Installation Concludes Red Men Auxiliary Convention
The Great West Virginia Council Order of Red Men and Pocahontas hold a three day convention ending with a 9 am installation of officers and a banquet and dance. Paul Murphy, Howard Hastings, J. F. Adkins, and others will be installed. about 200 members attended.
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Pocahontas
West Virginian Hotel
Sagamore Howard Hastings
South Point
Sagamore
Paul Murphy
Spricas
United States
C. C. Wallace
Great West Virginia Council
Order of Red Men
Degree of Pocahontas
West Vir
Sprigg
Mingo County
Howard Hastings
South Port
J. F. Adkins
Huntington
R. F. Jones
Wampum
Elmer M. Chapman,Jr
Hubert Brewster
Newhall
S. H. Patterson
Barboursville
Mike Fisher
Bluefield
U. S
Cena Cremeans
Edna Lynch
Dunbar
Wenonah
Madeline Archer
Vienna
Minnehaha
Edna Rutherford
Lesage
Daisy Yeich
Nitro
Ruth Paden
Grace Bland
Elizabeth Williams
Iona Ripley
Marie Wallace
Eichmann Probably Last Nazi To Go To Gallows
Frankfurt AP reports Eichmann may be the last Nazi war criminal executed though many henchmen face trials. West Germany has abolished the death penalty, and more than 1,000 war criminals are under investigation with several already freed or convicted abroad.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Eichmann
West Germany
Richard Baer
Auschwitz
Bonn
Hitler
Bormann
Erich Coch
Poland
5th Federal District Store Sales Rise 9 Percent
Richmond AP report says department stores in the 5th Federal Reserve District posted a 9 percent sales gain in the week ended May 26 from the prior year. Week sales were 1 percent below the previous week, with four week totals 8 percent above last year and year to date up 5 percent over 1961. District includes Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, the Carolinas and the District of Columbia.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve District
Richmond Reserve Bank
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Carolinas
District of Columbia
Shrine Club Cancels Spring Dance This Year
The Bluefield Shrine Club canceled its annual spring dance at the American Legion Hall tonight due to deaths in the families of two club officials.
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Bluefield Shrine Club
American Legion Hall
One Hundred Shipyard Workers Stricken in Palermo
In Palermo Italy health authorities blamed tomato sauce for food poisoning that left one hundred shipyard workers ill after a routine lunch at the Palermo shipyards cafeteria. No fatalities reported.
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Palermo
Italy
Public Service Commission Sworn In Charleston
West Virginia sworn in new Public Service Commission chair Joseph E. Hodgson Jr. of Fayetteville replacing Fred H. Caplan who became a state Supreme Court judge. Chauncey H. Browning Jr. became public institutions director and Harold G. Lambert took over as administrative assistant after Paul Skeeter resigned to head the Mountain State Visitors Bureau.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Public Service
Joe Burdett
Joseph E. Hodgson Jr
Fayetteville
PSC
Fred H. Caplan
Clarksburg
State Supreme Court
Chauncey H. Browning Jr
Hodgson
Public Institutions
Harold G. Lambert
Public Service Commission
Paul J. Skeeter
Lambert
Beckley
West Virginia Education Association
Skeeter
Mountain State Visitors Bureau
Twelve Churches Move to State Conference in West Virginia
The transfer of 12 Brooke and Hancock County churches from the West Virginia Conference of the Western Pennsylvania area to the Methodist Church will occur June 6 during the convention opening in Buckhannon. The meeting runs through June 10 with ministerial appointments read by Bishop Fred G. Holloway of Charleston. clergyman and lay delegates from about 600 churches are expected.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
Brooke
Hancock County
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Methodist Church
Fred G. Holloway
Charleston
Virginia Delegation Sees Soviet Meat Shortage Debate
A Virginia agricultural delegation predicted the Soviet Union cannot catch the United States in meat production as long as it sticks to its current methods. The group criticized dual purpose cattle, noted farm labor excess, and observed slower eastern farm development amid Khrushchev's Virgin Lands program.
