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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1968
Page
3
A force wide cost reduction effort targets the Strategic Air Command electronics superintendent at Griffiss. The sergeant served in the Korean War. Meadows is married to Mary daughter of Otis Farley of Aflex Kentucky.
Several West Virginia service members are highlighted for duty and honors abroad and at home. T. Sgt. James W. Cobb of Oak Hill earned recognition at Maxwell AFB for halting a jet fire with quick actions. Airman J C Crawford of Beckley serves at Takhli AB in Thailand after duty at Shaw AFB. Airman Thompson of Princewick arrives at Naha AB Okinawa after Cannon AFB. T. Sgt. Luther W. Mann of Ravencliff received the Air Force Commendation Medal for service in Southeast Asia, including Ubon RTAFB Thailand, with multiple medals and ribbons listed. he and his wife Shelby Norman have four children and reside at Ft. Walton Beach.
Post master general W Marvin Watson warns Congress the 1960s wage cuts will overburden mail services. He cites planned elimination of Saturday residential deliveries and backlogs as offices trim staff to June 1966 levels. Immediate effects include closing 500 small offices and reduced Saturday window hours and collections.
James Thompson nephew of Mrs Beatrice Light of Pax Avenue Mount Hope has been promoted to technical sergeant in the U S Air Force He serves as a personal equipment supervisor at Westover AFB Massachusetts and is a member of the Strategic Air Command The 1953 Mount Hope High School graduate served in the Korean War His wife is Alma A Lasley
Glen D. Riffe and Sgt. Daniel B. Wright from Beckley and Pax, respectively, have graduated from U.S. Air Force technical schools at Sheppard AFB Texas and Keesler AFB Mississippi. Riffe remains at Sheppard as an instructor after training as an aircraft mechanic. Wright, trained as an air traffic controller, is assigned to a unit of the Air Force Communications Service at Dover AFB Delaware. Sgt. Gene H. Rhodes, from Meadow Bridge, is on duty at Cam Ranh Bay AB Vietnam as a corrosion control specialist in the Pacific Air Forces, after prior duty at Westhampton Beach New York.
In seven Eastern industrial states Nixon and Rockefeller vie for delegate votes at the GOP nominating convention opening in Miami Beach. Favorite sons, including Shafer and Rhodes, influence projections across Pennsylvania Ohio Maryland New Jersey Kentucky Delaware and West Virginia with Nixon leading in several delegations and Rockefeller in others.
Observers say the first full Soviet presidium delegation to meet Czech reformers could be momentous. The talks aim to resolve Czechoslovakia’s democratization drive versus Soviet security concerns, potentially setting a pattern for the crumbling empire.
Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr George E Leone called a startling case the most unusual in the Department of Health A county woman billed in February 1967 for seven home health nursing visits paid late March 1968 with a money order of 61 dollars claiming 5 dollars interest at 10 percent This extra amount was refunded by Leone with stunned thanks.
Hollywood report on an 89 cent spaghetti testimonial dinner for presidential candidate Pat Paulsen in Beverly Hills. Celebrities including Groucho Marx Debbie Reynolds Karl Malden Nancy Sinatra and Barbara Bain attended with Tom Smothers Cass Elliott and Carl Reiner hosting. The event promoted a Paulsen television special and included quips about politics and poverty while diners joked about refunds and the projector mishap.
H R Block offers a 12 week tuition course to train graduates in income tax return preparation. Classes fit working students and housewives with no prior experience required. Enrollment details at Block 114 Main Street Beckley West Virginia 25801 phone 253 3224.
Lainie Kazan from Brooklyn says performers must work across all media to stay busy. She notes Barbra Streisand and Julie Andrews as examples and points to her own career spanning singing albums and a debut film Dayton's Devils with Leslie Nielsen.
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