Stolen Money Not Recovered Westgate Bank Robbery Acquittal
A U S District Court jury in Abingdon Virginia acquitted Hinton residents Owen Maxwell Frye and Helen McKinney of robbing the Westgate Branch of the Tazewell County Bank in Bluefield in 1966. They faced charges over a $16179 holdup with three hours of deliberation after a one day trial. The case noted the money was never recovered. No further details were released.
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U.S. District Court
Abingdon
Hinton
Westgate
Tazewell County Bank
Bluefield
Owen Maxwell Frye
Helen McKinney
Frye
Miss McKinney
FBI
Bethesda
Tazewell County
Bristol
Speaker to keynote bluefield church cornerstone service
Rev. Charles E. Crank Jr. executive minister for the Christian Church in West Virginia will speak at the cornerstone laying of the new First Christian Church in Bluefield on Bland Road Sunday at 3 p.m. He is a Lynchburg College and Lexington Theological Seminary graduate and has held multiple church and district roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Crank Jr
Christian Church
Disciples of Christ
West Virginia
First Christian Church
Bluefield
Bland Road
Crank
Lynchburg College
Lexington Theological Seminary
The
Missouri
Strasburg
First Satan Church
Roanoke
Hampden-Sydney College
Yale University
Virginia Episcopal School For
Lynchburg
Huntington
One Charged In Accident On Route 71 Near New Hope Church
State Police in Princeton report a head on collision on Route 71 near New Hope Methodist Church. A 1957 car driven by Sanford H. Cardwell 42 of Bluefield collided with a 1952 car driven by Bernard W. Simpson 18 of Montcalm. Simpson was treated and released at Princeton Memorial Hospital. The damage is estimated at 350 dollars and one person was charged.
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Princeton
New Hope Methodist Church
Sanford H. Cardwell
Bluefield
Bernard W. Simpson
Montcalm
Simpson
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Transfers Filed In Princeton Mercer County Courthouse Records
Two property transfers were recorded this week at the Mercer County Courthouse in Princeton. Spencer S Grimm and Ora May Grimm to Lloyd D Hatfield and Carolyn Hatfield for a Plymouth District tract valued at 4500 dollars. Eula Crabtree Paul and others to Esteline Neal for a Beaver Pond tract listed at 100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Princeton
Spencer S
Ora May Grimm
Lloyd D
Carolyn Hatfield
Plymouth
Eula Crabtree Paul
Esteline Neal
Beaver Pond
Bluefield Daily Telegraph page text snippet
A brief newspaper snippet from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph includes publishing notes, address, and subscription rates for West Virginia residents. It mentions association with the Associated Press and a mail subscription rate of 62 per year with regional zones and contact details like Katz Telephone 927417.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Daily Telegraphs
Daly Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
Voeter
Maiin
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circular
Katz Telephone
Deaths and Funerals In Bluefield and Coalfield Area
Multiple obituaries report deaths in Gratton Bluefield Princeton and Welch areas. Notable individuals include Mrs Ward B Stowers and Mrs Irma Filbin with survivors in Bluefield Radford and Beckley. Services and burial details listed with churches funeral homes and cemeteries in several towns.
Death of Rex Johnny Cooper at age six in Whitewood Virginia
Rex Johnny Cooper six year old son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Cooper of Whitewood Virginia died Thursday night after a long illness. Survived by his mother and father three sisters Stella Jean Myrtle Ann and Shirl Lynn Cooper of the home three brothers Richard Allen Cooper of Alexandria Ricky and Randy Puckett at home maternal grandmother Mrs Audrey Puckett of Paynesville and other relatives. Funeral services Sunday at 11 a.m. at Flatwoods Church of Christ with Rev John Kennedy officiating. Burial in Horn Cemetery near the church. Body to be taken from Mullins Funeral Home Richlands to the church at 2 p.m. for calling by friends.
