DiTrapano Elected Democratic State Chairman at Charleston
Rudolph L. DiTrapano of Cabin Creek in Kanawha County was elected chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee. He succeeds James M. Sprouse, recently named the gubernatorial nominee. The gathering also chose party officers and set the state convention for Fairmont on August 3. DiTrapano aims to eliminate the flower fund after discussions with Sprouse.
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Charleston
Rudolph L. DiTrapano
Cabin Creek
Kanawha
James M. Sprouse
DiTrapano
Sprouse
James W. Pyles
New Martinsville
Pat R. Hamilton
Oak Hill
Violet Snedegar
Eirkins
Robert J. Burke
Wheeling
Hazel Stacher
Ripley
Edward Long
Huntington
John Amos
Long
Snedegar
Hulett C. Smith
Fairmont
N W plans land bridge for global container traffic
Norfolk and Western Railway announces a land bridge scheme with Union Pacific to move ocean containers between Atlantic and Pacific ports. The plan allows any ocean carrier to participate, offers tiered per car charges, and promises shorter transportation times via routes including Norfolk Portsmouth and Pacific ports.
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Roanoke
Norfolk & Western Railway
Atlantic
Pacific
N&w
Herman U H. Perler
Union Pacific Railroad
Atlantic Seaboard
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
Cape of Good Hope
Norfolk & Western Union Pacific
Pocahontas Rec Program Set To Start Monday
The Pocahontas summer recreation program begins Monday at 9:30 a.m. with organized softball for grade schoolers at Pocahontas High School daily 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. High school activities start June 24 at 1 p.m. and run daily 1 to 4 p.m.
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Pocahontas, Va
Pocahontas High School
Kennedy brothers' kinship frames public reaction to Robert Kennedy death
Sen Edward M Kennedy and Mrs Rose Kennedy spoke at a Nantucket Sound lawn gathering. They urged Americans to privately decide how to fulfill Robert Kennedy's goals during the coming summers. The taping included Jacqueline Kennedy and other relatives, with Jo seph P. Kennedy rendered speechless by a stroke.
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Ted
Robert Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Mass
Edward M. Kennedy
Sen
Nation
Robert
Rose Kennedy
U.S
Joseph P. Kennedy
Edward
Kennedy
Nantucket Sound
Jacqueline Kennedy
Ethel Kennedy
Two Graduate Courses Offered For Concord Teachers
Concord College will host two summer term graduate courses for teachers. Mathematics 261 for junior high algebra will be taught by Professor William E. Hoff June 17 to July 19, offering three credits through West Virginia University. Biology 296-297 and Education credits will be taught by Professor Karl D. Fizer, running June 17 to July 19 with BSCS materials and Green Version focus, totaling six graduate credits. Interested participants may register June 17 in the Little Theatre in the physical education building.
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Concord College
West Virginia University
William E. Hoff
Concord Department of Mathematics
Karl D. Fizer
Concord
Biology
Marshall University
BSCS
Hoff and Fezer
Little Theatre
Concord Physical Education
Burlington Zephyr Opens Stainless Steel Train Era
The Burlington Zephyr, the first long distance stainless steel train, was built in 1934 by The Budd Company in Philadelphia. It traveled nonstop from Denver to Chicago.
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Burlington Zephyr
Budd Company of
Philadelphia
Denver
Chicago
Old No. 4 Finds New Home In Roanoke Museum
Old No. 4, last survivor of Virginia railway's steam fleet, arrived at Roanoke in the Norfolk and Western shops after a long trip fraught with bearing trouble and legal battles. The locomotive was swapped from Princeton after a 20 year stay, and now awaits overhaul for display in the Transportation Museum.
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Roanoke, Va
Virginia Railway
Norfolk and Western
Roanoke
Giles County
Princeton
W. Va
Transportation Museum
Virginian
Community Savings and Loan Exec Karl B. Thomas to Retire
Karl B. Thomas, secretary of the Community Savings and Loan Co. of Bluefield, will retire but remain as a consultant and operate a private appraisal practice focusing on FHA and VA work. He originated the first FHA loan in southern West Virginia and has long financed FHA and VA loans. He previously worked with Utley Wedge Engineering and as a consultant for multiple companies before joining the Twin City National Bank and later the Community Savings and Loan Co. He lives with his wife at 1905 College Avenue.
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Karl B. Thomas
Community Savings and Loan Co
Bluefield
John S. Stacy
Thomas
Veterans Administration
West Virginia
Utley Wedge Engineering Co
Tennessee Copper Co
Copperhill, Tenn
National Zinc Co
Kansas City
Calumet Mining Co
Douglas, Ariz
Standard Chemical and Oil Co
Troy
Ala
Twin City National Bank
College Avenue
Community Voices on Campaign Start Opinions in Virginia
Local residents from Cedar Bluff Bluefield Falls Mills and surrounding areas share mixed views on whether a campaign should have begun. Levi Hampton says no while Rose Wilson supports it for better jobs and opportunities for the poor. Jeanette Sanders urges Americans to voice grievances. Teddi Hubble says the campaign is not achieving progress.
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Levi Hampton
Cedar Bluff
Rose Wilson
Bluefield
Jeanette Sanders
Wallace Proposes Private Enterprise Plan to Fight Poverty
Presidential candidate George Wallace outlined a poverty program centered on private enterprise and education. He urged decentralizing industry nationwide to create rural jobs, spoke in Charlotte after a Nashville visit marked by a tense racial clash, and warned poverty does not excuse rioting.
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Charlotte
N.C
George Wallace
Wallace
South
Nashville
Tenn
Alabama
Charlotte Coliseum
Tors
Hitler
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