Bluefield Council Delays Charter Meet and Considers Town Garage
Bluefield Virginia town council discussed buying the adjacent Pet Dairy Products building for a town garage and hiring a full time maintenance man. The Charter Revision Committee meeting was postponed. The treasurer reported 45 860 37 on hand and water plant operations remained steady.
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Jeff van
Bluefield
Pet Dairy Products Co
W. N. Lambert
Jack Litz
Double Gates
Virginia Department of Health
Circle Street
Tazewell Avenue
Dudley
Logan Streets
Furnace
Gurney
N&w
Richmond
Division of
State Planning and
Huffard
Lambert
Conference rules argued over table shape and opening order
U S South delegates debate rules for the first full session of the Paris talks. Lam and Diem refuse a square table, backing two rectangular tables facing each other. They also press that North Vietnamese and NLF delegates not let Mrs Nguyen Thi Binh speak before Lam under any circumstances.
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Ha van Lau
Hanoi
Lam
Diem
Slde
NLF
Nguyen Thi Binh
Bluefield State House Controversy Ties to Dorms and Integration
The report by the Human Rights Commission criticizes Bluefield State College for segregation era foundations and uneven salaries. It cites vandalism linked to dorm closures, executive concerns over reopening, and a plan to push for full integration of housing and faculty pay, noting budget plans and library and science-building projects.
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Martin
HRC
Bluefield State
Ex Bluefielder Recognized in Outstanding Young Women List
Mrs E A Dottie Thompson of Knoxville Tennessee formerly of Bluefield has been selected for the 1968 edition of Outstanding Young Women of America and will compete for Outstanding Young Woman of the Year. She is daughter of Rev and Mrs R P Quesenberry of White Sulphur Springs and daughter in law of Mr and Mrs F J Thompson of Bluefield Virginia. She and her husband moved to Knoxville ten years ago and have daughter Rhoda Leigh Thompson. He is vice president of Interstate Underwriters Inc.
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E. A
Dottie) Thompson
Knoxville
F. J. Thompson
Bluefield
W M Poston Dies Of Stroke In Princeton
Worley M. Poston 1412 North Walker Street Princeton died after a stroke in a local hospital. A retired businessman he worked for Ritter Lumber Company the West Virginia State Road Commission and ran Poston Insurance Co. He held many civic and Masonic affiliations. Survived by daughter Mrs John Lilly and son William K Poston and two grandsons. Funeral Wednesday 3 30 p.m. at George W Seaver Chapel with burial at Rest Haven Park Cemetery. Pallbearers from Elks Lodge 13 and honorary pallbearers from Rotary Club Old Guard. Friends may call today 2 30 to 9 30 p.m.
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Worley M. Poston
North Walker St
Princeton
Ritter Lumber Co
West Virginia State Road Commission
Poston Insurance Co
Masonic Lodge
Royal Arch
Bluefield
Knights of Templar
Beni Kedem Shrine
Charleston
Princeton Rotary Club
Princeton Elks Club
University of Kentucky
Smyth County
William and
Elizabeth Poston
Pauline Karnes Poston
Princeton Old Guard
No Indictment In Powell Case
Federal grand jury investigating Adam Clayton Powell expired without an indictment. Justice Department said evidence did not warrant prosecution and no recommendation for indictment. Civil liability review possible. Powell reelected by Harlem to join 91st Congress. Supreme Court to hear his House exclusion case.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
Justice Department
Powell
Harlem
House of Representatives
U. S. Supreme Court
House
Bond Set At 2000 In Welch Shooting Case
John Harper, Welch man, appeared before Justice of the Peace Archie Day and had bond set at 2000 on charges of malicious wounding linked to a Saturday night shooting. William Ford, also of Welch, is in serious condition at Stevens Clinic Hospital after the altercation near Harrison and Lee Hotel. Harper is jailed in McDowell County.
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Welchman
John Harper
Justice of the Peace
Archie Day
William Ford
Ford
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Harrison and Lee
Harper
McDowell County
U S Warships Enter Black Sea in Show of Naval Power
Two U S Navy destroyers the Dyess and Turner sailed into the Black Sea via the Bosporus amid Moscow protests claiming violation of the Montreux Convention. Russian media labeled the move provocative while officials in Ankara and Washington defended it as a routine display within treaty limits.
