Knobler defends Pilgrim Glass against pavilion blame
Alfred E. Knobler president of Pilgrim Glass Corp. rejects being scapegoat for West Virginia Pavilion funding troubles at the World’s Fair. He notes the firm installed and operates the glass factory, stresses honesty, praises Pavilion Director E. L. Montgomery, and calls for a clearer financing plan amid adverse publicity.
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Huntington
Pilgrim Glass Corp
Ceredo
West Virginia
Alfred E. Knobler
Knobler
New York
Charleston
Pilgrim Glass
Prisoner Granted A Court Hearing
Franklin H. Beckett, a West Virginia Penitentiary inmate sentenced to life as a habitual criminal in 1961, was granted a hearing by the State Supreme Court. Beckett, arrested in Huntington for breaking and entering, says he was denied legal assistance and unaware of the consequences of his answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
State Supreme Court
Franklin H. Beckett
Wayne County
Beckett
Huntington
Tri-Angle Sportsmen Plan Outdoor Film Show
The Tri Angles Sportsmen's Club meets at 6 30 tonight at Pinnacle Restaurant Bluefield to hear and view The Prairie World of the Kit Fox following the monthly banquet. The outdoor film is part of the group's agenda.
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Tri-Angle Sportsmen's Club
Pinnacle
Federal Street
Bluefield
Kit Fox
Bluefield Old Guard to hear Virginia Ave Methodist Trio
The Bluefield Old Guard welcomes a women's trio from Virginia Avenue Methodist Church Bluefield Va this morning at 10 15 with piano selections by Mrs Don Tabor The event takes place in the Men's Bible classroom at Trinity Methodist Church
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Bluefield
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Local Notices and Rates
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces its establishment in 1893 and provides subscription rates and contact details. The notice lists carrier and mail rates, advertising representation by Katz Inc, and the newspaper’s address in Bluefield West Virginia.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated
All News
West Virginia
Reise
Wenes Emenes
Katz
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and nearby towns
Funeral services for Stuart David Garrett Sr. will be held at Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield with burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Garrett, 55, was an N and W Railway electrician and longtime Bluefield resident. Survivors include his wife Mary and son Stuart Jr. Also noted are services for Garnett Burk Miller 63 of Swords Creek, Carrie Mae Allison 66 of Doran, and Ballard Hammonds among others, with burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens Clinch Valley Memorial and Roselawn Memorial Cemetery. multiple obituaries list survivors, services, and call times in Richlands and Clintwood areas.
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Stuart David Garrett
Fairmont St
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral
Russell Lowther
Monte Vista Park
Montvale
Garrett
Robert P
Clara’ Williamson Garrett
Norfolk and Western Railway
First Presbyterian Church
Mary Linkenhaker Garrett
Stuart D. Garrett, Jr
Beulah Mills
Louis Styne
Buchanan
Robert A. Garrett
Logan
P. H. Oliver
W. T. Martin
L. E. Thompson
C. H. Mace
H. G. Johnson
Jimmy Wilkinson
Richard Linkenhaker
T. C. Farmer
Garnett Burk Miller
Swords Creek
Russell County
Richlands
Charles
Ellen Miller
Morman Church
Cora Frances Horton Miller
Kathy Lambert
Raven, Va
Ellen Martin
Pembroke
Kenneth Miller
James Miller
Cleveland, CO
Dennis Miller
Tampa
Fla
Hurst-Scott
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Carrie Mae Allison
Doran
Tazewell County
Thomas
Sarah Vance
Holiness Church
Henry Allison
Betty Cole
Oma Hagy
Arcie Riley
Cleveland, C
Jean Blanton
Davidson, N.C
Clarence Vance
Harold Shelton
Belair
Frazier Shelton
Richlands Tabernacle
Grat Horton
Claude Reynolds
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Hurst- Scott Funeral Home
Maurice Perkins
E. G. Hagg
Carl Vance
Frank Smith
Clint Shelton
William Smith
William Henry McCoy
Clintwood
Georgia McCoy
Ballard Hammonds
George Phillips
Johnson City
Caney Fork Baptist Church
