Carrierboy To See Big Navy Carrier Enterprise Tour
The winner of Operation Enterprise a joint Bluefield paper and U S Navy contest will ride 36 hours aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier Enterprise July 27 28. The local winner tours Washington Annapolis the White House and Norfolk Navy Yard aboard the ship with a farewell dinner and prize awards. The Enterprise carries 4600 crew and features 86 bed hospital a large hanger deck cinema and a vast electronic system with 1500 plus components and nuclear reactors powering rapid catapult launches.
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Washington
Naval Academy
Annapolis
White House
Girl Scout Camp Opens at Bluefield Park
The Beaver Pond District Girl Scout Day Camp begins Monday June 18 and runs through June 22 at Bluefield City Park. Campers meet at 9 30 am at the Davidson House and return home at 3 30 pm each day. The staff includes Director Miss Betti Hedrick Unit Leaders Leonard Scott Ted Shaffer Ralph Ryburn and assistants Marie Nash Carol Dewitt Irene Haynes Milton Jones Sandra Lilly.
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Beaver Pond
Bluefield
Davidson House
Betti Sue Hedrick
Leonard Scott
Ted Shaffer
Ralph Ryburn
Marie Nash
Carol Dewitt
Irene Haynes
Milton Jones
Sandra Lilly
Sanda Ryburn
Linda Bryant
Beverly Crane
Ellen Webb
Martha Foy
Madiline Connolly
Woolley Tyree
Jeanie Fleshman
Brenda Wisdom
Gary Shuts One Mine And Steps Up Others
United States Steel's Gary District will suspend mining at No 10 Mine after the Annual Miners Vacation on July 14 due to reduced coking coal needs. No 9 Mine will see some curtailment while No 2 No 14 and Contour Mines remain at current levels. Resumption and increased output will occur when business conditions permit.
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United States Steel
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U. S. ‘Steel
Admiral McKinney to Retire After 39 Years of Service
Rear Adm. Eugene B. McKinney will retire July 1 after 39 years in the Navy. He earned three Navy Crosses as World War II submarine commander of Salmon and Skate.
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San Francisco
Eugene B. McKinney
McNamara outlines NATO nuclear posture to avoid city bombing
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, in a University of Michigan commencement address, rules out city bombing unless forced by Soviet action and questions France's independent nuclear plan. He stresses destroying military forces over civilians and urges NATO to strengthen non nuclear forces and alliance cohesion.
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Robert S. McNamara
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Europe
Charles de Gaull
France
Soviet Union
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University of Michigan
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NATO
NATO Alliance
Western
Mental Health Director Zeller Dies in Williamsburg
Dr. Charles A. Zeller 63, longtime head of West Virginia Mental Health Department since 1961, was found dead in a Williamsburg motel. An assistant medical examiner ruled acute coronary occlusion as the cause. Zeller had been attending a Southern Regional Education Board meeting with Gov. Barron noting his devoted public service and recent plans to visit family in Bridgeport. Survivors include his wife Mrs. Zeller, a son Charles A. Zeller III, and relatives in Clarksburg and Factoryville.
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Charles A. Zeller
West Virginia Department of Mental Health
Williamsburg Lodge
R. E. DeBore
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Zeller
Clarksburg
W. Va
Southern Regional Education Board
West Virginia
Walter A. Holden
Jamestown
Barron
Michigan Department of Mental Health
Indiana Council of Mental Health
Weston
W. Va.) State Hospital
Holden
Bridgeport
College Heads Meet at Blackwater Falls State Park
The West Virginia Association of College and University officials will hold its annual summer conference at Blackwater Falls State Park for three days starting Sunday June 24. The program features Charles Nelson of Nelson Associates. A report on a possible West Virginia branch college is to be presented by Miss Elizabeth Hallanan with Dr. A D Allbright. The act of the 1961 Legislature authorized two year branches, with Parkersburg State University the only current facility.
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West Virginia Association of Colege and
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Blackwater Falls State Park
Elizabeth V. Hale Lanian
Charles Nelson
Nelson Associates
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University College
University of Chicago
Miss Hallanan
West Virginia
A. D. Allbright
University of Kentucky
Parkersburg
West Virginia University
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