Candidate Predicts Turnover Amid Rising Prices
A Republican challenger to Rep. James Kee told the Mercer County Women’s Republican Club that political turnover is possible as prices rise for basic foods. He cited a year ago cost of a pound each of hamburger pork chops ham sirloin steak bacon and lamb costing 5.12 now 9.22, arguing government policy adds to hardship while voters must eat.
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Miss Bowen
James Kee
Mercer County
White House
Hearing Opens On Request To Move Mingo Slaying Trial
In Mingo County Circuit Court defense lawyer Zane Grey Staker seeks a venue change for the murder case of Carl David Whittaker. Twenty-one additional witnesses are slated to testify as the judge weighs whether pretrial publicity prevents a fair trial. jurors were excused until Wednesday.
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Geraldine Dawson Chambers
Whittaker
Staker
Center States Week at Bluefield Community Center
Activities span five days with the Children's Arts and Crafts Class at 3 30 p m led by Mrs Peeten R Jones. The Mid-Week Bridge Club meets at noon Wednesday, the Hands Helpers Sewing Class Fashion Show is 7 30 p m in Appalachian Auditorium with 50 cent adults 25 cent children. Bible Class at 1 30 p m Thursday taught by Mrs Gazelle Perry. Sewing class at 2 p m Friday and 5 p m Saturday. Church Leymen meet 7 p m Saturday.
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Bluefield Community Center
Peeten R. Jones
Hands Helpers
Appalachian Auditorium
Gazelie Perry
Church Leymen
Meredith Drive is Shot at as He Proceeds Toward Jackson
James Meredith, marching south from Memphis for voting rights, was shot at near Hernando Mississippi. Aubry James Norvell of Memphis was arrested for assault with intent to commit murder and held for investigation. Meredith's route was 19 miles east of Kosciusko and 23 miles west of Ole Miss, with a history of federal intervention in 1962.
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Meredith
Norvell
DeSoto County
Hernando
Memphis
Jackson
Mississippi
Kosinsko
Miss
University of Mississippi
Ole Miss
Mera
University
John F. Kennedy
Oxford
U.S. 51
Sheriff's Deputies
Here
Deeds and Licenses Filed in Mercer County Court
Six property deeds transferring tracts in Bluefield Beaver Pond East River Plymouth and other districts with values from 3,309 to 10,500 plus two marriage license applications for Basham Kennedy Spicer Beggs and a civil suit Jack C Blankenship vs Em er Tilley filed in Mercer County with a July 13 1965 noting on State Rt 10 in Wyoming County.
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Mercer County
Mary H. Appling
Rinda C. Piller
Frederick Street
Bluefield
Carlos T
Betty A. Shepherd
Fred E
Tressa M. Roland
Beaver Pond
Joseph H
Jessie V. Martin
Johnny R
Shirley M. Franklin
James W
Thelma Fry
Robert A. Maddox Jr
Betty Doss Maddox
East River
H. J
Edyth C. Perkins
Robert D
Mary Lee Turner
Plymouth
Kathleen and
Lee Broyles
Kenneth D
Patricia A. Hill
East River District
Danny Lane Basham
Rock
Ruth Amelia Kennedy
Rocky Gap
Tracy Spicer
McComas
Violet Beggs
Jack C. Blankenship
Emer Tilley
Wyoming County
Prices Listed At Tazewell Top Grade Hogs Lead Market
Top hogs weighing 205 pounds brought 24.20 per hundredweight at the Tazewell Virginia Livestock Market on Monday. Overall 2 hogs sold, lambs 42 prime 27.75 choice 26.70 good 22. slaughter ewes 4.257. Slaughter cattle 40 sold. heifers good 22 23. cows commercial 17.75 20.50 utility 16.25 17.5 canner and cutter 16. Bulls commercial 23 23.50 utility 22 22.50.
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Tazewell
Otey Hospitalized For Heart Ailment
E G Otey president of the First Gotten Bank of Bluefield was admitted to St Luke's Hospital Sunday after a heart attack Saturday night. Physicians said he is not considered critical but will not receive visitors for a few days while undergoing examinations.
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E. G. Otey
First Gotten Bank of
Bluefield
St. Luke's Hospital
Otey
Upshur Higgenbotham
Auto hit and run damages Bluefield car on Ramsey Street
Police said a 1965 model auto owned by Joann Crockett of 314 Tazewell Street was struck on Ramsey Street around 10 p.m. Monday and knocked against a tree. Damages were estimated at $250. No arrests had been made.
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Ramsey Street
Bluefield
Eddie Moricle
Joann Crockett
Tazewell Street
Forecast: Temperatures Above Normal With Weekend Rain
Extended outlook shows highs 2 to 6 degrees above normal and lows near 39/North and 78/South. Cooler midweek then warm again by weekend. Rain totals about half an inch with scattered showers Wednesday and again late weekend.
