West Virginia Holiday Accidents Claim Two Lives
Accidents on West Virginia highways during the Christmas period killed two people and left another in critical condition. Mrs. Mary Pearl Brewer was killed near Morgantown in a two car crash on U S 19, while George Dorich was hospitalized in critical condition. Kenneth L. McClung died after being struck on U S 60 in South Charleston.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Morgantown
South Charleston
Mary Pearl Brewer
Rt. 1
Core
U. S. 19
Raymond Savage
George Dorich
Jere
Daily publication notice and circulation details
Dispatches credited to this paper and local news are carried by the carrier system. Annual rate set at 50 cents in the local zone with per year pricing for other zones available on request. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation. Telephone contact listed.
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Bioete
Erie
Wes West
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and vicinity
Obituaries note the deaths of Max Schleusener of Columbus Ohio and Laura Bradley of Anawalt along with several Bluefield area residents. Services and funeral arrangements span Bluefield Welch Richlands and Oakvale with interments in Greenlawn Woodlawn Maple Hills and Pleasant Hill Cemeteries. Survivors include spouses children siblings and grandchildren with multiple church and lodge affiliations listed.
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Max Siegfried Schleusener
Columbus
Huntington
West Virginian
Bluefield
White Sulphur Springs
Westminster Prsbyterian Church of
Masonic Lodge
Held Funeral
Parsons Avenue
Greenlawn
St. Imier
Switzerland
Ernest and
Clementine Prosperi Schleusener
Ora Storts
Vivian Watson
Glencoe
Gloria Eberwein
Circleville
Ohio
Ernest Schleusener
Alfonse Schleus
Laura Bradley
Anawalt
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Lugo
Funerals for Mrs Mattie T Hess Held in Rus Sell Memorial
Mrs. Mattie T Hess, 77, of Bluff two days, Va, funeral held at 2 p m at Steelsburg Seventh Day? dist Church with Rev Roland Stump and Rev Ewing Kidd officiating. Burial at Russell Memorial Cemetery. Hurst Scott Funeral Home of Richlands Va in charge.
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Willie Ann Addison
Richlands
Russell County
Mary Johnson Addison
William Addison
Frank Williams
May McGlothlin
Seabeard
Nannie MecGlothlin
Tampa
Fla
Nora Reynolds
Belfast
Clyde Addison
Cedar Bluff
Earl Addison
Carter Wells
George Jackson
McGlothlin
Grey
W. T. Sarver
William T. Sarver
Fairview St
Bluefield
Clear Fork
Jim
Viola Sarver
Virgie Sarver
John Ed
Luther
Sam Sarver
Walker Sarver
Falls Mills
Ant Sarver
Yards
Bertha Lewis
Dearwood
June Harman
Mary Holmes
New Richmond
J. W. Mitchem
Roder
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
George Arnold
Maple Hills
James Madison Dalton
Elwood Dalton
Staffordsville
Herbert Martin Dalton
Monroe Saunders
Martin Dalton
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
A. West and Sons Funeral
White Gate
Harold David Riggs
Wrist watches allowed for Canadian National Railways staff
Montreal AP reports CN staff may switch from pocket watches to wrist watches starting New Year’s Day. The change marks a shift in railroading tradition as conductors and other operating personnel adopt the newer timepieces.
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Montreal
Canada
Canadian National Railways
Mexican Army Awards Wings to 125 Parachutists
In Mexico City the army distributed wings to 125 new parachutists after a year of training and a 1500 foot jump to qualify. Two of the awards were given to women.
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Mexico City
Lord Patrick Retires After WWII War Crimes Trial
Glasgow Scotland AP Lord Patrick a Scots international jurist in the postwar trial of 28 Japanese war criminals retires January 1 He served as an adviser to Queen Elizabeth II for his trial services Prunes pitted and stuffed with pickles accompany meat and an easy pit method is to snip the pit with scissors
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Glasgow
Scotland
Patrick
Anti Jellyfish Serum Sought in Australia Quest
Dr J H Barnes of Cairns plans to swim near the box jellyfish to obtain pure toxin for antivenin research. The deadly stingers have caused multiple deaths on North Queensland beaches this year and last, with a 1962 Yorkeys Knob beach fatality noted. Barnes will use foam rubber suit and gloves initially, possibly going barehanded for delicate work. If successful, toxin will go to Queensland University for analysis.
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Brisbane
Australia
J. H. Barnes
Cairns
Queensland
B. R. Roderick
Yorkey’s Knob
Barnes
Dr. Barnes
Italian built tanker delivered to Soviet Union in Genoa
Italy handed over an Italian built 48 000 ton tanker to Soviet officials in Genoa. The Leonardo da Vinci named ship has a 17.4 knot speed and is the first of six tankers ordered for Russian crude oil. Two more tankers were launched and will be delivered, three more are under construction.
