07 Feb 1966
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1966
Page
1
David Dixon a three foot two inch boy who vanished January 17 was found dead Sunday in the family pool in Sylmar Los Angeles. Police say the body wore the same clothing as when last seen and an extensive search by 500 officers and volunteers covered a 30 square mile area.
Edgar S. Ballard 86 retired merchant and farmer of 2609 Bland Road died at home after a long illness. Born December 8 1880 in Greenville he lived in Bluefield 36 years and owned Piggly Wiggly stores 1922 to 1999 with later Princeton partnership. Survived by four children two sisters seven grandchildren and wife predeceased. funeral Tuesday 2 pm Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield. Burial Monte Vista Cemetery. Memorials to American Cancer Society.
The Hancock School Parent-Teachers Association holds its February meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in the school on Henry Street.
An old Bluefield West Virginia newspaper snippet from the Daily Telegraph outlines Associated Press news rights and subscription rates. It cites carrier pricing, zone adjustments, and an address at Bland Street.
Multiple obituaries list Tilden Morrison 20 of East Princeton died at Bluefield Sanitarium after a two year illness. Sherman L. Pruett 46 of Boissevain died of heart attack at home with a large survivor list. BNied individuals include K. W. Scarberry and Hattie Bell Prdue Clark among others with service details at local churches and family cemeteries. Burial plans noted for Roselawn, Grandview Memory Gardens, and other local sites. callers may view at Bayley Funeral Home and Huff o Funeral Home arrangements listed.
Rush J Caudill 67 of North Tazewell Va. dies and funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Dudley Memorial Mortuary Bluefield with burial at Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield Tazewell Road. Connie Cyphers Murphy 69 Jenkinjones died. service at 2 p.m. today at Jenkinjones Methodist Church with burial Woodlawn Cemetery. A J Hawley 71 Bramwell Road Bluefield service at 2 p.m. today at Midway Church of Christ. burial Roselawn Cemetery. Lacy Pond Dexter 86 Pocahontas Va. funeral 2 p.m. Monday at Pocahontas Union Funeral Home Chapel. burial Bryant Memorial Cemetery.
Passage lists funding figures for multiple higher education institutions including Marshall University Fairmont State College Glenville State College West Liberty State College Concord College West Virginia Tech West Virginia State College Potomac College and others with each amount shown in parentheses.
President Johnson arrives amid aloha and protests as he prepares for a Hawaii summit with Ky and Thieu. Officials outline sessions on rural pacification, health, and education while linking talks to broader Viet Nam policy and possible victory over communism.
A murder trial will begin Monday in Morgantown for Archie Grinvalds 39 accused of pistol killing John P. Huggins 51 on January 2. Judge Don J. Eddy will preside in Monongalia County Circuit Court.
In Miami the fourth week of the Melvin Powers murder trial centers on a palm print found on a Mossler kitchen counter. Thom as J. Spurlock will identify the print as Powers and fingerprint expert Dave Plowden says age cannot be determined. Prosecution ties the print to a night of the slaying while noting Powers’ prior rides in the Messier car.
A blaze across two adjoining hotels forced about 100 people from beds in 23 degree cold. Mr and Mrs John Howard and two children suffered severe injuries. the children aged 21 months and 7 months died from smoke. In Fergus Falls two children aged 15 and 5 perished as flames consumed a two story house. an 18-year-old brother escaped. In Gonvick four year old Daniel Falder died as fire destroyed his home.
Partly cloudy and warmer in Virginia with highs near 50 in the southwest and 35 to 45 elsewhere. Tuesday turns cloudy with some rain possible west, highs 45 to 55. In West Virginia today, cloudy and warmer with highs from the low 50s in the southwest to the upper 30s in the northeast. Tuesday remains mostly cloudy with possible afternoon rain showers and continued warmth.
A babysitter guided three children to a rear exit as flames roared through a McLean Virginia home. Diane Lawson escaped, along with Lisa 6 Kirk 5 and Paul 3 Anglin children unharmed. Col Anglin stationed in Viet Nam. Paul admitted he played with matches.
In Havana Fidel Castro's regime forms brigades for the struggle against absenteeism to ensure daily worker attendance and voluntary Sunday labor. Employees with perfect attendance in 1986 will be honored with the brigade.
Phillip Charles Justice of Hurley is jailed on felonious assault and attempt to kill charges after a Saturday night shooting that left Ken West with more than 20 pellets in Grundy hospital. Burton Mounts faces assault charges. Virgil West also charged with misdemeanor as investigators led by Topper R. C. Byram and deputies pursue the case.
In Nashville Nixon heard from eleven Negro leaders that Black voters did not abandon the GOP in 1964 but fled Goldwater. They urged equal participation and a chance for real influence while avoiding promises. The informal conference discussed future party role and civil rights alignment.
In Bangkok, a farmer killed his son in law in a cowboy style duel after the son in law came to demand the wife’s return. The father in law, 53, allegedly refused her departure and the clash occurred on a road near the house. police hold the father in law.
Belgian doctors called off an indefinite strike aimed at higher fees under the state health plan after Premier Harmel urged a truce. The National Doctors' Federation kept the strike notice but postponed start dates, pending rapid negotiations on a proposed multilateral truce and a 25 percent fee increase versus a 5 percent government offer. King Baudouin urged civic duty and a negotiated compromise to Parliament.
A Putnam County man, 44, Thomas J. Cockrell of Eleanor, was killed near Point Pleasant when he fell from his pickup on U S 35 and was struck and dragged by a following car. A passenger survived. An autopsy was ordered by Mason County Prosecuting Attorney Samuel Doyle.
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