Rescued Worker Survives Tunnel Rock Fall Near Parkersburg
In a Baltimore and Ohio tunnel near Walker, Parkersburg area, nine workers faced repeated rock falls. Arthur Boggs, trapped under tons of debris, was finally freed with limited immediate injuries. Harry Nichols remains missing and presumed dead. Boggs and Nichols were employed by C. J. Langenfelder & Son Inc. The rescue involved pumps, timbers, and air to drain water and stabilize the debris.
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Parkersburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Arthur Boggs
Boggs
Harry Nichols
Bartlett
Ohio
R. T. Nicholson
Nicholson
Robert Airhart
Airhart
Nichols
Glenville
C. J. Langenfelder & Son, Inc
Baltimore
Debbie Reynolds Suffers Miscarriage in California
Actress Debbie Reynolds suffered a miscarriage in California after being taken to St. Joseph Hospital from Beverly Hills. The baby was due in August and Reynolds' condition was reported as good. She is married to Harry Karl since 1960 and has two children from a previous marriage with Eddie Fisher.
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Burbank
Calif
Debbie Reynolds
St. Joseph Hospital
Beverly Hills
Miss Reynolds
Harry Kar
Europe
Eddie Fisher
Carrie Frances
Todd
Little Zion Revival at Bluefield Church This Week
A revival will be held at Little Zion Mission 102 Genoe Ave Bluefield from June 17 to 21. Speakers include Rev. Henry Dogit on Monday Rev. Mrs Thomas on Tuesday Rev M C Connell on Wednesday Rev John Pageet on Thursday and Rev. Pat Mise with Rev Elizabeth Sinkler on Friday.
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Little Zion Mission
Genoe Ave
Bluefield
Henry Dogit
Mrs. Thomas
M. C. Connell
John Pageet
Pat Mise
Elizabeth Sinkler
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Office and circulation note
Bluefield Daily Telegraph details its establishment in 1893, publication frequency, address at 412 Bland Street, Bluefield West Virginia, AP membership rights and circulation audits, with mailing rates and contact telephone.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ato Agency. Inc
Grundy Girl Wins Pageant at Richlands High
Carolyn Fletcher, 17, of Grundy was crowned Miss Clinch Valley at Richlands High School in the 11th annual contest. Magalean Boyd, 17, Richlands, placed second. Carol Santollo, 17, of Tazewell, finished third. Eighteen finalists competed. judges included Kay Wilson, Cokie Sutherland Douhat, and Jim Dalton. Pageant sponsored by the Kiwanis Club.
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Carolyn Fletcher
Brunette
Grundy
Clinch Valley
Richlands High School
Allen Fletcher
Magalean Boyd
Richlands
Isaac Boyd
Carol Santollo
Tazewell
Gus Santollo
Kay Wilson
Whis-Tv
Cokie Sutherland Douthat
Whis Weather Girl
Mercer County
Jim Dalton
The
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Kiwanis Club
Capitol News Briefs From Washington and Nationwide
In Havana the cost of garbage removal for the former American Embassy is set at 400 dollars next year, with 40 000 dollars sought to reimburse Switzerland for guarding American interests in Cuba for 12 months. A 160 000 dollar allotment funds Cuban workers aiding Swiss handling of duties, and 50 000 dollars covers caretaking and maintenance of the embassy. Midland Texas leads in schooling with 12.4 years average for residents 25 and over, followed by Champaign Urbana Illinois Colorado Springs Colorado Lincoln Nebraska Stamford Connecticut and Washington D C. Sen Vance Hartke proposes an automatic device to locate disabled submarines, including a surfaceing mechanism linked to the hull and a line to the submarine for markers and potential communication.
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Washington
Havana
State Department
Congress
Switzerland
Cuba
Census Bureau
Midland
Tex
Champaign- Urbana
Ill
Colorado Springs
Colo
Lincoln
Neb
Stamford
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Navy
Hartke
Coast Guard
UAR Defense Chief Arrives in Moscow for Two-Week Visit
Marshal Hakim Amer defense minister of the United Arab Republic arrived in Moscow for a two week stay. Moscow radio reported the trip but did not give a reason. Amer’s prior visits have led to extra Soviet arms purchases.
