Scorched Earth Operation May Set New Viet Pattern
In Tay Ninh Viet Nam a 20 mile strip near the Cambodian frontier faced a scorched earth campaign. Airborne units warned villagers to evacuate as U S and Vietnamese troops destroyed huts sampans carts and stores. About 700 civilians were moved while 25 guerrillas were killed and 1500 Viet Cong reportedly based nearby fled or prepared to fight again.
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Tay Ninh
South Viet Nam
Vaio Oriental River
Cambodia
Elizabeth Taylormay Bring All Four Kids On Stage Sunday
Hollywood gossip notes Elizabeth Taylor may feature all four children on stage after her poetry reading with Richard Burton at the Lunt Fontanne Theatre. The Regency Hotel is home to the kids with TV in every room as talks of the plan swirl.
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New York
Nana
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Lunt- Fontanne
Regency Hotel
Park Avenue
Elizabeth
Ray Milland
Professor Higgins
Warren
Ohio
Mal
Spain
Ray
Danny
Hollywood
Rick Berger
Lawrenceville
Gordon MacRaes
Meredith
Laurence Harvey
London
the King
Drury Lane Theatre
Bundestag Ratifies Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Bonn Germany AP reports West Germany's Bundestag unanimously ratified the limited nuclear test ban treaty. The upper house is expected to act by month’s end.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Bundestag
Civil rights bill seeks cloture vote Tuesday
Backers rally behind the civil rights bill to sign a cloture petition as Majority Leader Mansfield aims to file Saturday for an 11 a.m. Tuesday vote. The petition has 37 signatures, with 11 Republicans and 26 Democrats, more than the 16 needed to bring the measure before the Senate.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
Concord College Announces Summer Term Schedule
Registration for the first five week term opens Wednesday June 10 at 8 a.m. Courses listed by the Registrar. Classes run Monday to Friday and Saturday June 13 and June 20. Teacher education courses and directed teaching offered. Athens Elementary School hosts grades 1-6 five mornings weekly 9 to noon with about 100 enrollments. Special Beginners Class enrolled. Second term registration set for July 13.
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Concord College
Concord
Department of Education
Athens
Elemetary School
Byrd to Address West Virginia Disabled Veterans Meet
The 34th annual West Virginia Disabled Veterans convention opens in Beckley with over 200 veterans expected. Sen. Robert C. Byrd D West Virginia will address the gathering Saturday night at the two day event held in Beckley for the second year in a row.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Cuba Buys 150 Tons of Split Codfish from Norway
Oslo reports Norway sold 150 tons of split codfish to Cuba as an official source confirms the trade. The shipment underscores ongoing Cuba Norway seafood commerce.
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Oslo
Norway
Cuba
Class of 1914 Holds Reunion at Concord College Tea
A tea honoring Concord College Class of 1914 was hosted by Dr and Mrs Henry Clay Hays at their West Concord Street home before the alumni banquet. Members reconnected after 50 years with Grace Holroyd Linnell Hallie Mickel and Ella Holroyd assisting as guests toured yearbooks and catalogs.
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Concord College
Henry Clay Hays
Hays
West Concord Street
Athens
Grace Holroyd Linnell
Hallie Martin Mickel
Ella Holroyd
J. F. Marsh
Linnell
W. R
Pete” Cook
Alumni Association
Concord
Sally Holroyd Hays
Wilbur Sweeney
Eunice Pennington Sweeney
Charlotte
N. C
Robert Persinger
Gerda
Burch Persinger
Covington
Hunter Shumate
Carrie Peck Shumate
Irvine
Otway Cook
Beckley
Hannan Edwards Laughlin
Welch
Jessie Bailey
Bluefield
Fay Griffith McGuire
Lexington
John Higginbotham
Sarasota
Fla
Maribelle Vermilyea Perrow
Charleston
Joe Marsh
Florence Marsh
George West Diehl
Diehl
Pete Cook
Dean Davidson
W. S. Wooddell
T. D. Lockwood
Schenectady
N. Y
Edward Johnson
Tazewell
Reese Spangler
Fire Fatal To Northside Man Appears Accidental
A Bluefield fire that killed Clarence Carroll 72 an invalid is believed accidental by a three man investigation team. The blaze at 1241 Norfolk St. started near the center of the home amid cluttered debris and old wiring. Ward of the state Carroll had welfare support with his wife. building owned by C M Rutter was insured for 2500 with contents uninsured. The Martins were away when the fire began and neighbors alerted the fire department arriving at 12:30 am. Investigators say no arson or foul play seen though not yet conclusive.
