Aspirants for West Virginia House of Delegates Explain Motives
Raleigh County Democrats Roy Lee Harmon Ted Stacy Henry Lilly outline motives to seek the House seat. Harmon cites seniority to quest better schools roads and mining safety while Stacy stresses helping youth and welfare services and Lilly emphasizes unemployment benefits and broad local representation.
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House of Delegates
Roy Lee Harmon
Beckley
Harmon
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Grandview
Ted Stacy
Democrats
Dents
Department of
Mak
United Mine Workers
Lilly
Four Churches To Send Delegates To Cedar Lakes
Delegates from four Methodist churches will attend a Young Adult Conference at Cedar Lakes Ripley Friday and Saturday. The group includes leaders such as Barbara West Sophia Fellowship members and Rev J B Dryfield pastor of The First Methodist Church.
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David Lilly
David Lickliter
En Morris
William Brown
Barbara West
Cedar Lakes
Ripley
St. Mary’s
Wests Church
Calvin Virginia Conference
Sophia Fellowship
Methodist Church
Beckley
Dryfield
Don Francis
Charlesling
Daniels
Howard Rodlship
Otis Ballard
Aids
W. R. Straub
Eugene O'Neal
Ference
Nancy Straub
Charles Little
Fletcher Car
Vangelism and
Ter
Pete Arnold
J. B. Dryfield
Bill Brown
First Methodist Church
Will Field
The
Sophia
Methodist
For Recreation
Communist China Losing Bashfulness
The piece argues that Peiping is shedding restraint to project power among Communist nations. It cites demands to restore Chinese Americans in Geneva to ambassadorial level and warns Beijing may stir a disturbance near Formosa, aiming to reassert imperial style and leverage against the United States and allies.
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D. White
San Francisco
China
Geneva
Peiping
America
Taiwan
Chou En-lai
Red China
United Nations
North Korea
Manchurian
Red Chna
Formosa
Reds
Mac Treset
Nyuni Aay
Fourteen West Virginians Join Army Enlistment for Fort Jackson
Fourteen men from Beckley Amy Recruiting Station departed Monday for nine weeks of basic training at Fort Jackson South Carolina. The group includes Malcolm W. Kirk Charles A Mayhew Mathew G Blaisdell Dennis W Copenhaver Steve A Trescott JamesB Samples Gerald D Blose Landon C Ray Lester V OQuirm James E Curry Gene R Roop and Gerald R Pendry.
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U.S. Army
Beckley Amy
Fort Jackson
S. C
Malcolm W. Kirk
Robie C. Kirk
Cabin Creek
James R. May
Richard May
Charles A. Mayhew
Charles F. Mayhew
Delbarton
Mathew G. Blaisdell
Otis R. Blaisdell
Charleston
Dennis W. Copenhaver
Russell E. Copenhaver
Sparks
Steve A. Trescott
Curtis A. Trescott
Richwood
Jamesb. Samples
Russell R. Samples
Birch River
Gerald D. Blose
Ezra D. Blose
Quinwond
Landon C. Ray
Charles M. Ray
Kenna
Lester V. O'Quirm
Orvald
O’quirm
Montgom‘ery
James E. Curry
Virgil A. Curny
Deline
Gene R. Roop
Frans E. Roop
Bradshaw
Gerald R. Pendry
Alrs
Herbert W. Pendry
Crab Orchard
Building Permits Issued For Home On Locust Drive And Room Addition
Two building permits were issued by the City Recorder. Wilfred Wooddell received a permit Monday to build a six room frame house with full basement on Locust Drive at an estimated cost of 11 thousand dollars and a 23 dollar fee paid. John Tanner of 122 Huffman Street obtained a permit to add a room to his house with a 10 dollar fee and an estimated construction cost of 500 dollars.
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Wilfred Wooddell
Wooddell
John Tanner
Huffman St
City Council Meeting Planned at Beckley City Hall
Beckley City Council will meet at 7:30 pm today at City Hall to discuss routine business matters.
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Beckley
City Hall
Revival Ends at Princewick Missionary Baptist Church
The two week revival led by Rev. Lonnie Blankenship produced two converts and six church members. A Congregational clean up added paint to the basement interior, landscaping, and outside night lights. A special dinner honored clean up committees with many attendees listed.
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Princewick Missionary
Blankenship
Grover Thompson
Andrew Crews
Harry Ingale
Marlene Ingale
Allen White
Toney Myers
Iat. D. Brakesfield
Dewey Lily
James White
Richard White
Bewah A McGraw
Clarence Fitzpatrick
Communists navigate power shifts amid Sino Soviet rift
The piece notes competition between Chiang Kai-shek era alignments and Soviet influence during the Korean War and Indochina, with China leveraging discord among European Communist factions and tensions with the West. It mentions Nagy’s execution and Titoist free thinking as pivotal events shaping China’s bid for acceptance by the United States and allied nations.
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Indochina
Moscow
Stalin
Tarre
West
Peiping
Tito
China
I Mase
Imire Nagy
Nungare
Europe
United States
Janitors Training School Set for Raleigh County
A custodial training program for four room schools and larger in Raleigh County will run July 28 29 at Beckley Junior High School. The county Board of Education urges all janitors to attend with sessions 8 30 p m 4 p m on July 28 and 9 a m 4 15 p m on July 29. Superintendent Sherman C Trail says the course is co sponsored by the State Division of Vocational Education and Raleigh County schools.
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Raleigh
Beckley
County Board of Education
Sherman C. Trail
The
State Division of Vocational Education
Raleigh County Schools
Driver Charged After Midnight Ghent Crash
At midnight on the Flat Top Lake road in Ghent, a car crash sent two men to Raleigh General Hospital. Olic Bolden J. Pettie was charged with reefless driving and fined 25 dollars plus costs. Passengers Arnold Byrd and Roland Tolliver were hospitalized. Byrd released, Tolliver in satisfactory condition. The car hit a utility pole after leaving the road. vehicle demolished.
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Flat Top Lake Road
Ghent
Raleigh General Hospital
Olic Bolden J. Pettie
Cotton White
Arnold Byrd
Warper Rd
Roland Tolliver
Byrd
Tolliver
State Surveyors To Check Elevations In 2000 Square Miles
A Coast and Geodetic Survey leveling party will survey elevations across a 2000 square mile area in southern West Virginia. Led by Spellman J. Diez, the 26 member team will operate from Morgan Trailer Park near Welch, with units in Madison, Pineville, and Tazewell. The mission supports a Geological Survey mapping program and aims for completion in about two and a half months.
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West Virginia
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Geological Survey
Spellman J. Diez
Morgan Trailer Park
Welch
Highway 16
Madison
Pineville
W. Va
Tazewell
Ohio
United States
Canada
Rockies
Gnall
Fall from 6th floor pierces coast geodetic work tale
Norman Milde 38, a rigger, survived a 70 foot fall from a new building and struck Charles Crepin below. Milde sustained pelvic and leg fractures and internal injuries while Crepin, 41, received rib and back injuries. The vignette highlights Coast and Geodetic Survey field parties mapping the nation.
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Briapans
Norman Milde
Charles Crepin
Milde
Crepin
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M. Lee Lewis
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Bureau
Department of Commerce
We Sea
Naery
Gene Hall
McCreery St
Bottling Machinery
St. Oakwood Ave
Bottling Works
Oakwood Ave
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