Committee Forms to Push Airport Levy in Beckley
E Van Dorgey a Beckley Junior High principal and former Raleigh County school leader was chosen as general chairman of a committee to back a June 1 airport levy vote. He named 24 subchairmen from local groups including the Mayors, Kiwanis, Civitan, Rotary and American Legion posts. Voters face a 486000 three year levy with 300000 for airport construction. County court accepted a 452201 Atlas Construction bid for preliminary airport work, contingent on Civil Aeronautics Authority approval, with a second stage pending levy funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorsey
Grover C. Hedrick
Ned Hawkins
Kiwanis
Harry Hall
Civitan
R. B. Armentrout
Rotary
Crewe Maples
Lions
Paul Barwood
Beckley Senior Chamber of Commerce
Dave Abrams
Bill Barrett
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Joan Moran
Glenn Shanklin
American Legion Post
Tom Evans
Phil White
Zachary Karantonis, Jr
Dorothy American Legion Post
Jack Beard
Beckley Squadron
Air Force Association
Ben H. Wender
Sophia American Legion Post
J. Frank Brubeck
Lew Sheffler
Veterans of Foreign Wars
A.J. Sparacino
Bill Bowers
Clarence Tragham
Mabscott
Larkin Philpott
United Mine Workers
Robert J. Ashworth
Republican Executive Committee
Harold Lambert
Lawrence Pruitt
Beaver
Lewis Harvey
Eunice
Atlas Construction Company
Elkins
Memorial Airport
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Robert L. Davis
Marshall Awards Degrees To Seven County Students
Seven Raleigh County students will receive degrees from Marshall College at the 132th commencement in the Keith Albee Theater on Monday May 30 at 10 08 a m The Graduate School will confer the Master of Arts degree on Nelson Ray Bragg of Hilltop The College of Arts and Sciences will award Bachelor of Science degrees to Brady W Lipscomb of Beckley and George William Simpson of Mabscott the Bachelor of Arts degree to Lawrence Barrett Lutz of Mabscott and Associate in Science degrees to Alice Catherine Ballenger of Piney View Clyde Edward Whited of Hilltop and Lester Max Williams of Beckley The commencement speaker will be Glenn Gardiner a nationally recognized leader in labor management relations.
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Raleigh County
Marshall College
Keith- Albee
Nelson Ray Bragg
Hilltop
College of Arts and Sciences
Brady W. Lips
Poland Faces Trouble Behind the Production Push
In Poland the government touts production targets while behind the scenes factory directors and managers face economic sabotage charges. At a Warsaw savings conference 3,000 industry leaders were told to cut costs by 287.5 million. A Katowice tribunal jailed five plant managers for coal sales to private firms and a state brick factory group faces sabotage trials. Wages rise 10 percent, but workers protest stagnant real income amid higher living costs.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Poland
Ibe
Katowice
Southwest China Still Likes Coins
AP reports from Kunming that Southwest China remains a coin loving region with over 20 kinds of gold silver and tin coins in use Many currencies circulate including US five dollar gold pieces French Indochina silver and Mexican gold dollars Rupees from India and Burma arrive via the Burma road The Yunnan province half dollar dominates locally though it trades at half its original value due to tin content Merchants dislike paper money and even the American dollar appears with sharp discounts to travelers much like wartime shortages and trust in coin value persists across this remote province
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Associated Press
Kunming
China
U.S
French Indochina
India
Burma
Yunnan Province
Yunnan
Jurors View Premises in Davis versus Bluefield Electric
Jurors were bused yesterday afternoon to view the premises in the Davis versus Bluefield Electric Company case. The trial opened Monday with Davis appealing a furnace defect and a total claims amount of 991.70. Several orders were entered, and multiple settlements occurred including Archer v Shrader and Morris v Coca Cola Bottling.
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Register
Princeton
Mercer
Glenn Davis
Bultion Electric Company
Bluefield
Davis
Warren Archer
K. B. Shrader
C. ¥. Morris
Northfork Coca- Cola Bottling
Burton Family Welcomes Eight-Pound Eugene Jr Voice
Birth announced for Eugene Burton Jr an eight-pound son born May 21 to Mr and Mrs Eugene Burton formerly of Virginia Jackson now living in East Park The family notes health education and welfare as重点. Thanksgiving plans by Silver Moon Lodge No 19 F and A Masons set for Nariva Saturday at 730 pm full attendance urged.
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Eugene Burton
Greater of
East Park
Eugene Jr
Burton
Virginia Jackson
Silver Moon Lodge
A. A. Y.Y. Masons
Nariva
J. A. Soloman
W. M. L. B. Gowens
Loving Woodson
Ares Brevi
Coal Teer’ District Association
First Baptist Church
Birchton
Callie Smothers
Purity Club
W. C. Cooks
Mecca Temple No. 1
East Gulf
W. F. ‘Hall
W. P. Lewis Early
Church of the Living God of
Winona Carr
Cleveland
W. A. Tressenwriter
New River District
Greenwood Baptist Church
Lawton
S. W. Williams
Tapic
Voice of
Jesus
Etnies Freeman
Fly Film Stars Die Like Flies
Ten top stars in a film died in Hamburg during a chaotic shoot about flies. A cold Hassburg Zoo chase yielded 25 frozen but alive specimens. The story blends a misguided production idea with absurd, comical misfortune across a string of unrelated notices and events.
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Associated Press
Hamburg
Germany
E.R.K.A. Film Company
Hagenbeck Zoo
Hagenbeck
Hassburg
Moslem Blood Policy From Al Azhar Shocks Readers
An Islamic University committee in Cairo ruled that Moslems may receive blood or corneas from non Moslems if the curative effect is proven and no doubt remains. The ruling responds to requests from Tunisia and outlines sect differences. A related notice lists local church rallies and PTA meetings.
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Ifta
Islamic University of al Azhar
Cairo
Tunisia
North Africa
Preouin
Clarence Moore Willreach
Fier James Dunlap
A. H. ‘Callahan
Alabama and Georgia Club
St. Matthew A. M. E
Ley
American Legion Auxiliary
Unit 70
Dukes of Rhythmcides
Fields
Conley P. T. A
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Taby Esther
Rayve
Ines
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Coles
Asic
Yale-Lok
1World
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Scott
Father John
Stanback
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Handy Electric Sandwich Grill
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Cohen
Stewart
Eversharp Schick
Pordenstresks
Evepere
GLOBE
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Icohen
West Virginia
Dunbar School
Father Years
Dunbar
Margaret Catus
James Stewart
Booker T. Cooper
Albert Powell
Lois C. Lewis
Geraldine Williams
St. John New Covenant Holiness Church
Golden Voices of
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June Rhichardson
St. Mark
Jey
Sunda
John W. Davis School
Fireco
Jonben
Whitby
Cora Brown
Joan W. Davis
Cranberry School
Laura Watkins
Affinity School
Geneva
Phillips
Doris Calloway
Fayetteville
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Marvin Craig
Hattie Belle Owens
Orestes Ritchie
Beckley
Roanoke
Lynchburg
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