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Henry Lee Williams
Powhatan
Bluefield
Mercy Seat Baptist Church
R. M. Harris
P.D. Edwards
Brutas
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Ferm
Rita Smith
Albert Smith
Maybeury
Welch Hospital
Galilee Baptist Church
Arlington
Samuel T. Cannaday
Oak Grove Cemetery
Deborah
Linda
Gwendolyn
Bonita Smith
Delmas A
Jeffery L
Melvin H
Antonie L
Danny W. Smith
William Smith
Hendersonville
N. C
Lillie Mae Waters
Dorothy Waters
Hannah Hunt
Linkford - Richardson
Joe Santo Sr
Capels
Bessie Carringer
Mike Santo
Orlando
Fla
Joe Santo
Detroit
Mich
0. J. Douglas Mortuary Chapel
Welch
Douglas Chapel
E. E. Boyd
Saeger
Roderfield
Rex Johnny Cooper
Harvey Cooper
Whitewood
Audrey Puckett
Paynesville
Stella Jean
Myrtle Ann
Shirl Lynn Cooper
Richard Allen Cooper
Alexandria
Ricky
Randy Puckett
Flatwoods Church of Christ
John Kennedy
Horn Cemetery
Mullins
Richlands
Bishop Monroe Gravley 76 Beckley Pastor Dies After Illness
Bishop Monroe Gravley 76 of Beckley died Thursday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Born in Axton Virginia he was a son of the late Rev and Mrs Frank Gravley. He belonged to the Free and Independent Holiness Church in Beckley. He is survived by Mrs Christine Gravley one son Clifton Gravley of Beckley one stepson Mason Powell of Beckley and five grandchildren. Funeral held Monday at 2 p.m. at St Matthew AME Zion Church Beckley with burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Friends may call Richardson and Johnson Funeral Parlor Beckley.
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William Clay
Athens
Princeton
Thurman
John and
Adde Reynolds Filbin
Irma Filbin
First United Methodist Church
Beckley
Robert Clay
Mullins
Curtis Clay
Delaware
Ohio
Julia Chrisman
Portsmouth
Clarence Hall
Benson Beach
Fla
Harry Youell
Charleston
Memorial
J. C. Fisher
Sunset Memorial Park
Harry A. Brown JR
Harry Brown, Jr
Park St
Bluefield
Mount Zion Baptist Church
H. L. Wade
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Covington
Francesca
Harry A. Crowee
Tuskeegee Institute
Bluefield State College
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Norfolk and Western Railroads
Effie Mahan Brown
Ethel Jacqualine Agnew
Austin
Tex
Ristina Estelle Brown
Harry Alva
Frances H. Brown
Ristina B. Robinson
Estella B. Taylor
Richmond
Edward H Brown
Co-Operative Usher Board
Kemper West
John Bishop
Charles Free
A. A. Lawrence
Lenius Harris
Douglas Carter
Marshall Harris
Linkford and Richardson Funeral
Elkhorn
Phillip
Cora Price Williams
Hazel Cooper
Worth
Ross Carrington
Bruce Matthews
Tom Redd
Ernest Harris
Wayman Rucker
Howard Totten
Mercy Seat
Sinkford- Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Monroe Gravley
Axton
Frank Gravley
Free and Independent
Holiness Church
Christine Gravley
Clifton Gravley
Mason Powell
St. Matthew Ame Zion Church
Greenwood Memorial Park
Richardson and Johnson
William H. Puckett 66 Warriormines Obituary
William Harvey Puckett 66 of Warriormines died Friday morning at his home after a long illness. He was a retired coal miner and a member of UMWA Local 6026. Survived by Dora Lackie Pack Puckett four daughters and seven sons including Jack in Germany Kenneth in Vietnam and others. Also two sisters and one brother. Service complete at O J Douglas Mortuary in Welch with relatives awaiting arrival.
