Nixon Cabinet Seen United on Core Concepts in Early Review
AP reports Nixon’s picks share a narrow ideology and prefer voluntary aid and local involvement over federal spending to tackle urban and ghetto problems. Key figures Rogers Finch Mitchell loom as likely Cabinet strongmen. many come from business or law backgrounds and old Eisenhower era ties exist.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
William P .Rogers
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Vietnam
Laird
Rogers
Robert H. Finch
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Justice Department
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
George Romney
Housing and Urban Appment
John al Volpe
Transportativdy
Adter J. Hickel
Interior
Underground Blast To Be Set Off At Nevada Test Site
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a forthcoming underground nuclear detonation next Wednesday at the Nevada Test Site. It will exceed 1 megaton, deep underground at Pahute Mesa, with precautions and expected ground motion similar to the April Boxcar test. Residents up to about 250 miles away may feel a slight tremor, though off-site damage is considered unlikely.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Test Site
Howard Huges
Hughes
Nevada
Robert Maheu
AEC
Pahute
Mesa
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Workshop seeks use of Glenwood Park School by Mercer County program
Mercer County Opportunity Workshop representatives asked the county board for permission to take over Glenwood Park Vocational School when the current training staff moves to Mercer Vocational Training School in Princeton this June. The board noted the lease is handled by the Mercer County Court and advised approaching the court for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Ex-Attorney In Crime Fight Joins New Civic Group
Samuel T. Ishmael, 36, former Rawlins Wyoming city attorney, now Phoenix resident, becomes fulltime aide to Citizens for Justice with Order. The group, sparked by Bob Hope’s campaign, aims to mobilize millions in the war on crime and has 200+ projects planned with manuals on implementation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wyoming
Citizens For Justice With Order
Samuel T. Ishmael
Rawlins
Wyo
Citizens’ Group
Bob Hope
Business
Bruce Palmer
Ishmael
Phoenix
Ariz
U.S. Jaycees
Citizen’s
Palmer
Citizens’ Movement
New Jersey
Deaths and funerals in Bluefield area and beyond
Edward Mitchell 51 of North Tazewell Va died suddenly in Richlands hospital. Funeral at Midway Church of Christ North Tazewell with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Howard J. Crews 65 of Bluefield died in Cincinnati on job. burial in Austin Texas. Mrs Hattie Gott 88 of Princeton funeral in Bluefield area. Edith Naticchione 56 Falls Mills dies in Bluefield hospital. Louis T Hamilton of Squire rites at United Holy Church Squire. Fred H Bailey 75 of Johnson City Tenn formerly of Bluefield dies in nursing home. services in Johnson City.
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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. Albert A
Lucille Stevenson
Potsdam
N. Y
Betty Nester
San Antonio
Texas
Murre
Pleasant Ridge
Austin
Tex
Capitol Memorial Gardens
Hattie O. Gott
Honaker Ave
Princeton
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Chapel Iceton
J. C. Fisher
Monte Vista Park
Edith Naticchione
Falls Mills
Falls Mills Christian Church
John Bowles
Dudley Memorial
Norma Jessee
Fallsills
Mary Carruthers
Gton
Jo Ann Shields
Laurel
Louis T. Hamilton
Welch Hospital
United Holy Church
Squire
H. B. Alexander
R. H. McConnell
Eddie Mimms
Bryant Memorial Cemetery
Freeman
Alfreda Mitchell
Robert and
Mattie Pondexter Mitchell
Lilly Grove Baptist Church
Bobby Lee Hamilton
Federal
N.C
Donald Ray Hamilton
New York City
Violet Hamilton
Alexander
Rhona Hamilton
Rene
Donna
Lavada
Fae Hamilton
Lucille Eanes
Matthew Hamilton
Cleveland
Lugo
Junior Missionary Society
Mack Tyson
Willie Lee
William Travis
John T. Morton
Louis Owens
Junior Watkins
Fred H. Bailey
Hoover Street
Johnson City
Tenn
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
Fifth Bombing Suspect Freed
The five men charged in the Bluefield State College bombing case were released on bond after the Mercer County Jail release of Paul Crockett Jr. and earlier releases of Nathaniel Johnson, William Travis Jr., Shannon Banks, and Edgar James. Bonds were originally set at $25,000 each. the blast caused about $80,000 in damage to the Health and Physical Education building.
