Sirhan Says Kennedy Death Worth Both Of Their Lives
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan told NBC in a Los Angeles jail interview that Kennedy’s assassination was worth both their lives and that he wishes the senator were alive, just to be president. The 25 year old Palestinian described the killing after his San Quentin death sentence. The NBC interview was conducted May 22 and aired on First Tuesday after a 15 week trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
New York
Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
NBC News
Jack Perkins
Los Angeles
San Quentin
Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
NBC
Three Virginians Killed In Vietnam
The Defense Department lists three Virginia servicemen as war casualties. KIA are Army Spec. 4 Ralph J. Mears Jr. of Norfolk and Army Pfc. Herman L. Judy Jr. of Alexandria. Wounded death is Marine Lance Cpl. Ivan C. Brown of Roanoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense Department
Virginia
Vietnam
Army
Ralph J. Mears Jr
Ralph J. Mears Sr
Warwick Ave
Norfolk
Herman L. Judy Jr
June M. Judy
Alexandria
Lance
Ivan C. Brown
Enoch Brown
Rutherford Ave
N.W
Roanoke
Voters in 10 counties nominate candidates for councilmen
A sprawling roundup lists nominees for mayor recorder and council seats across multiple towns including Peterstown Matoaka Anawalt Saeger Jaeger and War. It notes unopposed runs and write in votes with statewide elections in 158 communities and major cities Huntington Clarksburg Morgantown holding elections today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broyles
Delmar Compton
Roy Tomlinson
Virgil Dixon
H. L. Sarver
Peterstown
L. D. Munsey
Paul Jones
Recorder
Lois Harvey
James Webb
Burton Gunnee
Harold Pack
Robert D. Francis
John C
Brain
Clarence Weatherford
Donald Boothe
Carmen Isola
Matoaka
Ray Williams
Stewart Sigman
Joe Pruitt
Sam Davis
Edgar Straley
Charles Blankenship
G. W. Anderson
Anderson
Peoples
Davy
Allen Urps
Rufus Large
Paul Goodson
Bob Hogan
John Fletcher
Bob McGovern
George Parsons
Citzens
Virgil Barber
Ira Rakes
David Green
Homer Snow
Brook Patrick
Gordon Hurt
Vincent Mullins
Anawalt
Thomas Dillon
Carl Sage
Pedro Witten
Duane Pugh
Clowney Overbaugh
Milton Spears
Ruben Setrakian
Saeger
F. D. Bishop
Town Recorder
Ruby Rice Fanning
C. C. Davis
John Pate
J. H. Auvil
Quention Whaley
E. G. Althoff
Jaeger
Harry Gates
Wanda McGraw
Nathan Hale
Patsy Cordisco
Nathan Whaley
Harry Monroe
Jerry Schrom
Huntington
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publisher Info and Rates Note
Bluefield Daily Telegraph from Bluefield West Virginia lists publication details and pricing. It notes Associated Press membership and carrier and subscription rates. The listing includes address, advertising rep contact, and circulation audit mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Katz Agency, Inc
Six Injured in One Car Crash at Airport Road
Six people were injured in a late night single car crash on the Airport Road near Ceres. Names include Roger Wingate Princeton Mercer Street Bratten Fann Mec Minnville Tenn Tony Ford Murphy N C Roger Helms Princeton Eva Holdren Princeton Lilly Grove Eloise Cecil Princeton. The car failed to stop at the Old Bluefield Road intersection and skidded overturning in the Smith Transfer Co lot. All six were under emergency treatment at Bluefield Sanitarium with injuries to be determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airport Road
Ceres
Roger Wingate
Mercer Street
Princeton
Bratten Fann
Mec- Minnville
Tenn
Tony Ford
Murphy
N. C
Roger Helms
Eva Holdren
South Walker Street
Eloise Cecil
Lilly Grove
Bluefield Road
Acting Mayor Named as Princeton Council Chooses Lacy Shrewsbury
Councilman Lacy Shrewsbury was appointed acting mayor during Mayor Malcolm G. Champ’s absence at the Princeton City Council meeting in the Municipal Building. The council kept library funds at 15000 and approved purchasing an 800 mowing machine for city and playground grounds. The extended hospital care unit expansion to adjoin Princeton Community Hospital won approval on second reading. A resolution of thanks to G. T. Lowe for over 20 years on the sanitary board was presented by city attorney Robert Carr. Edwin Wall was named security officer at the Hale Reservoir Dam 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacy Shrewsbury
Princeton
Malcolm G. Champ
C. T. Snidow
Princeton Library
City Park
Princeton Community Hospital
J.obert Carr
G. T. Lowe
Lowe
Sanitary Board
Edwin Wall
Hale Reservoir Dam
