Two Marine jets collide over North Carolina
Two F1 Cougar fighters collided in eastern North Carolina during a routine training mission. One pilot, Capt Perry L Jones of Maplewood New Jersey, was rescued in fair condition with a back injury and hospitalized at Portsmouth Virginia. A body was reported recovered while Maj Ronald D Iverson and 1st Lt David R McKinney were listed as missing. Ground teams found wreckage near Lake Phelps in the Newland area east of Plymouth. The cause remained unknown and wreckage could extend over twenty miles at speeds around 400 mph.
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Marine Corps
Perry L. Jones
Maplewood
N. J
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Ronald D. Iverson
Hardin
Mont
David R. McKinney
Jacksonville
Fila
Lake Phelps
Newland
Plymouth
Cherry Point Marine Air Station
Cherry Point Marine Air Sation
Buchanan Man Killed In Mine
Justus of Rt. 1 Grundy is reported killed in a mining accident. He is the husband of Mrs. Della Mae Justus and son of Mrs. Mae McClanahan Justus of Home Creek. Survived by one son James Vernon Justus of Florida, five sisters and four brothers. Funeral services set for Saturday at 1 20 p.m. at his mother’s Home Creek residence. The Rev. Johnny Thacker and Rev. Earl Houston to officiate with burial in Justus Cemetery. Body to be taken from Virginia Funeral Home of Grundy.
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Justus
Rt. 1
Grundy
Home Creek
Beeres Canes de
Della Mae Justus
Mae McClanahan Justus
James Vernon Justus
Florida
Birdie Carr
Baltimore, Md
Polly Chaffins
Washington, D. C
Juanita Mullins
Royal City
Janice
Ethel Mageline Justus
Kinzie Justus
Maxie
Lawrence Justus
Big Rock
Lacey
Harold Justus
Mae Justus
Johnny Thacker
Earl Houston
Justus Cemetery
Virginia Funeral Home
James Richard Martin
Elkhorn
Upland Baptist Church
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Martin
Giotto
Edith Martin
Barbara Ann Branch
Fort Bragg
N. C
Edith L
Debra M
Diane P. Martin
James Richard Martin Jr
Pfc
Jerome Martin
Hanau
Germany
Reginald A. Martin
Willie Carrington
George Smith
Leroy Brown
Ollie Thomas
Sandy Jones
Junior Walker
Christine Carrington
Roberta Watkins
Doris Smith
Lillian Brown
Coretta Cunningham
Sorority Chapter to Honor Founders on Founders Day
Beta Eta Chapter of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority observes Founders Day at 11 am with services Sunday at Mount Chapel Baptist Church in Keystone. Sorors and Patroness Board members from Mercer McDowell and Tazewell Counties attend. Mary P. Johnson and Helene P. Wilson lead the program. A fellowship dinner follows at the church.
Traffic Death Toll Rising in West Virginia This Year
State Police in Charleston report 170 traffic fatalities on West Virginia highways so far this year. The figure compares with the same period last year.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Deaths and Funerals in Princeton and Bluefield Areas
Obituaries list services for Trula Ann Eaton 64 of Princeton Ina Day George 68 of Princeton Miles Curtis Ratcliff 61 of Bluefield Elizabeth Godbey 56 of Laurel Fork James Richard Martin of Elkhorn John Andrew Clifton 56 of Buchanan County with details on burial sites and family survivors. Services are conducted at First Methodist Church Mercer Funeral Chapel Upland Baptist Church and Laurel Creek Free Pentecostal Church.
Multiple Valley mourns in deaths across McDowell and Bluefield
Charlie O Connor 57 of Hensley McDowell County died of a heart attack at work at Blue Jay Coal Co premier. Richard Baxter Appling 71 Bluefield died in Cleveland Tenn nursing home. Mrs Mary Hines Appling and two sons survive. Mrs Thomas Harding 36 St Paul Va dies after long illness with two daughters and four sons surviving. Funeral arrangements listed with locations in Welch Bluefield St Paul and Temple Hill Cemetery.
