Local Retailers Discuss Shopping Center Impacts
West Virginia and Virginia retail divisions of the Bluefield Chamber hold separate talks Tuesday on how two new multi million dollar shopping centers near Bluefield may divert downtown customers. Fred Langenheim urges cooperation among merchants to boost downtown sales through promotions while noting parking and collaboration improvements.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield
Fred Langenheim
Chamber
Chamber Board Room
Virginia Group
Langenheim
Bluefields
Ing
Painter-By-The-Teeth To Demonstrate At Skyland Craft Shop
Marvin Kessinger, a handless Princeton artist, will demonstrate painting by holding the brush in his teeth at Skyland craft shop atop East River Mountain. Demonstrations occur Sundays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on select summer dates through August, weather permitting. Paintings cost 5 to 15 dollars and his income derives from sales. demonstrations are free.
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Marvin Kessinger
Princeton
Skyland, Inc
East River Mountain
Kessinger
Bob Connor
Skyland
Davis Elkins Holds 63rd Commencement in Elkins
73 seniors received degrees at Davis and Elkins College on June 5. David Elwin Roberts of Bramwell earned a BA in Psychology as Governor Hulett C. Smith delivered the commencement address in the amphitheater on campus.
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Elkins
W. Va
David Elwin Roberts
Bramwell
Davis and Elkins
Hulett C. Smith
Parking Lot Attack in Bluefield Police Report
Three Monroe County youths, 16, were beaten by six or seven older colored boys in a Raleigh Street parking lot around 9 30 p m Saturday. They suffered minor injuries, a car door bent, and the gearshift torn from the auto. a distributor wire was stolen from a nearby parked car. Two smaller boys reportedly chased by the gang fled unharmed.
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Monroe County
Bluefield
Raleigh Street
Kenneth Roberts
Peterstown
Ballard
Roberts
Woman Oh Woman You Lost The War For The South
A rhetorically playful piece argues fate hinges on a chain of cause and effect traced from Eve to Gettysburg and beyond. It notes how actions by Dan Sickles and others shaped Civil War outcomes and jokes that if women explain their role the roll call in the hereafter will reveal male support.
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South
Gettysburg
Dan Sickles
Philip Key
Mrs. Sickles
Eve
General Sickels
Ground-breaking for Pocahontas Kepler Mine at Pineville
Formal ceremonies for Pocahontas Fuel Company new Kepler Mine under construction near Pineville will be held Saturday after a luncheon at The Cow Shed Restaurant. Governor Hulett C. Smith and Congressman James Kee head a list of dignitaries.
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Pocahontas Fuel Company
Kepler
Pineville
P. P. Ferretti
Pocahontas Fuel
Consolidation Coal
Cow Shed
Hulett C. Smith
James Kee
Bluefield
Maitland
Welch
J. W. Kepler
Consol
Ten Virginia Localities Qualify for Federal Aid
Washington AP Ten Virginia localities qualify for federal aid to address unemployment and low income problems. Full financial assistance goes to Brunswick Cumberland Dickinson Highland Lee Russell Tazewell Wise and the town of Norton. Smyth County receives public works grants only. Lancaster Northumberland Richmond and Westmoreland are no longer eligible.
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Washington
Virginia
Economic Development Administration
Brunswick
Cumberland
Dickenson
Highland, Lee, Russell
Tazewell
Wise
Norton
Symth
Lancaster
Northumberland
Richmond
Westmoreland
More Beauties Are Needed for 15th Miss Clinch Valley Contest
The 15th Miss Clinch Valley beauty contest in Richlands Virginia seeks entrants age 15 to 26 who are single. First prize is 100 dollars, second 50, third 25, with the Richlands Kiwanis Club sponsoring the annual pageant at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Richlands High School auditorium. Send name address age and phone number to Chuck Kilgor in Richlands.
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Clinch Valley
Richlands
Richlands Kiwanis Club
Chuck Kilgor
Mysterious Early Morning Shooting Probed in Bluefield
Police continue investigation after a man with a gunshot wound was found in Bluefield. He claimed the name Paul Cisco but was listed as Bob Esser Elkins, 38. He said two men shot him during a botched robbery after riding a freight train from New Jersey toward New Orleans.
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Bluefield
Dalton
New Jersey
New Orleans
Council Senior Wins Top Honor
Miss Scarlet Breeding a Council High School senior has been named recipient of the Georgia-Pacific Foundation Scholarship. She maintains a 98 grade average, ranks third in her class, and plans Berea College attendance with teaching in view. The four year scholarship totals 1500 to 2079 dollars depending on college type.
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Scarlet Breeding
Council
Georgia-Pacific Foundation
James M. Bevins
Buchanan County
Ed Griffith
Georgia- Pacific
Vansant
Miss Breeding
Edna Breeding
Mr. Breeding
Student Cooperative Association
Beta Club
Berea College
Berea
Kentucky
Georgia - Pacific Foundation
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Virginia
Georgia - Pacific
United States
Virginia Road Program Cited for Safety Honor
The Virginia Highway Department’s employe safety program earned a National Safety Council award of honor for the fifth time. Safety engineer Melvin G. Lyell said the 1966 frequency rate of 4.44 injuries per million man hours is likely the lowest among state highway agencies, with a severity rating of 373 and 79 percent better than peers. The program started 30 years ago and involves hundreds of supervisors and about 7,500 employees statewide.
