Wealthy Georgia man's wife slain after hospital surgery
In Macon Georgia detective chief W H Bargeron said Chester A Burge was charged with murder in the death of his wife Mary 4 found dead in their home on May 11. Burge had undergone major surgery 25 hours earlier and was released from a hospital after psychiatric examination. A man aided Burge in returning from the hospital May 10 details withheld. jewelry valued at 50000 remained untouched.
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Macon
Hos
W. H. Bargeron
Chester A. Burge
Burge
Bargeron
Mary
Court to Rule on Police Wiretapping Legality
Supreme Court agreed to decide if police may use electronic eavesdropping to gather evidence in a gambling case. A spike microphone was used for four days at a Washington house near the State Department, leading to warrants, a raid, and three arrests.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Rogers Named McDowell County Clerk After Death
William Rogers of Keystone was appointed to finish the term of the late Bernard Woodward as Mc Dowell County clerk. Rogers, ex chief deputy in the sheriff's office, will serve until the general election and has been endorsed by the county Democratic Committee as its candidate. The Republican committee is expected to name an opponent.
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William Rogers
Keystone
Bernard Woodward
McDowell County
Rogers
McDowell County Sheriff's Department
Woodyard
Mit County Court
McDowell County Democrat Committee
Republican Executive Committee
Public Auction of Mercer County Real Estate in West Virginia
Commissioners of Mercer County by decree announce public sale of a parcel on East River in Eas River District Princeton WV. The Wetted property totaling about four acres includes a large poplar stand and borders the Pendleton and Wadland lines with exceptions noted. sale to the highest bidder Saturday June 14 1080 at 10 AM under the court order and instructions of Clerk L T Reynolds.
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Mercer County
Virginia
Charlie Brown
Henry Brows
Alax T. Smith
Joseph C. Shafter
Ec Specia
Princeton
Sydnee
T George Evans
Area Horses Triumph at Peterstown Rotarians Show
Winners from Peterstown are named in the Rotarian organized horse show with top placements in Fine Harness Pony Walking Horse and Pleasure Saddie Type classes. Coto Devonhurst's Cody Lad Archie Goldust Midnight Luster Merry Man Splinters Colle King Nancy Patten Appalachian Yankee Lightfoot and Cock of Bastian appear among multiple category winners. The event despite rain was hailed a deciled success by Rotarians.
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Peterstown
Coto
C. H. Carper
Athens
Devonhurst
Cody Lad
Mercer Springs Farm
Princeton
Archie Goldust
Billy Parker
J. M. McKenzie
Merry Man
David McKenzie
Splinters
C. W McGrothlin
Colle
Virginia Hendrickson
Pembroke
King
C. S. Hancock and Sons
Bastian
Nancy Patten
George L. Beavers
North Tazewell
Alvin Dillon
Bland, Va
Lightfoot
J. W Harris
Tazewell
C. S. Hancock
Bluefield
Area Students Named To Science Program
The 1980 National Science Foundation program at Emory and Henry College in Emory Virginia runs June 13 to July 15. Dr Marius Biesi announces area high school juniors and seniors selected including Philip S Selig Princeton Paul Adams Jr Castlewood James E Bishop Mary Etta Carter Roger A Brooks James RB eens Gate City Mary Dalton Sarah Jane Noland Pulaski Larry Green Jewell Valley John C McElroy Eugene Steet Grundy Charles Y Osborne Murphy White Chilhowle Kenneth L Rakes Narrows Rolla Monette Roberson Glenda Shortt Clintwood Norman Shelburne Bristol Leslie Wilson Kingsport Tennessee.
