Accused Bank Robber Captured After Jail Escape
Robert Lee Askins, who escaped Roanoke County Jail while held in a bank robbery case, was captured near Salem after being spotted along Virginia 311. He admitted fleeing and said he was tired of running and glad it was over. A federal warrant had been filed for the bank robbery.
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Salem, Va
Robert Lee Askins
Roanoke County
C. L. Bradley
O. Terry Waldron
Salem
Askins
Virginia
Bradley
Erma Springs
Crossroads Mall
Bank of Salem
Bennett
Bennett Springs
U. S
Roanoke
Charles Horsely
Thomas Corbbett
Morris Nichols
Monahans
Tex
Johnson
New Regime Emerges as Buddhist Catholics Clash Over Quat
Civilian government quits as Buddhist leaders urge calm. Catholics plan a large antigovernment demo, then call it off but vow cooperation with military leaders to seek a settlement. Sino regional tensions and a feud with Suu center on distribution of posts among religions and regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quat
Nguyen Gia Hien
Suu
Dong Xoai
U.S
Daily Terre Printings Co. Honest News Listing
The item notes an established newspaper, Daily Terre Printings Co., founded in 1293, published every morning from 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia, and affiliated with the Associated Press for exclusive news use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Terre Printings Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Pee Associated Press
Joo of al News
Deaths and Funerals in McDowell and nearby counties
Obituaries report Lee Roy Lane 48 of North Welch dying of a heart attack. Surviving family includes wife Ruby Lane and children Jarrell Jerry Randy Teresia. services at Elk Horn Baptist Church with burial at Belcher Mountain Cemetery. Also listed are Minnie Ashworth McKinney 37 and Ida C Williams 83 with church services and burials noted in English and Peterstown. The infant son of Norma Thompson Rowland died, with graveside rites at Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens and arrangements at Bailey Funeral Home.
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Lee Roy Lane
North Welch
Welch
Jayhew Lane
Eliza Green Lane
McDowell County
New River and Pocahontas Coal Company
Capels
Propst Roofing Company
Ruby M. Boothe Lane
Jarrell C. Lane
Newport News
Jerry L. Lane
Bluefield
Randy A. Lane
Teresia G. Lane
James W. Booth
Charlie Andrew
Roby D
Randy D
Archie D
Jessie J
Elmer H
Lawrence E
Samuel T. Lane
Elkhorn Baptist Church
Belcher Mountain
Hersey Lane
Morgan Belcher
Fanning Funeral Home
Minnie Ashworth McKinney
Ray McKinney
Engish
Nannie F. Ashworth
Charles Ashworth
Cathy
Allen
Dennis
James McKinney
Roy Ashworth
Delmer Evans
Detroit
Mich
Ernest Smithers
English
English Methodist Church
Elmer Dehart
Willard Porter
Roselawn
Princeton
Douglas Mortuary
Ida C. Williams
Peterstown
David Williams
Greenville
Monroe County
Daniel C
Isabelle Foster Calaway
Arthur Garfield Williams
Norfolk and Western
Sallie Leedy
Minnie Frazier
OES
Broyles Funeral Home
Norma Thompson Rowland
Largo
Fla
Jerry Rowland
Diane
Susan Rowland
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bailey Funeral Home
Obituaries From Virginia and West Virginia Rail Towns
Three obituaries recall deaths in Tacoma Virginia Norton and Bluefield areas. Anna Elizabeth Flanary 76 of Tacoma Va died after a five month illness with a service at Tacoma Methodist Church and burial at Whitesburg Tenn. Veron Clyde Johnson 9 of Bluefield Va died at Riverview Nursing Home Narrows Va, survived by Eva Johnson and daughter, graveside rites at Waverly Cemetery. William J Jack Austin 59 of Portsmouth Va died, survived by wife Judy and sons John Jimmy, service at Mercer Funeral Chapel and burial Maple Hill Bluefield.
