Beckley Centennial Parade Sanctioned With 100 Units In Show
Beckley plans a June 22 centennial celebration parade featuring more than 100 units and exhibits from recent to historic transportation including antique autos and missiles. A Woodrow Wilson High School dramatics teacher will lead activities with a tea for seven Raleigh County queens and an exhibit on applebutter making. The parade also includes a reenactment of the Hatfield McCoy feud and a performance at Grandview State Park.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Queens
Raleigh County
Grandview State Park
W. J. Blakely
George Washington
John Henry
Frank Rigby
Moundsville
Hatfield
McCoy
Walter Riggs
Frank Vass
Cohen's
Found Children Report Delays Highlighted by Police
Charleston police note that some parents report missing children after discovery but fail to inform authorities when children are found nearby. Arlie E. Robinson, director, observed that many families alert police only after the child has already returned home.
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Arlie E. Robinson
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Robinson
Discount Stores to Close Sunday Pending Ruling
Discount stores plan a Sunday closure to seek relief from a West Virginia blue law. Attorneys for Fred Haddad say the action awaits a state Supreme Court ruling and legal clarification.
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West Virginia Supreme Court
Blue Law
Allormeys
Fred Haddad
Tthe
Heck’s
Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court
Cabell County
Heck's
Haddad
Joe's Bargain Fair
Pre-Way
Fad Discount
Economy Pop Tour Slated by Roosevelt Jr
Washington under secretary of Commerce Franklin D Roosevelt Jr announced plans to visit seven Appalachian states from June 17 to boost regional growth. The mission includes federal and state officials to identify major regional problems and draft a plan for Kennedy by January 1, 1964.
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Franklin, D. Roosevelt Jr
Appalachian
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Appalachian Regional Committee
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
North Carolina
Maryland
Drunken driving cases heard in Municipal Court
A South Charleston man was fined 158 dollars and jailed 30 days after pleading guilty to drunken driving before Judge Joseph Thomas. Other defendants faced fines for reckless driving reduced from drunken driving. Robert Foster Lester of Charleston and Raymond Woods of St Albans were among those fined 52 dollars. Edward Carpenter faced an open docket on drunken driving. Johnnie Johnson pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and was fined 32 dollars. Thomas Carrier of Dunbar forfeited a 52 dollar bond for failing to appear on a reckless driving charge.
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South - Charleston
Martin
Southrleston
Joseph Thomas
Thomas
Stree
Robert Foster
Fifth Avenue
Earland
Lester
Station B
Charleston
Raymond Woods
St.Albans
Edward K. Carpenter
MacCorkle Avenue
Thomas K. Carrier
Dunbar
Johnnie Johnson
Donnally Street
Antiracial Bill Moves Through House Action
A group of House members introduced a bill Tuesday to bar segregation in federal education programs and block nondiscrimination amendments from new education bills. The measure aims to allow debate on nondiscrimination on its merits without risking passage of education legislation.
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Huntington
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Bert T. Combs
Asheville
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