Washington Scout Drowned After Dam Spillway Sweep
A 14 year old Explorer Scout drowned when a motorboat and canoe party were swept through a spillway at Box Canyon Dam. Roy Madsen and Lt. David K. Johnson escaped by grabbing the gate frame. Two others were saved. search continued for the missing Robert Ulrich as crews coordinated with Sheriff Norman Cox and Explorer leaders.
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Haney
Roy Madsen
David K. Johnson
Larson Air Force Base
Moses Lake
Norman Cox
Johnson
Robert W. Sweeney
Pend Oreille
Columbia River
Kettle Falls
Wash
Madsen
Ulrich Boy
Sweeney
Ulrich
Sybil Burton Weds Singer Jordan Christopher in New York
Sybil Burton, ex wife of Richard Burton, marries Jordan Christopher 24, leader of a five man group. Judge Harry Serper presides at their Central Park apartment ceremony attended by six friends. Christopher’s divorce from Burton was finalized in Mexico, with custody of their two children awarded to Sybil.
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New York
Sybil Burton
Richard Burton
Jordan Christopher
Criminal Court
Harry Serper
Central Park
The
Wild Ones
Christopher
Akron
Ohio
Burton
Kathy
Jess
Progress Corps goals outlined at Beckley meeting
Beckley hosts the West Virginia Progress Corps session for the 3rd congressional district with officials from Boone Clay Kanawha Nicholas and Raleigh counties. State Commerce Commissioner Roder M. Collison presides while Beckley attorney David T. Kennedy delivers the keynote. The program aims to publicize truth about West Virginia.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Progress Corps
Roder M. Collison
Boone
Clay
Kanawha
Nicholas
Raleigh
Collison
David T. Kennedy
State Commerce Department
Advisory Board
Hulett Smith
Malaysia Refuses Parade Of Beauties
Kuala Lumpur officials reject a Miss Malaysia bathing suit parade for reasons of Asian morality. The Selangor chief minister insists checks are needed to uphold local standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Selangor
Daily Telegraph Printry Goes Bland on Local News
A terse local note from Bluefield Daily Telegraph highlights the Daily Telegraph Printry's bland handling of street news and fragmented local items. It offers no clear events but signals dissatisfaction with coverage and consistency in reporting.
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Daily Telegraph
Bland’ Street
Blofield
W. Ve
Daily Sunday
Wealthy Danish Shipper A P Moeller Dies at 88
Copenhagen Danish shipping magnate A P Moeller died Saturday night at age eighty eight after months of illness. He built a vast global empire spanning shipping lines shipyards chemical plants and East Africa holdings. His Maersk McKinney Moeller son will carry on the business. Moeller led a private life and often limited publicity a lunch box and simple routine highlighted his frugal habits.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
A. P. Moeller
Moeller
East Africa
Maersk McKinney Moeller
Chastine Estelle McKinney
Pernille Petteroe
Tot 4 Unhurt After Fall Into Carriage
Hull England AP report says Andrew Allen age four fell from a second floor window into an empty baby carriage. He suffered only a few bruises and was unharmed.
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Hull
England
Andrew Allen
Andrew
Browning Leaves Through Years of Service and Travel
Dr. Browning long served as pastor and leader in church, education, and medical boards. He held multiple conference posts, lectured across cities, traveled in Europe, spoke at commencements, wrote extensively, and completed a book titled For Sinners Only.
