Merchants Brace for Bluefield Shopping Center Challenge
Virginia side merchants plan a joint response to competition from two large centers planned along East Cumberland Road and Green Valley in Bluefield. A $2000 Virginia Tech study will assess facilities and traffic with public meetings set in Bluefield Virginia and West Virginia. The research group will guide future town planning while merchants seek donor support and input from retailers and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefields
Bluefield
H. Westerman
College
Center For Urban and Regional Studies
City Hall
West Virginia
W. Va
Appalachian Auditorium
East Cumberland Road
Green Valley
A. A. Modena
Chamber
Langenheim
VPI
Ron Workman
Allen Winslow
Eldon Miller
John Clark
Savas
Truck Crash Brings Chaos on San Bernardino Freeway
A truck with 3700 chickens and another with 29 cattle collided on the San Bernardino Freeway causing five hours of chaos during rush hour. Ten minor accidents followed, a steer was killed in a head on crash, and several other steers were shot. Hundreds of chickens died and 200 or more escaped while deputies and officers attempted to roundup the livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Gabriel
Calif
San Bernardino
Sheriff's Deputies
Obituaries and Funerals in Virginia and West Virginia
Obituaries list Mariano Rocchetti of Tampa Florida and families in Wise Covington and Bluefield. Also mentions Mrs Glennie Sproles of Wise and Earl Sproles family, John Fuller of Doran Virginia, Antonio Fernandes of Raysal Portugal origins, and multiple funeral details including services locations clergy and burial plans.
Obituary of Shirley J. Tully of Abingdon Virginia
Shirley J. Mike Tully 70 of Abingdon died Sunday in Columbus Ohio. A World War I veteran and American Legion member he leaves wife Oda Reynolds Tulley one son Thomas Edward Tully and two grandsons. Funeral held Tuesday at Henderson Funeral Chapel Abingdon with Dr Richard F Taylor officiating. Burial in Knollkreg cemetery flowers omitted per family wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley J
Mike) Tully
Abingdon
Ingdon Humboldt
Mrs Helen McGuire Wood dies after long illness
Mrs Helen McGuire Wood 67 of Norfolk Virginia formerly of Tazewell County died Monday afternoon in a Norfolk hospital after a long illness. Born Cedar Bluff Virginia she was a daughter of the late H W Woodhouse Jr of Norfolk and sister to Mildred McGuire Cedar Bluff and Robert E McGuire Harrisonburg. She leaves three grandchildren. Burial will be in Norfolk with funeral arrangements incomplete. H D Oliver Funeral Home 1601 Colonial Ave Norfolk in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glennie Kirk Sproles
Wise
Abingdon
Wise Trinity Methodist Church
Earl Sproles
William K. Sproles
Hallie Rowe
Covington
Harold M. Kirk
Narrows
Robert Power
Birchlawn
Pearisburg
T. C.willis
Estes-Sturgill
Donald Lawson
Bobby G. Hopkins
James W. Elam
R. L. Collins
Basil G. Jennings
J. M. Asbury
W. G. Mullins
Charles Bruce
John Fuller
Doran
Richlands
Grundy
John Letcher
Patty Rowe Fuller
Fuller
Primitive Holiness Church
Virginia Agnes Keen Fuller
Earl B
John Kyle Fuller
Burlington
Helen McGuire Woodhouse
Norfolk
Tazewell County
Cedar Bluff
H. W. Woodhouse Jr
Mildred McGuire
Robert E. McGuire
Harrisonburg
H. D. Oliver
Colonial Ave
Obituary: Effie Pennington of Bastian Dies in Wytheville
Effie Haga Pennington aged 63 of Bastian Va died Sunday in a Wytheville Va hospital. Survivors include two daughters Eleanor Dillon of Bastian and Beverly Miller of Ellicott City Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastian, Va
Wytheville, Va
Effie Haga Pennington
Eleanor Dillon
Bastian
Beverly Miller
Ellicott City, Md
Obituaries and funeral notices from War Welch and Grundy
Estella Stephens 51 of War dies with funeral Wednesday at Excelsior School auditorium Rev Lonnie Street officiating. Burial York Ala family cemetery. Friends may call Page Funeral Home Welch Tuesday 3 to 9 pm. Harry Leedy Murphy Tampa Fla formerly Bluefield VA Church of Christ service Tuesday Horsepen Va burial at church cemetery. Frank Dotson 51 Grundy Va funeral Wednesday Mill Fork Freewill Baptist Kelso Va Rev Claude Conn burial Dotson Cemetery Paw Paw Ky. Body at Virginia Funeral Home Grundy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariano Rocchetti
Tampa
Fla
Crumpler
Florida
Marie Rocchetti
Itha Williams
Summersville
Eula Craft Sardano
Miami
Peter Rocchetti
Stanton
Calif
Sam Rocchetti
Pearl River
N. Y
Abraham
Frank Rocchetti
Spring Valley
Mosie Rocchetti
Bluefield
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Powhatan
Seamus Maguire
Woodlawn
Bluewell
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
Piedro Angelelli
Fernando Angelelli
Tony Constantino
Bennie Camperella
Carmine Romeo
John Lawless
Fitzhugh Brincefield
Dotson
Frank
Grundy
Mill Fork Freewill Baptist Church
Kelso
Claude Conn
Paw Paw
Virginia Funeral Home
Bond Forfeited In Huntington Case
One man pled guilty in Cabell County Common Pleas Court. A second defendant failed to appear and had bond forfeited, and a trial began for a third woman in a robbery case involving Robert LeRoy Nance and Mary Ann Sexton in Huntington.
