Rhododendron Girls State ends week of citizenship training
Jackson's Mill West Virginia AP reports the 22nd annual Rhododendron Girls State wraps after 346 participants depart. Sue Ellen Doty of South Charleston and Sally West of Fairmont are chosen to attend Girls Nation in Washington D C. alternates named Ann Jarecke Morgantown and Lloydette Humphrey Beckley.
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Jackson’s Mill
W. Va
Anual Rhododendron
Girls Nation
Washington, D.C
Sue Ellen Doty
South Charleston
Sally West
Fairmont
Ann Jarecke
Morgantown
Lloydette Humphrey
Beckley
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Litz Receives Degree At VPI
William Jackson Litz Jr son of Mr and Mrs W Jack Litz Sr Bluefield Virginia received the Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute He graduated from Graham High School in 1959 and earned the Trustees Medal He joined Phi Kappa Phi Phi Lambda Upsilon and the U S Navy Reserve His work in process simulation and systems engineering led to a paper presented at the 53rd AIChE meeting in Pittsburgh He holds Ethyl Corporation Fellowship and is dual enrolled in graduate and undergraduate programs at VPI.
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William Jackson Litz Jr
Jack Litz Sr
Bluefield
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Graham High School
Bluefield College
VPI
Litz
Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Lambda Upsilon
U. S. Navy Reserve
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Pittsburgh
Ethyl Corporation
Light Rain Dangers for Drivers Cited by WV Sergeant
West Virginia State Police Sgt. C W Andrick warns light rain creates slick roads due to oil and dust films, making driving riskier than heavy rain. He notes drowsiness fuels danger and offers odd tips like tuning the radio to stay awake, urging motorists to rest when possible and always avoid speeding.
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C. W. Andrick
West Virginia
Princeton
Andrick
Coons and Porcupine Quills End One Mountain Man’s Night
A drunken uncle in Tennessee trains a coon dog on Cross Creek. The dog rushing a porcupine causes Uncle Jack to tumble and fall, sending his friend Sudsy and the trio down a steep slope as porcupine quills lodge in his belly.
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Jack
Cross Creek
Tennessee
Cork Popper
Sudsy
Low Knob
Windin
Porky
Hit
Uncle Jack
Aunt Minnie
Camp Roland Opens Today Near Bastian Virginia
Camp Roland near Bastian Virginia opens today for about 80 Scout campers for a week of camping hiking and fun. The Appalachian Boy Scouts Council owns the site and says it is the area’s largest Scout camp with facilities including a new swimming pool.
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Roland
Bastian
Jack Li Lewis
Appalachian Boy Scouts Council
Joseph Friedl
Concord College
Athens
Wolf Creek
Paul E. Oliver
Bluefield
Virginia
Fried
Lewis
Twaddle Retires Mount Hope Police Chief After 25 Years
Thomas T. Twaddle, 70, will retire as Mount Hope police chief July 1 ending a 25 year tenure. He will still lead the Mount Hope volunteer fire department as chief, a post he has held for 38 years.
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Twaddle
Mount Hope
Bluefield College Grad Becomes First Indian MCV Doctor
Linwood Webster Custalow, a 27 year old Bluefield College graduate, is the first American Indian to earn a medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia. He plans an internship, explores neurosurgery or ENT, and may join a Baptist Foreign mission.
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Bluefield College
Grad
Bluefield
Medical College of Virginia
Linwood Webster Castalow
Barbara Asbury
Robert Lee Asburys
Highland Avenue
Bluefield Sanitarium
Med
Ical College of Virginia
Baptist
Bid Rigging Fines Total $59 750 for 6 Firms and 8 Executives
Six steel and concrete pipe makers and eight executives pleaded no contest to bid rigging charges. They were fined a total of 59 750 by Judge Albert Lee Stephens Jr. for conspiracy to fix bids on pipe sold for western state public works since 1955. Firms fined include American Pipe and Construction, U S Industries, United Concrete Pipe, U S Steel, Kaiser Steel, and Smith Scott.
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Los Angeles
U.S
Albert Lee Stephens Jr
American Pipe and Construction Co
U.S. Industries Inc
United Concrete Pipe Co
U. S. Steel Corp
Kaiser Steel Corp
Smith-Scott Inc
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Legion Girls State
Korean Coal
Korea
Satoh Nua
Jim Dalton
Dog
R.H. Hunter
Wysor Electric Company
Virginia Ave
Appalachian Reddy Yelowatt
Camp Roland
Mount Hope, W.va
Thomas T. Twaddle
O T. Custalow
King William County
Cherokee
N. C
Oklahoma
University of Richmond
Custalow
Bacone College
Muscogee, Okla
Linwood Custalow
Westgate
Federal ST
Cees
Ward
Singer
Singer Company
Princeton Ave
McDowell St. Welch, W. Va
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