Nixon Eyes California Governor Bid Amid West Coast Primary
A busy week in eight states features former Vice President Richard Nixon's California gubernatorial bid as he faces Assemblyman Joseph Shell. In Massachusetts, Kennedy and McCormack vie for U S Senate endorsement at a three day Democratic convention with Sept 18 primaries looming. Other states hold primaries or conventions including Connecticut Iowa Idaho Mississippi Montana and South Dakota with multiple Senate and gubernatorial races.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Edward J. McCormack Jr
California
Massachusetts
Nixon
Joseph C Shell
Bay State
Young Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Gen McCormack
John W. McCormack
House
U.S
Kennedy
McCormack
Connecticut
Iowa
Idaho
Mississippi
Montana
South Dakota
New Holston Appointments listed across regional circuits
A long list details new appointments for Holston Conference ministers across many circuits and churches. Names include Eldon Moore Bristol Circuit and Ray Harris Virginia Avenue, with additional postings for Castlewood, Chilhowie, Damascus, Mountain City, Gate City, Clintwood, Coeburn, Gate City Circuit divisions, and other regional assignments.
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State Street
P. Hardin
Eldon Moore
Trinity
Ray Harris
Virginia Avenue
T. P Carriger
Bristol
Willard Cross
Broadford
Lewis Walker
Caney Valley
Jerry Fleenor
Castlewood
E. C. Vestal
D Jr
Chatham Hill
Paul Elmore
Chilhowie-Tate
W. L. Gos S
Chilhowie
William Grybeal
Damascus
C. Walter Martin
Greendale
T. W. Singleton
Holston View
Lee Poston
Lebanon
Richard Hale
Lebanon Memorial
J. A.shugart
Marion
East
L. V. Peverill
Glenn Boye
Grace
Leslie Adams
West
Benjamin Sanders
Moccasin Valley
Winfred Carico
Mountain City
Raymond Geisler
Edward Johnson
Norman Biggs
North Keywood
Clarence V. McCall Jr
Pleasant View
Wyndale
Richard Looney
Rich Valley
James Doughert
Russell
W. Va
Novak
Saltville
Henrytown
C. E. Wilson
Shady Grove
Washington Chapel
Robert P. Miller Sr
Sinking Springs
Paperville
C. E. Kesting
South Keywood
James H. Greever
Sugar Grove
Arnold Williams
Wallace
Beech Grove
E. G. Pursley
Pacific Ocean Could Contain All Continents
A historical report claims the Pacific Ocean spans about 63,800,000 square miles and could hold all continents within its expanse. The statement reflects a broad geographic comparison of the ocean's immense area.
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Pacific Ocean
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Masthead Details and Rates
Bluefield Daily Telegraph begins with standard masthead and address. It notes Associated Press affiliation and subscription rates for carrier, daily, and mail service within West Virginia zones. Advertising representative is Kaw.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Land Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation Advertising
Kaw
WVU Awards First Medical Degrees in State History
The first West Virginia University medical school graduates will receive their medicine degrees Monday along with 1,385 other students. Fourteen men and one woman earn the state’s first MDs as the 1951 four year program culminates with internships across West Virginia and beyond.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Medical School
West Virginia
Okey L. Patteson
Charleston
Huntington
Armed Services
David L. White
Bridgeport
Joseph B. Reed
Burlington
Mineral County
Jesse S. Griffith
Halbert E. Ashworth
Charlespin
Charles L. Ludwig
Clarksburg
Francis A. Goad
Clendenin
Joseph A. Reggiero
Fairmont
Richard B. Arnold
Charles W. Lewis
George H. Nelson
Kenneth Shaffer
Louis Groves Jr
Meadow Bridge
Frederick Cooley
Nitro
Ira L. Hemmings Jr
St. Marys
Basil D. Cutlip
Webster Springs
Raleigh Man Held On Murder Charge
Beckley police say Vance Hill 66 of Besoco faces a murder charge after the death of Lewis Hughes 66 of Besoco from a .38 caliber gun wound. The men reportedly argued while playing cards and drinking. Hill is held in the Raleigh County jail awaiting a Monday preliminary hearing.
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Vance Hill
Besoco
Raleigh County
Lewis Hughes
Hill
Virginia Side Student Receives Arts Degree
Willie Lee Little of Bluefield Virginia, a senior at Johnson C Smith University in Charlotte North Carolina, graduated May 2 with an A B degree Cum Laude from the College of Liberal Arts. President Rufus P Perry conferred degrees on 120 graduates at the 94th Commencement.
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Willie Lee Little
Bluefield
Johnson C. Smith University
Charlotte
N. C
College of Liberal Arts
Rufus P. Perry
College and Theological Seminary
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and region
Lewis R. Gills 54 of Montcalm died in a Bluefield hospital. Stewart Hagg 62 of Leemaster died in a Bluefield hospital. Mandy Kennedy 57 of Paynesville died in a Beckley hospital. Bessie Hess Ray 68 of Davenport died at home. Funeral details list churches, cemeteries, and listed survivors including spouses, children, and siblings.
