Bluefield Civitan Club Installs Officers At West Virginia Hotel
The Bluefield Civitan Club held its annual officer installation and ladies night at the West Virginian Hotel. Hulbert McClung earned a past president’s pin, Mauriece Light became president, with Fred Mills, Noel Wickham Jr., and Woody Jarrett elected to key posts. Civitan Paul Chryssikos awarded a $250 scholarship to Larry Wayne Hull and gave $50 savings bond and $50 cash to Francis X. Flannery for first place in the club’s essay contest. Special guests included Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Miranda of Beckley, incoming district governor.
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Bluefield Civitan Club
West Virginian
Bluefield
Hulbert McClung
Civitan
Paul Chryssikos
Larry Wayne Hull
Bluefield High School
Chryssikos
Francis X. Flannery
Tom Cassidy
Herbert Miranda
Beckley
Miranda
Mauriece Light
McClung
Fred Mills
Noel Wickham
Woody Jarrett
Orrin Davis
Howard Halem
W. W. Jarrett
N. F. Wickham
Funds Pledged for Union Rubber Fabricators Plant
Marion Shifler of the Monroe Development Corporation reported that 158000 of 160000 dollars needed has been pledged to start a Rubber Fabricators Inc plant in Union. A 40000 square foot building is planned, with a 12000 square foot interim site, to begin operations July 1 pending a rental agreement and a post September 1 completion.
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Marion Shifler
Monroe Development Corporation
Rubber Fabricators, Inc
Union
Shifler
J.R. McCoy
G. C. Mitchell, Jr
Haskell Shumate
Ward Wiley
C. B. Grimmett
J. C. Bailey
Shiflet
Grimmett
Mitchell
McCoy
Denver Bank Defies Logic in Concrete Sculpture
In Englewood Colorado a savings and loan building modeled by Charles Deaton features a bow like reinforced concrete shell with a 44 by 44 foot lobby and 10 000 square feet of space. The design, described by F S Clough of the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute as a vibrant testimonial to beauty through reinforced concrete, rises 32 feet and stands as a counterpoint to the surrounding terrain.
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Englewood
Colo
Denver
Steel Institute of Chicago
Charles Deaton
Deaton
F. S. Clough
Institute
Savings and Loan
CARE funds aid Tibetan refugees in Darjeeling
Lloyd Gasper CARE administrator in India presents a Rupees 5 325 check for 700 to the Darjeeling Tibetan Refugee Farming Cooperative. The group settles 20 Tibetan refugee families on small farms and trains them in handicrafts as CARE expands a free feeding program in the region. About 10 million people in India benefit from a related feeding program.
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Darjeeling, India
Darjeeling
Lloyd Gasper
India
Gasper
CARE
Sai
Money Found On Single Clue
An Indian merchant left 35000 rupees in a tonga he rode to work. Detectives traced the money to a tonga stand after the driver muttered a Hindu Muslim unity slogan. The bag was found unmissed by the driver, aiding the recovery.
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New Delhi
Tonga
Marijuana Seeds Lead To Conviction In Honolulu Case
In Honolulu police say seeds planted and grown under their care produced marijuana plants. A 31 year old woman was arrested on illegal possession after officers found the seeds during the arrest months ago. She denied they were marijuana, but police planted the seeds to prove otherwise.
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Honolulu
Kentucky Legislature Boosts Lawmaker Expense Allowances
Frankfort Kentucky AP report says the 1968 Kentucky Legislature voted to raise its expense allowance between sessions from 150 dollars to 300 dollars per month.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Virginia's 1967 road toll highest ever in state history
Virginia's highway death count for 1967 reached a record 1,223 deaths, up 10.6 percent from 1966 and the seventh straight year of increases. Fairfax County had the most deaths at 62, while Craig County had none. Pedestrian and motorcycle fatalities rose, and total crashes were 111,061 with 1,005 deaths from crashes.
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Richmond
Governor’s Highway Safety Committee
Virginia
Fairfax County
Craig County
Bath
Lancaster
The
Safety Committee
Charles City
Pittsylvania
Portsmouth
Virginia Beach
Norfolk
Newport News
Sewage Plant Topic At Board Of Health
A progress report on the Blue Well sewage treatment plant was presented to the Mercer County Board of Health. Engineering is almost complete and construction will start once rights of way are secured. The board will not meet in July but will hold the first Thursday in August.
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Bluewell
Mercer County Board of Health
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