Language Expert Polyson to Attend WVU Language Institute
Van Polyson a 36 year old Greek native and Woodrow Wilson High School instructor, will join West Virginia University’s Second Field Summer Language Institute for teachers of French and Spanish. The program runs June 22 to August 14 and accepts 60 teachers from the United States, with training in linguistics, language labs, teaching methods, culture, and eight weeks of language practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Polyson
Woodrow Wilson High School
West Virginia University
United States
Polyson
University of North Carolina
NDEA
Ndea Institute
Pane States
Greece
Katherine Matthews
Hinton
West Virginia
Concord College
The
Johnson Invited To Communion Rail At St. Mark's
President Johnson attended communion at St. Mark's Episcopal Church after a clergyman invited all Christians who accept Jesus to partake. Johnson, a Disciples of Christ member often attends with Lady Bird and their daughters, walked to the rail with his older daughter Lynda Bird as Rev Baxter led the service. Despiteונה objections from some Episcopal leaders, Bishop Creighton affirmed that any who profess faith may receive communion.
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Washington
Johnson
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Disciples of Christ Church
St. Mark’s
Lady Bird
Lynda Bird
William Baxter
Jesus
Albert J. Dubois
Episcopal Church
Father Baxter
William Creighton
Creighton
WVU Receives 285,000 Grant From Benedum Foundation
West Virginia University announces a 285000 grant from the Claude A Benedum Foundation of Pittsburgh to fund a five year program in basic social and economic research within a new independent unit. The grant covers director and at least three research professors with office space equipment and staff.
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Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University
Paul A. Miller
WVU Foundation Inc
Claude A. Worthington
Benedum Foundation
Miller
President touts power to fulfill American promise
The President argues that the power we now possess can fulfill the promise of America. He rejects the idea that the era of the individual is ending and rebuts pessimistic prophecies about the nation’s future. He says America can shape a destiny where individuals find rich rewards within large organizations.
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America
Burial Insurance Sold by Mail Ad in Fort Worth
An advertisement offers burial insurance by mail from Central Security Life Insurance Co. No medical exam required for ages 40 to 99 and you may qualify for $1000 or more. Tear out and send name address and year of birth to Dept. 1-234 Fort Worth Texas.
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OLD Line Legal Reserve Life Insurance
Central Security Life Insurance Co
West Rosedale Fort Worth
Texas
Rescue Squad Has Busy Day In Beckley
The Beckley Fire Department Rescue Squad answered five calls Sunday. Mrs. Lee Council, 38, fainted at the bus terminal. Robert Sarver, 74, had a heart attack and was taken to the Veterans Hospital, today listed as satisfactory. Five accident victims were treated at Eisenhower Drive and South Kanawha Street and sent to Beckley Memorial and Raleigh General Hospitals. Clyde Roach, 49, had a heart attack and was taken to Raleigh General Hospital. Gill, 69, had difficulty breathing and remained at home after first aid.
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Beckley
Eisenhower Drive
South
Kanawha St
Beckley Memorial
Raleigh General Hospitals
West Raleigh
Clyde Roach
Raleigh General Hospital
Antonio Ave
Gill
Eisenhower silent on 1952 nomination at GWU
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower offered no public hint of his preference for the Republican nomination at George Washington University commencement. He urged public officials to stop missing chances to speak up.
Democrats Block GOP Move to Restore Resolutions Committee
In Cleveland UPI reports Democratic governors rejected Montana Republican Gov Tim Babcock’s bid to reestablish the resolutions committee at the 56th annual GOP conference. The vote was 29 to 16 to table the motion amid civil rights tensions. Democratic leaders, led by Gov Edmund G Brown of California, planned to circulate a bipartisan civil rights statement for signatures by about 20 of 34 Democratic governors.
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Cleveland
UPI
Montana
Tim Babcock
Resolutions Committee
Babcock
Rts
Edmund G. Brown
California
Governors rally with Goldwater at GOP conference
Governors address the conference tonight with Goldwater and an invited guest. Eisenhower plans to arrive at the conference hotel in mid afternoon and will meet Hatfield to discuss the Oregon governor’s keynote speech for the national convention. Humphrey, formerly secretário to Eisenhower and now active in Goldwater’s campaign, is also present. Politics dominate governors’ activities outside sessions as Republicans sense Goldwater is close to clinching the nomination five weeks before the GOP convention. Only a few Republican governors have joined the Goldwater bandwagon.
