Lenoir teen survives 150 foot fall then kills himself
James Bennett Powell 19 of Drexel survived a 150 foot plunge from a road near Jagia Mountain Saturday. After passersby learned the Highway Patrol was summoned he returned to his car and shot himself twice with a .22 pistol. Powell had been married about six months. Local witness Hubert Mathis assisted at the scene briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenoir
N. C
Houston Crump
James Bennett Powell
Drexel
Highway Patrol
Powell
Crump
Morgantown
Hubert Mathis
Rt. 1
Hudson
Jagia
Mathis
Bluefield Man Arrested for Public Drunkenness in Cold
A 61 year old Bluefield man was found on Princeton Avenue near Woolworth’s at 5 30 a m Saturday wearing only his underwear. He was arrested for drunkenness in public and jailed. Police say his landlady reports he has been drinking heavily for two to three weeks. Officers are investigating hubcap theft on a nearby auto and a fight among three teens on Bland Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Princeton Avenue
Woolworth's
Bland Street
House Vote Fraught as Foreign Aid Meeting Falls Short
The House committee lacks a majority with six of ten Democrats absent, while two Republicans did not attend. The chamber adjourns until next week as discussions stall over a rigid credit guarantee ban tied to wheat sales. President Johnson opposes the restriction, and the Senate has rejected it twice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Capitol
Senate
White House
Pierry Salinger
Johnson
Congress
House Republicans
F. Kennedy
GOP
Bluefield Daily Telegraph News Credit and Contact Note
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph notes it holds exclusive rights to use news dispatches credited to the paper and local news listings. It lists address at 4 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia and provides contact details for the Associated Press and audit bureau affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daly Noteaily Telegrap Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated.ress
Audit Bureau of Oe
Katz
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Tazewell Area
Newton Bandy 75 of Bandy Virginia dies in Richlands hospital after illness. Survived by wife Maude and six sons, two daughters, three sisters, 35 grandchildren and 3 step-grandchildren. Funeral today at 2 PM at home with two ministers officiating. Burial in family cemetery. Also funeral notices for Andrew Jackson Mulkey 65 of North Tazewell, employed by Norfolk and Western, who died Friday of a heart attack. Service Sunday 2:30 PM at Union Church Pounding Mill with burial at Grand View Memory Gardens. Burial arrangements by Hurst-Scott Funeral Home Richlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Bandy
Bandy
Richlands
Robert
Eliza B. Bandy
Pocahontas
United Mine Workers
Amonate
Freewill Baptist Church
Maude C. Bandy
Elmer
Dennis
Herbert
Alvis Bandy
Denzil Bandy
Mansfield
Willard Sparks
Herman Sparks
Sherman Pruett
Thelma Bandy
Canebrake
Robert Davidson
Baltimore
Walter Wyatt
Joe Hawkins
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Andrew Jackson
Andy) Mulkey
North Tazewell
Pounding Mill
Union Church
Frank Bowling
W. J. Ellis
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Mulkey
Norfolk and Western Railway
Williamson
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Cedar Bluff
James E
Gertrude Burress Mulkey
Vivian Trivett Mulkey
James Waddell
Vine Grove
Kenneth
Nelson
Raymond Mulkey
Tazewell
N. H. Mulkey
Bluefield
Tom Mulkey
James
Garland Mulkey
C. T. Collins
Alice Jones
T. D. Duncan
Kingsport
Hurst- Scott Funeral Home
B of Mwe
Willard E. Stanley 66 of Haysi Va. dies at home
Willard E. Stanley aged 66 of Haysi Virginia dies at his home Friday morning. Survived by his wife Julian Stanley seven sons and four daughters, four sisters, and 54 grandchildren with 10 great grandchildren. Funeral at residence today at 2 p.m. conducted by Elders Okey Raines Bruce Mullens and Stewart Childress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard E. Stanley
Haysi
Julian Stanley
Clement
Harold
William
Ernest
Rollie
Raymond Stanley
Jimmie Stanley
Breaks
Tressie Mullens
Virginia Mullens
Suzie Childress
Jessie Pate
Harmon
Stanley
Palatka
Fla
Erate Stanley
McClure
Dellawane
Hattie Kelly
Brooksville
Jennie Hilton
St. Paul
Virgie Fields
Okey Raines
Bruce Mullens
Stewart Childress
Burk Rites Held For Princeton Resident Robert A Burk
Robert A Burk 50 of McKinley Avenue Princeton died en route to a hospital in Princeton Saturday. He was a native of Bluefield, a former State Road Department employee and Kee Street Methodist Church member. Survived by Frances Tynes Burk, one son Robert W Burk, one daughter Barbara Burk, three sisters Mildred Lilly and others, a brother Kyle Burk. Funeral Monday 2 p.m. Kee Street Methodist Church with Rev. William Trowbridge officiating followed by burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Body at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton. viewing today afternoon, then church visit one hour before service.