Niccolls Begins Term as Pearisburg Town Manager
John T. Niccolls, 52, newly appointed Pearisburg town manager, formally assumed duties Monday. A Missouri graduate, Niccolls previously served as an assistant in local government and was selected to lead Pearisburg after a council vote.
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Pearisburg
John T. Niccolis
Peasisburg
Niccolls
Mis
Rich Creek Man Killed In Automobile Accident
William Thomas Hughes aged 23 of Rich Creek Virginia died from injuries in a motor vehicle crash at Maringo Town. He worked as a hospital technician at Maringo. Body to Broyles Funeral Home in Petersstown. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Rich Creek
Iown
William Thomas Hughes
Maringo
Hughes
Broyles Funeral Home
Peterstown
Welch City Council Sees Unopposed Elections
Mayor W B Swope and all incumbent council members run unopposed in Welch city election. Polling places open 6 30 a m to 7 20 p m at Ward 1 Fire Station Ward 2 City Hall Ward 3 Quattrone Building.
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W. B. Swope
Welch
Quattrone
Dates Set For Appalachian Buyers and Bluefield Exhibits
The Appalachian Buyers Convention and the Bluefield Fashion Exhibitors announced January shows on the same venues as current events. They will run January 8 and 9 at the Semi-an Hotel and January 15 at the National Guard Armory Rt 52 Bluefield. Monday drew unusually large crowds and notable participation from independent merchants and coal company stores. Fred McClain led a luncheon of the National Industrial Stores Association Board of Directors.
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Appalachian Buyers Convention
Bluefield
Coal Company
West Virginian
National Industrial Stores Association
Fred McClain
Mississippi Ballots Today in Historic Primaries
Mississippi voters participate in the first pri mary elections for one Senate seat and five House seats amid major party contests. The day features Republican primaries in several districts, a non taxed voting era, and high stakes races, including Rep. William Colmer versus Edward A. Khayat in the 3rd District and other Democratic contests across the state.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Senate
House
Republican
Gillespie V. Montgomery
Meridian
Paul Lee
Carthage
J. O. Hollis
Clinton Collier
Philadelphia
William Colmer
Pascagoula
Edward A. Khayat
Moss Point
Lawrence Guyot
Pass Christian
Gemini Lands Right On Mark After Tough Reentry
Gemini 9 pilots Stafford and Cernan returned to Earth aboard the Wasp near Houston after a demanding rendezvous and space walk attempts. They praised the blistered heat shield and described re-entry as phenomenal despite radio glitches and recovery ship risks.
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White House
Bill D. Moyers
Stafford
Cernan
Gene
Cape
Houston
Tex
Johnson
Navy
Air Force
Motion
Wasp
Gordon E. Hartley
Chief of Naval Operations
Elliot M. Lee Jr
Charles A. Basset II
Stafford and
Agena
Funeral Notices From Virginia Obituaries and Services
Multiple funeral notices from North Tazewell to Roanoke detail services for Ella C Ruble Eva B Johnson Anna Swiney Hill and Dave Lester plus Ben ton Crumpler with dates locations venues church names and survivors listed. Services are set at churches and funeral homes across towns including Tazewell Richlands Breaks and Bluefield with burial plans in Maplewood Cemetery Clinch Valley Memorial and family plots.
Belcher Rites Set for Burton Belcher 40
Funeral services for Burton C. Belcher 40 of Swords Creek Va will be held Wednesday at 11 a m at Millers Chapel of Swords Creek with Rev Allen Stevens Rev Truel Brown and Rev Arnold Simpkins officiating Burial will follow at Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill Va He died Sunday morning in a Richmond Va hospital from an apparent heart attack while visiting his brother Jim Bob Belcher in Richmond He was the husband of Evelyn Perkins Belcher and a son of the late James Monroe and Maggie Edwards Belcher He worked for S and S Machinery Co Richlands Va He is survived by one sister Mrs Dan Crissman of Sandston Va and one brother Julius Belcher of Marion Ohio The body is at Honaker Va may call.
