Petitions to Katzenbach Seek Pueblo Crew Release Support
Delegation from New York and New Jersey delivered 300000 to 350000 signatures to Secretary Katzenbach in the State Department lobby urging action to free 82 USS Pueblo crewmen held in North Korea. The group, led by Nicholas Wiley, aims for up to one million total signatures with no specific policy demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katzenbach
State Department
Wiley
United States
Navy
Katzenbech
Washington
William Lewis
New York City
Manhattan
New York County American Legion
Ray Gimmler
East Rockaway
Fire Department
New York
Henry H. Wells
Brewster
N.Y
Elizabeth Price
Catherine Price
Richard M. Price
Springfield
Jeanie Husby
John Husby
Chappaqua, A
Christmas Play At Matoaka Church December 22
The Matoaka Pentecostal Holiness Church presents two programs on Sunday December 22. The Primary Department performs at 6 30 p m followed by the Senior Youth Department presenting The Road to Christmas at 7 p m. Afterward youths carol in Matoaka and travel by bus to the Princeton area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matoaka
Petersburg Mayor Named CAP Virginia Wing Commander
Petersburg mayor Arlie G. Andrews, 51, was named commander of the Virginia wing of the Civil Air Patrol by the national executive committee. He moves up from deputy for cadets and will be promoted to colonel, succeeding Col A C Perrinson who led the post since CAP's 1941 founding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Petersburg
Arlie G. Andrews
Virginia
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Andrews
Col
A. C. Perkinson
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Contact Information
Bluefield Daily Telegraph details its establishment in 1895, address at 412 Bland Street Bluefield WV, and Associated Press affiliation. It notes subscription rates by carrier and mail for West Virginia and other zones and mentions advertising representative and telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circular Advertising
The
Kaiz Agency, Inc
Deaths and Funerals in St Albans area
M SGT Kenneth Jerome Neely 39 of St Albans died Friday after a short illness. He was a Korean War veteran and attended multiple police institutes. Survived by mother Ruby Hedrick Neely wife Faye Ann Wood Neely two daughters Martha Ann and Mary Jo and sister Harriet Hadland. Funeral Monday at Beckley First Baptist Church with burial at Roselawn Cemetery. Also noted are deaths of Mrs. James Lawson 93 of Princeton and William E. Goad 64 of Lashmeet with services and survivors listed. Henry Murphy Ling 84 of Grundy Va died in Grundy hospital with services Monday. Mrs J Winford Williams 84 of Pembroke Va died in Alexandria Va with service Tuesday at Givens Funeral Home Pearisburg Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Jerome Neely
St. Albans
Ruby Jo Hedrick Neely
Beckley
Azel Neely
FBI
National Police Academy
Washington, D. C
Northwestern Traffic Institute
Traffic“Records Supervision ‘Institute
Evanston, AL
Northwestern Traffic Institute of Police Management
Institute
Order ‘of Police
Charleston
Mose H. Hedrick
Faye Ann Wood Neely
Martha Ann
Mary Jo Neely
Harriett Hadland
Denver
Colo
Beckley First Baptist Church
Robert Weaver
Kenneth L. Swank
Roselawn
Bluefield
Princeton
L. J. Trapp
W. F. Wyant
D. W. Lilly
G. G. Holman
M. White
C. West
James Lawson
Hill Street
Cleo Lewis
Silver Springs Addition
Wythe County
Minnie Edna Mabe
Craig
Rebecca Whittaker Mabe
Burk Memorial Baptist Church
James C. Lawson
Alexandria
Ira Lawson
Cleveland
Ohio
Edith Aniel
Ruby Wall
Ima Barber
Memorial
William E. Goad
Lashmeet
P. J
Lilly Richard Goad
United Mine Workers of America
The
Old Guard
Raritan Club
Edna White Goad
Junior Goad
Jacqueline Flinchum
Guy
Walter Goad
Hiawatha
Sally Underwood
Polie Melvin
Matoaka
Paul Buzgard
Don Elliott
Roselawn Memorial Park
Bluefield - Princeton
J. Winford Williams
Pembroke
Teresa Keffer
James M. Williams
Norfolk
Eddie Duffy
Nancy* Bailey
Logan Porterfield
Ida Polen
Leesburg
Givens Funeral Home
Pearisburg
Birchlawdery
Obituary notices from Gratton Keystone Princeton area
Obituaries list several local deaths with services set today and tomorrow. Stowers Ward B. of Gratton Va. and Giacomo Jack Piconi of Keystone are funeral services at Mount Olivet and Sacred Heart churches with burial at church cemeteries. Other families include Clay of Athene Star Princeton, Neice Floyd Lee of Bluefield, Santo Joe Sr. of Capels and Elmandollar Fred formerly of Princeton. Pallbearers named for each service. calls to funeral homes in Tazewell Northfork Bluefield Welch Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piconi
Giacomo
Jack
Keystone
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Powhatan
Seamus Maguire
Woodlawn
Bluewell
Steve Cole
Robert Ercoline
Louis Defilece
Nick Constantino
Mosel Perdue
Albert Monarchy
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
Coast Guard Halts Search For Plane Near Roosevelt Roads
The U.S. Coast Guard suspended a search for a missing Air Force C119 cargo plane with eight crewmen aboard due to bad weather and darkness. The aircraft disappeared after takeoff from Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station near San Juan Puerto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