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Goldwater
Eisenhower
Hatfield
Oregon
Humphrey
Gypry
Two Hurt In Wreck Are Recuperating
Rev C E Walker a retired Beckley minister and Naoma Harmon are reported in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital after a truck car crash at Eisenhower Drive and South Kanawha Street noon Sunday. Harmon was a passenger in Walker s 1958 model car. Carol and James Dalton were treated at Beckley Memorial Hospital and released. Mrs Nodell Tankersley, a passenger in the truck, is in satisfactory condition at Memorial Hospital. No charges have been filed against the drivers per city police.
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C. E. Walker
Beckley
Naoma Harmon
Raleigh General Hospital
Eisenhower Drive
South Kanawha Street
Miss Harmon
Walker
Carol and
James Dalton
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Nodell Tankersley
Memorial Hospital
Tuesday Meeting of Court Postponed to June 16
The Raleigh County Court meeting scheduled for Tuesday has been moved to the same day in the following week, June 16. The session is expected to consider converting the Memorial Building into the Beckley Raleigh County YMCA headquarters.
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Raleigh County Court
Beckley- Raleigh County Ymca
Mississippi Negro Seeks Ole Miss Enrollment Amid Protests
United Press International reports civil rights tensions continue as 18yearold Cleveland Donald seeks federal court enrollment at the all white University of Mississippi. In Kentucky, 13 demonstrators are arrested for blocking a Louisville restaurant and a police wagon. In Birmingham, 16th Street Baptist Church opens for services without arrests after the September 1963 bombing that killed four girls and injured 19 others.
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United Press International
Kentucky
Mississippi
University of Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Cleveland Donald
Ole Miss
James Meredith
Louisville
Birmingham
Ala
16Th Street Baptist Church
Elmer Loving Fined For Drunk Driving
Elmer Loving of Eccles pleaded guilty to a drunk driving charge before Magistrate Gene Burke. Loving was fined 50 dollars plus costs and remanded to jail in lieu of the fine for the 24 hour mandatory sentence. Frank Dexter Rooney paid a five dollar fine for following another vehicle too closely. Rooney was cited May 25. James B. McMillion of Huntington was cited May 28 for failure to have vehicle under control and paid five dollars. Herman J. Miller of Little Creek Virginia was released after posting bond on a reckless driving charge. Norvell D. Pennington was ordered to City Police Court June 15 to answer speeding charges.
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Elmer
Eccles
Gene) Burke
Loving
Frank Dexter Rooney
Bradley
Burke
Rooney
James B. McMillion
Huntington
McMillion
Herman J. Miller
Little Creek
Raleigh
Miller
Norvell D. Pennington
Ley
Pennington
Nazis Used Bodies As Fertilizer At Auschwitz Farm
West German court heard Dr. Imrich Goenczi testify that Nazis used human remains to enrich soil at Auschwitz farm. The 39 year old Czech dentist said he helped prepare the so called fertilizer as a slave worker in the farm laboratory while 22 former officials and guards face trial for murders of up to four million people.
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Frankfurt
Germany
UPI
Auschwitz
Imrich Goenczi
Goenczi
Czechoslovakia
Texas Governor Hobby to be buried today
Funeral services for William P. Hobby, Texas governor at 39 and later Houston Post owner, were set for 11 a.m. CST at Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral. He died Sunday at 86, with his wife Oveta Culp Hobby by his side. Burial will be at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston.
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Houston
UPI
William P. Hobby
Texas
Poe
The
Houston Post
Hobby
Oveta Culp Hobby
the Post
Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral
Glenwood Cemetery
Quake Strikes Tokyo Briefly No Damage Reported
A mild earthquake rattled Tokyo for about two minutes just before midnight Sunday night. No damage was reported and no injuries were listed.
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Tokyo
UPI
West Virginia Assessors Meet Attended by County Officials
Raleigh County Assessor Cotton White and Deputy Assessor Frank Bolash travel to Charleston for the annual meeting of the West Virginia Association of County Assessors.
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Raleigh
Cotton White
Frank Bolash
Charleston
West Virginia Association of County Assessors
Supreme Court Meets Washington For Last Opinions Prelude
The Supreme Court meets today to issue more opinions before ad journment later this month. The court still has more than 20 decisions to hand down before it can begin its vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Washington
UPI
Scrape and steal kitchen fixtures during break-in
E B Harrison said a door was sawed off to enter the unfinished house in Augusta Georgia. The thief or thieves stole a water heater an automatic dishwasher and the kitchen sink from the site. Police were informed Sunday.