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Istanbul
Turkey
U.S
Black Sea
Soviet Union
Moscow
USS
Dyess
Turner
Ye Sea
United States
Anean
London
Mediterranean
Adm
Lucia Sorgiu
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Bosporus Strait
Bosporus
Pravda
Montreux
Dardanelles
Tass
Bramwell Kiwanis Plans Installation and Christmas Party
Bramwell Kiwanis Club at Bramwell Masonic Hall discussed installation ceremonies for new officers led by Jan. Gov. Elect Tommy King from Northfork Kiwanis as guest speaker. The group also planned the Bramwell Christmas party for children 12 and under on December 24 at 1 p.m. on the Bramwell Presbyterian Church lawn.
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Bramwell Kiwanis Club
Bramwell Masonic Hall
Tommy King
Northfork Kiwanis Club
Bramwell
Bramwell Presbyterian Church
Deaths and Funerals Highlight Area Losses
Charles W. Starling 84 of Gary dies after a long illness. Retired U S Steel employee, survivor list includes wife Golden and four sons. Services at Metropolitan Methodist Church with burial in Oak Grove Bluewell. Other obituaries note Mary E Tomblin 79, Burt Asbury 56, Jim Merrix and Mrs Sophia Groh 81 with funeral plans and cemetery details.
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Charles Starling
Charles W. Starling
Gary
Welch
U. S. Steel Corp
Metropolitan Methodist Church
Euclid Elks Lodge No. 18
Golden Starling
Claude Starling
Columbus
Ohio
Jackson D. Starling
Thomasville
Paul Starling
Cleveland
William Starling
New York City
Thomas Tisdale
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Euclid Lodge
Eastern Star
W.S.C.S
Page Funeral Home
Mary E. Tomblin
Mount Gay
United Baptist Church
Verdonville
Okey Tomblin
Robert Tomblin
Burton
Bill Hanks
Victor Nutrom
Virgil Strickland
Issac
James Workman
Evelyn Maynard
Huntington
Martha Jane Baisden
Johnny Tomblin
Rock House
O. J. Douglas
Lower Bason Bottom
Mud Fork
Infant dies at birth in Bluefield hospital
The infant child of Marshall and Kerry Ann McClung Surface of Princeton died at birth. Survived by maternal and paternal grandparents and multiple great grandparents. Graveside rites scheduled today at Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens with Rev. Glen Quesenberry officiating. George W. Seaver Mortuary of Princeton in charge.
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Marshall
Kerry Ann McClung Surface
Princeton
Bluefield Hospital
James McClung
George M. Surface
Sandlick
T. R. McClung
Dolly Treadway
Hinton
Mrs. Mats
Hamblin, Navy veteran, dies in California
W. Hugh Hamblin formerly of Keystone died at his Chula Vista home after an apparent heart attack. A World War II Korea and Vietnam veteran, he served 27 years in the Navy and was Civil Service staff after retiring in 1967. He is survived by sisters Mrs. Harry Pearce of Northfork and Ocie Hamblin of Keystone. Funeral services were held at Humphrey Mortuary in Chula Vista with burial in Glen Abbey Memorial Park.
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W. Hugh Hamblin
Keystone
Chula Vista
Calif
U. S. Navy
Civil Service
Harry Pearce
Northfork
Ocie Hamblin
Humphrey Mortuary
Glen Abby Memorial Park
Deaths of Ray Baldwin and family ties in Princeton
Ray Baldwin 60 of Princeton died Sunday at his winter home in Hobe Sound Florida. He was a salesman and member of First Christian Church and Knights of Pythians of Princeton. Survived by widow Katherine Twohig Baldwin a sister Mrs Myrtle Wilson of Rhodes and two brothers O G Baldwin of Spanishburg and Garnet Baldwin of Johnson City Tennessee. Body to arrive at Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton tonight with funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Ray Baldwin
Princeton
Hobe Sound
Fla
James and
Victoria Phipps Baldwin
First Christian Church
Knights of Pythian
Katherine Twohig Baldwin
Myrtle Wilson
Rhodes
O. G. Baldwin
Spanishburg
Garnet Baldwin
Johnson City
Tenn
Funeral for William Jordan Updyke at Welch church
William Jordan Updyke, 54, of Welch, will be laid to rest at First Methodist Church in Welch with Rev. Elmer S. Wilson officiating. Entombment follows at Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum in Bluewell. body arriving from O J Mortuary in Welch one hour before services.
