Virginia announces plan for two year technical colleges
The State Board of Technical Education unveiled a system of two year colleges to serve Virginia communities. Operations expected by end of 1965 with about 400 students per school. State funds cover most costs with local land buildings and shared salaries. Tuition projected around 15 dollars monthly.
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Richmond
State Board of Technical Education
Virginia
Eugene B. Sydnor Jr
General Assembly
Sydnor
Dana B. Hamel
Department of Technical Education
Sipatel
Hamel
Richmond - Petersburg- Hopewell
Hampton Roads
Front Royal
Harrisonburg
Prince William-Loudoun
South Boston
Suffolk-Franklin - Courtland
Gate City
Charlottesville
Sydnoy
Damaged Freighter Smith Voyager Sinks in Atlantic
The American freighter Smith Voyager, badly damaged by shifting cargo and abandoned last week, sank Sunday while towed toward Bermuda. The Coast Guard reported the vessel went down in 1,500 feet of water about 700 miles east-southeast of Bermuda.
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New York
Bermuda
Coast Guard
Untitled regional note on gas use and timing
A terse entry from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph discusses gas usage timing and related local advisories. It references Saturday observations and local scheduling but lacks clear names or places due to fragmented OCR text.
1965 Zodiac Year Promises Serpent Luck For Birthdays
Tokyo reports from AP say 1965, the Year of the Serpent, offers luck to those born under the serpent sign. Foretellers like Takashima Eki dan predict success and fulfillment of past efforts, with serpents symbolizing money though not marriage.
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Tokyo
Takashima Ekidan
Japan
China
Cleveland Girl Knife Victim
A 16 year old girl was found stabbed to death upstairs after leaving her grandmother’s house at noon. Neighbors saw a radio playing. the body showed three stab wounds, and police found possible tying to the bed. Her father discovered the scene when he returned from work. No weapon was located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland (Ap
Marymount High School
Thaddeus Jarosz
Duke of Windsor Leaves Hospital for Brief Car Tour
The Duke of Windsor, with the duchess and a nurse, left Methodist Hospital in Houston for a short drive. It marked his first outing since Dec 14 surgery to remove an abdominal arterial aneurysm from his aorta.
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Houston, Tex
Duke of Windsor
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Death Toll Rises as Sailor Dies in Norfolk Crash
The Associated Press reports another sailor has died, raising Virginia’s highway toll to 1,008 and the Christmas weekend count to 13. Wilfred J. Lus sier, 25, a sailor with the Destroyer Ellison, died from injuries after a Sunday crash in Norfolk.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Norfolk
Wilfred J. Lussier
Ellison
Weather outlook for West Virginia and Virginia
Mostly cloudy with highs 36 to 44 on Tuesday in West Virginia and warmer Wednesday. Virginia sees mostly sunny skies with highs 45 to 52 on Tuesday and Wednesday mostly fair.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Virginia
Soviet Writers Pick Gal Top Athlete
Soviet sports writers chose Lidia Skoblikova as the Soviet athlete of the year the first time a woman led the list. The Innsbruck Winter Olympics champion won four gold medals and topped the selection by writers from news radio and television.
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Moscow
Lidia Skoblikova
Innsbruck
Canary Islands Show Bright Floral Diversity
In the Canary Islands off northwest Africa, researchers catalog a unique display of native flowers. The archipelago's varied habitats support a rich range of species adapted to volcanic soils and subtropical climates.
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Canary Islands
Africa
Robbers Hit Church Rectory In Quick Nite Theft
Police describe a rapid robbery at a church rectory by three masked men. Two wore plastic Halloween masks and one a ski hood, leaving a portable radio monitor behind tuned to police frequencies. Father Morris was bound and gagged while Father Burke was assaulted and tied.
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Richard Burke
Father Morris
Father Burke
Hemte
Wouth
Johnson Health Reported Fine
President Johnson's doctor reported him in excellent health and capable of withstanding four more years in the White House. The year end medical notes said he weighs about 205 to 210 pounds, about 10 pounds over the level some doctors consider ideal, with no heart attack recurrence since 1955 and no kidney trouble since 1963.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
White House
George G. Burkley
Burkley
James W. Cain
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
John Willis Hurst
Cain
Hurst
Barkley
Cable car crash injures 34 in Austria on Mt Patscherkofel
INNSBRUCK Austria AP thirty four persons were injured Monday when two gondolas carrying about 100 passengers failed to slow entering the stations and struck a wall at full speed on Mt Patscherkofel south of the city.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Mt. Patscherkofel
Here
India Offers Cash and Leave to Curb Birth Rate
New Delhi government proposes payments for sterilization and sick leave to encourage population control. The plan includes 21 dollars plus sick pay for patients and an additional 1.05 dollars for a companion to the hospital.
