Four Die As Tractor-Trailer Crashes On Norfolk Bay Bridge
A tractor-trailer blew a tire and collided with a car on the Chesapeake Bay bridge tunnel in Norfolk Virginia. Four occupants of a Connecticut registered car were killed in the fiery crash. The truck driver escaped with bruises while officials blamed the ammonia truck for the chain of events.
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Norfolk Bridge
Norfolk, Va
Chesapeake Bay
Bay
Virginia
Dan Brainard
Winter Garden
Fila
Book on Britain's health service alleges widespread abuse
A British Health Service study described in a book by Dr. Ian D. Hudson and Gordon Hudson claims hundreds seek beds and meals by feigning illness. It cites instances from libraries to hospitals and notes a confidential register of habitual fakers in some hospitals.
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London
Britain
National Health Service
Ian D. Hudson
Gordon Hudson
Nottingham
Bluefield Council Reviews Planning Commission Ties
The Bluefield town council discussed legality of the Planning Commission with questions about required freeholders, but took no definite action. Chairman Dale Christian proposed priority projects including a pamphlet promoting incorporation of double Gates area to save residents over $100 annually. The Cemetery Committee urged Maple Hill Cemetery improvements and street and drainage projects were reviewed under the town manager’s plan.
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Theless
Council
Planning Commission
Virginia
Bluefield
Dale Christian
Double Gates
Maple Hill Cemetery
W. N. Lambert
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Notice Summary
The text presents the newspaper’s masthead and nonsensical line about publication rights and rates. It references the Daily Telegraph, circulation details, and an Audit Bureau mention, but contains no coherent news item or event to summarize.
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Tlusfield
Bates
Audit Bureau Agency, Inc
Henrico County Sales Tax Hit by Virginia Supreme Court
Henrico County failed to secure local sales tax authority as the Virginia Supreme Court ruled the county lacks power to enact the levy. The decision blocks a July 1 start date shared with Richmond and rejects county arguments based on a 125000 population power-clause. The ruling challenges a test case brought before the levy went into effect.
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Henrico County
Virginia Supreme Court
High Court
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Norfolk
Artists Wary Of Viet Policy At White House Tribute
President Johnson defended American culture and artist responsibilities at a White House arts festival marked by dissent over Vietnam policy. He urged artists to lift the nation and noted art’s political relevance while acknowledging uneasy guests and outspoken critics.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
America
John Hersey
Mark van Doren
Viet Nam
John Brown Farm Purchase Urged for Harpers Ferry Park
Rep. Charles Mathias Jr urges the National Park Service to buy the historic John Brown farm in Washington County Maryland for preservation as part of Harpers Ferry National Historic Park. He sent the proposal in a letter to Interior Secretary Stewart Udall.
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Charles Mathias, Jr
R Md
National Park Service
John Brown
Washington County
Harpers Ferry National Historic Park
Mathias
Decretary of the Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Kimball Officials Run Unopposed in City Election
Kimball voters would see the mayor town recorder and five councilmen on the ballot July 13 with no opposition. Nomination deadline passed Monday night, incumbents formally nominated Friday. J. W. Larkin begins second term July 30, with Enders and Smedley also in second terms. Rex Coor runs unopposed for council. Frank Hubbard retires. Elwood Brown and Sam V. Romano are finishing first terms.
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Kimball
J. W. Larkin
Mervin Enders
Theodore Smedley
Rex Coor
Frank Hubbard
Elwood Brown
Sam V. Romano
Harrison Declines Nobel Peace Day Proclamation
Virginia Governor declines request to proclaim July 2 Noble Peace Prize Day in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He also declines invitation to attend King's speech at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference convention at Virginia State College in Petersburg, saying he will be in Canada visiting his daughter.
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Harrison
Virginia
Martin Luther King
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Virginia State College
Petersburg
Canada
Buried Workman Rescued After Four Foot Cave-in
Wade Chester of Newport News was buried under four feet of dirt at Clemwood Parkway in the Back River subdivision while working for the Newport News Water Works Department. Co workers and firemen freed him in about 20 minutes and he was taken to a hospital in undetermined condition.
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Hampton
Wade Chester
Newport News
Newport News Water Works Department
Clemwood Parkway
Back River
Shastri Sees Openings for Viet Talks at Ottawa News Conference
Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri suggested a possible path to peace talks with North Vietnam, noting potential progress from discussions surrounding Commonwealth and Asian-African conferences. He said China may not intervene directly, and that U.S. troop withdrawal could help, while stressing disarmament talks with China and continued food aid dependencies.
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Lal Bahadur Shastri
India
Shastri
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London
Algiers
Canada
Red China
Viet Nam
U.S
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
Johnson
United States
All-America Hoopla Nears as Bluefield Sets Armory Rally
Bluefield moves the All-America City celebration to the National Guard Armory at Brushfork for better security and weather-proofing. Vice President Hubert Humphrey to speak around 8 p.m. with a 30 minute fireworks finale from 8:35 to 9:05. Garden clubs display Bluefield economic revival efforts as plans surround a large, free community event.
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Bluefield
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A. A
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Look Magazine
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Deaths and Funerals In Tazewell and Keystone Areas
Obituary notices report the deaths of Robert Irving Fleming Jr. 26 of Tazewell Virginia died in an electrocution incident while operating a model airplane. Funeral arrangements set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at North Tazewell Methodist Church. Other obituaries include Hattie Blanche Williams 79 of Keystone, Thomas A. Young of Bluefield, Charles Wesley Stallard 80 of Wise, Frank P. Johnston 66 of Princeton, Alex Coleman 67 of Welch, and Lula Gregory widow of Steve Gregory. Funeral details list churches, burial sites, and family survivors.
