Get-Away Jewelry Robbery Ends With Shooting
A 16 year old, Lloyd Washington, a junior employee of H G Realty Co, was wounded in a jewelry store heist at Livingston Jewlers. Two masked robbers fled in a 1959 black Ford after forcing manager Edward Jeckman and retrieving diamonds and rings from a safe. Washington was treated at George Washington Hospital and listed as satisfactory.
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Washington
G. A. Morena
Edward Jeckman
Jackman
the Smithy Co
Navy Boosts Pacific Fleet Strength Through 1964 Buildup
Navy officials in San Diego disclose that the Pacific Fleet grew by 95 ships and 75,000 personnel since August 1964, raising totals to 225,000 officers and 74,000 Marines with 3,000 aircraft and 479 ships. Adm. Roy L. Johnson discusses blockade options against Haiphong and praises Swift boats for coastal patrols aiding Market Time operations.
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San Diego
Calif
Nana
U. S. Navy
Adm
Roy L. Johnson
Gulf of Tonkin
Johnson
7Th Fleet
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Navy League
Viet Nam
Coast Guard
Bluefield Daily Telegraph 1893 Advertising and Circulation Note
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces its 1893 publication details with address 412 Bland Bluefield West Virginia and carrier rates five ten cents weekly atmosphere.
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The
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Dispatches
Pathetherein
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of
Deaths and Funerals: Harman Dunn Looney and Others
Obituaries and funeral notices list Hubert Harman of Grundy Virginia who died after a brief illness at 63, survived by wife Maude Harman and many children, with services at Grundy Funeral Home. Also listed are Thomas Dunn of Bluefield, Maude Looney of Royal City, Bud Davis of Wolford, Kate Martin formerly of Athens, and Maggie Cooley of Twin Branch with service updates and burial plans.
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Hubert Lee Harman
Grundy
University of Virginia
Chartiesville
Mathais
Fannie Underwood Harman
H. E. Harman Coal Company
Maude Justus Harman
June Bruce
Woodbridge
Bill Harman
Tommy Harman
Slate
Robert Harman
Jimmy Harman
Richmond
David Heman
United States Air Force
Fla
Mary Coleman
Bradshaw
Margaret Collins
Raysal
Nannie Atwell
Bartley
Herbert Harman
California
Charlie Harman
Gauley Bridge
Hulin Harman
Woodrow Harman
Grundy Funeral Home
Clarence Greenleaf
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Thomas B. Dunn
Bluefield
Southern Pines
N. C
Dunn
American Cyanamid
Elizabeth Peacock Dunn
Mark M’ller
Chattanooga
Scarsdale
N. Y
Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church
Griffith Funeral
Cannonsburg
Oak Grove
Maude Mae Looney
Royal City
Grundy Hospital
Marshall C. Looney
Glenn Kaiser
Clintwood
Sarah Hale
Lebanon
Luther Fletcher
Bristol
Terry Fletcher
Rowe
Grundy Baptist Church
James Pickens
Perry Smith
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Virginia Funeral Home
Bud Davis
Wolford
Church of God
Stacy
Orville Thacker
Ancil Childress
Davis
Pamela Davis
Sam Davis
Walford
Kate Martin
Massillion
Ohio
Athens
Doctor's Hospital
A. J. Stewart
Massillion Baptist Temple Church
Zinnie Martin
Athens Road
Princeton
Maggie Cooley
Magge Cooley
Twin Branch
McDowell County
Welch
Fanning Funeral Home
Antique Auto Club To Meet In Roanoke
About 300 antique cars from the Atlantic Seaboard will converge in Roanoke Virginia for the spring meeting of the Eastern Division of the Antique Automobile Club of America on June 17 1819. This marks Roanoke’s first hosting of the group though many members attended Glidden Tours here in prior years.
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Roanoke
Atlantic Seaboard
Antique Automobile Club of American
AACA
Bluefield Community Center weekly activity schedule
The Bluefield Community Center announces the week of June 13 to 17 activities led by Mr Panzen R Jones executive director. Monday includes Ministerial Alliance at 11 a.m Vesper service at 6 30 p.m Omega Psi Phi Fraternity at 8 p.m Tuesday features Children's Art and Crafts at 1 20 p.m with Katharine White as president Thelma Gibson vice president Willa Neal secretary Ann Steels treasurer Wednesday offers Mid Week Bridge at noon Girl Scout Troop 287 at 3 30 p.m Sewing class at 6 p.m Thursday hosts Pioneer Civic Club at noon board of directors meeting at 7 30 p.m with Mamie Brown chair Edna Platnick president Friday closes with Sewing Class at 2 p.m.
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Panzen R. Jones
Bluefield Community Center
N. J. Dickerson
A. R. Fleshman
Ann Wilson
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
C. W. Tiffany
Panzen Jones
Katherine White
Thelma Gibson
Willa Neal
Ann Steels
Irene Harris
Ieader
Thomas Ferguson
Pioneer Civic Club
C W. Tiffany
Mamie Brown
Edna Platnick
Former Actress Ethel Clayton Dies at 82 in Oxnard
Former silent film star Ethel Clayton, once among Hollywood's top money earners with Gloria Swanson Mary Pickford and Marguerite Clark, died Saturday at St. John's Hospital Oxnard Calif at age 82. Born 1909 she began with the T D Frawley stock company and retired after 1933.
