Schedule Set For Train Visit In Bluefield This Week
The West Virginia Centennial Train arrives in Bluefield Monday through Wednesday August 26 27 28 with eight cars of state history. Open noon to 8 pm Monday and Tuesday and noon to 6 pm Wednesday the train tours WV towns before moving on to Portsmouth Ohio and South Charleston.
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West Virginia
Bluefield
Clarence Hammer
Kiwanis Club
Bluefield Avenue
Portsmouth
South Charleston
Montana
Vandals Break Lights Windows in Bluefield Cars
A group described as a car load of boys and girls damaged at least nine autos in Bluefield between midnight and 6 am. Eyewitnesses spied the vehicle and a wrench attack, with headlight and window damage reported at multiple addresses. Police search ongoing.
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Bluefield
Danny Simmons
Washington St
James F. Bailey
Wythe Ave
Estil Chambers
Sherman Patton
Heatherwood Extension
Patton
Eric Johnston, Free Enterprise Advocate, Dies at 66
Eric A. Johnston, longtime head of the Motion Picture Association of America and former president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, died at George Washington University Hospital at age 66 after a stroke. He served in Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower eras, led the Economic Stabilization Agency, and promoted free enterprise and trade liberalization. He was involved in Middle East diplomacy and U.S. development planning.
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Johnston
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Economic Stabilization Agency
U.S
International Development Advisory Board
Middle East
Jordan River Valley
Band Camp Stunt Night Kicks Off In Athens Tonight
Bluefield Band Camp hosts stunt night at Concord College in Athens led by Luther Ballard. Ballard's Booster Club sponsors the event to aid Bluefield High Fairview Junior High and Central Junior High band members for fall and winter activities. A king and queen will be crowned, with activities wrapping up Saturday.
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Bluefield
Cocnord College
Athens
Luther Ballard
Bluefield Band Booster Club
Ballard
Bluefield High
Fairview Junior High
Central Junior High
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertising Rates Notice
Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery in West Virginia and surrounding zones. It notes AP content rights and advertising representation details.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
The
Aty Agency, Inc
Diocesan Lay Teacher Reimbursement Program Ends
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling will discontinue its lay teacher reimbursement program after decades of aid totaling 776343 dollars since 1955. The program reimbursed parishes half the salary for one lay teacher for every four sisters, affecting schools across West Virginia and parts of Virginia. Parish payments and prior aid are outlined, with warnings of repercussions and calls for future financial relief.
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Wheeling
Virginia
West Virginia
Panhandle
West Virginia Register
John J. Swint
Joseph H.hodges
Robert H. Wanstreet
Cancer Society Unit to Meet in Bluefield Wednesday
Mercer County Unit of the American Cancer Society will meet Wednesday August 28 at 7 30 p m in Flat Top Bank conference room Bluefield spokesmen said. Previous letters mailed to members carried the wrong date. Anyone interested in the unit’s work is eligible to attend.
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Mercer County
American Cancer Society
Flat Top Bank
Bluefield
Turbulent North Borneo Split Shapes Southeast Asia
The document outlines Brunei and Indonesia dividing Borneo, with Brunei in the north and Indonesia in the south. It notes Sukarno’s denial of territorial aims, a Brunei revolt, and asylum for the rebel chief, plus regional tensions from the Philippines and Communist China. It also mentions a planned federation of Brunei, Sarawak, North Borneo, and Singapore, and Brunei’s oil royalties dispute with the Sultan's refusal to join.
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Brunei
Borneo
Indonesia
Sukarno
Philippines
North Borneo
Sulu
Malaysia
Singapore
Malaya
Sarawak
Boreno
London
Wythe Welfare Check for 1595 Dollars Bounces
Richmond AP reports a 1595 dollar check issued to Wythe County Welfare Department sat in the Commonwealth's Attorney Office for two years before being cashed and bounced. The recovery lien had been marked satisfied in 1960, but the check returned for insufficient funds when negotiated in 1963 after the auditor misplaced it.
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Richmond
Wythe County Welfare Department
Commonwealth
J. Gordon Bennett
Bennett
Welfare Board
Legislative Steps Seen to Block Rail Strike
Washington AP reports a Friday vote on a measure to provide for arbitration in the railroad dispute as a looming strike nears. The Senate Commerce Committee met with hopes to act soon, while Republicans doubt any plan can stop the August 29 walkout. The core issue is 32,000 firemen jobs on yard locomotives and freight trains amid cost and safety arguments.President Kennedy’s plan calls for a two year interim period. Meany-Enloe proposal seeks 60 more days under a congressional committee with no strike during the period.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Magnuson
Senate
Congress
Kennedy
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Clair Engle
D-Calif
Two Bluefield Men Named to WV Bankers Posts
William F. Lambert of First National Bank joins the WVBA committee on industrial and commercial development and Louis A. Capaldini of Flat Top National Bank is named to the committee on public relations. The WVBA comprises 178 of West Virginia’s 182 commercial banks.
