Ex Con Honeck Tours Frisco On First Free Day In 64 Years
Richard Honeck walked out of Menard Prison after 64 years behind bars for the 1899 murder of a schoolteacher. He arrived in San Francisco with his niece Clara Orth and toured top sights under AP escort, despite a foggy morning. Honeck said he plans to take it all in and stay energetic as he begins his new life.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Tours Frisco
San Francisco
Richard Honeck
Illinois
Honeck
United States
Chinatown
Golden Gate Park
Cliff House
Seal Rocks
Fisherman’s Wharf
Illinois Parole Board
Fire destroys two Gallipolis houses in downtown blaze
Fire in Gallipolis Ohio possibly started by residents thawing a frozen pipe destroyed two frame buildings and heavily damaged two others on Court Street. Estimated losses range from 75000 to 100000 affecting Vince’s Tavern and Court Street Appliance Store. Firefighters from Gallipolis state institute and Point Pleasant battled high winds for about three hours with no injuries.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Court Street
Local men commissioned in Marine Corps and Navy service
William Clayton Asbury of Bluefield is commissioned a second lieutenant after Officer Candidate School at Quantico. Sally M. Sudduth, Fort Myer, VA, assigned to Headquarters Company, U S Army. M B Brown promoted at Jacksonville, FL. U S forces in Germany and Great Lakes trainees from Bluefield area.
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William Clayton Asbury
J. W. Asbury
West Moreland Drive
Bluefield
Marine Corps School
Quantico
Kay Gross
Bramwell
Bluefield High School
Concord College
Fort Myer
WAC
Sally M. Sudduth
Edwin M. Sudduth
U. S. Army
Sudduth
Women's Army Corps
Jacksonville
Fla
M. B. Brown
USN
John M. Brown
Green St
Naval Air Technical Training Unit
Beaver High School
Clifford K. Pauley
Claude Pauley
Bandy
Pauley
Korea
U. S&s. Army
Specialist Tour Joan Thomas completes teletype repair course
Fort Gordon soldiers Specialist Joan Thomas and Pvt Robert E Hayhurst finished short military telecommunication training. Thomas completed a 20 week teletypewriter equipment repair course at the Army Southeastern Signal School on November 29 and Hayhurst completed an eight week central office telephone switchboard operation course on the same date. Thomas is the son of Henry A and (Mrs) Thomas and attended Big Creek High School Mullens. Hayhurst is the son of Victor C and (Mrs) Hayhurst and is a Mullens High School graduate from 1963.
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Fort Knox
William A. Hodges
Elijah P. Hodges
Hinton St
Athens
Army Armor Center
Athens High School
Concord College
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Timothy L. Anthony
McCoy D. Anthony
Wool St
Bluefield
Army Ordnance Center
Anthony
Army
Park Central High School
James R. Brooks
Ben Brooks
Wolfe
Bluestone
W. Va
Fort Gordon, Ga
Fred J. Young Jr
Bramwell
Army Southeastern Signal School
Fort Gordon
Young
Bluestone High School
Joan ¥. Thomas
Henry A. Thomas
Thomas
Big Creek High School
Robert E. Hayhurst
Victor C. Hayhurst
River Drive
Mullens
Hayhurst
Mullens High School
New Building Plans Sought for State Office
Gov. W. W. Barron is urged to submit plans for a $7 million state office building to the legislature next month. The State Office Building Commission recommends including the project in the 30 day session call. An area near the capitol east wing is considered. no site final.
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Charleston
W. W. Barron
State Office Building Commission
Joe F. Burdett
Barron
Department of Motor Vehicles
State Road Commission
Building Commission
Burdett
Private school enrollment shares by education level
The data shows over 15 percent of elementary students, 11 percent of secondary students, and 39 percent of higher education students attend private schools. The figures illustrate the distribution of private schooling across education stages.
Quake Shakes Manila Suburbs for Fifteen Seconds
An earthquake struck Manila and suburbs for about 15 seconds with no reported damage. The weather bureau placed the epicenter roughly 75 miles north northwest of Manila.
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Manila
The
Weather Bureau
Labored Mart Ends Week On Bare Rise
The stock market edged higher early in the week but profit taking and cross currents left many issues down. The Dow rose 1.91 to 762.08 while the AP average gained 0.7 to 283.1 amid high volume and a broad decline. Volume reached 24.6 million shares as traders weighed year end gains and tax effects.
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New York
Kennedy
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve Board
Bluefield Supply Holds 390 at Annual Christmas Party
Bluefield Supply Co and subsidiaries held their annual Christmas party at Bluefield Auditorium with 390 attending. J Taylor Frazier presented 3% service emblems including a top award in absentia to Lon Rish gravely ill in Bluefield Sanitarium. Several employees received 10 to 39 year pins as the event featured dinner, dance, breakfast, and entertainment by Townsmen's Orchestra and local acts.
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Bluefield Supply Co
Bluefield Auditorium
J. Taylor Frazier
Lon Rish
Bluefield Sanitarium
Alfred Frye
Barnes Crockett
Fred Francis
Tommy Thornton
Don Stephens
Mary Peck
Ray Shumate
Garnet Bird
Frank Russell
Strother Buchanan
Bill Edwards
Grover Hager Jr
Sam Hyams
Wade Hodges
Cliff Sykes
Jack Shugart
Gene Wilson
Ruth Wiggins
Leonard Dooley
Matthew Cooper
Juanita Peters
Jimmy Frazier
Preston Hamilton
Eugene Burl
Bill French
Jimmy Martin
Walter Nicewander
Shirley Martin
Nancy Myers
Luther Reedy
Carol Long
Jimmy Hyams
Bluefield
Rish Equipment
Counts Automotive Supply
Dixie Appliance
Virginian Electric
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Wer, W.va
Mullens, W.va
Grundy, Va
Wytheville, Va
Welch
Tug River
Germany
U.S
Ulysses R. Akers
George L. Akers
Route 3
52D Artillery
Akers
Wurzburg
Hawaii
Welch High School
Edith
Great Lakes, Ill
Alfred W. Farmer
Hershel E. Farmer
Route 1
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes Ill
U.S.S. Essex
Essex
Joseph R. Huckstep
Elizabeth Huckstep
Church St
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Great Lakes
Theodore R. Jones
William G. Jones
Carolina Ave
Ill
James S. Hayes
Sidney P. Hayes
Princeton
Third Regiment
Third Marine Division
Okinawa
U. S
Fort Jackson
S. C
Bluefield Area
Sth
5Th Training Regiment
U.S. Army Training Center
Ted C. Conner
Shelvin Conner
150Th Armored Cavalry
Bernard A. Meadows
Oley B. Meadows
Lashmeet
James P. Mitchell
Camp Lejeune
Dallas Neel
Ellen Neel
Neel
Marine Corps
California
San Diego, Calif
Jerry D. Farmer
Earnest A. Farmer
Matoaka
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Calif
Aberdeen
Signal School
Ant
Institutional
Somers & Sup
New
Depetoan
Buon Maa Sa
Bluefiels Ave
Bluefield, Wv Ve
King & Filters
NEW Graham Pharmacy
Virginia
Erteye
Fortres
Avril
Dacron
Melton
Coats
Chesterfield
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