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Virginia Highway Department
National Safety Council
Melvin G. Lyell
Lyell
McNeill Retires After 39 Years at Concord College
Dr Ellis Meade McNeill longtime biology department head at Concord College retires at term end after 39 years on faculty. An alumnus of Concord 1928 he earned a MS from West Virginia University 1930 and PhD from Duke University 1946. He rose from Oakvale teacher to full professor in 1939 and earned multiple honors.
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Concord College
Ellis Meade McNeill
McNeill
Concord
West Virginia University
Duke University
Oakvale
Phi Delta Pi
West Virginia Academy of Science
Botanical Society of America
Southern Appalachian Botanical Club
American Society of Plant Taxonomists
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Phi Epsilon Phi
Phi Sigma
Chi Beta Phi
Princeton-Athens Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis Fourth
Princeton Presbyterian Church
Meade McNeill
Town of Tazewell officer slain in stabbing
Jack Sargent 30 year old Town of Tazewell police officer died at Bluefield Sanitarium from stab wounds suffered during an attempted arrest on April 11. Ralph Perry 18, of Thompson Valley, is jailed in Tazewell County charged with the stabbing.
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Jack Sargent
Tazewell
Bluefield
Ralph Jackson Perry
Thompson Valley
Sargent
F &. Wood
Mt Olive Man Escapes Blaze Near Lashmeet
Cecil Hall escaped injury when flames gutted his one story frame house at Mt. Olive near Lashmeet. Neighbor Van Dillon woke him, and Matoaka Volunteer Fire Chief Charles Hall said the call came in at 5 39 a m after Dillon re entered to summon firefighters. Damage to contents and building was set at 5000 dollars. Firemen used 1250 gallons of water and one firefighter, Ricky Davis, suffered a minor cut on a broken window.
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Cecil Hall
Mt. Olive
Lashmeet
Hall
van Dillon
Matoaka
Charles Hall
Dillon
Pearl Saders
Ricky Davis
Bartley to Dedicate New $42,000 Bridge
Bartley in McDowell County will dedicate a new four two thousand dollar bridge connecting Route 3 and Route 15 Sunday at 4 p.m. County officials will attend as special guests. The dedication follows seven years of community effort led by Goodlow Combs. Residents previously faced difficult access to Route 83 during bad weather.
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Bartley
McDowell County
Rt. 3
Rt. 15
Goodlow Combs
Combs
Rt. 83
Goodlow
Commencement Exercises Scheduled for Virginia Colleges
In Richmond AP report the Class of 1967 commencements were scheduled over the weekend at at least 11 Virginia colleges. The ceremony dates and participating institutions include multiple campuses across the state.
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Richmond
Virginia
Veterans tale and local name lore from Greenbrier days
A column traces Major Richard Pearces defection to Cuba and split opinions about his character at Greenbrier Military Academy, with Col. Moore and Col. Benjamin offering cautious remarks. The piece also recounts the Hillsville naming tale, attributing it to a pioneer family and a humorous Si who collected seasonal supplies in Haysi, Virginia.
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Richard H. Pearce
Cuba
Greenbrier Military Academy
Lewisburg
Dick Pearce
GMS
Col
W. J. Moore
Pearce
Army
Col. Moore
J. ‘W. Benjamin
Ben
Hillsville
Carroll County
Haysi
Dickinson County
Beaver graduates receive cadet promotions and honors
C Lee McConnell earns corporal rank in the VPT corps with clerk and sound leader duties. Richard F Alley, Beaver graduate, promoted to second lieutenant in the VPI coips and named flight cadet, elected president of Sash and Saber for 1967-63. Dr Harold Spraker, math professor at Middle Tennessee State University, receives a Distinguished Professor Award. Former Richlands principal Bill Powers, Norton superintendent, recovered from a heart attack. Sid Barsdale hopes for West Virginia Racing Commission post with potential five thousand annual pay.
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C. Lee McConnell
R. C. McConnell
Augusta
VPT Corps of Cadets
Beaver
Richard F. Alley
Richard Alley
North Street
VPI Coips
Alley
Harold Spraker
Richlands High
Department of Labor
Buchanan
Tazewell
Middle Tennessee State U
Straker
Bill Powers
Norton
Bluefield
Sid Bar'sdale
Hones
West Virginia Racing Commission
Sid
Buyers Shows Open Here Today in Bluefield
Bluefield hosts two buyers shows starting today at the National Guard Armory and the West Virginian Hotel. The Bluefield Fashion Exhibitors and Appalachian Buyers Convention run three days with hundreds of exhibitors, dinners, bingo, door prize TV set drawing, and schedules through Tuesday.
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Bluefield
National Guard Armory
West Virginian
BFE
University Club
Richard A. Frantz
Montgomery
FBE
Armory
Neta Tombline
Glenn Scott
Bramwell
Frantz
Jerry Furbee
Huntington
Edward S. Johnson
Lynchburg
Douglas E. Shorter
Athens
Scott
Stanley Taylor
Charlottesville
Odland O. Spangler
Summersville
Nita Allen
West Virginian Hotel
Appalachian Buyers Convention
Carlyle Cole
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Kepler Mine
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Davis Elkins Grad
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Virginia Road Program
Concord Pro
Bula McManaway
Eugene Evans
Ralph J. Perry
Perry
Wood
Findlay
Ohio
Findlay Police
Ers
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Steve Land
Alfred Land
Ohio Valley Federation of Temple
Stevie
Indianapolis
Ohio Valley Federation
Louisville
Cincinnati
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New York
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