Leck
Dante
John Rose
W. T. Swinda
McCoy Cemetery
Clintwood- Colley Funeral Home
Sidney McNew
Oxford
McComas
Thompson Valley
Julius H
Sarah Melissa Belcher McNew
Cravens
Ferguson longtime Mullens grocer dies at 80
Walter McDonough Ferguson 80 of Mullens died Tuesday evening after a lingering illness. He operated Ferguson Grocery in Mullens for 10 years after previously managing Piggly Wiggly. A Trinity Methodist Church member, he was a lifelong Mercer and Wyoming Counties resident. Survived by wife Lessie Walker Ferguson two sons Walker M. Ferguson Jr. and William Riley Ferguson a brother and a sister and 11 grandchildren. Body at Robertson-Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
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Walter McDonough Ferguson
Guyandotte Street
Mullens
Pinoak
Mercer County
Riley and
Mary Ferguson
Ferguson Grocery
Ferguson
Trinity Methodist Church
Bluefield
Mercer
Wyoming
Lessie Walker Ferguson
Walker M. Ferguson Jr
Miami
William Riley Ferguson
Lakeland
Fla
Ernest G. Ferguson
Lewis Lilly
Sophia
Robertson-Foglesong Funeral Home
Obituary Notice: Brainard H Basham Dies at 83 in Christiansburg
Brainard H Basham 83 died Tuesday afternoon in a Christiansburg Virginia hospital. Survived by five daughters and two sons, two sisters, two brothers, seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral conducted Thursday at 2 30 p.m. at Richardson's Funeral Home Christiansburg with burial in Sunset Cemetery.
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Brainard H. Basham
Christiansburg
J. C. Brammer
Pilot
H. H. Light
Thelman Charlton
W. H. Ling
Roanoke
W. R. Epperly
Floyd
Arnold E. Basham
Bluefield
Earl S. Basham
W. M. Gray
P. H. Shelton
B. B. Brammer
Radford
B. B. Basham
W. H. Basham
Chistiansburg
Richardsons Funeral Home
Sunset Cemetery
Obituary announces Sarah Huffman of Marion Virginia
Sarah Katherine Huffman 77 of Marion Virginia died Tuesday in a Marion hospital. She leaves two daughters Mrs Garland Campbell and Mrs Charles Blevins five sons Carl Price French Huffman a large number of grandchildren and great grandchildren with service at Lindsey Funeral Home Rural Retreat and burial in Mount Zion Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Katherine Huffman
Marion
Garland Campbell
Charles Blevins
Gary
Carl Huffman
Bluefield
Price Huffman
Anawalt
French Huffman
Rural Retreat
Eliza Jackson
Oakdale
Delia Lambert
Amber Harry
Rich Creek
Dorothy Stiltner
Fairburn
Ruth Havens
Lindsey Funeral Home
Mount Zion Cemetery
Davis Bernard of Rock funeral service announced
Funeral arrangements note Bernard Davis of Rock will be buried at Bowling Cemetery after a Midway Baptist Church service on Thursday at 2 p.m. Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton handles arrangements.
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Davis, Bernard
Rock
Midway Baptist Church
Spainishburg
Milburn Bailey
Ivan Meadows
Bowling Cemetery
Princeton
Courthouse Activity Records Transfers and Wed Applications
Four property transfers and two marriage applications were filed in Princeton courthouse records. Transfers include BG and Ida Shuck to Bertha Spencer in Rock District for 20 dollars, Sally Thornton to James and Norma Akers in Rock District for 1200 dollars, Lee and Alma Hicks to Brenda C. Hicks near Pinnacle Rock with no stated consideration, and Maude Marcum to Bobby E. Bailey and Genalee Bailey in East River District for 3000 dollars. Applications to wed were filed by James E Pauley and Lois Marie Rose of Bluefield, James W Sheldon of Columbia South Carolina, and Judith Tate of Bluefield.
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Princeton
Ida Shuck
Bertha Spencer
Rock District
Sally Thornton
James
Norma Akers
Lee
Alma Hicks
Brenda C. Hicks
Pinnacle Rock
Maude Marcum
Bobby E
Genalee Bailey
East River District
James E. Pauley
Lois Marie Rose
Bluefield
James W. Sheldon
Columbia, S. C
Judith Tate
Couple Hospitalized After One Vehicle Mishap
A Bluefield couple Kemper Stuart 59 of 1908 College Ave and his wife were treated at Bluefield Sanitarium after a one vehicle crash on U S 52 East River Mountain near Bluefield about 8 p m. Police said the car went out of control and crashed into a ditch just outside city limits.
