Christmas Tree Drive Behind Goal as Bluefield Prepays Joy
The Community Christmas Tree drive in Bluefield trails its $6,000 goal with $4,708.62 raised as of Sunday. The 2,000 child party at Ramsey Auditorium on Tuesday begins 1:30 p.m. and will be televised on WHIS TV Channel 6 with Santa's arrival. Contributions may still be mailed to Bluefield Daily Telegraph or given at the Telegraph offices.
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Bluefield
Community Christmas Tree Association
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Box 208
Daily Telegraph
Bland St
Ramsey Auditorium
Whis-Tv
Channel 6
Santa Claus
Am-Fm
Scoop
Snoop
O. C. Young
Ray Brooks
Cecil Surratt
Buddy Pennington
Gordon Jennings
Don Whitt
Darnell Miller
Ol’ Santa
Berlin West seeks one day passes to visit relatives in East
West Berliners formed long freezing lines to obtain permits for one day visits to East Berlin. By Monday, 358000 permits were approved over four days. About 34000 residents had already crossed since the operation began, while delays remained long and the wall kept families apart.
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Gerhard Altmann
Edelgard
East Berlin
Altmann
Graue
West
West Berlin
Reds
Germany
Bitter cold and snow grip nation on first winter day
Subzero temperatures and snow or freezing rain disrupt travel from Texas to Mississippi. A band extending into the Lower Mississippi Valley brings 4 to 8 inches of snow in parts, with hazardous driving warnings from Kansas to Alabama. Oklahoma reports 2 to 6 inches statewide, up to six inches at Ponca City, and one traffic death attributed to ice.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kansas
Texas
Alabama
Oklahoma
Ponca City
Montana
Colorado
Missouri
Dodge City
Garden City
Kan
Topeka
Fire kills three children in Richmond blaze
In Richmond Virginia a Sunday morning fire started by a portable oil stove killed Lilian Barr-Edmond Allen's three children Feole Yvonne age four James Kelvin age three. Sixteen people homeless as flames consumed the ground floor rear room and spread throughout the house. Firemen battled the blaze for nearly two hours and found the three children in a bedroom. Mrs Barr and others escaped with injuries.
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Richmond
Lillian Barr
Edmond Allen
Feole Yvonne
James Kelvin
W. G. Longest
Mary Wright
People Reverse Court's Ruling In Omaha Family Revival
Attorney Tom Kelley wins public aid to reunite 12 Walker children after Juvenile Court order. A condemned house, low wages, and welfare concerns triggered removal, but community generosity supplied a new five-bedroom home, furniture, and Christmas gifts. A new job for the father at $100 weekly completes the turnaround.
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Omaha
Tom Kelley
John Walker
Walker
Seward L. Hart
Kelley
Martin Blankenship Found Dead After Bluefield Wreck
Bluefield man Martin Roger Blankenship 23 was found dead beside his wrecked car along U S 52 near Littlesburg Road. He was missing since Wednesday night and the body was discovered Sunday afternoon, the 30th Mercer County traffic death of the year. Survivors include his parents C W and Ruby Blankenship and two sisters Frances and Brenda. Funeral arrangements are pending with Dudley Memorial Mortuary.
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Bluefield
Mobile
Martin Roger Blankenship
Mercer County
U. S. 52
Blankenship
Virginia Foods
Tazewell
C. W
Ruby S. Blankenship
Bluefield Ave
Frances
Brenda Blankenship
Dailey Stowers
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Bluefield, Va
Civil rights bill seen to pass but challenged
Washington AP reports House Rules Chair Howard W. Smith says a civil rights bill will pass in 1964 but calls it unconstitutional and drafted illegally. He warns amendments may be blocked and cites rights of association and public accommodations as major objections.
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House Rules Committee
House
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Smith
ABC
Senate
Capitol
Department of Justice
House Judiciary Committee
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Congress
Louisville Tot Lies Unnoticed After Car Wreck
In Louisville Indiana AP report two year old Tara Lenniee Paris lay exposed for hours in 9 degree cold after a wreck. Her parents Clarence E Paris and Mary Frances Paris, both 22 and 20, perished when the car left an expressway and a fireman found the child near the wreck.
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Louisville
Tara Lenniee Paris
Clarence E. Paris
Mary Frances
Johnson lights National Community Christmas Tree at White House
President Johnson illuminated the 71-foot red spruce behind the White House and urged that the world broaden before narrowing to a neighborhood. He spoke to about 5,000 people and referenced Kennedy’s assassination while calling for unity and sharing during the holiday season.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
John F. Kennedy
Executive Mansion
Seven Still Missing From Freighter Douala Sinking
A violent Atlantic storm swamped the 2,300 ton French freighter Douala off Burgeo Newfoundland. Seventeen survivors and three bodies were recovered, with seven men still missing. Canadian icebreaker Sir Humphrey Gilbert and a fishing boat Ludwig aided rescue as US Navy and Canadian aircraft searched the area. The storm, strongest in years, produced ten inches of snow and heavy winds across Nova Scotia New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
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Burgeo
Nild
Ludwig
Port Aux Basques
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Argentia
Nld
Seaboard
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland
Lakonia Fire Triggers Massive Ocean Rescue Effort
The Greek cruise liner Lakonia with 650 passengers and 300 crew aboard caught fire in the Eastern Atlantic near the Azores. Evacuation began as ships and planes sped to the scene. reports say the hull may still be afloat with survivors being picked up by the tanker Montcalm and other rescue units converging on the disaster.
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Lakonia
Atlantic
Azores
Mountcalm
Associated Press
Admiralty
Montcalm
Independence
Amvrican Air Force
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S
Rheinstein
Germany
Madeira
Southampton
England
Sunshine Island
Charlesville
U. S. Air Force Rescue Service
Orlando
Air Force Rescue Service
Orlando Air Force Base
Florida
Parishioners Die In Ottawa Rectory Shootout
Four parishioners were killed and a fifth wounded when parishioners of the Church of Christ the King confronted two robbers at the rectory in midtown Ottawa. Victims include Paul Mercier and Alberte Guindon, with Roger Binette among the dead. two intruders fled as police surrounded the building.
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Church of Christ the King
Argyle Street
Paul Mercier
Sherbrooke
Que
Alberte Guindon
Roger Binette
Dorise Bechard
Binette
Agathe Jensen
Father Chevrier
Gerard Therrien
Mercier
John Horner
Roger
Horner
Miss Guldon
Cavan
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Harri Street
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Halifax
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Abby Graham
Princeton
George Stewart
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Wouldld Be
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