Groom Killed In Fall From Piedmont Plane Over North Carolina
Oren Ase Pruitt of Charlotte was swept to death from an open passenger door at 6 000 feet over North Carolina. His body found in a cemetery north of Shelby. Pruitt and Blanche Tidd were married yesterday in South Carolina. Piedmont Airlines says the door opened two thirds back during flight. investigation pending. Captain Baxter Slauzhier and Albert J. Sholtz identified. the flight originated in Fayetteville and was bound for Louisville.
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Piedmont
Ox Asken
Shelby
State Highway Patrol
Oren
Newell
Pruitts
Lins
Pruitt
J. Bendall
Ba Zion
Eeos
Stani
Payenevie
Louisville, Ky
Bridge Expert Charles Goren To Appear On TV Today
Charles Goren world famous bridge expert and daily columnist will guest on Jackie Oblinger's Women’s Whirl on WHIS TV this afternoon between 1 and 2. He visits Berea Bluefield area for the Blackmond Bridge tournament with Mr. and Mrs. Max Matz and will discuss bridge hands and the Goren system. The Appalachian tournament runs from Friday through Sunday.
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Charles Goren
Daily Telegraph
Jackie Oblinger
Whis'tv
Berea
Bluefield
Blackmond
Max Matz
Goren
Airman Completes Training At Keesler AFB
Airman Robert A. Dickason has completed technical training at Keesler Air Force Base and will await overseas assignment after visiting his parents in Monroe County and Morristown Tennessee. He left Knoxville today by plane for the West Coast.
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Robert A. Dickason
A. S. Air Force
Keesler
Dickason
Monroe County
Morristown
Weekend Critical List Unchanged At Hospital
Three Bluefield residents critically injured in weekend incidents remained in critical condition at Bluefield Sanitarium last night. Virginia Davis on Tilesburg Road held her own with seven gunshot wounds. Ronald Prigmore, a 10 year old from Northside, showed slight improvement after a bicycle truck collision. David Greenspon, with a gunshot wound to the personal safety incident, remained unchanged.
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Bluefield
Virginia Davis
Tilesburg Road
Ronald Prigmore
Northside
David Greenspon
Princeton Man Acquitted In Lottery Mail Fraud Case
In federal court Judge Ben Moore dismissed charges against Robert Witten, a Princeton man linked to mailing lottery tickets, after he had pleaded guilty to related counts. The grand jury returned additional true bills and hearings proceeded, with other defendants facing various whisky and mail fraud charges and probation sentences.
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Ben Moore
Norfolk and Western Railway
Robert Newton Tten
Kingston
Jamaica
Moore
Witten
Raleigh
Shining
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Beckley
Duncan Daugherty
Daugherty
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Edward
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Louis Daniel Moore
Gistro
Mercer County
Ohio
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Millpoint Federal
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Glen Daniel
Jetoomens
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Raysise More
Landgraif
Alex Spencer
Trailway
James E. Bright
Sidney R
Bartley
Ell County
Kenneth P. R
Barney P. P
Harper
Billy Harold
Bluefield
Leonard Scott Shop
Richardson
Charles K. Bell
Willard Pe
Thomas C. Hughes
Eddie McPeak
Sprague
Raleigh County
Roy Phelps
Billie John James
McDowell County
Louis W. Leasure
M. Jones
Charleston
Connie L. Cooke
John R. Cooke
Florida
John Gray Hooks
Jack Davis
Oakvale
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Secret Service
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Philip Wayne Lilly
Mary Elizabeth Bolen
Joey
Ted
Charles Coffee Calloway
Raliegh County
Federal Reform For
Alderson
Grand Jury
Glenda Gray Jarrell
Helen Patrick
Jean Blevins Muraoka
Marion Phillips
Beatrice Noakes
Billy Richardson
Chargi
Econ aAvalencar
William R. Lovell
Charles Kenneth Bell
Tom Hughes
Keystone
George T. Baldwin
Newhall
Will Patrick
Piano Recital Tonight at AEPC Hall Featuring Capaldini Students
Mrs. Louis Capaldini presents her piano pupils in a recital at Appalachian Auditorium tonight at 8 p.m. Participants include Judy Amundsen Dane Morehead Loretta Hash Yora Mamone Ruth Morehead Natalie Mariotti Julia Granger and Sheila Max. Guest violinist Evangeline Donohue from Bluefield performs Canto Amoroso and The Canary. Admission is free.
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Appalachian Auditorium
Judy Amundsen
Dane Morehead
Loretta Hash
Yora Mamone
Ruth Morehead
Natalie Mariotti
Julia Granger
Sheila Max
Evangeline Donohue
Bluefield
Sammartini
Poliakin
Piedmont Air Calls For Higher Property Valuation
Charleston June 13 Piedmont Airlines urged the Public Works board to raise its property value to 25000 from 2000 citing small developmental earnings yet a duty to pay a fair tax in states of operation. Other utilities accepted or disputed state assessments while Trans-World Air backed 35200 and American and Capital disputed higher figures. Charleston Transit and City Lines also challenged valuations.
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Charleston
Piedmont Airlines
of Public Works
Piedmont
State Tax Department
Tax Department
Board of Public Works
West Virginia
Trans - World Air
American
Capital
Charleston Transit
City Lines of
Blusfield Chamber Directors Reject National Trade Proposal
The Blusfield Chamber of Commerce board voted down a national policy proposal on multilateral trade administration at a noon meeting. Vice president H D May explained the referendum before the vote, with George Richardson leading the by laws committee. The by laws, in effect since 1913, may be revised for efficiency, with full chamber membership to vote. A report notes a recent meeting with Congress of the newly formed West Virginia Interstate Committee.
