Rockefeller aide reshapes Emmons village outlook
Jay Rockefeller IV, 27, grandson of a famed dynasty, arrives in Emmons West Virginia as Action for Appalachian Youth worker. He helps found the Emmons Community Improvement Association, start Little League, and urges self-reliance to lift families off welfare. He spends most weeks there, guiding locals toward productive roles and community effort.
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Emmons
W.va
Harvard
West Virginia
Jay
John D. Rockefeller IV
America
Action For
Far East
Japan
Yale
Sargent Shriver
Peace Corps
State Department
China
Department
President's Committee On
Charleston
Washington
New York
Emmons Community Improvement Association
Empire Builder
Action For Appalachian Youth
Bible School Plans Evening Program at Montcalm Church
The Daily Vacation Bible School will present a program at Montcalm Methodist Church at 7 30 tonight with the theme My Savior Teaches Me. Rev W W Dougherty will give the devotional and participants will sing Into My Heart. The nursery primary and junior classes will perform several acts and songs under multiple instructors and directors.
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Montcalm Methodist Church
W. W. Dougherty
Shepherd
Macel
S. W. Foy
Ralph Hall
William Dougherty
Museum Names Aide To Administrator
Gerry Martin 34 from Washington has been named assistant administrator of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. He will liaison between the director and staff and assist William Rhodes, the museum's administrator.
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Richmond, Va
Gerry Martin
Washington
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Martin
Georgetown University
William Rhodes
Stock Market Slump Ends First Half With Sharp Decline
The Dow Jones fell 24.81 to 854.36 and the AP average dropped to 312.8 as markets failed to find support after a May peak. Volume was light with 1,242 of 1,512 issues down, while bond markets showed heavy activity as debt issuance rose in the first half of 1965.
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New York
Wall
Associated Press
Dow
Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting Schedule Revised
Alcoholics Anonymous holds weekly sessions every Wednesday at 8 00 PM in the McCulloch Building third floor at the corner of Mc Culloch and Bland Streets. Sunday night meetings are suspended for the summer months.
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McCulloch
Bland Street
Court rulings seen as milestones in rights defense
President Powell of the American Bar Association defends high court decisions as milestones protecting individuals from government overreach while acknowledging uncertainty in some rulings. He warns crime threatens law and order and urges balance between fair trials and public protection.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Supreme Court
Lewis F. Powell Jr
American Bar Association
Powell
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond, Va
United States
Subdistrict Rally Highlights Galilean Service in Falls Mills
Rev. Lee Olin Boye of Main Street Methodist Church in Tazewell Va spoke at the Polo Gram Subdistrict Galilean Service at Falls Mills Dam on Is God Really There. Youth were urged to seek the best of life and find God as Sarah Butt of Boissevain Va was elected president for 1985 66 with Kay Pope Bluefield as vice president and others named as officers. A candlelit cross floated on the lake while Rev. George Arnold led group singing.
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Lee Olin Boye
Main Street Methodist
Tazewell
Falls Mills Dam
Boye
Sarah Butt
Boissevain
Graham
George Arnold
Bluefield, Va
Breeding in Hawaiian Laymen's Crusade
Joe Breeding of Grundy Virginia joins 29 other Baptist laymen from 15 states in Hawaii for the Hawaiian Laymen's Crusade July 25 to August 1. The group will preach visit homes and distribute tracts under sponsorship of the Brotherhood Commission of Memphis and the Hawaiian Baptist Convention. They fund their own travel and expenses. Breeding is a Vansant Church member serving as deacons chairman Brotherhood leader and Sunday School teacher while also on the Virginia Baptist Brotherhood Advisory Board.
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Joe Breeding
Grundy
Hawaii
Brotherhood Commission of Memphis, Tenn
Hawaiian Baptist Convention
Breeding
Vansant Baptist Church
Vansant
Brotherhood
Virginia Baptist Brotherhood
Northfork Girl Begins Chemistry Study at Hiram College
Elizabeth Wright of Northfork in McDowell County is among 45 high school students from across the nation beginning a six week chemistry program at Hiram College, sponsored with the National Science Foundation. Dr Edward B Rosser directs the program as chairman of the science division.
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John A. Lombardo
Tazewell
National Science Foundation
University of Ohio
Lombardo
Concord College
Marshall University
Mariano Lombardo
Mr. Lombardo
Kimball
Elizabeth Wright
Northfork
McDowell County
Hiram College
Hiram
Edward B. Rosser
Division of Sciences
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Federal Reserve System
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Bluefield, W. Va
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