Suppressed U.S. Food Aid Corruption Report in Viet Nam
A Times dispatch reports a wide ranging survey on corruption and mismanagement in the distribution of surplus U.S. food by Catholic Relief Services in South Viet Nam was suppressed with Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge’s approval. The eight month inquiry, prepared by American investigators, faced recall amid concerns over religious controversy and political implications for Lodge and U S officers.
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Los Angeles
U.S
South Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Times
Saigon
Public Safety Division
Washington
State Department
Donald Neff
Catholic Relief Services
Lodge
United States
Viet Nam
Ambassador Lodge
Herbert J. Waters
Agency For International Development
Three Injured In Two Car Collision Near Princeton
State police investigated a two car crash on U S 19 21 outskirts of Princeton Sunday at 4 55 pm injuring Ruth Pruett 27 of Bluefield Va head and leg injuries Dana Allen Pruett 4 year old stomach injuries and Mrs Brooke Smith 49 of Saltville Va with head lacerations The cars were driven by Bobby W Pruett 33 of Bluefield Va and Thomas M McPhearson 26 of Princeton McPhearson was charged with driving left of center.
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U. S
Princeton
Ruth Pruett
Bluefield
Brooke Smith
Saltville
Dana Allen Pruett
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Masthead and Circulation Note
The item lists the Bluefield Daily Telegraph printing details dating from 1893, address at 412 Bland Street, Bluefield, Associated Press affiliation, subscription rates by carrier and mail, and advertising representative contact. It provides publication and circulation information rather than news content.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Adv
Kaw
Humphrey Sees Civil Rights Bill Passage This Summer
Senator Hubert Humphrey predicted the compromise jury trial amendment to the civil rights bill will pass, the Southern filibuster broken, and the legislation enacted by early summer. He said cloture votes may come in May and warned of potential demonstrations if the bill fails.
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Washington
Hubert Humphrey
D - Minn
Humphrey
Senate
CBS
Richard Russell
D-Ga
Wilkins
Two-Story Blaze Damages Town Businesses
A two story fire caused heavy smoke and water damage to Cline Wholesale and a department store, with upstairs records mostly saved. Rexall Store and Ben Franklin Store suffered smoke and water damage, while a fire wall saved Rexall from spread. Fire crews from five towns fought the blaze for about two hours. electricity was out for about an hour after wires burned.
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Cline Wholesale
Rexall
Smith
Ben Franklin
Richlands
Tazewell
Grundy
Oakwood
Bluefield
Weather Outlook for West Virginia and Virginia
The Associated Press reports mostly cloudy skies over parts of West Virginia with some rain and showers and a high in the 60s in the west. Virginia sees considerable cloudiness with occasional rain in its extreme southwest and highs 57 to 65, with showers possible on Tuesday.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Virginia
Injuries To Head Suffered In Wreck
Mrs. Dewey M. Bennett, 31, of Rt. 1 Alderson, was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium with head injuries from a 5 p.m. wreck in Greenbrier County. Her husband, Dewey M. Bennett, was injured but released after treatment at Alderson hospital. She was treated and transferred to Bluefield.
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Dewey M. Bennett
Rt. 1
Alderson
Bluefield
Greenbrier
Maryland Infant Hurt In Two-Vehicle Crash
A three month old from Maryland sustained non serious injuries in a two vehicle collision at Honaker and North Walker Street in Princeton at 4 44 p m Sunday. Passengers included Todd E Fearson and his mother Mrs Wilma Fearson of Joppa Md in a car driven by 16 year old Hattie Aurlene Crouse of Joppa. An ambulance driver 25 year old Clifford Dunn of Peterstown was involved. The child was treated at Memorial Hospital and released. No charges were filed.
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Honaker
North Walker Street
Princeton
Todd E. Fearson
Wilma Fearson
Joppa
Hattie Aurlene Crouse
Clifford Dunn
Peterstown
Memorial Hospital
H. C. Fields
Mark Power Plays The Part Of Drunk
Hollywood veteran Mark Power has spent 21 years portraying drunken characters. He debuted as a barfly in The Lost Weekend (1945) and has remained a familiar presence on screen’s barroom floor.
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Mark Power
Hollywood
Nana
Power
Ray Milland
Rockefeller Accepts Johnsons Intelligence Briefing Offer
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller accepted President Johnsons offer of a top level intelligence briefing on foreign policy and security. He said he will participate only if briefings do not limit future public debate and reserved the right to comment. Other Republicans like Margaret Chase Smith Harold Stassen and William Scranton have also accepted. Nixon has not commented and Goldwater declined.
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N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Johnson
Rockefeller
State and Defense Departments
Central Intelligence Agency
Margaret Chase Smith
Harold E. Stassen
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Rectory Looted by Three Masked Bandits in Wis.
