Governors End 56th Conference With Election Computer Fear
Cleveland AP report states governors elected Grant Sawyer of Nevada as conference chairman and chose Minnesota for next year. They adopted reports including election computer concerns and urged a media talks panel to curb early broadcast of predicted results. The Republican side failed to unite on platform principles amid Goldwater gains.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Grant Sawyer
Nevada
D-Nev
Governors’ Conference Committee
Far West
Sawyer
Barry Goldwater
Republican Platform Committee
Goldwater
Arizona
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Therapy Begins On Mounted Arm After Crash
A Virginia report says West Virginia trucker W T Marks whose right arm was severed and sewn back on three weeks ago is advancing with daily physical therapy. Doctors note good elbow movement and adequate circulation though a small skin patch at the elbow stub slows healing. Plans call for Marks to stay at Rockingham Memorial Hospital then transfer to the University of Virginia Hospital for further therapy and artificial-hand fitting.
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West Virginia
W. T. Marks
Marks
Nitro
W. Va
Bluefield
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
University of Virginia Hospital
Charlottesville
Students Attend 17th YMCA Camp at Horseshoe Parsons
110 West Virginia high school leaders join the 17th annual YMCA outing at Camp Horseshoe Parsons for a weekly session. McDowell County participant Mariella Peters of Bradshaw is sponsored by the Laeger Junior Women's Club along with Wyoming County delegates David Blankenship of New Richmond and Robert Browning of Pineville sponsored by the Pineville Lions Club. The program, run by the Ohio West Virginia YMCA Council, centers on the theme My Role As A Youth Leader.
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McDowell County
Wyoming County
West Virginia
Camp Horseshoe
Parsons
Mariella Peters
Bradshaw
McDowell
Daily Telegraph circulation audit notice and rates
Official notice from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph detailing circulation auditing by the Audit Bureau of Circulation and advertising rates set for Virginia zones. Provides subscription price of 26.00 per year and information on how rates are furnished on application.
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Therenemous Co
Tie
Audit Bureau “of Circulation
Chamber Eyes Joining Unit
The Bluefield Chamber of Commerce may become a cooperative member of the U S Department of Commerce. Fred Langenheim cited discussions with Ray DePaulo in Charleston and said a decision may come from the executive committee next Monday. The office aims to help local firms expand markets domestically and abroad, prioritizing small businesses.
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Bluefield
DePaulo
U. S. Department of Commerce
West Virginia Boys State Officers Sworn In
The 27th West Virginia Boys State elected officers were sworn in by State Supreme Court Judge Chauncey Browning. Tom Way of Huntington was named governor with his Board of Public Works, David Darby of Morgantown as Speaker of the House, and Bob Allman of Parkersburg as Senate President. The encampment runs through Saturday with WVU President Paul A. Miller addressing the 350 youths.
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West Virginia University
Paul A. Miller
Rajasthan Declares 6045 Villages Scarcity Affected
The Rajasthan government in Jaipur declares 6045 villages scarcity affected due to crop failures since last November. Thousands of tons of food grains from the United States have been rushed in to alleviate shortages.
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Jaipur
India
Rajasthan
United States
Parkers To Lead Friday Services at Peel Chestnut Gospel Tabernacle
Rex and Eleanor Parker will conduct Friday services at Peel Chestnut Gospel Tabernacle on June 12 at 7 30 p m near Pocahontas Virginia in Tazewell County. The Parker associates will assist.
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Rex and
Eleanor Parker
Peel Chestnut Gospel Tabernacle
Tabernacle
Pocahontas
Tazewell County
Baptist Women Convene 58th Annual Session at Union Church
The 58th annual Flat Top Baptist Woman's Convention will meet at Union Baptist Church from June 15 to June 18. Mrs. Lola Mack serves as district president.
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Baptist
Flat Top Baptist Woman's Convention
Union Baptist Church
Lola Mack
Smart Takes First in Handicap Race at Suffolk Downs
Smart a 31 shot owned by Christiana Stable won the 55 200 added Massachusetts Handicap at Suffolk Downs by a head over Sunrise County. Sunrise County led early, Steel Viking placed third, Sai dam faded to last in the six horse field as Smart closed in the stretch.
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Boston
Smart
Christiana Stable
Massachusetts
Suffolk Downs
Eldon Nelson
Townsend B. Martin
Sunrise County
W. H. Grinold
Steel Viking
Saidam
Manuel Ycaza
Bill Hartack
Smoking-Cancer Link Held Certain
New York AP Surgeon General Luther Terry asserted there is no longer any doubt that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer and other diseases. He warned it will take at least 10 years to end Americans' smoking habit and urged a long term national program, focusing on youth, with voluntary agencies leading a full scale attack.
