Officials Study Child's Future After Abandonment
In Princeton authorities and Sacred Heart Catholic Church pursue guardianship for a well mannered three year old boy found abandoned at the church last Saturday. A note from the mother asks adoption by a family of the child's faith. The child, named Daniel, was left with clothing in a church pew and remains unnamed by last name.
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Princeton
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Mercer County
Gerard Moran
Father Moran
Daniel
Trailways
Moran
De Gaulle May Hold News Conference in January
Paris Information Minister Alain Peyrefitte said President Charles de Gaulle could hold a news conference during the first two weeks of January.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Alain Peyrefitte
Daily Telegraph Local News and Subscription Rates
The snippet outlines printing in Trin moraine and Bluefield areas, mentions Meek and affiliations of news, and lists subscription rates and contact numbers. It notes local news with published secrets and references Bureau of one the Kats, including a Virginia address and a telephone contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph
Trin
Moraine A
Iet
Bluefield
Pehle
All News
Ball Pesses
Virginia
Kats
Weather Forecast For Virginia And West Virginia
The weather map shows rain and snow across Virginia with snow in the north and higher mountains. Temperatures range from 33 to 44 degrees with higher readings in valleys and 30s in the mountains. Friday brings continued cold with variable clouds and snow flurries mainly in the mountains. West Virginia faces mixed precipitation including sleet and snow at higher elevations with cold conditions into Friday.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Four Houses Swept Away by Landslide at St Joachim de Tourelle
A major landslide near St Joachim de Tourelle Quebec swept away at least four houses. Police reported communications cut and access difficult. Initial word says the landslide occurred about 6 30 p m EST with only roofs visible. authorities fear deaths.
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ST. Anne Des Monts
St. Joachim de Tourelle
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Quebec City
Quebec
St. Joachim
Women of the Moose Host Christmas Party in Bluefield
The Bluefield Chapter of Women of the Moose held its annual Christmas party at the Bluefield Moose Lodge on Duhring Street. About 75 members and guests attended with Senior Regent Evelyn Quesenberry serving as host. Gifts were exchanged and prizes awarded. The meal and festivities followed by dancing and social activities.
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Bluefield
Women of the Moose
Bluefield Old Guard hears Hopkins on regional history
A. A. Hopkins, a 90 year old retired Bluefield schoolteacher, spoke to 51 members of the Bluefield Old Guard at Trinity Methodist Church about the area’s history from early settlers through the Civil War and the educational system. Officers were retained for the next year, and several members were listed as ill or at home. Christmas meeting skipped. next gathering Jan 1.
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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 African states and will add a side trip to Albania. The voyage aims to boost Red China’s prestige and counter Soviet and Western influence in strategic regions. A mid February return includes a Karachi stop where Pakistan expects a warm reception.
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London
Chou En-lai
Red China
Africa
Albania
Peking
Moscow
United States
Khrushchev
Chou
Cairo
United Arab Republic
Mediterranean
Red
Pakistan
India
Areas Consolidated By Mine Workers
United Mine Workers of America announces Charleston and Beckley will share a single administrative office for welfare and retirement fund duties. Dr. Asa Barnes remains Charleston area administrator and will divide time between Charleston and Beckley. No changes to personnel or services expected in either office.
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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 schools reopen
The Justice Department urged the Supreme Court to decide if Prince Edward County Va must reopen its public schools. It argues the 14th Amendment guarantees equal protection and that schools should desegregate by September 1964 if merits are correct.
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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. Henderson
McLean
Highway Stop Commission
James River Study Commission
General Assembly
Rish Improves After Head Injury at Bluefield Sanitarium
Son M. Rish, chairman of the Bluefield Supply Co., showed marked improvement at Bluefield Sanitarium after a head injury from a fall in the company parking lot Tuesday afternoon. Medical attaches reported he was doing very nicely Wednesday night, better than at admission Tuesday evening.
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Rish
Bluefield Supply Co
Bluefield Sanitarium
Argentina sees 2.5 percent rise in cost of living
The cost of living index in Argentina increased by 2.5 percent in the last month, according to AP reports from Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Governor backs separate boards for three Virginia colleges
Gov. Albertis S. Harrison Jr. endorsed the State Board of Education removing duties over Madison Longwood and Virginia State Colleges. He said separate boards would free the education board for public schools and benefit the colleges. A 1964 General Assembly change would be needed.
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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
General Assembly
Harrison
Music Program Set For Matoaka Kiwanis Club
Matoaka Kiwanis Club plans a Christmas music program at 6 30 p.m. Tuesday in Matoaka High School. President James Davis announced the event chaired by Lane Murphy. Twenty two members attended a rehearsal at the school where Randal Reed of Princeton performed guitar and songs. Guests included Keyettes Geraldine Caffee and Rene Butte, and Key Clubber George Corvin attended.
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Matoaka Kiwanis Club
Matoaka High School
James Davis
Kiwanian
Lane Murphy
Kiwanians
Randal Reed
Princeton
Reed
Geraldine Caffee
Rene Butte
George Corvin
Deaths and Funerals. Catherine Compton
Catherine Compton age 97 of Grundy Virginia died Tuesday evening at her home Route 1 Grundy. Survived by two sons six daughters 28 grandchildren 53 great grandchildren three great great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 1 pm at home with Rev Charles Sublet. burial in family cemetery. Virginia Funeral Home Grundy in charge. Also funeral plans for Shirley Beasley Bluefield resident died Monday in Coldwater Michigan set for Friday in Bluefield.
