Titan 2 Demonstrates Soundness For Gemini Flight
Titan 2 missile flight lasted 5 800 miles down the Atlantic range testing basic soundness for the Gemini program booster role. Officials monitored first stage vibration and second stage thrust while introducing the malfunction detection system to track 29 critical points on the 103 foot rocket. Preliminary reports say the system functioned well ahead of unmanned December and manned orbital targets.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Chris Kraft
Manned Spacecraft Center
Gemini
Gemni
MDS
Dickenson Man Killed In Mine
Vince Compton a Dickenson County Virginia man died in a mine accident at the R and A Coal Co mine in Deskins Virginia about 4 p m Tuesday He was crushed by a fall and died instantly Survivors include his wife three sons Homer of Haysi Bobby and Harold of Prater three daughters Mrs Earl Yates Mrs Chester Yates and Mrs Harry Yates a brother Charles Compton a pair of sisters and 13 grandchildren Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p m at the residence with Elders Clifford Colley Basil Bailey and Casby Conaway officiating Burial follows at the family cemetery Haysi Funeral Home in charge
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Dickenson County
Deskins
Vince Compton
Vicey
R&a Coal Co
Virgie Compton
Homer Compton
Haysi
Bobby
Harold Compton
Prater
Earl Yates
Charlie Wade Mutter
Rowe
Coen Mutter
Oakwood
Emory Mutter
Portsmouth
Ira Deskins
Woodrum Deskins
Urbana
Ohio
Alta Looney
Bainbridge
Harve Mutter
Doran
Luther Mutter
Leesburg
J. H. Mutter
Haines City
Fla
Richlands
Tabernacle
Ancil Childress
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Grundy
Edgar Huston Roulett
Vansant
Vena Cox Roulett
Jerry Roulett
J. C. Roulett
Akron
Roger Roulett
Cambridge
Wanda Roulett
Fay Roulett
Allen, Ky
Stella Smith
Robinsonville
N. C
Ica Roulett
Glendale
Calif
Jack Roulett
Marysville
Tenn
Ernest Roulett
Ocean Spring
Miss
Ollie Roulett
Galesburg
Mich
Vansant Baptist Church
Alan Moor
Dry Fork
Man Who Gave Away Millions Dies At 85
Lord Nuffield, William Morris, British motor magnate and philanthropist, died at 85 in London after illness. He built Morris Motor Co. and later helped create the Nuffield Foundation with a $23 million gift for health education and welfare.
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London
Lord Nuffield
Nuffield
William Morris
Morris Motor Co
British Motor Corp
Nuffield Foundation
Soldier wins world's longest swim contest
Abdel-Latif Abu-Heif a 34 year old major in the United Arab Republic Army won the 60 mile endurance swim across Lake Michigan from Chicago on Wednesday, the world's longest open water swim. The race started with 16 entrants and carried a $15,000 first prize.
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ST. Joseph, Mich
Abdel-Latif Abu-Heif
United Arab Republic Army
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Daily Telegraph Printing Co. Bluefield Ad Rates Notice
Established 1893 Daily Telegraph Printing Co publishes in Bluefield West Virginia. Subscription by carrier and mail listed with weekly and yearly rates. Associated Press member. Audit Bureau of Circulation and advertising rep contact provided.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Atv Agency, Inc
Exhibit Train Here Monday
The West Virginia Centennial Train touring the state will visit Bluefield for three days starting Monday, Aug. 26. Eight-car exhibit train will be on the Norfolk and Western siding at the Bluefield freight station for public inspection with hourly visiting schedules to be announced. Local Kiwanis members organize the visit with student guides from across the state assisting visitors.
