Daniels Post Office Seeks Competitive Bids for New Building
Postmaster General Lawrence F. O'Brien announced a competitive bidding process to construct and lease a new Daniels Post Office on U S Route 192 near the existing facility. The bidder will own the property and lease to the Post Office for five years with a possible fifteen year renewal, taxes paid locally. Bidding documents are available from Thomas W. Mathis, Real Estate Officer, Washington Region, Box 2586 Charleston WV 25301. Bids due by May 31.
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H. J. Burnette
Daniels
Lawrence F. O’brien
O’brien
Post Office Department
Thomas W. Mathis
Washington Region
Charleston
W. Va
Mathis
Opponents Challenge NBPSD Expenditures And Legal Action
The North Beckley Citizens Committee reviewed the NBPSD 1965 finances led by C M Elmore and Green Horton. They reported total district expenditures at 2 054 376 with 17 263 in legal fees, questioned Raleigh County Court procedure, and noted disputed adherence to state law on district creation.
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North Beckley
Bowers, Fife, Hudson and Payne
Public Service Commission
Raleigh
H. G
Beckley Girl Wins Ford Science Award
Barbara Keaton a ninth grade Beckley Junior High pupil won a Ford Future Scientists of America regional award for her project River Wonders. Her entry from Beckley competed with submissions from several states and D C. Barbara began the project in December and aims to show river aging stages with models.
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Beckley Girl
Ford Science Award
Beckley
Ford-Future Scientists of America
Barbara Keaton
Beckley Junior High School
Barbara
F. Theodore Davenport
National Science Teachers’ Association
Washington, D.C
NSTA
Raleigh
Bluefield State College
Gerlanda Amato
Robert Keaton
Russell St
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Lula Stover Found Guilty In Murder Trial
A jury found Lula Mary Stover guilty of first degree murder in a case arising from a tavern shooting after a brief deliberation. She faces a life sentence with a mercy recommendation and potential parole after ten years. Judge McCreery postponed sentencing. The trial heard testimony about alleged past abuse and a claimed justifiable homicide defense.
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Lula Mary Stover
Artie
Miss Stover
Harry L. McCreery
Buddy Edgar Stiltner
W. A. Thornhill
David Kennedy
Stiltner
McCreery
Special 9 Percent Nickel Steel Remains Tough at -320 F
International Nickel laboratories developed a 9 per cent nickel steel that stays unaffected by temperatures as low as -320 F. The alloy is used mainly for containers to handle store and transport supercold liquid gases.
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International Nickel
Insect Population Estimate Cited by Britannica
Entomologists estimate more than two million living insect species worldwide, a figure reported by Encyclopaedia Britannica. The claim reflects ongoing efforts to catalog biodiversity and underscores vast insect diversity across ecosystems.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Miller and two others plead guilty in county court
Miller 23 faced larceny charges along with Ralph Shawver 19 and Terry Cole 19 in Bonner's Grocery break in. Cole pleaded guilty to assault and battery and larceny receiving nine months jail and $50 fine. Shawver denied probation. Cole placed on probation and restitution required. Miller received nine months jail and $25 fine.
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Zzilge
Piney View
Bonner
Miller
Ralph Lavaughan Shawver
Terry Cole
Cole
Cunningham
Sophia On Honor List At Berea College
Joan Saunders daughter of Mr and Mrs Dennis R Saunders Berea Kentucky has been named to the Dean's List at Berea College in Berea Kentucky for academic achievement.
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Joan Saunders
Dennis R. Saunders
Sophia
Berea College
Berea, Ky
Daily Worker renamed Morning Star in Britain
The British Communist party paper Daily Worker appeared in new dress as Morning Star. It aims to be a platform for all genuine left opinion while continuing to express Communist editorial views. The weekly paper has a circulation around 58,000.
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London
UPI
Daily Worker
Morning Star
Portuguese Fishing Lives: One in Fifty
A report notes that about two percent of Portu guese men sustain themselves through fishing, highlighting the reliance on the sea for livelihoods and the regional fishing economy.
