New Pastors Appointed To Bluefield Tazewell
West Virginia Methodist Conference announced pastoral assignments after its annual session. About 520 ministers served with changes affecting three district superintendents and 149 pastors. The new district superintendent posts include Bluefield and Buckhannon. The list names many circuits and churches with assigned pastors for a one year term.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
West Virginia Methodist Conference
Bluefield
S.A.F. Wagner
Grace
Holston Conference Announces Area Church Appointments
The Holston Methodist Conference in Bristol, Virginia released pastoral assignments led by Bishop Roy Short. Appointments cover Abingdon District with district superintendents and numerous circuit pastors across Abingdon, Bristol, Big Stone Gap, Gate City, Pearisburg, Tazewell, Wytheville and related circuits. The list names many churches, circuits, and assigned ministers, reflecting broad regional staffing changes.
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Roy Short
Abingdon
T. F. Chilcote Jr
W. F. Fowler
Addisyn
R. C. Elzey
Bakers-Wyndale
Nelson C. Woods
Bristol
Anderson Street
W. C. Martin
Bradley Street
T. C. Willis
Christ Church
C. D. Garman Jr
First Church
Carroll Rollins
Hunt Memorial
Clarence Dishman
South Bristol
Sullins
Norton
W. E. Jeff
Pennington Gap
Carl Bates
Pound
Harold Buck
Powell Valley
Ray Stefford
St. Paul-Moorefield
Cecil McFarland
Wise
W. J. Carter
Woodway
Caude M. Grace
Tazewell
Sam FE. Bratton
Amonate
Malcolm Jollay
Belfast
Paul Elmore
Bishop
E. D. Smith
Bluefield
Glenn E. Bere
Virginia Avenue
B. H. Hampton
Joe
W. B.morgan
Broadford
J. C. Clarke
Buchanan
Earl Baker
Cedar Bluff
Dennis Gillespie
Chatham Hill
Stanley Ross
Eggleston
Gerald McFarland
Elk Garden
E. B. Randall
Falls Mills
W. R. Grimm Jr
Garden Creek
Virgi Hale
Graham
Robert Tickle
Grundy
Keith B. Anvil
Honaker
Neil McKinnon
Francis Barton
J. V. Staley
Narrows
A. N. Williams
S. L. Jones
Pearisburg
North Tazewell-Riverside
Ray F. Harris
Tazewell Circuit
Walter E. Mustard
Noted West Virginia Methodist Leaders Featured In Local Church History
Rev. J. T. Browning gained renown in Bluefield serving Grace Methodist Church in the 1930s and later led the Bluefield District in the 1940s. He then became pastor of Johnson Memorial Church in Huntington, the state’s largest Methodist church. Rev. N. W. Looney is also a familiar figure, moving from Greenview Methodist Church on the Princeton Bluefield Road to Grace Methodist Church.
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J. T. Browning
Bluefield
Grace Methodist Church
West Virginia
Johnson Memorial Church
Huntington
N. W. Looney
Greenview Methodist Church
Princeton-Bluefield
Industry cuts capital outlays deepen recession fears
Washington reports industry will spend 17 percent less on new plants and equipment this year, down to 30.7 billion dollars. The SEC and Commerce Department note a four percent cut from three months ago, with manufacturing and mining leading the drop. Jobless rates modestly improve while overall capital investment trends remain weak.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission and Commerce Department
May
SEC
Former Traffic Aid To President And Five Die In Ga Crash
Richard Warner King 57, his wife Ethyl 52, and their sons John 17 and Michael 15 died in a two car crash near Moreland Georgia. Howard A. McNeil Jr 34 of Newnan Hiram W. Jennings 39 of Asheboro NC and Marcus Dick Jennings 27 of Newnan also died. Michael was in critical condition with internal injuries.
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Moreland
Richard Warner King
Miami
Fla
South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame
West Georgia
Ring Auto
Ring
Eisenhower
Committee On Traffic Safety
Ethyl
King
John
Michael
Howard A. McNeil Jr
Newnan
Hiram W. Jennings
Asheboro
N.C
Marcus Dick Jennings
Macmillan Addresses Indiana Grads at DePauw University
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan spoke to about 6,200 in Greencastle Indiana and at DePauw University about global unity and progress. He urged free world openness to science and trade, urged no parochial politics, and defended Western values as better for individuals and security.
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Greencastle
Ind
Harold Macmillan
Indiana
DePauw University
Midwest
Great Britain
United States
Free World
Mcmillan
Allied GIs Honored By Japanese Plaque
A white marble tablet honoring thousands of Allied soldiers who died in World War II was dedicated Sunday in Kyoto Japan. The monument to the world's unknown soldiers was unveiled at the base of an 8 foot statue of the Kwanoon Buddhist goddess of mercy.
