Welfare Dept Plans Lacking Delayed expenditures for state universities and welfare funding
The Board of Public Works postponed action on university and college expense schedules for the year starting July 1. It reviewed proposed education salaries and new positions while noting the Welfare Department schedule was unavailable. Additional requests for fund transfers were tabled pending more data on available funds and necessary needs.
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Charleston
Board of Public Works
Welfare Department
W. Bernard Smith
Smith
State Civil Service Commission
Truman E. Gore
NASA chief Webb defends moon program amid Holmes resignation
In Houston NASA head Webb frames the Apollo moon mission as key to future science and national strength while dismissing Eisenhower’s budget critique. He says Mercury's extended flights would cost millions and promises space investments will prove valuable. Holmes leaves amid funding disputes.
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NASA
D. Brainerd Holmes
U.S
Holmes
Webb
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Eisenhower
Houston
Daily Telegraph Public Notice Snapshot
Established 1893 Daily Telegraph Printing Co Bluefield West Virginia prints morning editions. The notice includes subscription rates by carrier and information about Associated Press use and advertising representation.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
Audit Bureau
Secrative— Agency, Inc
Deaths and Funerals In and Around Richlands VA
Funeral services were held for multiple local residents including Mrs. Aman da Elizabeth Carter in Richlands with burial at Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery. Other notices include Mrs. Dora Alice Patterson of Goodwill and James A. Pierce of Goodwill with services in Montcalm and Taylor Cemetery, respectively. Additional obituaries cite Cris Thomas Keffer of Pearisburg, Ed G. Gibson formerly of Welch, and Delbert Owens of Bear Town with services across nearby towns.
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Amanda Elizabeth Carter
Columbus
Mamie Hennis
Mount Airy
N. C
Charlie L. Carter
Bluefield
William Carter
Charleston
Chap Mosley
Richlands
Henry
Ken, Powell
Mathey Elswick
Johnnie McClintock
George Harshbarger
Dora Alice Patterson
Goodwill
St. Luke’s Hospital
Montcalm Methodist Church
Fred Lester
Woodlawn Cemetery
Jim
David Foster
Emmett Lanter
Sam Zeoili
W. Foy
Acie Gundisch
Howard Kilgore
Rock
William H. Foster
Freeman
John H. Patterson
W. O. Jones
Racine
Smith Jones
Route 3
Hattie Staton
Milton
Fla
Cravens
Montcalm
James A. Pierce
Bluefield Sanitarium
Montcalm Pentecostal Holiness Church
Ted Cook
Taylor Cemetery
Florence Bradford Pierce
Daughers
Earl Johnson
van Elkins
Ben Davis
Princeton
Clarence Pierce
Matoaka
Carl Pierce
Lebanon
James Pierce
Beckley
Osear Pierce
Phoenix
Ariz
John Pierce
Sarah Ann Sage
Redding Pierce
Volney
Pierce
Lula Ball Pierce
Grayson County
Martha Ball Pierce
Cravens Funeral
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Route 1
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James
Walter
Junior Keffer
Hazel Mustard
Edna Riggs
Warren Keffer
Mullens
Bernard Keffer
Roanoke
Roy Keffer
Skippers
Lee Keffer
Delaware
Ed G. Gibson
Welch
Huntington
Hazard
Klinger
Spring Hill
Delbert Owens
Beartown
McDowell County
Welch Hospital
Grace
Frank
Ollie H. Owens
Ersula Stacy Owens
Jim Owens
Ralph Owens
Indianapolis
Ind
Ronald
Emmett Owens
Avondale
Hubert Wimmer
Bradshaw
Virginia Ann Owens
Washington, D. C
Hazel
Barbara Owens
Dewey Owens
Myrtle Donaldson
Springfield
Clara Atwell
Mahula Brummett
Jolo
Bill Turner
Booker Riffe
Shortridge
Garland
Fanning
Fanning Funeral Home In Saeger
Obituary notices from Bluefield region funeral services
Funeral announcements list DUNN Okie Ray of Chicago and later Bluefield. KOWALESKI Joe of Roderfield. PIERCE Madre of War Cove. MORGAN Carrie Etta of Speedway. ROBINETTE Robert Daniel of Ocean View Va. COURTNEY Fred F. of Brush Fork. Services held at Hawkins Bratton Memorial Mercer Funeral Homes and local churches with various officiants and burial sites.
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Robert Daniel
Ocean View
Bluefield
Bratton Memorial Chapel
Mercer Funeral Home
Arthur Shields
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Harold, Lewis
Clayton Robianette
Dennis Lester
John D. Cole
Bee Johnson
Courtney
Fred F
Brush Fork
Brushfork Methodist Church
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Bluefield Tax Tickets Mail Date Set For 1963 Fees
Bluefield prepares to mail 1963 tax tickets on July 15 for a special service fee of 45 cents per 100 of real estate and personal property value. A staff of 11 workers starts June 17 in the Treasurers Office. The tax covers fire protection at 40 cents per 100 plus a five cent surcharge for four fire trucks purchased two years ago. Early payments receive a 2.5 percent discount if paid by Sept 1. 9 percent interest applies if unpaid by Oct 1, with similar terms for the second half due by March 1, 1964 and April 1, 1964.
