Virginia High Court Upholds B-Girl Regulations
The Virginia Supreme Court affirmed an ABC Board rule package targeting fraternization and free drinks. It upheld bans on bartenders giving free beer and on attempts to entice patrons to buy more, as part of curbing B Girl operations in Tidewater.
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Richmond
ABC
State Supreme Court
High
E. W. Hening Jr
Virginia
ABC Licensees Association
ABC Board
Tidewater
Hening
Supreme Court
James E. Fields
Bedford County
McDowell Gals Vie In Benefit Pageant
Thirty contestants from McDowell County compete in a bathing contest to raise funds for a Welch Salvation Army bus. Sponsored by Welch Kiwanis Club, the event starts at 8 p.m. at the Welch National Guard Armory with Mayor W B Swope presiding.
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McDowell County
Welch Salvation Army
Welch Kiwanis Club
Welch National Guard Armory
W. B. Swope
Space Fliers Report Aboard First Space Walk Prompts Wonder
Space fliers describe the walk and the Earth view as they broadcast to 194 million people. White recalls talking during the walk and watching cities, coastlines, and lights from space with a gold visor. He notes the gun helped control movement and the couple see reentry flames and the orange red green hues.
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White
Sydney
Australia
Texas
Earth
Representatives Of Churches Meet At Oak Grove Church
Representatives from nine area churches will gather Sunday at 2 p.m. at Oak Grove Community Church on the Brushfork Littlesburg Road. The monthly session has run for three years with Rev. Lacy of Mowles Chapel as guest speaker and Rev. Dewey Lacy hosting. The open meeting invites the public.
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Oak Grove Community
Brushfork-Littlesburg
Ogy Lacy
Mowles Chapel
Dewey Lacy
Rev Stevens to Lead Revival at Thompson Memorial Chapel
Pastor Theodore Stevens of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church will be evangelist at a revival June 21 to 25 at Thompson Memorial Chapel. Services begin June 21 and continue through June 25.
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Theodore Stevens
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
Thompson Memorial Chapel
Audit Burden Shrinks as Officials Seek Clarity
Local officials plan an audit approach amid murky agency chatter. Readers are urged to await clearer guidance on budget lines and representative duties as records face scrutiny.
Surplus Food Arrives for Head Start Lunches
Federal surplus food for Project Head Start in West Virginia will be delivered to 41 counties next week by the State Welfare Department. The staples will feed about 14 000 children in the summer pre school program with items such as sugar cheese flour lard meal dried milk margarine and dried split peas.
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Charleston
State Welfare Department
Commodity Division
Clarence Johnson
W. Bernard Smith
Hulett Smith
West Virginia
Che Guevara Replaced as Cuba Industry Minister
Havana dispatch says Ernesto Guevara has been replaced by Arturo Guzman as minister of industries. Sources note Guzman appointed but not officially announced, with Guevara absent for over a month and officials silent on the reason.
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Ernesto
Che) Guevara
Fidel Castro
Arturo Guzman
Guevara
Guzman
Worship Hour Set Top Va Opens Sunday at 1 P M
A Sunday opening is scheduled for Worship Hour Set Top in Virginia with services at 1 PM. The report covers the annual conference held in Nashville Tennessee. Clarence W Tiffany serves as minister.
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Top
Nashville
Tenn
Clarence W. Tiffany
Parking Fines Warning From Bluefield Police Chief
Bluefield Police Chief William J Winters warns the department can impound vehicles with unpaid parking and traffic fines. He cites difficulty collecting meters and nonresidents who work or trade in Bluefield, noting untimely payments and ignored letters. The city code authorizes impounding until fines are paid.
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Bluefield
William J. Winters
Florida Man Held in Theft
A Florida man identified as George H. Settles 25 of Panama City was arrested in Tazewell Virginia after police followed his suspicious driving and found a stolen compact car with no registration or driving permit. He was taken into federal custody for return to Florida.
