Teamsters Local Strike Halts New Car Deliveries East
East Coast showrooms stop receiving new cars as Teamsters locals reject Hoffa national contract. Production continues at eight major plants with some GM and Ford sites slowed or halted. Ballots continue for local approval while deliveries to Baltimore Wilmington Yonkers and others are affected.
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New York
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Maryland
Maine
General Motors
Tarrytown
N. Y
Wilmington
Del
Ford
Chrysler
Teamsters’ Eastern Conference
National Automobile Haulers Conference
Baltimore
New Jersey
Yonkers
Framingham
Mass
Linden
N. J
Mahwah
Metuchen
Newark
Chevrolet
Buick
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Wytheville Livestock Market Report Shows Mixed Sale
Wytheville Virginia livestock market Tuesday sold 190 years with prime and choice beef at 23 to 25 dollars, hogs 40 head up to 204 pounds fetches 16.50, lambs 846 head reach 24.50 for prime, slaughter cattle 110 head with cows and bulls priced between 9.75 and 18, stocker calves 139 head posted 15 to 21 dollars, heifer and steer calves listed 18 to 21 dollars.
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Wytheville
Bluefield Daily Telegraph The Paper of Local News
Bluefield Daily Telegraph published since 1893 notes subscription rates and circulation details for carrier and mail editions. The paper highlights Associated Press credit and advertising representation through the Katz Agency and lists contact information.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Katz Agency, Inc
Summer School Sets Schedule for Vocational Training
Mercer County Vocational School in Glenwood Park will host summer classes for young auto parts salesmen and clerk stenographers. 18 to 21 year olds may apply through Cecil Durrett at the Bluefield employment office. Sales training starts July 13 for 50 weeks. stenographer training starts July 20 for 30 weeks. minimum education eighth grade for sales, ninth for stenography. weekly stipends provided.
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Mercer County
Glenwood Park
Charles Brooks
Bluefield
West Virginia Department of Employment Security
Cecil Durrett
Commerce Street
State Department of Education
Durett
Offce
Stevens Speaks at Vesper Service in Princeton Church
Rev. T. M. Stevens of Mount Calvary Baptist Church Princeton spoke on The Ten Virgins at the Bluefield Community Center vesper service. Jewel Wilson led, Otis Banks read scripture, prayers by Mrs. Ora Trigg and Thelma Gibson, Jackie Littlejohn played instrumental. Next week Boston Ward will be guest speaker.
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T. M. Stevens
Mount Calvary Baptist Church
Princeton
Bluefield
Jewel Wilson
Otis Banks
Ora Trigg
Thelma Gibson
Jackie Littlejohn
Rev. Stevens
God
Stevens
Boston Ward
Lodge Quits U S Role to Back South Vietnam Peace Efforts
President Johnson announced Lodge resigns as U S Ambassador in Saigon to support the government and people of South Vietnam in their struggle for peace and security. He said Red China and North Vietnam are aware of U S policy and will resist aggression.
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United States
South Viet Nam
Red China
North Viet Nam
Johnson
Lodge
Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nguyen Khanh
U.S
Saigon
Weather Outlook for Virginia and West Virginia
The Associated Press reports Virginia thunderstorms ending today with high 80s and drier air moving in from the west. West Virginia will see sporadic thunderstorms clearing to a pleasant day with a chance of strong gusty winds late afternoon and highs 74 to 82.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Glass Firm Appeals to State Supreme Court in Vacation Pay Case
Sinclair Glass Co. of Ceredo in Wayne County asks the West Virginia State Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling awarding 52 former employees vacation pay after layoffs when the Ceredo plant closed. A Circuit Court jury granted the pay last December under a union contract claim. Attorneys argue vacation pay applicable only while employed.
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Charleston
Sinclair Glass Co
Ceredo
Wayne County
State Supreme Court
High Court
Ceredo Glass
Sinclair
William Atrip
State Will Appeal Stevenson's Case
The Attorney General's Office said it would appeal to the U S Supreme Court in the Ernest Stevenson case from Huntington. Stevenson had a murder conviction overturned by a U S District Court and later upheld by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He was convicted in 1960 of the bludgeon killing of Louise Davis, a Huntington fish market employee, and sentenced to the electric chair but stayed execution pending appeal.
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Charleston
Attorney General’s Office
U. S. Supreme Court
Ernest Stevenson
Huntington
U. S. District Court
District Court
U. S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Stevenson
Louise Davis
Charles F. Paul
Wheeling
Richmond
Paul
Bank Robbery Plea Entered
A 23 year old West Virginia man pleaded guilty to the May Farmersville Na pe Bank of Miamisburg holdup and a January Clayton Ind. bank robbery. He waived grand jury and faces up to 50 years. His wife Nancy A Tennant 23 was charged with conspiracy. Curtis Angell 31 of Indianapolis is jailed awaiting a grand jury.
