Watershed appropriation may pay big dividends in WV
West Virginia Legislature appropriated 50000 for watershed development to reduce flood damage on streams such as Upper Deckers Creek, Pecks Run, Big Ditch Run and Blakes Creek Armyor Creek. Projects rely on local initiative with state and federal support and include a 65 acre lake and a multi purpose dam for flood control and recreation.
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Charles R. Lewis Charleston
West Virginia
Upper Decker's Creek
Preston
Monongalia
Pecks Run
Upshur
Barbour
Webster
Blakes Creek
Armour Creek
Kanawha
Putnam
Bond's Creek
Ritchie
Warm Springs
Morgan
Soil Conservation Committee
Big Ditch Run
State Department of Natural Resources
Peck's Run
Harrison-Upshur
Buckhannon River
Barbour County
Hall
Wallace Stands Put On Negroes Blocked at Alabama University
Gov. George Wallace faces a federal injunction to refrain from blocking two Negro students from enrolling at the University of Alabama. Judge Seybourn Lynne set a June 10 deadline for Wallace to appear and show why he should not be barred. Vivian Malone of Mobile and David McGlathery of Huntsville are the students set to enroll.
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Birmingham
Ala
George C. Wallace
University of Alabama
U.S. District Court
Seybourn H. Lynne
Wallace
James B. Allen
Alabama
Allen
Oxford
University of Mississippi
Ross Barnett
Tuscaloosa
Richmond Flowers
Justice Department
Vivian J. Malone
Mobile
David M. McGlathery
Huntsville
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Contact Information and Rates
Bluefield Daily Telegraph publishing details include address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia telephone number 327 6171 and notes subscription rates by carrier 50 cents per week and by mail 26 dollars per year with zone distinctions. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and Audit Bureau of Circulation with Tat Agency as advertising representative.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associates Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Tat Agency, Inc
Week’s CWF Meetings At First Christian Church
The Christian Women’s Fellowship at First Christian Church Princeton lists weekly gatherings for June 3. Activities include a 6:30 p.m. dinner by the Business Women’s Guild on Monday, a Wednesday 11:00 a.m. Ruth Peterson Group picnic, and Thursday pot-luck luncheons and dinners hosted by multiple groups.
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Christian Women's Fellowship
First Christian Church
Princeton
Business Women's Guild
Fellowship Hall
Ruth Peterson
Ben Peck
Old Athens Road
Faith McCracken
Frances Hill
Carl Keaton
Betty Sharpe
Elizabeth Mills
Margaret Shaw
Goldfine's Chestnut Hill Home to be Sold for Taxes
Boston AP reports Bernard Goldfine's Chestnut Hill residence will be auctioned June 12 to satisfy about 11 million dollars in taxes owed to the federal government. The sale is part of tax enforcement actions against the industrialist.
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Boston
Chestnut Hill
Bernard Goldfine
Goldfine
Adria Church Plans Daily Bible School
Adria Advent Christian Church will host a daily vacation Bible school from June 4 to June 14 with sessions 8 45 a m to 11 45 a m each weekday. Commencement is set for June 14 at 7 p m. Mrs George Saunders Sr heads the staff with multiple teachers and helpers at the Bishop Highway north of Tazewell Va.
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Adria Church
Adria Advent Christian Church
Bishop Highway
Tazewell, Va
Birmingham Tries and Industrial Roots in a City of Iron
A fragmented portrait of Birmingham showing its foundation in iron ore and coal, early rail crossroads, and the Red Mountain influence. The piece notes a 340,000 city population with a 600,000 metro, limited nightlife, and a critic’s view of local attitudes amid culture scenes and industry.
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Tennessee Coal and Iron
Birmingham
Red Mountain
Yankee Racial Problems Cited at Massachusetts Governor Speech
Gov En dicott Peabody of Massachusetts argued desegregation alone does not meet national needs. He called for new standards for both North and South, stating equality of opportunity is a nationwide issue. He noted widespread northern segregation in schools housing and industry beyond first level employment.