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Browning
West Virginia
Conference Board of Education
Conference Board of Hospitals and Homes
General Conference of the Church
Oxford
England
High Street
Witney
Historic Foundry Methodist Church
Washington, D. C
Pulaski
Waynesburg
Pittsburgh
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
The
Christian Advocate
Weather Summary for Virginia and West Virginia
The Associated Press reports fair conditions across northern and eastern Virginia with variable clouds in the southwest. Highs range from 72 to 78 in the north and 76 to 82 in the south with Tuesday partly cloudy and possible scattered showers, little temperature change. West Virginia shows fair weather with some clouds in the south, highs about 75 to 80, easing to 76 in the east, and Tuesday again partly cloudy with a chance of scattered showers in the south.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Young Republicans Convene Largest National Gathering
Miami Beach Florida hosts the Young Republican National Federation convention with about 2000 expected registrants for the first southern national meeting since 1963. Goldwater and Richard Nixon will address the five day event with Thruston Morton delivering the keynote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Brach
Fla
Barry Goldwater
Young Republican National Federation
San Francisco
South
Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Youth Corps Begins Today In Kanawha
A Neighborhood Youth Corps project in Kanawha County starts Monday with a $400000 federal grant. It will place needy students aged 16 to 21 in 32 hour per week jobs. Wages are 125 per hour and work for non profit groups and government agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Kanawha County
Walter F. Snyder
Feminia
Father Feminia
Police Probe Crash and Theft on Bluefield Ave
Police investigated a Sunday crash on Bluefield Avenue between Tulip and Juniper Streets after a truck and a late model car collided near the Tastee Freez Drive-In. No injuries or charges were filed. A minor theft was also under inquiry with two skate boards seized and a chrome fender skirt report from Craig Rolen.
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Bluefield Avenue
Tulip
Juniper Streets
Bluefield
Tastee Freez
Dotty Jane Adkins
Rt. 4
Peter C. Pepen
Ridgefield
N. J
Craig Rolen
Washington St
Princeton Avenue
Burch Receives 8200 Severance From GOP
Former Republican National Chairman Dean Burch was paid 8200 in severance by the Republican National Committee, equating to four months salary after taxes. Barry Goldwater had named Burch to lead the campaign after his nomination, with Burch surrendering the Tucson law practice. The payment appears in the committee’s report to the House for the first five months of 1965, showing expenditures of 823,549 against receipts of 790,405 through May 31.
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Washington
Dean Burch
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
Burch
Barry Goldwater
GOP
Thean
Goldwater
Tucson
Ariz
Ray C. Bliss
Ohio
House of Representatives
Nurse Julia Sayer Killed in Highway Crash West of Huntington
A 21 year-old nurse, Julia Ann Sayer of Ceredo Wayne County, died when her car hit a bridge on U S 60 across Twelve Pole Creek west of Huntington. She worked at King's Daughters Hospital in Ashland Kentucky. Police had not yet determined the cause.
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Huntington
U.S. 60
Twelve Pole Creek
Julia Ann Sayer
Ceredo
Wayne County
Miss Sayer
King’s Daughters Hospital
Ashland
Princess Sophie Delivers Daughter in Madrid
Princess Sophie of Greece gave birth to a daughter in Madrid on Sunday. She is married to Prince Juan Carlos de Bourbon heir apparent to the Spanish throne, and they already have a 16 month old daughter Princess Elena.
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Madrid
Spain
Sophie
Greece
Juan Carlos de Bourbon
Juan Carlos
Elena
Pitted prunes stuffed with chowchow as relish
A brief kitchen tip suggests using pitted prunes stuffed with seed chowchow or pickles as a meat relish. It advises snipping out the pit with scissors to prepare the prunes for stuffing.
Flood Devastates Sanderson Area Leaving Dozens Homeless
Flash flood in Sanderson Texas wiped out three families and caused extensive damage. Sheriff reports 44 homes destroyed 106 with major damage 27 businesses hit plus 244 families affected. President Johnson orders emergency aid as search and relief continue amid high death toll and missing persons.
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Sanderson
Tex
Texas
Sanderson Creek
Bill Cooksey
Johnson
Ft. Sam Houston
San Antonio
Deaths and Funerals
Funeral services for William J. Jack Austin 49 of Portsmouth Virginia and formerly of Bluefield will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Mercer Funeral Chapel Bluefield with burial in Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield. Survivors include wife Ina Cooley Austin two daughters Judy and Susan Love Austin two sons John and James Austin a brother Howard Austin and stepchildren Brenda and David Cooley. Pallbearers listed. Also listed are Florence Blankenship McCoy 63 of Cedar Bluff Virginia and John Henry Gullitt 59 of North Tazewell Virginia with details of their funeral arrangements and survivors.
