Director Calls Mine Safety Laws Due for Rewrite
John F. O'Leary, head of the U S Bureau of Mines, urged Congress to replace the 1952 mine safety acts with new legislation. He said mandatory health and safety standards with penalties should be enacted, plus ongoing research and stronger operator responsibility to prevent disasters like the Mannington explosion that killed 78.
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Washington
John F. O'Leary
U.S. Bureau of Mines
O'Leary
Secretary of the Interior
Mannington
W. Va
Salvation Army Kettle Drive Kicks Off With Local Volunteers
Major Robert Boyce announced the Salvation Army Christmas program is under way. Applications are being accepted at the Citadel Office 605 Commerce St. Red kettles will appear Friday at A-Mart Westgate Flair J C Penney Federal St and W T Grant Cumberland Rd with volunteers collecting donations. Masonic Bluefield Lodge and Cumberland Heights Lions Club will help man kettles on Saturday.
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Robert Boyce
Salvation Army
Army
Citadel
Commerce St
Savation Army
Boyce
A-Mart
Westgate
Flair
Bluefield Avenue
J. C. Penney Company
Federal Street
W. T. Grant Company
Cumberland Road
Masonic Bluefield Lodge No. 3
M. S. Harris
Penney's
Cumberland Heights Lions Club
FAA Fines Seaboard World Airlines Five Thousand Dollars
The FAA fined Seaboard World Airlines 5000 for faulty navigation gear on a U S troop carrier charter forced down on Iturup Island, Russia, while en route from Shemya Alaska to Misawa Japan. The DC8-63F radar and Doppler sensors were inoperable and the first officer lacked required training. The jet carried 214 military personnel and was intercepted by Soviet MiG fighters and held for two days. Captain Tosolini said no air space violation occurred.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Authority
Seaboard World Airlines
U.S
FAA
Vietnam
Shemya
Alaska
Misawa
Japan
Iturup Island
Kurile Chain
Soviet Union
Joseph Tosolini
Defense Department
Bluefield Daily Telegraph masthead and imprint note
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces its establishment and morning publication by the Daily Telegraph Printing Co at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia. It lists Associated Press membership and features the Katz Telephone contact.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Pristing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated
Bureau of Circus
Moore Heads to National Governors Conference
Gov elect Arch A. Moore Jr. leaves Charleston with wife Shelley and aides William Loy and Norman Yost for a three day National Governors Conference in Palm Springs California. President elect Richard Nixon plans an appearance Friday night at the event.
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Charleston
W.va
Arch A. Moore Jr
Palm Springs
Calif
Moore
West Virginia
Shelley
William Loy
Norman Yost
Richard M. Nixon
Korea Opens Talks With U S On Defense and Economy
South Korea's foreign minister Choi Kyu Hah began talks in Washington on strengthening economic growth and military defenses against North Korea. He met with AID chief William S. Gaud, noting ongoing U S aid remains essential amid probes and infiltration threats.
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Washington
South Korea
Choi Kyu-Hah
U.S
North Korea
William S. Gaud
Choi
Gaud
Congress
Park Chung Hee
Soldier Loses Suit to Avoid Vietnam Draft
Spec. 4 Charles William McLaughlin, 27, a New York stock broker, lost a court fight to stop his transfer to Vietnam. The Army said it would not send him overseas due to time remaining in service and reassigned him to Ft. Bragg after two restraining orders. His case spanned from September with actions in Richmond, Virginia.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Charles William MccLaughlin
New York
Vietnam
McLaughlin
John J. Tolson
Ft. Bragg
Braxton Craven
4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Craven
Army
New Hampshire National Guard
Governors lobby for Tim Babcock as interior secretary
Western Republican governors at a Palm Springs meeting weighed Tim Babcock Montana for interior secretary. Oregon’s Tom McCall and Washington’s Dan Evans expressed support while Nixon shapes his late cabinet and state-federal ties. Reagan suggested lieutenant governor Robert Finch may join the administration.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Tim Babcock
Montana
U. S. Interior
Nixon
Babcock
Tom McCall
Oregon
Dan Evans
Washington
Republican Governors Association
Ronald Reagan
California
Robert H. Finch
Reagan
Finch
Soviet Cruiser 311 Crosses Bosporus to Black Sea Route
ISTANBUL AP A Soviet warship Cruiser No 311 crossed the Bosporus on Wednesday heading to the Black Sea from the Mediterranean. About 50 Soviet navy vessels are in the Mediterranean.
