Drive Opens For Town Park Courts If $850 Is Raised
Fayetteville talks of building new double tennis courts at the town park with completion aimed for spring if $850 in donations is reached. Land graded, fencing pending, posts ordered, project led by the Junior Woman's Club with committee members and volunteers assisting. Andy Branigan, longtime AHL defenseman, coaches the New York Rovers in the Eastern League.
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Fayetteville Town
Junior Woman’s Club
Charles Ingles
George Vickers
Walter Caldwell
J. H. Allen
Leon Spencer
Louis Rahall
Andy Branigan
New York Rovers
Beta Sigma Phi Feles Hosts Oak Hill Dinner Event
Beta Theta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi honored rushees and husbands with a covered dish dinner at the Oak Hill Recreation Center. Mrs. M. K. Carden led planning while Mrs. Floyd Warrick Jr. and Mrs. Lucille McCoy organized games. Winners included Mrs. Andrew Warrick, Mrs. Robert Stoner, and Mrs. W. J. Lessick. numerous couples attended.
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Oak Hill
BNS
Beta Sigma Phi
M. K. Carden
Floyd Warrick Jr
Lucille McCoy
Andrew Warrick
Robert Stoner
W. J. Lessick
Robert Patrick
T. G. Pettry
Edward Thomas
Kenneth Pegram
H. L. Stricklin
Jimmy Mahood
Former Detroit stars scout for Tigers group
Former Detroit players Tommy Bridges Pat Mullin Marv Owen Schoolboy Rowe and Bob Mavis now scout for the Tigers in a move highlighting continued ties between war era legends and the club.
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Detroit
Tommy Bridges
Pat Mullin
Marv Owen
Schoolboy Rowe
Bob Mavis
The
Tigers
Fallout Considered State's Big Banger
West Virginia Civil Defense Director William Mathews warned that heavy fallout would likely reach the state after a nuclear attack due to nearby industrial complexes. He said any industrial area could be targeted and that utilities have taken sabotage protections. Mathews stressed plans assume no direct hit and that survival of the initial attack is expected for all residents. He noted rising interest in civil defense but no hysteria amid the Cuban crisis.
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Charleston
UPS
West Virginia
United States
William J. Mathews Jr
Mathews
Segregationists Underground at Ole Miss Vow Resistance
A student group calling itself the Rebel Underground vowed to resist integration at the University of Mississippi. Handbills circulated on campus urged underground resistance since federal troops occupy the campus after James Meredith’s admission sparked deadly rioting. The pamphlets target the South and claim Meredith’s admission marks the start of a broader movement.
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Oxford, Miss
UPI
University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Meredith
Ole Miss
U.S
South
Technician's Work To Be Demonstrated On TV
Montgomery area residents can watch a WOAY-TV program on Wednesday at 6 p.m. explaining the engineer technicians role in industry. Daniel Clench will moderate with four students in a skit showing a technician assisting engineers on an emergency hospital power plant project.
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Montgomery
Woay-Tv
West Virginia Institute of Technology
TECH
Daniel Clench
Clench
Michael Glenn
London
Kenneth Reed
Elkins
James Smith
Keyser
David Beaver
Benwood
Fayette County NAACP Meets at Pleasant Valley Church
The Fayette County upper Branch of the NAACP will meet Sunday at 3 p.m. in Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Carlisle. All members are urged to attend and the general public is invited, per secretary Mrs. Marie I. Turner.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church
Carlisle
Marie I. Turner
Now You Know Cuba's size and population facts
United Press International notes Cuba is the largest island in the West Indies with an area of 44,206 square miles and a population estimated at more than 6.7 million per the World Almanac.
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United Press International
Cuba
West Indies
World Almanac
Radio Telescope in Operation at Green Bank West Virginia
The world's largest movable radio telescope is now at work at Green Bank. Built for 850000 dollars, it will study Jupiter first and seek clues on solar radiation belts, rings around Uranus and Neptune, birth of bright blue giants, hydrogen gas in Andromeda and neighboring galaxies, and radio waves from supernova remnants.
