Klan Attack by Troopers Reported at Stone Mountain
Troopers reportedly attacked a Ku Klux Klan gathering at Stone Mountain as the NAACP convention took place in Atlanta. An official stated Stone Mountain is state property and no meetings are permitted. Klansmen earlier distributed racist pamphlets downtown. The Stone Mountain incident was the week's only violence.
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Stone Met
Stone Mountain
Klan
National Association For the Advance Met of Colored People
Atlanta
Goodman Singer Receives Notice From Hidden Whistles
Benny Goodman star Joya Sherrill faced a surprise at Lenin Sports Palace when a bouquet carried a note claiming the whistles were from hired goons. The message praised her singing and urged continued public support for the band amid wartime Italy.
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Moscow
Benny Goodman
Joya Sherrill
Lenin Sports Palace
Goodman
Miss Sherrill
Table Model Radio Station To Be Sold
A compact two way radio station from Generac Electric’s Communications Products Department in Lynchburg markets a tiny unit half the size of prior models. It fits atop a filing cabinet, outputs 15 watts, and uses less power than a 1 watt bulb, targeting small businesses factories, and government agencies.
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Lynchburg
Generac Electric
Communication Products
Agen
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Dispatches and Rates
Partial OCR reads Bluefield West Virginia newspaper listing rates and services. Mentions Associated Press dispatches credited to the paper and a telegraph telephone contact line. The fragment references audit bureau representations and subscription details.
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Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
W. Va
West Virginie
Burely
Havering
Two Wounded Near Jaeger in McDowell County Shooting
Two persons were wounded in a late night fight and shooting spree near Laeger in McDowell County. Two suspects were charged and another remained under questioning as authorities investigated the incident led by Constable Deskins, Police Chief Cleve Hilton, and State Trooper J M Peery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laeger
McDowell County
Cleve Hilton
Deskins
J. M. Peery
Lawyers differ on effect of school prayer ruling
AP reports debated implications of the Supreme Court decision on school prayer. William Butler argued it bans all classroom prayer. Bertram Darker said it bars only a government formed prayer. They debated on NBC Direct Line about the ruling.
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NEW York
U.S. Supreme Court
William J. Butler
New Hyde Park
New York Board of Regents
Bertram B. Darker
Regents
Fifteen Boat Owners Arrested In Ohio River Crackdown
Captain H E Shaver reports 15 Northern Panhandle pleasure boat owners were arrested for missing boat registrations or lacking safety equipment. Four arrests occurred Saturday near Chester, the rest Sunday in Ohio and Marshall counties. All boats operated on the Ohio River following a fatal collision near Brilliant, Ohio.
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Wheeling
Panhandle
H. E. Shaver
Parkersburg
Chester
Ohio
Marshall
Ohio River
Shaver
Brilliant
Red Chinese whale catching rises to 104 in six months
The New China News Agency reported that Communist Chinese whalers caught 104 whales in the first half of the year, matching the total catch for all of 1961.
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Tokyo
New China News Agency
Midwest Steel Head Moves to Great Lakes Post
Thomas E. Millsop chairman of National Steel Corp announces leadership shift with Midwest Steel heading to Great Lakes within the group. Berdis, a 25 year veteran of steel and aluminum, joined National Steel in 1956 as president of its Warren facility.
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Thomas E. Millsop
National Steel Corp
Great Lakes
Midwest Steel
Berdis
Steel
Aluminum
National Steel
Warren Lee
Reed Family Service Planned in Princeton
Ben H Reed of Athens and other relatives survive him in a large family. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 30 p m at George W Seaver Mortuary in Princeton with burial in Athens Cemetery. Masons will handle graveside rites and floral officers attend. Friends may call after 2 p m today.
