Domestic Version Of VISTA Seeks Volunteers
Washington report says VISTA the domestic Peace Corps will recruit 5000 volunteers to work in urban slums and rural poverty across the United States. Volunteers must be over 18, with no upper age limit, and will serve one year after training. Applications by mail to VISTA Box 100 Washington 25 DC.
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Washington
UPI
VISTA
Peace Corps
America
Congress
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
D.C
Glen Ferguson
Appalachia
Afghanistan
Harlem
Kenya
Ferguson
Shriver
Job Corps
James Gillis
Moscow Driving Dares and Dangers Under Soviet Rules
A UPI report from Moscow by Jay Axelbank describes chaotic street behavior for pedestrians and drivers, noting jaywalking, huge trucks, and lax enforcement. Moscow’s 60 kmh limit is ignored, while militiamen sometimes side with pedestrians, creating hazardous crossings and confrontations.
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Jay Axelbank
Moscow
UPI
New York
London
Paris
Tokyo
Chicago
Seattle
Soviet Union
Soviet
Giant six ton Denby Dale pie feeds 30000 in England
In Denby Dale England a six ton beef and potato pie baked 36 hours in Hector Buckley’s barn and rolled on a 16 wheeler to a field where 40000 to 50000 waited. It sold 20000 portions at 10 shillings each, generating mixed commercial interest.
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Denby Dale
England
Hector Buckley
Denby
Yorkshire
George III
Britain
Napoleon
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Edward
Clayton West
Pie
Tito and Gheorghiu-Dej open Danube border power project
In Belgrade and Turn Severin, Tito and Gheorghiu-Dej joined to inaugurate a Danube border hydroelectric scheme. The $300 million plant on the Danube could halve border nations electricity needs, with an additional $100 million for locks. Construction by Romanian and Yugoslav workers will run through 1971.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
UPI
Tito
Gheorghe Gheorghiu - Dej
Moscow
Stalin
Ion Gheorghe Maurer
Danube
Turn Severin
New Record Baby Crop Heralds New Problems
Washington reports that about 3.7 million World War II babies turn 17 this year, signaling more education social and employment pressures. The Population Reference Bureau notes the cohort is nearly 1 million larger than 1963 and will rise further, with over 4 million yearly turning 17 by 1974. The 1947 birth rate was the highest since 1921 26.6 per thousand. For four years the under-18 group has grown 6.6 percent annually, far outpacing overall population growth.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Population Reference Bureau
Gum in Sausage Leads to British Firm Fine
A UK sausage maker was fined 56 dollars after a customer found chewing gum inside a sausage. The incident prompted concerns over product safety and quality control.
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GUMS
UP Sausage Bath
England
UPI
Notice to Creditors of W L Brown estate Beckley WV
To the Creditors and Beneficiaries of the estate of William L. Brown deceased all persons with claims must present them verified with vouchers to Roy A. Cunningham Commissioner of Accounts Beckley WV at 213 Raleigh County Bank Building on or before January 25 1965 Claims may be barred from benefits if not filed Beneficiaries may appear to inspect claims by September 9 1964.
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William L. Brown
Raleigh County Bank
Beckley
West Virginia
Roy A. Cunningham
County
Toll booths progress and Olympic coin change idea
Dick West riffs on Labor Day toll booths and highway engineering, riffing toward an Olympic event for exact change. He jokes about driving through tolls at high speed while hitting the booth with coins, noting personal training mishaps and the potential for an exact change team.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Tokyo
United States
Notice of Motor Carrier Hearing WV PSC
On September 17, 1964 at 10:00 a.m. EDST the Public Service Commission of West Virginia will hear Fred Wesley Ravencliff’s application for a certificate of convenience and necessity to operate as a common carrier by motor vehicle for coal and wood within Raleigh and Wyoming Counties and household goods within one mile of Glen Rogers, with protestants urged to attend and testify.
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Capitol
Charleston
Public Service Commission of
West Virginia
Raleigh
Wyoming
Glen Rogers
Wyoming County
Fred Wesley Ravencliff
Almanac highlights for September 11, 1964
United Press International notes Friday September 11 as the 255th day of 1964 with 111 to follow. Historical events include Washingtons Brandywine defeat in 1777, Tyler cabinet resignations in 1841, London bombing in 1940, Tojo's suicide attempt in 1945, and a thought from Washington Irving on a woman's affections. The day marks Virgo birthdays and O Henry’s birth in 1862.
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United Press International
Venus
O. Henry
George Washington
Buckingham Palace
London
Tojo
Washington Irving
Obituaries and funeral notices from local paper
Letie Kidd Covey aged 82 died early Wednesday. Funeral at First Christian Church Friday 2 p.m. Rev Dr Griswold. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Body at church one hour before service. Quincy Mason Richardson, age unknown, funeral Saturday 2 p.m. Odd Missionary Baptist Church. burial Harmah Lilly Cemetery. Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel arranging. Ella W Vaught, 77, Sophia, funeral Friday 2 p.m. Sophia Church of God. burial Pemberton Cemetery. church ladies flowerbearers. Williams Funeral Home handling.
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Covey Covey
Letie Kidd
First Christian Church
Walter H. Griswold
Sunset Memorial Park
Richardson Richardson
Quincy Mason
Age St. of Odd
Odd Missionary Baptist Church
Les Lilly
James Duff
Harmah Lilly Cemetery
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
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E. C. Dively
Lewisburg
W. Va
By Dick West
the Almanac
Raleigh Register
Egnor Monument Works
Alden W. Deck
A. E. Deck
Mt. Tabor
Todd’s Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Traflor Service Landing
Wright
ty + ATS
Dial
Ashworth Firestone
Sparks Radio & TV
Prince St. Ph
John W. Eye CO
W. Neville
Moose Club
Robert L. Amick
Beckley Newspapers
City Ave
Dramex
Bondex
Samuel Croy
J. Kershner
S. Kanawaha
Willey Brothers
Hinton
W. V. Ph
Jan Campbell Music Co
Concord College
Caffee Funeral Home
Dan George Call
Oak Hill
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
South
Nashville
Tennessee
P. D
Will, Donald Fitzgerald
Mount Hope
Will Carl Treadway
Glen Morgan
Fayette Airport
Fayetteville
Will
Phillip
Muliens
Trump Avenue
Will Jack Maynard
Ford Street
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Will Byron Goode
Southerton Martz Beauty School
Third Ave
Huntington
Professional Directory
Beckley Florists
Webbs
Mt. Hope Floral Co
Dial Beckley
Mt. Hope
Halstead
Memoriam
Emmazire Cliff Lilly
Martha
King Photo Supply Co
Neville St. Tel
Ewebb & Neal
Prince St John W. Eye CO
Funeral Home Ambulance Service
R. H. Neal
Mer
Vance Drive
Beckley Maytag
Maytag
Spring
Mattre
Neville St
el Chico
Huntington Athletic Club
Ninth Street
Buntington
Curb
Town & Country Drive Inn
Avon
Avon Cosmetics
Bostick Avenue
Leaader
Care Beckley Newspapers
Fuller Brush
P.O
Marmet
South Charleston
Temple Street
Ohio
Virginia, and
West Virginia Corporation
Fabrimatch Kurfees
Lumber Co
Sisson St
Alex N. Breckinridge
Storm Wizard
Beckley Insulation Co
Hilltop Gulf
Harper Road
Westwood Drive
Patton's Market
Marvin Boone Lilly
Jack Barber
Rata Ee
Lami
Beckley Post-Herald
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