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West Virginia Bankers Association
WVBA
William A. Boone
Ronceverte
William F. Lambert
First National Bank
Louis A. Capaldini
Flat Top National Bank
X15 Sets Record With 662 Mile Space Flight
At Edwards Air Force Base Joseph A. Walker piloted the X15 rocket plane to a record 662 miles into space. He returned disappointed, being nearly two miles short of his intended altitude.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Joseph A. Walker
Circuit Court Orders Entered In Multiple Civil Actions
An order dismissing as settled was entered in a mandamus action by Ralph E. Thomas against the City of Princeton for a license to operate a produce mart. The court also confirmed sale of Charlie W. Godsey estate property, entered a default judgment in General Totten v Totten for $179.51, dismissed Shrader v White as settled, and issued divorce decrees and maintenance actions in Eller v Eller and Mollet v Mollet.
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Mercer Circuit Court
F. Morton Wagner
Ralph E. Thomas
City of
Princeton
Mercer Street
7Th
8Th Streets
Thomas
Charlie W. Godsey
Charlie W. Banner
Owen Griffith
Lonnie
Okes
General Totten
Robert D. Totten
Bernard Shrader
Nola Shrader
Wiley White Jr
Velma White
Warren Clark Eller
Anne Mary Eller
Dorthy R. Mollet
Rafey J. Mollet
Juanita Kathryn Hager
Titus Monroe Hager
Supreme Court review plan gains state justice support
West Virginia chief judges back a proposal that habeas corpus decisions by state high courts be reviewed only by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Chicago conference of chief justices says federal review can burden justice and lacks forum clarity.
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Charleston
U. S. Supreme Court
West Virginia
Thornton G. Berry Jr
State Supreme Court
Conference of
Chicago
Indicted Policeman Is Official Of Order
Jack Dudek of Ceveland was elected president of the Fraternal Order of Police at the convention. Herman A. Frazier of Huntington was named vice president despite earlier indictment and a report that he declined renomination to avoid renewed questions.
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Norfolk, Va
Jack Dudek
Ceveland
Ohio
Fraternal Order of Police
Herman A. Frazier
Huntington
W. Va
Frazier
Fix
Tennessee
Teamster Union
James Hoffa
Shots Reported on Israel Front
Israel reported new shooting along the Israeli Syrian border as the U N Security Council was summoned to discuss the issue. Israel said Syrian forces fired at two settlements in the central demilitarized zone Wednesday night with unclear casualties. Israel conditionally accepts U N border inspections if Syria agrees, based on a proposal from Lt Gen Odd Bull.
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United Nations
N.Y
Israel
U.N. Security Council
Michael S. Comay
Syria
Jerusalem
U.N
Odd Bull
Norway
Palestine
Mt Calvary Baptist Church to Mark 84th Anniversary
The 84th anniversary of Mt Calvary Baptist Church will be celebrated Sunday at p.m. Rev Clarence W Tiffany of Wilbur Memorial Methodist Church in Tazewell VA will be guest speaker with music by the Wilbur Memorial Methodist choir. Rev T M Stevens is the local pastor.
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Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
Clarence W. Tiffany
Wilbur Memorial Methodist Church
Tazewell
Wilbur Memorial Methodist Choir
T. M. Stevens
Miners in danger as extra escape hole drilled in mine
Rescue planners drill a third escape shaft beyond the first two as Throne and Fellin rest from exhaustion. They discuss enlarging the hole to 17 inches and possibly 24 inches to insert survival capsules 7 1/2 feet long with trapdoor openings to aid the miners' evacuation.
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Throne
Fellin
Deaths and Funerals
Walter Brady Bare 71 a former Gary resident died Monday in an Ann Arbor hospital He retired from U S Steel in Gary Survivors include wife Ethel daughter Annie Collins two sons Robert and Lloyd two foster daughters two brothers and a sister Funeral services Friday at Pentecostal Holiness Church Gary burial in Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens The O J Douglas Mortuary Welch in charge Hugh Allen Bluefield died Thursday at Bluefield Sanitarium body at Lugos pending arrangements Ducted Saturday Pembroke Methodist Church burial in Elgood family cemetery Body moved from Williams Jamison Funeral Home Pembroke one hour prior to rites Weather by The Associated Press
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Walter Brady Bare
Gary
Belleville
Mich
Ann Arbor
U. S. Steel Co
Michigan
Ethel Patrick Bare
Annie Collins
Detroit
Robert Bare
Chicago
Ill
Lloyd Bare
Myrtle Gentry
Princeton
Lawrence Williams
Wilcoe
Ray
Commie Bare
Lavina Stump
Beckley
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Lewis Farrow
Robert Lambert
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Thelma St. Clair Butler
Luther L. Butler
Pembroke
Pearisburg
James St. Clair
Montvale
Ruth
Janice
Sharon Butler
Fred Belcher Jr
Leota Butler
Washington, D. C
Eugene Butler
White Post
L. L. Butler Jr
Pembroke Methodist Church
Elgood
Williams-Jamison Funeral Home
Louise Alice Taylor Dies in Princeton Funeral Service
Mrs. Louise Alice Taylor of 105 West View Ave Princeton dies Saturday at 2 30 p m in Burns Wornal Chapel Memorial Funeral Directory with Rev C C French officiating. Burial will be in Taylor Cemetery at Littlesburg and the body remains at the funeral home until committal.