Mercer County Plans Water and Sewage Study Contract
Mercer County Planning Commission approved sending the water and sewage study contract to Gates Engineering of Beckley funded by a 12200 Farmers Home Administration grant. The panel met at the Mercer County Courthouse in Princeton and discussed a development corporation representative and road access issues at the National Guard Armory. The meeting adjourned until September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Planning Commission
Mercer County
Gates Engineering
Beckley
Princeton
Sam Laufer
Bluefield
Farmers Home Administration
Planning Commission
H. Edward Steele
Mercer County Development Corporation
Steele
State Road Commission
National Guard
Laufer
Southern West Virginia Economic Development Corporation
Hoffa Asks Mercy on Federal Sentence
Teamsters Union President James R. Hoffa, claiming serious illness, asks in U S District Court for suspension or reduction of the eight year sentence for jury tampering. Hoffa cites diabetes and a hernia, a hemorrhage in January 1961, and a wife’s heart ailment while noting the informer’s testimony as basis for the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga, Tenn
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
U.S. District Court
Georgetown Hospital
Washington
J. Blaine Fitzgerald
Bethesda
U.S
Lewisburg
Nashville
David Crowell
North Miami Beach
Fla
Sunday School Class Plans Cookout After Attendance Contest
Fourteen members and two former members of the Bishop Sunday School Class of First Methodist Church met at the Edmunds home on Park Avenue. They planned a cookout for Thursday night at the picnic grounds near the North American Aviation plant, noting the class recently concluded an attendance contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Davis
Orangeburg
S. C
Bishop
First Methodist Church
Arthur Edmunds
Park Avenue
North American Aviation Plant
SRC To Open Bids On 22 Highway Projects
The State Road Commission will open bids Tuesday on 22 highway improvement projects across 17 counties with an estimated cost of about 26 million dollars. The package includes three bridges in Fayette and Marshall counties and resurfacing of 79.5 miles of primary and secondary highways. This bid opening is the commission's eighth of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Road Commission
Fayette
Marshall
Commission
Shady Spring Man Drowns in River Accident
Curtis Thompson 49 of Shady Spring died when a motorboat with five people sank in the Greenbrier River near the Greenbrier and New Rivers confluence. John Mazzella of Hinton rescued Thompson's three children. Dennis Maddy swam to shore. The Thompsons and Maddy were fishing when the incident occurred. Thompson's body was recovered by Hinton Rescue Squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
Raleigh County
Greenbrier
New Rivers
Curtis Thompson
Shady Spring
John Mazzella
Thompson
Dennis
Larry
Curtis Jr
Dennis Maddy
Thompsons
Maddy
Secretary Class Opens at Bluefield Executive School
The Executive Secretary School in Bluefield Virginia began its summer quarter with two students starting the 12 month program. Demand from area businesses prompted the course while a fall plan includes medical managerial secretary studies. The program expects 75 capacity and ongoing enrollment. Roger W. Estep leads the faculty with Mrs. Lindsey Dula and Mrs. Virginia Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Secretary School
Bluefield
Roger W. Estep
Lindsey Dula
Virginia Williams
Beer Director Ousted Claimed
Gov Hulett Smith plans to replace State Beer Commissioner Grover T Davis amid reports his job was in doubt since last spring. Davis denied the plane trip tale as a lie and said no imminent resignation or removal had occurred. Davis was appointed in 1961 and reelected in 1965 by prior governors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Hulett Smith
Grover T. Davis
Davis
Florida
Associated Press
Beer Commission
W. W. Barron
Smith
Marlinton Junior High School Fire Threatens County Records
Volunteer units from White Sulphur Springs and Marlinton battled a blaze that began about 5 p.m. and raged for more than two hours, endangering Marlinton Junior High School building which housed the Pocahontas Board of Education offices, all county school records, and a school bus garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlinton
W.va
White Sulphur Springs
Pocahontas Board of Education
Supreme Court libel rulings shape rights of public figures
The court upheld the public figure standard requiring actual malice for libel damages and rejected Walker’s 14 suits against AP and others. It also ruled 5 to 4 for Wallace Butts in a Curtis Publishing case over a 1963 Saturday Evening Post article about Bear Bryant and a 1962 Georgia Alabama game, noting highly unreasonable conduct by the magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