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Anna Swiney Hill
Breaks
Grundy
Elkhorn City
al and
Armenda Bartley Swiney
Barney Hill Sr
Elkhorn City Regular
Jacqueline Stewart
Evelyn Coleman Rockhouse
Douglas Hill
Columbus
Ohio
Cedar Grove Regular Baptist Church
Bruce Mullins
Felix Sexon
Grundy Funeral Home
Dave Lester
Gilberts Creek
Mingo County
Baisden
Ethel Lester
Marshall Lester
Mary Belle Lester
Judy Lester
Ikes Fork
Jean
Emma
Ruby Lester
Burton C. Belcher
Swords Creek
Millers Chapel
Allen Stevens
Truel Brown
Arnold Simpkins
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Russell County
James Monroe
Maggie Edwards Belcher
S and S Machinery Co
Richlands
Evelyn Perkins Belcher
Richmond
Jim Bob Belcher
Burton Belcher
Dan Crissman
Sandston
Julius Belcher
Marion
Honaker
Charles B. (Coon) Yost
Rt. 3
Tazewell
Elizabeth Jones Yost
Laura Yost
Samuel Yost
Concord Methodist Church
Gratton
C. W. Breese
Jack Fritz
Barnes Neel
Bill Burton
D. W. Williams
Bubbles Burton
Les Mitchell
Bill Hanshew
Bob White
Greever Funeral Home
Obituary for Harry Taylor Totten 79 of Bluefield W Va
Harry Taylor Totten 79 of 2121 Fulton St Bluefield died Monday at 6 a m at his home He was born in Marion Virginia son of the late Samuel Taylor and Susan Totten He retired after 40 years with Cole Asking Co He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church Bluefield Survivors include wife Eliza Cole Totten two daughters Mrs Harold R Bales Bluefield Virginia Totten Madeira Beach Florida two granddaughters Funeral held Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Immanuel Lutheran Church with Rev Corley R Lineberger officiating Burial in Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield Friends may call Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield after 3 p m Tuesday
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Eva B. Johnson
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Liberty
Richard
Louise Bishop White
Tazewell County
Do- Johnson
Mary Gladys Johnson
The
Home
J. Fred Johnson
Pounding Mill
Carl R. Johnson
Big Stone Gap
J. M. Boyd
Bluefield
Alice Maynard
Opelika
Ala
J. K. White
Hurst-Scott
J. Edward Conway
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Funeral
Harry Taylor Totten
Fulton St
Marion
Samuel Taylor
Susan Totten
Cole Asking Co
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Eliza Cole Totten
Harold R. Bales
Virginia Totten
Madeira Beach
Fla
Corley R. Lineberger
Maple Hill Cemetery
Hawkins Funeral Home
Mrs Tate of Elbert Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Mary Alice Tate of Elbert died Monday morning at her home after a brief illness. The body was taken to Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home of Keystone. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Mary Alice Tate
Elbert
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Yost and Casey Rites Noted in Tazewell and Beckley
Charles B. Coon Yost 50 of Tazewell Va died Monday of a heart attack at home. Survived by his wife Elizabeth, daughter Laura and son Samuel, plus a brother Samuel. Service planned at Concord Methodist Church Gratton with burial in church cemetery. William Casey of Beckley died Friday, natural causes. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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William Casey
Beckley
Mary E. Pannell
Wolfe
Lugo
Bluefield
Deacon Charlie Ramsey Dies After Long Illness
Charlie Ramsey 55 of Me-Comas died Monday at home after a long illness. He served as a deacon at New Morning Star Baptist Church of Me-Comas.
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Charlie Ramsey
Me- Comas
New Morning Star
Joe Murray 72 Dies After Long Illness in Bluefield
Joe Murray aged 72 of 328 Carroll Street Bluefield died Monday morning at Bluefield Sanitarium after a long illness. Burial arrangements will be announced by the family.
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Joe Murray
Carroll St
Bluefield
Lugo
Funerals Held for Betty Jane Sifford and Calvin Lee Murray
Betty Jane Sifford 41 of Princeton died recently and funeral services were held Tuesday at Burns-Wornal Chapel with burial by Helsel Blanken and Strow. Calvin Lee Murray 69 of Tazewell died recently and services were held Tuesday at Adria Advent Christian Church with burial after at Adria Friends. arrangements by Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home.
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Sifford
Betty Jane
Hearn Addition
Princeton
Burns- Wornal Chapel
Leonard Repass
BM Helsel
Charlie Blankenship
Jack and
Gordon Strow
Court declines bond for two Huntington detainees
The West Virginia Supreme Court refused to order bond for Woodrow Gunnee and Ronald Scaggs jailed for criminal contempt related to a Huntington labor dispute. Justices BrownIng and Calhoun dissented, while the majority found no record showing bail denial or abuse of discretion.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Huntington
Woodrow Gunnee
Ronald
Supreme Court
Cabell County
Chauncey Browning
Harlan M. Calhoun
John W. Hereford
Gunnee
Scaggs
Davis Wholesale Co
Virginia 4 laning gains public support for next two years
State and local officials urged Virginia 4 laning allocations as public acceptance reached a high. The Craig County delegation pressed for Virginia 311 improvements while Salem Salem Roanoke County Chamber urged four lane 419 expansion to Hanging Rock and the I 81/Elm Avenue spur progress. Approval of the allocations was expected Wednesday.
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William F. Stone
Martinsville
Highway Department
Sasc
Craig County
Virginia
del. Garnett S. Moore
Pulaski
General Assembly
Commission
Millard B. Souers
Salem-Roanoke County
del. Willis M. Anderson
Roanoke
Elm Avenue
Staunton
Lynchburg
Bristo
Richmond
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