Virginia Tech Cadet Corps Optionality Deliberated
Virginia Tech faces a special June 29 board meeting urged by Governor Harrison to reconsider making Cadet Corps participation optional for freshmen and sophomores. Key figures present include Board Rector Rice and President Hahn as tensions persist over ROTC policy amid debate among alumni and board members.
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Richmond
Virginia Tech
Board of Visitors
Albertis Harrison Jr
Tech
W. Thomas Rice
Harrison
Rice
T. Marshall Hahn
Erwin H. Will
Charles Eugene Rowe
Danville
Virginia Tech Alumni Association
Hahn
VPI
Chiropractors barred from drawing blood samples
West Virginia chiropractors may not withdraw blood samples and cannot serve as competent medical witnesses in personal injury cases. Assistant Attorney General Thomas B. Yost issued the opinion in Charleston, responding to a request from N. H. Dyer, head of the Medical Licensing Board.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Thomas B. Yost
N. H. Dyer
Dyer
Medical Licensing Board
Yost
Princeton Man Funeral Rites Planned for Sunday
Mrs. M. E. Alexander of Nashville Tennessee and Mrs. W. A. Ferguson of Catlettsburg Kentucky attend funeral services for a Princeton man. Rites set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at George W Seaver Chapel with Dr Herbert Parks officiating. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park with Princeton Elks Lodge pallbearers. Friends may visit at the mortuary after 3 p.m. Saturday.
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M. E. Alexander
Nashville, Tenn
W. A. Ferguson
Catlettsburg
George W. Seaver
Princeton
Herbert Parks
Resthaven Memorial Park
Princeton Elks Lodge
Oliver R. Pryor
Oliver Raymond Pryor
Johnston St
Memorial Hospital
First Methodist Church
Princeton Old Guard
Hughesville
James B
Lottie Ritter Pryor
Helen Mae Schneider Pryor
Frances Caldwell
C. E. Jackson
Wharton
Dorothy Pritchard
Charleston
Asher Phillips
Marlinton
Ash Ritter
Weatherly
Alvin Pryor
London
England
Seaver Mortuary
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Bluefield
George Glenn Etter
Clinton
Ohio
Neil McMillan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Etter
Gratton
Sam
Molly Burton Etter
Catherine Yost Etter
Frank
Naomi
Bonnie Etter
Port Clinton
Roy Etter
Betty Baker
Gypsum
Ruby Snow
Harriman
Tenn
Hazel McFarlad
Roy
Randolph
Lee Etter
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Barnstormer Week in Review
Bluefield Daily Telegraph chronicles a week of local events and society notes from Bluefield West Virginia. Coverage highlights community gatherings, school activities, and civic announcements shaping the town.
Rites for Simon Clark held at New Morning Star Church
Simon Clark of McComas died Wednesday in Bluefield Sanitarium. Rites at 2 p.m. Sunday at New Morning Star Baptist Church with Rev. R. M. Harris, burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Survivor list includes Mollie Mae Milliner Clark, Willie Clark, Mattie Sue Kennedy, Elizabeth Clark, and numerous Clark family members. Body to residence Saturday. Lugo's Funeral Service handling arrangements.
