Bluefield Police Cite Mrs Melcher For Courteous Driving
Bluefield police report the second week of a four week Courtesy Driver campaign with Mrs June Melcher of 1229 East Drive named Courteous Driver of the Week by Patrolman J E Moricle for halting to allow a stranded motorist to enter traffic. The program, tied to the Slow Down and Live campaign, seeks teen and adult courteous drivers though no teen driver has been observed.
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Bluefield
June Melcher
East Drive
J. E. Morizie
Moricie
Bland Street
Five Tazewell Men Medical Graduates
TAZEWELL Va Five Tazewell men graduate from the Medical College of Virginia this June. John Albert Hagy will intern at Mercy Hospital Springfield O. Albert Sidney Thompson Jr will intern at Memorial Hospital Richmond. Jack Belcher Baugh earns a D D S and will join Dr H R Lutz in Tazewell. Wanda Dudley McWhirt and Jane Cox also graduate in nursing and medical technology respectively.
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Tazewell
Medical College of Virginia
John Albert Hagy
Rufus Hagy
Mercy Hospital
Springfield
Albert Sidney Thompson Jr
Albert S
Thompson
Memorial Hospital
Richmond
Jack Belcher Baugh
Buford
H. R. Lutz
Wanda Dudley McWhirt
Robert
Dudley
School of Nursing
Jane Cox
Hugh
Fertilizer Boosts Weeds Alongside Crops
Fertilizers aid crop growth but also encourage weed proliferation. Effective weed control becomes essential to manage competition and ensure yields when fertilizers are applied.
Federal steps aid labor surplus areas in W Va and neighboring states
President Eisenhower outlined new moves to relieve labor surplus areas in West Virginia Kentucky and Pennsylvania. The Post Office will expedite bids for 40 new or modernized offices in W Va plus $1.606 million in WV modernization this year. Veterans Administration to expand channeling purchases to the regions. FAA replan contracts worth over 40 million dollars to accelerate work. Eisenhower urges Congress to pass legislation and notes veto of a prior Democratic bill. Rotation-grazed pastures at Purdue claim tripled grazing per acre versus continuous grazing.
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Washington
Eisenhower
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Post Office Dept
Veterans Administration
Federal Aviation Agency
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia and Sons
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Congress
House
Senate
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Earier Peuytent
Mrs. Meadows Named West Virginia UNICEF Chair
Mrs. Howard S Meadows of Bluefield has been appointed West Virginia chairwoman of the UNICEF committee by President Paul J. Kaufman. The decision was announced at the state executive board meeting in Charleston where E. J. Stratford attended. Meadows heads Bluefield Civic League committees and has prior AAU leadership, now directing UNICEF efforts and Halloween fundraisers for needy children in West Virginia and abroad.
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Howard S Meadows
Mountain View Avenue
Bluefield
West Virginia
United Nations Children’s Fund Committee
Paul J. Kaufman
Charleston
E. J. Stratford
Meadows
AAU
Bluefield Civic League
Unicef
Hallowe'en
Randolph Sees No Postal Rate Boost
Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia told a West Virginia Postmasters meeting in Clarksburg that postal rates are unlikely to rise in the new fiscal year starting July 1. He noted a National Postmasters Association proposal for 5 cent first class mail and 7 cent air mail, which he said will be seriously considered by the U.S. Senate.
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Clarksburg
Fap
Jennings Randolph
D-Wva
West Virginia
U. S. Senate
4 H Camp Season Opens Across Virginia Counties
4 H members from Grayson Smyth Wythe Washington Pulaski Giles Bland and Carroll counties begin stays at Camp Summers and Holiday Lake as other groups go to Farrar Jamestown and Virginia Beach. State events include the 4H short course at VPI Farrar camps and the 4H electric congress in Richmond.
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Grayson
Smyth
Wythe
Washington
Pulaski
Giles
Bland
Carroll
Craig
Floyd
Montgomery County
Hinton
W. Va
Farrar
Virginia Beach
Holiday Lake
Appomattox County
VPI Agricultural Extension Service
VPI
Electric Congress
Richmond
McDowell HDA Agent Announces Schedule
Ida FE Holcome, McDowell County agent, announces the Home Demonstration Association schedule. Tuesday June 14 the Venus Home and Garden Club will meet at Mrs William Larry’s home at 1 p m. The Thrifty Homemakers by Wilcoe will meet with Mrs Fannie Woodruff at 6 30 p m. Thursday June 16 a supermarket tour led by B E Honaker at 10 30 a m. Meet at Kroger parking lot on Riverside Drive Welch at 10 a m.