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Catherine
Katy) Compton
Richard P. Compton
Route 1
Grundy
Buchanan County
Robert S
Jane Looney Shortridge
Irving D
Hibbert L. Compton
Garland D. Yates
Bluefield
Ollie Compton
Victoria Matney
Rebecca Childress
Will McGlothlin
Hopewell
John M. Brown
South Point
Ohio
Charles Sublet
Virginia Funeral Home of
Shirley Beasley
Coldwater
Mich
Church of the Nazerine
Wayne Meadows
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Beasley
Stella Hawley Beasley
Youngstown
William Bea
Fannie Myers Hankins
Tim Hankins
North Tazewell
Bartley
Scott
Amanda Payne Myers
Ralph
Willard
Bernard Hawkins
Harry Bowling
Tazewell
Lincolns Chapel
Dry Fork
J. H. Sargent Jr
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
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
Funeral Notices From Princeton Area
Obituaries list multiple funeral services for James Lee Duncan in Burns Wornal Chapel, Tibbs, David Clark Ggonbotham in Kee Street Church, Lucie V Parker in Mount Horeb Church, with officiants and burial sites noted. Pallbearers named for Duncan and Tibbs. Memorial Funeral Directory of Princeton handling arrangements.
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Ggonbotham
David Clark
Washington, D. C
Princeton
Kee Street Methodist Church
Glynn Quesenberry
William Trowbridge
Resthaven Memorial Park
Parker
Lucie V
Ingleside
Mount Horeb Methodist Church
Roby Belcher
Fred Cook
Friends May Eall
Obituary notices for Hess Pauley Hare and Harris
Arthur James Hess 63 of Swords Creek Virginia died Wednesday in a Richlands hospital. Surviving are two daughters six grandchildren two brothers a sister and two half brothers. Remains at Hurst Scott Funeral Home pending arrangements. Daniel Crockett Pauley 75 died at his Bland home. Survived by wife daughter two grandchildren two brothers. Remains at Newberry Funeral Home pending arrangements. Arch Hare 61 of 322 Princeton Ave Bluefield died Wednesday at Bluefield Sanitarium after heart condition. Funeral arrangements not announced. Mrs Orey Harris widow of S P Harris died at Hill Top Nursing Home Oak Hill. Remains at Mercer Funeral Home 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
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
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
Route 1
Bland
Bertha Hancock Pauley
Alfred Penley
Mechanicsburg
Chase Pauley
Albert Pauley
Bastian
Newberry Funeral Home
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 Show of Unity
Former Vice President Richard Nixon met privately with former President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Gettysburg for about an hour. Nixon, a potential Republican presidential hopeful, visited Eisenhower’s office with no official statement issued afterward.
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Gettysburg
Richard M. Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Nixon
Finn Fails In His Flight Record Bid
A young Finn aims to set a round the world record as a passenger on scheduled airliners. He began in Oslo and returned the next day after delays in Frankfurt. He plans to try again next week.
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Finn
Oslo
Norway
Germany
Frankfurt
Hyrkoe Vaeaenaen
UN agency gives pope stamp album for hunger drive
The U N Food and Agriculture Organization presented Pope Paul VI with an album of stamps from 150 nations supporting the world hunger campaign.
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U.N
Pope
Vatican City
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Pope Paul VI
Miner Crushed at Linda Goal Co Mine
Samuel Gilkeson aged 36 from Meadow Bridge died in a mine accident at Linda Goal Co Mine Layland Fayette County. He was crushed to death while at work on Wednesday local authorities reported.
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Fayetteville
W.va
Samuel Gilkeson
Meadow Bridge
Here
Linda Goal Co
Layland
Fayette
Vehicle Torn Almost In Half
A Norfolk and Southern train struck a Washington North Carolina school bus killing 14 year old Stanley Jones and injuring about 30 pupils including 15 seriously. Bus driver Melvin Bailey blamed hazy light and failing to see the train while engineer James R. Bell said the train did not stop at the crossing.
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Washington, N. C
Here
Stanley Jones
Rt. 4
Washington
Melvin Bailey
James R. Bell
Norfolk and Southern
Postmaster Faulkner touts air mail bargains in Bluefield
Bluefield postmaster H B Faulkner promotes air mail and air parcel post as bargains noting 1918 launch moved 6 600 letters Washington to New York at 24 cents each and today 1 5 billion letters yearly. urges deposits to avoid late delivery and outlines Dec 15 22 hours for parcel post and stamps only with 10 000 daily flights nationwide and faster service to distant points.
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America
Washington
New York City
Faulkner
United States
New York
Bluefield
Air Parcel Post
North Street
Marian Jones Crowned County High Queen of 1964
Marian Jones, a senior and president of the S P A, was chosen Miss Tazewell County High 1964. Runner ups include Charlene Adams, Nannette Greene, Breewentha Pearson, and Deborah Bradshaw. She will be crowned December 12 at 8 p m in the Tazewell County log and a coronation ball will follow.
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Marian Jones
Tazewell County
R. E. Jones
Pocahontas
Presoy
S.P.A
Charlene Adams
Emaline Adams
Bluefield
Nannette Greene
Barbara Morrison
Tazewell
Virginia Rhodes nominees named from Norfolk and Waterford
University of Virginia student Lyle Jenkins of Norfolk and Harvard student W Bowman Cutter II of Waterford Loudoun County were chosen as Virginia Rhodes Scholars nominees. They will compete in Atlanta against Southern state nominees for two year studies at Oxford University.
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Richmond
University of Virginia
Norfolk
Harvard University
Loudoun County
Virginia
Rhodes
Lyle Jenkins
W. Bowman Cutter II
Waterford
Atlanta
Oxford University
Jenkins
Lyle N. Jenkins
Cutter
W. Bowman Cutter
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