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Dayton, Ohio
West Virginia
Farmersville
Clayton
Ind
Peter Leroy Tennant
U. S. District Court
Carl Weinman
Nape Bank
Miamisburg
Weinman
Tennant
FBI
South Olive
Noble County
Cuyahoga County
Clayton, Ind
Danville State Bank
Nancy
Curtis Alvin Angell
Indianapolis
Columbus
Parkersburg
W.va
President Johnson pushes civil rights and policy agenda
President Johnson urged rapid House action on civil rights and listed Senate bills awaiting action. He called for full FBI cooperation in Mississippi workers case and signaled bipartisan campaigning, while announcing U.S. Soviet talks on desalting sea water using atomic power and outlining key domestic bills for passage.
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Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
GOP
Rules Committee
Johnson
FBI
Mississippi
United States
Russia
U.S
Washington
Senate
House
Area Redevelopment Agency
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Hill-Burton
Lodge resigns as U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam
Henry Cabot Lodge announced his resignation as ambassador to South Vietnam to aid Gov. William Scranton and efforts to block Barry Goldwater from winning the Republican nomination. He plans to address the convention resolutions committee and return home within days.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
U. S
Gov. Scranton
Lodge
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Barry Goldwater
San Francisco
McDowell Homemakers Attend West Virginia Training Meet
Fifteen McDowell County homemakers joined the West Virginia Homemakers Council Training and Planning Conference at the Washington Carver 4H Camp in Clifftop. State specialists and speakers included Helen Quarrick, Hilda Dailey, T J Livisay, Ruth K Jones, Elizabeth Roberts, Eleanor M Glenn, E J Nesius, Oscar C Hutchison, and Leroy Allen.
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McDowell County
West Virginia
Homemakers Council
Clifftop
Helen Quarrick
Hilda Dailey
T. J. Livisay
Ruth K. Jones
Elizabeth Roberts
Eleanor M. Glenn
H.D.A
Leroy Allen
E. J. Nesius
Appalachian Center
Cooperative Extension Service
Appalachian
Oscar C. Hutchison
Messrs
Davis Belle
Robert Ross
Thomas Rucker
Simon Norwood
J. C. Cooper
Charles Dunnings
Warren Brown
Wilbert Abbington
Rayfield Avery
Lonnie Dobbs
Obie Barnard
Ethel Travis
Earline Simmons
LeEtta Norwood
Ida E. Holcombe
Navy Recruiter Presents Program at Kiwanis Meeting
P. H. Daugherty chief petty officer Naval Recruiting Office Bluefield presented at the Green Valley Glenwood Kiwanis Club using Mercer County Health Center Green Valley. He showed a movie Around the World Voyage in Submarine Triton about the Atomic sub's 51 day journey without surfacing or detection. President Bill Shockley acted as program chairman and introduced the visitor.
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P. H. Daugherty
Naval Recruiting Office
Bluefield
Green Valley
Glenwood Kiwanis Club
Mercer County Health Center
Bill Shockley
Deaths and Funerals: Skelton Davis Hogsten obituaries
Funeral services are set for Ber Nice Aileen Skelton 37 wife of Thomas B. Skelton of Bozoo Road near Peterstown Monroe County. Burial in Peterstown Cemetery. Also services for Alex Davis Princeton and William R. Hogsten Thornhill McComas with burials at Maple Hills Woodlawn and Cravens funeral homes listed. Survivors named, pallbearers listed, calls after 5 p.m. today.
Mrs Mary Ann Sparks Rites Planned in Virginia
Mrs Mary Ann Sparks 52 of Richlands Virginia died Monday in a Charlottesville hospital. She was the wife of W M Sparks and a daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Dalyar of Cucumber. Survived by two daughters one son four sisters two brothers and one grandchild. Services set for Thursday at 2 p m at Farmer Funeral Home with Rev Charles B Ramsey presiding. Friends may call after 11 a m today.