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Lewis R. Gills
Montcalm
Bluefield
Cravens
Funerals Planned for Griffith and Davis
Mrs. Chloe L. Griffith of Jaeger to lie in state Monday at 2 p m at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Clyde Roberts officiating Burial follows in Jaeger Memorial Cemetery Rhodesfield Mrs Cynthia V Davis of Princeton to be laid to rest Monday at 2 p m at Seaver Mortuary with Rev Clifford C Funk officiating and burial in Resthaven Cemetery
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Mandy Kennedy
Paynesville
Beckley Hospital
Collins Ridge
Harid
Alasair Kennedy Collins
Clifford Payne
Columbus
Ohio
Walter Kennedy
Wytheville
Jesse
Dan
Edgie Kennedy
Florence Beavers
Laurel Blevins
Riley Collins
Davis
Cynthia V
Princeton
Seaver Mortuary
Clifford C. Funk
Resthaven
Four Approaches for West Virginia Public Works
Article outlines four possible public works paths for West Virginia starting July 1. It weighs Emergency Employment Program and ADCU continuations, concurrent ADCU and EEP, and a Kennedy administration style federal state plan with 50-50 matching amid a $3 million state cap. Each option's benefits, drawbacks, and administrative implications are analyzed.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Congress
ADCU
EEP
Department of Welfare
Layman of the Year honored in Bluefield District
George Gilliam Layman of Year George Gilliam Layman of Year George Gilliam of Bluefield outgoing president of the Bluefield District Methodist Men yesterday was voted the Layman of the Year for the Bluefield District. The 1962 Tri-District rally at Concord College Athens named Sam Zeoli president Bluefield District succeeding Gilliam. Ed Ayers Lewisburg named Layman of the Year for the Lewisburg District. Beckley District did not have a selection.
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George Gilliam
Bluefield
Concord College
Athens
Sam Zeoli
Montcalm
Gilliam
Beckley
Lewisburg
Ed Ayers
Robertson to Address Bluefield Rotary Meeting
C Donald Robertson West Virginia attorney general and Charleston resident will speak at the Bluefield Rotary noon meeting at the West Virginia Hotel. The talk’s topic is unannounced. Introduced by Ernest G. Otey and James McCoy, Robertson’s background includes Clarksburg birth, WVU AB and LLD, Navy service in WWI, and service as Harrison County prosecutor and multiple local legal posts. He holds active roles in several professional and civic groups and received notable service awards. Rae al
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C. Donald Robertson
West Virginia
Charleston
Bluefield Rotarians
West Virginian
Ernest G. Otey
James McCoy
Robertson
Clarksburg
Harrison County
Salem College
West Virginia University
United States Navy
House of Delegates
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
Eight Policemen Killed in Burma Gun Battle Near Moulmein
Informants report eight policemen were killed in a gun fight with Karen rebels last week near Moulmein, about 120 miles southeast of Rangoon, Burma, highlighting ongoing clashes in the region.
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Rangoon
Burma
Moulmein
Parking Tickets Fixed by Blood Drive in West Virginia
In MOOREFIELD West Virginia parking meter violations can be canceled by donating one pin of blood to the Red Cross Motorists may avoid fines by contributing to a one day program led by the Hardy County blood bank under approval from May or W D Grafton and Rev Laurean Smith.
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Moorefield
W.va
Red Cross
Laurean Smith
Hardy County Blood Bank
W. D. Grafton
Weather prospects in West and Virginia today
West Virginia sees considerable cloudiness and scattered thunderstorms with highs from the 70s in the east to 78 84 in the west. Virginia reports clouds and cooler air with a few showers or thunderstorms mainly in the extreme south and southwest, highs in the 80s and 68 to 75 elsewhere.
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West Virginia
South Portion
West Portion
Virginia
Three Area Elections See Races Across Welch Northfork and Oceana
McDowell County towns Welch and Northfork plus Wyoming County Oceana hold election day Tuesday June 5. Welch mayor W B Swope is unopposed. several Democrats challenge GOP council incumbents. Northfork race features recorder contest. Oceana mayor and town recorder races plus five council posts with multiple candidates. Four Virginia towns Bluefield Cedar Bluff Richlands Pocahontas vote June 12.
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Welch
Northfork
McDowell County
Oceana
Wyoming County
W. B. Swope
Kit Lewis
GOP
Ray Wilson
Joe Travis
Meyer Bell
Marvin Propst
Norris
Recorder
Oscar Morgan
D. C. Cook
Vaughn Cozort
J. D. Hurst
Fula Meeks
Hassell Blackburn
Ernest Conley
Ivan Daniels
Lee Day
Oscar Goode
Ralph Hicks
Russell Lewis
Glen McClung
Joe Barns
John D. Steffey
Tazewell County
Bluefield
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Pocahontas
Tazewell Sheeptown Pool Prices Set at 63.17 Per Cwt
Tazewell County sheepmen sold their clip to Fred Whitaker Company of Philadelphia for 63.17 dollars per hundredweight, net about 62.5 after charges. Delivery at the Norfolk and Western depot in Tazewell Friday with Burkes Garden weighing the next day. County hosts large flocks and a 17 000 head tally yielding roughly 80 000 pounds yearly. Hamp shire breeding boosts Burkes Garden fame as Hampshire Throne of Virginia.
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Fred Whitake Company
Philadelphia
Virginia
Norfolk and Western
Tazewell
Tazewell Pool
Burkes Garden
Hampshire
J. R. Davis
Peru
McDowell Countian Injured in Bland County Auto Crash
William Grant of Bartley in McDowell County was treated at Bluefield Sanitarium for a head injury after a Sunday auto crash on U S 52 between Bland and Walker Mountain in Bland County Virginia. He and two companions Frank Davis and Les Grant, also of Bartley, were en route to Martinsville when the vehicle left the highway. the two companions were not injured.
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Bartley
McDowell County
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bland County
Grant
Frank Davis
Les Grant
Martinsville
U. S. 52
Bland, Va
Walker Mountain
State Man And Iowa Nephew Die In Wreck
A West Virginia man Charles A. Schneider 49 of Weirton and his Iowa nephew William Ward 26 of Washington died when their car went out of control and overturned on highway 218 nine miles north of Iowa City. It is unclear who was driving.
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Iowa
West Virginia
Highway 218
Here
Charles A. Schneider
Weirton
W.va
William Ward
Washington
Schneider
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