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William J
Jack) Austin
Portsmouth
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Chapel
James T. Browning
Maple Hill
Austin
Ina Cooley Austin
Ethel Austin
Holy Communion Lutheran Church
Judy
Susan Love Austin
John
James Austin
Howard Austin
Brenda Cooley
David Cooley
Charlton McIntosh
Ralph Kahle
George Melcher
Jack Cartwright
Charles Austin
Murray Pope
Amos Lambert
H. C. Hambrick
Florence Blankenship McCoy
Chris McCoy
Rt. 2
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Majestic
Godfrey
Helen S. Blankenship
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Whitewood
Harry McKinney
Graham Davis
Mollie Tillie
Canada
Sam McCoy
Bruunswick
Dave McCoy
Cleveland
Sarah Lawson
Geraldine Wendt
Milwaukee
Wis
Dora Bostron
Fairbanks
Cal
Hattie Mounts
Freeborn
Dave Blankenship
Alexandria
Comer Blankenship
Wade Blankenship
Lincoln
Neb
Hurst Scott Funeral Home
Leon Sprinkle
Opal Robinson
Greenhills Cemetery
Claypool Hill
George Keen
Donald Childress
Bernard Maxwell
Milfer Maxwell
Pierce
John Henry Gullitt
North Tazewell
James
Martha Johnson Gullitt
Cynthia Gullitt
Clarence Musick
A. L. Moore
Robert J Brewster
Janice Gullitt
Elmer, Clarence
Roy Gullitt
Dante, Va
Jack Edwards
Joe Cox
Dante
Walter Glover
J. T. Hartsock
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Peery-St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
300 Glass Workers Return to Rolland Glass Plant
CLARKSBURG AP The first of 300 employees recalled to the Rolland Glass Co plant near here were to report at midnight Sunday. Production resumes after a layoff that began with a March 1964 strike. First glass will flow from tanks early Monday. full return will take several days.
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Clarksburg
Rolland Glass Co
Here
Three Area Students Earn Technical Degrees
Associate degrees of technology were awarded at Roanoke Technical Institute Virginia Tech ceremonies. Benton L. Bingham of Gary received electrical engineering technology. Glen S. Busskill of Honaker and Grover H. Quillen Jr. of Marion received engineering technology degrees.
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Virginia Tech
Roanoke Technical Institute
Benton L. Bingham
Gary
Glen S. Buskill
Honaker
Grover H. Quillen Jr
Marion
Infant Kathryn McCary Dies. Graveside Rites Held in Princeton
Kathryn Lee McCary infant daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Joe McCary of Princeton died Sunday in Memorial Hospital Princeton. Born June 1 1965 she is survived by her parents a brother Steven and sisters Sandra Barbara Lynn all at home paternal grandmother Mrs H C McCary Princeton maternal grandmother Mrs Rachel McClure of Chatham Va Graveside services were set for 11 a m today at Rose Lawn Cemetery with Dr Herbert Parks officiating Seaver Mortuary to director the arrangements
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Kathryn Lee McCary
Joe McCary
Princeton
Memorial Hospital
Steven McCary
Sandra
Barbara Lynn McCary
H. C. McCary
Rachiel McClure
Chatham
Roselawn Cemetery
Herbert Parks
Seaver Mortuary
Infant Bernie Barnette III Dies in Washington
Bernie Ellis Barnette III son of Bernie Ellis Barnette II and wife of Washington DC died Sunday in a DC hospital. Survivors include his parents a sister Kimberly June Barnette maternal grandmother Agnes Murphy and paternal grandparents Bernie Ellis Barnette I and wife of Munson. Funeral conducted Wednesday at Woodlawn Cemetery with Rev Frank Meadows officiating. Body to arrive in Bluefield Tuesday Cravens Funeral Home Bluewell handles arrangements.
