States Must Be Consistent with Daylight Time Law
federal law requiring nationwide daylight saving time from late April to late October overrides local rules and blocks state splits. Kentucky faces a political clash as governors and legislators weigh whether to resist the act while Michigan contemplates time zone effects for the Upper Peninsula. Farmers, theater operators and parents oppose DST while industry, media and finance back the longer daylight period.
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Chicago
Johnson
Wyoming
Indiana
Idaho
Michigan
Kentucky
Kansas
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Florida
Edward Breathit
Breathit
Frank Kelley
Kelley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Upper Peninsula
ICC
Emory & Henry Receives $2500 Grant Boost
Emory and Henry College in Emory Virginia gets a $2500 unrestricted grant from The American Oil Co. Foundation. R H Markley of Roanoke presented the check on behalf of Amoco. President William C Finch said the funds fund the Emory Program a $10 million ten-year plan to strengthen academics and facilities.
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Emory
American Oil Co. Foundation
Emory and Henry College
R. H. Markley
Roanoke
AMOCO
E&h
William C. Finch
Hoffa Urges Truckers Back To Work In Detroit Speech
Hoffa recalled starting in Detroit at 16 and organizing workers into Local 299 on the grocery dock. He urged workers to return immediately, suggested no vote, and signaled plans to seek a Supreme Court rehearing to delay prison until after the national contract talks begin in Washington on January 17.
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Detroit
Jimmy Hoffa
Hoffa
Supreme Court
Washington, D.C
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Public Notice Rates
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists subscription rates by carrier and state and notes rates for West Virginia at 26.00 per year. It also mentions AP affiliation and sale of advertising services through Katz Agency.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
The
Katz Agency, Inc
Graham To Give Yale Concert
Graham High School Bluefield Virginia choral department presents its Christmas Concert Sunday December 18 at 3 p m in Hufford Auditorium. Director Beatrice Richardson notes finale featuring Handel Messiah choruses with guest soloists Robert Smith soprano Mrs Smith and Henry Fortune baritone. Former choir members join for the Hallelusia chorus as a traditional climax. Girls chorus performs a group of numbers and Graham Junior High Chorus opens with two preludes.
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Graham High School
Bluefield
Hufford
Beatrice D. Richardson
Robert Smith
Henry Fortune
Smith
Bluefield College
Walt Disney's death ends era of a studio conqueror
Walt Disney died leaving a vast empire and plans for a $200 million Disney World near Orlando and a $35 million Mineral King ski resort. He supervised scripts, casting, music, and even robot faces for exhibits, while stock fell and rumors of a Litton takeover surfaced. Disney's modest roots in Chicago and Missouri shaped his belief in better things of life.
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Disney
Disney World
Orlando
Fla
Mineral King
California
Sierras
Disney Empire
Walt
Disneyland
Roy
Litton Industries
Disney Enterprises
Litton
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago
Kansas City
Missouri
Mark Twain
Marceline
Twain
Hannibal
Hollywood
Deaths and Funerals list services across Bluefield and Bluewell
Funeral services are scheduled for Bernard Emery Hankins 50 of Philadelphia formerly of North Tazewell Virginia with burial at Hankins Cemetery. Requiem mass for Theodore Bretti 72 of Bluefield will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Church and entombment at Woodlawn Mausoleum. Rosary at Hawkins Funeral Home and viewing details for Mrs Ruby Mahaffey Brown 50 of Chicago formerly Coaldale. Pallbearers named for Hankins and Brown services.
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Theodore Bretti
Princeton Ave
Bluefield
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
William F. Carr
Woodlawn Cemetery
Italy
Vito
Barbara Galati Bretti
The
Sons of Italy
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Joanne Froane Bretti
B. B. Porter
Austinville
Mullen Miller
Teddy Bretti
Tony Bretti
Vito Bretti
Boston
Hawkins Funeral
Death of John Wesley Hileman at 82 in St Paul Virginia
John Wesley Hileman 82 of St Paul Virginia died Wednesday night in Bluefield Sanitarium. He is survived by wife Maggie Robinett Hileman two daughters Mrs William Castle Abbs Valley and Mrs Carnes Castle St Paul one son Walter Hileman Kingsport Tennessee eight grandchildren six great grandchildren. Services were held Saturday at 2 30 p.m. at Assembly of God Church St Paul with Rev Jack Connely officiating Burial will follow Temple Hill Cemetery Castlewood Huff Cook Funeral Home St Paul is in charge. Grandsons pallbearers.
