Jane Marsh Named New American Van Cliburn
Jane Marsh, a San Francisco soprano, topped the Moscow jury to win the Tchaikovsky competition best singer prize, replacing Van Cliburn as the likely American to thaw the Cold War. The 24 year old plans U S concerts and TV appearances, opens a Moscow bank account, and hires a press agent as she eyes future Met opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Cliburn
Cliburn
Russia
Kurt Adler
San Francisco
Metropolitan Opera
New York
Met
Miss Marsh
Jane Marsh
T. N. Chrennikov
Moscow
Oceana Juniors Name Committee Chairmen
Oceana Womans Club Junior Department announced a two year slate of committee chairmen led by Mrs. Fred Lugar including Public affairs Mrs. Jimmy Lester and international affairs Mrs. Donnie Cook. Next meeting Sept 9 at the Cow Shed in Pineville features Cecil Lay on Mental Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
Oceana Woman’s Club
Fred Lugar
Jimmy Lester
Council of International Clubs
Donnie Cook
Sam Clark
Ernest Prichard
William Lugar
Carol Sutherland
Charmaine Agee
Linda Lugar
Martha Wilson
Arnold Brown
Pineville
Cecil Lay
Wyoming County
Oceana Group
Iraqi unity cabinet sworn in at residential palace in Baghdad
Beirut reports that an 18 member national unity cabinet led by Iraqi Premier Naji Taleb took the oath at the residential palace. The new government succeeds the Bazzaz administration, which resigned last Saturday.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
National Unity
Naji Taleb
Radio Baghdad
Abdel Rahman ‘Bazzaz
Mrs Wheeler Leads Missionary Program in Pineville
Mrs Robert Wheeler presided at the Jan Noble Mission Society meeting of Cook Memorial Baptist Church in Pineville with the topic Making Your Life Count For Christ. The group gathered at O L Burgess home as Millard Dancy chaired a business session about sympathy cards for sale and refreshments were provided to attendees including C A Keaton Eugene Noble Myrtle Rose Floyd Rose Charles Shields Dollie Cook and Bertha Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Robert Wheeler
Jan Noble Mission Society
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
C. A. Keaton
Eugene Noble
Myrtle Rose
Floyd Rose
Charles Shields
Dollie Cook
C. R. Shelton
Bertha Thomas
Millard Dancy
Weekend Guests and Homecomings Across Raleigh County
Pax guests including Mrs Oleta Shumate’s family and the Mills, Spears, Lunsford, Holley, Ellison, and Humphrey households spent weekends visiting relatives in Oak Hill Beckley and Huntington. Dianne Spears returned from Glenville College, Denise Spears from Ohio Valley College, and others travelled between Columbus Ohio Detroit and Parkersburg for family gatherings and visits.
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Pax
Oleta Shumate
James Hill
Debra
Kelli
St. Albans
Bruce Wright
Wilfred
Duane
James
Fort Campll
Dianne Spears
Tom Spears
Glenville College
Spears
Denise Spears
Ohio Valley College
Parkersburg
Ray Lunsford
Rita
Ft. Devon
Mass
Tom Holley
Dick Miller
Oak Hill
Raleigh County
Dessie Holley
Tommy
Penny
Teresa
Zola Ellison
Columbus
Ohio
Bowling Green
Charles Skeens
Holley
Rosemarie Ellison
Alma Henson
Bill Moore
Leroy Newsome
Wayne
Mich
Holleys
Ellison
Grandview State Park
Ida Vass
Claude Frazier
Huntington
Detroit
Emory Wingrove
Nancy
Jimmy Wingrove
Ruth
Wanda
Jimmy Jr
Carolyn Humphrey
Libby Ruth
Ella Humphrey
George Shuck
Lorain
Ray Lilly
Rose Marie
Shucks
Cleveland
Guy Shuck
Kathy
Juanita Akers
Beckley
S. G. Humphrey
Max Tyree
Scott
Charleston
Lawrence Tyree
Rexall Williams
Plum Orchard Lake Road
Alfred J. Humphrey
Edward Helm
Shawn and
Joey
Circle Meets In Fayetteville Church Circle No 2
Mrs Har ry Richards hosted the Tuesday meeting of Circle No 2 at Fayetteville Methodist Church with devotional by Mrs C L Wiseman and program by Louise Hoover on care for emptiness and the 25th WSCS assembly. Thelma Light discussed the Methodist Magazine. Jo Anderson to speak. three new members welcomed.
