Nationalism Shapes U S Panama Canal Tactics Change
Panamanians push for greater control amid rising nationalism while the United States studies routes for a new canal. Possible paths include through Darien, Nicaragua, or northern Colombia as US concessions to Panama provoke mixed local reactions. The canal’s fate remains tied to economics, national pride, and a perceived moral obligation to build a modern waterway.
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Panama City
Republic of
Panama
U. S
Canal Zone
Canal
Darien
Nicaragua
Colombia
Philippines
Isthmus
Pacific
Truando
Atrato
Caribbean
Degrees Awarded To 6 Tazewell Residents
Six Tazewell residents earned professional degrees this month including two doctors two pharmacists a physicist and an agriculturist. At the Medical College of Virginia Jameson George Buston I and Ebb Keister Whitley Jr will intern in Ohio and Roanoke respectively. Mundy and Evans graduate in pharmacy and will work in Raven and nearby Tazewell. Witten a physics graduate from VPI will study at NOL Silver Spring and Illinois next fall. Neel earns animal husbandry BS at VPI and serves as assistant county agent for Montgomery County.
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Tazewell
Medical College of Virginia
Jameson George Buston, I
Mercy Hospital
Springfield
Ohio
Ebb Keister Whitley, Jr
Roanoke
Memorial Hospital
Medieval College of Virginia
Department of Pharmacy
John Edward Mundy
William Roger Evans
Raven
Thomas Riner Witten
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Naval Ordnance Laboratory
Silver Springs
University of Illinois
Kenneth Scott Neel
VPI
Montgomery County
West Virginia looks to its best football player since Sam Huff
In Bernie Carney a 225 pound senior tackle West Virginia may have its best football player since Sam Huff in 1955.
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Bernie Carney
West Virginia
Sam Huff
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertising Information
Bluefield Daily Telegraph details its establishment in 1893 and publishing routine. It notes address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia and Associated Press membership. Rates by carrier per week and mail rates for WV zones are listed along with Audit Bureau of Circulation and advertising representation contact.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Agency, Inc
ZIP Code Plan Sets Bluefield ZIP Sectional Center
Bluefield and surrounding areas will adopt a five digit ZIP Code system on July 1. Postmaster Howard Faulkner explains the ZIP Code will speed mail handling by segmenting the nation into city and regional zones. Bluefield is designated as a ZIP Code Sectional Center serving 178 affiliated post offices with numbers 24701 for main routes and 24703 for Bluefield State College. Bluefield Virginia uses 24606.
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Bluefield
Howard Faulkner
U. S. Postal Department
Blusfield
North Street
Bluefield State College
Faulkner
Post Office Department
H. B. Faulkner
U. S
W. Va
Park Central High Students Join Governor's Centennial Chorus Tour
Park Central High in Bluefield has three students among 130 select voices taking part in the Governor's Centennial Chorus Tour of West Virginia. Gwendolyn Green, Charles T. Thomas, and Thelma Thomas will perform across Elkins, Keyser, Shepherdstown, Washington D C, Petersburg, New Martinsburg, Wheeling, Spencer, Point Pleasant, Williamson, Welch, Pineville, Beckley, and Charleston with Olivia Hill Cannady, the Park Central music director, accompanying. The tour runs through July 2, with performances on Capitol steps in Washington and Charleston.
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Park Central High School
Bluefield
West Virginia
Washington, D. C
Olivia Hill Cannady
Park Central
Gwendolyn Green
Charles T. Thomas
Thelma Thomas
Elkins and Keyser
Shepherdstown College
Capitol Steps
Petersburg
New Martinsburg
Wheeling
Spencer
Point Pleasant
Williamson and Welch
Pineville
Beckley
Charleston
State Capitol
Savannah Catholic Schools to Desegregate
The Savannah diocese will desegregate all elementary and high schools this fall under Bishop Thomas J. McDonough. The plan applies across 88 counties in central and southern Georgia including Savannah Macon Columbus Augusta Waycross Valdosta Albany and follows Atlanta area desegregation a year earlier. Negroes attended classes with white pupils without incident last fall in North Georgia.
