Fire Destroys Narrows Grocery Apartments Building
A $75,000 fire destroyed the Mick or Mack Store and upstairs apartments in Narrows Virginia early Monday. Two women occupants sounded the alarm at 5:20 am. no injuries reported. Firefighters from Pearsburg and Rich Creek assisted the Narrows Volunteer Department but could not save the building.
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Narrows
Giles County
Mick
Edsel Clevenger
Pearlsburg
Rich Creek
Giles
Oppenheimer Receives Fermi Award Amid Controversy
President Johnson presented the Fermi award to J Robert Oppenheimer in the White House noting his significant theoretical contributions. The ceremony in the Cabinet Room drew no Joint Atomic Energy Committee members with Sen Burke Hickenlooper boycotting citing secrecy and objections to consideration. The prize includes a 50 000 dollar tax free award and honors the scientist involved in early U S atomic bomb development.
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Washington
Johnson
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer
Kennedy
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
White House
Sen
Burke Hickenlooper
Rtowa
Hickenlooper
Atomic Energy Commission
Special Security Board
AEC
Hist
U.S
25 Counties In State Eligible For Loans
The Farmers Home Administration announces 25 West Virginia counties eligible for emergency three percent loans due to two years of drought. Eligible counties include Berkeley Brooke Cabell Greenbrier Hancock Hampshire Hardy Harrison Jackson Jefferson Kanawha Lewis Marion Marshall Mineral Monongalia Monroe Morgan Ohio Pocahontas Preston Putnam Taylor Upshur Wetzel.
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Washington
Farmers Home Administration
West Virginia
Berkley
Brooke
Cabell
Greenbrier
Hancock
Hampshire
Hardy
Harrison
Jackson
Jefferson
Kanawha
Lewis, Marion
Marshall
Mineral
Monongalia
Monroe
Morgan
Ohio
Pocahontas
Preston
Putnam
Taylor
Upshur
Wetzel
Mercer Man Fined On Whisky Charge
Donald Ray Borrer 37 operator of Christian's Place at Spanishburg Mercer County was fined 400 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to illegal whisky charges in Princeton He faced 100 dollars and costs for illegal sale 100 dollars and costs for possession for illegal sale and 200 dollars and costs for possessing more than one gallon of out of state whisky
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Donald Ray Borrer
Christian
Spanishburg
Mercer County
Squire Jim Belcher
Princeton
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Readers Guide
Bluefield Daily Telegraph credits Associated Press and local pages. Subscription rates listed: by carrier daily and weekly. by mail WV zones at 26.00 per year. other zones on application. Advertising representative Kats Telephone 27-6171.
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Telestane Rantas Co
Price Set on Barry Goldwater Photo Book
Washington reports a limited edition book titled The Face of Arizona by Barry Goldwater, priced at 1500 dollars. Only 995 copies remain for sale with proceeds slated for Arizona GOP campaign funds for his potential reelection and 1964 presidential bid. The project is led by Frank Middleton with plans for further photo books. the volume uses a new wash-off relief process and features 14 by 18 inch prints.
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Washington
Nana
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Senneb Goldwater
Royal Photography Society of Great Britain
The
Photography Society of America
Goldwater
U. S. Library of Congress
Arizona Republican Party
Senator Goldwater
GOP
Phoenix
Frank P. Middleton
Phoenix Insurance
Arizona Gop Finance
Goldwater’s
Smokeless Output Rises 16.5 Percent in Coal Fields
The Smokeless Operators Association based in Bluefield reports smokeless coal production up about 16.5 percent from last year. A weekly average of 417 784 tons tops last year’s 358 688 tons, with district car loadings listed for Norfolk and Western Pocahontas Kanawha and others.
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Smokeless Operators Association
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western
Pocahontas
Virginian
Tug River
Upper Buchanan
Clinch Valley
Thacker-Tiller
Kenova
Chesapeake and Ohio
New River
Kanawha
Coal River
Logan
Kentucky
Weather Outlook for Virginia and West Virginia
The Associated Press reports cloudy cool conditions with periods of rain in southeast Virginia and light rain or snow in the west and north Tuesday and likely Wednesday. Highs reach 38 to 45 degrees. In West Virginia cloudy with light snow at times Tuesday and Wednesday, highs in the 30s.
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Associated Press
Virginia
West Virginia
WVIAC Sets Spring Sports Schedule and NAIA Roles
West Virginia College Conference coaches announced the spring sports calendar with wrestling February 28 at West Liberty, swimming March 5-7 at Fairmont, bowling April 3 at Fairmont, and golf, tennis and track May 18-19 at an undetermined site. The 1965 basketball tournament is slated for February 28. Robert Kyle of Concord College was elected to a five year term on NAIA District 28, replacing Al Blatnik of West Liberty. NAIA committee named sports chairmen including Charles Cobb and Mark Cardwell.
