Doctor Sought After Girl's Dismembered Body Found
A New York police investigation traced the disappearance of Barbara Sofremanto 19 and linked it to Dr Lothringer 41. Authorities alleged an abortion and a plan to have a body disposed in a sewer at the doctor’s lavish Queens home and office. The case unfolded as investigators under watch planned charges of abortion while seeking further evidence.
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New York
Queens
Lothringer
Barbara Soframento
College of New Rochelle
Westchester County
Dr. Lothringer
Queens Dist
Frank D. O'Connor
Rapist To Get Mental Exam
A Richmond judge orders three physicians named by Snider’s defense and three by state officials to examine Frank Jimmy Snider Jr. who was sentenced to death in 1956 for raping a nine year old Roanoke girl. Snider has a stay on execution. lawyers say he is insane or feeble minded.
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Richmond, Va
Richmond
Frank Jimmy Snider Jr
Roanoke
Snider
M. Ray Doubles
Hastings Courtrart I
Doubles Snider
Gadsden, Ala
State Penitentiary
Snyder
Virginia
Pineville Post 154 Dominates Mullens Track Meet
Pineville Post 154 Explorers swept the J. L. Brawley District Track Meet at Mullens field. Fourteen Pineville youths competed led by George Cook who won the running broad jump and the 400 yard relay team of Cook, Carlos Spencer, Ronnie Stiltner, and Dennis Viars. Stiltner also captured the 75 and 100 yard dashes. Viars won the mile. Ned Rogers won the sack race and helped win the Paul Revere relay with Hedinger and Dams. David Looney and Charles Riling won the three legged race.
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J. L. Brawley
Cubs
Boy Scouts
Mullens
Post 154
Explorers
Pineville
Lions Club of
George Cook
Ronnie Stiltner
Dennis Viars
Carlos Spencer
Viars
Ned Rogers
Paul Revere
Rogers
Jim Hedinger
Cook
Tommy Danis
David Looney
Charles Riling
Earthquakes Hit Dagupan and Manila Area At Dawn
Two strong quakes rocked Dagupan City in Pangasinan province near Manila at dawn. The Philippine News Service reported an underground hissing sound preceding the tremors. No casualties or damages were immediately reported.
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Manila
Philippines
Dagupan City
Pangasinan
Philippine News Service
Cas
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Press Dispatches
Readable text fragment from a Virginia newspaper page mentions subscription rates and a news agency crediting dispatches. No clear events or names. content is fragmented and unreadable beyond generic references to rates and agencies.
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All Aves
Dal Week
Ital
Cedenes
Katz Baieghove
Kennedy Asks Tax Reductions and Economic Notes
President Kennedy discussed tax reductions and a priority measures list while noting many measures are vital. He denied plans to provide France with atomic equipment or pledges to Spanish Republicans in 1961. He warned that four percent unemployment and a balanced budget by 1963 remain uncertain and defended Social Security financed health care for the aged as not repealing needy programs.
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Congress
Kennedy
France
Spain
X15 Flight Reaches 3716 MPH In Tough Test Flight
Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. space pilot Joe Walker piloted the X15 rocket plane through a steep bank and smoke-filled cabin. The mission reached 3,716 mph, testing heat and stress limits for future craft and scenarios where crews must choose landing spots.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Space Agency
Joe Walker
Walker
Kennedy McCormack vie for Massachusetts Senate endorsement
Massachusetts Democrats opened a three day state convention with the Kennedy McCormack contest for the U S Senate seat once held by President Kennedy. Edward M Kennedy and Edward J McCormack Jr vie for the endorsement while Republicans name George C Lodge and Laurence Curtis in Worcester. Balloting began at 7 p m with possible delays into Saturday.
