Republicans Launch 1962 Drive in Charleston Convention Planned Aug 4
West Virginia Republicans opened their 1962 campaign with a precinct based strategy aimed at mobilizing a large GOP vote. A state convention was set for Aug 4 in Charleston to nominate a judge for the State Supreme Court. Delegates total about 2,200 from 55 counties with splits by votes for the gubernatorial candidate in 1960.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Howard Corcoran
State Committee
Rep
Supreme Court
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
Summers
Mingo
Fayette
Monroe
Corcoran
Miller
William E. Miller
New York
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Democratic
Fred Caplan
Clarksburg
Leslie E
Caplan
Barron
GOP
James G. McClure
Wheeling
Ist
Rupert A. Sinsel
Elizabeth V. Hallanan
Kanawha County
Morgantown
Hale J. Poston
U.S
Chapman Revercomb
Raymond Humphreys
National Republican Congressional Committee
Humphreys
House of Delegates
House
Carrier Enterprise Joins 2nd Fleet in Atlantic Cruise
The nuclear powered aircraft carrier Enterprise will join the U S 2nd Fleet on June 25, announced by the Navy. The 2nd Fleet bases in the Atlantic and Caribbean and will operate with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, exchanging ships with Enterprise rotating between fleets.
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Norfolk
Enterprise
U.S
Navy
2Nd Fleet
Atlantic
Caribbean
Mediterranean
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Local News Note
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph states it is a member of the Associated Press and claims exclusive rights to its news dispatches and local news content published by its Daly Telegraph Printing by a Co. at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia.
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Daly Telegraph
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
Injuries Fatal To Bluefielder Mrs Clevenger Dies in Md Hospital
Mrs. Jose Miller Clevenger 69 of Cumberland Heights Bluefield died Friday in a Chester town Maryland hospital from injuries suffered in a Maryland car crash on April 30. Survived by seven children, two sons and four daughters, with brothers and sisters and funeral set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. Bratton Memorial Chapel. Burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Body arrives Bluefield Sunday. viewing Mercer Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Sunday.
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Jose Miller Clevenger
Cumberland Heights
Bluefield
Chestertown
Maryland
Keystone
James A
Rosa Wills Miller
Randolph Clevenger
James Howard Clevenger
Wilmington
Del
Mabel Lone
Los Angeles
Calif
van L. Morgan
Victor L. Quick
Arlington
Charles M. Fetterman
Denver
Colo
A. C. Miller
Baltimore
Everett Stewart
Maben
H. M. Jarrett
Davy
Bernie Bradberry
Columbus
Bratton Memorial Chapel
James T. Browning
Monte Vista Park
Mercer Funeral Home
Dillon Dillon Faces Impeachment Clash In Hinton
HINTON AP Circuit Judge Satur ruled on a writ filed by Dillon denying city council impeachment actions. Dillon seeks delay and may appeal to the State Supreme Court. The council reinstated Police Chief Dye and opened ouster charges against Dillon for intoxication in public.
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Nickell Kramer
Hinton
Dillon
State Supreme Court
Kramer
C. B. Dye
Dye
Hinton (Ap
Satur
Washington Attorney Addresses Adventists
Washington attorney Dr Glenn Archer told a Parkerburg conference that religion thrives best in a society that preserves church state separation and allows all faiths to be self supporting. He urged safeguards for the rights of non churched in a tolerant pluralist system.
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Parkersburg
Washington, D. C
Glenn Archer
Conference of West Virginia Seventh-Day Adventists
Archer
Republican Leader Dies At Parkersburg
Parkersburg AP reports Andrew E. Douglass a longtime Wood County Republican leader died here late Friday of a heart attack. Douglass formerly served on the State Republican Executive Committee and worked in the insurance business at the time of his death.
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Parkersburg
Andrew E. Douglass
Wood County
Douglass
Republican Executive Committee
Emory Va Announces Summer Registration Start
Emory College in Emory Virginia opens summer session registration Monday June 11 for 50 arts and sciences courses. Programs include NSF sponsored junior senior five week courses and a College Preparatory Program for high school graduates. Ends July 13 first term and July 16 to Aug 18 second session. Total 12 semester hours possible.
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Emory
National Science Foundation
Summer training for 60 Tazewell teachers announced
J L Walt Hall says a University of Virginia Extension program offers in service training for Tazewell County teachers. A reading course at Tazewell High School runs June 11 through 29 with 60 enrolled. Geology and Mineral Resources course at Graham High School Bluefield runs July 23 to August 10 for about 26 teachers. National Foundation scholarships go to five teachers. about 50 more pursue summer studies and degree credits.
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Tazewell County
University of Virginia Extension Department
J. L. Walthall
Tazewell High School
Graham High School
Bluefield
National Foundation
Briquets surge from one sixth to two thirds of sales
Briquets, once only one sixth of charcoal sales before World War I, now account for two thirds of sales. The shift reflects changing fuel preferences and industrial demand as communities modernize.
