Electors To Cast Votes To Confirm Nixon Win
In a nationwide vote December 1968, 538 electors will cast ballots for president. If all states follow the Nov 5 results, Richard Nixon would receive 302 electoral votes, Humphrey 191, and Wallace 45, with 270 needed to win. Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew is expected to win the vice presidency on the same ballot.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Richard M. Nixon
United States
Congress
Senate
Nixon
Humphrey
Wallace
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Sonar To Be Used In Hunt For Plane Wreckage
Caracas officials say Jon Lindbergh will direct crews with sonar and deep sea gear to locate and recover Pan American plane wreckage off the Caribbean coast. A cockpit recorder is sought to aid crash cause clues. Salvage from New York will aid divers. Lindbergh previously helped recover a hydrogen bomb off Palomares in 1966.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Jon Lindbergh
Pan American
New York
Caribbean
Lindbergh
U.S
Palomares
Spain
Czechs Press For Reforms Amid Soviet Backdrop
Prague announces cautious economic reforms to begin next year. The CTK report notes expanded West trade, licensed deals, and flexible cooperation with socialist states while central planning remains in place and details deferred until mid 1969.
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Prague
Communist Party
CTK
Central Committee
Eighth Essa Weather Satellite Launched
At Vandenberg AFB California the eighth Essa weather satellite was launched into orbit to photograph Earth cloud cover every six minutes from a 900 mile high polar orbit and relay images to stations. The system assists coastal nations and islands in obtaining storm outlook photographs.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Information and Rates
Bluefield Daily Telegraph details its establishment, address at 412 Bland Street Bluefield Virginia, and AP affiliation. It lists subscription rates by carrier and mail for different zones, with annual costs and a note about West Virginia pricing and zone distinctions.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Kats Telephone
Ex Bluefield Native Dies in Ohio Hunting Accident
Robert C. Brewer Jr., 25, formerly of Bluefield and Canton resident, was killed when a shotgun discharged while he crawled between fence strands during a hunt in Hartville Ohio. He worked for Republic Steel in Canton. Authorities called the death an accident. He is survived by his father, stepmother, a sister Wanda Ann Brewer and a brother Richard Lee Brewer. his mother had preceded him in death.
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Bluefield
Hartville
Ohio
Robert C. Brewer, Jr
Canton
Brewer
Richard Ott
Republic Steel Corporation
Aultman Hospital
Robert C. Brewer
Wanda Ann Brewer
Richard Lee Brewer
Virginia Snow Warnings Spread Across State
Snow flurries shifted through Virginia as a strong cold front moved north along the coast. Travel advisories appeared in the southwestern mountains where hazardous conditions persisted Sunday night, while temperatures stayed near freezing across most of the state with winds lowering later Monday.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Toseas
Three Die On Virginia Roads
A 15-year-old Martinsville girl Brenda Marie Smith died in a two car crash on Virginia 108 about a mile north of Martinsville in Henry County. Pauline Burnham 43 of Suffolk died when her car collided with another on U S 13 in Norfolk. Linwood Cornelius Floyd 47 of Lynchburg died from injuries after being struck by a car near his home on December 2.
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Associated Press
Martinsville
Virginia
Henry County
Brenda Marie Smith
Norfolk
Pauline Burnham
Suffolk
U.S
Lynchburg
Linwood Cornelius
Floyd
Santa Claus Special Delivers Yule Mail in Saigon
The Santa Claus Special, a Victory ship revived four years ago, finished its Vietnam mail run in Saigon dropping nearly 5,000 tons of letters and packages. The Hunter Victory made the port call as the fourth Vietnam stop for the Navy transport, delivering mail to U S troops in the area and the Mekong Delta.
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Vietnam
Victory
U. S
Mekong Delta
Chanukah Begins With Lighting of Menorah Worldwide
New York AP reports Chanukah starts at sundown marking eight days of freedom and light. Jews observe nightly candle lighting on the menorah recalling the Maccabean victory over the Syrians in 165 B.C.
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New York
World
Wound Fatal To Ex Area Man
A 32 year old former War resident was found with a fatal stab wound to the heart in his Baltimore apartment after an argument with a woman from the same address. He died at Church Home and Hospital at 2 am. The body will be moved to Welch for arrangements.