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Robert A. Burk
McKinley Avenue
Princeton
Bluefield
Grattan
Edith H. Burk
State Road Department
Kee Street Methodist Church
Frances Tynes Burk
Robert W. Burk
Barbara Burk
Mildred Burk
Orville Lilly
Gardner
Don Williams
Pearisburg
Kyle Burk
William Trowbridge
Oakwood Cemetery
Memorial
Mrs Theresa Chickos Toth of Gary dies in Welch hospital
Mrs Theresa Chickos Toth a Hungarian native and widow of Louis Toth died Saturday in a Welch hospital. She leaves two sons six daughters twenty one grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. Funeral services are set for Monday at 2 p m at Thorpe Methodist Church with Rev Ray Arthur officiating and burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. The body will be moved from the Douglas Mortuary Welch to the son Louis Toth Jr home Sunday afternoon and placed in the church at 1 p m Monday.
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Theresa Chickos Toth
Gary
Welch Hospital
Hungary
Louis Toth
Steve
Julia T. Chickos
Gaber
Louis Toth Jr
Thorpe
Mary Lupyon
Theresa Brenter
Elizabeth Leach
Zenith
Ann Popovich
Ream
Margaret Cochran
Lynco
Helen Spicola
Bloomfield
N. J
Thorpe Methodist Church
Ray Arthur
Woodlawn
Obituary of John M. Jennings a Grayson County native
John M. Jennings 93 retired stockman and farmer of Galax ia died Saturday in a Sparta North Carolina hospital. He was a lifelong Grayson County resident and Crab Creek Baptist Church member. Survived by three daughters Mrs. Ted R. Lancaster Mrs. Roland Forsythe and Mrs. D. A. Austin and three sons Robert Claude and William Jennings plus numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Body at Reins Sturdivant Funeral Home in Sparta pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Jennings
Galaxia
Sparta
N. C
Grayson County
Crab Creek
Ted R. Lancaster
Washington St
Bluefield
Roland Forsythe
Wilmington
Del
D. A. Austin
Longwood
Fla
Robert Jennings
Galax
Claude
William Jennings
Charleston
Reins- Sturdivant Funeral Home
Mrs Rosa Caroline Goodman 86 dies in Marion Va
Rosa Caroline Goodman 86 of Coalwood died Friday in a Marion Virginia hospital widow of G W Goodman. She leaves two daughters Ossie Bailey and Mrs Mann of Coalwood Clyde Goodman of Davy Carl Goodman of Marion 15 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren. Services Monday 2 PM at Pentecostal Holiness Church Coalwood with Rev Jesse Bishop Rev Marvin Jones officiating. Burial Memorial Cemetery old district O J Douglas Mortuary Welch will conduct service at son Lonnie 3 PM Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Caroline Goodman
Coalwood
Marion
G. W. Goodman
Theate Daniel
Caroline Bradshaw
Ossie Bailey
Roderfield Mann
Clyde Goodman
Davy
Carl Goodman
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Jesse Bishop
Marvin
Death of Welch retiree Charles E. Vencil at Elwood Hotel
Charles E. Vencil, 67, retired Welch town employee, died Wednesday in his Welch room at the Elwood Hotel. Born in Norton Virginia, he was the son of Gus and Polly Vencil. Survived by two sons C. E. Vencil Jr. of Little Rock and Robert of Chicago. two daughters Mary and Lona Mae of Chicago. two sisters Kathleen York and Rosie Deboard of Princeton. four brothers Fred of Hemphill Bobby of Cleveland Roy of Niagara N Y and Coy of Logan County. Funeral was held Monday at 10 a.m. in J Douglas Mortuary chapel with Captain Stanley Dort of the Salvation Army officiating. Burial followed at Mitchell Cemetery in Hensley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Vencil