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West Virginia
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western
Bluefield Avenue
Clarence E. Hammer
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Kiwanians
Kiwanis
Khrushchev Attacks Pekin On Economic Plans In Belgrade
In Belgrade's Rakovica factory district Khrushchev ridiculed Peking's economic ideas and praised Yugoslav workers councils and Henry Ford. He praised mass production and signaled a shift from Moscow's earlier stance on Yugoslavia's worker self management, amid China’s opposition.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Khrushchev
China
Henry Ford
Moscow
Soviet Union
Rakovica
Peking
America
Ford
Red China
Pastor Anniversary Observed at Pocahontas Churches
The 15th anniversary of Rev. Richard E. Jones pastorate at First Baptist Church Pocahontas Va began with Rev. J C Stith and Laurel Creek choir in charge. Subsequent nights feature Rev McKinley Raymore Maybeury Rev Caleb Lilly Pocahontas and Rev J H Saunders Walls Creek with their congregations observing the milestone.
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Richard E. Jones
First Baptist Church
Pocahontas
J. C. Stith
Laurel Creek Baptist Church
McKinley Raymore
Maybeury
Caleb Lilly
Community Methodist Church
J. H. Saunders
Walls Creek
Mercer Students Return From State Tour
Thirty Mercer County students on a West Virginia Centennial tour will return to Bluefield late tonight. They earned the chartered bus trip as top finishers in the Star 35 Contest held in Bluefield, part of the state birthday celebration. The tour visited Charleston Parkersburg West Virginia University Elkins White Sulphur Springs and the State Fair at Fairlea. The bus is due back about 11 pm.
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Mercer County
West Virginia
Bluefield
Mercer County Centennial Commission
Chambers of Commerce
Princeton
Charleston
Parkersburg
West Virginia University
Elkins
White Sulphur Springs
Fairlea
Greenbrier
Princeton Firemen Put Out Small Gasoline Fire
The Princeton Fire Department answered a 9:30 p.m. call in the Rogers Street area near Oakvale Road when a motorist backed into a gasoline pump near Sheen's Store causing nearby gasoline to ignite. Firemen used water from a booster tank to extinguish the blaze with no significant damage.
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Princeton Fire Department
Rogers Street
Oakvale Road
Sheen
Presbyterian Picnic Planned at Leatherwood Farm
Westminster Presbyterian Church announces its annual family picnic Friday August 23 at 6 p.m. on Leatherwood Farm located on College Drive. The church urges members and guests to bring covered dishes for the community cookout and fellowship event.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
Leatherwood Farm
College Drive
Eastern Air Lines DC8 Skids After Gear Collapse at Orlando
An Eastern Air Lines DC8 bound from Miami to New York with stops at Tampa and Orlando skidded over a mile on the Orlando Airport runway after its main landing gear collapsed. No injuries were reported among 21 passengers and seven crew. The nose wheel stayed down, minimizing damage. McCoy Air Force Base crews sprayed foam, and passengers and crew evacuated calmly.
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Orlando
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Orlando Airport
McCoy Air Force Base
Air Force Base
Miami
New York
Tampa
W. E. Beach
E. C. Cowles
Joan Walters
Eastern
Clashes and Bombings Feed Birmingham Desegregation Tensions
In Birmingham Alabama violence flared after a bombing of attorney Arthur Shores home with authorities pursuing slim leads. A segregationist spokesman announced anti desegregation demonstrations and officials approved a limited 12th grade desegregation plan as federal courts push school integration for September 4 amid calls for restraint from integration groups.
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Birmingham
Ala
Arthur D. Shores
Edward R. Fields
National States Rights Party
Birmingham School Board
A. D. King
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Alabama Christian Movement For Human Rights
Alive! Miner Bova Trapped in Sheppton Shaft Rescue
After a collapse in the Sheppton coal mine near Philadelphia, drill attempts found a possible opening toward trapped miner Bova. Throne and Fellin, co-owners, report being uninjured and planning to widen a lifeline hole while sharing limited food and water.