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Simon Clark
MeComas
Bluefield Sanitarium
New Morning Star Baptist Church
R. M. Harris
Oak Grove Cemetery
Brent
Ala
McComas
United Mine Workers
Mollie Mae Milliner Clark
Willie Clark
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mattie Sue Kennedy
Indianapolis
Ind
Elizabeth Clark
Detroit
Mich
M. C. Clark
Beckley
Dan Clark
Warren
John Clark
Jake
Manuel
Nelson
Matthew Clark
Birmingham
Lake Rogers
Mary Sue Bender
Lillian Do
Pearlie Hess
Carl Hess
Akron
Hesses
Jewell Ridge
Belle
William and
Mattie Baker Collette
Harlan, Ky
Helen Whitt
Irene Pruett
Carl Hess Jr
Emily Moses
Harlan
Goldie Boldin
Lynch, Ky
Cinda Lefeveres
Everett
Mary Hunchell
Kokomo
Bill Collette
Kankakee
Ill
Carlos Collette
Williamstown
Wilson Collette
Youngstown
W. C. Collette
Chicago
Jewell Ridge Union Hall
H. D. Hampton
Fletcher Cemetery
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Frank A. McCoy
Trammel
Grace McCoy
Rollie Long
Dante, Va
Ruth Wisniewski
Highland Park
Faye Dickerson
Rickie McCoy
Picayune
Miss
Newland McCoy
South Springs
Tenn
Adrian McCoy
Lake Orion
Trammel Baptist Church
John Kiser
Long Cemetery
Dickenson County
Haff-Cook
St. Paul
Bethel Ame
Wytheville
David Saunders Smith
Oakwood Memorial Garden
Bethel Church
Hairston Masonic Lodge
Radford Post
American Legion
Elizabeth R. Smith
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Bluefield
Funeral Notices for Hale and Howery in Virginia
Funeral services were held for William Drayton Hale of Richlands and Henry Crockett Howery of Bluefield. Hale's service occurred Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel with burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens. pallbearers included Robert Smith and others. Howery's service was Saturday at 2 p.m. at Mercer Funeral Chapel with burial at Maplewood Cemetery. pallbearers listed.
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Howery
Henry Crockett
North St
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Clay Dunaway
Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell
Raymond Noel
Harry Necessary
Jack Yearout
Ira Bennett
Joe Mahood
Harry Bowes
Funeral for Jennie Bee Stiltner Held in Kentucky
Jennie Bee Stiltner 40 daughter of Jess Stiltner of Grundy Virginia rests at home Sterling Kentucky after death Friday. Four brothers Kermit Kendrick Clyde and Jess Stiltner Jr. of Grundy attend. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. Sunday with Elder Johnnie Lane Casby Conaway and Johnnie Clevinger officiating. Burial in the family cemetery. Grundy Funeral Home handles arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Bee Stiltner
Jess Stiltner
Grundy
Sterling
Kermit
Kendrick
Clyde
Jess Stiltner Jr
Johnnie Lane
Casby Conaway
Johnnie Clevinger
Grundy Funeral Home
Death of Nettie Ann Stacy Reported in Virginia
Nettie Ann Stacy age 27 of Vinton Ohio formerly Filbert McDowell County died May 2 in a Charlottesville Virginia hospital. Native of Caretta she and her late brother Robert Stacy were carriers for the Daily Telegraph in Filbert. Funeral and burial rites were held in Vinton.
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Nettie Ann Stacy
Vinton
Ohio
Filbert
McDowell County
Charlottesville
Miss Stacy
Caretta
Robert Stacy
Daily Telegraph
Memorial Day Origin Tied to Logan Order No Ll
The record notes Memorial Day origin in 1686 following General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic issuing his famed Order No Ll, establishing a day of remembrance for Union veterans.
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John A. Logan
Union Veterans’ Grand Army of the Republic
Leftists Fail In Laos Attack Shocks Neutralist Forces
In Vientiane Laos Pathet Lao forces attacked a neutralist hill position northwest of the Plaine des Jarres breaking a five day lull in the civil war. Neutralists repelled the seven hour assault with 10 dead. Casualties among defenders not released.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
Phou Koutt
Tragedy Of Cuba May Be Repeated Says Donovan
New York attorney James B. Donovan warned at the Greenbrier Hotel that the Cuba tragedy could recur across Latin America in more violent forms unless real social justice reforms are made. He criticized Alliance for Progress funds and urged American business to provide fair wages and housing to Latin workers.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
New York
Cuba
Latin America
James B. Donovan
National Association of Independent Insurance Adjustors
Donovan
Greenbrier
Alliance For Progress
Berlin
Africa
Viet Nam
United States
Princeton Man Injured In Fall From Truck
Luther T. Via age 42 of Princeton was found unconscious behind the South Bluefield Kroger Store at 7:45 a.m. after a fall from a truck. He was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium with head and neck injuries and abrasions. He was conscious last night and could not remember the incident.
