Construction Of Giant Shopping Center Cleared For Summer Start
Dissenters waive appeal on a Circuit Court ruling, paving the way for a 1 million shopping center on East Cumberland Road. Expected tenants include W T Grant Kroger Super X Drug and space for local firms with completion set for September 1967.
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East Cumberland Road
Paul S. Hudgins
Helen C. Hudgins
Hudgins
Circuit
Bluefield
LeRoy Katz
Katz
Katz, Katz and Kantor
Phillip J. Levin
Levin
North Plainfield
N. J
Alex Ledgerwood
Iw. T. Grant Co
Kroger Co
Super-X Drug “Co
Commonth
Circuit Court
F. ‘Morton Wagner
Airlines Face Major Strike Threat in 5 United Airlines
President Johnson said the emergency board's frame work guides a settlement between the International Association of Machinists and five major carriers Eastern United Trans World National Northwest. If no agreement is reached by July 5 the union can strike, risking air service for hundreds of thousands and hampering defense programs. The board led by Sen. Morse includes Richard Neustadt and David Ginsburg and will publish its report Wednesday.
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Washington
Johnson
International Association of Machinists
Eastern
United
Trans World
National
Northwest Airlines
Lttle Emergency Board
Iive Airlines
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Richard E. Neu‘stadt
Harvard Graduate School of Public Administration
David Ginsburg
Daily Telegraph Publishing Blurred Masthead Note
A small clipped notice proclaims the Daily Telegraph Printing Co established in 1893 and marks Bluefield West Virginia with mention of Associated Press affiliation and a truncated masthead statement.
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Daily Telegraph Printing [Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
PRA
Obituary notices for Evans Scott Hughes Casey and others
Deaths and funerals list O W Evans 82 former N and W official in Bluefield died in Cincinnati after a long illness. Survivors include three daughters a stepdaughter and a half sister. Funeral at Williamson First Presbyterian Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Additional notices cover Mrs B F Scott 79 of Saeger, William Thomas Hughes 23 of Marengo, and Casey 58 of Beckley with services at Fanning Lugo's Funeral Service Bluefield.
Gent Cletis Dies After Illness In Beckley Hospital
Cletis Gent 63 of Swords Creek Va died Monday afternoon in Beckley veterans hospital after a long illness. He was a retired miner and was born at McComes. Survivors include his wife Eveline Ray Gent a daughter Nancy Gent and a son Cletis Gent Jr all at home a sister Ray Miller and a brother Petrean Gent both of Bluefield. Ducted Thursday at 11 a.m. EST at the home with Rev Truei Brown and Rev Harley Dye officiating. Burial will follow in Davis Cemetery. Body moved from Honaker Funeral Home to the residence.
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William Thomas Hughes
Marengo
Rich Creek
Broyles Funeral Home
Peterstown
John J. Savage
Hughes
Narcons
Medical Technological Va
Walter C
Mamie DeVor Hughes
Gilbert Lee
Walter C. Hughes Jr
U. S. Navy
Newport, R. L
Jerry Ray Hughes
U. S. Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
Gladys Stout
Cletis Gent
Swords Creek
Beckley Veterans Hospital
McComes
Will
Florence Dye
Eveline Ray
Nancy Gent
Cletis Gent Jr
Ray Miller
Petrean Gent
Long Beach man James E. Francis dies at 64
Ward reports the death of James E. Francis age 64 of Long Beach California at his home. He was the husband of Thelma Broyles Francis formerly of Princeton. Surviving are two sisters in law Violet Whalford and J C Fanning Jr of Princeton two brothers Frank and Raymond Francis of Long Beach one stepson Ralph Schroeder of Baltimore Maryland. Funeral services and burial were held Tuesday in Long Beach.
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Ward
Bluefield
James E. Francis
Long Beach
Calif
Thelma Broyles Francis
Princeton
Violet Whalford
J. C. Fanning Jr
Frank
Raymond Francis
Ralph Schroeder
Baltimore
Mrs. Fannie A Harmon Dies in Los Angeles
Mrs. Fannie A. Harmon of Los Angeles formerly Tip Top Virginia died after a short illness. She was the widow of Charles A. Harmon. The body will be moved to Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home in Bluefield. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Fannie A. Harmon
Los Angeles
Calif
Tip Top
Charles A. Harmon
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Bluefield
Infant James Keen Dies at Eight Months in Virginia
Eight month old James Dewayne Keen of Whitewood Virginia died at home due to natural causes. Survived by parents Rufus and Nell Matney Keen and siblings Vickie Ann and Jerry Lee Keen. Grandparents Dave Matney and William Keen. Funeral at Bethany Church Pilgrim Knob with Rev Grat Horton officiating. Burial in Wards Cemetery. Body to be moved from Hurst-Scott Funeral Home Richlands to residence Wednesday morning.