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Oxnard
Calif
Ethel Clayton
Hollywood
Gloria Swanson
Mary Pickford
Marguerite Clark
Miss Clayton
T.D. Frawley Stock Company
Donald Clayton Bloom
Thousand Oaks
St. John’s Hospital
Army’s Lone Soldier Captain Carpenter Recalls Viet Nam Action
The article follows Captain Carpenter and Able Company as they endure a brutal Viet Nam firefight. He describes heavy machine gun and artillery bombardment, air strikes, and the rescue by Brown's Able Company around 2300 hours. Moyers calls his feat inspiring in the Vietnam story. Carpenter, a 1960 West Point graduate, was known for football records and cadet leadership.
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Brown
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Johnson
Carpenter
Toni
Monroe
N.Y
West Point
William S
Germany
Squire Girl Injured In Auto Accident
Beatrice Janelle a 13 year old of Squire McDowell County received facial cuts in a car wreck near Bishop Virginia in Tazewell County. She is under treatment at Bluefield Sanitarium. Her 16 year old brother James E Janelle also injured but released after treatment.
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Beatrice Janelle
Squire
McDowell County
Bluefield Sanitarium
Tazewell County
John D. Janelle
James E. Janelle
Bishop, Va
Alma Churns Toward Open Sea After Coastal Fury
Tropical storm Alma moved past North Carolina's outer banks en route to the open sea after gale winds and heavy rain. It had been downgraded from a hurricane and was expected to lose its eye, becoming a non tropical low pressure system by Sunday. The storm, previously a hurricane, caused 47 deaths in the region and dumped nearly eight inches of rain near Wilmington.
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Hatteras
N.C
Alma
North Carolina
Honduras
Cuba
Florida
Georgia
Carolinas
Wilmington
Washington Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
Route 3 Girl Is Berea Graduate
Janet Ruth Jessup daughter of Mr and Mrs W P Jessup was among 212 Berea College seniors to receive degrees at the end of the second semester She majored in Business Administration and is a Montcalm High School graduate who participated in the Economics and Business Club and worked in the president's and social coordinator offices at Berea College.
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Janet Ruth Jessup
W. P. Jessup
Route 3
Bluefield
Berea
Miss Jessup
Montcalm High School
Economics and Business Club
Political contests and party nominations across states
The report notes South Carolina Democrats in a primary without opposition, Illinois House races featuring O’Hara Mikva and Dawson with rivals, and Connecticut conventions with Gengras likely to be the Republican nominee and Dempsey’s renomination by Democrats.
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O’hara
Connecticut
E. Clayton Gengras
West Hartford
John N. Dempsey
Weisman Improves After Sinatra Lounge Incident
Beverly Hills business leader Frederick R. Weisman, 54, injured in a clash with Frank Sinatra at the Polo Lounge, shows signs of improvement after two hours of brain surgery. Police pursue the case as Sinatra says Weisman struck him first. details remain under investigation.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Frederick R. Weisman
Frank Sinatra
Weisman
Hunt Foods, Inc
Norton Simon
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Sinatra
Polo
Bovery Hills
Sinantra
Palm Springs
Dean Martin
New York
Postal Supervisors Re-Elect Officers in Huntington
The West Virginia branch of the National Association of Postal Supervisors re elected all state officers for another year and chose Charleston as next year’s meeting site. Sidon E. Borrer of Beckley remains president with William E. Hudgins of Fairmont as vice president H Edward Spencer of Huntington as secretary and Charles W. Custer of Spencer as treasurer. The 1967 convention will be held June 9-10 in Charleston.
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Huntington
West Virginia
National Association of Postal Supervisors
Charleston
Sidon E. Borrer
Beckley
William E. Hudgins
Fairmont
H. Edward Spencer
Charles W. Custer
Spencer
Gospel Singers To Appear Here Tonight
The True Vine Gospel Singers of Reidsville N C will appear in concert at 7 30 tonight at Northside United Holy Church located at 214 Church St Bluefield. Bishop J H Easley isost castor.
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True Vine Gospel Singers
Reidsville
N. C
Northside United Holy Church
Church St
Bluefield
Bisho J. H. Easley
Viet Nam War Forces Prepare for Mountain Crossing
Plans describe 12 000 troops positioned in border mountains as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong may attack from west to east to split South Vietnam. Monsoon weather could slow air cover and heavy equipment movement, with staging areas on the Ho Chi Minh trail from North Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia. A November Ia Drang Valley clash halted one such drive by U S first Cavalry Airmobile units.
