Five die in head on crash near Cleveland Georgia
A head on collision on U S 129 near Cleveland killed five youths and left three others in hospital. A speeding car carrying six people at 90 to 95 mph crossed the center line and struck a vehicle carrying a married couple. Drivers Vernon and Alexander 18 Charles Barnes 19 and George Truett Arrowood 22 died. The couple Daniel Cliff Bradley 23 and Mary Jane Bradley perished as their car burst into flames.
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Vernon and
Alexander
Cleveland
Charles Barnes
George Truett Arrowood
Cornelia
Danile Cliff Bradley
Mary Jane
Mountain State to Beef Up Lagging School Lunch Plans
Senator Byrd announced that federal surplus food shipments to West Virginia will be greatly accelerated to support the hot lunch program. He noted a serious hardship from cutbacks, as schools had to buy food at market prices to feed needy children, and promised USDA action to restore supplies.
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Mountain State
Washington
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
West Virginia
Byrd
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Faith Gravenmeir
Prince George Boy Dies Of Injuries
Ronald Gene Rickman age 19 of Disputanta Prince George County Va died Saturday night in a Petersburg hospital from injuries suffered in an auto mishap near Petersburg Details of the accident were not known Funeral arrangements are handled by Honaker Funeral Home Survivors include his parents Lloyd A Rickman Wilda Lee Rickman and Cecelia V Rickman all of Disputanta
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Ronald Gene Rickman
Prince George County
Petersburg
Honaker
Lloyd A. Rickman
Wilda
Bluefield Faces Fire Classification Scrutiny in Municipal Report
Kerby criticizes 000-25 000 category placement across Class Three to Five. Bluefield shows 28 member fire department costing 156 000 annually in Class Six city rating and Class Eight department, with 2 862 deficiency points. Among 44 comparable cities LaGrange Ga. had higher department budget at 165 000 and 26 employees in Class Six.
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Bluefield’s
Bluefield
Kerby
Hanford
Calif
Keene
N. H
LaGrange
la Grange
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Masthead and policy note
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists its establishment year 1893 and address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia. It notes Associated Press affiliation local news rights and subscription rate of 26 dollars per year for West Virginia readers with advertising representation and telephone contact.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circular Advertising
Katz Agency, Inc
Deaths and Funerals in Virginia and West Virginia
Charles George Steele 78 of Tazewell Va died Saturday in a Richlands hospital after a long illness. He was World War I veteran and Glory Church of God member. Survived by wife Carrie and brother Raymond. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. at Midway Christian Church Tazewell. burial Maplewood Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Friends may call at Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home. The body lies at church one hour before service. Emma line Cobbs of Bluefield formerly Switchback dies after long illness. Funeral Tuesday 1 p.m. Switchback Memorial Baptist Church. burial Restlawn Cemetery. Born Belspring Va daughter of Thomas and Minnie Fuqua. Lived in McDowell County 50 years. home with daughter Ernestine Alexander Bluefield. Member Switchback Memorial Baptist Church Missionary Society Jolly Nine Club Keystone. Died Friday in Welch hospital. Widow of Earnest Dobbs. Survives include five daughters six sons and multiple grandchildren and great grandchildren. Body from Lugo Bluefield to church Monday 5 p.m. Deacons pallbearers. Missionary Society flowers. Janet Castle Hawley 32 Waterlick Va died Saturday after long illness. Daughter of Titus and Velma Castle Keystone. Born Nippa Ky. registered nurse. Member Burke Baptist Keystone. Survives include husband William C. Hawley Jr. three sisters and two brothers. One brother Titus E Castle Marines Norfolk Va. Died Tuesday 10 a.m. Strasburg Va Church service. Graveside Sun setting Cemetery Christiansburg Va 3 p.m. Body at Stover Funeral Home Strasburg.
