Body of Missing Lynchburg Man Found in Creek
The body of Marvin Hunter Colbert 42 was found Sunday afternoon in a small creek behind his home where he had been missing since Friday night. Bedford County medical examiner Dr W C McCabe ruled the death a drowning noting possible loss of footing and a blow to the head. No bruises were found on the head.
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Lynchburg, Va
Lynchburg
Marvin Hunter Colbert
Bedford County
W. C. McCabe
Colbert
Old Forest Road
McCabe
Brith Abraham Urges Johnson to Outlaw Klan at Convention
Brith Abraham leaders condemn the Ku Klux Klan as a cancer and urge President Johnson to outlaw the group. Irving L. Hedes cites the Klan as a threat to American freedom and calls for Klansmen to be imprisoned. The convention also plans to award Sen. Wayne Morse for aid to the underprivileged and support of Israel.
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Kiamesha Lake
N.Y
Brith Abraham
Johnson
Irving L. Hedes
Newark
Hedes
America
Wayne L. Morse
D. Ore
Israel
Sinkford earns master of science degree at WRU
Patricia H. Sinkford daughter of Mr and Mrs S M Sinkford of 910 Bland St received a Master of Science degree from Western Reserve University School of Applied Social Sciences in Cleveland Ohio. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bluefield State College.
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S. M. Sinkford
Bland St
Western Reserve University
School of Applied Social Sciences
Cleveland
Ohio
Miss Sinkford
Bluefield State College
Skyraiders Press Viet Cong Concentration In Vietnam Action
United States aircraft fired 56 rounds from 5 and 6 inch guns against a Viet Cong concentration believed to be a battalion strong. South Vietnamese units reportedly killed 26 guerrillas near Quang Ngai as a government crisis persists with Premier Nguyen Cao Ky warning of Communist gains. Paratroopers and airborne artillery pulled out of Phuoc Vinh as a battalion from the 17th Airborne Brigade and accompanying guns were sent in to guard the airstrip before Dong Xoai actions.
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Quang Ngai
Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Phuoc Long
Dong Xoai
U.S
Phuoc Vinh
17Th Airborne Brigade
Dong
Deaths and Funerals in McDowell County
Obituaries list Luther Jesse Bailey 79 of Leckie with funeral Tuesday at Boyd's Chapel Methodist Church and burial at Woodlawn. Willie Hicks 51 of Caretta dies after long illness. James Parker Sr. 74 of Kimball dies in Welch with service Tuesday at Lovely Zion Baptist Church. Survivors include multiple children, grandchildren, and friends. services note church affiliations and fraternal memberships.
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James Parker Sr
Kimball
McDowell County
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Mount Nebo
Bluewell
Order of Eastern Star
Kimball Funeral Home
Local Man David Robinson Dies in Bluefield
David Robinson of 124 Williams Street Bluefield died Sunday morning at Bluefield Sanitarium. His body was sent to Lugo's Funeral Service for completion of funeral arrangements.
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David Robinson
Williams St
Bluefield
Lugo
Walker Harmon Crabtree Dies in Virginia Home
Walker Harmon Crabtree 78 of RFC Cleveland Virginia died Saturday at his home. Survived by wife Ollie Lee Presley Sea Pleasant Maryland. Vada Musick Cleveland. Dixie Handle Portsmouth. three sons Clovis Washington DC Arthur Cleveland Ernest Bee. 43 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Funeral service Tuesday at 11 a.m. EST with burial in Crabtree Cemetery. Body moved from Honaker Funeral Home to the residence.
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Walker Harmon Crabtree
Rfc Cleveland
Ollie Lee Presley
Sea Pleasant
Vada Musick
Cleveland
Dixie Handle
Portsmouth
Clovis Crabtree
Washington, D. C
Arthur Crabtree
Earnest Crabtree
Bee
Goding
Crabtree
Honaker Funeral Home
Funeral notices for Canoy Jessee and Myers families
Infant Paul David Canoy of Goldsboro North Carolina grave side service Monday at Woodlawn Cemetery Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield in charge. Oscar Jessee 73 Castlewood Virginia funeral Tuesday at Lakesview Baptist Church with burial Rest Hill Cemetery Lebannon Virginia. Helen Virginia Myers 68 Milan New Mexico former Elbert funeral today at Carr Memorial Methodist Church with burial Resthaven Cemetery. Body to church one hour before service.
