Tazewell Man Dies In Electric Model Plane Accident
A 26 year old man from Tazewell County Virginia died Sunday in Mercer County while operating a model airplane. Robert Irving Fleming Jr. was declared dead at 3:30 p.m. at Bluefield Sanitarium. He was the son of Dr and Mrs R I Fleming of Tazewell.
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Tazewell, Va
Mercer County
Bluefield Sanitarium
Robert Irving Fleming Jr
R. I. Fleming
Tazewell
Fleming
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Clergy reshuffle in Bluefield District churches
Bishop Holloway announces new pastors for several Bluefield District Methodists. Dr James Tilden Browning moves from Trinity Bluefield to Elm Grove Wheeling, with Rev A E Willis and Rev Bill Deel taking posts at Trinity and as associate pastor. R T Mallory shifts to Bland Street, L D Roe becomes head of Glenwood Park Home for the Aged, while Princeton churches see Rev James Fisher and Rev J Herbert Parks reassigned to new district roles. Wilson remains Bluefield superintendent. Browning notes 16 years in Bluefield and prior success at Trinity and Grace, including a $200,000 education building and substantial growth. The piece covers his tenure, community involvement, and stated intent to retire back to Bluefield.
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Bluefield
Fred G. Holloway
James Tilden Browning
Trinity
Elm Grove Methodist
Wheeling
A. E. Willis
Beckley
Bill Deel
Coalwood
R. T. Mallory
Bland St
Bland Street
Ray Wilson
Browning
Grace
Frank L. Shaffer
Johnson Memorial Church
Huntington
West Virginia
Grace Church
Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia Methodist Conference Names 581 Ministers
The West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church announced 581 minister assignments for the next year after its five day meeting. Bishop Fred G. Holloway named Clyde W. Ash superintendent, replacing A E Wills, and listed other district superintendents including Ray Wilson Buckhannon and Frank L Shaffer Buckhannon district in advance of the conference. The roster also noted Ramsey Bridges first Negro named to a Methodist district superintendency in the state and J Herbert Parks in Wheeling.
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Buckhannon
W.va
West Virginia
Bluefield
Ray Wilson
Frank L. Shaffer
Walter S. Overstreet
Huntington
William A. Woods
Lewisburg
F. Rossing Smith
Parkersburg
Ramsey Bridges
Romney
Charles W. Paskel
Weston
Alvin C. Young
Wheeling
J. Herbert Parks
Judy Garland Admitted To UCLA Neurology Institute
Los Angeles AP reports singer Judy Garland, 43, was taken to UCLA Medical Center’s Neuropathic Institute with an emotional upset and a rash from an allergy. She has fever and is expected to remain hospitalized for several days.
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Los Angeles
Judy Garland
Ucla Medical Center
Miss Garland
Virginia Tech 1965 grads urged to stay in Virginia
Gov. Albertis S. Harrison Jr. urged 1,390 Virginia Tech graduates to remain in the state, noting Virginia’s changing face and strong opportunities. He cited high retention rates, economic growth, and ongoing demand for higher education as the state moves forward. Frank Nolen spoke for the class and announced a $2,500 art purchase gift for the new Student Activities Building.
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Blacksburg
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Old Dominion
Harrison
T. Marshall Hahn Jr
Frank Nolen
Waynesboro
Franklin
N. C
Falling Porch Kills Gassaway Youth 14
Sutton West Virginia AP reports Delmus Hensley aged 14 of Gassaway died while being taken to a hospital after a concrete porch collapsed. He was reportedly collecting bricks from the ruins of a burned house when the porch gave way.
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Sutton
W.va
Delmus Hensley
Gassaway
Space Race Is About Exploration Says Glenn
John H. Glenn told 5,000 Virginia Military Institute cadets that the space program aims at exploration and research not mere curiosities. He warned future leaders to expect new facts from space flights and to know the men they will lead. Glenn recalled his February 1962 three orbit mission and received strong applause and fan attention after his valedictory address.