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George W. Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
Bill Withers
A. B. Moore
Athens
Athens Chapter 33
Order of Eastern Star
Princeton Quota Club
Robert Mathena
Dorsie Martin
Sam Williamson
F. W. Cooper
Ralph Klingensmith
Frank Parker
Otho Thompson
Fred Rogers
Joe Vachon
John Kessinger
Tom McFarland
Daniel Hale
Gordon Todd
E. E. Bailey
W. W. Myers
Dewey Bailey
Ben Tilson
Dayton Neal
James Deck
Claude Ellis
Hugh Shot
L. E. White
Paul Vennari
Richard Walthall
Hershel Sarver
W. M. McClaugherty
Cyrus Gadd
Walter Burton
Ben White, Sr
Jim Hentz
Fred M. Kenzie
J. D. Hoffer
Mercer Jennings
Oscar Boyst
Fitzhugh Blankenship
Ray Cheatwood
Arthur Moody
Kyle McCormick
Fred O. Blue
Joe Shaffer
Ira Mason Smith
Boys and Girls State Programs Open Across Virginia
In Blacksburg and Radford Virginia Tech and Radford College host American Legion backed democracy training as boys and girls cast ballots for city and state posts. Gov Nettie Saied delivers the Radford session with city government talks and bar exams for boys while girls prepare for state elections with schedules of caucuses and debates.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
Radford College
Nettie Saied
Norfolk
Radford
William Coyner
T S
Robert S. Irons
Grace Gordon
Farmvile
Commonwealth
Princess Anne Courthouse
American Legion
Boys’ State
Horace Hood III
The
Roanoke Times
Vehicles Collide At Rogers And Thomas
Two young Bluefield men escaped serious injury after a collision at Rogers and Thomas Streets. James J. Bourne of Rt. 2 Bluefield headed west on Rogers Street and hit Charles Kelly 22 of 124 Giles St Bluefield who was northbound on Thomas Street. Kelly treated for back contusions. Bourne not injured. Bourne charged with running a stop sign and summoned to Bluefield Municipal Court.
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Bluefield
Rogers and
Thomas Streets
James J. Bourne
Rt. 2
Roger Street
Charles Kelly
Giles St
Thomas Street
Kelly
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bourne
Bluefield Municipal Court
Chaplin’s Wife Gives Birth to Boy in Lausanne
Charlie Chaplin and wife Oona welcomed a baby boy in Lausanne as the 73 year old comedian returned from England where he was receiving honorary degrees. The Chaplin family now counts five girls and three boys.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Charlie Chaplin
Oona
England
Deputy Premier Hailed As Hero Amid Algiers Turmoil
Reports from Algiers describe crowds cheering Ben Bella as Moslem quarters show banners and portraits. In European quarters 97 died in clashes. thousands fled toward France as authorities warn arms possession. High officials seek reconciliation between Ben Bella and Ben Khedda factions while Ben Khedda faces growing concessions.
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Ben Bella
Han Atte
France
Secret Army
Oran
Labouahi Souia
Souia
Mohammed Yazid
Rabah Bitat
Rabat
Ben Khedda
Yazid
Bitat
Mohammed Khider
Khider
Algiers
Flaming Truck Wreck Fatal To Galax Man
A flaming lumber truck crashed off U S 460 near Bedford in Virginia. The driver, Clarence Fleming of Rockville, was trapped and died later at St Philip Hospital Richmond. Virginia road toll for 1962 rose to 420.
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Associated Press
Bedford County
U. S. 460
Bedford
Clarence Randolph Fleming
L of
Rt. 1
Rockville
St. Phillip Hospital
Richmond
Virginia
Hanover County
Eight of ten Greek vehicles in crashes in 1961
Greek insurance firms report eight of every ten motor vehicles in Greece involved in crashes in 1961. They warn the rate could be higher in the current year with an 11 percent rise in traffic accidents in the first six months.
