D-Day veterans return to Normandy for 25th anniversary
About 1 000 of the 55 000 Allied troops who landed on June 6 1944 gathered in Normandy and England for D-Day remembrances. Generals Omar Bradley Miles Dempsey and Lord Montgomery attended ceremonies. Howie’s memorial dedication took place in Saint Lo. The commemorations continue in France with the French National Day and wrap up Sunday morning.
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Ouistreham
France
Normandy
Omar Bradley
U.S
Lord Lovat
Sir Richard Gale
Bradley
Thomas D. Howie
Saint-Lo
Howie
Berkshire
London
Miles Dempsey
Lord Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
England
4Th Infantry Division
United States
Rangers
101St Airborne
82Nd Airborne and
National Guard Association
Roanoke and Blacksburg Veterans Return to Normandy Beach
Two Roanoke officers Cols Lawrence E Meeks and J D Sink and Blacksburg Major Bernard L Parsons revisited Omaha Beach 25 years after D Day They had served with the N6th infantry combat team a National Guard unit called to active duty in World War II The 116th infantry part of the 29th Division suffered about 800 casualties as they fought toward Vierville Summer on Omaha Beach
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Roanoke
Blacksburg
Omaha Beach
Normandy
Europe
Lawrence E. Meeks
J.D. Sink
Bernard L. Parsons
Parsons
N6th Infantry
Bedford
Vierville-Summer
116Th
Abingdon Town Manager Resigns to Lead Blacksburg
Willam R. Cook resigns after 11 years as Abingdon town manager to assume the same post in Blacksburg. The 32 year old Virginia Tech graduate will begin his new duties on August 1.
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Abingdon
Willam R. Cook
Blacksburg
Cook
Virginia Tech
Safe Stolen From Island Creek Store
Burglars stole a safe containing nearly $10,000 from Island Creek Coal Co. No. 27 store in Holden West Virginia Thursday night. State Police said thieves used a torch to cut through the corrugated steel wall of the store.
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Holden
W. Va
Island Creek Coal Co
Five Districts Seek Candidates for Board Seats
The field lists candidates across five districts. District One includes John Duffy Victor DeVault and Robert Moore. District Two presents Mayor Clyde Stephens Edwin Elliott and Robert Thornhill. District Three names Leland Carter and G W Gills. District Four lists Lewis Cook and Paul Myles. District Five features Henry Webb Philip Jefferson Allan Connolly and J Spencer Thompson.
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John Duffy
Victor DeVault
Robert Moore
Clyde Stephens
Edwin Elliott
Robert Thornhill
Leland Carter
G. W. Gills
Lewis Cook
Paul Myles
Henry Webb
Philip Jefferson
Allan Connolly
J. Spencer Thompson
Night hawk rests lengthwise on branch unlike others
A brief note describes a night hawk perching along a branch rather than across it, highlighting its unusual posture among birds observed.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph History and AP Association
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph notes its long standing history since 1635 and its morning publication by the Daily Telegraph Printing Co at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia as a member of the Associated Press with exclusive entitlement.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. V
Associated Press
Deaths and funerals in Bluefield area
Walter S. Trent 77 of Bluefield died after a short illness. Oscar C. Wolfe 94 formerly of Bluefield died in Fort Lauderdale. Mrs. George E. Huff Sr. 61 of Peterstown died at home. Elbert Finney Musick 78 of Cleveland Va. died in Lebanon Va. Infant Harold Mullins died at Fort Knox Ky. John Willie Jones Jr. of Keystone died in a Beckley hospital. Marvin D. Messick 70 of Swords Creek died in a Richlands hospital. Funeral services and survivors listed for each.
