Goldwater Nears Nomination as Scranton Campaign Grows
The AP reports Barry Goldwater gains to 604 first ballot votes as Scranton's campaign expands with Connecticut splitting its votes and Texas and Montana set to influence the final 70 delegates. Goldwater eyes 655 needed for first ballot nomination ahead of the San Francisco convention.
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Washington
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Phoenix
Idaho
Virginia
Scranton
Associated Press
Texas
Craig C. Truax
San Francisco
Henry Cabot Lodge
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
PSO
Sarapteres
Montana
Arizona
After Images Brighten Vision Science Findings
Dr W A H Rushton of Cambridge University reports at an international photo biology meeting that intense brief flashes can damage retinal pigments in rods and cones. Afterimage persists ten minutes or more as pigments are rebuilt from precursors, revealing the eye as a camera with color and black and white pigments.
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Washington
Nana
W. A. H. Rushton
England
Cambridge University
Florida State University
Rushton
Bluefield Daily Telegraph History and Disclaimers
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph, established 1893 and printed at 412 Bland Street, Bluefield, notes its morning publication schedule and its status as a member of the Associated Press with rights to credit news dispatches and local coverage.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
Deaths and Funerals In Gilbert and surrounding towns
Laura White 83 widow of J L White died at home in Gilbert after a long illness. Survived by four daughters four sons 15 grandchildren and five great grandchildren with siblings and a wide family network. Services at Gilbert Presbyterian Church with burial in Stafford Cemetery. Joseph Til ley 79 of Goodwill, a retired coal miner, died at home. Survived by wife Elizabeth and family including a daughter and several siblings. Funeral at Pentacostal Holiness Church Montcalm with burial at Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Belle Hall 83 of Princeton died Thursday in Memorial Hospital. Burial at Restlawn Memorial Estates. Harry Dillon 78 of Bluefield died Friday at Veterans Hospital Mountain Home Tennessee. Funeral and graveside rites with lodge members assisting. Robert Calvin Hawkins 55 of Caretta died Friday in Welch hospital. Survived by multiple Hankins relatives and a large extended family. Services at Caretta Methodist Church with burial at Sager Memorial Cemetery in Rodgerfield. Body moved to Smith residence in Caretta.
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J. L. White
Gilbert
Henderson
Josephine Mitchell Cook
Doris Buston
Bluefield
Marie Fox
Helen Sammons
Athens
Ohio
Kathleen Runyon
Pataskala
Elmo
Harry
Gene White
Hattie Thompson
Myrtle Belcher
Grace Justice
Brooke Ellis
Justice
Oley Cook
Ote Cook
Barboursville
Gilbert Presbyterian Church
B. C. Childress
Stafford Cemetery
Adams Funeral Home
Elizabeth Frances Tilley
Bertha Addair
Duhring
Hattie Goad
Pilot
Pentacostal Holiness Church
Montcalm
John McPeak
Glenard Quesenberry
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Glen Goins
Walter Kirby
Ernest Bailey
Russell Bailey
Andrew Bailey
Clarence Bailey
Craven
Bluewell
Golden Gate Baptist Church
Belle Hall
Old Indleside Road
Princeton
Memorial Hospital
T. J. ‘Steward
A. M. Henry
Restlawn Memorial Estates
William Olley
Sidney Yates
Bill Henry
Leonard Hardin
Bernard Adams
Rock Ellis
George Hall
Alphonso Stevens
Rosa Tunner
Lynchburg
New Century Methodist Church
Seaver Funeral Home
Mercer
Harry Dillon
Veterans Hospital
Mountain Home
Tenn
Lonnie Hollingsworth
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Order of United American Mechanics
Red Mens Lodge
IOOF
Dillon
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Jouam, Ioof
Red Men
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Frank Tabor
Huntington Park
Calif
Pearl Thomas
Richmond
Clarence Clark
Ypsilanti
Mich
Robert Calvin Hawkins
Caretta
Welch Hospital
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Gerald Smith
Tina Smith
Norfolk
James Munsey
Brunswick
Freddie Hankins
Fort Benning
Robert Hankins
Chicago
Ill
Janet Workman
Williamson
Lawrence and
Albert Hankins
War
Clarence Hankins
Obituary notices for Spurlock, Patterson, and Blair
Alpheus Spurlock 100 died at home in Hurley Va Friday night. Rites set for 1 p.m. Sunday with Rev Roy Newton officiating. burial in family cemetery. Virginia Funeral Home Grundy Va in charge. Mrs Hattie Patterson Bluefield died Thursday in Bluefield Sanitarium. Funeral Monday at 1:30 p.m. in Bluefield church. burial Oak Grove Cemetery. John Clark Blair 63 retired miner died Saturday in Hemphill. Funeral Monday 2 p.m. O J Douglas Chapel Welch. burial Big Jenny Cemetery Davy.
