Godwin asks for $81 million bond to fund Virginia colleges
Gov Mills E Godwin Jr urges voters to approve an $81 million bond issue for capital expansion at Virginia colleges and mental hospitals. He addresses the Virginia Bankers Association and stresses fiscal responsibility and constitutional safeguards to reassure the public.
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Godwin
Virginia
Hot Springs
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Virginia Bankers Association
Tell
Potomac
General Assembly
Report Proposes Judges Aid in Criminal Case Juries
In Chicago AP dispatch the American Bar Association advisory committee urges trial judges to fairly summarize and comment on evidence to aid juries in criminal cases. It also calls discarding minority jurors’ persuasive instruction and broadening verdict impeachment powers after misconduct.
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Chicago
American Bar Association
ABA Advisory Committee
ABA
Criminal Trial Committee
Walter V. Schaefer
Illinois Supreme Court
Bar
Administration of Criminal Justice
ABA House of Delegates
Fur Coats For Men From Johannesburg Furrier
South African furrier Leslie Derber plans to market fur coats for masculine men. He expects an initial push selling the first 10 coats will be a battle due to stigma, but he believes acceptance will grow after that.
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Johannesburg
Leslie Derber
Exodus Veteran Will Speak Here at Temple Ahavath Shalom
Zev Siegel, a veteran of the World War II Exodus voyage and Israel business executive, will discuss his experiences aboard the Exodus and the Capital for Israel program at Temple Ahavath Shalom on Albemarle Street in Bluefield Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. The program supports Israel industrial development, funding a new issue of perforated shares from the Industrial Development Bank of Israel.
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Exodus
Ahavath Shalom
Albemarle Street
Bluefield
Zev Siegel
Israel
Cuss
Capital For
Siegel
Israel Bond Organization
Government of Israel
Industrial Development Bank of Israel
Pigeon Species Count Worldwide
A study notes roughly 290 known species of pigeons and doves on Earth across various habitats and regions. It highlights diversity in size coloration and distribution among true pigeons and ground doves.
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Earth
Graham Honor Students Listed at Graham High School
Honor rolls announced for Graham High School Bluefield Virginia with seniors on dean’s list Ovid Bailey Anne Lindsey and Deborah Kitts juniors on list Beth Pritchett Carolyn Stevenson Cathy Lambert and others tenth graders Henry Bowen David Mowrey Darrell Bailey and ninth graders Lois Barnett Deborah Brewer Brad Denardo Monie Lindsey Kathy Grim and more.
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Graham High School
Bluefield
Clark Brown
Ovid Bailey
Anne Lindsey
Deborah Kitts
Beth Pritchett
Carolyn Stevenson
Cathy Lambert
Mildred Farquharson
Robin Ragle
Henry Bowen
David Mowrey
Darrell Bailey
Lois Barnett
Deborah Brewer
Brad Denardo
Monie Lindsey
Kathy Grim
Ricky Berry
David Cook
Ronnie Barnett
Jeanette Lucas
Albatross Sets World Wing Span Record
The Wandering Albatross, noted for its enormous wingspan, is described as the bird with the widest wingspan in the world. Measurements indicate a span of about 11 feet from tip to tip.
BSC Workshop Begins July 1
Bluefield State College will start a seven week Pre Technical Workshop on July 1 for prospective two year technical engineering program students with scholastic deficiencies. Sessions run 8 to 12 daily and cover Pre Technical Mathematics Physics and Study Skills. Completion guarantees enrollment in fall technical programs with only book and supply costs.
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Bluefield State College
Soviet Review Praises Bonnie and Clyde Amid Criticism
Sovietsky Ekran calls Bonnie and Clyde brilliantly done and unusually bold in its questions and artistic level while noting the American setting and social system as morally crippled. Pravda condemns the film as aiming to destroy morality and awaken the beast in man.
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Moscow
Sovietsky Ekran
Soviet Screen
Hollywood
Bonnie and Clyde
Pravda
Communist Party
U.S.A
Two Clintwood Students Named Outstanding Delegates
Clintwood High School seniors Miss Sadra Sullivan and Harry Childress were chosen as outstanding students for leadership scholarship cooperation citizenship and fitness. They were elected by the faculty as delegates to Girls and Boys State. Girls State runs June 16–22 at Radford College Radford Virginia and Boys State June 9–15 at William and Mary College Williamsburg Virginia.
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Sadra Sullivan
Harry Childress
Clintwood High School
Virginia
Miss Sullivan
Ira C. Sullivan
Childress
Harold Childress
Dickenson County
4-H
National Honor Society
Dickenson County Teenage Democratc Club
Clintwood
Second Session of Church School Set
Eighty students attended the first session of vacation church school at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Bluefield. Mrs Alma Penn says another good turnout is expected for the concluding session running Monday to Friday with the theme God and His Word and the song I Love to Tell the Story.
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Vacation Church
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Bedford Street
Bluefield
Alma Penn
God
Cured TB Patients Ordered Out of Calcutta Sanitarium
State officials ordered numerous tuberculosis patients who were pronounced cured to leave a sanitarium near Calcutta. Several had stayed as long as five years for free care. More than 500 patients remained on the waiting list for admission.
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Calcutta
India
Rockefeller Keeps Optimism On Nixon Nomination Path
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller said Nixon has not secured the Republican presidential nomination on the first ballot and may need multiple ballots. He urged disavowal of Wallace ties and criticized Howard Callaway's Southern stance as incompatible with GOP values. Rockefeller planned a Connecticut brunch with Jackie Robinson before a cross-country campaign swing.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Republican Party
Alabama
George Wallace
Wallace
Rockefeller
Jackie Robinson
Robinso
Stamford
Howard
Bo” Callaway
Georgia
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John J. Auville
Ramsey ST. Bluefield, W. VA
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Larry Ellis
Wayne Hess
Glenn Lewis
Earl Michaels
Joyce Christian
Cindy Douthat
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Harry Rogers
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Paul Bowles
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Tom Crigger
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Fredericksburg
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Communist Review
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Gose Mill Dam
Burke’s Garden
St. Rd
Tazewell
Burke’s Garden Home Demonstration Club
Mrs. B. D. Addington
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Area United Crusade
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Atlanta, Georgia
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