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Luther T. Via
Princeton
Bluefield Sanitarium
Via
Kroger
South Bluefield
Drowning Death Of Teen At Dinwiddie Farm Pond
Sixteen year old Woodrow Harville drowned Thursday while swimming in a farm pond in Dinwiddie County. He was with companions on a relative’s farm and attended Southside High School as the son of Daisy Harville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinwiddie, Va
Woodrow Harville
Dinwiddie County
Southside High School
Daisy Harville
Miss Clinch Valley Beauty Contest Slated Tonight
The 12th annual Miss Clinch Valley Bathing Beauty Contest will be held at Richlands High School tonight at 8 p.m. EST. The winner receives 100 dollars and will be named Miss Clinch Valley 1964 with school prize possibilities for contestants. Proceeds benefit underprivileged children.
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Clinch Valley
Richlands High School
Kiwanis Club
Tazewell
Buchanan, Russell, Dickenson
Wise Counties
Fred Casey
Logan Countian Admits Holdup
Bobby Frank Endicott of Kistler Logan County pleaded guilty to an armed robbery charge at a preliminary hearing before Magistrate J. C. Barber. Endicott, 25, was accused of robbing the United Fuel Gas Co collection office at He a high speed chase on U S 52 and was captured near Wayne after surrendering with a .38 pistol. He was jailed in Wayne then returned to Logan for arraignment and held without bond.
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Logan
Bobby Franklin Endicott
J. C. Barber
Endicott
Kistler
Logan County
United Fuel Gas Co
Wayne
U. S. 52
Ralph W. Porterfield
West Virginia
Cpl
Porterfield
Wayne Detachment
Charleston Pigeons Escape Baited Trap
City Hall roof trap failed to capture many pigeons after two weeks as birds learned to spring the door. Officials noted grain vanished daily while pigeons entered and fed on the city’s free lunch.
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Charleston
U. S
Tin Can Island Bombed For Flu
Tin Can Island in the Tonga group was bombed Friday with influenza serum. All 300 residents contracted the flu. The South Pacific Commission asked New Zealand air force to assist. A radio message reported success, saying landing on the island chief’s doorstep.
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Suva
Fiji
Tin Can Island
South Pacific
Tonga
South Pacific Commission
New Zealand
Air Force
Barron Names Appointments to Four Minor State Boards
Governor Barron announced four appointments to minor state boards. The State Water Resources Board gains Gen McKinney Mullens Matthew Turkevich Logan W W Jennings Lewisburg John C Ailes Romney and Charles T Holland Mongantown effective July 1. Thompson reappointed to WVU Board. Altman reappointed to Insurance Board. Murrin named to Commerce Advisory Board.
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Charleston
Barron
State Water Resources Board
Gen. McKinney
Mullens
Matthew Turkevich
Logan
W. W. Jennings
Lewisburg
John C. Ailes
Romney
Charles T. Holland
Mongantown
William G. Thompson
Montgomery
West Virginia University Board of Governors
Thompson
James M. Altman
State Board of Insurance
Julian F. Murrin
Robert C. Hieronymous
Department of Commerce
Hieronymous
Two Miami Men Face Murder Charges in Service Station Killing
Petersburg grand jury will consider murder and robbery charges against Walter Dennis Stroemer and Gerald Leland Taylor, both of Miami, for the slaying of service station attendant Henry Clay Hogue during a holdup last month. The preliminary hearing Friday certified the charges to the grand jury, which meets June 1.
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Petersburg
Miami
Walter Dennis Stroemer
Gerald Leland Taylor
Henry Clay Hogue
U S Band and Chorus Set European Tour Start
The School Band and School Chorus of America will perform June 18 at the Casino Theatre. The 95 instrumentalists and 35 singers, aged 15 to 21, begin their European tour at The Hague after a year of preparation.
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Spa
Belgium
School Chorus of America
United States
Casino Theatre
the Hague
Netherlands
Beavers Lake Service Exams At Bluefield High
Thirteen seniors at Bluefield High School passed the Federal Civil Service exam given by the U S Department of Agriculture for commercial majors. Eighteen students passed the West Virginia Civil Service test. Principal Lambert Arrington said the Federal winners have been offered secretarial jobs in Washington D C, four already accepting. The state civil service qualifiers will be offered state employment soon.
