Three Jefferson County teens found slain. man charged with murder
Bodies of Vaughn Murphy 15 Steve Murphy 13 and Will Binzel 14 from Homewood were discovered Monday. A 25 year old Homewood man faces murder charges as investigators link the trio to a double slaying in Mobile. Bodies dumped from a vehicle with varying clues noted. death causes not disclosed.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County
Shelby County
C. A Walker
David McCarter Jr
Walker
Shelby County Sheriff CP
Vaughn Murphy
Steve Murphy
Will Binzel
Homewood
Murphy
Binzel
Twelve Churchmen Protest Bombs As Peace Efforts Strained
Washington AP reports twelve church leaders urged President Johnson to halt bombings near Hanoi, calling acts a bad faith obstacle to cease fire talks. A separate group of about twenty pickets protested outside Rusk and McNamara homes, urging U.S. restraint and unilateral moves for peace.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
Hanoi
Vietnam
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Baltimore
United States
North Vietnam
South
Deaths and Funerals in Bishop and Bluefield Areas
Funeral services for Arthur Bite Asbury Sr. of Bishop Virginia will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Greever Funeral Home Tazewell with Rev. Lee C. Boye. cremation and later burial in Tannerville. Survivors include wife Mary T. Asbury and seven brothers. Florence Haynes Hancock 92 of Bluefield died after a long illness. funeral arrangements incomplete. Mary Dotson 65 of Paw Paw Ky found dead of natural causes. other survivors listed. Charles Willie Thomason of Bluefield, victim of heart attack, had 13 children and 14 grandchildren. body taken to Mercer Funeral Home. Walter D Dodrill Jr. 51 of Washington DC died of heart attack. survivors include mother Allena Dodrill Harvey and stepfather G W Harvey. services Thursday at Johnston Funeral Home Oakvale. Norris Burgess Lester 55 of Baisden died. burial at Glandon Cemetery. funeral home transfer noted.
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Arthur Bite Asbury Sr
Bishop, Va
Greever
Tazewell
Lee C. Boye
Tannerville
Asbury
Bishop
Mary T. Asbury
Elizabeth Ann Vance
Hampton
Norma Jean Bryant
Falls Church
A. B. Asbury Jr
Bristol
Florence Hancock
Florence Haynes Hancock
Parkway
Benjamin Hugh Hancock
Bluefield
First Presbyterian Church
The
Women of the Church
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Daughters of the American Revolution
Frances Hancock
William T. Hancock
B. Haynes Hancock
Alexandria
Hugh C. Hancock
Salem
R. N. Younger
Richmond
P. K. Gravely
Rocky Mount
N. C
Hawkins Funeral Home
Mary Dotson
Paw Paw
Mageline St.Clair
Stella Scarberry
Helen Duty
Hurley
Claude
Lawrence
Earnest
Glen
Raymond
Green Dotson Jr
Delphia Scarberry
Ella Cole
Detroit
Mich
Lillie Sheets
Logan
Joe Dotson
Frank Dotson
Grundy
Fli Dotson
Claude Conn
Henry Estep
Dotson Cemetery
Virginia Funeral Home
Charles Willie Thomason
Hurricane Ridge
Princeton
Charles N
Florence Hager Thomason
Kyle Hager
Roanoke
Roger Chandler
James Chandler
Cleveland
Ohio
Leonard Wilkins
Newark
Dela
Sargeant Danny Thomason
Tampa
Fla
Gerald Thomason
Walter D. Dodrill Jr
Washington, D. C
Allena Dodrill Harvey
G. W. Harvey
Oakvale
U. S
W. D. Dodrill Sr
Lucile Shrewsburry Dodrill
Bessie Devor
Bonnie French
Narrows
Charles Dodrill
Ted Shrewsburry
Manassas
Johnston Funeral Home
James Jones
Norris Burgess Lester
Baisden
State Road Commission
Lawson
Ada Justice Lester
Artie Glandon Lester
Geraldine Collins
Garnett New
Ethel Lester
Garson Lester
Isaban
Marshall
Bart
Leo Lezter
Cora Rice
Pomeroy
Peg Goodin
Columbus
Brady Murphy
Huntington
R. C. Hager
Middleport
C. W. Turner
Ewing Funeral Home
Pome- Toy
Santa Arrives Late At Clinton County Hospital
Santa arrived a little late Monday at Clinton County Memorial Hospital. Steven Joe Santa was born shortly after noon to Mr and Mrs Robert Santa of nearby Morrow. A hospital spokesman said the parents had hoped he would arrive on Christmas Day.