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New Delhi
India
Man Injured In Crash At Kellysville Near Princeton
Eugene Brueback 50 of Staunton Va injured in a crash on U S Route 460 at the Crowgey Meat Packing plant. He was a passenger in a 1963 car driven by Wayne Painter of Princeton. Bailey 34 of Narrows Va cited for turning red. Damages estimated 3500. Brueback in hospital with fair condition after surgery. Later two cars collided at Athens Road and 460 east with no injuries. Willie Wood 47 Princeton charged with left turn against oncoming traffic.
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Eugene Brueback
Staunton
Princeton
Memorial Hospital
Kellysville
Crowgey Meat Packing Company
W. A. Johnson
Brueback
Wayne D. Painter
Harry Lee Bailey
Narrows
Bailey
Jeffrey
Stephen
Painter
Johnson
Blueback
Athens Road
U. S. 460
Gary McBride
Willie Wood
D. M. Shade
Wood
U.N. Recess Averts U.S.-Soviet Voting Clash
Agreement reported to adjourn the United Nations General Assembly until January 11 and set aside the voting rights dispute over Soviet peacekeeping assessments. Mali and Jordan reportedly reached a compromise after an informal poll, enabling an adjourened yearend session while unresolved core issues linger.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Security Council
Ainder
Mali
Jordan
Morocco
Council
United Nations
Alex Quaison-Lackey
Ghana
Assembly
Quaison-Lackey
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
U Thant
U.N
Thant
Soviet Union
National Steel Raises Galvanized Sheet Prices
National Steel Corp joined several firms in announcing a six dollar per ton increase on galvanized sheet products. The changes apply at the Weirton Steel Division in Weirton West Virginia and the Midwest Steel Division in Portage Indiana, effective December 29, with revisions affecting sheet widths over 36 inches. Inland Steel had instituted the raise first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
National Steel Corp
National
Weirton Steel Division
Weirton
W.va
Midwest Steel Division
Portage
Ind
Inland Steel Co
Romania increases defense spending in new push
Vienna report says Communist Romania has boosted defense spending in a broader military buildup. Officials cite regional security concerns and shifts in alliances, with details on budget allocations and procurement plans unclear in the partial text.
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
Obituary notices for Mrs. Unn Ruth Howery 73 of North Tazewell Va and Robert Sheffey Little 81 of Coaldale fountain list funeral details. Also listed are Mrs Rachel Ray Sykes 80 of Coalwood Va and other survivors with service times, locations, and burial plans across Bluefield area churches and cemeteries.
Rites Set For Local Residents In Virginia And Florida
Obituaries note Julius C Ratliff 75 of Pearly Va death after long illness. Funeral Tuesday at Bethlehem Regular Baptist Church with Rev John Lane Rev Johnny Clevinger and Rev Elmer Church officiating. Burial Ratliff Cemetery. Other notices include Jer Edna E White 56 of Hollywood Fla service Wednesday in Glen Lyn Va Christian Church and Laura Grey Lilly 82 of Dunns Va burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery.
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Julius C. Ratliff
Pearley
Jennie Ratliff
Herbert
Donald
Billy
Bobby Ratliff
Rt. 2
Grundy
Ilene Shortridge
Deskins
Ann Brewer
Betty Ratliff
Winchester
Cleve Ratliff
Keystone
Ellis Ratliff
Dannville
Linda McClanahan
Mae Ratliff
Vansant
Florence Busroe
Louisville
Bethhlehem Regular Baptist Church
John Lane
Johnny Clevinger
Elmer Church
Ratliff Cemetery
Virginia Funeral Home
Edna E. White
Hollywood
Fla
Glen Lyn
Christian Church
Bob Forrester
James Headen
Peterstown Cemetery
Norman Hunt
Forest Rice
Hallandale
Janie Clemons
Peterstown
Carrie Rade
Florence Turner
Hyattsville
Maurice Weiss
Chicago
Ill
Coburn Perdue
Candil Perdue
Arlington
Broyles
Ward of Bolton Landing dies at home
Harry W. Ward of Bolton Landing New York died at his home. He was married to Mrs. Mary Bames Gillespie Ward formerly of Pounding Mill Virginia. He leaves one daughter Mrs. Josephine Bourgeois of Ticonderoga New York and two sons Jack Ward with the Engineers Corps in Korea and David Ward of Dayton Ohio. Funeral was conducted at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Bolton Landing.
