Methodists Name New Ministers in West Virginia Conference
Buckhannon AP The West Virginia Methodist annual meeting named new assignments for ministerial staff led by Bishop Fred G. Holloway. Six district superintendents were reappointed. Beckley Central Charleston Fairmont and Parkersburg districts receive new chiefs while others remain in place. The list includes A E Wills B L Marianna J R Chennoweth Jr Charles Roth William DeShong Jim Cot trell Ervin Conner Gary Ream and more with many names tied to specific circuits and towns such as Pineville Athens McDowell Williamson Green Bank Hominy Falls Marlinton Richlands Rupert and Williamson.
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Charleston
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Charles Roth
Athens
William DeShong
Berwind Endwell
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Coalwood
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Davy Capell
Ervin Conner
Gary Ream
William S. Markley
McDowell
Nellie Williams
Roderfield
Marvin E. Burns
Thorpe
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Williamson
Gromyko to rejoin Geneva Conference after Vienna
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko will go to Geneva to rejoin the one nation Laos conference after the Vienna summit. Khrushchev has left for Moscow.
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Geneva
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Austria
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Laos
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Moscow
Local Woman Elected President At Library Convention
At the two day convention in Welch hosted by Stevens Clinic near Marmet about 30 medical record librarians and record room personnel attended. Virginia Fields ARL Montgomery was named president elect last year and automatically became president. Marmet was installed as secretary treasurer during the final session Saturday night.
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Montgomery
RRL
Marmet
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Gromyko Says Talks Focused On Laos Berlin and World Issues
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko said leaders discussed nuclear testing disarmament and Germany including Berlin. They reaffirmed support for a neutral Laos with a Laotian chosen government and international guarantees of neutrality. Informants say the talks may influence a Laos cease fire and push to break the Geneva deadlock while Berlin remains a flashpoint. Khrushchev urged a troika system in UN bodies, a US opposed veto framework. The U.S. will pursue contacts below summit level and possibly more foreign ministers meetings.
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Germany
Berlin
Laos
Vienna
Pathet Lao
Geneva
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United Nations Secretariat
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Weather Outlook West Virginia Turns Warm and Cloudy
Partly cloudy and warm Monday with a high near 78 degrees. Expect considerable cloudiness later with warm conditions persisting.
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Funeral Services For Mrs Rose And Cathy Here Monday
Funeral services for Mrs Betty L Rose 30 and her daughter Cathy Rose age three victims of murder suicide will be held Monday at Funeral Home in Bluefield Rev H Clay Dunaway officiating Burial will follow at Walnut Grove Cemetery Mrs Rose formerly Betty Jane Litz of Bluefield and her husband Alvin Rose 32 shot them and then killed himself in Hampton Va early Saturday morning They had lived in Hampton about four years Pallbearers for Mrs Rose Thurman Rash Clyde Steele Kyle Shelton Parris Perdue Ernest Frey Weston Willis
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Cathy Rose
Bluefield
H. Clay Dunaway
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Hampton
Mrs. Rose
Thurman Rash
Clyde Steele
Kyle Shelton
Parris Perdue
Ernest Frey
Weston Willis
Bramwell Voters Set to Choose Mayor Council Members
Bramwell will hold a municipal election on Tuesday June 6 for mayor recorder and five council seats. Polls open 6:30 am at Town Hall and close 7:30 pm. Mayoral candidates are two men. council contenders include Charles Price J C Newbold Dr H A Porter Graham Talley Gordon Short Walter P Clark Donald Murphy Arnold S Nowlin George R Evans Sr and Marvin A Tabor. Recorder race features Mrs Pierce with John S McNulty initially on ballot but McNulty resigned prompting write in consideration by Ralph W Feil who later withdrew leaving Pierce unopposed.
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J. C. Newbold
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Gordon Short
Walter P. Clark
Donald Murphy
Arnold S. Nowlin
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Bluefielder Town Man Faces Burglary Hearing
A 43-year-old Bluefield man William A Bragg of East Wayne Street faces a preliminary hearing in Princeton on burglary charges. The hearing before Squire Jim Belcher is set for 10 am. Bragg allegedly burglarized a residence near Bluefield and stole a television set. He was arrested Saturday by State Trooper Joe Trapp and held in Princeton jail Sunday night awaiting the hearing.
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East Wayne Street
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Service Move Surges as Cardinal Leads Prayers
After a somber service the cardinal joined the President in prayer. Tears welled as the procession moved along the aisle. cardinals passed the Kennedys’ row and a churchman gestured toward the President.
Radford man found dead in church yard after release
Wade Jack Ross 36 of Radford was found dead in the Rock Road Baptist Church yard about 6 p.m. Saturday, hours after his release from Bland correctional farm. Dr. George M Caldwell said no violence signs and cause undetermined. Ross had served six months for driving after license revoked.
