McGovern Seeks Funds for 14 Liberal Senate Backers
Sen. George McGovern launches a 1970 Campaign Fund to support re election bids of 14 liberal Democratic senators named as progressive minded. The list includes Sens. Mansfield Kennedy Muskie Burdick Gore Hart Proxmire Tydings Williams Yarborough Young and others as conservatives raise large sums against them.
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Washington
George C
McGovern
D-S.d
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
South Dakota
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Quentin Burdick
North Dakota
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Philip Hart
Michigan
Gale McGee
Wyoming
Frank Moss
Utah
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Joseph Tydings
Maryland
Harrison A. Williams Jr
New Jersey
Six Youths Hurt In Single Vehicle Crash Near Murphys
A pickup driven by Danny Ross Jackson 17 of Davenport Va slid off a curve on Rt 605 near Murphys Va at 11 10 p m Saturday breaking 80 feet over an embankment and into a tree. Five passengers were hospitalized with injuries including Kay Guther land 16 Ann Shickler 16 Eddie Viers and Donald Bostic 18 with various injuries. Runyon 20 was listed in satisfactory condition. Jackson was charged with reckless driving.
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Buchanan County
Danny Ross Jackson
Davenport
Rt. 605
Murphys
Grundy, Va
Grundy Hospital
Kay Gutherland
Bee
Ann Shickler
Eddie Viers
Donald Bostic
Jerry Runyon
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bostic
Runyon
Ronnie O’quinn
H. Charleton III
Wytheville State Police
Danny Jackson
Funeral Prepared For Wrong Person
In Bombay India police believed a man who had used Va sudeva Sawant’s identity card was the victim of a train accident and prepared his funeral. Sawant overrode the mistaken presumption when the real identity surfaced.
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Bombay
India
Vasudeva Swant
Sawant
Britain faces vast strike losses in last year
A government survey shows Britain lost about 4.75 million man days due to strikes in the prior year, illustrating the scale of industrial action across the country.
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London
Britain
Deaths and Funerals in Regional Notices
Multiple obituaries list Samuel Honaker 85 of Richlands VA and several relatives. Other notices include Mrs James Holloway 93 Peterstown, Johnny Church 64 Breaks VA, Henson Lester 61 Cedar Bluff, and William Ellis in Bluefield. Funeral arrangements detail locations, times, and burial sites across Honaker Peterstown Grundy Cedar Bluff and related cemeteries.
Funeral notices from various Virginia towns list services today
Dora Mae Gyodosh 76 of Poca hontas Va. funeral 11 a m Rodriguez Poca hontas Funeral Home Chapel officiated by Father Patrick O Donoghue. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery Bluewell. Pallbearers James Reynolds Billy Reynolds Bobby Reynolds Bert Oley Carl Jennings Danny Danko. Mary Jane Perdue 86 Falls Mills Va. funeral 2 p m Mount Grove Baptist Church Browning Lambert Mountain Rev Roy Lacy officiating. Burial Bailey Cemetery Pallbearers Junior Perdue Randall Freddie Poff Junior Jones Sonny Pigg James Blevins Walter Sonny Miles. Flora Susan Davis 73 Bluefield Va. funeral 2 p m Mercer Funeral Home Chapel Bluefield Rev George Bulson officiating. Burial Walnut Grove Cemetery Pallbearers Dick Morris F L Bruce Charles C Johnson George E Munsey H R Shupe Kelly R Wilson Bruce Borders. Carrington Guy Nester 61 Bluefield funeral 10 30 a m Mercer Funeral Home Eldridge Liddle officiating. Burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery Pallbearers Kyle Fred Roger Bruce Dinger Archie Akers Joe Thomas. Rhonda Riffe 12 Kingston Tenn. funeral 2 p m Freewill Baptist Church Ikes Fork Rev Don Ellis Rev J W DePew Rev Long officiating. Burial Riffe Cemetery Ikes Fork Fanning Funeral Home Saeger in charge. James I Felty 51 Tazewell Va. funeral 2 30 p m Greever Funeral Home Chapel Burial Concord Cemetery Graton Va. Friends and Virginia Department of Highway Tazewell office members honorary pallbearers.
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Gydosh
Dora Mae
Pocahontas
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Funeral Home
Patrick O’donoghue
Woodlawn
Bluewell
James Reynolds
Billy Reynolds
Bobby Reynolds
Bert Oley
Carl Jennings
Danny Danko
Perdue
Mary Jane
Falls Mills
Mount Grove Baptist Church
Browning - Lambert Mountain
Roy Lacy
Bailey Cemetery
Junior Perdue
Randall
Freddie Poff
Junior Jones
Sonny Pigg
James Blevins
Walter
Sonny Miles
Graham Funeral Home
Bluefield
Nester
Carrington Guy
Mercer Funeral Home
Eldridge L. Liddle
Monte Vista Park
Kyle
Fred
Roger
Bruce Dinger
Archie Akers
Joe Thomas
Riffe, Rhonda
Kingsport
Tenn
Freewill Baptist Church
Ikes Fork
Don Ellis
J. W. DePew
Long
Riffe Cemetery
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Felty
James I
Tazewell
Greever Funeral Home
Tom West
Luther Lawson
Concord
Graton
Virginia Department of Highway
Cuba to conduct first census in 16 years on Aug 31
Havana reports Cuba will hold its first national census in 16 years on August 31. Unofficial estimates place the population at about 8.2 million.
