Hart Receives Six Months For Involuntary Manslaughter
Billy R. Hart, 26, was sentenced to six months in Mercer County Jail on involuntary manslaughter charges related to the Oct 22 highway deaths of Samuel Scott Hale 20 and Mike Hill 19 on U S Route 52 north of Bluefield. The sentences run concurrently. Barbara Fontaine 23 of Toledo Ohio is indicted in the case with her hearing set for July 17.
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Billy R. Hart
Mercer County
Greater
Bluefield
Hart
Nolo Contendre
Samuel Scott Hale
Mike Hill
U. S. Rt
Howard M. Jarrett
Barbara Fontaine
Toledo
Ohio
Hale
Hill
Beckley
Flint
Mich
Fontaine
Five Bluefield Family In Auto Train Crash
Five members of a Bluefield family en route to visit relatives in Bluefield Va were injured when their car collided with a train at La Crosse Ind. Sharon Melvin 8 was critically hurt and sent to Gary Ind. hospital. Parents and two sons Rodney 12 and Terry 14 were treated at La Porte Ind. hospital. Eloria 5 escaped injury as the wet foggy crossing contributed to the crash.
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Bluefield
la Crosse
Ind
R. G. Melvin
Melvin
John Sebold
Sharon Melvin
Gary
Rodney
Terry
la Porte
Eloria
Bethany College Receives $500000 HUD Loan
The Department of Housing and Urban Development approved a $500 000 loan Monday for Bethany College in Bethany West Virginia to finance a new 800 seat dining hall. The same day the Office of Economic Opportunity announced a $7379 grant to Boone County West Virginia to support continued community action programs in the county.
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Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Bethany
V. Va
Boone County
W.va
Office of Economic Opportunity
If You Ignore a Crisis Averts Worsening Trouble
A weary reflection suggests avoiding a crisis temporarily may delay action but risks a larger problem later, implying patience without response can backfire when urgent issues persist.
Florida towns reflect Civil War era naming shifts
In Florida the Civil War shaped village names such as White Springs once Rebel’s Refuge on the Suwannee River and Sandy Ford later Station Five due to a women’s sewing circle that supplied Confederate Army garments shipped in cartons marked From Station Five.
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Tallahasse
Fla
Florida
White Springs
Suwanee River
Sandy Ford
Capitol
Sanitation Dept Reports May Water and Health Activities
Mercer County Sanitation Department's May report notes one private water system approved for an VA loan, nine public supplies visited, chlorine checks positive at four, bacteriological samples taken at six, and fifteen semi public supplies inspected with three approved. Also includes numerous health screenings, school visits, and 1,174 clinics at the health center.
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Veterans Administration
Mercer County Sanitation Department
Matoaka
Bluefielders Are Exeter Graduates
Two Bluefielders, C Edward Baker and W Taylor Moore Jr, graduate from Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter New Hampshire Baker earns honors while Moore plans to attend Duke University and Baker will attend the University of North Carolina
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C. Edward Baker
W. Taylor Moore Jr
Phillips Exeter Academy
Exeter
H. Baker
Moore
Duke University
Baker
University of North Carolina
186 Traffic Deaths Reported by State Police This Year
The Associated Press notes state police report 186 deaths on state roads this year, compared with 195 by this date last year.
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Associated Press
Livestock Sold at Tazewell Market Virginia
Hogs, veal, lambs, slaughter cattle and ewes were sold Monday at Tazewell market. Prices ranged with hogs at 16.75 to 21.40, veal from 28 to 30.50, lambs 22 to 27.25, and cows, bulls, and cattle in the 11 to 22.75 range. In Russell County Lebanon sale 798 head sold with prime 27, choice 26, good 23.
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Tazewell, Va
Russell County
Lebanon
June Meeting Of Veterans Canceled
The June gathering of World War I veterans Mercer County Barracks No 1450 is canceled because Barracks Commander C L Smith attends a meeting in Martinsburg.
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Mercer County Barracks No
C. L. Smith
Martinsburg
Concord students enter Work-Study program for summer
Seventeen Concord College students have been placed in summer employment under the Work-Study Program funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity. The group, training week June 12 to 17 at Raleigh County 4-H Camp with Peace Corps volunteers, features speakers including State Sen. Paul Kaufman and Chester Workman.
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Concord College
Office of Economic Opportunity
Raleigh County
Peace Corps
James Overdorff
Mercer County Economic Opportunity Corporation
Paul Kaufman
Chester Workman
C. E. CO
Marc Plummer
Lynn Thompson
Oakvale
Tom Nunnery
Jim Reed
Rock
Peggy Johnson
Judy Harris
Bluefield
Margaret Fletcher
Dianne Schultz
Giotto
Margy Thompson
Debbie Pennitton
Mountain Craft
East River Mountain
Diane Godfrey
Matoaka
Dave Thomp
Grant For Hamlin Sewer System Approved
Washington AP dispatch reports the Economic Development Administration approved a $520,800 grant for a new sewer system in Hamlin Lincoln County West Virginia. The project aims to improve sanitation services and support local development.
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Washington
The
Economic Development Administration
Hamlin
Lincoln W.va
Mine Detector Pact Awarded to Polan Industries
Polan Industries of Huntington wins a $1,072,156 contract to supply truck mounted mine detecting sets for the U.S. Army.
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Huntington
Polan Industries of
U.S
Rahall Loses Bid to Enforce Raleigh County Land Option
The West Virginia Supreme Court refused to hear N Joe Rahall's appeal from a circuit court ruling in Raleigh County that found his April 1964 option to buy 32 4 acre tract for 75000 dollars void against Willis creditors. Rahall, a Beckley Broadcasting executive, said the option would allow purchase within 25 years and was nullified by a creditor suit. Willis operated public utilities near Beckley.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
N. Joe Rahall
Raleigh County
Rahall
Beckley Broadcasting
George Willis
Willis
Supreme Court
Chauncey Browning
Doctors Quit Smoking Rates Rise In America
A Chicago survey shows 52 percent of American doctors do not smoke with many quitting recently due to evidence linking smoking to lung cancer. A tablet aids nicotine withdrawal and over 2 percent of 150000 users reportedly still smoke. Free information is offered by the Anti Tobacco Center of America to request via postcard.
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Chicago
Anti-Tobacco Center of America
Dept
Fifth Avenue
New York
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Salvation Army
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Maj
Robert Boyce
Don Orander
Boys and Girls Committee
W. Malcolm Fuller
Rabbi
Bernard Goldsmith
Carl Smith
Beaver
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Bluewell
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Spanishburg
Tazewell
Concord
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Charles Tornell
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Sandra Lambert
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Karl Frye
Karl H. Frye, Inc
Bluefield Ave
Bluefield, W. V
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