Virginia to face special session over reapportionment
Virginia lawmakers likely must call a special session after the U S Supreme Court ruled the 1962 legislative map unconstitutional and ordered reapportionment based on population. Gov Harrison praised parts of the old plan while others urged fairness and broader factors guiding district lines.
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Richmond
U. S. Supreme Court
Virginia
General Assembly
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Supreme Court
Harrison
del. M. Caldwell Butler
Roanoke
House of Delegates
del. Henry E. Howell Jr
Norfolk
Howell
Robert J. Corber
Corber
Harry F. Byrd
Northern Virginia
Tidewater
Atty
Robert Y. Button
U.S. Supreme Court
Morgan of Jaeger Named McDowell Judge by Barron
Gov. Barron appointed Lawrence Roscoe Morgan of Jaeger as judge of the McDowell County Criminal Court. He will serve until the November election when a permanent successor is chosen. Barron also reappointed Joseph Manchin to the Board of Examiners and Registration of Physical Therapists and Earl C. Hahn to the Board of Osteopathy. Terms begin July 1.
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Charleston
Lawrence Roscoe Morgan
Jaeger
W. W. Barron
McDowell County Criminal Court
Morgan
Jack Marinari
War
McDowell County
Sidney L. Christie
Keystone
U.S. District Court
Barron
Joseph Manchin
Clarksburg
State Board of Examiners and Registration of Physical Therapists
Earl C. Hahn
St. Marys
West Virginia
Daily Telegraph of Bluefield Establishes Publication Details
The Daily Telegraph Printing Co in Bluefield West Virginia lists its establishment in 1893 and announces its morning publication schedule. It notes Associated Press news use and subscription terms with rates by carrier and other zones, plus its Katz Agency representation and contact number.
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Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Aietion
Katz Agency
Tae
Deaths and Funerals in Virginia and nearby states
Obituary notices list Paul Edgar Jones 52 of Tazewell Virginia died in a Catawba hospital with a long list of survivors including wife Marcie Cox Jones and son Paul Jones Jr. Funeral in North Tazewell Methodist Church with burial in Greenhills Memory Gardens. Also Morgan Thomas Honaker 71 of Liberty New York former miner and farmer with family survivors and services in Richlands. Charles Rufus Cole 63 of Boissevain with multiple children and grandchildren. service in Pocahontas Funeral Home. Emma Alderman Hare 76 of Rocky Gap with family and services in Rocky Gap Methodist Church. Domenica Veneri 75 of Keystone died after illness. Italian-born resident of McDowell County with services in North Fork. D S Garrett Sr served. died at home Bluefield. services pending.
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Paul Edgar Jones
Tazewell
Catawba
Marcie Cox Jones
Walter Jones
Bradshaw
Paul Jones Jr
Jolene
Janice Jones
Jean Sluss
North Tazewell
Tom Jones
Sam Jones
Rosedale
Lawrence Jones
Williamson
Charles
Carl Jones
Florida
Forest Richie
Richlands
Harman Reedy
Jewell Valley
John Graham
Salem
Elbert Manuel
Roanoke
W. G. Cornell
Rockville
Robert Hampton
Columbus
Ohio
Bud Gilbert
South Carolina
North Tazewell Methodist Church
Lee Hill
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Greever Funeral Home of
Tatwell
Charles Rufus Cole
Boissevain
Bluefield Sanitarium
Ethel Beavers Cole
William Blevins
Nancy McCormick
Ronald Roatsey
New Castle
Del
Dorothy Cole
Rufus
Leonard Cole
Charles and
Roy Cole
Charlottesville
Jackie Cole
Cockeysville
Billy Cole
Richmond
Domenica Veneri
Keystone
Welch
Italy
McDowell County
Edwige Veneri
Dora Peretti
Antoniuccio
Egispo Battocchi
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
Rosay
Obituaries memorialize Lydia Yates Smith and others in region
Mrs. Lydia Ann Yates Smith 75 dies at home in Vansant Virginia with sons Garney and Emmett and daughters Maggie Marie and Ethel among survivors. Also noted are siblings and numerous grandchildren. Funeral set at Free Pentecostal Church Tockland with burial at Dry Fork Cemetery. Separate notices honor Rev. G T Jordan and Anna Maude Jordan with services in Elk Garden and Rusell Memorial Cemetery. William Meade 65 of Clincheo dies in Wise County hospital with siblings listed and burial at Temple Hill Cemetery. Funeral home services at Clintwood Colley in charge.
