Bowling Is Virginia Side Treasurer
Clyde Bowling of Bluefield Virginia won the town treasurer race with 219 votes in a four candidate field as voters across Bluefield Pocahontas Cedar Bluff Richlands Narrows Pembroke and Pearisburg elected officials. Richard J Cooley won a council seat with 173 votes in West Ward while several incumbents and newcomers were chosen in Cedar Bluff Richlands Narrows Pearisburg Pembroke Glen Lyn and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Bowling
Bluefield
P. E. Goodman
Ruth Wallace
James T. Higginbotham
Ellen Calloway
Richard J. Cooley
M. G. White
Peery D. Linkous
James Fulcher
Earl Peery
W. M. McGlamery
J. Horace Rawlings
Tommy J
Cedar Bluff
W. R. Williams
Williams
James Peery
J K McFarland
John C. Scott
O D. Altizer
Bernard P. Neargood
I. H. Shrader
Roy L. Norman
W. G. Jennings
J. H. Huffman Jr
Montana Flood Death Toll Tops Thirty as Rivers Rage
Floodwaters from mountain streams and rivers across Montana swamped communities from Great Falls to the Blackfeet Reservation. At least 30 people are dead with dozens missing as crews search wreckage, rescue, and recover bodies, while dams and emergency efforts cope with rising waters and widespread property loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Mont
Montana
National Guard
Continental Divide
Missouri River
Rocky Mountains
Chateau
Valier
Walier
Blackfeet
Air Force
Browning
Industrialist Overstreet to retire from active leadership
J. W. Overstreet, longtime head of National Electric Coil Division of McGraw-Edison, will retire from active executive duties July 1 after 44 years in Bluefield and related plants. Fred W. Kirby will assume the presidency, with Overstreet remaining on the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Overstreet
America
Bluefield
Overstreet
National Electric Coil
McGraw-Edison Company
Alfred Berstand
McGraw-Edison
Elgin
Ill
Columbus, CO
National Armature & Electric Works
Columbus, C
Harlan, Ky
Detroit
St. John's Quebec
Canada
McGraw- Edison Company
National Electric Coil Co
Columbus
McGraw- Edison
McGraw-Edison Board of Directors
Tinue
Fred W. Kirby
National Electric Coil Division
Kirby
First National Bank of
Norfolk & Western Railway
Federal Building Repairs Contracted
H. P. Boatman Construction Co. of Knoxville has been awarded an $11,276.90 contract for repairs and improvements at the Federal Building in Bluefield. The General Services Administration Let the contract Tuesday, per Rep. Elizabeth Kee of Bluefield. Start date for the repair work is not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Boatman Construction Co
Knoxville
Nixon Fails In Last-Ditch Romney Plea
Nixon failed to persuade Michigan Governor George W. Romney to enter the race as a moderating challenger to Barry Goldwater. Romney rejected active candidacy but left open a possible draft. Goldwater remained well ahead in convention delegates as Nixon pressed for a nonconspiracy bid to unite moderate Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Romney
Cleveland
Ohio
Richard M. Nixon
George W. Romney
Michigan
Barry Goldwater
San Francisco
Goldwater
Richard Milliman
New York
Illinois
California
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
James A. Rhodes
Scranton
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Baltimore
Methodist Home Plans Approved for Glenwood Park
The West Virginia Methodist Conference approved a 1.2 million plan to build a Glenwood Park aging home between Bluefield and Princeton. The first unit will house 100 with bids due in early 1965 and construction to begin next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood Park
West Virginia Methodist Conference
Buckhann
Bluefield
Princeton
Methodist
Methodist Conference
J. T. Harvey
Jury Trial Amendment Advances In Civil Rights Battle
The Senate adopted a jury-trial amendment to the civil rights bill while rejected efforts to weaken job rights and school integration. A 200-page Byrd speech loomed as filibuster threats persisted and votes moved toward an 11 a.m. EDT decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
D- W. Va
Byrd
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
R-Ky
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
U.S. Commissioner of Education
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
House
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Byrd Calls Civil Rights Bill Bad and Dangerous
Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia denounces the civil rights bill as dangerous and unconstitutional while warning against cloture. He argues the move to end the filibuster would prevent public input and may destroy civil rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
Building Collapse in Parkersburg Injures Three
An old three story brick building in downtown Parkersburg collapsed after workers warned others to flee. Three injured, one hospitalized. rescue teams cleared the scene as power lines fell and bricks filled Market and Fifth streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
Brooks Harbert
Belpre
Market
Fifth Streets
Moore
McDowell Teen Dies After Train Collision
A 19 year old from War McDowell County Dominick Victor Premo Jr was struck and killed by a Norfolk and Western freight train near his home. Police say witnesses saw him dash onto the tracks as the train approached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
Norfolk and Western Railway
Dominick Victor Premo, Jr
War
Jack Freeman
Dominick V
Mary Foll Premo
Tony
Carmello Premo
Douglas Mortuary
Peter DeStefano
DeStefano
Woodlawn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bowling
Virginia Side
Welch
Pocahontas
G. D. Gent
J. H. Cheeks
James K. Salt Jr
H. E. Love
James C Taylor
Roy E. Sykes
C. M. Harry
Mabel C. French
Richlands
W. W. Fields
J. Powell Royall
J. A. Robinson
M. H. Lowe Jr
Sam Whitt
C. Hoge Hopkins
William G Simmons
Narrows
Clarence Clevenger
Everett P. Dayton
K. M. Hale
Pearisburg
C. J. Taylor
John B. Roller
Rufus H. Shumate
T. J. Cyfers
Thurman M. Mutter
Pembroke
W. H. Stafford
N. L. Walters
Donald D. Martin
John H. Hansbarger Jr
Rich Creek
J. O. Heslop
R. E. Kember
W. E. Pack
R. H. Walton Jr
T. C. Boggess
Glen Lyn
Lake Thompson
O. S. Knight
Ralph Thompson
Kenneth Beasley
Garnet Thompson
Brad Walker
Dallas Hayner
Big Rampage
Robert Fatz
Black Eagle
Vaughn
Sun River
Federal Building Repairs
Future of Party
Dwight D. Eisenhower
F. Morton Wagner
Albert Bailey
E. E. Bailey
Robert W. Carr
J. Taylor Frazier
Harvey
Ernest G. Otey
Richardson
Ned Shott
Judge Wagner
Methodist Board of Hos
Pitals and Homes
Dewey Bailey
C. W. Matheny
J. E. Wagner Jr
L. D. Roe
J. T. Browning
Albert van Reenan
H. B. Faulkner
C. A. Hillman
Williamson
Buckhannon
Jacob William Schrader
Franklin Independence
Wellsburg
Town and Country Commission
Robert Byrd
Senator Goldwater
D-W.va
Manila
Luzon
Mountain
Constabulary
Ceendl
Dan Moore
Junior Martin
City Water Department
Abby
Goren
Chip
Graham
McDowell Teener
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