Virginians Vote in Five Districts for Party Nominees
Voters in five Virginia districts will pick Democratic and Republican nominees for Congress in three Democratic and two Republican primaries. Several incumbents run unopposed or face diverse fields across the 1st 2nd 4th 8th and 10th districts amid a campaign focused on incumbents and regional priorities.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Congress
Jessie Rattley
Newport News City
House of Delegates
George Grayson
Williamsburg
College of William and Mary
Robert Quinn
Hampton
Del
Robert Washington
Norfolk
James A. Mulligan
North Vietnam
Billy O’brien
Chesapeake
Curtis Harris
Hopewell
T. F. Egge
Alexandria
Senate Appropriations Committee
Frank Kelly
Fairfax
Marine Corps
House of Representatives
Elizabeth McCann
Joel Broyhill
Robert F. Thoburn
James Tate
GOP
Kimon T. Karabatsos
McLean
Frank R. Wolf
Department of Interior
del. Vincent F. Callahan
Virginia House
Abingdon
Charles J. Horne
William C. Wampler
Horne
Wampler
Robert Daniel
Thomas Downing
Bailey Rites Slated Tuesday
Funeral services for Morris Kent Bailey 25 of Anawalt shot Friday after an argument in Jenkin Jones will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Pentecostal Holiness Church Leckie with Rev. Eugene Hodge presiding. Burial follows at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Bailey Vietnam veteran and Anawalt Post member survived by son Trenton, father Morris, mother Helen, sisters Sandra Davis and Shirley Mitchem. body today at 3 p.m. for viewing. Shumate Newman Funeral Home Pocahontas in charge.
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Morris Kent Bailey
Anawalt
Jenkin Jones
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Leckie
Eugene Hodge
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield-Princeton
Bailey
James Harvey Williams
Soanapenes
Williams
Trenton Bailey
Oceanside
Calif
Morris Bailey
Princeton
Helen Bailey
Sandra Davis
Jack
Shirley) Mitchem
Shumate- Newman Funeral Home
Pocahontas, Va
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Notice Text
Bluefield Daily Telegraph masthead with rates and address. The notice lists subscription costs for West Virginia mail and home delivery, states AP membership, and mentions circulation auditing and advertising representatives. The fragment preserves the local paper tone and period style.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Biend Street
Bluefield
W Va
Associated Press
Ei! News
Wee
Virginia
Reales
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Meinens, Snennon & Cullen
Deaths and funerals list in Bluefield area
Wallace Bogle Woodyard 51 of Pearisburg Va died en route to a Pearisburg hospital after a long illness. Survived by family. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm Givens Funeral Home Chapel Pearisburg. Burial Birchlawn Cemetery.
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Wallace Bogle Woodyard
Pearisburg
Fred Woodyard
Ralph Lucas
Lowell D. Croy
Carl N. Woodyard
Johnson City
Tenn
Givens
Kenneth Pierce
Birchlawn
Alma Gibson
Meadow Street
Dallas
Texas
Othello M. Jefferson
Allen Street
Bluefield
Elizabeth Shelton
Elbert
Welch
Page Funeral Home
Rosa Anna Sprott
Williams Street
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Obituary notices from Northfork Welch and Pembroke area
Obituaries for Sadie Compton Sauer of Northfork Regina Lynne Shuff of Narrows and Minnie Cook of Matoaka list ages, birthplaces, survivors, and funeral details including dates, times, and locations. Services set at Bennett Fanning Funeral Home Northfork Apostolic church Pembroke and Bailey Funeral Home Princeton with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Fillinger Cemetery Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell.
Funerals for Thompson Adkins Shumate
Obituary notices report funeral services for Mrs. Oreta Mae Thompson 62 of Norfolk Va today at 1 p m at Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Courtney Sheffield officiating. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park Princeton pallbearers listed. Rev Raymond J Adkins 66 of Kimball and formerly Welch services 2 p m today at First Baptist Welch with two ministers officiating entombment in Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum Bluewell pallbearers named. Mrs Leona Eula Shumate 52 of Princeton at 11 a m today George W Seaver Chapel Princeton burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery pallbearers named.
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Noel Francois Coulon
Frederick Street
Bluefield
Manchester
H. N
Jean Baptist
Hermeline Brien Coulon
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
St. Hyacinth Seminary
University O Maryland
Public Health Service
Soldier’s Home
Washington, D. C
Cabin Creek
Gary
American Legion 4008
the Moose
Lion’s Club
American Medical Association
Thelma Francisco Kearns Coulon
Mary Adele Coulon
Baltimore
M.D
Joseph M
Jane) Critcher
Prince George
Philip S. Coulon
Henry B. Coulon
Maitland
Fla
R. J
Nan) Kirkwood
Odenton
J. R
Peggy) Harman
Thomas
Thelma) Bentz
Wheeling
Harry
Barbara) Fischer
Westerville
Ohio
Walter
Adkins
Raymond J
Kimball
Welch
First Baptist Church
E. L. Branham
Waldo Jackson
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Eddie Lee Cook
Howard Linkous
Harvey Harris
Jack Christian
Thurman Mathena
L. J. Mills
Jack Hess
Carlisle Day
Shumate
Leona Eula
Walnut Street
Princeton
George W. Seaver
John Mendez
Monte Vista Park
W. M. Sarver
Denny Moore
Carl Barger
Bill Roney
Jack King
Bill Pedneau
Ben Peck
Bill McClaugherty
Hays Poised for Easy Victory in 15th Term Bid
Hays, facing a Tuesday primary, and backed by strong grassroots support, argues he would be needed for a 15th term. He defends past actions, stating he apologized for a mistake and that jail for everyone who errs would leave little to go around.
