Trees Youngsters Meet Santa at Community Christmas Tree
The Bluefield community Christmas Tree party at Ramsey Auditorium opens at noon with entertainment at 12 30 and Santa arriving at 1 to distribute gifts to 1500 to 2000 youngsters. WHIS TV and radio staff help entertain and televise 1 to 1 30 p.m. The event is led by Bluefield Daily Telegraph and the Community Christmas Tree Association Inc with John C. Shott as president. The 46th annual tree aims to raise about 4000, with donations from Bluefield residents noted as covering toys and presents.
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Blusfield
Ramsey Auditorium
Santa
Whis-Tv
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
The
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Community Christmas Tree Association, Inc
John C. Shott
Bluefield
Boyd Thomas
Navy Pilot Dies After Daring Rescue Attempt in Florida
A Navy twin jet bomber exploded over a quiet Debary street and crashed into two homes, killing Cmdr. Cornelius V. Nolta Jr. after he parachuted to save others. Lt. Paul Stokes survived with a back injury. one resident burned, one car damaged, and a newlywed man killed in a car.
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Debary
Fla
Cornelius V. Nolta Jr
Paul Stokes
Marina Oswald to Join Michigan English Institute
Marina Oswald widow of John F. Kennedy’s assassin will enroll in the University of Michigan English Language Institute. She plans to attend the eight week course beginning January 7 as a typical student in Ann Arbor.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Marina Oswald
Kennedy
University of Michigan
English Language Institute
Rusk Urges Viet Leaders To Join Fight
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged South Viet Nam military leaders to set aside rivalries and unite with civilians to resist Communists. He backed Ambassador Taylor and said unity matters more than detailed patterns, stressing that a united effort could matter more than troops.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
South Viet Nam
Rusk
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Saigon
Nguyen Khanh
Taylor
United States
Southeast Asia
High National Council
Khanh
Death Toll Rises In Ravaged West
Floods across the Far West killed at least 24 people as storms waned. California reported 14 disaster counties and 4 000 displaced along Highway 101 near Eureka. Oregon had six deaths, Washington 15, with evacuations and school closures across multiple states. A bulldozer operator died in Idaho and Reno narrowly escaped flooding.
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Ewureka
California
Oregon
John Day River
Keizer
Salem
Salem Memorial Hospital
Washington
Asotin Creek
Spokane
Yakima
Bellingham
Idaho
Sierra Nevada
Reno
Nev
Truckee
Nevada
Yuba City
Calif
Wife Held In Fatal Mercer Knifing
A 44 year old Princeton man Raymond McAfee was stabbed to death at his home during a family dispute after a Christmas drinking bout. His wife Connie McAfee 43 is charged with murder and appeared before a magistrate bound over to the January court. The couple reportedly argued after drinks and McAfee reportedly tried to choke his wife before she stabbed him with a slender butcher knife. The weapon was found in the yard, and McAfee died at Memorial Hospital later moved to Bluefield Sanitarium for an autopsy and treatment. Memorial Funeral Directory handling arrangements.
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Princeton
David Burton
Raymond McAfee
Highland Ave
Memorial Hospital
Burton
McAfee
Connie McAfee
Jim Belcher
Intermediate Court
Luther Osborne
Memorial Funeral
Osborne
Harry Fields
Edison Belcher
H. B
Lottie Kincaid McAfee
Madeline Belcher
Robert Pack
James Conley
Soviets Reject U N Peacekeeping Payment Plan
United Nations diplomats failed to resolve the U N peacekeeping funding crisis after the Soviet Union rejected key points of the plan. General Assembly President Quaison-Lackey postponed the December 29 session to allow further talks as Adlai Stevenson called the situation an armistice without peace.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Alex Quaison-Lackey
Ghana
U.N. General Assembly
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
France
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Quaison-Lackey
General Assembly
Adlai E. Stevenson
Roger Seydoux
Fedorenko
Quaison- Lackey
West Virginia Forecast Sees Mild Temps and Rain Chance
The extended forecast calls for generally mild conditions in West Virginia through Monday with average highs around 48 degrees, above normal highs of 44 in the south and 43 in the north. Lows drop to about 28 in the south and 22 in the north, and total weekend rainfall is expected near a quarter inch.
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West Virginia
Huntingon youths recount multi state theft and killings
A bushy haired youth and his companion told police of a hitchhiking spree across several states stealing cars robbing and beating victims. They admitted killing Bil ly Copeland in northwest Georgia and described wounding him with a two by four. Police seek murder charges and further details as investigators close in on accomplices.
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Savannah
Georgia
Billy A. Copeland
Lafayette
Nasser Accuses U S of Interference in Congo Aid Fight
President Nasser denounces U S interference and vows continued arms shipments to the Congo rebels while warning of ration cuts if aid ends. He pledges Egyptians will tighten belts and rejects U S pressure amid Port Said victory day remarks with Soviet Deputy Premier Shelepin present.
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Cairo
Gamel Abdel Nasser
U.S
Albmnn
Eryptan
United States
Congo
United Arab Republic
Nasser
Port Said
Egypt
Alexander Shelepin
Lucius Battle
U.S. Information Service Library
Miss America 1964 Elopes to Wed Bloomington Bridegroom
Donna Axum Miss America of 1964 wed Michael Allen Buckley 22 of Bloomington Ill in Pine Bluff Ark. The couple eloped to avoid fanfare and plan to live in Bloomington. Both are University of Arkansas seniors set to graduate in the spring with Buckley studying merchandising and advertising.
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Donna Axum
Arkansas
Donna
Michael Allen Buckley
Bloomington
Ill
Pine Bluff Ark
el Dorado
J. William Watson
Hurley B. Axum
Buckley
University of Arkansas
Axum
Two youths found dead in wreck near Lorton Virginia
Two Fairfax men missing since Monday night were found in a wrecked car off U S Highway 1 near Lorton. Lorton resident Ross W Clarke 19 died, companion Charles W Smith 20 was in critical condition. The crash occurred Monday night and was spotted by a tow driver. Smith received treatment for exposure at Ft Belvoir hospital. Police had searched for the youths after they failed to return from a party.
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Virginia
Lorton
Ross W. Clarke
Fairfax
Virginia Military Institute
Charles W. Smith
Smith
Ft. Belvoir
Shirley Highway
Norfolk
Charlotte A. Green
U.S. 17
Nansemond County
Nansemond River
Roanoke
Norma Gardner Wallace
Wiley Drive
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Amy
Jim
Clair DeCousins Woods
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Robert L. Edwards
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H. G. Hessler
Marina
Heart of the Movement
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Far West
U.S. Highway 101
Frank Edwards
Mills Street
Guerneville
Ed Madrugga
Morial Hospital
Bluefield Sanitarium
U.N. Assembly
Huntington
Roy Dale Chatterton
Chatterton
Woodrow Whitman
W. Va
Becky Earls
North Caro
Chattoga County
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Larry Howard
Atlanta
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Strickland
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Whitman
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