Roots of Soviet Dictatorship in Dark Past
Prof Evélyn Harris told a Civitan Club luncheon that Soviet rule has deep roots in Russia's history. She cited 13th century Tartars and the czars to explain how absolutism persisted from Lenin and Stalin to Khrushchev, with the Bolshevik revolution shifting but not ending elite rule.
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Russia
Heris Harvey Social Science
Sor
Evélyn Harris
Civitan Club
Lenin
Stalin
Khrushchev
Debbie Reynolds Miscarriage Report From California
Burbank California actress Debbie Reynolds suffered a miscarriage on Friday after delayed hospital admission from Beverly Hills. The baby was due in August. Reynolds, married to Harry Karl since 1980, has two children from a prior marriage, Carrie and Todd.
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Burbank
Calif
Debbie Reynolds
St. Joseph Hospital
Beverly Hills
Miss Reynolds
Harry Karl
Europe
Eddie Fisher
Carrie Frances
Todd
Morris Harvey College Opens Summer Registration
Morris Harvey College announces its first summer term with Monday and Tuesday registration, day and night hours both days. Summer classes start Wednesday, with a late registration fee and tuition of 15 dollars per semester hour. Dormitory rooms also available for summer housing.
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Morris Harvey ‘College
Zasu Pitts Career Reflected From Comedy to Drama
The article sketches Zasu Pitts born in Parsons Kansas then moved to California. It notes her rise as a comedienne after early nurse hopes, her work with Mary Pickford, and her role in Greed though it flopped. It lists films such as Buck Privates and Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch and notes marriages to Tom Gallery and Woodall.
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Erich von Stroheim
Miss Pitts
Parsons
Kah
Sanita Cruz
Calif
Zasu
Hollywood
Mary Pickford
Mary
Buck Privates
Los
Emma
Father
Francis
Gap
Mrs. Wiggs
The
Cabbage Patch
Nanette
Thelma Todd
Carnegie Tech to Grant Degrees to Area Students
Five Southern West Virginia students will receive degrees at Carnegie Tech's 66th commencement in Pittsburgh. Named are Amy C. Lilly Jr of Beckley Bernice McGrew Donnal Lee Flynt William A. Boag Jr and Gerald Bradley Jr all residents of Charleston.
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Pifisburgh
West Virginia
Mofddy
Carnegie Tech
Amys C. Lilly, Jr
Off Beckley
Berenice McGrew
Donnal Lee Flynt
William A. Boag Jr
Gerald §. Bradley Jr
Charleston
Tinosa Drydocked For X Rays And Collisions
The nuclear attack submarine Tinosa was ordered into drydock for radiographic examinations after a misplaced hull radiograph and a collision with the submarine John Adams during a shifting operation at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Repairs are expected to be simple, with builder trials postponed from May to July.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Tinosa
John Adams
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Sound
Riot erupts as NAACP meeting meets white mobs near church
Racial violence flared as two groups clashed on a street between a church and the nearby NAACP meeting. A 24-year-old Lexington man Fred Link died from a head wound, and photographer Art Richardson was shot in the back but survived. Police and highway patrolmen aided, and a fire truck sprayed hoses to disperse the crowd.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Fred
Fred Link
Lexington
Winston-Salem
Art Richardson
High Point Enterprise
High Point
Richardson
City Council Shifts Special Meeting Place for Monday
City council plans an 8 p m recessed meeting in Mayor Shanklin’s conference room on the second floor at City Hall. Six hearings are slated, including a revenue bond ordinance for the incinerator and financing methods for Civic Center expansion as proposed by the center’s board. The planning commission will convene upstairs on the third floor as the council meets downstairs. The report also notes a West Virginia State College music department request for zoning action to permit construction of a summer music camp. camp director is T D Phillips.
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City Council
Municipal Planning Commission
Shanklin
Council
City Hall
Civic Center
Planning Commission
West Virginia State College
Pears
Washington-Carverne
South Ruffner
100 Men Sought For 85th Star Pageant Cast
At least 100 more men are needed for general cast roles in The 33th Star to be staged June 2027 at Laidley Field. The pageant will celebrate state and county history and rehearsals begin at 1 30 p m Sunday with interested participants asked to report to the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laidley Field
Oak Hill Plans Jobless Training Program
The U S Department of Labor and federal welfare officials announced a retraining program for unemployed residents of Oak Hill. The plan will train 16 men in the machine tool trade with a federal appropriation of 13 000 dollars, as reported by Representative Elizabeth Kee of West Virginia.
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Oak Hill
U. S. Department of Labor
Federal Welfare
Elizabeth Kee
D-W
Five From Area Earn OSU Degrees
Five students from southern West Virginia received degrees Friday at the commencement of Ohio State University in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
West Virginia
Ohio State University
Injuries Reported At Civic Center Horse Show
A man lost part of a toe in a Thursday accident connected with the Civic Center horse show. On Friday a 15yearold Charleston youth lost a finger when it was caught in a horse stall opening. Lewis Green, 15, of NJ Washington St. E, was admitted to Charleston General Hospital after surgery to repair the injury. His left ring finger had to be amputated. The boy, son of Mrs. Lilian Green, said he fell while working around the horse stalls and caught the stall opening.