Officials Ponder Soviet Military Edge in 1970s Debate
Army leaders warned Congress that Soviet forces show rapid attack capability with little warning and sizable superiority in tanks and aircraft. Laird noted Russia and Warsaw Pact hold tens of thousands more tanks and hundreds more tactical aircraft than the United States and NATO by 1974 75, with forces concentrated in the Far East and Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Westmoreland
Congress
Czechoslovakia
U.S
Far East
Red China
United States
Laird
Russia
NATO
Two Injured In McDowell Crash
Two people were injured in a two car collision on Secondary Route 2 near Worth. Patricia Mullens 16 of Matoaka and Ginny McKinney 17 of Crumpler were hospitalized with chest injuries and facial lacerations. Okey Sizemore 60 of McDowell was treated and released. Mullens was charged with failure to keep her vehicle to the right of center. Damages were estimated at 2800 dollars. Trooper D M Shade investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
Patricia Mullens
Matoaka
Okey Sizemore
McDowell
Mullens
Ginny McKinney
Crumpler
McKinney
Sizemore
D. M. Shade
Program Arranged For Old Guard Meet
A representative from Appalachian Power Company will show color slides for the Bluefield Old Guard program Wednesday at 10 30 AM. T L Young arranged the program, with Mrs Olive H McCoy planning the Auxiliary event. Both groups meet at Trinity Methodist Church in the Old Guard room and the Auxiliary in the Christian Action classroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Power Company
Bluefield Old Guard
T. L. Young
Old Guard
Olive H. McCoy
Trinity Methodist Church
Men’s Bible
Christian Action Classroom
N W Sued For Discriminating By Local Unions
Norfolk and Western Railway Co is named in a federal suit filed by Local 974 of the Brotherhood of Railroad and Trainmen. The complaint alleges discrimination against Negro workers by N W and Local 550 AFL CIO, including separate seniority rosters, job assignments, training, advancement, raises, and apprenticeship programs.
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Norfolk (Ap
U.S. District Court
Norfolk & Western Railway Co
Local 974
The
Brotherhood of Railroad and Trainmen
N&w
Local 550
Afl-Cio
Railroad
Serviceman Guest at Bramwell Kiwanis Meeting
Eugene Patrick, 19, recently returned from Vietnam, was the guest at Bramwell Kiwanis Club’s Monday meeting. The club sponsors a relief fund for Ed Dillon of Bramwell, who lost his home in a fire. donations may be sent to the club or family. Bill Vincent of Bluefield Coca-Cola Co. spoke, presenting a color film titled The 1968 Highlights of the Dallas Cowboys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Bramwell Kiwanis Club
Eugene Patrick
Ed Dillon
Bramwell
Dillon
Bill Vincent
Bluefield Coca - Cola Co
Kiwanis
Vincent
Dallas Cowboys
Killoran to Speak at Bluefield Rotary Luncheon
John P Killoran Deputy Director of the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources will address the Bluefield Rotary Club at the West Virginian Hotel at 12 15 p m. He will discuss expanding state park systems and present color slides highlighting new parks including Pipestein State Park. Dr Samuel B Sink and Ralph B Taylor are June program co chairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Killoran
Department of Natural Resources
Division of State Parks
West Virginia
Bluefield Rotary Club
West Virginian Hotel
Killoran
Pipestein
Samuel B. Sink
Ralph B. Taylor
Voyager Destroyer Collision Shocks SEATO Maneuvers
The 3,500 ton Voyager Australia’s largest destroyer was involved in a collision with Melbourne after the Voyager cut across Melbourne’s bow during a course reversal. Voyager captain Capt. Duncan M. Stevens was killed and the Melbourne skipper was cleared of blame. The incident occurred amid SEATO naval maneuvers begun May 26 in Manila Bay and set to finish next week in the Gulf of Thailand with ships from six nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voyager
Australia
Melbourne
Duncan M. Stevens
SEATO
Manila Bay
Gulf of Thailand
Bluefield Names New Assistant City Manager
Larry Ratliffe of West Graham, a 1964 Grundy High School graduate and Bluefield State College alum, is appointed assistant city manager of Bluefield Virginia. He will assist City Manager W N Lambert after previously serving as an engineering aide for Bluefield and a year with Duke Power, plus Army service. Ratliffe is married with one son and led the Civil Engineering and Technology Club at Bluefield State.