Giles Student Wins Celco Achievement Award
Winfred Wimpy Williams, a 1962 Giles County graduate from Giles High School, received the Celco Achievement Award at Narrows Virginia. The $500 prize supports graduation, college freshman enrollment, and first semester completion. Williams, son of Charles and Mrs Williams, excelled in football track Future Farmers of America and academics, planning to study agriculture at VPI Blacksburg.
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W. J. Cramer
Celco
Narrows
Winfred Brown Wimpy Williams
New Giles High School
Giles County
Wimpy
Charles Winfred Williams
Eggleston
Future Farmers of America
Summer Playgrounds Open At Five City Locations
The Bluefield Recreation Department launches its summer playgrounds at five sites Monday. Virginia Stowers will direct girls activities. Lambert Arlington leads boys. Locations include East River Ave Augusta East End Wade School Midway and Hardy Street with sessions 1 5 p m 6 30 8 30 p m Monday Tuesday and Thursday and 1 5 30 p m Wednesday Friday featuring outdoor games and contests.
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Bluefield Recreation Department
Virginia Stowers
Miss Stowers
Lambert Arlington
Beaver High
East River Avenue
Augusta
East End
Wade School
Midway
Hardy Street
Tim Shumate
Emily Karnish
East River
Bob Peery
Mildred Brumfield
Bob and
Gwen Musser
Walter Belcher
Carolyn Jean DeWitte
C. Tonsler
Gracie Lee Pannell
Barron Taps 6 Area Men For Safety Job
Bluefield residents Mel Barnett Marble Weaver and W R Cooke plus Princeton delegates Glenn A Manning and Dr L G Pace and Welch member Russell J Cooke join 222 people asked to serve on Governor Barrons Traffic Safety Advisory Committee. The panel will meet June 13 at the Capitol in Charleston to set up a work program.
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Bluefield
Princeton
Welch
W. W. Barron
Capitol
Charleston
Mel Barnett
Marble Weaver
W. R. Cooke
Glenn A. Manning
L. G. Pace
Russell J. Cooke
Two Die. Rites Pending for Local Woman’s Death
Death by her mother is reported for the late Rosa Commer Kirk. Survivors include husband and father, two sisters Mrs. H. H. Copley of Miami and Mrs. Juanita Skyarka of Norfolk, and three brothers Garland Kirk of New York City and Louie and Homer Kirk of Princeton. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Body at Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton.
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Rosa Commer Kirk
H. H. Copley
Miami
Fla
Juanita Skyarka
Norfolk
Garland Kirk
New York City
Louie and
Homer Kirk
Princeton
Memorial
Workshop Starts June 18 At BSC
The Bluefield State College Division of Technical Science teams with the West Virginia Department of Education for a Technical Education workshop on Bluefield State campus June 18 through July 7. Daily sessions run 9 until noon studying two curricula for high school dropouts and engineering technicians.
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West Virginia Department of Education
Bluefield State
Mercer County
Robert J. O'Brien
Ohio ‘Mechanics Institute
Cincinnati
Ohio
Marvin J. Feldman
Cogswell Polytechnical College
San Francisco
Calif
R. L. Arrington
Bluefield High School
Ted G. Byrd
W. R. Cooke
James B. Deck
Deaths and Funerals Clarence W Webb 33 Bluefield
Clarence William Webb 33 of Bluefield died Friday morning in Bluefield Sanitarium He was formerly of Clintwood Virginia son of Mr and Mrs Charlie Webb now of Bluefield Survived by two sisters Mrs James Gillespie of Alexandria VA and Miss Sue Webb of Baltimore MD three brothers Norman Webb Roanoke VA Charles Webb U S Army and Jerry Webb U S Air Force Graveside service Monday at 2 pm Crabtree Cemetery near Clintwood officiated by Rev G C Crabtree Rev Guy Buchanan and Rev Jennings Short Body to remain at Miller Funeral Home Clintwood until committal time
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Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Clintwood
Charlie Webb
James Gillespie
Alexandria
Sue Webb
Baltimore
Norman Webb
Roanoke
Charles Webb
U. S. Army
Jerry Webb
U. S. Air Force
Crippled Children Adults Clinic Set In Wyoming County
The Wyoming County Society for Crippled Children and Adults opens its seventh annual summer speech clinic directed by Pat Phillips of Pineville. Sessions are at Pineville and Mullens Grade Schools with time to be announced. The clinic is free and open to school aged individuals who supply their own transportation.
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Wyoming County Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Pat Phillips
Pineville
Mullens
Robert Kuhn
Crippled Children and Adults Society
Miss Phillips
Wyoming
Wyoming County Four- Summer Camp Plans Complete
The second annual Wyoming County Four- summer camp will be held in two sessions at Glen Rogers High School starting July 23. Camp leaders include Mrs. Ruby Plumley and state leaders with county supervisors directing. Activities cover crafts sports and swimming at Laurel Park in Oceana with nightly camp fires.
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Glen Rogers High School
Ruby Plumley
Laurel Park
Oceana
Wyoming All County Band Plans June Virginia Trip
Eighty members of the Wyoming all county band will travel to Natural Bridge Virginia on June 13 for a one night concert. Directors Jack Gentry James Burwell and Gene Allen will supervise. Chartered buses leave Pineville at 7 30 am and return the next day. The concert will be televised.