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Tazewell
Rufus Hagg
George H. Settles
Panama Ciy
Fla
Jack Sargent
Gentry Blackwell
Hagg
Settles
Fleming Law
Panama City
Math Teacher Workshop at Bluefield State College
A Math Teacher Workshop will be held at Bluefield State College starting June 14 as part of a three session summer series. The program focuses on geometry and is conducted with the State Department of Education using the standard adopted public school curriculum.
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Bluefield State College
Mathematics Institute
State Department of Education
Arts and Crafts Class Selling Cakes at City Center
City Center's Arts and Crafts Class offers cakes for sale today from 10 a.m. to noon. Proceeds fund class supplies. To purchase, call 327-8076.
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City Center
Two Showings Of Bluefield Story At Granada Theater
The Bluefield story will be shown at Granada Theater in two showings this morning at 10 and 11 o clock. Free tickets from local merchants enter holders in several door prize drawings including a 11 inch portable television set. The Bluefield Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event and Sunday is proclaimed All-America City Sunday.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield
All-America City Planning Committee
West Virginia Methodists Back Right to Work Stance
The West Virginia Methodist Conference adopted a resolution supporting state right to pass right to work laws. They deplored the National Council of Churches call to repeal Taft-Hartley Act section 14 and affirmed union membership as a basic human right. The conference meet in Buckhannon on the third day of its five day session.
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South Charleston
John Yoak
St. Albans
National Council of Churches
Congressional Committee
West Virginia
National Council
Methodist Church
Berwind Students Win Legion Awards
Two ninth grade students at Berwind Junior High School received the Distinguished Achievement School Award from American Legion Post No. 43 of War during graduation exercises. Both will attend Big Creek High next fall.
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Berwind
American Legion
Big Creek High
Quarantine Rules For Pets Enforced In Bluefield
Bluefield authorities expand a quarantine for dogs and cats suspected of rabies. Police may shoot roaming animals that are rabies suspicious or obviously ill. City plans immunization clinics funded by owners or the city to curb unlicensed, unimmunized pets.
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Bluefield
William J. Winters
Whittle
Deaths and funerals in Bluefield and area
Multiple obituaries note deaths in Bluefield Mercer and surrounding counties. Charlie C. Lee 65 of Bedford Street Bluefield dies Friday. wife Ossie Johnson Lee and two daughters survive. Emmett Worrell 58 Camp Creek dies after long illness. burial at Camp Creek. Walter Scott Reid Jr. 60 Princeton dies in Roanoke VA hospital after month illness. Numerous other notices list survivors, service times, and burial details in Pearisburg, Pearisburg VA, and nearby communities.
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Emmett Worrell
Camp Creek
Max and
Mary Jennings Worrell
Pipestem Primitive
Virginia Joyce Worrell
William Worrell
Gilbert Worrell
Princeton
Sarah Smith
Irene Kessinger
George Worrell
Bluefield
E. L. Fletcher
Hattie Blankenship
Kegley
Edna Trent
B. C. Rowland
Spanishburg
Grace Rumberg
Durango
Colo
Bai Orville Neely
Bailey's
Walter Scott Reid Jr
Walnut, Sr
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Roanoke
Celco
First Christian Church of
Walter Scott Reid
Maude Virginiane Reid
Clare Elizabeth Sluss Reid
Walter Scott Reid III
Orlando
Fla
H. L. Glenn
Roy Tuggle
William Johnston
Louisville
Seaver Mortuary
Tolly R. Musick
Cleveland
Gladys Effie Musick
Clayton Musick
Ellis Musick
Elkins
H. R. McGuire
Pinook
Foster Massie
Abingdon
Dewey Musick
Lebannon
G. C. Musick
Meadow
Obituaries of Mrs. Ida Williams and Leroy Lane
Ida C. Williams 83 died Friday evening at a son’s home in Peters Town. Widow of Arthur Garfield Williams, her funeral arrangements are pending at Broyles Funeral Chapel Peters Town. Leroy Lane 48 of North Welch died of a heart attack in a Welch truck Friday. Funeral arrangements are at Fanning Funeral Home Welch.
