U S Air Support Will Continue In Vietnam Rogers Says
Secretary of State William P. Rogers said there will be no let up in the American air war as long as North Vietnam attacks Southeast Asia. He noted continued U S backing for South Vietnam in Cambodia and Laos and defended the pace of Vietnamization as a success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North Vietnam
Southeast Asia
U.S
William P. Rogers
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Rogers
United States
Hanoi
India
Pakistan
Subcontinent
Bangla Desh
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
West Pakistan
Soviet Union
U.N
Russia
Nixon Panel and Cancer Crusade Clinches Year End Hope
The Nixon panel will include Benno C. Schmidt, a New York businessman active in anti cancer work. Nixon warns against false hopes yet frames the cancer crusade as a global beacon of hope as the year ends. Dr Hamblin Letton of Atlanta calls the bill signing a wonderful Christmas present for 52 million people who will develop cancer.
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Benno C. Schmidt
New York
Nixon
American Cancer Society
Hamblin Letton
Atlanta
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Front Page Masthead
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 publishes morning news from 412 Grand Street Bluefield West Virginia 2470 as part of the Associated Press network with subscription rates listed for carrier mail and motor routes and advertising contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Grand Street
Bluefielo
Associated Press
Socal News
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mainens
Smanren & Pie
Deaths and Funerals in Wise County Virginia
Jay Sylvester Patrick 70 of Jewell Ridge Va died at home after long illness. Retired miner for Jewell Ridge Coal Corp 30 years and Jewell Smokeless Coal Co seven years. Survived by wife Bernice Brown Patrick eight daughters one son two sisters three brothers 17 grandchildren four great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 1 p.m. at Hurst-Scott Funeral Home Richlands burial Brown Cemetery Brown Ridge. Friends may call today after 2 p.m. Lewis Walker 70 of War Va died Wednesday in Welch hospital after long illness. Survived by wife Alice Sizemore Walker two sons two daughters two half brothers 18 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral today 11 a.m. Church of God War burial Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield-Tazewell Road. Body removed from Douglas Mortuary to church one hour prior. Mrs Lula Artrip Stiltner 77 of Grundy Va died Thursday morning after short illness. Survived by husband Reece Stiltner four stepdaughters two step-sons one brother Ballard Artrip four sisters. Funeral Saturday 11 a.m. Looney's Primitive Baptist Church Grundy burial Mountain Valley Memorial Park Grundy. Pallbearers listed. Body moved from Grundy Funeral Home to residence for visiting.
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Jay Patrick Jay Sylvester (Wess) Patrick
Brown Ridge
Jewell Ridge
Richlands
John and
Nannie Houchins Patrick
Jewell Ridge Coal Corp
Jewell Smokeless Coal Co
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Bernice Brown Patrick
Lula Wimmer
Beatrice Keene
Zella Wimmer
Whitewood
Virginia Harman
Helen Shannon
Janice
Freda
Patricia Patrick
Burlington
N. C
Robert Jennings Patrick
Rachel Ball
Della Hinkle
Amonate
Thomas Patrick
Akron
Ohio
Arthur Patrick
Cedar Bluff
Arland Patrick
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Dewey Ward
Brown Cemetery
Lewis Walker Lewis Walker
Welch
Alice Sizemore Walker
Lewis Walker Jr
Theodore Walker
Ashville
Richard Crigger
Yukon
Bob Billins
Columbus
Luther Pierson
War
Ernest Gibson
Ebb Gibson
Willard
Church of God At War
W. G. Byers
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Douglas Mortuary
Lula Stiltner
Lula Artrip Stiltner
Rt. 2
Grundy
Reece Stiltner
Ethel Cochran
Mildred Skeens
Lenore Stiltner
Handley
Kathleen McNeal
Baltimore
Reece Stiltner Jr
Russell Stiltner
Ballard Artrip
Cleveland
Blanche Robinson
Maxie Musick
Bluestone
Delia Jackson
Celia Artrip
Kingsport
Tenn
Looney’s Primitive Baptist Church
Artie Stedman
Whetsel Owens
John Morgan Deel
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Tommy Skeens
Jerry Skeens
Eddie Skeens
Dennis Compton
Lawson Ramey
Clyde Shortridge
Albert Farmer
Paul Elswick
Roy McClanahan
Kenis Justice
Grundy Funeral Home
Funeral services set for Glenward Hess of Raven
Glenward Garland Hess 49 died Thursday in a Mountain Home Tennessee veterans hospital after a long illness. Born in Russell County he was a retired Army officer and World War II veteran. Survived by widow Mary Belle Barnett Hess daughter Edna Mae Hess sister Viola Coleman and brother Garnette Hess. Services Sunday at Richlands with Rev Grat Horton officiating. Burial in Newberry Cemetery Horton Ridge Raven with Richlands Masonic Lodge graveside rites and VFW color guard. Funeral home today after 4 p.m.
