Six New Mines Are Proposed In Buchanan County
Island Creek Coal Co officials outlined six shaft mines planned in the Grundy area to add 1600 to 1700 new families over six years. Production expected by 1974 with two existing mines and a new Dismal mine. county housing, schools, utilities, roads, and Route 460 upgrades needed. Buchanan County Day set for August 24 with invited Kentucky and Virginia governors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan County
Buchanan County Chamber of Commerce
Grundy
Heard Island Creek Coal Co
Thurston P. Strunk
Island Creek
Virginia Pocahontas Division
Strunk
Saidh Company
William S. Diamond
Cleveland
Ohio
Dismal
Stafford Williams
Chamber of Commerce
Kentucky
Virginia
McCarthy Addresses Negro Editors on Power and Poverty
Senator McCarthy told a group of Negro editors that poverty comes from powerlessness and power must be shared to solve urban poverty and racism. He spoke before the National Newspaper Publishers Association in New York as he prepared to return to Washington after winning the New York primary with 62 convention delegates versus Kennedy’s 30 and Humphrey’s 12.
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New York
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
America
National Newspaper Publishers Association
McCarthy
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Hbert H. Humphrey
Legion Post 39 to Install Officers in Bluefield
American Legion Post 39 in Bluefield and the Auxiliary will install new officers Monday at 8 p.m. at the post house on North Mercer Street. Berender Shelley district commander will install the Legion officers and Mrs. Trulove Thompson will install Auxiliary officers. Post commander Bennie Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Bluefield
Auxiliary
North Mercer Street
Berender Shelley
Legion
Trulove Thompson
Bennie Harris
Traffic deaths rise to 230 on state roads
State Police reported Thursday that 230 people have died on state roads this year, up from 203 at the same point last year. The AP glucose-?
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Associated Press
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Rate Card Fragment
An archival rate card lists subscription prices for Virginia daily and Sunday editions and the year rate. It notes Associated Press affiliation and advertising contact details for The Kats Agency Inc with a local telephone number.
Deaths and Funerals in Crumpler and Area
Obituary notices for William M McBride of Crumpler and Charles G Meade of Bluefield detail long illnesses and funeral plans. Services set at Union Hall Keystone and Hawkins Funeral Chapel Bluefield with multiple survivors, burials in Oakgrove and Grandview Cemeteries, and family visitation details.
Obituary notices for Moore, Cline and Johnson families
Obituary notices report the deaths of Joseph Edward Moore 84 of Richlands Va at a Richlands hospital after a long illness. Also listed are Susie Cline 72 of Baisden and James Thadeus Johnson formerly of Bluefield who died in New York City. Burial details, survivors, and funeral arrangements follow for each.
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Celia Chattam Abbott
Keen Mountain
Grundy, Va
Joseph Edward Moore
Richlands
Moore
John
Alice Lawson Moore
Singer Sewing Machine Co
S. H. Hill Corp
First Baptist Church
Elizabeth Sheppard Moore
Nora Asbury
Alta Fox
Cane Brake
Mary Adams
Castelwood
Arthur Moore
Williamson
Frank Mooore
Grundy
Hurst-Scott Funeral
A. Charles Allen
Hawkins Cemetery
Susie Cline
Baisden
Lat Mose
Sarah Jane Smith
Margaret Cline
Pikesville
Bobby Gene Robertson
Geraldine Robertson
Dillard Cline
Ray Cline
Rockhouse
Charles Cline
Alabama
Willie Cline
Clayton Cline
Arizona Cline
Fannie Cline
Liza Cline
Allen Cline
John Cline
Julian Cline
James T. Johnson
Bluefield
New York City
N. Y
Gwendolyn Johnson
Columbus
Ohio
James Johnson
Internal Revenue Service
Bluefield State College
Eleanor Clarkston
Wilma Witcher
Arkon
Carolyn Staggers
Oakland
Calif
John P. Hairston
Clarence Johnson
Cleveland
Unity
New York
Funerals for Mullens and Princeton Residents Set
Funeral services announced for Mrs Bessie Shufflebarger 82 of Mullens at First United Methodist Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Mrs Margie A Karnes 81 of Princeton to be laid to rest at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Pallbearers listed. flowerbearers named.
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Oakwood Presbyterian Church
Oakwood
Jim Hall
Temple Hill
Castlewood
Grundy Funeral
Shufflebarger
Bessie
Mullens
First United Methodist Church
Will
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Sam Foglesong
Neese
Neely
Karnes
Margie A
Athens Road
Princeton
Kee Street Methodist Church
Bill Deel
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
W.A. Kingrea
R. J. Bowles
E. B. Underwood
Lake Lilly
H. B. Shrewsberry
C. C. Stafford
Bomb threat delays Chesapeake & Ohio No. 2 train
A caller warned of a bomb on the C and O No. 2 passenger train, delaying the eastbound service for more than an hour near Montgomery West Virginia. Police searched the train, found no explosives, and said a suspect is being sought. The call originated from a telephone booth.