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Bluefield State College
Bluefield
Larry Ratliffe
West Graham
Grundy
Jack Litz
Ratliffe
Bluefield State Monday
W. N. Lambert
W. Va
Duke Power Company
Charlotte
N. C
U. S. Army
Bluefield State
Civil Engineering and Technology Club
Grundy High School
Buchanan County approves budget and tax levy in public hearing
The Buchanan County Board of Supervisors approved the county budget with cuts to school and welfare, set a tax levy of $5.50 per $100 and formed a Public Service Authority. Five members were named to oversee water, sewage and garbage projects, with initial focus on a county water system using Flannagan Dam. The board also created summer off campus jobs for needy students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Public Service Authority
Grundy
Curtis Hale
David Owens
Oakwood
Charles Ratliff
Harold Trivett
Maude I. Smith
Hurley
Flannagan Dam
Deeds and Marriages Filed in Mercer County Court
Five property transfers and eight marriages were recorded in the Mercer County Court House on Monday. Transfers include Anderson to Belcher in Princeton for 11500 dollars and Smith to Oneal in Bluefield for 3631.20 dollars. Marriages list Bluefield and Princeton residents including McCall and McClung and Ayers and Robinette among others.
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Mercer County Court House
George
Carmen Anderson
C. M
Refus Belcher
Princeton
Charles
Mollie Smith
Thomas
Pattie Oneal
Bluefield
James
Mildred Conley
John
Rock District
Clement
Cora Crowe
J. L
Nannie Bowyer
Blaine
Geneva Kessinger
Henry
Sara Gernhardt
Walter Bernard McCall, Jr
Andrea Crispen McClung
Charles Herbert Ayers
Anne — Kathleen Robinette
David Alexander Aggie
Agnes Janet Stringfield
Rock
Charles Leonard Madison, III
Institute
Mary Elizabeth Wilson
Graham Nowell Sword
Sharon Ann Dangerfield
Michael Allen Kade
Montcalm
Frances Mae Carter
Women of the Moose Hold Academy Night Meeting
Princeton Chapter No. 355 Women of the Moose meet at 8 p.m. in the Moose Lodge on Mercer Street. Chairman Jean Boyd announces Academy of Friendship Chapter Night with Louise Osborne presenting a speech about her May months in Clarksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Women of the Moose
Moose Lodge
Mercer Street
Jean Boyd
Academy of Friendship
Louise Osborne
Clarksburg
U.S. Troops Face Mixed Action Near A Shau in Apache Snow
In the A Shau valley part of Operation Apache Snow allied forces press to locate enemy caches and troops. Reports indicate scattered ground action with eight paratroopers killed and three wounded previously while 871 North Vietnamese soldiers have fallen as of Monday.
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U.S
Saigon
Hue
da Nang
Laos
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
George Robert Smith 78 of Tazewell Va died after a short illness at home. Survived by wife Mary Lawson Smith ten sons and daughters. funeral Wednesday 11 a.m. Mullins Funeral Home Richlands with burial at Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield. Also listed are Mary Andrews Click 65 of Walls Creek Va and other obituaries with services and burial details.
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George Robert Smith
Tazewell
Mary Lawson Smith
Carrie Smith
Radford
Effie Fuller
Narrows
Gloris White
Charlotte
N. C
Raymond and
Lloyd Smith
Clyde Smith
Grundy
Hassel Smith
Bland, Va
Chester Smith
Bluefield
Roba Smith
McConnelsville
Ohio
Melvin Smith
Red Ash
Bascom Smith
Pounding Mill
Louie Smith
Falls Mills
Troy Smith
Cottondale
Fla
Katie Jessee
Detroit
Mich
Susie Somonas
Baltimore
Richlands
W. W. Sparks
Oscar Lee Pruett
Grandview Memory Gardens
Mary Faulkner
Karen Faulkner
Washington, D. C
Betty Faulkner
Essie Faulkner
Hartwell
Samuel
David
Bobby
James
George Faulkner
Edward Faulkner
Douglas
Richard Faulkner
Aaron Pannell
New York City
Pauline Pannell
Mt. Calvary United Holy Church
Squire
Alvester McConell
R. H. McConell
Virginia Johnson
Hartwell Cemetery
Willia Hampton
McDaniel Lambret
Junior Watkins
Nathaniel Mayor
Herbert Blue
William Hairston
Lugo
Mary Andrews Click
Walls Creek
Welch Hospital
Virginia
Green
Rena Sawyers Cole
Ruban Click
Hazel Warren
Sacramento
Calif
Ernest Andrews
US Air
Richard Andrews
Yukon
Margaret Viars
Paynesville
June Wooldert
Bridgeton
N. J
Ida Mae Boyd
Germany
Loretta Wallace
Tiawan
Formosa
Jeannette Cash
War
Melvin Click
Donald Click
Larry
Jerry Click
Martha Slone
Ironton
Jonce Cole
Mont Cox
Cedar Bluff
Walter Cox
Belfast Methodist Church
Graham Cox
Vernie Cox
Shawnee
Ohila
Robert Jackson
Albert Robinson
Graham Herndon
Walter Herndon
Harry W. Hight
Baylor
Lebanon Funeral Home
James E. Childress
Detroit, Mich
Vansant Presbyterian Church
Perry Smith
Greenhill Memory Gardens
Grundy Funeral Home
James E Tramel Sr. of Marytown dies after long illness
James Everett Tramel Sr. 56 of Marytown dies after a long illness in a Welch hospital. He was a disabled miner and is survived by wife Mildred Testerman Tramel son James E Jr. daughter Sylvia Goodman stepson Charles Price and several siblings. Funeral arrangements include calling at home and burial in Saeger Memorial Cemetery with church service at Pentecostal Church of God Twin Branch.
