Princeton Sets June Date for Old No 4 Hearing in Locomotive Case
Mercer Court Judge Howard M. Jarrett scheduled June 12 for the first hearing on Princeton's bid to stop the transfer of the Virginian Railway's last locomotive. The city seeks to block moving the Old No 4 from N and W yards to Roanoke amid a disputed sale to the Lake Valley Transportation Museum and related actions by the Princeton Park Association.
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Mercer County Intermediate Court
Howard M. Jarrett
Princeton
Virginian Railway
Bluefield Law Firm
Sanders and Sanders
Roanoke Valley Transportation Museum
Princeton Park and Recreation Association
Norfolk and Western Railway
Princeton Park
Park Association
W. Grady Carper
Lake Valley Transportation Museum
Carper
Oakvale Road
N and W
Roanoke
Jarrett
David Knight
Randall Veneri
James Satterfield
Malcolm Champ
Virginia
Virginia Bible Council Holds Summer Recess Meal
The final Virginia Asher Bible Council meeting before summer recess featured a large dinner and fellowship. Miss Ruth Sage led group singing with Miss Helen Caperton, as Mrs. Steve Volkovich read the financial report and a letter from Edward J. Smith about Pocket Testament League fundraising. Each council was asked to donate $3.00 per member for worldwide outreach.
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Virginia Asher Bible Council
Ruth Sage
Helen Caperton
Steve Volkovich
Edward J. Smith
Englewood
N. J
Two Boys Arrested in Princeton House Break In
Jerry Cecil 18 and Larry Anderson 19, both of Princeton, jailed after breaking into and ransacking a house owned by Mrs. Cora Glass across from the Princeton Municipal Building. They forced Mrs. Edna Lambe to the hall and she escaped to summon help. Anderson was arrested on Mercer Street and Cecil at his sister’s Athens Road residence. Both fined $10 for intoxication and given three days in jail. breaking and entering to be handled by the grand jury.
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Jerry Cecil
Larry Anderson
Princeton
Mercer County
Cora Glass
Jim Belcher
W. R. Hedrick
Anderson Boy
Mercer Street
G. W. (Gray) Slater
Athens Road
Belcher
Nixon Strength Is Estimated
Roanoke AP Linwood Holton says Nixon leads in delegate counts across six Southern states. He cites Virginia North Carolina Tennessee Kentucky West Virginia Maryland as showing strong Nixon support with most delegates reportedly pledged or leaning toward Nixon. Holton calls meetings with Nixon as closed planning sessions.
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Roanoke
Linwood Holton
Richard M. Nixon
Oregon
Holton
Nixon
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Louie B. Nunn
West Virginia
West Virginia College Officials Plan Wheeling Conference
Administrative officials from West Virginia's 21 colleges and universities will meet June 9 to 11 in Wheeling for the West Virginia Association of Colleges and Universities summer conference. Dr. M. M. Chambers, visiting professor at Indiana University and former executive director of the Michigan Council of State College Presidents, will deliver the keynote. This marks the first gathering since the association reorganized to unite statewide higher education administration.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Wheeling
West Virginia Association of Colleges and Universities
M. M. Chambers
Indiana University School of Education
Michigan Council of State College
Detroiters Hurt In Collision Near Princeton
Three Detroit residents remained in satisfactory condition Friday after an 8:10 a.m. collision seven miles east of Princeton on Route 460 involving a dump truck driven by Robert Daniel Booth of Narrows Virginia and an auto driven by Carson Locklear of Detroit. Locklear his wife Brenda and his mother Flossie were injured with facial and limb wounds and possible internal injuries. Damages were estimated at 500. A second 12:25 p.m. crash three miles north of Bluefield on Route 52 involved Michael Thomason Fredrick Bradbury and Gerald Honaker with an estimated 800 in damages and Honaker charged with failure to control.
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Detroit
Mich
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Princeton
Rt. 460
Robert Daniel Booth
Narrows
Carson Locklear
Loclear
Brenda
Flossie
Locklear
J. L. Tryall
Bluefield
Michael R. Thomason
Fredrick Lee Bradbury
Baltimore
Gerald L. Honaker
Montcalm
Tryall
Honaker
Cottage Fire Kills Farmer in Barboursville
William S. Estler 83 a longtime Cabell County farmer died in a cottage fire at Orchard Hills Country Club near No. 9 fairway. His wife Edith 78 escaped and was hospitalized with burns. The fire likely started in the kitchen from faulty wiring. Estler had patent work on a tomato variety known as Mortgage Lifter and several children survive.
