Parking Building Addition Expands Yale Area Capacity
The $380000 two floor addition to the Bluefield Parking Building adds 375 spaces, total capacity nearing 1000 autos. Financed by $190000 federal aid and $190000 Parking Facilities Commission, completion sped under Accelerated Public Works rules. Full service crewing planned for Christmas season through Dec 3 with extended hours.
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Bluefield
H. W. Burnley Jr
Burnley
Parking Facilities Commission
Scouting Peele Commission
Sugar Grove Move Approved for Radio Receiving Station Relocation
The Senate Appropriations Committee backed 1.6 billion dollars in military funding to relocate radio receiving facilities from Cheltenham Maryland to Sugar Grove West Virginia. Senator Robert Byrd said full Senate approval is assured as the House already approved. The plan also provides 94 thousand dollars for a West Virginia National Guard field maintenance shop at Point Pleasant due to bid overruns.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Cheltenham
Sugar Grove
W. Va
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Senate
House
Navy
Byrd
the Nations Committee
West Virginia National Guard
Point Pleasant
State Emergency Group Sets Meet
Charleston AP says a 13 member state emergency resources planning committee will be updated next Tuesday on new federal objectives and procedures. Each member chairs a task group to set up programs for West Virginia resources and facilities in disaster. Groups cover power health fuels water stabilization manpower housing petroleum gas info production food telecom and transport. Deputy Director Gatson says future objectives will be outlined Tuesday.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Charles D. Gatson
Office of State Emergency Planning
Bluefield Reports Higher City Fines Through November
City records show 97,327 in fines for the first 11 months of 1963, up 11,662 from 1962, with November fines at 1,590. Traffic fines tallied 316 in November 1963 versus 922 in 1962, and all other fines reached 25,754 year to date, 20,412 last year. Property theft in November 1963 totaled 6,553 stolen and value recovered 3,935. year to date theft 48,344 with 26,838 recovered. Five adult felony arrests occurred last month. City supplied 7,876 meals so far this year.
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Bluefield
William J. Winters
Soviets Urge End to China Row in Pravda Appeal
Moscow urged Red China to halt public quarrels that strained Communist ties. Pravda offered an olive branch and proposed private talks to lay groundwork for a world conference of Communist parties. Khrushchev echoed that life will prove which Marxist Leninist view is correct.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Pravda
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Heat Wave in Brazil Kills Children as Temps Soar
In Rio de Janeiro a 100 degree heat wave enters its fourth day. Health officials report two to three children die daily and numerous cases of dehydration require hospital care. Authorities urge residents to stay indoors, hydrate, and seek shade during peak heat hours.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Trucker Forty Two Falls Off Bridge In Angola Toll
A truck carrying 52 men to work plunged from a bridge into the Cutato River in Angola, killing all aboard. Portuguese press reports from Angola said Friday night.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Cutato
Angola
Portugese
Weekend Forecast For Virginia And West Virginia
The report notes mostly sunny and warm conditions in Virginia with highs in the 50s Saturday and a mostly cloudy mild day with rain Sunday. In West Virginia expect mostly sunny and warm highs around the 60s Saturday, followed by cloudy mild conditions with rain on Sunday.
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Associated Press
Virginia
West Virginia
Bishop's Clothing Drive Continues This Week
Sacred Heart Church sponsors the Bishops Annual Clothing Drive run by Holy Name Society with Catholic Relief Services. Chairman Tony Mamone notes the drive funds clothing and bedding for destitute families in 67 countries.
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Sacred Heart Church
Tony Mamone
Holy Name Society of Sacred Heart Church
Catholic Relief Services
One
Funds For Slain Cop Pass $175000
Dallas police reported donations for the family of slain officer J. D. Tippit exceed 175000 dollars with 125777 at the station for the widow and three children and about 50000 raised by others. In Fort Worth supporters collected about 7700 dollars for Marina Oswald widow of Lee Harvey Oswald. Oswald was charged in Kennedy's murder and Tippit's slaying before he died.
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Dallas
J. D. Tippit
Tippit
Fort Worth
Shirley Williamson
Marina Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Kennedy
Tipp
Master Masons of Bluefield to Meet in Special Session
Bluefield Lodge 3 will hold a special session tonight at 7 o'clock. Worshipful Master C. A. Mitchell announced the meeting to be conducted at the Lodge Hall located at 103% Jones.
