rework streets buildings and traffic. No timeline set for implementing the recommendations.
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al Kemper
Bluefield
Bluefield Business District
West Virginian Hotel
Wanis Club
Bluefield Lions Club
George T. Marcou
Washington
Smith Hopeful Of Cash Return From New York Trip
Gov Hulett Smith said his New York City meetings with bankers rating services and bond houses could raise West Virginia bond ratings. A higher rating on the next 20 million road bond sale might save the state as much as 500000 over the bond's life.
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Charleston
Hulett Smith
New York City
West Virginia
Smith
Alpha Sigma Tau Plans Dinner Meeting at Dinner Bell
The Princeton Athens Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority will hold a dinner meeting Sunday at 1 30 p.m. at the Dinner Bell Restaurant.
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Alpha Sigma Tau
Princeton Athens
Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority
Bluefield Board Seeks Full Report on Out of City Area Annexation
The Bluefield Board of Directors orders a complete city service and legal report on the area south of Cumberland Road east from Leatherwood Lane beyond Grassy Branch Cut Off. Mayor Judson Lambert directs City Manager Randolph G. Whittle and Aide Dan Wells to present findings in January.
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Bluefield Board of Directors
Cumberland Road
Judson Lambert
Randolph G. Whittle
Iain Dan Wells
Board of Directors
Leatherwood Lane
Grassy Branch
Cumberland Heights
Bluefield
Bluefield Avenue
Walnut Street
Civitans
Jaycees
Lions
Pioneer Club
Chamber of Commerce
Old Guard
Virginia Sit In Convictions Dismissed by State Supreme Court
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals dismissed the 1961 trespassing convictions of 11 Negro sit-in demonstrators in Lynchburg. The order cites Hamm versus City of Rock Hill and a 1964 U S Supreme Court civil rights act ruling as basis. Original penalties included fines up to 100 dollars and jail terms up to 330 days for most defendants.
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Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Howard G. Turner
State Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Turner
Virginia
Lynchburg Corporation Court
Corporation Court
State Court
Supreme Court
Hamm
City of Rock Hill
Rock Hill
Lynchburg Corporation
Patterson
Virginia Court
Mandaline Thompson
Whittle’s Plan to Fence Circle on Oakhurst Fails
City Manager Randolph G. Whittle announced a solution for the circle on Oakhurst Avenue but the plan faltered as a pickup truck rammed the new fence. Whittle admitted defeat and said, back to the drawing board, in Bluefield.
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Randolph G. Whittle
Bluefield Board of Directors
Oakhurst Avenue
Mel Barnett
Whittle
Bluefield approves permits and business licenses
The Bluefield Board of Directors approved three building permits totaling 1350 and two business license applications in a Tuesday downtown session. Doug and Frances Roten gain permit for a new picture window at 2901 South Street for 50, Flat Top Bank gets an electric sign on Raleigh Street for 500, James W Morrison plans a one story addition at 712 Holbrook Street for 800. Roy R Hawkins changes lunch location from 712 to 727 Bland and seeks a restaurant beer license to operate in Bluefield install acoustical materials.
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Bluefield Board of Directors
Sesson
Doug
Frances Roten
South St
Raleigh Street
James W. Morrison
Holbrook St
Bland
Roy R. Hawkins
Rt. 2
Bluefield
Ministerial Group To Meet Today At Noon
A Princeton Ministerial Association meeting is set for Wednesday at noon at the Town-Country Restaurant in Princeton. On the agenda is the election of officers for the coming year. Rev. W L Jenkins, Burke Memorial Baptist Church pastor, serves as current head. Anaheim Stadium will cost 24 million dollars as the Angels new home.
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Princeton Ministerial Assn
Princeton
W. L. Jenkins
Burke Memorial Baptist Church
Anaheim
California Angels
Doctors Line Up Against Two Medicare Provisions
Dr. Edward R. Annis former AMA president said about 90 percent of U S doctors will refuse to participate in the new hospitalization and medical benefits aspects of Medicare. He warned of a likely clash between patients and the federal government as reimbursement rules unfold. Annis spoke in Richmond at the Virginia Association of Professions meeting and noted AMA support for individual doctor choice.
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Richmond
America
American Medical Association
AMA
Edward R. Annis
Miami
Fla
Annis
Congress
the Free Society
Barery Goldwater
David Tennant Bryan
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Lewis L. Strauss
Culpeper County
Atomic Energy Commission
Virginia Association of Professions
Smiths Program To Be In Madison
Hulett Smith and state government department heads visit Madison on Wednesday for the fifth and final government-to-the-people program of the year. The Scott High School venue serves residents from nine counties Kanawha Cabell Wayne Lincoln Boone Mingo Logan Wyoming and McDowell to present their problems to officials.
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Hulett Smith
Madison
Scott High School
Smith
Moundsville
Martinsburg
Glenville
Hinton
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