Two Marine jets collide over eastern North Carolina
Two Marine Corps F1 jets with three crew collided during routine air to air training near Lake Phelps east of Plymouth. One pilot is missing, another, Captain Jerry L. Jones of Maplewood New Jersey, survived with back injuries and was hospitalized in Portsmouth Virginia. Ground teams found wreckage. two parachutes were seen, one open and one partly open.
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Hardin, Mont
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Jacksonville
Fla
Lake Phelps
Newland
Cherry Point Marine Air Station
Mit
North Carolina Highway Patrol
Buchanan Miner Dies After Mine Injury in Virginia
Cecil Justus 33 of Grundy Virginia died three hours after a state fall at Channel Coal Home Creek. He is survived by a wife Della Mae and son James Vernon. services set Saturday at his mother Mae Justus home with burial in Justus Cemetery.
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Grundy Hospital
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Eugene Stiltner
Channel Coal
Della Mae Justus
Mae McClanahan Justus
James Vernon Justus
Florida
Birdie Carr
Baltimore
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Washington, D. C
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Royal City
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Maxie
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Big Rock
Lacey
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Sorority Chapter Plans Founders Day Service at Church
Beta Eta Chapter of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority observes Founders Day at 11 am with services at Mount Chapel Baptist Church Keystone. Sorors and Patroness Board members from Mercer McDowell and Tazewell Counties attend. Mary P. Johnson and Helane P. Wilson lead the program. A fellowship dinner follows the service.
Traffic deaths rise to 170 in West Virginia this year
State Police in Charleston reported Friday that 170 people have been killed on West Virginia highways so far this year. Last year at the same point 188 deaths were tallied.
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Local Bluefield Daily Telegraph masthead and notes
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph page fragment shows publisher details, address at 412 Jennings Street Bluefield West Virginia and Mississippi Associated Press affiliation statement. It lists masthead lines about news use rights and siren notices.
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Deaths and Funerals in Princeton and Bluefield Areas
Multiple funeral services are listed for Trula Ann Eaton Ina Day George Miles Ratcliff Elizabeth Godbey James Richard Martin and John Andrew Clifton. The notices include dates times locations and burial plans, with survivors and affiliations to local churches orders and communities. Funeral homes in Princeton Richlands Bluefield and Keystone coordinate services and call times for mourners.
Obituaries From Wilful Welch and Surrounding Areas
Multiple death notices from Welch and Bluefield regions. Charlie O Connor of Hensley dies at 57 after heart attack at work at Blue Jay Coal Co Premier. funeral at Hager Cemetery with move from Fanning Funeral Home. Richard Appling, 71, dies in Cleveland Tenn nursing home. former Norfolk and Western worker and mason. funeral plans pending. Mrs Thomas Harding, 86, of St Paul Va, dies after long illness. survivors listed. service at Huff Cook Funeral Home with burial Temple Hill Cemetery. Funeral arrangements noted for each case.
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Hensley
McDowell County
Welch Hospital
Blue Jay Coal Co
Hurley
Jerry and
Jane Smith O'Connor
Henlige
UMWIA
Alma O'Connor
O'Connor Jr
George van Dyke
Elkton
Earl O'Connor
Hager
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Infant Daughter of Horns Dies at Birth in Virginia
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Horn of Rt. 1 North Tazewell Virginia died at birth in St. Luke's Hospital Bluefield. She is survived by her parents maternal grandparents Carlos Horn Taylorsville N C and paternal grandparents Wallace Horn North Tazewell. Graveside services Saturday at 1 p.m. EST at Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield Tazewell Road with Elder Witten Sparks officiating Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home Tazewell in charge of arrangements.
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Rt. 1
North Tazewell
St. Luke's Hospital
Bluefield
Carlos Horn
Taylorsville
N. C
Wallace Horn
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Witten Sparks
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home of
Tazewell
Funerals for Brammer Murray Myers Rowland and Miller
Funeral notices list Sally Brammer of Lex to be buried at Saeger Memorial Cemetery after a Sunday service at 2 p.m. Sherman G. Murray 61 of Welch dies. service at First Baptist Welch at 11 a.m. with burial at Ridge Lawn Huntington. Daniel C. Myers 64 Irvington New Jersey former Princeton resident dies. service at Seaver Funeral Home Princeton at 2 p.m. with burial Oakwood Park Cemetery. Jerry Red Rowland 35 of Largo Florida former Princeton teacher. service at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton at 2 p.m. with burial Rose Lawn Cemetery. Nannie Hughes Miller 81 Princeton. service at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton at 1 p.m. with burial Resthaven Cemetery.
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Bailey Funeral Home
Jimmy Jones
Harry Sisk
Infant Son of Mr and Mrs Lester Graveside Rites
Graveside services for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Billy J Lester near Princeton are set for 11 30 a m today at Hill Cemetery Rt 3 Princeton with Rev C C Hill officiating Johnston Funeral Home of Oakvale handles arrangements The child died at birth Friday at Port Townsend Memorial Hospital
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Alsabrooks Rites Scheduled For Mayfield Burial
Emmett H. Alsabrooks of Sparta Georgia died Thursday in a Milledgeville hospital. Burial set for Saturday at 3 p.m. in Mayfield Georgia. he was brother of H. L. Alsabrooks of Bluefield.
