Mercer Demos Re-Elect White In County Committee
Clyde White of Athens was re elected chairman of the Mercer County Democrat Executive Committee at the Mercer Courthouse meeting held Tuesday night. He defeated Walter W. Ross of Bluefield in a secret ballot. Mrs. Homer Roach of Bluefield was re elected secretary without opposition. Other officers included Frank Gibson vice chairman Mrs. Robert Thornhill associated chairman Robert Carr treasurer. The fall campaign committee will be led by Carr with Kantor Kan tor as temporary chairman presiding. All 25 committee members attended.
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Clyde White
Athens
Mercer County
Democrat Executive
Mercer
White
Walter W. Ross
Bluefield
Homer Roach
Frank
Red) Gibson
Rock District
Robert E. Thornhill
Associated
Robert Carr
Princeton
Norris Kantor
Fred Thomason
Beaver Pond
T. C. Hill
Rock
Conley White
East River
E. H. Martin
Plymouth
Jack Harvey
Jumping Branch
Kantor
Electrical makers ordered to pay $29 million in price fixing
Six major electrical equipment manufacturers were ordered to pay nearly $29 million to two Philadelphia utilities for fixing prices and rigging bids on transformers. The jury fixed damages at $9.6 million, trebled by the judge, as part of a civil antitrust suit brought by Philadelphia Electric Co. and United Gas Improvement Co. against General Electric, Westinghouse, Allis-Chalmers, Moloney Electric, Wagner Electric, and McGraw-Edison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
America
U.S. Dist
John S. Lord 3Rd
Philadelphia Electric Co
United Gas Improvement Co
General Electric Co
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Allis-Chalmers
West Allis, Wis
Moloney Electric Co
Wagner Electric Co
St. Louis
MccGraw-Edison Co
Elgin, Ill
Porterfield Addresses Kiwanis on Scouting Program
Glenwood Green Valley Kiwanis heard Arnold Porterfield discuss the Scout ing program and the National Jamboree at Valley Forge Pa July 17 23. The Appalachian Council will send 40 boys and leaders. the theme is Strengthen Americas Heritage. The club sponsors a Glenwood area Scout troop inviting boys ages 11 to 15 to join.
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Glenwood
Green Valley
Porterfield
Appalachian Council
Boy Scouts of America
America
Valley Forge
Winfrey
Kiwanis Club
Evangelist Leads Program At Center
Mrs. Bessie Hopkins of Mt. Zion Pentecostal Holiness Church spoke at Bluefield Community Center Vesper Services on the theme In Times Like These urging Christ as savior and anchor amid destruction. Attendees included Mrs. William Palmer and Mesdames White Hill Ward Raymond Hubbard Hairston Wilson. Next week Rev. Talmadge Waterson of United Holiness will speak with the Union Gospel Singers performing.
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Bessie Hopkins
Mt. Zion
Christ
William Palmer
Mesdames Emma White
Annie Hill
Julia Ward
Rosa Redmond
Annie Hubbard
Bertha Hairston
Ann Wilson
Talmadge Waterson
The
United Holiness
Union Gospel Singers
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Front Page Note
An archival notice from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph references its establishment in 1695 and details subscription options and ownership affiliations. The text notes association with the Associated Press and subscription rates, with fragmented phrasing about zones and auditing agencies.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Ations Street
Bluefield
W. V
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Inc
Tive
Eepreomatatine
The
Katz
Multiple Obituaries and Funerals Listed in Bluefield Area
The notice describes the deaths of Mrs. Alpha Riffe Helton of Grundy Va and McCoy Davis Anthony of Bluefield Va, with funeral details at Grundy Church of Christ and Tabernacle Baptist Church respectively. Additional obituaries include Mrs. Mattie VanStavern of Hollywood and Alvin Frazier Sigmon of Bluefield, plus Mabel Beatrice Bailey and W Price Carter, with service times, burial plans, and surviving relatives.
