Albanese Names Major Contributors To Fireworks Fund
Frank Albanese director of the V J Day fireworks display at New River Park lists donors who gave five dollars or more. The compilation runs to many local businesses, newspapers, banks, clubs, and individuals including J. W. Beckley, Radio WJLS, Moose Lodge, American Legion, and Raleigh County Bank, among others, for the Aug 14 event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Albanese
New River Park
Albanese
South Heber Street
Charles Hodel
Beckley
WJLS
WWNR
Moose Lodge
Punk and Joe
American Legion
Beckley Elks Lodge
Snow Thornton Florists
Don Wilkerson
Be Citizens Club
the Goldstein Family
Okey Ills
Raleigh County Bank
Eagles Club
Bank of Raleigh
Duncan-Catron Motor Co
Jimmy's Beauty Salon
Burleson Motor Co
Almanac for August 19 1964 history highlights
On this day in history events include 1915 German U boat sinking British liner Arabic causing American deaths, 1934 Germany elects Hitler as successor to Hindenburg, 1955 Northeastern flood kills 200 and damages 20000 homes, 1960 U2 pilot Powers convicted of espionage. Thought notes Anne Morrow Lindbergh on ingratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Mars
Germany
Adolf Hitler
von Hindenburg
U. S
Francis Powers
Soviet Union
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Gubernatorial Candidates To Appear At Local Fair
West Virginia gubernatorial hopefuls will appear at the Dry Hill Prosperity Community Fair for a three day event. Cecil Underwood and Beckley candidate Hulett C. Smith along with their wives will participate on separate days with ceremonies, horse shows, flower and livestock events, and a fireworks finale. The schedule includes multiple contests, band performances, and official introductions by local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Dry Hill
Cecil Underwood
Beckleyan Hulett C. Smith
Fairgrounds
D.D. Holliday
Dry
Frank Albanese
Sophia High School
Joann Tyree Stanley
Underwood
C. W. James
Woodrow Wilson High School
Flying Eagle Band
UPI to Cover 1964 Democratic National Convention Atlantic City
The 1964 Democratic National Convention opens in Atlantic City on Aug. 24 with UPI deploying over 100 staff across a full slate of news, radio, and television coverage. Washington reporters, regional correspondents, and a large photography unit will report from Convention Hall and relay stories and pictures to subscribers nationwide and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N.J
UPI
San Francisco
Dio
UPI News Pictures
Convention Hall
Washington
Lyle Wilson
Merriman Smith
White House
Harry Ferguson
Raymond Lahr
Wiliam Theis
Senate
Joseph L. Myler
Louis Cassels
Helen Thomas
Warren Duffee
Norman G. Cornish
Arnold B. Sawislak
Hale Montgomery
Steven Gerstel
Jack C. Vandenberg
Kirtland I. King
New York
John N. Hall
Trenton
Edwin Rogers
Atlanta
Ann Pearson
Sacramento
Elmer Lammi
Pacific Coast
Michael Posner
New England
Margaret Kilgore
Eastern States
Clifton Sessions
Southern
Marguerite Davis
Central States
Roy McGhee
Southwest
Julius Frandsen
Harold Blumenfeld
Ted Majeski
George R. Gaylin
James Atherton
Harry Leder
Andrew Lopez
Joel Shrank
Gary Haynes
Joel Landau
Dirck Halstead
Jerry MecNeill
George Marder
Washington Radio
UPI Radiowire
Burt Reinhardt
UPI Newsfilm
Newsfilm
Vern Jones
UPI Audio
Metromedia, Inc
Metromedia
John Chambers
Pye Chamberlayne
David Schoenbrun
Earl J. Johnson
Roger Ta
Collins Urges Proactive Rights Compliance Across States
Leroy Collins head of the Community Relations Service urges 40 state leaders not to wait for trouble but to promote compliance with civil rights law. At the National Citizens Committee for Community Relations meeting with President Johnson in the White House, he calls for local human relations groups to prevent racial disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Leroy Collins
New Community Relations Service
CRS
Collins
National Citizens Committee For Community
Johnson
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Commerce
Luthier H. Hodges
White House
Florida
Auto Industry Strike Looms
DETROIT API United Auto Workers officials warn a strike is likely with 13 days left in talks for 550,000 workers at General Motors Ford and Chrysler. They condemn the big three offers as inadequate for three year contracts expiring Aug 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
API
United
Auto Workers
General Motors
Ford
Chyysler
UAW
Malcolm L. Denise
Louis G. Seaton
Ford Rouge
Dearborn
Crabtree Named Aid Coordinator for West Virginia
Charleston AP Paul Crabtree Washington liaison officer for Gov Barron will coordinate efforts to secure aid under the Economic Opportunities Act and other pending federal laws. Barron announced Crabtree’s appointment and said a special advisory committee will be created.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
API
Paul Crabtree
W. W. Barron
Washington
West Virginia
Barron
Crabtree
Borrowed Exhibits Win Flower Show Honors
CANNOCK England UPI John Steele 61 took six first prizes two seconds and three thirds in a local fruit and flower show on Sunday then admitted none of the exhibits were his Steele helped organize the event and said there was no rule requiring members to show their own produce adding he borrowed the flowers and vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannock
England
UPI
John Steele
Steele
UMW Officials Face Opposition in Ballot Vote