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James Dewayne Keen
Rufus
Nell Matney Keen
Whitewood
Vickie Ann Keen
Jerry Lee Keen
Dave Matney
William Keen
Bethany Church
Pilgrim Knob
Grat Horton
Wards Cemetery
Hurst - Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Welch Man E H Graham Dies After Hospital Stay
E H Graham of Stewart Street Welch died Tuesday night in a Welch hospital. The body was taken to Fanning Funeral Home of Welch. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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E. H. Graham
Stewart Street
Welch
Fanning Funeral Home
Obituary: Kenneth L. Austin of Union City dies at 53
Kenneth L. Austin, 53, of Union City Ind, died Monday at 12 4 pm in a Union City hospital. He was husband to Kathaleen Angle Austin formerly of Bluefield. Survived by one daughter Dorothy Collison of Union City, two sons Leslie Austin and Stephen Austin in Norfolk Va, one stepson Michael Mitchem, three sisters and one brother. Funeral held Thursday at 2 pm at Brooks Funeral Home Chapel Union City with burial in Union City Cemetery.
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Kenneth L. Austin
Union City
Ind
Kathaleen Angle Austin
Bluefield
Dorothy Collison
Leslie Austin
Stephen Austin
U. S. Navy
Norfolk
Michael Mitchem
Brooks Funeral Home
Funeral Services for Harry T Totten and Eva B Johnson
Funerals are set for Harry Taylor Totten 79 of 2121 Fulton St Bluefield at Immanuel Lutheran Church with burial at Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield Va. Pallbearers include John H Cole C W Cole Kenneth Cole and others. Hawkins Funeral Home handles arrangements. Eva B Johnson 83 of Cedar Bluff Va will be laid to rest at Clinch Valley Cemetery Richlands Va following a service at Hurst Scott Funeral Home Richlands Va. Pallbearers listed include Jim Sam Gillespie Claude E Wari W R Williams and Bill Jennings.
Youth Minister Attends Ridgecrest Parley in North Carolina
W. W. Huff of Bluefield First Baptist Church will join the church recreation leadership faculty at the Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly in North Carolina from August 25 to 31. He is slated to serve as a ranger for the afternoon youth recreation period. The event, sponsored by the Baptist Sunday School Board’s Church Recreation Department in Nashville, Tenn., includes sessions for youth and adults. Department Secretary Bob M. Boyd will participate.
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W. W. Huff
First Baptist Church
Bluefield
Church Recreation
Ridgecrest
N. C
Baptist Assembly
Baptist Sunday School Board
Church Recreation Department
Nashville
Widow of Navy Lt Wright Dies Suddenly in Charleston
Mrs Margaret Rita Wright 47 of Charleston D C died suddenly at home Tuesday She was married to Navy Lieutenant Leonard Kyle Wright a Mercer County Rock area native now of Charleston Bailey Funeral Home Princeton handles arrangements
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Margaret Rita Wright
Charleston
D. C
Navy
Leonard Kyle Wright
Rock
Mercer County
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Anger Builds In Giles County Strike
In Giles County Virginia anger grows at the New River Tannery and a nearby Four-Way plant as 20 pickets gather. United Mine Workers locals represent workers at Narrows Bluefield Tazewell plants with ongoing failed negotiations. The Tazewell strike started six days ago at 12:01 a.m.
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Sration
Four-Way
United Mine Workers of America
Pearlsburg
Narrows
Bluefield
Tazewell
Color Film Lost In Space During Gemini 9 EVA
Space center report details Eugene Cernan's two hour twenty minute space walk aboard Gemini 9. He lost a color film magazine and a 16mm lens as his faceplate fogged and he returned to the capsule. One roll was missing and another deemed unprintable by an agency spokesman.
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Cernan
Space Agency
Frosts Hurt Apple Crop Damage Seen In Virginia
Frosts on May 10 and 11 in Frederick and Clarke Counties plus a late May hail storm damaged Virginia apple crops. Officials estimate yields will be less than 50 percent of normal, with about 2.5 million bushels lost and prices likely higher. Wise County reports 99 percent crop loss across 57 orchards.
