Virginia family perishes in fiery crash near Warrenton
A small foreign car and a hay loaded farm truck collide on Virginia 17 near Virginia 64 killing six members of the Finotti family and injuring none of the truck drivers. Barbara Ann Finotti died after being thrown from the car as flames from a ruptured gas tank spread. Bealer Christian 28 is charged with involuntary manslaughter. The highway toll rose to 563 for 1963 with another fatal crash reported later.
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Morrisville
William G. Finotti
Warrenton
Barbara Ann
Finotti
Virginia 17
William Olinger
Fauquier County
Arlene
Marion
Christian
Fauquier
Virginia
Geneva C. Worrell
Rt. 1
Draper
Haiti Rebels Attack Border Town from Dominican Soil
Haiti’s foreign minister Rene Chalmers filed a note with the OAS alleging an exile assault on Ouanaminthe led by ex General Leon Cantave with about 300 men aided by former Haitian officers. The invaders used an off coast island as staging, some combatants living abroad, while Duvalier fortified his rule with a 5,000 strong militia and 5,000 Ton Ton Ma coute or bogeymen. Diplomatic ties with the United States were briefly suspended after term extension but later restored.
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Duvalier
Rene Chalmers
Haiti
OAS
Dominican ‘Republic
Verna
Cantave
Lebanon
Congo
New York City
New York
United States
Daily Telegraph Advertising Rates and Publication Details
Established 1893 daily in Bluefield West Virginia lists subscription costs by carrier and mail zones. Includes filing with Associated Press rights and local news, plus Audit Bureau of Circulation and advertising contact.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Aw Agency
Inc
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area Obituaries
Multiple obituaries detail deaths and funeral plans across Falls Mills Kimball Gratton Pearisburg and Bluefield with survivors pallbearers and burial sites. Mrs Ella Mae Anderson. Lewis Gordon Little Jr. Mrs Cecil J Mattox. Mrs Laura Ann Cox. Mrs Lucille Eaton. infant Billy Young are noted along with service times locations and funeral home arrangements.
Local Obituaries and Deaths in Bluefield and Marion Areas
Mrs Virginia Seaver Huston of Naples Florida formerly of Marion Virginia and the Bluefield area died Tuesday in a Naples hospital She was born in Marion daughter of the late Mr and Mrs M M Seaver She taught in Marion area schools and was a former member of Immanuel Lutheran Church of Bluefield Memorial services are in Naples Wednesday and burial will be at Round Hill Cemetery in Marion Also noted are the deaths of Mrs Sallie Ellen Mitchell and Samuel Greenwood Davis with funeral details and survivors listed for each case
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Ella Mae Anderson
Shawver's Mill
Falls Mills
Muskogee
Okla
Falls Mills Methodist Church
W. R. Grimm
James McCormick
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Bluefield
F. L. Ernest
E. K. Spraker
E. S. Crawford
Garfield Stewart
L. W. Buckland, Sr
E. H. Hall
Dino Janutolo
Howard Peake
McKinley Tabor
Paul Donley
Sergeant Kermit Anderson
Maronette
T. Clyde
W. E. Anderson
W. M. Anderson
Lewis Gordon Little, Jr
Pocahontas Land Co
Springton
W. Va
Gordon Little
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg
Air Corps
Ruth Porter Little
Robert Noel Little
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Frank Rowley
Woodlawn
Allen Goodykoontz
Ben Lazer
Ted Hall
C. B. Quillan
A. N. Griffin
Porter McCue
John Sproles
Garland Bruce
Cecil J. Mattox
Kimball
McDowell County
St. Petersburg
Fla
Christiansburg
William and
Jane St. Clair
Leonard H. McClanahan
Carl A. Dobbs
First Baptist Church of
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Alexander Gregory
James Wormly
William Turner
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Page Pride Council
Order of St. Luke's
First Baptist Church Missionary Society
Mount Nebo Church Missionary Society
Kimball Funeral Home
James Dillard
John H. Franklin
Branch Ferguson
Melvin Harris
Walter Morehead
Herbert Thomas
Lucille Stanley Eaton
Pearisburg
Ethel Stanley
J. B. Stanley
Dublin
Frank Smith
Bane
Banie Stanley
Eggleston
Alma Stanley
Eaton Chapel Methodist Church
Richard Hamblin
Givens Funeral Home
Virginia Seaver Huston
Naples
Marion
M. M. Seaver