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Washington
Endicott Peabody
Massachusetts
American Veterans’ Committee
Suburbia
South
Kennedy
Nationalist Pilot Defects to Communist China, Says Peking
Radio Peking reports a Nationalist Chinese pilot defected with an U.S. built F86F jet. The Communists name Capt. Hsu Ting tse as the defecting pilot landing in east China, amid rewards for defectors ranging up to 8000 ounces of gold.
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Tokyo
Peking
China
Formosa
Hsu Ting-tse
East
Hsu
Pope John XXIII Near Death in Vatican Stroke Vigil
Physicians reported John XXIII’s condition worsened from 100.4 to 101.3 as vigil continued in St. Peter’s Square. The Vatican described his moments of coherence as he neared death, with prayers from watchers and a blessing to Bergamo. The pope’s doctors noted his final struggle on Pentecost Sunday in the historic papal conditions.
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St. Peter’s Square
Vatican Radio
John XXIII
Vatican
L’ Osservatore Romano
Bergamo
Italy
Baron Prosper Poswick
Holy See
Pickets Banned In Tennessee
A state injunction bans picketing at Grundy Mining Co. property in southeast Tennessee. The order, issued by Judge Robert Keele, targets United Mine Workers District 19 and aims to back up a dissolved federal no-picket injunction tied to the 600 worker strike near Whitwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga, Tenn
Grundy Mining Co
Striketorn
Tennessee
Chancery Court
Robert Keele
Manchester
United Mine Workers Union
District 19
Grundy
U.S
U. S
Frank Wilson
Wilson
National Labor Relations Board
Whitwell
Tenn
UMW
Highway 108
State Highway Patrol
Insurance Man Jones Praised In Northwestern Mutual Feature
Bluefielder C Goodman Jones of Bluefield appears in Northwestern Mutual Insurance Co's 62nd annual report as a Seattle firm representative. The piece honors him as a highly professional independent businessman devoted to policyholders' interests and ongoing industry progress.
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C. Goodman Jones
Bluefield Insurance
National Association of Mutual Insurance Agents
Northwestern Mutual Insurance Co
Seattle
Wash
Jones
Northwestern Mutual
Holiness Temple To Hold 11th Assembly
The True Holiness Temple, Inc. schedules its 11th annual assembly from today through June 11 in Bartley McDowell County. Wilfred L. Dickerson, senior bishop, presides. Services on today and June 9 at 11 30 a m and 7 p m. Programs in Bartley Junior High School Auditorium.
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The
True Holiness Temple, Inc
Bartley
McDowell County
Wilfred L. Dickerson
Bartley Junior High School
Desegregation and Civil Rights Actions Across States
ROY WILKINS seeks court injunction against Governor Wallace to block interference with two Negroes’ enrollment in the University of Alabama system. In Florida, Negroes shift to picketing white theaters after a Circuit Court ruling supports their right to picket. Louisiana stores close lunch counters as sit-ins form. a biracial committee faces NAACP opposition. Philadelphia CORE plans to place Negro workers on a municipal job site amid a campus building hiring dispute. James Farmer warns of demonstrations tackling discriminatory practices nationwide.
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George C. Wallace
Alabama
University of Alabama
Wallace
Tallahassee
Fla
Tobias Simon
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Philadelphia
Congress On Racial Equality
Municipal Services
James Farmer
CORE
Washington
Deaths and funerals at Maxwell Bluefield Speedway Princeton area
Funeral services are held for Mrs. Jennie Belle Lockhart Davidson 88 of Maxwell Va and Alan Pennington 85 of Speedway. Other notices include Paul Malamisura of Bluefield and Mrs Juanita Price formerly of Princeton. Survivors listed with wives husbands children and relatives. Services take place at Maxwell and Speedway churches with burial in local cemeteries.
