Southern States Council calls for abolition of NLRB
The Southern States Industrial Council urged abolishing the National Labor Relations Board claiming it acts as a policy making tribunal and is pro union. It proposed replacing it with a federal labor court and criticized U.N. sanctions against Rhodesia and other federal policies.
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National Labor Relations Board
Southern States Industrial Council
United Nations
U.S.U.N
Rhodesia
NLRB
Damage Reported to WV Water Co Radio Equipment
Police investigated damage to West Virginia Water Co radio equipment on Tank Hill after vandals used a long stick to poke at the aluminum building between two water tanks. The incident was under inquiry by the Bluefield Police Department on Saturday.
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West Virginia Water Co
Tank Hill
Bluefield
Watch Gift Ambered Upgraded Graduation Tradition
Local retailer Land emphasizes watches as a traditional graduation gift with the largest area selection. Easy terms and no money down offer aims to attract buyers seeking sentimental value and practical purchase options.
Tazewell Election Plans Highlight Local Updates
Tazewell officials set town elections for June 13 with Charles E. Walker unopposed for Mayor, six Candidates for Council, three holdovers, and retirees. A feasibility study for a community hospital is approved, to cost about 4,000, to be completed by December 1. The Lions Club Fairgrounds entries fill June 30 to July 1, and Jerry Peery directs a summer recreation program running June 12 to August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Charles E. Walker
James W. Harman Jr
Mack Buchanan
Sidney Peery
Frank Harman
Gene Andes
Trubie Heldreth
Gordon Beach
W. Roy Larimer
A. D. Torrene
W. R. Yates
Mack Puckett
H. R. Lutz
B. L. Susman
Tazewell Community Hospital
John M. Stacy
University of Virginia Medical Center
Tazewell Committee
W. F. Wadsworth
Well
North Tazewell
Fairgrounds
Harris Hart
Jim McDonald
Jerry Peery
Municipal Water Board
Bernard Berry
Water Board
Kenneth L. Trim
Weather vane on Tazewell Courthouse lasts forever
The Tazewell Courthouse tops a unique weather vane that uses clay marbles instead of ball bearings. The vane was moved from the old Tazewell Elementary School site to the courthouse while a new county library rises on the school lot. Pocahontas names echo local coal fields and the 1863 West Virginia state seal adoption is noted.
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Tazewell
County Library
Thirty Deeds Filed At Tazewell
Thirty six property transfers are recorded in Tazewell County. The list includes transfers to Lucy Belle Baldwin, W E Hughes, James Angles, John M Gilbert, Richlands National Bank, Carey G Shupe, C G Collins, James E Hughes, Pocahontas Realty Co, Henry C Jackson, Pocahontas Realty Co, James Roscoe Smith, Rose W Vawter, Eula B Denoff, Consolidation Coal Co, Linda R Jones, Vernon E Craig, Allen D Shelton, M M Anderson, W Glenn Perdue, J C Neff, W Fred Yost, Ashland Oil Refinery Co, and others for parcels and lots across Tazewell, Bluefield, Richlands, Graham, Falls Mills, and related areas.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Cedar Lands Farms
Lucy Belle Baldwin
Big Creek Corp
A. K. Gilmer
W. E. Hughes
Luther Compton
Joey W. Puckett
Charles Clendenin
Clear Fork
Glen J. Messick
Barrett Subdivision
Rosie Messick
William A. Messick
East
Claypool Hill
Wade H. Shupe
Carey G. Shupe
Bandy
Frank N. Kersey
J. L. Kersey Jr
Bluefield
Lynwood McGlothlin
Donald Street
Richlands
Quincey A. McNeil Jr
C. G. Collins
Boissevain
Buckhorn Realty Co
James E. Hughes
D. A. Jones
Garnett M. Lester
James Roscoe Smith
Cedar Bluff
Pocahontas Realty Co
Henry C. Jackson
Amonate
Marvin G. Young
