Seniority Disputed As 600 Miners Walk Off Keystone Mine
About 600 miners from United Mine Workers Local 619% walked off the job at Eastern Associated Coal Corporation No 1 mine in Keystone at midnight Monday over a seniority dispute. The company says the walkout was unauthorized with no meetings since, leaving only enough staff to keep the mine safely open.
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Eastern Associated Coal Corporation
Keystone
United Mine Workers of America
Wildcat
Eastern Associated
McDowell County
Herndon
Wyoming County
Livestock sold at Wytheville market Tuesday
Hogs veal lambs and cattle sold at Wytheville Virginia market with prices by class. Hogs topped at 18 29 per hundredweight light butchers 16 40 to 16 50 sow prices 14 75 to 15 50. Veal 40 80 top heavy 49 50. Lambs prime 23 choice 21. Cattle heifers 18 75 to 21 75 standard 17 to 19 75 utility 14 to 17 50 cows 15 to 17 75 utility 13 75 to 16 canner 11 25 to 13 75 bulls 19 21 50 cutter 17 25 to 20 75. Steers calves 25 40 to 29 25 good 24 75 to 27 50 medium 24 to 27 inferior 21 to 23 75 heifer calves 20 50 to 23 medium 17 to 19 75 yearling heifers 18 50 to 20 59 yearling steers 23 to 25 good 22 to 24 medium 18 to 21 75 heavy feeders 20 to 22.
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Wytheville
Bible Origin Topic For Kiwanis Club
Rev. Ray Williams of Ashworth Memorial Methodist Church in Matoaka spoke to the Ma toaka Kiwanis Club at Matoaka High School during American Bible Week. He described the Bible as a library of books and said no weapon is more valuable than the Bible in today’s defense of freedom. Guests included Drema Stinette and Alice Lusk from the Matoaka High Keyette Club and Kiwanian Charlie Bailey of Cooper, Texas. Frank Hardesty will present a program on American aviation next week.
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Ray Williams
Ashworth Memorial Methodist Church
Matoaka
Drema Stinette
Alice Lusk
Matoaka High
Bowen speaks to Bluewell Lions on special education outreach
Joe Bowen, West Virginia counselor for special education rehabilitation, spoke at the Bluewell Lions Club meeting at the La Saluta Club. He discussed opportunities for the mentally retarded child and the Mercer County Opportunity Workshop for the Handicapped. The club donated $25 to the workshop after the speech and planned a Christmas party for December 19 at 7 p.m. with wives and children invited and Santa Claus as a guest.
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Joe Bowen
West Virginia
Bluewell Lions Club
la Saluta Club
Bluewell
Bowen
Mercer County
Santa Claus
Church Power Rates Probed by Federal Panel
Senator Lee Metcalf asks the Federal Power Commission to investigate complaints from Pennsylvania and Virginia churches about high electric rates. Churches say demand meters inflate charges during peak hours with Sunday usage, noting Philadelphia Electric Co. billing far higher than Metropolitan Edison and Pennsylvania Power & Light. A Virginia pastor and others corroborate the concern.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
FPC
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Metcalf
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Electric Co
Metropolitan Edison Co
Pennsylvania Power & Light Co
Chesapeake
Goat Finds A Home In Charleston
Charleston AP reports Billy the stray goat nicknamed the Fragrant Vagrant found a home. City Councilman John M. Wells bid for the goat after police detained him for loitering on private property. The owner did not claim Billy. Wells keeps several goats at his Tuppers Creek farm.
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Charleston
Billy
John M. Wells
Wells
Tuppers Creek
West Virginia Faces Apportionment Challenge Over District Populations
The state district plan after the 1960 census loses a seat and shows marked population disparity. Five districts range from 303,096 to 422,046, a 39 percent gap, prompting a federal suit alleging unreasonable classification and vote dilution. Plaintiffs bear court costs.
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West Virginia
United States
Congress
State of
War Victim Sgt Robert L Morris 19 Dies in Vietnam
Former Mercer Countian Sgt. Robert L Morris 19 died December 2 from wounds received in ground combat in Vietnam. A paratrooper native of Gilliam and Bluefield, he lived in Columbus Ohio before entering service in 1966. Survivors include Howard Morris Sr and Paulette Morris, with arrangements in Columbus Ohio. Funeral home notices list 1205 East 2th Street, Columbus.
