US and USSR set up direct hot line to prevent accidental war
The United States and the Soviet Union signed an agreement creating a direct hot line between Washington and Moscow to prevent accidental war. The circuit uses cables via London Copenhagen Stockholm and Helsinki with Backups by a radio link Tangier. Operational within two months, shared costs total 142000 annually.
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Palace of Nations
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Copenhagen
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Helsinki
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Defense Communications Agency
Kremlin
Defense Department
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Steel Peace Prolonged Talks Extend Vacation Plan
The 10 member Human Relations Committee formed by steel unions and industry after a 116 day strike in 195. The group includes union and top steel producers. No wage increase was granted in the 1962 contract. The proposed plan would raise employment costs about 15 cents per hour for 214 months and could create nearly 20,000 jobs based on a 480,000 workforce.
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Cooper
West Virginia Centennial Parade Draws State Leaders
Thousands attended the West Virginia Centennial in Charleston as figures like Attorney General Robert Y. Button and ex-governors joined dignitaries on the capitol steps. The day featured a mammoth parade along Kanawha Boulevard despite morning rain and some events being postponed. Air Force Colonel Charles Yeager attended, with Miss Nancy Conwell of Clarksburg, queen of the centennial, beside him.
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Virginia
Robert Y. Button
Cecil H. Underwood
Okey L. Patteson
Homer A. Holt
Capitol
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
Nancy Conwell
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Air Force
Charles Yeager
Charleston
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Notices Archive Placeholder
The snippet provides publication details for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph including establishment in 1895, address at 412 Bland Street, Bluefield West Virginia, AP affiliation, and subscription rates for carrier and mail within West Virginia. No current event details or news items are present.
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Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Atv
Agency, Inc
Five Injured In Area Accidents
Five persons, four of them children, were treated at Bluefield Sanitarium after separate accidents Thursday. Mark Allen Robinett, six, suffered a scalp laceration when a garage door fell on him. Brian Keith Anderson, 16 months, lacerated palm after tearing a glass bottle. Johnny M. DeHart, four, lacerated temple when another child struck him with a poker. Richard A. Cumbow, 20, had two broken toes in a Welch jobsite accident with McDowell Construction Co. Jeffry Lynn Harold, ten, lacerated leg in a bicycle crash at Maybeury.
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Bluefield Sanitarium
Mark Allen Robinett
Rt. 1
Bluefield
Brian Keith Anderson
Sophia
Johnny M. DeHart
Elm St
Richard A. Cumbow
Princeton Ave
McDowell Construction Co
Welch
Jeffry Lynn Harold
Maybeury
McDowell County
Meybeury
Bobby Kennedy to Open House Civil Rights Hearing
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy will be the lead-off witness for hearings on President Kennedy's civil rights legislation. Testimony will also come from Labor Sec. Wirtz and Welfare Sec. Celebrezze. Concurrently, House Education and Labor members near agreement on a fair employment practices bill to aid Negroes, with a bipartisan bill expected next week.
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Washington
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Welfare
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Celler
House Education and Labor Committee
Congress
Education and Labor Committee
Adam Clayton Powell
Charles E. Goodell
New York
Massive maneuvers please U S NATO allies
In Bangkok Thailand the United States and SEATO allies praised the large maneuvers. Thai Prime Minister Sarit Thanarat said the exercises showed prompt and effective support against a Communist attack. U S Lt Gen Woolnough noted rapid reinforcement via a strike force of F100 jets and paratroopers arriving from bases in the Philippines.
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Thailand
United States
SEATO
Sarit Thanarat
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
U.S
James K. Woolnough
Philippines
Tazewell Alumni Of Concord Plan Meet
The Tazewell County Chapter of the Concord College Alumni Association will meet Friday night June 21 at 7 30 p.m. in Bluefield Town Hall Virginia. They will elect officers and plan upcoming activities with a short social hour after the session.
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Concord College Alumni Association
Bluefield
Roanoke Bank Merger Moves Toward OCC Approval
Marion National Bank will join First National Exchange Bank of Roanoke as its 18th branch if the comptroller of the currency approves the merger. Stockholders of both banks endorsed the merger overwhelmingly on Wednesday.