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Barboursville
William S. Estler
Orchard Hills Country Club
Boyd Jarrell
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Estler
Cabell
Edith Estler
St. Mary’s Hospital
Huntington
Estlers
Orchard Hills
Naples
Fla
Robert Estler
Kenneth Dodds
Carl Estler
Saginaw
Mich
William C. Estler
Freeman to Speak at WVU Governor's Conference
U S Secretary of Agriculture Orville L Freeman will be the luncheon speaker at the Governor's Conference on Industrial Development in Morgantown. The event is expected to draw over 400 industrial business and community leaders with Freeman, the youngest secretary of agriculture at 42, also holding a news conference at 11 30 a.m. Gov Hulett C Smith delivers the keynote at 9 50 a.m. Other speakers include John Walters Patridge of Columbia Gas System and George A Stinson of National Steel.
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Charleston
U. S
Orville L. Freeman
Morgantown
Freeman
Hulett C. Smith
John Walters Patridge
Columbia Gas System
George A. Stinson
National Steel Corporation
Permits To Wed Issued In Giles County May 22 25
Giles County Clerk's Office in Pearisburg issued marriage licenses from May 22 to 25 listing new couples from West Virginia and Ohio. Names include Carl Lott Haislep and Mary Louise Williams. James Douglas Wade and Sue Carol Dick. John William Norris and Edna Elaine Ogden. James Kerrigan Roger Newhall and Joann Lester. Victor Henderson and Donna Marie Monteau. James Jefferson Dewey and Jo Ann Jarrett Smith. Charles Melvin Steele and Winona Jo Ann Martin. Billy Gene Pauley and Nancy Jane Pauley. Robert Walter Snyder and Shirley May Gangler. James Gordon McCall and Algin Elaine Frazier. Larry Edward Underwood and Mary Elizabeth James. Robert Wayne Jones and Kary Lee Tuckerman. Clayton Derald Nolan and Mary Virginia Reed. William Oscar Dunbar and Sylvia Ann Ford.
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Pearisburg
Giles County Clerk’s Office
Carl Lott Haislep
Parkersburg
W. Va
Mary Louise Williams
James Douglas Wade
Mullens
Sue Carol Dick
John William Norris
Beckley
Edna Elaine Ogden
Prosperity
W.va
James Kerrigan
Roger Newhall
Charleston
Mary Virginia Reed
Sissonville
William Oscar Dunbar
Sylvia Ann Ford
Concord College Alumni Day Celebrates Classes of 1918 and 1943
Concord College hosts its sixth annual Alumni Day with 9 AM registration open office hours for Joseph Marsh from 10 to noon. Activities include campus tours coffee lounge lunch 1 30 business meeting 2 30 executive council 1968 1969. Awards banquet at 6 30 honors Alumnus of the Year and Golden Alumnae with 500 expected Concordians.
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Concord College
Joseph Marsh
Marsh
Concord
College Center
Concord College Alumni Association
Mercer-Tazewell
College Alumni Association
McDowell County
George W. Bryson
Marcella Dee Whitlock
Harry Hill
Florence Keller Marsh
Man Charged In Giles Robbery
Police in Roanoke Virginia have arrested John Anton of Roanoke on charges of breaking and entering the Capital Cafe in Pearisburg Giles County. The cafe was robbed of more than 1400 dollars Thursday with two cash registers a juke box and a filing cabinet taken. A $100 bill identified by the owner as part of the stolen money was spent by Anton prompting the arrest. The bill was recovered for evidence and the case remains under investigation. Anton is jailed in Roanoke and no hearing has been set.
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Roanoke
John Anton
Capital
Pearisburg
Giles County Sheriff's Department
Giles County
Earl Martin
Auton
Martin
Anton
Deed Transfers and Permits Filed in Mercer County
Eight property transfers and three marriage license applications filed at Mercer County Courthouse in Princeton. Deeds include Hill Tabor, Brock to Mathena, Moshe to Thomas, Moore to Spoloric, Cochran to Benton, Winfrey to Ballenger, Lazenby to Leist, Carner to Shupe with district locations and prices listed. The marriage licenses were filed for Barker Lilly Sutphin Mills James Pennington, and a suit John Musick versus Mary Musick seeks an object divorce.
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Mercer County
Princeton
Marvin
Marie Hill Tabor
French
Dorothy Hill Edmunds
Donald
Lillian Hill Pierce
Steve
Lois Hill Dudash
Donnie G. Goins
Betty Harman Goins
Roger E. Goins
Bonnie Harman Goins
Bramwell
Garland T
Elizabeth F. Brock
Basil T
Freda Mae Mathena
Lilly Grove
Princeton, Co
M. Moshe
Robert Lee
Frances Thomas
East River
Earl
Helen M. Moore
Tony
Mary Spoloric
Bluefield
H. M
Ocie Lou Cochran
Jerry L
Barbara Ann Benton
Jumping Branch
William S. Winfrey
Emmett L. Ballenger
John H
Agnes W. Lazenby
Charles Howard
Beatrice Richardson Leist
Ana Tess Carner
Edison K
Ida Mae Shupe
Beaver Pond
Amos Woodrow Barker
Elkhorn
Eva Marie Lilly
Robert Owen Sutphin
Margaret Marie Mills
Ralph Matthew James Jr
Macedonia
Ohio
Renda Rae Pennington
John EF. Musick
Mary Martha Pierce Musick
Dog Vaccination Clinics Planned Across McDowell County
Crockett Boothe McDowell County Dog Warden says clinics will run Monday through Thursday across Sandy River District with times and locations posted. Dog tags for 1968 1969 may be bought at vaccination. The Sandy River clinic will complete vaccination efforts for the entire county.
