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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1963

Page

3

Demos Praise Budget Plans In 1934 Session Call

In Charleston AP report lawmakers debate Gov Barron’s call for a 30 day session opening Jan 8 with 24 emergency items. Democrats back budget focus while Republicans question scope and legality of emergency measures. disputes over salaries and Sunday closing bills loom ahead of 1964 agenda.

Charleston W. W. Barron Barron House George H. Seibert Jr Ohio Senate John E. Carrigan R-Marshall Carrigan Julius W. Singleton Jr D-Monongalia Singleton Howard W. Carson D-Fayette Carson Sion State Supreme Court Marshall Republican Board of Public Works

Deaths and Funerals in Princeton Area Highlights

Obituary notices for James A. Blevins 78 of Beeson and Otis Hampton Pyne 79 of Lindside outline long lives as miners and teachers. Multiple survivors listed across Mercer and adjacent counties. Services scheduled in Spanishburg Broyles and Bailey Funeral Chapels with burial at Bowling and Swope cemeteries. Also notices for Howard Conner, Millie Street, Hobart Ross, Dorothy Church Ross, and others with service details. The directory notes Frank Collins Jr. and Charlie Godfrey obituaries and related memorials in local churches and cemeteries.

Otis Hampton Pyne Lindside Zenith James A Martha Ramsey Pyne Union Pearl Cole Pyne Joseph M. Pyne Fort Benning Thomas R. Pyne Fort Lee James Pyne Fairlea Otis Pyne Spartanburg D. C William Pyne Cleveland Ohio Lucille Amos Elinor Radford Virginia Bradley Vernie Williams Nora Raines Peterstown Minnie Cole Gap Mills Shack Cole Perryman Henry Cole U. S. Air Force Mississippi Verett

Daily Telegraph Advertised Rates and Address

Established 1893 the Daily Telegraph Print in Bluefield West Virginia lists subscription rates by carrier and mail and notes Associated Press affiliation. It provides the company address 412 Bland Street and mentions advertising representation Katz with contact telephone 927-6171.

Daily Telegraph Bland Street Bluefield W. Va Associated Press West Virginia Audit Bureau of Circulation Katz

Beavers William Beavers Dies In Virginia At 78

William Bill Beavers 78 lifelong Bandy resident died Friday at sister Ida Baldwins Bristol home Funeral rites set for Monday Henderson Funeral Chapel Abingdon Virginia

William Bill) Beavers Bandy Ida Baldwin Bristol Henderson Abingdon

Clarence C. Compton 60 dies in Phelps Ky

Clarence C. Compton a native of Bluefield and retired miner died at his home in Phelps Ky He was 60 and survived by his wife Myrtle Scott his mother Mrs Emma Wilkinson Compton three sons Jackie Donald and Frank a daughter Bonnie Powers 15 grandchildren seven brothers and three sisters The body is at Phelps Funeral Home awaiting arrangements

James A. Blevins Beeson Princeton Memorial Hospital Spanishburg Missionary Baptist Church Paul Hall Bowling Cemetery Mercer County Blevins Grayson County Calvin Lizzie Ball Blevins Viola Hatcher Blevins Otis Gaylord Blevins Butler Luther Blevins Cincinnati Ohio Melvin Blevins Highland Heights Bobby Blevins Newport Ky Clacre James E. Blevins J. L. Blevins Princeton Delmer Prince Beckley W. M. Keith Isaiah Rutledge Emmett Bowden Rock James Beamon Stella Perry Harold Gulley Clyde Shrader Paintsville Carlean Bonnie Brenda Blevins John William Blevins White Top Andrew Blevins North Carolina Birdie Faircloth Virginia Millie Street Rowe Dee Fletcher Manassas Dewey Ervin Street Norma Sigmond Mary Alexander Cleveland Frank Williams Mount Heron Marshall Justice Phillips, Ky Robinson Fork Church Carl Robins Ancel Childress Coy Childress Robinson Fork Virginia Funeral Home Hobart J. Ross Shawnee Lake Veterans Hospital Mount Olivet Methodist Church Lashmeet Harold Underwood Ernest Boyd Churc Kegley Ross Elmer Ross Clarksville Memorial Funeral Directory Frank B. Collins Jr Pembroke Ellsworth Air Force Base S. D Myrtle Collins F. B. Collins Virginia Carter Collins Michael Collins Frank Collins III Bedford Deborah Ann Collins Joan Collins Fred Carter Orbin Collins California Arlington National Cemetery Williams - Jamison Funeral Home Charles T. Kincanon Pearisburg Giles Memorial Hospital Grace P. Kincanon J. B. Kincanon San Francisco Cal James N. Kincanon Roanoke O. L. Foster Eleanor Kincanon J. Penn Rutherford Devon Givens Funeral Home Clarence C. Compton Bluefield Phelps Emma Wilkinson Compton Mack Compton Myrtle Scott Jackie Compton Seattle Wash Donald Compton Trent, Mich Frank Compton Sylvania Bonnie Powers Alexandria William Bernard Leonard Woodrow Thomas Sherman Compton James Compton Big Rock Daisy Farrington Freeburn Alice Sanders Hamel Sanders West Liberty Phelps Funeral Home

