Birth control debate tied to world population surge
President Johnson calls for new ways to curb population growth amid debate over birth control methods. Dr. John Rock argues for safe, acceptable innovations funded by a major government research push, while critics note religious and moral concerns across faiths.
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Johnson
State of the Union
Japan
John Rock
Rock
Harvard University
U.S
Congress
Planned Parenthood Federation
National Institutes of Health
Junior Class Presents Rest Assured at Mount Hope
Mount Hope High School junior class schedules March 6 for a 1 p m student performance and 8 p m evening show of Rest Assured written by Donald Peyton. Director Mary Ellen Stover leads a full MHHS cast led by Bill Callaway and Denise Spears with multiple student directors and production assistants.
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Mount Hope
Mount Hope High School
Donald Peyton
Mary Ellen Stover
MHHS
Miller Gwinn
John Brady
C. Handley
Virgil Dillon
Lewis Mayher Jr
Allan Skellett
Bill Callaway
Mr. Morlock
Denise Spears
Morlock
Jackie Grabowski
Mary
Brenda Kennedy
Jessica
Brenda Hyman
Mildred
Phil Tissue
Joe Lanconi
Tom Bonifacio
Luigi Lanconi
Brenda Morgan
Martha
Teddy
Vandalia Garden Club Hears Conservationist
Vandalia Garden Club heard Ward Ashford of the U S Soil Conservation Service describe strip mine spoil restoration. He explained planning and planting operations with the State Department of Natural Resources and Soil Conservation District, noting crews and coal operators funding. About 130000 trees and shrubs will be planted on strip spoils this spring.
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Fayetteville
Ward Ashford
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Vandalia Garden Club
George Vickers
Maple Avenue
Stanley Moore
Memory Gardens
C. T. Shackelford
Ashford
State Department of Natural Resources
Soil Conservation District
B. B. Boone
George Hatfield
Lofton Tudor
Holly Kessler
Lewis Burkey
Robert Woollard
Rold Jones
Ermel Hess
Karl Parrish
McGraws Travel Notes and Family Visits
Miss Ollie Mae Holhouser left Monday for Arlington Virginia after a weekend at home with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shumate. Mrs. Janie Lafferty hosted dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hall and their children, with Hall as Lafferty’s granddaughter. Sharon McGraw departed Beckley Saturday for Marion Indiana to visit her brother and sister in law. McGraw recently suffered a fractured arm.
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Bennyen
McGraw
Scout Awards Presented At Blue And Gold Dinner
Kopperston Cub Scout Pack 119 held its annual Blue and Gold banquet at Kopperston Grade School with about 95 attendees. Den No. 1 opened, Rev. William B. Sparks gave the talk, and awards were handed by Cub Scoutmaster Raymond Stafford to scouts Randy Walker Greg Kirk Terry Tyree Craig Blankenship Marvel Ball Jr Edward Ball and Webelos Dave Branham.
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Kopperston
RNS
den No. 1
William B. Sparks
Toneda Baptist Church
Burl Adkins
Anna Mae Dancy
Eric Tyree
Oscar Mayhew
Frankie Mack
den Mothers
Cub Scout
Henry Cook
Charles Blankenship
Richard Davis
Coy Bailey
Eugene Nottingham
James Thacker
Arnold Perrine
Burleigh Walker
T. P. Mooney
Carl Mack
Cub Scouts
Cub Scouting
FBI Agent Speaks on Juvenile Delinquency in Fay etteville
Charles F. Watson special agent in charge of the Fairmont FBI office spoke at a Fay et teville meeting on juvenile delinquency and parental and youth responsibility. More than 300 attended despite snow and slick roads. audiences heard calls for closer family supervision and increased church and scouting involvement.
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Fayetteville
Charles F. Watson
Fairmont
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fayette County
Watson
Harry W. Miller
John L. Payne Jr
Circuit and Juvenile Court
Child Welfare Agency
Department of Public Welfare
Prosecuting Attorney
Sheriff's Office
The
Ministerial Association
County Board of Education
Not Much Detroit Mrs Miller Reaches 102 Birthday
Mrs Anna C Miller 102 celebrated her birthday while near death at 18 from typhoid fever and pneumonia. Her son Robert 70 said she still reads the Bible and sews and remains in good health. When asked why she lived so long, she attributed it to not smoking or drinking. She noted young ladies did not do those things in her era.
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Detroit
UPI
Anna C. Miller
Oba
Mona
Robert
John Cameron Scoleri Honored At Pizza Party
RNS reports in Pineville that John Cameron Scoleri the son of Mr and Mrs John Scoleri Bailey Murphy Addition was celebrated with a pizza party at his home Saturday night marking his 15th anniversary. Guests listed include Theresa Lamp Debbie Allen Marilyn Dugan Beckly McClellan Barbara Anderson Sharon Adams Helen Sue Pancake Terry Stinson Johnny Mathena Bobby Gunter Barney Hawkins Pat McKinney Kenny Greer and the honoree’s brother Kevin.
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Pineville
RNS
John Cameron
Cam) Scoleri
John Scoleri
Bailey Murphy
Theresa Lamp
Debbie Allen
Marilyn Dugan
Beckly McClellan
Barbara Anderson
Sharon Adams
Helen Sue Pancake
Terry Stinson
Johnny Mathena
Bobby Gunter
Barney Hawkins
Pat McKinney
Kenny Greer
Lo Honoree
Kevinan
Price Hill Health Update From Regional Hospitals
Floyd Cox remains at Oak Hill Hospital for observation and treatment. Mrs. Ernest Underwood was transferred to a Maryland Hospital this week for further care. She had been a patient at Appalachian Regional Hospital in Beckley for over a week. Mrs. Clifford Cox has been confined at home for several days due to illness.