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Chamber of Commerce
Blusfield Chamber of Commerce
United States Chamber of Nee
Bluefield Board
D. May
State and National Affairs Committee
Ce Se
George Richardson
Chamber
Congress
West Virginia
Bridge Tournament Draws Big Crowd at Matz Hotel
The Black Diamond Sectional Duplicate Bridge Tourney set for June 15–17 at the Matz Hotel expects visitors from Huntington Charleston Beckley Roanoke and nearby towns. Notables Charles Goren and Mr Mrs Max Matz arrived. events include women’s pairs men’s pairs mixed pairs and team-at-four with trophies and the Garfield Burton Traveling Trophy.
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Matz Hotel
Huntington
Charleston
Beckley
Roanoke
Charles Goren
Max Matz
Miami
Garfield Burton
D. E. Shorter
Lionel Owen
Richard Rogers
Huge Reservoir Powers Lake From Shasta Dam Backing Three Rivers
Shasta dam forms a massive reservoir by impounding Sacramento, McClear, and Pitt rivers to store water. The capacity is described as enough for 9000 gallons to serve every man, woman, and child in the Red States.
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Shasta Dam
Sacramento
McClear
Pitt
Red States
Deaths and Funerals Notices From Bluefield Area
Died in Miami Florida Monday the daughter of James and Lucy Delp Saul born September 15 1900 at Bluewell. Survived by two sons Colen E St Albans and Carl W Miami two sisters Arlene Vecorest Miami and Oliver Saul W Va four grandchildren husband Carl preceded her in death in 1901 funeral Saturday 2 p.m. Graham Christian Church.
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Rebecca Lodge
Order of Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Auxiliary
Graham Christian Church
Fayette
Bluefie Sanitarium
Jim
Era Xon Crum
Fayette County
Fa Crum
Harlem Heights
Sam Calloway
Harem Heights
Cleo
Cora Ann Bonner
Eva Miller
Cleveland
Ohio
Etta Bonner
Bluefield State College
Colbert
Robert Jr
Kimberly
Lugo
Bluefield
Bluefield Firm Listed in Awnings and Furnaces
Bluefield West Virginia based company AWNINGS BLUEFIELD AWNING & FURNACE CO operates in the local market offering awnings and furnace services. The listing highlights its location in Bluefield WV and its focus on home exterior and heating installations.
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Bluefield Awning & Furnace CO
Bluefield, West Virginia
Stephens and McKinney Funerals Set for Va. Residents
Charlie J. Stephens 51 of Pulaski Va. and Mrs. William O. McKinney 47 of Pocahontas Va. are scheduled for services tomorrow and today respectively at Draper Christian Church and Pocahontas Episcopal Church with interments at Stephens Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery. Pallbearers include Charlie Nowlin A B Proles Jr M H Hurley Louis Barbous Chris Lotito Andrew Geisen C C Hindley and De Witt Nicewander. Episcopal Guild to bear flowers. Nannie Nunn 74 of McDowell County dies today at 1 p.m. at home with Rev Kingsley of Bartley officiating. interment at Saeger Memorial Cemetery.
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Charlie J
Pulaski
Draper Christian Church
Stephens Cemetery
Nunn
Nannie
McDowell Co
Kingsley of
Bartley
Saeger Memorial
Elect Officers Tonight at Riley West Post No 9
The Riley West Post No. 9 American Legion holds its annual officer election during tonight’s monthly meeting at 8 p.m. at the legion hall.
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Riley West Post
The
American Legion
Legion Hall
Weather Across Regions Sees Hot Midweek with Thunder Showers
Virginia sees mostly fair skies with highs around 90 to 95 and a chance of scattered afternoon thundershowers in the interior. West Virginia turns partly cloudy with highs in the 80s and scattered showers. Tennessee reports humid, partly cloudy conditions with scattered thundershowers and heavy showers possible west and east. Western Pennsylvania remains sunny and hot with scattered thunderstorms Thursday and Friday. Lake Erie area highs near 90.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Tennessee
Wreck Kills 2 At Ravenswood
In Ravenswood West Virginia a collision killed two adults and an infant. Maj Townsends wife and a bread truck driver died in the blaze. a motorist saved the major and another child. The infant was Andrew Thomas Townsend two months old and Thomas Gavin aged two from Middleport Ohio. The major suffered multiple injuries. The wreck occurred about eight miles south of Ravenswood on a straight level highway.
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W. Va
Air Force
Whitman
Maj
Townsend
Gavin
Parkersburg
Townsends
Austin
Texas
Parkersboro High School
Ohio University At
Athens
Bluefield Police Sponsor Annual Pistol Match
The Bluefield Police Department will sponsor the annual pistol match to be held at the local target range on July 11. Notices are going out to law enforcement agencies with matches for 38 calibre 22 calibre and 45 calibre.
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Bluefield
Lose Ugly Fat with BENATROL Weight Loss Pill
An ad touts BENATROL as a natural fat loss aid that curbs appetite and speeds fat loss without drugs or exercise. It promises dramatic inch loss from hips and waist, claims vitamins and minerals support energy, and offers a money back guarantee with a $3 pack.
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Benatrol
Local Girl Receives Degree At Ohio School
Laura Lee Mostow daughter of Mr and Mrs Jessee B Michelson 1815 Jefferson St Bluefield received the Bachelor of Arts degree from Flora Stone Mather College Western Reserve University Cleveland Ohio June 13 at Severance Hall on campus.
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Laura Lee Mostow
Jessee B. Michelson
Jefferson St
Bluefield
Flora Stone Mather
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