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Oscar
Castlewood
Lakesview Baptist Church
Rest Hill
Lebanon
W. E. Jessee
Robert Baker
John Baker
Curtis Davis
Bill Hartsock
Homer Osborne
John Welch
Waldo Dorton
Taulbee Jessee
Sam Ireson
George A. Pruner
K. C. Hartsock
Rufus Byerley
John S. Dorton
Lebannon Funeral Home
Rioters Return to London Track Event Amid Police Debate
The 40 RIOTERS continuing from page one faced police protection withdrawal as plans for a London motor sports meet moved ahead despite no races in 1964. About 15,000 motorcyclists traveled to the site camping along highways and lodging in motels. The governor urged cancellation but officials confirmed the races would go on. Arrests were expected to be arraigned Monday with bail set from $500 to $1,000.
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London
Johnson fills 5th Circuit seats amid civil rights tensions
President Johnson named nominees to two openings on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The picks aim to shift the five member bench, with Hutcheson replaced by a liberal Texan and Cameron by a Mississippian, amid political wrangling with Eastland and Stennis over race and integration.
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Georgia
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Texas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate
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Hutcheson
Cameron
U.S
James P. Coleman
Congress
Eastland
Senate Judiciary Committee
John Stennis
Coleman
White House
Computers Take Center Stage at West Virginia 4-H Camp
About 350 youths from 55 counties and delegates from seven neighboring states gather at Jackson's Mill W Va for a week long 4 H camp focusing on farm use of computers and the individual role on the farm with new scientific know how.
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Jackson's Mill
W. Va
Willard R Talbott 89 longtime machinist dies in Greenbrier
Willard R Talbott 89 of Sand Black Greenbrier County and a former Blue Field resident died Saturday. Born in Steubenville Ohio he was a son of the late Kinsey and Mrs. Talbott. A retired machinist and Slaeger Masonic Lodge member he leaves four other sons John Talbott Jupiter Florida O E Talbott Duo Greenbrier County C P Talbott Talcott and Bill Talbott and two sisters Lula Briel Hiram Ohio Jean Brangle Chillicothe Ohio 15 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. services were held Tuesday at 11 am at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Chapel East Rainelle officiated by Rev Ray Perkins and Rev Rex Ball with burial in End of the Trail Cemetery Clintonville.
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Leckie
McDowell County
Boyd’s Chapel Methodist
Woodlawn
John Lafferty
Pocahontas
Pageton
John A
Mary P. Bailey
Boyd's Chapel Methodist Church
Curtis
Marv's Bailey
John A. Bailey
Roanoke
Mack Bailey
U. S. Air Force
Germany
H. A. Bennett
Yards
James Evans
Marion
D. P. Bailey
George Bailey
Anawalt
Carl Bailey
Hartington
Martha Sadler
Mary Sadler
Falls Mills
Granger Sadler
Princeton
Elma Duke
Kelso
Wash
Louie Presley
Ray Blevins
John Tilley
Kelly Mitchem
Robert Rash
S. C. Shumate
Willie Hicks
Caretta
McDowell Couty
Welch Hospital
Blige
Eveline C. Hicks
United Mine Workers of America
Lola M. Hicks
Jessie Hubbard
Roscoe Welch
Mavisdale
Mollie Hicks
Billy Hicks
Elkton
Grady Hicks
Odenton
Ind
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Frank Hicks
Fionia Smith
Hillsville
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Bradshaw Mountain
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Pat Richardson
Curt Wolf
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Sandblack
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Jupiter, Fla
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Duo
C. P. Talbott
Talcott
Bill Talbott
Andblack
Lula Briel
Hiram
Jean Brangle
Chillicothe
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Chapel
East Rainelle
Ray Perkins
Rex Ball
Clintonville
Rebels in D R call for 72 hour nationwide strike
In Santo Domingo labor unions backing the rebel government of Col. Francisco Caamano Deno announce a 72 hour general strike starting Monday to show support for the rebel regime. They say the move is not linked to OAS peacemaking talks.
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Dominican Republic
Col
Francisco Caamano Deno
Luis Henry Molina
Organization of American States
OAS Political Committee
Caamano
OAS
Patria
Fatherland
1000 Dogs Given Rabies Shots In City
About 1,000 dogs were treated with anti rabies shots across three clinics in Bluefield on Sunday Dr Jim Bailey reported Others received injections at Bluefield Auditorium City Hall and Northside Fire Station to support the city rabies control drive begun after two rabid dogs were found in the county.
