Sirhan Says Kennedy Death Worth Both Of Their Lives
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan told NBC in a Los Angeles County Jail interview that Kennedy’s assassination was worth both their lives and that he would have preferred Kennedy live to be president. The 25-year-old said he wished Kennedy were alive, just to be president, after being sentenced to die in San Quentin.
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Sirhan
Kennedy
New York
Sirhan Bishara
Robert F. Kennedy
NBC News
Jack Perkins
Los Angeles
San Quentin
Ambassador Hotel
Three Virginians Killed In Vietnam
The Defense Department lists three Virginia servicemen as war casualties. Army Spec. 4 Ralph J. Mears Jr. of Norfolk was KIA, Army Pfc. Herman L. Judy Jr. of Alexandria was KIA, and Marine Lance Cpl. Ivan C. Brown of Roanoke died of wounds.
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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 list candidates in numerous towns for mayor and council
The notice lists numerous candidates across Peterstown Matoaka Davy Anawalt Saeger Jaeger War and other towns. Mayors include Ray Williams Thomas Dillon F. Bishop Harry Gates. recorders include Stewart Sigman Ruby Rice Fanning Wanda McGraw. councils feature many nominees and several unopposed races. Statewide 158 communities hold general elections today with Huntington Clarksburg Morgantown as major cities.
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 Pruit
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
FE. G. Althoff
Jaeger
Harry Gates
Wanda McGraw
Nathan Hale
Patsy Cordisco
Nathan Whaley
Harry Monroe
Jerry Schrom
Huntington
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Ad Clarifies AP Association Rights
An early edition note from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph explains its status as a member of the Associated Press and its exclusive rights to AP content, with branding details for readers.
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The
Bay Telegrage Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. V
Associated Press
Six hurt in single car crash near Ceres
Six people injured in a one car crash on the airport road near Ceres late Monday night. Victims include Roger Wingate Princeton Eva Holdren Princeton Eloise Cecil Lilly Grove Princeton Bratten Fann McMinnville Tony Ford Murphy and Roger Helms Princeton. Car failed to stop at the Old Bluefield Road intersection and skidded over at high speed before overturning at Smith Transfer Co lot. All six received emergency treatment at Bluefield Sanitarium with injuries undetermined as the investigation continues.
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Airport Road
Ceres
Roger Wingate
Mercer Street
Princeton
Bratten Fann
McMinnville
Tenn
Tony Ford
Murphy
N. C
Roger Helms
Eva Holdren
South Walker Street
Eloise Cecil
Lilly Grove
Bluefield Road
J. L. Fitzwater
Smith Transfer Co
Bluefield Sanitarium
Fitzwater
Council Names Acting Mayor in Princeton Meeting
Council appointed Councilman Lacy Shrewsbury as acting mayor during Mayor Malcolm G. Champ's absence at the Princeton City Council session. The library budget was kept at 15,000 dollars while the city approved an 800 dollar mowing machine purchase for city and park use. Edwin Wall was named security officer at Hale Reservoir Dam.
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Lacy Shrewsbury
Princeton
Malcolm G. Champ
C. T. Snidow
Princeton Library
City Park
Princeton Community Hospital
Kert Carr
G. T. Lowe
Lowe
Edwin Wall
Hale Reservoir Dam
Officials Question Soviet Military Power and Readiness
Gen William Westmoreland told Congress the Soviet ability to strike rapidly without warning was demonstrated during Czechoslovakia’s invasion. He noted 300000 Soviet troops in the Far East and a 42000 to 12000 tank edge over the U.S. and NATO. Laird warned of superior Warsaw Pact air power by 1974 75.
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William C. Westmoreland
Congress
Czechoslovakia
U.S
Far East
Red China
United States
Laird
Russia
NATO
Two Injured In McDowell Crash
State police report a two car collision on Secondary Route 2 near Worth injuring Patricia Mullens 16 and Ginny McKinney 17. Patricia Mullens and Ginny McKinney were hospitalized with chest and facial injuries, while Okey Sizemore 60 was treated and released. Mullens charged with failure to keep to the right of center. Damages estimated at 2800 dollars. Trooper D M Shade investigated the accident.
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Welch
Patricia Mullens
Matoaka
Okey Sizemore
McDowell
Mullens
Ginny McKinney
Crumpler
McKinney
Sizemore
D. M. Shade
Program Arranged For Old Guard Meet
A representative for Appalachian Power Company will show color slides Wednesday at 10 30 for the Bluefield Old Guard. The Auxiliary to the Old Guard meets at the same time with Mrs Olive H McCoy planning the program. Both groups assemble at Trinity Methodist Church in different rooms.
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Appalachian Power Company
Bluefield Old Guard
T. L. Young
Old Guard
Olive H. McCoy
Trinity Methodist Church
Christian Action
N W Sued For Discriminating
Norfolk and Western Railway Co and Local 550 of the AFL-CIO affiliate union are accused in U S District Court by Local 974 of the Brotherhood of Railroad and Trainmen of discriminating against Negroes The suit seeks to bar alleged discrimination in job assignments training advancement raises and apprenticeship programs and cites separate seniority rosters work groups and work areas for Negro and white workers.