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Charles George Steele
Tazewell
Richlands
Henry
Rosa Craig Steele
Glory Church of God
Carrie Steele
Raymond Steele
Midway Christian Church
Wilbur Lawson
Paul Winfrey
Maplewood Cemetery
William Fralen
Houston Davis
William Sharpe
Alfred Wilson
Elmo Barner
Robert
Doc) Horton
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Emmaline Cobbs
Bluefield
Switchback
Switchback Memorial Baptist Church
J. W. Hairston
H. L. Wade
David Smith
Restlawn
Belspring
Thomas
Minnie Strother Fuqua
McDowell County
Ernestine Alexander
North Powell St
The
Missionary Society
Jolly Nine Club
Progressive Homemakers Club
Keystone
Welch
Earnest Dobbs
Me. Barnes
Emily White
Columbus
Ohio
Ruby Grey
Dorothy Martin
Bellaire
Virginia Douthit
Gladys Nowland
William Brown
Lawrence Brown
Roanoke
Robert Brown
New York
N. Y
James Cobbs
Northfork
Clarence Cobbs
Nippa
Burke Baptst
William C. Hawley Jr
Hubert Herring Jr
Lumberton
N. C
Vernon C. Gillenwater
Elbert M. Herring
Hampton, Va
Pfc
Titus Eugene Castle
U. S. Marines
Norfolk
Leander Bailey 93 Dies in Bluefield Area
Leander Lee Bailey of Matoaka aged 93 died at St Luke’s hospital Bluefield after a long life as a real estate rental dealer. He was a Giotto Bailey Memorial Baptist Church member and survived by his wife Ida, eight grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Giotto Bailey Memorial Baptist Church with entombment in Resthaven Mausoleum Bluewell. Viewing was at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton with services at the church.
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Leander (Lee) Bailey
Matoaka
St. Luke's Hospital
Bluefield
Duhring
Jonathan
Timandria Godfrey Bailey
Giotto Bailey Memorial Baptist Church
Giotto
Ida Godfrey Bailey
Everette Bailey
Princeton
Ernest Bailey
Parker, Ariz
Olaf Bailey
Sacramento
Cal
Donald
Resthaven Memorial Park
Bluewell
Memorial Funeral Directory
Death Notice of Mrs. Ethel Morgan Shields of Davy
Mrs. Ethel Morgan Shields 71 of Davy died Sunday at home after a two month illness. Born in Davy she was daughter of the late W G and Mary Hall Morgan. Survived by two brothers Ted and Bill Morgan and three sisters Mrs N E Shields Baileysville Mrs Ed gar B Rose Pineville and Mrs Elmer Morgan Davy. Fanning Funeral Home Welch to the residence at 4 p m today. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p m with Rev Homer Snow and Rev Elmer DeHart officiating. Burial Morgan Cemetery Davy.
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Ethel Morgan Sheilds
Davy
W. G
Mary Hall Morgan
William Shields
Ted
Bill Morgan
N. E. Shields
Baileysville
Edgar B. Rose
Pineville
Elmer Morgan
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Homer Snow
Elmer DeHart
Morgan Cemetery
Mrs Lydia Shrewsbury 66 dies after long illness in Rock
Lydia Shrewsbury of Rt. 1 Rock aged 66 died Sunday morning at Princeton Memorial Hospital after a long illness. She was born in Kegley daughter of Samuel and Nannie Karnes and a member of Kegley Methodist Church. Survived by husband Carl and six children, plus siblings and many grandchildren. Services set for Tuesday 2 pm at Mount Olive Methodist Church Lashmeet with burial in Mount Olive Cemetery. body to be moved from Bailey Funeral Home to her daughter's home today.
