Bell Case To Jury Could Reach Verdict Today
Bluefielder Pearlie Blankenship Bell faces armed robbery charges in Mercer County Intermediate Court. The case hinges on Bell’s alleged role in a May Bluefield robbery that netted $32,000. Prosecution indicates rebuttal testimony remains.
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Mercer County
Bell
Bluefield
Washington, D. C
Eula Blankenship Sexton
East Wayne Street
Anthony Shire
Washington
Charles Joseph Sullivan
Sidney Sexton
David Blankenship
Spectograph Aiming to Solve Airglow Mystery
Goddard Space Flight Center scientists develop a ultraviolet spectrograph to study airglow a faint light band in the upper atmosphere. The thin layer from 50 to 65 miles altitude may reveal photochemical reactions driven by ultraviolet radiation and improve understanding of solar system bodies like Mars and Venus.
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Washington
Goddard Space Flight Center
Earth
Goddard
Mars
Venus
Virginia Road Toll Mounting
The Associated Press reports three traffic deaths on Virginia highways Sunday and one Saturday night, raising the yearly toll to 971 from 911 a year earlier. Fatalities include Fairfax Col. John Michael Hill, U S A F, 48, Springfield, on I 495 near Virginia 236. Mabel Roye Harrison, 47, Port Royal, on U S 17 north of Port Royal. Abel C. McIntosh, 24, Ft. Eustis and Newport, Ky, on U S 220 near Martinsville. and William Robert Thompson, 22, Hurt, on Virginia 686 near Rustburg.
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Virginia
Fairfax
John Michael Hill
Springfield
Fairfax County
Interstate 495
Virginia 236
Port Royal
Mabel Roye Harrison
Rappahannock Academy
Caroline County
U. S. 17
Martinsville
Abel C. McIntosh
Ft. Eustis
Newport
McIntosh
Henry County
Rustburg
William Robert Thompson
Hurt
Pittsylvania County
Campbell County
Virginia Tech professors named to national committees
Dr. Coyt T. Wilson, associate director of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station at Virginia Tech, was named to a legislative sub committee of the Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges at its 78th annual convention in Washington, D. C. Dr. Laura Harper, dean of the College of Home Economics, was named as an alternate on a marketing committee.
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Coyt T. Wilson
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
Washington, D. C
Laura Harper
College of Home Economics
VPI
Lemay To Receive Japanese Grand Cordon Medal
General Curtis E. Lemay arrives in Tokyo for talks with Japanese Air Defense officials and will be awarded the grand cordon of the rising sun in a ceremony marking the Pearl Harbor anniversary. The award, cited for aiding Japan's self defense system, draws Socialist criticism over his World War II role in atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Tokyo
Curtis E. Lemay
U.S. Air Force
Pearl Harbor
Lemay
Japan
21St Bomber Command
Worl
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Coin Collectors To Meet On Tuesday
The King Koal Coin Club will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in the Appalachian Power Company auditorium on Bland Street for its regular session. Harmon Woodward Jr secretary treasurer says there will be Santas with goodies and an auction after the business portion. The club, linked with the American Numismatic Association, includes members in Virginia Tennessee and beyond.
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King Koal Coin Club
Appalachian Power Company
Bland Street
Harmon Woodward, Jr
American Numismatic Association
Congress
Virginias
Tennessee
Woodward
Special Commissioner to Sell 38 Acre Mercer County Farm
The Special Commissioner will offer for sale on January 2, 1964 at 10:00 A.M. the 38 acre East River District Mercer County West Virginia property on Adair Run. Boundaries follow Jennie Johnston Susan Whittaker Green Johnston and Mable Wiley lands to Adair Run and back to the beginning, containing about 38 acres. Sale subject to court approval and cash terms. Also notices a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air repossessed and an advertisement for used and repossessed TV sets and appliances at Firestone Store and A W dealers with easy terms.
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RTE
Cora E. Comer
East River District
Mercer County
West Virginia
Adairs
Adair’s
Jennie
Johnston
Mable Wileys
N. E
Adairs Run
E. C. Freeman
I. C. C. McGuire
Circuit Court
Job Ad seeks 12RB and Battery Tractor Operators
A classified ad offers $3.00 per hour plus training for permanent route work. It invites applicants to write Mr. Daniels Box 37L Baltimore 2 Md and call 875-3203 or 425-4844 for 12RB cutting machine operators and battery tractor operator positions.
