Cuban Refugee Faces New Life in United States
A Cuban refugee, Oscar Poveda, 38, who owned a sugar plantation in Camaguey, resettles in Edgewater New Jersey with his family. He joins dozens of refugees arriving daily and plans to work hard, possibly starting anew away from communism. Refuges receive meals, start-up funds, and transport from Freedom House in Miami.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Cuba
United States
Oscar Poveda
Camaguey
Poveda
Edgewater
N.J
Leonila
Sunny Los Angeles
Freedom House
U.S
Sousa Gomez
Havana
Los Angeles
Youth Fellowship Toy Sale at John Stewart Center
The Methodist Youth Fellowship of John Stewart Methodist Church sponsors a sale of old and used toys in the John Stewart Memorial Center beginning at 11 a.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Youth Fellowship
John Stewart Methodist Church
John Stewart Memorial Center
State GOP Conference Gathers With More Program Roots
The State GOP convenes with the MORE mobilization program as its core, highlighting its use in West Virginia during the 1962 elections where Republicans won six House of Delegates seats and two Senate seats. A brass band organ and group singing set a political atmosphere as Republican women host an indoor dinner on the ground. After the main conference in the House Chambers, the three Work Forces meet separately and then dissolve into afternoon activities ending around 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
GOP
House of Delegates
Senate
Newspaper masthead and notice fragment
Fragmentary OCR shows an old newspaper masthead from 1893 with publication details and subscription rates. Lacks readable event or story content beyond basic imprint and affiliations.
Sergeant and Wife Die in Pike County Plane Crash
Air Force Sergeant Jewell Stanaland, 34, and his wife Geraldine, 31, were killed when a private plane crashed near Mullins Fork in Pike County near the Kentucky West Virginia line while en route for a Christmas visit. Their three children, 8, 7, and 3, were injured and hospitalized in Williamson West Virginia in fair condition. A witness said the plane struck a power line, rolled and hit a mountainside as light rain fell at the late afternoon crash site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pikeville
Air Force
Kentucky-West Virginia
Jewell Stanaland
Geraldine
Charleston Heights
S.C
Janice
Randy
Appalachian Regional Hospital
Williamson
W. Va
Mullins Fork
Stone
Pike County
Knott County
Upper New
Greek freighter Costantis crew refuse to spend night aboard
The British Coast Guard reported crewmen of the crippled Greek freighter Costantis refused to stay on the ship as rescue preparations began. Capt Geoffrey Marr warned abandoning the ship in the wintry storm would be dangerous. The West German tug Atlantic and Dutch tug Utrecht stood by with RAF planes overhead. Three crewmen went overboard on Thursday. one drowned, one missing, one rescued by another vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British
Coast Guard
England
Geoffrey Marr
Atlantic
Utrecht
Royal Air Force
Constantis
Queen Mary
Man Charged In Huntington Knifing
A Huntington woman Cora Baer about 35 was stabbed to death in her apartment Friday. Homer Woodard 4 released Thursday after 10 days on a trespass charge faced murder charges. He listed the same apartment building as his address and was arrested about 30 minutes after discovery of the body. An unnamed neighbor called the landlord Homer Bloss who found the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Cora Baer
Homer Woodard
Woodard
Homer Bloss
Giles County Redistricting Hearing Indefinite
A Giles County Circuit Court hearing on a September 1965 redistricting petition remains indefinite as Judge W L Sexton considers appointing a commission to study the proposal. The petition by Pearisburg attorney J L Dillon argues voters lack full participation in local government and board of supervisors elections. It lists district populations: Narrows 6272 6.4 percent, Newport 558 5.6 percent, Pearisburg 4706 27.3 percent, Pembroke 3234 18.8 percent, Walker's Creek 3049 11.9 percent, signed by 150 voters across all districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles County
W. L. Sexton
Pearisburg
J. L. Dillon
Board of Supervisors
Narrows
Newport
Pembroke
Walker's Creek
State Toll On Highways Rises To 446 This Year
State police reported Friday that 446 people have been killed on state highways this year, compared with 433 deaths in the same period last year.
Weston to Screen Weston Residents for Tuberculosis
State Health Director N H Dyer said free X rays will be offered to Weston 8750 residents next week as Weston State Hospital patients and employees are screened. Atty Gen C Donald Robertson urged full citywide outreach, arguing the entire population should be radiographed. The plan follows concerns that hospital tuberculosis patients were not properly isolated and town residents have been exposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
N. H. Dyer
Weston
Weston State Hospital
Donald Robertson
Robertson
Dyer
Cornelia Wilbur
Wilbur
Mildred Bateman
Bateman
Woman Injured in Wise County Crash Dies in Norton Hospital
Virginia Boyd, 57, of Dunbar, West Virginia, died December 8 in Norton Virginia hospital from injuries suffered in a one vehicle crash near Wise County on November 21. She was a passenger in a car driven by Corbin G. Adams of Norton, whose vehicle left Rt. 603, struck a tree, and went off the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Boyd
Dunbar
Norton
Wise County
Wytheville
Corbin G. Adams
Spy Activity Near Apra Harbor Reported By U S Officials
Maj. Gen. William Crumm defends B52 operations from Soviet spying while noting no target details leaked. Rear Adm. Horace Bird describes a trawler's frequent reliefs and its antennae as likely for intelligence. The class of spies may observe submarine movements before departure.
