Virginia Opposes Defense Plan to Shrink National Guard Units
Gov Albertis S Harrison Jr and Adjutant General Paul M Booth rejected a Defense Department plan to cut eight Virginia Army National Guard units affecting about 700 members. They offered counter proposals and noted one group dates from 1628, with no Guard strength reduction. Booth heads to Washington for meetings with Defense officials and state adjutants.
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Richmond
Virginia
Army National Guard
Defense Department
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Paul M. Booth
State Adjutant General
Booth
Washington
Virginia Guard
Virginia Army Naval Guard
Harrison
Gen. Booth
Army
West Virginia driver point plan appears successful
West Virginia Motor Vehicles Commissioner Jack A. Nuckols reports the new driver point system is working well. Since implementation about a month ago, 1,298 traffic convictions have been recorded. One driver faces possible license jeopardy after two reckless driving convictions. others with six points receive warnings.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Jack A. Nuckols
Coal Preparation Plant Sets Up at Republic Steel Mine
A new five story coal preparation plant at Republic Steel Corp’s Running No 4 mine in West Newton Pennsylvania will begin operation early next year. It is described as the first of its kind in the country and forms the core of a 5 million modernization program in the northern coal mines district. The plant will replace the existing Banning No 4 mine facility and can process 500 tons of coal per hour.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
West Newton
T. F. Patton
Republic
Banning
Banning No. 4
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Note
Public notice from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces publication terms and subscription details for news dispatches credited to the paper and locally produced content. It identifies the Telegraph Printing Co. in Bluefield West Virginia and outlines subscription information.
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Pay Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bluefield
W. Va
Sleeping Potion Is Nearly Fatal
A Bluefield Virginia man James Carlyle Yost Jr aged 20 of 111 Suth ers St Bluefield was critically ill at Bluefield Sanitarium after an overdose of sleeping potion He was admitted at 7 25 pm and remained unconscious at midnight He worked for United Piece Dye Works Hale s Bottom Bluefield and had been despondent for days Police chief Britt Brown reported the investigation was ongoing
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Bluefield
James Carlyle Yost Jr
Suthers St
United Piece Dye Works
Hale’s Bottom
Britt Brown
Relief Checks Are Reduced in West Virginia
West Virginia’s Welfare Department reports further ADC reductions as monthly relief checks fall. November ADC totals drop to 17,850 from 20,500 a year ago amid a six year decline, with anticipated annual savings around 1.635 million dollars. An advisory group will review the program nationwide following Senate requests after findings of ineligibles in DC.
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Charleston
Welfare Department
West Virginia
ADC
U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee
District of Columbia
Two Cab Dispatchers Sentenced For Tax-Paid Whiskey
Walter Franklin Carl, dispatcher for Mercer Cab Co., and Anthony Blackwell, dispatcher for Bluefield and Safeway Cab Co., both of Bluefield, were fined $200 and sentenced to ten days in jail after pleading guilty to possession and sale of tax-paid whiskey without State Liquor Control Commission approval. The Municipal Court heard the case Friday morning, stemming from raids on two Bluefield establishments Tuesday night.
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Walter Franklin Carl
Mercer Cab Co
Anthony Blackwell
Bluefield
Safeway Cab Co
State Liquor Control Commission
Shrine Club Dance at Princeton Tonight
The Bluefield Shrine Club hosts its annual Christmas dance at the Memorial Building Princeton starting at 9 p m with Paul Thomas and his orchestra. Tickets are sold at Kendricks Men's Shop or from club officers. Co chairmen are Dr Paul Champion of Princeton and Dr A J Martin of Bluefield. Breakfast will follow.
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Bluefield Shrine Club
Memorial Building
Princeton
Paul Thomas
Kendricks Men's
Paul Champion
A. J. Martin
Bluefield
Nigeria May Have To Rerun Census
Officials fear Nigeria may need a rerun of its national census after allegations that some regions inflated population figures to gain political power and social services.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Weather outlook for West Virginia and Virginia from AP
Considerable cloudiness and cold in West Virginia with light snow flurries possible in the extreme north. Highs in the 20s through Saturday, then mostly cloudy and windy with snow flurries or squalls Sunday. Virginia sees similar cloudiness and cold with possible rain or snow in the southeast, highs in the 30s to low 40s. Sunday mostly clear to partly cloudy, windy and very cold, with mountain snow flurries.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Moscow Store Sells Out of Holiday Greeting Cards
A Moscow shop has run out of Christmas and New Year greeting cards. The manager says a new shipment is expected in the first or second week of January.
