Tazewell Baccalaureate Sunday and Commencement Wednesday
Tazewell High School will hold baccalaureate services Sunday at 8 p m with Rev E E Wiley of State Street Methodist Church Bristol Va as speaker. Commencement exercises follow Wednesday, June 7 at 8 p m in the school auditorium featuring honor graduates and a long list of graduating seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell High School
E. E. Wiley
State Street Methodist Church
Bristol
Margaret Ann Jones
Judy Delores Howington
Charles Stanley Bowles
Linda Collier
Betsy Graham Ross
Margaret Vernon Jones
Margaret Virginia Barnes
Alice Virginia Caudill
Sandra Elaine Caudill
Ethel Armando Colley
Martha Ann Collins
Olivia Virginia Cox
Linda Jane Collier
Janet LaRue Farley
Patricia Darlene Gilbert
Cecelia Elaine Glaviano
Nannette Greene
Geraldine Moore Goins
Shirley Jane Hager
Carolyn Sue Hawkins
Margaret Faye Hawkins
Barbara Fay Harmon
Mary Jane Harris
Giacoma Jane Hayes
Linda Sue Herald
Vinnie Pauline Herald
Deborah
Samantha Snyder McGuire
Sandra Crouse McReynolds
Lola Beatrice McVey
Lynn Alison Meadwell
Brenda Sue Morefield
Judith Carol Mullins
Maria Gayle Mustard
Sandra Sue Myers
Rae Ann Necessary
Sallie Bowen Northrup
Rose Ellen O’quinn
Virginia Ruth Puckett
Nadine Millie Quesenberry
Mary
Indictment Challenge Raises Grand Jury Fairness Questions
Charleston attorney contends Summers County grand jury was improperly constituted as all men and too small for the county population. He also questions a Beckley pathologist witness swearing. David Farley, 40, was indicted for the death of Robert Bailey after a party fight. Judge Kramer said ruling may take weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Farley
State Road Commission
Robert Bailey
Peace Springs
Bailey
Five TSU students indicted in riot linked murder on campus
Indictments accuse Trazawell Franklin Jr Floyd Nichols Charles Freeman Douglas Wayne Waller and John Parker of murdering rookie officer Louis Raymond Kuba during the May riot at Texas Southern University. Other charges include assault to murder against two patrolmen as 488 students arrested amid gunfire and campus unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Texas Southern University
Dist. Atty
Carol Vance
Louis Raymond Kuba
Kuba
Robert G. Blaylock
Allen D. Dugger
J. A. Pierce
Pierce
Trazawell Franklin Jr
Floyd Nichols
Dallas
Charles Freeman
Port Arthur
Douglas Wayne
Waller
John Parker
Galesburg
Ill
Franklin
Nichols
Parker
Harris County
Freeman
Blaylock
West Virginia teachers gather for CTA workshop in Montgomery
Area teachers from Bluefield to Fayette County attend the West Virginia Classroom Teachers Association meetings at West Virginia Institute of Technology Montgomery. Paul Vennari conducts sessions with officials from Fayette and Mercer counties present. The program includes projects recognition training clinics and a retirement communities address. A gavel presentation marks Roscoe Keeney as new state CIA president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
West Virginia Classroom Teachers Association
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
Marcella Dee Whitlock
Mercer County
Cumberland Heights
Nancy Bailey
County Cta
Athens High School
Wanda Sigman
Princeton
Elizabeth Bailey
Matoaka High School
Fayette County
CTA
Paul Vennari
Beckley
Leonard Nelson
Tech
Fayette High School Chorus
Ella Bergdoll
West Virginia Education Association
Tahmi Lahti
National Education Association
Whitlock
Region Five
Richard York
Gray Gables Retirement Center
Calif
Vennari
Roscoe Keeney
Ceda Groves
CIA
Moonshine Raid Smashed At Montcalm Residence
Alcohol agents and state troopers raided a Montcalm residence uncovering a functioning 75 gallon still, mash, and 8 gallons of non taxed whiskey. James B. Clower, 67, arrested on liquor law violations and arraigned before a U S commissioner. Bail set with return Sept 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montcalm
James B. Clower
Bluefield
ATT
Clower
U. S
John Mees Ghee
United States District Court For
West Virginia
C. F. Little
D. M. Shade
Virginia annexation petition hearing slated for July
A petition to incorporate Double Gates and Fincastle Estates outside Bluefield Virginia has been filed in Tazewell County Circuit Court naming Bluefield’s board of supervisors and the commonwealth’s attorney as defendants. A hearing is set for July 10 before Judge W L Sexton with possible appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals panel. Opposition led by George Fisher and Ralph Huff has engaged an attorney who will attend. The proposed boundaries include 265 families in Double Gates and 24 in Fincastle, plus three churches and several industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Double Gates
Fincastle Estates
Bluefield
Tazewell County
Board of Supervisors
Commonwealth
M. Crockett Hughes
W. L. Sexton
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Hughes
Sexton
George Fisher
Ralph Huff
George McCulloch Jr
Bill Seyler
Rt. 102
Oakland Heights
Bluefield City Park
Fincastle
Trial date set for Virginia Tech students in Roanoke murder case
