Buckner Receives B S Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Benny Ray Buckner of Princeton earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech Blacksburg on June 8. He married Ramona Lilly Buckner, is son of Rev. and Mrs. Noah Buckner, and will work as maintenance engineer for Soviet Solvay Division of Allied Chemical Corp at Capels. They reside at 209 North 2nd Street Princeton.
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Benny Ray Buckner
Princeton
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Ramona Lilly Buckner
Noah Buckner
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Allied Chemical Corp
Capels
North 2Nd Street
School Slated On Alcholism In Morgantown Sessions
The fifth annual School of Alcohol Studies will run June 15 through 20 in Morgantown. Faculty include Thomas Plaut and Maxwell Weisman, both noted authorities on alcoholism. Seven Mercer County residents will attend, along with Donald Adkins who will teach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald
Pat) Adkins
Alcholism Information Center
Princeton
School of Alcohol Studies
WVU
Morgantown
Donald R. Dancy
West Virginia Department of Mental Health
Thomas F. A. Plaut
National Center For Prevention and Control of Alcoholism
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda
Maxwell N. Weisman
Alcoholism Information Center
Mongoose from India Invade Puck Island Ecosystem
Mongoose brought to the Virgin Islands from India to curb rats in sugar cane fields has established on Puck Island in the Caribbean. The reddish-brown, weasel-like mammals now menace native wildlife by feeding on turtle and bird eggs, becoming a serious pest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Virgin Islands
Puck Island
Caribbean
Eighteen Property Transfers Filed in Tazewell County
Eighteen property transfers were recorded at the Tazewell County Courthouse in Virginia last week. Transactions include Bowen Realty Inc to Garland A. Mitchell and Weaver Conrad French to John C. French, among others, covering lots and tracts in Richlands Freestone Valley Claypool Hill and Bluestone areas.
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Tazewell County
Tazewell
Bowen Realty Inc
Garland A. Mitchell
St. Clair Heights
Weaver Conrad French
John C. French
Freestone Valley
Nancy Pate Shumate
Wiley Lawson
Yards
B. B. Slemp
M. A. Krupey
Mountain Lane Village Sab
David W. Brewster
Wirt Powers
Cedar Bluff
Jim Thompson Inc
William R. Heldreth
Copenhaver
J. J. French
Mary Jaynelle Peak
Richlands
Bonnie C. Cundiff
Guy Mulholland
Lot
Graham Land and Improvement Co
Bliss A. Barnett
Charles R. Jewell
Baptist Valley
William G. Belcher
Kenneth A. Shearer
Frances Wagner Johnson
Edward Harvey Grose
Abbs Valley
Perry M. Angles
Ralph W. Cochran
Hicks
Fred Tatum
Carl R. Tatum
Tract
Claypool Hill
Frank Schull
English E. Joyce
Lucy W. Christian
Kathleen Spangler
Prater Farm
Robert C. Chapman
Bernard Clyne Wright Jr
Bluestone
United Pentecostal Church
Alvin Holmes
Henry E. Harman
John E. Biggs
Lieutenants Questioned After Evans Melbourne Collision
Subic Bay Philippines AP reports naval inquiry probes two junior lieutenants from the USS Frank E. Evans over negligence in the June 3 collision with the Australian carrier Melbourne. Lt.(jg) Ronald C. Ramsey and Lt.(jg) James R. Hopson faced warnings and delays as testimony conflicted on relative ship positions and whether moonlight or clouds affected visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Subic Bay
Philippines
Naval Inquiry Board
Frank E. Evans
Melbourne
J.g
Ronald C. Ramsey
Long Beach
Calif
James R. Hopson
Kansas City
Kan
Ramsey
Hopson
U.S. Navy
John P. Stevenson
Stevenson
Evans
Marshall honors James A Carr with arts degree and commission
James Anthony Carr, son of Mr and Mrs Allen H Carr of New Hope Road Prince, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Marsh all University. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant through ROTC and belonged to Alpha Sigma Phi and Scabbard and Blade honorary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Anthony Carr
Allen H. Carr
New Hope Road
Princeton
Marshall University
Marshall
Alpha Sigma Phi
Trent Sentenced On Tax Evasion Charge
Curtis B. Trent Jr., a longtime West Virginia political figure, was sentenced to five months in prison for tax evasion. He underpaid 1960 federal taxes by 5657.13 after pleading nolo contendere. two related indictments for 1961 and 1962 were dismissed. Judge Hoffman rejected negligence defense in accepting the plea.
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Charleston
Curtis B. Trent Jr
W. W. Barron
Trent
Barron
Hulett C. Smith
Bluefield
Walter E. Hoffman
Hoffman
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Adkins
Helen Parsell
Harriette Wright
Ernestine Smith
Sylvia Goforth
Byron Shelton
Andy Dodson
Fey
We Mano
Biveteld
Robert H. Thompson
Homer A. Thompson
Route 3
University of California
Thompson
Bramwell High School
Bluefield College
VPI
Salvation Army
Larry Helms
Helms Boys
Jerry Helms
General Motors
Ars
Bland Street
Yun
the Greenbrier Repertory Theatre
P.O
Lewisburg
Washington St
W. Va
Route 219
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