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Bluefield Lodge
C. A. Mitchell
Jones
November crime report shows lowers overall rate in Bluefield
Bluefield Police Chief William J. Winters released figures for November 1963 showing 37 crimes, down from 42 in November 1962, with 499 crimes for the first 11 months of 1963 versus 483 in the prior year. Murder charges reached five for the year, with three rapes, while robberies totaled five through November 1963.
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Bluefield
William J. Winters
Trust Business Is Lions Club Topic
Al Modena of Flat Top National Bank led the Bluefield Lions Club meeting on trust business. He noted about 3,000 U S banks have trust departments and explained their separate operations and duties including insurance taxes investments and estate planning with Flat Top Bank handling about 21 million dollars in trusts.
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Bluefield Lions Club
al Modena
Flat Top National Bank
U. S
Modena
Flat Top Bank
Activity Lessons In Viet Guerrilla War
Viet Cong activity declined in the past week but attacks across South Vietnam continued, according to an American military spokesman. Government casualties reached 600 versus 660 for the Viet Cong, with weapon losses favoring the Communists as the government lost 375 weapons and captured 90.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
South
Funeral Sunday for Mrs. Gladys J Scott
Funeral rites for Mrs. Gladys Jenkins Scott 74 widow of Charlies Wesley Scott will be held Sunday in Bluefield from the church where she was a longtime member. Surviving are two sons C Wesley Scott of Bluefield and C Jenkins Scott of Wilmington Delaware and a grandson Tommy Scott. Friends may call after 3 pm Saturday.
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Charlies Wesley Scott
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bluefield
Fred V. Cannon
Manfred Erdelt
A. S. Barksdale
C. W. Gentry Jr
Ned Shott
Fred A. Welcker
Ralph W. Smith
Tom Baker
Frank Rowley
Paul H. Royer
Wade H. St. Clair
Hampton St.Clair
Bernardee
Fred R. Dow
Landon T. Reynolds
Scott
First Presbyterian Church
Daughters of American Revolution
American Association of University Women
American Library Association
Concord
C. C. Jenkins
Lucy Rucker Jenkins
Mary Jenkins
C. Wesley Scott
Sunset News-Obiver
C. Jenkins Scott
Wilmington
Del
Tommy Scott
Truce in Senate Rules Fight Reaches Brief Pause
In Washington AP reports a temporary truce ends a rare Senate clash over rules seen as civil rights fraught. Majority Leader Mansfield wins adjournment to Monday and suspends the contentious push for a rules overhaul as Clark’s plan to empower a study panel stalls.
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Washington
Senate
South
Clark
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Dmont
Senate House Committee
UFG Ordered To Serve New Customers In Beckley
The Public Service Commission orders United Fuel Gas Co. to provide gas service to John Bright of Plumley Ave and nine neighbors in Beckley. Proceedings stem from a Oct. 17 hearing after Amere Gas Utility merged with UFG. The case centers on public service obligations and limits on extensions for adequate returns.
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Public Service Commission
United Fuel Gas Co
John Bright
Plumley Ave
Beckley
PSC
UFG
Commission
Amere Gas Utility Co
Funeral notices from Bluefield area honor multiple locals
Obituaries list services for Bonnie Ethel White and several residents of English Welch Richlands and Bluefield. Details include survivors spouses children and grandchildren with funeral times at English Methodist Church Hurst Scott Funeral Home Hawkins Funeral Chapel and other area churches. Burial plans mention English Cemetery Oak Grove Cemetery and Houck Cemetery with Reverend officiants and funeral directors.
Samuel Powers obituary in Batley Funeral Chapel service
Samuel Powers, 62, of Baltimore, died Sunday at a Baltimore hospital. Survivors include his wife Lula Farmer Powers, four brothers and two sisters. The funeral will be Sunday at 1 p.m. in Batley Funeral Chapel, Princeton, with Rev. Noah Buckner officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery at Lashmeet.