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Giffen
William J. Crumm
3Rd Air Division
Crumm
Horace V. Bird
U.S
Marianas
Bird
Apra Harbor
UNICEF wins 1965 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
UNICEF receives the Nobel Peace Prize with a $54,440 award as Henry Labouisse accepts on behalf of the fund. The prize honors UNICEF for aiding about 750 million children in 118 nations and marks its 19th anniversary. The Oslo ceremony was part of a three-city presentation with Stockholm and Tokyo also hosting segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oslo
Norway
United Nations Children’s Fund
Unicef
Henry R. Labouisse
United States
Stockholm
Gustav VI Adolf
Sunitiro Tomonaga
Japan
Tokyo
Mikhail Sholokhov
Julian Schwinger
Harvard University
Richard Feynman
California Institute of Technology
Tomonaga
Francois Jacob
Andre Lwoff
Jaques Monod
France
Robert Burns Woodward
Harvard
Alfred Nobel
Sjestish
Naons
Contract Let For Coal Cleaning Plant at Island Creek
A contract for a 175 ton per hour fine coal cleaning plant at Island Creek Coal Co. Coal Mountain No. 9 Mine in Wyoming County near the Norfolk and Western Railway has been awarded to J. O. Lively Manufacturing and Equipment Co. Beckley. The plant will operate by mid 1966 as an adjunct to the current coarse coal cleaning facility, raising total capacity to 350 tons per hour with Deister tables flotation cells centrifugal and thermal dryers thickeners vacuum filters vibrating screens and related equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island Creek Coal Co
Coal Mountain No. 9
J. O. Lively Manufacturing and Equipment Co
Beckley
Wyoming County
Norfolk and Western
Funeral Notices from Virginia and West Virginia
Multiple obituaries list Lonnie Gwen Brown 33 of Princeton along with Margaret Christina Shaw and Linnie Frances McCoy and Luther W. Jennings. Services are at George W Seaver Mortuary Chapel Yost Chapel Cliffield Church of God Bailey Funeral Home and Bailey Cemetery Roselawn and Greenhills Memorial Gardens with various pallbearers and officiants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Lonnie Gwen
Rt. 1
New Hope Road
Princeton
George W. Seaver Mortuary
Clayton Sweet
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Harold and
Bobby Dove
Harry Akers
Leroy Ferguson
Mike Hurt
Joe Gore
Jennings
Luther W
Lashmeet
Bailey Funeral Home
Roselawn
Claron Hurst
Jerry Grogan
Leonard Orren
Jasper
Stanley Rutherford
Jack Blankenship
Jack Nestor
David Grif
Deaths and Funerals for Jessie F. Carter Sr.
Funeral services for Jessie F. Carter Sr. of Woods Street Bluefield Virginia are set for Sunday at Mount Zion Baptist Church with Rev Carrolton Jackson officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell. Carter a Martinsville native and Pocahontas Fuel Co. retiree died Thursday at Bluefield Sanitarium after a long illness. He leaves a wife Jeanette and many children grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie F. Carter Sr
Woods Street
Bluefield
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Carrolton Jackson
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Martinsville
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Bottom Creek
United Mine Workers of America
Jeanette C. Carter
Ola White
Lena Holland
Bonnie Leonard
Maybeury
Reginald
Harry Carter
Los Angeles
Calif
Monroe
Roosevelt Carter
Jessie Carter Jr
Bobby Carter
Columbus
Ohio
Pearl McIntosh
Washington, D. C
John P. Carter
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
The
Missionary Society
Vida Overbee 66 dies after long illness in Welch area
Vida Lee Overbee 66 of Big Sandy died in a Welch hospital after eight years of declining health. She lived in the Big Sandy area most of her life and belonged to the Roderfield Church of God at Hampton Roads. Survivers include her husband Lee Overbee two daughters two sons a stepdaughter fourteen grandchildren ten great grandchildren and nine step grandchildren. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. today at the Roderfield Church of God with Rev. Deward Frazier and Rev. Gerald Church officiating. Burial at Jaeger Memorial Cemetery in Roderfield. Pallbearers are family friends and church ladies with listed names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vida Lee Overbee
Big Sandy
Welch Hospital
Roderfield Church of God
Hampton Roads
Simon
Wyoming County
Harmon
Sara Cline Trent
Lee Overbee
Philton Gray