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Marion National Bank
First National Exchange Bank of
Peronist Candidates’ Names Deletion Ordered in Argentina
Argentina's Interior Ministry directs electoral courts to strike candidate lists linked to the pro Peron Popular Union. The Popular Union supports exiled ex-dictator Juan Peron and backs the new Popular and National Front alliance.
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Argentina
Interior Ministry
Popular Union
Juan D. Peron
Popular and National Front
Rockbridge Girl Wins Miss Virginia Title
Dorcas Dara Campbell of Fairfield Miss Rockbridge County won the preliminary talent event at the 1963 Miss Virginia pageant in Roanoke. Nancy Ligon Harrison of Amherst won the preliminary swimsuit competition.
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Roanoke
Rockbridge County
Dorcas Dara Campbell
Fairfield
Amherst
Nancy Ligon Harrison
Typhoon Shirley Leaves Dozens Dead in South Korea
Typhoon Shirley killed 30 people and left 9 missing as it battered South Korea. National Police reported 11,539 homeless and widespread property damage while the U.S. Army aids relief efforts.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S. Army
Uneasy Calm in Contempt Trials
Judge Aiken reports progress in contempt cases with two guilty verdicts, two guilty pleas, and one nolo contendere plea. He asked Virginia’s supreme court to send an extra judge if needed and requires all defendants and attorneys to attend every daily session until trials are completed, as defendants seek individual trials which may take months.
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Aiken
Virginia Supreme Court
Princeton Man Struck By Car On West Virginia Turnpike
John Bird Johnston, 43, of Princeton, was struck while crossing at the Glass House service area on the Turnpike seven miles from Princeton. He suffered arm and leg injuries and was treated at Bluefield Sanitarium where he was under X-ray. The driver was Marie Louise Anderson of Norfolk, Virginia.
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Norfolk
Bond Issue Talks On Tap In Bluefield
A nine phase capital improvement program tied to a 540000 bond referendum in Bluefield will be debated at two meetings tonight June 21. Mayor Henry Warden and City Manager Randolph G Whittle appear on WHIS TV at 7 pm and Whittle speaks at Mount Zion Baptist Church at 7 45 pm about the same plan.
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North Bluefield
Soviets Threaten To Cut Off Aid To Iraq
Moscow reports the Soviet Union warns it may halt aid to Iraq if Baghdad continues attacks on Kurdish rebels. Pravda criticizes Iraq’s Baath leadership and its suppression of communism, framing the war against Kurds as contrary to Iraqi interests.
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Homecoming Sunday at Hatcher Church
The annual homecoming occurs Sunday at 10 a m at Hatcher Church with a sermon by Rev Norman Arrington followed by a noon picnic dinner. An afternoon of singing and fellowship will conclude the event.
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Norman Arrington
Author Lancaster Dies At Age Of 66
Beverly Massachusetts Bruce Lancaster author dies at Beverly Hospital at 65. Native of Worcester he attended Harvard College and began writing at 40. He published 17 novels and was working on his 20th when he passed away.
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Harvard College
Experts say Eastern Kentucky hospital bill necessary and constitutional
A panel of state experts testified that the Eastern Kentucky hospital bill is needed and constitutional though limited to the coal region. Church leaders said the United Presbyterian Church acts as midwife in the program, not violating church state separation. The hearing closed as Kentucky’s special session, aimed at saving five miners hospitals, continued with word that a hospital authority will be formed to operate the facilities in Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia.
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Concord Dance Festival at Concord College Set
A western style square dance festival sponsored by Shufflers and Ruffles and the Merry Steppers in partnership with Calico and Jeans Club Beckley and the West Virginia Callers Association. The event runs Friday to Sunday with sessions, meals, dorm lodging, and festival headquarters at the College Center. Notables include Bud Bleau Ron Shamblin Church Betty Stalnaker Otto Dahlke Emory Fleming.
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Merry Steppers
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Bob Akers Speaks At Kiwanis Meet
Charleston guest speaker Bob Akers addressed the South Bluefield Kiwanis at 6 30 p m at the Pinnacle Restaurant. He shown a film on education aid from TV with Joe Walker assisting. George Hall Bob Tyson won pins for eight years perfect attendance and Ray Horn Bob Mattox for one year. A resolution urged Bluefielders to vote on the bond issue referendum next Tuesday.