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Glenward Garland Hess
Raven
Mountain Home
Tenn
Russell County
Eva Newberry Hess
Richlands
Robert Hess
Camp Knox
Mary Belle Barnett Hess
Edna Mae Hess
Viola Coleman
Rt. 1
Garnette Hess
Newport News
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Grat Horton
Newberry Cemetery
Horton Ridge
Richlands Masonic Lodge
Funeral services for Jay Robins in Bluefield
Jay Robins 73 of 111642 Highland Avenue Bluefield died Wednesday in a Bluefield hospital. Funeral services are today at 2 p.m. at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel with Elders Carl Surface and William Rhodes officiating. Burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery. He was born in Lebanon Virginia son of John and Louise Robins a retired foreman for West Virginia Armature Co. and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He is survived by his wife Janie Ireson Robis of Bluefield two daughters Rosaline Holcomb and Martha Taylor. one son Billy Joe Robins. a stepson Wallace Yates. three half sisters Elizabeth McCracklin Nellie Chaffin and Maggie Robins. Pallbearers Cleo Hager Johnny Matusevich James Crigger James Gillespie Edward Burge and Ellis Belcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Robins
Highland Avenue
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Home
Carl Surface
William Rhodes
Monte Vista Park
Lebanon
John
Louise Robins
West Virginia Armature Co
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Janie Ireson Robis
Richard
Rosaline) Holcomb
Wiliam A
Martha) Taylor
Baltimore
Billy Joe Robins
Wallace Yates
North Tazewell
Elizabeth McCracklin
Richmond
Nellie Chaffin
Maggie Robins
Cleo Hager
Johnny Matusevich
James Crigger
James Gillespie
Edward Burge
Ellis Belcher
Funeral services for Charlie R. Lovelace held in Big Vein
Charlie R. Lovelace of Roanoke Virginia died Tuesday. Survived by wife Dorothy akins Lovelace six daughters Jean Wilson Lillian Holt Alice Bailey Margaret Hallie Nina and six sons Wesley Sonny Jerry Marshall Paul Lionel and others including nineteen grandchildren and great grandchildren. Service conducted today at 11 a.m. at Church of Jesus in Big Vein with burial at Glade Springs. Cees ey's Funeral Home Roanoke in charge of arrangements.
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Charlie R. Lovelace
Roanoke
Vaemecenes Va
Dorothy Akins Lovelace
Jean Wilson
Bluefield
J. R
Lillian) Holt
Alice Bailey
Margaret Lovelace
Hallie Lovelace
Nina Lovelace
Wesley E. Lovelace
Leckie
Sonny Lovelace
Jey Lovelace
Marshall Lovelace
Paul Lovelace
Lionel Lovelace
Newan
Church of Jesus
Big Vein
Glade Springs
Charlie Short
Allan Short
Clarence Short
George
Randall
Jerry Shrader
Lloyd
Buddy Ceesey
Gorman Branham 73 Grundy Va dies after heart attack
Gorman Branham 73 of Grundy Virginia died Thursday morning in a Grundy hospital following an apparent heart attack. Surviving are his widow Sidney Stiltner Branham a son Julius Branham a daughter Naomi McKinney five sisters three brothers five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral service is 1 p.m. Saturday at the Grundy Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Johnny Clevinger Rev. Elmer Church and Rev. Franklin O Quill officiating burial in Mountain Valley Memorial Park. The body will lie at the Grundy Funeral Home after 11 today for friends to call.
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Gorman Branham
Grundy
Sidney Stiltner Branham
Julius Branham
Naomi McKinney
Harrison Looney
Maxie, Va
Bryant Ratliff
Jacksonville
Fla
Ira Clevinger
Dave Cievinger
Harman
Wayne Jones
Cambridge
Harris Branham
George Branham
Enoch Branham Jr
Akron
Ohio
Grundy Funeral Home
Johnny Clevinger
Elmer Church
Franklin O’quinn
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Clayborn Hubert Addair Dies at 47 in Grundy Virginia
Clayborn Hubert Addair 47 of Hurley Virginia died Thursday in a Grundy hospital. He leaves a wife Elsie Loraine Addair a daughter Lorena Kay and three sons David Harold Douglas Taylor and James Harper all at home. Also five sisters two brothers and three step siblings. Kelsie Chapel with Rev Britt Jackson and Rev Stratford McCoy officiating burial at Vance Funeral Home Paynesville. Body to be moved from Virginia Funeral Home Grundy to the chapel today.