Big Saidy
Erma Hunt
Raven
Jaeger
Mrs Virginia Gerald 74 Athens resident dies in Bluefield
Mrs Virginia Bird Gerald 74 of 300 State St Athens died after admission to Bluefield Sanitarium Friday at 10 15 am following a long illness She was a Concord College graduate and former Athens teacher survived by four sisters and a brother Funeral arrangements set at Seaver Mortuary Princeton
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University Club
Bluefield Country Club
Kerman Kirchner
Virginia Bird Gerald
State St. Athens
Bluefield Sanitarium
Ira E. Keffinger
Beckley
Helen VanRennen
Baltimore
Mady Nestor
Athens
Dana Baker
Dunns
J. L. Goad
Spanishburg
Athens Methodist Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Concord College
Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority
Wyco
Athens Woman’s Club
Mary Gentile Lambert, 78, Rites Planned in Tazewell
Mary Gentile Lambert of North Tazewell Virginia died Friday at Jeffersonville Hospital after a long illness. Born in Sulmone Italy she lived in Maitland before moving to North Tazewell. Funeral services set for Monday 11 a.m. at St Theresa Catholic Church Tazewell with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Rosary Sunday 7:30 p.m. at Peery St Clair Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gentile Lambert
North Tazewell
Jeffersonville Hospital
Sulmone
Italy
Maitland
Bill Lambert
Joe Lambert
Charleston
J. L. Lambert
Tony
Paul Lambert
Welch
Fred Lambert
Visage
Lawrence Lambert
Piqua
Ohio
Bill Lambert Jr
Tazewell
George Howard
Willis Bowling
Pineville
St. Theresa Catholic Church
Father Walsh
Woodlawn
Dave Rowe
John Shelley
Harry Bowling
Tullio Ramella
Leon Ramella
John Scott
Peery- St. Clair Funeral Home
Toy Blankenship Dies in Grundy Hospital
Toy Blankenship 51 of Prater Va. died Thursday night in a Grundy Va. hospital. Survived by wife Bonnie two sons Bobby of Council Va. Gary of New Jersey four daughters Sue O Quinn Mary Bailey Beatrice Blankenship and others four sisters and one brother. Funeral Sunday 11 a.m. Pilgrim Home Church Prater officiated by Elders O Quinn Bailey and Yates. Burial Deer Cemetery Prater. Body moved from Haysi Funeral Home to daughter Mrs O Quinn residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toy Blankenship
Prater
Grundy
Bonnie Blankenship
Bobby Blankenship
Council
Gary Blankenship
New Jersey
Sue O’quinn
Mary Bailey
Beatrice Blankenship
Washington, D. C
Detha Stewart
Eura Fuller
Haysi
Infant Kelly Nelson Graveside Services
Graveside services for infant Kelly Leigh Nelson son of Charlies and Jewell Farley Nelson of Princeton will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Monte Vista Park Cemetery with Rev. Pp. E. Hill officiating. He is survived by his paternal grandfather in Princeton and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Vivian Farley of Pipestone. Memorial Funeral Directory of Princeton is in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly Leigh Nelson
Charlies
Jewell Farley Nelson
Princeton
Monte Vista Park
Pp. E. Hill
Monte Princeton
Vivan Farley
Pipestein
Obituary notice for John William Wilson of Elk Creek VA
John William Wilson, 83, of Elk Creek, Va., died at his residence Friday morning. Survivors include Vera Porter Wilson, four daughters Mildred Phipps, David Hall of Richmond, Va., Leo Robertson of Winston-Salem, N C, Scott Hamm of Mount Airy, N C, four sons Cecil W. Wilson of Northfork, James W. Wilson of Summerfield, N C, Donald F. Wilson of Jacksonville, N C, Willie Jackson Wilson of Elk Creek, one sister Jane Blevins of Leslie, two brothers George Wilson of Bluefield and Jim Wilson of JenkinHopes. Fellowship Baptist Church of Elk Creek with Rev. Claude McKinnon and Rev. Fred Jennings. Hill Cemetery of Bluefield, Va. The body will be taken from Vaughan Guynn Funeral Home of Galax, Va., to the residence this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John William Wilson
Elk Creek
Vera Porter Wilson
Mildred Phipps
David Hall
Richmond
Leo Robertson
Winston-Salem
N. C
Scott Hamm
Mount Airy
Cecil W. Wilson
Northfork
James W. Wilson
Summerfield
Donald F. Wilson
Jacksonville
Willie Jackson Wilson
Janie Blevins
Leslie
George Wilson
Bluefield
Jim Wilson
Jenkin
Fellowship Baptist
Galax
Obituary of Mrs Laura Marie Powell of Jolo
