North Miami Beach Starts Elderly Reassurance Phone Line
Thirteen residents in North Miami Beach join a daily check in system as police Chief Albert Dubois introduces the Reassurance Program. Seniors living alone receive morning calls and a welfare check. if no contact by 9 a.m. police dispatch aid. The program, begun by Harris, aims to comfort elderly residents and provide rapid emergency response.
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Miami Beach
Fla
North Miami Beach
Albert E. Dubois
Dubois
New Jersey
David Harris
Harris
Air Pollution Kiwanis Topic At Bluefield Meeting
Barnes Gillespie chief engineer for Pocahontas Fuel Co spoke to Bluefield Virginia Kiwanis on air pollution noting 65 percent from autos and 35 percent from other sources. He said coal industry efforts aid pollution prevention and showed a film. W C Newton won the mystery handshake and gave the invocation. Ladies Night is planned for next week at 6 30 p.m. at Glenwood Methodist Home for the Aging.
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Barnes Gillespie
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Bluefield
Kiwanis Club
Gillespie
P. P. Ferraccio
W. C. Newton
Glenwood Methodist Home
Glenwood Park
Miss Payne Presents Final Piano Recital in Princeton
Miss Vera Payne leads her summer piano pupils in a final recital at 7:30 tonight in Fellowship Hall of the First Methodist Church Princeton. Students include Mary Ellen Harvey David Taylor Virginia Smith Cassandra Wyrick Mark Hicks Beth Slade John Gordon Casali David Johnston Larry Mann Mary Watters Connie Consol o Ronda Robinette Kathryn Sanders Rebecca Powell Judy Pedneau Rebecca Broadbent.
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Vera Payne
Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Princeton
Mary Ellen Harvey
David Taylor
Virginia Smith
Cassandra Wyrick
Mark Hicks
Beth Slade
John Gordon Casali
David Johnston
Larry Mann
Mary Watters
Connie Consolo
Ronda Robinette
Kathryn Sanders
Rebecca Powell
Judy Pedneau
Rebecca Broadbent
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Establishment Note
A historic newspaper description states the Bluefield Daily Telegraph began in 1893 and is published daily by the Daily Telegraph Printing Co at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia, with Associated Press news rights.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
Deaths and Funerals
Beatrice Virginia French 2431 Virginia Ave Bluefield died Thursday in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. Survived by two daughters Thada French Viola Pokorney one son W K French sister Myrtle Neal six grandchildren. Services Saturday 2 p.m. Mercer Funeral Chapel Bluefield burial Grandview Cemetery. Call after 4 p.m. Friday.
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Beatrice French
Beatrice Virginia French
Virginia Ave
Bluefield
Speedwell
James A
Lula Steward Lanter
William McKinley French
Thada French
Viola Pokorney
W. K. French
Myrtle Neal
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Bobby Martin
Jim Whittington
Grandview Cemetery
Jessie Harper Justice 5 Dies After Long Illness
Jessie Harper Justice five of Star Route Hurley Virginia died in Grundy hospital Wednesday after a long illness. Survivors include wife Martha Justice son Carl Justice stepson John Hatfield Jr stepdaughter Loraine Adair three brothers Mailen Justice Lois Justice Tolbert Justice two sisters Mrs Charles St Clair Mrs Alice Avonavich one granddaughter and nine step relatives. Funeral services set for Saturday at 11 a.m. at the home with Rev Henry Estep officiating. Burial in Allen Cemetery Star Route Hurley. Body moved to home from Virginia Funeral Home Grundy.
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Hazel Hammons
Hazel Blankenship Hammons
Anawalt
Welch Hospital
Harrison
Elizabeth Walters Blankenship
Henry Mammon
Neawasa Wooldridge
Chester
Juanita Wooldridge
Leda Hawthorne
Columbus
Ruth Church
Pular
N. C
Ann Hamm
Abbs Valley
Rae Rhodes
Rural Retreat
Carl Blankenship
Bluewell
Clarence Blankenship
Landgraff
Dewey Blankenship
Junanita Wooldridge
McMillian Methodist
Friers Hill
McMillian
Frank Harmon
Robert McGradey
Clovis Cox
Clowney Overbaugh
Elmer Overbaugh
Junior Overbaugh
Preston Heffinger
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Sarah Alice Morgan
Soddy
Tenn
Dick Pendergrass
Jewell Valley
Newt
Mollie Petty Pendergrass
Hexson
Soddy Church of God
George Morgan
Loraine Breedlove
Bridgeport
Ala
Kathleen Hughes
Daisy Curtis
Daisy, Tenn
Leonard Morgan
Eugene Morgan
Gladys Pendergrass
Lilly Pendergrass
Warner Cemetery
Hurst Scott Funeral Home
Rich
Jessie Harper Justice
Star Route
Hurley
Grundy
Martha Justice
Carl Justice
John Hatfield Jr
Loraine Adair
Mailen Justice
Lois Justice
Tolbert Justice
Morton
Wash
Charles St. Clair
Fortuna
Calif
Alice Avonavich
Vanneys
Calf
Henry Estep
Allen Cemetery
Virginia Funeral Home
Mrs Maude Seay Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Maude Seay of 214 Ellis Street Bluefield died Thursday night in a Bluefield hospital after a short illness. The body was taken to Linkford and Richardson Funeral in Bluefield. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Maude Seay
Ellis St
Bluefield
Linkford and Richardson Funeral
Charles B. Swears 82 Dies in Bristol Nursing Home
Charles B. Swears 82 formerly of North Tazewell Va died Wednesday afternoon in a Bristol Va nursing home. Graveside services are set for Saturday at 9 a.m. at Maplewood Cemetery in Tazewell with Rev. John Hunt officiating. Greever Funeral Home of Tazewell handles arrangements.
