Morgantown faces questions over World’s Fair pavilion fate
Governor Hulett Smith warned the Morgantown pavilion from West Virginia’s World’s Fair may never be re erected. The dismantled structure, once planned as a WVU health facility, faces uncertain funding and possible relocation. lawmakers adjourned without budget money and an attorney general opinion blocked pavilion fund use. The governor signed two new acts and announced three task forces as the session ended.
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West Virginia
New York
Morgantown
Hulett Smith
West Virginia University
WVU
Paul A. Miller
Smith
Suit Against City Is Scheduled Today
A $50,000 lawsuit against the City of Bluefield opens before a Mercer County jury in Princeton today at 9 30 am. Plaintiff Lucy Evans, 81, of Leckie McDowell County, seeks damages for injuries from a May 1964 sidewalk fall on Bland Street Bluefield. She allegedly stepped in a hole on the sidewalk.
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Mercer County
Princeton
Lucy Evans
Leckie
McDowell County
Plantiff
Bland Street
Ross Speaker For Lions Of Bluewell
Walter V. Ross of Bluefield spoke to the Bluewell Lions Club at Club La Salute outlining "The Calendar" and its monthly meanings. Earl Smith of Arthur Smith Shows attended as plans began for a club sponsored show at the National Guard Armory on April 15.
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Walter V. Ross
Bluefield
Bluewell Lions Club
Club la Salute
Bluewell
Earl Smith
Arthur Smith
National Guard Armory
Outdoor Life Film to Highlight Tri Angle Club Meeting
Tri Angle Sportsmen's Club sessions to start at 6 30 pm at Pinacle Restaurant on Federal Street with a film on outdoor life as the main event. President Robert T. Jones said a business session and dinner will precede the screening.
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Pinnacle Restaurant
Federal Street
Robert T. Jones
Telegraph announces publication details for Bluefield Daily Telegraph
The notice outlines subscription options and rates for the Daily Telegraph, including carrier and mail delivery within Virginia. It mentions annual price and publication rights, with references to audit and association details.
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Bluefield
Virginia
Meeber Audit Bureau of Representative
Wats Enc
Deaths and Funerals Acknowledge George King 95 Kimball
Funeral services for George King 95 longtime Kimball resident and town's oldest citizen will be held Thursday at 1 30 p m at First Baptist Church with Rev T V A Winston Rev G R Brown and Rev William Turner officiating Burial will be in Oakgrove Cemetery Bluewell Pallbearers will be church members and flowers carried by church missionary society He died Saturday at his residence Born in Ashland North Carolina he was a son of the late Afred and Frances Brown King He was a retired Norfolk and Western Railway Co employee and a member of First Baptist Church and Knights of Pythian Lodge at Vivian He survived by his wife Ida Bell Mills King five sons a daughter two sisters and other relatives
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Kimball
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T. V. A. Winston
G. R. Brown
William Turner
Oakgrove
Bluewell
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Ashland
N. C
Afred
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Ida Bell Mills King
Rhea King
Andrew
Charles King
Washington,d. C
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Charlestown
Erving
Garnett Hobart Elswick
Lake Park
Richlands
Jewell Ridge
Fayette and
Lovisa Mitchell Elswick
Fomer
Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company
Bastion
Crosley Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
Freewill Baptist Church
Elbert Munsey Masonic Lodge
Rocky Gap
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Garrett M. Elswick
Reliance
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Ralph Kidd
Bastian
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Bristol
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Bandy
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Cedar Bluff
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Harold Short
Jess Bandy
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Gillis Reed
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Oak Grove
Madison
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Elk Ridge
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Claudia Mae Jennings
New York City
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Boston
Mass
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Funeral services for Edward Hare held at Mercer Chapel
Edward Hare, 36, of Washington DC and former Bracefield resident, dies from injuries in a Sunday accident at Fort Polk Army Hospital. A 20-year Air Force veteran, he worked civilianly at Naval Air Station Cheltenham. Full military honors by Guthrie AFB Charleston. Services Thursday 11 am. burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Surviving family listed.
