Leadership a Need Cited In State Education Dept
A West Virginia Education Department on scene review found the agency largely serves local districts on request and lacks leadership capacity. The 25 member team led by McDowell County’s George Bryson recommended organizational changes, a personnel office, full-time consultants, and a stronger public information function.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
State Education Department
Charleston
West Virginia
U.S. Office of Education
State Department
Rex M. Smith
US. Office of Education
Smith
Bryson
James A. Sensenbaugh
Maryland
Paul E. Farnum
New Hampshire
Robert Lindsey
Brooke County
Reggie Geo
Sensenbauzh
Del
Kenneth Auvil
Dbarbour
House of Delegates
Auvil
Department of Education
Anvil
Mollohan Seeks West Virginia Congress Seat
Former congressman Robert H. Mollohan 58 announces bid for Democratic nomination for his old West Virginia 1st District seat. His career includes 1952 to 1956 service, a later gubernatorial bid, and leadership of a coal industry contract committee.
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Fairmont
Robert H. Mollohan
West Virginia
Mollohan
Congress
Cecil Underwood
Joint Industries Contract Committee
Washae
Daily Telegraph publication and rates notice
Established 1892 the Daily Telegraph in Bluefield West Virginia announces morning publication and AP credit. It lists subscription rates by carrier and mail for West Virginia and other zones, with contact details and advertising representation.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W Va
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Mai
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Kat Agency, Inc
Heart Transplant Patient Shows Slow Recovery Progress
The second South African heart transplant patient, Louis Washkansky, continues to improve at Groot Schuur Hospital. Barnard reports the donor heart is smaller than the patient’s own and there is slight movement within the chest cavity. Nurses note solid food intake resumes and a cobalt device with drugs suppresses rejection.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Barnard
Cape Town
Washkansky
Groot Schuur
Frankenstein
Infant Heart Transplant Attempt Sparks Ethical Debate
Dr Kantrowitz described merging a brain-damaged newborn with an older donor heart to create one viable infant. He noted 500 hospitals were asked for a donor and cited a second Philadelphia baby as another potential case. The operation faced emotional and technical challenges amid widespread publicity.
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Kantrowitz
Junior Service Club Elects Forty-Two Members
Forty-two young members attended a Modern Woodmen Junior Service Club meeting at Bluewell Baptist Church where Linda Farrington of Bluewell was named first president. Other officers include Vice-President Mike Harris Secretary-Treasurer Joyce Firestine and Franklin Hollis as flag bearer. Paul Burdette spoke on the sponsoring unit’s aims and activities with Mrs. Maxine Hornick supervising. Meeting dates will be set later.
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Modern Woodmen Junior Service Club
Bluewell Baptist Church
Linda Farrington
Bluewell
Modern Woodmen of America
Bluefield
Mike Harris
Joyce Firestine
Franklin Hollis
Paul Burdette
Maxine Hornick
Tazewell Board Considers Additions to Four Area Schools
Tazewell County Board of Education discussed potential additions to Dudley Primary Bluefield Richlands and Graham High Schools during its December meeting in Tazewell. No final decision. Richlands Elementary was accepted from contractor Richard E Phillipps with dedication planned for Sunday December 17 at 3 PM. One teacher Rebecca Boyd resigning effective January 1 1968.
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Bluefield
Tazewell Junior
Tazewell
Richlands High School
Richlands
Graham High School
Tazewell County
Richlands Elementary School
Richard E. Phillipps
Rebecca Boyd
Tazewell Elementary School
Massive Air Strikes Hit North Vietnam and Dak To
The B52s dropped 150000 pounds of bombs on a supply area near Dong Hoi as nine major raids target North Vietnam while U S fighter bombers pursue trails to curb North Vietnamese movement into the south. Dak To battlefront reports heavy losses on both sides and a Viet Cong assault on New Life Dakson.
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Dong Hoi
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
Mu Gia Pass
U.S
South Vietnam
Montagnards Rebuild After Vietnamese Hamlet Attack
Vietnamese authorities describe Dakson in Phuoc Long Province as a Montagnard hamlet attacked by Viet Cong flame throwers. Survivors recount fires burning homes and bunkers while villagers fled or hid. Province chief Huy vows to rebuild and reassure Montagnards they will not be driven out.
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Saigon
Laos
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New Life
Dakson
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
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Arnett
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Phuoc Long
Song Be
Duot
Huy
All-Night Service At Church Of The Living God
An all night service with preaching and gospel music will be held Thursday at 207 Halifax Street Bluefield. It begins at 7 30 p m Rev James W Dennis serves as pastor of the church.
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Church of the Living God
Halifax St
Bluefield
James W. Dennis
Deborahs Plan Party At Mrs Collins Home
The Deborah Club holds its Christmas party Sunday at 7 p m in the home of Mrs Mary Collins 218 Barger Street Bluefield.
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Deborah Club
Mary Collins
Barger St
Bluefield
Man Sustains Gun Wound in Hunting Accident
Velmer Mitchem age 40 of Wilcoe McDowell County was treated at Grace Hospital Welch for a shotgun wound to neck and back from a hunting accident. Walter Campbell 62 Capels slipped and fired accidentally while rabbit hunting along Indian Creek Wyoming County. No charges filed. Trooper A. K. Dozier led the McDowell County portion of the investigation.
