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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1964

Page

3

Investigators Probe Fate of 32 Missing Seamen From San Patrick

Anchorage AP report. Enlarged photos of the wrecked freighter San Patrick aground in the Aleutians are checked for clues to the 32 crewmen presumed dead. Adak Naval Station officials examine lifeboat launch prospects as Navy planes search the De Long group where the ship ran aground after SOS calls from Ulak Island. The 10 000 ton tanker transport carried Canadian grain and cattle feed from Vancouver to Yokohama with Spanish crew.

Anchorage Alaska Aleutian Islands Adak Naval Staton Delares Vancouver B.C Yokohama Japan San Patrick Hasgox Point Ulak Island

Khanh backs new regime in volatile South Viet Nam

Lt. Gen. Nguyen Khanh endorsed the new generals who ousted the High National Council and warned against foreign intervention. He pledged military support for civilian appointees and said the armed forces may intervene if civilian government fails to prevent communist or colonial influences. The move unsettled U.S. officials and prompted State Department discussions in Washington while Johnson was informed at his Texas ranch.

Saigon South Viet Nam Nguyen Khanh United States High National Council Khanh U.S State Department Washington Johnson Texas Thlce Phan Khac Suu Tran van Huong

Woman In Coma For 8 Months Dies in Akron Birth Quietly

Mrs. Sandra Kay Westover, 19, who had been in a coma for more than eight months, died in Akron Ohio. She had given birth to a baby girl without knowing of the birth.

Akron, Ohio Sandra Kay Westover

Foreign cars entering Canada rise 6.2 percent in November

Ottawa report from the Dominion Statistics Bureau shows 425 387 foreign registered vehicles entered Canada in November, up 6.2 percent from November 1963.

Canada Ottawa Dominion Statistics Bureau

Local Newspaper Telex Fragment Highlights Audit Bureau Notice

A garbled text fragment references the Audit Bureau of Circulations and a carrier distribution notice. It mentions daily and Sunday editions and a local publication, with unreadable details about auditing or circulation data.

Oudiaeng Wen Zoot Audit Bureau of Aay

Deaths and Funerals in Powhatan and McDowell County

Funeral services for Willie Mooreman of Powhatan will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Mercy Seat Baptist Church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, three sisters, a brother and four stepsons. Pallbearers named. flowers carried by church groups. Also listed are funeral details for Mrs Viola Lewis Mitchell of Jolo and Robert A. Bland of Sparta, with service times, locations, and burial info.

Willie Mooreman Powhatan Welch Hospital Mercy Seat Baptist Church of Roanoke Liza Single Dante, Va Mary Tucker New York N. Y Ruben Mooreman James Cambell Leonard Burger Martinsville Monroe Burger Vivian James Walter Burger Roscoe Howard Samuel Taylor Equella Washington Charlie Mackey Wiley Flynn William Johnson Missionary Society of Mercy Seat Baptist Church Midway Shiloh Temple Church Keystone Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home Robert A. Bland Honaker Sparta N. C R. L. Mainess Morris Crouse Oxford Mack Sexton Orange Fla Charley Sexton Aberdeen New Garden Baptist Church Rev L. G. Herndon

Mrs Susie L Carpenter 95 Dies in Wytheville Va

Mrs Susie L Carpenter 95 of Rt 3 Wytheville Virginia died at home Monday afternoon. She was the mother of Mrs Nancy Thompson of Bluefield and grandmother to three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the church with burial in the church cemetery. Grubb Funeral Home Wytheville will conduct the rites one hour prior to services.

Daniel Moxley Bramwell Veterans Administration Hospital Beckley Wythe County Tom and Eula Cochran American Legion Luther Patterson Post 36 Kimball United Mine Workers of America Rebecca Holt Frances McKay Philadelphia Mill Creek Baptist Church Coopers H. B. Alexander Bryant Cemetery Wolfe Kimball Funeral Home Susie L. Carpenter Rt. 3 Wytheville Nancy Thompson Bluefield Grubb Funeral Home

Funeral services for Robert Houchins and family

Funeral set for Robert Le Houchins 95 of Norton Virginia today at 2 PM at Central Freewill Baptist Church with Rev Paul Miller officiating burial at Laurel Grove Cemetery Hagy Funeral Home Norton in charge Survivors include two sons C W Houchins Lebanon and J M Houchins Bluefield Rev J T Taylor to preside at Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell pallbearers deacon board members to carry flowers Page Funeral Home handling arrangements

Oak J. T. Taylor Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell Page Funeral Home

Laos Warned Over U S Military Aid Expansion

In Moscow the Tass report says the Soviet note to Laos premier Souvanna Phouma warns the Vietnam War could spill into Laos if U S military aid to anti Communist forces continues. It accuses the United States of plans to use Laotian territory to broaden the war and provoke North Vietnam.

Moscow Souvanna Phouma Laos Viet Nam Tass Vientiane United States South Democratic Republic of North Viet

Death of 19-year-old Bertha Duncan in Bluefield

Bertha Duncan aged 19 of Princeton died Tuesday morning at Bluefield Sanitarium after a brief illness. Her body was sent to Lugo's Funeral Service in Bluefield while funeral arrangements are pending.

Bertha Duncan Princeton Bluefield Lugo

Israel to Try Man on Conspiracy Spy Charges

Mordechai Louk, returned to Israel after an Egyptian smuggling attempt, will be tried soon in Jerusalem District Court on charges of conspiracy with an enemy. District Attorney Ezra Hadaya said Louk handed Egypt secret information that could threaten Israeli security amid ongoing hostilities with Egypt.

