West Virginia braces on out of state car tax ruling
A Ka has court ruled 1959 law taxing full price of cars bought out of state unconstitutional. Judge Frank L. Taylor said the 3 percent title tax applies only to the difference between price and trade-in value, not the full price. The case involved Lora D. Athey and Motor Vehicles Commissioner Jack Nuckols, with a refund of 15.06 ordered for the challenged tax.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Frank L. Taylor
Kanawha County
Asst. Atty
Thomas B. Yost
Department of Motor Vehicles
State Supreme Court
Taylor
Elswhere
Jack Nuckols
Lora D. Athey
Nuckols
Soviet rulers deny racism as Red Square clash fades
The Tass government paper said the student death near Moscow was not due to violence, but frost exposure while drunk. It blamed hostile Western papers for stoking anti Russian sentiment and said the Ghana embassy and Ghanaian student group were not involved. Police eased embassy access as tensions lessened.
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Tass
Izvestia
Kalinin
Soviet Union
Ghana
Moscow
Kohn B. Elliot
Red Square
Government orders Sunday openings with double pay
Mexico City stores may open Sunday to handle Christmas trade under a city government decree. Businesses must pay employees double for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Daily Telegraph Printing Co. publication note
Establishment in Bluefield West Virginia with address 412 Bland Street lists Associated Press affiliation and subscription rates. Mentions BP and Katz Agency contact and auditing bureau membership.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Nation
Katz Agency
Brazil Near Economic Ruin as Finance Minister Resigns
Brazil teeters on the edge of an economic abyss after Finance Minister Carlos Carvalho Pinto resigns from President Joao Goulart's cabinet. The cruzeiro showed volatility before stabilizing at a troubled range as Brizola’s influence loomed. Galvao, a political ally, was named to curb panic.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Carlos Carvalho Pinto
Joao Goulart
Cruzeiro
Pinto
Sao Paulo
Goulart
Leonel Brizola
Galvao
Brizola
Robbers Bind Family, Make Off With Richmond Safe
Two armed men forced entry to Forest J. Dowden Sr. home in Richmond and seized a safe worth about seven thousand dollars. They bound an elderly woman and a six year old boy with tape, left behind clothing believed to be theirs, and abandoned a rented truck near Oakwood Cemetery.
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Richmond, Va
Richmond
Oakwood Cemetery
Nitro Man Chosen Reclamation Board Chairman
Fletcher R. Parsons of Nitro was elected to a one year term as chairman of West Virginia’s new five member Reclamation Board of Review. Leon ard J. Timms of Charleston was named vice chairman and Hobart G. Woodrum serves as secretary. The board oversees surface mining regulation and land reclamation under a 1963 act.
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Charleston
Reclamation Board of Review
Fletcher R. Parsons
Nitro
National Resources
Land and Reclamation Division
State Mines
Leonard J. Timms
Hobart G. Woodrum
Parsons
Timm
C. M. Cunningham
Shinnston
J. A. Prather
Martinsburg
Raymond J. Lambert
Ceredo
Weather Outlook for Virginia and West Virginia
The Associated Press reports fair conditions in Virginia with some cloudiness north and possible light snow in the extreme southeast. Temperatures rise from upper 20s to low 30s, mountains 16 to 24. Sunday expected to be fair with warming temps. In West Virginia, partly cloudy with light snow flurries and gradual warmup Saturday and Sunday. Saturday highs 15 to 22, eastern panhandle upper 20s.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Panhandle
Young Man Charged In Tavern Shooting Robbery
Charleston, RP. Carl Allen, 23, arrested and returned to Huntington to face felonious shooting and armed robbery charges. Allen admits he was one of two gunmen in a Dec 9 Sterling Restaurant holdup that netted about $100. Victim Mon Sour Tweel, 72, wounded and recovering in hospital. Arthur Davis Jr., 25, also linked and awaiting grand jury action.
