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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1965

Page

3

Quantico Marines Die in I 95 Crash Near Woodbridge

Three Quantico Marines were killed when their car collided with a tractor trailer parked on the shoulder along Interstate 95 in Prince William County. Cpl Randolph L Hopton 22 of Chattanooga Tenn driver, Lance Cpl Thomas H Black 23 of Winchester Mass, Pvt Jack T Sutton 21 of Madison Tenn perished. Truck driver Willie F Bethea 36 of Gatesville NC uninjured. Virginia highway toll rose to 445 for 1965.

Woodbridge Quantico Interstate 95 Randolph L. Hopton Chattanooga Tenn Lance Thomas H. Black Winchester Mass Jack Thomas Sutton Madison Willie Franklin Bethea Fredericksburg Jacob Major Ware Washington Hospital U.S. 1 Stafford County

Special Services At Union Baptist Church

Thanksgiving services will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at Union Baptist Church. Rev. H. L. Wade will speak. Mrs. L. M. Mack will bring greetings. Soloists are Mrs. Estella Heartwell and Mrs. Emogene Eldridge. The program is open to the public.

Union Baptist Church H. L. Wade L. M. Mack Estella Heartwell Emegine Eldridge

English Instructor to Speak at Bethel A.M.E. Church Sunday

S. E. Cary, English instructor at Bluefield State College, will be guest speaker for the Men's Day Program at Bethel A.M.E. Church Sunday at 11 a.m. The Senior Choir will present music and the Lewis Children will appear. Mrs. W. P. Hamelton chairs the program. Rev. R. L. Nance is the pastor.

S. E. Cary Bluefield State College Bethel A.M.E Lewis W. P. Hamelton R. .L Nance

Progress Corps Boosted At Bluefield Meeting

About 100 leaders from Bluefield gathered for the Governor's Progress Corps event at the West Virginian Hotel. Albert S. Kemper Jr. and other officials outlined a volunteer push to promote West Virginia, with a film showing and a appeal to spread state advantages for travel and industry.

Progress Corps Albert S. Kemper Premier Pocahontas Co West Virginia Progress Corps W. J. Gillespie West Virginia West Albert S. Kemper Jr Progress Hulett Smith Appalachian Power Co James Kee Bluefield Henry Warden Robert R. Bowers

State Motor Truck Rodeo Opens Near Charleston Center

About 40 drivers from across the state compete in a one day event at the Charleston Civic Center. Five class winners including straight track and various tractor semitrailer and tank categories will advance to a national rodeo in Kansas City next September.

Charleston Charleston Civic Center State Motor Truck Association Kansas City

Traffic Death Toll in West Virginia Rises This Year

State Police at Charleston report 188 people killed on West Virginia highways so far this year, compared with 208 at this time last year.

Charleston West Virginia

Bassett Keeps Job Security Post Amid Cabinet Changes

Gov. Hulett C. Smith reappointed Clement R. Bassett as Employment Security Commissioner, raising his salary from 13000 to 14000 a year. Other major posts remain under discussion with Natural Resources Director Warden M. Lane and Insurance Commissioner Harlan Justice awaiting final fate, while new appointments were announced to the Uniform State Laws Commission and to the Employment Security Advisory Council. Lane’s fate may depend on progress in the parks program.

Charleston Employment Security Clement R. Bassett Hulett C. Smith Natural Resources Warden M. Lane Harlan Justice Smith Bassett Department of Employment Security Ence Darrell V. McGraw Jr Pineville Richard E. Ford Lewisburg House of Delegates Commission On Ford George Richardson Jr Bluefield Eugene Carter Willard Brown William A. Haslam Mount Hope Department of Employment Security Advisory Council Natural Resources Department Lane The Conservation de

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