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Giacomo
Jack Piconi
Keystone
Bluefield
Borgo Ricereto
Italy
Sabatino
Virginia Piconi
Algoma Coal and Coke Company
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Powhatan
Holy Name Society
Angelo Piconi
Rotilea Piconi
Joe Piconi
Raymond Piconi
Dearborn
Mich
Jim Angelina Dominici
Borden Town
N. J
Robert
Pearl) Palacidi
Nick
Mary) Ameli
Bluewell
John
Jean) Sebben
Detroit
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
William Harvey Puckett
Warriormines
UMWA
Dora Lackie Pack Puckett
Norma Owens
Ivy, S. C
Oole Steel
Gene Hardy
Cameion
N. C
Davie Puckett
Jack Puckett
U. S. Army
Germany
Harland Puckett
Feesburg
Ohio
David Puckett
Inkster
Obituaries for Virgilio Naticchione Gott Niece in Bluefield area
Obituaries list Virgilio Naticchione 56 of Falls Mills Va. and Hattie O Gott 88 of Princeton with services at Falls Mill Christian Church and George W Weaver Chapel. Floyd Lee Niece 65 of Bluefield to be buried at Woodlawn Bluewell. Funeral home visits today after 3 30 p.m. Pallbearers named for each service.
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Naticchione
Virgilio
Falls Mills
Falls Mill Christian Church
John Bowles
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Bluefield
James
Walter Lawrence
E. M. Belcher
Tracy Christian
Jahue Frye
Dale Miton
Floyd Lee
S&t
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Richard Rouquie
Woodlawn
Bluewell
Charles Bone
C. C. Arnold
Carl Dunn
C. R. Harry
Roy Rose
Roy Davidson
Four Injured In Amphion Ship Fire At Norfolk Navy Yard
Fire of unknown origin broke out in the Amphion engine room injuring four crewmen, two of them in serious condition. The blaze started about 1 15 p m and was put out within 30 minutes by the Amphion crew and station fire department. A reflash followed near 2 p m on the second deck above the engine room before tiring. Names of the injured were withheld pending identification.
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Norfolk, Va
Navy
Amphion
Norfolk Naval Star Navy
Friday the 13th opens with ice slick crashes near Kingwood
In Preston County near Kingwood four motorists are hurt or avoid injury as ice causes crashes on Routes 92 and 58. Mitchell Funk of Newbury and William T Johnson of Newbury suffer minor injuries in separate flips. Clement Bennett of Elkins escapes injury but his truck and pizzas are damaged, estimated at $2,000.
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Kingwood
W. Va
Preston County
Mitchell Funk
Newbury
William T. Johnson
Johnson
Newbur
Clement Bennet
Elkins
Bennett
Pay Television Plan Approved by FCC in 1960s Move
The FCC authorized a limited pay television system and proposed CATV rules for retransmission rights. Pay TV starts in six months, limited to one station per community in markets with four conventional stations. CATV may carry distant signals within 35 miles in 100 largest markets with station authorization. Oral arguments set for January on origination and technical standards. Bartley dissented on both pay TV and CATV votes.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Hartford
Conn
Community Antenna TV
CATV
Robert T. Bartley
Bartley
H. Rex Lee
Funds Allotted For Road Work
Secretary of Transportation Alan S Boyd announced the allocation of about 1500 additional miles for the Interstate Highway System. The additions, ordered by Congress, cover 28 states and are meant to fill missing critical links since the system began in 1946.
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Washington
Secretary of Transportation
Alan S. Boyd
Congress
Department of Transportation
DAR Members Attend Christmas Concert and Tea
The Matthew French Chapter D A R will skip its regular December meeting for a Christmas program with the Princeton High School Choir. Members will then visit Mrs. Andrew Clark’s home for a Christmas tea hosted by Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Grady Carper, continuing a multiyear tradition.
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Matthew French
D.A.R
Princeton High School
Andrew Clark
Clark
Grady Carper
DAR
Glue sniffing questioned as legal loophole eyed
An 11 year old case notes glue sniffing among Princeton area youths. Officials say the act itself is not illegal unless it involves committing a crime under its influence. About 120 students in Princeton area possible participants prompted Juvenile Court action. Five Princeton Junior High students appeared with parents admitting involvement in a crime after inhaling model airplane glue fumes. No charges were filed.