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Baltimore
William Bailey
Church Home
Bailey
James William
Ira Mae Bailey
William Cook and Brooks
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Fisherman Drowns In Tide At Lowestoft Pier
In Lowestoft England a fisherman named Norman Morrison aged 28 drowned after a dinghy capsize tossed him and his brother into the sea near a pier. Rescue crews including firemen police and ambulance workers fought the rising tide. A helicopter attempted a lift but Morrison’s rubber boots trapped him as the water rose over his head.
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England
Norman Morrison
Morrison
School To Open As Armed Camp In San Mateo
The College of San Mateo re opens Monday with police on campus to prevent a repeat of last week's violence that injured a dozen. President Ewigleben ordered campus closure after militant minority students attacked. Deputies and city police will screen all arrivals to keep outsiders off campus.
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Calif
College of San Mateo
Robert L. Ewigleben
Ewigleben
Third World Liberation Front
San Francisco State College
Thief Steals $232 From Santa Claus
In Richmond a thief grabbed $232.08 from Santa Claus at a shopping center during weekend photos with children. Carolyn Creery saw the robber dash into the crowd, and police began investigations.
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Santa Claus
Richmond
Santa
Carolyn Creery
Snowstorm Delays Shutdowns Across Northeast
Heavy snow blanketed New England and upper New York, with NYC reporting its first measurable snowfall of the season. Kennedy Airport remained closed for hours while runways were cleared, and Salisbury noted six inches on Maryland’s eastern shore. The Northeast saw up to a foot in places as temperatures dropped toward zero. 23 high school students from Elnora, New York, were snowbound in a Vermont cabin but rescued by search snowmobiles.
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Kennedy Airport
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Salisbury
Maryland
Maine
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Ohio
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Elnora
N.Y
Manchester
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Albany
U S says waiting for word on POW releases from Hanoi
U.S. diplomat W Averell Harriman said he hoped for confirmation that North Vietnam would free some prisoners for Christmas, though no official word had come. The report came from a Moscow broadcast and could reflect a miscommunication. Over 400 U S airmen are believed held, with no Red Cross access.
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W. Averell Harriman
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Four Marshall swimmers arrested in Charleston break and enter
Four Marshall University swimming team members ages 18 to 19 were arrested on charges of breaking and entering after being found on the Cohen's Drugstore roof in South Charleston. A car check recovered about 325 dollars in goods from Embees shop, likely for Christmas gifts. Suspects Daniel Rawn Jr. Ralph Gardner David Hall and Alan Winegardner, all from different states, implicated in a separate Ashland Kentucky burglary and pending South Charleston charges.
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W.va
Marshall University
Cohen
Embees
Daniel Rawn Jr
Chattanooga
Search Launched For Missing USAF Plane
The U S Air Force Navy and Coast Guard joined a search for a missing twin engine C 119 Flying Boxcar with eight crewmen. The plane departed Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station Puerto Rico en route to Homestead Air Force Base Florida and belonged to the 910th Tactical Air Lift Group Youngstown Ohio.
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P.R
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
Air Force
Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station
Puerto Rico
Homestead Air Force Base
Fla
910Th Tactical Air Lift Group
Youngstown
Ohio
Deaths and Funerals: Mrs Coy Childress and others
Mrs Coy Childress 70 of Rowe Virginia dies after long illness in Richlands Hospital. Survivors include husband Rev Coy Childress, a daughter and eight grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at Rowe Pentecostal Holiness Church with burial at McGlothlin Cemetery. Also listed are Katheryn Pendleton Woolwine 84 of Christiansburg and Robert Penley 66 of Yukon with funeral details noted.
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Rowe
Richlands
Buchanan County
Rachel Rowe
Sewell Berry
Ella van Dyke Rowe
Rowe Penetcostal Holiness Church
John Hodock
Bluefield
Kay Childress
Alexandria
L. C. Childress
Honaker
James Childress
Ancil Childress
Bill Street
Haymarket
Oliver Keen
Rowe Pentecostal Holiness Church
Dave Blankenship
Gratt Horton
Roland Stump
McGlothlin
Honaker Funeral Home
Katheryn Pendleton Woolwine
Christiansburg
Lee Pendleton
Walter Pendleton
Ellistonn
Watts Pendleton
Blacksburg
Mamie Woolwine
Ruby Price
Richardson Funeral Home
Sherwood Cemetery
Roanoke
Robert Penley
Yukon
Welch
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Moricle Rites Held for Buford Moricle at Bluefield
Buford Hayden Moricle, 62, of 212 Lee St Bluefield died Saturday night at home after a heart attack. Retired National Electric Coil Co. employee. Survivors: wife Eva Bailey Moricle, daughter Rosie Moricle, sons Eddie Moricle and Bobby Moricle, five grandchildren, sister Mrs. Tommy Fisher, brothers Maynard and Eugene Moricle. Funeral conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield Virginia. arrangements incomplete. Friends may visit after 2 p.m. today.
