City Lacks Hope Of Appealing Fireman Ruling
Bluefield city manager Randolph Whittle said the city likely cannot appeal the Fire Civil Service Commission ruling reinstating fireman Jim Lindamood. He cited no formal appeal method and aims to find a procedural error in the commission's findings. The issue was to be discussed at a Board of Directors meeting, but city attorney Phil Lilly could not attend.
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Bluefield
Randolph Whittle
Fire Civil Service Commission
Jim Lindamood
Phil Lilly
Whittle
Lindamood
E. L. Arows
Board of Directors
Lilly
Elkton Airliner Crash Deepens Mystery In Aftermath
Investigators recovered the flight recorder at the Elkton scene while a CAB spokesman noted damage to the instrument package and stressed uncertain usefulness for determining the crash cause. Debris covered about a square mile as 50 Navy sailors joined police in a grim search for remains.
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Elkton
Paul Alexy
Federal Aviation Agency
Philadelphia
Washington
James C. Wallace
Wallace
Navy Training Center
Bainbridge
Gail
Russell
Fisher
Maryland
Fragmentary notice from Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Damaged OCR text shows scattered phrases about an associate and publication credit, with unclear names, dates, or actions. Readable bits mention entitlements and publication context but no concrete event or outcome.
Obituary notices for Vickers Scopinich and Pickle in Princeton area
Funeral services are set for Ward Raymond Vickers 58 a federal mine inspector who died on official business at Coalwood burial in Roselawn Memory Gardens. Clifton J Scopinich 55 a Railway Express vehicleman will be buried in Roselawn Memory Gardens in Bluefield with services at Emmanuel Lutheran Church. Tina Bailes Pickle 78 of Beckley will be buried after services at Sophia Methodist Church. Additional arrangements are pending for Mrs Hester Dumas Bluefield.
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Ward Raymond Vickers
Federal
Fifth St
Princeton
First Methodist Church
J. Hubert Parks
Roselawn Memory Gardens
Clifton J. Scopinich
Vineyard St
Bluefield
Immanuel Theran
Corley Lineberger
Scopinich
Railway Express Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles R. Eanes
Tina Bailes Pickle
Beckley
Sophia
Obituary of Elbert W. Frazier of Staffordsville Va
Elbert Walter Frazier 81 of Staffordsville Va died Sunday in a Marion Va hospital. Survived by five sons and five daughters, 34 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren, a brother and two sisters. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Staffordsville Pentecostal Holiness Church with burial in Staffordsville Cemetery. Burial details and arrangements by A West and Sons Funeral Home White Gate Va.
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Elbert Walter Frazier
Staffordsville
Marion
Ernest Frazier
James Frazier
Blacksburg
Luther Frazier
Elkhorn
City
A. West and Sons Funeral Home
White Gate
Miner John E Kerekes 59 dies in Welch hospital
John Earnest Kerekes a retired miner 59 of Berwind died Monday in a Welch hospital He was born in Czechoslovakia and belonged to the Moose Lodge in Welch Survived by wife Mary four sons John Andrew Charles and James all at home four daughters Wanda Brenda and Martha a brother Mike of McKeesport Pa and a sister Mary Teceke of Wintonale Pa The body to lie in Berwind Methodist Church at noon Wednesday with funeral at 3 pm Rev William Markley officiating Burial in Hartwell Cemetery O J Douglas Mortuary Welch in charge
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John Earnest Kerekes
Berwind
Welch
Czechoslovakia
Moose Lodge
Mary Kerekes
John
Andrew
Charles
James Kerekes
Wanda
Brenda
Martha Kerekes
Mike Kerekes
McKeesport
Mary Teceke
Wintondale
Berwind Methodist Church
William Markley
Hartwell Cemetery
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
John Wesley Cole Dies in Bluefield at 82
John Wesley Cole 82 a longtime Bluefield drayman and former Norfolk and Western Railway employee died Monday afternoon. A Mer cer County native, he lived on Walters Street and was a charter member of Pentecostal Holiness Church. Survivors include three sons Everett John W and Billy Cole two daughters Beulah Gearhart and Lucy Willis all of Bluefield eight grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending at Hawkins Funeral Home.