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Wilmington, Ohio
Santa
Clinton County Memorial Hospital
Steven Joe Santa
Robert Santa
Morrow
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details and Rates
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 publishes morning editions from 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia. It is a member of the Associated Press and provides subscription rates by carrier and mail with yearly options.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
The
Kats Agency, Inc
Narrows Man Benjamin H Burton 78 Died at Riverview Center
Benjamin Harrison Burton 78 of Narrows Virginia died Monday morning at Riverview Nursing Home Narrows. He was a retired Pennsylvania Railway conductor and son of Charles and Zorilda Burton. Survived by three sons Simeon Burton of Savannah Georgia James Burton of unknown address and Benjamin Burton Jr of Narrows a daughter Emma Smith of Eustis Florida and three grandchildren. Riffes Chapel Narrows with Rev Mal Utley officiating burial in Fairview Cemetery Narrows. Riffes Funeral Home in charge.
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Benjamin Harrison Burton
Narrows
Riverview
Mercer County
Charles and
Zorilda Day Burton
Pennsylvania Railway
Bejamin H. Burton Jr
Simeon D. Burton
Savannah
James W. Burton
Emma Smith
Eustis
Fla
Obituaries for Morefield and Belcher Aged Residents
Mrs. Bonnie May Morefield 56 of Maxie Virginia found dead at her daughter’s Rockford Illinois residence from natural causes. She leaves a husband Rodrick Oliver Morefield deceased 1965 and several children and siblings. Bill V Belcher 52 of Cleveland Ohio formerly Richlands Virginia died of a heart attack. He is survived by his wife Ann and siblings with funeral arrangements in Cleveland.
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Bonnie May Morefield
Maxie
Robert Blankenship
Rockfore
Ill
Vina Hicks
Dante, Va
Charles Hicks
Rodrick Oliver Morefield
Charles W. Morefield
Norfolk
Fred J. and
Stanley Morefield
Hazel Harris
Noel, Mo
Hattie Clark
Pertha Fields
Rockford
Edith Booker
Dante
Raymond Hicks
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Funeral services set for Charles F. Ogle of Premier
Funeral services for 64 year old Charles Frederick Ogle will be held Wednesday at 1 30 PM at O J Douglas Funeral Home Welch with Rev Bernard Skeens officiating. Burial follows at Saeger Memorial Cemetery Roderfield. Ogle a retired miner born in Fylzades Virginia is survived by his wife Beulah of Orange New Jersey a daughter Linda E Ogle of Orange and a son Glen Evans Ogle of Orange.
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Charles Frederick Ogle
O. J. Douglas Funeral
Welch
Bernard Skeens
Saeger
Roderfield
Fylzades
George
Buena Ogle
Beulah Ogle
Orange
N. J
Linda E. Ogle
Glen Evans Ogle
Bluefield Mourns Death Of Lenoris Person
Lenoris Person son of Mr and Mrs Robert Person of 754 Calhoun Street Bluefield died suddenly at his home in Washington D C Monday morning The body will be returned to Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home in Bluefield with funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Lenoris Person
Robert Person
Calhoun St
Bluefield
Washington, D. C
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Obituary Notices From Narrows to Bluefield Funeral Details
Multiple obituaries list the deaths of Jasper Lee Hodge Caleb F Smith Laura Gibson Biffe Edna Mae Martin Edgar C Belcher and James William Hall with service times dates locations and burial details across Narrows Richlands Bluefield and Northfork from various funeral homes and churches. Pallbearers are named for several services and exact burial sites include Fairview Cemetery Clinch Valley Memorial Monte Vista Park Littlesburg and Roselawn Cemetery.
Delta Airliner Circles Airport Before Safe Landing
A Delta DC8 with 128 passengers and seven crew circled Atlanta airport for nearly two hours due to a landing gear signal failure. The plane landed safely after foam was spread on the runway by the airport fire department. Passengers were moved to another flight.
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Atlanta, Ga
Delta Airlines
Atlanta
Detroit
Mich
Tampa
Fla
Woman Killed in Shotgun Accident in Tennessee
Mrs. James T. Quill, 41, of Morgantown West Virginia, visiting her mother Mildred Roark in McKenzie Tennessee, was accidentally killed when a shotgun her husband was cleaning discharged striking her through the heart. Coroner Charlie Field ruled the death accidental.