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Charles B. Swears
North Tazewell
Bristol
Obituaries From Coalwood and Bluefield Area
Obituary notices list Annie Garrett 72 of Coalwood and Ira Claude Chambers 74 of Bluefield with service details at Mt. Airy Baptist Church Hawkins Funeral Home and memorials at Oakgrove Monte Vista and McPherson Cemeteries. Hazel Bishop 68 of Bluefield and James Paris Brown 74 of Lashmeet are also noted with funeral plans in Hawkins Memorial directories. Burial and pallbearer details accompany each entry.
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Chambers
Ira Claude
Stadium Drive
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral
Monte Vista Park
Heber
A. F. Stafford
Ernest Keesee
Bill Long
J. W. Wyrick
Ray Caldwell
Amos Lambert
Bill Wolfe
Hazel Chambers
Whitethorn St
Hawkins Funeral Home
Walnut Grove
Goldberg Urges Talks on Nuclear Disarmament with Russia
At the United Nations Arthur J. Goldberg urged early U S Russian consultations on nuclear disarmament. He said talks could be bilateral and need not wait for the 17 nation disarmament committee. President Johnson had called for early talks on limiting strategic nuclear systems.
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United Nations
N.Y
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Johnson
U. N. General Assembly
United States
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Assembly
Vietnam
Geneva
Bethel AME Zion Church Plans Men’s Day Program
Bethel AME Zion Church Bluefield holds a men s day program at 4 p m Sunday with guest speaker Attorney J B Redmond. The celestial choir from Scott Street Church provides music and soloists include Spencer Thompson Wesley Choates Forace Hester and Robert Thompson.
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Bethel Ame Zion Church
Bluefield
Attorney J
Redmond
Celestial Choir
Scott Street Church
Spencer Thompson
Wesley Choates
Forace Hester
Robert Thompson
E Hilten longtime Virginia GOP figure dies at 75
E D Pete Hilten a Roanoke shoe-store operator and 20 year Roanoke County GOP chairman died Thursday in Roanoke. He led the Virginia delegation at the 1952 Republican convention backing Taft and supported Eisenhower in 1952. Survived by wife Ida Stallings Hilten two daughters two brothers and a sister. Funeral Saturday at Oakey's Roanoke chapel. Burial Evergreen cemetery.
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Roanoke
E. D
Pete” Hilten
Old Guard
Virginia
Richard H. Poff
Washington
Hilten
Salem
Roanoke County
GOP
Chicago
U.S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Poft
Congress
Poff
Hilton
Ida Stallings Hilten
L. Ross Carr
Walter L. Grubb Jr
Fort Belvoir
Robert P. Hilten
William Hilten
G. Bruce Hilton
Wytheville
M. D. Tavenner
Oakey
Roanoke Chapel
Evergreen Cemetery
Poor People's Campaign completes 24 hour vigil outside Agriculture
Washington AP reports the Poor People's campaigners ended the first 24 hours of a continuous protest at the Agriculture Department demanding more federal aid to feed the hungry. Leader Rev. Ralph David Abernathy said the effort grows and will continue. Mexican-American demonstrators at the State Department objected to a meeting without reporters, insisting journalists attend. Reies Lopez Tijerina led the group demanding land and cultural rights under the 1848 treaty.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Ralph David Abernathy
State Department
Dean Rusk
Department
Rusk
Reies Lopez Tijerina
Wallace Urges National Meet For Third-Party Ticket
Presidential candidate George C. Wallace says a national convention may be needed to nominate a running mate for the American Independent party. He notes a convention only after Democrats and Republicans choose tickets, and says Marvin Griffin agreed to be used as running mate to meet ballot requirements in some states. Wallace hints at possible libel lawsuits over accusations of racism.
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Atlanta, Ga
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Atlanta
American Independent Party
Marvin Griffin
Georgia
Bailey Attends National Christmas Tree Growers Meet
Gene Bailey of Holly Hill Nurseries attended the National Christmas Tree Growers Association executive committee meeting in Milwaukee Wisconsin from May 30 to June 2. The committee includes Garth Bowen Jim Rogers Ed Lott Alexander Davidson and Bailey as the West Virginia representative. The organization with 26 member states and 16 other states plans a summer convention in Indiana Pennsylvania. Over twelve hundred people are expected to attend to hear experts on tree growing selling and tree income taxation.