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Wyoming
Bryant Sidney Vanover Rites Held in Lick Fork Va
Bryant Sidney Vanover 72 died early Saturday at his home in Lick Fork Virginia. He is survived by his wife Italy Mullins Vanover a son Burl Ray Vanover a daughter Rochelle Vanover two brothers Millard Vanover Harland Vanover and two sisters Dorothy Westenberg and Draxie Trivett. Ducted Monday at 11 a.m. in Lick Fork Freewill Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. The body returned to the residence from Miller Funeral Home Clintwood Va.
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Lick Fork
Italy Mullins Vanover
Burl Ray Vanover
Rochelle Vanover
Millard Vanover
Waynesburg
Harland Vanover
Daytona Beach
Fla
Dorothy Westenberg
Mount Morris
Ill
Draxie Trivett
Coeburn
Lick Fork Freewill Baptist Church
Charles Isom
Eddie Rose
Troy Robinson
Miller Funeral Home
Clintwood
Obituary for Anna Mae Coburn Hare of Bluefield
Anna Mae Coburn Hare 26 wife of Carl D. Hare of Bluefield Princeton Road died of diabetes Saturday at 3 p.m. in Bluefield Sanitarium. Daughter of Hubert and Nellie Coburn of Bluefield former Kresge employee. Survived by son Archie, three brothers Jack in Alaska Douglas and Donald Coburn, two sisters Pauline Coburn and Elizbeth Shinault. Body at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton awaiting funeral arrangements.
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Carl D. Hare
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Bluefield Sanitarium
Hubert
Nellie Wimmer Coburn
Kresge's
Archie Hare
J¢ck Coburn
U.S. Army
Alaska
Douglas
Donald Coburn
Pauline Coburn
Elizabeth Shinault
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Funeral Nipper Couple of Tazewell County Die in Maryland Crash
Mr and Mrs Francis Nipper former Tazewell Countians were killed in a Thursday traffic accident in Maryland. Joint funeral services are set for 2 p.m. at Hurst Scott Funeral Home Richlands Virginia with Rev H D Hampton officiating and burial at Brewster Cemetery near Cedar Bluff Virginia.
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Nipper
Francis
Tazewell
Maryland
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Rev
H. D. Hampton
Brewster Cemetery
Cedar Bluff
Kennedy Signs Bill To Expand White House Police
President Kennedy signed a bill authorizing a White House police force increase from 170 to 250 members. The new law makes the White House police a permanent force with powers comparable to District of Columbia police.
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Bill
Washington
White House
District of Columbia
Nike Zeus Tests Planned for ICBM Intercept Trials
Washington AP reports the US may start Nike Zeus anti ICBM tests next month using White Air Force missiles from California and Zeus rockets from Kwajalein. The aim is to intercept ICBMs amid decoys with tests running through July, despite coordination challenges across electronics and supply lines. Assistant Secretary Finn Larsen says Zeus should demonstrate capability against decoys as Army researchers push for production.
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United States
Pacific
White Air Force
California
Zeus
Kwajalein Island
Johnston
Christmas Islands
Kwajalein
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Kwjalein
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Finn J. Larsen
Army Research and Development
Air Force
Referendum Details For Turkey Marketing Order In Princeton
The Mercer County ASC Office in Princeton outlines a nationwide referendum on a proposed turkey marketing order. Voting runs June 18 to June 22. eligibility varies by class and county producers.
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Mercer County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Princeton
Freeman
ASC
J. Aubrey Alvis
Two Damages Docketed In Mercer Circuit Court
Mercer Circuit Court docket lists two cases for trial. Juanita F. Harman as administratrix seeks $10,000 for the death of Wayne Harman by drowning in a pool operated by C. T. Snidow, filed for Monday. A second case, State of West Virginia with Ernest Wright plaintiff, accuses James B. Mills and The Travelers Indemnity Co. of damages under a pistol bond and additional injuries from a constable’s actions, scheduled for Tuesday.
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Mercer
Juanita F. Harman
Wayne Eugene Harman
C. T. Snidow
State of West Virginia
Earnest Wright
James B. Mills
Travelers Indemnity Co
Wright
Mills
Richmond to Raise 36-Star Union Flag Over Capitol
Virginia prepares to fly the 36 star Union Flag over the Capitol in Richmond next Thursday marking unity and the first Virginia landing of the banner since 1865. The ceremony at the Virginia Civil War Centennial Center features a mass flag display with NATO and allied flags, and a performance of Yankee Doodle.
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Virginia
Capitol
Godfrey Weitzel
NATO
Great Britain
France
United Colonies
Bradley's Bridal Shop promotes wedding outfits and beachwear
City And Coalfield Bradley's advertises dresses arriving in junior sizes 10.95 11.95 and 14.95. It highlights sports wear bikinis swimsuits shorts Jamaica Bermuda walking pants capris and pedal pushers plus beach coats and reduced coats and dresses. It urges quick sizes and full bridal wardrobe including veils and maid outfits.
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Bradley
Bradley’s Bridal Shop
Bermudas
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