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New York
Luther Terry
Terry
American Cancer Society
Sicily hit by hail damages crops and vineyards
Hail swept eastern Sicily damaging crops vineyards and olive groves in Messina area while snow fell on Mt Etna top observers report.
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Messina
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Ex Davy Man James F Green Dies By Gunshot in Cleveland
James F. Green 43 of Cleveland formerly of Davy in McDowell County died of a self inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Cleveland on Tuesday. He moved from Davy to Cleveland in 1982 and is survived by his wife Margaret, a son in the US Army at Fort Thomas, several daughters, two brothers, and his mother Grace Cook Green. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Davy Methodist Church with burial at Justice Cemetery. Pallbearers named, call at Fanning Funeral Home in Welch.
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James F. Green
Cleveland
Davy
McDowell County
Winding Gulf
Grace Cook Green
Levi Green
Margaret Green
Larry W. Green
United States Army
Fort Thomas
Virginia
Patricia
Charlotte
Elizabeth Green
K. G. Green
L. D. Green
Roanoke
Davy Methodist Church
James Cottrell
Perry Stone
Justice Cemetery
Asco
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
August Carmen
James Bradley
Bruce Gilley
Howard Worthington
Everett Davidson
Tom Hornbuckle
State Capitol News Roundup
Interstate waiting centers on private utility lines damaged by interstate highway work. PSC chief Hodgson says owners must seek damages themselves as lines are privately owned and unmapped. Rhododendron showboat to expand repertoire opening Friday in Montgomery. June circuit includes Charleston and a Shakespearean classic. Board of Public Works delays $100,000 park land fund shift and $30,000 PSC space buy. Natural Resources issues Sportsmans Booklet with lodging near hunting grounds priced 1.50 to 10 dollars daily.
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Interstate
Public Service Commission
Joseph E. Hodgson
PSC
Hodgson
Rhododendron
Montgomery
Rhododendron Players
Charleston
Board of Public Works
Department of Natural Resources
Department
West Virginia
Vertical Takeoff Plane Kills Pilot in Marietta Crash
A Hummingbird vertical takeoff and landing plane crashed in a suburban backyard in Marietta Georgia killing the pilot. Lockheed Aircraft said the pilot did not eject during the test for the Army Transportation Research Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta, Ga
Lockheed Aircraft
Army Transportation Research Command
Police Report For Last Month Shows Large Stolen Value
Property valued at 36087 was stolen in Bluefield during May 1954 per Police Chief William J Winters. The report notes a 1963 May theft of 4843 and compares yearly totals, with a $32000 hold up at East Wayne Street cited as a major spike. Four arrests connected to the crime. one defendant awaits Mercer County grand jury action. three men seek July extradition.
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Bluefield
William J. Winters
Winters
East Wayne Street
Mercer County Intermediate Court
Princeton
Washington
D. C
Maryland
Bedford Teener Drowns In Pond
A Bedford 16 year old boy Robert Lee Clayton drowned in a farm pond near Bedford Virginia on Wednesday afternoon. Four companions tried to rescue him after a diving incident but he sank in eight to nine feet of water. The Bedford Rescue Squad recovered the body around 2 30 p m and attempted artificial respiration. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Billy Claytor.
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Bedford
Here
Robert Lee Clayton
Crumpacker Farm
Virginia
Claytor
Billy Claytor
Nervy Thief Cracks Madison Store for $36,000 in Jewelry
A nervy thief broke a Madison Avenue jewelry store window on Wednesday using a glass cutter and wrench, stealing a bracelet with 135 diamonds totaling 32.5 carats and a platinum pin with 138 diamonds weighing 23.7 carats. He escaped into midday crowds along Lexington Avenue as police pursued.
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New York
Madison Avenue
Ward Street
Lexington Avenue
Madison
Livestock Group Set Meeting in Richmond Virginia
Kemper Gilmer of Lebanon in Russell County Virginia an outstanding Four Hope project developer will join state wide Four members at a livestock operators meeting in Richmond Virginia June 18 19 20 Gilmer will attend the marketeers section of the national meeting The marketeers are sons and daughters of adult members of the Certified Livestock Markets Association The program for the marketeers includes business sessions and tours Richmond Largestown and Williamsburg
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Kemper Gilmer
Lebanon
Russell County
Richmond
Gilmer
Certified Livestock Markets Association
Jargestown
Williamsburg
Rites Held For Archer T Allen And Several Notables
Funeral notices report Archer Tanpley Allen of McComas dies in Bluefield Sanatorium. Rites at Cravens Chapel Bluewell with burial at Egeria Cemetery. survivors include wife Vida Allen and three sons. Additional obituaries include Archer Carter and Herman Kipfinger with services in Richlands and Bluewell, and Mrs Bethel Johnson in Bluefield. Services detail burial sites and pallbearers.
