Three Teens Die. 25-Year-Old Charged With Murder
In Birmingham area, authorities report the bodies of Vaughn Murphy 15, Steve Murphy 13, and Will Binzel 14 found Monday. A 25-year-old Homewood man, David McCarter Jr., is charged with murder. Bodies were dumped from a vehicle. one youth found nude below waist. two others found slumped. Earlier case in Mobile cited by Sheriff Walker as similar.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jeferson County
Shelby County
C. P. Walker
David McCarter Jr
Walker
C.P. Walker
Vaughn Murphy
Steve Murphy
Will Binzel
Homewood
Murphy
Binzel
Twelve Churchmen Urge Johnson Halt Bombings for Peace
In Washington, twelve faith leaders urged President Johnson to stop bombings in or near Hanoi, calling U.S. actions a breach of good faith and demanding the United States initiate peace talks without preconditions. A separate protest saw 20 interfaith pickets at Rusk and McNamara homes.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
Hanoi
Vietnam
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Baltimore
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and Bishop area
Obituaries note Arthur Asbury Sr. of Bishop Va killed in a house fire. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm in Greever Funeral Home Tazewell with burial in Tannerville Cemetery. Survived by wife Mary and seven brothers. service details list other relatives. Florence Hancock and Mary Dotson deaths also announced with survivors and burial plans. Funeral arrangements for several others pending and in progress at local homes.
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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
Gatun City
Panama
Russell Asbury
Albuquerque
Mervel Asbury
Hines, Oregon
Mason Asbury
Yuma
Ariz
Santa Arrives Late at Clinton County Hospital
Santa brings late Christmas joy as Steven Joe Santa is born shortly after noon to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Santa of Morrow at Clinton County Memorial Hospital. Hospital spokesman notes parents hoped for a Christmas arrival.
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Wilmington, Ohio
Santa
Clinton County Memorial Hospital
Steven Joe Santa
Robert Santa
Morrow
Daily Telegraph Bluefield Classified Postal Rates
Established 1893 daily morning paper notes subscription prices by carrier and mail in West Virginia and other zones. Includes publication rights and agency contact details for Bluefield West Virginia.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circular Advertising
The
Kats Agency, Inc
Benjamin H Burton 78 Narrows native dies in nursing home
Benjamin Harrison Burton a retired Pennsylvania Railroad conductor 78 of Narrows Virginia died Monday morning at Riverview Nursing Home He was born in Mercer County son of Charles and Zorilda Burton He leaves three sons Bejamin H Burton Jr Simeon D Burton and James W Burton a daughter Mrs Emma Smith and three grandchildren Riffe's Chapel Narrows Rev Mal Utley officiates funeral and burial in Fairview Cemetery Narrows with Riffe's Funeral Home in charge
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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
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
Belcher and Ogle Deaths in Cleveland and Welch Obituaries
Bill V Belcher 52 of Cleveland Ohio formerly Richlands Va died at home Saturday of a heart attack He was born in Richlands a son of Dixie Belcher and Gladys Barrett Belcher A Cold War II veteran a 17 year Cleveland resident he worked 15 years for Sterling Furniture Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. Golub Funeral Home Cleveland with burial there Charles Frederick Ogle 64 of Premier died at home Burial Wednesday 1 30 p.m. O J Douglas Funeral Home Welch Rev Bernard Skeens officiating He was born in Fylzades Va a retired miner Survivors include Beulah Ogle Linda E Ogle and Glen Evans Ogle Funeral home hours listed as 5 to 9 p m Tuesday.