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Wade Jack Ross
Bland Correctional Farm
George M. Caldwell
Montgomery County
Ross
Rock Road Baptist Church
Jefferson Ingram
Ingram
Greenbrier awards honor ROTC cadets at 149th commencement
At Greenbrier Military School in Lewisburg West Virginia the 149th commencement highlighted ROTC honors. Cadet W.Va. led Company B chosen for next year as top parade honors were awarded to Capt. Ballantyne for best all around cadet and drilled company, with Sgt. Lawson and Sgt. Gilmer Jr. earning top military student and drilled squad distinctions. Sixty five seniors graduate Monday.
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Madison
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Bristol
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Huntington
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Wytheville
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Aberdeen
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Warsaw University professor and student jailed in secret society case
A university instructor and a law student in Warsaw received two year prison terms for involvement in a secret right wing society at Warsaw University. Communist officials labeled the group a clandestine organization.
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Stahr faces possible friction with WVU Legislature
Evans notes the former governor may clash with a Democratic controlled Legislature that holds the university purse strings. Stahr became WVU president two years ago after Irvin Stewart resigned to teach. He was named secretary of the Army last January and has an indefinite university leave. Clyde L. Colson acts as president.
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Let The Candidates Tell The People Why They Are Running
The piece discusses municipal government issues including department consolidation and civil service regulations for police and firemen. It emphasizes city manager responsibility, board influence, discipline under civil service, and civil discourse during the campaign. It promises further candidate commentary as elections unfold in Bluefield.
Deaths and Funerals Earl M Whited and Teresa Osborne
Earl Maze Whited aged 58 of Cedar Bluff Virginia died Sunday in a Richlands hospital. He is survived by his wife Maudie Peck Whited, his father James Whited, a stepdaughter Mozell Reet, two brothers Garnet and Claude, and five sisters. Funeral services are Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Clifton Methodist Church with burial in Reynolds Cemetery. Teresa Lynn Osborne, three months old, died Saturday afternoon in Richlands hospital. She is survived by her parents Harvey G Osborne and wife, a sister Vickie, maternal grandparents Sam and Mrs Bogle, and paternal grandmother Mrs Albert Osborne. Farmer Funeral Home of Richlands is in charge.
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Bluefield
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Drill
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Vivian Mutter
Saltville
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Reynolds
Swords Creek
Farmer Funeral Home
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Harvey G. Osborne
Richlands Hospital
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Sam Bogle
North Tazewell
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Tazewell
Watson Rites Held For Preston M Watson Of Dante Va
Preston M Watson 86 of Dante Va died Saturday morning at his daughter's home in Dante. Survived by one son C L Watson of Dante, three daughters Vera Taylor of Dante W C Widner of Johnson City and Watson of Oakvale, 17 grandchildren 25 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral held today at 2 p.m. at Vera Taylor's home officiated by Rev Bobby Salyers. Burial in Temple Hill Cemetery Ellen Jane Hall 82 died at 10 a.m. Sunday in Bluefield Sanitarium.
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Oakvale
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Funeral service for Annie D Dent in Peterstown
Annie D Dent of Peterstown will be laid to rest after a funeral service Monday at 2 30 p m at Peters town Baptist Church officiated by Rev Charles Jack. Burial follows at Peterstown Cemetery with arrangements by William Broyles Funeral Home Peterstown.
State Parolee Shot By Brother In Law Near Hogsett
State police said James Edward der Jones, brother-in-law of Bates, shot Bates in the right temple with a shotgun at Hogsett. Jones, a river deckhand, was jailed in Point Pleasant awaiting a Monday preliminary hearing. Bates had been on parole since last October for forgery.
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Pennsylvania Dean Of Parishes Dies At 61
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Vincent J. Rieland, 61, dean of Roman Catholic parishes in Beaver Valley for nine years and pastor of St. Marys Church in Beaver Falls, died Saturday night at Providence Hospital after a long illness. He served as intermediary between Beaver Valley priests and Bishop John.
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Vincent J. Rieland
Beaver Valley
Providence Hospita
St. Mary's Church
Msgr
Rieland
John
Three Mercer Countians Face Preliminary Hearing After Pisgah Road Shooting
Three Mercer County residents Emmett Cecil Arnold Cecil and J B Lige White face preliminary hearings Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the case arising from a shooting at White's Pisgah Road home near Ath ens. Emmett Cecil is charged with malicious wounding and others face peace warrants. White is free on bond while the Cecils are jailed at Princeton.
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Noted Lebanon Newsman Dies in Virginia
A veteran Lebanon editor and longtime journalist from Russell County Va died Sunday morning at the scene of his niece-in-law Mrs J E Keith 208 Chestnut St He was the state s oldest working newspaperman He is survived by his widow and two sons Bernace K Bausell funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p m in the Lebanon Methodist Church
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Chestnut St
Russell County
Virginia
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Lebanon Methodist Church
Three Instructors Appointed at West Virginia University
West Virginia University announced three new instructors on Sunday. Elizabeth Carroll Spindler of Morgantown and Edith Eloise Franklin of Parkersburg joined the English faculty while Mary Jane Bryan Pearse of Morgantown was appointed in the School of Mines lineage.
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West Virginia University
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Parkersburg
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G. R. Spindler
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