West Virginia Centennial Urges Urgent Fund Drive
West Virginia's 193 Centennial needs money urgently to launch a year of statewide events. Governor Barron and three former governors headline a Governors Team guiding a campaign centered in Bluefield Charleston Clarksburg Elkins Fairmont Huntington Martinsburg Morgantown Parkersburg and Wheeling aiming to raise up to a million dollars to fund state and county programs. The push frames pledges as a test of state pride and leadership with a sense of urgency for all groups to contribute.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Centennial Commission
Barron
Homer A. Holt
Okey L. Patteson
Cecil H. Underwood
Bluefield
Clarksburg
Elkins
Fairmont
Huntington
Martinsburg
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Arthur Ingraham Boreman
West
W. Va
Contracts Set On 3 Projects In West Virginia
Government agencies awarded contracts totaling 16.299 million dollars for three West Virginia projects. Dravo Corp will build a movable crest dam and facilities at Pike Island locks near Wheeling. Polan Industries received 1.011 million for periscopes for M 19 carriers and M 60 tanks. Wipperman Construction won 348 thousand to build a forest products lab and research center in Mercer County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Dravo Corp
Pittsburgh
Army Engineers
Pike Island
Ohio River
Wheeling
Polan Industries Inc
Huntington
Polan
Wipperman Construction Co
Beckiey
Forest Products Laboratory and Research Center
U.S. Forest Service
Mercer County
Britons Describe Captivity by Pathet Lao in Laos
Three Britons freed after a month say they were dragged from village to village with ropes around their necks, treated humanely otherwise, and tied and untied themselves toward the end. A fourth companion was absent at the news conference.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Mervin Brown
Brown
Maj
Clark Leaphard
Colin Prentice
Anthony Bryceson
Ban Tha Theng
Leaphard
Souphanouvong
Accident Tax Rates Changed Across 30 Categories
Charleston AP reports the new fiscal year brings decreases in base Workmen's Compensation rates for 18 categories and increases in 12, with 14 categories unchanged. The adjustments reflect each category’s accident experience, effective July 1, and include detailed per hundred payroll rate changes for sectors such as coke manufacturing, coal mining, brick making, textiles, construction, and steel work.
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Charleston
Cletus B. Hanley
State Road Commission
Eight-Year-Old Boy Injured In Car-Bike Collision
An eight-year-old Bluefield boy, Robert Thompson of 105 Park St., was hit by a car on the corner of Larch Street and Bluefield Avenue. He suffered a forehead laceration and was treated at Bluefield Sanitarium. Driver Jack Thompson of North Tazewell, Va., was charged with reckless driving and ordered to appear in Bluefield Municipal Court. The Thompsons are not related. Police investigators Patromen Moricle and Homer Tabor led the inquiry.
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Larch Street
Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield
Robert Thompson
Park St
Bluefield Sanitarium
Jack Thompson
North Tazewell
Sugar Grove Tourist Center Grant Signed
A 1.4 million Area Redevelopment Administration grant to aid construction of a Sugar Grove tourist center was signed in Charleston. John Hay James Carroll Ray De Paulo and Gov. Barron approved the agreement for a 2 million project near the Navy radio astronomy center slated for 1964 completion. The state will contribute 400 000 for road access and land acquisition.
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Charleston
Area Redevelopment Administration
Sugar Grove
Community Facilities Administration
John Hay
James Carroll
Ray de Paulo
ARA
Gov
Barron
Navy
Contract Awarded For 26 Police Cars In Charleston
Purchasing Director Curtis Wilson announced the award of a contract to Valley Motor Sales Co. of Charleston for 26 four door Ford cars for use by State Police. The total cost is 33 446 dollars averaging 1 286 dollars per car. Grandy Whitlock Ford Co. of Beckley submitted the other bid totaling 33 644 dollars or 1 294 dollars per car.
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Charleston
Curtis Wilson
Valley Motor Sales Co
Grandy Whitlock Ford Co
Beckley
Divorce action and trustee sale notices in Mercer County
A mixed page item notes an absolute divorce action against Walter Ray Burnopp, nonresident, with a July 31, 1962 deadline to answer, and a separate notice of a trustee's sale by Ira M. Smith for Lacy and Ollie Lester on July 1962 at 10:00 AM for land in Mercer County, West Virginia. Also listed are a lost dog notice for a German Shepherd named Dena and a Pontiac dealership quick-service ad.
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Ray Burnopp
Walter Ray Burn
West Virginia
Walter Ray
Commerce
Bluefield
West Geis
Lacy Lester
Ollie Lester
Ira M. Smith
Odell H. Huffman
Mercer County
Court House
East River
Y Lester
James B. Lester
Merver County
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Civitan
Patty Farmer
James Farmer
Union Street
Bluefield Civitan Club
Bluefield High School
Miss Farmer
Concord College
Ted Fender
Paul Chryssikos
Fender
Chryssikos
H. Ward Christopher
Centennial Fund Campaign
America
Kent! Gen
Peprere
Order OF Publication Circuit Court of
Nettle Mae Burnopp Plaintiff
C. McGuire
Circuit Court of
Princetonfue
Beacon
Tommy L. Holstein
Pontiac
Earl Campbell
Tk&p
Buick
Pop
Bland Street
SFAT
White Fruck Equipment Co, Inc
Biuet
Princeton Road
Fiteodles Avenue
Virgo
Princeton
Bird
Ancing Arry
Commerce Street
War
Phone
West West Virginia
Mer _cer Car Construction C Company
Connor
Pawer
Ageereatees Hone
Jack Harris
Wyver Electric Co
Virginia
Mary
Wallace van & Storage - Company
North American
Sts. Son's Inc
Drug & Supply Co
Jefferson Street
Sanders and Waxers
Reamsey Paint Company
Shelac
Varnishes
Gymseal
Floriac
Blanks, Inc
Bluefield Princeton
Daily Telegraph
Oo Daily Telegraph
East End Shell
Cedar Street
National Organization
General Motors
Mr. McCoy
Alexander Furniture
W. V
Borden Letter Rvice
McCullock Avenue
Hel Grill
Blue Id
GLEN
Texaco
J.B. Benson
Willys
Jeep
Door
HAM Motors Inc
Princeton Rd
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W. Va
EE Eee
Simons
Bluestone
Artis Hope Road
Eans Cattie
Greentree
Old Princeton
Wayne Compton
Fa Falls Mills
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
A. E. Burgess & Son
T Wn Memorial Garden Cemetery
Princeton Avenue
Thoraniti
Pritchard's Jewelry
Clinton and
Atton
Mercer
Roselawn
Memorial Gardens
T. F
Anawalt
Cer ST Mys
Wai Street
Cai
Singer Sewing Center
Warlick Furniture Co
Roanoke Street
Vaines
Chicago Flouse Furniture Co
Binefield
Furniture Furniture Co
Clark
Bian
Mevenr Street
Usk
Commerce St
Pia
Jampbell Piano Company
House of Quality
Effron’s Army
Mercury
Montclair
Cadillac
OLDS
Chevrolet
Bel Air
Straig White
Mercury — Con
VO S
Pit
FORD
Church Auto Sales
Bluefield Ave
Mercer Street
New North American Aviation Ant
Harrison St
Kegley
Mercer ST
Reed
O. A. Boy
Florida
J. O. Mitchell, JR
Mitchell Bros
Peterstown
John A. Mitchell
Youngstown
Warlick Furniture Store
Roanoke St
Daytona
Bluefield Motors Inc
LARK
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