McDowell County Beautification Campaigns Advance
Two campaigns in McDowell County progress with officials pleased. The Community Betterment Contest focuses on general beautification parking and sewage projects aided by four Welch garden clubs. The county wide Clean Up Fix Up Paint Up Beauty Up Campaign funds and guides projects across seventeen communities with Aug 1 deadline extensions and a meeting set in Welch to discuss judging.
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McDowell County
Welch Chamber of Commerce
McDowell County Development and Improvement Corporation
Floyd
TiTi) Legato
Council of the Southern Mountains
Welch
Legato
Kimball
Elkhorn Valley
Coal Valley
Rose and Mumn
Welch Garden Clubs
Coal Valley Club
Lower
McDowell Street
Rt. 16
Wayne Blankenship
Welch Emergency Hospital
West Virginia Chamber of
Hope Is Held For Gas Project In Welch
Welch officials push for 400 interest statements to secure gas service from Cabot Utilities by fall. Fire Chief Dick Scarberry reports 178 deposits collected, about 500 residents pledged, and forms note six percent interest on deposits converted to meter security deposits and potential refunds if service isn’t available or moves occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
Cabot Utilities
Welch Fire Department
Dick Scarberry
Scarberry
Searberry
Irish Leader Attends RFK Requiem Mass in Dublin
President Eamon de Valera attended a pontifical Requiem Mass for Senator Robert F. Kennedy at Dublin Pro-Cathedral. Papal nuncio Most Rev Joseph McGeogh presided, with other church officials in attendance.
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Dublin
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
Robert F. Kennedy
Joseph MccGeogh
Food Handling Is Important First in Series
This McDowell County health series stresses sanitation as the key factor in choosing where to eat. It outlines four observable areas: building construction, equipment, sanitary food handling, and personal cleanliness, and notes sanitarians ensure minimum standards while customers must judge overall safety and cleanliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Curia
McDowell County
Charter flight safety study reports 646 deaths in Britain
A British study finds 646 people died in eight years of charter aircraft service versus 444 deaths on scheduled flights. It notes many more scheduled flights than charters.
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London
Britain
Mountain people return home from big city life
David Stenson and other Appalachian returnees come back to Avondale hollow and nearby areas, preferring rural poverty to urban comforts. Many find low paying work on farms or road gangs while recounting tensions, lack of urban knowledge, and the pull of family and home.
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Niles Jackson
Associated Press
Welch
W. Va
Avondale Hollow
Indianapolis
Ind
West Virginia
David Stenson
David
Big Stone Gap
James Jones
Anaconda Copper
Butte
Montana
Robinette
Glenmary
Holy Cross
Appalachian Mountain
Joan Weingartner
Monica Kelly
Chicago
West Side
Appalachia
Miss Kelly
Sam McBride Found Safe After Mountain Search
Sam McBride 69 was found alive and resting well at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch after wandering in the mountains from Tuesday to Friday. His son Clarence said the retiree, who had eaten nothing and slept in a creek, walked miles and recalled nothing of the ordeal. National Guardsmen aided the search with volunteers and a dog that led rescuers to him Friday evening.
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Sam McBride
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Clarence McBride
Browns Creek
McBride
National Guardsmen
Jewelry Robbery At Miller and Rhodes In Virginia Beach
Four men robbed the Miller and Rhodes jewelry department in Virginia Beach grabbing an estimated 35000 dollars worth of rings watches necklaces and other jewels. Two suspects brandished 45 caliber pistols while two others held clerks at gunpoint and a hammer was used to break a display case. A suspected getaway car was found a short distance away.
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Virginia Beach
Miller and Rhodes
David Wenderlin
Birthday Celebrated By Queen Elizabeth II In London
Queen Elizabeth II wore a scarlet tunic and reviewed ceremonial troops at Horse Guards parade ground. Riding Fairway she took the salute from 1,000 soldiers at Trooping of the Color as about 10,000 spectators watched despite drizzle. The 42nd birthday is officially observed in June. RAF flypast was canceled due to weather.
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London
Elizabeth II
Horse Guards
Fairway
Royal Air Force
Drown Victims Search Halted At Valley Falls State Park
Recovery operations for two 22 year old Clarksburg men presumed drowned in the Tygart Valley River were suspended at dusk after a Saturday effort. A 19 year old companion witnessed the incident as the river dam at Grafton was lowered by the Army Corps of Engineers, with the dam remaining closed about three hours after daybreak.
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Fairmont
Valley Falls State Park
Clarksburg
Tygart Valley River
Russell E. Messman
Sherwood Herron Jr
Thomas Wilkinson
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Grafton
Marion County Sheriff Department
RFK Senate Office Closed Window Displays After Shooting
In Washington on a Saturday the door to Senator Robert F. Kennedy's Senate office bore a typed notice closing to the public for the day. Inside, over 30 staffers and volunteers from other offices processed mail and answered phones. The day focused on processing sympathy letters and get well cards sent after his shooting.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Kennedy
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Sun
McBowell County News
George Ross
Kimball Rotary Club
la Saluta Club
Bluewell
Jim Martinez
Edgar Sawyers
Joseph Lombardo
Frank McKenzie
Bluefield
Rotary International
Mike Gianato
McDowell
Elkhorn Valley Garden Club
Beckers
Dad
Elgin
the Diamond Center
Mcdowell ST
RFK
Homer Robinette
Artesian Well Hollow
Dayton
Stenson
Virginia
West
Ieat
Queen Elizabeth
Warson
Welch, W. VA
G. Cc. Murphy CO
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