Final ruling denies life for Pearisburg dog Ricky
Giles County Court refused a petition to let Ricky the German Shepherd live out his life in a kennel after being convicted of sheep-killing. All appeals to higher courts were denied and Sheriff Hopkins and attorney Lutins indicate no immediate action remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearisburg
Giles County
Ricky
Jim Laing
Giles
Circuit Court
State Supreme Court of Appeals
U. S. Supreme Court
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Laing
Harvey S. Lutins
Roanoke
W. L. Sexton
John Hopkins
Hopkins
Lutins
C and O Reports Earnings Jump About Sixty Percent
New York AP: The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, first major railroad to report May earnings, said earnings rose nearly 60 percent from a year earlier. Rail traffic for steel, coal and iron ore picked up after a weak first quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Chesapeak & Ohio Railway
Pope John Restored Fraternity Between Faiths And Nations
The article portrays Pope John as a relentless reconciler who bridged Catholics and Protestants and opened dialogue with Communists. It lauds his social vision for peace and better human relations, calling him the era’s top public relations figure and an aging leader whose fate confirms faith over mortal limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope John
Vatican City
John
Lincoln
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Front Page Boilerplate Notice
Bluefield Daily Telegraph official publication details list subscription rates and contact information. The notice outlines carrier and mail rates, West Virginia zones, and ABCon membership, with publication address and phone line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Obituary notices from Richlands area deaths
Multiple death notices from Richlands and nearby towns list Thomas J. McGlothlin Sr, Hasley G. Simpson, Arthur P. Craig, Henry Hopkins Holbrook, Jame Alfred Taylor, and Howard William Gilpin with details on their ages, residences, occupations, church affiliations, survivors, burial plans, and funeral arrangements spanning Richlands Princeton and Bluefield regions.
Mrs Sarah Street dies at 79 in Rowe Virginia
Mrs. Sarah Ida Street 79 of Rowe va died Sunday at the home of daughter Mrs Mau die Rasnake of Birchleaf. She is survived by five other daughters and three sons with 47 grandchildren and 46 great grandchildren. Funeral conducted today at 11 am in Rowe Chapel Church by Rev Ancil Childress and Rev Coy Childress. Burial in Street Cemetery. Body returned from Honaker Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Ida Street
Rowe
Maudie Rasnake
Birchleaf
Creasy Blankenship
Cora Dye
Avanell Casey
Gertrude Hale
Page
Stella Compton
Baltimore
Tolbert Street
Pounding Mill
Hassell Street
Carol Street
Washington, D. C
Wysor Whitt
Dayton
Ohio
Rowe Chapel Church
Ancil Childress
Coy Childress
Honaker Funeral Home
Honaker
Farley Rites Scheduled For Span ishburg Veteran
Cecil Arter Farley 65 of Span ishburg died Monday at Princeton Memorial Hospital. Born in Lashmeet he was a son of the late Lewis B. and Emme Shu mate Farley. He attended Concord College Athens. Survived by three sons C A Farley Jr Lake Park Fila D C Freddie Farley in Washington D C two daughters Betty Perry Peterstown and Joan Seitz Baltimore 16 grandchildren four sisters Oscar Boyst Pearl Farley Blanche Farley and Billie Simpson. Body at Seaver Mortuary Princeton pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Arter Farley
Spanishburg
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Lashmeet
Lewis B
Emme Shumate Farley
Concord College
Athens