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Virginia
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Charles Toan
Frederick County
Toan
Tia Clarke
Wise County
Jim McCormack
Wise
Luncheon Held For Mercer McDowell World Book Team
Hilda Durr hosted a luncheon at Town N Country Restaurant for the Mercer McDowell World Book Encyclopedia district managers and Field Enterprises Educational Corp representatives. Mildred Baker and Nancy Ruddle of Bluefield and Maggie Clemons of Princeton earned coronets as top sellers, with Virgil Fairchild delivering the main address and Delmas Elkins presenting. An invitation was issued for Charleston June 17 to hear President Howard V. Phalin.
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Hilda Durr
Mercer - McDowell
Field Enterprises Educational Corp
Mildred Baker
Nancy Ruddle
Bluefield
Maggie Clemons
Princeton
Virgil Fairchild
Charleston
Delmas Elkins
Beckley
Childcraft
Fannie Booth
Fairchild On Elkins
Fairchild
Howard V. Phalin
Margaret Baxter
Virginia Scott
Herma Porter
Joy Robinette
Macie Lugo
Jeannie Wilson
Illeane Vaught
Leonard Scott
Zenna Crouch
Virginia Harman Smith
Ronald Kender
Alma Moore
Surveyor 1 records 1048 moon photos amid noon heat
Surveyor 1 in the Moon shadow of a radio antenna sent 1048 pictures Tuesday despite 250 degree heat. Jet Propulsion Laboratory crews at Goldstone report the sun overhead risks heat damage and fatigue. a second large rock was spotted near a craft leg. Total photos reach 4000 since June 2 landing.
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Pasadena
Calif
Surveyor 1
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Goldstone
Singapore Poland Trade Pact Opens Missions
Singapore and Poland signed a trade agreement allowing each country to establish trade missions in the other. It is the third such pact in as many months involving Communist countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Poland
Student Gives Rotary Address at Bluefield Club Meeting
Bill Noell, 1960 Beaver graduate and Fulbright Scholar, spoke at the Bluefield Rotary Club on his year studying in Germany. He described living in Frankfurt, attending a German university and studying economics, noting how the experience deepened appreciation for American life and international education. He plans to spend the summer in Richmond, Virginia, pursuing a law degree. his father, Al Nell, is vice president of Norfolk and Western Railroad personnel in Roanoke.
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Bill Noell
Beaver
Germany
Bluefield
Noell
Rotarians
Frankfort
Bluefield High
Bluewell Lions Plan Two Events This Month
Bluewell Lions Club meets at La Saluta to plan an auction sale at Bluewell School playground on June 16 starting 10 a.m. Net proceeds support Sight and Conservation. Officers to be installed at Ladies Night on June 21 at 7 p.m. by Jimmy John of Welch.
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Bluewell Lions Club
la Saluta
Nick Amell Jr
Bluewell School
Frank Ferrante
Doug Walters
Ed Slagel
Jimmy John
Welch
Joe Vinciguerra
Lashmeet petitions for public service district likely for water system
The Mercer County Court sets June 13 to hear a petition signed by 135 Lashmeet area residents seeking a public service district. The aim is a low interest loan from Farmers Home Administration to fund a new water system with a 50 percent loan and 50 percent grant. Milam Engineering Co. of Dunbar handles the preliminary survey for a project that would serve over 150 families and may use surface water pending feasibility.
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Mercer County Court
Lashmeet
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Milam Engineering Co
Dunbar
Six Students Receive Legion Awards Across Three Schools
William Jack Mullins at Jaeger Junior High awarded Shirley Davis Craig W Varselen Wanda S Addair and Ronnie W Estep. Ira Hagerman honored Elizabeth Grizzle and Charles Roberts of Bradshaw Junior High. Awards recognize courage companionship character service and scholarship for girls and honor courage scholarship leadership and service for boys, marking the district's eighth year of honors.
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Jaeger High
Jaeger Junior High
Bradshaw Junior High
American Legion
Sandy River
William Jack Mullins
Jaeger
Shirley Davis
Craig W. Varselen
Wanda S. Addair
Ronnie W. Estep
Ira Hagerman
Elizabeth Grizzle
Charles Roberts
Woman Guilty As Accessory In Slaying Case
Mrs. Ethel Hardman of Charleston was convicted as an accessory in the shotgun killing of her husband Justin Hardman at their summer home near St Albans. The court found her guilty after brief deliberation. the slayer Robert Ellard testified he killed for $1000. Ellard and others face sentencing as the case proceeds.
