Local Guards Reassigned To 107th Unit
Bluefield National Guard reorganizes as third squadron of the 107th armored cavalry with HQ in Cleveland. Lt. Col. Nuckolls notes Bluefield remains a West Virginia unit as cities host reorganized elements across ten WV towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Dana L. Stewart
Cleveland
Ohio
107Th Armored Cavalry
150Th Third Squadron
National Guards
Bluefield
Stewart
Lawrence Black
George R. Nuckolls
Edward S. Rybat
National Guard
Bluefield National Guard
150Th Armored Cavalry
West Virginia
Buyers Conventions Open Doors At Two Venues
Two buyers conventions begin at 10 a.m. today at the West Virginian Hotel and the National Guard Armory in Brushfork. The Appalachian Buyers Convention expects 600 independent merchants and coal company store buyers, while Bluefield Fashion Exhibitors Inc will showcase products from over 200 manufacturers nationwide. The events run three days until Tuesday 5 p.m., with social hours and a Monday breakfast at 8:45 a.m. featuring M. K. Walsh of National Cash Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginian Hotel
National Guard Armory
Bluefield Fashion Exhibitors Inc
National Guard
Brushfork
Edward S. Johnson
Lynchburg
Coal Company
Appalachian Buyers
M. K. Walsh
National Cash Register
Civic Clubs Install And Hear Speeches This Week
Civic groups in Bluefield and nearby areas hold meetings this week. Rob West discusses the American Red Cross at 6 30 p m Thursday for the South Bluefield Kiwanis at Sahara Supper Club. M K Walsh speaks Monday at Bluefield Kiwanis in the West Virginia Hotel on domestic sales. A filmstrip on air pollution by Barnes Gillespie is shown at Bluefield Va Kiwanis at 6 15 p m Thursday. The Bluefield Lions plan formal officer installation Friday at 6 30 p m at Bluefield Country Club. A dinner and dance will feature installation of officers and new directors. Phillip T Lilly Jr Republican state senate candidate speaks at Bluefield Rotary Tuesday at West Virginia Hotel. Cumberland Heights Lions install officers Saturday at 6 30 p m at La Salute Club Bluewell. A Jaycees board meeting and reports take place Tuesday at Jaycee Hall Bluefield Va. Bluefield Jaycees meet Monday at 6 30 p m Bluefield Auditorium Restaurant. Bluefield Civitan holds Thursday noon meeting at West Virginian Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob West
American Red Cross
South Bluefield
M. K. Walsh
National Cash Register Co
Dayton
Ohio
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
West Virginia
Barnes Gillespie
Bluefield
Kiwanis Club
Bluefield Auditorium
Bluefield Lions Club
Bluefield Country Club
Lions District
Nick Amell Jr
Carl Poole
Frank Fitzgerald
Bud Johnson
Gene Wilson
Douglas Lucas
Charles Nichols
Corky Caldwell
George Moore
Ross Boyce
Joy Everson
C. C. Warren
W. R
Pete) Cooke
Phillip T. Lilly Jr
State Senate
Bluefield Rotary Club
Cumberland Heights Lions
la Salute Club
Bluewell
Jaycee Hall
Jaycees
Bluefield Jaycees
Bluefield State College
Dickason
Corte Construction Co
Kimball
Donald Stark
Beckley
West Virginia Board of Education
Sweet To Be Beaver Speaker At Baccalaureate
Rev. Clayton D. Sweet Jr. pastor of Trinity Baptist Church Pulaski Va. will deliver the Beaver high school baccalaureate address today at 11 a m in the high school auditorium. A 1951 Beaver High School graduate, he also studied at Bluefield College the University of Richmond and completed seminary training at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Wake Forest N C in 1959. He is a member of the Highlands Baptist Association and the Pulaski County Ministerial Association and is the son of Rev. Clayton D. Sweet of Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton D. Sweet Jr
Trinity Baptist Church
Pulaskin Va
Beaver
Beaver High School
Sweet
Bluefield College
University of Richmond
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Wake Forest
N. C
Highlands Baptist Association
Pulaski County
Criswell Predicts West Virginia Tourism and Resource Boom
The essay mocks Criswell a West Coast predictor noting his bold forecasts for West Virginia including tourism growth wild game replenishment and a rare metal discovery that would boost the economy It also jokes about a 1999 doomsday scenario and the idea of using hundred dollar bills to light cigars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Criswell
Jack Paar
Kennedy
Johnny Carson
Ronald Reagan
California
Mid-East
Egypt
Russia
Israel
Dixie
Jayne Mansfield
Spencer Elected To Pediatrics Academy
Edward M. Spencer of 307 Ramsey St Bluefield was among 96 pediatricians elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Pediatrics at a recent meeting in Evanston Illinois. The academy now has 10331 members and fellowship requires citizenship in the Americas and certification by the American Board of Pediatrics plus at least five years post medical school experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward M. Spencer
Ramsey St. Bluefield
American Academy of Pediatrics
AAP
Evanston
Ill
Pan- American Association of Physicians
Academy
Americas
American Board of Pediatrics
Bluefield Plans Park Beautification with HUD Aid