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Robert Irving Fleming Jr
Tazewell Va
North Tazewell
Greenbrier Military School
U. S. Air Force
Tri-State @llege
Angelo
Ind
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George Hannon
Charleston
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Eldred
Frends
Perry and St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Hattie Blanche Williams
Keystone
Welch
Ivanhoe
John Lawless
Eckman
Thomas A. Young
Holbrook St
Community Christian Church
Marshall Street
N. J. Dickerson
Restlawn Memorial
Littlesburg Road
Young
Bluefield Sanitarium
Spartanburg
S. C
Thomas
Elizabeth Young
Bluefield
South Carolina
Ellen Carrington Young
William Young
Charles Carrington
Missionary Society of the Church
Walter Baker
Harvey Hicks
Percy Skyles
Jeff Jordan
Harry Stevens
Leroy Hiller
Lugo
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Charles Wesley Stallard
Wise
Maggie Dodson Stallard
John Hensley
Jane D’antonio
West Grove
Roscoe Lyons
War
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Atco
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Elster Stallard
Aberdeen
Alton Stallard
Excelsio
Frank P. Johnston
Beckley Road
Princeton
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Fairview
Nina Warren
Russell Johnston
Leonard Johnston
Lottie Warren
Will
Arlie
Earl Johnston
Fred Johnston
Alex Coleman
Kimball Funeral Home
Lawrence Morris
Norwood Cemetery
Kimball
Kimgball Funeral Home
Lula Gregory
Maybeury
Steve Gregory
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Logan Boy's Body Found In Guyandotte River
The body of 13 year old James Spears was recovered from the Guyandotte River in West Logan West Virginia. He disappeared Sunday while wading in the stream with a companion and apparently fell into a deep hole. Fire Department volunteers found the body.
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Logan County
Guyandotte
James Spears
Peach Creek
Fire Department
Woman Charged With Embezzlement in West Virginia Bank
Charleston AP reports Madelyn F. James a 44 year old former teller at Clendenin Farmairs and Citizens State Bank was arrested by the FBI on embezzlement charges. A complaint allege she took 8000 dollars on May 22 and she served at the bank from February 1961 until June 1 of this year. James was released on a 1500 dollar bond after waiving a preliminary hearing.
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Clendenin
W.va
Farmairs
Citizens State Bank
FBI
Madelyn F. James
U.S
George W. Wood
Dunn Receives His Doctorate at Fairmont State College
Billy Gean Dunn, son of Mrs. W. M. Dunn of Peterstown, received a doctorate at Fairmont State College where he serves on the faculty. A longtime business education professor, he holds memberships in Phi Delta Kappa and other associations. He attended Peterstown High School, Concord College, and the University of Kentucky, with prior teaching posts at Lees Junior College and Celanese Corporation. He is married to Betty Wills with three children.
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W. M. Dunn
Peterstown
Dunn
Fairmont State College
Fairmont
Phi Delta Kappa
Delta Pi Epsilon
Kappa Delta Pi
Association of Higher Education
National Education Association
West Virginia Education Association
Lees Junior College
Jackson
Celanese Corporation
Narrows
Betty Wills
Gap Man 59 Held For Shoplifting
Hershal Brown Glason, 59, of Rocky Gap Virginia, was found guilty by Justice of the Peace R. T. Jones for shoplifting at Kroger on North Street. He received ten days in jail or a $25 fine after being caught with a 45 cent pack of lunch meat and a 1 cent can of soup.
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Bluefield
Kroger’s
North Street
Hershal Brown Glason
Rt. 1
Justice of the Peace
R. T. Jones
Glason
Kroger
Tazewell Board Invites Citizens to Hear School Plan
Twenty business and community leaders have been invited to a Wednesday 8 p.m. meeting at Graham High School where the Tazewell County School Board will explain plans to convert Tazewell County High School into a junior high. The invitation, signed by Superintendent J. L. Walthall, notes concern and seeks open discussion with Bluefield area leaders. Opponents presented petitions with over 1,000 signatures to the board last week, with Z. Dale Christian speaking for private citizens.
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Tazewell County
Tazewell County High School
Virginia
J. L. Walthall
Bluefield
Z. Dale Christian
Britain Probes U.S. Nuclear Warnings Over Viet Nam
London papers report the United States sent private warnings to Peking about possible nuclear retaliation for Chinese intervention in Viet Nam or a strike on South Korea. Prime Minister Harold Wilson asks Sir Patrick Dean to urgently verify Washington’s stance amid Labour tensions at the Commonwealth summit.
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United States
Peking
Viet Nam
South Korea
Prisal
Harold Wilson
Britain
Washington
Patrick Dean
Daily Telegraph
The
Times
Sir Patrick
Asia
the Times
U.S
Warsaw
Labor Party
Eight-year-old in Bastian shoots self with .22 bullet
An eight year old boy in Bastian Virginia used a sledge hammer to discharge a .22 caliber bullet at his home. The slug penetrated his chest minimally and was removed at Bluefield Sanitarium where he was treated and released.
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Vaboy
John Owen Thompson
Bluefield Sanitarium
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