Nixon Cabinet Seen Agreeing On Core Concepts In Policy
AP reports Nixon’s Cabinet appointees share a narrow ideological base and favor voluntary aid and local involvement over federal spending. Old friends occupy key posts, with Rogers, Finch, and Mitchell highlighted as potential strongmen. Laird and Rogers show tough anti-communist records, but Vietnam stance remains unsettled among the group.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
William P .Rogers
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Vietnam
Laird
Rogers
Robert H. Finch
Health, Education and Welfare
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Fifth Bombing Suspect Freed
Five young men charged with conspiracy and possession of explosives in the Bluefield State College campus bombing have been released on bond. The group, including Paul Crockett Jr and four others, were among the last to be freed from Mercer County Jail after bonds set at $25,000 each.
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Bluefield State College
Paul Crockett, Jr
Kingsport
Tenn
Mercer County
Princeton
Nathaniel B. Johnson
Crumpler
William Cecil Travis, Jr
Willow Grove Pa
Shannon Dwight Banks
Bluefield
Edgar James
Bluefield State Core
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Home Edition Note 1893 Reference
Bluefield Daily Telegraph published in 1893 by Daily Ko Kearegh Printing Co. at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia. Morning edition circulated daily with Associated Press news and local items. Subscription rates quoted for carrier daily and mail WV zones with annual pricing. Advertisement representative listed Kats Agency Inc and phone number.
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Ko Kearegh Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circle Advertising
The
Kats Agency, Inc
Atomic Energy Commission to set off big underground blast
The AEC announced a major underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site next Wednesday. It will be at least one megaton, deep underground, with no expected off site damage, though tremors may be felt up to 250 miles away.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Test Site
Howard Ones
Nevada
Robert Maheu
AEC
Edad
Cof
Pahute
Mesa
Apollo 8 engine test clears fuel leak issue for Dec 21 launch
Engineers confirm Saturn 5 first stage engine will not leak fuel during countdown to Apollo 8's December 21 launch. National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials say the leak problem is solved, enabling a 102 hour countdown starting Monday night for the mission carrying astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders.
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America
National Aeronautics
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Dey Bros. president notes gun sales halt praised
Posner of Dey Bros in Syracuse says sales declines followed stopping guns, while Sears stores receive parent letters praising the move. War toy sales persist with some stores labeling pistols as American heritage toys, and regional histories tune their marketing.
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Posner
Dey Bros
Syracuse
N.Y
Sears Roebuck
Miami
Mansfield Comments on Cabinet Basis and Senate Agenda
Senator Mansfield said Cabinet appointments should be based on qualifications, not race creed color or sex, and noted Sargent Shriver may be offered a new post. He doubted quick action on the nuclear nonproliferation treaty but hoped it would be a Senate priority after hearings. He did not predict a Johnson Supreme Court nomination and urged Senate consent before any hostilities abroad.
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Sargent Shriver
France
Mansfield
Nixon
Senate
Congress
Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Eee
Earl Warren
U.S
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Vietnam
Bluefield Soldier Wounded In Vietnam
Mr and Mrs Robert Person of 754 Calhoun Street Bluefield received word their son Staff Sgt George Fuzzy Person was wounded December 7 in Vietnam He sustained fragmentation wounds during an operation and was reported by the family to be in good spirits and recovering at an overseas hospital
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Robert Person
Calhoun Street
Bluefield
George
Fuzzy) Person
Vietnam
Workshop Seeks Use of Glenwood Vocational School
Mercer County Opportunity Workshop representatives asked the County Board of Education for access to Glenwood Park Vocational School to relocate their operation when Mercer Vocational Training School opens in Princeton this June. The lease is handled by the Mercer County Court.
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Mercer County Opportunity Workshop For
Mercer County Board of Education
Princeton
Glenwood Park
Workshop
James B. Caffee Jr
Personel
Mercer Vocational Training School
Mercer County Court
Casey Stengel Injured In Glendale Car Crash
Casey Stengel a 78 year old former New York Yankees and Mets manager remained in Glendale Memorial Hospital ICU for cuts and possible internal injuries after a collision with a Glendale woman Elsie Rickey 27. He was found walking near the scene and will be watched an additional day or two. Rickey sustained a knee cut and was not hospitalized. No charges were filed.