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Albemarle St
Bluefield
Independence
Stark Trent
Norfolk and Western Railway
First Church of God In
International Association of Mechanists
Mildred Childress Trent
Ruth Marie Leedy
Nashville, Tenn
Kyle Trent
Fries, Va
Roscoe Trent
Scott Trent
Marion
Cabell Trent
Knoxville Tenn
June Trent
Galax
Grace Kook
Pensacola, Fla
Ronnie Creed
Dell Crigger
Edna Phipps
Oscar C. Wolfe
Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Fort Lauderdale
Floyd and
Dorthula Tartar Wolfe
Christian Church
Falls Mills
Odd Fellows Lodge No. 22
Boissevain
Roy A. Wolfe
Ollie P. Smith
B. P. Earnest
Tazewell
John Wolfe
Bluewell
Gene Wolfe
Coalwood
Walter Wolfe
Oak Hill
Eldridge Wolfe
Kentucky
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
John Bowles
Maple Hill
Odd Fellows
George E. Huff SR
Peterstown
Webb
Stanley
Polly Vanhouse Chaffins
Squire
Gus Chaffins
Ballard
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Wilkerson
Broyles Funeral Chapel
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W. T. Robins
James Belcher
Homer Chandler
Melvin King
Helbert Christina
Helbert Christina. Ladies of the Baptist Church
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Alexandria
Cleo M. Kier
Ruth W. Musick
Jean M. la Londe
St. Louis
Weaver's Creek Baptist Church
Music Family Cemetery
Lebanon Funeral Home
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Lenzo Early
Ohio
James Hicks
Jimmy Early
Pearl Mae Smith
Rt. 2
Cedar Bluff
Frank Smith
John
Betsy Casey
Washington County
Patsy Spicer
Roanoke
Willie DeWeese
Asheville
N. C
Mary Pilcher
Wrens
Nadine Casey
Ankara
Turkey
Kelly Smith
Richlands
Naomi Estep
Annetta Tolbert
Saltville
Hurst - Scott Funeral Chapel
Clarence McCall
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
John M. Bowles
Pembroke
Pearisburg
John Bowles Jr
Rocky Hill
S. C
R. A. Bowles
Blackstock
W. C. Bowles
Winston - Salem
Perry L. Bowles
Shawsville
R. M. Bowles
William R
Ronald Clark
Birchlawn
Harold Mullins
Harold Todd Mullins
James and
Victoria Mullins
Pikeville
Fort Knox, Ky
John Willie Jones JR
John Willie Jones
Worth
leDowell County
Beckley
Sinkford - Richardson
Keystone
Marvin D. Messick
Swords Creek
W. F
Maggie Steele Messick
Carpenter's Union No. 314
G. F
Mae) Vandyke
A. D. Messick
Hurst - Scott Funeral Home
Funeral services set for Cathleen Marie Cook
Cathleen Marie Cook 45 of Vansant Virginia dies. Service at Ratliff Chapel Tookr lands with Rev. Ratliff and Rev. Greenleaf officiating. Burial Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery Rich lands. Grundy Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Big Rock
Baker Funeral Home
Pikeville
Cook
Cathleen Marie
Vansant
Ratliff
Tookrlands
Percy Ratliff
Clarence Greenleaf
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Richlands
Grundy
Morris
Lena
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral Home
Charles B. Nunn Jr
Monte Vista Park
Senate Group Bucks Proposal
Senate appropriations subcommittee backed a plan to lower a $192.9 billion spending ceiling by $5 billion. It would exempt Vietnam War expenditures and what the budget bureau calls relatively uncontrolled civilian outlays from the new ceiling. It would remove open ended and fixed cost programs such as interest on the public debt and Social Security from under the ceiling.
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Washington
Senate
House
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.c
Robert C. Byrd
DW. Va
Budget Bureau
Man Killed In Fire Near Webster Springs
William Esker Cutlip aged 51 of near Webster Springs died when his house along West Virginia 20 burned to the ground Thursday. Firemen reported the fatal blaze.
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Webster Springs
W. Va
William Esker Cutlip
Near Here
Freeman To Get New Post Office
Postmaster William Blount announces competitive bids to build and lease a new Post Office at Freeman. The site must be in the principal business district, furnished by the bidder, and acceptable to the Post Office Department. The five year basic lease includes options to fifteen years. Building will be 768 square feet and on local tax rolls. Bidding documents available from Thomas Mathis in Logan 25601. Bids due June 20.
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William Blount
Post Office Department
Freeman
Blount
Thomas Mathis
P. D
Logan
Budget Board Assessed Needs for Virginia Colleges
Norfolk AP reports two fast growing Virginia colleges ask Gov Godwin and the budget advisory board for capital outlay totaling over 18 million for 1970 72. Old Dominion College seeks 8 485 550 with a boost of 2.6 million from two years ago and requests 1.6 million for a women’s physical education building and a physics building.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Old Dominion College
Lewis W. Webb Jr
CDC
Bus Companies Seek Increases Across West Virginia Fares
Four bus firms Southern Greyhound Lines Eastern Greyhound Lines Virginia Stage Lines Trailways Reynolds Transportation Co sought 10 percent fare hikes across West Virginia interstate routes. No protests were voiced at Public Service Commission hearings. Virginia Stage Lines asked for more data and the PSC kept its case open for a possible extra session.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
Southern Greyhound Lines
Eastern Greyhound Lines
Virginia Stage Lines
Trailways
Reynolds Transportation Co
PSC
Willard Brown
Southern Greyhound
Eastern Greyhound
Reynold
Elks Set Meeting In Huntington Region Workshop
The National Council of the Elks of the World will convene in Huntington on June 7 and 8 for Region No. 2 workshop. Guest speaker will be Hon. Sherman Roberts of Hampton, Virginia.
