Soviet to Boost 1966 Defense Spending by 600 Million Rubles
Moscow reports a 600 million ruble increase in 1966 defense outlay amid rising war concerns. Finance Minister Vasily Garbuzov tied the rise to aggravating international conditions and imperialist threats. The budget set defense at about 13.4 billion rubles, roughly 12.8 percent of the 1966 plan.
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Moscow
Vasily Garbuzov
Washington
Viet Nam
Unier
Nikita ‘S.rushchev
Four lane project goals and early starts cited
D B Fugate Virginia Highway Commission chair spoke at a Tazewell luncheon about Virginia's Appalachian corridor plans. The 460 four lane program aims to finish faster than prior schedules and will soon spark dozen projects in Wise, Russell, Lee, Scott, and Gate City areas including bypasses on Route 23 north of Wise. Jennings led a ground breaking on site and teased a future Senate bid.
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D. B. Fugate
Virginia State Highway Commission
Martingale
Tazewell
Virginia
Fugate
Southwest Virginia
Gate City
Cambria
Christiansburg
Wise
Wise, Russell, Lee
Scott Counties
Joseph G. Hamrick
Division of Industrial Development and Planning
Gove
Bad oat Sten Reports Prinbine Bluefield Wa
Readable fragments describe a person or event linked to Bluefield West Virginia with unclear names and locations, implying a local news item or notice. The fragment hints at a named individual and place but lacks full context or dates.
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Bad Oat Sten
Prinbine
Bluefield
W. Va
City Will Lose Veterans Office Moves to Memorial Building
The West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs district office serving Lee and Summers counties will relocate from Bluefield Municipal Building to the Memorial Building in Princeton on January 3. After move, the Princeton office will be staffed by the deputy secretary with weekly hours and a rotating schedule across Princeton Hinton Bluefield and American Legion locations.
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Department of Veterans Vs
Lee
Summers
Bluefield
Memorial Building
Princeton
Riley-West Legion
Richard Rice
Rice
Hinton
American Legion Building
American Legion
Wytheville Market Sells 670 Head of Veal and Cattle
At Wytheville Virginia Live stock Market Tuesday 670 head sold with veal prices tops at 32.25 per 100 pounds while heavy grades 30 light 28 good 26 standard 25.50 and utilities 17.25 to 21.50. Lambs and cattle also sold with prime lambs 26.25 choice 24.50 and utility 20.50. steers and heifers in multiple classes and prices. total 60 hogs and 250 stock and feeder cattle presented.
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Wytheville
Honor Roll Named At Bluestone School Bramwell
Bluestone School principal M. B. Guyton released the honor roll for the second six weeks listing students by grade. First grade includes Lenora Cosby Marie Neverson Mary McClenna han Karen Miller Anne Pin kard. Second grade lists Linda Clark Wanda Harrell and John Johnson. Third grade student Lisa Allen. Fourth grade names Rosalind Foulks Irma Hood Judy Hawthorne Pandora Harrell. Fifth grade honors go to Pamela Davis Robert Moore Micheal Young George Harris and Michael Guyton. Sixth grade includes Emmanuel Fuller and Robert Williams.