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Anna Elizabeth Flanary
Tacoma
Norton
Anna Lee Seavers
James E. Fulcher
Bluefield
Jack Fulcher
Eugene Flanary
Coeburn
Tom Wood
Big Stone Gap
Alva Wood
Whitesburg
Tenn
Don Wood
Kingsport
Grace Martin
Jacksboro
Tacoma Methodist Church
Hagy Funeral Home
Veron Clyde Johnson
Whithorne St
Riverview
Narrows
Suffix County
Thomas Edward
Sarah Harris Johnson
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Eva Hayes Johnson
Richard Tuggle
Riffe
Waverly
Waverly Cemetery
William J
Jack) Austin
Portsmouth
Ethel Austin
William Austin
Judy Austin
John
Jimmy Austin
Howard Austin
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Maple Hill
Obituaries and funeral notices from Princeton and Bluefield
Funeral notices list Leota May O'Dell 78 of Princeton at Seaver Mortuary with ministers and church pallbearers including Grady Carper and Scott Lilly. Horace H Hawkins of Bluefield to be buried Monte Vista Park Cemetery with pallbearers listed. Walter S. Reid Jr. 60 of Princeton to be laid to rest at Seaver Mortuary with Monte Vista burial. Tolly Rolson Musick 78 of Cleveland Va to be buried at family cemetery with grandsons as pallbearers. Emmett Worrell 58 of Camp Creek to be buried at Camp Creek family cemetery with listed pallbearers.
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Bowling
Leota May O'Dell
Princeton
Seaver Mortuary
Yandell Page
Kenneth Bragg
Resthaven
First Methodist Church
Grady Carper
Scott Lilly
Charles McGuire
Lane Murphy
Jack Myles
Joe Shaffer
Carter Snead
Ira M. Smith
Worrell
Emmett
Camp Creek
Bailey Funeral Home
Troy Wimmer
Edward Davis
Roy Eades
Lindsey Farley
Garland Worrell
Charley McCoy
Restive Policy Battles Narrow FAA Head Choice
In a political clash President Johnson seeks to appoint retired Gen William F McKee as FAA head despite a civilian requirement. Senate leaders Kennedy and Yarborough push to block hospital closures and resist moving public health services. Johnson aims to waive the civilian rule and allow a 30 000 annual pay plus maintain military retirement.
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Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Ralph W. Yarborough
Dtex
Senate
Air Force
William F. McKee
Federal Aviation Administration
Congress
FAA
Johnson
McKee
Bluefield Man Thomas A Young Dies in Saturday District Death
Thomas A Young of 701 Holbrook Street Bluefield died Saturday in Bluefield Sanitarium. The body was moved to Lugo's Funeral Home where funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Thomas A. Young
Holbrook St
Bluefield
Lugo
Kenya Rebukes Chou En-Lai After Tanzania Visit
Kenya's Finance Minister James Gichuru harshly attacked Chou En-lai in Parliament, saying China shows no shame and urging action against Red Chinese agencies. Kenyatta's government rejected Chou's revolutionary call as he left Dar es Salaam after four days in Tanzania and Zanzibar.
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Kenya
Chou En-lai
Tanzania
Jomo Kenyatta
Chou
James Gichuru
Dar Es Salaam
Zanzibar
Cuba
Africa
Asia
Latin Africa
Kenyatta
Gichuru
China
Sanderson Flood Kills Six as Canyon Barrage Wipes Town
Severe flash floods hit Sanderson Texas sending up to inches of rain. Five miles of mainline track and three bridges washed out. Hundreds homeless taken to a grade school and to Fort Stockton. Rescue routes established from the east as U.S. 90 blocked. Local families recount the horrors as searchers race to locate missing children and victims.
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Cffic
Sanderson
Texas-Mexico
Fort Stockton
Longfellow
Sanderson Canyon
Vatican Releases Revised Ecu Documents on Liberty and Birth Control
Vatican City AP reports revised Vatican Ecu texts on religious liberty and birth control sent to bishops for study before the council's final session starting Sept 14. The four documents, including on mission activity and the priesthood, were updated per council recommendations and will be debated with amendments to five other schemata.
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Vatican Press Office
Becaus
Rome
Hialeah Resident Injured In Wreck
Jack Jarrell of Hialeah Florida sustained non serious injuries in a one car crash on U S 52 at Landgraff in McDowell County Saturday at 6 30 p m. He was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Edward Jarrell of Fort Knox Kentucky when it lost control and struck a bridge. The injured man was taken to Grace Hospital in Welch for bruises and abrasions. Edward Jarrell was charged with failure to keep his vehicle under control. Trooper H A McGinnis investigated and filed the charge.
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Jack Jarrell
Hialeah
Fla
U. S. 52
Landgraff
McDowell County
Edward Jarrell
Fort Knox
Grace Hospital
Welch
H. A. McGinnis
Peace talks fail as Saigon coup shift eases alarm
Washington officials say 13 peace attempts have failed with Hanoi and Peking rebuffing. They view Saigon's latest military takeover as less alarming than past coups, noting generals remain near power and the move aims to satisfy critics demanding stronger war prosecution.
