Mercer County Jury Awards 105000 in I-77 Right of Way Case
A Mercer County jury in Princeton awarded the Johnsons 105000 in a right of way dispute over Interstate 77. The verdict, likely the county’s largest, followed testimony on property value and a contested higher state appraisal. Attorneys David and Walter Burton represented the Johnsons. David Knight for the state.
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Princeton
F. Morton Wagner
State Road Commission
John D
Mildred Johnson
Johnson
Johnsons
Circuit Court
David and
Walter Burton
David Knight
Miss Tennant Named Princess for Mountain State Festival
Shir ley Ann Tennant of 939 Coleman Ave., Fairmont, is appointed a princess for the Mountain State Forest Festival. The 31st annual event runs Oct. 58 in Elkins. Tennant, 20, is the daughter of Marion County Sheriff Robert Henry Tennant. She attends Fairmont State College as a ger major and holds several campus roles and honors.
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James FE. Wallace
Shirley Ann Tennant
Coleman Ave
Fairmont
Mountain State Forest
Elkins
Robert Henry Tennant
Marion County
Miss Tennant
O. G. Hedrick
Fairmont Senior High School
West Virginia University
Strike Ends At Gulf Ports
An eight day strike ended as the union agreed to return to work and move its wage dispute with shipowners to binding arbitration. Walter Gellhorn will arbitrate once deck officers resume work. The union seeks parity with radiomen and engineers whose recent gains they cite.
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New York
America
Walter Gellhorn
Gellhorn
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Masthead
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces its establishment in 1893 and mentions publication by the Daily Telegraph Printing Co. at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia. It is a member of the Associated Press with rights to publish all news dispatches credited to the paper and local news.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
Deaths and Funerals in the Region
Isaiah Kidd 84 of Links Grove died after a short illness in a Ronceverte hospital. Survived by wife Frenchie Daniel Kidd and multiple children. funeral Friday at 11 a.m. at Broyles Funeral Chapel Union with burial at Mount Tabor Cemetery Beckley. Albert William Jeffery III died at 3 months in Strongsville Ohio. Carl Ray Sams Jr. died at Richlands hospital one day after birth. Dora B. Bostic 83 of Murphy died in Richlands hospital. Marion Taylor 87 of Mouthcard died at his son’s home after a long illness. Mose Elbert Miller 82 of Montcalm died in Bluefield after a long illness. Funeral services and dates listed for several others with survivors and burial details.
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Links Grove
Ronceverte
Beckley
Lafayette
Virginia Evans Kidd
Pickaway Methodist Church
Frenchie Daniel Kidd
R. L. Robertson
Toledo
Ohio
John Futty
Northeast
Clifford Moore
Elk Mills
William Kidd
Dallas
Virgil Kidd
Elisha Kidd
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Union
Carl Burrows
Mount Tabor Cemetery
Harper Road
Jessie Letherman
Russell McGuire
Oakey Boyce
Nevitt Allen
Ross Keling
Keith Radford
Albert William Jeffery III
Albert Jeffery Jr
Strongsville
Albert Jeffery Sr
Abbs Valley
George Vale
Carl Ray Sams Jr
Carl
Brenda Carol Crawford Sams
Bandy
Richlands
Edna Faye Sams
Jess Jess Crawford
Robert E. Sams
Reynolds Ridge Church
Jewell Ridge
Conner Fox
Reynolds Ridge
Hurst - Scott Funeral Home
Dora B. Bostic
Murphy
Basil Bostic
Grundy
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Honaker
Kilby Bostic
Sarah Fuller
Margaret Bostic
Buck
Muncie Bostic
Clintwood
Alex Bostic
Duty View Church
Franklin Viers
Raleigh Compton
Andrew McGlothlin
Johnson Cemetery
Haysi
Marion Taylor
Mouthcard
McKinley Taylor
Big Rock
Bascom
Hillard Taylor
Elkhorn City
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Home Creek
Myrtle Lane
Carfaway
Florence Ramey
Credie Nelson
Glen Rock
Edna Hill
Durann
Flannery
Elkhorn Caneery
Ethers City
Virginia Funeral Home
Mose Elbert Miller
Montcalm
Bluefield
Cravens Funeral Home
Bluewell
Mrs Lockhart Free On Bond In Avondale Homicide
Mrs Bessie Lockhart of Avon dale in McDowell County faced murder charges in the death of her husband Everett Lockhart. She waived preliminary hearing and was released on $5,000 bond pending grand jury action in July. Everett was shot with a 12 gauge shotgun at about 7 p.m. Tuesday at his home. Police say the shooting followed a family argument. He was the father of eight.
