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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1961
Page
3
The Adria Advent Christian Church will hold Bible School commencement on Friday at 7 m. The Va z Bible School enrolled 181 with an average attendance of 170. It is located near North Tazewell on the Bishop Highway.
Washington AP Don M Kelly assistant secretary of the Interior urged the coal industry to pursue a continuous search for new uses. He said the Interior Department will cooperate but industry must lead, as policymakers aim to balance energy development and conservation with market competition.
Members of the Bluefield Ministers Association will meet at 11 a.m. at the Union Mission for their last regular session until September. The Rev. Monroe Dodson will explain the Mission's work and lead a tour of inspection. The Rev. N J Dickerson will preside over the business session.
An old time Gospel Hymn Sing will be held at Adria Advent Christian Church in North Tazewell Virginia at 7 p m on Sunday along the Bishop Highway.
Town crews have begun site work for a National Guard armory at Richlands Virginia. Graves Construction of Blacksburg submitted a low bid of 214513 dollars to erect the one unit armory on the former Richlands Elementary School athletic field. Completion is expected within 280 days after approval.
Eight Bluefield area residents received UVa degrees. Earl C. Davis Jr and Daniel P. Hoback of Bluefield earned doctor of medicine. Edward J. Johnson of Princeton earned master of education. Nancy Page Coffey of War earned master of arts. Edward H. Nuckels of Indian Gap earned bachelor of civil engineering. Leslie W. Dalton Jr. of Bluefield and Clarence C. Mays Jr. of Vansant earned bachelor of science in education.
Hershel G. Sawyer of Anawalt is among over 2,700 University of Maryland candidates for degrees to be conferred on June 10. He seeks a DDS in the School of Dentistry during graduation ceremonies where Luther H. Hodges will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws and speak as guest lecturer.
J Frederick Hensley of Bluefield has completed requirements for a veterinary medicine degree at Oklahoma State University Stillwater under the Southern Regional Education Board interstate contract program. Harold Boggs, a blind pianist, will give a musical program Thursday at 7 30 PM in Marks Chapel Bottom Creek.
Scientists track a homing pigeon's 20 mile flight with sensors to test navigation mechanisms. Research may yield miniaturized navigation for humans and weapons, exploring magnetic fields sun moon and earth rotation as guiding factors.
Charleston AP reports the West Virginia highway death toll lags the 1960 total for the first time since mid March with 131 fatalities this year versus 134 at the same point last year according to State Police on Wednesday.
In Roanoke Virginia Dr Ben Freedman urged public health leaders to assert authority amid encroachment from non health agencies. He cited eight Virginia agencies running nine health and welfare programs in 1996 rising to 51 programs across 1999.
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