Judge Decides Against Death in Cox Family Slayings
In Coles County Illinois judge Harry Hannah spared 19 year old Thomas Fuller II from the death penalty, sentencing him to 140 to 198 years after a guilty plea for the murder of five Cox siblings. The father of the victims protested outside the courtroom as Fuller was led away.
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Charleston
Ill
Thomas Charles Fuller II
William Cox
Fuller
Harry S. Hannah
Coles County
Chuck
Cox
Matto
Eastern Illinois University
Edna Louise
Tticle
Lydia
Man Found Dead At Home In Bluefield
A Bluefield man James F. Zinn aged 60 was found dead at his residence 2421 Dexter Street on Tuesday around 1 pm. Neighbors alarmed by his absence led police to enter through a back door and discover him on a couch under a blanket. Officials ordered an autopsy though no foul play is suspected. Patrolman O C Belcher and Captain Lewis Lilly led the investigation.
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Dexter St
James F. Zinn
Zinn
O. C. Belcher
Lewis Lilly
WVU Students Urged to Back Bluefield State Dissent
Vernon Oakes, 22, Bluefield State College student leader and former football player, urged West Virginia University students to back Bluefield State amid campus turmoil. He warned the administration must meet demands or risk closing the school, with action possibly Friday including a sit-in. The turmoil follows racial tensions, recent campus violence, and an $80,000 bombing at the new physical education building.
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W.va
Bluefield State College
West Virginia University
Bluefield State
Vernon Oakes
Bluefield
Oakes
Jim Adkins
Daily Athenaeum
WVU
West Virginia
Daily Telegraph Postal Rates Advertisement
Public notice from the Dail Daily Telegraph announcing subscription rates by carrier and mail, with pricing for WV and other regions. Includes organization names and contact details for the Associated Press and registration language.
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Associated Press
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Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and Welch Area
Obituary notices list Mrs Sophia Groh 81 of Bluewell died after long illness with funeral at Sacred Heart Church. Survived by children Emma Nash Sophia Surway Victor Mike Groh three grandchildren. Also notice for Stella Chadwell 73 of Richmond formerly Princeton died. Mathew Wimmer 71 of Jolo. Mrs Walter C Byrd 74 of Clinton Md. Robert T Wood 73 Welch. Floyd L Niece Bluefield.
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Bluewell
Bluefield
Sacred Heart Catholc
William F. Carr
Woodlawn
Mike Groh
Emma Nash
Sophia Surway
Victor
Dorothy O'Neal
Robert T
Bob) Wood
Virginia Ave
Welch
Railway Express Agency
American Legion Post No
C. H. Woods
Princeton
Sally Barnes
Catronville
Vergie
Iola Wood
Earl
Russell Wood
Ernest Wood
O. J. Douglas Funeral Home
Manuel Fernandez 68 Dies in Buckley Hospital
Manuel Fernandez of Bradshaw dies Tuesday morning in a Buckley hospital at 68. A Spain native who had lived in Bradshaw for years, he had no known survivors. Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Welch will host services led by Rev. Andrew Artery at Roderfield with calling hours today from 5 to 9 p.m.
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Buckley
Spain
Fernandez
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Andrew Artery
Roderfield
Five Month Old Cheryl Stacy Dies at Grundy Home
Cheryl Lynn Stacy five month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Randall Stacy of Grundy Virginia died suddenly at her home Tuesday morning at 11 o clock Survivors include paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Ellis Stacy and maternal grandmother Mrs Lena Cooper Burial will be in Charles Cemetery Grundy The body will be taken from Grundy Funeral Home to the residence today
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Randall Stacy
Rt. 3
Grundy
Ellis Stacy
Lena Cooper
Claude Bailey
Charles Cemetery
Samuel Herald 74 Dies at Home in Maryland
Samuel Robert Herald, 74, of Boemert Maryland, formerly of Bluefield, died Tuesday at his residence after an apparent heart attack. Survived by son James Robert Herald of Baltimore and two daughters Mrs. G B Fowler of Bluefield and Mrs. Willard Blair of Baltimore.
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Samuel Robert Herald
Boemert Md
Luefield
James Robert Herald
Baltimore
G. 8. Fowler
Bluefield
Willard Blair
Funerals of Cartwright and Baldwin Held in Va and WVa
Emmett Frasier Cartwright 69 of Boissevain Virginia funeral today at 1 pm at Shumate Newman Funeral Home Chapel Pocahontas with ministers officiating Burial in Moore Cemetery Abbs Valley. Ray Baldwin 60 of Princeton funeral Thursday at 2 pm at Memorial Funeral Directory Chapel Princeton with Rev George West officiating Burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens Pallbearers listed Nieces to be flowerbearers Funeral home after 4 pm today
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Stella Chadwell
Richmond
Princeton
Virginia Murphy
Uval Punpuri
Myrtle Robbins
Montcalm
Ethel Robbins
Norton, Va
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Hollywood
Calif
Richard Wells
Whitesburg
Memorial Funeral Directory Chapel
Orville Harvey
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Cartwright
Emmett Frasier
Boissevain
Shumate-Newman Funeral Home
Pocahontas
William Hunter
Joe Gillespie
Moore Cemetery
Abbs Valley
Baldwin
Ray
Memorial Funeral Directory
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Roselawn
Memorial Gardens
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Donald
Willis
Hubert
Billdwin
James Andle
David Wilson
Re trial details in wake of Vietnam killings
Foss testified that Luczko was shot in the back and Keenan shot the old man after no order was given. Keenan fired 10 more rounds as the man ran. Keenan, a former Wake Forest student, was convicted of two counts of premeditated murder and initially sentenced to life. Navy and clemency boards later altered his conviction and sentence to three years for voluntary manslaughter and a bad conduct discharge.