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Moscow
Hakim Amer
United Arab Republic
Moscow Radio
Amer
Five Day Warm Trend With Scattered Thunder Showers
Weather outlook shows readings around 84 F south and 78 F north, with lows near 58 F south and 53 F north for five days ending next Wednesday. Expect a cooler start east of the mountains Saturday and Sunday, otherwise a continuing warm trend. Rainfall expected around one third inch in scattered showers.
Local Men Graduate At Georgia Tech
Two Bluefield men among 1000 Georgia Tech graduates in engineering science architecture applied psychology and industrial management at the annual commencement in Atlanta. Walter L. Sowers will earn electrical engineering and John R. Stepp industrial management. Dr Jerome B Wiesner will address graduates on Making the Most of Your Opportunities with Tech president Edwin D Harrison presiding.
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Bluefield
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Walter L. Sowers
Shenandoah St
John R. Stepp
James St
Jerome B. Wiesner
Office of Science and Technology
Washington
Young Clay Countian Drowns In Elk River
A 20 year old man, Frank Reedy of Bickmore, Clay County, apparently drowned while swimming in the Elk River at Elkhurst on Friday night. Witnesses saw him cry for help before vanishing beneath the water as the Clay Fire Department dragged for the body.
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Elk River
Clay, W. Va
Clay County
Elkhurst
Frank Reedy
Bickmore
Reedy
Clay Fire Department
Water rationing imposed on parched Okinawa
NAHA Okinawa AP U S Army authorities announced that water rationing will begin Sunday on the island due to the worst drought in 70 years. U S High Commissioner Lt Gen Paul W Caraway said water capacity has fallen below 40 percent and further depletion could put the island in a dangerous position.
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Naha
Okinawa
U. S. Army
U.S
Paul W. Caraway
Suit Filed Against Telegraph Publisher for $1 Million Libel
A $1 million libel suit was filed in U S District Court against the Daily Telegraph Printing Co and Hugh I Shott Jr publisher and editor of The Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Plaintiff C O Ossie Perdue of Bluefield Virginia claims damage from an editorial published June 1961 near the Bluefield city election.
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U. S
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Hugh I. Shott Jr
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
C. O
Ossie) Perdue
Bluefield
Miss Dickenson County Pageant Sets 1963 Crown Night
Thirty eight contestants vie for Miss Dickenson County 1963 honors tonight at Clintwood High School Gymnasium. Master of ceremonies Jim Vanover will oversee the event with Moonlight and Roses as the pageant theme and a prize package including 175 dollars in savings bonds a bouquet of roses and the winner's crown. Sponsors are Clintwood Junior Women's Club.
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Dickenson County
Clintwood High School
Jim Vanover
Marine Helicopters Relocated to Georgia Amid Integration Crisis
The Pentagon said several Marine UH34 helicopters are moving from New River North Carolina to Dobbins Air Force Base near Marietta Georgia. The move sparks speculation they will airlift Army troops during the Alabama integration crisis. Marine officials confirm the aircraft can carry up to 18 passengers.
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Washington
Pentagon
New River
N.C
Dobbins Air Force Base
Marietta
Alabama
Red China delays fourth session of national congress
Tokyo Radio Peking reports the fourth session of Red China's second national People's Congress has been postponed until fall. The standing committee ordered the delay at its 98th meeting in Peking. No reason was given. The congress serves as a rubber stamp for Communist party decisions.
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Tokyo
Red China
National People’s Congress
Radio Peking
Standing Committee
Peking
Communist Party
Retraining Program Planned for Oak Hill Workers
The U S Department of Labor and federal welfare officials announced a retraining project in Oak Hill West Virginia. The effort will train 16 men in the machine tool trade with a federal appropriation of 13000 dollars per the office of Representative Elizabeth Kee.
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Oak Hill
W. Va
U. S. Department of Labor
Federal Welfare
Elizaeth Kee
DW. Va
Lundy to Stay At Tackle For Rams
Los Angeles AP reports Mar Lundy has been so effective at defensive tackle in the last two games that Coach Harland Svare will keep him at tackle. Lundy began as an offensive end in 1957, switched to defense in 1959, and has appeared in 76 straight league games.