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Charleston
West Virginia College
West Liberty
Fairmont
Robert Kyle
Concord College
al Blatnick
NAIA
Charles Cobb
W.va. Tech
Mark Cardwell
W. Va. State
Kyle
Concord
Bill Pugh
W.va
Wesleyan
Harold Henry
Davis & Elkins
Blatnik
Mercer P T A Plans Meeting December 10
The Mercer Elementary School P T A regular meeting scheduled for this evening is postponed to Tuesday December 10 at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium. The program will cover the Science Research Association with a Christmas carol program by a class. Baby sitting by Girl Scouts and PTA mothers plus movies for children will be provided.
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P-Ta
Mercer
Science Research Association
PTA
U.S. Reaffirms Moon Proposal at U.N. Assembly
President Johnson urged the Soviet Union to take a first small step toward a joint manned moon flight. Adlai Stevenson told the U.N. General Assembly's political committee that the Kennedy plan should be revisited, urging practical cooperation and broader space collaboration beyond a single lunar mission. He cited limited U.S. space spending on lunar efforts and called for international agreements on liability and rescue of astronauts and space vehicles.
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United Nations
N.Y
Johnson
Soviet Union
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
U.N. General Assembly
Kennedy
General Assembly
Stevenson
Moon
Outer Space
U.N. Outer Space Committee
Banking Institute Yule Party Slated at Elks Club
The Bluefield Chapter of the American Institute of Banking plans its annual Christmas party at the Elks club ballroom on Raleigh Street. Activities include a 6 15 p.m. social, 7 p.m. dinner, games and dancing with Riley Thomas of Hamilton National Bank as guest speaker. Attendees come from Mercer Mc Dowell Tazewell Bland and Giles counties. reservations due by Dec 10.
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Bluefield
American Institute of Banking
Elks Club
Raleigh Street
Riley Thomas
Hamilton National Bank of
Knoxville
Tenn
Mercer
McDowell
Tazewell
Bland
Giles
Duane Davis
Commercial Bank of
Buffalo Girl Found Strangled To Death
The battered nude body of 13 year old Anna Higgins was found in an East Buffalo industrial garage with hands bound and a scarf around her neck. Police said she was strangled and her father William Higgins identified the body.
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Buffalo, N.Y
Buffalo
Anna Higgins
William Higgins
Berlin Border Exodus Surges as East Germans Reach West
Nine East Germans flee through gunfire and mine fields toward West Berlin as borders loosen. In Brunswick and Thuringia, others cross without incident. A West Germany police report notes a lieutenant also breached the border. In the Netherlands, two Dutch tourists face freedom after two years in Soviet prisons on spying charges. In Israel, 30,000 civil servants strike for higher pay and improved seniority rules.
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Associated Press
Berlin
East Germany
Dresden
West Berlin
Germany
Brunswick
West Germany
Thuringia
Eschwege
the Hague
Netherlands
Foreign Office
Soviet Union
Avert Reydon
Louw de Jager
Jerusalem
Israel
Johnson Aides Report on Economy and Civil Rights Talks
President Johnson met with Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Walter H. Heller and discussed the balance of payments, the upcoming federal budget, the Kennedy tax cut bill, and growth measures. He awarded the Enrico Fermi Science Prize to Dr J Robert Oppenheimer and spoke with various leaders including Shelley and Whitney Young about jobs for unemployed Black Americans and civil rights. He also reviewed the commerce budget with Luther Hodges and planned meetings with state governors led by Dean Rusk.
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Council of Economic Advisers
Salinger
Kennedy
Rowth
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Johnson
Shelley
Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
Hodges
Andrew T. Hatcher
White House
Commerce Department
Urban League
Whitney Young
National Urban League
John F. Kennedy
John F. Shelley
D-Calif
San Francisco
Pierre Salinger
Young
Dean Rusk
Hatcher
National Governors Conference
John Anderson Jr
R-Kans
Albert D. Rosellini
D-Wash
William W. Barron
D-W.va
Frank G. Clement
D-Tenn
Richard J. Hughes
D-N
Deaths and Funerals in McDowell and Nearby Areas
Obituaries note the deaths of David Mullins in Roderfield and Jessica Burleson of Rich Creek with details on survivors and funeral arrangements. Also listed are Hiram Melvin of Bluefield and Jenny Allison of Saltville with service times and burial plans, plus Muncy Barksdale of Elkhorn and pending arrangements.
