Two SW Virginia Men Earn Optometry Degrees
Two Southwest Virginia men received doctor of optometry degrees from Southern College of Optometry in Memphis Tennessee. Dr James H Belcher of Richlands and Dr William C Sutherland of Grundy are named with brief bios including high school and college histories, affiliations and postgraduation plans.
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SW Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Southern College of Optometry
Memphis, Tenn
James H. Belcher
H. T. Belcher
Richlands
William C. Sutherland
J. P. Sutherland
Grundy
Dr. Belcher
Optometric Extension Program
American Optometric Assn
And
Illuminating Engineering Society
Rebecca Ann Compton
Kingsport, Tenn
Dr. Sutherland
Grundy High School
Emory and Henry College
Sigma Jata
Emory
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Bacteriology
U. S. Air Force
Southern
Sutherland
Rush
Phi Theta Upsilon Professional Optometric Fraternity
Virginia Club
Iluminating Engineering Society
1912 Philadelphia Colonel Arrested Over Coal Sale
A 1912 Philadelphia case saw a colonel arrested for attempting to sell several wagon loads of anthracite coal, amid years when the fuel was deemed useless or even illegal to market in some areas.
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America
Philadelphia
Wheat Leads Grain Futures With Week-Long Gains in Chicago
Wheat bucked broad grain losses amid reports of crop damage in Kansas and rising speculation that farmers will withhold the crop. Corn oats rye and soybeans fell or stayed weak as traders grew cautious, with old soybeans near exhaustion before harvest and July futures showing mixed to lower moves.
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Chicago
Kansas
Queen Is Selected For Forest Festival
Lorena Anne Humphries 19 of Clarksburg was named queen of the 30th Mountain State Forest Festival in Elkins West Virginia. She will reign as Queen Silvia XXX during the three day event beginning October 6 with the enthronement at the outdoor amphitheatre of Davis and Elkins College. The festival features a parade of 55 bands and 50 floats centered on forest and stream conservation.
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Washington, D.C
Davis and Elkins College
Police Fraternity To Sponsor Eight-Week BB Shooting Match
Mercer Lodge 80 of the Fraternal Order of Police will sponsor an eight week BB shooting event for boys and girls ages eight through 12 at the City Park police range. Entries open on a first come basis with 24 participants. Matches run Saturdays at 12 30 pm from June 18 to August 27 with awards including a trophy and bars for runners up. Sergeant Homer Tabor coordinates the event. Shooters must provide their own gun BB shot and targets.
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Mercer Lodge 80
Fraternal Order of Police
Bluefield Municipal
Police
City Park
Homer Tabor
Bluefield
WV Hospitals Comply With Racial Discrimination Laws
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare said 70 of 97 West Virginia hospitals potentially eligible for Medicare have complied with laws against racial discrimination.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
West Virginia
Hospitals listed for Medicare eligibility under civil rights rules
The government released a list of 5 558 hospitals eligible or assuring compliance with the 1964 Civil Rights Act for Medicare participation. On site visits will verify nondiscrimination in patient care staff privileges and services, with 2 143 hospitals still awaiting clearance and many more expected to roll in by July 1 for the new program serving 19 million seniors.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
South
Secretary of Welfare
John W. Gardner
Welfare Department
Gardner
American Hospital Association
AHA
Department
Youth Leaders Camp In Progress
Eighty two teenagers assembled at Camp Dawson to begin the second annual West Virginia Youth Leaders Camp. High school principals and National Guard unit commanders select seniors on academics and aptitude for a 10 day introduction to military life under Col. Clarence Galastie of Beckley. Participants come from 26 counties.
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Kingwood
W.va
Camp Dawson
West Virginia
National Guard
Clarence Galastie
Beckley
Leslie Katz Set to Receive Degree at Endicott College
Leslie Katz daughter of Mr and Mrs Leroy Katz 1201 Castlewood Lane Bluefield graduates today at Endicott College Beverly Massachusetts. She was freshman class president and majored in public relations. Commencement speaker is Judge Frankland W L Miles of Boston. She will join Ted Warner Associates public relations firm in New York City after a brief vacation.
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Leslie Katz
Leroy Katz
Castlewood Lane
Bluefield
Endicott College
Beverly Mass
Miss Katz
Endicott
Frankland W. L. Miles
Boston
Ted Warner Associates
Madison Avenue
New York City
Student Expelled From Job Center in Charleston Disturbance
A Charleston Women’s Job Corps Center spokesman said a student was expelled after a disturbance last Thursday night. She allegedly threw a shampoo bottle at two policemen trying to remove two girls from a roof at the rear of the center. Police said the girls escaped through a window onto the roof. others leaned from windows and cried out as the bottle flew.
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Charleston
Rhododendron Girls State Session Opens in West Virginia
Delegates to the 24th annual Rhododendron Girls State begin arriving at Jacksons Mill for a week of government training and candidate elections. About 340 girls are expected to participate with speakers including State Supreme Court Judge Chauncey Browning and Fayette County Circuit Judge Charles L Garvin Jr.
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Jackson's Mill
W.va
Supreme Cowt
Chauncey Browning
Fayette County
Charles L. Garvin Jr
Foreign Aid Bill Stirs Potential Policy Debate in Senate
The $3.4 billion foreign aid bill faces a vote after Foreign Relations Committee work. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield warns Viet Nam could spark debate, while others urge caution amid casualties and political turmoil. Administration plans high level lobbying as July break approaches.
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Washington
U.S
Johnson
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Viet Nam
Viet
Peters Ointment Ad Promises Quick Pile Relief
An old Buffalo advertisement touts Peters son’s Ointment for pile itching and burning. It claims quick cooling soothing relief and popularity in thousands of homes with 70 cent boxes and 85 cent applicator tubes.
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Buffalo
Peterson
Petersson
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Medicare
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Bank of Bluefield
Bluefield, West Virginia
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Albert Johnson Jr
Albert Johnson Sr
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Howard University
Washington, D. C
Air Force
Malcomb Grow Hospital
Andrews Air Force Base
Lincoln University
Howard
University of Illinois
Police Fraternity
C. N. Pemberton
al Land
Roy Stowers
Melvin Grubb
Bulova
Land
ATT Equipment & Supply CO
Bluefield, Va
Bird. W. Va
Job Center
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Alladin
Warlick Furniture Store
Bluefield, W. VA
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