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Bracefield
Mercer Funeral Chapel
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Walter L. Johnson
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
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Charleston
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Dorothy Ott Hare
Washington
Susan Roxanne
Janet Melissa Hare
John W. Hare
Bluefield
Donald Hare
Emmett
Jerry Hare
Milwaukee
Wis
Charles Hare
Fork Polk
Wilan Shropeshire
Columbus
Obituary notices list several local deaths and services
In Richlands VA Issac A Ike Jones 6 was laid to rest at Shortt Cemetery after a service at Framer Funeral Home led by Rev Henry Roberts. Survivors include five sons and two daughters from several nearby towns. In Bluefield Alice Elizabeth Wilson 58 died Thursday with services at Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel. burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Ezra W Belcher 79 of Princeton died today. Seaver Mortuary service and Resthaven Cemetery burial. Old Guard members plan honorary pallbearers. Sarah Elizabeth Mahood Moss 58 of Burkes Garden VA service at Burkes Garden Central Church. burial church cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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Isaac Dalton Johnson
Rt. 1
Bastian
Ethel Phifer
Mobile
Ala
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Jaeger
Opal Johnson
R. 1
Pauline Cantrell
Bishop, Va
Margie Payne
Gracie Mills
Rocky Gap
Clarence Roberts
Bradshaw
Perry Roberts
Rose Addair
Baltimore
Melda Grosse
Viola Waldron
Raysal
Squire Johnson
Lynchburg
Pine Grove Church of Christ
Jolo
Rowe Cemetery
John D. Payne
Hubert Bishop
Newberry Funeral Home
Bland
Tommy Zanda Yates
Tommy Yates
Red Ash
Richlands
Rita
Wanda
Josephine
Brenda Yates
Farmer Funeral Home
Belcher
Ezra W
Princeton
Seaver Mortuary
Resthaven
W. N. McClaugherty
Bill Pendleton
Jack Crotty
Guy Harman
James Carbaugh
Ned Barberie
Wetzel Wilson
Elmer Bay
Old Guard
Lions Pay Tribute To Dr Blaydes In Bluefield Va
Dr J Elliott Blaydes Jr of Bluefield drew a standing ovation as guest speaker at the Bluefield Lions Club meeting at City Hall. The club honored him for a sponsored operation restoring a local youth’s eyesight and return to school. He spoke on eye health and answered questions after.
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J. Elliott Blaydes Jr
Bluefield
Lions Club
Guy Wiley
Blaydes
Lions
Wade Hodges
Winners Named In 4 H Talent Show
Two acts were chosen as the best during a 4 H talent show at Graham Elementary School Bluefield Va Tuesday afternoon. Debbie Drewy's piano selection and a chemistry experiment by Barry Thompson and Eddie Spurgeon were picked for possible countywide competition at Tazewell High School March 26.
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Graham Elementary School
Bluefield
Debbie Drewy
Barry Thompson
Eddie Spurgeon
Tazewell High School
Evangelist Emma White to Speak at First AME Zion Church
Evangelist Mrs Emma White of the Church of God of Bluefield will address a midweek service at First AME Zion Church on Pulaski Street Wednesday at 8.00. Mrs Julia Ward will lead the devotionals.
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James M Riley Nemours Dies After Fall at Home
James Madison Riley 90 of Nemours died Tuesday morning at Bluefield Sanitarium after a fall at his home Sunday that caused injuries contributing to his death. Born April 9, 1875 in Durham NC, he worked for E I Dupont and helped open Nemours plant. He leaves Beatrice Repass Riley, three daughters Marie Sparks C E Viars Dorothy Dillon, two sons James Riley Bruce Riley, a brother Bennett Riley, a sister Carrie Riley, seven grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral at Mount Herman Baptist Church with burial in Mount Herman Cemetery Dudley Memorial Mortuary Bluefield Va in charge.