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Civic Center
Charleston
Lewis Green
Washington St. E
Charleston General Hospital
Lilian Green
Eaglebrook Grads
Deerfield
Mass
Norwood
N.C
W. Vala
Eaglebrook School
Richard H. Jones
Laurel Rd
K. Elliott Galyean
Louden Heights Rd
Dr Garrett Named To Screening Panel
Dr Naomi M Garrett chair of the department of Reliance languages at West Virginia State College has been appointed to the National Screening Committee. The committee nominates candidates for foreign study and will review applications for study grants to France in 1964 65.
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Naomi M. Garrett
Department of Reliance Languages
West Virginia State College
Board of Foreign Scholarships
Garrett
France
Boston Police hold suspect in New York woman's strangling
Boston homicide investigators say Charles Terry, a 25 year old ex-con, is a suspect in a series of Boston strangulations and is charged with the murder of Myre Zenevia Clegg in a Times Square hotel. He refused access to investigators in New York where he is held without bail. An electronic image-maker aided NYPD in Terry's arrest. He allegedly admitted choking Clegg after meeting in Greenwich Village.
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New York
Terry
Clegg
Greenwich Village
Charleston Accepts Site For City Incinerator Plant
Charleston moved closer to its new incinerator by agreeing to pay 2900 for the site opposite Twilight Drive at Coal Branch. Mayor Shanklin announced after negotiations with Pfaff and Smith Builders Supply Co. The 1100,000 facility’s site was once a rock quarry. original estimates were 35000. The 32000 purchase will be in a revenue bond ordinance Monday. If approved Charleston will sell 600000 in revenue bonds. federal grant will cover the rest. Kenhill Construction Co. bid 851290 for the plant, approved pending federal approval. work to begin this summer.
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Charleston
Shanklin
Pfaff and Smith Builders Supply Co
Twilight Drive
Coal Branch
Council
Kenhill Construction Co
Town of Chesapeake seeks to condemn land for sewer project
The Town of Chesapeake in Kanawha County West Virginia petitions the circuit court for condemnation of easements and land rights in the Town of Chesapeake Louden District to install sewer lines and a sewage disposal system. The notice invites affected owners Vivian Cooper and Financial Investment Company to attend and protect interests.
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Edward Lewis J. R. Brewer Delphia Brewer
Edward Lewis Brewer
Edward Lewis Brewer, JR
Chesapeake
Coce
West Virginia
Ion Wills
Circuit Court
Kanawha County
Louden
C. E. Bartnett
C.E
Municipal Engineering Corporation
Morrison Buildings
Charleston
State Water Commission
Town OF Chesapeake, & Municipal Corporation
E. Minthay
Maver
Munici
Vivian Cooper
Kaenawha County
Loudon
Twenty-first Street
Town of
Municipal Corporation
Pacconimay
Flood Control Studies Favored in House Subcommittee
A House public works subcommittee approved resolutions to authorize Army Engineers to conduct 18 flood control surveys at a total cost of 1,152,000 dollars. Full committee approval will authorize funding availability. Studies include Tug Fork in Mingo County West Virginia with no amount specified.
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Washington
House Public Works
Army
West Virginia
Tug Fork
Mingo County
Model A Club States Meet Draws Antique Car Fans
Kanawha Valley Chapter of the West Virginia Model A Ford Club hosts its annual spring meet Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the C&P Telephone Co building in South Ruffner. Members in period costumes attend and a 2 p.m. parade starts at the C&P building. Summer Elementary School at College ends Tuesday. registration today and Tuesday. tuition for six weeks is $20.
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Kanawha Valley
West Virginia
Chamberlain Elementary
Ashford Receives Assistantship at Ohio University
William F. Ashford assistant professor of business administration at West Virginia State College has been granted an assistantship at Ohio University. He will begin in September pursuing a Ph.D. degree in education supervision.
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William F. Ashford
West Virginia State College
Ohio University
Disabled Vets iPick Clendenin New DAV Commander
Roy Clendenin is new commander of the South Charleston chapter of the Disabled American Veterans. Other elected officers include John B. Tincher adjutant J E Eberly senior vice commander Everett Richardson first junior vice commander John Bean second vice commander Henry H. Smith chaplain George Rawlings sergeant at arms and Delmer Asbury officer of the day. Commander Clendenin urged DAV members in the valley to attend meetings at 7 30 p m in the South Charleston city building on the second and fourth Thursdays each month.
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Roy Clendenin
South Charleston
The
Disabled American Veterans
John B. Tincher
J. E Eberly
Everette Richardson
John Bean
Henry H. Smith
George Rawlings
Delmer Asbury
Clendenin
DAV
Statewide Shade and Venetian Blind Co. Ad
The finest in custom mode window coverings. H. L. Bob Warner with 25 years experience. Dupont Tontine washable shades and Joanna window shades manufactured. Free parking. Phone 745-6819. Day or evening. M27 Wash. St. W., North Charleston.
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Statewide Shade
Venetian Blind Co
H. L
Bob” Warner
Franklyn Gatea Paints
Peelusive
Dupont
St. W
North Charleston
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Roanoke
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Richwood
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National Business College
Oberlan
N.Y
Citan
Kanawha
Kenauta Ci Gerperaie Petitioner
City
Virginia Sieet East
Truslow Street
Lability
City of Charleston
C&p
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McClung & Morgan
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Palm Beach
Palm Lite
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