Seven Injured In Two Auto Crashes In Mercer County
Seven persons were injured, non critically, in two traffic crashes in Mercer County over the past weekend. Van C Dillon 31 and two children, plus Stanley Gillespie 42 and Richard James 12, were in a car that collided with Roger Smith 24 on Rt 10 near Lashmeet at 8 45 p m Saturday. Those in the Dillon car and Richard James were treated and released. Smith treated at Bluefield Sanitarium. Arrington 52 of Poca Virginia left the road on Rt 37 near Bluefield and was treated and released. he was charged with driving under the influence. Police continued investigation.
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Lashmeet
Roger Smith
Dillon
Memorial Hospital
Princeton
Smith
Bluefield Sanitarium
Arrington
Rt. 37
Bluefield
J. L. Tryall
Ablen Stanley
Annual Barbecue Set Saturday at Glenwood Park
The Pocahontas Electrical and Mechanical Institute schedules its annual members barbecue for Saturday, June 17 at 2 p.m. at Glenwood Park in Mercer County. Activities include a Maggie Mechanicals versus Electra Electricals softball game, horseshoes, and outdoor games regardless of weather.
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Pocahontas Electrical and Mechanical Institute
Jimmy Wooldridge
Institute
Bluefield
Glenwood Park
Mercer County
Maggie Mechanicals
Electra Electricals
Tazewell Eligible For Aid Through Greenspan Program
Tazewell County towns and local governments may qualify for Greenspan aid to purchase cropland for public purposes. The program, tied to the USDA Cropland Adjustment Program, supports land diversion to habitat and pollution mitigation. Grants may cover up to 50 percent of land costs with additional cost-share for establishing conservation uses.
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Tazewell County
Greenspan
Jim Sam Gillespie
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Greens Pan
Italians Smoke 11.6 Billion Cigarettes in 5 Days
A Rome survey shows Italians consumed 11.6 billion cigarettes in five days about four per person daily. Researchers note a 4 percent rise from last year and a 7 percent price increase, possibly due to shifts to pricier brands.
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Rome
Read-O-Rama visits Mercer County for summer club
The Read-O-Rama program tours Mercer County with a Book Trailer schedule in Matoaka Bluewell and Athens from noon to 7 p.m. June 19 21 and June 29. The 1967 Summer Reading Club theme Vacation Readers Go Everywhere invites fourth through eighth graders to read 12 books including six fact books and six personal-choice titles. Volunteers track progress, and active members receive invitations to parties at each trailer and a certificate at Book Week in November.
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Mercer County
Matoaka
Bluewell
Athens
Indians Vote For $540000 Pact
Oklahoma Kickapoo Indians vote unanimously for a 540000 settlement over tribal lands seized in Missouri by the U S government. John E Taylor of the Bureau of Indian Affairs reports all 50 adult Kickapoos at the meeting supported the accord, ending a decade of Indian Claims Commission negotiations over the 1832 trade that ceded 1 8 million acres in Missouri and Kansas and payments of 143000.
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McLoud, Okla
Oklahoma
Missouri
U.S
John E. Taylor
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Indian Claims Commission
Kansas
Mercer Health Center schedules week of clinics and meetings
Mercer County Health Center in Green Valley hosts seven clinics and two conferences this week. Venereal disease clinic Monday at 11 a.m. Immunizations Tuesday 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. and diphtheria whooping cough tetanus polio measles vaccines. Tuesday 1 to 4 p.m. tuberculin skin test and adolescent clinic by appointment. Kiwanis Club meets Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Cardio vascular disease clinic Wednesday 8:30 a.m. to noon by appointment. Well child conference Thursday by appointment. Friday 1 p.m. food handlers conference and skin test 1 to 4 p.m. Pediatric clinic by appointment. Republican Club meets Friday at 7:30 p.m.
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Mercer County Health Center
Green Valley
John J. Mahood
Mercer County Health Department
Mercer County Taxpayers Association
Green Valley-Glenwood Kiwanis Club
Mercer
Mercer County Republican Club
Athens OES Meeting Set for June 13 at Masonic Hall
Athens Chapter No. 33 C. E. S. will hold a meeting in the Athens Masonic Hall on Tuesday to elect officers. All officers and members are urged to attend, and ladies are asked to wear white street length dresses.
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Athens
Athens Masonic Hall
Small Business Owners Workshop in Concord
Reservations are available for a free Small Business Owners Workshop for new or expanding enterprises at the College Center Building Concord College Athens. The program on Wednesday June 14 runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and includes time for attendee questions. A similar session at Marshall University in April was well received.
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College Center
Concord College
Athens
Marshall University
Mercer County Association for Retarded Children Meeting
A meeting of the Mercer County Association for Retarded Children is scheduled for Tuesday at 7 30 p m at Thorn Exceptional School Princeton with Mrs Nick Hornick, president, making the announcement.
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Mercer County Association For Retarded Children
Thorn Exceptional School
Princeton
Nick Hornick
Marshall Class Set At Concord
Marshall University will offer two special education courses at Concord College during the first summer term from June 12 to July 14. Education 420-520 Introduction to the Exceptional Child and Education 453-533 The Mentally Retarded Child each worth three semester hours. Registration is today from 8 a.m. to noon in Room 104 Science Building at Concord. Classes begin Tuesday June 13 with Education 420-520 10 to 12 and Education 433-533 1 30 to 3 30 Monday through Friday for five weeks.
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Marshall University
Concord College
Concord
Princetonian John A. Scott Named to WVU Dean’s List
John A. Scott of Princeton earned a 3.36 grade average on a 4.0 scale in the College of Agriculture and Forestry at West Virginia University, qualifying for the Dean’s List for the second semester. Deans require a minimum 3.0 average for the honor.
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John A. Scott
Princeton
West Virginia University
Scott
College of Agriculture and Forestry
University
Gandhi Critical of U.S. Policy
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi attacked U.S. foreign aid policy at a rally in Ambikapur, criticizing arms sales to Pakistan and demand for matching aid, while pledging support for Gamal Abdel Nasser as a force for progress and expressing openness to Nasser's leadership of the United Arab Republic-Egypt.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
U.S
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Ambikapur
United Arab Republic
Egypt
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Tantte
Werner Bros
Red Taylor
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Muthoor
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Rock Hudson
Charlton Heston
Richard Boone
Rosemary Forsythe
Manhattan
Mercer Health Center
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Marshall
Princetonian
Botrie
Uiniame
P. O. Box
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Dupuel
City
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Gravely Tractors & Equip
Dehart's Auto Service
Mercer St
Princeton Js TeleCable
W. VA
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