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Wilcoe
McDowell County
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Welch
Mitchem
Walter Campbell
Capels
Indian Creek
Wyoming County
Campbell
A. K. Dozier
Three Hurt In Bluefield Collision Near Mooney’s Shop
Mae Bolton 51 of Bluefield, Virginia Pennington, and Eula Mathena were injured in a two vehicle crash near a novelty shop by Mooney’s. Bolton was not hurt. Pennington remained unconscious at Bluefield Sanitarium. Mathena suffered facial lacerations a broken nose and a shoulder injury. Ethel Mae Bolton was charged with failure to yield right of way.
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Mae Bolton
Bluefield
Mooney’s
Ethel Mae Bolton
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
Multiple obituaries from Princeton to Honaker note deaths of Mrs Lala Elmer Cruise 70, Lettie A Green 74, Victoria Leigh Dillon six months, Kelley E Dixon 54, James Walter Meade 48, and Mrs Rachel Alta Sykes 83. Details include families, residence, church affiliations, burial plans, and funeral home arrangements across Bluefield and Tazewell regions.
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Lala Elmer Cruise
Honaker Ave
Princeton
Stewart
Samuel Larkin
Verlinda Newman Howell
First Methodist Church of
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Forum Club
Betty Alt
Lawrence K. Cruise
D. W. Thomas
Jorell Gott
Robert Dilcher
Roanoke
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Charleston
H. T. Howell
Guy Howell
Detroit, Mich
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Sam Plaster
J. C. Fisher
Roseawn Memorial Gardens
Seaver Funeral Home
James Walter Meade
Rt. 1
North Tazewell
E. J. Meade
Edward J
Elizabeth Jeff Meade
Lucy Meade
Clarence Meade
Quinten Meade
Audrey Osborne
Tazewell
Henry Aldridge
Columbus
Ohio
Four Way Assembly of God
H. D. Hampton
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield
Hurst - Scott Funeral
Richlands
Rachel Alta Sykes
Honaker
Clara Gilliam
Morristown
Tenn
Ivan Rhea
Blountville
Warren Mullins
Kingsport
Joyce Lockhart
Albert G
Donald Sykes
Yukon
Douglas Sykes
Bristol
Howard Sykes
Sleepy Driver Goes Over Embankment
Danie Lee Reed a 27 year old Princeton man told state police he fell asleep at the wheel causing a Princeton Athens Road truck to strike a guard rail and plunge over an embankment. Damages estimated at 1000 dollars and Reed suffered minor injuries not requiring hospitalization. Trooper Allen Stanley investigated with no charges filed.
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Princeton - Athens
Danie Lee Reed
Princeton
Allen Stanley
West Virginia Forecast Shows Mild Days and Cool Nights
Extended forecast projects daytime highs from 48 to 52 degrees in West Virginia with night lows in the 30s. Mild Thursday and Friday, colder Saturday but warmer Monday. Precipitation expected Thursday through Monday totaling less than one inch.
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West Virginia
Funerals for Franklin Harold Peters and Maude M Stewart
Franklin Harold Peters 56 of Grundy Va died recently. Funeral today at 1 p.m. at Virginia Funeral Chapel Grundy with Rev George F Mullina officiating. Burial Mountain Valley Memorial Park Big Rock. Pallbearers include Harold Ratliff Arthur Woods Kerman Woods Elliott Dickey Lee Davis and Paul Murphy. Maude M Stewart 83 of Princeton died recently. Funeral today at 2 p.m. at Seaver Funeral Chapel Princeton with Rev Eugene Smith officiating. Burial Oakwood Cemetery Princeton. Pallbearers include Holley Shrewsbury Carl Smith James Bayley Tony Taylor W J Nichols and J B Richmond.
Bluewell Seeks Signers to Save Major Sewer Plan
The Bluewell Public Service District reports 301 of 500 signatures toward a 2.83 million sewer project with 10 days left before a Dec 15 deadline. Signing nets a 20 dollar connection fee. later signers face 50 dollars and risk losing a 1.7 million federal grant and 1.1 million loan. District office or Montcalm Rock District Medical Center offer applications.
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Bluewell
Economic Development Administration
Farmers Home Administration
Carl Mariotti
Public Service District
Rock District Medical Center
Montcalm
Hearing Reset for Bluefield Man
Johnny Johnson, 57, of Bedford Street Bluefield, released on $500 bond. Preliminary hearing rescheduled for Saturday at 10 a.m. before Justice of the Peace Charles Calfee. State charges felonious assault for hatchet attack on Othelia Patterson last Saturday night. Johnson arrested by Constable C. J. Harvey and Patrolman Kenneth Roberts. Patterson filed complaint Monday.
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Bedford Street
Bluefield
Johnson
Othelia Patterson
Justice of the Peace
Charles Calfee
Calfee
C. J. Harvey
Kenneth Roberts
Huntington Firemen Overcome By Fumes
Ten Huntington firemen were hospitalized after inhaling chemical fumes from a dust collector fire at the Holland Suco Color Co. The blaze caused no damage and the cause is believed to be spontaneous combustion of dust. company officials did not reveal the chemicals involved.
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Holland-Suco Color Co
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