Parents League Committees To Report Tonight
Raleigh County Parents League reports from three committees high school junior high and elementary will be presented at 7 30 p m at the YMCA Dr Warren D Elliott chairs the panel formed last month by about 70 Beckley area residents sponsored by the Raleigh County Medical Society The league aims to set standards guiding teen and pre teen behavior and plans to publish guidelines for fall for PTA use
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Raleigh County
Parents’ League
YMCA
Warren D. Elliott
Beckley Area
Raleigh County Medical Society
Elliott
William Earehart
Marion Mitchell
Hubert Jackson
Margaret Thomson
Muriel Hodel
Boyd Humphrey
Albert Allen
Tim Thompson
Joseph Rickards
Joseph Luchini
Marion Brooks
William Clark
Nick Zambos
Thomas Canterbury
Charles Akers
League
Rickards
Eugene R. Foster
Earehart
Walter Griswold
Francis Edwards
Harry Culp
Edward Burley
Begin Work On Gold Bars At West Virginia Military Academy
Thirty four cadets from 27 communities began 15 day sessions at Camp Dawson to earn their second lieutenants bars. Eight seniors will be commissioned July 2 after training in tactics and M1 rifle use under Lt. Col. Frank W. Haught. Seniors include Norman Southern Beckley Meryl Hall Beckley James Highwart Moundsville Billy Grofe Bluefield William McCormick Bluefield Joseph Carruthers St Albans Edgar Fink St Albans Robert Dunnavant Charleston.
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Kingwood
UPI
West Virginia
West Virginia Army National Guard
West Virginia Military Academy
Camp Dawson
Frank W. Haught
Pt. Pleasant
Norman D. Southern
Meryl M. Hall
Beckley
James C. Highwart
Moundsville
Billy Grofe
William McCormick
Bluefield
Joseph T. Carruthers
Edgar M. Fink
St. Albans
Robert G. Dunnavant
Charleston
Steel Co Observes Its 45th Anniversary
Wheeling Steel marked its 45th anniversary of incorporation on Monday. The company, employing about 13 500 people, was formed by the merger of LaBelle Iron Works of nearby Steubenville Ohio the Whitaker Glessner Co of Wheeling and Iron Company of Wheeling.
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Wheeling
UPI
Wheeling Steel
LaBelle Iron Works
Steubenville
Ohio
Whitaker-Glessner Co
Wheeling and Iron Company
Travel West Virginia brochure highlights Bluestone area
The spring edition of Travel West Virginia from the Department of Commerce spotlights Bluestone Lake and surroundings with photo features of Bluestone Dam Reservoir and Bluestone Canyon. It includes Floating Up New River by Bill Burton, Summers County attractions around Hinton, and mentions Beckley Exhibition Mine Cass Scenic Railroad Honey in the Rock and Coal Town Museum at Stotesbury.
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Travel
West Virginia
Department of Commerce
Bluestone Lake
Bluestone Dam
Bluestone Canyon
New River
Bill Burton
Baltimore Sun
Summers County
Hinton
John Henry
Beckley Exhibition Mine
Cass Scenic Railroad
Honey In the Rock
Coal Town Museum
Stotesbury
Memorial Airport Becomes Turnpike of the Blue Yonder
The Raleigh County Memorial Airport is becoming a regular turnpike as more people take to air travel for business, sightseeing, and vacations. The newspaper resumes the Flight Log column to keep readers informed about local aviation developments.
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Raleigh County Memorial
Yonder
Aircraft at Beckley Airport Include Local Firms and Notables
Seventeen cub planes owned by local companies and individuals are stationed at the Beckley Airport. Corporations include Wilcox Manufacturing Cole Signs Charles House Motel Empire Machine Co. Private planes are based there for Beckleyans Pete Ambrosiani Dr Charles Ward and Paul Manley. A joint ownership plane belongs to H B Wurst D O Bradley J N Jarrett M C Oak Hill and Robert Lee Kosnoski, a Beckley drug firm employee. Kosnoski says his family uses the plane mainly for vacations. Flight School head Herb Alloy reports expansion of charter service with student Herbert Atha taking his first flying lesson last week. Mrs Susie Lewis is taking daily lessons. A special plane landed Wednesday night carrying Hubert Humphrey vice president Sen Jennings Randolph and Sen Robert C Byrd West Virginia Gov. Hulett C Smith Rep. John M Slack and Secret Service men.
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Wilcox Manufacturing
Cole Signs
Charles House Motel
Empire Machine Co
Beckleyans
Pete Ambrosiani
Charles Ward
Paul Manley
H. B. Wurst
D. O
Bradley
J. N. Jarrett
M. C. Oak Hill
Robert Lee Kosnoski
Beckley
Kosnoski
Herb Alloy
Ambiton
Alloy
Herbert Atha
Susie Lewis
Oak Hill
Hubert Humphrey
United States
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
John M. Slack
Secret Service
Boy's Body Recovered From Guyandotte River
Logan authorities report Roger Ellis, 15, of Hunt area, drowned in eight feet of water in the Guyandotte River near Logan after slipping from an inner tube while with friends. It marks the third drowning in the river in five weeks, with two prior deaths at West Logan and Chapmanville.
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Logan
UPI
Roger Ellis
Hunt
Guyandotte River
Here
Ellis
West Logan
Chapmanville
Army specialists and family notices in Germany and California
Army Specialist Five Charles A. Alkire completed three weeks of intensive field training near Wildflecken Germany. He took part in weapons firing and small unit tactics with the 18th Infantry in Berlin and entered the Army in 1957. Specialist Four Randal G. Tilley from Lashmeet joined paratroopers of the 82d Airborne to the Dominican Republic. he began service in 1962 and trained at Fort Gordon. James E. Davis Jr. was promoted to staff sergeant in Germany with the 3d Infantry Division. his Army career began in 1952 after Morristown College graduation. Davis’s parents reside in Bluefield and Columbus Ohio. Engineering bids expected in Raleigh County for Bolt Three Lane highway in Charleston, a $4.9 million state-financed project including an interstate bridge and two federal-aid projects. Other projects cover bridges on WVa 61 at Armstrong Creek and near Institute. Henry A. Wallace was a 1948 Progressive Party presidential candidate.