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James Everett Tramel, Sr
Marytown
Welch
Borderline
John S
Polly Martin Tramel
Mildred Testerman Tramel
Floyd Martin
West Vanlear
James E. Tramel Jr
Davy
Charles E. Price
Sylvia Goodman
Huntington
Eugene Tramel
Wyandott
Mich
Samuel
Melvin
Earl
Jack Johnson
Michigan
Bill Johnson
Twin Branch
Fanning Funeral Home
Pentecostal Church of God
E. E. Boyd
Virgel Akers
Saeger Memorial Cemetery
Two West Virginians Killed In Vietnam
Defense Department announced the deaths in Vietnam of two West Virginia servicemen, Marine Cpl. Larry E. Bloyer, husband of Patricia Boyer of Williamstown, Wood County, and Army Pfc. Roy E. Clark, son of Mary and Clark of Culloden, Cabell County.
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Washington (Ap
Defense Department
Vietnam
West Virginia
Marine Cpl
Larry E. Bloyer
Patricia Boyer
Williamstown
Wood County
Army Pfc
Roy E. Clark
Mary Clark
Culloden
Cabell County
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U.S. Weather Bureau
ESSA
East Coast
Midwest
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Vietnam War
Albany
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Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
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Juneau
Kansas City
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Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. P
New Orleans
Okla. City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Worth
Serviceman 'S Kiwanis
John Killoran
Rotary
Okayee
Buchanan
Donald Lee Wood
Dunns
Jane Dinkins
William Benjamin Suttle
Antony
Geneva
Lorraine Billings
Mrs. Louise Faulkner
Louise Faulkner
Wealthy
William and
Mary Jones Parnell
First Baptist Church
Robert Gibson JR
Robert Duke Gibson Jr
Coopers
Maybeury
Robert Duke Gibson
Willa Fine Gibson
Maybeury Methodist Church
U. S. Navy
American Legion Post
Willa Gibson
Jennifer Compton
Barbara Payne
Columbus
Randy Gibson
James H. Gibson
Robert Duke Gibson III
Harve Givson
Rt. 3
Cravens - Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
D. Homer Stewart
Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery
Jack Call
Churchill Nichols
Dan Quesenberry
J. T. Hill
Tony Trillo
Paige Hutchinson
Donna Kay Rose
Fred
Helen Carter Rose
Princeton Ave
Ramsey
Fast End Baptist Church
Eulyss Bell
Melvin Broyles
George Deeb
David Hambrick
Larry Hurley
Oceana
Betty Hoops
Chicago, Ill
Anita Rose
Everett Rose
Scotty Rose
Fred J. Rose Jr
John Rose
E. C. Burton
Tabernacle Cemetery
Benny Hall
Marshall Hall
Ray Gentle
James Gentle Jr
Edna Epling
Edna Kennedy Epling
East Main Street
Epling
Presbyterian Church
John and
Rosa Pennington Kennedy
Emmett Epling
John S. Sanders
Edgar Lazenby
George Peck
Pacoma Park
John R
Mrs. Mont Cox
Robert C. Watkins
Fredericksburg
John D
Emily Watkins
Joseph Watkins
Ioof Lodge
Fred Short
A. C. Ellis
F. T. McGlothlin
C. A. Wood
R. D. Myers
Paul Davis
E. L. Lee
van Alley
Horace Coffey
Wade Coffey
Jim H. Childress
Warren Yates
Eugene Farmer
Earl Cline
J. W. Childress
Dennis Childress
Fred Crawford
Bishop
Goodykoontz
Rexall Drug Store
Bluefield, W. VA
Roller Floral Co
Princeton, Pearisburg
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