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Mercer Countian
Robert L. Morris
Vietnam
Bluefield
Morris
Gilliam
McDowell
Howard
Abbie P. Morris
Columbus
North High
Fort Benning
Howard Morris Jr
Paulette Morris
E. 2Th St
Forrestal Damage Put At $15 Million
The Forrestal will cost about 15 million dollars to repair after fire and explosion damage off Vietnam. The carrier arrived at Norfolk Naval Shipyard on September 19 for repairs with a tentative completion date of March 17. The incident claimed 134 lives of officers and men.
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Portsmouth
Forrestal
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Vietnam
Dirksen Stands Firm on Platform Chairmanship
Senate minority leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois faces GOP grumbling over close ties to President Johnson and control of the 1968 platform draft. Moderates urge a cochair, but Dirksen preempts the role, arguing country first. He cites Julius Caesar as he defends loyalty to Rome over Caesar.
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Johnson
Ray Bliss
Cochairman
Dirksen
Vietnam
Rome
U S Jets Debut in Combat as Vietnam War Rages
U S pilots flew the A7 Corsair II from the carrier Ranger in a Monday strike over North Vietnam. The squadron, costing 1 4 million each, damaged a bridge near Vinh south of Hanoi with five inch rockets and returned to base after the battle that yielded 11 infantrymen and two sailors dead and 136 wounded.
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Saigon
Dak Song
Loc Ninh
Dak To
Bu Dop
U.S
Itove
Red High Command
Cambodia
Laos
Ranger
North Vietnam
Vinh
Hanoi
Mekong Delta
Bluefield Y Center kickoff dinner aims to double YMCA YWCA membership
About 125 people attended the Bluefield Y Center kickoff dinner Tuesday for the first all-out membership drive. Bristol Tennessee YMCA officials spoke as J. T. Harvey outlined a goal to double YMCA YWCA membership to about 3,000. Frank Marney urged support for the YM YWCA building project on College Avenue.
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Bluefield Y - Center
Bristol
Va.Tenn
YMCA
J. T
Bundy) Harvey
Ymywca
College Avenue
YMA
YWCA
Frank Marney
Bristol Ymca
Enelke
Ournere
Ym-Ywca
Brildire Marney
Bluefield Ywca
Touiie Wetevel
Alena Cnvaker
Tal Thompson
Life Term Given for Rape Attempt in Virginia
Don ald Eugene Basham 32 was convicted Tuesday of attempted rape of a 13 year old Norfolk girl and sentenced to life in prison. The assault occurred March 8 1966 when a man pulled her into a car near Norfolk and took her to the George Washington Canal in Chesapeake. Police found the girl dazed with bruising and torn clothing. Basham denied the assault and said he was in Augusta Georgia at the time. The girl identified Basham’s photo among mug shots at Chesapeake police headquarters.
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Chesapeake (Ap
Donald Eugene Basham
Norfolk
George Washington Canal
Chesapeake
Basham
Augusta
Commonwealth
Peter M. Axson
Chesapeake Police
Six Witnesses Testify At Trial In Pleasants County Murder
Six prosecution witnesses testified Tuesday in the murder case of Donald R. Layne 24 Morgantown accused in the death of Clyde Williams 45 Parkersburg used car salesman. Williams was found in an abandoned well in Pleasants County with a bullet wound. Jack S Hart 28 Belpre Ohio was indicted with Layne and previously convicted and sentenced to life.
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Middlebourne
W. Va
Donald R. Layne
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Clyde Williams
Tyler County
Williams
Pleasants County
Jack S. Hart
Belpre
Ohio
Layne
Cape Town Surgeon Leads Breakthrough Transplant Effort
A Cape Town surgeon reports a historic but experimental surgery on Washkansky, with a 30 member team conducting minute by minute monitoring and four hour blood tests while diabetes may affect survival. The team credits international tissue matching work and notes a kidney transplant in a separate child case shows functioning progress.
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Cape Town
Barnard
Washkansky
H. M. ©. Botha
Botha
France
Netherlands
United States
Paul Teraskaki
Los Angeles
Jon van Rookh
Karl Bremer Hospital
Darrall
Deaths and funerals in the region recount long lives
Walter Graham 84 of Kimball dies at Pine Lodge Beckley after 45 years in Kimball. Survivors include wife Anna Lee and seven sons plus one daughter and many grandchildren. John Thomas Allen 61 of Bluefield dies after long illness. survivors include wife Ruth, son John Jr., brothers, and grandchildren. Mrs Sarah Cline 59 War Eagle dies after illness. Em son Cline preceded in death. eight grandchildren. Charles Clayton Bowman 84 Coeburn dies at Rest Haven. memorials at Greenwood Cemetery after funeral at Estes Funeral Home. Burial arrangements pending for some. multiple survivors noted.