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National Council of Active Exalted Rulers
Improved, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World
Huntington
Sherman Roberts
Hanpton
Midway Summit Seen As Most Crucial Of The Year
Saigon officials view the Midway meeting between President Nixon and President Thieu as the year’s most crucial diplomatic event. Thieu seeks to define Nixon’s pace for de Americanization, while wary over coalition talks and potential troop withdrawals.
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Midway Summit
Saigon
Midway
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Lyndon B. Johnson
Paris
Thieu
South Vietnam
United States
Sympa
DAV Elects New Officers in Princeton Unit 31
The Princeton Memorial Building hosted a Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary meeting where Lillian Bassett was installed as commander and Gladys Fisher as senior vice commander. New members Milla Johnson Cathleen Sexton and Cornice Harnesy were initiated and secret sisters were drawn. The next meeting is July 1.
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Princeton
Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary
Princeton Memorial
Lillian Bassett
Gladys Fisher
Mae Maxey
Cathleen Sexton
Nancy Radford
Georgia Bailey
June Drnner
Katie Bowling
Beulah Smith
Milla Johnson
Cornice Harnesy
Secret Sisters
Union Proposes Expanded Black Lung Benefits in West Virginia
Active push by United Mine Workers to broaden black lung claims. Proposals include five year exposure rule, reopened claims window to five years, extended disability payout, and civil damages for gross negligence. Legislation tied to occupational pneumoconiosis coverage and x ray evidence remains contested.
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Moore
Charleston
Boyle
West Virginia
Union
UMW
Moonshine Still Sparked at Folklife Festival Demonstration
Revenooers allowed a North Carolina moonshine still to be shown as part of the Festival of American Folklife on the Washington Mall. The exhibit, approved for educational value, features 200 craftsmen and performers from about 20 states along with Pennsylvania Dutch cooking and traditional crafts. Willard Watson of Deep Gap North Carolina will demonstrate the still, with details of its origin undisclosed.
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Washington
Washington Mall
North Carolina
Capitol
Washington Monument
Pennsylvania
Treasury Department
Willard Watson
Wildcat Road
Deep Gap
Boone, N.C
Rev K D Owens to Speak at AME Church
Prince K D Owens will be guest speaker at First AME Zion Church Bluefield on Pulaski Street Sunday at 11 a m and 6 p m The Senior Choir will sing at the services
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K. D. Owens
AME
Prince To
AME Zion
Pulaski St
Bluefield
Motorist Bradley Awarded 4500 in Auto Damage Suit
James T. Bradley won $4,500 in U S District Court Bluefield before Judge Sidney L. Christie. Defendant Joseph F. Newlin testified his car slid on a rain and mud slick on U S 460 near the Blue Prince Shopping Center, causing the July 7 1967 crash.
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James T. Bradley
U. S. District Court
Bluefield
Sidney L. Christie
Christie
Joseph F. Newlin
Blue-Prince
Bradley
U. S. 460
Park Central High Plans 1969 Baccalaureate Service
The 43rd Baccalaureate for Park Central High School is set for Sunday June 8 1969 at 9 am in the High School Auditorium. Rev Fred W Willinger will deliver the sermon and the Park Central High School Choir directed by Mrs Olivia H Cannady will provide music. Honor students include valedictorian James William Saunders and salutatorian Carolyn Ruth Akins with a long list of additional graduates named.
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Park Central High School
Fred W. Willinger
John Stewart Methodist United Church
Olivia H. Cannady
James William Saunders
Carolyn Ruth Akins
Salutatorium
Thomasyne Lewis
Clara Lewis
Clifford S. Phillips
Henry Luster Phillips
David Randall Pugh
Joel Eugene Parks
Fred Odell Parnell
Rebecca Sue Rozzel
Lavenia L. Saunders
Christopher O'Hare Stephney
Dorothy Mariah Spicer
Linda Elizabeth Thomas
Gloria Jean Thompson
Leonard Donald Thompson
Billie Jean Walker
Corine Wade Heartwell
Thomas Maurice Young
Sale of Mercer County real estate by court order
Mayo Bailey Quesenberry as Committee for Cora Glass will offer for sale at the north front door of Mercer County Courthouse Princeton WV on June 28, 1969 at 10 00 AM property Lot 6 and 7 Section 2 Mercer Street Princeton plus unimproved Lot 4 4 by 75 feet with improvements and appurtenances. Sale subject to liens and court confirmation with an appraised value of 20000 for Lot 6 7 and improvements. bid in cash to highest bidder local notice of sale provided by Clerk I C C McGuire.
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Cora Glass
Circuit Court of
Mercer County
West Virginia
Mayo Bailey Quesenberry
Princeton
Mercer Street
Bailey Quesenberry
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