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Massachusetts
Kennedy-McCormack
U.S. Senate
Senate
Kennedy
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
Edward J. McCormack Jr
John W. McCormack
U.S. House
Worcester
George C. Lodge
U.S
Laurence Curtis
R-Mass
Byrd and Randolph Join Senate in Foreign Aid Amendment
Senate passed the Mansfield-Dirksen amendment 56 to 34 restoring authority for the president to act on foreign aid in regard to Slavia and Poland. Senators Byrd and Randolph, both Democrats from West Virginia, joined the majority in supporting the measure.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Senate
Mansfield-Dirksen
Kenneth Oeyle eSeee
Slavia
Poland
Virginians vote no on foreign aid amendment
Sen. Byrd and Sen. Robertson of Virginia voted against an amend ment that would restore to the foreign aid bill the authority for President Kennedy to ship surplus foods to Yugoslavia and Poland.
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Washington
Byrd and Robertson
Virginia
Kennedy
Yugoslavia
Poland
Scouts to Attend Three Camporees This Weekend
Scout Executive Jack L. Lewis announced three Bluefield area camporees open Friday at Camp Roland near Bastian Virginia, Princeton Fred Williams Farm, and Camp Shanklin Ferry near Bozoo. Directors Leon Martin Paul Oliver Fred Williams and Larry R Brown lead activities with camping cooking rope work first aid and fitness. no cost to attendees.
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Bluefield
Camp Roland
Bastian
Leon Martin
Paul Oliver
Princeton
Lewis
Estes Probers Continued From Page One
An autopsy report strongly indicated homicide. Rep Florence Dwyer and Rep Odin Langen reprimanded Manuel and urged the subcommittee to accept assurance on a voice vote. The subcommittee passed a motion to relieve Manuel immediately and ask the committee chairman to terminate his employment. Such recommendations usually follow.
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Florence Dwyer
R-N.j
Odin Langen
Minnesota
Manuel
Government Operations Committee
Soviets Move To Meet Threat In Global Trade Shift
Press analyst J M Roberts argues the Soviet Union will advance its influence if the United States and Western powers fail to organize neutralists and non members of the European Common Market. Moscow conference may focus on agriculture and centralized planning to counter market challenges. The piece outlines shifts involving Britain, France, Africa, and Outer Seven partners as Europe forms its economic lines.
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J. M. Roberts
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Western
Europe
Russia
Africa
Britain
Austria
Greece
Switzerland
Juvenile Court topics dominate Bluefield meeting program
Judge Howard M. Jarrett spoke at the Bluefield Council of Social Agencies meeting at the Salvation Army on juvenile delinquency. He outlined Mercer County Juvenile Court operations, detention facilities in Princeton, and statewide plans for better supervision of incorrigibles. The session also welcomed new members and set arrangements for future attendance efforts.
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Mercer County Criminal Court
Howard M. Jarrett
Bluefield
Bluefield Coucil
Salvation Army
Mercer County
Howard Meadows
Gene Richardson
Department of Public Welfare
Princeton
Ethel Liddle
Golden Age Club
Harold Hinson
American Red Cross
Quota Club
Civic League, Cancer Center, ‘Boy Scouts
Mercer County Heart Council
Bus Swerves Off Road Into Woods Near Chester Virginia
A passenger bus traveling from Richmond to Petersburg swerved off Harrogate Road and into a woods near stop 43% of Harrogate Road. None of the 12 aboard was seriously hurt. one Colonial Heights passenger received minor injuries and was taken to a Richmond hospital. The bus, leased from Carolina Trailways, avoided a collision with another car.