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Walter Graham
Kimball
Pine Lodge
Beckley
David
Elizabeth Graham
Norfolk and Western Railroad
First Baptist Church of
Masonic Lodge
Anna Lee Graham
James Graham
Hensdale
Ill
John D. Graham
Malden
Mass
Arthur L. Graham
Sandusky
Ohio
Thomas Graham
Cleveland
Joseph Graham
Jersey City
N. J
Richard N. Graham
Elemandorf Air Force Base
Anchorage
Alaska
Walter B. Graham Jr
Janie E. Hairston
Nancy Graham
New Rochelle
N. Y
Emma Graham
Saluda
S. C
First Baptist Church
T. B. A. Winston
Norwood Cemetery
Kimball Funeral Home
John Thomas Allen
Fourth St
Bluefield
Ruth B. Allen
John T. Allen Jr
Marine Corps
Vietnam
Ira N
William
Frank J
Charles E. Allen
Roanoke
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Norfolk and Western Railway
Bluefield Shrine Lodge
Elks Lodge
American Legion
Mercer Funeral Home
Blusfield
Sutherland Albert 66 Cleve land Va dies at home
Albert Sutherland 66 of Cleveland Virginia died Tuesday morning at his Chaney Creek Road home after a long illness. A retired miner, he is survived by wife Alberta two sons James of Cleveland Blaine of Capels two brothers Sherman of Bluefield Leonard of Squire a sister Mrs Nevin Sutherland three grandchildren. Funeral service set for Thursday at Mt Sinai Church at 2 p m with Rev Carter and Rev Kear officiating. Burial in Johnson Cemetery in Cleveland. Body will be moved from Lebanon Virginia Funeral Home to the residence Wednesday afternoon.
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Sarah Cline
War Eagle
Welch
Hench
Frances Robert Belcher
Emerson Cline
Raymond Hurley
George Neal
Cleveland
Ohio
James Belcher
Coal Mountain
Mary Belcher
Simon
Grace Prater
Panther
Viola Muncy
Litwar
Hurley
Church of God At
George King
Saeger
Albert Sutherland
Chaney Creek Road
Alberta Sutherland
James Sutherland
Blaine V. Sutherland
Capels
Sherman O. Sutherland
Bluefield
Leonard Sutherland
Squire
Nevin Sutherland
Mt. Sinai Church
Sandy Ridee
C Vde Carter
Bomer Kear
Johnson Cemetery
Lebanon
Funeral notices for Griffith and Short in Virginia and Bluefield
Mrs. Bessie Griffith age 66 of Rt 2 Haysi Va died at her sister Mrs Monroe Sykes home after a long illness. Surviving four sisters and two brothers. Services were held Wednesday at Sandlick Primitive Baptist Church with Elders Barker and Fields officiating. Burial in Birchleaf family cemetery. James Short 55 of Rt 4 Bluefield funeral Wednesday at 2 p m Cravens Shires Bluewell. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery Bluewell. Pallbearers listed as Orvis Osborne Carter Byrd J T Hill Walter Wright Bill Nicewander and George Stephens.
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Bessie Griffith
Rt. 2
Haysi
Monroe Sykes
Monnie Counts
Birchleaf
Joe Yates
Doufas Yates
Simon Owens
James Short
Rt. 4
Bluefield
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Rev
D. Homer Stewart
Woodlawn
Orvis Osborne
Carter Byrd
J. T. Hill
Walter Wright
Bill Nicewander
George Stephens
Mrs Geraldine Charlton Watson Dies in Columbus Hospital
Mrs. Geraldine Charlton Watson of Columbus note, formerly of Bluefield, died suddenly Tuesday morning in a Columbus hospital. She was the daughter of Mrs. Luzzeta Moss, formerly of Bluefield, now of Columbus. The family residence is 1293 Long Street, Columbus. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Geraldine Charlton Watson
Columbus
Ohio
Bluefield
Luzzeta Moss
Long St
Mrs Gertrude Evans Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Gertrude Evans 73 of Bradshaw died Monday in a Ronceverte hospital where she had been a patient for three weeks. Fanning Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements.