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Charleston
South Bluefield
Deaths and Funerals In Bluefield Area
Obituaries from Princeton to Welch list Margaret Cook Parks and Veronika Harsanyi among the deceased with service details at Seaver Mortuary, Bennett Funeral Home, and Elizabeth Methodist Church. Survivors include numerous children, grandchildren, and extended kin. services planned across Princeton, Northfork, Welch, and Bluefield with burials at Roselawn and Pugh cemeteries.
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Harrison St
Princeton
Stuart A. Parks
Memorial Hospital
Wyoming County
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Harriet S. Cook
Burke Memorial Baptist Church
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Co. A
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S. A. Parks, Jr
D. E. Parks
Rock
Exel Lusk
Montcalm
Raymond Kelly
W. E. McKay
Summersville
William Cook
Maben
Seaver Mortuary
Clayton Sweet
Roselawn
Veronika Harsanyi
John Harsanyi
Northfork
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Powhatan
Hungary
John
Ethel Kovach
Billy Harsanyi
U. S. Air Force
Greenland
Steve Harsanyi
Steve Elizabeth Harsanyi
Mary Pantilli
War
Teresa Spangler
Welch
Helen Motto
Youngstown
Ohio
Vera Gross
Claude
Tex
Ethel Harsanyi
Roderfield
Tony
Andy Kovach
Bennett Funeral Home
Funeral notices from HILT, SALEEBY, THOMPSON and OBRIEN listed
Funeral services are announced for Charles A. Hilt 49 of St Louis formerly of Tannersville with burial in the church cemetery. J T Saleeby 2704 Clovis St Bluefield will be buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery with pallbearers named. Roy C Thompson formerly of Athens to be buried in Athens Cemetery. Anne O Brien 60 of Pocahontas to be buried in Valley Vista Cemetery Bluefield with pallbearers listed.
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St. Louis
Tannersville
Crabtree Church
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Henderson Funeral Home
Saltville
Rudy Hill
Saleeby
J. T
Jake
Clovis St
Bluefield
Hawkins
John O. Atkins
Walnut Grove Cemetery
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Harry Dillon
Charles Altice
Lester McNabb
Hubert Hill
Roger Stansfield
Richard Carbaugh
Carlton Smith
Thompson
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Athens
Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
Athens Methodist Church
Athens Cemetery
Cohen Dies Trains In Dentistry In The Country
Cohen dies after training in dentistry in that country when a young man. Survivors include wife and son and two daughters Mrs. Maurice J. Kossow of Washington D C and Mrs. John J Alberts of Falls Church Va and a sister Mrs Moris Schlom of Los Angeles Calif. Funeral conducted at 2 p m Sunday June 23 Hawkins Funeral Home Linefield burial Monte Vista Cemetery Pallbearers Sidney and Harry Rosenthal Ben and Nathan Platnick Max Kammer Jess Michelson Harold Tomchin and Frank Klauber.
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Maurice J. Kossow
Washington, D. C
John J. Alberts
Falls Church
Moris Schlom
Los Angeles
Calif
Hawkins
Linefield
Monte Vista
Sidney and
Harry Rosenthal
Ben and
Nathan Platnick
Max Kammer
Jess Michelson
Harold Tomchin
Frank Klauber
Cabell Medical Society Opposes $1.9 Million Grant
The Cabell County Medical Society votes unanimously to oppose a Hill Burton Fund grant of 1.904 million to Huntington Orthopedic Hospital. It says the project was developed without the society’s knowledge and warns that expanding bed capacity with federal funds risks staff shortages higher salaries and higher patient costs. The resolution will be sent to President Kennedy the HEW secretary and state officials.
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Cabell County Medical Society
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Huntington Orthopedic Hospital
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Huntington Orthopedic
Kennedy
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
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West Virginia
Kennedy Sends 400 Million Welfare Bills to Congress
President Kennedy forwarded three welfare bills to Congress with a total $400 million plan to train skilled manpower and expand youth employment. The measures cover basic literacy, vocational education, and adult welfare training, including raising youths’ training eligibility and expanding pilot programs nationwide.
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Italians To Build Tanganyika Refinery
Rome AP reports Italy's Eni will construct an oil refinery in Tanganyika and share profits with the Tanganyika government. The plan involves Eni's state role and a revenue split with the local government.
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