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Lydia Shrewsbury
Rt. 1
Rock
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Kegley
Samuel and
Nannie McKinney Karnes
Kegley Methodist Church
Carl Shrewsbury
Keneth Shrewsbury
Princeton
Paul Woolwine
Dale Mills
Juanita Shrewsbury
W. J. Hurst
Tabb
Everette Karnes
Athens
Hassell . Shrewsbury
Leckie
Mount Olive Methodist Church
Lashmeet
Paul Hall
T. H. Mills
Mount Olive
Bailey Funeral Home
Mills
Funeral services for Walter Scott in Bluefield
Funeral services set for Walter Scott of 246 Virginia St Bluefield Tuesday at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home with Rev Clarence W Tiffany presiding Burial at Oak Grove Cemetery Scott a North Carolina native and 40 year Bluefield resident was a retired Cole Baking Co employee He died Friday at home Survivors include wife daughter Helen McDowell son John Henry Scott sister Mamie Dula Friends may call after 5 p.m. Monday Pallbearers and flowerbearers listed by name
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Walter Scott
Virginia St
Bluefield
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Clarence W. Tiffany
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bluewell
North Carolina
Cole Baking Co
Helen McDowell
Hickory
N.C
John Henry Scott
Mamie Dula
Lenore
Ruth Collins 67 Bluefield Woman Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Ruth Josephine Collins 67 of 809 Highland Ave Bluefield died Sunday in St Luke s Hospital Bluefield after a long illness Born in Cauguha South Dakota she was a member of Bluefield First Baptist Church and Degree of Honor No 59 Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield with Dr W Malcolm Fuller presiding Burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 pm Monday.
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Ruth Josephine Collins
Highland Ave
Bluefield
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cauguha
S. D
Thomas and
Mae Roseberry
Bluefield First Baptist Church
William Alexander Collins
George W. Roseberry
Knoxville
Tenn
Roy B. Roseberry
Jupiter
Death of Roy A. Chappell in Roanoke Hospital
Roy A. Chappell of Galax Virginia died Saturday night in a Roanoke hospital. He was the brother of C R Chappell of Bluefield. Funeral arrangements are in progress.
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Ward
Bluefield
Roy A. Chappell
Galax
Roanoke
C. R. Chappell
Mrs Mary Pannell Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Mary Pannell of Crozier McDowell County died Sunday at her home after a long illness. The body was moved to Link ford and Richardson Funeral Home of Keystone. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Mary Pannell
Crozier
McDowell County
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Cravens Funeral Home
Bluewell
Stiltner Rites Held for Grundy Man Founder of Local Church
Lawrence Hadden Stiltner 74 of Grundy Va died Sunday after a short illness in a Grundy hospital. He was a Buchanan County native and a retired merchant, founder of the Church of Jesus at Looney's Creek. Burial at Ota Valley Memorial Park. Grundy Funeral Home to the residence Monday noon. Clara Dunn 62 of Bluefield Va died Sunday in Narrows Va nursing home. Roy F Miller 66 of Bluefield Va died Sunday at daughter’s home in Palatka Fla. he was a retired miner. Burial plans at Bluewell.
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Lawrence Hadden Stiltner
Grundy
Buchanan County
Church of Jesus At
Looney’s Creek
Maggie Owens Stiltner
Lillie Ben Ramey
Oakie Brown
Birchie Smith
Wayne
Jerry Stiltner
Kirby Stiltner
Mansfield
Ohio
Hassel
Jay Stiltner
Alexandria
Roxie Skeens
Ida Yates
Prater
Randolph Stiltner
Hibbert Stiltner
Defiance
Church of Jesus
Ota Valley Memorial Park
Grundy Funeral Home
Roy F. Miller
Bluefield
Arbutus Butt
Palatka
Fla
Funeral Notices from Bee to Raven Va
Obituary notices list funerals for Tom Rasnake James Fruia Luster Eling Alex Koczka Tommy Stillwell and survivors. Services set at Duty View Davy Memorial Bailey Adventist Kee ne Cemetery and Keene Cemetery with local ministers and Mullins Haysi Welch O J Douglas mortuary handling arrangements
Striking Buenos Aires union chief arrested amid port dispute
Police in Buenos Aires break up a longshoremen meeting arresting general secretary Eustaquio Tolosa before a vote on returning to work. Three other port unions suspend strikes. Tolosa fled to Uruguay at strike start, returned Friday amid protests and tear gas.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Eustaquio Tolosa
Tolosa
River Plate
Urguay
Shinnston Student Named Rhodes Scholar from WVU
David C. Hardesty Jr., a WVU senior from Shinnston, is among 32 Rhodes scholars named Sunday. He will study philosophy politics and economics at Oxford for at least two years, receiving a 2800 dollar yearly stipend. The selection includes 27 colleges and 30 states, reflecting stiff nationwide competition.