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Charles A. Alkire
Charles E. Alkire
Richwood
Wildflecken
Germany
Alkire
18Th Infantry
Berlin
Richwood High School
Army
Randal G. Tilley
James W. Tilley
Lashmeet
82D Airborne Division
Dominican Republic
Tilley
Fort Bragg
N. C
San Isidro Air Base
Santo Domingo
Fort Gordon
James E. Davis Jr
Aloise
Ronnie Lane
Salinas
Calif
Davis
4Th Infantry
Morristown (Tenn
James E. Davis Sr
Bluefield
Valerie Davis
Chittenden Ave
Columbus
Ohio
State Road Commission
W. Va
Bolt
Raleigh County
Three Forks Road
Wyoming County
Benton Ferry
Fairmont
Armstrong Creek
Montgomery
Fayette County
Institute
Kanawha County
West Virginia coal miners set two week vacation
About 34 000 miners in West Virginia begin a two week vacation Saturday under a 1964 contract. Most will take the first period with 95 percent. 5 percent will take July 10. Vacation pay averages 225 dollars per miner, pumping roughly 7.6 million into the economy to ensure coal supply.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
United Mine Workers District 17
Proposed super speed highway plan centers on Beck ley Summersville
A discussion on a Beck ley to Summersville super speed highway was set for July 13 after an Appalachian Regional Commission meeting, originally planned for today, was postponed and rescheduled for July 13 in Washington, D.
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Beckley
Summersville
Appalachian Regional Commission
Washington, D
Dignitary lopes at Beckley airport during visit
An indignant dignitary loped on the airport field for a visit recently. The young deer stayed a few minutes. LEAVING FRIDAY after having based their plane at the airport for several days were Dr. Cc. R. Mayfield and family en route to Columbia Tenn from Mountain Lake Va. Also flying out Friday were Vince Rideout and Kyle Bean, Norton Co. employees of Worcester Mass. Rideout, pilot, said they transported Norton members to White Sulphur Springs, Massachusetts and New York and were en route to their home base when inclement weather grounded them at Beckley. Rideout served as pilot with the U. S. Air Force in World War II. Bean, co-pilot, said he trained under the Army Aviation program. He joined Norton five years ago. A private plane operated by S. J. Groves and Sons Co. of Minneapolis, Minn., taxiing in after the Norton plane left. Sam T. Day, vice president of the firm, said he was there to bid for construction of the Bolt Three Forks Highway in Raleigh and Wyoming Counties. Accompanying Day were Philip Turner, chief engineer, and Neil Goode, pilot. The trio spent hours in Beckley examining the highway site and returned to their home office. When interviewed, one firm member quipped You look like spies of Vecellio and Grogan. The S. J. Groves Co. is a contracting firm.
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Cc. R. Mayfield
Columbia
Norton Co
S. J. Groves and Sons Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Sam T. Day
Bolt Three Forks
Raleigh
Wyoming
Day
Philip Turner
Neil Goode
Beckley
Register
Vecellio and
Grogan
S. J. Groves Co
Large scale medical accord backs TB eradiation plan
Two major committees of chest specialists jointly endorsed a Surgeon General task force report urging a broad front against tuberculosis. The plan targets 500,000 high risk Americans and 9,000 expected yearly TB deaths, proposing sustained federal grants of 22.4 million dollars annually for ten years and expanded patient care, surveillance, and training nationwide.
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Ing
U. S
Ten Air Force recruits join at local station
Four men enlisted Monday and two women plus four men joined Thursday at the Recruiting Main Station. Recruits include Gerald B. Lowther, David A. Tallman, Russell T. Thompson, Robert G. Nulter, Sylvia A. Hodge, Nancy E. Morton, Robert P. Cummings, Harry W. Morrison, Robert L. Tomlin, and Norman W. Sallee. All ten are assigned to Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.
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Air Force
Gerald B. Lowther
St. Marys
Ammon G. Lowther
David A. Tallman
Parkersburg
Charles E. Tallman
Russell T. Thompson
Layland
Marguerite R. Thompson
Robert G. Nulter
Walker
Ralph Nulter Jr
Women’s Air Force
WAF
Sylvia A. Hodge
Boissevain
Irene H. Hodge
Nancy E. Morton
Charleston
W. Va
Harrison C. Morton
Robert P. Cummings
Kingsport
Tenn
Christine E. Cummings
Harry W. Morrison
Pearl M. Morrison
Robert L. Tomlin
Fayetteville
Goldie E. Tomlin
Norman W., Sallee
Gate City, Va
Robert T. Sallee
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Bedrock in Victoria Land Lies Deep Beneath Ice
Antarctica's Victoria Land features bedrock about 1 000 feet below sea level, buried under a 10 000 foot thick ice sheet. This indicates substantial crustal depression under the polar ice regime and thick glacial cover shaping regional geology.
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Antarctica
Victoria Land
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Parents League
Ben L. Murphree
Harold M. Riffe
the Register
Pauline Haga
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Minneapolis, Minn
Phillip Turner
Matoaka High School
Charleston Town
Henry A. Wallace
U.S
Progressive Party
Vince Rideout
Pilot
Kyle Bean
Norton Ca
Worcester, Mass
American Thoracic Society
American College of Chest Physicians
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