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National Science Foundation
Emory and Henry College
Emory
Marius Biesi
the College
Philip S. Selig
Princeton
Paul Adams Jr
Castlewood
James E. Bishop
Mary Etta Carter
Roger A Brooks James RB
Gate City
Mary Dalton
Sarah Jane Noland
Pulaski
Larry Green
Jewell Valley
John C. McElroy
Eugene Steet
Grundy
Charles Y. Osborne
Murphy White
Chilhowle
Kenneth L. Rakes
Narrows
Rolla Monette
Roberson
Wise
Glenda Shortt
Clintwood
Norman Shelburne
Bristol
Leslie Wilson
Kingsport
Tenn
Jaeger Man Waives Preliminary Hearing
Robert Cline of Coon Branch near Jaeger waives preliminary hearing in Welch on murder charge for fatal shooting of his wife Ethel Mae Cline at their home after a domestic quarrel. Police report the death occurred early Sunday. weapon described as a pumpkin ball from a 12 gauge shotgun.
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Robert Junior Cline
Coon Branch
Jaeger
Squire E. L. Mitchell
Welchline
Ethel Mae Cline
Cline
Weather By The Associated Press West Virginia Outlook
West Virginia mostly sunny and warmer Wednesday with highs 74 to 80 east and 78 to 84 west. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies, warmth and higher humidity. Virginia predicts mostly sunny weather with a fair Thursday and a small rise in temperatures.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Spring Lamb Sale To Begin At Tazewell Va Livestock Market
The 1980 spring lamb sale at the Tazewell County Livestock Market near Tazewell Virginia starts next Monday. At the May 9 sale top calves brought 27 to 28 per hundred. heavies 26. lights 25.50 to 25. The better cows sold 16 to 17.50. commons 14 to 16. cannets and cutters 12. Top hogs 16.75. heavies 16. lights 15. Sow prices 10.90 to 14. One butcher heder sold for 0 per hundred.
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Tazewell County
Tazewell
Shriner Dance-Breakfast Planned in Prince ton Memorial
The Bluefield Shrine Club sponsors a dance-breakfast at the Memorial Building in Prince ton Saturday night starting at 9. Frank Winfrey will cook breakfast served after the dance. Tickets available from Lucas and several local doctors.
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Bluefield Shrine Club
Memorial Building
Princeton
Frank Winfrey
Lucas
A. J. Martin
Albert
Joel Vincinguerra
N. A. Krupey
Paul Champion
Minister Addresses Matoaka Kiwanis Club Speaker
The Rev. Paul Bazard of Matoaka was the main speaker at Matoaka Kiwanis Club Tuesday night meeting at Matoaka High School. The group also voted support for the Century Recreation Park near Matoaka.
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Paul Bazard
Matoaka
California Gray Whales Make 5000 Mile Winter Migration
California gray whales migrate across 5000 miles each winter from the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea to the breeding grounds off Baja California, returning to northern waters in summer.
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California
Arctic Ocean
Bering Sea
CS Lecturer Speaks Here on Divine Authority
John D. Pickett of Chicago a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship delivered a public lecture on Christian Science at 8 15 p m Tuesday in the ballroom of the West Virginia Hotel The talk titled Christian Science The Joy of Living by Divine Authority urged that divine authority gives freedom from fear sin sickness and want and is available to all through prayer He illustrated with examples of a businessman saved from bankruptcy and a kidney ailment healed wholly by spiritual means The First Church of Christian Scientists sponsored the event with Marshall Spangler introducing Pickett
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John D. Pickett
Chicago
Christian Science Board of
West Virginia
Pickett
Virginia Girl Dies by Own Action in Rural Virginia
The 12 year old Katherine Skeen was found with a shotgun blast near Grundy Virginia. Sheriff Burl Rife and Medical Examiner Dr. A S Richardson ruled the death as death by own action after extensive examination. The girl had previously threatened self harm and used a stick to pull the trigger.
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Buchanan County
Burl Rife
Katherine Skeen
Arch McClanahan
Skeen
Grundy
A. S. Richardson
Rife
Vandals Break Into Wade School in Bluefield
Vandals broke into Wade School in Bluefield early Tuesday morning and ransacked the kitchen and a storage room but nothing of value was reported missing. A ground floor rear window pane was broken and entry made through the window. police were notified.
