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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1966
Page
6
United Press International notes the Chrysler Building in Midtown Manhattan stands at 77 stories, making it the second tallest in the nation after the Empire State Building which rises to 102 stories.
The 88th annual West Virginia Baptist State Convention and 73rd annual West Virginia Baptist Women's Missionary and Educational Convention open at the Baptist Building with the theme The Kingdom of God on Earth. Gov. Hulett Smith will receive a Call for National Unity Thursday evening, and Dr. Primrose Funches will address the gathering as Western director of the Youth National Baptist Convention.
Mrs. Kemper Powell former Myra Andrews was honored at a Friday night household shower in Friendship Hall of Mulens ape Methodist Church. Dozens of local and out of town guests attended, with long guest lists led by many named hosts and attendees from nearby towns.
The Mobile X ray unit of the West Virginia State Department of Health will operate in Wyoming County today through noon August 19. It will stop at Mullens city hall today, Pineville Courthouse Annex on August 17, and stations in Pineville and Oceana on August 18, offering services free to persons 17 and older.
Most of the 10,000 British withdrawing with Malaysia are expected to be out of the country by Christmas, military sources said. The pullout followed Malaysia and Indonesia signing a peace pact ending their three year undeclared war, with British minesweepers returning to drydock in Singapore.
The House Space Committee says government scientists waste about 150 million dollars yearly chasing known facts. It backed a bill to spend roughly 18 million annually to collect and publish standard reference data for easier access by scientists and engineers in government and beyond.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service sponsors a church picnic in Mullens at 6 p m today at Community Park. Each family should bring meat and table service. drinks and other foods supplied by local circles.
Miss Constance Belcher and James Melvin Jewell wed at Rockcastle Baptist Church in Rockview at 2 p.m. The ceremony featured lilies and chrysanthemums, organ music, and a reception in the church social room. The couple, both graduates, will reside in Pineville where Jewell works for C. E. Richner Drilling Co.
Mrs Neil McMains of Texas was elected to head Delta Kappa Gamma for two years at the biennial conclave in Cleveland. About 2,000 delegates attended from some 1,975 chapters with roughly 100000 members across the United States and Canada. The meeting honored the incoming leader as part of the teachers honorary society.
Mrs. Kitty Blackwell and son Bucky of Barboursville spent the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Pinkerton in East Pineville Corinne. They were guests of her parents in law Mr. and Mrs. Lee Blackwell and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hall. Also visiting were Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Pinkerton and sons from Louisa Kentucky, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Calta of Cleveland Ohio, Everett Adkins, and Miss Marie Gibson of West Hamlin.
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