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Avondale
McDowell County
Ever Lockhart
Pear
McDowell County Criminal Court
Grand Jury
Okey Stafford
Saeger
Everett Lockhart
31 Tankers Aid Britain In Oil Supply Effort
British Petroleum announces charter of 31 tankers with capacity over one million tons to secure Britain’s oil supply while the Suez Canal is closed. Tankers to run two voyages from the Persian Gulf via the Cape of Good Hope, starting August, at $18.20 per ton to London.
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London
British Petroleum Co
Britain
Suez Canal
Financial Times
U.S
Egypt
Middle East
Persian Gulf
Cape of Good Hope
British Petroleum
U S bombers hit rail yards Kep Viet Tri Phu Duc
U S bombers attacked rail yards at Kep Viet Tri and Phu Duc north of Hanoi and hit the steel complex. In South Vietnam ground action was light with two major engagements. The 2nd Infantry quoted 51 enemy killed in 90 minutes, no American casualties near Quang Ngai. The 1st Airmobile Cavalry said 39 enemy killed in Binh Dinh with 6 Americans killed 22 wounded and 4 missing.
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Viet Tri
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Funerals Held for Local Residents in Virginia and West Virginia
Obsequies for George Franklin Boyd of Tazewell Virginia and Ethel Kiser Rasnake of Lebanon Virginia conducted at local churches and funeral chapels. Burial follows at Maplewood Cemetery and Russell Memorial Cemetery respectively with multiple pallbearers named. Funeral homes Peery and St Clair, and Shumate-Newman handle arrangements.
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Rasnake
Ethel Kiser
Lebanon
Lebanon Funeral Chapel
H. D. Hampton
Franklin Viers
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Dick Nixon Travels Worldwide Raising Curious Worries
Noted figure Dick Nixon keeps globetrotting gathering facts and experiences. Critics fear such pace may leave limited resources or attention for others this season.
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Goldwater Sees Narrow Path for GOP in 1968 Nomination
Barry Goldwater told reporters at the Young Republican National Federation convention that Republicans face a slim chance of beating President Johnson in 1968 and should unite behind the strongest candidate. He backs Nixon but could support Reagan if Nixon falters, while Romney remains opposed. Governors Laxalt and Romney supporters mingle as Reagan emerges as a possible major contender in an open convention.
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Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Goldwater
Young Republican National Federation
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
California
Paul Laxalt
Nevada
Reagan
Nixon
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Vietnam
Middle East
Laxalt
GOP
Ray Bliss
Bliss
Dave Kendall
Kendall
Detroit
No Fallout Found From Peking Bomb
The Public Health Service said its monitors detected no radioactive fallout in the United States from China's first hydrogen bomb detonation last Saturday. A spokesman noted a bomb would need to be megatons in size and explode high above earth for debris to reach the U.S. by Wednesday. ESSA said only winds reaching the United States by then were at 40,000 feet.
