World reacts to Kennedy assassination across nations
The report traces global reactions to Robert Kennedy's death with scenes of grief in Athens Naples and Paris. It notes statements from leaders in Britain India France Germany and Canada, plus Vatican messages and editorials on violence and democracy.
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Moscow
Paris
Robert F. Kennedy
Vietnam
Athens
Omiros Merlos
Domenico Zaccole
Naples
Kennedy
Soviet Union
United States
Kremlin
Izvestia
Sirhan Sirhan
America
Middle East
al Kifah
Beirut
Sirhan
States
Great Britain
Elzabeth II
Harold Wilson
Lord Harlech
Kennedys
Robert Kennedy
India
Indira Gandhi
Martin Luther King
France
Charles de Gaulle
Johnson
Germany
Bonn
West Germany
Wilhelm Daniels
Kennedy's Body Flown To New York Funeral Set
Kennedy's body was flown to New York after his Los Angeles death. Autopsy cited a gunshot wound to the right mastoid. Kennedy will lie in state at St. Patrick's Cathedral Friday with a requiem Saturday before burial Monday at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Kennedy
New York
Thomas T. Noguchi
Los Angeles International Airport
Rockies
mid-America
Hudson River
LaGuardia
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Edward
Cooke
Martin Luther King, Jr
King
Joseph P. Kennedy
Joseph Jr
Robert Kennedy
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King
St. Patricks Cathedral
Senate
Department of Justice
John Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Bluefield Annexation Drive Seeks 60 Percent Signatures
A group led by Joe Walker pursues annexation of four square miles to Bluefield. aims to collect 60 percent of property owners and residents signatures by June 15 for a July 1 incorporation, with meetings at Cumberland Heights School to sign petitions and start a ten day push.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Board of Directors
Joe Walker
East Cumberland Road
Walker
Cumberland Heights
Mercer County
Princeton
John J. Mahood
Cumberland Road
East River Mountain
Virginia Line
Grassy Branch
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces establishment and masthead details. It lists address, affiliation with Associated Press, subscription rates, and advertising contact information.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circuleton
Kats WM Telephone
Deaths and Funerals: Duncan and Rucker Obituaries
William G. Duncan 61 of Signal Mountain Tennessee dies in Chattanooga after 27 years with the Tennessee Valley Authority in power line carrier design and communications. Graveside rites at Monte Vista Park Cemetery and funeral arrangements at Mercer Funeral Home. Hayden Rucker from Elkhorn Powhatan area dies after Navy service and Norfolk and Western Railroad work. services at Mercy Seat Baptist Church with burial at Oakgrove Cemetery and multiple survivors listed. Robert Lee Dowdy 68 of Princeton dies after hospitalization. service at George W Seaver Funeral Home with Roselawn Memorial Gardens burial. former Norfolk and Western worker with two daughters and three grandchildren. Vance Monroe Barlow 57 of Chilhowie passes away in Marion VA. services at Adwolfe Freewill Baptist Church with burial at Grosses Creek Cemetery. several siblings and ten grandchildren named.