King
Alabama
Associated Press
Harlan
Walker
University of Mississippi
Oxford
Wallace Butts
University of Georgia
Curtis Publishing Co
Saturday Evening Post
Butts
Georgia
Paul “Bear” Bryant
Anti Annexing Meet Tonight In Cumberland Road Area
Opponents of Bluefield city annexation plan to discuss blocking Cumberland Road Grassy Branch and Platnick Addition at Cumberland Heights School meeting Tuesday at 7 30 PM. Attorney Sidney J Kwass says residents would face higher taxes with no local benefits and businesses oppose joining. city seeks 60 percent owner signatures to push annexation without election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Cumberland Road
Grassy Branch
Platnick
Cumberland Heights
Sidney J. Kwass
England Shows Improvement After Auto Accident
William A. England 4 Welch remains in serious condition at Bluefield Sanitarium after a Saturday morning crash on US 52 in front of Coppinger Machinery. Ruby L. Jones 31 Bluefield drove onto the highway from the parking lot as the Jones car collided with England’s southbound vehicle. England is district manager of circulation for Bluefield Newspapers in Welch. Troopers Gary Slater and Doug Atkinson investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. England
Welch
Bluefield
England
Ruby L. Jones
Fr Ricks Street
Coppinger
Gary Slater
Doug Atkinson
Shortley to Address Bluefield Old Guard Meeting
Walter V. Bourne arranged for Thomas R. Shortley to speak to the Bluefield Old Guard at 10 30 am in Trinity Methodist Men’s Bible classroom Shortley serves as district manager for the Social Security Administration Mrs John B Dellis organized the Auxiliary program with Mrs Howard Meadows The Auxiliary will meet in the Christian Action classroom at the same time
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter V. Bourne
Thomas R. Shortley
Bluefield Old Guard
Trinity Methodist Men's Bible
Shortley
Social Security Administration
John B. Dellis
Howard Meadows
Christian Action Classroom
Park Drowning Report Issued
Investigation into the Sunday drowning of 19 year old Thomas Carl Horne of Bradshaw at Hungry Mother State Park near Marion concludes. He apparently cramps or is strangled while diving from a high board into 14 to 18 feet of water. Survivors include three brothers and his family, with funeral services planned at Bee Branch Primitive Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Carl Horne
Bradshaw
Smyth County
John Tay Wolfe
Hungry Mother State Park
Marion
Wolfe
Horne
Paynesville
Clarence
Elsie Mullins Horn
Saeger High School
Bill Horne
Welch
Jackie Horne
Washington, D. C
Robert Horne
Bee Branch Primitive Baptist Church
Bradshaw Mountain
Roy Flanary
W. W. Sparks
Wiley Mullins
Fanning
Fanning Funeral Home At Saeger To the Residence of Everett Mullins
Saeger High
Princetonian Still In Critical Condition
William W. Wellman, 35, of Rt. 2 Princeton, remained in critical condition at Bluefield Sanitarium Monday after an automobile crash near Princeton. State police said his car left the road and struck a tree on Low Gap Road about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, roughly one tenth mile east of Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Wellman
Rt. 2
Princeton
Bluefield Sanitarium
Wellman
Low Gap Road
Auto Stolen in Princeton. 1963 Ford Convertible Reported
Princeton police report a white and blue 1963 Ford convertible stolen in the early hours of Monday. The vehicle owned by Franscilla Smith of 102 Circleve was taken between midnight and 1 am, according to officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Franscilla Smith
Circleve
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Virginia Side Survey
U.S. Weather Bureau
North Central
Central Gulf
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, W. Va
Glennie K. Sproles
Antonio Fernandes
Raysal
Peenacova
Portugual
United Mine Worker
Carolyn Matovich Fernandes
Violet Harter
Salem
Antonio Fernandes Jr
California
Eugene Fernandes
Atco
N. J
Rudolph Fernandes
Los Angeles
Joseph Fernandes
Rosie Fernandes
Fernandes
Raysal Freewill Baptist Church
Willar Porter
Jaegeroo
Roder
Fanning Funeral Home
Taeger
Shirley Tully
Helen Woodhouse
C. B. Pennington
Huntington
SRC
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Sean
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Boise
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Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
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Des Moines
Detroit
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Ore
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