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Chester
Richmond
Petersburg
Here
Colonial Heights
Richmond - Petersburg
Carolina Trailways
Harrogate Road
Sea Monster Turns Out To Be Seaweed
A sea serpent off Hokkaido was identified as a 45 foot monstrous seaweed. A U S Navy man and Yoshiteru Nakamura of Hokkaido University Marine Life Research Institute said the marine life spooked fishermen Yoshiaru Tsuruga and appeared to be a plant float from Puget Sound Washington
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Tokyo
Hokkaido
U.S. Navy
Yoshiteru Nakamura
Marine Life Research Institute of
Hokkaido University
Yoshiaru Tsuruga
Puget Sound
Wash
Deaths and Funerals in McDowell and Nearby Areas
Obituary notices report the deaths of H P Mitchell Sr 82 of Keystone Julian C Taylor 65 of Roanoke and Aubrey R Kountz 73 of Sarton plus Edward C Toler 70 of Princeton. Services set at Keystone Methodist Oakey s Chapel Mount Herman Baptist First Baptist and Carbon Cemetery with multiple survivors listed.
Death Notice for Pinkie Elswick of Grundy Virginia
Pinkie Elswick 30 of Grundy Va died Wednesday in a Richlands hospital after a long illness. She is survived by her mother Josie Fletcher Elswick of Grundy, five brothers Thomas Kennis Landon Cecil and Hassel all of Va and eight sisters Ocie Stella Howard Ples Madelyne Billy Alex and Paine Ramey. The body moved from Grundy Funeral Home to her mother's home Thursday. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a m with Rev Orville Collins officiating. Burial will be in the family cemetery at Grundy.
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Edward C. Toler
Princeton
Way Mays
Wevaco
Shiloh Baptist Church
Cleo Brown
Charleston
Alfonso Toler
Castle Air Force Base
Calif
First Baptist Church
United
T. J. Reed
Carbon Cemetery
Leonard Johnson Funeral Home
Marmet
Pinkie Elswick
Grundy
Richlands
Josie Fletcher Elswick
Thomas and
Kennis
Roanoke
Landon Elswick
Norfolk
Cecil Elswick
Tockland
Hassel Elswick
Ocie Compton
Salem
Stella Fleming
Orville Collins
Funeral services for James Lee Smith 18 Princeton
Funeral services for James Lee Smith aged 18 of Princeton will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in Burke Memorial Baptist Church with Rev. W. Jenkins officiating. Burial follows at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers are from the church Young Men's Sunday School class and flower carriers from the Intermediate Sunday School class. The body returns to the grandparents at Butler Street Princeton and will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Friday. Memorial Funeral in Princeton handles arrangements.
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James Lee Smith
Princeton
Airport Road
Burke Memorial Baptist Church
Rev. W. Jenkins
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Russell Smith
Butler Street
Obituary of Harry L. Hill Richwood native dies at 76
Harry L Hill 76 of Richwood died Thursday in St Luke s Hospital He was a retired hostler for the Baltimore and Ohio Railway Co A native of Pocahontas County Virginia he was the son of the late Joseph and Mary McMillan Hill Survivors include his wife Ella Myrtle Anderson Hill two sons William A Hill of Richwood and H L Hill Jr of Huntsville Alabama a daughter Mrs Harry O Gott of Bluefield a brother Emmett Hill of Richwood and a sister Mrs Minnie Wyatt of Williamsburg The body will be returned to Richwood Friday for final rites
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Henry Perry Mitchell, Sr
Keystone
Welch
Norfolk and Western Railway
Keystone Methodist Church
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Havace
McDowell County
Rush
Armanda Beavers Mitchell
Olga Mattox Mitchell
H. P. Mitchell, Jr
T. A. Lambert
Roanoke
B. F. Gervis
Peterstown
Myrtle McLean
W. T
J. G. Cartwright
James Newman
Washington, D. C
Edward Thomas
Woodlawn Cemetery
H. O. Bernard
H. A. Preece
Joe Roschilli
W. A. Christie
Fred White
W. H. Rogers
Angelo L. Lanzi
R. H. Hearne
Julian C. Taylor
Watauga St
S. W
Oakey
T. E. Landis
Monte Vista Park
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Taylor
Lewis Gate Hospital
Norfolk and Western Railway Co
Greene Memorial Methodist Church
American Legion
Vivian DeVault
Carroll Quillen
Miami
Fila
Sherwood Jackson
Crittenden
C. H. Blow
Margaret and
Wilmoth Taylor
Portsmouth
Pauline Frank
Harry L. Hill
Richwood
St. Luke’s Hospital
Baltimore and Ohio Railway Co
Pocaahontas County
Joseph and
Mary McMillan Hill
Ella Myrtle Anderson Hill
William A. Hill
H. L. Hill Jr
Huntsville
Ala
Harry 0. Gott
Emmett Hill
Minnie Wyatt
Williamsburg
Funeral plans for H W Shockey 45 dead near Martins
Funeral arrangements have not been announced for H W Shockey a 45 year old man who died Thursday near his Martins home He was a brother of Carol L Shockey of Double Gates Virginia.