Harman Man Ellis Stiltner Dies at 61
Ellis Stiltner 61 died suddenly Monday morning at his Harman Virginia home. Survived by daughter Annette Stiltner of Fort Lauderdale Florida four sisters Della Thelma Euna Lassie and two brothers Edgar Eulon Stiltner. Body to remain at Grundy Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Ellis Stiltner
Harman
Annette Stiltner
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Della Stiltner
Thelma Looney
Euna Ratliff
Grundy
Lassie Napier
Cleveland
Ohio
Edgar
Eulon Stiltner
Local Obituaries and Funeral Notices Listed
Funeral services are announced for Lacy Allison Ritter at Pine Grove Church of Christ Bluewell with burial in Roselawn Memory Gardens and pallbearers named. Margaret Louise Patrick Moore of North Tazewell Virginia to be buried in Maple Hill Bluefield. Wylie Jackson Bowling of Grand Rapids Wisconsin to be buried Clinch Valley Memorial with services in Richlands Virginia. Z M Jack Harris of Broadford Virginia to be buried Riverside Cemetery after services at Roberts Chapel Church. Cremation details not specified.
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Hiram A. Melvin
Glendale St
Bluefield
Hawkins
Douglas Williams
Monte Vista Park
Sam Melvin
Kelly Melvin
Paul Milvin
Benny Melvin
Edward Melvin
Charlie Nunn
Melvin
Lilly Grove
Princeton
Norfolk and Western Railway Co
G D. Melvin
Annapolis
Hattie Pauley
Julia Lawrence
Bowling
Wylie Jackson
Grand Rapids
Wisc
Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel
Richlands
Carl Robinson
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Virginia Siders Planning Drive at Graham Church
Virginia Siders Planning Drive to aid the Graham Christian Church in Bluefield Virginia outlines a three fold membership effort. The drive targets increasing current attendance recruiting new members and promoting church activities for families and adults. President Claude Brooks presented the plan at the December church meeting which also featured a Christmas theme and a turkey dinner. The group will reconvene January first Monday at 6 20 p m with John Backus as vice president Joe Earls as secretary and C E Smoot serving as pastor.
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Men's Fellowship
Graham Christian Church
Bluefield
Claude Brooks
Circle No. 2
John Backus
Joe Earls
C. E. Smoot
Virginia Court Ruling Refuels Prince Edward School Debate
The Prince Edward school dispute moves through courts as supporters urge reopening public schools while Virginia and federal rulings clash. Gov. Harrison and editor J Barrye Wail weigh in on law and future education plans, with U S Supreme Court involvement pending.
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Sullivan
National Association For the Advancement of United States Supreme Court
J. Barrye Wail
Farmville
Washington
White House
Prince Edward
Harrison
Virginia Supreme Court
U. S
Oren Lewis
U. S. 4Th Circuit Court
Lewis
Virginia Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Brennan
Supreme Court
Virginia
Compton Elected President of Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Lennie J. Compton head of Bluefield Motors was elected president of the Bluefield Kiwanis Club, succeeding Edmond C Stone Jr. S. W. Dantzler was named first vice president, J. S. Bobbit second vice president, Luther Ballard treasurer. New directors include W. J. Berry Dennis Clark Rev Malcolm W Fuller and Leo C Parke. Dr Phillip Ragan of Concord College urged stronger local business leadership and growth while noting national competition for new industry. The talk emphasized home-grown expansion and permanence in the community. The meeting was at the West Virginian Hotel.
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Lennie J. Compton
Bluefield Motors
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Compton
Edmond C Stone Jr
S. W. Dantzler
J. S. Bobbitt
Luther Ballard
W. J. Berry
Dennis Clark
Malcolm W. Fuller
Leo C. Parke
Phillip Ragan
Center For Economic Development
Concord College
U.S
Tom Atkinson
Kiwanis Program
West Virginian Hotel
Judge Jarrett To Hear Trial Motion In Mer cer County
Judge Howard M. Jarrett presides in Mercer County Criminal Court Princeton as Mills seeks to set aside a voluntary manslaughter verdict tied to the Decatur shooting of M. Cowart Jr. at Vitos Lunch Bluefield. The motion was moved from Monday to today.
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Mercer County Criminal Court
Princeton
Mills
Ee M. Cowart, Jr
Decatur
Vito
Bluefield
Howard M. Jarrett
Barnes and McGlothlin Report Campaign Expenditures
George F. Barnes Republican of Tazewell reported spending 980 on his special election campaign for Virginia State Senator. Donald A. McGlothlin of Buchanan listed 1134 for the regular term in the 17th District. Dr W C Elliott of Russell reported 200 for his unopposed House campaign.
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George F. Barnes
Tazewell
Virginia
State Board of Elections
Donald A. McGlothlin
Buchanan
W. C. Elliott
Russell
House
WV Road Fatalities Reach 388 This Year
State Police at Charleston reported Monday that 388 people have been killed on West Virginia highways year to date, compared with 395 at the same date last year.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
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Newport News
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