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Wade School
Bluefield
Police barrier two routes into Bechuanaland
South African police raise barriers on two roads into Bechuanaland near Johannesburg. They report giving refuge to fugitives fleeing racial conflict in South Africa.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Bechuanaland Protectorate
Nar
Bechuanaland
Swaziland
Honor Roll At Athens Listed
Athens school honors lists by grade and name. Seniors include Barbara Jennings and Elizabeth Williams among many others. Juniors feature Jimmy Caruth and David Cunningham, with freshmen Connie White and Betty Law noted. Eighth seventh grades named. long roster of students across classes.
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Barbara Jennings
Anne Kylie
Paula Lamb
Dianne Martin
Betty Meadows
Geraldean Nelson
Lois Nichols
Gail
Mary Etta Oxley
Linda Bonnie White
Patsy Wie
Elizabeth Williams
Gay Lew Woodell
Sue Wyatt
Jerry Blankenship
Charles Caldwell
Robert Craghead
Chester Friedl
Junior Hodges
Charles Mann
Bill Robertson
Douglas Wiley
Jimmy Caruth
David Cunningham
Carl Dahike
Chales Perry
James Pettrey
Victoria Baxter
Jerry Fudge
June Martin
Ella Louise Pettrey
Jerelene Pettrey
Fern White
Dixie Hazelwood
Peggy White
Ruth Ann White
Mann
Joyce Meadows
Sandra Thompson
Leroy Webb
Kay White
Nannie White
Johnny Carter
Howard Austin
Connie White
Betty Law
Betty White
Sandra Smith
Pam Lane
Jerry Parker
Wayne Moye
Nancy Duling
Rita Harvey
Nancy Hight
Mary Jane Neeley
Patricia Puckett
Joyce Shorter
Linda Via
David Baxter
Harry Carter
Thomas Davis
Henry Friedl
James
Connie Bennett
Mary Bowling
Barbara Coburn
Betty McCulloch
Linda Osborne
Rose Thornton
Lane Wiseman
Dexter Fried
James Meadows
Larry Peck
Danny Pennington
David White
Beaver Students Qualify For NFL National Tournament
Three Beaver speech students qualified for the National Forensic League national tournament in San Diego California June 21. Bill Noell Keith McKenzie and Ray Ratliffe Jr earned top places at the NFL district contest in debate original oratory extemporaneous speaking poetry and radio announcing. Coach Mrs Gordon Dean guided them as they had previously won West Virginia state inter scholastic league honors and Beaver state championship in debate this year. They have appeared on local TV programs with Mrs Dean and on civic organization programs.
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Beaver
National Forensic League
San Diego
Calif
Bill Noell
W. A. Noell
Keith McKenzie
Frank McKenzie
Ray Ratliffe Jr
Ray E. Ratliff
Noell
McKenzie
Ratliff
Gordon Dean
Beaver High School
West Virginia
Dean
Tellers robbed as gunmen flee across state line
In Eastern Virginia two armed men robbed a teller after a firm president threatened with a gun. Reid allegedly warned to flee as Mrs. Whitley had already been robbed. A brother fired shots from a window and both robbers escaped. A midnight search stretched near the Virginia Maryland border with main routes in Brunswick area quiet. They were last seen on Maryland 17.
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Reid
Brunswick
Maryland
Job Opportunity For Young Man
Young men wanted for general office work. Some knowledge of bookkeeping required and should answer telephone and get along with public. Experience desirable but not required. Reply to Box 800 c/o Daily Telegraph with details of existence education and at least three references in first letter.
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c/o Daily Telegraph
Deaths and Funerals MPS Della Thorpe
Della Pruitt Thorpe 62 of Herndon Virginia died in an Arlington hospital. Survived by six daughters and two sons. Funeral Thursday 2 PM at North Welch Church of God with burial in Centerville Cemetery. Body at O J Douglas Mortuary Welch.