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Price Hill
RNS
Floyd Cox
Oak Hill Hospital
Ernest Underwood
Maryland
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Beckley
Clifford Cox
Elderly Couple Die From Unvented Gas Heater Fumes
In Madison, UPI reports an elderly couple Alex Price 76 and Rena Price 75 were found dead in their Rock Creek home after fumes from an unvented gas heater, turned up high for the cold, left them dead about three hours before discovery by neighbors.
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Madison
UPI
Rock Creek
Alex Price
Rena
Boone County
Morris Hatfield
Hylbert Circle Meets At Mount Hope Temple
The Hylbert Circle of Mount Hope Baptist Temple met at the home of chairman Mrs Mary Buckley on Bluestone Road. Miss Helen Thrasher led the Love Gift dedication and Mrs Helen Darnall taught a Bible study from Ruth. Plans were formed for February nursery and School of Missions refreshments, with Feb 14 21 dessert courses and Feb 28 a covered-dish dinner. The Congo study program featured by Mrs Darnall included participants Thrasher Buckley Twohig Brady and Violet Grace McCutcheon. The next meeting is March 2.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Hylbert
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Mary Buckley
Bluestone Road
Helen Thrasher
Helen Darnall
School of Missions
The
Congo
Thrisher
Buckley
James Twohig
John Brady
Violet Grace McCutcheon
Almanac Today February 17 1965 highlights
Almanac notes this date as February 17 1965 with 317 to follow and celestial signs Mars as morning star Jupiter as evening star. Notable events include Baltimore first gas lit street in 1817, Alice Roosevelt marrying in the White House East Room in 1906, TVA Wilson Dam power sale ruling in 1936, Jack Ruby trial in 1964, and a Shaw quote on happiness and production.
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Mars
Jupiter
Baltimore
Theodore Roosevelt
Alice
White House
Supreme Court
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wilson
Jack Ruby
Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
Public notice of Appalachian Power tariff revisions in West Virginia
Notices state that Appalachian Power Company filed revisions to tariffs in the West Virginia Public Service Commission. The changes, affecting all electric service tariffs including AEH and GS, lower rates and take effect April 1 1965. Copies are available for public inspection. protests due by April 1 1965. Also included is notice of trustee sale by Warren A Thornhill III, selling Lot 42 in Glen Hedrick map, Raleigh County, WV, February 27 1965 at Beckley Courthouse front steps. terms cash.
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Appalachian Power Company
Public Service of West Virginia
P. Co
G. S
A.E.H
G.S
West Virginia
Public Service Commission of
Capitol Building
Charleston
W. Va
JOE P. Gills Vicerence & General Manage
RA & PH
Raleigh County
F. H. Carter
Gladys M. Carter
C. R. Farrow
Gertrude Farrow
Warren A. Thornhill
L. Hedrick
Beckley
Shady Springs
Glen Hedrick
Raleigh
P. H. Wilson
Eng
Esther Kelly
Hospital Patients in Pineville Area
Mrs Walt Rose of East Pineville is a patient at Bluefield Sanitarium after a last week fall that fractured her lip. Bob Williams of Rockview is a patient at Stevens Clinic Hospital in Welch.
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Pineville
Walt Rose
East Pineville
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bob Williams
Rockview
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Death notices and funeral announcements for Cook and Lilly
Death notices announce Dale Clayton Cook aged 35 of Beaver with funeral at 2 30 p m Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel and Sunset Memorial Park burial. Lilly William H aged 70 of Winding Gulf with funeral at 1 p m Thursday at Midway Primitive Baptist Church and burial at John J Cooper Cemetery Camp Creek. Honorary pallbearers listed include Elders and various Lillys and community figures.
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Dale Clayton
Beaver
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
South
Kanawha Street
Oliver Tedder
Sunset Memorial Park
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Lilly Lilly
William H
Winding Gulf
Midway Primitive Baptist Church
D. C. Stover
John J. Cooper
Camp Creek
Lowell Lilly
Hubert Morgan
David Lilly
Owen Harvey
Orval Neely
Arthur Lilly
Henry Smith
French Cadle
Marshall McBride
Joe Lilly
B. M. Lilly
James Duff
Earl McVey
Lannon Burnette
Wilbert Lilly
Paul Shanks
Henry Lilly
Emmett Sturgill
Luther Green
Doc Smith
Paul Gwynn
John Jiiden
J. L. Basham
Charles Lilly
Bob Fleshman
B. M. Darnell Sr
Kelly Hughes
Harry Hambric
Kelly Brinegas
Charley Hambric
Edward Sutton
Marion Cook
John Worrell
Wesley McGraw
Edward Hatcher
John McGraw
Elmer Basham
James DeWeese
Garland Cole
Foncie Campbell
Garland Davis
David E. Falkner
Eugene Warnarin
Preston Davis
Walden Dodd
Earl Farley
Dewey Farley
Taylor Farley
Elmer Farley
James Worrell
Maynard Worrell
Paul Beasley
Wesley Thompson
Larkin Philpott
Jay Philpott
Prince Lilly
Raymond Cook
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Mar
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Vance Drive
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Beckley Newspapers
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Sy 'Rere
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
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Pass _ Ph
Singer
Beckley Glass CO
City Avenue
Mary Carter
C. J. Walker
Norge Appliances
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Valley Drive N. Ph
Ashworth's
Prince St
Homelite
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