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Istanbul
Bosporus
Black Sea
Mediterranean
1000 Demonstrators Dismissed From San Francisco State
About 1,000 student demonstrators were driven from the San Francisco State College campus by police in a peaceful show of force. No renewal of Tuesday’s clashes occurred as police and federal officers dispersed the crowd, while classes continued as normal at the 18,000 student campus.
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San Francisco
San Francisco State College
S. I. Hayakawa
James Currin
College
Harrisonburg Blaze Devastates Downtown Block
Flames swept a half block in downtown Harrisonburg early Wednesday damaging a fabric store, barber shop, restaurant, and other buildings. Total damage around 400000 dollars, with power outages and large-scale water use hampering emergency response.
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Harrisonburg
Virginia
J. W. Humes
Water Street
Budget talks in transition phase shape taxes and spending
Mills and Nixon spar over extending the surtax beyond June 30 while planning budget cuts and social program credits. They surface agreements on tax credits for job training and urban programs, and discuss personnel and foreign policy moves as the new administration takes office.
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Mills
Capitol Hill
Nixon
Vietnam
National Association of Manufacturers
Arkansas
McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
Paris
Robert D. Murphy
State Department
Henry A. Kissinger
Harriman
Ronald L. Ziegler
Lodge
Ziegler
Ambassador Lodge
United Nations
Humphrey
Minnesota
Daniel P. Moynihan
Moynihan
Housing and Urban Development
Deaths and Funerals from Grundy to Bluewell
Grover Cleveland Wright 77 of Grundy Va died in a Grundy hospital after a short illness. Survivors include his wife four daughters one son 19 grandchildren 20 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at 10 a.m. at the home with burial in Wright Family Cemetery. Other notices cover Mrs Virgie Mae Cole 68 of Princeton and Shorty Hicks Jr. 45 of Lebanon plus Fred C Bernard of Weirton, with service details and burial plans listed.
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Grover Cleveland
Cleve) Wright
Grundy
Harman
Odd Fellows Grundy Lodge
Kansas M. Wright
Effie Davis
Frances Ramey
Carrie Elizabeth Piller
Vansant
Estella Mae Lester
Big Rock
Wallace Wright
Bluefield
Sarah Boyd
Prater
C. B. Turner
Clinchco
Sylvia Turner
Pearl Ray
Virgie Mae Cole
Scott St
Princeton
Seaver Mortuary
Boyd (Shorty) Hicks Jr
Lebanon
Lebanon General Hospital
Lebanon Chapel
The
Fred C. Bernard
Weirton
Keystone
Fred W. Bernard
Arlington
Woodlawn
St. Bluewell
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
Funeral notices from Bluefield and surrounding areas
List of funeral services for Charlotte Prentice Otis Nelson John Lee Dillow Thelma Buchanan Willie C Blevins Basil Mellie Dale Grady Elmore held at multiple churches in Virginia and West Virginia with burial details, pallbearers, and arranging mortuaries. Services scheduled for today and Friday at 2 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 11 a.m. and other times in Bluefield Grundy Punk.
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Dillow
John Lee
Virginia Ave
Bluefield
Boissevain Baptist Church
Boissevain
Ted Cook
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield - Tazewell Road
Paul Groseclose
John Sanders
Short French
Bernard Puckett
Kenneth Sentes
Wayne Mce- Haffey
James Moore
Jimmy Cook
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Workers Walk Out In Italy
Rome witnessing a 24 hour strike as thousands of railwaymen taxi drivers gasoline distributors postal telephone workers and hospital staff walk out. Led by unions across the political spectrum the stoppage aims for higher wages amid a week of nationwide protests and student demonstrations. More than 30 000 high school students marched in Rome chanting murders you shall pay referencing police killings in Sicily.