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Noi
Hanoi
Peking
Saigon
Washington
South Viet Nam
U.S
Hand and glove found for Kansas boy with hook
Terry Nalley, a six year old born without a left hand or wrist, got back his new wire hand and baseball glove after a mix up at a lunch counter. An artificial limb maker in Kansas City created the device. the set was mailed from Kansas City and later recovered with a Star clipping saying it was picked up by mistake. Terry tried it on at the diamond and beamed with happiness.
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Clathe
Kan
Terry Nalley
Terry
Kansas City
Neal Nalley
Civil Service
Olathe Naval Air Station
Post Office
Kansas City Star
Shrine Club Dance Set for June 19 at Red Carriage
The Bluefield Shrine Club announces a summer dance at the Red Carriage in Princeton on Saturday night June 19 starting at 9 p.m. A breakfast will follow with bacon sausages juice and coffee. Intermission entertainment and door prizes are planned. Shriners are to wear their insignia.
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Bluefield Shrine Club
Red Carriage
Princeton
Man Jailed In Knifing Case
Bluefield man Charles Eugene Kelley was jailed on felonious assault charges after a street incident in downtown Bluefield. Andrew C Graves of 1013 Greenbrier St required treatment for a superficial chest stab wound and a broken jaw. Kelley was arrested near Vito's Lunch on Stewart Street at 7 35 pm and bond set at 500.
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Bluefield
Kelley
Graves
Stewart Street
Vito
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Caffee
Suit Filed to Force Sale of Goodson-Kinderhook Water Authority
About 1,400 subscribers sue in Washington County Circuit Court seeking to transfer control of the Goodson-Kinderhook water authority to Bristol Virginia. Plaintiffs say the authority is insolvent, overcharges residents, finances needed improvements poorly, and delivers inadequate service. They ask Bristol to assume debt and lower rates with $50,000 annual improvements.
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Abingdon
Washington County
Goodson-Kinderhook Water Authority
Bristol
Water Authority
City of
Queen Elizabeth II Leads Cavalcade for Birthday Troop
Queen Elizabeth II rode at the head of the household cavalry in London for the traditional birthday ceremony. An hour-long downpour ended as she and Prince Philip opened the procession from Buckingham Palace to the Horse Guards. Prince Andrew saluted from a palace window as crowds cheered. The day closed with a later parade marking the 150th anniversary of Waterloo.
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London
Elizabeth II
Household Cavalry
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Horse Guards
Whitehall
Prince Philip
Prince Andrew
Waterloo
Napoleon Bonaparte
Negroes Gain Over 1 000 Voters In Dallas County Drive
Justice Department figures show 1 039 Negroes filed registration applications between February 15 and May end, 396 accepted, 643 rejected, with 165 more ordered registered after appeals. Including earlier registrations, Dallas County’s eligible Negro voters exceed 1 000. whites total 8 597 qualified voters.
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Mobile
Ala
Dallas
Selma
Justice Department
Dallas Board of Registrars
O. S. Burke
Greensboro
U.S. District Court
Daniel H. Thomas
Martin Luther King Jr
Dallas County
Workers Chosen for Mount Zion Bible School
Two week Bible school begins Monday at Mount Zion Baptist Church with primary workers Mrs Harold Johnson and Mrs Stella Barnes. Kindergarten lead Mrs Virginia Dodson and Mary Henry. other groups include Mrs Victoria Easley Alis Allen juniors. Mrs Thedia Harris Alma Penn junior high girls. Marion Jones junior high boys. Allen Price Dwight Penn. Additional helpers Susie Harris Theresa Thomas Pamella Morrison Joan Reed. superintendent Mrs Maymee Dixon and director Mrs Loyd Middleton.
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Mount Zion Baptis Church
Harold Johnson
Stella Barnes
Virginia Dodson
Mary Henry
Victoria Easley
Alis Allen
Thedia Harris
Alma Penn
Marion Jones
Fannie Linkford
Allen Price
Dwight Penn
Susie Harris
Theresa Thomas
Pamella Morrison
Joan Reed
Maymee Dixon
Loyd Middleton
Bradley's Semi annual Clearance Emphasizes Low Prices
Bradley's launches a June 14 sale across all departments including coats suits hats and bags with deep discounts. Seersucker and cotton suits and many Glenhaven pieces reduced. dresses marked down with bargains on blouses. new Shapley shorts and tops arriving late with a special price. Entire stock at Bradley's Specialty Shop also discounted including sportswear lingerie and cocktail dresses. Jersey dresses on sale in all sizes from 10 to 24.
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Bradley
Shapley
Bradley’s
Bradley's
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