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Athens
Greece
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
G L Tickle 56 of Yards Va died in St Luke s Hospital Bluefield after a life in Yards He survived by wife Helen Ray Ernest Tickle and three daughters plus a son and siblings Funeral held at Midway Methodist Church with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery Pallbearers listed Honorary pallbearers named Earl Canada 59 of Lake Shawnee died after a month illness in Memorial Hospital Princeton Survivors include wife Ruth three sons Carol ine and others Funeral at House of Prayer Lake Shawnee with burial in Bud Cemetery Ethel Bertha Hurst 72 of Bud died at Bluefield Sanitarium Survived by four daughters and two sons Funeral at Community Church Dubring with burial at Woodlawn Church body to home of Mrs Henry Arington Pallbearers named Mary Bivens Jones 74 of Bastian died at daughter s home Survived by four daughters three sons and many grandchildren Funeral at Ballard Baptist Church Ballard with burial in church cemetery Vernon D Heath 63 of Keystone died in Stevens Clinic Welch Funeral at Rock Hill Baptist Church Gary with burial in Bryant Memorial Cemetery Monteria Heath listed family details and multiple children Funeral for Luther Carter 56 of Pocahontas Virginia at Pocahontas Union Funeral Home Sister and half-brother noted James Hodges 49 of Red Sulphur Springs died at Bluefield Hospital. arrangements incomplete Eric James Sneed 57 of Mount Hope died at Oak Hill Hospital after illness Survived by wife Edith and multiple children and stepchildren Funeral at Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
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Guy Lee Tickle
Yards
St. Luke's Hospital
Bluefield
Johnson and
Sally Ann Anderson Tickle
Helen Ray Ernest Tickle
Barbara Ann Berbert
Kitty Sue Pauley
Judy Lee Tickle
Benny R. Tickle
S. T. Morris
Radford
Beulah Jones
Fort Myers
Fla
Midway Methodist Church
W. R. Grimma
Keith B. Auvil
Woodlawn
Wagner Funeral Home
Earl Sarver
Raymond Compton
Harry and Bentley Butt
Roscoe Patrick
Frank Lawson
Claude Taylor
Clarence C. Bishop
W. E. Jones
Marvin Ratcliffe
Frank Collins
Ester Tabor
Roy Vickers
Harless Jennings
John Testerman
Clarence Matthews
George Anderson
Pat Murray
Cecil Mullins
Walter Page
Emmett Barrett
Wilson Crawford
Preston Sarver
Eugene Butt
Earl Roy Canada
Lake Shawnee
Memorial Hospital
Princeton
McDowell County
United Mine Workers
Maben
Mullens
Ruth Canada
Robert
Earl R. Canada, Jr
Carl Canada
Chicago
Ill
Caroline Canada
Jesse Canada
Sophia
Asa Canada
Wayne
T. E. Canada
Gaynelle Stoots
High Point
N. C
Minnie Hundley
Austinville
House of Prayer
Walter Green
Bud Cemetery
Bailey Funeral Home
Ethel Bertha Hurst
Bud
Bluefield Sanitarium
Harve McBride
Nancy Aldman
Jesse Fizer Hurst
Virginia
Marie Stone
Norfolk
Margaret Worley
Ruby Vance
Columbus
Mildred Wood
Shipman
W. H. Hurst
Baltimore
Mary Bivens Jones
W. P. Tolbert
Rt. 1
Bastian
John Robinette
Junior Mitchell
Panama City
Fila
Omar Brooks
Guyan
George H. Jones
Berwin
Robert G. Jones
Bradshaw
R. H. Jones
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Jones
Jolo
Vernon D. Heath
Keystone
Rock Hill Baptist Church
Gary
P. T. Travis
Samuel Canady
H. E. Price
Bryant Memorial Cemetery
Pocahontas, Va
Tazewell County
Stevens Clinic
Welch
United Mine Workers Local 6206
Eureka Lodge 10
Monteria Heath
Vivian Heath
Washington, D.C
Verona Evans
Cleveand
Marvelene Swayne
Maurice Heath
Kimball and
Howard
Douglas Heath
Washington, D. C
Lucy H. Poindexter
Pocahontas
Viola Mitchell
Detroit
Evelyn Nolin
Curtis Heath
Tazewell
Thaddius Heath
Clarence Heath
Mich
Linkford-Richardson Funeral Home
Luther Carter
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Mack Thompson
Glen Fern
Abingdon
Jess Carter
North Carolina
Eric James Sneed
Mount Hope
Oak Hill
Raleigh County
Edith Sneed
William Sneed
Stephenson
Danny Sneed
U. S. Army
Camp Perry, CO
James Sneed
Paul Sneed
Gloria Shrewsbury
Elkton
Freeda Romans
Frank Romanick
Ruth Karnes
Cranberry
A. L. Howard
Silver Springs
Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church
Earnest Barley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Tyree
Mrs Helen Wilson Dies in Chicago After Sophia Roots
Mrs Helen Wilson wife of Nor vell Wilson of Chicago Illinois formerly of Sophia died Saturday in Chicago Survivors include two daughters Rebecca and Naomi Wilson mother and step father Wade Lovell of Sophia one brother Frank Jones of Chicago five sisters Nancy Perrozzi Shirley Seckule Ruth Ann Jones SP of the Women s Army Corps Fort Mc Clellan Alabama Mrs Stuart Ruth Deck Beckley and Mrs Jack Wenoka Brown Falls Church Virginia and one half sister Katherine Lovell of Sophia Funeral services were held Tuesday 2 p m at Sophia Methodist Church with Rev L R Mason officiating and burial in Sunset Memorial Cemetery Beckley Susie Dandridge of Wilcoe died Sunday at Stevens Clinic Welch after a lengthy illness Body remains at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home Keystone pending arrangements.