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Cravens
Bluewell
Archer Tanpley Allen
McComas
Bluefield Sanitarium
William Daugherty
Egeria Cemetery
Cofer Pennington
Robert Vawter
Ferrell Boyd
Morgan Martin
Walter Muncey
David Perkins
United Mine Workers
Methodist Church
Allen
Egan
Valerie Allen
Mercer County
Vida E. Mills Allen
Robert B. Allen
Washington, D. C
Weldon T. Allen
Miami, Fla
Paul W. Allen
Las Vegas
Nev
Ann Dunford
Jacksonville
Fla
J. J. Ratcliffe
Strasburg
Sally Mills
Roanoke, Rapids
N. C
Orey Powell
Alberta
Wheeler Allen
Henderson
John Allen
la Crosse
Montcalm
Daniel Harman 88 dies in Richlands hospital
Daniel Jaeger Harman aged 88 dies Wednesday morning in a Richlands hospital. He lived with his daughter Lou Hayes in Mavisdale and was a retired miner and Freewill Baptist member. Surviving are his wife Rosa, five sons, two other daughters, 38 grandchildren, 57 great grandchildren, four great great grandchildren, a sister and a brother. Funeral rites held at Hurst Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands with two ministers. burial in Harman Cemetery at Cedar Bluff.
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Daniel Jaeger Harman
Richlands
Lou Hayes
Mavisdale
Rosa Burress Harman
Freewill Baptist Church
Tazewell County
Mitchell
Mary Fletcher Harman
Aretta Mullins
Warriormine
Mattie Stacy
Roanoke
Henry Harman
Cedar Bluff
Emory Harman
Roosevelt Harman
Napoleon
Ohio
Mack Harman
Lansing
Mich
William Harman
Costa Mesa
Calif
Susie Harrison
James Harman
Care
Mabel Nash LaForce 63 Dies in Grundy Virginia
Mrs. Mabel Nash LaForce 63 wife of A C LaForce of Grundy Virginia died Wednesday morning at a daughter’s home. Surviving include husband two daughters four grandchildren one great grandchild three brothers and three sisters. Funeral at 11 a m Saturday Harman Regular Baptist Church with three ministers officiating. Burial Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill Virginia. Noon from Virginia Funeral Home Grundy.
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Mabel Nash LaForce
A. C. LaForce
Grundy
Thelma Kiser
Frances LaForce
Beecher
Howard
Bill Nash
Lebanon
Maggie Buckles
Ellen Litton
Jane Rasnick
Bishop
Harman
Regular Baptist Church
Elmer Church
Johnny Layne
Casby Conaway
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Virginia Funeral Home
Death of Raymond Osborne in Richlands Virginia
Raymond Osborne age 36 of Richlands Virginia died in a Richlands hospital on Wednesday. Survived by his parents James L and Mrs Rosie Osborne of Richlands three sisters Mrs Wiley Hubbard Swords Creek Virginia Mrs Ervin Davis Cedar Bluff Virginia and Osborne of Raven Virginia Curley Osborne Grundy Virginia Burley Osborne Pilgrims Knob Virginia. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and the body is at Farm ers Funeral Home in Richlands.