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William G. Duncan
Cherokee Lane
Signal Mountain
Tenn
Bluefield
Erlanger
Chattanooga
Appalachian Power Company
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tennessee Valley Authority
Duncan
Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church
Men’s Club
Photographic Society of America
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Boy Scouts of the
Southwest Virginia
Troop 60
Lois Porterfield
William E. Duncan, Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Malcom P. Ducan
San Francisco
Calif
Roy Shelor
Roanoke
Chester Newman
Bedford
John Duncan
Col
C. Henry Duncan
U. S. Air Force
Valdosta
Mary Duncan
Monte Vista Park
William Slates
Mercer Funeral Home
Hayden Rucker
Elkhorn
Welch
Mercy Seat Baptist Church
Powhatan
H. E. Price
P. D. Edwards
R. M. Harris
Parsons
Oakgrove
Bluewell
Rucker
Pageton
McDowell County
Priscilla Hayden Rucker
Elkhorn High School
U. S. Navy
Mercy Seat
Regina V. Rucker
Shirleen Rucker
Vondalee Rucker
Willard D. Rucker
William D. Rucker
Rosene Rucker
Raymond Rucker
Sam Reed
Walter Holland
Purcell Buford
James Lambert
James Hairston
Robert Parkman
Joe Matthews
L. V. Taylor
The
Missionary Society of the
Linkford- Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Vance Monroe Barlow
Chilhowie
Marion
Lockie Pennington Barlow
Roy Pennington
Wayne Wyatt
Willis Gilley
Ralph Widner
Pocahontas
Bobby Coe
Manassas
Marvin Barlow
Ida Belle Barlow
Virginia Barlow
Eva Moser
James Barlow
Coatsville
Paul Joe
Raymond Barlow
Adwolfe Freewill Baptist Church
Walter Statzer
Paul Butler
Kermit Childers
Buford Hash
Julius Hall
Grosses Creek
Princeton builder Ernest Brown dies after long illness
Ernest M. Brown, Princeton building contractor and owner of Brown and Wright Construction, died Wednesday in a Philadelphia hospital after a long illness. He held multiple civic roles including director at Princeton Bank and Trust and former secretary of the American Roadbuilders. He is survived by Judy Simpson Brown, a son Dr. E. M. Brown Jr., a daughter in Long Island, seven grandchildren, and two brothers. Funeral service set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at George W. Seaver Chapel. burial in Resthaven Park Cemetery.
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Princeton
Philadelphia
Brown and Wright Construction Company
First Methodist Church of
O Elks
Princeton Bank and Trust Co
American Roadbuilders
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Brown
West Virginia Contractors Association
Judy Simpson Brown
E. M. Brown, Jr
J. K. Gutshaw
Long Island
N. Y
Earl Brown
Detroit
Mich
Hubert Brown
Virginia Beach
George W. Seaver Chapel
J. C. Fisher
Resthaven Park
Panther man dies after long illness in Welch hospital
Cube Newcombe 44 of Panther died Tuesday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. Born in Wyoming County, he was a timberman and miner. Survived by four sisters and three brothers, with several half siblings. Service held at 11 a.m. at Hensley Regular Baptist Church with Rev. Morgan Belcher. burial in England Cemetery at Hensley. Body moved from Fanning Funeral Home in Welch to the church.
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Cube Newcombe
Panther
Welch
Wyoming County
James
Barbara Rose Newcombe
Cinderella Brown
Chicago
Ill
Thursday Cantell
Indian Creek
Marsella Murphy
Della Hughes
Dennis Newcomb
Newcombe
Pedro Newcombe
Steeles
Elsie Short
Beckley
Vada Gibson
Kentucky
Mary Kinny
Cleveland
Ohio
Sherman Newcombe
Quincy
Hensley Regular Baptist Church
Morgan Belcher
England
Hensley
Fanning Funeral Home
Rowe man Marty A Lewis dies in Ohio hospital
Marty A. Lewis aged 62 of Rowe Virginia died early Thursday morning in a Steubenville Ohio hospital. The body will be moved to the Honaker Funeral Home where funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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John Fraylen
Columbus
Ohio
Keystone
Sinkford Richardson
Bluefield
Marty A. Lewis
Rowe
Stuebenville
Honaker Funeral Home
Local Obituaries and Funeral Arrangements
Funeral notices list Glenn Rasnake 34 of Cleveland Virginia with service Saturday at Calvary Baptist Church. John S Thompson 9% of Tazewell and Thelma Bowling Cecil 68 Bluefield are also announced with burial plans and pallbearers. Aileene Woolwine and Lolia Stone are named with service details and burial sites.
Harvey Early Bocock dies at 84 in Pulaski Virginia
Harvey Early Bocock of Pulaski Virginia died at home Wednesday after an apparent heart attack. He is survived by his wife Blanche Moorehead Bocock and son Forrest L. Bocock of Bluefield. Funeral services were held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Thomas M. Seagle and Sons Funeral Home with Rev. Thomas Redding officiating. Burial followed in Newberne Cemetery in Newberne.
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Harvey Early Bocock
Pulaski
Blanche Moorehead Bocock
Forrest L. Bocock
Bluefield
Thomas M. Seagle and Sons
Thomas Redding
Newberne
Atkinson Receives Kelcey Allen Merit Award in New York
Brooks Atkinson, longtime The New York Times drama critic, won the 14th Kelcey Allen Award on May 23 for devotion to theater as reviewer author critic and humanist. The Melrose Mass native joined Times drama in 1925 later reporting from China and Russia before retiring in 1960.
