Governor Mills Godwin to Speak at Buchanan County Day Breaks
Virginia Governor Mills Godwin will headline the Buchanan County Day celebration at The Breaks Interstate Park Breaks VA on July 28. The event also invites Kentucky Governor Ned Breathitt and includes an outdoor luncheon and hospitality period aimed at promoting Buchanan County and park beauty while debating park access road improvements.
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Buchanan
Virginia
Mills E. Godwin
Buchanan County
Breaks Inter- State Park
Breaks
Buchanan County Chamber of Commerce
Kentucky
Ned Breathitt
Breaks Interstate Park
Dickenson
Pike County
Chambers of Commerce
Pike
Garber
Trucker Dies After Severe Burns From Mon Day Accident
Forty two junior high students from 21 West Virginia high schools head to Jacksons Mill for American Legion 1966 Boys State. They will join 350 peers from across the state for a week of simulated government and elections. Departures and arrivals listed for multiple towns and times.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Jackson's Mill
American Legion
Matoaka
Princeton
Kimball
Welch
Pineville
Mullens
Sophia
Beckley
Summersville
James E. McCoy
Riley - West American Legion
22 Summoned For Physicals In Mercer County
Se lective Service Local Board 12 in Bluefield will send single men aged 19 to 26 from Bluefield to the Armed Forces Examination Center in Beckley for physicals on June 28 prior to induction. The Mercer County class next meets July 21 with exact inductees to be announced.
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Mercer County
Myrtle Reagan
Selective Service Local Board
Federal
Bluefield
Armed Forces Examination Center
Beckley
Reverend Lineberger Attends Lutheran Convention
Reverend Corley Lineberger of Immanuel Lutheran Church Bluefield will serve as an official delegate at the Third Biennial Convention of the Lutheran Church of America in Kansas City Missouri. The eight day program runs June 21 to June 29 with about 2000 delegates from a 3 265 000 member denomination across the United States Canada and the Caribbean. Delegates will set church policy for the next two years.
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Corley Lineberger
Immanuel Luthera Church
Bluefield
Lutheran Church of America
Kansas City
States
Canada
Caribbean
No Opposition To Proposed Road Route At Richlands
Public hearing at Richlands High School on 8.09 miles of four lane U S Route 460 drew no opposition. Virginia Department of Highways outlined three sections from Raven to Clinch Valley Clinic, by pass Richlands then Cedar Bluff, with possible minor route variations and construction set to start in two years after more than a year of planning.
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Richlands
Cedar Bluff
Richlands High School
Virginia Department of Highways
J. E. Cranwell Jr
Raven
Clinch Valley Clinic
Rt. 460
Claypool Hill
Fincastle Pastor and Wife Appointed Missionaries to Japan
George F. Cox pastor at Fincastle Baptist Church in Tazewell Virginia and his wife Annette Young Cox have been named missionaries to Japan. They join 23 career missionaries appointed at Ridgecrest, expanding the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board staff to 2,179.
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George F. Cox
Fincastle Baptist Church
Tazewell
Annette Young
Japan
Southern Baptist Foreign Board
Cox
Fincastle Baptist
Tazewell County
Presbyterian College
Clinton
Western State Hospital
Hopkinsville
New
Little River Baptist Church
Herndon
Baptist Good Will
Knoxville
Tenn
Foreign Mission Board
Ridgecrest
Southern Baptist Overseas Mission
Cremation Over Burial My Final Choice Said With Humor
Otto Whittaker argues for cremation over burial with wit and sharp social critique. He notes the rising funeral costs, rejects post mortem dignity, and jests about legal coffin mandates while citing Mark Twain and social figures.
Mullens Fireworks Plan for Fourth Draws 3000 plus
About 3000 or more residents are expected to gather at Mullens Athletic Field in Wyoming County on July 4 for a bigger and better fireworks show. American Legion Post 106 chief H. H. Clark says last year drew 3000, with a program starting at 7:30 p.m. plus a baseball game against Charleston Post 20 before the 10 p.m. display featuring more than 400 in pyrotechnics.