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M. B. Guyton
Bluestone
Bramwell
Lenora Cosby
Marie Neverson
Mary McClennahan
Karen Miller
Anne Pinkard
Linda Clark
Wanda Harrell
John Johnson
Lisa Allen
Rosalind Foulks
Irma Hood
Judy Hawthorne
Pandora Harrell
Pamela Davis
Robert Moore
Michea
U S Recognizes Congo Regime Under Mobutu
Leopoldville Congo AP The United States recognizes Gen Joseph Mobutu as head of the new Congo regime after the collapse of the previous government. Mobutu's leadership marks a major political shift in the region amid ongoing internal tensions and international acknowledgment.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
United States
Joseph D. Mobutu
Congo
Weather Outlook With Plain West Virginia Variations
The Associated Press reports cold tonight with Thursday fair and mild. In West Virginia today partly cloudy and warmer with highs in the 40s east and 48 to 52 west. Not as cold tonight with Thursday fair and seasonable temperatures.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Cecil Underwood Could Seek West Virginia Secretary Role
West Virginia Republicans speculated that former Gov. Cecil Underwood might run for Republican nomination for secretary of state next year. Secretary of State Robert Bailey, a Democrat appointed last May, announced he will seek the office. Will Phillips said it is a possibility Underwood could run and that GOP and Democratic supporters are enthusiastic about the idea.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Cecil Underwood
Robert Bailey
Will Phillips
Elkins
WSAZ
Underwood
Underbag
Phillip
Brown Case Review Denied by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court declined to review former Charleston attorney James V. Brown on an accessory charge in mishandling federal flood relief funds. He seeks to overturn a West Virginia Supreme Court ruling requiring trial, tied to Ruth Maley who was convicted and sentenced to 110 years for false entries in post July 1961 flood funds. Alex Dancy, once of Charleston and now Bethesda, Md., was convicted for being an accessory to Maley.
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Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Charleston
W.va
James V. Brown
Brown
West Virginia Supreme Court
Kanawha County
Ruth Maley
West Virginia Commerce Department
Alex Dancy
Bethesda
Maley
Coal Output Rise Reported In Area Fields
Information from the Smokeless Operators Assn shows a weekly increase of 55 502 tons in the week ending Nov 27 with output at 444 215 tons versus 389 713 a year earlier. Year to date 1965 production totals 21 864 677 tons, up from 20 628 440 in 1964, with local output 4.8 percent of the US market and national production 3.7 percent ahead of last year. District car loadings compare weekly figures across Norfolk and Western Poca huts Virginian Tug River Upshur Buchanan Valley Thacker Tiller Kenova Ohio New River Kanawha Coal River Logan Kentucky Hocking.
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U. S
Norfolk and Western
Pocahontas
Virginian
Tug River
Upshur Buchanan
Valley
Thacker-Tiller
Kenova
Ohio
New River
Kanawha
Coal River
Logan
Kentucky
Hocking
Louisiana asks Supreme Court to strike down Voting Rights Act
Louisiana on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to declare the 1965 Voting Rights Act unconstitutional and block enforcement in the Deep South. The state argues the act is unconstitutional as written and as applied, citing arbitrary administration and ignored voter qualifications.
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Washington
Louisiana
Supreme Court
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Deep South
High Court
South Carolina
Jack P.F. Gremillion
British taxpayers pay for Princess Margaret U.S. visit
London reports that Princess Margaret spent 20 days in the United States with the cost to public funds totaling about $84,000. Parliament was informed Tuesday.
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London
Margaret
U.S
Parliament
Court Rules on Whiskey Counts
Federal Court docket for Monday, Dec. 13 lists multiple moonshine whiskey cases in Wyoming and McDowell counties. Defendants receive varied sentences including three years probation and 18 month terms. one case covers interstate transport of a stolen vehicle from Chicago to Princeton set for April 13.
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Uiie Blankenship
Delsey Blankenship
Wyoming County
Cecil Lester
McDowell
Robert R. Smith
Mary Weller Stewart
McDowell County
Cecil V. Graham
Arthur J. Hagerman
Charles F. Cullop
Chicago
Princeton
Bluefield
Edward Price, Jr
Hazel D. Stinson
William Edward Hopkins
Mercer County
U. S. Treasury
United States
Howard Sizemore
Willard Cecil Bowman
Ellis Arnold
Meany Defends Union Hiring Clauses in Newspapers
Meany told the International Labor Press Association that most U S newspapers operate under closed shop contracts via union hiring clauses. He cited a Taft Hartley era ban and argues a foreman union membership clause effectively enforces union security. He warned GOP obstruction could block Senate vote on 14B repeal.
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San Francisco
Tien
U.S
Meany
Organized Labor
International Labor Press Association
Afl-Cio
Congress
Johnson
Labor Movement
Soviet proposes international pact on satellite use
In Paris at an UNESCO space communications session Dr. N I Tchistiakov of the Soviet delegation urged an international agreement on the use of communication satellites. The call came during a United Nations agency meeting on space communications.