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Harry W. Ward
Bolton Landing
N. Y
Mary Bames Gillespie Ward
Pounding Mill
Josephine Bourgeois
Ticonderoga
Jack Ward
Engineers Corps
Korea
David Ward
Dayton
Ohio
Obituaries and funeral notices in Princeton and Bluefield
Funeral services for James G. Brookman are set for Tuesday at 2 30 p.m. at George W. Seaver Chapel Princeton with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Pallbearers listed Fidelis Sunday School members will carry flowers Celesta Barrett infant daughter of Sherman and Ruth Barrett is scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday at Graham Funeral Home Bluefield burial follows Cau d land Barrett Cemetery George H Sarver of Bluefield 115 Dudley Street will be buried at Maple Hills Cemetery after a Tuesday service at Dudley Memorial Mortuary conducted by Rev Clarence Smoot
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Unn Ruth Howery
Rt. 1
North Tazewell
Bluefield Sanitarium
Pisgah
Methodist
W. E. Mustard
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
William D
Martha Zimmerman Mays
James W. Howery
Marvin Ball
Charlott Harman
Bluefield
Eli Jones
John Davidson
Tazewell
Clarence Barrett
Charles C. Witt Jr
Myrtle Howery
Donald J. Howery
U. S. Army
Korea
Dennis M. Howe
Robert Sheffey Little
Coaldale Fountain
Cravens Funeral Chapel
Bluewell
John Mendez
Woodlawn
Clarence
Albert Brown
Everett Evans
Alex Lawson
Howard Rigney
Opel Jones
James Goodman
Charles Boles
Donald Hash
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Maybeury
Martha Hearn
Laura Grey Lilly
Dunns
Abingdon
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Frank Schwall
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Lilly
Henry A. Lilly
James
Polly Akers
A. J. Perkins
Henry W. Perkins
Beckley
C. C. Lilly
Shady Spring
June Conley
Pittsburgh
Wade and
Howe Akers
A. B. Akers
Spanishburg
J. E. Akers
Hampton, Va
L. B. Akers
North East, Md
Brook Akers
Cambrills Md
Velmer Akers
Earleton
Fila
Barrett
Celesta
Sherman
Ruth Anderson Barrett
Rt. 2
Bassett
Graham Funeral Home
Caudill-Barrett
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Sarver
George H
Dudley St
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Clarence Smoot
Maple Hills
Steel production dips slightly from record pace
NEW YORK AP steel output for the week ended Saturday reached 2,557,000 tons, down 3.3 percent from the prior week which had set a four year high. For the 52 weeks of 1964 production totaled 125,768,000 tons, far above the 117,000,000 ton full year record. output is 15.6 percent ahead of last year. The 1957 based production index stood at 112.3.
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New York
American Iron and Steel Institute
Monroney Seeks Compromise Lead in Senate Caucus
A. S. Mike Monroney of Oklahoma described the race for the assistant Senate Democratic leadership as a close three way contest with Senators Russell Long and John Pastore. He aims to be the compromise choice, urging either direct majority rule or continued balloting until a majority emerges within the 67 Democratic Senators.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. A
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Monroney
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
John O. Pastore
Rhode Island
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Long
Barry Goldwater
Pastore
Top Houston Men Indicted In $9.8 Million Wagering Case
Federal subpoenas named wealthy Houstonians as witnesses for the Corpus Christi trial of Joseph Lucia and seven others accused of conspiring to evade a 10 percent excise tax on wagers. Indicted defendants include Lucia a public relations man and nine other oilmen hotel manager insurer executive and store owner with wagers totaling 9.8 million dollars from 1959 through 1964.
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Houston, Tex
Houston
Joseph Lucia
Corpus Christi
Lucia
John Mecom
William A. Smith
Wesley West
R. W. Abercrombie
Eric Hilton
Shamrock Hilton
Hero
Conrad Hilton
W. Archer Romero
J. R. Navarro
Henry Desenberg
Emanuel Gerson
Dr. Frank Fisherman
Forecast Temperatures and Rainfall Through Saturday
Extended forecast shows lows averaging about 10 degrees above normal range with the normal lows noted as 22 north and 28 south and highs around 43 north and 4 south. Precipitation after midweek totals about three quarters of an inch.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
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Ohio, Tennessee
Mississippi
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Northern Plains
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Duke
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St. Paul
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Winnipeg
Johnson Health
Sikestop
Golf Digest Magazine
R. H. Sikes
Arkansas
Kelleysville
Red
Romania
Vienna
Mrs
Una Howery
Rachel Sykes
Rachel Ray Sykes
Coalwood
Bristol
Emory Sykes
Nora Thompson
Richlands
Bonnie Runyon
C. C. Woody
Eula Lyons
Joe Ray
Finney Baptist Church
Lester Barker
West End
Lebanon
Honaker
Julius Ratliff
Edna White
Mrs. White
Giles County
Walter
Elsie Perdue
Lawson White
Laura Lilly
Westgate
Princeton Ave
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