Marion High School
Martha Washington College
Abingdon
West Hampton College
Richmond
Huston
Immanuel Lutheran Church of
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Richlands
William H. Mitchell
Tazewell County
David and
Rhoda Beavers
Holiness Church
Robert Mitchell
Willy Mitchell
Wichita Falls
Tex
Walter Mitchell
Seco. Ky
Guy Mitchell
Hartwell
Gus Mitchell
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Grat Horton
H. D. Hampton
Samuel Greenwood Davis
Wickham Ave
Princeton
Lilly Grove
Sallie Dennis
Samuel G. Dennis
Betty Gillenwater Dennis
Allen Dennis
Mrs Catherine Keesee Widow Of Ernest Keesee Dies In Richmond
Mrs Catherine Comer Keesee aged died at 5 20 p m Tuesday at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond after several months illness Funeral arrangements are to be handled by Hawkins Funeral Home incomplete info shows her Bluefield address 2320 Spring Garden Drive
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Catherine Comer Keesee
Ernest Haynes Keesee
Spring Garden Drive
Bluefield
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Richmond
Hawkins Funeral Home
Funerals for Addie Louise Hawkins and Glemmie Billings
Funerals for Addie Louise Hawkins 14 of Rt. 1 Tazewell Va held today at 1 30 P M Wesleyan Methodist Church Tazewell with burial at Grandview Cemetery on the Bluefield Tazewell Road Greever Funeral Home in charge Pallbearers listed Honorary pallbearers named. Glemmie F Billings 51 of Dott observed today at 2 P M at the home with Rev Roger McCormick officiating and burial at Honeysuckle Cemetery Dott Memorial Funeral Home in charge
Pilgrim Church To Mark Homecoming
The Pilgrim Baptist Church at Crystal will hold its annual Homecoming Day with Rev. Caleb Lilly as guest speaker. Dinner will be served on the church grounds, with Mrs. Mary J. Saulters in charge of the program.
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Pilgrim Baptist Church At
Crystal
Caleb Lilly
Mary J. Saulters
Group Designs New Tax Break
Washington AP reports the House Ways and Means Committee proposed income averaging to ease tax burdens for volatile earnings while curbing real estate tax advantages. The plan lets income exceeding four year average by over a third be taxed as if one-fifth is earned each year. It also intends to tax gains from quick depreciation writes under real estate operations based on holding period and excess depreciation.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kennedy to Submit Nuclear Test Ban Treaty to Senate
President Kennedy will send the new nuclear test ban treaty to the Senate on Thursday with hearings expected to run two to three weeks chaired by Secretary of State Dean Rusk. The accord, agreed by Britain the Soviet Union and the United States, bans tests in air space and undersea but not underground, and aims for a two thirds ratification.
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Kennedy
Senate
White House
Dean Rusk
Mike Mansfield
Montana
W. Averell Harriman
Moscow
Britain
Soviet Union
United States
Mansfield
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Engine Operator Killed In Coal Mine
A 47 year old locomotive operator died on his first day on the job at a small KINGWOOD West Virginia coal mine. Francis Herbert Wilt of Howard Pennsylvania, recently moved to Tunnelton Preston County, was crushed when the mine engine knocked down roof supports at the Sylvester Bolyard operated mine.
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Kingwood
W.va
Francis Herbert Wilt
Sylvester Bolyard
Wilt
Tunnelton
Preston County
Howard
Clear Fork GOP Plans Friday Night Meeting in Bluefield Va
Republicans of the Clear Fork District schedule a Friday gathering at 7 30 p m in Bluefield Town Hall Virginia spokesmen said attend to discuss party matters and local politics
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Clear Fork
Bluefield
Junk Laws To Be Enforced In Bluefield
Bluefield's junkyard rules will be tightened after a Bluefield Board of Directors meeting. City Director Paul Hudgins urged enforcement as Dan Paul of the Chamber of Commerce asked for city action. State law requires fences to obscure wrecked autos. deputies noted violations along roadways and highway rights of way. The board unanimously ordered Manager Whittle to assess and ensure enforcement.