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Ruby Mahaffey Brown
Chicago
Ill
Coaldale
Virgil Patrick
Bluefield
Robert L. Tabor
Tommy Beckley
Ann Sue Mahaffey
Skip Brown
U. S. Air Force
Eddie
Terry
David Brown
Woodrow Tabor
Robert A. Tabor
Earle G. Tabor
Brushfork
Katherine Brumfield
Juanita Fleshman
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Margaret Lawson
Bluewell
Charleston
Cravens
Clifford Compton
Maple Hill Cemetery
Eugene Shrader
Hurley Shrader
Howard Farley
Wade Bishop
Claude Linkous
Hugh Shrader
Lawson
John Wesley Hileman
St. Paul
Bluefield Sanitarium
Maggie Robinett Hileman
William Castle
Abbs Valley
Carnes Castle
Walter Hileman
Kingsport
Tenn
Assembly of God
Jack Connely
Temple Hill Cemetery
Castlewood
Huff-Cook Funeral Home
Obituaries and funeral notices from Raven and nearby towns
Charles W. Boyd of Raven Va funeral Saturday 11 a.m. Richlands Tabernacle with three ministers. burial in Raven family cemetery. Body at Mullins Funeral Home until services. McKinley Harvey of Bluefield Graveside rites Saturday 10:20 a.m. Bryant Memorial Cemetery Wolfe. calling hours after 5 p.m. Friday at Lugo’s. Harry G. Foster 73 Mullens funeral Saturday 2 p.m. Sam Foglesong Chapel entombment Monte Vista Park Cemetery Mausoleum. Sidney S. Jr. Rice 41 Saeger Church of God today 2 p.m. burial Saeger Memorial Cemetery at Roderfield.
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Foster
Harry G
Mullens
Sam Foglesong Chapel
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Rice
Sidney S. Jr
Saeger
Saeger Church of God
Rev
G. W. Powell
Saeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
No Accord In Gas Dispute Between UFG and OCAW
Charleston AP reports extended talks between United Fuel Gas Co and affiliates and the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers union ended without agreement after a 13 hour session aided by federal mediators. Disagreements focus on layoffs and independent contractors. The OCAW previously struck UFG and Columbia Gas System affiliates in Kentucky Virginia and Maryland on October 26 after contract expiration.
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Charleston
United Fuel Gas Co
Oil, Chemical and Atmoic Workers Union
OCAW
UFG
Columbia Gas System
Kentucky
Virginia
Maryland
Double Standards In English Speech At MSU
Michigan State linguist Professor Roger Shay advocates two kinds of English a casual everyday version and a formal version. He wants to keep ain’t but teach when to use aren’t to gain social and economic status. A $121,540 federal grant funds his study on how speech shapes approval and disapproval.
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East Lansing
Mich
Roger Shay
Michigan State University
Shay
Britain Moves to Shorten Parliamentary Speeches
London AP reports that Labor plans reforms in February to cap front bench speeches at 30 minutes and back bench speeches at 15 minutes. Labor leader Richard Crossman says ceremonial traditions will be preserved to satisfy public expectations.
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London
Labor
House
Richard Crossman
Ku Klux Klan Plans Rallies in Virginia County
Klan plans six tent rallies over seven days in southern Chesterfield County near Richmond. Marshall R. Kornegay and Robert Shelton will speak at selected times with Kornegay introducing a Junior Klan. The event includes screening Birth of a Nation at a Harrowgate Road tent site.
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Chesterfield
Virginia Ku Klux
Shelton
Harrowgate Road
Colonial Heights
Robertson Receives Los Angeles County Commendation
Sen. A. Willis Robertson of Virginia was presented a certificate of commendation by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for distinguished public service and legislative accomplishments. The certificate, signed by Frank G. Bonelli, noted Robertson's dedication to good government as he retires after 34 years in Congress.
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Washington
A. Willis Robertson
Virginia
Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles County
Calif
Robertson
United State Congress
Frank G. Bonelli
Blue Ridge
Bombing War Escalation Raises Fear of Wider Conflict
U Thant warned of intensified bombing near Hanoi and the risk of a broader war as officials privately note U S explanations about Hanoi's city limits mislead the public. Administration sources say bombing continues with Johnson directly controlling programs.