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Daniels
Baltimore 2
Parkview four bedroom brick with new furnace for sale
Five readable lines describe multiple houses: a four bedroom brick at college Ave Va side with news furnace and basement garage, a nearly new one floor frame near J. W. Warner listing with Realtor Robert West and Clarence Hammer at the Coal & Coke Building, a six room house in Pinehill Park offered for 3500, and a furnished bedroom house on New Hope Road Princeton with large lot and gas heat. Listings include phone contacts 327 7715 325 888 and 425 3879.
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New Hope Road
Princeton
South
Bluefield
Rea
Longview
Ter
College Ave
G. M._ CRUISE
J. M. Godwin
New Boulder
Airport
Willis Street
Jefferson
Easley Wilson CO
Fin Li
Clinch Valley Trailer Sales
Tazewell
Virginia
Damewood
Oliver Avenue
TABOR
Tabor Mobile Homes
Princeton Road
Green Valley
Windsor and Duke
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Wana
Bluefield, West Virginia
Robert W. Thomas
Eastern Associated Coal Corporation
Kopperston
Wyoming County
R. H. Freeman
Pittsburgh, Pa
Thomas
Stotesburg No. 10
Helen
THE
Associated Press
Dr. Coy T. Wilson
Co. C. McGuire
Circuit Court of
Est
Bluefield Lodge
AF & AM
N. M. Raines, Jr
Ll. M. Carper
Cash Grocery
Falls Mills
Sperm
Estelle Quesenberry
Effron’s Men
Roland
W. Peters
Riseaie Servisoft
Ee Aceee
Call Servisoft
A'S
Taylor Rug Cleaners
Princeton Avenue
Larry Helms
POR
Bristol An and Equipment Company
Bristol
James F. Deckard
Perry & Co
Law & Commerce
Ganetase
Peoples
University of Virginia
Silver
Moses
AKC
Pinehill
W . L. Cahill
Virginia Hardware
Ramsey P Paint Co
Commerce Street
Woodlawn M Cemetery
Winkler
Charlie Saylers
Springville
T. V
Armstrong
Blank’s
Rinceton
Bluefield- P
IA i
Bluefield Virginia
Mercer & Princeton
Surime
Beacon Drive
W. Cox
Clark Stores
Raleigh ST
Clarks
Yeeeee House Furniture Co
Ooates Maytag
Biese Street
W. Va
Mercer Street
T.V
Firestone
A. W
Bluefield Furniture
Kammers
Kelvinator
Montgomery
Warlicks
Iin
Warlick Furniture
Roanoke Street
Thorn Street
Os Wright
Cole Motor Co
Lowman Piano Company
Baldwin Pianos
Moxley Piano Co
Welch
Rubberubber
Effron’s
Christmas Mirror
Pittsburgh Plate Glass CO
Leggett's
Federal Strate Store
Volkswagen
Bath
Bluefield Ave
St. Also
Furn
Carter
Bramwell
Washington Street
agly _ Binefield
Paramel
Spruce Street
Biuefield
Ceres
Bineiee
Highland Avenue
Rosalie Ridge
Huntsville
Ala
Vineyard
Wilson CO
R. H. Tyson Realtor
Alex _Ledgerwood
James C. Hall
Sisson's Inc
Dia
Sears of
Bluefeld
Alcoa
Sears
Raleigh Street
Joanita
Master Electric
Bluefield Avenue
Cali Hertz Systems
Bluefield Auto Rental
Citizens Coal & Supply Co
DUN and Bradstreet , Inc
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Dun And _ Bradstreet Inc
Charleston
Lima
Béj Employment Service
Coal & Coke Building
FRA
Home Modernization Loans
Community Savings & Loan Co
Roanoke
S. W. Ar
Jefferson Street
South Bluefield
Heatherweed
Cooper Realty Exchange
Cliffmont
Thelma B. Cooper
Jefferson St
Wyoming St
Fincastle Estates
Graham _ School
Hoice South
Mercer
Lilly Land CO
Buick
Colon
Valley Motors Inc
Narrows
Fine Hardwoods Association
Ysto Dept
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