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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 Coke
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Roster and Rates Notice
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists its establishment in 1893 and publishing details. Rates are shown for West Virginia subscriptions at 31.20 per year with associated postal and office information.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Eales
Audit Bureau of Circular
Kats
Apollo 8 engine tests clear path for Dec 21 launch
Engineers at Cape Kennedy cleared a key hurdle by showing Saturn 5 first stage fuel leakage would not derail the Apollo 8 mission. Officials said the crew of Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders would begin a 102 hour countdown Monday night toward a Dec 21 blastoff at 5:11 am EST.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Jonal Aeronautics
Bunce
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Dey Bros. President Praises Gun Sales Ban
Posner of Dey Bros Syracuse says they are heartened by accolades after stopping gun sales. The article notes letters of commendation from parents and references Sears Roebuck stores receiving similar praise, with tangential remarks about education and historic wars.
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Posner
Dey Bros
Syracuse
N.Y
Sears Roebuck
Miami
Mansfield outlines cabinet, treaties and war powers views
Senate leader Mike Mansfield discusses appointing cabinet based on qualifications not race or sex. He expects Nixon to call other leaders and questions timing on the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. He notes uncertainty on a new Supreme Court nomination, comments on troop reductions in Europe, and favors a Senate sense resolution limiting war commitments without Senate consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sargent Shriver
France
Mansfield
Nixon
Senate
Congress
Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
U.S
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Vietnam
Bluefield Soldier Wounded In Vietnam
Mr and Mrs Robert Person of Bluefield receive word their son Staff Sgt George Fuzzy Person was wounded on December 7 in Vietnam. He sustained fragmentation wounds while on an operation.
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Robert Person
Calhoun Street
Bluefield
George
Fuzzy) Person
Vietnam
Casey Stengel Injured In Glendale Car Crash
Casey Stengel 78 is in Glendale Memorial Hospital's ICU with cuts and bruises after a collision in Glendale California. Police say his car struck another vehicle driven by 27 year old Elsie Rickey. Rickey suffered a knee cut but was not hospitalized. Stengel will stay under observation for a day or two.
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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
Democrats Hold House Edges as New Winners Emerge
Symingtons son takes Missouri seat replacing Curtis while Mollohan wins in West Virginia. Democrats keep majorities in 26 state delegations. Republicans gain one seat in New Mexico for 19. Maryland and Virginia split, joining Oregon Montana and Illinois. CO-OP SOCIETY tops 4 000 in results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ington
Stuart Symington
Thomas B. Curtis
Missouri
Robert Mollohan
A. Moore Jr
Gover
West Virginia
House
New Mexico
Maryland
Virginia
Oregon
Montana
Illinois
Sunday Closing Case Continues in Bluefield
The hearing for Jimmy Law of Quality Dollar Store Bluewell was continued for one week as attorneys for Law and Mrs. Nick Ameli appeared before Magistrate Charles Caffee Jr. Law faces a Sunday closing violation charge after opening Nov. 25 and plans to sue those who filed warrants. Flair Discount Inc Bluefield also challenged the law by opening Nov. 24 and its manager Bill Ellis vows suits exceeding 1 million dollars. The blue law was upheld by a 4 to 1 vote in the Nov 5 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Law
Quality Dollar
Bluewell
Charles Caffee Jr
Law
Nick Ameli
Ameli
Mercer County
Flair Discount Inc
Bluefield
Bill Ellis
Bluefield Avenue
Flair
Max Kammer
Joe Shoda
Caffee
Council
Ellis
Mary Ferguson
Negro board member disputes Bluefield discrimination report
Dr. S J Baskerville, the sole Black member of West Virginia State Board of Education, repudiates the boards findings on Bluefield State College. He says President Wendell Hardway should be suspended and objects to the report asserting no discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
State Board of Education
Bluefield State College
S.J. Baskerville
Bluefield
Wendell) Hardway
Funeral services set for Katherine Griffith of Princeton
Funeral services for Katherine Louise Griffith 22 of Princeton killed Tuesday night in a car crash will be held today at 2 p.m. at Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home Madison with ministers from Boone Memorial Park Madison presiding. She worked for West Virginia Department of Welfare and was a University of Kentucky graduate and sorority member. Survived by husband Larry Griffith Madison her parents Curtis and Mrs Harbert Madison various siblings Curtis Harbert Jr. Lexington Ky and 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
Girl Dies in Welch Hospital From Natural Causes
Rita Smith three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Smith of Maybeury died Wednesday night in a Welch hospital death attributed to natural causes arrangements 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 Rt. 2 Bluefield died Thursday in a Bluefield hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending at Hawkins Funeral Home in Bluefield.
