Medicare Begins July 1 Now In Bluefield Series
Walter R. Campbell outlines how Medicare will operate when it begins in July. Premiums start at 3 dollars per person and will be deducted from certain federal checks or paid by others. Premiums may be adjusted in 1968 if costs rise.
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Walter R. Campbell
Social Security
Bluefield
Social Security Office
Social Security Administration
Railroad Retirement Board
Virginia
Public Assistance Agency
Clintwood 4H Awards Day Officers Elected
In Clintwood Virginia elementary auditorium Randy Rakes presided as the Dickenson County 4H Council elected officers for the coming year. New leaders include Lana Puckett president Mitzi Wright vice president Etta Gay Baker secretary treasurer Ken Baker reporter Pat Rakes and Mary Dickerson sone leaders Mitzi Shortt recreation leader.
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Randy Rakes
Dickenson County 4H Council
Lana Puckett
Mitzi Wright
Etta Gay Baker
Ken Baker
Pat Rakes
Mary Dickerson
Sone
Mitzi Shortt
Gary Rakes
Randy Takes
Rebecca Belcher
Arthur Stanley
Rose Ann Hughes
Danny Lambert
Harry Childress
Ralph Vanover
Peggy Buchanan
Patty Stanley
Jean Arms
Gail Rose
Glenn Mooney
Joe McFall
Larry Turner
Terry Cumbow
Gary Mullins
David Robbins
Robert Rose
Elizabeth Curl
Judy Phipps
Dewey Stanley
Clifford Farmer
Rodney Farter
Seventeen Mercer Men to Report for June Draft call
Seventeen unmarried Mercer County men aged 19 to 26 will report to Selective Service Board 12 Bluefield on June 20 at 8 a.m. They will be bused to Beckley for basic training entry. Twenty two others are set for physical examinations June 28 prior to possible induction.
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Armed Forces
Myrtle Reagan
Selective Service Board
Bluefield
Armed Forces Examination Center
Beckly
Beckley
Department of Highways
Bristol
Virginia
Tazewell County
Quick climber hop vine favors porch screening
The hop vine is among the fastest growing annual climbers. It can reach 16 to 20 feet in a single season, making it ideal for use as a temporary screen for a porch or similar area.
Sergeant Shumate Graduates From Kentucky Military Institute
Robert Lewis Shumate of 247 Ridgecrest Road Bluefield graduated at the 121st Commencement of the Kentucky Military Institute Lyndon Kentucky. He served as a sergeant in A Company and was a member of the K Club plus the junior varsity football and varsity basketball teams and played intramural football basketball volleyball and softball.
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Robert Lewis Shumate
Robert L. Shumate
Ridgecrest Road
Bluefield
Kentucky Military Institute
Lyndon
Kentucky
U S Army Viet Nam Soldier Joins 173d Airborne Brigade
Elwood H. Hawk of Herndon Virginia has been assigned to the 173d Airborne Brigade as an artilleryman in Headquarters Company. He entered the Army in March 1965 and last served at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland. Hawk attended Herndon High School and is 18.
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U. S. Army
Elwood H. Hawk
Gertrude M. Hawk
Herndon
173D Airborne
Hawk
Army
Fort Dix
N. J
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Herndon High School
Airman Thomas L Wood Completes Chanute Mechanic Course
A3C Thomas L Wood grandson of Mrs Luther Davidson of the new Princeton Road finished an aircraft mechanic course at Chanute AFB. He joined the Air Force in January 1966, completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas, and will be stationed at Castle AFB California after his leave.
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Thomas L. Wood
Luther Davidson
New Princeton Road
Chanute Air Force Base
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Wood
Castle Afb
Calif
UK Director on One-Week Vacation
Bluefield Urban Renewal director George McCulloch will be away from the office for a week leaving today for a beach vacation. He will return Monday, June 20, with his staff on duty in the Urban Renewal Office as usual.
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George McCulloch
Bluefield
McCulloch
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Clintwood, Va
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Cleo Davidson Lester
Catherine Bruce
Tazewell
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Herbert R. Louthen
Herbert L. Louthen
Keystone
Keesler Air Force Base
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Lakeland Air Force Base
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Bluefield Business College
Sergeant Shumate
KMI
Lowe
Lowe's
North Wilkesboro
Hotpoint
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Princeton
Thorn ST
Max Campbell
W. J. Campbell
Lebanon
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3502Nd
USAF
DET
602Nd Aircraft Control and Warning Sqdn
Giebelstadt
Germany
Donna K. Hausenfluck
Georgetown
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Lori Lee
Big Creek
Atlantic
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Rt. 2
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Officer Training Corps
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Tacoma
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Blacksburg
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Fort Gordon
Larry E. O’donell
Garland W. O'Donell
Rt. 1
Box 177
Army Southeastern Signal School
O'Donell
Montcalm High School
Camp Pendleton
John W. Meadows
Jessie L. Meadows
Route 2
Clyde E. Lockhart Jr
Clyde E. Lockhart
Marine Corps Base
Randall L. Veneri
Tony L. Veneri
West Virginia University
Eastern Michigan University
Veneri
Sandra Perdue
Law
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