Johnson signals brighter peace as first family marks last White House Christmas
President Johnson renewed his hope for peace in a Christmas message to the armed forces and the nation. The First Family gathered at the White House to celebrate with gifts and prayers for Viet Nam personnel, Pueblo crew, and moon astronauts.
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Armed Forces
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Music of Stradivarius Divorces Fills London Court
In London’s Divorce Court Building on a Tuesday night the Civil Service Orchestra rehearses amid divorce case chatter. Banker Jack Morrison, 68, plays one of four Stradivarius violins owned by players in the group, after paying 22,000 pounds for a 1709 model, the highest price for a violin at auction.
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London
Haydn
Handel
Civil Service Orchestra
Stadivarus Violins
Jack Morrison
Morrison
Straidwairus
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertising Rates Notice
Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists subscription rates and carrier and mail pricing. It notes West Virginia zones and annual cost, with details for advertising representation and contact.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circular Uavertiaing
The
Kats Agency, Inc
Nixon Visits Kidnaped Coed in Miami
President elect Nixon spent about an hour with Barbara Jane Mackle in Miami as he said he was in constant touch with the FBI during her 80 hour kidnapping ordeal. Barbara Jane, 20, was identified by Mrs. Mackle as a 12 year old boy and a 23 year old man. The FBI continued the search for Ruth Eisemann Schier, charged in the case, with authorities reporting $427,000 in ransom recovered.
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Barbara Jane Mackle
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John Bonner
Deltona Corp
Robert Mackle
Bonner
J. Edgar Hoover
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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 Kills Accomack Man
W Crippin Phillips 50 of Exmore was killed Tuesday in a three car collision at the intersection of Virginia 178 and 602 in Belle Haven Accomack County. Officers say his car and another were struck head on by a third vehicle.
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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
Washington AP reports Army Spec. 4 Donald A. Pledger of Norfolk has been listed by the Defense Department as killed in action in Vietnam. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude A. Clemons of 1328 E Norcova Court.
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Defense Department
Vietnam
Army
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Claude A. Clemons
Norcova Court
Norfolk
Christiansburg Man Killed by Train Near Radford
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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Christiansburg
George P. Bolt
Global turmoil and space triumphs frame a busy Christmas
Amid war truce talks in Nigeria and Biafra, U S Pueblo crew reaches San Diego after 11 months captivity while Apollo 8 prepares for a return flight. Pope Paul VI plans a midnight Mass in a steel mill in Italy as global weather shifts, protests rise in Argentina, and a Christmas hunger strike widens.
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Equator
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Students Have Own Slogan Sparks Urban Student Riots
New York and other cities see high school youths protest school issues with slogans like student power and liberalized curricula. Arrests exceed 100 as demonstrations spread from waterbury to Detroit with clashes over Negro history and dress codes.
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Boston
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Ill
Labor Leaders Set Conference Amid AFL CIO Rift
The undeclared pre election cease fire between UAW led by Walter Reuther and the AFL CIO factions shows signs of breakdown as Reuther plans a mid January planning conference for his Alliance for Labor Action with invitations to AFL CIO leaders. The Teamsters under Jimmy Hoffa and others are drawn into a potential re fight with Meany pushing expulsion and a permanent ALA staff and headquarters in Washington.
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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
Canitel Hill
David Cohen
Woodrow Ginsburg
Jane O’grady
Jake McCarthy
the Teamster
United Electrical Workers
Harry Bridges
Pacific Coast Long Shoremen
United Mine Workers
Labor Movement
Mrs. Charles Farley 51 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Charles Farley age 51 of Route 2 Rock died in a Bluefield hospital Tuesday 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
Bluewell
Mrs. Bertie Heavner of Pearisburg Dies at Home
Mrs. Bertie Hughes Heavner of Pearisburg Virginia died at her daughter's home in Pearisburg on Tuesday morning. Survived by daughter Mrs. Florence Whitt of Eggleston Virginia son C Homer Heavner of Powell Tennessee sister Mrs. S T Keaster of Fairburg Nevada and two grandchildren. Funeral services Thursday at 2 p.m. at Redeemer Lutheran Church Pearisburg with Rev. Rich ar Long Shot. Givens Funeral Home of Pearisburg in charge of arrangements.