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Charleston
Ethel Hardman
South Charleston
Justin Hardman
Robert Lee Ellard
Hardman
St. Albans
Kanawha County Intermediate Court
Ellard
Mary Bennett
Judith Carte
Aveidad
Police Force 4 Men Short in Bluefield
Bluefield Police Department is four officers short of its 24 member capacity. Commission Chairman Johnny seeks to run another service examination soon after obtaining at least five applicants. Requirements include 21–35 years old, 5'9" tall, 145 pounds minimum, ninth grade education, Mercer County residency, and Armed Forces service counted as residency. Applications available from City Clerk Maxine Holm.
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Bluefield Police Department
Bluefield Police Civil Service Commission
Commission
Johnny Ee Ee Ee “Ae
Acruits
Mercer County
Maxine Holm
Bluefield
Truck Wreck Causes $15000 Damage At State Line
A tractor-trailer driven by Frederick R. Jackson, 26, of Hermitage, wrecked at the Virginia West Virginia line on Route 460 near Glen Lyn about 6:15 p m Tuesday. The truck overturned and burned after leaving the highway, injuring Jackson who was hospitalized at Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg for shoulder and possible internal injuries. The tractor, owned by Smith Brokerage of Birmingham Alabama, was said to have gone out of control when another vehicle pulled into the path of the rig.
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Virginia-West Virginia
Glen Lyn
Frederick R. Jackson
Rt. 1
Hermitage
Giles Memorial Hospital
Pearisburg
Gary W. Slater
Virginia
Slater
West Virginia
Smith Brokerage of
Birmingham
Slater Related
Escapees Recaptured After Fleeing Prison Slaughter House
Four knife wielding inmates from Huttonsville Medium Security escaped Monday from a prison slaughter house then disappeared into Monongahela National Forest. They were all serving 1 to 10 year terms for grand larceny. They were recaptured by Tuesday, with Joseph Cost 23 Monogalia County Jerry Jackson 17 Wyoming County Delmar Beha 21 Wood County and Dewey Spiltner 24 Marshall County.
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Huttonsville
Monongahela National Forest
Joseph Cost
Monogalia County
Jerry Jackson
Wyoming County
Delmar Beha
Wood County
Dewey Spiltner
Marshall County
Parents awarded 10000 in pool drowning suit
A Washington County Circuit jury awarded the boy’s parents 10000 after ruling the Martha Washington Inn pool in Abingdon, leased by the town for a summer program, lacked adequate lifeguard presence when 8 year old Donald Dale Anderson drowned on July 28, 1964.
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Abingdon
Washington County
Donald Dale Anderson
Ross Anderson
Rt. 4
Martha Washington Inn
Anderson
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Mortensen
Elizabeth Holcomb
George P. Stovall
J. D. Stovall
R. Kenneth Bailey
Roxie H. Bailey
U.S. Weather Bureau
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Rein
Midwest
Montana
Arizona
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
D. W. Evans
O. W. Evans
Norfolk and Western Railway
Bluefeld
Williamson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Greenville
Burr Evans
N&w Fuel Department
Williamson Chamber of Commerce
Kentucky Mining Institute
Kiwanis International
Williamson First Presbyterian Church
Alice McElroy
Grundy
Paul Price
J. B. Huyett
Falls Church
Carl Nemenz
Morris Bickel
Ralph Underwood
Fairview Cemetery
Ball Funeral Home Chapel
B. F. Scott
Falls Mills
F. C. Bussey
Kaeger
Scott
K. M. Lemon
Saint Paul
C. M. Johnson
Louisa, Ky
B. S. Scott Jr
William Hughes
William Casey
Pentecostal Followers of Jesus Christ Church
Wolfe
Dudley Griffin
N. A. Toler
Bryant Memorial Cemetery
Casey
New River
Lawrence
Ee Wooten Casey
McDowell County
Virginia Casey
Mary E. Parnell
Alberta Hood
Cleveland
Lugo
Cletis
James Francis
Fannie Harmon
James Keen
Kenneth Austin
Margaret Wright
Giles
Giles County
New River Tannery
Sheriff's Department
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Bonham Bros. Apple Co
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