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Paris
N.I. Tchistiakov
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Deaths and Funerals in McDowell County area
Lewis Everette Whitman 71 of Anawalt died Tuesday in Bluefield after a long illness. Survived by wife Nina S. Whitman two daughters and several relatives. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at Cravens Funeral Home Bluefield burial in Wood Lawn Cemetery. Ruth Buckland Staton 42 formerly of Narrows died Sunday in Pensacola Florida. Survived by parents siblings and husband William W. Staton. Funeral Friday 2:30 p.m. Wayside Mission Church Narrows burial Rich Creek Virginia Cemetery. Mrs Sarah Mandy Owens 68 of Vansant died Tuesday in Richlands Hospital after a short illness. Survived by husband Jessie Owens five daughters four sons and multiple siblings. Body taken to Virginia Funeral Home Grundy residence. Mrs Lorenza Jones 38 of Valls Creek to be buried Hartwell Cemetery after funeral at Valls Creek Baptist Church. Native of Eutaw Alabama, survived by husband Henry Jones one son several sisters and brothers. Lorenza had been in McDowell County since 1944. Funeral details pending. Charles Milton Davis 207 Bourque Street Baltimore formerly of Athens died Tuesday in Baltimore hospital. Survived by wife Corine Lilly Davis one son and two grandchildren, siblings and brothers. Funeral arrangements to be announced at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton. Mrs Theresa Spangler 32 Princeton died Monday at Id Sanitarium after a 10 month illness. Survived by husband Conrad T. Spangler Jr. and four sons. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. Thursday at Princeton area mortuary.
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Lewis Everette Whitman
Anawalt
McDowell
Luke's Hospital
Bluefield
Horsepen
Charles P
Irene Pressley Whitman
Anawalt Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge 149
Pageton
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Nina S. Whitman
Matthew Anielski
Laurel Bay
S. C
George P. Smith
K. H. Whitman
C. EF. Whitman
Blacksburg
Vance Nelson
Coy Mehaffey
Lancaster
Cravens Funeral Home
Bluewell
John Lafferty Sr
Woodlawn
Flake Martin
Dan Rose
Virgil
Russell Bradley
E. A. Parks
Carl Sharp
Ruth Buckland Staton
Pensacola
Fla
Narrows
Loyd Buckland
William W. Staton
F. C. Rice
R. S. Rice
John Via
Arthur Crawford
Everett Reed
Roanoke
Buford
Odell
Robert Buckland
Wayside Mission Church
Rt. 1
Clarence Mullins
Rich Creek
Donald Rice
Francis Rice
Douglas Buckland
St. Clair Rice
Qoather Ferguson
Riffe
Sarah
Mandy Owens
Vansant
Richlands
Jessie Owens
Dolly Owens
Mary Fuller
Pocahontas
Maxie Fuller
Hollister
Weelee Shayammi
Detroit
Mich
Geneva Kersey
Reidsville
N. C
Clarence Owens
Green Cove Springs
Virgil Owens
Oakwood
Billy and
Ercil Owens
Annie Thacker
Hettie Maynard
Pikeville
Rosa Owens
Vickie Hagg
Gallie Looney
Pontiac
Bob Looney
Raven, Va
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Lorenza Jones
Valls Creek
Valls Creek Baptist Church
J. H. Saunders
W. H. Jackson
Hartwell Cemetery
Eutaw
Ala
Jones
Ben Johnson
Sadie Butler Johnson
McDowell County
Walls Creek First Baptist
Geneva Marrow
Carrie Sterling
Landcaster Johnson
Canebrake
Lugo
Andrew Frazier
Ralph Benton
Isaac Barron
Herman Monroe
Ben Moss
George Salughter
Charles Milton Davis
Bourque St
Baltimore
Athens
Bethleham Ration
Speedway
Landon
Annie Lyon Davis
Corine Lilly Davis
Charles Ed Davis
Luna Pine
Ada Phillips
Serena
Lucinda Mullins
Princeton
Fannie Shorter
Green Tree
Carl Davis
Ray. Davis
Mansfield
Theresa Agnes Spangler
West Main St
Thurswell
Northfork
John
Veronika Kovak
Frank Harsanyi
Conrad T. Spangler Jr
Conrad T. Spangler
Jil
Fred
Dave Spangler
John Harsanyi Jr
Steve Harsanyi
U. S. Air Force
California
Rudolph Harsanyi
Thailand
Helen Matto
Youngstown
Ohio
Mary Pantili
War
Vera Gross
Victor, Tex
Elizabeth Harsanyi
North
Obituaries from Princeton and Welch area services
Multiple funeral notices list Emma Rose Foster Mike Juba Joe Faulkner Cephas Snow Mary Louise Bryant and others. Services held at George W Seaver Mortuary Chapel Brushfork Methodist Church St Luke's Episcopal Welch with graves at Resthaven Park Monte Vista Woodlawn and other cemeteries.
