First seven astronauts reduced to three ready for flight
Illness injuries and retirement whittle down Americas original seven to three ready for spaceflight. Alan Shepard Scott Carpenter and Donald Slayton may not fly again while John Glenn leaves the program for a soft drink firm. Virgil Grissom and Walter Schirra train for Geminis first manned flight next year. Gordon Cooper is described healthy as a horse. Carpenter recovers from scooter crash. Slayton still has a heart issue. Shepard suffers inner ear problems from a prior virus infection.
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Houston, Tex
America
Alan B. Shepard Jr
M. Scott Carpenter
Donald K. Slayton
John H. Glenn Jr
Maj
Virgil I. Grissom
Cmdr
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Maj. L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Manned Spacecraft Center
Charles Berry
al Shepard
Shepard
Carpenter
Kimball Girl to Lead New 4-H Club in Kimball
Martha Sulic of Kimball in County named president of a newly organized Four-H Club. She will lead the first meeting on December 2 at 7 p.m. at Houston Methodist Church. Dicky Larkin named vice president Betty French secretary Michael Borosky treasurer Darlene Sawyers reporter Billie and Bobby Farris are project leaders and Michael Brown is song leader.
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Kimball
County
Houston Methodist Church
Dicky Larkin
Betty French
Michael Borosky
Darlene Sawyers
Billie
Bobby Farris
Michael Brown
Tanganyika Teacher Will Speak Tonight at Bethel AME
Cyprian Mbelwa a Tanganyika teacher training instructor from Dar es Salaam will speak at Bethel AME Church 901 Bland St. at 6 30 p m. He studies at Kent University Ohio and will show a film about Tanganyika life. The event is open to the public.
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Tanganyika
Bethel Ame
Bland St
Mbelwa
Teachers Training College
Dar-es Salaam
East Africa
Kent University
Ohio
Seasonal Drama Planned By Church
A Christmas drama titled The Shoemaker's Dream will be shown at First Pentecostal Holiness Church located at Cherry Street and Stadium Drive on Wednesday at 8 p.m. The story follows a shoemaker who longs for Christ to visit but learns in a dream that Christ did come through his acts of kindness to visitors.
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First Pentecostal Holiness Church
Cherry Street
Stadium Drive
Christ
Funeral Services for William H Howell Held in Princeton
William H Howell of Route 2 Princeton dies. Funeral in Assembly of God Church Sunday at 2 p.m. officiated by Rev Mrs Edith Lewis and Rev Kermit Keys. Burial in Brown Cemetery with pallbearers listed. Body will be at church at 1 p.m. from Bailey Funeral Home. Ollie Neal Lester of Bastian Va to be buried at Rose Hill Cemetery following a 2 p.m. service at Bastian Church of God led by Rev L D King. Burial at Rose Hill Cemetery after service.
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Ollie Neal
Bastian
Bastian Church of God
L. D. King
Rose Hill
Newberry Funeral Home
Bland
Zola K. Holt
Givens
Pearisburg
Zola Kingrea Holt
Pembroke
Roanoke
A. Carr Jones
Oakwood Cemetery
Princeton
Fred C. Holt
Thomas Parcell
Clarence Miller
Central Valley
Thomas Kingrea
Poplar Hill
J. O. Kingrea
Perry L. Dye
Mercer County
Green Valley
Greenview Methodist Church
Don Jackson
Monte Vista Park
Lewis H. Cook
W. P. Allen
Stanley Shields
Erwin Smith
W. L. Warden
H. L. Harvey
Edgar Thomore
Earl Hager
Henry F. Warden Jr
Essie E. Bailey
J. Earl Bailey
J. Dutton
Frank Haun
Arthur B. Bailey
Lawrence Wimmer
Walter V. Ross
Bill Shepard
J. A. Tabor Sr
William Sanders
Calvin Linkous
John V. White
Harold Whitmire
Hawkins Funeral Home
Local News Briefs From Bluefield Telegraph
Bluefield Daily Telegraph item notes dispatches and local news coverage. Carrier Byig per Virginia is listed at 26.00 dollars.