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NEW York
Kelcey Allen
Brooks Atkinson
New York Times
Women’s Wear Daily
Daily News Record
George Freedley
Lee Strasburg
Louise Beck
Peggy Wood
John Lindsay
Vincent Sardi Sr
Edward Kook
Rosamond
London Starts Film of Pinter Play at Shepperton
Shooting of Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party begins at Shepperton Studios near London. The film titled A Comedy of Menace stars Robert Shaw and Patrick Magee and is produced and directed by American William Friedkin.
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London
Harold Pinter
Shepperton Studios
Robert Shaw
Patrick Magee
William Friedkin
Nancy Walker Shifts to Straight Acting in The Cherry Orchard
New York AP reports comedian Nancy Walker joins the Association of Producing Artists and takes a straight acting role in The Cherry Orchard. She fills a part originally offered to Eva Le Gallienne who withdrew due to workload directing Chekhov and acting in Exit the King.
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New York
Nancy Walker
The
Association of Producing Artists
Miss Walker
Eva le Gallienne
Police hunt for Gratton camp escapee in Virginia
Virginia State Police led a search Thursday for Jimmy Leon Compton a 24 year old inmate who escaped from Camp 31 near Gratton Tazewell County He had eluded authorities for a third day and was serving six months for failing to pay fines and court costs.
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Virginia
Gratton
Tazewell
Jimmy Leon Compton
Leemaster
Mets Fail To Capitalize On Home Field In Doubles
The New York Mets have lost all four doubleheaders at Shea Stadium this season despite the so-called home field advantage.
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New York Mets
Mets
Shea Stadium
Red Blue golf match set at Bluefield Country Club
Pairings announced for the annual Red and Blue contest at Bluefield Country Club on Sunday. Captains Rudy Moser and Dec Kahle lead Red and Blue, with a sequence of 12:30 to 1:20 tee times featuring players such as Haynes Connolly Haynes McMullin, Moser Evans Sommerville, and Smith Stacy Cash Kahle among the names listed.
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Bluefield Country Club
Rudy Moser
Dec Kahle
A. C. Haynes
C.G. Connolly
Carl Haynes
Jim McMullin Jr
Bill Perry
Ron Sommerville
Fred Sanders
Fred Blue
Doug Evans
Ray Sommerville
Jack Frassinelli
Dillon Smith
Jim McMullin III
Roy Shelor
Larne O’toole
Bob Kelly
Jason McGuire
Ed McQuail
Bob Henry
Bob Warner
Bill Bowman
Jack MaHood
Gene Joyce
Cecil Smith
John Stacy
Harry Cash
Doc Kahle
W. N. Scholl
Dave Shields
Cal Getgood
E. E. Thacker
Matches Extended At Fincastle Club
First round matches in the Fincastle Country Club Men’s Handicap Tournament are extended one week due to inclement weather. Pro Jack Hart said matches must be completed by June 17.
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Fincastle Country Club
Jack Hart
Hart
State Streams and Lakes In Good Condition
Sam Vandevender of the Natural Resources Department said West Virginia fishing streams and lakes should be in good condition this weekend. He reported good catches of walleye, pike, bass, and pan fish in Summersville Lake.
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Charleston
Sam Vandevender
Natural Resources Department
West Virginia
Vandevender
Summersville Lake
Chiefs Trade Back to Patriots for 1968 Draft Pick
Kansas City Chiefs announce the trade of running back Gene Thomas to the Boston Patriots for an undisclosed 1968 draft choice. Coach Hank Stram of the AFL made the announcement.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Chiefs
Gene Thomas
Boston Patriots
Hank Stram
American Football League
Man Killed In Trestle Accident On Railroad
Norfolk and Western detectives and State Trooper J C Hedrick investigated a death on a trestle with the death ruled apparently accidental. The victim, an employee on the railroad, was taken to Fanning Funeral Home at Welch with arrangements incomplete.
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Norfolk and Western
J. C. Hedrick
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
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