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Los Angeles
Lamar Lundy
Los Angeles Rams
Harland Svare
Lundy
Pushkar Fair camel rides test endurance with crowds
At the Pushkar Fair in Rajasthan India crowds cling to a camel’s back to see how many riders the beast can carry and still rise. Some camels manage a dozen passengers before standing again.
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India
Rajasthan
Coal breakfast in the future may involve edible coal
Lexington AP report: coal researcher Robert T. Joseph of FMC Corp says coal could become a food source via bacteria that digest coal into protein. He envisions bacteria altering coal to liquid form inside mines to pump edible coal. Conference notes low coal funding versus petroleum research. $20 million vs $250 million yearly.
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Lexington
Robert T. Joseph
FMC Corp
Joseph
Harry Perry
U. S. Bureau of Mines
University of Kentucky
Summer Session At BSC Expands For 3 Special Features
Bluefield State College expands its nine week summer session to include three special features. The session runs June 17 to August 16 with six and nine week courses for degree credit or certificate renewal. Evening courses are available for continuing adults and degree-focused students in the evening division. Special features include an annual art workshop with graduate credit through West Virginia University, a Wade School laboratory program with Mercer County Board of Education, and in service teaching workshops led by R Keith Thompson. A handicapped child materials workshop runs July 8 to 26. Pre-registration is June 10 to 15 during business hours.
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Bluefield State College
West Virginia University
Wade School
Mercer County Board of Education
R. Keith Thompson
Wade
BSC
Six Pennies Left By Burglar At Richmond Home
Mrs. Lucille King reported a compassionate intruder entered her Richmond home while she was away and left six pennies in the purse, the only apparent act noted by police.
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Richmond
Richmond, Va
Lucille King
Lincoln White to leave as Melbourne consul successor
Lincoln White will depart the official press role after nearly four years and move to take the Melbourne post succeeding Frank S. Hopkins. He earns about $20,000 yearly and plans a brief pause before sailing to Australia in September, after October reshuffling and personal affairs.
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White
Melbourne
Frank S. Hopkins
Manning
State Department
Australia
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and region
Obituaries list Thomas Travis Archer of Bluefield died Sunday after a long railway career. Surviving are two daughters Leathie Hubberitt and Elizabeth Archer and brother Frazier Archer. Other notices include Ezekiel Duty, Vent Hopkins, Lily Mae Young, William Thomas Lucas, Nellie Mae Moore and related funeral details across Welch, Davy, Faraday, and Union with arrangements at local churches and funeral homes.
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Thomas T. Archer
East Graham Christian Church
Thomas Travis Archer
Wood St
Bluefield
Clarence Johnson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Norfolk and Western Railway
Cora Archer
Leathie Hubberitt
Elizabeth Archer
Bluefiled
Frazier Archer
Farmville
Solomon Blevins
June Gwynn
Lewis Austin
Robert Banks
Robert Johnson
Vance Howard
The
Missionary Society
Linkford and Richardson Funeral
Twins Mark and Clark Morgan Die in Japan Birth
Mark and Clark Morgan, twin sons of S Sgt Leroy Morgan and his wife, died Tuesday May 28 three hours after birth in a Japan hospital. Survived by parents, two sisters Donna Gale and Debbie Lynn Morgan, and grandparents E L Morgan Welch and Parris Mitchell Princeton. Bodies to return to Welch. service at Monte Vista Park Cemetery Sunday at 3 p.m. with Rev Homer Show officiating.