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Fayetteville
Harry Richards
C. L. Wiseman
Louise Hoover
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Thelma Light
WSCS
Jo Anderson
Adam Ritz
Ila Mae Propps
Helen Strimer
H. A. Cottrell
Lily Duncan
Retta Fisher
Dan Perdue
Don Herndon
Woodrow Lafferty
Emma Mahan
Verda Saxon
Carrie Shultz
Madaline Thomas
A. B. Wilson
Phil Williams
Baptism in Lions Cage At Italian Circus
In Genoa twenty day old Stefano Nones was christened inside a lion cage with six lions as witnesses. His parents, both lion tamers with the Orfei circus, watched as the ceremony took place. He then rode a lioness held by his father around the ring to cheering spectators.
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Genoa
Italy
UPI
Stefano Nones
Orfei Circus
Nones
Stefano
Fayette County Fair Arts and Crafts exhibitor named
Among exhibitors in the Arts and Crafts Division of the annual Fayette County Fair to be held Aug 18 20 will be Mrs M A Marchetti of Mount Hope. She has won blue ribbons at The Greenbrier Federations of Women's Clubs exhibit and in Beckley Fayette County shows and recently at the Three Rivers Art Exhibition in Pittsburgh. The fair will be at the Memorial Building in Fayette.
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Fayette County
M. A. Marchetti
Mount Hope
Tive
Mount Hope Federated League
Beckley
Three Rivers
Pittsburgh
Memorial Building
Fayetteville
A Girl's Safeguards on Female Sex Responsibility
Dear Mrs Lawrence argues against a double standard of sex. The columnist cites Sioux traditions and Erik Erikson’s concept of balancing safeguards, noting that many boys sow wild oats while girls bear the consequences, urging practical protection and understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muriel Lawrence
Erik H. Erikon
Wright Family Holds Reunion
The Wright family reunion for the late Bruce and Lessie Thompson Wright was held at the Wright home place on Willis Branch. Attendees included A. B. Wright and family from Pax and Maxwell Hill, along with many relatives and friends from Long Branch, Pax, St Albans, and surrounding areas. A. B. Wright, an Army sergeant, and his wife announced his pending retirement from 22 years of service at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, after a two year Bamberg Germany tour and prior service in Korea.
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PAX
Bruce
Lessie Thompson Wright
Wright
Lower Willis Branch
A. B
Bruce) Wright
Wilfred
James
Duane
Bamberg
Germany
Ft. Campbell
Elizabethtown
Fourth Armored
Regensberg
Korea
L. E. Wright
Connie
Maxwell Hill
Wilfred Wright
Danny
Duke Maynor
Long Branch
Harry Wright
Johnny
Cathy
Tom R
Mary Francis) Spears
Dianne
Denise
Lessie
Tommy
Virginia Evans
Lynn
Drema
Kenneth
Cirtsville
Oleta Shumate
James F. Hill
Debra
Kelli
St. Albans
Besleigh Thompson
Princeton
Burman Wilson
Louie Wilson
Nora Stover
Geneva Craddock
Jess Davis
Sophia
W. S. Craddock
Prosperity
Sandra Wilkerson
Rebecca Miller
Richard
Mount Hope
Jess Humphrey
Lively
Lowell Payne
Charleston
Oceana Circles Hear Review By Mrs Green
Oceana Baptist Church Woman's Mission Society circles met to hear Edith Green review the Old Testament book Deuteronomy. Rubye Scott gave the devotional, and the opening theme song Take My Life was led by Mrs. Ronald L. Cook at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
Woman's Mission Society
Oceana Baptist Church
Edith Green
Rubye Scott
Ronald L. Cook
Ella Cook
Otis Cook
Rockcastle Association
Philippi
Minnie Hawkins
Honor Point
Mora Chambers
Virginia Claypool
Ronald L.cook
G. B. Workman
Homer Cook
Ends with a Bang at Bletchley Piano Contest
A weekend piano smashing contest in Bletchley turned deadly when a bomb rigged to the piano keys exploded injuring eleven people. A rock group member called it a practical joke that went wrong. Four of the injured required hospital treatment. Alan Leeson, 20, apologized for the consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bletchley, England
UPI
Alan Leeson
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Shady Spring High School
Beckley College
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Consumer Credit
Bank of Raleigh Main & Kanawha Streets
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Thlion
Tatiana
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Eugene Onegin
Alexander Sveshnikov
Moscow Conservatory
United States
Hollywood Palace
Red Skelton Hour
Leeds
England
Bank of England
Abigail Scott
Grandview
W. Va
Oceana Juniors
Mrs. Wheeler
O.L. Burgess
Appalachian Power CO
Circle
Fayetteville Church
Compaere Varney
Carole JO Anne Brand
G. C. Murphy CO
Oceana Circles
Mrs. Green
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