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Lydia Ann Yates Smith
Vansant
Garney
Emmett Smith
Maggie Rife
Marie Looney
Ethel Shortridge
Dearborn
Mich
Robert Yates
Green Cove Spring
Riddle Yates
Bristol
Bill Yates
Belfry
Walter Yates
North Carolina
Margie Steele
Mae Coleman
Haysi
Free Pentecostal
Tockland
Jackie Miller
Claude Baly
Dry Fork
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
G. T. Jordan
Virginia
Huntington
Elk Garden
Holston
Anna Maude Jordan
W. B. Jordan
Pocahontas
C. C. Jordan
Pulaski
John Turzi
Worth Full
Winston-Salem
N. C
Elk Garden Methodist Church
J. E. Browning
Bluefield
T. L. Rowlett
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon
Funeral Home
William Nathan Meade
Clincheo
Wise
Rosa Meade
Corinne Galbraith
Rhoda Owens
Ida Birchfield
Richmond
Rebecca Bryant
Ardelin Hicks
Dublin
Connie Meade
Clincheo Union Church
Enoch Rose
Asa Hughes
J. T. Hartsock
Temple Hill Cemetery
Clintwood Colley Funeral Home
Mrs Lydia Blankenship dies at 80 in Hurley Virginia
Mrs Lydia Blankenship 80 widow of Bud Blankenship of Hurley Virginia died Sunday in a Marion Virginia hospital Surviving are three brothers John B Conley Hurley Marcus Conley Kingsport Tennessee Bascom Conley Martin Kentucky two sisters Mrs Addie Blair Hagerhill Kentucky and Mrs Josie Ward Ohio six grandchildren Services will be at 2 pm Tuesday in the Church of God in Jesus Name with Rev Dewey Davis officiating Burial will be in Walford Virginia Cemetery Virginia Funeral Home of Grundy Virginia is in charge of arrangements
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Emma Alderman Hare
Rocky Gap
Wytheville
Glen Hare
Narrows
Lucille Willoughby
la Follette
Tenn
Bessie Shrader
Mae Alderman
Cincinnati
Ohio
Chester Alderman
Clear Creek
Rocky Gap Methodist Church
Lee Elis
R. T. Newton
Boyd Cemetery
Route 2
Newberry Funeral Home
Bland
Lydia Blankenship
Hurley
Bud Blankenship
Marion
John B. Conley
Marcus Conley
Kingsport
Dewey Davis
Walford
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Infant Lucille Justus Dies at Birth in Grundy
Lucille Justus daughter of Burl and Mrs. Justus of Rose Ann Virginia died shortly after birth in Grundy Hospital. Survived by sister Linda Sue Justus and grandparents Lydia Justus and Mr. and Mrs. Giles Keen. Rites set for Tuesday at Brushy Fork Cemetery Virginia Funeral Home Grundy in charge.
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Lucille Justus
Burl Justus
Roseann
Grundy
Linda Sue Justus
Lydia Justus
Giles Keen
Stacy
Brushy Fork
Virginia Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs Sophia Zyweiski
Funeral services are held today at 11 a.m. at St Elizabeths Catholic Church for Mrs Sophia Zyweiski of Pocahontas Virginia. Father Paul Laub will preside. Woodlawn Cemetery burial and Pocahontas Union Funeral Home oversee arrangements.
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Sophia
Pocahontas
St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church
Paul Laub
Woodlawn
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Dudley Elementary And Tazewell High Win Milk Campaign
The Drink More Milk Campaign in Tazewell County schools awarded Dudley Elementary first and Tazewell High School first in their divisions for the largest percentage increase in milk consumption during February and March. Prizes included cash and certificates. the effort aimed to boost child health and milk sales.
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Dudley Elementary
Logan Street
Pocahontas Elementary
Tazewell High School
Pocahontas High School
Chemist Speaker For Kiwanis Club
Robert Wilkens of United Piece Dye Works Falls Mills Va spoke to Bramwell Kiwanis Monday at Bramwell Presbyterian Church. Introduced by Perry Davis, he outlined the plant’s operations and said the firm employs over 200 and is studying an expansion. Current output is 1,000,000 yards daily in 1,000 yard rolls.
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United Piece Dye Works
Falls Mills
Bramwell Kiwanis Club
Bramwell Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall
Wilkens
Perry Davis
Seminar on Appalachia Targets Future Leaders in Charleston
A ten week seminar opened in Charleston sponsored by Action for Appalachian Youth. Fourteen college students three foreign visitors and AAY staff participate. Lecturers include Harry Caudill Michael Harrington and Robert Theobald. Topics cover poverty delinquency and youth unemployment in the Appalachian region.
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Appalachian
Action For Appalachian Youth
AAY
Harry M. Caudill
Whitesburg, Ky
Michael Harrington
New York City
Robert Theobald
Gordon Jaeck
Cleveland
Ohio
International Program For Youth Leaders and Social Workers Inc
Ester Bailor Gajo
Philippines
Maher Mahmoud El-Hawary
Egypt
Justin Peter Kahwe
Northern
Rhodesia
Kanawha County
Man Killed In McComas Mine
Bernard Davis 37 of Rock was killed in a Pocahontas Fuel Company crane creek mine accident at McComas. He was struck by a falling shaft while at work at 5 am. Davis died after transport to Bluefield Sanitarium. Survived by wife Rama Norrie Mills Davis son Barry Harold Davis and two daughters Victoria Fern and Cynthia Lyn Davis and two brothers and two sisters. Body at Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton pending arrangements.