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Bluefield
Jim Bailey
City Hall
Northside
Weather Outlook for Virginia and West Virginia
The Associated Press reports partly cloudy conditions in eastern and southern Virginia with showers limited to about 25 percent in the extreme northwest, highs in the 80s to near 90 elsewhere. Monday night brings variable clouds and 40 percent showers, then Tuesday clears and warms less. In West Virginia expect scattered showers and thundershowers about 40 percent today with highs mainly in the 80s, ending Monday night, then Tuesday for fairer but cooler conditions.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Bluefield Man Arrested on Fugitive Warrant
A Bluefield man Arthur G. Riley was arrested on a fugitive warrant from Radford Virginia charged with a felony for passing bad checks. He was taken from 1303 Augusta Street to police headquarters and posted a $1,000 bond.
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Bluefield
Arthur G. Riley
Bluefield Police Department
Radford
Riley
Augusta St
Pot Holder Ignites Smoke Alarm Prompts Fire Call
Bluefield firemen were summoned to 1204 Hilltop Lane at 7:53 p.m. Sunday to A. S. Barksdale Jr. residence. They found only a smoke scare as a pot holder near an electric stove apparently ignited and was placed in a cabinet drawer.
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Hilltop Lane
A. S. Barksdale Jr
Gordon Damron
Only 15 200 Places In Chinese Colleges
Taiwan authorities report that about one third of applicants will gain admission to colleges next fall. More than 40 000 high school graduates will compete in exams for 15 200 available places, the Education Ministry said.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Charge Filed After 2 Crashes
Two Saturday night Mercer County traffic accidents led state police to file charges against Audrey Sexton 38 of Mabury McDowell County for left turning into oncoming traffic and driving with an expired permit. Damages totaled about 2400 dollars with no injuries.
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Mercer County
Audrey Sexton
Maybeury
McDowell County
Gregory Wins 24 Hour Race at Le Mans
Masten Gregory and Jochen Rindt won the 24 hour Le Mans ending at 10 am EST aided by a rookie and a tire fault. Ferraris swept the podium with 5 finishers among 11 Ferraris. only one Ford-powered Cobra finished, as mechanical issues plagued faster machines. The winning North American Racing Team car completed 347 laps covering 4677.11 kilometers at an average 121.09 mph.
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France
Masten Gregory
Ferrari
Austria
Taf Gosselin
Belblew
Luigi Chinetti
New York
Gregory and
Rindt
Jean Guichet
Nino Vaccarella
Italy
Funeral Today For 5 Victims
A family of five killed in a plane crash en route to Wilmington will be buried Monday. Robert Ellis 30, his wife Sallie 28, and their three children were found in a swamp near Bolivia after the single engine craft crashed Friday night. The couple were longtime Beaufort County Airport staff. the wedding they planned to attend in Wilmington was Miss Frances Yopp’s. The three Ellis children were under seven. Evidence suggested the plane burned on impact. The crash occurred near a site where a national air lines plane previously went down in January 1960 killing 34.
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Wilmington
N. C
Robert Ellis
Beaufort County
S. C
Sallie
Bolivia
Ellis
State Highway Patrol
Sunny Point Army Terminal
Ellises
Frances Yopp
Robin Susan
Robert Jr
Glenn
A. H. Clark
The
Highway Patrol
National Airlines
Demo Favors Liquor Law for Virginia
Arthur W. Arundel, Democratic candidate for state senator in Fairfax County, calls for a law allowing liquor by the drink in Virginia. He would push for passage if elected, arguing it would boost hospitality and tourism. He suggests local option by cities and counties as a practical step.
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Arthur W. Arundel
Fairfax County
Virginia
Senate
Arundel
McElreath Tops Wreck Marred Langhorne Race
Jim McElreath of Arlington Texas won the 100 mile national championship for Indianapolis cars over Mario Andretti of Nazareth Pennsylvania by a quarter lap in a race slowed by a 36 lap caution. Mel Kenyon Davenport Iowa and Ralph Liquori Tampa Florida were hospitalized after a third turn collision on the 27th lap as Langhornes new D shaped asphalt track hosted its debut. Andretti set a track qualifying record at 118.197 mph breaking the previous 113.841 mph mark set in 1960 by Don Branson.
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Langhorne
Jim McElreath
Arlington
Tex
Indianapolis
McElreath
Mario Andretti
Nazareth
Mel Kenyon
Davenport
Iowa
Ralph Liquori
Tampa
Fla
Bucks County Hospital
Andretti
Don Branson
Champaign
Ill
State offices to close for 102nd West Virginia birthday
Charleston AP reports all state offices except the Motor Vehicles Department will close Monday to observe the 102nd birthday. Motor Vehicles employees will work normal hours to process 1966 vehicle license plates.
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Charleston
Motor
West Virginia
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