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Alpheus Spurlock
Hurley
Frances Spurlock
Mary Spurlock
Alice Cooper
Jolo
Troy Wess
Walford
L. O. Berber
Huntington
Oscar
Hobart Spurlock
Ernest Spurlock
Dolliver Spurlock
Elkton
Roy Newton
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Bethel Ame
Bluefield
Hattie Patterson
North Mercer St
Bluefield Sanitarium
R.L. Nance
Oak Grove Cemetery
John L. Patterson
Rocky Mount
Bar
Mary Davis Smith
Methodist Church
Lugo
John Clark Blair
Hemphill
Bertha McCall Blair
Robert Blair
Bakersfield
Calif
Pat Blair
O. J. Douglas
Welch
Amex Belcher
Big Jenny
Davy
Mrs. Carrie Beavers Rites Held at Beavers Cemetery
Carrie L Beavers 64 of Tazewell widow of Robert Beavers died Friday in a Richlands hospital Survived by two sons H D Beavers of Tazewell and Jack Beavers of Aberdeen two grandchildren two sisters Letty West Richlands and Ossie Johnson Salem Funeral services held Monday at Main Street Methodist Church Rev Bill Carter officiating burial in Beavers Cemetery Cliffield Friends may call at Greever Funeral Home Tazewell after 3 p m Sunday
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Carrie L. Beavers
Tazewell
Robert Beavers
Richlands
H. D. Beavers
Jack Beavers
Aberdeen
Letty West
Ossie Johnson
Salam
Main Street Methodist Church
Bill Carter
Beavers Cemetery
Cliffield
Greever Funeral Home
Sidney McNew Dies in Philadelphia at 65
Sidney McNew 65 formerly of McComas and later Oxford Pa died Saturday afternoon in Philadelphia Pa. The body will be brought to Cravens Funeral Home in Mont calm for funeral arrangements.
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Sidney McNew
McComas
Oxford
Philadelphia
Cravens Funeral Home
Montcalm
Funeral services for Stafford Taylor Cleveland
Taylor Cleveland Stafford of Glenwood Park will be laid to rest in Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield Virginia with services Sunday at 1 30 p m in George W Seaver Chapel Princeton conducted by Rev A C Van Reenen Jr Burial follows in Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield Va
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Taylor Cleveland
Glenwood Park
George W. Seaver Chapel
Princeton
A. C. van Reenen Jr
Maple Hill
Bluefield
Elizabeth Honored On 38th Birthday
London AP reports Queen Elizabeth II honored on her official birthday with Trooping the Colors at Horse Guards Parade. Elizabeth rode Imperial and saluted 1 500 troops as planes roared over the Mall and crowds cheered. Buckingham Palace balcony appearance with 12 week old Prince Edward followed jet flyovers. The queen’s real birthday is April 21, official in June to avoid rain.
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Elizabeth II
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Coldstream Guards
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Injured Journalists Return Home From Car Train Crash
A. Barksdale Jr editor of the Sunset News Observer and Everett L. Keesling were injured in a car train collision in Portsmouth Virginia on May 22. Both were released from Portsmouth General Hospital in good condition and returned to homes in Bluefield and Bramwell respectively.
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Sunset News Observer
Everett L. Keesling
Portsmouth
Barksdale
Hilltop Lane
Bluefield
Keesling
Bramwell
Portsmouth General Hospital
GAO flags overstatement in $900 million public works program
Government Accounting Office accuses the Area Redevelopment Administration of overstating job creation in the Accelerated Public Works Program by about 127 percent. Comptroller General Joseph Campbell cites surveys showing far lower man-months than reported and calls for improved reporting methods. CFA projects show similar results. ARA changes to reporting are criticized as inadequate to provide meaningful progress data.
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NANA
Government Accounting Office
Area Redevelopment Administration
ARA
Joesph Campbell
Congress
Community Facilities Administration
Campbell
CFA
Acounting Office
GAO
Accounting Office
William L. Batt Jr
Johnson
Senate Public Works Committee
Treasury
C. Douglas Dillon
Spencer Man Held In Wife's Slaying
A Spencer man, Gene Pettry, 35, was arrested after his wife Betty, 34, was shot in the head. Pettry was admitted to Spencer State Hospital for apparent mental imbalance. The 13-year-old son witnessed the shooting. a 30-30 rifle was believed used. No charges were filed.