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Ers
Byig
Virginia
Deaths and Funerals list for Mercer and nearby counties
Long list of obituaries and funeral notices for William Henry Perdue 63 of Brushfork Mary Ellen Sexton 82 of Spencer's Curve Raleigh Arvis Casey 27 of Swords Creek Zola K Holt 69 of Pembroke Perry L Dye former Mercer County Sheriff and Marshall A Cole 67 of Keen Mountain John R Reynolds 78 of Princeton Ruben Lee Dowdy 71 of Union James A Sims 77 of Welch and other local residents with service times burial places and survivor details listed.
Deborah Club Sponsors Christmas Dinner at Center
The Deborah Community Club will sponsor a Christmas Dinner at the Hardy Street Recreation Center Monday night. Mrs. Mary Collins will narrate the advance tale as the club makes its annual contribution to the Community Christmas Tree.
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Deborah Community Club
Hardy Street Recreation Center
Mary Collins
Adance Cae
Mrs. Morris Dies At Home In Bluefield
Mrs Lottie Belle Shott Morris 601 Rogers St Bluefield died at 11 40 a m Saturday at her home She was aunt of Hugh Shott publisher of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph and sister of the late Senator Hugh Ike Shott Her survivors include son David D Morris daughter Alma Morris sister Mrs Lucy Hamilton seven great grandchildren and several brothers and a sister The Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield with ministers Adkins and Lowther officiating will bury her in Maple Park Cemetery Pallbearers listed and floral tribute from Daily Telegraph printing Co and guilds.
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Forestville
Robert Johnson
Annandale
Glen
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Guy Dowdy
Columbus
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Billee S. Mick
Green Hills Cemetery
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Rogers St
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Pitman
N. J
Alma M. Morris
Lucy Hamilton
R. J. Lester
J. D. Shott
Ed Shott
John Shott
William Shott
John Hoy
Hawkins Funeral Home
John C. Adkins
Russell B. Lowther
Maple Park
Lois Russell
Charles Nichols
C. C. Warren
Dale Kersey
Bob Stallard
Ed Wright
Warden Nash Shoots Self at Home Near Missouri Penitentiary
Warden E V Nash 4 killed himself Friday night at his home across from the Missouri Penitentiary where he had served since 1955 Col James D Carter acting warden took charge and assured control The coroner ruled suicide no inquest to be held Nash faced criticism over his rehabilitative policy and calls for his ouster by Rep Peter J Rabbit and others Nash and his wife had attended a staff Christmas party and she said he told her he had caused too much trouble
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E.V. Nash
Missouri Penitentiary
James D. Carter
John M. Dalton
Cletus Kolb
Nash
Trots
Peter J.J. Rabbit
D-St. Louis
Alderson Livestock Sale Totals 309 Head Sold At Market
A total of 309 head of livestock sold Thursday at Alderson Livestock Market. 62 buyers paid $11 750.18 for cattle including steers and heifers across standard, commercial, utility grades, plus calves, hogs, and sheep with prices listed per class. Prices ranged from bulls at $11.50 to veal calves up to $30 per unit and ewes at $3.75 to $4.75 per cwt.
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Alderson
Four Families Left Homeless by Lorton Apartment Fire
A Saturday blaze in Lorton Virginia destroyed a converted frame apartment building leaving four families homeless. Fire crews fought the flames and contained the fire with no injuries reported.
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Lorton, Va
Christmas Week Services At Montcalm Methodist Church
Montcalm Methodist Church schedules a Christmas week lineup with MYF party Tuesday, a Christmas play A Miracle at Christmas Wednesday at 7 30 p m featuring Sam Zeck as the sexton and Sammy Foy as the crippled boy. Otis Martin leads special music with Mrs Conley Titley on piano and Mrs S W Foy on organ. Adult and junior choirs perform as the MYF plans its annual party and Christmas Eve carols. A Christmas morning service is set for Friday at 10 a m.