Mrs Laura Marie Powell 41 of Jolo died in Bluefield Sanitarium at 8 30 p m Thursday Funeral was held Sunday at 2 p m at the Church of Christ Rockridge near Paynesville with Rev Richard Kennedy and Rev John Kennedy in charge Burial followed at Christian Cemetery at the church Virginia Funeral Home in Grundy Va assisted the family in Grundy today's residence arrival noted with family listing including Thomas Powell Curtis Powell and Roscoe Rowe relatives from Jolo Bradshaw Saeger Washington DC Alexandria Va and other areas
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Laura Marie Powell
Jolo
Bluefield Sanitarium
Thomas A. Powell
Curtis Powell
Roscoe Rowe
Melvin Rowe
Otho Rowe
Bradshaw
Gertrude Mullins
Saeger
Dosis Branscome
Washington, D. C
Ada Long
Alexandria
Funeral services for Mrs Lor ane Evans Wiley
Funeral services are set for Mrs Lorane Evans Wiley formerly of Princeton and Union now of Gainesville Florida to be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Resthaven Cemetery George W Seaver Mortuary with pallbearers named from family and friends. She is survived by daughter Christine Wiley of Gainesville and sister Mrs Bethel Carter of Roanoke Virginia.
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Lorane Evans Wiley
Princeton and
Union
Gainesville
Fla
George W. Seaver Mortain Resthaven
Fred
James BE. Walker
H. H. Davis
J. R. McCoy
Basil Beckett
Wilson Carter
Sam
Carl
Richard Evans
Edward Chariton
Irvin E
Joe
Elmer
Arthur Evans
Joseph Neal
Christine Wiley
Bethel Carter
Roanoke
Death of Jane A Smith in Pocahontas VA
Jane A Smith 23 of Pocahontas Virginia died at Bluefield Sanitarium after a long illness. She was daughter of Lewis J Smith and the late Mittie Smith. Survived by brother Curtis Smith of Flint Michigan and sisters Rebecca Smith Marlene Zoyac Bridgeton New Jersey Susie Beavers Gaithersburg Maryland. Funeral held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Pocahontas Union Funeral Home with Rev George Barnes. Roselawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane A. Smith
Pocahontas
Bluefield
Lewis J. Smith
Mittie Smith
Curtis Smith
Flint
Mich
Rebecca Smith
Marlene Zoyac
Bridgeton
N. J
Susie Beavers
Gaithesburg
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
George Barnes
Roselawn Cemetery
Death of Milton F McElrath in Virginia hospital scene
Milton French McElrath 59 of Pearlsburg Virginia died Thursday in a hospital near Washington D C. Survived by Bertha Pugh McElrath his wife two daughters Mrs Charles Chase of Galax and Mrs James T Marshall of Annandale one son Franch H McElrath of the Coast Guard Academy New London Connecticut one sister Mrs Clarence Thomas of Fayetteville and one brother F S McElrath of Beckley. Funeral was held Sunday in the Givens Funeral Home Chapel Pearisburg with burial in Birchlawn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton French McElrath
Pearlsburg
Annandale
Washington, D. C
Bertha Pugh McElrath
Charles Chase
Galax
James T. Marshall
Franch H. McElrath
Coast Guard Academy
New London
Beckley
Givens Funeral Home
Pearisburg
Birchlawn
Local Resident Phillip Gesotti Dies in Welch
Phillip Gesotti aged 61 of Cumberland Apartments Bluefield and formerly Riverside Drive Welch died suddenly at Stevens Clinic Welch from an apparent heart attack. The body was taken to Cravens Funeral Home Bluewell where funeral arrangements remain incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Gesotti
Cumberland Apartments
Bluefield
Riverside Drive
Welch
Stevens Clinic
Cravens Funeral Home
Bluewell
Mrs Eliza Carver of Switshback Dies at Home
Mrs Eliza Carver of Switshback died Thursday night at her home after a lengthy illness. Sinkford and Richardson Funeral Home at Keystone will handle arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Carver of
Switshback
Sinkford and Richardson
Keystone
Fire equipment is back at Northside station
Bluefield Fire Department personnel and equipment had been split since June 11, with part stationed in the Harry Hardware Building during the Mercer Street Bridge tear-down. With the new bridge opening this week, the temporary Princeton Avenue post is being moved back to the Northside Fire Station on Roanoke Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Fire Department
Princeton Avenue
Northside
Roannoke Street
Gordon Damron
Harry Hardware
Mercer Street
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al Tyree
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Kelly Nelson
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Jane Smith
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