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McComas
Bernard Davis
Rock
Bobby J. Davis
Lortons Lick
Atlas Davis
Chicago
Ill
Aretta Cray
Caribou
Maine
Dorothy Kade
Dearborn
Mich
Princeton
Rail strikes halt large freight network across several states
Brotherhood workers demand injunction as Missouri Pacific and Katy suspend operations. Grain cars stranded in Houston and other grain movements delayed due to widespread stoppages across Texas Nebraska Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana. Union grievances include pay for extra work, hose coupling pay, and job assignments on the extra board.
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Denison
Tex
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Ohio
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Missouri
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Deeds and Marriages Filed in Mercer County Courthouse
Six deeds filed five marriage license applications and two divorces noted in Mercer County Court activity Monday. Notable deed: Virginia B Wallace sold two Bluefield blocks to Bluefield Urban Renewal for 23000 dollars. Licenses include Willis Amell Hoback Vaught with mates. other pairs listed. Suits filed include Ernest Davis versus Annie Davis and Carroll Martin versus Walter Martin for divorce.
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Mercer County
Virginia B. Wallace
Bluefield
Urban Renewal Commission
Marie Elizabeth Ritter
Herman L
Eliza Sykes
City of
Lorene Bailey Fitzsimons
T. R. Rozzell Jr
Queen Rozzell
Lincoln
Beaver Pond
Pearl
C. B
Willie Vada
Harry
Plymouth
Fannie Scott
Robert
Magdlene Grigsby
Rock District
William Lee Willis
Ashland
Christina Amell
John Daniel Hoback
Nancy Ethel Cavanaugh
Edwin Allen Farrow
Dietra Sue Eaton
Gerald Brown Vaught
Kathrine Marlene Miller
Bland
Russell Wiley
Sheryl Margaret Borrer
Princeton
Ernest Walter Davis
Annie Mae Davis
Carroll Ester Martin
Walter Enios Martin
Girls State forms parties elects 13 mayors in West Virginia
Delegates at Rhododendron Girls State organized National and Federalist parties and chose a slate of officers. Judy Prozzillo and Francine deFranco lead the two parties with Sue Doty and Freda Fitzer as vice chairs. Mayors were elected for 13 towns including South Charleston Huntington and Charleston amid a 22nd annual citizenship encampment. The Federalists and Nationalists plan to nominate governor candidates Tuesday with a general election Wednesday and an inauguration Thursday.
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Jackson’s Mill
W.va
Judy Prozzillo
Fairmont
National Party
Federalist
Francine deFranco
Weirton
Sue Doty
South Charleston
Freda Fitzer
Parkersburg
Nancy Mahony
Sallie Cline
Middlebourne
Jo Ellen Moulton
Huntington
Janet Wilson
Newburg
Caroline McCue
Charleston
Shiela Robinette
Barrackville
Nancy Walsh
Becky Alt
Petersburg
Diane Hamilton
St. Albans
Deborah Powell
Clarksburg
Lucy Sackett
Williamstown
Sabra Liston
Brandonville
Linda Goodwin
Terra Alta
28 890 Cars Loaded By N and W Last Week
Norfolk and Western railroad coal shipments totaled 28 464 cars for the week, a high figure but 400 short of the prior week’s record 28 890. The week’s total edged past the previous year’s 28 541, with daily loads listed as 4 425 on Monday and 5 509 on Tuesday among others.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Corretional Farm Discussed For Club Corrections
The Bluefield Kiwanis Club met at the West Virginian Hotel to discuss the State Correctional Farm rehabilitation program in Bland County. David Malden, farm education and recreation director, spoke. he is Bluefield born. Send-off ceremonies honored past district governor Fred P. Edwards, who will attend Kiwanis International Convention in Los Angeles from June 28 to July 2.
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Bland County
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
West Virginian
David Malden
Malden
Bluefield
Fred P. Edwards
Kiwanis International
Los Angeles
Court ruling targets unequal voting in state leg elections
The court denounces state laws that allow votes to be weighted differently by region, deeming such counting discriminatory. Warren stressed that political subdivisions are not sovereign, and the decision follows rulings since 1962 affirming federal review of state apportionment, including Georgia’s county unit system.
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Georgia
Northfork Elkhorn High School Awards Ceremony
Awards honoring students in business math music athletics scholarship and achievement were given in the gym. Norma Lanzi presented business awards to Nancy McKinney Connie Lambert James Otey and Howard Szichak. Rosa Rosa Judy Helms and others received leadership and straight A awards.
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Northfork-Elkhorn High School
Norma Lanzi
Nancy M. McKinney
Connie Lambert
James Otey
Howard Szichak
George Treachock
Judy Helms
Rosa Rosa
Litz Armbrister
Joddy Crouch
Junior Chamber of
Jennings Boyd
Elizabeth Wright
Kenny Goosens
John Brant
Bobby Bailey
Charlie Hamer
Roger Lusk
Summer Activities At Bluefield State Begin June 17
Bluefield State College opens its summer program on Wednesday June 17 from 11 30 a m to 1 p m in the Big Blue Lounge. The theme Getting to Know You leads a coffee hour for summer students faculty and staff. Activities include a game tournament June 23 a picnic July 2 and a watermelon feast July 22.
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Bluefield State
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