Mussolini Chief Dies in Rome at 88
Retired Admiral Arturo Riccardi 88 former Mussolini wartime navy chief of staff died Monday in Rome.
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Rome
Arturo Riccardi
Benito Mussolini
Navy
Vietnamese truce off to chaotic start amid attacks and cer tain light U.S. casualties
Reported clashes and mortar exchanges continued near Tay Ninh and Saigon as U S forces repelled a North Vietnamese attack with light casualties. South Vietnamese and Australian units claimed 27 Viet Cong killed while air strikes hit targets near Hanoi and in the DMZ.
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Try
Tay Ninh
Saigon
U.S
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
North Vietnam
Air Force Thunderchief
Ban Pa Pan Highway
Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Guam
Peking
Traffic Death Record Climbs in West Virginia Holiday Toll
A Nicholas County miner became the state's fifth traffic death of the Christmas weekend, raising West Virginia's all time highway fatality record to 511 for the year. Gilbert E. Curry, 41, of Tioga, died after his car hit a truck on West Virginia 41 near Craigsville. Three other holiday fatalities included Charles Q. Hupp, 77, of Cameron, whose Jeep ran off a rural road in Marshall County, and Myrna Mae Rottuck, 28, of Virginia Beach, in a two car collision on U.S. 50 near Romney. Betty Pauley, 27, of Jeffrey, and her unborn daughter died Friday night in an accident on U.S. 119 near Madison.
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Associated Press
Nicholas County
West Virginia
Gilbert E. Curry
Tioga
Curry
Richwood Hospital
W.va
Craigsville
Charles Q. Hupp
Cameron
Marshall Countty
Myrna Mae Rottuck
Virginia Beach
U. S. 50
Romney
Betty Pauley
Jeffrey
Daugher
U. S. 119
Madison
Baptist Minister J S Dye Dies After Long Illness
Morgantown AP says Rev Jonathon Smith Dye 77 died after a prolonged illness at WVU Hospital. A Glenville native, he served churches in Grantsville Point Pleasant Elkins Elizabeth St Marys Salem Clendenin Mil ton Harrisville Welch Oak Hill and Clarksburg. Funeral services set for Wednesday. He is survived by his second wife and two children from his first marriage.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University Hospital
Jonathon Smith Dye
Glenville
Spanish American War Veteran Dies at 99 in Jslarksburn
AP reports Winfield Scott Osborn a Spanish American War veteran died at 99 in Jslarksburg. He was born near Coz's Mill Glen Osborn and is survived by a son. He had been hospitalized at the Veterans Administration Hospital in town.
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Jslarksburg
Sndey
Winfield Scott Osborn
Coz’s Mill
Glenville
Osborn
Veterans Administration Hospital
5 Toughies Escapes Prompt Call for New UK Prison
A column notes mounting security concerns as Britain faces nearly 300 prison escapes this year, mostly from open facilities. It cites rising top-security escapes from 15,000 inmates a decade ago to 22,500 now and highlights the George Blake breakout at Wormwood Scrubs, triggering the Mountbatten inquiry.
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Britain
George Blake
London
Wormwood Scrubs
Blake
Mountbatten
UFG and Union Meet on Discipline for 12 Employed
Charleston AP: Union and United Fuel Gas Co representatives held a closed session with arbiter Martyn Lugar to decide if any suspension will be imposed on 12 UFG employees for actions during the nine week OCW strike. Both sides will not disclose the final agreement and will honor the arbiter’s decision. Meanwhile the union conducts contract ratification balloting with hopes to settle by Thursday.
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Charleston
Obiter Martyn Lugar
United Fuel Gas Co
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
United Fuel
Area Returns to Normal After Weekend Snowstorm
Area residents resume normal activities after a weekend shutdown for Christmas amid a snowstorm. Bitter cold persists with 28 degrees at Mercer County Airport and 21 degrees at 11 p.m. The forecast calls for cloudy skies Tuesday and a high of 25 to 35. Roads thawing but ice remains on back roads and some main highways have icy spots.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Mercer County
200 Rebels Killed in Christmas Day Battle in Angola
A Portuguese military communiqué reported 200 rebels and six Portuguese civilians killed in a Christmas Day clash in Angola.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Angola
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Biffe
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Brushfork
Dudley Memorial Funeral Home
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T. B. Compton
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