C. A. Farly Jr
Lake Park
Fila
D. C
Freddie Farley
U. S. Air Force
Washington, D. C
Betty Perry
Peterstown
Joan Seitz
Baltimore, Md
Oscar Boyst
Pearl Farley
Princeton
Blanche Farley
Billie Simpson
West Palm Beach
Fla
Tne
Seaver Mortuary
Obituary for Joseph Foglesong of Ceres Virginia
Joseph Kelly Foglesong died at 82 at his home in Ceres Virginia. Survived by wife Myrtle, son Ray Foglesong, daughter Mrs. Robert Scott, two grandchildren and five great grandchildren, sister Mrs. Minnie Umparger, brothers E H and W R Foglesong, all of Ceres. Funeral Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Sharon Lutheran Church with Rev. Roger Kluttz and Rev. L T Clemens officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Body remains at Newberry Funeral Home in Bland until service time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. McGlothlin Sr
F. H. Hill Corp
Richlands
Fairfax Avenue
Buchanan County
George and
Gertrude Cook McGlothlin
National Business College
Roanoke
First Baptist Church
Ruth Montgomery
Buckroe Beach
Nell Sumpter
Perryville
Eva Hall
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Baptist Church
Letcher Reed
Nelson Barker
Hawkins Cemetery
Lodge
Charlie Parsons
Gene Kidd
C. H. Litton
Bill Barnes
Claude Barrett
Dorris Cunningham
Paul Ward
Howard Jackson
Harland Walls
Walter Overbay
The
Missionary Society
Farmer Funeral Home
Henry Hopkins
Hop) Holbrook
St. Paul
Rita Holbrook
L. G. Holbrook
Clinchco
Roby Holbrook
Newton
N. C
Henry J. Holbrook
Green Kilgore
Dante, Va
Lick Creek Baptist Church
Huff-Cook Funeral Home
Joseph Kelly Foglesong
Ceres
Myrtle Foglesong
Ray Foglesong
Robert Scott
Crockett
Minnie Umparger
E. H
W. R. Foglesong
Sharon Lutheran Church
Roger Kluttz
L. T. Clemens
Newberry Funeral Home
Bland
Mullens Man James W Arthur Dies After 39 Years Local Resident
James Whitfield Arthur of Mullens died Monday in a Beckley hospital. He was a son of the late James W. and Frances Taylor Arthur and longtime resident of Mullens. He belonged to First Methodist Church and to the Virginian Railroad machinists union. Survived by wife Margie E. Arthur. Services Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Roberts and Foglesong Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Friends may call today after 2 p.m.
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Hasley G. (Lock) Simpson
South Ave
Princeton
Norfolk and Western
First Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge
Royal Arch
Bluefield Commandery
Charleston
Bristol
H. G
Eva Jones Simpson
Ana Quesenberry Simpson
Judith Hardesty
Kimberly
Perrysville
Ohio
E. M. Brown
Hazel Yeage
Phyllis Simpson
T. F. Valley
Williamson
R. K. Simpson
Jackson
Mich
George W. Seaver
Vandall Page
Oakwood Park Cemetery
Arthur P. Craig
Rich Creek
First Church of God
James W. Stewart
Craig
J. W. Mattox
Calvin H
Matilda Basha Craig
C. W. Tittle
C. H. Rice
W. L. Carr
Emory Opie
Hobart Craig
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Peterstown
James Whitfield Arthur
Mullens
Beckley
James W
Frances Taylor Arthur
First Methodist Church
Machinists Union
Virginian Railroad
Margie E. Arthur
Roberts and Foglesong Funeral Home
Monte Vista Park
Lewis Augustus
Pop) Finley
Pearisburg
Mary Finley
James E. Hawkins
Sherwood Cemetery
Salem Va
Givens
Funerals for Hare and Witt Held Today
Funeral notices for Elizabeth Ada Hare of Rogers Street Princeton and Jane Hancock Witt of 1302 College Avenue Bluefield announce services today. Hare’s service at Kee Street Methodist Church with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Witt’s at Peterstown Baptist Church with burial in Peterstown Cemetery. Seaver Mortuary of Princeton handles arrangements.