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Raymond Osborne
Richlands
James L
Rosie Osborne
Wiley Hubbard
Swords Creek
Ervin Davis
Cedar Bluff
Osborne
Raven
Curley Osborne
Grundy
Burley Osborne
Pilgrims Knob
Farmers Funeral Home
Infant Betty Lynn Wood dies. services in Eckman Cemetery
Betty Lynn Wood infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Wood of Eckman Mc Dowell County died in a Welch hospital Monday. Survivors include sister Pam Wood and brother Kenneth Wood Jr. Funeral services and burial set for 2 p.m. today at Eckman Cemetery Fan ning Funeral Home Welch in charge. Mae Ruth Meade Smith 28 wife of Roy Smith of Bluefield died Wednesday night in St Luke's Hospital. Daughter of Verlin Meade of New York and Lucy Mae Wilson of Bland Va. Body at Mercer Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Allen Brown Carter
Richlands
Zed V
Lena B. Carter
Cal
Mary Carter Preston
Bristol
Guy P. Carter
Windermere
Fla
Farmer Funeral Home
Gaines Tatum
Roy Wilson
Willy Lester
D. R. Williamson
Cecil Vermiliion
Charles Ratcliff
Charles Combs
Arnold P. Brown
H. V. Lindsey
Dr. G. D. Vermilya
Homer Allen
J. P. Royall
Eldridge Brown
W. W. Fields, Sr
W. R. Williams, Jr
R. G. Flannary, Jr
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Bluefield
Bethel L. Johnson
Mary Gunn
Depot St
James A. Palmer
A. M. Henry
Oak Grove
Johnson
Radford
Henry
Ida Johnson
Gunn
Dorothy J. Brown
Raymond Johnson
Newark
N. J
Isadore Harris
Jacob King
Akers Law
Joseph Watkins
Benjamin Pearson
George C. Saunders
Alice Harris
Beatrice James
The
Missionary Society of the Church
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Fannie Mae _ Sparks Grizzle
Henry Patton Grizzle
Whitewood
Bluefield Sanitarium
Ervin Sparks
Kensington
Oma Gouge
Arlington, Va
Garnie Vanover
Verlie Meonald
Claude Cole
Curtis Cole
Orlando
Stewart Owens
Landon Colley
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Jessee C. Farmer
Jessee Cordell Farmer
Hertford
N. C
Mary Johnson Farmer
Augusta St
Linda Anne
Thomas C. Farmer
Roger Lee Farmer
Germany
Williford Funeral Home
Edenton
Betty Lynn Wood
Kenneth Wood
Eckman
McDowell County
Welch Hospital
Pam Wood
Eckman Cemetery
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Mae M. Smith
Mae Ruth Meade Smith
Roy Smith
Summers St
St. Luke's Hospital
Verlin Meade
New York
Lucy Mae Wilson
Bland, Va
Mercer Funeral Home
Stowers Rites Planned for Bastian Resident
Route 1 Bastian Virginia resident died Tuesday in St Luke s Hospital Rev Lee Ellis to officiate burial set for Mountain View Cemetery Chilhowie Virginia The widow Newton Watson Stowers had lived with nephew A P Boling for 16 years
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Bastian
St. Luke’s Hospital
Lee Ellis
Mountain View Cemetery
Chilhowie
Reid Addresses Class Tonight at Park Central High
W C Reid assistant superintendent of Raleigh County Schools Beckley will deliver the 38th annual commencement address at Park Central High School tonight at 8 p m The graduation honors 80 graduates Reid has served since 1959 and previously led Stratton High School and Byrd Prillerman High School He holds degrees from Lincoln University and the University of Michigan and has studied at several other institutions The Park Central Band and Glee Club directed by Winston Q Jones and Olivia H Cannady will perform Diplomas will be presented by J B Robst a Board of Education member
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W. C. Reid
Raleigh County
Beckley
Park Central High School
Reid
Stratton High School
Byrd Prillerman
Amigo
The
American Red Cross
Mental Health Association
Raleigh County Dental Council
City Traffic Control Commission
Raleigh County Welfare Assembly
Lincoln University
Lincoln
University of Michigan
University of Pennsylvania
University of Nevada
West Virginia School For the Deaf and Blind
Institute
Park Central Band and Glee Club
Winston Q. Jones
Olivia H. Cannady
J.&. Bobtst
Board of Education
Elect
Richmond Lands High School Ace Larry Smith
Larry Smith a 6 foot 3 quarterback from Pennington High School signed with the University of Richmond. Spider coach Ed Merrick said Smith will attract fans at City Stadium and boost the offense. Smith scored seven touchdowns and passed for three last season, totaling 1 350 yards in offense and averaged 38.9 yards on punts. He earned 13 letters in four sports and narrowed his choices to Richmond despite ACC and SoCon offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Larry Smith
Pennington High School
University of Richmond
Ed Merrick
Larry
Merrick
City Stadium
Carl Bolt
Danny DeFalco
Pennington
Stag Night Tonight at Bluefield Country Club
Golfers are invited to a stag night at Bluefield Country Club tonight featuring a cocktail hour and dinner. All male members, especially those in the Red and Blue Tournament, are urged to attend with reservations advised today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Country Club
Foreign private investment in Pakistan tops eighty million
Pakistan reports foreign private investment of 81 million dollars for the five years ending last December. Britain and the United States are among the main sources, along with West Germany Japan Switzerland Italy Sweden and Holland out of 27 contributing countries.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Britain
United States
West Germany
Japan
Switzerland
Italy
Sweden
Holland
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Kimball
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Columbus
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Woodlawn Cemetery
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