Johnson Seeks Peace as First Family Marks Last White House Christmas
President Johnson renews the hope for peace in a Christmas message to armed forces. The first family gathers at the White House for their final Christmas there, exchanging gifts and thanking Vietnam service members while noting the Pueblo crew release and Moon astronauts.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Vietnam
Armed Forces Radio Network
Tom Johnson
Uss Pueblo
Moon
Johnsons
U.S
Nigeria
Biafra
Pueblo
San Diego
Calif
North Korea
Pope Paul VI
Taranto
Italy
Hakodate
Greek Orthodox Church
John G. P. Lionos
New York
Berlin
Berlin Wall
Munich
Bavaria
Leipzig
Selb
United States
Equator
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Stradivarius Violin Stirs London Divorce Court
In London a divorce court session doubles as a casual recital as lawyers leave and Civil Service Orchestra members rehearse. Bank chairman Jack Morrison explains he bought a 1709 golden brown Stradivari for 22,000 pounds, a world record price, joining three other owners in the quartet.
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London
Handel
Civil
Straidwairus
Morrison
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Ad Rates and Contact Info
The advertisement lists subscription rates and contact details for Bluefield Daily Telegraph. It notes daily and Sunday carrier rate at 60 cents per week and mail rate at 31.20 per year within West Virginia. It includes office address 412 Bland Street, Bluefield WV and Katz Agency advertising rep contact.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circula
Katz Agency, Inc
Nixon visits kidnapped coed in Miami during crisis
President elect Nixon spent about an hour with Barbara Jane Mackle and her father Robert in Miami as he stayed in touch with the FBI during her 80 hour kidnapping ordeal. Barbara may write a book about the experience.
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Miami
Fla
Nixon
Barbara Jane Mackle
FBI
Mackle
Barbara
Robert
John Bonner
Deltona Corp
Robert Mackle
Bonner
J. Edgar Hoover
Key Biscayne
Boner
Hoover
Biscayne Bay
Frank Mackle
Mackles
Florida
Barbara Jane
Emory University
Atlanta
Ruth Eisemann- Schier
Gary Steven Krist
Miss Eisemann-Schier
Krist
Lisemann-Schier
Three Car Collision Fatal in Accomack County
The Associated Press reports W. Crippin Phillips, 50, of Exmore, was killed in a three car crash at the intersection of Virginia 178 and 602 in Belle Haven Accomack County. Also, William T. Ryan IV, of Norfolk, died from injuries in a separate two car crash at Colonial and Graydon Avenues in Norfolk. Margaret Turner Putney, 67, of Richmond, died from injuries from a December 8 two car crash on Virginia 150 west of Richmond.
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Associated Press
W. Crippin Phillips
Exmore
Belle Haven
Accomack County
Phillips
Virginia 178
Virginia
Norfolk
William T. Ryan IV
Colonial Avenue
Graydon Avenue
Richmond
Margaret Turner Putney
Another Virginian Killed In Vietnam
Defense Department lists Army Spec. 4 Donald A. Pledger of Norfolk as killed in action in Vietnam. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude A. Clemons of 1328 East Norfolk Court.
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Washington
Defense Department
Vietnam
Army
Donald A. Pledger
Claude A. Clemons
Norcova Court
Norfolk
Christiansburg Man Killed by Train Collision
A Christiansburg man, George P. Bolt, was killed Tuesday when his car was struck by a train at a rural crossing between Christiansburg and Radford. He died at a Radford hospital shortly after the wreck.
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Radford
Christiansburg
George P. Bolt
Students Have Own Slogan By Dr Benjamin Fine
High school student unrest spreads across New York and other cities as students protest longer days and shorter vacations. Slogans include student power and liberalizing curricula. Marches, arrests, and boycott actions draw in Black student groups demanding control of schools.
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Benjamin Fine
New York
Nana
Techer
Detroit
Chicago
Washington
Boston
Lemburg Center
Brandeis University
Riot Review
Liberation Schools
Waterbury
Conn
Trenton
N. J
Zion
Ill
Labor Leaders Set Conference Sparks AFL CIO Rift
Walter Reuther of the UAW plans a mid January planning conference for the new Alliance for Labor Action with invitations to AFL CIO leaders. The ALA, backed by the Teamsters under Jim Hoffa and Reuther, seeks a permanent Washington HQ and a broader labor alliance to counter what they view as AFL CIO mis leadership.
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New York
Nana
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
UAW
Alliance For Labor Action
ALA
Afl-Cio
John L. Lewis
Reuther
Frank Fitzsimmons
Teamsters
Hoffa
Washington
Jack Conway
Aft-Cio Industrial Union Dept
IUD
Conway
U. S. Housing and Urban Development Department
Kennedy
David Beidler
TUD
Capitol Hill
David Cohen
Woodrow Ginsburg
ITT
Jane O’grady
Jake McCarthy
the Teamster
United Electrical Workers
Harry Bridges
Pacific Coast Long Shoremen
United Mine Workers
Labor Movement
Meany
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
ICFTU
ICFU
AFL. Cio
International Labor Group
Mrs. Charles Farley 51 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Charles Farley age 51 of Rt. 2 Rock died in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. She was the wife of Charles Blake Farley. Funeral arrangements are complete at Cravens Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell.
