Bluefield approves sixteen permits and two business licenses
The Bluefield Board of Directors approved sixteen building permits totaling 25 300 and two business license applications in its weekly session at the Municipal Building. The licenses covered The Factory snack bar and Pete’s Grill, while permits ranged from porch repairs to roofing and fencing at multiple addresses.
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Bluefield Board of Directors
Gerald and
Shirley Leftwich
Alaski St
Pete Kardaras
Pete
Graham High Names 1968 Valedictorian Salutatorian Honorees
Three Graham High School seniors from the 1968 class are named valedictorian salutatorian and highest ranking student. Anne Haskell Lindsey is valedictorian planning a biology major at Randolph Macon Woman's College. Ovid Bailey is salutatorian preparing for pre medicine at Davidson College. Deborah Jeanne Kitts is the top ranking student majoring in sacred music at Central Bible College.
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Graham High School
Anne Haskell Lindsey
Ovid Bailey
Deborah Jeanne Kitts
Lindsey
Charles Francis Preston Lindsey
College Drive
Graham
Y-Teens
National Honor Society
Debonaires
Girls Athletic Association
National Science Foundation
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Christ Episcopal Church
Episcopal Young Churchmen
Randolph Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg
Lucian Bailey
Graham Choir
Boys
Bridgewater College
Virginia Avenue Methodist Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship
MYF
Davidson College
Davidson
N. C
Deborah Kitts
Howard Kitts
Virginia Ave
Future Teachers of America
National Thespians
Virginia Girls’ State
Radford College
Charlottesville
Tazewell High School
First Assembly of God Church
Bluefield
Central Bible College
Springfield
Manning Wins Oceana Mayor Race Narrowly by 19 Votes
French Manning was elected mayor of Oceana by a 261 to 242 margin over incumbent Roy Aliff. One incumbent councilman, Basil Brown, was re elected. H. R. Davis led the council slate with 302 votes, with Les Lively John Steffey and Donnie Cook also winning. Vaughn Cozort was unopposed for city recorder with 444 votes. two incumbents lost and one did not seek re election. In McDowell and Wyoming counties incumbents ran unopposed in Welch Pineville Northfork. Other council totals listed for 14 candidates.
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French Manning
Oceana
Roy Aliff
Basil Brown
Manning
Aliff
H. R
Russ) Davis
L. W
Les) Lively
John P. Steffey
Donnie Cook
Lively
Steffey
Cook
Vaughn Cozort
City Recorder
Hassell Blackburn
Homer Cook
Gene Gilliland
Blackburn
McDowell
Wyoming
Welch
Pineville
Northfork
Harold (Roughhouse
Unopposed Mayors and Councils Dominate Area Elections
In Welch Pineville and Northfork incumbents ran unopposed on party tickets. Welch Mayor W B Swope and five council members stayed on the Republican slate with no opposition. Pineville unopposed incumbents include Mayor Dr Sam Lambert and six on the Citizens ticket. Northfork Peoples ticket also saw no challengers for the fourth straight time led by Mayor Cecil Moore Jr and six council members.
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W. B. Swope
Welch
George R. Sledge
Marvin E. Propst
Ray F. Wilson
H. C. Lewis Jr
A. C. Cunningham
Pineville
Citizens
Sam Lambert
Kellan A. Snyder
Dick Cook
Emmett
Northfork
Peoples
Cecil Moore Jr
Robert F. Norris
Robert K. Martin
Frank Wingfield
Vernon Gillenwater
Weldon Wright
W. C. Williams
Moving Date Set For June 13 In Methodist Appointments
Bishop H Ellis Finger of the Holston Conference announces minister assignments for the Tazewell and Wytheville Districts with a moving date set for June 13. The Tazewell superintendent post goes to Marvin Kincheloe and Wytheville to W S Steele. numerous circuit and parish appointments follow for both districts.
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H. Ellis Finger
Holston
Pieces of the Moon Tektites Mystery
Scientists debate the origin of tektites described as glassy fragments linked to lunar material. Researchers study chemical makeup and formation theories while assessing space impact evidence.
Greenbrier Builds 2 Million Jet Terminal With No Local Cost
Greenbrier County residents funded a new $2 million jet terminal four miles north of Lewisburg without local tax dollars. The facility serves a five county area and is slated to officially open later this month. The first jet expected to land is carrying Dow Chemical executives for a Greenbrier Hotel convention. Funding came from the FAA, airport revenue bonds, Appalachian Regional Commission, EDA, and WV Aeronautics Commission.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
Greenbrier County
Greenbrier Valley
Here
West Virginia - Virginia
John Gwinn
Dow Chemical Corp
Greenbrier
Gwinn
White Sulphur Springs
Civil Aeronautics Board
Skodde Fog Hides Vessels In Arctic Waters
A gray black skodde fog rolls through Arctic seas, creeping across decks so sailors lose sight of each other while lookouts aloft can spot distant masts piercing the eerie mist.
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Arctic
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Jones St
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Rockbridge St
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Eula W. Smith
Woodrow St
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