Courses Scheduled At Richlands School
The Tazewell County School Administration and the University of Virginia announce two three week summer workshops for teachers in Tazewell County. The Language Arts course will be at Richlands High School June 17 and the Children's Literature course at Graham High School July 8. Both are three semester hour courses offering certification or degree credit. The Children’s Literature course is subsidized by the Virginia State Department of Education in the in service training program. Enrollments are via principals or the division office in Tazewell. Instructor is Mrs. Mary Herrin of Johnson City Tennessee.
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Tygarts Valley
Forestry Division
U. S. Forest Service
Upshur County
Hodgesville
Teter
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
State Road Commission
Pecks. Run
Tazewell County
School of General Studies
The
University of Virginia
Richlands High School
Graham High School
Virginia State Department of Education
Tazewell
Mary Herrin
Johnson City
Tennessee
Mrs Rosalee Witten Charles dies in Weber City Virginia
Mrs Rosalee Witten Charles of Weber City Virginia died Saturday in Holston Valley Community Hospital Kingsport Tennessee. She was a member of Holston View Methodist Church and Gate City Chapter Order of Eastern Star. Survivors include a daughter and two grandchildren and a sister. Funeral held Monday at 3 p m EST in Scott County Funeral Home Weber City with burial at Holston View Cemetery. OES will conduct graveside rites. Body remained at the funeral home until the committal hour.
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Jennie Belle Lockhart Davidson
Tazewell
Mount Pleasant Methodist Church
Maxwell
W. E. Mustard
W. J. Ellis
Maxwell Cemetery
Peery-St. Clair Funeral Home
Allen Pennington
Speedway
Speedway Methodist Church
Buford Painter
Donald Baldwin
Cecil Pennington
Audrey Matherly
Hurley Morehead
Nathan Snider
Cecil Byrd
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Bertie Goode Pennington
Dewey
Robert Pennington
Fred Bolin
Athens
Ralph Pennington
Gladys White
Howard Brewer
Martinsville
Elizabeth Hall
Huntington
Memorial Funeral Directory of
Princeton
Juanita McNutt Price
Charleston
Charles McNutt III
South Charleston
Degnan
Charles W. McNutt
Burlington, N. C
Sunset Memorial Park
Rosalee Witten Charles
Weber City
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Kingsport
Tenn
Holston View Methodist Church
Gate City
Order of Eastern Star
John B. Fleenor
G. S. Watkins
Grundy
Scott County Funeral Home
Ralph Brown
Paul Blessing
Eddy Fox
Holston View
OES
Funeral notices for Arthur Madison Kester and Levi Walker Neel
Funeral services announced for Kester Madison Arthur 48 of East Brunswick New Jersey at Mount Zion Church Wallville with burial at church cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Body remains at Broyles Funeral HomeUnion until service. Levi Walker Neel of Gratton Virginia to be laid to rest Sunday at Mount Olivet Methodist Church with burial in church cemetery. Greever Funeral Home of Tazewell in charge. Wilsie D Iddings of Bluefield to be buried at Monte Vista Park Cemetery after 2:30 p.m. First Baptist Church service with Rev. Malcolm Fuller officiating. Mercer Funeral Home in charge.
Funeral Rites Today For William D. Birke
Funeral rites are set for 10 a.m. Sunday for William D. Birke president of Huntington Publishing Co and publisher of The Herald Dispatch. The service at Klinger Carpenter Mortuary will be led by Rabbi Frank Sundheim with entombment in the Spring Hill family mausoleum. Birke died Thursday after several months of illness.
Tazewell GOP Set Meeting Dates In Richlands
Tazewell County Republicans will meet at the Town Hall Richlands Virginia at 7 p.m. Saturday June 8 Delegates to the county convention will be named then The county convention will be held at the Tazewell County Courthouse Tazewell Virginia June 22 at 2 p.m.