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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 fund for Ed Dillon of Bramwell, who lost his home in a fire and has eight children. Bill Vincent of Bluefield Coca-Cola presented a color film titled The 1968 Highlights of the Dallas Cowboys.
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Vietnam
Bramwell Kiwanis Club
Eugene Patrick
Ed Dillon
Bramwell
Dillon
Vincent
Dallas Cowboys
Killoran to Speak at Bluefield Rotary Luncheon
John P Killoran Deputy Director of West Virginia Division of State Parks will be guest speaker at the Bluefield Rotary Club luncheon at the West Virginian Hotel at 12 15 p m today He will discuss West Virginia park system growth and display color slides focusing on Pipestein State Park Dr Samuel B Sink and Ralph B Taylor co chairmen for June
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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 Collides With Melbourne Killing Captain
The 3 500 ton Voyager Australia biggest destroyer cut across Melbournes bow during a maneuver in Manila Bay. The Voyager skipper Captain Duncan M Stevens was killed and Melbourne’s skipper was cleared of blame as SEATO warships from six nations took part in exercises beginning May 26 and to end next week in the Gulf of Thailand.
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Voyager
Australia
Melbourne
Duncan M. Stevens
SEATO
Manila Bay
Gulf of Thailand
Assistant City Manager Named In Bluefield Virginia
Larry Ratliffe a 23 year old Bluefield State College graduate has been appointed assistant city manager in Bluefield Virginia He will report to city manager W N Lambert Ratliffe previously worked as engineering aide for Bluefield and for Duke Power and served in the U S Army He is a 1964 Grundy High School graduate married with one son and led the Civil Engineering and Technology Club at Bluefield State College
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Public Service Authority
The Buchanan County Board of Supervisors approved the county budget with cuts to school and welfare funds and set a tax levy of 5.50 per 100 assessed value for the new fiscal year. Five members were named to the Public Service Authority to oversee water, sewage, and garbage services, with initial plans for a county water system using Flannagan Dam and a program for summer jobs for needy students.
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Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Public Service Authority
Grundy
General Fund
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 Mercer County Court House Monday. Transfers include Anderson to Belcher in Princeton for 11500 and Smith to Oneal in Bluefield for 3631.20. Marriages feature McCall to McClung and Ayers to Robinette, among others, with several spouses from Bluefield and surrounding areas.
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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
Women of the Moose Meet Tonight in Princeton Chapter Night
The Princeton Chapter No 355 Women of the Moose convenes Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Moose Lodge on Mercer Street. Chairman Jean Boyd announces Academy of Friendship Chapter Night with Louise Osborne delivering a speech on her May academy experience in Clarksborg.
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Princeton
Women of the Moose
Moose Lodge
Mercer Street
Jean Boyd
Academy of Friendship
Louise Osborne
Clarksbrg
U.S. Forces Press On In A Shau Valley Operation
U S troops in the A Shau valley area pursue Apache Snow objectives as more than 5 000 allied troops were landed to locate enemy caches and soldiers. By Monday 871 North Vietnamese soldiers were killed with U S casualties undisclosed.
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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 at home after short illness. Survived by wife Mary Lawson Smith ten sons and daughters and 51 grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at Mullins Funeral Home Richlands with burial in Grandview Memorial Gardens Bluefield.
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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
Chester Smith
Bluefield
Roba Smith
McConnellville
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
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
Melvin
Earl
Jack Johnson
Michigan
Bill Johnson
Twin Branch
Fanning Funeral Home
Pentecostal Church of God
E. E. Boyd
Virgel Akers
Saeger Memorial Cemetery
James E. Childress
Detroit, Mich
Vansant Presbyterian Church
Perry Smith
Greenhill Memory Gardens
Grundy Funeral Home
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
U. S. Army
Vietnam
Robert Duke Gibson III
Louisville
Harve Gibson
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
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
Edna Epling
Edna Kennedy Epling
East Main Street
Princeton
Mont Cox
Cedar Bluff
Walter Cox
Belfast Methodist Church
Graham Cox
Vernie Cox
Shawnee
Ukla
Robert Jackson
Albert Robinson
Graham Herndon
Walter Herndon
Harry W. Hight
Baylor
Lebanon Funeral Home
Two West Virginians Killed In Vietnam
The Defense Department announced the deaths in Vietnam of two West Virginia servicemen. Marine Cpl. Larry E. Bloyer of Williamstown Wood County and Army Pfc. Roy E. Clark of Culloden Cabell County were identified as the fallen soldiers.
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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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Albuquerque
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Boise
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
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
Lugo
Ioof Lodge
Fred Short
A. C. Ellis
F. T. McGlathlin
C. A. Wood
R. D. Myers
Paul Davis
E. L. Lee
van Alley
Horace Coffey
Wade Coffey
Jim H. Childress
Warren Yates
Eugene Farmer
Ear Cline
J. W. Childress
Dennis Childress
Fred Crawford
Bishop
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
Montcalm
Benny Hall
Marshall Hall
Ray Gentle
James Gentle Jr
Mrs. Mont Cox
Robert C. Watkins
Fredericksburg
John D
Emily Watkins
Joseph Watkins
Ain Sean
Goodykoontz
Rexall Drug Store
Bluefield, W. VA
Roller Floral Co
Princeton, Pearisburg
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