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Bernice Aileen Skelton
Thomas B. Skelton
Bozoo Road
Peterstown
Monroe County
Bozoo Christian Church
Jim Curtis
Maurice Hylton
Roland Hill
Broyles Funeral Home
Paul Jackson
Bluefield
Bozo0o Christian Church
the Missionary Circle
Peterstown High School
Benny Skelton
Aleta Skelton
Lloyd
Eldie
Donne
Harry P. Jackson, Jr
Edna Wills
Dan Thompson
Rich Creek
Lou Gardener
Narrows
Imogen Jackson
Kellis McClaugherty
Dennis Via
Thomas Ferguson
Neal Reed
Hunter Brookman
William R. Hogsten
Thornhill
McComas
Cravens
Bluewell
Harry Aust
Junior Taylor
Woodlawn
Richlands
James Hogston
Pentecostal Holineess Church
Florence Workman Hogsten
Eddie Hogsten
Salem
Sam
Joseph
Harry L. Hogsten
Gordonsville
John Hogsten
Kingsport
Tenn
Sarah Christian
C. L. Bailey
Paul Ayers
Woodrow Brown
J. E. Hale
W. M. Burkett
N. B. Hale
Mary Ann Sparks
Charlottesville, Va
W. M. Sparks
Joseph Dalyar
George Totten
Chicago
Ill
Carol Sparks
Billy Joe Sparks
Roscoe Lineberry
Washington, D. C
Harley Dunn
Lorain
Tragic Death Of Two Year Old Carla Cregger In Pocahontas
Carla Maralene Cregger two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Loyd Cregger Pocahontas died suddenly Monday Survivors include her brother Loyd W Cregger maternal grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Hodge paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Robert C Cregger Funeral services set for 2 p m today at Pocahontas Union Funeral Home with Rev William McCormick and Rev Orville Harvey officiating burial in Woodlawn Cemetery
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Carla Maralene Cregger
Loyd Cregger
Pocahontas
Loyd W. Cregger
Elizabeth Hodge
Robert C. Cregger
Elbert
McDowell County
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
William McCormick
Orville Harvey
Woodlawn Cemetery
Pink Williams 66 Dies After Long Illness in Virginia Hospital
Pink Williams 66 of Berwind McDowell County died in Jeffersonville Hospital Tazewell Virginia Tuesday after a long illness. He was a retired coal miner and longtime member of First Baptist Church War. Survived by wife Laura C Williams sister Susie Bell Mapleville Alabama and stepson Jake Coleman Berwind. Body at Page Funeral Home Welch with funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Pink Williams
Berwind
McDowell County
Jeffersonville
Tazewell
First Baptist Church of War
Laura C. Williams
Susie Bell
Mapleville
Ala
Jake Coleman
Page Funeral Home
Welch
Death of J Stuart Ervin in Charleston
J Stuart Ervin 62 of Clendenin died Tuesday in a Charleston hospital after a lingering illness. Survived by wife Ruby Ervin and brother Dana Ervin of East Bank. Body remains at Simpson Chandler Funeral Home in Charleston pending funeral arrangements.
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J. Stuart Ervin
Clendenin
Charleston
Ruby Ervin
Dana Ervin
East Bank
Simpson-Chandler Funeral Home
Funeral services set for Mrs Farley of Matoaka
Funeral services for Mrs. Esther Farley 88 widowed of William R. Farley will be held Thursday at 11 am at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton with Elder I. W. Kilby officiating and burial in Monte Vista Cemetery. Born in Flat Top Mercer County she was a Primitive Baptist Church member. Surviving are two daughters Mrs. Gus Robertson and Mrs. Rachel Robertson both of Matoaka two sisters Mrs. Eva Meador Princeton and Mrs. Rachel Meadows Daniels 11 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Pallbearers are Claude Blarkenship A J Davis Lenial Shrewsbury Allen Meadows C J Martin and Edgar Straley.
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Esther Farley
Matoaka
William R. Farley
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Eldher I. W. Kilby
Monte Vista
Gus Robertson
Rachel Robertson
Eva Meador
Rachel Meadows
Daniels
Claude Blarkenship
A. J. Davis
Lenial Shrewsbury
Allen Meadows
C. J. Martin
Edgar Straley
Funeral for 13 year old Bobby Frazier in Rutherford Heights
Bobby Frazier of Rutherford Heights, son of William and Jane Gardner Lipford Frazier, died Monday from a heart condition. He had ties to Richlands, Virginia. Surviving sister Georgia Tiny Frazier and maternal grandmother Georgia Lipford. Funeral Friday at 11 in Rutherford Heights with burial there. memorial service at Richlands Methodist Church with Wesleyan Service Guild in charge.