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Glendale
Calif
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
New York Mets
Glendale Memorial Hospital
Stengel
Mets
Elsie Rickey
Casey
Rickey
Charles Kneller
Demos Hold Majorities After House Delegation Shifts
Democrats retain control of 26 state delegations after votes. Robert Mollohan wins Arch Moore Jr. seat as Missouri gains retains seats. New Mexico shifts to Republican, bringing total GOP seats to 19. Maryland Virginia split to join Oregon Montana and Illinois.
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Ington
Stuart Symington
Thomas B. Curtis
Missouri
Robert Mollohan
Arch A. Moore Jr
West Virginia
New Mexico
Maryland
Virginia
Oregon
Montana
Illinois
Netherlands first agricultural cooperative founded in 1896
The Netherlands established its first agricultural cooperative society in 1896. Today the movement has grown to more than 4,000 cooperatives across the country, supporting farmers and rural communities.
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Netherlands
Ex-Attorney In Crime Fight Joins New Citizens Group
Samuel T. Ishmael 36 former Rawlins Wyoming city attorney who exposed a narcotics ring joins Citizens for Justice with Order in Phoenix Arizona as a full time aide. The group plans nationwide crime projects and distributes how to do it manuals while Ishmael shares his safety concerns after his Rawlins house was blown up August 20 1967 in retaliation for pursuing the narcotics investigation.
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New York
Wyoming
Citizens For Justice With Order
Samuel T. Ishmael
Rawlins
Wyo
Citizens’ Group
Bob Hope
Business H. Bruce Palmer
Ishmael
Phoenix
Ariz
U.S. Jaycees
Citizen’s
Palmer
Citizens’ Movement
New Jersey
Sunday closing case continued in Mercer County store dispute
A hearing for Jimmy Law manager of Quality Dollar Store in Bluewell was continued to Thursday at 10am after a one week request by Law and Mrs. Nick Ameli. Flair Discount Inc of Bluefield challenged the blue law by Sunday hours, with suits planned against signers of warrants. The blue law was upheld in the November 5 election by over four to one.
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Jimmy Law
Quality Dollar
Bluewell
Charles Caffee Jr
Law
Nick Ameli
Ameli
Mercer County
Flair Discount Inc
Bluefield
Bill Ellis
Bluefield Avenue
Max Kammer
Joe Shoda
Flair
Council
Ellis
Mary Ferguson
Board member questions Bluefield discrimination report
Charleston, West Virginia AP reports Dr. S J Baskerville the only Black member of the State Board of Education repudiates the boards investigation findings on Bluefield State College He agrees President Wendell Hardway should be suspended but says he objected to the report stating no discrimination existed.
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Charleston
W.va
State Board of Education
Bluefield State College
S.J. Baskerville
Bluefield
Wendell) Hardway
Edward Mitchell dies at 51 in North Tazewell
Edward Mitchell 51 of North Tazewell Va died suddenly Wednesday in a Richlands hospital. Survivors include his brother Roy Mitchell and four sisters. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. at Midway Church of Christ in North Tazewell with burial in Maple Wood Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Body at Peery St Clair Funeral Home.
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Edward Mitchell
North Tazewell
Richlands
Robert Mitchell
Nancy Moore Mitchell
Roy Mitchell
Mattie J. Gillespie
Bluefield
Helen Dennis
Lillian Davis
Alpha Edwards
Columbus
Ohio
Midway Church of Christ
Walter Viney
Maple Wood
Tazewell
Walter Moore
Armstead Moore
James Bradshaw
Wilbert Mitchell
Eugene Davis
Richard Davis Jr
Peery - St. Clair Funeral Home
Howard J. Crews
Cincinnati
Gibson Card Company
H. C. Crews Sr
James
H. C. Crews
Flora Straus
Wilford Crews
Ira G. Earl H
Funeral services for Katherine Griffith held in Madison
Funeral services for Katherine Louise Griffith 22 of Princeton killed in a Tuesday night car crash were held at Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home Madison with Rev. Robert Johnson and Rev. Virgil Conant of Boone Memorial Park. She worked for the West Virginia Department of Welfare and was a University of Kentucky graduate and Kappa Delta Epilson Omega member. She belonged to Madison Methodist Church. Survived by husband Larry Griffith Madison her parents Mr and Mrs Curtis Harbert Madison one brother Curtis Harbert Jr Lexington Ky and one sister Mrs Betty Jean Wortman Pleasant Valley New York.
