Crockett Pleads Guilty in Bluefield Bomb Plot
Paul Crockett Jr., 18, Kingsport Tenn., admitted conspiracy to bomb Bluefield State College Health and Physical Education Building. Judge placed him on two years probation after testimony praising his character and community efforts. Several co-defendants faced varying outcomes as the case moved through Mercer County court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Crockett, Jr
Bluefield State College
Crockett
Kingsport
Tenn
Bluefield State
Mercer County
Lon V. Boyd
Ben B. White, Jr
Princeton
Howard M. Jarrett
Boyd
Dobbins -Bennett High School
First Witness
Paul Crockett
Paul
Bluefield
David W. Knight
Possi
Knight
David Burton
Jarrett
Cocke
Edgar James
William Cecil Travis, Jr
Willow Grove
Nathaniel Bernard Johnson
Crumpler
Shannon Dwight Banks
Lewis Tyrone Turner
Huntington
N. Y
Bramwell Vote Validated Final 56 Challenged
Final tabulations show Mayor Glen Scott 211 defeating D W McCormick 157. Town recorder Steve Dudash 279 running unopposed. Five council members elected from nine candidates: Jim Collins 212 Jack Lewis 207 Dodd Mortensen 197 Roger Goings 188 Joe Cook 178. Other vote totals listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bramwell
Glen Scott
D. W. McCormick
Steve Dudash
Town Recorder
Jim Collins
Jack Lewis
Dodd Mortensen
Roger Goings
Joe Cook
Catherine Barringer
Fred Duff
Earl Buckner
Floyd Bostian
Two Area Students Earn Salem College Degrees
Two area residents received degrees at Salem College in Winston-Salem on June 8. Anne Stuart Flory of Bluefield earned a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Mary Crawford Schaub of Tazewell Virginia earned a Bachelor of Music in piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem College
Winston-Salem
N. C
Anne Stuart Flory
Bluefield
Shirley W. Stuart
C. W. Stuart
Huntington
Mary Crawford Schaub
Hampton B. Crawford
Tazewell
Banks raise prime lending rates triggering housing concerns
Lawmakers oppose the general rate hike as banks start increasing the prime rate. Representative James A. Burke argues the move disrupts the housing market, saying families earning under $12,000 yearly cannot buy homes. Bankers Trust Co. led the round, with other banks matching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
James A. Burke
Dmass
Bankers Trust Co
New York
Negroes Back Allan Connolly For City Board Seat
A Bluefield NAACP spokesman said the Negro community backs Allan B. Connolly in the Fifth District on the city board of directors race. Rev. Carrollton H. Jackson noted wide Negro leadership support and urged white community aid for good government. Other Negro candidates in the race are Philip Jefferson and J Spencer Thompson challenging Henry C. Webb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAACP
Bluefield
Allan B. Connolly
Carrollton H. Jackson
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Mercer County
Connolly
Jackson
Park Central High School
Roosevel t High Grad Breaks Up Uneventful Commencement
In Seattle Roosevelt High School graduation for 640 pupils turned lively when 18 year old Carol Streib strode on stage and did a cartwheel. The stunt disrupted a 2000 person audience before Principal Richard West intervened to review the incident with Streib and his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Roosevelt High School
Carol Streib
Streib
Carol
University of Washington
Richard West
Hayes Found Guilty In Threatening Letter Case
Robert Clayton Hayes of Harrisburg Pennsylvania was found guilty by a Bluefield federal court jury of extortion for sending a November 8 letter to Dr. Wendell Hardway president of Bluefield State College containing a violent threat signed Black Power. The verdict followed fingerprint evidence and Hayes denial that he authored the letter. A motion for a new trial was set for Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Clayton Hayes
Harrisburg
United States District Court
Bluefield
Sidney L. Christie
Hayes
Charleston
U. S. District Court
Wendell Hardway
Bluefield State College
Hardway
Dr. Hardway
U. S
Charles Love III
F.B.I
Boston
Mass
Robert D. Warden
Boston State College
BSC
Local Deaths in Tazewell County Area
Multiple obituaries for residents of Tazewell County and nearby areas. Notices include India Nash of Bluefield and other locals such as Rev. William Ellis and John Wesley Jones Jr. with details on births, marriages, survivors, funeral plans, and burial sites across Bailey Methodist, First Church of God, and local cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India Jane Nash
Tazewell County
Bluefield
Falls Mills
Paris
Patricia Perdue Wagner
Wade M. Nash
Bailey Methodist Church
William S. Slagle
Maple Hill Cemetery
West Graham
Eddie, Dickie
Kenneth Nash
Steve Melcher
Pat McNulty, Jr
Wayne Arnold
Joe Gaine
Tommy Williamson
Joe Blackwell
Graham Funeral Home
The
W.S.C.S
William Jenning Ellis
Juniper St
Bluefeld
Rocky Mt
Warren P
Molly Mattox Ellis
First Church of God
Maxwell, Va
William K. Ellis
Clarence W. Ellis
Thompson
Ohio
Ralph J. Ellis
Orlando
Fla
Clarence Thompson