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Swarthmore
David C. Hardesty Jr
West Virginia University
Shinnston
W.va
Rhodes
Hardesty
WVU
Northern West Virginia
Oxford University
England
University
Oxford
Cecil John Rhodes
New Zealand Seeks Coin Circulation to Reduce Shortage
Wellington reports a treasury campaign encouraging the public to spend and return coins. Advertisements in New Zealand papers plead for action as 450 million coins issued are quickly disappearing from circulation.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Treasury
Weather Bureau gains acceptance of probability forecasts
Washington reports the Weather Bureau’s probability forecasts are increasingly accepted by the public though some complaints exist. Officials note the change aims to address forecasting margins of error and improve communication about rain or sun, with mixed perceptions from critics.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Charles F. Roberts
Weather Analysis and Prediction Division
Immunization urged for all infants and children nationwide
Surgeon General William H. Stewart called on Sunday for continued immunization of all infants and children against diphtheria tetanus and whooping cough. James V. Bennett warned of a tremendous shortage of correctional manpower including guards psychologists psychiatrists and other professionals needed to reform prisoners. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve postal service will run on regular Saturdays with efforts to deliver gifts if mailed on time.
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William H. Stewart
U.S. Public Health Service
James V. Bennett
Joint Commission On Correctional Manpower and Training
Post Office Department
Lawrence F. O’brien
Bartender Santa Delights 60 Kids In Tenement Toy Drive
New York AP reports Danny Doyle a 68 year old bartender from Heill's Kitchen spent eight years saving customer coins to fund an annual toy party for sixty under privileged children from broken homes in mid Manhattan tenements. The children cheered as Doyle in red suit and white beard handed out gifts and the crowd chanted We Love Danny.
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NEW York
Manhattan
President Johnson denies tax rise report
Newsweek claimed Johnson would seek a five percent tax increase next year. The Texas White House in Austin said the President has told no one any tax stance and has not decided on the issue.
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Texas
White House
New York
Newsweek Magazine
Johnson
Congress
Russell Long
Dla
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Texas White House
Austin
Sen. Long
Congressman Mills
Senate Finance Committee
Rep. Mills
House
Ways and Means
Federal Hearing Set On Up-State Resort
A federal court hearing is set for Monday to decide the fate of Pleasant Point Resort near Point Pleasant. Judge Sidney L. Christie is expected to order auction of the resort unless a weekend surprise alters the plan.
Soviets push for larger U S trade with United States
Four members of the House Banking and Currency Committee met Soviet officials in Moscow and reported a real Soviet interest in expanding trade with the United States. They said barriers on the U S side hinder trade and that the talks stressed purely commercial interests, not barter deals.
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Moscow
United States
House Banking and Currency Committee
N. O. Komarov
Thomas Ashley
D-Ohio
Ashley
Eastern
Europe
Thomas M. Rees
D-Calif
James Harvey
Rmich
Chester L. Mize
R-Kan
Washington
Soviet Bloc
Vandalism Probed at Bates Grocery Bluefield
Police investigate apparent vandalism at Bates Grocery on Wall Street after a cin derblock was thrown through a plate glass window. Report filed by Mrs. Gladys Harris. Officer H. N. Harding leads the inquiry over the weekend.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Police Department
Bates Grocery
Wall Street
Gladys Harris
H. N. Harding
Richlands Student Teaches in Tennessee Public Schools
Lowell L. Hagy of Richlands Virginia is among 30 Carson- Newman College students student teaching in Hamblen Knox and Jefferson Counties Tennessee. He is the son of John Hagy Jr of 2409 6th Street Richlands and a Richlands High School graduate.
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Lowell L. Hagy
Richlands
Carson- Newman College
Jefferson City
Tenn
Hamblen
Knox
Jefferson Counties
Tennessee
John Hagy Jr
6Th St
Richlands High School
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Mark Saunders
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