Officials Seek Custody for Adoptive Future of Princeton Orphan
Legal wheels grind as Mercer County Juvenile Court may appoint Wheeling Catholic diocese guardian for Daniel a boy found abandoned in a Princeton church pew. Father Moran found the child after a note begged adoption by a family of the faith. Mother’s identity unknown.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Gerard Moran
Church
Father Moran
Daniel
Trailways
De Gaulle Eyes News Conference Early January
Paris officials say President Charles de Gaulle may hold a news conference in the first two weeks of January. Information Minister Alain Peyrefitte announced the plan on Wednesday.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Alain Peyrefitte
Weather Outlook for Virginia and West Virginia
The Associated Press reports stormy weather across Virginia with rain in the south and central areas, and snow in the north and mountains. Highs reach 36 to 44, mountain areas 33 to 38, with snow flurries possible Friday and continued cold conditions into the weekend. In West Virginia expect a mix of snow, rain, and sleet in the north, rain in the south, with higher elevations turning to snow and more flurries Friday. Tempts peak in the 30s, with considerable cloudiness and cold Friday.
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Associated Press
Virginia
West Virginia
Four Houses Swept Away by Landslide at St Joachim
A large landslide near St Joachim de Tourelle in Quebec swept away at least four houses. Police reported cut communications and difficult access 270 miles northeast of Quebec City. Initial estimates time around 6 30 p m EST with roofs visible on two houses. authorities feared deaths.
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ST. Anne Des Monts
St. Joachim de Tourelle
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Quebec City
Quebec
St. Joachim
Women of Moose Entertain Husbands at Christmas Party
Bluefield chapter Women of the Moose hosted their annual Christmas party at the Bluefield Moose Lodge on Duhring Street. Senior Regent Evelyn Quesenberry led the event attended by about 75 members and guests. Gifts exchanged, prizes awarded, and a meal with dancing followed the dinner.
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Bluefield
Women of the Moose
Bluefield Old Guard hears Hopkins on local history
A A Hopkins, 90, retired Bluefield teacher, spoke to 51 Old Guard members at Trinity Methodist Church on College Avenue about the area's history from early settlement through the Civil War and educational system. Officers were retained, and members noted several hospital and home sittings with a holiday break.
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A. A. Hopkins
Bluefield
Mercer County
Old Guard
Trinity Methodist Church
College Avenue
Chou En-lai to Visit Albania During Africa Tour
Premier Chou En-lai plans a six week mission through nine nonaligned African states and will stop in Cairo and Albania a Communist ally of Beijing, as New China pushes to raise its prestige amid a public feud with the Soviet Union. His itinerary includes a mid February return via Karachi with Pakistan expected to welcome him.
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London
Chou En-lai
Red China
Africa
Albania
Peking
Moscow
United States
Khrushchev
Chou
Cairo
United Arab Republic
Mediterranean
Karachi
Pakistan
India
Areas Consolidated By Mine Workers
The United Mine Workers of America created a single administrative office for welfare and retirement funds, covering Charleston and Beckley. Dr. Asa Barnes will split time between the two cities, with no change to personnel or services following Dr. Deane Brooke’s June 1 retirement in Beckley.
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Charleston
United Mine Workers of America
Beckley
Asa Barnes
Deane Brooke
Barnes
UMW
Justice Department seeks ruling on Prince Edward County desegregation
The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court to decide if Prince Edward County Virginia must reopen its public schools closed in 1959 to avoid desegregation. The brief argues the case raises fundamental 14th Amendment questions and could require reopening by September 1964 if judges rule for petitioners. It says the federal issues do not depend on Virginia court findings.
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Washington
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Prince Edward County
Department
Highs
Prince Edward
Virginia
Virginia Supreme Court
United States
System of Justice
U.S. Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Little Hoover Commission
Horace E
McLean
Republican
Highway Site” Commission
James River Study Commission
General Assembly
Rish Improves After Head Injury at Bluefield Sanitarium
Lon M. Rish chairman of the Bluefield Supply Co. shows steady recovery after a head injury from a fall in the company parking lot. Medical attaches report he was doing very nicely Wednesday night, after admission Tuesday evening for treatment.
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Lon M. Rish
Bluefield Supply Co
Bluefield Sanitarium
Rish
Argentina sees 2.5 percent rise in cost of living
Argentina's cost of living index increased by 2.5 percent last month as inflation pressures persist across the economy.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Governor backs separate boards for colleges and schools
Richmond Virginia Governor Albertis S Harrison Jr endorsed the State Board of Education relinquishing duties over three colleges Madison Longwood and Virginia State to form independent boards He argued separate boards would benefit both the colleges and the education system The move would require 1964 General Assembly legislation and aligns with Virginia Tech moving to its own board.