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Sparta
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Bluefield
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3 Hurt 2 Charged In Auto Accident
Three persons received minor injuries and two were charged with traffic violations after two Thursday crashes in McDowell County. In one crash on Secondary 7 near Capels, James E. Trammell Jr. 17 was charged with failure to keep right of center. passengers Carl Chafins 16 Fred Johnson 16 and Ralph Frazier 15 were injured. In the other crash on Secondary 2 at Coalwood Lonnie L. Goodman 17 was charged with reckless driving after his vehicle hit a utility pole. no injuries were reported. Damage was about 300 dollars.
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Carl Chafins
Twin Branch
Fred Johnson
Merrytown
Ralph Frazier
James E. Trammel Jr
Capels
Cecil Gibson
Trammell
Lonnie L. Goodman
Coalwood
Men’s Day Program Set At Jenkinjones
A men’s day program will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at Clinton Chapel A M E Zion Church in Jenkinjones. Rev Bernard Howard of Mount Chapel Baptist Church Keystone will be guest speaker. Men’s choirs from Keystone church and First Baptist Kimball will perform plus other area churches. Public invited.
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Soviet Cultural Chief Arrives in Karachi for Pakistan Visit
Chairman Sergei Romanovsky of the Soviet State Committee for Cultural Affairs arrives in Karachi for a four day visit to Pakistan after a stop in Nepal. The visit aims to deepen cultural ties and discuss cooperative programs with Pakistani officials.
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Pakistan
Sergei Romanovsky
Soviet
State Committee For Cultural Affairs
Nepal
J E Perkins 53 Dies After Illness at St Luke’s Hospital
James E. Perkins 53 died Friday morning after two months as a St Luke’s Hospital patient. A prayer service will be held today at 1 PM at the home 2116 Mountain View Ave with Rev. David Bane officiating. Burial follows at East End Cemetery Wytheville Va. Survivors include wife Rachel Porterfield Perkins two daughters Jeanette Louise and Rachel Porterfield Perkins a brother Bass Perkins and a sister Mrs Harold Porterfield. Memorial contributions may be made to the heart of cancer funds. Funeral arrangements by Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield and Porterfield Minnick Wytheville.
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Giles County
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Order of Eastern Star
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Huntington
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Dayton
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Arlington
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Vienna
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White Gate
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Laurel Fork
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
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Short’s Gap
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Miami
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John
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Bandy
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Joe Davis Jr
Short’'s Gap
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Guster Clifton
Andrew Clifton
Roanoke
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Ervin Clifton
Clifton Fork
Ansel Childress
Albert Rowe
Farmer Funeral Home of
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St. Luke’s Hospital
David Bane
East End
Wytheville
Perkins
Georgia Lumber Company
Bluefield
Walter Perkins
Mary Bas Perkins
Beaver High School
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Blacksburg
Christ Episcopal Church
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Farmers Union Calls For Probe Into Chain Store Practices
The National Farmers Organization urged a complete investigation of chain store buying and selling practices. NFO President Oren Lee Staley testified that an anti trust inquiry, via subpoenas, is needed as chain stores gain power. He spoke during hearings of the National Commission on Food Marketing in Omaha.
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Delegation Backs Whitehead For State Highway Post
A 40 member delegation from southwest Virginia urged Gov. Harrison to appoint John L. Whitehead of Radford to the State Highway Commission. S. S. Flythe’s term expires June 30 and he cannot seek reappointment. Other names mentioned include former State Sen. Earl Fitzpatrick and Ted Webber. Whitehead is a former member of the House of Delegates. The delegation flew to Richmond by chartered airliner with Sens. Woodrow Bird and James C. Turk and Delegates Kenneth Devore and C. B. Andrews.
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Wellsburg Man Killed On Curve Near Wellsburg
A Friday traffic accident at Dead Man's Curve on State Route 2, two miles south of Wellsburg, killed 20 year old Kenneth Stock. The Wellsburg resident died when his car lost control and crashed authorities reported.
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Dead Man’s Curve
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Wellsburg
Kenneth Stock
Japanese Mission Visits Graves in Siberian Camps
A seven day pilgrimage by a mission representing families of Japanese soldiers who died in World War II takes them to graves in Nakhodka and Khavar osh in Siberia where about 800 Japanese died in concentration camps.
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Siberian
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Blue Field State College summer term announced
The summer session runs June 14 to August 13 with geometry from June 14 to July 2 and language arts July 5 to July 23. Freshmen and continuing students must report by June 14. several professional education courses and humanities offerings are listed along with evening division subjects.
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Division of Humanities
Gemini 4 astronauts endure routine spaceflight with brief incidents
The Gemini 4 mission features White and McDivitt resting periods and a notable spacewalk. Grissom relays news of a Pee Wee League result as McDivitt’s son plays for the Hawks. White describes Gulf waters and coastlines seen from orbit and notes camera difficulties while maintaining high physical and mental condition during the mission.
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Two Fires Found At Belcher Lumber Co
Fire of mysterious origin was found burning in two sections of the basement of Belcher Lumber Co in East Bluefield Friday night. Damage was slight as firefighters doused shavings and an old bench before flames spread. A firm employee nearby alerted the department and Chief Gordon Damron announced a full morning investigation.
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East Bluefield
Gordon Damron
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Negro Rights Parley Planned
President Johnson announced a White House conference this fall to advance Negro rights. The aims include moving from opportunity to achievement, breaking legal and cultural barriers, and healing intergroup enmity, with focus on family structure and national unity.
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Johnson
White House
Woman Convicted Of Logan Slaying
In Logan, 48 year old Mrs. Annabel Marie Ellis was found guilty of second degree murder in the April 28 shooting death of neighbor 27 year old Mrs. Lucille Messer. The Logan County Circuit Court jury returned the verdict and sentencing was delayed pending a defense motion.
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Logan County
Lucille Messer
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