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David J. Bailey
Lillie Thomason Bailey
Rt. 2
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral Home
Harry A. Brown Jr. dies at 46 in Bluefield
Harry A. Brown Jr., 46, of 209 Park Street Bluefield, died at his residence Thursday morning. He was employed by the Norfolk and Western Railroad and funeral arrangements were handled by Sinkford Richardson Funeral Home in Bluefield.
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Harry Brown JR
Harry A. Brown, Jr
Park St
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Sinkford - Richardson Funeral Home
Henry Lee Williams dies after brief illness
Henry Lee Williams of Powhatan died Thursday morning in a Bluefield hospital after a brief illness. Arrangements are incomplete at Linkford Richardson Funeral Home in Keystone.
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Henry Lee Williams
Powhatan
Bluefield
Linkford - Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Elmandollar Rites Pending in Princeton Area Obituary
Fred Elmandollar 56 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 and was born in Davy. Survived by widow Lola Gadd Elmandollar two daughters Helen Key and Peggy Allman plus brother Ed Elmandollar. Funeral arrangements pending 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
Bank Robbery Shatters Peace in Tiny Cicero Hamlet
In Cicero New York police say a stocking masked bandit robbed Merchant's National Bank and Trust Co of $37,897.44 after forcing entry and taking two female tellers and the manager to the vault. Gasoline leaks and a fire crew aided an evacuation as residents faced an unprecedented scare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
N.Y
Syracuse
Leroy Williams
Merchant’s National Bank and Trust Co
Williams
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 Mrs Anderson was married to Elmer Anderson and was identified as band member by the obituary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer
Nancy Jane) Anderson
C Street
San Diego
Calif
Bluefield
Elmer Anderson
Funerals Listed for Baltimore to Princeton Area Residents
Obsequies held in Bluefield Princeton and surrounding areas for Samuel Robert Herald, Mrs William L Hedrick, Holly T Tabor, and William Bowen Hobbs. Services include Mercer Funeral Chapel Midway Church of Christ George W Seaver Chapel and Lincoln Park Cemetery with multiple pallbearers and flowerbearers.
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Herald
Samuel Robert
Baltimore
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Leonard Terry
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
J. L. Jones
R. C. Buckland
Claude Whited
N. R. McHaffa
Hobbs
William Bowen
Pine Street
Princeton
George W. Seaver
Rev
T. M. Stevens
Lincoln Park
Hayes Harman
Leonard Hardin
J. W. Leads
Coy Lee Anthony
Curtis Scott
Bamfield Harman
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Athens High School
Carole E. Genter
Glenwood High School
Glenna H. Clark
Glenwood Elementary
Alfred E. Cecil
Princeton High School
Clinton E. Witt
Board of Education
Mrs
Hattie Gott
Hattie Oliver
Joseph P. and
Julia Harry Oliver
First Methodist Church
Alice Gott
Milton
Glenna) Shumate
E. H
Eula) Bay Sr
C. C
Julia) Smith
Huntington
JoRelf
Earl B. Gott
Andrew T
Harry C. Gott
Fred Gott
B. W. Thomas
A. F. Stanford Jr
Heber Stanford
Virgilio Naticchione
Crockett
James C
Lillian R. Turner
Sous Pens
Jane Monele Williams
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
B of E
Hardway
Katherine Griffith
Ferm Smith
Gene
Raleigh St
Fred
SHELL
Elmandollar
Hedrick
William L
Littlesburg Road
Tom Brown
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
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