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Mullens
Wyoming County
H. H. Clark
American Legion Post 106
Mullens Post
Charleston Post
Clark
Bluefield Y Center to Close July 4
The Bluefield Y Center on College Avenue will close July 4 per secretary Pete Harman. Regular schedules resume Tuesday July 5.
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Bluefield Y Center
College Avenue
Bluefield
Pete Harman
Too Late To Order Tags By Mail In West Virginia
Charleston AP reports that residents who have not ordered their new West Virginia auto license plates by mail will miss the deadline to receive plates before the old ones expire at midnight next Thursday. Motor Vehicles Commissioner.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Motor Vehicles
McDowell County Court Jurors Dismissed until Tuesday
A spokesman for Judge Jack Marinari said jurors in the Tuesday McDowell County Circuit Court have been dismissed until 9 am Tuesday. Court activity in Welch on Monday was either settled without a jury or delayed.
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McDowell County
Jack Marinari
Welch
Rites Set For Joe H Maxfield Trucker Burned in Gasoline Fire
Joseph H. Maxfield a 35 year old North Tazewell resident died early Saturday in Princeton Memorial Hospital from third degree burns suffered while unloading gasoline at John Taylor's Shell Service on Athens Road Mercer County. The fire's cause is undetermined but his clothes burned from his body. He leaves a wife two sons two daughters and several siblings. Funeral services are set for Monday at 2 p.m. at Assembly of God Church Four Way with burial in Grandview Memory Gardens.
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Tazewell County
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Joseph H. Maxfield
North Tazewell
Southern Gas An Oil Co
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
John Taylor
Shell
Athens Road
Mercer County
Maxfield
Robert Maxfield
Rt. 2
Virgie Wilson Maxfield
William
Joseph Maxfield Jr
Brenda
Mary Maxfield
Kenny Maxfield
Maxwell, Va
George Maxfield
Bluefield
Thomas Maxfield
Baltimore
Bluefield-Tazewell
Betty Sawyers
Tazewell
Patsy Willson
Nancy Pruett
Gratton
Peggy Maxfield
Chicago, Il
Assembly of God Church
H. D
Grandview Memory Gardens
Greever Funeral Home
Coal Output Up Six Percent in Bluefield Mines
Coal production in Bluefield area mines tied to Smokeless Operators Assn shows a six percent rise this year to 11,708,072 tons versus 16,987,812 at the same point in 1965. Norfolk and Western districts report car loadings by mine district and the Chesapeake and Ohio districts list additional totals.
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Bluefield
Association
Norfolk and Western Railway
Pocahontas
Virginian
Tug River
Upshur-Buchanan
Clinch Valley
Thacker-Tiller
Kenova
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
New River
Kanawha
Coal River
Logan
Kentucky
Hocking
Holloway Family Reunion At Rocky Gap July Fourth
The Holloway family reunion will be held July 1 to July 4 at Fred's Cabin in Rocky Gap Virginia. The main event is a Sunday noon dinner on July 3, with open house for family and friends during all four days.
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Holloway
Fred
Bluefield names eight city manager candidates for interview
Mayor O Judson Lambert said eight qualified applicants, all currently employed as city managers or assistants, will be interviewed beginning Tuesday for Bluefields next city manager. Randolph G Whittle resigns after eight years. successor chosen soon.
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Bluefield
Randolph G. Whittle
O. Judson Lambert
Lambert
Board of Directors
Whittle
Heavy Demand For BSC Grads Deluged By Jobs Offer List
June graduates of Bluefield State College Technical Division received numerous job offers, with some candidates fielding up to four offers. The division guarantees well paying positions after a two year program, and employers from West Virginia and beyond are hiring in large numbers. Starting salaries average about 100 dollars weekly, with six month raises over two years. Current enrollment is about 160 and may reach 300 by fall.