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Clayborn Addair
Clayborn Hubert Addair
Hurley
Grundy
Elsie Loraine Addair
Lorena Kay Addair
David Harold
Douglas Taylor
James Harper Addair
Margaret Thornsberry
Heightsville
Calif
Phyllis Thornsberry
Hammondsville
Ohio
Hilda Fuller
Iager
Rita Blankenship
Paynesville
Wanda Addair
Doris Kelburn
Taylor, Mich
Harold Addair
Long Pole
Sammy Addair
Orlando, Fla
Mosie
Johnny Addair
Saeger
Killy
Chester Walden
Harold Junior Walden
Honaker Native Stafford G. Honaker Dies After Illness
Stafford Gordon Honaker 55 of Swords Creek Va died Wednesday in a Richlands hospital after a long illness. He was the son of the late Scott and Mary Ann Crawford Honaker. Survived by wife Geraldine five sons Clifford Alexandria Scottie in Berlin Barry Eddie Norman Honaker and Edith Shamburg of Alexandria two sisters Ruth Richardson Bucyrus and Dorothy Meadows Honaker and seven brothers Clarence Willie John Thurmond Ben Clyde and Homer Honaker. Services were Sunday at Owens Funeral Home Honaker with Rev Preston Dye Jr and Rev Ancil Childress officiating burial in Call Cemetery Swords Creek.
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Stafford Honaker
Stafford Gordon Honaker
Swords Creek
Richlands
Russell County
Scott and
Mary Ann Crawford Honaker
Geraldine Honaker
Clifford Honaker
Alexandria
Scottie Honaker
U. S. Army
Berlin
Germany
Barry
Eddie
Norman Honaker
Honaker
Edith Shamburg
Ruth Richardson
Bucyrus
Ohio
Dorothy Meadows
Clarence
Willie Honaker
John Honaker
Ainsdale
Thurmond Honaker
Putnam, Va
Ben and
Clyde Honaker
Gardner, Va
Homer Honaker
Owens Funeral Home
Preston Dye Jr
Ancil Childress
Infant Rebecca Dawn Arney Stillborn in Bluefield
Rebecca Dawn Arney infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Ronnie Lee and carers Pokorney Arney of Bluefield was stillborn Wednesday in a Bluefield hospital. Graveside rites at 10 a m today Grandview Memory Gardens Cemetery with Rev Bill Reese officiating.
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Arney
Rebecca Dawn Arney
Ronnie Lee
Pokorney Arney
Bluefield
Charles Pokorney
Paul Arney
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bill Reese
Mrs Mildred Bailey Fields Dies in Bluefield Va
Mrs Mildred Bailey Fields 43 of 201 Montrose Street Bluefield Virginia died Wednesday night in a Bluefield hospital. Born in Glen Lyn Virginia she was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs James Bailey She is survived by husband Carl E Fields one daughter Janet Lynn Fields of the home and three sons James Edward Billy Ray and Frankie Lee Fields all of the home. Services set for 2 pm today at Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield with Rev Delbert Rickman Maple Hill Cemetery pallbearers listed and body to remain at the mortuary until calling hours.
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Mildred B, Fields
Mildred Bailey Fields
Montrose St
Bluefield
Glen Lyn
James Bailey
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Carl E. Fields
Janet Lynn Fields
James Edward Fields
Billy Ray Fields
Frankie Lee Fields
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Delbert Rickman
Maple Hill Cemetery
Bill Patrick
Don Neal
Carl Thomas
Jack Neal
James O. Lambert
Robert W. Lambert
Bobby Hall
Walter Showbridge
Mrs Kate St Clair 85 of Tazewell Dies After Illness
Mrs Kate Peery St Clair 85 of Tazewell Va died Thursday in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. Survived by husband R Roy St Clair daughter Kathryn C St Clair and son Rob er St Clair Jr graveside rites 2 pm today at Peery Cemetery Tazewell with Rev George O Hart officiating Perry and St Clair Funeral Home handled arrangements
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Kate ST. Clair
Kate Peery St. Clair
Tazewell
Bluefield
Tazewell County
William E
Josie Newberry Perry
Martha Washington College
Main Street United Methodist Church
R. Roy St. Clair
Kathryn C. St. Clair
Rober St. Clair Jr
Fort Pierce
Peery Cemetery
George O. Hart
Perry
Laura B Crews Found Dead At Home In Keystone
Laura B Crews of Keystone was found dead Thursday afternoon at her home. Death was attributed to natural causes. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Bennett Fanning Funeral Home in Northfork.