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Della Thorpe
Della Pruitt Thorpe
Herndon
Arlington, Va
Lomax
N. C
Winford and
Maryann Wiles Pruitt
Roby Jackson
John Wyatt
Welch
James LaFollette
Coalwood
Paul Miller
Miller's Creek
Alonzo Gillespie
Park
George W. Colpan
George W Colpan
Richlands
Roanoke
Harman Lodge 24
Af&am
Bluefield
Kazim Tempie
Law Enforcement Agency of Virginia A. B. C
Wanda Steele Cohen
Mercer County Clerk records two deeds and four marriage licenses
Mercer County Clerk's office in Princeton recorded two deeds: E Bodell to Eleanor Bodell for two tracts on Mathey Ave in Prince ton and a third tract in Wood Addition. Fred L. Lacey and Hattie Marie Lacey to Dan Brown in Rock District. Marriage license applications listed include Ralph Layman and Prema Caldwell, Ray Parker and Loraine Dann, Arthur Nunn and Violet Nance, Morris Thompson and Roma Hong.
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Mercer County
Prince Deeds
E. Bodell
Eleanor P. Bodell
Princeton
Mathey Ave
Wood Addition
Fred L. Lacey
Hattie Marie Lacy
Dan Brown
Rock District
Ralph Lloyd Layman
Maple Plain
Minnami Prema Gale Caldwell
Lerena
Ray Junior Parker
Loraine Delores Dann
Arthur Edward Nunn F
Richmond
Violet Kelly Nance
Eae
Morris J. Thompson Rae
Roma Lee Hong
Wyoming Teenager To Face Grand Jury
Charles Martin a 17 year-old Wyoming County youth charged with the shotgun death of his step-father Andy Lee Cooke will face the August grand jury on murder. Deputy Sheriff Dewey Short said Martin waived a preliminary hearing and remained jailed without bond. He admitted to state police that he shot Cooke while the victim slept or passed out after coming home drunk and threatening his wife and eight children.
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Charles Martin
Wyoming County
Andy Lee Cooker
Dewey Short
Pineville
Young Martin
Laurel Creek
Cooke
Census Director Describes 1960 Count in Bluefield District
William Armour, district census director, outlined the 1960 operation before the Bluefield Men's Club. He noted nine workers at the local office, changes since 1790, and that Bluefield’s official population is 19 148, Mercer County down 9 50 percent from 1950. The club agreed to support any deficit of the YMC summer camp and Armour spoke on data use for planning and research.
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West Virginia
William Armour
Bluefield
Armone Sak
Armour
Mercer County
YMC. A
Thomas K. Bruce
Wilam A. Looney
Spurrier murder hearing set in Russell County jail case
Spurrier fielder charged with murder in the shooting death of Deputy J E Kaney Boyd at the Russell County jail Lebanon Virginia May 2. Hearing to be held next Tuesday June 7 in County Court with expectation to waive to August grand jury. Deputy Jack Banner injured in an auto wreck after the shooting.
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Houston Banner
Boyd
Jack Banner
Spurrier
Banner
Minister Dies In Freak Accident Amid Garage Incident
The Rev. John Brooks Blankenship 52 of Jolo a mine truck driver was killed Tuesday at 7 am when a truck spring struck him as a jack failed in a garage. Survived by wife Fay Wells Blankenship son Richard Leslie Blankenship mother Patsy five brothers three sisters and other relatives. Body at Fanning Funeral Home Jaeger with arrangements pending.
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John Brooks Blankenship
Jolo
Blankenship
Bradshaw
Fay Wells Blankenship
Richart Leslie Blankenship
Patsy Blankenship
Hassel Blankenst
Jewell Valley
Homer Oe
Bluefield Native To Receive M D Degree
Bluefield native Mrs. Sadie Doggett Wike, daughter of Mrs. Gladys Doggett Sheffield, is among Bowman Gray School of Medicine 1960 graduates. She will receive her MD at Wake Forest exercises June 6 and begin internship July 1 at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital. She held an AB from Woman's College UNC and is married to Sidney A. Wike who also earns an MD next Monday.
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Sadie Doggett Wike
Gladys Doggett Sheffield
North St. Blueeld
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Winston - Salem
N. C
Wike
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Richmond
Wake Forest College
Woman's College of the
University of North Carolina
Sidney A. Wike
Bowman Gray
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Anawak
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Kermit
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