Jerusalem Israel Mordechai Louk Rome Cairo Egypt Ezra Hadaya United Arab Republic Hadaya Louk

Olney Thorn dies in Mississippi heart attack at 64

Olney H Thorn known as Slats a Princeton athlete for years died of a heart attack in Long Beach Mississippi. He will be transported to Princeton for funeral services at the George W Seaver Chapel at 2 30 Thursday with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. He was 64 born October 14 1900 survived by wife Florence McCloud daughter Margaret Vermilya and sisters Helen Mitchell and Eileen McLaughlin. He was a Mason VFW WWII veteran and former foreman at shipyards. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Thursday.

Olney H. Thorn Princeton Long Beach Miss George W. Seaver Thorn Oakwood Cemetery Herbert Parks Arthur Thorn Lula Hale Thorn Pocahontas Chicago House Furnishing Co Bluefield Norfolk Shipbuilders and Dry Dock Company Norfolk Princeton High School Florence McCloud Margaret Vermilya Helen Mitchell Lewisburg Eileen McLaughlin Pittsburgh Masonic Lodge VFW Seaver Chapel

Egyptian jet shoots down unarmed American plane over Nile Delta

John W. Mecom Co. of Houston protests to the UAR Foreign Ministry after a Cairo jet downed a twin engine Fairchild C82 over the Nile Delta killing pilot Hoyt Williams of Florida and flight engineer Kjell Grupp of Sweden. The company demands compensation for the victims' families and questions Cairo's explanation that the plane ignored landing orders.

Cairo MI6 W. Angie Smith John W. Mecom Co Houston Tex UAR Foreign Ministry Nile Delta Smith U.A.R Hoyt Williams Mulberry Fla Kjell Grupp Malmo Sweden

Traffic Deaths Rise to 447 in West Virginia This Year

State Police at Charleston reported on Tuesday that traffic fatalities in West Virginia reached 447 year to date, up from 419 at the same point last year. The toll highlights ongoing highway dangers and the need for safety measures.

Charleston West Virginia

Bodies Found At Crash Site In Barbour County West Virginia

Two Moorefield men identified as E. C. Riggleman and Carl S. Barnhart died in a Cessna 182 Skylane crash six miles northeast of here near the Barbour Preston County line. The plane did not burn. visibility was reported poor by FAA officials.

Nenstorville W.va Moorefield Barbour County Here Barbour-Preston County Line E. C. Riggleman Carl S. Barnhart Benedum Clarksburg West Virginia Mooreeld Riggleman Benedum Airport Barnhart Federal Aviation Agency

California storm threat and mountain snowstorm claims lives

Intermittent rains and heavy snows sweep northern California as a storm labeled possibly the worst on record rages. In Nevada's High Sierra, 23 year old Phil Seilheimer, a Reno telecom engineer, died after becoming lost in a snowstorm while checking a microwave relay tower. Roads collapse across Washington Cascades block the main east west route from Seattle. In Idaho, Roy Cook family children reach school by boat after flood damage. Colorado reports 100 mph winds at Boulder and a demolished wall at the University of Colorado. Wyoming sees winds to 70 mph and six inches of snow.

Brown California High Sierra Reno Nev Phil Seilheimer Seilheimer Sheriff's Washington Cascades Seattle Roy Cook Rupert Idaho Colorado University City of Boulder University of Colorado Wyoming

Virginia and West Virginia Weather Outlook

Forecast for Virginia and West Virginia calls for mostly cloudy skies with warmer temperatures. Virginia highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s, mild Thursday. West Virginia expects cloudiness and warmer conditions with daytime highs in the 40s to low 50s and Thursday also cloudy and warmer.

Virginia West Virginia

Tourists Evacuated as Tilting Cairo Building Nears Completion

CAIRO AP Police evacuated more than 100 tourists from a downtown Cairo hotel after a 19 story neighbor under construction began tilting. The $600000 structure had lists for three months and authorities ordered demolition of the top five floors to resume work.

Cairo

1,679 Arrested In Mexican Yuletide

Mexico City reports four days of the Christmas holiday season show 15 killed in traffic crashes, five dead in disputes, 20 frozen deaths in the streets, and 1,679 arrested for violent crimes such as assaults.

Mexico City Mexico

Soviet Balks on U N Pay in Yearend U N Business

At the United Nations the Soviet Union showed doubts about a compromise plan to clear urgent yearend U N business without a U S Soviet clash on voting rights. Asian African delegates eyed government guidance as talks centered on a formula to let the assembly recess while Soviet peacekeeping payments remain unsettled.

United Nations N.Y Soviet Union U.N General Assembly U.S Kremlin Twefik Bouattoura U Thant Assembly Alex Quasson-Sackey Ghana United States Quasson-Sackey

San Diego Quake Strikes City with Strong Aftershocks

A strong local earthquake rattled San Diego causing alarms at Scripps Hospital and damage at the police building and fire station. Cracks appeared in the State Building cafeteria and a wall at a desert resort between palms and mountains reported ripples in pools.

Scripps Hospital State Building Palm Springs Laguna Mountains Imperial Valley San Diego

Turks To Whirl Annual Dervish in Konya Each December

Whirling dervishes perform an annual rite in Konya Tur key to mark the death of Jalal ed din Rumi the Mevlevi order founder. About 16 dancers sit before a 20 piece orchestra then rise and spin for a devotional ecstasy before ending in silence.

Washington Konya Turkey Jalaled-din Rumi National Geographic Society Jalal-ed-din Kenya Osman Kemal Ataturk

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