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Huron
Ohio
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Buffalo
N. Y
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Doran
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Ypsilanti, Mich
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Raven, Va
Farmer Funeral Home
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Nemours
Bluefield
Durham
N C
Darrell Riley
Nannie Blackwell Riley
E. I. Dupont Co
Beatrice Repass Riley
Home
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Marie Sparks
C. E. Viars
Miami
Fla
Dorothy Dillon
James Riley
Montgomery
Ala
Bruce Riley
Bennett Riley
Carrie Riley
Mount Herman Baptist Church
Roy Lacy
Charles Dooley
Mount Herman Cemetery
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Maxie Man Charged With Having Booze
Ken Clevenger of Maxie Va was arrested at his home by Buchanan County Sheriff Burl Rife and deputies after his car in Harman Va was found with 45 gallons of moonshine. He posted bonds of 1 500 on each of two charges illegal possession of moonshine whisky and contributing to the delinquency of a minor an unidentified juvenile was involved.
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Rife
Clevenger
War Fork Man Treated After Self Inflicted Cut
War Fork resident William Brady Sykes, 31, jailed on a felonious assault charge, was treated at Grundy Hospital Tuesday afternoon after cutting himself in the side with a razor. Police weigh whether the wound was accidental. Sykes had been arrested last Tuesday for shooting neighbor William Viers, 29, in an argument over the telephone. Viers suffered a non serious bullet wound in the side. A hearing date has not been set.
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Waman
Buchanan County
Grundy Hospital
William Brady Sykes
Sykes
William Viers
Viers
Hearing delayed in Virginia scissors stabbing case
Oliver Justus, 61, of Roseann, Virginia, has a preliminary hearing delayed at least two weeks after an attorney was appointed. Justus is free on a 7500 dollar bond for the murder of his wife Luenty Justus, 58, whose body was found with a pair of scissors embedded in her heart.
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Nick Persin
Y. Justus
Luenty Justus
Jewell Ridge Miner Dies in Laurel Creek Accident
Grat David Barnes of Jewell Ridge Va aged 22 was killed instantly in a mine accident at Hobbs Brothers Coal mines Laurel Creek. Born in McDowell County he was son of Carl and Nora Barnes and husband of Hazel Pruett Barnes with one daughter Frances Mae. Siblings Marie Church Dolly Molly and Helen Barnes. Funeral conducted by Rev John Herndon at West Fork near Richlands with burial in Nelson Cemetery Bearwallow. Body moved from Hurst-Scott Funeral Home Redlands to the home of James Griffith.
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McDowell County
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Nora Barnes
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Marie Church
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Helen Barnes
James H. Griffith
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Richlands
John Herndon
Nelson Cemetery
Bearwallow
Hurst - Scott Funeral Home
Redlands
James Griffith
Mothers at Grundy raise funds for March of Dimes
The Mothers March event by Grundy clubs collected 26 dollars in donations from a Sunday drive. A spaghetti dinner by Junior and Senior Women yielded profits over the month to support various local charities.
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Grundy Junior Woman's Club
Chub Menner
Lincoln’s Stovepipe Hat as Spare Office
President Lincoln used his stovepipe hat as a mobile office carrying important papers in the crown. The tall hat served as a storage space and quick workspace during his presidency.
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Abraham Lincoln
Cops and Deputy Are Acquitted in Virginia Shooting Case
Virginia state police sergeant C E Chandler trooper Wayne Stockner and deputy Sid Pauley were acquitted in Tazewell County Circuit Court after waiving jury trial. They and seven officers went to Abbs Valley home of Walter Dye 51 on May 9 1965 to arrest him for felonious shooting.
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Taewell County
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Wayne Stockner
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Adkins
Chandler
Stockner
Pauley
Building bulge threats after bank building crack in Tampa
The south wall of the Marine Bank Building in Tampa a ten story structure bulged and cracked on Tuesday prompting 500 occupants to evacuate for safety.
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Tampa
Fla
Marine Bank
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