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Alpha Riffe Helton
Grundy
Richlands
Claude R. Helton
William E. Riffe
Big Rock
Grundy Church of Christ
Walter E. Helton
U. S. Navy
Japan
Claudia Helton
Herman H. Riffe
McCoy Davis Anthony
Woods St
Bluefield
Tabernacle Baptist Church
James A. Palmer
J. W. Cabble
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Pittsylvania County
Anthony
UMW
Masonic Lodge
Princeton
Loraine Anthony
Pvt
Timothy Anthony
U.S. Army
Germany
Eugene Anderson
New York
N. Y
Robert Anderson
Rhodell
Dennis Franklin
New Haven
Alvin Frazier Sigmon
Ramsey St
Ferrum
John L
Margaret Richardson Sigmon
Maybeury Methodist Church
United Mine Workers of America
Wytheville Stock Market Report Tuesday Totals
Wytheville Va Stock Market report shows hogs 115 head with top 215 lb at 15.50 and 274 lb at 14.75, feeders 9.50-12.75. cattle 100 head steers 18.90-19, cows 12.50-15, bulls 17.18. Lambs 469 head with primes 26.30 and choices 24.20. vealers 23-25. slaughter calves 21.22-19.50. stock feeders 200 head with steer calves 21-22.75.
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Wytheville
Standard
Methodists In Final Planning
Holston Methodist Conference leaders met to finish plans for the 141st annual meeting in Chattanooga at Brainerd Church. The service honors deceased ministers, with Bishop Roy Short to announce pastoral appointments for about 570 ministers serving 1,100 churches across East Tennessee North Georgia and Southwest Virginia. The conference funds its colleges Emory and Henry Hiwassee Tennessee Wesleyan and an orphanage and retirement home, with annual spending around 10.5 million.
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Chattanooga
Holston Conference
Tennessee Wesleyan
Athens
Tenn
Hiwassee
Madisonville
Emory and Henry
Emory, Va
Greenville
Maryville
Building Code Group Is Named for West Virginia Public Buildings
A Charleston legislative subcommittee named nine men to draft a rough building code for publicly owned structures in West Virginia. The nine member panel, meeting in Charleston, will report with a rough draft in August. The plan follows a two year old Legislature recommendation.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Legislative Interim Committee
Officers Installed By Tazewell Post
Tazewell Virginia Post 7136 Veterans of Foreign Wars has installed new officers. Commander D. R. Harman leads the post with Wm Patterson Jr as Senior Vice Commander and Minet Williamson as Junior Vice Commander. Remaining officers include Frank Carte Quartermaster Robert Sexton Chaplain R I Fleming Surgeon Carl C Gillespie Sr Judge Advocate and Charlie Stillwell Sergeant at Arms. Post trustees are Fred Williamson James H Kin cer and G R Brittain. Post home open after 1 p.m. daily.
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D. R. Harman
Wm. Patterson Jr
Minet Williamson
Frank Carte
Robert Sexton
R. I. Fleming
Carl C. Gillespie Sr
Charlie Stillwell
Fred Williamson
James H. Kincer
G. R. Brittain
Multiple Charges Filed After Arrest
Millard Stafford, 31, is held for Mercer County Grand Jury action on charges of possessing stolen property after a drunken driving arrest near Matoaka. He faces Virginia charges of driving without a license improper registration and DUI and is to be returned to Virginia after paying Mercer County fines.
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Millard Stafford
Mercer County
Grand Jury
Matoaka
Princeton
Stafford
Roanoke
Virginia
Telephones Restored to Full Power in Bluefield Area
Temporary equipment supplied by Pemco Corp of Bluefield has restored telephone service to full power after two days of limited use especially in direct long distance dialing. General Telephone Co expects permanent parts to be in use in a day or so.
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Bluefield
Pemco Corp
General Telephone Co
Cook Elected and Local Races Finalized in County Elections
Progressives won city council seats while a tie arose for the fifth seat between Progressive and Citizens candidates. In Richwood Republican Clifford G. Cutlip defeated Mayor Merle White 749 to 707. Shinnston re-elected Mayor George Rice 580 to 377 over George Dorsey. George Simon re-elected recorder. Nitro Mayor W. W. Alexander defeated write-in Clarence L. Watt about four to one. Belle Citizens swept all races led by Mayor H. L. Fletcher 610 to 261. Rudy Seacrist elected recorder and five councilmen won office.
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Citizens
Richwood Richwood
Clifford G. Cutlip
Merle White
Recorder
Shinnston
George Rice
George Dorsey
Rice
Dorsey
George Simon
Nitro
W. W. Alexander
Clarence L. Watt
Belle
Citizens Party
H. L. Fletcher
Fletcher
James Thornbury
Rudy Seacrist
Bosses Night Banquet Honors Princeton Leaders
The Princeton Junior Chamber of Commerce held its Bosses Night Banquet at the Princeton Elks Lodge. G. G. Anvil, Mercer Elementary School principal, won the outstanding citizen award. Doug Painter received the distinguished service award. Otto Fredeking was named president-elect. Nicholas Roemy of Appalachian Power Co. spoke on West Virginia industrial development.