In Roanoke County Circuit Court, Dallas C. McWaters and Mark Kim Queensberry face murder charges in the death of Joseph T. McGovern. McWaters is set for trial June 19. Queensberry’s case to be delayed to the September term. They were also indicted for grand larceny over a 1964 black carryall truck valued at 1400 dollars linked to the February 14 incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SALEM
Dallas C. McWaters
Virginia Tech
Roanoke County
Mark Kim Queensberry
Fred Hoback
McWaters
Queensberry
Joseph T. McGovern
Paadelphia
Woodrum Airport
Virginia Beach
Hampton
McGovern
Parks Promoted Corporal in Virginia Tech Cadets
Harry K. Parks Jr. of Anawalt is promoted to corporal in Virginia Tech's Corps of Cadets. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Parks of Anawalt and attended Gary High School. Parks will serve as Squad Leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry K. Parks Jr
Anawalt
Virginia Tech
Corps of Cadets
H. K. Parks
Gary High School
Parks
Y Work Topic For Lions Talk In Bluefield
Martin L. Harman, former executive secretary of the Bluefield Y Center, spoke to the Bluefield Lions Club at the West Virginian Hotel about YM YWCA services and center growth. He noted expanded recreational swimming and gym use, youth group facilities, a camping program, and new health programs including scuba diving and driver education planned for fall. Kenneth Addington chaired the civic welfare committee. The Board of Directors will meet June 15 at 7 30 p.m. at the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin L
Pete) Harman
Bluefield
Y-Center
Ym-Ywca
Bluefield Lions Club
West Virginian
Harman
Bluefields
Kenneth Addington
Lions Civic Welfare Committee
UFG Plans 43 Wells to Boost Gas Reserves
United Fuel Gas Co will drill 43 wells this year to develop gas reserves in West Virginia and Kentucky. President James S. Phillips says 21 wells will be in West Virginia and 22 in Kentucky, with planned WV expenditures of 1.404 million dollars and all but one Kentucky well in known gas areas. West Virginia sites include Kanawha Lincoln Mingo Wayne Logan and Putnam counties while Kentucky sites cover Menifee Martin and Pike counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
United Fuel Gas Co
West Virginia
Kentucky
James S. Phillips
UFG
Phillips
Kanawha
Lincoln
Mingo
Wayne
Logan
Putnam
Menifee
Martin
Pike
Damages Awarded In Auto Accident Lawsuit
Jennie Mee of Brushfork Road Bluefield was awarded 12 944.24 in a McDowell County court case. The 50 000 lawsuit named Ruth Budick and her son William of Northfork as defendants after a Rt 52 collision with the McPrayer auto on February 9 1666.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Mee. Brayer
Brushfork Road
Bluefield
McDowell County
Ruth Budick
William
Northfork
Rt. 52
Big Four
William Budnick
McPrayer
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Bluefield Daily Telegram
Texas Southern
Richard E. Foil
William A. Peery
Max L. Kammer
1511Th
U. S. Army Reserve
Tain. Foil
Bluefield College
Peery
304Th Military Police Co
Tazewell’s
Linkous Riley
Betty Jane Rasnake
Harriet Ellen Rasnick
Margaret Roberts
Sandra Sue Robinette
Sandra Lee Waters Robinson
Pamela Elizabeth Rutherford
Linda Gail Sayers
Alice Meade Shawver
Barton
Brendace Sheets
Ellen Sue Sheppar
Glenda Catherine Shrader
Marie Shutt
Barnette
Carol Lynn Smith
Mary Lee Smith
Julia Faye Sparks
Eula Yvonne Sutherland
Hallie Claudine Sword
Geraldine Elree Thompson
Virginia Mae Vanhoozier
Elizabeth Irene Watson
Joyce Lee White
Joan Elizabeth Whitman
Connie Sybil Whitt
Narvie
Louise Winfrey
Deborah Ann Yates
Norman Looney Howell
Michael Dean Hymes
Charles Raymond Irwin
Larry Dean Johnson
James Lloyd Jones
Larry Wayne Karnes
Kelly Morton Kidd
John Robert Kinder, Jr
Peter J. Kouchinsky
Alfred Otis Lambert, Jr
Thomas Delano Laxton
James Roscoe Lester
Thomas Andrew Little
James Leonard McBride
Ronald Jack McCall
John Kelly McGuire
Emmett Ray Meade
Lindon Travis Minton
Ronald Gary
Monk
Gary Randall Moore
Emory Carl Mullins, Jr
Bane Garland Mundy, Jr
Barry Lynn Neel
James William Neel
John Douglas Payne
Larry Dennis
National Association of Life
Pinnacle
William L. Pyle
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co
Earl Doak
United Insurance Co. of America
D. H. Hedrick
Peoples Life Insurance Co
John J. Gianato
Baltimore and Ohio
Atlantic Ocean
Ohio River
Wheeling
Couduura
Columbia Pictures Presents
St. Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church
Elkhorn
John R. Martin
Johnstown
Bart Harvey
Harvey
Concord College
Joseph F. Marsh
Joseph Marsh
Marsh
Bishop Martin
John Kozar
Blue
Well
Mark North
C. Massad
George Haluski
A. Elmo Fleshman
Executive Secretarial School
Cloyd Armbrister
Concord Division of Business
Dana Evans
Evans
Paul Semonco
Andrew Hollis
Hollis
Bluewell
Oy Bie
Wit Sk Sa
Screaming
Eben
Shagey
Willieliam Lee Burnett
First Presbyterian Church
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Prince George
Beaver
W. H. Burnett
Rockbridge St
Tony Virna
George C. Curtis
Lisi-Scott
Norman Panama
Lim Aa Shory
Meu
Win Rama
Columbia
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