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Helen Wilson
Norvell Wilson
Chicago
Ill
Sophia
Rebecca
Naomi Wilson
Wade Lovell
Frank Jones
Nancy Perrozzi
Shirley Seckule
Ruth Ann Jones
Women’s Army Corps
Fort McClellan
Ala
Stuart Ruth Deck
Beckley
Susie Dandridge
Wilcoe
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Obituary: Edward Kinzer of Mud Fork Virginia Dies at 76
Edward W Kinzer 76 of Mud Fork Road near Tip Top Va died Saturday night at home. A farmer and native of Tazewell County he was a bachelor and the last survivor of his family. He is survived by two nieces Fannie Dickenson and Mrs Powell Slass and three nephews IK M Dickenson W T Dickenson and James S Dickenson. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p m at Wagner Funeral Home Bluefield with Rev C M Sublett and burial at Wexler Tabor Cemetery Mud Fork. Great nephews will be pallbearers great nieces will carry flowers. The body will remain at the funeral home for calling after 11 today.
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Edward W. Kinzer
Mud Fork Road
Tip Top
Tazewell County
Phillip and
Margaret Tabor Kinzer
Fannie Ellis Dickenson
Rt. 1
North Tazewell
Keen Mountain man Guss Walton Keene dies at 80
Keen Mountain resident Guss Walton Keene 80 died after a long illness at a daughter's home. Born in Buchanan County he was a farmer, survived by two daughters Edna Van Dyke and Eula Horn, a stepson Sam Honaker, a brother Harve Keene, 37 grandchildren and 82 great grandchildren. Rev Richard Kennedy to officiate. burial in Rife Cemetery Keen Mountain. Body to be moved from Farmer Funeral Home to Josh Van Dyke residence Monday afternoon.
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Guss Walton Keene
Keen Mountain
Buchanan County
James
Linda van Dyke Keene
Rosie Keene
Edna van Dyke
Eula Horn
Phyllis, Ky
Sam
Funeral notices for Mrs James Starling and George H Walker
Funeral services are scheduled for Mrs James Starling today at 2 p.m. at Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield with burial at Monte Vista Park Cemetery. pallbearers listed. Also, funeral services for George H Walker today at 2 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton with Rev Roby Belcher officiating and burial at Butler Cemetery Hill Top.
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Starling
James
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Home
Monte Vista Park
Herbert Crigger
Donald Crigger
Paul Hare
Ed Stowers, Jr
Kenneth Woody
Don Burnopp
Walker
George H
Memorial
Princeton
Roby Belcher
Butler Cemetery
Hill Top
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Rae Rae
Midwest Steel Head
Ben H. Reed
First Christian Church
B. C. Gibbs
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Bill Wade
Virgie Brown
Kimball
William Alger
Rock
Charles Pennington
Effie Mills
Newport News
Newton
Major
Bar
Rogers
Thomas
Chaplin
G. L. Tickle
E. R
Canada
Ethel Hurst
Ballard Baptist Church
Ballard
Newberry Funeral ‘Home
Bland
D. Heath
J. H. Hodges
James H. Hodges
Red Sulphur Springs
Bluefield Hospital
William S.broyles
Peterstown
Erie J. Sneed
Mary Jones
Mrs. Norvell Wilson
Christ Exalted Tent Revival
Vansant Ball Park
Vansont, Va
Roller Floral Co
E. W. Kinzer
Goodykoontz Rexall Store
Bland and
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