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Princeton Elks Lodge
Princeton Junior Chamber of Commerce
Robert Holroyd
G. G. Anvil
Mercer Elementary
Jim Thompson
Chamber
Doug Painter
Princeton Parking Commission
Tom McCutchen
McCutchen
Otto Fredeking
Nicholas Roemy
Appalachian Power Co
West Virginia
86 Graduating At Tech School
The Wyoming Vocational Technical School at Pineville will graduate 86 students aged 17 to 20 on Thursday. Graduates receive high school diplomas and are ready for immediate employment in trades such as industrial electricity, combination welding, auto mechanics, machine shop, and drafting after two years of modern training.
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Wyoming Vocational-Technical School
Pineville
West Virginia
Johnson Predicts Record Expansion
President Johnson forecast continued record economic growth through 1964 and into 1965. He cited January projections of a 623 billion dollar gross national product and current growth near 308 billion dollars annually, crediting the 11.6 billion tax cut for stimulus.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Rev H Clay Dunaway to Address Bluefield Old Guard
The Bluefield Old Guard meets this morning at 10 15 in the Trinity Methodist church Men’s Bible class room. Rev H Clay Dunaway of the First Church of God in Bluefield will speak, with Rev W J Ellis organizing the program.
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Bluefield
Mercer Doctor Trial Underway In Beclley Case
Dr. R. Dodrill 42 faces drunk driving charges after a three vehicle crash on the Bluefield Princeton Road last October injuring seven. Prosecutors say blood tests showed high alcohol, while defense claims diabetes effects. Dodrill, a radiologist from Welch, is being tried in Mercer County Criminal Court.
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R. Moore Dodrill
Beckley
Bluefield
Princeton
Mercer County Criminal Court
Dodrill
E. D. Wells Jr
Welch
Beckley Hospital
Busload of Women Tipped Over in Illinois Crash
A chartered bus carrying 49 clubwomen from Milwaukee to Morton Grove struck an embankment on U S 41 and tipped over. Three women were killed and 30 injured. the driver and passengers were from Wisconsin Coach Lines. The trip was to Avon Products Inc. cosmetics plant near Morton Grove, about 20 miles north of the plant.
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Gurnee
Ill
Milwaukee
U.S
Wisconsin Coach Lines
Chicago
Morton Grove
Avon Products Inc
Illinois
Chicago Livestock Market Report Shows Mixed Hog and Steer Prices
Demand for butcher hogs slowed with the market mostly steady to weak and some heavy offerings 25 cents lower. Shipper accounts took about 3,500 of 5,500 head. mixed No 1 and 2 grades brought 1.75 to 1.7. 1-3 up to 250 lbs 15.25 to 16.75. Heavier 2s and 3s fell to 14.25. Slaughter steers 1,350 lbs sold to 21.75 with the market steady to 0.23 lower. average to high choice 20 to 21. good grade up from 18.50. Heifers and bulls steady. spring lambs up about 0.50 with mixed choice and prime at 25 and 22.50 to 24.50 for good to mostly choice.
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Chicago
Grain futures rise on favorable crop reports at Chicago Board
Private crop reports remained mixed but supportive to prices on the Chicago Board of Trade. Soybeans led the gains climbing over two cents a bushel to near day highs while wheat corn and rye rose about a cent with steady backing and some cashing back at times.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Local Resident Charlie Nell Dies at 76 in Abbs Valley
Charlie Nell aged 76 of Abbs Valley Virginia died Tuesday morning in a Bluefield hospital. The body is in Pocahontas Union Funeral Home in Pocahontas Virginia as arrangements are pending.
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Charlie Nell
Abbs Valley
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Andrew Crouthers Dies at 63 in Bluefield
Andrew Crouthers age 63 of 207 Church Street Bluefield died Tuesday morning at his home. The body is at Lugos Funeral Service Bluefield pending completion of funeral arrangements.