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Charlie O’connor
Hensley
McDowell County
Welch Hospital
Blue Jay Coal Co
Hurley
Jerry and
Jane Smith O’connor
Henslye
UMWA
Alma O'Connor
Jeanette Odom
Hen
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 Friday morning at St. Luke's Hospital Bluefield. She is survived by maternal grandparents Carlos Horn Taylorsville North Carolina and paternal grandparents Wallace Horn North Tazewell. Graveside services Saturday at 1 p.m. EST at Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield Tazewell Road officiated by Elder Witten Sparks. Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home of Tazewell issued arrangements.
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Johnny Horn
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 Listed for Sally Bramm Bpr and Others
Obituaries list funeral arrangements for Sally Bramm Br, Sherman G Murray, Daniel O Myers, Jerry Red Rowland, and Nannie Hughes Miller. Services occur in Lex, Welch, Princeton and Princeton area locations with multiple officiants and burial sites noted.
Infant son of Lester family graveside service
Graveside services for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Billy J. Lester near Princeton will be held at 11 30 a m today at Hill Cemetery Route 3 Princeton with Rev C C Hill officiating. Johnston Funeral Home of Oakvale is handling arrangements. The child died at birth Friday at Princeton Memorial Hospital.
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Billy J. Lester
Near
Princeton
Hill Cemetery
Rt. 3
C. C. Hill
Johnston Funeral Home
Oakvale
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Local Resident Emmett H Alsabrooks Passes Away in Milledgeville
Emmett H Alsabrooks of Sparta Georgia brother of H L Alsabrooks of Bluefield died Thursday in a Milledgeville hospital Burial set for Saturday at 3 PM in Mayfield Georgia.
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Emmett H. Alsabrooks
Sparta
H. L. Alsabrooks
Bluefield
Milledgeville, Ga
Mayfield
Three hurt and two charged in McDowell County crashes
Three teens sustained minor injuries in a two vehicle crash on Secondary 7 near Capels. James E. Trammell Jr. was charged with failure to keep right of center. A second crash on Secondary 2 at Coalwood left Lonnie L. Goodman charged with reckless driving as no injuries were reported. Local damage estimated at 300 dollars.
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McDowell County
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 Clifton Chapel A M E Zion Church at Jenkinjones with Rev. Bernard Howard of Mount Chapel Baptist Church Keystone as guest speaker. Men’s choirs from Keystone and First Baptist Kimball plus others from area churches will participate. Open to the public.
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Clinton Chapel
A.mle. Zion
Jenkinjones
Bernard Howard
Mount Chapel
Soviet Cultural Chief Arrives in Karachi for Pakistan Visit
Chairman Sergeisky of the Soviet State Committee for Cultural Affairs arrived in Karachi from Nepal for a four day visit to Pakistan, drawing a warm welcome.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Sergeisky
Soviet State Committee For Cultural Affairs
Nepal
James E. Perkins 53 dies in Bluefield Wytheville services set
James E. Perkins 53 died Friday morning in St. Luke's hospital after two months there. A prayer service will be held today at 1 PM at his home 2116 Mountain View Ave with Rev. David Bane officiating followed by rites at East End cemetery Wytheville Va. He formerly operated Georgia Lumber Co. and was a Beaver High School and Virginia Tech graduate. Survivors include wife Rachel Porterfield Perkins daughters Jeanette Louise and Rachel Porterfield Perkins a brother Bass Perkins and sister Mrs Harold Porterfield all of Bluefield The family requests memorials to the heart cancer fund. Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield and Porterfield Minnick Funeral Home Wytheville in charge.