Funeral arrangements incomplete for Thomas Archer
Thomas Archer age 72 of 200 Wood Street Bluefield died Sunday in Bluefield Sanitarium. His body was taken to Link Home where final arrangements will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard William Gilpin
Edgemont Drive
Bluefield
Washington, D. C
Mercer Funeral Home
Thomas Archer
Wood St
Bluefield Sanitarium
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Rainfall Records Set In Virginia
Rainfall records fell across eastern Virginia as Tropical Storm moved northward. Norfolk logged a 24 hour total of 6.86 inches with flooding in several cities while Williamsburg reported over eight inches since Sunday morning. High water blocked roads across multiple counties and a landslide blocked a state route in Northumberland. Health officials urged boiling drinking water in Williamsburg.
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Richmond
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Chesapeake
Virginia Beach
Williamsburg
Waller Mill Reservoir
Queen's Creek
Surry
Southampton
York
Charles City
New Kent
James City
Gloucester
Northumberland King and Queen New Kent
Northumberland County
Wicomico Church
King and Queen County
U. S. 17
Essex County
No Trace Found Of Yacht Morning Star In Trouble
Coast Guard said seven planes and five naval vessels searched a 20 000 square mile area 250 miles southeast of Nassau for the Morning Star yacht reported sinking with five aboard. No trace found and attempts to identify the vessel were fruitless. search to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
Caribbean
Morning Star
Nassau
Nassau Marine
Concord Delivers 107 Degree Commencement at Athens
Brooks Hays highlighted the President's interest in Arkansas and Kentucky, praising the area’s resources and urging justice to heal racial tensions. Rain canceled the Athens procession as Hays received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. seven students earned honors, including summa and magna cum laude graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Brooks Hays
Concord College
Athens
Hays
U. S. House of Representatives
Arkansas
Attorney General's Office
Heys
Anne Kyle
Nancy Wren Hinchee
Bluefield
Mary Carolyn Cumby
Hinton
Rita Mae Dillon
Wayside
Shirley H. Harper
Beckley
Sharon Ballard Morgan
Ronceverte
Lois Gail Rector
Princeton
Concord
Charles Malik
United Nations General Assembly
American University of Beirut
Malik
Joseph F. Marsh
Virginia Tech to graduate 1290 in first coliseum ceremony
About 1,290 degrees will be awarded at Virginia Tech next Sunday in the largest class yet. Lt Gov Mills E Godwin Jr will deliver the commencement address in the new 10,000 seat coliseum. Tech President T Marshall Hahn Jr will confer degrees. Walter T Skallerup Jr deputy assistant secretary of defense will speak at the ROTC commissioning parade and present about 200 commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
Virginia
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Virginia Tech
Godwin
Tech
T. Marshall Hahn Jr
Walter T. Skallerup Jr
N and W Loads Record Number of Coal Cars
Roanoke Virginia AP report shows Norfolk and Western Railway loaded 122,562 coal cars in May a new high beating August 1961s 113,510. Lamberts Point pier also set a May record with tonnage reaching 2,266,660 tons up from 2,117,842 in May 1957. Strong steel and power demand cited as key factors by railway officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
N&w
Lamberts Point
Norfolk
City Manager Explains Bonds in Bluefield Vote
Bluefield City Manager Randolph G. Whittle told the Bluefield Kiwanis Club that residents will vote on a $540,000 general revenue bond issue later this month. He outlined nine city projects and a $318,000 federal grant for the College Avenue Drainage Project with Bluefield’s share $170,000, to be funded without tax increases. The proposal also finances a $200,000 Mercer Street Bridge with Norfolk & Western contributing $89,200, plus other improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph G. Whittle
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Bluefielders
Whittle
College Avenue
Bluefield
Mercer Street
Norfolk & Western Railway
Roanoke Desegregation Plan Approved By Judge
