Dynamite near United Nations sparks probe of link to bazooka
Three sticks of dynamite with blasting caps were found on First Avenue near 33rd Street a half mile south of the U N headquarters days after a bazooka rocket exploded in the East River. Police mention possible ties to the UN incident as investigators examine the scene and debris.
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Three Teeners Hurt When Car Strikes Curve in Bland County
Three teenagers were injured in a one car crash on U S 52 near Bland in Bland County Saturday around 8 30 p m. Robert William Tolbert 16 James Bailey 18 and David V Akers Jr 18 were thrown from Bailey s auto and taken to Bluefield Sanitarium with head and body injuries Bailey described as critical at 10 30 p m Tolbert suffered serious head injuries and underwent surgery along with Bailey while Akers had head and foot injuries. State police said the car skidded overturned several times on a sweeping curve and the accident remains under investigation by Trooper H D Shupe.
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Fowlkes Dies At Home In Bluefield
Leslie Coleman Fowlkes 77 an avid Bluefielder and former Bluefield Board of Directors member died suddenly at his home 649 Albemarle St. He was Flat Top National Bank chief executive before 1953 and held many community posts including Trinity Methodist treasurer and first Bluefield Community Fund treasurer. He was born 1897 in Chatham Virginia, married to Sarah Catherine Rish, with four children.
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Bodies Of Man And Woman Found In Pound Virginia
The bodies of 54 year old Thomas Wesley Sturgill and his 42 year old cousin Mrs. Cindy Sturgill were found by neighbors at the Big Branch home on the South Fork River in Wise County. Cindy Sturgill was shot in the stomach and Thomas Sturgill in the chest. both appeared to have died around seven this morning. Police investigation ongoing.
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Hitchhiking Students Cash Check and Lose $170 in Nashville
Two Virginia Tech hitchhikers, Jerry Gwinn and J. W. Ward, accepted a ride from a man named Gil Againer promising to take them to New Orleans to cash a check. In Nashville they cashed $170 and $200, then the driver vanished, leaving the car as collateral. The fake check drawn on a non existent bank traced to Spokane, Washington. They planned to seek Christmas holiday jobs in Chattanooga.
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Appalachia Bill Set To Roll In As New Congress Opens
The 1.06 billion Appalachia bill aims to launch early in the 89th Congress with $840 million for 2350 mile highway and 360 million for health and development programs plus mining reclamation and education aid. Randolph, Cooper and Mansfield push swift action and expect a strong House vote. The measure seeks to lift the 165000 square mile region toward national economic parity and projects a $4 billion boost to GNP if Appalachia hits the average.
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Two U.S. Officers Die In South Vietnam Attacks
In the Mekong Delta two American officers were killed on Friday during a strike against Viet Cong mortars and in defense of Duc Long. Two more Americans were wounded, another missing, as Communist assaults spread from Camau to near the North Vietnamese border in a winter offensive. 233 Americans killed in action so far. Buddhist monks launch a 48 hour hunger strike in Saigon against Premier Huong. a Saigon bar bombing injures two Americans and four Vietnamese.
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National Guard Absorbs Part of Abolished Reserve
Secretary McNamara unveils plan to abolish the Army Reserve and merge functions and select personnel into the National Guard. Remaining Reserve members enter standby status as the Guard gains five brigades and an estimated 549,314 high priority personnel.
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Idaho Hunter Confronts Repeated Theft After Deer Hunt
Idaho Falls AP report details hunter Ed Gilroy who killed a deer then found his car broken into. A two way radio car jack lunch box vacuum jug blankets and camera were stolen. His rifle vanished after he pursued the deer.
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Kids Look To Tree For Yule Cheer
The Bluefield Community Christmas Tree fund drive surpassed 53 percent reaching 2142.72 dollars. With 11 days to go the goal is 4000 dollars requiring 1858 more. In its 46th year the Tree aids 1500 to 2000 underprivileged children on Christmas Eve.
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Hoover condemns racist groups and warns on justice
FBI director J Edgar Hoover denounces Ku Klux Klan and similar groups as cowardly jackals and warns that blindness and indifference to violence embolden lawbreakers. He says the civil rights movement lacks Communist control but has dangerous opportunists and charlatans. He cites Mississippi bombings and suspended sentences but names no individuals.
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