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Bluefield High School
U. S. Department of Agriculture
West Virginia
Lambert Arrington
Washington, D. C
Lambert
United States Department of Agriculture
Mary Parmesano
Auto Equipment Stolen From Vehicle in Bluefield
Bluefield police report a theft of auto parts from a car parked at 203 North Street. A tire and wheel two wheel disks an auto jack and a lug wrench worth 81 77 were taken within the past 48 hours per Commercial Credit Corp. representative filing.
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Bluefield
Commercial Credit Corp
North St
Rod OConnor dies at 50 former Red Skelton announcer
Hollywood AP Rod OConnor longtime Red Skelton radio and TV announcer died Friday after a battle with cancer. He was 50.
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Hollywood
Rod O'Connor
Red Skelton
Air Force to Disband 131 Reserve Units
The Air Force will deactivate 131 reserve recovery units with about 8,500 personnel by August 31. The program, designed to refuel and repair aircraft during attacks when bases are inaccessible, will be reduced but not eliminated. Remaining are 42 groups and 109 squadrons, assigned by location needs, including units in Virginia and West Virginia.
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Washington
Air Force
United States
Air Force Reserve Program
Virginia
8373D
Roanoke
Front Royal
Washington National
West Virginia Democrats choose new advisory board and elect officers
Delegates and officials listed include tinsburg and Stewart A Calhoun of Welch re elected, Mrs Emma Lou Kincaid of Huntington filling a vacancy, and Julius W Singleton Jr and Bonn Brown among appointees. Sprouse takes over as chairman and outlines planning for the August Huntington convention to pick presidential elector nominees and a state platform.
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Tinsburg
Stewart A. Calhoun
Welch
Emma Lou Kincaid
Huntington
Sprouse
House of Delegates
Julius W. Singleton Jr
Morgantown
Elkins
Bonn Brown
Smith
House
C. A. Blankenship
Pineville
Myers
Amos
Trent
W. W. Barron
McDonough
Young Democrats
Charleston
West Virginia Labor Federation
AFL- c
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
W. V
Mrs
H. L. Wallace
Harry Listen Wallace
Hilltop
Fayette County
Monroe County
Joseph
Laura Raines Wallace
Catherine Garvin Wallace
Lacy Wallace
Leonard Wallace
Poca
Harry Wallace
Centreville
Minnie Michael
Margarette Edwards
Sophia
Laura Sumner
Mascott
Lena Weherle
Betty Farmer
Fayetteville
Virginia Wiliams
Rosser Wallace
Edgar Wallace
Willow Bend
Stella Brier
Hinton
Oak Hill Gospel Tabernacle
Allen Gallimore
H. H. Harrison
Blue Ridge Memory Gardens
Prosperity
Tyree
Oak Hill
George G.etter
David 8S
Elizabeth Bibey
Elizabeth Radford Bibey
Cletus C. Bibey
McKinley Ave
Holiness Church
Pocahontas
Robert T
Mae Morris Radford
Tommy
Billie
Carol
Gayle
Linda
Betty Bibey
Jennie Stiltner
Paris
U.S
George W. Ball
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Soviet Union
Switzerland
Poland
Canada
India
Control Commission
Moscow
Tass
J. B. Donovan
Greater Bluefield
Logan Countian
Associated Press
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Albuquerque
Atlanta
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Boise
Boston
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Cleveland
Denver
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Fort Worth
Helena
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St.p
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Omaha
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Ptind
Ore
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Beavers Lake Service
Civil Service
Darlene Huffman
Brenda Belcher
Ann Belcher
Susan Hopkins
Connie Thorne
Velma Walker
Judy Bowles
Elizabeth Thompson
Eletha Sparks
Carolyn Goodwin
Irene Lang
Janet Delaney
Susan Henderson
Gayle Taylor
Susan Porter
Becky Valvary
Rita Farmer
Carol Carty
Columbia Grad
Columbia Law School
France
Displaced Persons Commission
Central Intelligence Agency
OLGA
Stewart Fuel Company
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