Western Virginia District Judge Thomas Michie approved Roanoke five year desegregation plan. New York attorney James Nabrit III had no comment on the ruling. Judge Michie will draft a formal opinion soon and may decide on the plan's escape clause after reviewing Tennessee decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Western Virginia
Thomas Michie
James M. Nabrit III
New York
Michie
Nabrit
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Knoxville
Nashville
Tenn
Richmond
Tennessee
Bishop Miner Injured in Coal Mine Accident
A 39 year old Bishop Virginia miner Nathanial Wooley was hurt Monday evening while operating a shuttle car at Bishop Coal Co. His hip and back injuries required X rays to assess the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop, Va
Bishop Coal Co
Bluefield
Funeral Wednesday For Drowning Victim Earl Taylor
Earl Taylor 16 of Route 1 Bluefield drowned while swimming in a mine pond near Sagamore McComas. Funeral service at Thomas Memorial Church McComas Wednesday with burial at Woodlawn. Survived by parents J T and Rosa D Taylor five sisters a brother and extended grandparents. Body at Cravens Funeral Home Montcalm before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Baltimore
Linda
Glenna
Debra
Diana Taylor
Jerry Taylor
Jim Tucker
Matoaka
Bertha Mae Poore
McComas
Cravens
Montcalm
Roanoke Man Held for Grand Jury in Sailor Killing
A 4 year-old Roanoke man Raymond Bynum was held for the grand jury after a municipal court hearing on charges of murdering Leroy Lewis Young 25 of Mankato Minnesota. Young and four sailors on weekend liberty from the cruiser Newport News were at a Roanoke stoplight when a car carrying three Negroes pulled up. James David Adkins testified the car driven by Bynum swerved onto a median and then in front of the sailors. He said Young and Alfred L. Andrews were fighting before a gun fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Va
Roanoke
Raymond Bynum
Leroy Lewis Young
Mankato Minn
Young
Liberty
Newport News
James David Adkins
Huntington W.va
Bynum
Akins
Secretary Of Army To Speak At VMI Commencement
Secretary of the Army Cyrus R. Vance will deliver the commencement address Sunday afternoon as about 120 VMI seniors receive degrees. Rev. Dr. Ernest Gordon of Princeton will sermonize at the baccalaureate. Alumni Day features Brig. Gen. Frank McCarthy USAR retirement ceremonies and a plaque dedication to Benjamin Bowering of 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington Va
Cyrus R. Vance
Virginia Military Institute
Ernest Gordon
Princeton University
Frank McCarthy
Marshall
Benjamin Bowering
VMI
Bluefielders Earn Degrees From Duke University
Two Bluefield, West Virginia natives. Harry Randolph Kidd Jr. and Hampton Joel Rector. joined more than 1,200 graduates at Duke University's 111th commencement in Durham North Carolina. The class includes students from 40 states and 21 foreign countries with global geographic representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
N. C
Bluefield
W. Va
Duke University
Europe
Asia
Africa
North
South America
Harry Randolph Kidd Jr
H. R. Kidd
Fourth St. Hampton
Joel Rector
E. R. Rector
Jefferson St
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Luefield Daily Telegraph
U.S. Weather Bureau
Lakes Region
Mississippi Valley
South Pacific Coast
North Pacific Coast
Ohio Valley
People’s
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
T. J. McGlothlin SR
Halsey Simpson
Henry H. Holbrook
James A. Taylor
Jame Alfred Taylor
Rt. 1
Charlie Taylor
Lancing
Mudfork Christian Church
United Mine Workers
Cassie Miller Taylor
Harry Malik
Wilmington
Del
Letha Taylor
Waterloo
Iowa
June Taylor
Howard W. Gilpin
Mrs
Sarah Street
Cecil A. Farley
Joseph K. Foglesong
James W. Arthur
Lewis A. Finley
Andrew Hairston
Andrew
Jack) Hairston
Ashland
McDowell County
Keystone
Earl Evans & CO
P.O
National Unity
VPI
Albany
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Memphis
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Fe Pittsburgh
Portland, Me
St. Louis
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Roanoker
Grand Jury
Army
Duke
Piedmont
Cincinnati
Columbus, Ohio
Huntington-Ashland
Piedmont Airlines
Richard Egan
Charles Bronson
Ryan O’neal
Warren Vanders
Tonight
NBC
Whis-Tv
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