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Taylor
Louise Alice
West View Ave
Princeton
Burns Wornal
C. C. French
Taylor Cemetery
Littlesburg
Foreign Aid Clears Hurdle
The House gave verbal approval to President Kennedy's 4.1 billion foreign aid authorization with GOP efforts to trim failing. A final roll call was postponed to Friday due to a technicality. The bill sets a ceiling. actual funding rests in later appropriations.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
Two Northside men held for jury on rape charges
Samuel Jones 25 and Joseph Rudolph Fields 20, both of Bluefield Northside, were bound over for Mercer County Criminal Court grand jury action on rape charges. A 43 year old Bluefield woman alleged the assault occurred about 3 a.m. August 17 after they forced her into a car and drove to Tank Hill.
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Northside
Bluefield
Mercer County Criminal Court
Grand
Samuel Jones
Reservoir Street
Joseph Rudolph Fields
Tank Hill
Virginia Units Join Parade for Bluefield Shrine Event
Five Virginia units from Kazim Temple Roanoke join the Beni Kedem Shrine Cold Sands ceremony parade in Bluefield West Virginia. Units include Toonerville Trolley clown unit crippled children's bus and a fire truck unit. Parade starts 1 45 p m on Union Street and moves to Ramsey School Auditorium for the initiation program with about 2000 Shriners and guests attending.
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Virginia
Bluefield
West Virginia
A. Bruce Aker
Roanoke
Kazim Temple
Raymond G. Rhodes
Kazim
Toonerville
Bluefield Shrine Patrol
Beni Kedem Patrol
Oriental Band
Shrine Caliope
Shrine Club
Union Street
Bland
Princeton Avenue
Princeton
Federal
Commerce Street
Ramsey School
Bluefield Auditorium
Whisky and gun stolen from Bluefield auto trunk
Leo Signalgo of 409 Monterey Hill Bluefield reported a theft from his car trunk. Four pints of whisky, a fifth of Scotch and a Model 12 pump gun were missing, valued at 195 dollars, while another gun and whisky remained. The incident occurred between Aug. 20 and Thursday according to Bluefield Police records.
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Signalgo
Contractor Group Plans Nov 2 Meet in West Virginia
About 200 members of the West Virginia Contractor Association are expected for the annual banquet Nov. 2 at White Sulphur Springs. The fall meeting opens Oct. 31. Sen. Jennings Randolph and State Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers are on the program.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Heir to Estate Told of Distrust of Banks Before Death
Altman revealed to relatives shortly before dying July 28 at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., that he did not trust banks. An attorney quoted this and said Internal Revenue agents are reviewing the treasure trove as a routine matter but see no apparent wrongdoing.
Spears Swaps Prison Homes
A 68 year old con, Robert Vernon Spears, left the U S Medical Center and was returned to California to serve a new sentence for taking a car across state lines. The 1959 National Airlines crash that killed 42 remains under investigation with possible insurance and bomb theory links.
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Springfield
U.S. Medical Center
Los Angeles Calif
California
Spears
National Airlines
Gulf of Mexico
Phoenix
William A. Taylor
Tampa
Fla
FBI
Taylor
Civil Aeronautics Board
Bonus Ducks Allowed On Atlantic Flyway
Secretary Udall expanded the scaup duck bonus to all Atlantic flyway states. The bonus permits extra harvest beyond the two per day and four in possession limits. Originally limited to Delaware northward and certain Florida areas, it now applies nationwide across the Atlantic states listed.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Delaware
Florida
Louisiana
Udall
Connecticut
Georgia
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
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Pacific Northwest
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Grand View Ave
L. H. Edder
Augusta St
Co. C. Caldwell
Richlands
Charles Davis
Frederick St
Ronald Haynes
Lebanon St
Lebanon
Eric Johnston
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Cancer Society
Federaion OF
Wythe
Bankers
Supreme Court
Israel Front
Walter B. Bare
Mrs. Thelma Butler
Hugh Allen
Exiter St
Lugo
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Robert Vernon Spears
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Taylor’s
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