Mariner 4 Aims For Close Mars Flyby In July
Mariner 4 speeds toward Mars at 7315 miles an hour on a 127 million mile journey. Guided by a star reference from Canopus, the probe carries cameras meant to capture higher quality images. Mission scientists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory consider mid course adjustments to place the craft within 8600 miles of Mars next July.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 4
Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Soviet rocket lifts toward Mars in race with U S
Moscow reports a multistage Soviet launch of a Mars mission on Monday igniting competition with the United States as both nations pursue interplanetary exploration.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Mars
United States
Mariner 4 Aims for Mars Correction This Week
Jet lab scientists who built Mariner 4 plan a mid course burn to bring the craft closer to Mars. At noon Monday the craft was 425,685 miles from Earth traveling 7,315 miles an hour with Canopus guiding its southward path. Ancient Canopus lore and Canopus as a celestial marker add context to the spaceflight.
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Jet Lab
Mariner 4
Earth
Mariner
Canopus
Asia
Africa
Virginia Begins New Three Senator District Plan
Governor Harrison speaks on redistricting as Virginia moves to create three senator districts including Chesapeake and Portsmouth. He warns the Assembly that legal challenges and federal court orders impose a painful path, urging timely reapportionment to avoid federal intervention.
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Portsmouth
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Harrison
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Supreme Court
House
Assembly
Daily Telegraph Printing Co ad condensed notice
An aged newspaper display from Bluefield West Virginia notes established 1893 with daily publication, subscription rates, carrier delivery, and contact details for the Telegraph office and telegraph bureau. It mentions associated news credits and a local news agency listing and subscription options.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
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Bluefield
W. V. Frethe
Associated
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Ember
Hudit Bureau
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield area
A roundup of obituaries details Ellet W. Conner 67 of Cashmere and Aught Worley Smith 70 of Coalwood among others. It lists survivors across multiple families, funeral plans set at Bozoo Christian Church and Community Methodist Church, plus burial, visitation, and attending arrangements.
Obituaries: Brookman Nolley Hedrick
Three local obituaries note the deaths of John Preston Brookman 75 of Narrows with service by Rev Lawrence Harrison. Oakey E Nolley 67 of Elk Horn. and James Russell Hedrick 49 of Falls Mills. Burial and funeral details follow at local homes and churches with family listings.
Final rites for Joseph Lynch and Anna Price announced
Funeral services are set for Tuesday at Sacred Heart Church Bluefield for Joseph Anthony Lynch 68 who died in Chicago and for Anna Glenn Price 54 with services at Chapman Wilcox Funeral Chapel Point Pleasant Burial for Lynch is at Walnut Grove Cemetery and for Price at Resthaven Memorial Princeton The two deaths involve families from Bluefield Cary Erie Huntington Princeton and relatives from Reno Munster Scarsdale and Jacksonville The Very Rev William F Carr will officiate and Hawkins Funeral Home handles Lynch arrangements.
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Bluefield
Joseph Anthony Lynch
Chicago
William F. Carr
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Powhatan
Lynch
John J
Mary McDermott Lynch
Joseph P. Lynch
Cary
N. C
John M. Lynch
Erie
Anna G. Price
Chapman-Wilcox
Point Pleasant
Anna Glenn Price
Resthaven Memorial Cemetery
Princeton
Wilbert Price
Price
Albert E
Anna Glenn Eppes Calfee
First Baptist Church
Funerals for Edward Campbell LONG and F A WATSON announced
Edward Campbell LONG of Nora Virginia dies and funeral Wednesday at 11 a.m. at his son James’s home in Jolo with burial at Sparks Cemetery Paynesville. F A WATSON 79 of Tazewell dies and funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Main Street Methodist Church with burial at Five Oaks Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. survivors include two daughters. Friends may call at Greever Funeral Home after 1 p.m. today.
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John Franklin
John Everett Franklin
Bluefield
Anna Franklin
Boissevain
Wytheville
Elkhorn
Eastern Gas and Fuel
Keystone
Trinity Methodist Church
United Mine Workers of America
Luther H. Clark Lodge
Peter
Maxine) Wojick
Baltimore
Ramon
Vivian) Owens
Jacksonville
Fla
Everett R. Franklin
Fair Oaks
Calif
Bennett Funeral Chapel
Northfork
James T. Browning
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Long
Edward Campbell
Nora
James
Jolo
Richard Kennedy
Columbus Lester
Sparks
Paynesville
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Ohio
Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell
Discount rate hike announced by Richmond Fed
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond raised the Fifth District discount rate from 3.2 to 4 percent, effective Friday. The move aligns with the Federal Reserve Board and affects member banks in Virginia Maryland West Virginia North and South Carolina and the District of Columbia.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank of
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Bank
Virginia
Maryland
West Bushie
North and
South Carolina
District of Columbia
Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery
New healing substance Bio-Dyne offers non surgical relief for hemorrhoids. It relieves pain and itch while shrinking the condition, with reports from doctors over months. Preparation H suppositories and ointment are sold at drug counters for treatment.