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Bluefield
Kemper Stuart
College Ave
Stuart
U. S. 52
East River Mountain
Mrs Lula Harvey Rpted Dead in Huntington Hospital
Mrs Lula Harvey 70 of New Hall McDowell County died Monday afternoon in a Huntington hospital. The body remains at Lugo's Funeral Service Bluefield pending funeral arrangements.
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Lula Harvey
Newhall
McDowell County
Huntington
Lugo
Bluefield
Gunshot Death Ruled Self Inflicted In Mercer County
Donnie D. Pennington 21 of Lashmeet Mercer County was found shot in a wooded area near his home. State Trooper W A Johnson said the .45 pistol wound appeared self inflicted following despondency after a car wreck. He was born at Dott a Matoaka High School graduate with several siblings and a widow Mrs Shirley Cordell Pennington. Funeral services were held Thursday at Lashmeet Christian Community Church with burial at Serena family cemetery. Friends could visit Bailey Funeral Home in Princeton.
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Donnie D. Pennington
Lashmeet
Mercer County
W. A. Johnson
Johnson
Pennington
Golden
Rosa Phillips Pennington
Matoaka
Shirley Cordell Pennington
Dott
Matoaka High School
Curtis Pennington
Baltimore
Phillip Pennington
Princeton
William Pennington
Salem
John Pennington
Hazel Scott
Green Valley
Lashmeet Christian Community Church
Fred Toney
Noah Buckner
Serena
Bailey Funeral Home
Connally Sweeps Texas Delegation at Convention
Gov. John Connally won a clean sweep of the 1964 Texas Democratic Convention as his forces dominated test votes and committee actions over U S Sen Ralph Yarborough supporters. All 120 delegates pledged to President Johnson. Frank Erwin named national committeeman and Mrs Eugene Locke national committeewoman. Yarborough walkout fizzled.
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Houston
Tex
John Connally
Texas
Connally
U.S
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Yarborough
Educators Accept Foundation Assets In West Virginia
The West Virginia Association of College and University Presidents accepted the assets of Education Foundation Inc a non profit devoted to publishing state history and plans to run a statewide academic publishing company. It approved tentative alumni fund drive dates set for October and November in eight communities including Parkersburg Martinsburg Bluefield Charleston Clarksburg Wheeling Huntington and Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
West Virginia
China Tanganyika Zanzibar sign economic cooperation pact
A Beijing report says Communist China and the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar signed an economic and technical cooperation agreement in Peking on Tuesday. No details were released.
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Tokyo
Peking
China
United Republic of Tanganyika
Zanzibar
Peking Radio
Carnivorous Plants Adapt to Nitrogen Deficiency
Carnivorous plants survive acid bogs by overcoming nitrogen scarcity through consuming insects, gaining nutrients from prey.
Curtin Gets An Ovation At Strauss Festival
U S soprano Phyllis Curtin received a 20 minute ovation in Hamburg as the Josef Strauss centenary festival honored the Austrian composer. Critics in Hamburg praised her arias and lieder with Die Welt Hamburger Echo and Hamburger Abendblatt lauding her dramatic lyric voice and stage presence. Curtin, a Clarksburg West Virginia native now based in New York, performed Four Last Lied and Salome with striking interpretation.
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Hamburg
Germany
U.S
Phyllis Curtin
Josef Strauss
Miss Curtin
Clarksburg
W. Va
New York
Salome
Die Welt
Hamburger Echo
Hamburger Abendblatt
University Club Plans Surprise Field Day Event
The University Club of Bluefield schedules a June 19 Field Day at the Bluefield Country Club with an 18 hole golf match at 1 p.m. a 6 p.m. social hour and a 7 15 p.m. banquet. Club President Leo Signaigo promises a surprise program for new members announced by Mayor J Hudson Huffard of Bluefield Virginia. W T Williams Jr will serve as master of ceremonies.
