FDR Jr. Plans Seven-State Appalachian Visit
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr under secretary of commerce announces a seven state tour in the Appalachian region to boost local economies. The group will visit Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia Tennessee Kentucky North Carolina and Maryland with an all day Charleston West Virginia meeting scheduled for June 18 with Governor Barron.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Appalachian Area
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Appalachian Regional Committee
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
North Carolina
Maryland
Charleston
W.va
Gov. Barron
Laboratory School Opens at Wade Bluefield
A new laboratory school for observation and directed elementary teaching will open June 17 at Wade School in Bluefield. Directed by R Keith Thompson with Bluefield State College cooperation and Mercer County Board of Education supervision, the program targets in service teachers. Approximately 40 students have registered for the course with daily sessions 9 am to noon and a Language Arts Workshop from 1 to 4 pm led by Thompson. Registration for college credit is available this week at Bluefield State College. Brooks Hardy notes abundant new materials and equipment, including controlled readers and the Craig Reading Machine, the only reading device of its kind in West Virginia public schools.
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Wade
Bluefield
R. Keith Thomp
Tion
Mercer County
Craig
West Virginia
Colleges to lead national recovery after nuclear attack
Duke University official Dr. W G Anlyan told a House subcommittee colleges must supply brains and leadership for postattack recovery. He urged federal help to fund more campus fallout shelters as medical schools would treat casualties. Paul A Miller warned the Kennedy plan for 175 million in shelter incentives is needed for colleges to undertake shelters.
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Washington
Duke University
W. G. Anlyan
U. S
Mayors Back Kennedy Civil Rights Plan at Conference
Honolulu AP Mayors confer in Waikiki reflect broad support for President Kennedy civil rights program aimed at erasing city race discrimination. Resolution adds duty linked to rights urged by Mayor Herman W. Goldner of St. Petersburg Florida. Some Southern delegates may object for the record. Leaders toured Honolulu and Pearl Harbor during a recess.
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Honolulu
Kennedy
U S. Conference of Mayors
Resolutions Committee
Herman W. Goldner
St. Petersburg
Fla
Goldner
Waikiki Beach
iPear Harbor
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GU Pont
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Lessons Feed & Farm Supply
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Haysi, VA
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Honaker, VA
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S. J
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Keystone
Charles Budnick Howe
Furn
L. V. Belcher Howe
Lebanon
Campbell Hardware
Matoaka, W. VA
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Maybeury, W. VA
Dell
Montcalm
Montcalm Holwe. Co
Narrows, VA
New River Lbr. Co
Northfork
Clark Howe, & Furn, Northfork
Lbr. Co. Inc
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Clinch Valley Lbr. & Supply
Oakwood, VA
Garden Supply Co
Pearisburg, VA
Timberlake Hardware
Pocahontas Fuel Stores
Princeton, W. VA
Virginia Home. Co
Rich Creek, VA
McKenzie Lbr. Co. Inc
Rocky Gap
R. L. Akers Cab
Superior, W. VA
Jackson Superior Store
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Big Prater Sup. Co
War, W. VA
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