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Genoa
Italy
Soviet Union
Russia
Leonardo da Vinci
Two Navy Ships Reach Safe Christmas Eve Return
In Norfolk Virginia two ships the guided missile cruiser Little Rock and the fleet oiler Tracker battled heavy Atlantic seas to reach home for Christmas Eve. Little Rock on a seven month Mediterranean cruise faced high winds as Vice Admiral Charles B. Martell ordered speed in line with the weather to make port by Christmas Eve. The Tracker also beat the storm returning from Guantanamo Bay to celebrate the holiday.
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Norfolk, Va
Little Rock
Tracker
Charles B. Martell
2Nd Fleet
Guantanamo Bay
Johnson Returns to Texas for Holidays and Budget Rollout
President Johnson flew to Bergstrom Air Force Base and on to the LBJ Ranch after attending funeral services for Rep. William J. Green. He outlined a new budget aiming at over 90 billion in revenue and an improved deficit, with cuts to military and civilian programs and a push for job programs in the State of the Union.
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Tex
Johnson
Texas
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Philadelphia
William J. Green
Congress
White House
Johnson City
Lynda
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John B. Connally
Kennedy
Connally
Bergstrom
West Virginia Labor Force Shrinks Further in Fall
West Virginia’s labor force fell to about 584,400 in mid November, 14,100 below a year earlier. About 47,300 were unemployed in mid November, down from 61,800 last year. Unemployment rose from 7.5 percent in October to 8.1 percent in mid November.
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Charleston
West Virginia
West Virginia Department of Employment Security
Figres
Jocko Conlan to Receive Ump Award in 1963
Houston AP veteran National League umpire John Bertrand Jocko Conlan will win the Bill Klem Award for 1963 as named by the Houston chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Conlan, 61, will receive the honor January 21 at the writers’ annual dinner.
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Houston
John Bertrand
Jocko) Conlan
Bill Klem
Klem
Baseball Writers Association of America
Conlan
Baseball Writers
Snowblanket Grips Railroads and Cities Across United States
The New York City Sanitation Department mobilized 6,500 workers to clear streets while halting most garbage collection. In Farmingdale New York Republic Aviation gave 15,000 workers an extra day off. Memphis kept 45 trucks busy spreading coal dust as snow fell. Temperatures hit minus 7 in Jackson Tennessee and minus 1 in Little Rock Arkansas. Snow lingered in the Northeast and South with 23 inch depths in some Appalachian areas. 16 deaths were attributed to the storm as a white Christmas spread nationwide.
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New York City
Republic Aviation Co
Farmingdale
N. Y
Memphis Public Works Department
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Jackson
Tenn
Little Rock
Ark
West Virginia
Atlantic Seaboard
South
Weather Bureau
United States
Christmas Eve Worldwide Worship Across Cold War Tensions
More than 10 000 worshipers from around the world gathered at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity to mark Christmas Eve beneath the stars. Francis Cardinal Spellman led Mass at the South Pole and McMurdo Sound while Pope Paul VI urged negotiation to avert war.
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Associated Press
Antarctica
Bethlehem
Church of the Nativity
Christ
Francis Cardinal Spellman
United States
U.S
South Pole
McMurdo Sound
Byrd Station
Bluefield Board Approves Two Bank Depository Bonds
The Bluefield Board of Directors approved two bank depository bonds in a meeting at the Municipal Building. One for 225000 insured deposits at First National Bank and another for 665000 at Flat Top National Bank connected to the capital improvement bond sale of 540000. City Manager Whittle announced hire of Robert Leedy as assistant city engineer to begin Jan 20.
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Bluefield
West Virginia State Road Commission
Ben
City Closes Shop For Christmas Day
Bluefield joins the nation in observing Christmas Day 1963 with most stores offices and services closed. Public transportation police fire and hospital services will operate, and The Daily Telegraph will not publish today resuming Thursday.
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Bluefield
Daily Telegraph
Sunset News-Observer
Lon Rish In Serious Condition After Fall At Plant
Lon M. Rish chairman of Bluefield Supply Co. remains in serious condition at Bluefield Sanitarium after a fall in the firm's parking lot. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery after the injury. hospital updates said his condition was about the same on Tuesday.
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Lon M. Rish
Bluefield Supply Co
Bluefield Sanitarium
New York Markets Report Sales Totals
New York stock sales reach 3 970 000 and bond sales total 9 940 000. American stock sales amount to 1 450 000.
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NEW York
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