Police Stoned As Demonstrators Disrupt Parade
In New York on Puerto Rico Day demonstrators led by the Young Lords clashed with police on Fifth Avenue. Thirteen officers were injured and 16 demonstrators were arrested after bricks bottles and rocks were hurled near 59th Street and near Central Park.
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New York
Young Lords
Fifth Avenue
Lenox Hill Hospital
Hispanic Society
Police Department
Puerto Rico
United States
Hispanic Society of Policemen
59Th Street
Plaza Hotel
Central Park
Jana Johnson Competes for Miss West Virginia Title
Miss Jana Johnson of Mercer County departs for Parkersburg to compete in Miss West Virginia Scholarship Pageant. Pageant week features a parade and ends with the crowning Saturday at Parkersburg South High School auditorium. The winner earns a $6,000 scholarship, a fashion wardrobe, and a chance to represent West Virginia in Miss American Pageant in Atlantic City.
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Jana Johnson
Mercer County
Parkersburg
Three WVU Journalism Students Named to Dean’s List
Three area students have been named to the Dean's List in the School of Journalism at West Virginia University. Carolyn Bailey of Bluefield is the wife of Carey Bailey and daughter of Thelma Stone of 1047 Wayne Street. James A. Nelson Jr. is the son of James A. Nelson and his wife of 320 Parkway. Gary Anthony Pisano is the son of Frank P. Pisano and his wife of Box 596.
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West Virginia University
Bluefield
Carolyn F. Bailey
Carey Bailey
Thelma M Stone
Wayne Street
James A. Nelson Jr
James A. Nelson
Parkway
Gary Anthony Pisano
Frank P. Pisano
Box
Fragmented city news notice from 1869 Daily Telegraph
A damaged look at an old newspaper masthead lists the Daily Telegraph Printing Co address at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia and Associated Press affiliation. Subscription rates and advertising bureau contact are mentioned.
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Daily Telegraph
Printi Ng Co
Bland Street
Bluefiei
Tocal News
West Virginia
Rovie
Audi
Bureau of
Panel Chairman To Pick BC Exec Is Announced
George M. Cruise president of Bluefield College trustees announces Dr. Charles K. Martin Jr. will chair the trustee panel to nominate a new president to replace retiring Dr. Charles L. Harman. An assistance committee of civic leaders and alumni is named to gather nominee suggestions ahead of the June 26 first meeting at Simon's Downtowner Bluefield.
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George M. Cruise
Bluefield College
Charles K. Martin Jr
Radford College
Charles L. Harman
Harman
Martin
A. C. Chandler
Charleston
William Winfrey
Princeton
Charles M. Harrell
Bluefield Hardware Co
Beecher Stallard
Richmond
Cruise
Friends of the College
Charles R. Addington
James B. Copenhave
George Nester
John Bryan
Bluefield Sanitarium
Baptist General Association of Virginia
Frank Schwall
College Avenue
Bluefield
Education Commission
The
Charles B. Nunn Jr
First Baptist Church of
Jerome Katz
Goodman Jones
Katherine Hoback
Anna Walters
Wade Coates
Commonwealth
Tazewell County
George
Simon's
Vacation Bible School at Fincastle Presbyterian
The Fincastle Presbyterian Church in Double Gates Bluefield Virginia announces Vacation Bible School from June 14 to 18 with closing exercises on June 20. Sessions run 7 to 9 p m to fit parents and working children. Beginners through 9th grade accepted and guest participants are welcome.
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Fincastle Presbyterian Church
Double Gates
Bluefield
Memorial to Boiarsky Eyed in Jerusalem Kennedy Memorial
In Charleston West Virginia the West Virginia pylon of the John J Kennedy Memorial in Israel will honor Ivor F Boiarsky former speaker of the House of Delegates who died in March His mother Rae Dorothy Boiarsky endowed the memorial which will bear his name The Kennedy Memorial on a Jeru salem mountain features 50 pylons one per state and the West Virginia pylon will display the state seal and his name A grove of 2000 trees has been planted in the Kennedy Peace Forest and USA Freedom Forest as a further tribute.
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Charleston
West Virginia
John J. Kennedy
Israel
Ivor F. Boiarsky
House of Delegates
Jewish National Fund
Boiarsky
Rae Dorothy Boiarsky
Kennedy
Jerusalem
Kennedy Peace Forest
U.S.A. Freedom Forest
CAP Completes Mock Rescue In West Virginia Exercise
CAP completes a two day search and rescue effectiveness test in West Virginia. Capt Carl Perry commander of the Summersville CAP squadron made the find at 1 35 p m in the Duck and Servie area on the Braxton Clay County line.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Civil Air Patrol
Carl Perry
Summersville
Duck and Servie
Braxton
Clay County
Roof Fall Victim Dies In Underground Mine Tragedy
In Mari on County a roof collapse at the Eastern Associated Coal Fed eral No 2 mine near Fairview trapped six workers 850 feet underground for seven hours. Steven Shuman 29 of Fairmont died Sunday after a leg amputation, raising the death toll to three alongside Richard McCauley 43 of Cassville and foreman Don Lavell 41 of Mannington.