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Laura B. Crews
Keystone
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Funerals for Richards and Lankford Held Today
Henry L. Richards 57 of Princeton killed Monday in Ocala Florida funeral today at 1 p.m. at George W. Seaver Chapel with Rev. Paul Hall. Burial in Crawford Cemetery Greasey Ridge Road Pallbearers listed. Walter A. Lankford 53 of Cedar Bluff died Wednesday service at 2 p.m. Middle Creek Advent Christian Church with Elder Roy H. Meadows and Rev. Lester Meadows officiating. Burial Green Hill Memory Gardens Clay Hill Virginia. Pallbearers to be announced. Mullins Funeral Home Richlands in charge
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Lankford
Walter A
Cedar Bluff
Middle Creek Advent Christian Church
Roy H. Meadows
Lester Meadows
Green Hill Memory Gardens
Clay Hill
Mullins
Caribou Hooves Suited as Natural Snowshoes
The article notes that caribou possess broad cleft hoofs functioning as snowshoes. This adaptation helps the animals traverse snowy terrain efficiently.
White Yule Is Doubted In State
The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia reports cloudy skies and temperatures in the 50s and 60s for the holiday weekend with only a 20 to 30 percent chance of precipitation. Night temps will dip to the 30s and 40s Saturday through Monday and no snow is forecast. Holiday travel should be smooth by car or plane. Five people died on Mountain State highways last Christmas.
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Associated Press
Santa Claus
West Virginia
National Weather Service
Charleston
Weather Service
Catsonis Seeks Democratic Nomination for WV Supreme Court
Charleston lawyer Leo Catsonis announced he will seek the Democratic nomination for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals next year. The 41 year old former assistant state attorney general has a long record in public and private practice and has argued before the court in several notable cases. He is a Concord College and West Virginia University Law graduate, married with three children.
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Charleston
Leo Catsonis
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Bluefield
Supreme Court
Harlan M. Calhoun
Chauncey Browning
John E. Carrigan
Arch A. Moore Jr
Browning
Catsonis
Attorney General’s
Kanawha
Patrick Casey
Roger Pingley
Randolph County
Pingley
Moundsville
State Supreme Court
West Virginia
Carson
Concord College
West Virginia University
Northfork High Players Defeat State Chess Champion
Northfork High School chess team members and their coach won early Thursday in a 19 board simultaneous exhibition by state champion Charles Szasz at the Mercer County Chess Club. Szasz defeated 16 players and lost to Terry King and Billy Kowa of Northfork and to sponsor-coach Eddie Payne. The club meets biweekly at Christ Episcopal Church in Bluefield.
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Northfork High School
Charles Szasz
Charleston
Szasz
Mercer County Chess Club
Terry King
Anyones
Billy Kowa
Switchback
Northfork
Eddie Payne
Christ Episcopal Church
Bluefield
Refugees To Start Long Trek Home From India
A senior Indian official says 10 million East Pakistani refugees will begin a long walk home to an independent Bangladesh next week and hopes to empty all camps within a month or two. UN officials confirm aid coordination continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
New Delhi
U.N
East Pakistan
West Bengal
Calcutta
Bangla Desh
United Nations
United States
AP Photos Spur Viet Adoptions and Refugee Repatriation
A feature on Vietnamese orphans prompts widespread U S and global response as AP photographer revisits the most popular child tale. The piece also covers India plans to repatriate Bangladeshi refugees with a four phase effort starting Jan 1 and estimates of costs and numbers.
Long Thanh orphan Thu wins cautious smile amid scars
In Long Thanh Vietnam four year old Nguyen Thi Thu bears healed scars from abuse by her mother who relinquished her. An AP photo essay has sparked U S interest in adoption but red tape and orphanage rules complicate the process as thousands of children wait in Buddhist and Catholic homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Thanh
Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Thu
Thu
Saigon
United States
Area Man Cited In Truck Crash
A 22 year old Bluefield area man John W. Thompson was injured Thursday night when his pickup left Secondary Rt. 71 near Sandlick, went over an embankment and hit a tree. Thompson was admitted for observation with a three inch forehead wound. Trooper B R Chaffin charged Thompson with intoxication driving while intoxicated and no operator license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Area
Rt. 71
Sandlick
John W. Thompson
Rt. 1
Bluefield
Thompson
B. R. Chaffin
Hoffa Talks Parole Restrictions After Release
Hoffa comments on future political actions after he learns parole restrictions. He began a 14 year term as Teamsters president in 1957, the year George Meany expelled the union from the CIO. He resigned this year and Frank Fitzsimmons was elected his successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffa
George Meany
Teamsters
Frank Fitzcaenene
Christmas Observances and Security Worldwide Amid Market Holiday
In Bethlehem and Lagos Christmas traditions mix with security concerns as Israel tightens watch over Bethlehem and Nigeria’s Lagos hosts festive markets. US markets pause for a long weekend while troops abroad prepare a holiday turkey as the 162,500 service members in the conflict area face Christmas.
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Bethlehem
Jordan
Jesus
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