In Suamico Wisconsin three armed men raided the Rectory of St Benedict's on a Saturday night binding the pastor Rev Casimir Krakulius and housekeeper Cecelia Mella for about 12 hours. They looted precious stones valuables and firearms before fleeing. The pastor and housekeeper were unhurt. A fourth man waited outside in an older model car. An inventory will determine the loss.
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Suamico, Wis
Casimir Krakulius
St. Benedict’s Church
Wisconsin
Cecelia Mella
Father Krakulius
Bardot to Host New Year Party with Censored Scenes
Hollywood report says Brigitte Bardot plans a New Year’s Eve party after censor cuts out about 80 percent of her love scenes in Europe. Stephen Boyd recounts Bardot’s reply that she saved the cut footage and will show it to her former leading men and their wives.
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Nana
Europe
Brigitte Bardot
Stephen Boyd
Paris
Boyd
Brigitte
True vampire bats of tropical America survive on living hosts
The true vampire bats of tropical America feed exclusively on blood drawn from living animals, including humans, as their sustenance.
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Tropical America
Scranton Backers Launch National Draft Drive
Pennsylvania Governor William W. Scranton’s backers announce an intensive national campaign to promote him as a GOP presidential candidate. A Draft Scranton headquarters will open in Washington under Richard C. Peet with plans for state committees and five regional cochairmen.
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William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Washington, D.C
Richard C. Peet
William Keisling
Stanley Christopher
Missouri Scranton Committee
Christopher
Virginia toll reaches 252 after weekend highway deaths
Four traffic deaths Sunday raise the 1964 Virginia highway toll to 252, down from 256 a year earlier. Killed were Randolph Bragg Jr., 27, of Orange in a collision near Charlottesville. Thomas Hill Allday, 28, of Ballsville who crashed into a house on Virginia 33. Henry Artis, 59, of Franklin in a single-car wreck near Nansemond County. and Aubrian Lee Faris, 23, of North Garden who veered off U S 29 near Nelson County. Four others hospitalized.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Charlottesville
Walker Randolph Bragg Jr
Orange
Here
Amelia
Thomas Hill Allday
Ballsville
Amelia County
Fort Bragg
N.C
Holland
James Henry Artis
Council Rd
Franklin
Nansemond County
Artis
Aubrian
Lee Faris
Rt. 1
North Garden
U.S. 29
Nelson County
Faris
Mushroom Farms Officials To Meet
MORGANTOWN W V A meeting of stockholders of Indian Knob Mushroom Farms is planned for next sun Forrest H Mullen said a special attorney report on receivership will be discussed Mullen heads a special committee of stockholders In Moundsville Circuit Judge J Lloyd Arnold ordered the assets sold to satisfy creditor claims and appointed a receiver and a special commissioner for the court Indian Knob Mushroom Farms folded after the last crop was harvested in March.
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Momechen
W.va
Indian Knob Mushroom Farms
Forrest H. Mullen
Mullen
Moundsville
J. Lloyd Arnold
Deaths and Funerals in Rural Virginia Towns
Obituary notices from North Tazewell to Gap Mills detail James B Ratliff 85 long illness survivors include four sons three daughters many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral at North Tazewell Methodist Church burial in Grandview Memory Gardens with Perry and St Clair Funeral Home in charge. Also Earl Scott 51 dies en route to Grundy Hospital veteran of WWII with multiple children and spouses. Mrs Edna Mooney Rose 84 dies Grundy following lingering illness with large family survivors. Ruth Broomfield 67 dies in Davy burial Saeger Memorial Cemetery. Ernest Lloyd Woolwine 42 dies Kimball Catholic services Monday. Charles E Morris 55 Princeton death at hospital with children and siblings. George Leslie McCulloch 80 dies while visiting daughter Gap Mills with large clan and extended kin. funeral at Pine Grove Methodist Church with Wickline Cemetery burial.