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Ida FE. Holcome
McDowell County
Home Demonstration Association
Venus Home
Kroger
Riverside Drive
Welch
Senate Advances Minor Veterans Bills in Final Session
The Senate sent seven small veterans measures to the President after approving bills on pension reliability for service connected disabilities and widows with death benefits. Other bills awaiting approval expand National Service Life Insurance, broaden dependent compensation, and adjust eligibility rules for several veteran benefits.
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Senate
Waite House
Veterans Affairs
Bluefield Sant
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Endorses Stevenson for President
The St Louis Post Dispatch editorializes in support of Adlai E Stevenson for the Democratic nomination calling him the party's ablest and best fitted candidate The paper vows not to declare a general election preference until nominees and all implications are clear.
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ST. Louis, Mo
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Adlai E. Stevenson
Independent
Prices Growth and You
Public service educational note from the American Assembly at Columbia University outlining macroeconomic factors. Discusses how policy, growth, and prices affect households and the economy.
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American Assembly
Columbia
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FEMI
Royal
Hese Botieres
Terma
Shumate
Commerce ST
Pes
Craig KoThh
Ato Rowan
Daytona Plaza
Beye Hou
Pete Gas
FAA Construction
Ike
Purdue University
Bluefield’s Camera Center
Commerce Street
U.N
Mrs. Howard Meadows
Randolph
Chevy
Long Beach
California
Bernie Stone
Petrolane
Chevrolet
Stowers Motors, Inc
Princeton, West Virginia
Mercer ST
McDowell
St. Louis
Stevenson
SWP
Bishop, VA
E. C. Crockett
Bluewell, W. VA
Ameil Dept
Home & Auto
Taylor Furn Co Warlick's Furniture Store
A. W. Cox Dept Store
Bradshaw, W. VA
Bradshaw Hardware
G& Furn
Cedar Bluff
Archie Helton
Route Williams
Clintwood, VA
Carter Home Improvement Company
Castlewood, VA
Milton's Cash Store
Coalwood
Olga Coal Co
Caretta, W. VA
Crumpler
United Pocahontas Coal Co
Darwin, VA
Vanover Appliance & Furn. Co
English, W. VA
Gary, W. VA
A.W. Harris & Co
Grundy, VA
Lee's Decorating Shop
Green Valley, W. VA
Mullins
Honaker, VA
West Auto Associate
Hurley, VA
Wm. Justice
Jaeger
Jaeger Supply
Jewell Ridge, VA
Jewell Ridge Coal Co
Jewell Valley, VA
Jolo, W. VA
Jones & Spry Store
Kimball, W. VA
Grogan Home & Auto Supply
Keen Mountain
Mullins Howe. & Furn. Co
Keystone, W. VA
Pointer Furn. Co
Kelleysville, W. VA
W. HH. Whitlow
Lashmeet
Slemp Lumber Co
Lebanon
Russell Howe
G@ Furn Co
Lerona
M. D. Kirk
Logan, W. VA
McCormick's
Northfork
Northfork Lumber Co
Princeton W. VA
Blanks Point Store
Marshall Spangler Hardware
Richlands, VA
Jones Furniture Co
Rock, VA
Reed's
Paul, VA
L. T. Phillips
Superior, W. VA
Jacksons Superior Store
Tazewell, VA
J. A. Greever
North Tazewell, VA
Frank Grindstall
War
The
Baxter & Co
Clinchfield Coal Company
ALL Crozer Coal & Land Company
ALL Pocahontas
ALL Union Supply Company
Bluefield Hardware Company
Speed Queen
Admiral Appliances
America
Advertrat Counc
Newspapaer Advertising Executives Association
Princeton Road
Uniflow
Southern Builders Supply CO
W. Ye Tel
Dimensione
Cali
Dodson Bros
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