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Richmond
State Board of Education
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Madison
Longwood
Virginia State
Education Board
Board of Visitors
dHe
State Highway Commission
Virginia Tech
Radford College
Radford
Harrison
Music Program Set For Matoaka Club
Matoaka Kiwanis Club members will present a Christmas music program Tuesday at 6 30 p.m. at Matoaka High School chaired by Lane Murphy. Randal Reed of Princeton performed guitar and songs at a recent meeting attended by 22 members including Geraldine Caffee Rene Butte and George Corvin.
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Matoaka Kiwanis Club
Matoaka High School
James Davis
Kiwanian
Lane Murphy
Kiwanians
Randal Reed
Princeton
Reed
Keyettes
Geraldine Caffee
Rene Butte
George Corvin
Deaths and Funerals in Virginia and Ohio
Multiple obituaries from Buchanan County and nearby areas report the deaths of Catherine Compton, Fannie Hankins, Terrance Lynch, Lina Harrison, and Shirley Beasley. Details include ages, family survivors, funeral times, and the funeral homes handling arrangements.
Funeral notices from Princeton area passings
Obituaries list multiple services: James Lee Duncan of Princeton at Burns Wornal Chapel, with burial in Roselawn Memory Gardens. Tibbs Mary Jane of Bluefield at Hawkins Funeral Chapel, Monte Vista Park Cemetery. David Clark Higginbotham of Washington D C formerly Princeton at Kee Street Methodist Church, Resthaven Memorial Park. Lacie V Parker of Ingleside at Mount Horeb Methodist Church, with Memorial Funeral Directory handling arrangements. Pallbearers named for each service and calls to Memorial Funeral Directory for references.
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Higgonbotham
David Clark
Washington, D. C
Princeton
Kee Street Methodist Church
Glynn Quesenberry
William Trowbridge
Resthaven Memorial Park
Parker
Lacie V
Ingleside
Mount Horeb Methodist Church
Roby Belcher
Fred Cook
Obituaries: Hess Pauley Hare and Harris pass away
Arthur James Hess 63 of Swords Creek Va died Wednesday in Richlands Va hospital. Daniel Crockett Pauley 75 of Bland Va died Wednesday at home Route 1 Bland. Arch Hare 61 of 322 Prince ton Ave died Wednesday at Bluefield Sanitarium. Mrs. Orey Harris widow of S P Harris died Wednesday evening at Hill Top Nursing Home Oak Hill. Bodies remain at local funeral homes pending arrangements.
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E. L. Byrd
W. B. Martin
J. T. Harris
Veterans Hospital
Salem
C. W. Harry
Chillicothe
T. E. Lynch
Hill Top Nursing Home
Oak Hill
R. H. Powell
J. B. Cash
St. Luke's Hospital
Bluefield
C. S. Pippin
A. F. Stafford
S. L. Smith
C. B. Gibson
W. C. Forlines
W. P. Hoback
C. E. Kinzer
M. K. Tabor
D. C. Lilly
J. M. Peake
Catherine
Katy) Compton
Richard P. Compton
Route 1
Grundy
Buchanan County
Robert S
Jane Looney Shortridge
Irving D
Hibbert L. Compton
Garland D. Yates
Ollie Compton
Victoria Matney
Rebecca Childress
Will McGlothlin
Hopewell
John M. Brown
South Point
Ohio
Charles Sublet
Virginia Funeral Home of
Arthur James Hess
Swords Creek
Richlands
Russell County
Zedrich
Mary Jackson Hess
Gertrude Vance Hess
Hazel Sigman
Bluewell
Viola Compton
Bill Hess
Baltimore
Lonny Hess
Gladie Hart
Dayton,hio
Dewey Hess
Montcalm
Floyd Hess
Hurst- Scott Funeral Home
Daniel C. Pauley
Daniel Crockett Pauley
Bland
Bertha Hancock Pauley
Alfred Penley
Mechanicsburg
Chase Pauley
Albert Ae
Bastian
Boty
Newberry Pures
Arch Hare
Princeton Ave
Bluefield Sanitarium
Orey Harris
S. P. Harris
Melvin Harris
East Cumberland Road
Mercer Funeral Home
Eisenhower and Nixon Meet in Gettysburg Exchange
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon met privately for about an hour with former President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Nixon, a potential Republican presidential candidate, flew in for the appointment and no public comment was given on their discussion.