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Charleston
Huntington
George Nunley
Carl Allen
Nunley
Allen
Monsour Tweel
Tweel
Nunney
Sterling
Arthur Davis Jr
Davis
Rayburn Sub In icy James River in Newport News ceremony
President Johnson eulogizes the late Sam Rayburn as the 7,000-ton Polaris submarine bearing his name slides into the icy James River at Newport News. The keel laying was in 1962 and the ship is to be delivered next year. Traditional christening by Rayburn's sisters precedes launch amid 25 degree weather.
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Newport News
Johnson
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
James River
Kenneth Belieu
Navy
S. E. Bartley
Bonham
Tex
W. A. Thomas
Dallas
America
Kennedy
Truman
House
Henry Clay
House of Representatives
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
Gas From Coal Contract Made
Interior Secretary Udall signed a 975000 dollar contract with Bituminous Coal Research Inc to develop low cost gas from coal equipment. The project aims for high capacity, low initial and operating costs with a 36 month design and testing period at Monroeville laboratories.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
L. Udall
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
James G. Fulton
R. Pa
Office of Coal Research
Monroeville
Morgantown Firm Wins WVU Coal Contracts Three Deals
Sandra Mining Co. of Morgantown won three contracts to supply coal to West Virginia University for one year at 4.95 per ton. Consolidation Coal Co. received a 5.10 contract to supply about 22,000 tons to the State Medical Center in Morgantown. The awards cover 15,000 tons for WVU central heating, 10,000 tons for the Evansdale College of Engineering, and 300 tons for University High School.
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Charleston
Sandra Mining Co
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Consolidation Coal Co
Curtis S. Wilson
West Virginia State Medical Center
Sandra
WVU
Johnson Urges Broad Voting Reforms Across States
President Johnson urged states to repeal unfair voting laws and create bodies to review election systems. The commission's recommendations include lowering the voting age to 18 nationwide and ending literacy tests and poll taxes. It also urged expanding voter access and protested restrictions on registration and participation nationwide.
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Washington
Johnson
Presidential Commission
Sealy’s Annual Yule Party Draws Eighty Attendees
About 80 employees and guests attended Sealy Mattress Co. annual Christmas party in Bluefield Virginia on Friday. A buffet meal and refreshments were served at noon. Tom Mtcalfe plant operator hosted. Gifts were displayed around a large Christmas tree and distributed to all employees at the program’s end.
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Sealy Mattress Co
Bluefield
Tom Mtcalfe
Deaths and Funerals in Princeton and Bluefield Area
Funeral services are set for Laura Belle Phillips of Princeton at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the George W Seaver chapel with burial at Oakwood Park Cemetery. She died Thursday in Memorial Hospital after 41 years in Princeton. Survivors include a son, four grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and four sisters and a brother. Also noted are William Lawton of Bluefield, Charles Lee Smith of Worth, and Newt P. Bandy of Bandy. statuses include their death notices and funeral arrangements.
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Laura Belle Phillips
Christie Ave
Princeton
Memorial Hospital
George W. Seaver
L. B. Huston
Oakwood Park Cemetery
TEL
Phillips
First Baptist Church
Newport News
William H
Clara Sanders Mitchell
Charles F. Nichols
Wren Phillips
W. J. Nichols
E. G. King
Washington, D. C
Essie Thompson
Lula West
Norfolk
Norfolk, Va
W. E. Behring
Blackstone
G. A. Mitchell
Charles Lee Smith
Worth
Uprising Chapel Holiness Church of
Rolfe
R. H. Keith
Oak Grove Cemetery
Smith
McComas
Albert
Addie Petty Smith
Arlington
Freda Smith
Deborah
Linda
Gwendolyn
Venetta Smith
Delmus
Jeffery
Melvin
Tony
Donnie Smith
Calvin Saunders
John Smith
Johnny Chapman
Calvin Glenn
John Saunders
Jackie Hairston
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Funeral services for Crownie Gore of Levern
Crownie Gore longtime Levern resident and retired miner died Wednesday at Princeton Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Sunday at 1 p.m. at Church of God with Rev. Oscar Hopkins officiating. Burial at Sunrise Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Mary Gore and brother Zenith Gore. Viewing 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday at Lugo's Funeral Service. body to church at noon Sunday.