Welch
Elwood
Norton
Gus
Polly Vencil
C. E. Vencil Jr
Little Rock
Ark
Robert Vencil
Chicago
Ill
Mary
Lona Mae Vencil
Kathleen York
Rosie Deboard
Princeton
Fred Vencil
Hemphill
Bobby Vencil
Cleveland
Ohio
Roy Vencil
Niagara
N. Y
Coy Vencil
Logan County
J. Douglas
Mrs Rosa Sprinkle 83 of Cleveland Dies in Lebanon Hospital
Rosa Sprinkle widow of James Walter Sprinkle aged 83 of Cleveland Virginia died Saturday in a Lebanon hospital. She was a Methodist. Surviving are two sons Walter G. Sprinkle and Martin J. Sprinkle. four daughters including Mrs R D Arrington Mary Sprinkle Mrs Sterling Simpson and Mrs C H Garner. eight grandchildren seven great grandchildren and two sisters Mrs Mollie Hughes and Mrs M J Willis. Funeral conducted Sunday at 2:30 p m in Lebanon Funeral Home Chapel by Rev W L Odum. Burial in Russell Memorial Cemetery Lebanon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Sprinkle
Cleveland
Lebanon
James Walter Sprinkle
Methodist Church
Walter G. Sprinkle
Martin J. Sprinkle
Norfolk
R. D. Arrington
Mary Sprinkle
Sterling Simpson
Richmond
C. H. Garner
Mollie Hughes
M. J. Willis
Norton
Lebanon Funeral Home Chapel
W. L. Odum
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Leonard S. Scott 77 Dies in Beckley Hospital
Leonard S. Scott, 77, of Roderfield, died Friday at Miners Memorial Hospital in Beckley. Survived by widow Margaret Lester Scott, a son Leonard V. Scott of Bluefield, four daughters including Joseph Riechenberger, Steve Kender, and Harry Diamond in Brooklyn, plus Ernest Galloway of Cleveland, and step daughter Maxine Scott. Body at O. J. Douglas Mortuary, Welch, pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard S. Scott
Roderfield
Miners Memorial Hospital
Beckley
Margaret Lester Scott
Leonard V. Scott
Bluewell
Joseph Riechenberger
Steve Kender
Harry Diamond
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ernest Galloway
Cleveland
Ohio
Maxine Scott
0. J. Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Infant Pannell Funeral Plans Announced
Funeral arrangements are completed for Carl Stanley Pannell three week old son of Mr and Mrs Alexander Pannell of Wolfe The infant died Saturday morning in Bluefield Sanitarium The body is at Lugo's Funeral Service where final plans will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Stanley Pannell
Alexander Pannell
Wofe
Bluefield
Lugo
Vint Morgan Lyle Rites Scheduled in Matoaka
Vint Morgan Lyle 70 of Matoaka died Saturday at St Luke s Hospital. A retired miner he was born in Smyth County Virginia son of the late James and Nannie Lyle and had lived in Matoaka 60 years. Survived by wife Myrtle O Dell Lyle a daughter Minnie Jane Lyle and a brother Lemuel Lyle. Services Monday at 1 p m in Missionary Baptist Church Giotto with Rev Don Farmer and Rev Beverly Stephenson officiating. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park Princeton. Friends may call Bailey Funeral Home Matoaka after 1 p m Sunday.