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Havana
Cuba
Four students graduate from Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg
Four area students graduate on June 6 from Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg Virginia. The graduates are Lewis Andrew Foster Laurence Wygal Hancock John Tyler Warden and Charles Edward Green Jr. Each student earned honors and scholarships and plans to attend Vanderbilt University UNC Hampden Sydney College or local programs in September.
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Virginia Episcopal School
Lynchburg
Lewis Andrew Foster
J. L. Foster
Whitethorn St
Bluefield
Laurence Wygal Hancock
M. Hancock
Heatherwood Road
John Tyler Warden
J. F. Warden
Charles Edward Green, Jr
C. E. Green
Tazewell
Lewis
Vanderbilt University
Hancock
Morehead
University of North Carolina
Warden
Hampden- Sydney College
Green
Hampden-Sydney College
Jaycees Plan Music Contest in Narrows Virginia
The Narrows Jaycees sponsor their third annual fiddlers convention and folk song contest at Narrows Athletic Field on Saturday June 28. Grounds open at 9:00 a.m. for workshops with contests starting at 6:00 p.m. Prizes are awarded in eight categories including Fiddle Banjo Guitar Mandolin Band and Folk Song with new Mand and Folk Song divisions and a board contest. Entry is open to the public. 220 entrants may register via E W Ewald Narrows or G B Midkiff Narrows with phone contacts 726 3793 or 726 3110.
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Narrows
Jaycees
the Narrows Atheletic Field
Virginia
E. W. Ewald
Park Drive
G. B. Midkiff
Rowland St
One Killed Five Hurt In One Car Crash Martinsburg WV
A one car crash on route 45 in Martinsburg West Virginia killed 20 year old Geraldine Ballard and injured four others. State police said the car went out of control and the victim was thrown from the vehicle. Ballard died on arrival at Kings Daughters Hospital.
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Martinsburg
W.va
Geraldine Ballard
Kings Daughters Hospital
Truck Crash on Route 12 Engleside Road injures no one
Princeton State Police report a single accident on Mercer County highways Sunday. Randolph Scott, 53, of Suffolk Virginia, drove a truck under an underpass on Route 12 Engleside Road, top torn off, damages about 1500 dollars. He was charged with reckless driving.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Randolph Scott
Suffolk
Engleside Road
Scott
Robert Taylor Career Highlights and Credits Through 1967
Actor Robert Taylor born August 5 1911 in Filley Nebraska rose from Doane College cellist to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer star. His filmography includes Waterloo Bridge The Killers of Kilimanjaro and Ivanhoe with a noted stint as lead in Death Valley Days 1959 62 replacing Ronald Reagan.
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Oxford
Kilmanjaro
Taylor
Vision
Death Valley Days
U.S
Canadian
Ronald Reagan
California
Taylor Was
Filley, Neb
Spangler Andrew
Ruth Adelia Stanhope Brugh
Doane College
Crete
Neb
Robert
Doane
Herbert Gray
Pomona
Calif
College Dramatic Club
Hollywood Dramatic School
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Handy Andy
Will Rogers
Voters to Go To Polls In City Election
Voters will choose one candidate in each of five districts with top two advancing. Third and Fourth districts have only two filings each, guaranteeing nominations. Write-in votes possible for city Democratic and Republican Executive Committees. Fifteen polling places open 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
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Democratic
Democratic Party
Protestants Guard Unity in Geneva Ahead of Pope Visit
In Geneva thousands gathered around the Wall of the Reformers for an open air service to reaffirm Protestant faith and warn of superficial unity. About 4,000 sang hymns and questioned Rome while Geneva residents debate Pope Paul VI’s Tuesday visit amid anti Papal sentiment and hopes for improved Catholic relations.
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Geneva
Rome
John Calvin
Paul
Midway summit marks push toward Paris peace talks
President Nixon and South Vietnamese leader Thieu concluded private talks at Midway on goals for Paris negotiations. Kissinger, Laird, Rogers, Thanh, Vy joined high level teams as they observed the Midway Battle anniversary and discussed readiness to bargain with Hanoi and the Viet Cong.
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William P. Rogers
Melvin Laird
Tran Chanh Thanh
Nguyen van Vy
Midway
Nixon
Honolulu
North Vietnam
Paris
White House
Hanoi
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Nannie B. Honaker
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Jake
Jim Honaker
Raymond Honaker
Arthur Honaker
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Don Honaker
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Fay Honaker
Malissa Akers
Alabama
Russell Memorial Cemetery
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Peterstown
Rock
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Margie Godfrey Shewsbury
Canada
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Roncie
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Beckley
Edmond Hollaway
Emory Hollaway
Peterstown United Methodist Church
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Breaks
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Grundy
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Jack
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Hurst - Scott
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Tommy Patrick
Lester
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Henry Roberts
Earl Nipper
George Brown, Jr
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Jim Crandell
Mack Matney
Mrs. Cosby Davidson
Cosby Davidson Stone
Orlando, Fla
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Florida
Lawr Stone
Etta Kirby
Perrell
Tex
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Dallas
George W. Seaver Chapel
Bill Deel
William Jenning Ellis
Juniper Street
Hawkins Funeral Home
Walter Motley
Hemp Hill
Beard
Page Funeral Home
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Jaycees Plan Music Contest
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Land Carter
G. W. Gills
City Provision Co
East End
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Webb
Allan Connolly
Park Central High School
Phillip Jefferson
Bluefield Country Club
Spencer Thompson
Superior Sterling Co
Robert Taylor
Barbara Stanwyck
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Midway Base
Henry A. Kissinger
Nguyen Phu Duc
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Maxine P, Holm
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