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North Tazewell
Mary Hopkins Ratliff
William C
James D
Hyter B. Ratliff
Reece M. Ratliff
Bluefield
Susie Dillard
Annie Burkett
Callie Etter Bluefield
North Tazewell Methodist Church
Lee Hill
W. F. Wadsworth
Ronald Hager
Grandview Memory Gardens
Charles Gemmell
Frank Vanhoozer
Garland Lockhart
Herbert Kinder
Paul Dillard
Burkett Dil
Earl Scott
Conaway
Grundy
Dorothy Meir Scott
Betty Scott
Betty Tackett
Kansas City
Kan
Bertha Ann Scott
George Sidney Scott
Earl Scott, Jr
Sid
Evertt Thomas Scott
John Milbaur
Joyce Milbaur
Esteline Cochran
Birdie Burke
Arlington
Gertrude Pietrjak
Detroit
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Ballard
Woodrow
Albert Scott
Richard Scott
Moutheard
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Gary Rose
Dean Barbour
Alexandria
Wilma Bartley
Peggy Fuller
Sharon Rose
Snala Bowman
Maggie Lee Vanover
Ruth Lilly
Clintwood
June Lilly
Cleveland
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Crit
Tolby
Taylor Rose
Amos Rose
Erwin
Tenn
Rose Hill
Dewey Cantrell
John Dotson
Rose Hill Cemetery
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Church of God In
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Canton
Leon Nunley
Saeger
Goldie Clark
Erie
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Harry Broomfield
Debby Mullins
Hemphill
Sally Sizemore
Ellen Sizemore
Welch
Betty Hurley
Princeton
Lon Flanighan
Bud Flanighan
Helen
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
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Kimball
Nellie Battalo Woolwine
Tommy Woolwine
Cathy
Chris Woolwine
Clara Foley
Louis Foley
Collinsville
Ruby Ashworth
Fieldale
Margaret Roberts
Stuart
Donald Woolwine
Louisa
Howard Woolwine
Wellsburg
John Ryan
Woodlawn
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
Charles E. Morris
Ritchie St
Goodwell
Katherine Shelton Morris
Herbert M
Julia Lusk Morris
Ronald L. Morris
Ervin F. Kessinger
St. Petersburg
Fla
Adam Chambers
A. L. Inge
O. C. Strow
Lawrence Adams
Crumpler
R. E. Allen
Winterhaven
George Leslie McCulloch
Gap Mills
Monroe County
Sadie Spellman
Sweet Springs
Carmel Presbyterian Church
Virgie Weiss
Hettie Thompson
Links Grove
Ethel Charlton
Huntington
Lacy McCulloch
Nellie Collins
Second Creek
Pine Grove Methodist Church
A. D. Shiflett
Billie S. Mick
Wickline Cemetery
Broyles
Union
Vincent
Ray Wickline
Frank Porterfield
Stafford
Porter J. Patton
Lyle Ruddell
Funeral services for John Haven SURFACE of North Tazewell Va
John Haven SURFACE of North Tazewell Va will be buried at Maplewood Cemetery after funeral services at Tazewell Baptist Church Monday at 2 p m. Rev Russell As bury and Rev W J Carter will officiate with pallbearers listed. Home in Tazewell.
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North Tazewell
Tazewell Baptist Church
Russell Asbury
W. J. Carter
Maplewood Cemetery
Harry Buston
G. B. Brittain
Henry Kiser, Jr
Bane G. Terry, Jr
H. D. Beavers
Buxton Davis
Sam Royall
C. A. Olinger
Perry and St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Mrs Thompson Dies At 90 In Virginia
Mrs. S. J. Thompson, 90, of The Cove in Tazewell County Virginia, died at Jeffersonville Hospital after about six months in hospital. Widow of S. J. Thompson former state senator, she was born Sally Louise Bowen and left two sons H. L. Thompson Bowen Thompson both farmers, and a sister Mrs J W Johnson. Funeral arrangements are pending at Peery St Clair Funeral Home of Tazewell.
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S. J. Thompson
Cove
Tazewell County
Jeffersonville
Tazewell
Sally Louise Bowen
Reece Bowen
H. L. Thompson
Bowen Thompson
J. W. Johnson
Peery-St. Clair Funeral Home
Divorce Hearing Delayed At Mercer Court
Divorce hearings in Mercer County Circuit Court Princeton will start about two hours late due to final arguments in a lawsuit. Divorces will not begin until 2 p.m. today after the morning proceedings.
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Mercer County
Princeton
Brown Blasts Hulett Smith in West Virginia Governor Race
Bonn Brown charged Hulett C. Smith with coercing state workers and welfare recipients to campaign for him under threat of losing their relief payments. Brown, speaking at a basket lunch rally in Wheeling, labeled Smith the Statehouse Candidate and condemned the alleged pressure as a cold blooded assault on the unfortunate.
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Wheeling
Bonn Brown
Panhandle
Hulett C. Smith
Brown
Smith
Statehouse
West Virginia
Roosevelts Remain Active Across Party Lines
The four Roosevelt brothers engage in national politics. John backs Rockefeller for the GOP nomination while James, a California congressman seeks a sixth term. Elliott campaigns in Florida for the Democratic national committeeman post amid a crowded May 26 field. Franklin Jr. serves in Commerce and supported Johnson. A Johnson-Roosevelt ticket is rumored for November.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Johnson
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
John Roosevelt
New Deal
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
James
California
Elliott
Florida
Franklin Jr
Commerce Department
Electronic Nose Invention Claimed by NY Comp Sci Team
The electronic nose is claimed to be 100 times more sensitive than the human nose. City College of New York researchers Dr Henry Rosano and Dr Sheldon Scheps report a liquid odor sample is pulsated by electricity to create a distinctive chart pattern for odor identification. Potential uses include medical diagnosis air pollution monitoring and breath alcohol testing.
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Washington
NANA
American Chemical Society
Henry Rosano
Sheldon Scheps
City College of New York
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