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Church of God In
Pembroke
Birchlawn
Pearisburg
Williams - Jamison
Updyke
William Jordan
Welch
First Methodist Church
Elmer S. Wilson
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
J. Douglas
Longtime McDowell deputy Harry Pearce dies at 70
Harry Edgar Pearce of Northfork dies Sunday. A Bluefield born deputy sheriff from 1937 to 1965, he held Masonic and police fraternal memberships. Survived by wife Elizabeth, son Sgt. David Pearce in Mainz Germany, siblings and two grandchildren. Burial at Resthaven Princeton after Masonic rites. viewing at Bennett Funeral Home Northfork.
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Harry Edgar Pearce
Northfork
Welch
Bluefield
William and Elizabeth Pearce
McDowell County
Lee Pearce
David M. Pearce
U. S. Army
Mainz
Germany
Paul Pearce
Hagerstown
Ruth Pearce
Blanche Hote
Cliffside Park
N. J
Northfork Baptist Church
John D. Cameron
Resthaven Memorial Park
Princeton
Bennett Funeral Home
Obituary: Emmett Frasier Cartwright dies at 69 in Boissevain
Emmett Frasier Cartwright 69 of Boissevain Va died Sunday afternoon at his home. Survived by son Morris Cartwright and sister Mrs Roy Asbury of Bluefield Va. Funeral held Wednesday at 1 pm at Shumate-Newman Funeral Home Chapel Pocahontas Va officiated by Rev William Hunter and Joe Gillespie. Burial in Moore Cemetery Abbs Valley Va. Friends may call after 5 pm today at the funeral home.
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Emmett Frasier Cartwright
Boissevain
Morris Cartwright
Roy Asbury
Bluefield
Shumate - Newman Funeral Home
Pocahontas
William Hunter
Joe Gillespie
Moore Cemetery
Abbs Valley
Trial Slated In Vote Fraud Case In Virginia
A trial date of January 9 was set in Prince William County Circuit Court for Violet Fleming and J C Stanley both of Clintwood charged with vote fraud in 1967. Indicted on 18 counts they allegedly procured and aided nine Dickenson County residents to cast fraudulent mail ballots. The defendants, former county officials, are free on $2000 bond as counsel arrangements were made for the continuance.
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Dickenson County
Clintwood
Health Officers To Have Party For Christmas Charity
Mercer County Health Association plans its annual Christmas Party on December 20 at noon in the Memorial Building There will be food entertainment and Santa Claus will distribute gifts Donors may place gifts at collection stations in Bluefield Commercial Bank Building South Side Pharmacy Princeton Princeton Bank and Trust Company and the College Drug Store at Athens Gifts should be wrapped labeled with the intended recipient and can be donated to Operation Santa Claus chaired by Mrs Bob Beckett
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Mercer County Health Association
Memorial Building
Princeton
Santa Claus
Bluefield
Commercial Bank Building
South Side Pharmacy
Princeton Bank & Trust Company
College Drug Store
Athens
Mental Health Association
Bob Beckett
Son Charged In Beating Death Of Father In Green Valley
Roscoe Henry Hook aged 45 died from a brain hemorrhage after a fight with his son James Henry Hook 25 in their Green Valley trailer. The elder Hook suffered a severe beating and died at Bluefield Sanitarium on Thanksgiving Day. James Hook is jailed in Mercer County with a $5,000 bond.
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Green Valley
Princeton
Roscoe Henry Hook
James Henry Hook
Bluefield Sanitarium
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John Merrix
Pearisburg, Va
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Tyler Merrix
Roy Merrix
Bane
George Merrix
Ripplemead
Kenneth and
Emmett Merrix
Goldbond
Junior Merrix
Petersburg
Nellie Alliff
Nannie Merrix
Francis Merdith
Maybrook
Bertie Akers
Ira Tawney
Mrs
Sophia Groh
Rt. 3
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
William F. Carr
Luther H. Clark Lodge
Howard Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Welch Commandery
Knights Templar
D.O.K.K
Roanoke
Fraternal
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Gene
Raleigh St
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