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Montgomery
W.va
Chesapeake & Ohio
Charleston
Pre Anniversary Program for Pastor Wagner at Church of God in Christ
A pre anniversary program at the Church of God in Christ in Princeton tonight at 8 o clock honors Elder G F Wagner for eleven years as pastor. Rev W H Harris of Betha AME Zion Church will be guest speaker with the Bethal AME Zion Choir. Mrs Julia Ward and Mrs Pansey Gardener in charge of arrangements.
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Church of God In Christ
Princeton
G. F. Wagner
W. H. Harris
Betha Ame Zion Church
Bethal Ame Zion
Julia Ward
Pansey Gardener
Mullens Youth Heads to Sweden as Exchange Student
Stephen Kirby son of Mr and Mrs R W Kirby of Mullens has been chosen by a Stockholm Sweden Rotary Club to study as a high school exchange student for the coming year He plans to depart for Sweden in late July or early August He is an Eagle Scout and active in the community.
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Stephen Kirby
R. W. Kirby
Mullens
Stockholm
Sweden
Elimination Of Peers Proposed In House Of Lords Reform
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson proposed comprehensive legislation to abolish hereditary peers from the Lords and reform the chamber. Talks with Conservatives and Liberals ended. the government will push the measure unilaterally. The Lords, about 1000 members, include 100 life peers and 900 hereditary peers with limited attendance.
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London
House of Lords
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Labor
Discrimination Ban Extended Across Military Housing
Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford announced a nationwide extension of the ban on servicemen renting apartments or trailer court dwellings where owners discriminate. He said the program begun by Robert S. McNamara has made progress, but some landlords near posts still practice discrimination. Clifford also ordered procedures to provide legal advice to servicemen facing housing discrimination, citing the new civil rights law and a recent Supreme Court decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clark M. Clifford
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Clifford Aid
Supreme Court
Gypsy Man Found Dead on B&O Tracks in Clarksburg
State Police report Donald Eugene Quinn 23 a Gypsy resident was found dead along Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks early Thursday with both legs severed. The incident occurred in Clarksburg and police are investigating the death as a possible crime.
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Clarksburg
Donald Eugene Quinn
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Actors End Broadway Strike With New Three Year Pact
The Actors Equity and the League of New York Theaters reached a three year contract ending a three day strike. Broadway performances resume tonight after sixteen theaters and nine road shows paused. The deal raises minimum weekly wages to 145, 150, and 155 dollars and signals potential ticket price increases.
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New York
Broadway
Actors Equity
League of New York Theaters
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Widow Testifies In Galayda Case
In Uniontown Pennsylvania the widow of Anthony Scotchell testifies that Galayda and Krukar killed Scotchell near Logan West Virginia. She describes the murder scene the theft of jewelry and cash and the transportation of the body to a Pittsburgh area motel. The prosecution seeks the death penalty for Galayda, 38, of Monessen.
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Uniontown
Logan
W.va
Anthony Scotchell
Galayda
Scotchell
Carol King Krukar
Krukar
Tony
Pittsburgh
Bonnie Jo Shroyer
Columbus
Ohio
Monessen
Governor Aide Darrell McGraw Jr. Resigns to Return to Private Practice
Charleston report says Darrell V. McGraw Jr., special counsel to Gov. Hulett C. Smith, announced his resignation on Thursday. He has served with the administration since its start and will enter private legal practice.
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Charleston
Hulett C. Smith
Darrell V. McGraw Jr
Smith
Ex-Mayor Defends Ray Lawyer Hired in King Killing Case
London AP Attorney Arthur J. Hanes Sr. former Birmingham mayor says he has been retained to defend James Earl Ray in the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ray, held at Wandsworth Prison, faces extradition hearing at Bow Street. Hanes arrived with his son to London.
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London
Arthur J. Hanes Sr
Birmingham
Ala
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Hanes
Ray
Wandsworth
Bow Street
Harriman to Return to Paris for Paris Peace Talks
U S Ambassador W Averell Harriman will fly back to Washington on Friday to confer with President Johnson and other officials over the stalled Paris peace talks. He plans to stay ten days and return to Paris on July 1. In the conference's tenth meeting Cyrus R Vance Harriman's deputy will chair the U S delegation.
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Paris
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Washington
Johnson
Cyrus R. Vance
Harriman
No Peaks High Enough For Sub To Hit NORFOLK
Rear Adm. Lawrence G. Bernard testified that no sea peaks high enough for a submarine collision were found in 25 days of Scorpion search. He said he has low confidence any peaks will be found and noted chart uncertainties and navigation limits. Bernard, now in command at Charleston, led the Azores sweep as Marne Marne was relieved as search director by Capt. George C. Ball.
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Norfolk
Scorpion
Lawrence G. Bernard
Naval Court of
Bernard
Azores
Navy
Nyfolk
George C. Ball
Key West
Fla
Charleston
8.C
Permits To Wed Issued In Giles County Virginia
Giles County clerk reports eleven marriage licenses on Friday June 14 and ten on Saturday June 15 issued in Pearisburg. Pairings include residents from Huntington Barboursville Princeton and Beckley among others with spouses from West Virginia and Virginia locations.