Bluefield officials and Mrs. James P. Thomas meet to detail improvements for the city park. They seek $4,000 in cash or work plus another $4,000 from a local foundation, with federal matching funds. Plans include paving and landscaping and listing progress in beautification and blight removal efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Thomas
Howard Leist
William Ayers
Urban Renewal Authority
HUD
Philadelphia
Holiday Cuts Coal Output Across Smokeless Mines
Mines affiliated with the Smokeless Operators Association of Bluefield produced 439,703 tons of coal in the week ending June 1, down from 423,123 tons the prior year. Memorial Day holiday trimmed output by 104,857 tons, with no disability losses this year. Cumulative production reached 11,419,897 tons, 1.6 percent below 1967. Norfolk and Western loaded 24,461 cars, Pocahontas Division 4,126, total 108,298 for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smokeless Operators Association of
Bluefield
Association
Norfolk and Western Railway
Pocahontas
Wage raises end eight day strike at General Instrument
At General Instrument Co in Tazewell Virginia an eight day walkout ended as labor and management reached a wage reopening agreement. Time operators receive 16 cents an hour and incentive operators 7 cents. The contract runs through June 1 next year with annual reopeners. About 550 IU District 50 members returned to work after the midnight restart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Instrument Co
Tazewell
Television
International Union of District 50
Three Are Hurt In Car Wreck On Route 10
McDowell County deputies report three people injured in a two car collision on Secondary Route 10 near Northfork. Sadie Roland of Chilhowie Virginia was hospitalized at Doctors Memorial Hospital Welch for observation after the crash involving James Walter Stamper and Fred Jones. Jones was charged with driving left of center as rain slicked the road caused the two vehicle wreck with $10,000 in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
Boyd Shupe
Sadie Roland
Chilhowie
Doctors Memorial Hospital
Welch
James Walter Stamper
Fred Jones
Thorpe
Jones
Northfork
Stamver
Shupe
Virginia Police Search For Escaped Convict From Work Camp
Virginia police continued a Saturday night hunt for 24 year old Jimmy Leron Compton who escaped Tuesday afternoon from a prison work camp near Tazewell. An all points bulletin remained active as Compton has eluded authorities for five days while serving a six month sentence for traffic fines and court costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Tazewell
All Points
Jimmy Leron Compton
Leemaster
Compton
Kennedy Encounter in Clarksburg Reveals Mixed View of Bobby Kennedy
A writer recalls meeting Bobby Kennedy in Clarksburg, West Virginia, about a decade ago at the Stonewall Jackson Hotel lobby. The account contrasts a favorable first impression with later views of Kennedy as power minded, expressing sorrow over his assassination and noting the danger of political violence. The piece mentions Jack Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, and local supporters Wylie Lombardo and Christie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
Bobby Kennedy
Jack
John Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
West Virginia
Ward Wylie
Mullens
Frank Lombardo
Huntington
Kennedy
Jack Kennedy
Humphrey
Clarksburg
Beer Distributors
Lombardo
Stonewall Jackson
Currence
Bluefield
Hubert
Wylie, Lombardo
Sid Christie
Bobby Kenedy
Vietnam
David Katz To Be Installed As B'nai B'rith President
Bluefield attorney David Katz will be installed as president of the Bluefield Chapter of B'nai B'rith at a 6 o'clock installation dinner at Club Sahara Bluefield. Katz of Katz Katz and Kantor succeeds Dr. Sam Mitchin as chapter president. He is a son of Mr and Mrs Jerome Katz and earned a BA from University of Michigan in 1960 and an LLB from West Virginia University in 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Katz
B'nai B'rith
Bluefield
B’nai B’rith
Sahara
Katz
Katz, Katz and Kantor
Sam Mitchin
Jerome Katz
University of Michigan
College of Law
West Virginia University
Expansion Plans For Conley Hall Library And Campus
The college approves preliminary plans and cost estimates for expanding Conley Hall Library to add space for materials and study areas. Rapid enrollment growth of over 150 percent in five years drives the need. Officials also plan dormitory renovations for lighting acoustics and study space, plus three tennis courts and campus street repairs this summer.
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Byron K. Satterfield
Princeton
Ronald J. Turner
Logan
James D. Phillips
Randolph B. Richardson
Walter J. Groseclose
Montgomery
Jackie L. Horrocks
Dunbar
Ralph C. Heindenreich
Williamson
Robert C. Carpenter
Hinton
William T. Giles
Bonreverte
William H. Meadows
Nucholls
George R. Nucholls
James R. Ferguson
Orland H. Bell
Charles W. Myers
Edward C. Lowe Jr
Marion B. Myers
Eugene V. Spence
van A. Trail
Howard R. Cashwell
Larry D. Carnutte
Carl H. Ashcraft
Thomas R. Gilpin
Raymond Magana
Billy B. Grose
John B. Williamson
Challenge of
Charere
Clayton Sweet JR
West Virginia Hills
By Otto Whittaker
Spencer
Pediatrics Academy
Holiday
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Aneee
Siurgy
Otocwmocal
Lulfield State Courter
Appalachian Development Program
Higher Education Facilities Act
Sexa
Limany Ouilong
Gladfield State College
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