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U.N
U Thant
New York
Pentagon
State Department
United States
Hanoi
U.S
Johnson
Ritles
Supreme Court upholds Mercer Circuit ruling in Bluefield case
West Virginia Supreme Court affirms Mercer County Circuit Court’s setting aside a 69000 verdict in the Bluefield Urban Renewal condemnation case involving I J Blank Tobie Blank and Trailways Bus Co The decision sends the matter back for potential retrial or out of court settlement on Princeton Avenue site once Blank's Store and Trailways Bus Terminal formerly stood
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West Virginia Supreme Court
Mercer County
Bluefield
I. J. Blank
Tobie Blank
Trailways Bus Co
Mercer County Circuit Court
Urban Renewal
Princeton Avenue
Blank
Trailways
Urban Renewal Authority
Circuit Court
F. Morton Wagner
Supreme Court
Mercer County Workshop elects new officers
Judge Howard M. Jarrett was elected president of the Mercer County Opportunity Workshop for the Handicapped at the first annual meeting held at the National Guard Armory in Brushfork. Dr. James Bailey was named vice president, Robert Lee Parker secretary, and Major George Nuckolls treasurer as about 50 attend.
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Mercer County
Howard M. Jarrett
Mercer County Opportunity Workshop
National Guard Armory
Brushfork
James Bailey
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Robert Lee Parker
Athens
George Nuckolls
Keith Thompson
Jarrett
Former Bluefielder Named Virginia Conservation Director
Charles Allen Christophersen, 30, once of Bluefield and later in Richmond, has been named director of the Virginia Department of Conservation and Economic Development. The appointment, announced by Director Marvin M. Sutherland, cites expanded programs and growing complexity of the department. Christophersen attended Riverside Military Academy and earned a law degree from TC Williams in 1982. He is a nephew of the late Bill Crowder of Bluefield.
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Charles Allen Christophersen
Bluefield
Richmond
Virginia Department of Conservation and Economic Development
Christophersen
Kathleen Christopherson
Fairview Apartments
St. Luke’s Hospital
Marvin M. Sutherland
Sutherland
Christopherson
Riverside Military Academy
Gainesville
Fla
University of Richmond
T. C. Williams School of Law
Bill Crowder
Crowder-Freeman Auto
Two Bank Robbery Suspects Sentenced in Norfolk
U S District Judge Walter Hoffman sentenced Howard Brown to 18 years for an $11 565 robbery at the Grafton branch of First National Bank of Yorktown on August 2 Brown was convicted by a jury. Ezekial Davis received a 10 year term for a $600 robbery at Hampton Citizens and Marine Bank on May 9 Davis pled guilty Brown filed an appeal.
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Norfolk
U. S
Walter FE. Hoffman
Howard Brown
Grafton
First National Bank of
Yorktown
Brown
Ezekial Davis
West Pembroke Avenue
Hampton Citizens and Marine Bank
Davis
Mallory to Speak at Bluefield Church Breakfast Meeting
Rev. R. T. Mallory of Bland Street Methodist Church in Bluefield will be guest speaker at the Men of the Church monthly breakfast at First Presbyterian Church in Bluefield Saturday at 7 30 a.m. He will discuss What Christ Means To Me.
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R. T. Mallory
Bland Street Methodist Church
Bluefield
First Presbyterian Church
Mallory
Chris
Coppolino Vindicated in Iota Case and Farber Murder Trial
Authorities say Coppolino murdered Marjorie Farber’s husband in 1963. Farber testified Coppolino hypnotized her and directed the plot. The defense argued Farber’s heart attack possibility and questioned the motive while the prosecutor pressed Coppolino’s guilt.
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Iota
Pla
Coppolino
Mary Gibson
Bailey
Mrs. Farber
Marjorie Farber
Col. Frarber
Carl Coppolino
Carl Cop
Reuther labels big firms as true Marxists in class struggle
In Washington AP Walter Reuther AFL CIO president said some large corporations are the only true Marxists, still believing in class struggle, as unions plan expanded coordinated bargaining with giant firms. He cited General Electric and Union Carbide in a united-front context and noted a federal ruling on a West Virginia alloy plant strike.
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Washington
Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Afl-Cio
Industrial Union Department
L-Union
General Electric
Union Carbide Corp
Alloy
W.va
Charleston
Carbide
Union Carbide
$25 000 Award In Mishap Suit
A McDowell County Circuit Court jury awarded $25 000 to Charles T. Davidson and wife Iona Wolfe Davidson against the estate of Thomas Shrader for a 1963 highway collision near Horsepen Virginia. The suit claimed mental anguish from a snowstorm crash involving a Davidson auto and Shrader truck, with prior mistrials and a $300 car loss awarded to Mrs. Davidson.
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McDowell County
Charles T. Davidson
Iona Wolfe Davidson
Thomas Shrader
Horsepen
Davidson
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J. H. Sargent Jr
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Tim E. Hankins
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