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Augusta
UPI
E. B. Harrison
Deaths and Funeral for Leon P Grogan Jr in Logan Ohio
Leon P Grogan Jr of Columbus Ohio dies Saturday of a heart attack. Funeral services at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Harris Funeral Home Logan with Masonic graveside rites at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Survived by widow Audrey Browning Grogan, one daughter, six daughters, two sisters, two brothers, and many grandchildren. Grogan worked in mining in West Virginia and Ohio, various positions including superintendent at Phillips and advisor at Hanna Coal and Berwind Coal. Burial at Forest Lawn follows services. Friends may call after noon Tuesday at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home. Body will be moved to church one hour before service.
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Leon P. Grogan Jr
Columbus
Ohio
Harris
Logan
Forest Lawn
Masonic Lodge
Grogan
Methodist Church
West Virginia
Phillips
Hanna Coal Co
St. Clairsville
West Virginia University
Berwind Coal Co
Berwind
Marble Cliff Colliery Co
L. P. Grogan
Granville Ave
Frank
Phillip
Beckley
Jackline
Charline
Arline
Cornelius
Brenda Brown
Oceanside
Calif
Drema
New York City
Harry
John
Charlie
Joesaphine Mansfield
Mary Henderson
Cannelton
Lucille Edwards
Florence Wilson
Clara Crider
Niagara Falls
New York
Elizabeth Simms
Aberdine
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Ray Kincannon Funeral Services Set for Wednesday
Ray Kincannon 40 of 111 Morris Ave dies after long illness in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at United Holiness Church with Elder W M Neal officiating. Burial in Beckley Memorial Park. He was a disabled miner and World War II veteran. Survived by wife Charlotte and four sons, Raymond of Buffalo NY and Gary.
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Ray Kincannon
Morris Ave
United Holiness Church
W. M. Neal
Beckley Memorial Park
Charlotte
Raymond
Buffalo
New York
Gary
Nehru Ashes Placed In Ganges Amid Nationwide Mourning
Nehru's cremated remains were mixed with the Ganges near Allahabad after a train journey from New Delhi. Tens of thousands lined routes to bid farewell to the prime minister, hailed as immortal, as crowds endured rioting. Four died in a stampede. Kamala Nehru's ashes were interred with his, with final wishes to scatter some ashes over peasant fields. Nehru died May 27 at 74 from a heart attack.
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Allahabad
India
API
Jawaharlal Nehru
Ganges
Nehru
Kamala
New Delhi
Fatal house fire claims Gail Radcliff life
Westover near Morgantown resident Gail Radcliff, 72, died from burns suffered when a fire broke out in her home Saturday. In Clarksburg area, five year old Gene Allen Dobson died after suffocating in an unused refrigerator at his home Saturday, despite mouth to mouth resuscitation by his father. the child died en route to a hospital.
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Gail Radcliff
Westover
Morgantown
Gene Allen Dobson
Charles A. Dobson
West Milford
Clarksburg
Warren Faces Silence After Conference With Defense Team
Warren declined to comment as defense lawyer Joe H Tonnhill described Jack as wild-eyed and incoherent. Ruby had been treated for low mood but resisted taking medicine, with details of his condition outlined by counsel.
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Joe H. Tonnhill
Warren
Jack
Ruby
ROK Cleans House To Pacify Students
SEOUL Korea UPI The South Korea government moved against corruption to pacify student protests aimed at ousting President Park Chung Hee Premier Chung Il Kowon ordered ranking officials to register their property holdings The decree applied to officials above sub-section chief Chung urged voluntary disclosure of holdings by officials and families He said vehicle use would be halved and officials should walk to work 576 officials were punished for irregularities between January and April
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Seoul
Korea
UPI
South Korea
Park Chung Hee
Chung Il Kowon
Chung
Final rites for Mrs. Jane Ep ling, 83, Kopperston
Mrs. Jane Epling dies in Huntington hospital at 83. Funeral set for 11 a m Tuesday at Delilah Methodist Church with Rev. Fred Toney in charge. Burial in Browning Cemetery Cow Creek. Survived by two sons Tommy and Shelley. three daughters Etheline Edwards Logan Tennsi. three sisters. 13 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Body at Evans Funeral Home Oceana. viewing this afternoon. escorted to church an hour before service.