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New York, N. Y
Power Firms Form CAPCO To Coordinate Regional Electric Service
Appalachian Power and ten other utilities spanning Virginia to Michigan form the Central Area Power Coordination Group CAPCO to improve coordination in operation and planning. The 11 companies with 17.9 million kilowatts of capacity serve about 15 million people across seven states. An executive committee will set policy and a operating committee will align generation and transmission, maintaining energy flow and voltage while pursuing shared projects and research.
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Virginia
Michigan
Central Area Power Coordination Group
CAPCO
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Capco Group
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Duquesne Light Co
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co
Monongahela Power Co
Ohio Edison
21 057 Coal Cars Loaded By The N W
The Norfolk and Western railway loaded 21 057 cars of coal during Thanksgiving week. The total was ahead of last year’s 17 644, though that week included President Kennedy's funeral closures. Week totals for the prior period reached 25, 24 cars with daily breakdowns.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Kennedy
Death Claims Mrs. Hancock at 49 in Bluefield
Mrs. Margaret Ann Hancock 49 of 501 Mountain View Ave Bluefield died at 4 30 am Monday in Bluefield Sanitarium after two strokes and a cerebral hemorrhage. She was wife of John L Hancock and mother to four brothers and sisters. Services set for 2 pm Wednesday at Hawkins Funeral Chapel with burial at Maple Park Cemetery.
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Ellet W. Conner
Cashmere
Bluefield
Elgood
Samuel
Louise Massey Conner
Delanese Corp
Delilah Shumate Conner
Emett
Bozoo
Hunter Bradley
Dean Keatley
Wilmington
Orchard Cemetery
Hubert Canterbury
Norman Robinson
Tommy Bradley
Earl Martin
John Woodson
Joe Dunn
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Peterstown
Margaret Ann Hancock
Mountain View Ave
John L. Hancock
Bluefield Hardware Co
Hancock
Maybeury
George L
Sarah Elizabeth Lewis Slate
First Presbyterian Church
G G. Brammer
Roanoke
Ray DiRogelis
Florence
S. C
Carl Slate
Harvey Slate
Norfolk
Tom Slate
Fair Haven
N. J
Claude Slate
Aberdeen
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
G. P. Whiteley
Maple Park Cemetery
Pleas Planned In Relief Case
Kanawha County Intermediate Court Judge William J. Thompson will hear pleas from six individuals indicted for mishandling one million dollars in federal flood relief funds from 1961. Ruth Maley of Charleston presides as falsifying records tied to the Disaster Recovery Agency. other defendants include Henry Lacey Emil Belich James V. Brown Alex Dandy and John Stanton who remains at large.
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Kanawha County
William J. Thompson
Ruth Maley
Disaster Recovery Agency
State Commerce Department
Maley
Henry Lacey
Emil Belich
Rand
James V. Brown
Alex Dandy
Washington Area
John Stanton
Thompson
Weather forecast for Virginia and West Virginia
The Associated Press reports Virginia will be mostly sunny and cold on Tuesday with highs around 40 in the southeast and lower 30s elsewhere. Wednesday brings mostly cloudy and warmer conditions. In West Virginia clouds increase and remain cold on Tuesday with highs in the upper 20s to 30s, and Wednesday brings cloudy skies with highs in the 30s and 40s and snow flurries in the northern mountains.
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Rockies
Great Lakes
Virginia
West Virginia
Parents League Meeting at Westminster Church
The Parents League of Bluefield will meet at 7 30 p m today at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Previous meetings were held at the Y W C A. Mrs Margaret Riner Elliott will present a program on Girl Scouting.
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Halleck Seeks Early Republican Conference on Leadership
House Republican Leader Charles A Halleck of Indiana signals a willingness to move up the party conference to discuss leadership procedures. A mid December meeting is favored by conservatives and liberals to broaden policy making, though no immediate challenge to Halleck's position has surfaced.
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House
Charles A Halleck
Indiana
Halleck
Congress
Auto Club Starts Its Icicle Net Work
The annual starting date for the local Auto Club icicle network aligns with the first snow and icy roads. Each December 1 AAA begins its winter highway information service with over 30 morning check points, sourcing data from state police stations hotels and more within a 150 to 200 mile radius and up to 500 miles from Bluefield.
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Evelyn) Mullins
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Richlands
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Joseph C. Turley
Bluefield College
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Larry K
Gail) Barton
Columbia
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Collinsville
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John B. Roller Sr
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J. B. Roller Jr
Will Nash
Sitka
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Gilmer Craddock
Lynchburg
Randolph Atkinson
McKinney
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John Allen Nunley
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James Russell Hedrick
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