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John Andrew Clifton
Grimsteyville
Buchanan County
Richlands
King and
Rhoda
Clifton
Stella K. Clifton
Sidney Alderson
Princeton
Joe Davis Jr
Short’s Gap
Jerrell Clifton
Guster Clifton
Raven
Andrew Clifton
Roanoke
Laura Keen
Rt. 1
Ervin Clifton
Clifton Fork
Ansel Childress
Albert Rowe
Farmer Funeral Home of
Mountain View Ave
James E. Perkins
St. Luke’s Hospital
David Bane
East End
Wytheville
Perkins
Georgia Lumber Company
Bluefield
Walter Perkins
Mary Bas Perkins
Beaver High School
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Christ Episcopal Church
Harold Porterfield
Heart of Cancer Funds
Hawkins Funeral Home
Porterfield-Minnick Funeral Home
Farmers Union Calls For Probe into Chain Store Buying
The National Farmers Organization urged a complete anti trust investigation into chain store buying and selling practices. NFO President Oren Lee Staley said subpoenas are needed as hearings open before the National Commission on Food Marketing, while noting chain stores now dominate retail food and squeeze producer prices.
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Omaha
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Rea. Mo
National Commission On Food Marketing
Staley
Delegation Backs Whitehead for State Highway Post
A four member delegation from southwest Virginia urged Gov. Harrison to appoint John L. Whitehead of Radford to the State Highway Commission. The push followed Flythe’s House term. Delegates Turk Devore Andrews accompanied by a chartered flight to Richmond.
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Richmond, Va
Southwest Virginia
Harrison
John L. Whitehead
Radford
State Highway Commission
S. S
House of Delegates
Richmond
James C. Turk
Dels
Kenneth Devore
Christiansburg
C. B. Andrews
Pearisburg
Wellsburg Man Killed In Curve Crash
A Wellsburg resident, 23, Kenneth Stock, died in a Friday crash on West Virginia 2 two miles south of Wellsburg at a location known as Dead Man's Curve. His car reportedly went out of control.
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Weirton
Dead Man’s Curve
W.va
Here
Wellsburg
Kenneth Stock
Japanese Mission Visits Graves of WWII Sufferers
A Japanese mission visiting graves of sons lost in World War II travels seven days through Siberia visiting sites in Nakhodka and Khabarovsk where about 800 perished in concentration camps.
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Tokyo
Siberian
Nakhodka
Khavarosh
Bluefield State College Announces Summer Session Details
The summer term at Bluefield State College runs June 14 to August 13. Geometry and language arts workshops run June 14 to July 2 and July 5 to 23 respectively. Freshmen and returning students must register by June 14. Courses include Child Growth and Development and Learning, Teaching of Reading, Primary Methods, Tests and Measurements, Mental Hygiene, and Directed Teaching. Humanities offers art and music classes, Evening Division adds Business Organization and Management and 20th Century Literature.
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Bluefield State College
Division of Humanities
Gemini 4 astronauts endure tedious orbit while spacewalk details emerge
Spaceflight observers note the two astronauts remain largely inactive during the long mission with White describing the Gulf of Mexico and Clear Lake from space during his EVA. McDivitt’s attempted maneuver and Grissom’s details are summarized as part of the flight’s exploratory aims.
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White
McDivitt
Two Fires Found At Belcher Lumber Co In East Bluefield
Fire Chief Gordon Damron said two separate blazes started in the basement shavings and a small room of Belcher Lumber Co near the rip saw area. The fires were spotted about 9:50 p.m. and damage was slight as workers shut down the mill for recent machinery installation. An employee reported the blaze, and investigators planned a full inquiry.
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Belcher Lumber Co
East Bluefield
Gordon Damron
Damron
Johnson to sponsor White House conference on Negro rights
President Johnson announced at Howard University that he will convene a fall White House conference to pursue the rights of African Americans. The plan aims to move from opportunity to achievement, dismantle legal and social barriers, and heal divisions within the nation. The effort will include scholars, Negro leaders, officials, and experts across government.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Howard University
Woman Convicted Of Logan Slaying
Annabel Marie Ellis, 48, convicted in Logan County Circuit Court of second degree murder for the April 28 shooting death of neighbor Lucille Messer, 27, in City View near Logan. Judge C C Chambers will delay sentencing pending an attorney motion to set aside the verdict.
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Logan (Ap
Annabel Marie Ellis
Logan County
Lucille Messer
City View
Logan
C. C. Chambers
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