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Charlie Henry Johnson
Vivian
Welch Hospital
Tazewell County
Harve
Mattie Johnson
United Mine Workers
Welch
Mary Hicks Johnson
Mary Hicks
Gus Johnson
Double Gates
Edd Johnson
Wilmington
Ohio
Hurst - Scott Funeral Chapel
Richlands
Robert Paxton
Davis Cemetery
Kents Ridge
A. D. Hill
Arthur D. Hill
Bluefield
Veterans Hospital
Beckley
Max Meadows
John
Jessie Hill
Methodist Church
Greensboro
N. C
Valerie Hill
Rhoda Johnson
Lincoln Park
Princeton
George F. Walker
Samuel Powers
Baltimore
Lula Farmer Powers
Batley Funeral Chapel
Noah Buckner
Fairview Cemetery
Lashmeet
Funeral services for Muncy Barksdale in Elkhorn
Funeral services for Muncy Barksdale of Elkhorn, who died Monday in a Welch hospital, will be held Sunday at 2 p m at Crozier Temple Baptist Church. Rev. R S Biggs will officiate with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. A native of Charlotte County Virginia, Barksdale lived in Elkhorn 45 years. Relatives include sister Princess Brown of St Albans New York brother Leslie Barksdale of Baltimore Maryland and a grandson. Friends may call at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home Keystone after 5 p m Saturday and the body will be in the church at 1 p m Sunday.
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Bonnie Ethel White
English
English Methodist
Jack T. Null
Tennessee
Ben and
Nancy Kesterson
Jehovah Witnesses Church
Richard Andrews
Yukon
Robert
J. T. White
Washington, D. C
Norman R. White
U. S. Navy
Groton
Lee Stonecipher
Briceville
Tenn
Taylor Kesterson
Clinton
Fanning Funeral Chapel
Welch
John Washington Brown
Cole St
Bluefield
John Stewart Methodist Church
J. R. Washington
Clarence W. Tiffany
Oak Grove Cemetery
Russell County
Brown
Steward Board
Church
Bicefield Lodge
AAY Masons
Muncy Barksdale
Elkhorn
Welch Hospital
Crozier Temple Baptist Church
R. S. Biggs
Charlotte County
Barksdale
Princess Brown
St. Albans
N. Y
Pearl Harvey
Cullin
Leslie Barksdale
Baltimore
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Death of Mrs. Jennie Shumate Widow of Dr. Shumate
Mrs. Jennie Shumate widow of Dr. R L Shumate Sr died Friday evening at the home of her daughter Mrs Hazel Blakely Apartments Blue The body remains at Mercer Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
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Jennie Shumate
R. L. Shumate Sr
Hazel Blakely
Mercer Funeral Home
Funerals announced for Pyles Young Alek and McGhee
Obituary notices list funeral times and locations for Albert James Pyles in Pearisburg Virginia Samuel Kent Butch Young in North Tazewell and others including Alek of Cleveland and Walter Jackson McGhee of Red Ash Services include First Methodist Church Pleasant Hill Church Ian Creek Church Sacred Heart Church and Greenhills Memory Gardens with local funeral homes Greever Givens Memorial and McGhee in charge with pallbearers named and VFW honored members noted.
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Pyles
Albert James
Pearisburg
First Methodist Church
James E. Hawkins
Birchlawn
Givens Funeral Home
Young
Samuel Kent
Butch
North Tazewell
Pleasant Hill Church
Thompson Valley
Rev
W. E. Mustard
Maplewood Cemetery
Jerry Phillips
John Shelley
Curtis Crawford
Ernest Blevins
Edward Smith
Arthur Boothe
Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell
McGhee
Walter Jackson
Red Ash
John Lombardo
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Pope Paul VI sets January 4 to 6 Holy Land trip
Pope Paul VI announced a January 4 to 6 Holy Land pilgrimage with plans for meetings with Orthodox leaders in Jerusalem. An Orthodox patriarch and other prelates suggested a summit for major Christian faiths, as security logistics for the 66 year old pontiff tense in the region. The trip would include Masses in Bethlehem and Jerusalem and mark the pope’s first papal air journey.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Vatican
Rome
Middle East
Maximos IV Saugh
Antioch
Melchites
Athenagoras I
Constantinople
Turkey
Athenagoras
Istanbul
Athens
Greece
Benedictos
Unemployed Mingo Entertainer Takes Her Life in Chicago
Chicago AP report states Miss Maynard a Mingo entertainer known as Sesone Maynard died from an overdose of habituarates. A note near the body asked forgiveness to God and her mother and instructed disposal of belongings to friends. Police found several partly filled pill bottles nearby and said the roommate Terry Lindsey noted days of despondency over work.
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Chicago
Miss Jo
Miss Maynard
Terry Lindsey
Sesone Oe
Mingo Maynard
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