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Hays
Crowded Armory Fashion Show At Bluefield Exhibit
Big crowds attend the Armory fall and back to school market in Bluefield as 125 exhibitors from 45 cities showcase women’s wear and men’s casual styles. Merchants register from Wytheville Hillsville Elkin Grundy Lebanon Pikeville Norton and Big Stone Gap aided by highway improvements on I-77 and U S 460 and expect strong sales through the three day show.
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Bluefield Fashion Exhibitors Inc
Brushfork Armory
Milton Soffer
Virginia Beach
al Lang
Mt. Lebanon
Park
Wilson Goff
Lexington
Bluefield
U. S. 460
Bluefieldashion
Armory
Wytheville
Hillsville
Elkin
N. C
Grundy
Lebanon
Pikeville
Norton
Big Stone Gap
Soffer
Althogh
No Women on West Virginia Ballot in November
West Virginia residents will not see female candidates on statewide offices in the November election. The state Senate will not include women beyond Senator Judith Hendon of Wheeling, and even in delegate races women are a small minority. The piece notes the broader pattern of limited female runs for major offices and political convention delegate slots.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
State Senate
Judith Herndon
Wheeling
House of Delegates
Women candidates struggle for statewide offices in 1960s politics
The article notes women rarely win statewide posts with Phyllis Given securing 22 percent in a four way race and Carnes earning 16 percent for treasurer. It highlights few women in the state Senate or House, limited influential committees, and mentions two all woman Democratic ticket slates for November. It cites Del. Given and Del. Withrow as outspoken figures on education and health.
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Phyllis Given
Charleston
House of Representatives
Senate
Sen
Herndon
House
del. Given
del. Jackie Withrow
Beckley
Bernstein laments lack of exposure for classical music
In Europe during a five nation tour conductor Leonard Bernstein criticizes U.S. radio and TV for not airing serious music. He notes audiences miss a saturation of classical works on national media while directing the New York Philharmonic in a program of Gershwin Copeland Harris and Ives.
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Berlin
Leonard
Europe
U.S
Lance
Bernstein
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Ste Gershwin
Aaron Copeland
Roy Harris
William Schuman
Charles Ives
The Nation’s Weather Sunday Storms and Mild Temperatures
Thunderstorms developed across parts of the Northeast with severe thunderstorm watches for portions of Wyoming Montana and the Dakotas. Rain spread from the northern Plains into the upper Missouri Valley as temperatures ranged from 52 to 95. Major city readings include Atlanta 71 Boston 66 Buffalo 88 Caribou 88 Charleston 75 Chicago 83 Cleveland 72 Detroit 82 Philadelphia not available and Phoenix 91.
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Associated Press
Northern Plains
Wyoming
Montana
North
South Dakota
Plains
Missouri Valley
Pennsylvania
New England
Cutbank
Mont
North Bend
Pen
Needles
Calif
Atlanta
Boston
Car
Kansas City
Loseles
Phoenix
St. Louis
St. Paul-Minneapolis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Canada
Montreal
Toronto
Area Man Stable After Shooting
A McDowell County man remained in stable condition at the Bluefield Sanitarium after a domestic quarrel at home in Carlswell. Paula Darlene Box, 27, was charged with felonious assault for shooting her husband Carl Leander Box in the head at 2 a.m. Sunday. He was transported by McDowell County Rescue Lead to Stevens Clinic in Welch and then to Bluefield Sanitarium for an operation to remove the bullet. Trooper D R Moore investigated.
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McDowell County
Bluefield Sanitari
Carlswell
Paula Darlene Box
Carl Leander Box
McDowell County Rescue Lqad
Box
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Bluefield Sanitarium
McDowell Man Dies In Gunplay
A Raysal man is dead after a midnight shootout at a Three Forks beer joint near Jolo. Kenny R. Miller 27 shot Leonard Riffe of Hanover, who returned with a pistol and wounded Miller fatally. Riffe hospitalized. Miller pronounced dead on arrival at Stevens Clinic Welch. Riffe charged with murder. Miller’s hearing set after funeral. Funeral arrangements set for Saeger Fan ning Chapel with burial at Rowe Cemetery.
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Raysal
Three Forks
Jolo
Kenny R. Miller
Leonard Riffe
Hanover
Riffe
Miller
Stevens Clinic
Welch
McDowell County
R. J. Spinks
R. L. Catlett
Ray
Katherine Rowe Miller
Virginia Pocahontas Mine Co
Mildred Slavicek Miller
Jeanne
Cinder Miller
Danny Miller
Charlotte Scovell
Charleston Heights
S. C
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Namon Caldwell
Rowe
Rocky Ridge
Carter, Wallace campaign notes amid Carter faster Ohio push
The report outlines Carter promising a concrete plan after studying agencies, Brown seeking a Tuesday answer, and Wallace lingering in Ohio with lagging momentum. Udall forecasts a likely convention shift if Carter wins in Ohio and New Jersey, while Church taped a Cleveland segment before flying home from the Teton Dam crisis aftermath.
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Cleveland
Brown
Carter
Church
Idaho
Teton Dam
Ohio
Udall
New Jersey
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Florida
North Carolina
Wallace
George Wallace
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Kia) Karnes
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Neta) Hamilton
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