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University Club of
Bluefield
Bluefield Country Club
Leo Signaigo
J. Hudson Huffard
W. T. Williams Jr
University Club
Telestar's Impact Outlined For Club
Dick Bissinger of General Telephone Co spoke to the Green Valley Glenwood Kiwanis about Telestar and its future role in global communications. He highlighted key features of the electronics advance and forecast developments in the international communications system. Bramwell Kiwanis visitors Clarence Hicks Al Poteet French Edmonds and Jim Collins attended.
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Dick Bissinger
General Telephone Co
Telestar
Green Valley-Glenwood Kiwanis Club
Bissinger
Clarence Hicks
al Poteet
French Edmonds
Jim Collins
Bramwell Kiwanis Club
Colossal Pessimism Topic For Vespers at Bluefield Center
Rev. R. L. Nance preached at the weekly Vesper service at Bluefield Community Center on Bland Street. Jewel Wilson presided, with Connie Smith reading scripture and leading prayer. Mrs. Ann Hubbard sang, Mary Frances Gilmer played piano, and Linda Thorpe closed with a poem. Next Monday Rev. Thomas Stevens is scheduled as guest speaker.
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R. L. Nance
Bethel A. M. E
Bluefield
Bland Street
Jewel Wilson
Rev. Nance
Waterloo
Stephen Wilson
Connie Smith
Mrs. Ann Hubbard
Mary Frances Gilmer
Linda Thorpe
Thomas Stevens
Fake Physician Case Delayed in West Virginia
Marlinton attorney wins delay on prosecutions of the former Denmar State Hospital director. A man calling himself Dr Luis F Menendez is indicted on four counts including impersonation of a physician. FBI says his real name is Oscar Monte Levy. The demurrer questions whether the indictments define crimes under WV law. The prosecutor must answer, and Judge Nickell Kramer will rule.
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Marlinton
Denmar State Hospital
Luis F. Menendez
FBI
Oscar Monte Levy
Arnold O. Weiford
Menendez-Levy
West Virginia
Atty
Robert Jacobson
Nickell Kramer
470 FMC Employees Eligible For Surplus
Nearly 470 workers at FMC Ordnance Division in South Charleston were deemed eligible for surplus food commodities. The State Welfare Department said 468 on strike meet federal and state requirements while the rest were ineligible due to other income. The one month distribution would total about 58 350 pounds across about a dozen items.
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Charleston
FMC Ordnance Division
South Charleston
State Welfare Department
Harry Artis
Department
Commodity Division
Artis
FMC
Boissevain Sets Sabin Oral Clinic
A Sabin Oral Clinic will be held Sunday at Abbs Valley Boissevain Elementary School in Boissevain Virginia from 12 30 p m to 4 30 p m Free transportation will be provided by Jack Bowman J K Sult William Boone John Dros ick and Marvin Trent for Tazewell County residents to attend clinics set up around the county.
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Sabin
Abbs Valley - Boissevain
Boissevain
Jack Bowman
J. K. Sult
William Boone
John Drosick
Marvin Trent
Tazewell County
Rockefeller appeals to moderates for Scranton support
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller announced he has urged leading moderate Republicans to back Governor William Scranton for the GOP presidential nomination. He reported no success and said he remains noncommittal on Goldwater while noting the civil rights bill vote as pivotal. He also indicated his campaign will focus on delegates rather than street battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
William W. Scranton
Scranton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Nixon
Pennsylvania
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
California
Senate
Boissevain Youth Breaks His Ankle In Swim Accident
Donald A. Mathena, 17, of Boissevain Virginia, a Falls Mills Dam lifeguard, broke his right ankle in a diving board jump at the dam swimming area. He was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium about 7 30 p.m. Tuesday and was resting comfortably that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald A. Mathena
Boissevain
Bluefield Sanitarium
Mathena
Falls Mills Dam
Fellowship Revival Held by Boissevain Youth Group
Members of the Methodist Youth Fellowship of Boissevain Virginia will sponsor a youth revival at the church starting tonight at 7 30 o clock The revival is led by a youth Christian witness team from Bluefield Virginia and runs nightly through Sunday June 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Youth Fellowship of
Boissevain
Methodist Church
Christian Witness
Bluefield
Nomination Draws Fire Over GOP Control Fears
A Texas report notes criticism of a nomination suggesting it could fracture party unity. Critics blame liberal media for alarm over a candidate seen as uncontrollable, while supporters argue it shifts balance against Soviet missiles in Europe.
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William H. McCoy
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