First Woman To Earn Air Force ROTC Commission
Janet Marshall becomes the first woman to complete Air Force ROTC training and receive a commission as a second lieutenant from George Washington University. She aims for a foreign affairs career and may serve as an air attaché, with her parents stationed at Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
George Washington University
Honolulu
University of Florida
University of California At
Los Angeles
Air Force Reserve
Kenneth Marshall
Pearl Harbor Marine Corps
Janet
U.S
Air Force
Millard Fillmore Refuses Oxford Honor
President Millard Fillmore declines a degree from Oxford University, saying he has done nothing to deserve the honor and cannot accept it.
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Millard Fillmore
Oxford University
Coal Officials End 2 Day Tour Across Pocahontas Firms
About 60 executives from Consolitation Coal Company and Pocahontas Fuel Company completed a two day tour of area properties. They visited Itmann and Deerfield on Monday and ended with Fairmont Supply Building Bluefield on Tuesday, after stops at Amonate Bishop Boissevain and Pocahontas sites.
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Bluefield Country Club
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Consoliation Coal Company
Pocahontas Fuel
Itmann
Deerfield
Fairmont Supply
Bluefield
Amonate
Bishop
Bailey and Tabor Named Kiwanis Delegates
Dr. James Bailey and James A. Tabor Jr. were elected delegates to represent the Green Valley-Glenwood Kiwanis Club at the Kiwanis International Convention in Chicago June 29. Alternates named were Charles Johnson and Bob Roberts. The unit met at the Green Valley Kiwanis Club House and featured a talk on Schools by Program Chairman Charles Johnson.
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James Bailey
James A. Tabor Jr
Green Valley-Glenwood
Pulaski Gets New High School Principal
Kenneth E. Fulp, principal of Amherst County High School, was named principal of Pulaski High School on Tuesday. He succeeds W. R. Garland, who resigned after 11 years in the post.
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Pulaski, Va
Kenneth E. Fulp
Amherst County High School
Pulaski High School
W. R. Garland
May police report details Bluefield thefts and arrests
May thefts in Bluefield totaled 54 with four stores and offices broken into and five homes entered. Five automobiles were stolen and recovered. two arrests were made. Police logged 99 drunkenness arrests and multiple traffic offenses.
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Bluefield
Orang A
W. E. DeMoss
A. J. Bailey
Radford Chamber of Commerce Secretary Resigns
Frank Sheldon resigns as executive secretary of the Radford Chamber of Commerce effective June 15 for personal reasons. A Providence, Rhode Island native, he will move to his wife’s home in Portland, Maine, after joining the chamber in November 1955. Previously with the Virginia State News.
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Padford
Frank Sheldon
Radford Chamber of Commerce
Portland
Providence
R. IL
Sheldon
The
Chamber
Virginia State News
Naturalness Made Gary Cooper A Screen Icon
The piece recalls Gary Cooper’s tough early work to earn his spurs and his rise to stardom. It credits his naturalness as a core asset, notes his grueling filming schedule and injuries, and highlights his disciplined preparation and later prestige including two Academy Awards.
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Gary Cooper
Cooper
Joseph Chapin
John O’hara
Ten
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Robert Kendell
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C. A. McHugh
Mike Blanner
Malcolm Smith
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Harvey Kiser
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Jo Davis
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Robert DIX
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Tabor
Mercer County
W. R. Cooke
Pulaski
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Biel
Clara Bow
By Halsey Raines
Lupe Velez
Helen Hayes
Carole Lombard
Collen Moore
Montana
Jerome Preston
Peyton
John O'Hara
Diane Varsi
Suzy Parker
Ten North Frederick
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Tom Tully
Leslie Nielsen
Mickey Shaughnessy
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Shirley Maclaine
William Bowers
James Edward Grant
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Crowder & Freeman, Inc
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