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Savannah
Thomas J. McDonough
Georgia
Macon
Columbus
Augusta
Waycross
Valdosta
Albany
Atlanta
North Georgia
Slaying on the Baltimore Washington Parkway Claims FTC Lawyer
Quinton L. Davis a 25 year old Washington attorney and FTC employee died from bullet wounds after an occupant driven car fired on his vehicle on the Baltimore Washington Parkway. Lew Satterfield 29 reported the incident saying the shooting occurred as they returned from a party near Baltimore. Davis had recently passed the bar exam and was a 1962 Howard University Law School graduate.
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Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Lew Satterfield
Washington
Davis
Baltimore
Friendship Airport
Barron To Receive Clean-Up Award In Washington
Gov. Barron plans a Monday flight to Washington to accept a Keep America Beautiful citation naming West Virginia as the nation’s top clean-up state on the 10th anniversary luncheon program. He will speak briefly as Commerce Secretary Hodges leads speakers.
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Charleston
Barron
Washington
West Virginia
United States
Keep American Beautiful, Inc
Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
Donald J. Hardenbrook
National Association of Manufacturers
Keep America Beautiful
Hulett C. Smith
Don Hardman
Curtis B. Trent Jr
Nancy Grace Conwell
Bridgeport
Ex-Newspaperman Roberts Dies At 61 In Morgantown
Charles E. Roberts longtime WVU booster and former newspaperman died Sunday after a stroke at age 61 in Morgantown. His work and advocacy connected him with university affairs and local journalism.
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Roberts
Morgantown
Charles E. Roberts
West Virginia University
Walk for Freedom draws 100000 through Detroit streets
More than 100000 people joined a peaceful civil rights march in downtown Detroit, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The parade stretched along Woodward Avenue to Cobo Hall with 1600 police on duty and thousands more watching from parking lots. Key figures and officials joined the large turnout, marking the anniversary of Detroit’s 1967 race riot with no incidents reported.
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Detroit
Woodward Avenue
James Lupton
Cadillac Square
Cobo Hall
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Explosion scare ends in Hornell as mines moved
In Hornell New York Army weapons experts removed 500 pounds of land mines and 2206 pounds of explosive pellets from a derailed baggage car after a collision with an east bound freight. Fifteen families evacuated and later allowed to return. Four people injured none seriously. Two soldiers guarding the munitions were wounded lightly.
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Hornell
N.Y
New York City
Army
Erie“Uackawanna
Erie Lackawanna
Madison
Ind
Yuma
Ariz
Picatinny Arsenal
Dover
N.J
Kennedy in Germany Sees West German Supportfor Strength in Europe
President Kennedy arrived in Germany to warm welcomes from Adenauer and Erhard as he tours Cologne and Bonn. He spoke of shared freedoms and the US role in defending the free world from Berlin to Saigon while Berlin wall tensions spike. Talks with Adenauer focus on a mixed fleet with Polaris missiles. German and Italian positions future uneasy.
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Western
Europe
Kennedy
Konrad Adenauer
Ludwig Erhard
Adenauer
Cologne City Hall
Cologne
Germany
United States
Berlin
Saigon
Thomas Jefferson
Berlin Wall
U.S
Violence charges target unserved warrant in Charleston case
Police have not located the man indicted and not yet arrested. Other indicted figures include Dr. Milton A. Reid of Petersburg Virginia SCLC regional director Curtis Harris of Hopewell and SNCC members James Forman and Dorothy Miller of Atlanta.
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Milton A. Reid
Petersburg
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Virginia Sclc
Curtis Harris
Hopewell
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
James Forman
Dorothy Miller
Atlanta
Deaths and Funerals in Mercer County Community
A compilation of obituaries for Edward Jones 75 of Princeton, Mable Bell Bouldin Richmond native, Jessie Garner Misco Pageton, and John Glenn Brewer Bluefield area. Includes survivors, service details, funeral home notices, and burial arrangements with multiple churches and cemeteries referenced.