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Katherine Louise Griffith
Princeton
Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home
Madison
Robert P. Johnson
Virgil Conant
Boone Memorial Park
West Virginia Department of Welfare
University of Kentucky
Kappa Delta Epilson Omega
Madison Methodist Church
Larry Griffith
Curtis Harbert
Curtis Harbert Jr
Lexington
Betty Jean Wortman
Pleasant Valley
N. Y
Death of 3-year-old Rita Smith in Welch hospital
Rita Smith, three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Smith of Maybeury, died Wednesday night in a Welch hospital. Death was attributed to natural causes. Arrangements were incomplete at Linkford Richardson Funeral Home in Keystone.
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Rita Smith
Albert Smith
Maybeury
Welch Hospital
Linkford - Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Mrs Lillie Bailey Dies in Bluefield Hospital
Mrs Lillie Thomason Bailey widow of the late David J. Bailey of Route 2 Bluefield died Thursday in a Bluefield hospital. Funeral arrangements are complete at Hawkins Funeral Home in Bluefield.
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David J. Bailey
Lillie Thomason Bailey
Rt. 2
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral Home
Harry Brown Jr. death notice in Bluefield
Harry A. Brown Jr., 46, of 209 Park Street Bluefield died at his home Thursday morning. He was employed by the Norfolk and Western Railroad and funeral services are handled by Sinkford Richardson Funeral Home in Bluefield.
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Fred H. Bailey
Hoover Street
Johnson City
Tenn
Bluefield
Bailey
Harry and
Ludememia Lambert Bailey
Norfolk and Western Railway
Southern Potteries
Clinchfield Railway
Grandview Chrisian Church
Nora Hartsell
Jakie Bailey
Buford Bailey
Rocky Gap
Appalachian Funeral Home
H. A. Bullis
Roselawn
Harry Brown JR
Harry A. Brown, Jr
Park St
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Sinkford - Richardson Funeral Home
Williams dies after brief illness in Bluefield hospital
Henry Lee Williams of Powhatan died Thursday morning at a Bluefield hospital after a brief illness. Arrangements were incomplete at Linkford Richardson Funeral Home in Keystone.
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Henry Lee Williams
Powhatan
Bluefield
Linkford - Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Fred Elmandollar 56 East Orange man dies after brief illness
Fred Shell Elmandollar of East Orange New Jersey died Thursday at St Marys Hospital after a brief illness. He was a Seton Hall University superintendent in East Orange. Survived by wife Lola Gadd Elmandollar two daughters Helen Key and Peggy Allman and brother Ed Elmandollar. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton.
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Fred (Shell Elmandollar
East Orange
N. J
Princeton
Davy
St. Mary's Hospital
Charles and
Flora Rose Elmandollar
Seton Hall University
Lola Gadd Elmandollar
Helen Key
Peggy Allman
Chardon
Ohio
Ed Elmandollar
Mullens
Bailey Funeral Home
Mrs Elmer Anderson Dies in San Diego Hospital
Mrs Elmer Nancy Jane Anderson 57 of 3065 C Street San Diego California died in a San Diego hospital December 7. Formerly of the Bluefield area she was associated with the band Elmer Anderson.
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Elmer
Nancy Jane) Anderson
C Street
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Calif
Elmer Anderson
Obituaries Notice from Bluefield and Princeton Area
Multiple deaths announced with funeral services today. Samuel Robert Hedrick Holly T Tabor William Bowen Hobbs are listed with service times, officiants, burial sites, and pallbearers at Bluefield Princeton area chapels.
Bank Robbery Shakes Quiet Cicero NY Town
In Cicero New York a masked bandit robbed Merchant's National Bank and Trust Co of 37897.44 dollars at gunpoint while nearby a leaking gasoline tank flooded basements, prompting evacuations for five families. Fire officials said the situation was under control with residents expected to return home soon.
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Leroy Williams
Merchant’s National Bank and Trust Co
Williams
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Princeton Road
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