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Jane Epling
Kopperston
Delilah Methodist Church
Fred Toney
Browning Cemetery
Cow Creek
Epling
Huntington Hos
Soan
Hobart
Lucinda Browning
Emory
Tommy
Chicago
Shelley
Sarasota
Etheline Edwards
Logan
Andy
Cocoa Beach
Fla
Tennsi Chafins
Beckley
Emma Ruggles
Russell, Ky
Louisa M
Pikeville
Eichelburger
Ohio
Evans Funeral Home
Oceana
Johnson Infant Graveside Rites Briefly Planned
Graveside rites for the infant son of James and Lola Johnson were to be held at Memorial Park at 1:00 p.m. today. The infant died at birth at 12:49 a.m. today. The body is at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home.
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James
Lola Johnson
Antonio Street
Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
New York Actors Strike Tentatively Settled After Talks
Broadway threatened blackout averted by pre-dawn talks at Gracie Mansion led by Mayor Robert F Wagner. Equity and producers reached a tentative agreement. details await ratification by both sides. The dispute affected over 670 performers and 3,000 theater workers amid contract wage talks.
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New York
UPS
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Actors Equity
Gracie Mansion
Imperial
Brooks Atkinson
Oliver
Equity
League of New York
Smith named chair of WV clerks marriage committee
Raleigh County Clerk C. C. Smitty Smith was named chairman of a legislative committee on marriage applications and consents at the West Virginia Association of County and Circuit Clerks meeting in Charleston. Paul Wehrle of Kanawha County and J Randall Crow of Marshall County join him. The panel aims to unify marriage records across all 55 counties to fit national reporting and will seek legislative requirements.
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Raleigh
C. C. “Smitty” Smith
West Virginia Association of County and Circuit Clerks
Charleston
Smith
Paul Wehrle
Kanawha County
J. Randall Crow
Marshall County
West Virginia
Funeral for Mrs Emma Lou Dancy in Oak Hill
Services for Mrs Emma Lou Dancy 70 of Oak Hill will be at 2 p m Tuesday at Oak Hill Gospel Tabernacle with Rev Allen Gallimore in charge Burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill She died at 1230 a m Sunday in Oak Hill Hospital from a heart condition She was a Baptist Church of Beeson member Surviving are a son Louis Trenton N J a brother H B Tilley Marie a sister Mrs John Stump Allen Junction and two grandchildren Body from Tyree Funeral Home to church one hour before service Friends may call after 6 p m today (RNS)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Janet Childress
Man
Bruce Methodist Church
T. W. Schuler
Sunset Memorial Cemetery
Mae Stapleton
Shady Spring
Linda Darlene
Deanna Holt
John Fletcher
Davy
Mack Stapleton Jr
Clarence
Brunswick
McNeeley Funeral Home
Emma Lou Dancy
Oak Hill
Louis
Trenton
N. J
H. B. Tilley
Marie
John Stump
Allen Junction
Tyree
Bocook Funeral Arrangements For 88 In Fayetteville
George Washington Bocook 88 of Fayetteville died en route to Beckley. Funeral arrangements are in progress with the body to be taken to Dodd Payne Funeral Home in Fayetteville after autopsy completion.
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George Washington Bocook
Fayetteville
Beckley
Dodd - Payne
John Allen Funeral Services Held for Weedy Allen
John Allen 52 of Glen Rogers dies in a car crash near Minneapolis. Funeral at Breckenridge Baptist Church in Bolt at 2 p.m. with Reverends Payne and Perry officiating. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Pallbearers listed. Caffee Funeral Home arranging.
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John (Weedy) Allen
Glen Rogers
Breckenridge Baptist Church
Bolt
Carl Payne
Herbert C. Perry
Sunset Memorial Park
Minor Scott
Ed Kerns
Sebert Snuffer
Jack Pizzino
Bob Fanning
Louis Caraban
Caffee Funeral Home
Italian tenor John Pane-Gasser dies at 67 in Chicago
Italian born dramatic tenor John Pane-Gasser, age 67, longtime star with the old Cage Grand Opera and the Detroit Civic Opera Company, died Saturday in Chicago.