Kiwanis to honor top English students in nine schools
Beckley Kiwanis Club will honor the top English students from nine county high schools with a May 6 luncheon at El Chico. Guest speaker will be English teacher Mrs. Pat Ashworth. Certificates will be awarded. one teacher from each school will accompany the students. Named honorees include Mary Belle Maddy and Gary Miles from Shady Spring and Polley Hale and Dwight Billings Jr. from Woodrow Wilson.
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Beckley Kiwanis Club
el Chico
Pat Ashworth
Beckley College
Mary Belle Maddy
Gary Miles
Shady Spring High School
Polley Hale
Dwight Billings, Jr
Woodrow Wilson High School
George S. Maddy
Daniels
Mary Belle
Shady Spring
West Virginia University
Future Homemakers of America
Rhododendron
Russell J. Miles
Beaver
Gary
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Mountaineer
Ava Lee Cook
Polley
C. F. Hale
N. Kanawha Sr
WWHS
University of North Carolina
National Honor Society
Science Club
Junior Historians
Tri-Hi- Y
The
Thespians
Beckley Police and Fire Briefs This Week
Spencer Jailed For Drunken Driving. Robert Spencer of 114 Clark St. booked at Raleigh County Jail at 7 15 p m Tuesday on a drunken driving charge. Freddy Lee Hall of 311 Ellison Ave cited for failure to have vehicle under control at 2 30 p m Tuesday. Adline Branham of Beckley cited for depositing garbage on private property at 10 30 a m Tuesday and ordered to appear in Police court Thursday. Two Beckley Fire Department units answered a false alarm at 107 Johnstown Road at 5 p m Tuesday after a telephone operator logged the call. The origin of the call remains unknown.
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Robert Spencer
Clark St
Raleigh County
Freddy Lee Hall
Ellison Ave
Beckley
Adline Branham
Beckley Fire Department
Johnstown Road
Fire Department
Wake Forest selects Katy Vargo class secretary
Katy Jo Vargo daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Vargo of 109 Ford Street has been elected secretary of the rising senior class at Wake Forest College in Winston-Salem North Carolina She is majoring in Spanish
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Beckley
Katy Jo Vargo
Joseph Vargo
Ford St
Wake Forest College
Winston-Salem
N. C
Elks Youth Week Dinner To Feature Dr Buckalew
Dr Marshall Buckalew president of Morris Harvey College will be guest speaker at the Elks National Youth Week dinner in town this Saturday May 7 at 7 30 p m.
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Marshall Buckalew
Morris Harvey College
Beckleyans Pick Sites To Serve Internship
Two Beckleyans are among 54 senior medical students at West Virginia University who have chosen hospitals for their internships. John B. Dorsey selected the U. S. Naval Hospital in Portsmouth Virginia and Ferrell I. Paulette chose Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia Pa. The National Internship Matching Program uses computer matching to pair students with the highest preferred hospital that has an opening.
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Beckleyans
West Virginia University
John B. Dorsey
U. S. Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Ferrell
Paulette
Lankenau Hospital
Philadelphia
Straight Kentucky Bourbon Whisky 86 Proof
Product label from Ancient Age Distilling Co. Frankfort Kentucky advertising Straight Kentucky Bourbon Whisky at 86 proof. Includes origin and producer details typical of a vintage catalog entry.
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JSS Aemegepe
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Delaware
Washington, D. C
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Maryland
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Ford Motor Co
Lula Stover
Woman's Sab
Chester Roberts
Harry ~Y. Hall
Glenn Akers
David Abrams
Eugene Foster
Byrd White
John Rist
W. T. Ross
Leslie Gates
C. J. Klein
W. E. Williams
George Slipkovich
H. A. Pierce Jr
James Webb
Albert Wheley
Woman’s Club
Park Avenue
Juda MzCreery
Soliprs
Fwankie Wheeler
P Place Playhouse
Shawver
Digger the
Globe
Arbor-Vitae
Webbs Florist & Greenhouses
Kiwanians
Dwight
D. B. Billings
N. Kanawha St
Lee Summers
Shady
Woodrow
Spencer
Katy Vargo
Buckalew
Kenya
Khyber Pass
Jack B. Nimble
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