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Vint Morgan Lyle
Matoaka
St. Luke's Hospital
Smyth County
James and
Nannie Lyle
Myrtle O'Dell Lyle
Minnie Jane Lyle
Home
Lemuel Lyle
Bluewell
Missionary Baptist Church
Giotto
Don Farmer
Beverly Stephenson
Resthaven Memorial Park
Princeton
Bailey Funeral Home
Funeral rites set for Ezra Dalton of Elk Ridge
Ezra Dalton of Elk Ridge McDowell County died Friday in Weston State Hospital. Funeral Monday at noon in Sinkford and Richardson Chapel Keystone officiated by Rev H L Robinson. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Survivors include mother Issie Bunker and brother Isaac Dalton of Elkie. Friends may call at the funeral home. Albert Stinson 83 died Saturday at his daughter’s home 601 Penna Avenue Dayton. Body to be transported to Bluefield WV Monday morning and then Dudley Memorial Mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Dalton
Elk Ridge
McDowell County
Weston State Hospital
Sinkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
H. L. Robinson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Issie Bunker
Isaac Dalton
Elkie
Albert Stinson
Ppena Avenue
Dayton
Bluefield
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Local Obituaries for Clyde Lacy and Nora Davis
Clyde R. Lacy of 1105 Augusta St Bluefield conductor on the Norfolk and Western Railway died at nine ten p m Saturday in St Luke s Hospital. The body remains at Hawkins Funeral Home pending completion of funeral arrangements. Nora Davis of Crumpler McDowell County died Saturday in Welch. The body remains at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home in Keystone pending completion of arrangements.
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Clyde R. Lacy
Augusta St
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railway
St. Luke’s Hospital
Hawkins Funeral Home
Nora Davis
Crumpler
McDowell County
Welch
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Patterson Taylor Elliott funeral arrangements announced
Taylor Elliott Patterson of Wallscreek was a 64 year resident of McDowell County retired miner and United Mine Workers member. The funeral is Sunday at 2 p.m. at Church of God in Hartwell with Rev. Phillip Combs officiating and burial at Green Hills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill Virginia. Pallbearers include Grover Crouse Jess Crouse Frank Davidson Bob Earls Glen McNew Archie Hawkins Bill Asbury Ray Barrett Homer Harden and Eddie Winslow. Greever Funeral Home of Tazewell, Virginia is in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell, Va
UP Streamliner Derails After Freight Trains Wreck
A Union Pacific streamliner carrying about 350 passengers derailed after colliding with wreckage from a freight derailment near Rock Springs Wyoming. At least 12 people were injured, including pantry staff and cooks, though none were seriously hurt. 17 cars of the streamliner derailed amid snowy plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Springs
Wyo
Union Pacific
Portland
Last Brecker Quad Jodi Is Home Now
The Brecker quads team of Jon Jodi Lisa and Allison all came home with parents Mr and Mrs Martin Brecker on their sixth wedding anniversary. Jodi weighed 5 pounds 1 ounce at discharge after being born October 23 at 2 pounds 11 ounces. The family has received substantial free goods and services and moved to a larger apartment with builder covering a $228 monthly lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brecker
First Richlands Officer Melvin Shelton Dies On Duty
Melvin S. Shelton longtime Richlands police sergeant died of a heart attack while on traffic duty Saturday around 4 p.m. He collapsed after hailing a ride to Norfolk Street. Chief Dave Gardner assisted and Shelton was pronounced dead at the hospital. Funeral plans were incomplete.
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Melvin S. Shelton
Richlands
Shelton
Police Department
Suffolk Avenue
Norfolk Street
Dave Gardner
Phyllis L. Shelton
Bluefield
Hurst- Scott Funeral Home
Stolen Vehicle Recovered by Bluefield Police
Bluefield officers arrested John Wayne Neal 7 for drunkenness after locating a motionless man in a parked station wagon on Augusta Street and Maryland Avenue at 7 22 p m. The vehicle had just been reported stolen by Glen L Brewer, who then secured a warrant for larceny of the auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
John Wayne Neal
Augusta Street
Maryland Avenue
Neal
Glen L. Brewer
Brewer
Cruel Rabbit Hunt Staged Again In Harmony North Carolina
About 35 people joined an annual gunless rabbit hunt by American Legion Post 13 in Harmony. At least 20 rabbits were killed in fields near the C. V. Henkel and W. D. Morris farms, using sticks and stones as officials banned firearms for safety. organizer E. B. Tutterrow said the post already has enough rabbits for an upcoming charity barbecue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony
N.C
Humane Society
American Legion Post 13
Post
C. V. Henkel
W. D. Morris
E. B. Tutterrow
Union Grove
Yule Services Set At Bluefield Church
Christmas services at Scott Street Baptist Church begin today at 11 a.m. Rev J Matthew Coleman will preach and the Young Adult Choir will provide music. At 6 p.m. the annual Christmas program is directed by Mrs Frances H Watkins Mrs Alma Wooten and William Campbell. Christmas Eve midnight cantata and candlelight service to be followed by a pastor family reception at home.