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Clarence Carroll
Wilford Martin
Carroll
Norfolk St
Bluefield
Lewis Myles
Homer Tabor
Martin
C. M. Rutter
Rutter
Welfare Department
Air Command Guard To Begin Training At Kanawhā Airport
More than 500 members of the 130th Air Command Group of the West Virginia Air National Guard will start two weeks of annual summer training at Kanawhā Airport. Brig. Gen. J. Kemp McLaughlin says 86 officers and 435 enlisted personnel, largely from eight southern counties, will participate under Col. Ralph Cowgill who kept the camp local to focus on equipment. The training camp will run 24 hours a day with eight hour shifts.
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Charleston
130Th Air Command Group
West Virginia Air National Guard
Kanawha
J. Kemp McLaughlin
130Th
Gulfport
Miss
Ralph Cowgill
State Road Toll Reaches 185 This Year in West Virginia
The Associated Press reports from Charleston that 185 people have been killed on West Virginia highways this year to date, compared with 146 at the same point last year, signaling a rising toll.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Esther Circle Elects Officers for Year at Kee Street Church
Mrs. Eva Wright hosted the Esther Circle meeting at Oakvale Road. W. T. Davis led devotions and business. Officers include W. T. Davis leader, Eva Wright assistant, Treavor Pettrey recording secretary, Walter Bolton treasurer, J. W. Fry Bible teacher, Haven Hutchens assistant teacher, W. L. Cahill flower fund chair, Faye Blankenship blessing box, Mary Journee coupon chair, Donnie Agee and A. G. Pettrey on phone panel. July 2 meeting set. fundraisers planned flavoring sales, dish cloths, and a rummage sale. Cancer Clinic work date June 30 at 10 a.m. in Friendship Hall. visitors included Mrs. Giles French WSCS president and Mrs. R. J. Boles WSCS vp.
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W. T. Davis
Eva Wright
Treavor Pettrey
Walter Bolton
J. W. Fry
Haven Hutchens
W. L
Friendship Hall
Giles French
WSCS
R. J. Boles
Carolyn Elmore
Princeton High seniors hear Dr Parks baccalaureate sermon
Dr J Herbert Parks of First Methodist Church Princeton will deliver the baccalaureate sermon to 208 Princeton High School seniors in the high school auditorium. The guest speaker at graduation will be Willis W Chambers, with George Thomas delivering the salutatorian speech and William Compton giving the benediction.
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J. Herbert Parks
First Methodist Church
Princeton
Parks
Parkersburg
Simpson Methodist Church
Moundsville
Beverly Hills Methodist Church
Huntington
Lewisburg
West Virginia Wesleyan College
State Board of Missions
Barbara Snider
Ronnie Daniels
Barbara Lovicz
Patricia Lilly
Alice Page
Willis W. Chambers
Emma Jean Burton
Chambers
Kanawha County
Princeton High School
Concord College
West Virginia University
Mercer County
Virginia Jones
Princeton-Athens Kiwanis Club
Southern West Virginia Automobile Club
George Thomas
William Compton
Buzard to Deliver Sermon at Matoaka High Baccalaureate
Reverend Paul Buzard of Grace Presbyterian Church Lashmeet will give the baccalaureate sermon for Matoaka High School graduates on Sunday June 7 at 11 in the school auditorium. The topic is We are Players on the Stage of Life. Bonnie Honaker will lead processional and recessional and direct the Glee Club in song.
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Paul Buzard
Grace Presbyterian Church
Lashmeet
Matoaka High School
Bonnie Honaker
High School
J. S. Bach
Christ
Sagittarius
Connie Shrewsbury
Brenda Allen
Bonnie O'Dell
Suit, Transfer and Wed Applications Filed in Princeton Court
A court records summary shows Associated Loan Co Inc suing Wilford Gilley for 331.38. A deed transfers property from Thurman and Myrtle Minnix to William J Hart and Wilma Hart for 5750 in Beaver Pond District. Jeremiah George and Julia Iona Green of Bluefield filed an application to wed.
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Wed
Princeton
Associated Loan Co., Inc
Wilford Gilley
Thurman
Myrtle Minnix
William J
Wilma Hart
Beaver Pond
Jeremiah George
Julia Iona Green
Bluefield
Mason to Preach at Grove Baptist Church
James Donald Mason of Orlando Florida will be guest minister at Lilly Grove Baptist Church on Sunday at 11 am and 7 30 pm. Mason, history professor at Orlando Junior College, is a Harvard College graduate and has ties to multiple Baptist schools and the University of Alabama. He and his wife Sandra Wornal and their son Arthur Burns visit Mrs Mason’s relatives on North Walker Street.
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James Donald Mason
Orlando, Fla
Lilly Grove
Lacy
Howard College
Sandra Wornal
Arthur Burns
Three Nations to Train in Northern Norway Exercise
Soldiers from the United States Italy and Belgium are flown to northern Norway to take part in the June 9 20 exercise Northern Express.
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Svolvaer
Norway
United States
Italy
Belgium
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Dr. Kildare) Chamberlain
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