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Gettysburg
Richard M. Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Nixon
Finn Fails In His High Record Bid
A young Finn aimed to set a round the world record as a passenger on scheduled airliners. He started Tuesday in Oslo and reached Frankfurt three hours late, then returned to Oslo on Wednesday without progressing past Germany. He pledged to try again next week.
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Oslo
Norway
Germany
Frankfurt
Hyrkoe Vaeaenaen
UN Agency gifts Pope stamp album for hunger drive
Vatican City AP reports the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization presented Pope Paul VI with a stamp album. The collection features stamps from 150 nations supporting FAO's freedom from hunger campaign.
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Vatican City
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Pope Paul VI
Miner crushed at Linda Goal Co Mine
Samuel Gilkeson aged 36 of Meadow Bridge died after being crushed while working at Linda Goal Co Mine in Layland Fayette County on Wednesday.
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Fayetteville
W.va
Samuel Gilkeson
Meadow Bridge
Here
Linda Goal Co
Layland
Fayette County
Train Hits School Bus. One Dead, Dozens Hurt
A Norfolk and Southern train struck a Washington North Carolina elementary school bus killing 14 year old Stanley Jones and injuring about 30 students, with 15 seriously hurt. The bus driver Melvin Bailey said low visibility and hazy light blocked his view as he crossed the tracks. Engineer James R Bell said the bus did not stop at the crossing and the train could not stop in time.
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Washington, N. C
Here
Stanley Jones
Rt. 4
Washington
Melvin Bailey
James R. Bell
Norfolk and Southern
Postmaster Promotes Airmail Bargains For Holiday Mail
Bluefield Postmaster H B Faulkner touts airmail and air parcel post as fast cheap options for Christmas cards. He notes historic growth from 1918 flights to today, urges early deposits to avoid late delivery, and lists temporary December hours at the main North Street office for parcel post and stamps.
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H. B. Faulkner
Bluefield
Faulkner
America
Washington
New York City
United States
New York
Air Parcel Post
North Street
Marian Jones Crowned County High Queen of 1964
Marian Jones, senior and president of the P A, was selected Miss Tazewell County High of 1964. Runner ups include Charlene Adams Nannette Greene Breewentha Pearson and Deborah Bradshaw. She will be crowned December 12 in Tazewell County and will receive the crown from 1962 63 queen Bonita Anderson, followed by a coronation ball.
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Marian Jones
Tazewell County
R. E. Jones
Pocahontas
Charlene Adams
Emaline Adams
Bluefield
Nannette Greene
Barbara Morrison
Tazewell
Breewentha Pearson
Benjamin Pearson
Deborah Bradshaw
Albert Bradshaw
Rhodes Candidates Chosen In Virginia
A University of Virginia student from Norfolk and a Harvard student from Lou- soolar to Vieasie'y 'nephalen nas 's for Scholarships. Lyle Jenkins 23 of Norfolk and W Bowman Cutter II 21 of Waterford in Loudoun County will be awarded two year Oxford University study scholarships.
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Richmond, Va
University of Virginia
Norfolk
Harvard University
Lou- Soolar
Vieasie'y
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Ceeds
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Sam Milchin
J. B. Taylor
Milchin
Mahood
McGee
Taylor
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Albuquerque
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Bismarck
Boise
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Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
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Honolulu
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Juneau
Kansas City
Louisville
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. Paul
New Orleans
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Area Lawyers On Committee
H. S. Lambert
W. G. Crockett
A. F. N. Sands
Noel T. Adams
Charlie W. Bowling
Walter W. Bourne
Charles C. Lynch
Prince Edward Ruling Sought
Matoaka Club
Catherine Compton
Fannie M. Hankins
Fannie Myers Hankins
Tim Hankins
North Tazewell
Bartley
Scott
Amanda Payne Myers
Ralph
Willard
Bernard Hawkins
Harry Bowling
Lincolns Chapel
Dry Fork
J. H. Sargent Jr
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Terrance E. Lynch
Norfolk and Western
Hill Top
Eckman
John and
Mary McDermott Lynch
Marguerite Gaye Lynch
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
Order of Elks
Loyal Order of Moose
Order of Eagles
Joseph Carr
Walnut Grove
Hawkins Funeral Home
Lina Harrison
Haysi
Carrie McClanahan
Goldie Sykes
Bob Arrington
J. H. Arrington
Hollister, Fla
Joe Arrington Jr
DeLand, Fla
Minnie Totten
Nicey Puckett
W. B. Owens
Martin Edwards
Haysi Funeral Home
Shirley Beasley
Coldwater
Mich
Church of the Nazerine
Wayne Meadows
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Beasley
Stella Hawley Beasley
Youngstown
William Bea
Arthur J. Hess
Finn
U. N
Pope
Rhodes
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