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Morgantown
Marion County
University Hospital
Steven Shuman
Fairmont
Shuman
Eastern Associated Coal Co
Fairview
White House Eases Into Routine After Nixon Wedding
The White House returned to normal as the Rose Garden wedding set was dismantled and President Nixon resumed office work. Julie Nixon and Edward Cox left for separate plans after a large wedding with 400 guests, while Tricia Nixon prepared for Europe with her husband.
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White House
Nixon
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Tricia
Edward Cox
Europe
Brussels
David Eisenhower
Sixth Fleet
Nixons
Fire Victims Rites Stated for Two Carruthers Children
Funeral arrangements are set for Margaret Ann and Samantha Carruthers who died in a Maybeury house fire caused by faulty wiring. The girls, ages three and six, were daughters of William and Mrs. Carruthers. Services will be Tuesday at Mt. Marriah Baptist Church Bluewell burial in Oakgrove Cemetery with Mt. Marriah Sunday School class pallbearers. The eight surviving siblings were led to safety by their mother.
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Maybeury
Lugo
Bluefield
Margaret Ann
Samantha Carruthers
William Carruthers
Carruthers
Minnie
Linda
Malaurendia
Victoria Carruthers
Robert Lee
Robert Lewis
James
William Carruthers Jr
Mt. Marriah Baptist Church
McKinley Raymore
H. L. Robertson
Oakgrove Cemetery
Bluewell
Mt. Marriah Sunday School
George
Gwen) Cox
Cedar Bluff
Dean
Ruth) Hughes
Rt. 3
Abingdon
Bill
Dorsey) Ball
Rock Hill
S. C
Mack Wise
Mack Vance
Amherst
Ohio
S Hugh Carver
Pounding Mill
Hurst Scott
Richlands
Home Smith
Kenneth Shearer
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Army to Start Season With 13 Starters on Cadet Team
Army at West Point plans 13 starters for next season under coach Tom Cahill in his sixth year. Cadets posted a 1 9 1 record last season and expect help from a Plebe squad that was 5 3.
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West Point
N.Y
Army
Tom Cahill
Cadets
Deaths and funerals in Wise Tazewell and surrounding areas
Obituaries list Howard G. Necessary 64 of Saltville a Harold Harmon employee and Rich Valley Lodge past master with service at Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church in Tannersville. Also Mrs Mary A McConnell Terence 54 of Tazewell and James W McAmis 59 of Wise with services at Tazewell Presbyterian and Maplewood Cemetery respectively. Burial in Mount Rose Cemetery Glade Spring and Clinch Valley Memorial Richlands. Funeral directors Minor in Norton and D R Henderson in Saltville handle arrangements.
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Howard G. Necessary
Saltville
Harold Harmon Corporation
Rich Valley Lodge
AF & AM
Wesley's Chapel United Methodist Church
Tannersville
Virgie Martin Necessary
Delores Necessary
Bobby G. Necessary
Glad
Mary Byrd Davis
Doran
Glenn A. Davis
Richlands
Tazewell County
Samuel Lee
Ella Caudill Carver
Cameo Drive
Cedar Bluff
Order of the Eastern Star
Rebekah
Richlands First
James Woodrow McAmis
Johnny W. McAmis
Wise
Norton
Cocoa
Fla
Stonega Methodist Church
Stonega
Garnette S. McAmis
Johnny W McAmis
Kenneth McAmis
Norcross
Funeral service for George Washington Quesenberry in Abbs Valley VA
George Washington Quesenberry 64 of Abbs Valley VA dies. Funeral conducted today at 11 a.m. at Wesleyan Methodist Church Tazewell with Rev. Kenneth Brown officiating. Burial in Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield Tazewell Road. Pallbearers nephews flowerbearers friends. Arrangements by Rodriguez Pocahontas Union Funeral Home Pocahontas VA delivering to church at 10 a.m.
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Quesenberry
George Washington
Abbs Valley
Tazewell
Wesleyan Methodist
Kenneth Brown
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell
Open House At Mercer County Landfill Sees Low Turnout
Only about a dozen attendees visit the Mercer County Landfill site between Bluefield and Princeton for a Sunday open house. Officials cited showers that may have discouraged visitors and said another event could be scheduled later at the 50 acre facility.
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Mercer County
Bluefield
Princeton
Reynolds political rise and illness defined by later limits
Reynolds showed renewed political energy after leaving the hospital in October and resumed a full Senate schedule while pursuing the governorship. He later canceled festival appearances amid worsening condition and returned to New York hospital for radiation. he never left again. Born in New York to a Bristol and Patrick County rooted family, his meteoric six year career included a 1969 lieutenant governor win and a gubernatorial contest decided by a narrow margin. His charisma drew comparisons to the Kennedy family.
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Reynolds
State Senate
Norfolk
Winchester
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