Coal loadings rise in area mines amid annual gain
Coal production by Smokeless Operators Association of Blue field affiliated mines rose by 3 088 tons in the second week of June over the prior week. Year to date output is 3.2 percent above 1967 while national production has fallen 1.2 percent. Isolation member mines have mined 12 537 067 tons for a weekly average of 522 378. Norfolk and Western car loadings by district totaled 5 618 Pocahontas 8 815 Virginian 2 561 Tug River 2 146 Upper Buchanan 9 265 Thacker Tiller 1 730. Chesapeake and Ohio loadings for Logan 6 168 and Kentucky districts 6 273.
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Smokeless Operators Association of Bluefield
Association Affiliated Mines
Norfolk and Western Railway
Pocahontas
Virginian
Tug River
Upperuchanan
Clinch Valley
Thacker - Tiller
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Logan
Kentucky
Market Report Lambs and Cattle in Southwest Virginia
Spring slaughter lamb receipts in Southwest Virginia last week fell 3.5 percent with prices up 12 per head versus a year earlier. Prime lambs sold 27.75 to 28.50, choice 26.25 to 26.50, and good 22.50 to 24. Feeder lambs 16 to 20.50. Slaughter ewes 25 cents lower at 2.50 to 8.45. Veal calves down 10 percent. top prime 32.65 to 34.05, prime heavy 31 to 32, light 31 to 33, good 30, cull 26 to 28. Hog market mixed. top barrows 18.50 to 19.20, heavy 18 to 18.65, sows down 50 cents at 12 to 15. Feeder pigs 18.20 to 19.90 per cwt. Slaughter cattle steady with some gains for heifers. cows down 25 to 50 cents, bulls down 50. Good heifers 19.50 to 22.50, standard 18 to 20.25, utility 17 to 19, cows 15 to 19.25, canners 19 to 16, bulls 21 to 25, cutters 18 to 21.
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Virginia
Greenview Methodist Men to Meet at Ellis Country Club
Members and families of the Greenview Methodist Men’s Club will gather at Ellis Country Club on the Old Bluefield Prince ton Road for a hamburger cook-out Friday June 28 at 6 39 p m A recreation period will follow the cook-out
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Greenview
Rev Woods Opens Bible Book Nook Store in Bluefield
Rev John Woods director of the Bluefield Union Mission opened the Bible Book Nook with a private donation of 250. Profits have doubled stock and by June will double again as shipments of Bibles and books arrive. The store at 312 Princeton Ave will stock Bibles Sunday school supplies sacred music Christian records and Gospel films.
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Bluefield Union Mission
Princeton Ave
John Woods
Union Mission
Woods
David Wirt
Bluefield
Republicans Plan Youth Summer Camps in West Virginia
West Virginia Republicans and candidate Arch Moore announce three youth summer camps on government and politics. Camps span Cedar Lakes Ripley Jackson County July Bethany College and Camp Caesar Webster County with fees from 12 to 30 dollars and deadlines in late June August 22.
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West Virginia
Arch Moore
Cedar Lakes
Ripley
Jackson County
State Citizenship Youth Conference
P. O. Box
Charleston
Bethany College
Bethany
Wheeling
Robert Goodrich
Moundsville
GOP
Caesar
Webster County
National
Adult Education Classes Offered At Two WV Schools
The West Virginia Board of Vocational Education offers free adult education classes for 18 or older at Princeton High School and Ramsey School Bluefield. Courses run summer nights 6 30 to 9 30 with books and materials provided. GED preparation included. Contact Adult Education Program Box 430 Hinton.
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Princeton High School
Ramsey School
Bluefield
West Virginia
Box 430
Hinton
Fiddlers' Event Set In Grayson County
The Grayson County Old Time Fiddlers Convention returns for a second year on June 29 at Independence Ball Park Independence Va. The 7 p m show features over 70 country bands from the region and southeast with a prize fund above 400 dollars. Sponsored by the New River Wildlife and Conservation Club and Grayson County Post 17726 VFW prizes cover eight categories. If rain, the event moves to Independence High School Auditorium.
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Grayson County
Independence Ball Park
Independence
United States
New River Wildlife and Conservation Club
Grayson County Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Independence High School
Counterfeit Indian Bills Reported In Nepal Border Area
Indian border guards alerted to counterfeit Indian money printed in China and smuggled into Nepal. Police Superintendent F Ahmed says a Nepalese officer reported detection in Janakpur district Nepal.
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Muzzaffarpur
India
China
Nepal
F. Ahmed
Janakhpur
Bluefield Firm To Acquire Franchises From Distributing Company In Welch
Bluefield Supply Company announces Mason-Dixon Distributors will acquire the Jones-Cornett Electric Company franchises in Welch and expand to four state service areas. The name change from Bluefield Appliance Distributors to Mason-Dixon accompanies a reorganization with James T. Frazier Jr. remaining general manager. The move includes Kelvinator and Sylvania lines and will extend into Bluefield Huntington Roanoke and Kingsport with a new Roanoke office planned.
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Kelvinator
Sylvania
Bluefield
J. Taylor Frazier
Bluefield Supply Company
Mason - Dixon Distributors
Jones - Cornett Electric Company
Welch
Bluefield Appliance Distributors
Mason- Dixon
Huntington
Roanoke
Kingsport
Tenn
James T. Frazier, Jr
Paul W. Jones
Jones - Cornett Company
General Telephone
Frazier
Mason - Dixon
Parkersburg
Middleboro
Charlottesville
Danville
Kelvinator-Sylvania
Appalachian
Luther T. Reedy
William R. Lester
James C. Martin, Jr
Ralph Brown
Worley Warf
James Brown
Jack
SA Advisory Board Set to Meet Thursday at Camp Joy
The Bluefield Salvation Army advisory board will meet this Thursday at Camp Joy on the Bluefield Tazewell Road replacing the usual SA citadel venue. Mayor Robert Boyce says budget approval is the main topic. A picnic lunch will follow the 6 30 p.m. session. Donald Clark chairs the board.
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Bluefield
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Camp Joy
Bluefield - Tazewell
SA Citadel
Robert Boyce
Donald Clark
Jupiter Revolves On Its Axis In About Nine Hours
The planet Jupiter completes one rotation roughly every nine hours and thirty minutes, according to the observed planetary motion. This rapid spin affects atmospheric bands and storm dynamics across the gas giant.
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Jupiter
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