Remarkable Mrs Horton Murphy 83 Dies in Tazewell Va

Mrs Lady Horton Murphy 83 of Tazewell Virginia died Saturday at her niece Mrs Henry Browning’s home. She had no immediate survivors. Funeral service conducted Tuesday at 2 p m in Wilbur Memorial Methodist Church with Rev Clarence W Tiffany and others officiating. Body at Peery St Clair Funeral Home Tazewell.

Lady Horton Murphy Tazewell Henry Browning Wilbur Memorial Methodist Church Clarence W. Tiffany Peery - St. Clair Funeral Home

Obituary notes for Brewster Harris Brown deaths

Howard Brewster 57 of Route 1 North Tazewell Va died Saturday in Richlands Va hospital a retired miner body at Greever Funeral Home pending arrangements Howard G Harris 66 of Route 2 Bluefield died Saturday after admittance to Bluefield Sanitarium body at Mercer MRS Thelma Brown 60 of Richlands Va died Saturday in a Richlands hospital body at Farmer Funeral Home Richlands pending funeral arrangements

Howard Brewster Route 1 North Tazewell Richlands Greever Funeral Home Tazewell Howard G. Harris Route 2 Bluefield Mercer Funeral Home Thelma Brown Farmer Funeral Home

Death of Margaret C. Parks in Wey Anoke at Princeton

Margaret C. Parks of Wey Anoke died Saturday night at Princeton Memorial Hospital. Her remains are at Seaver Mortuary in Princeton pending completion of arrangements.

Margaret C. Parks Weyanoke Princeton Memorial Hospital Seaver Mortuary Princeton

Obituaries and funeral notices from Bluefield and surrounding areas

Funerals for A. Glen Carter of Glenwood Park Bluefield and Warren G. Jr Hypes of Ashland Virginia held with church services and burials at Maple Hill and Monte Vista Park Cemeteries. Services conducted by Rev Ralph J Rasberry and Rev Fred Tony with pallbearers named. Hila Stover Cook of Williamsburg funeral at Bailey Funeral Chapel Princeton with burial at Mount Olive Cemetery Lashmeet.

Hypes Warren G. Jr Ashland Caffee Memorial Christian Church Fred Tony Monte Vista Park Dudley Memorial Mortuary Bluefield

Peanut Prune Party Tidbits

A quick snack mix fuses 1% cup crunchy peanut butter with 3 tablespoons crumbled crisp bacon. Fill pitted prunes with the mixture then press the slit side into chopped salted peanuts. Yields about 24 prune tidbits.

N and W reports strong 1963 gains and 1964 outlook

Norfolk and Western President Herman H. Perler outlined a $55 million capital program for 1963 with similar or larger plans for 1964. Key projects include coal pier 1 at Norfolk, new merchandise pier, expanded yards, 4 car rotary dumpers, and a large Roanoke built fleet expansion.