Pocahontas
Willie Harman
Stanley T. Maloyed
Side Clinch Mountain
Chinquapin Development Corp
Samuel Alexander Moore
Hickory Hills
Treulean P. Hall
Rose W. Vawter
Acres
L. J. Sizemore
Eula B. Denoff
Dora Davidson
Consolidation Coal Co
Waters of
Indian Creek
Fork Road
Charles E. Grabee
Edgar H. Fields
Town Bluefield
Edith Wells
John H. Mullins Jr
Raven
Linda R. Jones
Fred Adkins
Vernon E. Craig
Fred Parsons
Allen D. Shelton
George A. Anderson
M. M. Anderson
Flat Top
Elizabeth Brooks Perdue
W. Glenn Perdue
Falls Mills
Aaron Ralph Kidd
J. C. Neff
Woodrow Nunn
W. Fred Yost
Darrow OQ
Harman
Ashland Oil Refinery Co
Lot
Buchanan County Headstart names new director and staff
Everett Mitchell named director of Project Head Start for Buchanan County Virginia with James Carroll Branham as assistant director. A training course will be held at Radford College the week of June 12. New secretary-bookkeeper Bernice Broyles and educational director Agnes M Fields lead a broad slate of staff including speech therapist Edward Gage Couture and social service director Ruth S. Watkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Mitchell
Buchanan County
James Carroll Branham
Buchanan-Dickenson Rural Area Development Corp
Radford College
Phyllis L. Fryatt
Bernice Broyles
Agnes ML Fields
Edward Gage Couture
Ruth S. Watkins
Big Rock
Cosby Rife
Lillian P. Hunt
Rose Coleman
West Virginia City Elections Shake Up Major Municipalities
Wheeling Clarksburg Morgantown Weirton and Moundsville lead 156 WV towns voting Tuesday. Nine more cities including Fairmont Hinton Williamson vote June 13. Nonpartisan races and local labels limit clear political trends. Wheeling amends city charter trimming council seats and reviving a $2 million civic center bond plan.
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Wheeling
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Weirton
Moundsville
West Virginia
Fairmont
Hinton
Williamson
Citizens Party
Peoples Party
Wheeling Council
Charles L. Ihlenfeld
Coucil
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Southern States Council
Labor Court
Louise Leslie’s
Tazewell Talk
Louise Leslie
New Legion Building
Deloris D. West
Effie W. Poindester
House of Delegates
J. W. Witten
American Legion
Legion
Main Street
J. B. Heldreth
C. H. Kinder
The
Taze
Matoaka
Star Loan
Princeton Ave
W. C. Trivett
Raymond L. Birkholtz
Graham
Gladys J. Miller
Calvin S. Tabor
Lots
I. Edward Davis
Sherman Lowe
Town of
Chevrolet
Fisher
Bland Street
Bluefield, W. VA
Buchanan
Diana F. Kober
Oma S. Childress Council
Helen H. Compton
Venelia P.fletcher
Patty Barton
Maxie Jutus
Lucy Carver
Garden
Kathleen Childress
Julia G. Whitley
Dorothy Fuller
Hazel F. Ratliffe
Pauline B. Wallace
Rachel Owens
Myrtle Miller
Grundy
Iris H. Looney
Mary C. Howard
Evelyn Stiltner
Josephine Rife
Stella Crockett
Santha C. Combs
Mary K. Belcher
Grethel Williams
Dorothy Bailey
Nora Clevinger
Edith Yuhasz
Kathy Ratliff
Hurley
Shirley Lester
Joan Lester
Ellen J. Hall
Beaulah Davis
Polly Crumb
Ruth C. Davis
Ethel C. Kennedy
Raines
Dolly Yates
Alta Lindsay
Venta Anderson
Vansant
Alice Coleman
Doris Freeman
Clara A. Magee
Peggy Fletcher
Ann Lee Ratliff
Janie L. Owens
Brenda F. Holland
Whitewood
Jeanne W. Mullins
Sandra Cole
Patsy Common
Mayda Cole
Ruby J. Fuller
Maxine J. Mullins
Judy Kay Looney
Diana Lynn Adkins
Phyllis Jean Owens
Katie Joe Owens
Scarlett Breeding
Helen Joyce Compton
Donna Gail Hale
Rosetta Turner
Janet Sue Deskins
Ruth Elaine Jackson
Maudine Street
Charlotte E. Shelton
Barbara Sue Street
Penny May
Patty Sue Deel
Connie Lester
Norma Jeanson
Gayle Street
Helen Sue
Associated Press
Ble
Newton M. Callahan
Warlick
Cor
First Federal Savings
Bland & Ramsey
National Guard Armory
W. VA
Bluefield Fashion
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