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Charles Willie Thomason
Hurricane Ridge
Bluefield
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 Thomas
Walter D. Dodrill Jr
Washington, D. C
Allena Dodrill Harvey
G. W. Harvey
Oakvale
U. S
W. D. Dodrill Sr
Lucille Shrewsburry Dodrill
Bessie Devor
Bonnie French
Narrows
Charles Dodrill
Ted Shrewsburry
Manassas
Johnston Funeral Home
James Jones
Bill V. Belcher
Richlands
Dixie Belcher
Gladys Barrett Belcher
Sterling Furniture Co
Ann Belcher
Harry Belcher
L. W. York
Fontana
Calif
T. J. Osborne
Roseburg
Ore
Golub
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
Death Notices: Mrs Cora Rice 88 Pomeroy Ohio
Mrs Cora Rice 88 of Pomeroy Ohio formerly Oakvale died Sunday in Pomeroy. Survived by three daughters Mrs Peg Goodin Columbus Ohio Mrs Brady Murphy Huntington and Mrs R C Hager Middleport Ohio and brother C W Turner Princeton. Funeral conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Ewing Funeral Home Pomeroy.
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Cora Rice
Pomeroy
Ohio
Oakvale
Peg Goodin
Columbus
Brady Murphy
Huntington
R. C. Hager
Middleport
C. W. Turner
Princeton
Ewing Funeral Home
Pome- Toy
Bluefield Youth Lenoris Person Dies in Washington
Lenoris Person son of Mr and Mrs Robert Person of 754 Calhoun Street Bluefield died suddenly at his home in Washington DC Monday morning. The body will be returned to Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home in Bluefield for funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Lenoris Person
Robert Person
Calhoun St
Bluefield
Washington, D. C
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Funeral notices for Hodge, Smith, Biffe, Martin, Belcher, Hall
Obituaries list multiple funerals in Virginia and West Virginia. Jasper Lee Hodge of Narrows VA remains at home until 1 36 p m Wednesday then service at First Christian Church with Rev Carroll T Givens. burial Fairview Cemetery Narrows. Caleb F Smith of Richlands VA service at Hurst Scott Funeral Home with burial Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery. pallbearers named. Laura Gibson Biffe of Brushfork VA service at Dudley Memorial Funeral Home Chapel Bluefield with burial Woodlawn Cemetery. pallbearers listed. Edna Mae Martin of Bluefield VA service Mercer Funeral Chapel. burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery. pallbearers named. Edgar C Belcher of Bluefield VA service Mercer Funeral Chapel. burial Littlesburg family cemetery. call at home after 5 p m today. James William Hall of Northfork WV service Bennett Funeral Home Northfork. burial Roselawn Cemetery Bluefield Princeton Road.
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Biffe
Laura Gibson
Brushfork
Dudley Memorial Funeral Home
Bluefield
Cliff Compton
Woodlawn
Abe George
Wyatt Compton
T. B. Compton
W. L. Smith
Frank Beaman
Frankie Beaman
Belcher
Edgar C
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Littlesburg
Therr
Hall
James William
Northfork
Bennett Funeral Home
Eugene Bennett
Roselawn
Princeton
Delta Ship Circles 2 Hours Lands Safely in Foam
A Delta DC8 with 128 passengers and seven crew circled Atlanta airport for nearly two hours after a landing gear signal malfunction. The plane, en route from Detroit to Tampa with a stop in Atlanta, landed normally once foam was spread on the runway by the airport fire department.
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Atlanta, Ga
Delta Airlines
Atlanta
Detroit
Mich
Tampa
Fila
Woman Killed in Shotgun Accident at Mor gantown Visit
Mrs James T Quill 41 of Morgantown West Virginia visiting her mother Mildred Roark in McKenzie died Sunday afternoon when a shotgun her husband was cleaning discharged hitting her through the heart. Coroner Charlie Field ruled the death accidental.
Mussolini Chief Dies in Rome At 88
Retired Adm Arturo Riccardi aged 88 died Monday in Rome. He served as Mussolini’s wartime chief of staff for the navy.
