Sunday Blue Law Debate Amid Retail Pressures
West Virginia and Ohio Valley business leaders push Sunday closing legislation arguing better competition and community impact. The group notes 1964 legislature will reuse 1963 personnel, while court rulings face questions over prior acts.
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Roy Browder
Bluefield
West Virginia
John Kern
G. C. Murphy Co
Dave Abrams
Modern Furniture Co
House of Delegates
Beckley
Richard Guter
Stone and Thomas Department Stores
William McKim
The
Diamond
Missions School Planned at Poca Church Nov 6 7 13 14
Putnam County brief lists events in churches and civic groups. Poca Methodist Church hosts a missions school on November 6 7 13 and 14 with Wade Chapel Hometown and Faith participating. Also reports new officers for St Patrick s Catholic Church Bancroft Confraternity of Christian Mothers led by Mrs William J Whittaker and others. Community church meetings, a tobacco queen article error noted, chili supper at Winfield Methodist, revival at Home town Pentecostal and Band Bucks totals from local merchants to fund high school band uniforms. Funding proceeds total 1117 11 with A to Z Food Market leading at 826 06.
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Caroline H. Frazier
Buffalo the
Poca Methodist Church
School of
Wade
Christian Mothers
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Bancroft
William J. Whittaker
Lee Zitzelberger
James Gatens
Elizabeth Gatens
Kanawha County Road Bids Awarded for Two Projects
The State Road Commission awarded two purchase order contracts totaling 553,320.50 for work on Kanawha County secondary routes. Burdette Asphalt Paving Co. submitted the low bid for excavating and resurfacing 1.55 miles of routes 63 and 62 at Clendenin. Central Asphalt Paving Co. bid to furnish materials and labor for work on routes 602 and 2 from St Albans junction to the western corporate limits, about 43 miles.
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State Road Commission
Kanawhaty
Burdette Asphalt Paving Co
Charleston
Clendenin
Baltimore and Ohio
Central Asphalt Paving Co
St. Albans
Negro Fails In Georgia Election Bid
Albany GA Attorney James V Davis defeated the first Negro candidate for mayor in the southwest Georgia city, with 7220 votes to 2547 for Slater King. Architect Edward V Jones was third with 1879. Runoff not needed as Davis won a majority in the Democratic primary. Desegregated polling, 11500 voters, no incidents reported.
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Albany
James V. Davis
Georgia
Davis
Slater King
Edward V. Jones
King
Fighting Erupts In Laos Highlands
In east central Laos neutralists and pro Communist forces clash in the Highlands near Phonsa van on the Plaine des Jarres front. Neutralist artillery hits a Pathet Lao buildup and the Pathet Lao counterattacks wounding several neutralists. Pathet Lao artillery later damages Maj. Gen. Kong Le headquaters. Archbishop Markarios baptizes six babies in Cyprus including the 21st child of a Greek Cypriot couple. A singing convention begins at 8 pm Saturday at Delbarton Church of God.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Phonsavan
Plaine Des Jarres
Kong le
Nicosia
Markarios
Cyprus
Trading Stamp Theft Charged
A 19 year old Charleston youth faces grand larceny and possession of stolen property charges for stealing 2771 dollars worth of trading stamps from a Kroger Co. truck on September 27. Thomas Peters of 1221 Baines Street is accused of taking 342 Top Value Stamp books, with 14 books valued at 210 dollars recovered and charged. Robert Boxley, 35, of 1336 Washington Court was arrested but charges against him were later dismissed.
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Charleston
Warren Warwick
Thomas Peters
Baines St
Kroger Co
Peters
Robert Boxley
Washington Court
Tech States Homecoming Saturday at Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech plans a homecoming Saturday with a downtown parade at noon, a 2 p.m. football game against Fairmont State College, and a 9 p.m. dance at Montgomery High School gym. Miss Golden Bear will be crowned at halftime and Lawrence O'Brien of Portland named to the Tech Athletic Hall of Fame.
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Montgomery
West Virginia Tech
Fairmont State College
Lawrence O'Brien
Portland
Ore
Tech Athletic Hall of Fame
Montgomery High School
Stumm
Clean Water Panel Named In Dunbar
Dunbar City Council formed a tri city clean water committee with Nitro and South Charleston at a special meeting led by Mayor Dale Long. The panel will study separating storm sewerage from sanitary sewerage to relieve the disposal plant during heavy rains. The city received 27500 from the Housing and Home Finance Administration for the study to remove a foul taste in water. Dunbar representatives include Long, engineer Charles B. Holsclaw, and city attorney Carl Duttine.
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Dunbar City
Dale Long
Housing and Home Finance Administration
Long
Tri-City
Nitro
South Charleston
Dunbar
Charles B. Holsclaw
Carl Duttine
Raleigh Man Held in Death
A Raleigh County man, Clayton Webb, 64, of Arnett, was bound over for grand jury action on a voluntary manslaughter charge tied to a fight that led to Deane L. Daniel's skull fracture death. Webb waived the preliminary hearing and is jailed in lieu of 1000 dollars. Daniel, jailed after the fight, fell ill in custody and died after hospitalization.
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Beckley
Raleigh
Clayton Webb
Arnett
Justice of the
Joe Rodriguez
Raleigh Casals
Deane L. Daniel
Daniel
Industrial Output Rises in September
The board reported Tuesday that production in September was nearly 5 percent above September 1962. Iron and steel output, after July and August declines, fell only 2 percent further in September, attributed to higher automobile production. Most other materials stayed near prior high levels.
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Shanklin
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Intermediate Court Grand Jury
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Fraternal Order of Police
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Huntington
Stone & Thomas
Clarksburg
Joseph Greer
J. M. Hartley Co
E. C. Jones
Jones, Inc
Harry Whitelock
Fairmont
Putnam News
Missions School
WSWS
Red House
EUB Church
Donna Kelly
Ada Cain
WSCS
MYF
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Mt. Union Methodist Church
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Pentecostal Church
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Delbarton Church
Dant Distillery Co
Bond
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Tech States
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Henry Hudson Hotel
Nveaiente
Oliseum
Linc
7 Bay
Olympic
Rockefeller Center
Radio City Music Hall
United Nations
Empire State Building
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Mide Town
Chinatown
Hudson River
Dey Line
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West 57Th St
New York City
L. C. Doty
Henry Judson
Cadillac
ED Totwiler
Cadillac, Inc
Virginia Street
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