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Spencer
W. Va
Spencer State Hospital
Gene Pettry
Betty
Pettry
C. ™. Holbert
Pocahontas group schedules annual summer barbecue
Members of the Pocahontas Electrical and Mechanical Institute plan a barbecue on Saturday June 20 at 2 p.m. at the Mercer County Four-H Camp Glenwood Park Mercer County. The highlight is the annual ball game between Electra Electricals and Maggie Mechanicals.
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Pocahontas Electrical and Mechanical Institute
Jimmy Wooldridge
Mercer County
Glenwood Park
Electra Electricals
Maggie Mechanicals
Court Upholds Horida Ruling
Federal court in St. Augustine upheld the right of Negroes to stage antisegregation marches and said real law enforcement would stop violence. Martin Luther King Jr. testified and was released on $900 bond after a Thursday arrest at a segregated restaurant. Eleven more were arrested as integration efforts continued.
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ST. Augustine, Fla
St. Augustine
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Yale
U.S. District Court
Bryan Simpson
Jacksonville
James Kynes
George Smathers
D-Fla
Florida
Farris Bryant
Elmer Emrick
Sarah Patton Boyle
University of Virginia
Goldwater Stassen Clash Over Civil Rights and Convention
Goldwater defends unity and principle while Stassen criticizes Johnson after six months in office. He urges uncommitted delegations to meet aspirants and caucus freely. The GOP platform endorses individual initiative, limited government, and opposition to centralized power. It also upholds citizens’ rights to live, work, and vote, with property rights preserved.
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Stassen
Johnson
Remote Diagnostic Center Opens Across New England
Massachusetts Institute of Technology along with three Boston hospitals launched the world’s first remote medical diagnostic center. A GE supplied computer in MIT’s neurological lab analyzes electrocardiograms eye movement and motor data from patients at remote hospitals. Results are sent back by telephone lines and presented graphically for physicians. The system aims to extend electrocardiogram analysis to underserved areas.
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Washington
NANA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
New England
General Electric Co
MIT
Neurological
General Electric
Honey Bees Need Watering Troughs
Washington reports that honey bees require watering troughs like cattle and horses. Agriculture Department engineers in Wisconsin and Arizona devised troughs to cool colonies and dilute food supplies. A sample trough uses a sponge floating in a water pan with a shade canopy, allowing bees to drink and transport water to hives.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Wisconsin
Arizona
Civil Rights Legislation Faces Revisions in Senate Debate
The Senate rejected several amendments to a civil rights bill aimed at federal funding cutoffs for discriminatory programs. Key votes touched topics from employer identification to public accommodations and literacy test criteria while allowing certain exemptions for private clubs and religious or community organizations.
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Lister Hill
D-Ala
Karl Mundt
R-S.d
Hill
Johnston
Attorney General
Ervin
Ex-Princeton Woman Named Girl Adviser at Clark AFB
Mrs. William T. Blankenship wife of Sgt W T Blankenship Jr formerly of Princeton is named mother adviser to the Order of Rainbow for Girls Assembly at Clark Air Force Base Philippines. She serves as Sunday school superintendent program chairman for the Protestant Women of the chapel and is an active Mount Arayat Chapter II OES member. She is the former Dicksie Ruth Smaller daughter of Mrs Ruth Schramm of Shady Side Ohio. The Blankenships married in 1955 and have two daughters Elizabeth and Mary Ellen.
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William T. Blankenship
Sgt
W. T. Blankenship Jr
Princeton
Order of Rainbow
Girls Assembly
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Blankenship
Mount Arayat Chapter II
OES
Dicksie Ruth Smaller
Ruth Schramm
Shadyside, O
Blankenships
Elizabeth
Mary Ellen
Erhard Calm On New Treaty
West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard kept a calm view of the Soviet East German treaty and said there is no immediate chance of resuming talks with Moscow on Berlin issues. He stressed reunification remains an American policy objective and indicated no initiative toward China trade.
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Washington
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Moscow
Pankow
Erhard
East Berlin
Johnson
China
Peking
Muncy Elected President Of Taeger Lions Club
Charles H. Muncy of Taeger McDowell County and State Road Department employee is elected 1964 65 president of the Taeger Lions Club succeeding Ernest Garder. The new president announced the annual picnic will be held today at 2 p.m. at Panther State Forest in McDowell County.
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Charles H. Muncy
Taeger
McDowell County
State Road Department
Laeger Lions Club
Ernest Garder
Jaeger Lions
Panther State Forest
Bradley's Specialty Shop Sizzling Summer Sale on Wool Suits
Bradley's offers percent off on all wool suits with a wide size range and many colors. A rack of dresses goes for less than cost, including washable jerseys at $12.95 and up. Summer suits, Carlyes shades, white bags gloves hats, and rayon sportswear line up for travel and beach wear.
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Bradley’s
Bradley's
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