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Charles Farley
Rt. 2, Rock
Bluefield
Charles Blake Farley
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Mrs. Bertie Heavner of Pearisburg Dies at Daughter's Home
Mrs. Bertie Hughes Heavner of Pearisburg Virginia dies at her daughter Mrs. C W Whittaker home. Survived by daughter Mrs Florence Whitt of Eggleston and son C Homer Heavner of Powell. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. Redeemer Lutheran Church Pearisburg with Rev. Richard Long officiating. Givens Funeral Home Pearisburg in charge.
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Bertie Hughes Heavner
Pearisburg
the Redeemer
Lutheran Church
Richar
Givens
Two Virginia women and kin listed among local obituaries
Lerty Sutphin 96 of Hillsville Va died after long illness in Wytheville hospital. Survived by four daughters and two sons, burial at Wilkerson Cemetery. Vaughan Guinn McGrady Funeral Home in charge. Mrs James Rufus Blankenship 76 of Narrows Va died after short illness in Pearisburg hospital. Survived by four sons and four daughters, 36 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren. burial Fairview Cemetery Narrows. Bodys remain at Riffe's Funeral Home Chapel Narrows.
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Lerty Sutphin
Hillsville
Wytheville
Howard Weddle
Clarence Farmer
Mary Dunford
Galax
Horace Strickland
Fancy Gap
Kent Sutphin
Bradshaw
Robert Sutphin
Max Meadows
C. J. Sutphin
Pulaski, Va
Hillsville Presbyterian Church
Wilkerson
Vaughan - Guinn - McGrady Funeral Home
James Rufus
Lushue Mullins) Blankenship
Narrows
Pearisburg
Elmer, Oakie
J. D. Blankenship
Grover Blankenship
Ernest Perkins
Milt Freeman
William Shrader
Newport
James Bird
Obituary Notice for Leonard P. Yost of Tazewell Va
Leonard P. Yost 65 of Taze well Va died suddenly at his residence Tuesday afternoon. He was a disabled farmer. He is survived by his son Garland Cox of Castlewood Va two brothers George Yost of Bluefield Va and Bill Yost of Horsepen Va and a sister Mrs Annie Page Jones of North Tazewell Va. Arrangements were incomplete at Greever Funeral Home in North Tazewell.
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Leonard P. Yost
Tazewell
Garland Cox
Castlewood
George Yost
Bluefield
Bill Yost
Horsepen
Annie Page Jones
North Tazewell
Greever Funeral Home
Mary Helen Puskar, 73, of Gary, requiem mass set
Mary Helen Puskar aged 73 of Gary will have a requiem Mass at 10 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church. Burial follows at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Bluewell. Rosary is recited at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel. Friends may call 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Douglas Funeral Home in Welch.
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Puskar
Mary Helen
Gary
Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Douglas Funeral Home
Welch
Virginia Colleges Form Regional Study Group
A regional consortium of twelve Virginia and Carolinas junior colleges was formed to study student problems. Dr Prince B Woodard of the Virginia Council of Higher Education announced the grouping which includes Ferrum Marymount College John Tyler Community College Frederick Community College and Northern Virginia Community College. The group will examine freshman dropout rates remediation course improvement student attitudes toward college and family backgrounds with focus on student motivation toward college and career goals.
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Richmond
Virginia
Carolinas
Prince B. Woodard
Council of Higher Education
Ferrum
Marymount College
John Tyler Community College
Frederick Community College
Northern Virginia Community College
Rogers Says He's Draftee
Washington report profiles William P. Rogers as a reluctant draftee who accepts the secretary of state post under President-elect Nixon. The piece notes his Navy service with Nixon, early career path, and memories of the Hiss-Chambers era and Kefauver hearings shaping his public life.
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Washington
Nana
William P. Rogers
Richard M. Nixon
Bill
New York
Rogers
Nixon
Quonset, R. I
Pacific
Senate Investigations Committee
Pat MacCarran
Nevada
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Brownell
Justice Department
Congress
White House
New York City
Thomas E. Dewey
Alger Hiss
Senate
William Remington
Commerce Department
Hiss
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
White House Tours Draw Praise for First Ladies Role
The article traces how Jacqueline Kennedy and Lady Bird Johnson shaped the White House art and furnishings program. It notes the executive order creating a White House Curator and Preservation Committee and explains the First Lady’s influence in securing donations and public interest.
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Washington
Nana
Nixon
White House
Calvin Coolidge
Jacqueline Kennedy
Mrs. Kennedy
Lady Bird Johnson
Johnson
Committee For Preservation of
The
Preservation Committee
Walton
Park Service
Clarksburg Radio Station Sold to Continental Comm
The Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of Clarksburg West Virginia radio station WPDX to Continental Communications Inc for 185000 dollars. The action was announced Tuesday in Washington.
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Clarksburg
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Clarksburg, W. Va
Wpdx Hs
Continental Communications Inc
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AFL - Cio
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Common Strike Fund
James Blankenship
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Dewey
District Attorney’s
Whittaker
Chambers
By Isabelle Shelton
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