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Bluefield State College
Russell J. Cousins
West Virginia
Cousins
Union Carbide Company
Charleston
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Dehue, W. Va
Appalachian Power Co
Bluefield
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Mercer County Board of Education
International Business Machines of
General Electric Co
Salem, Va
General Electric
Portsmouth
Radford Arsenal
Radford
City of Bluefield Finances in Stable Condition
City Treasurer Al Tyree reports Bluefield will finish the fiscal year June 30 with about 12 000 in bank reserves. Through May the city took in 776 948 and spent 691 162 10, leaving 85 775 90 at month end. Tyree expects 773 000 in expenditures this year against 785 000 in receipts and a final July 1 balance near 12 000.
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Bluefield
al Tyree
Tyree
Notable guests honor Sen Randolph at Lions Club luncheon
Dr J E Blaydes Sr joined Senator Jennings Randolph at a Washington Lions Club testimonial luncheon marking the 30th anniversary of the Randolph Sheppard Act. John W Gardner attended as HEW secretary. Randolph recalled Lions projects aiding blind West Virginia children.
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J. E. Blaydes Sr
Jennings Randolph
Washington Lions Club
Randolph- Sheppard
John W. Gardner
Lions
West Virginia
Local and regional notices highlight academic honors and appointments
Bluefield, Welch, and nearby towns report notable honors and promotions. R Tracy French becomes NRA certified rifle instructor. John A. Goslin tops Georgia Tech dean’s list with 3.64, active in Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Kappa Tau. Bernard A. Farmer attends CWA convention in St Louis. Arnold Thomas joins VICA leadership in Arkansas. J A Robinson Jr. earns assistant resident engineer post in Wise. Gerald Tennyson Brock on New Mexico State University dean’s list. Lula H. Potter advances to assistant cashier at American National Bank Portsmouth. wife of Lester C. Potter formerly of War.
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R. Tracy French
Bluefield
National Rifle Ass’n of America
John A. Goslin
John H. Goslin
Welch
Georgia Tech
John
Phi Eta Sigma
Phi Kappa Tau
Appalachian Power
Bernard A. Farmer
CWA
Communications Workers of America
St. Louis
Arnold Thomas
Mercer Vocational School
Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
Little Rock
Ark
D. A. Thomas
Arnold
West Virginia Association
J. A. Robinson Jr
Virginia Highway Commission
Wise
VPI
Gerald Tennyson Brock
Garland Brock
Princeton
New Mexico State University
Lula H. Potter
Portsmouth
American National Bank
Ezra P. Hawkins
North Tazewell
Lester C. Potter
War
Wampler Sets West Virginia Campaign Schedule as Keynote
Wampler plans brief pause in Southwest Virginia sprint toward unseating Democrat Pat Jennings through a Bristol Roanoke run next week. He blasted Jennings over farming policy at a Smyth County dinner in Marion while touting his Social Security record and Smyth County GOP Peletican gains in 1999.
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Wampler
Virginia
Pat Jennings
Marion
Bristol
Roanoke
Wanpler
Smyth County Republican Women's Club
Jennings
Smyth County
Great Society
Poverty Corps
Congress
Smytt County
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Dickie Ward
Willis Gillenwater
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Bill Pierce
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Lineberger
Fincastle
Berry College, the University
By Otto Whittaker
Mark Twain
Mississippi
John Brown
Billy Graham
Pope
Otto Whittaker
Joe H. Maxfield
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BSC Grads
Bill
DR. Blaydes
Virgin Islands
Ray Matte
Ramon
Blue Beard
Ernest
Nig) Worth
Ruby
Currence
Madge
Ray
India
Howard Jackson
H. M. Jackson
Madhya Pradesh
Jerry Green
Chester A. Bowles
Imperial Palace
Bhopal
Begum
Jackson
Regional College of Education
Agency For International Development
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