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Scott Street Baptist Church
J. Matthew Coleman
Frances H. Watkins
Alma Wooten
William Campbell
Royal Family Christmas Reunion at Sandringham
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrived at Sandringham for a large royal family Christmas gathering. Four royal ladies are pregnant for the new year, including the queen, Princess Margaret, Princess Alexandra, and the Duchess of Kent, as 18 family members attend the Norfolk estate.
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Sandringham
England
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Princess Margaret
Princess Alexandra
Duchess of Kent
Norfolk
Khrushchev Seeks Boost in Afro Asian Talks
Soviet Premier Khrushchev delivered a 16000 word Tass distributed statement praising USSR aid to postwar liberation movements in Africa and Asia. Moscow blamed China for delays in Afro Asian representation while Chou En Lai arrived in Algiers amid ideological clashes with the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Chou En-lai
Khrushchev
Tass
Burma
Ghana
Algeria
Africa
Asia
Foreign Ministry
China
United Nations
Tong Khrushchev
Algiers
Chou
Weather outlook for Virginia and West Virginia
Mostly sunny and warmer Sunday with increasing clouds in extreme southwest Virginia and southwest portion of West Virginia. Highs in the low to mid 30s, 20s in the mountains. Monday brings cloudy, cold conditions with a chance of snow in southern areas by afternoon and northern parts by night.
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National Weather
Northern Rockies
Northern Plains
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Southern Plains
Virginia
South Portion
North
West Virginia
South
Personal notices for Nellie Carr and Robbie McGuire Jr.
Mrs. Nellie M. Carr mother of Mrs. Nell Hyden of New Blue Field Road is a patient in Memorial Hospital. Charles Robbie McGuire Jr of Wallace Street entered Memorial Hospital last week for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie M. Carr
Nell Hyden
New Bluefield Road
Memorial Hospital
Charles
Robbie) McGuire Jr
Wallace Street
Fischer Quints All Home for Christmas in Aberdeen
The Fischer quintuplets are all home in Aberdeen as Mary Ann and Mary Catherine were brought from St Luke's Hospital in 10 degree weather to a lavender nursery. Their parents Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fischer joined two older sisters and a brother who had left the hospital earlier. James Andrew came home Nov 30, and Mary Margaret and Mary Magdalene joined him last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
S. D
Fischer
Aberden
Mary Ann
Mary Catherine
St. Luke’s Hospital
Andrew Fischer
St. Luke’s
Fischers
James Andrew
Mary Margaret
Mary Magdalene
Randolph County youth dies in double traffic accident
Elkins AP report says Keith Rennix, 19, of Elkins was fatally injured when thrown from a car on U S 219 near Elkins. Minutes later a passing motorist ran over him as he lay in the road. Lucy Mc Laughlin, 16, of near Elkins, was also thrown from the first car and treated for observation at Elkton hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
Randolph County
Keith Rennix
U. S. 219
Here
Rennix
Lucy McLaughlin
Near Here
Elkton
Navy Widow to Get 125000 Settlement
The Navy and White House approved a 125000 settlement for the widow of civilian pilot John B. Ryan, killed when his plane collided with a Navy jet off the Florida coast. Rep. Howard Robison said 5000 would be paid immediately with the rest subject to Congressional appropriation. Ryan flew for General Electric Corp. from Johnson City, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona Beach
Fila
Navy
White House
Howard W. Robison
Rn.y
John B. Ryan
Johnson City
N.Y
Congress
Ryan
Florida
General Electric Corp
Havana daiquiri lovers chase lone hotel blender
Connoisseurs in Havana chase Cuba's only electric blender, used in the Riviera Hotel cocktail lounge by day and at one of the hotel's two night clubs by night, amid import restrictions on luxury items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Riviera Hotel
Bradley's Holiday Gifts Offer Fur Coats and Total Inventory
A festive promotion at Bradley's urges shoppers to buy fur garments including mink stoles sable boas and more with reduced prices on coats dresses suits hats bags and gowns. The store highlights jewelry rolls of hose coats and accessories and features sales on specialty shop items and late season robes and scarves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zip
Bradley
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