Death of Charles B. Clendenin in Bluefield
Charles B. Clendenin aged 76 died suddenly Sunday morning at a Stony Ridge residence where he had stayed the past days. The body resides at Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Charles B. Clendenin
Brooks St
Bluefield
Stony Ridge
Mercer Funeral Home
Leftwich Mrs Sarah Reid Funeral in Bluefield
Mrs Sarah Reid Leftwich 75 of Fairfax St Bluefield widow of William Leftwich dies en route to hospital on June 20 funeral Tuesday at 1 30 pm Lugo s Funeral Service Bluefield Rev J L Wilson and Rev Alexander Gregory officiate burial Restlawn Littlesburg survivors include son Paul Reid Brooklyn NY daughter Mary Gravely Bluefield brother Rev William Hendricks Halifax sisters Thelma Dickerson Brooklyn M Green Halifax Daisy Terry Halifax ten grandchildren one great grandchild viewing today after 5 pm
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William Leftwich
Sarah Reid Leftwich
Fairfax St
Bluefield
Lugo
J. L. Wilson
Alexander Gregory
Restlawn
Littlesburg
Leftwich
Halifax
Susan
William Hendricks
Paul T. Reid
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mary S. Gravely
Thelma Dickerson
M. Green
Daisy Terry
Negro minister to join all white Pueblo Gardens Church Tucson
In Redlands California AP reports Methodist officials announced the appointment of Rev Wilburt R Johnson and his family from Enterprise Methodist Church Compton California to Pueblo Gardens Church Tucson Arizona effective July 1 The Pueblo Gardens Church with 210 members is described as a strong smaller church and had previously voted to accept ministers regardless of race The move follows a pledge from the Tucson church to welcome Negro members within its bounds which include about 150 Negro households
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Redlands
Calif
Methodists
Tucson
Ariz
Wilburt R. Johnson
Enterprise Methodist Church
Compton
Pueblo Gardens
Gerald Kennedy
Los Angeles
Johnson
Chilton C. McPheeters
Tuscan
McPheeters
YMCA Day Camp Opens At City Park For Boys 6 8
The Bluefield YMCA Day Camp begins today at the city park for boys aged six to eight. The program runs in three one week sessions with different boys each week. Activities include a hike campfire Indian battle swimming trampoline nature study and a treasure hunt. Fred McCoy chairs with Danny Jackson as assistant director. Billy McQuaill Marty Crotty and others serve as tribal leaders. Old Davidson cabin serves as camp headquarters.
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Bluefield
Marty Crotty
Andy Hines
Wendell Austin
Larry Douglas
Doug Eggleston
Davidson
Beach Wade In Staged by Negroes Halted by Police
About 65 Black demonstrators and three white men including two ministers staged a trespassing wade in at a Biloxi Gulf beach. Police with tear gas moved in after a 40 minute wait, arresting the crowd as a real estate dealer pressed charges. A crowd of 2,000 White spectators cheered as arrests were made and vehicles were used to transport detainees.
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Biloxi
Miss
Gulf Beach
U.S. 90
Leslie Montgomery
Fire damages Bluefield Drive-In after fryer mishap
Fire at the Bluefield Drive-In on U S 52 near Bluefield’s north edge caused about 8500 in losses. Fire Chief E L McClure said contents plus a souvenir shop sustained 7000 in damage and the building 1500. Fire started around a deep fat fryer after closure and was found at 930 am Sunday. The blaze mainly affected the fryer area under the canopy but heat and smoke hit the kitchen, serving area, and shop. Owner listed as J M Mullins of Bluefield.
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Bluefield Drive-In
U. S. 52
Bluefield
E. L. McClure
McClure
FBI Arrests Beckwith Tied to Ambush Case
FBI agents identified fingerprints on the rifle used in the ambush as belonging to Beckwith. Mrs. Evers shared mixed emotions about his arrest and justice. Beckwith, a 5 foot 7 inch Marine veteran of World War II, who collects guns, was wounded at Tarawa and saw action at Guadalcanal. Rewards exceeding 22 500 were offered for information leading to his conviction.
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Beckwith
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Mercer County
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Valindre
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Pageton
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Wis
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Virginia Ave
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Bailey Lumber Co
Virginia Avenue Methodist Church
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Curtis Holbrook
Edmond Saunders
Stratford
Tex
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Howard Brewer
Portsmouth
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Fla
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Amarillo
Ward Riggle
Wytheville
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Edward Miller
Maple Hills Cemetery
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Pvt
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S. R. Shupe
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Charles Brewer
Lester Riggle
Ronald Houchins
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C. B. Clendenin
Princeton Ave
YMCA
Beach ‘Wade-In
Gilbert Mason
FBI
Hoover
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Camp Joy
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Camp Joy Fund
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