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Chicago
UPI
John B. Pane - Gasser
Old Cage Grand Opera Company
Detroit Civic Opera Company
Veteran actor Robert Warwick dies at 85 in California
Beverly Hills mourns as veteran actor Robert Warwick, famed as the screen's first Alias Jimmy Valentine, dies at age 85 after a yearlong illness following a stroke. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
UPI
Church of the Good Shepherd
Robert Warwick
Jimmy Valentine
Warwick
Saltair
West Loseles
Juvenile Fined For Destroying Windows
One teenager, Roger Norris, 17, of Jonben, was arrested Saturday on charges of breaking seven windows at Bacontown Elementary School. He was fined $10 plus costs after appearing before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez and made restitution. Norris was placed in his father’s custody, now living in Baltimore. A Board of Education worker reported other windows broken at Piney View Elementary and Mabscott Grade School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Norris
Jonben
Wes Thompson
Bacontown
Norris
Joe Rodriguez
Baltimore
Verlin Walker
Board of Education
Piney View
Mabscott
Invasion threat eases as Cyprus alert persists
In Nicosia Cyprus 35000 Greek Cypriot irregulars remained on formal alert while reports from Ankara indicated President Johnson's intervention reduced the immediate Turkish military danger. The Turkish invasion threat diminished though vigilance continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicosia, Cyprus
UPI
Ankaras
Johnson
Cyprus
$35,000 Personal Injury Suit Filed in Raleigh Circuit Court
Miss Mildred Cox of near Layland sues Willis and Herman Crew in Raleigh County Circuit Court for 35,000 dollars. She alleges her car was damaged in a November 19, 1962 two car crash on Valley Drive and seeks compensation for mental and physical pain, medical expenses, and property damage. Thornhill Thornhill Kennedy represents Cox. Jack Mann represents the Crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis
Herman Crew
Raleigh
Mildred Cox
Near Layland
Valley Drive
Miss Cox
Young Crew
Thornhill, Thornhill and Kennedy
Jack Mann
Lawyers Oppose Prayer Change in Public Schools
More than 200 constitutional lawyers, including deans from 55 law schools, urged Congress to reject amendments to reverse Supreme Court decisions on Bible reading and prayers in schools. They warned Congress faces a grave responsibility in this first liberty experiment and noted disagreements with the Court do not justify the move. Also, Rep Otto Passman signaled possible cuts to Johnson’s foreign aid requests amid testimony from the House subcommittee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Nacaetee
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Seeen Samna News
Otto Passman
D-La
Johnson
House
Foreign Aid Appropriations Subcommittee
Conventions Set Af Boys' State Nominates Party Leaders
More than 300 high school juniors will hold conventions at Mountaineer Boys State to nominate candidates for the Nationalist and Federalist parties during the 28th annual citizenship program in Jackson's Mill. The session, sponsored by West Virginia American Legion, opened Sunday. New state officers will be sworn in Wednesday by State Supreme Court Judge Harlan M. Calhoun. Thomas Craig of Elkins was governor in 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson's Mill
UPI
Mountaineer
West Virginia Department of the American Legion
Supreme Court
Harlan M. Calhoun
Thomas Craig
Elkins
Cloture Clash Shapes Senate Debate On Amendments
The Senate faces a tense clash over time limits as more than 400 amendments await votes. Southern foes threaten lengthy roll calls while some admit to dropping a cloture vote in the ongoing clash over procedures and debate duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Savannah Isbrandtsen Lines ship draws 36000 visitors in New York
Savannah Isbrandtsen Lines reported that over 36,000 people toured the 22,000 ton vessel in New York ahead of its historic voyage. The ship was built under the U.S. Atoms for Peace program launched in 1955 and is praised as a costly yet pioneering model for future commercial nuclear ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isbrandtsen Lines
Savannah
New York
U.S. Atoms For Peace
Marshall College Bowl Team Defeated by Whittier College
A Marshall University team from Huntington, West Virginia, lost 235 to 55 on the General Electric College Bowl. The losers prize of 500 dollars goes to the university scholarship fund. team members include John Eastham Patricia Ann Fuller Clarence J. Moore and Jane Woodard. alternate Joe Platania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
UPI
Marshall University
Huntington
W. Va
Whittier
Calif
General Electric
Marshall
University
John Eastham
Patricia Ann Fuller
Clarence J. Moore
Charleston
Jane Woodard
Chesapeake
Ohio
Joe Platania
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Walter W. Price
Walter William Price
Dodd-Pa Funeral Home
Ralph Parsons
Edmond
Price
Mildred Childress
ROK
Mrs. Jane Epling
Johnson Infant
N.Y
Emma L. Dancy
George W. Bocook
John Allen
Minneapolis
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Nee (Lux) Lewis
Lewis
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