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Sandy River District
Crockett Boothe
McDowell County
Boothe
Sandy River
Former Ravenswood Mayor Dies At 77
Ray E. Ritchie, who led Ravenswood as mayor from 1933 to 1947 and later served as a Republican state senator from 1934 to 1936, died Thursday in a Parkersburg hospital at age 77. He also directed the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
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Ravenswood
W.va
Ray E. Ritchie
Parkersburg
Ritchie
West Virginia
Jurors Excused By Judge Wagner Until June 5
Circuit Court Judge F Mor ton Wagner said jurors scheduled for June 3 are excused and must report again on Wednesday June 5. The notice affects all jurors originally summoned for the dates in question.
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Circuit Court
F. Morton Wagner
Mercer County Court Recount In School Board Race
The Mercer County Court continues a two day voting recount of the May 14 school board election. Officials say it will take two to three more days to resolve the contest between incumbent Robert Walthall and incumbent Jack Nestor for the second board seat amid a slim 14 vote margin.
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Mercer County School Board
Mercer County Court
Robert Walthall
Jack Nestor
Board of Education
Walthall
Nestor
Harold Tomchin
Princeton
Union to Welcome New Rubber Plant in Monroe County
A $145000 plant by Rubber Fabricators Inc will start operations soon in Union forming 150 jobs, mostly women. The venture will rent a 100 by 400 feet building on five acres, with startup costs around 15000 and total project cost about 160000 funded by Monroe Development Corporation stock, with a public meeting set for June 6 at the Union courthouse to elect directors.
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Monroe County
Union
Rubber Fabricators, Inc
Grantsville
Richwood
Bank of Monroe
Glen Betler
Stanley E. Broyles
Ray van Stavern
Marion Bradley
E. G. Porterfield Jr
Howard Thompson
L. N. Reed
Corporation
Radford Area Unemployment Drops to Two-Year Low
Unemployment in the Radford area fell to 1.7 percent in mid April the lowest in two years. The rate compares with 2.6 percent in Virginia and 3.2 percent nationally with 630 people unemployed. Area employment reached 36,400, up 5,890 since April 1966. The gain is linked to 6,000 more workers at the Radford Arsenal since 1965, boosting the Arsenal workforce from 2,360 to 8,300.
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Radford
Virginia Employment Commission
Virginia
WEC
Montgomery
Giles
Floyd
Radford Arsenal
Arsenal
Newport Woman's Society of Christian Service May Meeting
The Newport Woman's Society of Christian Service met at the Community Center for its May gathering. Hostesses were Mrs. Grover Duncan and Mrs. R. P. Williams. president Mrs. Martin Keffer led the pledge service and devotionals. Minutes and roll call were recorded by Mrs. Henry Zell. Refreshments followed the business session.
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Newport Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Grover Duncan
R. P. Williams
Martin Keffer
Keffer
Henry Zell
DMZ Rectangle Declared The Most Dangerous Vietnam Area
From a 1000 foot helicopter view the Domlized Zone rectangle near Dong Ha Gio Linh and Con Thien is the war’s deadliest sector. US commanders report about 1600 enemy killed in May and 300 US casualties as Marine and South Vietnamese forces contest the zone.
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Vietnam
DA Nang
Dong Ha
Con Thien
Gio Linh
South China Sea
U.S
U.S. Air Force
Cua Viat
Strike Stated In Wheeling
Thirty drivers and mechanics of the Wheeling Public Service Co. planned a midnight Friday strike leaving an estimated 2500 to 3000 residents without bus service. Amalgamated Transit Union pressed for higher wages and better fringe benefits after a strike vote. Federal mediator two days of talks failed to produce an agreement. Wheeling Public Service serves eastern parts of Wheeling and surrounding areas. Co-Operative Transit Co. remains uninvolved.
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Wheeling
Wheeling Public Service Co
Amalgamated Transit Union
David Durbin
Wheeling Public Service
Co-Operative Transit Co
Wheeling Bus Company
Summer registration set for Princeton High School
Registration at Princeton High School runs the week of June 3 to June 8. Students may register from 3 15 to 4 p m June 3 to June 7 and on Saturday June 8 from 10 until 12 noon.
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Princeton High School
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