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Andrew Crouthers
Church St
Bluefield
Lugo
Funeral for Mrs. Abbie Haynes Surber in Saltville
Mrs Abbie Haynes Surber 86 of Saltville Va dies and funeral services are held Wednesday at 1 p m at Henderson Funeral Home Saltville with Reverend E Roy Arnold officiating. Burial follows at Saltville Cemetery
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Donna Kay Smith
Thomas A. Smith
Bandy
Bluefield Sanitarium
George W. Smith
Arthur F. Akers
North Tazewell
Thomas A. Smith Jr
Dorothy Ellen Smith
Assembly of God Church
W. T. Presley
Hawkins Cemetery
Perry and St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Surber
Abbie Haynes
Saltville
Henderson Funeral Home
E. Roy Arnold
Two More Deaths Raise West Virginia Toll to 180
Two out of state men died in West Virginia accidents over Monday and Tuesday. Bert Wermiller, 22, of Pittsburgh, was killed when a truck crashed into a tree off U.S. 219 in Preston County near the Maryland border. Perry Lonw Brown, 23, of White Post, Virginia, died after his car left West Virginia Route 9 near Charles Town and hit a utility pole. three others were injured.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Bert Wermiller
Pittsburgh
U.S. 219
Preston County
Maryland-West Virginia
Perry Lonw Brown
White Post
W. Va
Charles Town
Rates Decreed For Gas Firms
The Power Commission set wholesale gas rates for United Fuel Gas Co and Atlantic Seaboard Corp of Charleston WV. The changes reduce prior increases and require refunds with 7 percent interest within 45 days. Interim refunds total $26.5 million already issued to affiliates and large customers.
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Washington
The
Power Commission
Columbia Gas System
United Fuel Gas Co
Atlantic Seaboard Corporation
Charleston
W.va
Commission
United
Seaboard’s
Seaboard
Columbia System
Kentucky Gas Transmission Corp
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Columbus
Manufacturers Light & Heat Co
Pittsburgh
Washington (D.C
Cooperation A Key to Appalachia Program Success
Budget Director Charles L. Schultze told Congress that the Appalachian revitalization plan hinges on federal state cooperation. He warned the program will fail without agreement but expressed optimism it will succeed if all parties contribute. Johnson seeks 227.3 million for 1965 to launch a 5 year effort in highways, agriculture, mining and other industries. Congressman William C. Cramer noted the lack of full cost details beyond 1965.
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Washington
Charles L. Schultze
Congress
Johnson
Appalachia
Schultze
Appalachian
William C. Cramer
Rfla
Dodgers Frank Howard Delivers Soft Grounder Gaffe
Dodgers star Frank Howard, 6 foot 7, 258 pounds, swung mightily but hit a ball that barely crossed the plate as Mets manager Casey Stengel marveled at his size and swing despite the near miss.
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Associated Press
New York Mets
Los Angeles
Frank Howard
Dodgers
Casey Stengel
Mets
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Mercer Demos
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Mattie James VanStavern
Hollywood
Gap Mills
Susan Reed
Jacob Wickline
Thomas VanStavern
Bruffey Methodist Church
Clyde VanStavern
Thomas L. VanStavern
Orpha Hunter
Hinton
Eula Nicholas
Ronceverte
Melvin Wickline
Beverly
Cecil Wickline
Covington
Asa Wickline
Kirkwood
Lenny McGuire
Connorsville
Ind
Myrtle Dunbrack
Morgantown
Bertha Wickline
Sweet Springs
Broyles Funeral Home
Rev
W. M. Bowling
Hollywood Cemetery
Alvin F. Sigmon
H. V. Sigmon
K. L. Sigmon
Norfolk
Ellis Sigmon
Portsmouth
Ethel Wolfe
Gay Rice
Ethel Martin
Martinsville
Rosa Tompson
Delsia Franklin
Irma Sigmon
Basse
Myrtle Shibely
Blue
Mabel B, Bailey
Mabel Beatrice Bailey
Bramwell
Windmill Gap
McComas
St. Luke's Hospital
W. Price Carter
College Ave
Mercer Funeral Chapel
C. H. Patterson
Monte Vista Park
Florence
Ala
Carter
William H
Henrietta Keys Carter
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Lebanon
Ralph L. Carter
Gate City
Charles Larry
Lillian
Ellen Carter
J. P. Cruickshank
J. R. Wolford
P. T. Ferrarraccio
W. T. Didloe
Bass Perkins
J. W. Compton
Mrs, Alpha Helton
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