Bland
Jack Kidd
North Tazewell
Lee Bailey
Naomi Pereshkian
Richard Ellis
Rhone Mt
Rosa Lynch
Bessie Coan
Roanoke
Alice Stalcup
Marion, Va
South St
H. Clay Dunaway
Monte Vista Park
Hawkins Funeral Home
John Wesley Jones JR
Worth
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Galilee Baptist Church
Arlington
Samuel T. Cannaday
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bluewell
John Wesley
Elizabeth Coles Jones
Luther Patterson Post
Kimball
UMWA
Crumpler
Obituaries From Bluefield Area Include Five Diagnosed Deaths
Obituaries report the deaths of Lula Frances Helvey of Bluefield, David Akers of Bluefield, Steve Popp of Wolfe, and Paris Mitchell of Davy plus funeral arrangements. Helvey left a Westminster Presbyterian legacy with a large family and grandchildren. Akers died after a long illness with services pending at Hawkins Funeral Home. Popp died of a heart attack at home with arrangements pending at Rodriguez Pocahontas Funeral Home. Mitchell died after a long illness with services pending at Fanning Funeral Home Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Landon Quesenberry
Honaker
Clinch Valley Clinic
Richlands
Floyd County
Amos B
Charity Quesenberry
Indian Valley
Miranda Quesenberry
Paul W. Quesenberry
Bluefield
Jack Quesenberry
John K. Quesenberry
Dearborn
Mich
Richard A. Quesenbery
Williamsburg
Edmund Quesenberry
Dublin
Kinser Quesenberry
Willis
Ellen Smith
Texas Martin
Vaughan - Guyann - McGrady
Quesenberry
Clevie Nestor
Charles Henry Bays
Kimball
Cannelton Coal Co
Superior
Henderson Funeral Home Chapel
Saltville
Lawrence Hudson
Plasterco
Mt. Rose Cemetery
Glade Springs
Cannelton Coaf Co
UMWA
Navy
Air Force
Jeanette Bays
Justin Stanley Bays
Vietnam
Willie Frances Bays
Clinchburg
Dewey Bays
Elkhart
Ind
Clyde Cornett
Bristol
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Henderson Funeral Home
Grace Merriow Sinter
Mullens Funeral Home
Lee McGlothlin
Hawkins Cemetery
Sinter
Virginia Beach
Lula Frances Helvey
Preston Street
South Charleston
Oliver Counts
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Virginia Arnold
Chesapeake
Paul W. Helvey
Portsmouth
Frank W. Helvey
Hawkins Funeral Home
David Thomas Akers
Pearl St
Steve Popp
Wolfe
Rodriguez - Pocahontas Funeral Home
Pocahontas, Va
Paris Mitchell
Davy
Royal Rookie Harris sidelined with ankle sprain
Kansas City Royals rookie Bill Harris suffers a badly sprained left ankle on the final play of the game with Boston and will be out indefinitely. The Associated Press reports the injury information.
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Associated Press
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Bluefield
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. P
New Orleans
New York
Okla City
Omaha
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Rapid City
Joe Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Sk
City
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Winnipeg
Bill Harris
Kansas City Royals
Harris
Evangelist From Los Angeles Guest Speaker at Vesper Hour
An evangelist from Los Angeles was the guest speaker at Bluefield Community Center for the Monday night Vesper Hour. Mrs. Elizabeth Graves of California spoke on Humble Yourselves and urged turning from selfish lusts. Bluefield’s Mrs. Emma White spoke on Make A Joyful Noise Unto the Lord. Miss Jewell Wilson was mistress of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
Bluefield Community Center
Elizabeth Graves
California
PC's Top Two Grads Named
Two Bluefield students head Park Central High School 1969 class as valedictorian and salutatorian. James William Saunders son of Mr and Mrs James Saunders Sr of 127 Park Street Bluefield tops the class and plans to attend West Virginia State College. Carolyn Akins daughter of Mrs Mary Cook is the salutatorian and held Student Council representative role plus Science Fair participant and cheerleading captain. She will attend West Virginia State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Park Central High School
James William Saunders
James Saunders
Park Street
Saunders
West Virginia State College
Carolyn Akins
Mary Cook
Park Central
Akins
City Voters Set Ballots in District Election Amid Redistricting Suit
Voters will choose one candidate in each of five districts with top two advancing to a July 1 general election for two year terms after a Mer cer Circuit Court redistricting suit. Winners gain two year terms. committees lack filed candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northside
Allan Connolly
Park Central
Philip G. Jefferson
Bluefield Country Club
J. Spencer Thompson
Superior - Sterling Co
Henry Webb
Mercer Circuit
T. Courtney Tanner
Bluefield
F. Morton Wagner
Job Growth Slows in Recent Months Amid Slump
The Bureau notes employment growth slowed in the past three months with February to May payroll gains averaging 100,000 monthly, versus 325,000 from September to February. Goods producing sectors led gains while service industry rose slower. average work week fell to 37.7 hours overall and stayed at 40.8 for manufacturing.
