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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1964
Page
4
Secretary of the Army Stephen Ailes appointed Fairmont attorney Herschel Rose as civilian aide for West Virginia. Rose succeeds Julius W. Singleton Jr. as the West Virginia House of Delegates speaker.
Bluefield event runs Monday June 8 through Saturday June 13 at City Park. Community fair features rides games and food for families and visitors.
Bluefield's Urban Renewal Commission triggers Project Two of the Northside redevelopment with a $120,798 federal grant for surveying and planning of a 55 acre tract affecting 180 families, 10 firms. Hayes Seay Mattern of Roanoke to prepare a complete survey and redevelopment plan.
West Virginia Governor W H Barron will resign as chairman of the Appalachian Governors Conference after leaving office in January. A spokesman said he will relinquish the post as soon as possible to another of the nine Appalachian governors. the regional group had planned an election in Cleveland but canceled due to crowded schedules. Barron plans to convene a session soon to elect a new chairman.
In Buckhannon West Virginia the annual West Virginia Strawberry Festival opened with a Zip Code Exhibit plus art and wildlife displays and a teen dance. Friday features the coronation of Queen Cheryl Ellen Lee and King Guy Derico with Gus Douglass officiating, plus strawberry judging, auctions, receptions, a band, parade, fireworks, and a strawberry hoedown. The three day event closes Saturday with Civil War weapons demo, luncheon, antique car show, a choral concert and the queen’s ball.
The National Coal Association reports week ended May 30 bituminous output at about 8,335,000 tons, down from 8,478,000 a year earlier. Year-to-date May 1 to May 30 output is about 187,296,000 tons versus 183,737,000 a year ago, with the May 23 week totaling 9,276,000 tons.
Governor W. W. Barron urged drawing in state and out of state firms to build local industries as the key to West Virginia economic progress. The Governor’s conference featured comments by Forrest H. Kirkpatrick of Wheeling Steel Corp and stressed promoting WV virtues to attract investment and alleviate distress.
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