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Giles
Pearisburg
Giles County Cleark
Ronald Lee Keesee
Huntington
W. Va
Carol Jean Stauffer
Barboursville
Doren Eugene Brown
Cyclone
Linda Lou Lusk
Oceans
William Dana Young
Clendenin
Phyllis Louise Robertson
Ralph Alfred McKinney
Kegley
Karen Elaine Baldwin
Princeton
Bernard David McKenzie
Barbara Jean Hatcher
Frederick John Ferrese
Hollywood
Fla
Ruth Ann Thomas
Fayetteville
Billy Curtis Thomas
Dawes
Stella Mae Seagraves
Miami
Eugene Carl Huffman, Jr
Beckley
Margie Sue Young
Hinton
Pisitna Patalung
Barbara Ann Stone
John Henry Irving, III
Richmond Va
Peggy Susan Claypool
Pearlsburg
Richard Edgar Frost
Holyoke
Mass
Sana Jean McKinney
Basin
Byrd Hears P P Complaints
About 60 participants in the Poor People's Campaign met with U S Sen Robert C Byrd to Air grievances from roads to food stamp and job training program weaknesses. Byrd urged state and local action and called for revamping food stamp and school lunch programs to reach more in need. He noted manpower training flaws and highlighted gaps between training and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Senate
Byrd
Jurors Rescheduled In Green Valley Case
Petit jurors initially set to report Friday are rescheduled to appear June 25 by Mercer County Circuit Court Judge F Morton Wagner. They are not jurors for the current case of Green Valley Public Service District versus Jenks.
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Mercer County Circuit Court
F. Morton Wagner
Green Valley Public Service District
Jenks
Fall Injuries Fatal To Man In Princeton
A 65 year old Princeton man Charlie G Wright died at Prince ton Memorial Hospital from injuries suffered in a fall from a roof on June 6 at a Straley Avenue address. He was painting the roof when the fall occurred and died of a fractured vertebra and heel after complications. He was born in Welch and was a retired carman for the Norfolk and Western Railway. He is survived by his wife Eva and one daughter, four sisters, seven brothers, and several in laws and relatives. Funeral arrangements are pending at Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton.
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Princeton
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Charlie G. Wright
Oakvale Road
Straley Ave
Wright
Welch
Mae Wright
Edward J. Wright
Norfolk and Western Railway
First Christian Church
American Federation of Labor
Princeton Old Guard
Eva Anderson Wright
Sam Nunley
Redondo Beach
Calif
Garnet Thomas
Inez White
Raymond Elliott
Glen Lyn
Bill Walker
Indianapolis
Ind
Mate Wright
Ray Wright
Gambrilles
Clarence
Aaron
Walter
John
Ruben Wright
Randolph Backs Labor Position at AFL-CIO Meet
Roanoke Virginia Senator Jennings Randolph told the Virginia State AFL-CIO convention that ending the Vietnam War will not cure domestic ills. He urged affirming social programs, warned against simplistic fixes, and pressed for strict crime control and firearm limits while prioritizing Vietnam.
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Roanoke
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
Randolph
Senate Committee On Labor and
Publc Welfare
Virginia
Afl-Cio
Vietnam
Johnson
Bluefield Man Attending WV CPA Society 50th Meet
Jim Gillenwater comptroller at Bluefield Supply Co. is among county and state accountants attending the West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants 50th anniversary meeting at the Greenbrier Hotel White Sulphur Springs and will continue through tomorrow.
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Jim Gillenwater
Bluefield Supply Co
West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants
Greenbrier Hotel
White Island
Baptist Program Speakers Named at Mt Olive Bluefield
Rev. Braxton Bradley of Welch and Rev. Harvey Doggett will speak at Mt. Olive Baptist Church Bluefield Sunday at 11 a.m. The senior usher board and the deacon's wives sponsor the program with Minnie Neal as guest soloist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braxton Bradley
Welch
Harvey Doggett
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Bluefield
Minnie Neal
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Crumpler
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UMWA
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Mt. Vernon
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Washington, D. C
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Pattie Burnette
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Detroit
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War
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Lincoln MccBride
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Paul McBride
Los Angeles
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San Jose
Charles L. McBride
Springfield
Aurthur McBride
Richard McBride
Long Island
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Buffalo
John Henry McBride
Helen DeDeeSharp
Sunshine Gaines
Ie Robertson
Jefferson Davis McBride
Sinkford-Richardson
Charles G. Meade
Larchmont Street
Charles H
Mary Sanders Meade
Northfolk and Western Railway Company
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Mary Pat Meade
James O. Meade
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
C. H. Patterson
Grandview Cemetery
Cera Abbott
Abbott
Red Jacket Coal Corporation
Marie Minton Abbott
Richard Abbott
Johnson City
Tenn
Lois Null
Janie Abbott
Rose Abbott
Mary Brewster
Bristol Tenn
Prince Abbott
Paul Abbott
Bristol
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H. E. Moore
J. B. Lockhart
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Pauline Dillon Davin
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