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Washington
The
Public Health Service
United States
China
ESSA
Bluefield Beautification Commission Discusses Master Plan Needs
Bluefield Virginia officials and the Beautification Commission meeting at Bluefield Town Hall, urged expansion of the city master plan to cover Bluefield City Park and neighborhood beautification. Congressman Kee will send a consultant to craft a quick technical plan, with Virginia Side inclusion and possible park improvements. The group also eyed welcome signs at the state line and notified about the Dogwood Tree Project deadline, with a related trip to Hinton planned for Friday.
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Twin - Cities
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Mary Lou Thomas
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Box 5
Virginia
Hinton
Kee
Senate Names 11 Conferees Over Rail Strike Legislation
The Senate named 11 conferees led by Ralph Yarborough to work with the House on a compromise to prevent a nationwide rail strike in the shopcraft unions dispute. Conference cannot begin before Monday, with Morse Ran dolph Pell Nelson Kennedy Williams Javits Prouty Fannin Griffin among the others. The unions may strike legally since Monday but pause pending the conference outcome.
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Senate
House
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Dtex
Yarborough
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Harrison A. Williams Jr
Dn.j
Jacob K. Javits
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Paul J. Fannin
R-Ariz
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Senate House
Soviet War End, Egypt’s Losses and Repairs Face Delays
Report claims Israel defeated Egypt with 357 planes and 600 tanks. No sign of a crash program to rearm Egypt. replacement weapons may come without raising debt. Egypt owes the Soviet Union over 1 billion dollars for military gear, much lost in the war. Some new weapons may be sent at Soviet expense, potentially hundreds of millions. Western experts note Egypt kept some new Soviet arms despite losses.
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Egypt
Soviet Union
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Middle East Arab Nations
Wood County Boy Drowns In Pond
PARKERSBURG AP A 12 year old Wood County boy drowned while swimming in a farm pond three miles east of Parkersburg. Witnesses say David Buskirk dove from a wooden raft and did not resurface. His body was recovered later. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Buskirk of Dry Run Wood County.
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Wood County
Here
David Buskirk
Wilbur Buskirk
Rt. 5
Dry Run
Six men tied to Cosa Nostra arrest over bank and armored car plots
Federal officials disclose arrests of six men in Buffalo and Kenmore linked to a Cosa Nostra network. Planned robberies targeted two West Virginia banks, a Buffalo bank, an armored truck, and a Beverly Hills hotel. Bail set at 125000 for five and 50000 for one. charges include conspiracy and Hobbs Act violations.
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N.Y
Fedral
Cosa Nostra Crime Syndicate
Weirton
W.va
Los Angeles
Beverly Hills
U.S
John T. Curtin
Frederico G. Randaccio
Pasquale Natarelli
Salvatore Pieri
Nicholas Rizzo
Stephen A. Cino
Daniel J. Domino
Kenmore
Curtin
Randaccio
Natarelli
Rizzo
Peoples Bank
Weirton Savings & Loan Co
Bland Man is Honored by Virginia FHA in Roanoke
The Virginia Association Future Homemakers of America held a two day convention in Roanoke with officer installs honorary memberships and a Miss Virginia speech. More than 600 delegates from 362 chapters attended the event which concludes with a breakfast Thursday. Honors were given to Roanoke Times writer Robert B. Sears Bland High School principal Ralph R. Reynolds and Lu nenburg County schools official Macon F. Fears for contributions to home economics and family living.
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Roanoke
Virginia Association
Future Homemakers of America
FHA
Linda Maclin
Virginia
Robert B. Sears
Roanoke Times
Ralph R. Reynolds
Bland High School
Macon F. Fears
Lunenburg County
Lyndon Is Continued From Page One Nugent's New Aus Tin Home
Luci Nugent, nearly 20, and her husband, 24, rushed from their dark-green car to Seton Hospital near the University of Texas campus after Pat woke Mrs. Johnson to report the baby arrival. Luci, with black hair and blue eyes, was taken to the delivery room while Mrs. Johnson waited in a guest room. The couple married last August 6 at the National Shrine in Washington.
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National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Washington
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