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Moscow
Virginia governor disputes redistricting as court cases linger
Governor defends the reapportionment act amid pending Supreme Court challenges from Georgia Oklahoma Michigan Alabama New York and Maryland. He notes urban gains and argues redistricting remains a legislative function despite calls to base it on population alone.
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Supreme Court
Georgia
Oklahoma
Michigan
Alabama
New York
Maryland
Virginia
Harrison
Board of Elections
General Assembly
Bazaar Postponed by WSCS for John Stewart Church
The WSCS bazaar for John Stewart Church, planned for today, has been postponed due to weather and will be held on a later date in December.
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WSCS
John Stewart Church
Price Reduction Ordered for Natural Gas Sales in 1959
A Power Commission examiner ruled that 12 producers must cut prices for natural gas sold to three pipeline companies, by about 3 cents per 1000 cubic feet, and refund the price difference dating to 1959. The decision sets 18.5 cents as the proper price, with producers seeking higher rates. pipelines include Hope Natural Gas Co. of Clarksburg, West Virginia.
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Commission Examiner
Louisiana
Joseph Zwerdling
Zwerdling
Hope Natural Gas Co
Clarksburg
W. Va
Chief Winters Discusses Use of Dogs in Police Work
Bluefield Police Chief William J. Winters outlines the history and roles of police dogs at the Bluefield Lions Club meeting. He notes origins in Europe, adoption in England, and U S roots with New York, plus both benefits and risks of using canines in policing.
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Chief Winters
Bluefield
William J. Winters
Bluefield Lions Club
Winters
Europe
Belgium
Germany
England
U. S
New York
Lion Program
David Spracher
West Virginian Hotel
Foreign Visitors Offered $99 Air Fare By Allegheny and Piedmont
Allegheny and Piedmont airlines asked the Civil Aeronautics Board for authority to sell foreign visitors a $99 ticket for unlimited travel over their combined routes for 30 days. Allegheny’s network runs from Washington and Baltimore into the Middle Atlantic and New England. Piedmont serves from Baltimore and Washington into Virginia North Carolina South Carolina to Atlanta and into Tennessee West Virginia and Ohio.
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Washington
Allegheny
Piedmont Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Baltimore
Middle Atlantic
New England
Piedmont
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Atlanta
Tennessee
West Virginia
Ohio
U S and Red China to discuss India China border war
In Warsaw AP reports the ongoing U S Red China ambassadorial talks between John M. Cabot and Wang Ping nan will address the India China border war in some form. Officials say the talks remain the sole link between Washington and Peking.
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Warsaw
Poland
U.S
John M. Cabot
Wang Ping-nan
Washington
Peking
State Board of Education Meets to Seek Funds and Review Projects
The State Board of Education will meet in Charleston with budget requests from Marshall University and state colleges on the agenda for a two day session. Proposals include a $400000 Glenville State College student union expansion and a $550000 Fairmont State College admin building renovation.
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Charleston
State Board of Education
Board of Public Works
Education Group
Marshall University
State Colleges
Rex M. Smith
Glenville State College
Fairmont State College
Marshall Heights
Huntington
West Virginia Schools
Romney
Conferees Fail In Test Ban Talks
United States and Soviet Union inform the United Nations that the 17 nation disarmament conference failed to produce a nuclear test ban. Negotiations not ended but progress is uncertain, with limited concessions on international inspection and lingering hope for long term progress after a year end recess.
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Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Deed and Fiduciary Notice Recorded in Mercer County
A deed filed in the Mercer County clerk's office transfers one third life interest to Frances Catron with remainder to Catron infants in lots 21-22, section 4, James Hearn Property Princeton. Ripley F Williams as bank trust officer acts as administrator. R R Austin E D Brewer and J E McCoy named appraisers.
