Wreck Near Glen Lyn Injures Eight Including Child
Two-vehicle crash on U S Route 460 near Glen Lyn Mercer County left eight injured. Two seriously hurt Evelyn Sizemore 14 and Paris J Crouch 46 were hospitalized then sent to Bluefield Sanitarium with serious neck and leg injuries. The other victims include Rebecca Sizemore Vernon Crouch Jerry Akers Samuel Sizemore and Nora Sizemore. Robin Cox Wright 45 of Princeton faces charges for failure to keep left of center.
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U. S
Vernon Crouch
Jerry Akers
Oakvale
Wright
Samuel Sizemore
Nora Sizemore
Lundale
Akers
Cox
English rowers lag far behind Atlantic crossing attempt
Two British journalists John Hoare and David Johnstone trial a 15 foot Puffin to cross the Atlantic from Virginia Beach to St Ives. They left May 21 aiming 60 miles daily on a 3000 mile voyage but lag as Coast Guard reports sighting them 125 miles east of Chatham Massachusetts. A second British pair Ridgway and Blyth also reported well being as Albatross relays from 170 miles southeast of Cape Cod.
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Atlantic Ocean
Virginia Beach
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David Johnstone
St. Ives
England
Coast Guard
Boston
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Johnstone
Chatham
Mass
Albatross
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Clay Blyth
Cape Cod
Orleans
Oakvale Truck Stop Damaged By Blaze
A fire at the Highway Truck Stop on Oakvale Road caused about 1000 dollars in damage Monday morning. East River chief James E Belcher said the fire started in a ba te near the building and spread to sleeping quarters and a store room. the restaurant area remained unharmed. Four trucks answered the alarm as East River and Glen Lyn volunteers fought the blaze with creek water.
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East River
James E. Belcher
East River Volunteer Fire Department
Glen Lyn
Head Start Bus Schedule Listed For Mercer County
Randolph Robinette announced the tentative Head Start bus routes for Mercer County starting Wednesday. The plan lists multiple Tri-City and yellow school buses with pickups and returns at Bluefield center Princeton center and various stops, noting parent responsibility if a bus does not run and that pupils will use the Tri-City Traction terminal at 8:30 for pickup.
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Spanishburg
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W. Robert Carr
Jody Whittaker
Princeton
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Knob Street
Elks Ladies Club To Host Gary Members
Women of the Gary Country Club will be guests of the Princeton Elks Club Ladies Day Golf group Tuesday. Tee-off time is 9:30 a.m. Events will include low gross low net and low putts. Lunch will be served at 12:30 with bridge play in the afternoon.
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Princeton Elks Club
DAR Chapter Slates Meeting For Tonight
Matthew French Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution plans a 7 30 PM meeting at the Princeton Elks Lodge hosted by Mrs W C Sowers and Trixie Peck. Mrs I M Smith will present a program on national defense.
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Trixie Peck
Matthew French
Daughters of the American Revolution
Princeton Elks Lodge
I. M. Smith
House Members Hope To Drop Open-Housing Bill
President Johnson relies on Rep. Emanuel Celler to keep open housing in the civil rights bill as House factions press to drop the provision. Celler fights removal amid opposition from Northerners and states with existing open housing laws.
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Johnson
Congress
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Celler
House
Senate
Princeton City Council Accepts 16 Million Federal Grant For Hospital
Princeton City Council approved accepting a 16 million dollar federal grant toward a new hospital with 60 percent funding from the Economic Development Administration and potential 10 percent additional if qualifying. The move hinges on hospital committee approval while efforts continue to attract a regional health center for Mercer County.
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Mercer County
Economic Development Administration
Princeton Community Hospital Assn., Inc
Butler Street
Murdock Street
Young Avenue
Pearls Street
South Avenue
Princeton Avenue
Butler Streets
Railroad Avenue
Kirby
Gadd
William F. Harris
Wallace Street
Humphrey Signals Opposition to Keith in Sept Primary
Vice President Hubert Humphrey indicated possible disfavor toward a September primary challenge to Lt. Gov. A. M. Keith by Gov. Karl Rolvaag or Robert E. Short. He urged party unity behind Keith after the DFL convention, where Keith won endorsement on the 20th ballot.
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Rolvaag
St. Paul
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de Humphrey
Humphrey
Waverly
FCC Member Foresees CAT TV Won’t Doom Broadcasters
FCC Commissioner Robert E. Lee told the Florida Association of Broadcasters that community antenna television will not destroy the current broadcast industry. He warned satellite direct reception would be costly and unlikely to replace existing systems, and predicted the FCC will approve some form of subscription TV this year. He noted the agency has taken jurisdiction over CATV and hearings will soon shape future applications.
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Federal Communications
Robert E. Lee
Lee
Florida Association of Broadcasters
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Special Camp For 4 H Held At Glenwood Park
The three day 4 H camp at Glenwood Park themed Happiness Is Golden taught 64 campers ages 10 to 15 manners grooming and fellowship. Groups red white blue and gold named captains while instructors from Edgemont Melrose Pinoak and Princeton clubs led sessions on happiness safety crafts and recreation. Local clubs funded the camp with support from Moose Club Kiwanis Elks Lions Interact and others in Princeton Bluefield Matoaka and surrounding communities.
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Davidson College
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Princeton Elks Club
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Princeton Lions Club
Interact Clu
Princeton High School
Green Valley-Glenwood Kiwanis Club
H. C. Crews Mill Works Company
Mercer County
Curtis Murray Earns Divinity Degree and Ordination
Curtis A. Murray of Marion Virginia earned a Bachelor of Divinity from Columbia Theological Seminary at Decatur Georgia and was ordained in the Presbyterian Church at Strawberry Plains Tennessee. He will serve as pastor of the Presbyterian churches in Strawberry Plains and Blaine Tennessee. He is a 1916 Marton High School graduate and King College alumnus, married to Joan Anderson of Bluefield with one child Deborah Lynn.
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Walter F. Murray
Marion
Columbia Theological Seminary
Decature
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Strawberry Plains
Tenn
Blaine
Presbyterian Church
Marton High School
Murray
National Bureau of Standards
Washington, D. C
Walkout Closes Ravenswood Plant
An abrupt walkout at the Kaiser Aluminum plant in Ravenswood West Virginia shut the facility. About 3 000 workers were affected as a maintenance employee discipline dispute sparked the stoppage. Kaiser spokesman called it unauthorized and local union president Doc Hunter said the walkout was not union action.
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W.va
Kaiser Aluminum Co
Kaiser
United Steel Workers
Doc Hunter
Mother of Five Sees Fast Relief from Piles in Gary
Mrs. E. Macchia of Gary says after five children she developed hemorrhoids and found relief with Preparation H. She reports quick relief from burning itch and pain and swelling, noting the product shrinks and heals inflamed tissue without surgery.
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Gary
Indiana
E. Macchia
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