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Crownie Gore
Levern
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Church of God
Oscar Hopkins
Sunrise Cemetery
Lovern
Gore
Frank
Nancy Walker Gore
Mary Gore
Zenith Gore
Beckley
Lugo
Graveside rites for Robert Harris in Maplewood Cemetery
Robert Harris died Thursday at his home in Tazewell Virginia. Graveside services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in Maplewood Cemetery conducted by Rev. Paul Winfrey. Survived by wife Thelma Harris of War and two daughters Roberta and Joan Harris. Greever Funeral Home of Tazewell is in charge of arrangements.
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William Lawton
Larch St
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Jack M. Grayson
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Lawton
Carswell Coal, Co
Lancanshire
England
America
Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints
Annie Lawton
Roanoke
Alice Atkinson Lawton
Preston W Warden
Hubert Warden
T. A. Warden
Hubert Walters
Berlin Farmer
H. C. Hambrick
Relief Society of the Church
Robert Harris
Tazewell
Maplewood Cemetery
Paul Winfrey
Thelma Harris
Roberta
Joan Harris
Greever Funeral Home
James A Thackston Jr Dies Suddenly at Home
James A Thackston Jr died suddenly Friday morning at his Huntington home. He was husband of Edna Fleshman of Bluefield and brother-in-law of Mrs. G M Cruise of Parkway Bluefield. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
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James A. Thackston Jr
Huntington
Edna Fleshman
Bluefield
G. M. Cruise
Parkway
North Tazewell man A J Mulkey dies at work
A J Mulkey 65 of North Tazewell Virginia died suddenly Friday morning while working as an assistant carpenter for Norfolk and Western Railway at Williamson. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Hurst Scott Funeral Home Richlands Virginia.
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Newt P. Bandy
Bandy
Richlands
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
A. J. Mulkey
North Tazewell
Norfolk and Western Railway
Williamson
McNamara Sees Hope For Tough Vietnam Campaign In 1964
Defense Secretary McNamara, after talks in Saigon with Maj. Gen. Tran Van Don and Vietnamese leaders, urged a tougher campaign plan aiming for gains in 1964. He noted strategic shifts toward concentrated strikes in key regions while other areas remain under Viet Cong influence.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
U. S
Tran van Don
McNamara
Hawaii
Washington
Woman Admitted After Fall Injures Bluefield Resident
Mrs. Estel E. Miller, 62, of 667 Pearl St., Bluefield, was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium Friday afternoon with a knee injury after a fall on the sidewalk. Police report she was hurt at 2.30 p.m. at the corner of Federal and Raleigh Streets.
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Estel E. Miller
Pearl St
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Hong Kong Declares Cholera Free Colony Refugee Camp
The Hong Kong government announced the refugee packed colony is cholera free after 114 cases were reported this year and six deaths occurred.
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Hong Kong
Boy’s Perfect Crime Exposed in California Case
In Wilmington California 18 year old Fred Kipp Bassett a psychology student confessed to planning and executing the double murder of his parents over years. He shot his mother then killed his father and attempted to conceal the crime with a plastic sack and a locked door. He demonstrated a scripted sequence and provided little motive.
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Wilmington
Calif
Fred Kipp Bassett
Sheriff's Deputies
Bassett
Fred Bassett
Margaret
Sheriff's
al Etzel
Long Beach State College
Certificate Rumor Shakes Bluefield Merchants
Police Chief William J. Winters warns of a prankster in downtown Bluefield circulating false notices that residents won $50 gift certificates from J C Penney Co. The rumor prompts shoppers to flood the store. The chief says the act is a misdemeanor with possible fines or jail time.
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Bluefield
William J. Winters
J. C. Penney Co
Sai
Oak Hill WinsGrant for Street Improvements
The Community Facilities Administration announced an $853 500 grant to finance street work in Oak Hill West Virginia. The project total cost is about $1.1 million. The agency also gave a $126 000 grant to Lewisburg WV for additions to its municipal water system.
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Washington
Community Facilities Administration
Oak Hill
W. Va
Lewisburg
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