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Mercer County Clerk's Office
Carl J
Eloise Dennis
Frances Catron
Lilburn R. Catron
Robert Lee
Joyce Ann Catron
James Hearn
Hearn Addition
Princeton
Ripley F. Williams
First National Bank of Bluefield
C.t.a
Cora B. Brooks
R. R. Austin
E. D. Brewer
J. E. McCoy
Statehouse Walls To Be Redone Green
Concord New Hampshire Gov elect John W King announced his statehouse office walls will be green not pink. Painters had spent three days painting pink by order of Gov Wesley Powell with Kings prior approval. The governor elect said his wife informed him the pink clashes with the wild plum rugs so the walls will be light green.
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Concord
N.H
Elecr
John W. King
Statehouse
Wesley Powell
King
India Aid From U S Tops Ten Million Dollars
U S military aid to India has reached at least ten million dollars in value, government officials said Friday. The figure doubles the previous official estimate of military equipment shipped to India since the Chinese border offensive began weeks ago.
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Washington
U.S
India
Deaths and Funerals in Virginia and Ohio Communities
Obituaries detail Paul Chiki 67 of Keystone death in Bluefield Sanitarium after five months illness with services in Keystone and Pocahontas. Also listed are Celia Swiney 80 of Crater and Goldie Perry of Bluefield with funeral plans and survivors. Other notices include Mary Elsie Countrymen 62 of Front Royal and Donald N. Hume of Bluefield with funeral arrangements pending.
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Front Royal
Stone Keystone mayor John Stuart dies at 74
John Jasper Stuart, 74, of Keystone, died Friday in Veterans Hospital Beckley. Former Chief of Police and mayor of Keystone, he was a Baptist church member. Survived by daughter Edna Bailey and two grandchildren, brother Ed Stuart of Ironton Ohio, sister Lora Cox of Portsmouth Ohio. Body at Newberry Funeral Home Bland Virginia pending funeral arrangements.
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John Jasper Stuart
Keystone
Veterans Hospital
Beckley
The
Baptist Church
Edna Stuart
Elmer Bailey
Ed Stuart
Ironton
Ohio
Lora Cox
Portsmouth
Newberry Funeral Home
Bland
Joint funeral for Mr and Mrs Gullion in Bluefield
Joint funeral services for Charles Gullion and his wife of Bluefield Virginia will be held today at 2 p m at Dudley Memorial Funeral Home after a prior plan for separate services. Burial will follow at Maple Hill. The couple were found shot dead at their home Wednesday with authorities ruling murder and death by own action.
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Charles Gullion
Bluefield
Dudley Memorial Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Maple Hill
Bristol widow Mrs Tyree dies. services pending
Mrs Jesse Susan Tyree 76 of Bristol Tennessee widow of Jesse M Tyree died Friday morning in a Bristol hospital. Survived by two daughters Mabel Shoun Bristol and Zella Martin North Tazewell a son Fred A Tyree Corbin Kentucky two sisters R H Linkous Jode Hall and two brothers Silas and Giles Pruett all of North Tazewell The body moved from Paul Cook Funeral Home Bristol to Greever Funeral Home Tazewell Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Jesse Susan Tyree
Bristol
Tenn
Tazewell
Tyree
Jesse M. Tyree
Mabel Shoun
Zella Martin
North Tazewell
Fred A. Tyree
Corbin, Ky
R. H. Linkous
Jode Hall
Silas
Giles Pruett
Paul Cook
Princeton man dies in Bluefield hospital
Waverly Boulden of Beckley Road Princeton died Friday afternoon in Bluefield Sanitarum where he had been a patient for a week. The body will remain at Lugo's Funeral Service pending completion of funeral arrangements.