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Bova
Arthur Joyce
Bovas
Throne
Fellin
Sheppton
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia Medical Association Opens 95th Convention
The 95th Annual West Virginia Medical Association convention gathers at White Sulphur Springs in Greenbrier County with Dr. Henry F. Warden Jr. of Bluefield chairing the program. The event runs from Wednesday August 21 through Saturday August 24 and features sessions on adolescent medical care, WVU Medical School faculty talks, and papers on surgery medicine and obstetrics.
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West Virginia Medical Association
White Sulphur Springs
Greenbrier
Henry F. Warden Jr
Bluefield
West Virginia University Medical School
Warden
Retired U.S. Clerk Dies In Virginia
Louis Holmes Price 79 longtime deputy clerk and later chief deputy of the U S District Court for Western Virginia died after a short illness in Lynchburg. A funeral will be held at 3 30 p m Thursday at Guid Memorial Chapel with burial in Spring Hill Cemetery. He joined the court in 1912 and became chief deputy in 1919 retiring October 31 1960.
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Lynchburg
Louis Holmes Price
U. S. District Court For
Western Virginia
Duiguid Memorial Chapel
Spring Hill Cemetery
Price
Deaths and Funerals in Varying Virginia Localities
Charlie Mutter of Rowe dies of heart attack at 70 with children and siblings listed. graves in Clinch Valley Memorial. Roulett of Vansant dies at 65. burial in Dry Fork Cemetery. Lucy Mitchell 74 of Union dies in Staunton hospital. services in Union Methodist Church. Alex Conner 86 of Columbus, former Pearisburg resident, dies. burial in Northside Cemetery. John White stillborn. committal at Pisgah Cemetery. Memorial Funeral Directory of Princeton handles arrangements.
Obituaries from Crumpler and Elizabethton list Lafferty and Hatfield deaths
Mrs. Roxie Lafferty 69 wife of Charles Lafferty of Crumpler died in a Welch hospital. Survived by husband Virgil Ray Lafferty and three daughters all of Detroit. services at Bear Town Methodist Church with burial in Bailey Cemetery. Mrs. Lucille Hatfield 75 of Elizabethton died in Bristol Memorial Hospital. survived by two daughters, a son, siblings, 17 grandchildren and 17 greats. funeral at Moore's Chapel Church with burial in Ensor Cemetery. Burial arrangements by Bennett Funeral Home and Tetrick Funeral Home respective.
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Roxie Lafferty
Charles Lafferty
Crumpler
Welch Hospital
Guyandotte Baptist Church
Herndon
Joseph
Victoria McKinney
Virgil Ray Lafferty
Rebecca Lafferty
Nancy McKinney
Esther Jean Belcher
Detroit
Mich
Beartown Methodist Church
Hersey Lane
Bailey Cemetery
Andrew Lafferty
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
Lucille Hatfield
Elizabethton
Tenn
Bristol Memorial Hospital
Bearwallow
William Hatfield
Flora Davis
Ashland
Viola Stout
Roy Hatfield
Norton
Harvey Barrett
Berwind
Margaret Powers
Sarah Bailey
Union
N. J
Ora Lowe
Florida
Moore's Chapel
Ensor
Tetrick Funeral Home
Two 88 year old women die in West Virginia and Virginia
Ida Hurt Owens age 88 widow of Leonard Owens dies at home in Honaker Virginia. She leaves three daughters six grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren four sisters and a brother list of survivors. Funeral 2 p.m. at Honaker Funeral Chapel with burial in family cemetery. Louise Alice Taylor age 88 of Princeton dies Wednesday in Memorial Hospital and is survived by a foster daughter three sisters two brothers and a niece. memorial funeral directory handling arrangements.