P.R
U.S. Coast Guard
Air Force
Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station
Death of Tina Mullins A Grundy Va Child
Tina Louise Mullins two year old daughter of Harold and Leah Mullins of Grundy Virginia died Friday at the University of Virginia Hospital Charlottesville after a long illness. She is survived by her parents a sister Nina Jean Mullins paternal grandparents Moscoe Mullins Vansant and maternal grandparents Nathan Baldwin Leemaster. Funeral services conducted Monday at Grundy Bible Church with Rev Byran Dye and Rev Carl Teglar officiating. Burial will follow in Rife Cemetery Stacy. Grundy Funeral Home in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tina Louise Mullins
Harold and
Leah Baldwin Mullins
Rate 2
Grundy
University of Virginia Hos
Charlottesville
Nina Jean Mullins
Moscoe Mullins
Vansant
Nathan Baldwin
Leemaster
Grundy Bible Church
Byran Dye
Carl Teglar
Rife
Stacy, Va
Grundy Funeral Home
Retired Mercer County Teacher Hospitalized at Bluefield
J. S. Saundle Sr., a retired Mercer County school teacher, remains a patient in Bluefield Sanitarium in room 6 A. His condition was listed as improved Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Saundle Sr
Mercer County
Bluefield Sanitarium
Man Wounded In Shooting In Buchanan County Va
A Buchanan County Virginia man Dallas Harris was seriously wounded by a single blast from a .16 gauge shotgun at a relative’s residence. Harley Wilson eighteen of Council was arrested and charged with felonious assault and jailed in Grundy with a two thousand five hundred dollar bond. Harris remained in satisfactory condition at Mattie Williams Hospital in Richlands Saturday night while police continued the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan County
Dallas Harris
Council
Mattie Williams
Richlands
Buchanan County Sheriff's Department
Harley Wilson
Wilson
Grundy
Pete Harris
Harris
Boycott Planned by Catholic Lay Group Over Birth Control Spat
Washington Catholics plan an economic boycott of area churches to protest Archbishop O'Boyle punishment of priests who signed a conscience letter supporting birth control. The 400 member Committee for Freedom in the Church expects 15,000 Catholics to withhold donations and tithes in the archdiocese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee For Freedom In the Church
Patrick Cardinal O’boyle
Cardinal O'Boyle
Jordan King Says He Would Renounce West Bank for Peace
King Hussein of Jordan told the Sunday Observer he would give up sovereignty over the West Bank if that secured peace with Israel. The interview notes proposals for an autonomous Palestinian state linked to Jordan, with no official endorsement from Israel or the US, and warns such a move could provoke Arab world anger and hurt Jordan’s economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jordan
Hussein
Mideast
West Bank
Sunday Observer
Amman
Jordan River
Israel
Observer
Gavin Young
Palestine
Young
East Jerusalem
Horoscope for Aries through Pisces on a restful Sunday
Your celestial forecast notes a year of adjustment with rising personal responsibility and optimism. Aries to Pisces receive guidance on church gatherings, flexible plans, home projects, social and mental activities, with emphasis on rest, travel, writing, and moderate social engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Leo
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Aquarius
Senate to See Party Switch and Committee Reassignments
Senate leader Jackson announced a party switch to Martin, noting most Democrats favor him and predicting no liberal conservative clash. Martin, backed by Arch Moore Jr. as governor, will lead from a familiar position. committees may retain leaders with three vacancies in mines agriculture and insurance. Betty Baker and Paul Kaufman left, clearing chair roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch A. Moore Jr
Martin
Cecil H. Underwood
Jackson
Sen
C. H. McKown
Wayne
Mines Committee
Agriculture Committee
Insurance and Corporations Committee
Agriculture
Betty H. Baker
Moorefield
Senate
Insurance and Corporations
Paul J. Kaufman
Charleston
Watson Speaks At Rotary Meet Christmas Party
Wade Watson was guest speaker for the Kimball Rotary Club Christmas party at Houston Methodist Church Kimball. He spoke on Christmas cards their origin beauty and meaning as Mrs Edgar Sawyers decorates tables with holly garlands and place cards. Mrs Max Daw acts as Santa Claus and presents a poetry reading while the women society serves a turkey dinner for thirty five members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Watson
Kimball Rotary Club
Houston Methodist Church
Kimball
Edgar Sawyers
Max Daw
Santa Claus
Women’s Society
Christmas Pageant at First AME Zion Church
The Choir of the First AME Zion Church presents a pageant titled Come Hear The Story Christ Is Born on Pu laski Street Bluefield today at 3 30 p m. The program features Christmas music and scriptures relating to the birth of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
First Ame Zion Church
Pulaski St
Bluefield
Birth
Dayan Says Nixon Aims to Link Arab Nations Closer to U.S.