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Vickers
Olga Coal Co
Coalwood
Madison
Eliza Vickers Hager
Turtle Creek
Raymond Vickers
Otf Baptist Church
Madiso
Princeton
American Legion
Evelyn Cook Vickers
Odell Caudill
Chapmansville
W. H. Walker
Glenn Walker
Garden City
Mich
Charles BE. Cook
Parma
Ohio
Herbert Bell
Willard Chambers
Danville
Joe Hager
Logan
Bernie Hager
John Wesley Cole
Beulah Gearhart
Lucy Willis
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs Hazel Rosenweig
Funeral services for Mrs Hazel Rosenweig 61 wife of Welch merchant Morris Rosenweig will be conducted Tuesday at 1 p m at the Douglas Mortuary Chapel Welch burial follows at Monte Vista Park Cemetery She died Sunday in a Welch hospital a native of Aurora Illinois daughter of the late radam and Elizabeth Survivors include a daughter Mrs Lois Sincere of Highland ton Indiana and three grandchildren
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Hazel Rosenweig
Welch
Morris Rosenweig
Douglas Mortuary Chapel
Monte Vista Park
Rosenweig
Welch Hospital
Aurora
Ill
Lateradam
Elizabeth
Lois Sincere
Highlandton
Obituaries for Lambert and Crouse with funeral details
Mrs Mary Adeline Lambert of Gardner to be buried at Bethel Cemetery after a 2 PM funeral in Burns Wornal Chapel Princeton officiated by Rev Paul Hall. Gus Crouse of Richlands Va to be laid to rest at Green Hills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill after a 2 PM service in Pounding Mill Union Church with Rev Don Cassidy and Rev Max Allison officiating. Body returns noted from Hurst Scott Funeral Home Richlands. pallbearers Ronaldnie Messick G H Cox Bill Horton Joe Simmons.
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Lambert
Mary Adeline
Gardner
Burns Wornal
Princeton
Paul Hall
Bethel Cemetery
Crouse
Gus
Richlands
Pounding Mill
Union Church
Don Cassidy
Max Allison
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Ronnie Messick
G. H. Cox
Bill Horton
Joe Simmons
Weather Outlook for Virginia and West Virginia
The Associated Press reports Virginia will be mostly sunny and windy with cold temperatures and a few snow flurries in the mountains. Highs reach the 30s to near 40 with clear but chilly Wednesday. West Virginia sees snow flurries, windy and cold Tuesday with highs in the 20s to low 30s, followed by fair, colder conditions Wednesday.
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Virginia
Wednae
West Virginia
Dieters Anonymous Club Chooses Ice Cream Parlor Meetings
The Dieters Anonymous Club in Miami has voted to hold its semimonthly meetings at Theodor's Ice Cream Parlor. Members will keep anonymity during sessions and plan informal discussions on weight loss strategies.
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Miami, Fla
Theodor
Moldy Money Worth 49000 Redeemed by U S Treasury
A $49000 bundle of moldy currency found on the Menae battlefield in June is to be redeemed with $44000 at face value and $10000 at half value. The finder, George C Rapport, 46, a Massapequa Park teacher, receives a check after taxes estimated between $12000 and $25000. The bills, from the late 1940s, were verified by the FBI as not loot from a prior robbery.
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Washington
Menae
U.S
William T. Howell
George C. Rapport
Massapequa Park
N.Y
Eileen
Jack
Howell
FBI
Sinatra Held During Tahoe Kidnap Plot Night by Snow
A driving snowstorm around Lake Tahoe halted search efforts as police pursued two California prison fugitives tied to a bank robbery. Sam Donahue and the elder Sinatra were in the Dorsey band while Frank Sinatra faced a room intrusion by gunmen who bound him and escaped with wallet cash.
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Tommy Dorsey
Sam Donnahue
Sinatra
Lake Tahoe
California-Nevada
Sacramento
Calif
Reno
California
Ernest Carlson
E Dorado County
Joseph James Sorce
Oakland
Thomas Patrick Keating
Riverside
Carlson
Sorce
Keating
Deuel Vocational Institute
Tracy
Sherman Oaks
Foss
FBI
Young Sinatra
South Lodge
Room Service
Sinatr
Chicago
Johnson presses defense cuts and oil policy shift
President Johnson outlined plans to cut defense spending and urged moving oil policy control to the Interior Department. He met five National Council of Churches leaders endorsing civil rights legislation, and spent 90 minutes with Defense Secretary Taylor on defense spending.