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Bobby Frazier
Rutherford Heights
William
Jane Gardner Lipford Frazier
Richlands
Georgia
Tiny) Frazier
Georgia Lipford
Richlands Methodist Church
Wesleyan Service Guild
Funeral service for Mrs Fronia Burnett in Bluefield
Funeral service for Fronia Burnett of South Spring Street will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home Bluefield with Rev. Clarence W. Tiffany officiating. Burial follows at Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell. Burnett, a Petersburg Virginia native, had lived in Bluefield 12 years. No immediate survivors. The body lies at the funeral home and may be viewed after 4 p.m. today.
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Fronia Burnett
South Spring Street
Brown St
Linkford
Death of Mrs. Mary Holley in Bluefield Virginia
Mrs. Mary Holley of Hale Street Bluefield Virginia died at home Tuesday. The body is at Lugo's Funeral Service in Bluefield. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Mary Holley
Hale Street
Bluefield
Lugo
Joe Webb 74 of Maybeury Dies in Welch Hospital
Joe Webb, 74, of Maybeury, died Tuesday in a Welch hospital. The body is at Lugo's Funeral Service in Bluefield. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Joe Webb
Maybeury
Welch Hospital
Lugo
Bluefield
Funerals Held for Local Residents in Virginia and West Virginia
Funeral notices announce services today for Mrs. Mary Irene Marshall of Sweet Springs at 11 a.m. in Carter Funeral Chapel Bedford Virginia with burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Robert E. Lee Brown of Pipe Stein to be buried after a 2 p.m. service at Brown's Chapel Methodist Church officiated by Rev. Keith Brown. Mrs. Mary E Thornton of Bud to be laid to rest after a 1 p.m. service at Bud Community Church led by Rev. Jay Rinehart, with Seaver Mortuary Princeton handling arrangements.
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Marshall
Mary Irene
Sweet Springs
Carter
Bedford
Oakwood
Brown
Robert E. Lee
Pipestein
Brown’s Chapel Methodist Church
Keith Brown
Princeton
Thornton
Mary E
Bud
Jay Rinehart
Bud Cemetery
Seaver Mortuary
Mule Smuggler Uses Trained Mule Across Border
AMRITSAR India AP reports a smuggler trained a mule to traverse the India West Pakistan border solo with contraband, a behavior spotted by mule customs police. The animal guided itself across rugged mountains carrying loads, revealing a clever cross border tactic.
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Amritsar
India
Pakistan
GOP Renames Fred Blue Mercer County chairman in bid for campaign unity
Fred C. Blue was re elected without opposition as Mercer County Republican Executive Committee chair. He urged active participation in national state and local campaigns and noted expected ticket splitting as Democrats grow dissatisfied. The meeting named five vice chairmen and five temporary district chairmen to organize delegates for the state convention.
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Bluefield
Fred C. Blue
Mercer County
Republican Executive Committee
Blue
Cecil Underwood
Clarksburg
Beaver Pond
East River
Jumping Branch
Plymouth
Rock
B. J. White
Richard Wesley
Raeford Muphy
Dave Warden
Abner W. Davis
Virginia Job Picture Is Bright
Virginia's employment picture brightens as non farm jobs rise to 1 157 500 in May up 8 600 from April and 35 700 from May 1963 Unemployment falls to 2 8 percent from 3 2 in April and 2 9 last year The Virginia Employment Commission notes nadir has been reached with little annual change amid rising employment driven by new and re entrant workers and future growth expected from World War II era entrants into the labor market.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Labor Department
Virginia Employment Commission
VEC
WEC
Bishop Homemakers Class Teaches Family Living Skills
Seventeen homemakers and others attended a three day Family Living class at Little Zion Baptist Church in Bishop last week. Lectures by Mrs. T. J. Livisay covered Family Relation Living With Teenagers and The Pre-School Child. Certificates were awarded by Mrs. Ida E. Holmcombe to a list of attendees.
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Little Zion Baptist Church
Bishop
T. J. Livisay
Ida E. Holcombe
H.D.A
Messrs
Hattie Reyes
Nora Lambright
Rachel Crawford
Amy Duhois
Catherine Simmons
Velma Eleanor Lambright
Dorthula Hargrove
Mary Hairston
Alberta Rushing
Hallie Buchanan
Eva Dykes
Ora Ferguson
Ola Williams
Laura B. Murphy
Dorothy Wliams
Robert Devson
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Norfolk and Western Railway
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William Banks
L. L. Stevens
Joe Adams
Leonard Harden
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Edward Page
Nathian Lindsey
W. R. Hogsten
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Carla Cregger
W. R. Farley
Fred Blue
Vals
C. Scott Lilly Jr
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Okey Ellison
William F. Stoke
D. W. McCormick
Rock District
Herman Kirchner
Julius Heiss
White’s
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Cravens Funeral
Montcalm
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