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John Franklin White
J. L
Lucille Scaggs White
Pisgah Road
Princeton
Memorial Hospital
Jackie White
Susan Gilbert
Richmond
Jeffrey
Steve White
Ida Hurt Owens
Leonard Owens
Honaker
Mose
Catherine Ball Hurt
Ernest Jackson
Elizabeth Owens
Eula Combs
Greensboro
N. C
Mollie Lemons
Lula
Myrtle Hurt
Bluefield
P. L. Dye
Louise Alice Taylor
Raymond Price
West View Ave
Taylor
New Salem Methodist Church
Littlesburg
Charles A
Elizabeth Belcher Tiller
Blanche Davidson
Lettie Bailey
Matoaka
Nannie Pierce
Norfolk, Va
Cleveland
Fred Tiller
Five Hurt In Mercer County Auto Wrecks
Five persons were injured in three separate crashes in Mercer County on Wednesday. James L. Phillips and Emma Gene Phillips were treated at Bluefield Sanitarium, with two others from Bluefield and another couple from Spencer involved in a three car collision near Princeton. Police charged Elvis for failure to yield and Mary E Jones for careless driving as investigations continued into right of way and vehicle control violations. Damages were estimated at about 900 dollars across the incidents.
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Mercer County
James L. Phillips
Charleston
Emmagene Phillips
Tromie Woody
Bluefield
James Tibbs
Bluefield Sanitarium
Princeton
Memorial Hospital
George R. Rose
Spencer
James F. Bowling
Elbert F. Elvis
Beckley
Jack L. Miller
Elvis
Mary E. Jones
Vickie Blevins
Leckie
U. S. 52
R. L. Sturms
Hydroplane Regatta Set for Sept 22 at Magnolia Yacht Club
New Martinsville WV hosts the 24th annual inboard hydroplane regatta on the Ohio River September 22 with 17 races on a 123 mile course. Classes range from 48 cubic inch to 7 liter engines and the 266 c.i. division competes for the World Trophy. Time trials on September 21 aim for American Power Boat Association records as Wetzel County marks a centennial celebration.
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New Martinsville
W. Va
Magnolia Yacht Club
Ohio River
American Power Boat Association
West Virginia
Wetzel County
Huntington AAU Swim Meet Draws 550 Swimmers
More than 550 swimmers from Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and touring squads from California Mississippi and Maryland will compete in Huntington for the fifth annual AAU meet beginning Thursday. The Cincinnati Marlins defend their title entering with four national record holders in the boys 10 and under 200 yard freestyle relay and a 2 06 6 record set by Hipolit Hudnall Preston and Magee. Only one event is scheduled Thursday with rest Friday and Saturday.
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Huntington
Cincinnati Marlins
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Santa Clara
Calif
Meridian
Miss
Towson
Cincinnati
Kevin Hipolit
Lee Hudnall
Bruce Preston
Jay Magee
Mexico to set fixed chili prices under new rule
Mexico City government backed food firm will buy chili at fixed future prices and manage its distribution to control costs in the national diet.
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Mexico City
Kennedy Urges Tight Federal Spending and Tax Cut
President Kennedy asked for firmer control of federal outlays and endorsed a two step tax reduction. He told Representative Wilbur Mills he hopes for a smaller next year deficit contingent on certain conditions and bipartisan support for the plan. He argued a tax cut will lift national income toward a balanced full employment economy.
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Washington
Kennedy
Wilbur Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Secretary of the Treasury
Virginia-Side Man Hurt In Car Wreck
Lace Presley, 58, of Bluefield Virginia, was under treatment at Bluefield Sanitarium after an auto wreck in Tazewell County. His injuries were not considered critical and state troopers were investigating the accident.
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Lace Presley
Bluefield
Tazewell County
Virginia
Monroe Man Hurt On Princeton Job
Harry Page aged 36 of Cashmere Monroe County was injured at work in Princeton. He suffered a foot and leg injury and was under treatment at Bluefield Sanitarium on Wednesday night after an on the job accident with a black company.
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Harry Page
Cashmere
Monroe County
Bluefield
Princeton
Norfolk and Western Wins 1962 Safety Award
Roanoke AP report notes Norfolk and Western Railway won the 1962 Railroad Employes National Safety Competition for the lowest accident rate in its size group.
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Roanoke
National Safety Council
Norfolk and Western Railway
N&w
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