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Keenan
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Mrs Christie Dies At Age 63 in Virginia
Mrs Virgil A Christie widow of the Keystone First National Bank leader died at 63 after a long illness in the Medical College of Virginia Richmond. Born Mary Magdalene King she was from Glen Jean Fayette County and lived in Keystone and Eckman 49 years. Survivors include son Jack Virgil Christie two daughters and five grandchildren. Funeral 2 pm Friday at Keystone Methodist Church. Burial Woodlawn Mausoleum Bluewell. Flowers omitted. donations to McDowell County American Cancer Society Welch.
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Richmond
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John Lee
Sarah King
Glen Jean
Fayette County
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Keystone - Northfork
Charles Yoho
Woodlawn Mausoleum
Bluewell
Bennett Funeral Home Chapel
Northfork
McDowell County
American Cancer Society
Welch
Pentagon budget cuts slow air force and ship growth
Comptroller Moot says 80 percent of reductions come from congressional action with major program cuts in aircraft production. Clifford notes delays to Air Force manned orbiting laboratory first launch by four months and describes plans to ease domestic problems, plus no proven DMZ shelling pattern in Vietnam.
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Congress
Clifford
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Manned Orbiting Laboratory
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Concord College President denies West Virginia rights report claims
Concord College President Joseph F. Marsh challenged the State Human Rights Commission findings that Bluefield State College is favored by authorities. He cited higher Bluefield per capita funding in most years, noted Concord’s faculty qualifications, and described campus site differences and limited token integration claims.
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Bluefield State College
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Bluefield State
Legislative Subcommittee On Higher Education
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Fighters Press Attack On SAM Sites In Vietnam War
Allied fighter bombers targeted multiple SAM sites though damage was not confirmed and all aircraft returned. Hours later another Vigilante was shot down by antiaircraft fire about 55 miles north of the demilitarized zone. crew rescued over the Gulf of Tonkin. Hanoi accused U S planes of strafing North Vietnam while Saigon police say they arrested 201 Communist agents in the capital over the past month.
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Gulf of Tonkin
Saigon
Plea Entered In Theft Case In Mercer County Court
A year old Princeton man, Roger Lee Bailey, pleaded guilty to grand larceny in Mercer County Intermediate Court. Judge Howard M. Jarrett ordered a pre sentence investigation due Dec 18. Bailey is accused of stealing $8,000 from his father.
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Mercer
Howard M. Jarrett
Roger Lee Bailey
Baiely
Traffic death toll on state roads rises to 494 this year
State Police reported on Tuesday that 494 people have been killed on state roads this year, down from 516 at the same point last year. The Associated Press notes the annual death toll and ongoing road safety concerns.
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Associated Press
Guilty Verdict in Stab Death in Rochester
Warren W. Scarberry, 24, convicted by a Monroe County Court jury of first degree manslaughter for stabbing his roommate Paul T. Jennings, 27, in their Rochester apartment after a quarrel. A prosecution witness testified Jennings scrawled the name Warren in his own blood on the car door, which was used as evidence.
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Rochester
N. Y
Warren W. Scarberry
Monroe
Scarberry
Paul T. Jennings
Jennings
Warren
Nixon names potential Nixon cabinet figures for key posts
The report notes Lt. Gov. Robert Finch may join the cabinet in a major role likely as secretary of health education and welfare. It also cites possible picks including Melvin R. Laird for defense David Kennedy or Robert B. Anderson for treasury and Moynihan as a likely White House appointee with labor secretary speculation centered on James J. Reynolds and John N. Mitchell considered for attorney general.
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Finch
Nixon
Moynihan
Health, Education and Welfare
Melvin R. Laird
Wisconsin
David Kennedy
Continental Illinois National Bank of Chicago
Robert B. Anderson
Texas
Treasury
Anderson
Eisenhower
White House
James J. Reynolds
Labor
John N. Mitchell
Williom C. Blount
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Secretary of the Interior
Walter F. Hickel
Alaska
Tim Babcock
Montana
McDowell County Votes to Extend Levy for Schools
McDowell County voters approved extending a 1.1 million tax levy for school buses teacher salaries and a vocational training center. 4 937 favored the levy 236 opposed with late results from one precinct. Officials say it does not raise tax rates and will run five more years. Superintendent P K Martin reported light turnout.
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McDowell County
P. K. Martin
Board of Education
Martin
Five held on charges after Bluefield State explosion
Five individuals are held for action by the county Intermediate Court grand jury on charges of conspiracy to injure or destroy persons or property and possession of explosives with criminal intent. The grand jury convenes Jan. 6. The November 21 explosion at Bluefield State damaged the new 1.6 million Physical Education Building with an estimated 50,000 to 80,000 dollars in damage. Bondsmen names were not immediately available.
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County Intermediate Court
Bluefield State
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