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Jarrett
Princeton
Athens
Matoaka
Store Robbed In Caretta
Two or more thieves broke into the Olga Coal Company store in Caretta Thursday night and fled with an undisclosed amount of money. William Calvin Williams, 24, of Charleston, was arrested for breaking and entering. Police report shots were exchanged. no injuries occurred. A vehicle with Kansas plates was impounded and is suspected to have been used by the robbers. Williams is jailed in Welch.
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Olga Coal Company
Caretta
William Calvin Williams
Charleston
Welch
Denver Adams
Adams
John Butcher
Butcher
Kansas
McDowell
Gerald Smith
Williams
McDowell County
Virginia Soldier Killed In Vietnam
Washington AP reports another Virginian killed in action in Vietnam. Marine Cpl. David N. Moore, son of Mr and Mrs Joe N Moore Jr of 2948 Tyreneck Rd Chesapeake, is named by the Defense Department.
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Virginia
Vietnam
Washington
Defense Department
Marine Cpl
David N. Moore
Joe N. Moore Jr
Tyreneck Rd
Chesapeake
BSC UNIT group voices concern over campus apathy and demands
Millhorn and Pinter of the BSC group SOS say apathy allows a small minority to push the majority, while noting most Negro students want education and proper governance. They cite 35 demands as partly reasonable and urge mature action to avoid campus disruption. Millhorn, 22, from Bristol, Va., leads the Young Republican Club. Pinter, 24, from Gary, is a Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam.
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BSC
Millhorn
SOS
Pinter
Bristol
College Young Republican Club
Gary
Marine Corps
Vietnam
Marine Given Yale Vacation From Vietnam Assignment
Marine Cpl. David Stevens of Morgantown West Virginia is among 60 servicemen flown from Vietnam to a Phoenix resort for a week long Christmas out of the Foxhole at the Camelback Inn. Local residents will host and welcome the men as a thank you for their service.
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Phoenix, Ariz
David Stevens
Morgantown
W. Va
Vietnam
Camelback Inn
Local men face probation in federal liquor cases
Bond set at 2500 pending trial for an unnamed man. James Adkins, John Crockett, Ellis Ward Grubb, Willard McKinley Lockhard, Richard Roland Cline, Elsie Mae Johnson, James E. Profitt, Tom Sidney, and Edith Marriets Watson all received probation or related orders on multiple counts of federal liquor violations. Edith Watson and Tom Sidney ordered to return to February term in Bluefield U S District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Crockett
Ellis Ward Grubb
Willard McKinley Lockhard
Richard Roland Cline
Elsie Mae Johnson
James E. Profitt
Tom Sidney
Edith Marriets Watson
U. S. District Court
Bluefield
Mrs Calfee Speaks On Weight Control At Lions Luncheon
Mrs James Calfee was guest speaker at the Lions Club luncheon at the West Virginian Hotel. She urged dieting scientifically paired with exercise and outlined four food groups milk meat vegetables and bread cereals with suggested daily servings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Calfee
Lion’s Club
West Virginian Hotel
Summers Youth Is Acquitted
A Mercer County intermediate court jury acquitted Dennis Ray Andrews, 20, of Summers County, on grand larceny charges. William Edward Young, 18, also of Summers County, was found not guilty. The case involved the July theft of a $2,500 automobile from a Concord College student in Athens. A mistrial was declared for Andrews and a new trial is set for the January term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Summers County
Dennis Ray Andrews
William Edward Young
Athens
Concord College
Young
Andrews
Howard M. Jarrett
Virginia Side Drive Slated
The Bluefield Virginia side Christmas Tree registration ends this morning at Town Hall from 9 30 to noon. Richard DeVor chairs registrations urging families to sign up if not already done. Leonard Yost announces a Sunday drive 2 to 4 pm at Town Hall broadcast on WKOY with about 50 Santa helpers soliciting funds and selecting a Mr and Miss Merry Christmas from youths aged 6 to 12. The tree aided about 250 children last year and officials expect more this year with gifts to 28 visitors in a program on December 21.
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Bluefield
Richard DeVor
Leonard C. Yost
WKOY
Yost
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Wade Nash
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Radford
Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell
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Blacksburg
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Texas
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