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Paul Crockett Jr
Tennessean
H. C. Kiser
Kiser
Robert Gaines
Gaines
White
Earl Layne
Dobbins Bennett High School
Layne
W. H. Rozier
Boys Club of America
Travis
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bland Street
Eld
W. Va
West Virginia
the Rats Inc
Banks
Johnson
Turner
T. C. Hill
Grad
J. S. Redmond
Christie
Mrs
India Nash
William Nash
Yards
Charles E. Nash
Roy
Mack
Lucian
Wade Nash
H. Edward Steele
George Melcher
Pat McNulty
Nick Hodock
J. E. Wagner
Sanford Ayers
William Ellis
Everet Walker
Lashmeet
James B
Rebecca Lambert Walker
Belva Kester Walker
Dewey Walker
Paul Walker
Glen Wood Park
Ralph Walker
Matoaka
Cody Walker
Velma Bailey
Mae Roach
Ila Thenz
Miami, Fla
Ruby Hurst
Vessie Walker
Bailey Funeral Home
Edgar Lilly
Murt Lilly
George Foley
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Alice Ethel Marrs
Canebrake
S. E
Jenny Coolage Waldron
Arthur Marrs
Mary Ellen Jackson
Hartwell
Shelby Jean Corella
Falls Church
Jess Waldron
Oak Hill
Free
Mabel Johnson Jones
Loretta Evonne Pope
Edward Fugene Jones
New Haven
Conn
Charlie Jones
Philadelphia
William Jones
Hamden
Gracie Houndshell
Hartford
Valerie Horton
Callie Jones
Mary A. Garland
Elresso Johnson
Inez Brown
Ivory Brown
James Brooks
Winston DeHart
John Hairston
Calvin Glenn
Thomas Phillips
Robert Rhinehart
James Edwards
Willie Chapman
Harold Calloway
Missionary Society of Galilee Baptist Church
Linkford- Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Oie Jackson
SHELL
Oie Jackson Shell
Pocahontas
Eckman
Mason Newton Shell
Lucinda Houck Shell
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Boissevain
Pocahontas Baptist Church
William Davis
Grandview Memory Garden
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Masonic Lodge No. 24
Rodriguez- Pocahontas Funeral Home
Nathan Sinter
Tony Keene
Keene Mountain
Willard White
William Brinkley
West Palm Beach
Arthur Auville
Patricia Sinter
Joseph Vernon Adams
M. H. Adams
Meada Monk
Dora Oney
St. Paul
Albert Estes Sorah
Anna Sorah
Albert Henry Sorah
US Steel
Gary
Margaret Evans Sorah
Ester Stuart Sorah
Roderfield
Ronald Lee Sorah
Big Four
Bryant Keith Sorah
Anna Mae Haggerty
Fort Meade
Katie Ball
Geneva Beeman
North Carolina
Claude Sorah
Hillsville
Elmer Houston Sorah
John
James Sorah
Jack Sorah
Baltimore
Thomas Sorah
Michigan
Church of Christ At
Frank Helmandollar
John McPeak
Saeger
Richard Wiley
Rocky Gap
Glen Cregger
Ceres
Darlene Wiley
Richard
William
Steve Wiley
Annie Carver Bowles
Bastian
Frank Caudill
William Bowles
Baileysville
Ralph Bowl
Cavanaugh K. Tinney
Rodherfield
Richmond, Va
Veterans Hospital
Premier
Pentecostal Holiness Church
H. B. Grose
Tony Vraehl
Pilton Gray
Sherman Greer
Ed Mahaffey
Ernest Jones
Otto Tessner
Bete
U.S. Weather Bureau
ESSA
West
Southwest
Midwest
South
Royal
Pc’s
City Voters
Stephens
Robert Thornhill
West End
Leland Carter
G. W. Gills
City Provision Co
East End
Lewis Cook
Paul Myles
Norfolk & Western Railway
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