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Mark and
Clark Morgan
Leroy Morgan
Japan
Sgt. Morgan
U. S. Air Force
Welch
Donna Gale
Debbie Lynn Morgan
E L. Morgan
Parris Mitchell
Princeton
Douglas Mortuary
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Homer Show
Death of Clarence S. Helton of Troutdale Va
Clarence S Helton 538 of Troutdale Va died Friday in a Marion Va hospital Survivors include three sisters Bertha Johnson Swords Creek Va Edna Ball Troutdale and Helen Ross Cuyahoga Falls Ohio three brothers Claude Helton Grundy Va Eugene Helton Balti more Md and Arthur Helton Bel Air Md Funeral services set for Sunday at 1 30 p m in Barnett Funeral Home Chapel Marion Rev Glen Boye to officiate burial in Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery Richlands Va
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Davy
Welch Hospital
Smythe County
George
Nancy Hopkins
Saeger Masonic Lodge
Roderfield Christian Church
Jessie Swim Hopkins
Elmer
Kermit Hopkins
Bluefield
Andy Akers
Norfolk
T. A. Warden, Jr
Ruth
Lily Mae Young
Greensboro
N. C
Faraday
Lily of the Valley Baptist Church
Lonnie Streets
H. C. Jackson
Bryant Memorial Cemetery
Pocahontas
Bill Young
Bobby Davidson
Syvester Tolliver
Charlesotn
Dave Bell
Lawrenceville
Tenn
Eutella Poole
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lugo
Clarence S. Helton
Troutdale
Marion
Bertha Johnson
Swords Creek
Edna Ball
Helen Ross
Cuyahoga Falls
Claude Helton
Grundy
Eugene Helton
Baltimore
Arthur Helton
Bel Air
Barnett Funeral Home Chapel
Glen Boye
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Richlands
Autos Hit Head On Bluefield Avenue in Wreck
Two drivers were injured when their cars collided head on at Bluefield Avenue and Lynn Street Friday at 6 p.m. Fredie Ray Childress 38 of Rt. 4 Bluefield was treated for fractured ribs facial cuts and bruises. Gose Austin 50 of 209 Cypress St Bluefield suffered chest bruises and head cuts. Estimated damage 1200. No charges filed pending investigation.
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Bluefield Avenue
Lynn Street
Fredie Ray Childress
Rt. 4
Bluefield
Gose Austin
Cypress St
St. Luke's Hospital
Four escape injury in Middlesboro small plane crash
A single engine private plane attempting to reach Middlesboro airport during a severe thunderstorm crashed near Noe town. All four occupants escaped major injury with three released after treatment. Pilot James J. Clancy 33 of Fort Lauderdale Florida and passengers Harris Cohen 35 Asheville North Carolina Paul Cromelin and William Ralph Mullinix Savannah Georgia were named.
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Middlesboro
James J. Clancy
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Harris Cohen
Asheville
N. C
Paul Cromelin
William Ralph Mullinix
Savannah
Amonate Man Nabbed On Moonshine Count
A 42 year old Amonate man, Andrew Jack Mullins, was arrested by federal agents on moonshine charges. He is accused of distilling 200 gallons of mash and possessing a pint of moonshine. He posted a $1500 bond and must appear at the next term of the U S District Court for Southern West Virginia in Bluefield. Mullins was arrested in a hollow about two miles from Amonate.
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Amonate
Andrew Jack Mullins
U. S
John R. McGhee
Mullins
U. S. District Court For
West Virginia
Bluefield
Bids Sought On Virginia Highways Expansion
The Virginia State Highway Department advertised twenty road projects including two Interstate 64 items in Norfolk, two in Mecklenburg County on I-85, and Fairfax County I-66 and I-95/495 work. Measures cover grading, paving, bridge construction, and widening with multiple route details and mileage.
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Richmond, Va
Norfolk
Fairfax
Mecklenburg
State Highway Department
Fairfax County
Giles County
Ripplemead
Russell County
Jesse’s Mill
US Airborne drops near northeast Thailand in SEATO drill
The U S 2nd Airborne Battle Group will fly from Okinawa and drop about 1000 paratroopers into northeast Thailand on June 14 as part of Exercise Thanarat involving over 25 000 troops from eight SEATO nations. Total U S participation exceeds 7000. France's De Gaulle tours NASA space pavilion in Paris and shows interest in Apollo program. Western allies plan immediate defense against possible Soviet attack in Western Europe. Cardinal Mindszenty health denied as he remains in exile at the U S legation in Budapest awaiting papal election context.
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U.S. 2Nd Airborne Battle Group
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Laos
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Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
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Southeast Asia
SEATO
U.S
Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
Clotaire Wood
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Iron Curtain
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
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Western European Union Assembly
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West Germany
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Budapest
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Field Day Delayed at University Club
The annual Field Day at the University Club, set for June 14, is postponed to Friday, July 12, at Bluefield Country Club. President Herman Kirchner cited a clash with the statewide centennial golf tournament as the reason for the change.
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University Club
Bluefield Country Club
Herman Kirchner
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