Ronaoke Norfolk and Western Railway Herman H. Perler N&w Norfolk Virginia State Ports Authority Roxboro N. C Lamberts Point Portsmouth Ohio Bluefield W. Va Winston-Salem Roanoke

Man rushes wife to hospital but saves woman from river

Bassett man Wilford Scott, en route with his laboring wife to Martinsville General Hospital, pulled a drowning woman from Smith River. He kept sight of the jumper through dark and ice, called an ambulance, and the rescued woman survived. His wife then delivered a baby girl at the hospital.

Bassett Wilford Scott Martinsville General Hospital Mary Frances Jacobs Scott Jacob Smith River

Ulbricht Seen Retiring As East German Leader

Berlin reports that Walter Ulbricht, long time East German Communist chief, is nearing retirement as Western leadership shifts. NATO and East-West tensions prompt a staged withdrawal led by an inner party group including Honecker, Stoph, Leuschner, Norden, and the aging Ulbricht. Chancellor Erhard pursues cautious thaw in relations with the Soviet bloc through new trade talks.

Berlin Konrad Adenauer Adenauer Russia Walter Ulbricht Ulbricht East Germany Kremlin Ee Dae Erich Honecker Ul]bricht Communist Party Central Committee Willi Stoph Otto Grotewohl Bruno Leuschner Albert Norden West Germany Ludwig Erhard Erhard East Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Hungary Romania Poland

Buchanan Schools Set Return Dates After Holiday Break

Public School students in Buchanan County Virginia resume Monday December 30 with brief Christmas vacation days December 31 and January 1 and January 2. All area schools and colleges begin again January 6. Mercer and McDowell Counties and nearby Bluefield College and Concord College schedule January 6 start. Wyoming County West Virginia and Bland Giles and Tazewell counties Virginia begin January 2.

Buchanan County Mercer McDowell Counties Bluefield State College Bluefield College and Concord College Athens Wyoming County West Virginia Virginia Bland, Giles and Tazewell

Weather Outlook for Virginia and West Virginia

The Associated Press reports Virginia will see clouds with highs in the low 40s southeast and in the 30s elsewhere. Monday brings partly cloudy skies and light snow flurries in the mountains and slightly colder air. West Virginia expects variable clouds with snow flurries mainly in the mountains. Sunday highs reach the upper 20s, with somewhat colder conditions Monday.

Virginia West Virginia

Cooper Urges Independent Aid Appraisal to Preserve Program

Senator John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky told President Johnson that Congress would abolish foreign aid unless an independent appraisal is provided. He praised the interdepartmental efficiency move but urged country by country studies by outsiders to supplement official efforts.

Washngton John Sherman Cooper Congress Cooper Johnson

Morocco and Red China Hold Trade Talks

Premier Chou En Lai met King Hassan II in Rabat on Saturday to press for expanded Morocco China trade. Officials said Chou sought more finished products and trucks as trade between the two nations nears 12 million dollars annually.

Rabat Morocco Chou En-Lai Red China Hassan II Peking Chou

Budget cuts push 1965 plan toward higher deficit

President Johnson orders a voluntary restraint on agency budgets yielding 731 million in cuts in 48 hours. Officials say the 1965 budget will top 101 billion, with deficits reduced but still in the red. Distribution favors several departments while the Defense and VA face reductions. A January 21 submission to Congress will remain open for revision.

Washington Johnson Congress Defense Department Agriculture Department Atomic Energy Commission Post Office Veterans Administration Labor Department Department of Welfare Peace Corps Johnson City Tex Kermit Gordon

Tazewell Woman Improves After Farmhouse Fire

Mrs. John Byrd Farmer of Horsepen Virginia shows improvement at Bluefield Sanitarium after a house fire on the John B Yates Farm that killed three relatives. Her husband John Byrd Farmer suffered burns but was not seriously hurt. The blaze occurred about 11 p m December 19. The victims were two children Fred Farmer age seven and Bertha Jean Farmer age four and her mother in law Mrs Virginia Farmer 90.

John Byrd Farmer Tazewell Countian Bluefield Sanitarium John B. Yates Horsepen Fred Farmer Bertha Jean Farmer Sarah Virginia Farmer

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