Dayan reports Nixon plans to seek a more even handed Middle East policy and to mend fences with Israel. He cites Scranton’s warning and notes Egypt Iraq and Syria as nations to tie more closely to the United States while Nixon and aides discuss peace efforts. Nixon also visits Vincent Andrews who is seriously ill at NYU Medical Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aheshbon
Dayan
Scranton
Israel
Nixon
Middle East
Egypt
Iraq
Syria
Pierre
New York University Medical Center
Vincent Andrews
Services Held For Tallulah Bankhead In Maryland
Tallulah Bankhead was buried in a Maryland churchyard after services at St Pauls Episcopal and the graveside. About 35 attended including sister Eugenia Bankhead and nephew William Bankhead II. Estelle Winnwood, 85, the only fellow actress present, was a longtime close friend. She died Friday in New York at 65 after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Hall
Tallulah Bankhead
America
Maryland
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Eugenia Bankhead
William B. Bankhead II
Miss Bankhead
Estelle Winnwood
St. Luke’s Hospital
New York
Bodies Of Crash Victims Found In Venezuela
Pan American Airways reports 19 of 51 aboard victims recovered from Caribbean waters near Caracas. Eleven bodies identified. large jet with 42 passengers and nine crew crashed near Maiquetia airport. Cause of accident not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carcacas
Venezuela
Pan American Airways
Caribbean
Caracas
Maiquetia International Airport
Wampler Bristol Receives Outstanding Citizen Award
Rep William C Wampler of Virginia was honored with the Twin Cities Outstanding Citizen award for 1968 at a Bristol Virginia Tennessee banquet. Sponsored by Patton Cross White Post 6975 VFW the award was presented by Richard Holman Sugar Grove West Virginia national commander in chief of the VFW. The award recognizes achievement leadership and service in the Bristol area and personal character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Wampler
R Va
Twin Cities
Bristol
Va.Tenn
Patton Crosswhite Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wampler
Richard Holman
Sugar Grove
W. Va
VFW
State rejects funds for I 66 extension in West Virginia
Washington AP reports the federal government rejected West Virginia’s application for funds to finance 130 additional miles of Interstate 66 from Weston to the Virginia line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
West Virginia
Weston
Virginia Line
Hopewell Girl Killed in Car Crash
A 9 year-old Hopewell girl Vanessa Holloway was killed Saturday when struck by a car at the intersection of Arlington Road and Wakefield Street in Hopewell. The report by The Associated Press notes the fatal accident occurred in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hopewell
Vanessa Holloway
Arlington Road
Wakefield Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pueblo
Kenneth Neely
Mrs. James Lawson
Henry Murphy Ling
E. H. McLemore
Christiansburg
Grady Mullens
Hurley
Michael Ling
Bolliver Caudill
Radford
Church of God In Jesus Name
Dewey Davis
Herbert Ratliff
Lockhart
Stiltners Creek
Stowers
Ward B
Gratton
Mount Olivet
Luther Lawson
Marvin Kincheloe
Roger Hilton
George Kidd Bill
Elmo Crabtree
Kenneth Leffel
Bowen Cox
Carl Melvin
Henry Bourne
Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell
Neice
Floyd
Lee
Hawkins Funeral
Richard Rouquie
Bluewedll
Charles Bone
C. Arnold
Carl Dunn
C. R. Harry
Roy Rose
Roy Davidson
Santo
Joe Sr
Capels
O. J. Douglas
Welch
Elmandollar
Fred
Newark
N.J
Bailey Funeral Home
Rev
A. A. Angle
Harry Williams
Frank Dalton
Billy Gartlan
Carl Alvis
Joe Thorn
John McKinney
Coast Guard
Tina Mullins
U.S. Weather Bureau
Pacific Coast
Plateaus
New England
Lower Great Lakes
Middle Atlantic States
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Basin
Jeane Dixon
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Renee
Cincinnati
Des Moines
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
St. P
New Orleans
Okla. City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Gene
Raleigh St
Watson
Rotary Meet
Ame Zion
Tallulah
Warrenizing
Bluefield Monument Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!