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Buford Hayden Moricle
Lee St
Bluefield
National Electric Coil Co
Eva Bailey Moricle
Rosie Moricle
Eddie Moricle
Bobby Moricle
Winston - Salem
N. C
Tommy Fisher
Maynard
Eugene Moricle
Louisville
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Princeton Woman Dies After Heart Attack
Mrs. Margaret C. Brown, 64, of Beckley Road Princeton, died in Princeton Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. Wife of Finley Brown and member of First Methodist Church. Body at George W. Seaver Mortuary Princeton with arrangements incomplete.
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Beckley Road
Princeton
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Finley Brown
First Methodist Church
George W. Seaver Mortuary
Walter Vance, 63, Dies in Taylorsville After Illness
Walter Richard Vance, 63, of Taylorsville North Carolina, formerly of Oakwood Virginia, died Saturday morning in a Taylorsville hospital after a short illness. The body will be returned to Virginia Funeral Home in Grundy, Virginia, for arrangements.
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Taylorsville
N. C
Oakwood
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Thrise J Day 67 Capels Woman Dies in Welch Hospital
Thursie J. Day, 67, of Capels died Sunday evening in a Welch hospital from a condition listed as the cause. Services and burial plans are filed with the O. J. Douglas Mortuary in Welch.
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Thursie J. Day
Capels
Welch
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Funeral services for Lawson and Puckett held in two towns
Mrs. James Lawson, 93, of Princeton died Tuesday. Services were at Mary Burke Baptist Church with Rev. George Kelly and Rev. Doug las Morgan officiating, burial in Trail Cemetery. William Harvey Puckett, 66, of Warriormines died today. service at O J Douglas Chapel in War with Rev. Willard Porter officiating, burial in Big Creek Cemetery.
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Lawson
James
Princeton
Mary Burke Baptist Church
George Kelly
Douglas Morgan
Trail
Clark Sees New Cong Offensive Planned
Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford warned of a possible new Communist confrontation in South Vietnam that could raise fighting but would not derail the Paris peace talks. He noted agreed conditions for talks largely uphold, despite signs of a winter offensive and a buildup in the Third Corps. General Abrams remains confident he can counter the threat.
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Washington
Clark M. Clifford
South Vietnam
Paris
Clifford
Johnson
North Vietnam
U.S
U. S
Vietnam
Creighton Abrams
Milford
Ex NAACP Official Given Columbia Post
Robert L. Carter former NAACP general counsel has been named a center fellow at Columbia University Urban Center. The Columbia alumnus resigned last month to protest a colleague’s dismissal and will research law and the Black community while advising on program development through the current academic year.
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New York
Robert L. Carter
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Columbia University
Carter
NAACP
Lewis M. Steele
Columbia
Apollo 8 launch overseer vows moment of truth
Cape Kennedy, Fla AP The veteran rocketman directing Apollo 8 says ignition will be the moment of truth after months of prep. 7 51 am EST Saturday marks the start for Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders on a Christmas Eve lunar orbit. Rocco Petrone notes 22 000 workers and immense hardware demand as Saturn 5 powers 119 mile earth orbit then quarter million mile voyage. Petrone began at Redstone Arsenal and has led Saturn 1 5 programs and Apollo 7 flight duties.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Rocco A. Petrone
Kennedy Space Center
Petrone
Army
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Cane Canaveral
Redstone
Missiles and Air Reconnaissance Amid Vietnam Tension
The Intrepid and other vessels conduct patrols in the Tonkin Gulf as reconnaissance flights over North Vietnam continue despite a halt in bombing. President Johnson warns Hanoi about continuing operations, while U S forces report 109 enemy killed in five localized clashes and B 52s strike bases and troop movements.
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Johnson
Hanoi
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
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