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Johnson
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Udall
Department
U.S
Texas
National Council of Churches
Reuben H. Mueller
Indianapolis
Southwest Virginia Receives Heavy Snowfall Across Regions
Western Virginia counties reported up to 10 inches of snow with 4 inches at McDowell and Bath County seeing 1 to 4 inches. Chains for snow tires were advised on main highways in Highland County while some roads in Buchanan Bland and Tazewell Counties reported slush. Other areas including Richmond had light snow flurries.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Highway Department
Highland County
McDowell
Bath County
Buchanan
Bland
Tazewell
Clues Point to Autopsy Findings in Philadelphia Death
An extensive autopsy Sunday led authorities to believe the victim was a man about 35, weighing around 170 pounds. Death was due to nineteen puncture wounds in the chest within a two inch circle around the heart, estimated to be two weeks old.
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Phillie
Virginia Town Grants Free Christmas Parking
Bluefield Virginia shoppers will park free downtown from December 19 through Christmas under a Town Council policy. The plan, proposed by Town Manager W N Lambert and approved unanimously, limits free parking to store hours Monday through Saturday and enforces regular rules for abuses. The session also covered Spring Street extension assays, speed control near Shenley and Tazewell streets, continued fire insurance on the water department building, sewage line work, and a $10 Christmas bonus for city employees. The December 23 meeting will be canceled unless major issues arise.
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Bluefield
W. N. Lambert
J. Hudson Hufford
Spring Street
Lambert
Hufford
Britt Brown
Shenley Street
Tazewell Street
Water Department
Khrushchev Signals Big Push in Chemical Industry
Soviet Premier Khrushchev pledged to raise living standards by investing 46.6 billion dollars in a new seven year plan focused on chemical industry and fertilizers. He warned Western firms about profits while stressing the need for honest credits and denouncing enemies of socialism amid food shortages. The speech followed public discontent over flour and bread shortages.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Central Committee
Soviet Union
Konrad Adenauer
Gasoline Use in Spain Rises Past 294 Million Gallons
Spain consumed 294 million gallons of gasoline in the last year, up from 273 million gallons in 1961, reflecting rising motor vehicle usage and fuel demand.
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Madrid
Spain
Judd To Speak At VPI Parley
Dr. Walter Judd former Minnesota congressman and 1960 GOP convention figure will address Virginia Tech on a three day Student Concerns conference January 1921. The event features religious and ethical themes with speakers from Hindu Buddhist and other faiths including Dr Wayne Oates Col Wallace Hale Don Leak Verna Volz William Mason and Rabbi Joseph Levine.
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Blacksburg
Walter Judd
Minnesota
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Kown
Judd
China
Minneapolis
Congress
House of Representatives
U. S. Chamber Commerce
Wayne Oates
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Col
Wallace Hale
Second Army Headquarters
Don Leak
University of Kentucky
Miss Verna V 01 Z
Carnegie Institute of Technology
William Mason
Emory and Henry College
Alvard Beardslee
Hollins College
Tom Johnston
YMCA
North Carolina State College
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Edward Burns
Georgetown University
James Richidgen
Joseph Levine
University of North Carolina
Hillel Foundation
Virginia Tech
Alfred C. Payne
Bolivian Crisis Deepens as Troops Guard Oruro Mines
The government deploys 1,000 troops to Oruro near Catavi as miners in Ca va vi, with about 7,000 workers, face a standoff. Communist leaders Irineo Pimental and Federico Escobar cannot be traded, while Americans with Martin include Kristula Bernard Rifkin and Robert Fergerstrom. Officials blame unions for inflated payrolls as nationalized mines run at a loss, costing $2 to produce a pound of tin sold for $1.10 to $1.17.
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Irineo Pimental
Federico Escobar
Oruro
Catavi
Ca‘avi
Martin
Michael A. Kristula
Cadillac
Mich
Bernard Rifkin
Brooklyn
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Chase
American Airlines
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Meraing
W. R. Vickers
Clifton Scopinich
Tina B
Pickle
Mrs. Hester Dumas
Hester Dumas
Cooper St
Bluefield Sanitarium
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Elbert W. Frazier
John E. Kerekes
John W. Cole
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West Virginia Business College
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