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Gene Bailey
Holly Hill
Princeto
National Christmas Tree Growers Association
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
National Association
Garth Bowen
Jim Rogers
Minnesota
Ed Lott
Indiana
Alexander Davidson
North Carolina
West Virginia
National
Nixon's Daughter Patricia Nixon Graduates Finch College
Richard M. Nixon addresses Finch College in New York where his daughter Patricia aged 22 known as Tricia earns a BA in history and government. Patron Pat Nixon receives an honorary doctor of laws. Patricia plans to aid her father's campaign for the Republican nomination.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Patricia
Finch College
Finch
Roland R. DeMarco
Unitarian Church of All Souls
Upper East Side
Pat
Tricia
Officials Bar School Religious Use of Auditory Hall
Ohio Valley College president J M Powell said federal officials forbid using the auditorium for worship since federal funds financed it. The Church of Christ junior college must seek $75 000 to repay loans and grants while services remain nonsectarian. daily services may be banned when classes start in late August.
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Parkersburg
Ohio Valley College
J. M. Powell
Powell
Church of Christ
Robertson Files Financial Report on Democratic Gubernatorial Bid
Atty. Gen. C. Donald Robertson filed statements showing $93,120.89 spent in his unsuccessful run for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He says he spent $250 personally with no personal contributions. headquarters reported $93,792 in total campaign contributions.
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Charleston
Donald Robertson
Secretary of State
Robertson
Permits Issued In Pearisburg
Giles County Clerk lists marriage licenses issued in Pearisburg June 3 through June 6 to couples from West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia. Names include Mathena and Farmer, Anderson and Raines, Bartlebaugh and Osborne, White and Bowles, Casto and Needer, Davis and DeHart, Evans and Buckland, Walls and Duncan, Brotherton and McCroskey, McCloud and Adkins, Dunn and Dillon, Hubble and Jennelle, Stephens and Sadler, Johnston and Dowell, Hartwell and Saunders, Goodwin and Donelow, Eads and Legg, Harris and Warren, York and Ward, Cummings and Thompson.
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Pearisburg
Giles County Clerk's Office
Dale Keith Mathena
Princeton
W. Va
Alice Yvonne Farmer
Rock
Paul Edward Anderson, Jr
Madison
Andra Jean Raines
Hewett
Richard Charles Bartlebaugh
Pittsburg
Eleanor Louise Osborne
Curtis Lee White
Glen Lyn
Barbara Jeanette Bowles
Rich Creek
Robert Lee Casto, Jr
Charleston
Alice Jean Nedeer
Kenneth Eugene Davis
Peterstown
Eugenia Carol de- Hart
Newman Glen Evans
Judith Davis Buckland
Narrows
John Arthur Brotherton
Blacksburg
Linda Louise McCroskey
Kimballton
Denver Joe McCloud
Verdunville
Janie Lynn Adkins
Stallings
Hunter Clay Dunn, Jr
Amanda Jane Dillon
Jerry Wayne Hubble
Theresa Jean Jennelle
Robert Daniel Stephens
Dublin
Mary Lou Sadler
William Michael Johnston
Winfield
Belinda Kay Dowell
Michael Ian Hartwell
London
Barbara Carol Saunders
Montgomery
Freddie Dale Pitzer
Ballard
Patricia Ellen Livesay
Michael Leroy Goodwin
Beaver
Sheila Jean Donelow
Rodger Edward Eads
Hometown
Darlene Ann Legg
Ruben Harris
Loveland
Ohio
Marjory Irene Warren
Cincinnati
Roger Dale York
Prineton
Deborah Ellen Ward
Donald Dwayne Cummings, Jr
Huntington
Ruby Elaine Thompson
Hurricane
W. V
Theft Charge Involving Giles County Man At Narrows Service Station
Roy Whittaker, 32, of Giles County Virginia, is jailed in Pearisburg after being charged with breaking and entering in a case tied to the theft of a 21 jewel watch and a 10 transistor radio from Light's Amoco in Narrows. Police and deputies investigate the Wednesday night burglary.
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Giles County
Light
Amoco
Narrows
Giles County Sheriff's Department
Roy Whittaker
Pearisburg
Whittaker
Bill Stables
Sheriff’s Department
Locomotive ownership dispute over Princeton park assets sparks council clash
Park head says resignation may follow for board members amid a fight over Old No 4 locomotive and Princeton Pool. Roanoke offers and a caboose exchange prompt questions of legal title, with City of Princeton and Roanoke mulling ownership and potential relocation and display of the engine.
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Park Board
Princeton Park and Recreation Association
Carper
Champ
Princeton
Roanoke Museum
N&w
Park Association
Dillard
Roanoke
Roanoke Valley Transportation Museum
Princeton Park Board
Tazewell Plans Monument for Molly Tynes Heroine
Tazewell County to unveil a monument to Civil War heroine Molly Tynes near Court House July 18. The Molly Tynes Ride will halt at Bland Fairgrounds for overnight camping due to traffic, echoing the 1863 warning ride she made from Gratton Road to alert Wytheville.
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Tazewell County
Molly Tynes
Court House
Tazewell
Jeffersonville
Gratton Road
UDC
Roanoke
Paul Revere
Gratton
Wytheville
Bland Fairgrounds
Toland
Virginia
Burkes Garden
Davidson
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