Pineville Festival Office Opens on Virginia Avenue
The Laurel Mountain Festival office opens in the Foley Building on Virginia Avenue at Cherry Street in Pineville for a May 28 30 event. Alrs. Smith Jr. serves as executive secretary for the second year and the office will host regular hours from April 15 with contact Ed 7 868.
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NEADS
J. N. Stith, Jr
Division of Forestry
Cedar Street
Pineville
Alrs. . Smith, Jr
Foley
Virginia Avenue
Cherry Street
Sign Appears in Anchorage Sinkhole Crevice
A hand lettered cardboard sign appeared in a crevice formed by a sinking earth in Anchorage Alaska. The crude message was attached to a broken concrete office block and read: TJ knew making a flying in Alaska would be ought but I didn't think I'd go in the hale like tus.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Upi
Knight Declines Comment on Nonrenewal of Contract
Knight declined to comment on the Board of Education’s decision not to renew his contract in June. The board voted unanimously last Thursday not to extend Knight’s tenure, citing 16 reasons. Knight was not present at the meeting and had just returned from Missouri with his family.
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Suhor
George
Knight
Board of Education
Doard
Missouri
James B. Marcum
Fel Foy
Jack Miller
ML. Sterling City
Miller
Mt. Sterling School
Jonesboro Man Dies in Wreck Near Culpeper
A Jonesboro Tennessee man, John David Cochran, 39, died in a crash on U S 29 north of Culpeper, Virginia. He was a passenger in a car driven by Joseph Landon Pierce of Johnson City, Tennessee. The truck was driven by William Ance Bulwin of Paterson.
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Culpeper
UPI
John David Cochran
Joneboro
Tenn
Cochran
Joseph Landon Pierce
Johnson City
Tens
William Ancs Bulwin
Paterson
Middlesboro Key Club Elects Watt and Outlines Action Plan
Key Club members, led by President Jay Creech, elected Robert Watt II and Scott Medley as next year’s officers and presented a program to the Kiwanis Club. The group highlighted projects including the Boys Club Recreation Program, Band Festival help, science fair donations, charity drives, and campus safety efforts while noting improved traffic flow and event sponsorships at Middlesboro High School.
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Key Club
Jay Creech
Kiwanis Club
Robert Watt
Scott Medley
Randy Jones
Don Wiley
Ray Moss Guthrie
Jie Middlesboro High School
Creech
Kentucky + Tenneseee
Barbourville Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
Salvation Army
Middlesboro Tward
Crawford Blakeman
Wakeman
Middlesboro
Ownership Denied by Woman in Kentucky Vehicle Seizure Case
Commonwealth sues a 1952 Chevrolet truck in Bell County over illegal liquor transport. Harold Barton seized a load of vodka whiskey and beer on March 25 for lacking proper transport signs. Ruth Cullins denied ownership while damages seek confiscation and sale of the vehicle. Additional Middlesboro actions involve auto crash injuries and a tenant filing for damages against William Curt Hays.
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Pineville
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Bell County
Imoward
Harold Barton
Commonwealth
Farmer Hellen
Hellen
Osuit
Helton
Ruth Cullins
Voting Rights Debate Focuses on Negroes Suffrage
In Washington the Senate press of civil rights battled over guaranteed voting rights for Black citizens. Senator Philip Hart urged appointing postmasters and federal officials as voting registrars if the voting section of the bill is ignored, warning that without real enforcement the measure could be stymied by evasion. Supporters continued section by section defense as opponents pressed their line.
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Washington
Senate
Nepines
Philip A. Hart
Hart
Civil Rights Commission
Guard Unit To Increase By 365 Men
The Middleshore National Guard will gain 365 personnel April 6 as statewide reorganization shifts the focus from armor to infantry. Middlesbawn becomes infantry and forms the new 1st Battalion 148th, with units reassigned from Kentucky locations. Captain Redmond was unavailable for comment.
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Middleshore National Guard
Frankfort
Stata Adj
Arthur ¥. Lloyd
Mociuny Kk
Jamhsburg
Middlesbawn
Wnth
148Th
Kentucky
Barbourville
Landon
Harlan
Unemployed Men Planting Strip Mine Reclaims in Kentucky
The Division of Forestry in Hell County under the Aid of Unemployed Fathers Act hires jobless workers to reclaim a strip mine on Bean's Fork near Middlesboro. About 15 acres will be planted with short pines and 20 000 trees with brass seed to follow. The $1 million pilot program employs about 1 800 men including Frank Neal and others assisting project leader Herbie Johnson.
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Division of Forestry
Hell County
Johnsen
Frank Neal
Tob Drowning
Verbal Welsh
Kentucky
Autopsy Scheduled After Death in Empire Hotel
Hubert Snoddery about 30 was found dead in his Empire Hotel room in Powell Valley Tenn. at 1 a.m. by a porter. Police say he had been drinking and an autopsy is set at Appalachian Regional Hospital. No foul play is suspected but investigations continue.
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Empire Hotel
Hubert Snoddery
Powell Valley
Tenn
Don Webb
Snodderly
Porter Junior Patterson
Webb
Snoddery
VieSo A.m
Jobirt Cawood
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Herman Chadwell
Sacha D. Godsey
Raymond Estep
Martin Gibbons
Ewing
Walner Green
Middlesboro
Edward Kraft
Kraft
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U.S. 25E
Department of Conserva
Mrs. Smith
Fanny Lehman
Louisiana
Tennessee
Washington, D. C
Lizzie DR. Thomas
Harrogate, Tenn
Jonesboro
MHS
Watt
Blakeman
Duny
Central School
Bobby Jenkins
Elks Club
Richard Bisceglia
United Cerebral Palsy
Jenkins
University of Kentucky
Glin J
Marie Bullins
Normannusley, Sr
Korman Hunley, Jr
Rullins
26Th Street
Stanley
James
Oscar Ray Jamies
Delbert James
Edd Yeary
Middleshora
Oscar Ray
Yeary
Exeter Avenue
Wits
Eloard
Mays
Orville Souleyrent
William Curt Hays
William H. Hays
Souleyrett
Lays
Hays
Souleyruth
Ife
Congress
Focal Armory
Austin. Redmond
Lloyd
Bean's Fork
Ria Lop Mountain
Arester Merhie Johnson
Rean‘s Ork
Rigby Mountain
Leshora
Johnson
Robert Ry Roscoe Holland
Elmer Warren
Neal
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