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Tyree
Mrs Clara Agenew Dies in Northfork at Home
Mrs. Clara Virginia Agenew lifelong Northfork resident died Wednesday at her home. The body remains at Bennett Funeral Home in Northfork pending completion of funeral arrangements.
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Lula B. Thomas
Hazel Witcher
Maybeury
Linkford- Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Clara Virginia Agenew
Northfork
Bennett Funeral Home
Turner Receives M.S. at Wisconsin Institute of Paper Chemistry
James C. Turner, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Templeton of Bluefield, earned an M S degree from the Institute of Paper Chemistry in Appleton Wisconsin. He had previously earned a B S at North Carolina State in 1960 during the institution's 31st commencement.
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James C. Turner
F. W. Templeton
Albemarle St
Bluefield
Institute of Paper Chemistry
Appleton
Wis
Turner
North Carolina State
McCoy Earns Electrical Engineering Degree at UVA Charlottesville
D. Miller McCoy son of Mr and Mrs Fred McCoy of Bluefield received an electrical engineering degree at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville during the 143rd annual graduation exercises. A Clifton Forge Va high school and Bluefield College graduate he will join Olin Mathieson Co in Cleveland Tenn. He is married with two sons.
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D. Miller
Tim) McCoy
Fred McCoy
Union St
Bluefield
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Clifton Forge
Bluefield College
McCoy
Olin Mathieson Co
Cleveland, Tenn
Three Wheel Rickshaws Discouraged by UN in Thailand
Bangkok AP reports the United Nations Economic Commission for the Far East urges discouraging three wheel motorized rickshaws in Thailand. The UN cites traffic obstruction and safety concerns as reasons for the stance.
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Bangkok
Thailand
United Nations Economic Commission For the
Far East
Mississippi Man Killed in Mississippi State House Protests
Rioting and arrests erupted downtown as a protest turned deadly in Mississippi. Governor Barnett called the murder a dastardly act while officials boosted rewards totaling 5 000 plus 50 from D Atty Waller and 10 000 from the NAACP for information leading to the killer. Roy Wilkins condemned the act as racial hatred and James Meredith spoke of the danger to black Mississippians. Evers had just returned from an NAACP meeting when a rifle shot struck him near his home.
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Ross R. Barnett
W. M. Mann
Chamber of Commerce
Allen Thompson
Bill Waller
New York
NAACP
Roy Wilkins
Evers
Oxford
University of Mississppi
James H. Meredith
Mississippi
Meredith
Two Area Residents Earn Emory University Degrees
Two area residents, Anne Rutherford Patterson of 2021 Washington St and Randall C. Sproles of Rt. 1 Castlewood Va, were among 664 graduates at Emory University in Atlanta Ga The ceremony marked the universitys largest degree turnout in its 126 year history.
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Emory University
Atlanta
Anne Rutherford Patterson
Washington St
Randall C. Sproles
Rt. 1
Castlewood
Emory
Friendship Pipeline Nears Completion Across Poland
Warsaw AP reports all but 30 miles of the Polish section of the friendship oil pipeline to East Germany has been completed. The line is scheduled to reach the East German border later this year.
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Warsaw
Poland
Soviet Union
East Germany
California Senate flags John Birch Society as dedicated but not dangerous
The Senate un American activities committee described the John Birch Society as a right wing anti Communist group not a secret or fascist body. It warned of a rising presence of hate groups in California and noted Communist influence in some peace groups and calls to defend academic freedom against anti Communist pressures.
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Sacramento
Calif
John Birch Society
California
Communist Party
Senate
University of California
Birch
Absentee Ballot Deadline Friday for City Bond Vote
City Clerk Maxine Holm sets a 5 p.m. Friday deadline for mailing absentee ballots for the 540000 bond issue referendum on June 25. Voters away on election day may vote in advance at the clerk’s office from May 17 to June 2, with ballots mailed to a specified address and received by polls close. The June 17-20 window aids those leaving town, and the mail ballot period ends June 20. Municipal offices close election day.
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Maxine Holm
UAR Accused of Favoring India in Himalayan Dispute
In New Delhi an Indian minister accused the United Arab Republic of siding with India over the Himalayan border dispute. The UAR said it acts as one of six Colombo nations seeking a fact based solution rather than favoritism.
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New Delhi
India
China
United Arab Republic
U.A.R
Fine Meted On Weapon Charge In Bramwell Shooting
Tonie L. Saunders 24 of Rocky Gap Virginia was fined 30 dollars and six months in jail for carrying a deadly weapon related to a Monday June 10 shooting at Willie Holt's Tavern near Bramwell. Barbara Saunders 119 Allen St Bluefield was wounded. the case was later downgraded to accidental shooting.
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Tonie L. Saunders
Rocky Gap
Bramwell
Barbara Saunders
Allen St
Bluefield
Squire Lewis Perdue
Tonie Saunders
Tyrone Hendricks
Perdue
Willie Holt
Miss Saunders
Trees In Singapore
Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew urges every householder to plant a tree to conserve water and replenish dwindling wood stocks. The call highlights environmental and resource concerns in the city state.
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Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew
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