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Washington
UPI
Green Bank
W. Va
National Science Foundation
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Jupiter
NSF
Uranus
Neptune
Milky Way
Andromeda
Cuba Claims 30 to 40 Missiles Ready for Firing
Chicago via UPI report says Cuba has 30 to 40 missiles ready and is expanding launch sites despite the blockade. Congressmen quote officials on salvo capacity and ongoing work by Soviet technicians in Cuba for 2,200 mile class systems.
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Chicago
UPI
Cuba
Kennedy
Clark McGregor
R-Minn
State Department
Harold Collier
R-Ill
William Bray
Rind
Bray
Russia
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Walter Judd
United States
Mundt
Missing Bathtubs: Britons Resist Modern Plumbing Reform
London reports on Britain's stubborn bath deficit as 5.4 million households lack baths. Government offers to fund half and provide easy loans, yet landlords and tenants resist. A mobile bathtub tour fails to win support, while MPs blame welfare state inertia. Desperation grows for compulsory improvement grants to drive uptake.
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Tom A. Cullen
Enterprise Assn
London
NEA
Great Britain
Britain
Housing Ministry
Ber
Page
Family Guests Spread Across Fort Knox and Pineville
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Evans and son Tommie Jr spend several days with their son in law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pell. Fort Knox Thursday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Cook include his sister Mrs. Buddy Cook and daughters Brenda and Carla of Pineville. Also visiting were his father Blake Cook and daughter Patty of Matheny.
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Oceana
RNS
Tommy Evans
Tommie Jr
Richard Pell
Fort Knox
Otis Cook
Buddy Cook
Brenda
Carla
Pineville
Blake Cook
Patty
Matheny
Food Stolen From Pineville DPA Office
The Pineville DPA building reports missing food items with an undetermined amount. Police say thieves climbed a shed and gained entry by breaking a window. maintenance supervisor Clarence Snuffer found the thefts early today. A full list will follow after checking with the Bluefield office.
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Pineville
RNS
Department of Public Assistance
East Pineville
Bluefield
W. W. Bolt
Clarence Snuffer
Danish Explorer Bering Discovers Alaska in 1740
Vitus Bering sailed for Russia and charted new shores, detailing Alaska during the 1740 voyage. His expedition under the Russian flag marked a key moment in Arctic exploration and mapped the North Pacific coast for future contact and trade.
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Vitus Bering
Alaska
Wife's Body Recovered After University Professor Confesses
Athens County plans to file a first degree murder charge against Gene I. Stees, a 30 year old Ohio University education professor, who admitted killing his wife Helen, 29. Divers recovered a 55 gallon steel drum from Dow Lake believed to contain the body. Autopsy to be performed at Mt Carmel Hospital. Stees confessed after hours of questioning, describing an argument over their children and his conduct with other women.
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Athens, Ohio
UPI
Athens County
Gene I. Steel
Ohio University
Helen
Dow Lake
Here
Steel
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
C. F. Patton
Stees
William Stees
Philadelphia
Indiana University
Most State Schools Not Prepared For Attack
West Virginia counties show patchy readiness for student shelter or evacuation in enemy attack. Seven counties have shelter plans, none fully tested. twelve plan evacuation to homes. Mercer and Wyoming rated good and fair. 25 counties have no plans. 11未reported. CD officials say local testing and time decisions vary by emergency.
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Charleston
UPS
West Virginia
Wood
Berkeley
Calhoun
Gilmer
Grant
Jefferson
Morgan
Daryl Ely
State
Iie
Mercer
Wyoming
Ronae
Tucker
Ely
Marshall
Wetzel
Clay
Jackson
Logan
Mingo
Wayne
William J. Mathews Jr
Mathews
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