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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1964
Page
14
President Johnson praised Gov. W. W. Barron for backing the civil rights bill at the National Governors Conference in Cleveland. Barron joined other governors in signing a statement supporting the civil rights bill currently before the Senate.
Bramwell Mayor W H Bowen announced the Pinnacle Lake construction at Pinnacle Rock State Park will begin by August 1 as part of a 65 000 improvement program. The plan includes a narrow impounded lake with fish stock, swimming areas, picnic sites, hiking trails, and no motorized boats. Funding is 50 000 from the Department of Natural Resources and 15 000 from a state surplus fund.
Frank A. O'Brien Jr. of Wheeling has pledged support to Nelson Rockefeller for the Republican presidential nomination. The Wheeling delegate joins three Rockefeller backers in a 14 member WV delegation that also has three Goldwater pledges and eight uncommitted. The delegation meets in Charleston on Saturday for organization.
Buckhannon West Virginia conference of the Methodist Church approves 66 200 budget to promote student work at 11 state colleges and reaffirms transfer policy to Negro church central jurisdiction. They fund a 10 000 building at Glenville State College and 19 800 chapel at West Liberty, while rejecting 10 000 for Morris Harvey College philosophy.
Chicago livestock notes demand for butcher hogs remained active with 5,500 head sold. Prices rose 25 cents per hundredweight with No 1 and 2 grades at 17 to 17.50 for 190 to 220 pounds. Mixed 1-3 up to 240 pounds ranged 15 to 17 while mixed 2s and 3s for up to 290 pounds sold 14.75 to 15.75. Sows topped at 14.
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