Marion Fire Kills Mother and Son in Virginia Home
A 78-year-old woman, Mattie Church, and her 43-year-old son James Robinson died from burns after a Monday 3 am fire at their Marion Virginia home on Route 16. George Church remains in critical condition. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday at Barnett's Funeral Chapel with burial at Attoway Cemetery.
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Marion
Mattie Church
Smyth County
James Robinson
Tenn
Josephine Robinson
Ethel Nelson
Selman Curlee
Bluefield
Claude S. Robinson
Barnett
Kenneth Killinger
Attoway Cementery
Bluefield Man Dies After House Fire and Heart Attack
A 78 year old Bluefield man Howard Millard Williamson died en route to hospital after his Lowe Street home caught fire Tuesday morning. Fire crews said he collapsed from a heart attack while firefighting and being moved to the basement. Williamson had been repairing the roof with a blow torch when the blaze started. He previously suffered a heart attack and retired from U S Steel in Gary. Survivors include his wife a daughter a sister and a brother. Friends may call at Mercer Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Bluefield
Howard Millard Williamson
Lowe St
Bluefield Sanitarium
Williamson
U. S. Steel
Gary
Bland Street
Judge Warns On Letting Politics Into Lee Trial
Defense lawyers were cautioned by Judge Robert Merhige not to inject politics into the trial of nine Lee County residents charged with conspiring to violate election laws in 1966. The case, involving absentee voting documents and a Lee County political feud, opened with FBI agent testimony on mail voting irregularities.
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Abingdon
U. S
Lee County
Robert R. Merhige
William B. Hopkins
Roanoke
Andrew P. Miller
Dean M. Gasteiger
FBI
Merhige
Rascolm Waddell
Lee
Gasteiger
Ruby Gilbert
Don
Reva Weston
Don Weston
Lee County Electoral Board
Reva
Judiciary Ties On Gun Control
The House Judiciary Committee deadlocked 6 6 blocking a gun control bill. Chairman Emanuel Celler expected a June 20 vote to break the tie while President Johnson denounced the action as a setback to national safety. The measure would curtail mail order sales of rifles shotguns and ammunition and restrict direct sales to out of state residents and juveniles.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Emanuel Celler
D-N-Y
Johnson
Celler
Norton Soldier Is Killed In Vietnam
The Defense Department identified three Virginia service men killed in action in Vietnam. They are Army Spec. 4 Lewis R. Lovell Jr. of Martinsville, Army Pfc. Charles E. Michles of Norton, and Marine Pfc. Harry P. Martin of Martinsville.
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Norton
Vietnam
Washington
Defense Department
Virginia
Army
Lewis R. Lovell Jr
Lewis R. Lovell Sr
Highland Ridge
Martinsville
Charles E. Michles
Box
Marine
Harry P. Martin
Harold Clark
Tops St
Dublin's Mayor Seat Won By Four Votes
Dublin elects Leo Jackson mayor by a four vote margin over Robert Kinder. Election officials confirmed the result in Dublin.
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Dublin
Leo Jackson
Robert Kinder
St Mathews Youth Meet Opens At Bluefield Church
The sixth annual Bible Church School and Young People's Holy Association Convention begins Thursday at St Mathews United Holy Church Bluefield 1037 Wayne St and runs through Sunday A youth parade is set for Friday noon from Wayne Street along Princeton Avenue to Mercer Street Bridge and back Plans include 7 30 pm services with a youth jubilee after each Auxiliarists W M Hash oversees the convention with Idella Jones assisting
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Young People’s Holy Association
St. Mathews United Holy Church
Wayne St
Bluefield
Wayne Street
Princeton Avenue
Mercer Street Bridge
W. M. Hash
Idella Jones
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