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Kyoto
Japan
Actor Robert Donat Dies In London
Actor Robert Donat star of Goodbye Mr Chips died in a London hospital. He was 53 and had been in poor health for more than years.
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London
Robert Donat
Mr. Chips
Donat
Navy veteran earns nationwide honor as disabled working father
Lancaster and Columbia, Pa.—Jack Cooke, 31, a former Navy man and MS survivor, is named the nation’s disabled working father of the year by the National Father’s Day Committee in New York. He and his widowed mother run a pet shop and dog boarding kennel in Lancaster, with his wife June and two children nearby. He vows to keep fighting the disease and helping others despite MS.
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Lancaster
Jack Cooke
Jack
Husky
Tall
New York
Madelon Cooke
June
Jack Jr
Madelon
Columbia
Three Southwest Virginia crashes claim three lives
Three people died in separate Southwest Virginia crashes over the weekend. James Orville Hubbard, 43, of Honaker, died after his pickup left the highway near a tunnel. Thomas H. Collins, 40, of Indianapolis, was killed in an auto-truck collision in Lee County. Rosa Mullins Mounts, 56, of Williamson, died in a Kingsport hospital from injuries in a Scott County crash near Duffield.
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Southwest Virginia
Tennessee
James Orville Hubbard
Honaker
Richlands
Thomas H. Collins
Indianapolis
Ind
Lee County
Rosa Mullins Mounts
Williamson
W. Va
Kingsport
Tenn
U. S. 23
Duffield
Scott County
R. L. Worley
Collins
Route
Gibson Station
Robert J. Corrie
Garrett Bryant
Mounts
French Mounts
Helicopter Crew Strays into East Germany Seized by Soviets
A U S helicopter with eight officers and a sergeant aboard strayed into East Germany during a thunderstorm and landed in Karl-Marx-Stadt, where East German police seized it. U S authorities demand prompt return and warned against using the crew as bargaining chips. Soviet and East German officials say all nine are safe as Washington seeks talks directly with East Germany.
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Zwickau
East Germany
Frankfurt
Grafenwoerh
West Germany
Nuernberg
Berlin
U.S
United States
East Berlin
Robert Lambertson
Air Safety Control Center
James Zeller
U.S. 3Rd Armored Division
U.S. Army
ADN
Zeller
Karlmarnstadt
Karlmarxstadt
Chemnitz
Foreign Ministry
U. S. State Department
Bonn
De Gaulle Maps North Africa Plan After Algeria Victory
Premier Charles de Gaulle moves to resolve Tunisia and Morocco issues after winning cabinet support for Algeria policy. He weighs appointing Jacques Soustelle in Algerian affairs while Massu signals a calm stance in Algeria and calls for constructive work toward renovation of the motherland.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Tunisia
Morocco
Algeria
Antoine Pinay
Jacques Soustelle
Algiers
de Gaulle
Soustelle
Habib Bourguiba
Mohammed V
Paul Ely
Jacques Massu
Committee of Public Safety
Massu
Gen. de Gaulle
Six Car Collision Kills Two on Rainy U S 30 in Ohio
Twenty three people and six cars were involved in a rain slicked crash on U S 30 four miles west of Van Wert. Two motorists were killed and eight injured, state police reported.
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Ohio
van Wert, Ohio
U.S
Ohio Highway Patrol
van Wert
Another Yachtsman Plans Hiroshima Sail Amid Protests
HONOLULU AP Another yachtsman opposing US nuclear tests at Eniwetok plans to sail Wednesday with his family for Hiroshima. The Golden Rule crew, four of five, are serving 60 day jail terms for twice trying to reach Eniwetok in protest. Skipper Earle Reynolds said his family and a Japanese crewmember will depart despite sanctions.
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Honouuy
Eniwetok
Hiroshima
Earle L. Reynolds
Phoenix
Five RCMP Drown Near Toronto in Lake Simcoe Incident
Five Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers drown near Jackson's Point on Lake Simcoe after a liquor raid departure. The event occurred Saturday night about 40 miles north of Toronto.
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Toronto
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Lake Simcoe
Jackson's Point
Fishermen Win In Sea Battle Off Cape Cod
A three hour sea drama off Race Point ends with the fishing vessel Yankee saved and brought to port after colliding with the tanker Jamestown and losing its stern gear. Captain Arthur Duarte leads six crew members as the Liberty Bell and Jamestown assist and standby.
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Provincetown
Mass
Cape Cod
Yankee
Jamestown
Race Point
Liberty Bell
Coast Guard
Arthur Duarte
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Shaffer
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Wilbur Turner
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Bill D. Brown
Jen
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Chilhowie
Thomas Cramer
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Lebanon
Donald Hill
Lebanon- Mountain View
William Graybeal
Marion — East
A. J. Ledford
Elenn Lippie
Grace Church
Robert Irwin
Russell
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Joe A. Hardin
Macmillan
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