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Bluefield Board of Directors
Paul Hudgins
Dan Paul
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Hudgins
Whittle
Highways Contractors Pledged Not To Discriminate
U S officials urged highway contractors to vow non discrimination in hiring on federally aided projects in line with President Kennedy’s June 22 order. A Bureau of Public Roads spokesman said no known southern objections exist and noted many Southern contractors employ Black workers on highway jobs.
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Bureau of Public Roads
Kennedy
Rails Back At Talks As Unions Push Settlement
Washington AP reports railroad and union leaders held their first bargaining session in weeks on job cutting work rules. Officials termed the meeting useful and warned a nationwide strike threatened for Aug. 29 could delay a negotiated settlement.
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Washington
Labor Department
House Commerce Committee
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Asst
Secretary of Labor
James J. Reynolds
Reynolds
W. Willard
Wirtz
Names Chosen For New Subs
The Navy announced three more Polaris missile submarines with names Lewis and Clark, James K. Polk, and George Bancroft. Lewis and Clark will be built at Newport News Virginia. Polk and Bancroft at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton Connecticut. Bancroft helped establish the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
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Washington
Navy
Newport News Shipbuilding, and Dry Dock Co
Virginia
Lewis and Clark
Missouri
Pacific Northwest
James K. Polk
United States
Texas
Polk
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
Groton
Bailey Lumber Co acquires Tug River Lumber subsidiary
Bailey Lumber Co. of Bluefield has purchased Tug River Lumber Co. of Welch, McDowell County, to operate as Tug River Lumber, Inc. The old firm is dissolved and Bailey will own stock and equipment only. C. W. Bailey becomes plant manager.
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Bailey Lumber Co
Bluefield
Tug River Lumber Co
Welch
McDowell County
Bailey
E. S. Mann
Tug River Lumber, Inc
C. W. Bailey
Mann
Mullens
Matoaka
War
Gilbert
Princeton
Grundy
Wytheville
G. H. Browder
W. R. Davis
Rocky Gap
Responsibility Theme Highlighted At Vesper Services
Sharon Palmer led a discussion on Civic Responsibility at the weekly Vesper Services at the Bluefield Community Center. The program featured Emma White Ann Wilson Helen White Panzan Jones and Ann Hubbard with solo by Madeline Sinkford and musical selections by Vandaleria Evans Sylvania Mary Ruth and Alvin Wilson.
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Sharon Palmer
Bluefield
Emma White
Ann Wilson
Helen White
Panzan Jones
Ann Hubbard
Madeline Sinkford
Vandaleria Evans
Sylvania
Mary Ruth
Alvin Wilson
Laurel Daily Double Pays Sweet Sugar
The Laurel Race Track daily double paid 1545.80 for 2 dollars on Tuesday. Trentino won the evening race paying 111 straight. Rubber Stamped returned 7.80 in the second race. Both events were six furlong sprints.
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Laurel, Md
Laurel
Trentino
Bounty Placed On Valachi By Underworld Network
A $100000 bounty has been issued on Joseph Valachi, a life-term inmate who exposed the Cosa Nostra. Government sources say the target could be killed within minutes if released, as investigators tout Valachi’s testimony as a major breakthrough in fighting organized crime.
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Washington
Joseph Valachi
Underworld
Valachi
Cosa Nostra
Robert F. Kennedy
United States
Justice Department
Crime Corporation
Vito Genovese
Atlanta
New York
Chicago
Sam Giancana
Genovese
Mobile X-Ray Unit Treats Mercer County Tuesday
Exactly 1,978 chest X-rays and 372 blood pressure readings were taken during the first of a four day mobile unit tour in Mercer County. The activity occurred at Bluefield and Princeton sites with totals of 928 chest X-rays and 186 blood pressure readings at Bluefield and 1,050 X-rays and 186 readings at Princeton. The units will visit Kellysville Camp Creek and Bluewell before Aug 9.
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Mercer County Health Department
Bluefield
Skiing Tourney to Highlight Hinton Centennial Fest
West Virginia hosts its first open water skiing tournament as part of Hinton’s centennial celebration. The Aug 23 24 event at Bluestone Reservoir features slalom trick and jump for all four classes with 75 to 180 competitors. An Aug 25 hydroplane race and a large fish fry draw crowds, sponsored by the Hinton Jaycees.
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Hinton
West Virginia
Bluestone Reservoir
American Power Boat Association
The
Hinton Jaycees
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