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Bernie Ellis Barnette III
Bernie Ellis Barnett II
Washington, D. C
Kimberly June Barnette
Agnes Murphy
Anawalt
Bernie Ellis Barnette I
Munson
Woodlawn Cemetery
Frank Meadows
Bluefield
Cravens Funeral Home of
Bluewell
Funeral services for Mrs Ida C Williams in Peterstown
Funeral arrangements for Mrs Ida C Williams 8 of Peterstown are set for Monday at 2 p.m. at the Peterstown Baptist Church with Rev Maurice Hylton officiating. Burial follows at Peterstown Cemetery. Body to be moved from Broyles Funeral Chapel to the church an hour before services. OES members to conduct graveside rites with flowers. Pallbearers named Paul Leedy Connie Leedy Guy Callaway Edwin Broyles Hampton Witt Julian Leedy.
Honor Roll At Central Listed For Sixth Six Weeks
Central Junior High School principal Stanley H. Martin announced the sixth six weeks honor roll. Ninth grade honorees include Joan Honeycutt and others, with eight eighth grade students such as Richard Shoda and Mike Heffinger, and seven in seventh grade led by Blake Janutolo and LeRoy Allen.
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Stanley H. Martin
Central Junior High School
Central
Joan Honeycutt
Larry Hull
Larry Lynch
Brenda Moore
Susan Mullins
Evelyn Surface
Johnny Wolfe
Robert Yost
Richard Shoda
Danny Eaton
Dallar Horton
Mike Heffinger
Mervin Anderson
Regina Bowman
Larry Burkett
Joanne Christian
Richard Crews
Carol Hager
Pamela Lester
Gloria Mendez
Pam Parks
Betty Shrewsbury
WV colleges face enrollment surge 1975 projected
West Virginia college system projections foresee enrollment rising from under 36,000 in 1963 to more than 65,000 in 1975. Budgets would grow to about 102 million dollars with faculty salaries increasing to 11,000 annually. Forty six percent of students could be from out of state.
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Huntington
West Virginia Association of College and University Presidents
B. G. Dunn
Fairmont State College
Dunn
David Hess
West Virginia University
Council Plans Animal Quarantine Ordinance Tonight
Bluefield town council will discuss a dog and cat quarantine ordinance similar to Blue Field's at tonight's 7 p.m. meeting in Town Hall. Attorney M Crockett Hughes will introduce the measure. A second agenda item is a proposed list of community improvement projects by the Community Improvement Association, previously delayed by lack of quorum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
M. Crockett Hughes
Community Improvement Association
Four ROTC Cadets Commissioned at VPI
Four area residents earned commissions through ROTC ceremonies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute on Saturday. Air Force cadets Grat H. Horn of Whitewood in technical training, Randall S. Johnson of Narrows in pilot training, Thomas L. Totten of Saltville in line training, and Army artillery cadet Larry E. Johnson of Pearisburg completed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Air Force
Partial Moon Eclipse Visible Across Virginia
A partial lunar eclipse was visible in Virginia Sunday night. The weather bureau at Byrd Field reported the eclipse began at 7 16 p m and ended at 12 23 a m Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Weather Bureau
Byrd Field
Journalism Teacher Workshop Opens In Morgantown
A high school journalism teachers workshop begins Monday in Morgantown with 21 instructors from four states attending a week of sessions. Workshops cover reporting editing advertising makeup and copy for newspapers and yearbooks led by Harold Cantor Quintus C Wilson W R Summers and John Lee from WVU and the Journalism Education Association.
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Morgantown
Harold Cantor
Journalism Education Association
Quintus C. Wilson
WVU
W. R. Summers
John Lee
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Maryland
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