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Hawkins Funeral Home
Waverly Boulden
Beckley Road
Princeton
Bluefield
Funerals for Neel Hall Mussalow set in Virginia towns
William Thomas Neel of Ce res Virginia to be laid to rest Sunday at 2 p.m. at Red Oak Church with burial in the church cemetery. The body returns to the residence today, then to the church an hour before rites. Newberry Funeral Home Bland in charge. Dr Walter Conner Hall Welch funeral at 1 p.m. at First Methodist with burial Maple Wood Cemetery Tazewell. Pallbearers listed. O J Douglas Mortuary Welch in charge. Joe Jr Mussalow Princeton funeral Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Seaver Mortuary Chapel burial Oakwood Park Cemetery.
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Paul Chiki
Keystone
Bluefield Sanitarium
Hungary
Hungarian Presbyterian Church
Pocahontas
William Penn Fraternity
Red Jacket
United Mine Workers of America
Helen Kigyosie Chiki
Martin Chiki
Athens
Ohio
Europe
Bennett
Presbyterian Church
Szoboszky
Woodlawn Cemetery
Andy Toth Jr
John Arvas
Johnny Petsco
Richard Hancock
Jack Carroll
Paul Selvey
Freinds
Goldie Perry
Bluefield Ave
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
J. T. Browning
Monte Vista Park
Andrew T. Gott
Howard T. Rose
Robert D. Simmons
B. Donald Cooper
Lester Church
Clyde W. Owens Jr
Neel
William Thomas
Ceres
Red Oak Church
Paul Elmore
Troy Clemons
Newberry Funeral Home
Bland
Mussalow
Joe Jr
Rogers Street
Princeton
Seaver Mortuary Chapel
Paul Hall
Oakwood Park Cemetery
Macmillan Rebuffs Acheson Over British Role
London AP Harold Macmillan publicly rebuked Dean Acheson for saying Britain has largely played out its independent power role. In a letter to Lord Chandos Macmillan avoided disavowal before his Bahamas trip to meet President Kennedy on December 19. Acheson had argued West Germany is a steadier ally, drawing sharp British criticism.
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Harold Macmillan
Dean Acheson
Britain
Macmillan
Lord Chandos
United States
Kennedy
Bahamas
Acheson
Philip of
Spain
Louis XIV
Napoleon
Kaiser
Hitler
West Point
N.Y
Europe
West Germany
Severe Winter Storm Impacts Northeast and Midwest Regions
Snow and strong winds trigger closures across Maryland and Michigan. A school bus with 11 children was stranded over six hours near Oakland Maryland until all reached a nearby farmhouse. Bay tides rose three feet, flooding schools and homes. Maine and Massachusetts report property damage.
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Oakland
Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Maine
Massachusetts
Lower
Michigan
Saginaw
Midwest
California
Los Angeles International Airport
Damage suit seeks thirty thousand in Princeton injuries
Civil action seeks 30000 in damages by Chambers against Taylor and the Moses trio over injuries from a fall on an ice covered stairway to a Princeton garage apartment on January 31 1962. He claims gutter deficiencies caused water on the stairs and seeks lost earnings future earnings medical costs. An adjacent case notes a settlement order in an estate matter and a fatal fall from a hay truck on Brick Street July 28 1962.
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Taylor
Dean Moses
Betty Moses
Chambers
Princeton
Moses
Kentucky Central Life & Accident Insurance Co
Owen R. Griffith Jr
Lilburn L. Catron
Gus Helsel
Jacob A. Burnopp
General Telephone Co
Frances, Russell R
Joyce Ann Catron
Burnopp
Guy Helsel
Brick Street
Picketing in Eastern Kentucky Coal Fields Eases
For the third straight day picketing declined in Eastern Kentucky coal fields. Police reported 50 to 75 pickets at Blair Fork Coal Co in Perry County with the mine operating. Two rail mines under UMW contract were idle but expected to resume by the midnight shift Sunday. The UMW denied involvement and ordered members back to work.
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Hazard
Kentucky
Blair Fork Coal Co
Leatherwood
Perry County
UMW
Libya to Form Navy Air Force and Airline
Tripoli reports Premier Muhammed Uthman says Libya uses new oil wealth to build a navy and air force and to establish an airline, announced at Parliament opening. The move signals broad modernization of defense and transport capabilities amid wealth.
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Tripoli
Libya
Muhammed Uthman
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