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Ida C. Williams
David Williams
Peterstown
Arthur Garfield Williams
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Leroy Lane
North Welch
Welch
Fanning Funeral Home
Obituaries for Hartwell Hawkins and Walker in Bluefield area
Funeral notices for Oscar David Hartwell 64 of Hiawatha Saturday at Burns-Warner Chapel Princeton with burial in Roselawn Memorial Cemetery Pallbearers named Horace Howe Hawkins 76 of Bluefield Sunday at Hawkins Funeral Chapel with burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery calls to view remainings Friends may call Dale C Walker 78 of Yards Virginia Saturday service at Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield burial at Big Branch Cemetery Falls Mills Virginia
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Oscar David
Hiawatha
Burns-Warner Chapel of Memorial
Princeton
Paul Hall
Roselawn Memorial
L. S. Griffith
T. R. Dunagan
C. D. Bradberry
Carl Bish
Moody White
Ernest Pettrey
Hawkins
Horace Howe
Magnolia St
Bluefield
Jack Hill
Monte Vista Park
Walker
Dale C
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Big Branch
Falls Mills
Fines and Forfeitures Rise in Bluefield City Court
Fines and bond forfeitures totaling 206 dollars were levied in Bluefield Municipal Court on Friday. Among the penalties two fines of 24 dollars each for days in jail remained unpaid, while two 34 dollar fines covered simple assault after a fist fight. Forfeited bonds included red light violations, speeding, improper passing, tailgating, and following too closely. Paid fines covered parking overtime meter violations and jaywalking.
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Bluefield
Backfiring Truck Causes Fire at Bluefield Station
A motor backfire started a fire at a Cherry Street filling station in Bluefield Friday at 4 37 p m. Fire Chief Gordon Damron estimated $400 in damage as flames engulfed the engine and dashboard before firefighters arrived. The truck was operated by Fred Anderson of Brushfork.
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Bluefield
Gordon Damron
Cherry Street
Fred Anderson
Brushfork
Ex-Bluefield Resident Dies in Brazil
Wayne Rogers Carlson 13 died in a Sao Paulo hospital from injuries after being struck by a car. He was the son of former Bluefield residents Rob ert W. Carlson and Elizabeth Ann Rogers. Funeral services will be held in Sao Paulo Saturday.
No March Is Planned Here
Howard McKinney director of the State Human Rights Commission said he knows of no definite plans for a racial march in Bluefield during the All America City ceremonies. He noted he would not rule it out and cited past racial tensions and Hubert Humphrey’s civil rights leadership as factors influencing local reactions.
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Charleston
Howard McKinney
State Human Right Commission
Bluefield
McKinney
Hubert Humphrey
Human Rights Commission
Bluefield Commission
Hanmphrey
Humphrey
Billy Sunday Club to Visit Coaldale Church
Members of the Bluefield Billy Sunday Club will present two programs at Coaldale Free Will Baptist Church on Sunday at 11 am and 2 pm. Dinner will be served after the meetings. Rev. Virgil Smith is host pastor.
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Bluefield
Billy Sunday Club
Coaldale Free Will Baptist Church
Virgil Smith
Proclamation Declares Clean-Up Week in Bluefield Virginia
Mary Francis Patton of the Junior Woman's Club cleanup committee announced a citywide effort as Mayor J Hudson Huffard Sr signed the proclamation Friday afternoon. The initiative calls for community cleanup, painting and repairs during the designated Clean-Up Paint-Up Fix-Up week.
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Bluefield
Mary Francis Patton
Junior Woman’s Club
J. Hudson Huffard Sr
Bluefielder Earns Purdue Degree in Commencement
Thomas R. Pearson of Breen Indiana received education credentials as Purdue University awarded degrees at commencement. A total of 38 master degrees were conferred during the ceremony.
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Bluefielder
Purdue
Thomas R. Pearson
Purdue University
Breen
Ind
Womanless Fashion Show to Parade at Site Hall Tonight
A creative event titled Fashion Show at Site Hall in Senter will present a Womanless Fashion Show with a variety show tonight at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the door.
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Ce of
Maybeury
Ite
Senter
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