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Bertie Hughes Heavner
Pearisburg
C. 8. Whittaker
the Redeemer
Lutheran Church
Richar
Givens
Hillsville Woman Dies After Long Illness
Lerty Sutphin 96 of Hillsville Va died Tuesday in a Wytheville Va hospital after a long illness. Survived by four daughters Mrs Howard Weddle Mrs Clarence Farmer Mrs Mary Dunford of Galax Va and Mrs Horace Strickland of Fancy Gap Va two sons Kent Sutphin of Bradshaw and Robert Sutphin of Max Meadows Va one brother C J Sutphin of Pulaski Va. Died in Hillsville Presbyterian Church at 3 pm Wednesday with burial in Wilkerson Cemetery. Vaughan-Guinn-McGrady Funeral Home Hillsville in charge.
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Howard Weddle
Clarence Farmer
Hillsville
Mary Dunford
Galax
Horace Strickland
Fancy Gap
Kent Sutphin
Bradshaw
Robert Sutphin
Max Meadows
C. J. Sutphin
Pulaski
Hillsville Presbyterian Church
Wilkerson
Vaughan - Guinn - McGrady Funeral Home
Obituary: Mrs. James Rufus Blankenship of Narrows
Mrs. James Rufus Blankenship 76 of Narrows Va died Monday in a Pearisburg hospital after a short illness. She was preceded in death by her husband and survived by four sons Elmer Oakie J D Blankenship and Grover Blankenship with four daughters Mrs Ernest Perkins Mrs Milt Freeman Mrs William Shrader and Mrs James Bird. Also two sisters Mrs Millie East and Mrs Ethel Woodyard and 36 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren. Riffe's Funeral Home Chapel Narrows will host burial in Fairview Cemetery Narrows. Body remains at the funeral home.
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Lushue Mullins) Blankenship
Narrows
Pearisburg
Elmer, Oakie
J. D. Blankenship
Grover Blankenship
Wytheville
Ernest Perkins
Milt Freeman
William Shrader
Newport
James Bird
Leonard P. Yost 65 dies at home in Tazewell county
Leonard P. Yost 65, of Tazewell County Virginia, died suddenly at his home Tuesday afternoon. A disabled farmer, he is survived by son Garland Cox of Castlewood and brothers George Yost of Bluefield and Bill Yost of Horsepen, and sister Mrs Annie Page Jones of North Tazewell. Arrangements are incomplete at Greever Funeral Home in the area.
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Tazewell
Garland Cox
Castlewood
George Yost
Bluefield
Bill Yost
Horsepen
Annie Page Jones
North Tazewell
Greever Funeral Home
Mary Helen Puskar 73 Gary
Mary Helen Puskar 73 of Gary dies. Requiem mass Thursday at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church at 10 a.m. Burial follows at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Bluewell. Rosary recited at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel. Friends may call at Douglas funeral home Welch from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
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Mary Helen
Gary
Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Douglas Funeral Home
Welch
Virginia Colleges Form Regional Group for Studying Student Problems
A regional consortium for studying student problems has been formed by twelve Virginia and Carolinas junior colleges. Dr Prince B Woodard announced the move as director of the Virginia Council of Higher Education and chair of the Regional Educational Laboratory. Participating colleges include Ferrum Marymount John Tyler Frederick Community Northern Virginia Community College.
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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 on William P. Rogers accepting the post of Secretary of State designates why he agreed to serve under President-elect Nixon. The piece covers his Navy service, early career, the Hiss case, and how he met Nixon, with notes on past ambitions and key relationships.
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Nana
William P. Rogers
Richard M. Nixon
Rogers
New York City
Thomas E. Dewey
Alger Hiss
Senate
William Remington
Commerce Department
Hiss
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Chambers
Nixon
White House Tours Drive Art and Furnishings Program
The Nixon era will decide how actively to advance the White House art and furnishings program begun under Kennedy. Jacqueline Kennedy’s leadership boosted public interest and tours, with Lady Bird Johnson sustaining acquisitions. The White House Curator and Preservation Committee shape the effort, aided by the White House Historical Association. Walton notes First Lady prestige helps obtain treasures and fundraising.
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Nana
Nixon
White House
Calvin Coolidge
Jacqueline Kennedy
Mrs. Kennedy
Lady Bird Johnson
Johnson
Committee For Preservation of
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Preservation Committee
Walton
Park Service
Clarksburg Radio Station Sold in WV Sale
The Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of Clarksburg West Virginia radio station WPDX to Continental Communications Inc for 185000 dollars.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Clarksburg, W. Va
Wpdx Hs
Continental Communications Inc
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