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Tazewell Gop
Richlands
Tazewell County
John R. McCall
Tazewell
Monroe Woman Ada Vanstavern Dies From Truck Crash Injuries
Ada Florence Vanstavern 78 of Hollywood Monroe County died Saturday at 9 am in a Ronceverte hospital from injuries suffered in a truck accident near Hollywood five days earlier. Survived by husband Luther H. Vanstavern two sons Walter Hudson Vanstavern and Harry Holt Vanstavern one daughter Mrs Della May Lloyd a brother Clarence Howard a sister Laura Howard six grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 11 am in Broyles Funeral Home Chapel Union with Rev J E Fairburn officiating burial in Salem Cemetery near Organ Cave.
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Ada Florence Vanstavern
Hollywood
Monroe County
Ronceverte
Chalybeate
C. C
Mary Burns Howard
Bruffeys Memorial Chapel
Luther H. Vanstavern
Walter Hudson Vanstavern
Hydesville
Harry Holt Vanstavern
Franklin, Va
Della May Lloyd
Bethesda
Clarence Howard
Laura Howard
Broyles Funeral Home
Union
J. E Fairburn
Salem Cemetery
Organ Cave
Pocahontas Observes Memorial Day Services Today
Pocahontas Virginia Post 14 American Legion observes Memorial Day at the World War II monument on Water Street with Commander Raymond Martin as speaker. Bluefield National Guard rifle squad color guard legionnaires and Girl Scouts participate. Pocahontas High School band performs. graves decorated with flags.
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Pocahontas
Post 14
American Legion
Water Street
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Raymond Martin
National Guard
Bluefield
Color Guard
Legionnaires
Pocahontas High School
Jack Dishman
Legion Auxiliary
Girl Scouts
Honey in the Rock adapts to daylight DST shift
Beckley AP reports the outdoor drama Honey in the Rock now starts earlier in daylight due to Daylight Saving Time. In its third season the 8:30 p.m. curtain is moved to daylight. opening night is June 22 with performances through September 1. Dr. Kermit Hunter rearranged early scenes and added Thomas Stonewall Jackson and a Washington scene.
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Kermit Hunter
Thomas
Stonewall) Jackson
Washington
Chicagoan's Body Recovered in Ohio River Near Point Pleasant
The body of a young Chicagoan man was found Saturday in the Ohio River near the U S Coast Guard station south of Point Pleasant West Virginia. He was tentatively identified as George Ash in his early 20s and had papers with a Chicago address on him.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Ohio River
U. S. Coast Guard
George Ash
Chicago
Quinwood Miner Dies in Mine Accident
Quinwood West Virginia A miner identified as John Withrow of Charmee Greenbrier County was ground to death after a coal boring machine at the Carl No 2 mine near Quinwood malfunctioned Friday night The operation is by Imperial Smoke less Coal Co located in Nicholas County The victim left five children behind
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Quinwood
W. Va
Carl No. 2
John Withrow
Charmee
Greenbrier County
Nicholas County
Imperial Smokeless Coal Co
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Intermountain
Central Plains
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CWF
Associated Press
Albany
Atlanta
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Boise
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
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Fort Worth
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Memphis
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New Orleans
New York
Omaha
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland
Ore
Richmond
St. Louis
San Diego
San Francisco
Tampa
Winnipeg
A.m
NLRB
Insurance Company
Bluefielder
Holiness Temple
Roy Wilkins
Jennie Davidson
Paul F. Malamisura
Paul Francisco Malamisura
Rogers St
St. Luke’s Hospital
Norfolk and Western Railway
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
S. Auguta di Puglia
Foggia
Pasquale
Lisa Rosa ‘Malamisura
Carmella ‘Malamisura
Patsy P
William Albert
A. B. Pendleton
Margaret Romeo
Tony Malamisura
Joe Malamisura
Teressa Tedeski
Juanita M. Price
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Joseph Dene
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Mercer Funeral Home
Richlands School
Rosalee W. Charles
William D. Birke
Barre Guild
Mercer Monument Co. Courthouse Sq
Princeton, W. Ya
Monroe
Ohio
Bluefield Monument Company
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