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Moscow
Virginia
Soviet Union
United States
Russia
Parke C. Brinkley
Krasnodar
Rostov
Ukraine
John H. Wessels, Jr
A. S. Harrison
Brinkley
Philip B. Glaize
Appie
Winchester
Khrushchev
Polaris Sub keel laid at Groton for Tecumseh class
The keel for the nuclear Polaris submarine Tecumseh was laid Friday at General Dynamics Electric Boat Division in Groton Connecticut. Tecumseh is a Lafay ette class vessel among seven Polaris submarines under construction at the yards.
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Groton
Linnaeus 1758 Count of Animal Species Surges Past 4000
Carl von Linnaeus cataloged more than four thousand animal species in his 1758 systematization. The milestone marks a landmark in taxonomic effort and biological classification.
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Carl von Linne
Awards Presented At Bluefield High School Commencement
The Fifty-Seventh Annual Commencement at Bluefield High School honored nine top seniors. Norma Bailey won the William H. Thomas Scholarship Medal and was valedictorian with 97.6 average. Mary Lee Perkins received the Arion Band Medal, while Maudie Parker and Franklin Eaton received American Legion School Awards. Diplomas were presented to 194 seniors by George Richardson.
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Bluefield High School
William H. Thomas
Lee F. Anderson
Norma Ann Bailey
Maudie Parker
Marshall Jarrett
American Legion
Riley-West Post 9
Arion
Band Boosters Association
Mary Lee Perkins
Norma Bailey
Westminster Bible
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Martha Ann Riley
Franklin Eaton
Henry Rodgin Memorial College
J. J. Norgin
Bluefield College
Barbara Jean Walker
Linda Sue Keiser
Nancy Nuckolls
Bluefield High
Mary Beth Austin
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bluefield Civitan Club
Beaver Citizen
City Youth Council
Norma
Leonard H. Bailey
Rt. 3
National Honor Society
DAR
Texas Democrats Set Governor Nominee in Today's Vote
Texas voters of the Democratic party select their gubernatorial nominee in a crowded field headed by John Connally Jr. and Don Yarborough. Results will be tallied after polls close at 8 p.m with other statewide offices also on the ballot.
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Texas
Demos
John B. Connally Jr
Kennedy
Don Yarborough
Houston
Connally
Yarborough
Americans For Democratic Action
Lyndon B. Johnson
Jack Cox
GOP
Lincoln Memorials base built on 122 steel cylinders
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington D C rests on 122 steel cylinders sunk 50 feet into bedrock to support the monument structure.
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Washington D. C
Queen Knighthoods Cartoonist Low and Others on Birthday List
Queen Elizabeth II knighted cartoonist David Low creator of Colonel Blimp as part of 649 honorees on her official birthday. The ceremony at Horse Guards celebrated notable figures including choreographer Frederick Ashton and soprano Eva Turner, with New Zealand runner Peter Snell also honored.
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London
Elizabeth II
David Low
Colonel Blimp
Manchester Guardian
Elizabdeth
Low
Sir David
Elizabeth
Horse Guards
Frederick Ashton
Royal Ballet
Covent Garden
Eva Turner
Peter Snell
New Zealand
Order of the British Empire
35th Nuclear Test Set Off In Nevada
Washington AP reports the 35th underground nuclear test announced by the Atomic Energy Commission occurred Friday at the Nevada test site. The blast was low yield, less than 20 000 tons of TNT, with no further details provided.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Nevada
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N. C
U. S. Council
Great Sagamore
Neumnberg International War Crimes Tribunal
Hermann Goering
Martin Bormann
Adolf
Berlin
Latin America
Koch
Tales OF
Dale Robertson
Whie-Tvy
Shrine Club
James P. Bailey, Dvm
State Public Service
Budapest
Warsaw
Polaris Sub
Appalachian Council
Jack Lewis
Pete Magann
Pat Magann
John Magann
Lions Club
Pete Mecann
John Macann
Pop Roger
Bill Spracher
Pete Macann
First Presbyterian Church
Terest
Patty Sue Farmer
Donald Edward Surface
Maude Gordas Parker
Spinette Pianos
Mahogany
Lowman Piano and Organ CO
Bland Street
Bluefield, West VA
Richard Widmark
Montezuma
WHIS
NBC
Robert E. Ford
Dallas
Tex
Firm Foundation
Nehi Bottling Co
Bluefield, Va
Bluefield, W. VA
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