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Rome
Arturo Riccardi
Benito Mussolini
Navy
Ceasefire Strife Continues Across Vietnam Front
Reporting from Tay Ninh and Saigon describes continued mortar exchanges near U.S. bases and clashes in South Vietnam. U.S. and allied forces report light casualties, while Vietnamese and Australian troops claim several Viet Cong kills and weapon seizures amid ongoing ceasefire reporting.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Air Force Thunderchief
Ban Pa Pan Highway
Dien Bien Phu
U.S
Hanoi
Traffic Death Record Climbs in West Virginia Holiday Toll
A Nicholas County miner, Gil bert E Curry 41 of Tioga, became the state’s fifth traffic death of the Christmas weekend, boosting West Virginia’s fatality tally to 511 for the year. He died after his car hit a truck on WV 41 near Craigsville. Three other weekend deaths included Charles Q Hupp 77 of Cameron in a Jeep run off a rural road, and two fatal collisions in Romney and Madison involving Myrna Mae Rottuck 28 and Betty Pauley 27 and an unborn daughter.
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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 County
Myrna Mae Rottuck
Virginia Beach
U. S. 50
Romney
Betty Pauley
Jeffrey
Daugher
U. S. 119
Madison
Baptist Minister S Dye Dies After Long Illness
Morgantown AP A Baptist minister with 51 years in the ministry died at West Virginia University Hospital after a lengthy illness. The Rev Jonathon Smith Dye 77 of Glenville native Roane County had served multiple West Virginia churches including Grantsville Point Pleasant Elkins Elizabeth St Marys Salem Clendenin Mil ton Harrisville Welch Oak Hill and Clarksburg. Funeral services are scheduled 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 Slarksbury
SLARKSBURG AP A Spanish American War veteran died here Sunday at the age of 99. He was Winfield Scott Osborn born of Coz's Mill near Glen Osborn and is survived by a son. He had been hospitalized in the Veterans Administration Hospital here.
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Slarksburg
Winfield Scott Osborn
Coz’s Mill
Glenville
Osborn
Veterans Administration Hospital
Toughies on Prison Security Demand New Maxi Prison
A commentator urges Britain to build a new maximum security prison as current facilities fail to contain dangerous criminals. Escapes this year near 300 nationwide, mostly from open prisons, while top-security breaches rise with a 82-prisoner breakout as 22,500 inmates crowd the system. The George Blake escape at Wormwood Scrubs sparks the Mountbatten inquiry.
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Britain
George Blake
London
Wormwood Scrubs
Blake
Mountbatten
UFG and Union Meet on Disciplinary Action for 12 Workers
In Charleston AP report, United Fuel Gas Co and the union reviewed possible suspensions for 12 employees tied to the OCW strike. A company spokesman said final agreement on dispositions would be kept private and that only terms of any suspension were under discussion. The arbiter’s ruling will determine the outcome, as both sides agreed to abide by it while ratification ballots were underway.
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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 routines Tuesday after a weekend shutdown caused by a snowstorm. Monday saw bitter cold with highs of 28 degrees at Mercer County Airport and a low of 18. Weather remained partly cloudy, with skies turning cloudy again Tuesday. highs forecast 25 to 35. Roads improved but melting snow froze at night and ice persisted on back roads and many main highways.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Mercer County
Rebels Killed in Christmas Day Angola Battle
A Portuguese military communiqué reports 200 rebels and six Portuguese civilians killed in a Christmas Day clash in Angola Portuguese territory.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Angola
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B. Haynes Hancock
Alexandria
Hugh C. Hancock
Salem
R. N. Younger
Richmond
P. K. Gravely
Rocky Mount
N. C
Hawkins Funeral Home
Mrs
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Walter Dodrill JR
Norris Lester
Norris Burgess Lester
Baisden
State Road Commission
Lawson
Ada Justice Lester
Artie Glandon Lester
Geraldine Collins
Garnett New
Ethel Lester
Garson Lester
Isaban
Marshall
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Leo Lester
Bai
Bonnie Morefield
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
Bertha Fields
Rockford
Edith Booker
Dante
Raymond Hicks
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Benjamin H. Burton
Charles F. Ogle
Lenoris
Delta
Mussolini
Inmerica
Bluewet, W. Va
Pocahontas, Va
Northfork, W. Va
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Tay Ninh
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