Morgantown reports for the first time in 38 years United Mine Workers officers will face opposition in December. Steve Kochis of Clarksville Pennsylvania seeks to topple President W A Boyle and will accept nomination by letter. Kochis marks the first challenger since 1926 when John Bropy ran against L Lewis.William S Howard of Moundsville has been nominated for vice president to oppose incumbent R O Lewis, brother of John L Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
UPI
International United Mine Workers
Steve Kochis
Clarksville
W. A
Tony) Boyle
UMW
John Bropy
Pennsylvania
L. Lewis
Lewis
Kochis
William S. Howard
Moundsville
R. 0. Lewis
John L. Lewis
De Gaulle calls for own nuclear force and stable gov ernment
In Toulon France President Charles de Gaulle urged France to possess a nuclear striking force and a firm stable government. He spoke to mark the 20th anniversary of the allied invasion of southern France after boycotting the Normandy D-Day ceremonies. His Riviera tour drew cheering crowds of vacationers including bikini-clad tourists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulon
France
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Normandy
Riviera
Rose Rose John 74 at 224 Granville Avenue
John Rose Rose, 74, of 224 Granville Avenue, whose body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday with Rev. Dr. James W. Witherspoon officiating. Burial at Rose Sepulchre, Hill Top Cemetery, in Hinton. Arrangements by Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Rose
John
Granville Avenue
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral
South Kanawha Street
Rose and Quesenberry Peace
James W. Witherspoon
Hill Top
Hinton
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Buttrick
William
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Kanawha Street
Rev. L. A. Garten
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Local Help Wanted and Lost Notices Parade
Lost and found requests name Jack Maynard Phillip Mullens and Donald Fitzgerald with street addresses and phone numbers. Beckley city hosts welcome new neighbor by dialing a listed number. Insurance information, housekeeper and waitress ads, part time sales, and a Charleston area live in housekeeper wanted with salary expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Maynard
Ford Street
Phillip Mullens
Trump Avenue
Oak Hill
Beckley
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Beckley PLC
Beckley Plc. 253-7366. Will Donald Fitzgerald
Mount Hope
Will Byron Goode
The
Wheel
Rel
Daniels
W. V. Va
Charleston
Care
Beckley Newspapers
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Crook’s
Leed’s
Beckley Hardware and Supply Co
National Finance Co
George’s Fashions
Farris Dept
New River Supply Co
Beckley Water Co
Purity Bakin Co
Sportsman’s Grill
John Schulte
the Club
M. W. Powers
Bays Buick Inc
Carlton Walker
Tony’s
Acme Construction Co
James Meadows
Woodlawn
Esso
J. J. Lamb & Son
Al’s
Homeseekers Land & Building Co
J. H. Holt
Valley Drive
Henry's Drive-Inn
Beckley Acme
Beckley Welding Supply
George B. Chambers
Mallimar Gmc
Oo Glass and Mirror Co
Houchins Manufacturing Co., Inc
Universal Corp
Honey In the Rock
Raleigh Motor Sales Inc
Means Lumber Co
Tom's Peanuts
U. S. Royal Tire Sales
Best Furniture Co
William C. Covey I Jr
A. Allen Bliss
Billy Barker
C & P Telephone Co
I. B. Anderson
C. R. Furrow
Radio Cab Co
Lilly Insurance Agency
Beckley Glass Co
the Rev. Thomas
Joe Moran
Pepsi-Cola
Home Insurance Agency
Central Printing Co
Anthony J. Sparacino
Quickle’s Market
James D. Lilly
the Almanac
Bruce Hogg
Albert Tieche
N. C. Shelton
Peckley
Roy A. Cunningham
Raleigh County
Chicago
Ford and Chyrsler
F.H.A
Cecil C. Lilly
Maytag
Beckley Maytag
Neville St
Quality Lumber & Supply Co
City Ave
Dial
John Herring, Jr
Minden
W. M. Jones
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Webb & Neal
Funeral Home Ambulance Service
R. H. Neal
Mgr
Vance Drive
Pete & Bob's
Inn Valley Drive N. Ph
United States Navy
Egnor Monument Works
Alden W. Deck
A. E. Deck
Mt. Tabor
TRA Flor
John W. Eye CO
W. Neville
S. Kanawha
Todd’s Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Rhodes Supply CO
Willey Brothers
W. Va
Jan Campbell Music Co
Mar- France
Herbert Walker
Lemsay
Austin Avenue
Robert L Amick
Dramex
Bondex
Samuel Croy
Matt Crook
S. Kanawha Sr
TOO— Smith’s
Cohen Drug
Bess City
Zella’s Artieste
Auty SI Shop
Pete and Bob's Valley Drive Inn
Avon Cosmetic
Bostick Avenue
Wick Lilly
Nimitz
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
South
Nashville
TENNESSEE _ P. O
Bair
Ashworth
Firestone
Prince St
Wright
Williamson
Sprague
Ashworth Firestone
Sparks Radio & TV
Prince St. Ph
Town & Country Drive Inn
Fayeteville
Temple Street
National Association of Barber Schools
Huntington Barber School
Third Ave
Huntington
W. V
Niagara
Beckley Area
11Th Street
McMechen
Rawleigh
Dept
Richmond
O. H. Bennett
E. Beckley
R. L. Stinson
Myers Ave
Call
S. Valley Drive
Pickway Shoe Store
Lake Road
Nash Campbell
Dag Appliances & TV
Valley Dr. North
Zenith TV
Stradivari
VIA
South Fayette St
Hall Rn
Delta Band
Shady Spring
Pioneer Chain
Rural Equipment Co Co
City A Avenue
DorWal
Aluminum
Cash & Carry
Alex N. Breckinridge
Sisson St. Ph
Alfred L. Landers
Beckley Awning Co
W. V. Dial
Omar O. Stover
Federal Mutual Ins. Co
Storm Wizard
Beckley Insulation Co
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