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Lexington
John H. Glenn
Glenn
Virginia Military Institute
Leaps From Father's Truck Fatal for Wytheville Girl
Four year old Susan Kay Sexton of Wytheville was killed when she leaped from a fire backfiring truck driven by her father Charles Sexton at Monroe and 12th Streets. The right rear wheel ran over her as the vehicle moved to Chitwood Memorial Hospital. Funeral plans were not announced.
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Wytheville, Va
Susan Kay Sexton
Charles Sexton
Monroe and
12Th Streets
Chitwood Memorial Hospital
Wytheville
Old Dominion
Chicago protesters vow to greet astronauts with rallies
Protest leaders say three Sunday rallies will greet Edward White and James McDivitt in Chicago with a noon parade a dinner and fireworks before their Ann Arbor trip. They foresee ongoing protests all summer despite hundreds arrested since Thursday and a chaotic State Street sit down.
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Chicago
Edward H. White II
James A. McDivitt
Ann Arbor
Mich
Albert Raby
Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
Benjamin C. Willis
Richard J. Daley
Paper money as small bills eyed amid coin shortage
A handful of congressmen consider issuing fractional paper currency in 10 25 and 50 cent denominations to ease a deep coin shortage. Treasury officials dismiss the idea as impractical, citing vending machines and collector hoarding fears. The plan focuses on minting steps and copper nickel coin changes to relieve the shortage.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Congress
Dle
Eva Adams
San Francisco
Paul Fine
R-N.y
Craig Hosmer
Calif
Woman Survives With Pig's Liver in Boston Hospital
A 34 year old Boston woman survived after a pig liver was connected to her circulatory system in a city hospital. Dr. William V Mc Dermott and a team of 12 doctors used an arterial blood circuit through the pig liver to aid her diseased liver. The case is described as a potential major breakthrough in medical and surgical research though outcome remains uncertain.
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Boston
City Hospital
William V. McDermott
Harvard Medical School
McDermott
Five Shots Fatal To Yukon Woman
A 35 year old McDowell County woman Susie Belle Stallworth of Yukon was shot five times in her home Sunday. Claude Harvey about 69 also of Yukon is charged with murder. The shooting, described as the climax of an argument, occurred around 3 p.m. at the Yukon residence. Harvey was arrested at 5 p.m. and jailed in War County. The body was taken to Page Funeral Home Welch with no known local relatives.
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McDowell County
Yukon
McDowell
R. L. Martin
Susie Belle Stallworth
Claude Harvey
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Harvey
Martin
Gerald Smith
Caretta
Melvin Yost
Page Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Armless teen given custom car could reshape controls
Seventeen-year-old David Taylor, now 18, in Sebastopol Calif, receives a one of a kind vehicle rigged for no arms. Doctors and engineers say the foot operated stick could revolutionize car controls for disabled drivers and war casualties. David has passed a driving test, earned a license, and has driven about 2000 miles in recent weeks with a lever system controlled by his feet.
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David
Carl Sumida
Sumida
U.S. Space Agency
Yoshio Setoguchi
Himsel
Martin Buber Died at 87 in Jerusalem Home
Vienna born Jewish philosopher and theologian Martin Buber died at his home in Jerusalem. He was 87 and had suffered a long kidney ailment after a leg fracture surgery in April. Buber was known for advocating greater Arab understanding, drawing criticism from some Jewish leaders.
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Jerusalem
Martin Buber
Vienna
Buber
Gemini 4 astronauts welcomed by Chicago crowds
More than a million people are expected to greet Edward H. White II and James A. McDivitt in Chicago. A downtown parade, ticker tape salute, and a question answer session at McCormick Place highlight their visit after arriving at O Hare.
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Chicago
Edward H. White II
James A. McDivitt
Richard J. Daley
O'Hare International Airport
Hubert H. Humphrey
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Daley
McDivitt
White
Texas
NASA
Houston
Tex
Albert Raby
Kennedy Expressway
Michigan Avenue
la Salle Street
Virgil I
Gus) Grissom
Cmdr
John W. Young
Financial District
Charles W. Mathews
George E. Mueller
McCormick Place
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