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MYF
Sam Zeck
Sammy Foy
Otis Martin
Conley Titley
S. W. Foy
Montcalm
Kathryn Lester
Martha Foy
Nancy Lambert
Maryin Sargeant
Janie Kendrick
Edward Quillin
Johnnie Bucchi
Kenneth Hedrick
Millard Quillin
Ann Bostic
Joyce Hall
Yvonne Sargeant
Charles Farley
Randolph Quillin
Larry White
Garnet L Campbell New Conservation Leader In Wyoming
Garnet L Campbell named new conservation leader in Wyoming district succeeding John Thomas of Pineville. The nine member district includes five counties Raleigh Summers Fayette Wyoming and McDowell with two Mercer County supervisors and two state appointees. Campbell to work with landowners and farmers for Soil Conservation Service assistance.
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Wyoming
Campbell
John Thomas
Pineville
Thomas
Raleigh
Summers
Fayette
McDowell
Mercer County
State Soil Conservation Committee
J. R. Keatley
Bozoo
Richie Snuffer
George Farmer
Bolt
G L. Campbell
Aubrey Riner
Fayetteville
Francis Keane
Wyoming County
Soil Conservation Service
Weather Alert for Virginia and West Virginia
Hazardous driving warning in both states with mixed light snow freezing rain inland and rain on the coast. Roads slippery morning interior. Sunday drizzle possible as precipitation eases. Highs Sunday 28 to 48 across regions. colder in West Virginia with 30s highs and lingering showers.
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Virginia
West Virgenia
Search To Continue For 2 Missing Men On The Ohio River
Daring operations in the hunt for two Huntington men missing after duck hunting move downstream on the Ohio River. A canoe a hat and a shotgun found near the river indicate connections to John Meadows Jr. and Robert E Dunfee both of Huntington.
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Huntington (Ap
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Robert E. (Hobby) Dunfee
Huntington
Huntington Boat Club
LeSage
Guyan Creek
Mason- Cabell
Dunfee
Planning Group Holds Meeting in Wyoming County
The Wyoming County Planning Commission met in Pineville with J. R. Beavers presiding. Representatives from Marcou, O Leary and Associates briefed on the Comprehensive Overall Development Plan as they study county surveys, road development, and how federal programs may aid Appalachian development, with about 25 residents attending.
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Pineville
J. R. Beavers
John R. Joyner
Frederick W. Mayer
Marcou, O'Leary and Associates
Washington, D. C
Harry S. Carden
Aldo DelContof
Wyoming County
Marcou
Oyster Man Dies On Virginia Boat
Elvin Sherwood Walker, 25, died in a fire on the oyster boat Miss Dolores at Deep Creek pier in Newport News Virginia. Firemen say smoke from a mattress fire caused by a cigarette led to asphyxiation. The boat is owned by Lester Brown of Gloucester. Walker was last seen aboard the vessel around 2 a.m.
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Elvin Sherwood Walker
Deep Creek Pier
Walker
Miss Dolores
Lester Brown
Gloucester
McDowell Wreck Causes $500 In Damages
State police report a 4:45 p.m. auto crash on U S 52 near Taeger McDowell County. Two vehicles were driven by Albert Powell 26 of Iaeger and Jack Chatman 24 of Roderfield.
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Taeger
McDowell County
Roderfiel
Albert Powell
Iaeger
Jack Chatman
Roderfield
States Favor Reserve Move Across Several States
The Defense Department reports early state governor responses to its plan to disband the Army Reserves and fold remaining units into the National Guard. About 12 states back the proposal, 1 opposes, with 15 others indicating support to come. Georgia Governor Carl Sanders opposes, complicating ties to Senator Richard B. Russell.
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Defense Department
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National Guard
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
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Vance
Richard B. Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Local Jewelers Report Strong Holiday Sales
Al Land of Land Jewelers notes brisk sales with a seven percent rise in November and expected similar gains in December. J Hudson Huffard, mayor of Bluefield and head of Chicago House Furnishings, predicts an eight to ten percent increase for the year as 1964 closes, citing strong day to day business and a robust Christmas season.
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Land of Land Jewelers
J. Hudson Huffard
Bluefield
Chicago House Furnishings
Bradley's Specialty Shop Christmas Gift Items
Bradley's offers fur stoles and boas, robes, lingerie, dresses, hats, gloves, and sweaters for last minute shopping. Specialties include long and short formals and evening wraps. Gifts galore with Jersey and Mayflower cotton dresses for home wear.
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