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Gertrude Evans
Bradshaw
Ronceverte Hospital
Fanning Funeral Home
Funeral for Maude M Stewart at Princeton chapel
Mrs Maude M Stewart 83 of Wickham Avenue Princeton dies. Funeral Thursday at 2 p m Seaver Funeral Chapel Princeton Rev Eugene Smith officiating. Burial Oakwood Cemetery Princeton. Friends may call after 3 p m Wednesday at the funeral home.
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Stewart
Maude M
Wickham Avenue
Princeton
Seaver Funeral Chapel
Eugene Smith
Oakwood Cemetery
Mulloy Fired By Volunteers for Refusing Service
Joseph Mulloy, a 23 year old field worker for the Appalachian Volunteers, was fired after staff recommendations and a 20 to 9 vote amid three abstentions. Mulloy announced plans to refuse military service citing opposition to the Vietnam War and plans to stay in eastern Kentucky. He received two months severance and is appealing his draft status.
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Pikeville
Appalachian Volunteers
Joseph Mulloy
Mulloy
Kentucky
Milton Ogle
Prestonsburg
Malloy
Vietnam
Louisville
Murley
Alan McSurely
U.S. Senate
U. S. Senate
Bluefielder Jailed On Assault Charges
Johnny Johnson, 17, of Bedford Street in Bluefield, is jailed in Bluefield awaiting a preliminary hearing on felonious assault. He faces arraignment before Squire Charles Caffee today at 2 p.m. for allegedly striking Othel Patterson with a hatchet on Bedford Street last Saturday night. Police arrested him Tuesday night on Bedford Street after a warrant was issued Monday.
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Johnny Johnson
Bedford Street
Bluefield
Squire Charles Caffee
Othella Patterson
Johnson
C. J. Harvey
Kenneth Roberts
Conferees Reach Meat Inspection Accord
Washington AP The House Senate conferees agreed on a meat inspection bill extending federal standards to 15 000 plants not covered. States could set up inspection programs within two years three in special cases, with federal funding covering half the costs. If a state failed to act the federal government could impose its own standards.
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Washington (Ap
House- Senate
Senate
House
Health Aid Bill Is Signed by President Johnson
President Johnson signed a bill authorizing 589 million dollars of federal health aid over three years. The package includes 40 million for rat extermination and extends the health cooperation act to states and cities. Funds target cancer, venereal disease, tuberculosis, heart disease, and mental illness with lump sum grants. The rat control fund aims to reduce a major public health threat to children in slums.
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Washington
Johnson
Wounded Narrows Man Improves After Gunshot Incident
Gary S. Clark a 22 year old Narrows resident continued to show improvement Tuesday night at St Luke s Hospital Bluefield where he was being treated for a gunshot wound above the left eye He was moved to St Luke s for surgery after initial treatment at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg Pearisburg police said Clark claimed he accidentally shot himself while handling a .22 pistol at an acquaintance s residence in Pearisburg Police and the Giles County Sheriff s Department investigated the incident
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Gary S. Clark
Narrows
St. Luke's Hospital
Bluefield
Clark
St. Luke's
Giles Memorial Hospital
Pearisburg
Pearsburg
Giles County Sheriff's Department
Governors seek merger tie pooling N and W with C and O rail lines
The Pennsylvania Railroad subsidiary holds about 2.2 million N and W shares and gains leverage in a merger with C&O. N and W and C&O promise routing concessions for freight over Louisville & Nashville and Illinois Terminal after the deal. The combined system would total about 7,577 miles with assets near 2.0 billion for N and W and 2.5 billion for C&O, plus potential expansion to six eastern roads reaching 6 billion in assets and 26,460 miles.
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N&w
C&o
Pennsylvania Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Louisville & Nashville
Illinois Terminal
Virginian
Nickel Plate
Wabash
Baltimore & Ohio
Western Maryland
Delaware & Hudson
Erie Lackawanna Reading Co
Jersey Central
Boston & Maine
U.S. Steel and Armco Face Pressure as Steel Prices Rise
President Kennedy considers pushing back a general price rise while Bethlehem and Armco study increases. U.S. Steel offers no comment. Gardner Ackley urges restraint. Canadian producers vow no price hike. Japanese mills hint at higher cold rolled sheet prices.
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Kennedy
Bethlehem
Armco
U.S. Steel
Gardner Ackley
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