Australian School Is Open in Vast Outback Classroom
Eighty Australian children, aged five to eleven, study via two way radio from a remote 600 mile wide border region where four states meet, taught by Mrs. Phyllis Gibb from Broken Hill. The School of the Air has operated six months, supplementing weekly mail plane lessons and shared with the district’s airborne medical service.
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Sydney
Phyllis Gibb
Broken Hill
School of the Air
Gibb
Latvia
Beth Safafa Split Village Tries to End border Standoff
UN truce body works to resolve the divided Beth Safafa village near Jerusalem where a 1949 border cut through homes. An armed barrier fence bisects the community with residents on both sides unable to legally greet each other. Middlemen operate linking Israeli Jerusalem buyers to Bethlehem and Jordan controlled Old City markets.
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Jerusalem
NANA
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
Beth Safafa
Mixed Armistice Commission
Israel
Jordan
No Man’s Land
Itme
Israeli Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Old City of Jerusalem
Area Church Services and Upcoming Religious Events
Area churches list service times and events across Edwards Memorial Presbyterian Saint Matthew United Holy Pocahontas and others. Includes Sunday school hours Worship speakers guest pastors choir rehearsals prayer bands homecoming notices Vacation Bible School and union prayer meetings with dates and locations.
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Saint Matthew United
Holy Elder
E. L. Aaron
Junita Thompson
Otis Phinazee
Princeton New River Deacons Union
Eva Lester
Peck Street
Guest speaker Wesley Watson to lead Bible School
The event includes Bible School at 10 a m worship at 11 a m with Holy Communion. The guest speaker is Rev Wesley Watson from Kansas City Missouri. Music will be provided by the senior choir.
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Bible School
V. Wesley Watson
Kansas City
Missouri
Mount Calvary Baptist Church Anniversary Schedule
Mount Calvary Baptist Church Princeton announces Father’s Day services at 11 am led by minister L B Allen with the Men’s Usher Board. The Progressive Chorus marks its seventh anniversary with events June 19 to 21 including Rev H P Boyd and Rev James E Wade guest choirs and a banquet at the Masonic Temple. Final anniversary services conclude Sunday at 3 pm.
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Mount Calvary Baptist Church
Princeton
L. B. Allen
H. P. Boyd
New Century Methodist Church
James E. Wade
Masonic Temple
High Street
Closing exercises mark Vacation Bible School week
Rev N J Dickerson leads the closing exercises at 315 Marshall Street this evening at 7 30 p m The Sunday school opens tomorrow at 9 45 a m Morning worship starts at 11 o clock with a Fellowship Service at 7 p m A midweek worship is planned Wednesday evening at pan
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North Mercer Street
A. L. Polk
Marshall Street
N. J. Dickerson
Political shakeups and church notices mix of pages
Ray Tucker discussed as possible White House appointee from Nebraska Democratic family with liberal ties. Admiral Radford to step down. Twining to replace. Weeks and Mitchell clash over labor policy. Mount Zion Baptist Church announces Father’s Day services and vacation Bible school with Rev. Gregory and Rev. Davis. East Tennessee Conference to meet at John Stewart.
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Red Cross
Homer
White House
Washington
Arthur W. Radford
MacArthur
Joints Chiefs of Staff
Nathan F. Twining
Ike
Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
James P. Mitchell
Weeks
Mitchell
Madison Avenue
Wall Street
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Bedford and
Peck Street
Alexander Gregory
David Sims
Ora Middleton
J. D. Anderson
Patterson
Circle C
Bessie Norman
Wayne
Goodwin
Middleton
John Stewart
Silver Star Choir
C. Anderson Davis
M.Y.F
East Tennessee Annual Conference
Henry Laurens Exchange Involved Prisoner Swap
Henry Laurens, the American statesman captured by the British during a mission to negotiate a treaty with The Netherlands, was later exchanged for Lord Cornwallis in a high profile prisoner swap.
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Henry Laurens
Netherlands
Lord Cornwallis
Instrument Failure Blamed For Explosion At Nitro Plant
Monsanto chemicals said an instrument failure caused the April 16 Nitro West Virginia blast that killed eight and destroyed a major methyl chloride unit. Howard L. Minckler, director of manufacturing, cited a faulty instrument reading that led operators to shut cooling on a chlorinating vessel. An investigating committee found the accident at the Nitro plant and noted similar incidents at other facilities.
WVU Forester Demonstrates Tree Shearing in Mercer County
West Virginia University extension forester Phil Berthy will conduct a home grown Christmas tree production demonstration on June 21, 1957. The event starts at 2 p.m. at the Dr. Daniel Hale Farm on Pisgah Road.
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Mercer County
Phil Berthy
West Virginia University
Daniel Hale
Pisgah Road
Municipal judge lenient with traffic fines on birthday
In city court Judge Eugene R Brouse presiding over about 60 traffic cases says he is being lenient because it is his birthday and he wants others to share his happiness. The associate noted the surprising number of small fines reduced or waived.
Driving Strain May Trigger Mental Illness, Says Doctor
Dr. Norbert I. Rieger of California State Mental Hospital Camarillo warns that modern driving stress on metropolitan parkways can ignite latent flaws, potentially causing mental illness. He compares driving pressures to frontier dangers and notes daily commuting can provoke serious psychiatric strain.
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Los Angeles
Nana
Norobert I. Rieger
California
State Mental Hospital
Camarillo
Reds Predict Rocket Flights Over Moon
The Reds forecast manned rocket flights to the Moon in coming years with landings envisioned en route and a timeline that could see such missions within a few years.
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Reds
Bluefield Optometrist Dr William Greenspon Honored
Dr William Greenspon of Bluefield was among 20 optometrists from 5000 in the South nominated as Optometrist of 1957. The Southeastern Congress of Optometry announced the list at its 34th annual meeting in Atlanta. He also received a Service Appreciation plaque for his presidency and contributions to the organization.
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William Greenspon
Bluefield
South
Southeastern Congress of Optometry
Atlanta
Greenspon
Congress
Southeastern Educational Congress of Optometry
Philadelphia Optical Col
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