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U.S
South Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Ia Drang
Konturg
Spong and Boothe Rally at Russell County Dinner
Democratic primary rivals William B. Spong Jr. and Armistead L. Boothe spoke at a Russell County dinner in Lebanon Virginia. They urged defeat of opponents A Willis Robertson and Harry F Byrd Jr. and touted rural development programs to aid Southwest Virginia and the 9th District.
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Lebanon
Virginia
U. S
Russell County
Senate
William B. Spong Jr
Portsmouth
Armistead L. Boothe
Alexandria
Spong
Willis Robertson
Robertson
Congress of the United States
Boothe
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Southwest Virgin
Appalachia
Water Resources Study Underway Across United States
U S Army engineers announce a nationwide program to assess water resources and optimize use. Centered at the Mississippi River’s Vicksburg station, research spans soil mechanics concrete technology and environmental effects on military operations. The Coastal Engineering Research Center studies shore processes and a Snake River navigation extension toward Lewiston Idaho. About 60 scaled models of hydraulic structures simulate full installations.
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Washington
NANA
U.S. Army Engineers
Army
Office of Research and Development
Waterways Experiment Station
Vickburg
Miss
Snake River
Lewiston
Idaho
Randolph Warns Of Medicare Mistakes Inaugural Rollout
In Richwood West Virginia Senator Jennings Randolph urged patience as the expanded Medicare program begins July 1. He warned the first period may see errors in judgment, not deliberate sabotage, addressing about 80 older residents at a Jaycees sponsored event. Randolph noted his role in shaping Social Security in the 1930s.
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Richwood
W. Va
Jennings Randolph
W.va
Randolph
Jaycees
Congress
Falls Mills Man Takes Conway Job
Gene F. Wagner of Falls Mills Virginia named manager of a new Social Security branch in Conway South Carolina opened May 25. Rep. John L. McMillan officiated at the dedication ceremony. Wagner attended Tazewell County Schools and studied at Bluefield and Concord colleges before joining the Social Security system five years ago.
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Gene F. Wagner
Oscar Wagner
Route 1
Falls Mills
Conway
S. C
John L. McMillan
Wagner
Tazewel County
Bluefield College
Concord College
U. S. Social Security System
Virginia Reports Seven Road Deaths Saturday
The Associated Press notes seven traffic fatalities on Saturday raising Virginia’s yearly toll to 413, seven less than last year. Victims include Alton-Lauve Rogers in a noncollision crash near Alton. Roanoke pair Earl Fannon and Richard Key in a crash on U S 11. Winifred Pruett from Culpeper in a June 1 head on collision. Irene Fowler Manuel of Front Royal in a double vehicle crash at U S 340 and U S 50. Jeremiah Jackson of Mineral after veering off Virginia Route. and Nicholas Condyles of Chesterfield County from a crash on I 64 near Patrick Henry airport.
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Associated Press
Roanoke
Alton
Lauve Rogers
Earl Fannon
Richard William Key
U. S. 11
Stevensburg
Winifred Williams Pruett
Culpeper
Charlottesville
Sevensburg
Culpeper Court
Winchester
Irene Fowler Manuel
Front Royal
U. S. 340
U. S. 50
Clarke County
Montpellier
Jeremiah Jackson
Mineral
Virgit A
Louisa County
Montpelier
Newport News
Nicholas Condyles
Chesterfield County
Interstate 64
Patrick Henry Airport
Beaver Class of 57 to Meet Thursday for Reunion Plans
Beaver Ohio class of 1957 members will gather Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Appalachian Auditorium to organize a 1967 reunion. Co chairmen are E J McQuail III and Mrs Richard Ammar. all officers urged to attend. Donald Wimmer was past president. James McMullin III led the Student Body. 183 graduates. 40 to 45 addresses unknown.
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Beaver
Appalachian Auditorium
E. J. McQuail III
Richard Ammar
Donald Wimmer
James McMullin III
Logan Court Names Abraham Sheriff to Replace Ferrell
The Logan County Court voted 21 to name William J. Abraham of Omar as sheriff, replacing J. W. Ferrell Jr. who was removed after Judge John W. Hereford upheld an impeachment petition. Ferrell faced two trials over falsifying road commission records tied to flood relief work.
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LOGAN
William J. Abraham
Omar
J. W
Jack) Ferrell Jr
Logan County Board of Education
Abraham
Ferrell
John W. Hereford
Hereford
Logan County
Logan Construction Co
State Supreme Court
State Road Commission
SRC
Hospitals Listed For Medicare In West Virginia Plan
Government released a list of 70 of West Virginia's 97 hospitals that have filed plans or comply with anti discrimination rules for the new Medicare program set to begin July 1. The nationwide effort includes more than 5,500 hospitals signing to participate or adhere to anti-racial regulations.
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Washington
Laturcette Aepitals
West Virginia
Youth Convention Slated At St Matthew Church
The 4th annual Youth Convention of the West Virginia District United Holy Church Bible Church school will be held at St Matthew United Holy Church from June 16 to 19. Mrs Idella Jones is president and William Hash is the superintendent.
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West Virginia
United Holy Church Bible Church School
St. Matthew United Holy Church
Idella Jones
William Hash
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