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H. W. Shockey
Martins
Carol L.shockey
Double Gates
Death of Rev. James E. Scales in Welch Hospital
Reverend James E. Scales aged 72 of Anawelt died Thursday in a Welch hospital after a heart attack two days earlier. His body was taken to Lugo's Funeral Service for pending funeral arrangements.
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James E. Scales
Welch Hospital
Lugo
Funeral for Russell C. Lockhart in Saeger service
Russell C. Lockhart of Saeger funeral Friday at 2 p.m. in Seaver Chapel Princeton with Rev. Bill Withers officiating. Burial follows at Athens Cemetery. Pallbearers include John Auville Verner Auville Shirley Auville James Oxley John Peck and Otis Mann.
High School Grads Urged to File for ACT Exams
Morgantown June 9 last day of registration for graduates planning to enter West Virginia colleges requiring or recommending the ACT program. WVU registrar J. Everett Long says 14 state testing centers will operate June 23. Results affect admissions and financial aid priority. 18 state institutions require or recommend ACT.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
West Virginia University
J. Everet Long
WVU
Beckley College
Concord College
Athens
Davis and Elkins College
Elkins
Fairmont State College
Glenville State College
Marshall University
Huntington
Potomac State Colege
Keyser
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
West Liberty State College
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
West Virginia State College
Institute
West Virginia Wesleyan
Buckhannon
Beckley
Bluefield
Concord
Fairmont
Glenville
Marshall
Potomac State
Salem
Shepherd
West Liberty
West Virginia Tech
West Virginia State
Red Wall Section Falls Down in Berlin Slope
Berlin reports part of the Red Wall collapsing on Thursday. About 20 six foot square concrete blocks toppled and slid down a slope into West Berlin in the French sector.
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Red Wall
Berlin
West Berlin
Basement May Be CD Center in Bluefield
City officials discuss converting the Municipal Building basement into a Civil Defense center. The plan would house a six‑man warning team and provide food and supplies for two weeks, with an architects plan funded by the federal government.
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Bluefield
Randolph G. Whittle
Mercer
Civil Defense
Bluefield Police Department
Whittle
Pioneer Spirit Laments Loss at Kiwanis Meeting
Co B Bernie Woolwine of Bluefield Va spoke to Bluefield Kiwanis at the Masonic Temple on Spirit of America Past and Present. He warned citizens as torch-bearers of liberty that pioneer spirit is lost, urging renewal of family life and guidance for youth.
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Bernie) Woolwine
Bluefield
Masonic Temple
Bill Bowers
Ben Yates
Barnes Gillespie
Denver
Colo
John Jackson
Atlanta
Paul Jackson
Walter Neal
Club
Gospel Singers Here Sunday For Program
The Gospel Singers of Greater Zion Baptist Church Logan will appear in Bluefield Sunday. They perform at Tabernacle Baptist Church at 3 p.m. and will be guests on Vi ola Clark's gospel program on WHIS-TV Bluefield at 1 p.m.
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Gospel Singers
Greater Zion Baptist Church
Logan
Bluefield
the Tabernacle Baptist Church
Viola Clark
Whis-Tv
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