Infant Mitchem Dies After Birth in Welch Hospital
Ronald Edward Mitchem infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Mitchem of Carswell died shortly after birth in a Welch hospital. Graveside rites will be held Wednesday at Belcher Mountain Cemetery near Welch with Rev. John McFanning officiating. Mrs. Minnie Surface 74 of Christiansburg Va died in a local nursing home. Survivors include a brother three stepsons two stepdaughters and other relatives. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 230 p.m. at Richardson Funeral Home Christiansburg with burial in Sunset Cemetery Christiansburg.
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Ronald Edward Mitchem
Roger Mitchem
Carswell
Welch Hospital
Shery
Leroy Lowe
Robert Mitchem
Maybeury
Belcher Mountain Cemetery
Welch
John Mc
Fanning
Minnie Surface
Christiansburg
H. M. Surface
Auburn
C. G. Surface Jr
Salem
W. B. Surface
Montevallo
Ala
Jack L. Surface
Porto Rico
Lorena Hale
Speedwell
Mary Jane Weeks
Richardson Funeral Home
Sunset
Obituary of Louden Wilson Caperton of Elgood Mercer
Louden Wilson Caperton of Elgood died at 11 30 a m Tuesday in Memorial Hospital of Princeton after a 10 day illness. Born February 3 1884 in Elgood he was a son of John and Lisa Williams Caperton. His wife Bessie Martin Caperton preceded him in death. Survivors include one daughter Ruby Hazelwood three sons Berman Caperton L W Caperton Jr Thomas Caperton seven grandchildren. He was a retired farmer and lifelong Mercer County resident. Funeral conducted Thursday at 2 p m at Elgood Methodist Church with Rev Keith officiating burial in Caperton Cemetery near Elgood. Friends may call at Seaverace after 4 p m Wednesday.
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Louden Wilson Caperton
Elgood
Memorial Hospital
Princeton
John and
Lisa Williams Caperton
Bessie Martin Caperton
Ruby Hazelwood
Berman Caperton
L. W. Caperton Jr
Roanoke
Thomas Caperton
Wilmington
Del
Mercer County
Elgood Methodist Church
Keith
Caperton
Seaverace
Livestock Auction Sells 877 Head at Bluegrass Market
Eight hundred seventy seven head of livestock were sold at Bluegrass Market Inc in North Caldwell this week to 117 buyers, totaling $59,322.21. Prices listed cover steers cows calves hogs and other categories with varied grades and weights.
Shotgun Accident Injures McDowell County Man
Melvin Frazier a 51 year old resident of War McDowell County was wounded by a shotgun discharge at Welch Emergency Hospital Tuesday night he sustained a flesh wound to the left chest and a wound to the left ear his condition was not critical Trooper H T McGinnis investigated the incident noting the weapon discharged around 7 p m
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McDowell County
Melvin Frazier
Welch Emergency Hospital
Acim
H. T. McGinnis
Frazier
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