General Has New Sales Exec
Joseph E. Walker promoted to Unit Sales Manager will supervise marketing and sales in Virginia and West Virginia. Walker, former Romney district manager for General Telephone, will lead a two state sales force and assist customers in planning telephone needs. He is a Bluefield native and Beaver High graduate who began in 1937 and was Romney District Manager since 1958. Walker and his wife and daughter will live at Cumberland Heights.
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Joseph E. Walker
Romney
General Telephone Company of
Southeast
Virginia
West Virginia
H. F. Hussey
Walker
Bluefield
Beaver High
General Telephone Company of the
Widmark to Film Bullfighter Story in Mexico
Richard Widmark will shoot his bull fighter tale Wounds of Hunger in Mexico this summer. The project joins his slate of international productions with filming set to begin soon and bring a period cultural backdrop to the drama.
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Hollywood
UPI
Richard Widmark
Mexico
Almond defends private schools in Virginia desegregation fight
Richmond Governor J Lindsay Almond Jr denied opposing private schools amid anti integration tensions. He praised the Perrow Commission freedom of choice plan, warned against forced desegregation, and urged local level cooperation to avoid school closures in Virginia while denying pledges against Negro pupil admission.
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Richmond
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Almond
Richmond Kiwanis Club
Perrow Commission
General Assembly
Prince Edward County
Virginia
Kozlov Sees New York From Historic River Tour
Soviet Deputy Premier Fred Kozlov toured Manhattan aboard a WWII landing craft converted to a sightseeing yacht. He viewed Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty, the financial district, hospitals, the United Nations, Columbia University, and major landmarks, noting contrasts between bustling city life and maritime history.
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Fred Kozlov
Manhattan Island
Hudson
New York
Ellis Island
Europe
East River
Financial District
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Manhattan
Bellevue
Cornell Medical Center
New York Hospital
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
United Nations
Randall's Island
Harlem River
Spuyten Duyvil
Henry Hudson
Metropolitan Museum
Columbia University
America
Soviet Union
Virginia Bar Moves to Disqualify NAACP from Practice
The Virginia State Bar filed suit in Richmond Chancery Court to bar the NAACP and related groups from practicing law in Virginia. Named defendants include Oliver W. Hill Spottswood W. Robinson III and W. Lester Banks, with claims of improper control and funding of litigation aimed at school integration.
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Virginia State Bar
NAACP
Richmond
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Commonwealth
Aubrey R. Bowles Jr
State Bar
Retary
State Conference
Commonwealth of Virginia
Brotherhood of Railroad
Bar
Virginia
Mnaacp
Earth Executive yeglass Hearing Aid Unveiled
An advertisement touts a new hearing aid product featuring four transistors and outstanding value. It invites readers to visit for a free time demonstration and try the device.
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Earth
Three Years For Kidnap Attempt In Brooklyn
Jean Iavarone was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted kidnapping for taking a newborn from St. Peter's Hospital in January. The infant was found safe in her apartment. the motive cited was to force a marriage proposal from a boyfriend.
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New York
Jean Iavarone
Brooklyn
Iavarone
Lisa Rose Chionchio
St. Peter's Hospital
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Shirley Mee Laine
Granada
Bat Materson
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Dodge City
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William Wyle
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Association For Childhood Education
Robert Taylor
Ava Gardner
Knights OF the Round Table
Supreme Court
Kozlov
N. Y Panorama
Zen
Ayallg Oy Ming
Ole Goodykoontz
Rexall Drug Store Cor
South & Bland
W. VA
Serviews
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Aptemy Itt
Optician
Federal Street
Nelson Photo Supply Federal
Scott Street
Wren
Bramwell
Freeman, Coopers
Coal
Dale
Duhring
Cliff Yards
Pinna
Cle
Goodwill
Appalachian Power Company
First National
First National Bank
Bluefield, West Virginia
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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