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Rome
Sicily
Simple Technique Boosts Cancer Antibody Response
Reported by researchers in medical science, a method uses patient derived white blood cells to target tumors. At Roswell Park and Ohio Penitentiary studies, about 15 percent show tumor regression and roughly 3 percent reach complete disappearance after eight to ten treatments.
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Zavaleta
Ohio Penitentiary
Sloan-Kettering Institute
Chester Stock
Institute
New York City
Buffalo
N.Y
Roswell Park Memorial Institute
James T. Grace
Roswell
Ballpark
Grace
Fatal Crashes Claim Three Virginia Residents
A Radford man Marvin Lee Duncan 31 died when his station wagon left Virginia 611 in misty rain and struck a tree near Radford Montgomery County. Edgar James Jr. 43 of Williamsburg died from injuries sustained in a Oct 10 crash on Virginia 615. Mary P. White 60 of Chesterfield County died of injuries from a two car crash Oct 22 on U.S. 60 southwest of Richmond.
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Associated Press
Radford
Virginia
Marvin Lee Duncan
Montgomery County
Williamsburg
Edgar James Jr
James City
Richmond
Mary P. White
Chesterfield County
U.S. 60
Wyoming Man Killed By Tree In Timbering Accident
Richard Lee Stewart, 30, of Oceana, was killed instantly at 9 30 a m Wednesday when a tree fell on him during timbering with a Georgia Pacific Lumber Co subcontract. Funeral home says crushing injuries. He was born December 5, 1938, and survived by wife Brenda, a son, a daughter, six brothers, two sisters, and other relatives. Funeral service was at Matheny Methodist Church with burial at Palm Memorial Gardens Matheny.
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Richard Lee Stewart
Oceana
North Springs
Wyoming County
Stewart
Georgia Pacific Lumber Co
Evans Funeral Home
William and
Mattie Stewart
Matheny
Brenda Cook Stewart
Richard Lee Stewart Jr
Cindy Kay Stewart
Billy
Jack Stewart
Kinney
Grundy
Ronnie Stewart
Baileysville
Tom
Timmy Stewart
Donna Price
Diana Lackey
Huntington
Fordham Students Occupy Dean’s Office in Protest
A group of Negro students at Fordham University seized the Dean of Students office on Wednesday. They blocked the door with desks and demanded protection from government officials naming participating students in disruptions. Dr Martin Meade returned to the scene to find 42 demonstrators who rearranged desks blocking the door. Meade later left without signing a statement.
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New York
Fordham University
Martin Meade
Meade
FCC approves Logan WV facility for 101.9 FM station
The Federal Communications Commission approved Logan Broadcasting Corp of Logan West Virginia to operate an FM station at 101.9 megacycles. The action was announced Wednesday and completes regulatory steps for the new outlet. The company plans to serve the local area with its broadcasting license.
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Washington
The
Federal Communications Commission
Logan
W.va
Broadcasting Corp
Mercer Mother Burial Details and Survivors
Burial will follow in Elgood Cemetery. Grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers while granddaughters are flowerbearers. Friends may call at Johnson Funeral Home in Oakvale after 9 a.m. Survivors include four other sons Roby White Indian Mills Roy White Newport News Va Charles White Glen Lyn Va Richard White Princeton. two daughters Frances Moore Tacoma Park Md Ella Gird West Palm Beach Fla. three brothers Roy S White Cliffield Va T R White Archie White Glen Lyn. four sisters Mrs Clara Matties Mrs Bonnie Barrett Bluefield. 2% grandchildren and five great mindchildren.
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Elgood
Johnson
Oaivale
Roby White
Indian Mills
Roy White
Newport News
Charles White
Glen Lyn
Richard White
Princeton
Frances Moore
Tacoma Park
Ella Gird
West Palm Beach
Fla
Roy S. White
Cliffield
T. R. White
Archie White
Clara Matties
Bonnie Barrett
Bluefield
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Ohioville
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Bluewell
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