Teamsters Halt East Coast Car Deliveries Over Hoffa Contract
Teamsters locals in the East halted new car deliveries to showrooms from Maryland to Maine in protest of a proposed national contract backed by Hoffa. Production mostly continued at eight major plants, with only GM Tarrytown and Wilmington, and two Ford sites slowed.
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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
Livestock Auction Reports from Wytheville Market
Wytheville Va sales show hogs 40 head top 204 lb at 16.50, heavy butchers 265 lb at 15.75, sows 12.75 to 14.00. Sheep 846 head with primes 24.50 and choice 23.25. Slaughter cattle 110 head with heifers 17 to 18, cows 13 to 14.50, bulls 17 to 17.75. Stocker calves 139 head with steer calves 18 to 20, yearling steers 19 to 21.25.
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Wytheville
Daily Telegraph Printing Co. Bluefield Ad Rates Notice
Establishment note for the Daily Telegraph Printing Co of Bluefield West Virginia details subscription rates by carrier and mail, service zones, and advertising representation. It lists address 412 Bland Street and mentions the Associated Press as a news supplier.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. V
Associated Press
Mae
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Chelation
Kats Enc
Summer School Sets Schedule At Mercer County Vocational School
Young job seekers aged 18 to 21 will enroll in summer programs for auto parts salesmen and clerk stenographers at Glenwood Park. Training under Manpower Act runs 50 weeks for salesmen starting July 13 and 30 weeks for stenographers starting July 20. Bluefield WV DES office will select trainees. Minimum education eighth grade for sales, ninth grade for stenographers. Weekly stipends awarded during training.
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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
Stevens Delivers Vesper Talk at Bluefield Center
Rev. T. M. Stevens of Mount Calvary Baptist Church Princeton was guest speaker at the Bluefield Community Center vesper service. He urged daily practice of Godly preachings, noting routine witness matters. Next Monday Boston Ward is planned as guest speaker for the weekly service.
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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 to back South Viet Nam government
President Johnson announces Lodge leaves the United States to aid the South Vietnamese struggle for peace and security. He says Red China and North Vietnam are aware of U.S. policy to resist aggression and notes Lodge will return soon to speak for himself. Johnson praises Joint Chiefs chairman Taylor and outlines his role aiding President Nguyen Khanh.
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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 notes thunderstorm activity ending today in Virginia with highs in the 80s and cooler air moving in from the west. West Virginia expects sporadic thunderstorms early fading to a clearing pleasant day with a chance of strong gusty winds late afternoon and highs from 74 to 82.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Glass Firm Appeals to State Supreme Court in Vacation Pay Dispute
Sinclair Glass Co of Ceredo Wayne County petitions the West Virginia Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling awarding vacation pay to 52 former employees laid off when the Ceredo plant closed. The jury had awarded the pay for the year prior to layoff under a union contract.
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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 on Tuesday it would appeal to the U S Supreme Court the case of Ernest Stevenson of Huntington whose murder conviction was overturned by a U S District Court The district court action was upheld by the U S 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Stevenson was convicted in 1960 of the bludgeon slaying of Mrs Louise Davis an employee of a Huntington fish market He was sentenced to the electric chair but was granted a stay of execution pending appeal Last September Judge Charles F Paul of Wheeling set aside the conviction in U S District Court The U S 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond issued a decision in April upholding Paul's decision
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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
Ohio bank robber y plea entered
A 38 year old West Virginia man pleaded guilty to the Farmersville National Bank of Miamisburg robbery May 22 and the January Clayton Indiana Danville State Bank holdup. He waived a grand jury hearing and faces up to 50 years. arrest followed when FBI hid in a horse van. His wife and a co defendant await proceedings.
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Dayton, Ohio
West Virginia
Farmersville
Clayton
Ind
Peter Leroy Tennant
U. S. District Court
Carl Weinman
National Bank of 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 Agenda
President Johnson urged swift action on civil rights while detailing a broad congressional agenda. He pressed for Senate-passed bills on transit and defense education, and House measures on taxes and foreign aid, with cross‑border scientific talks with the Soviet Union on desalting sea water.
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United States
Russia
U.S
Washington
Johnson
Senate
House
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Hill-Burton
Lodge resigns as ambassador to South Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge resigns as U S ambassador to South Viet Nam citing duty to assist Gov. Scranton in thwarting Barry Goldwater's bid for the Republican nomination. He plans to address convention resolutions committee and return home soon after 10 months in Saigon.
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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 Conference
Fifteen homemakers from McDowell County joined the West Virginia Homemakers Council Training and Planning Conference at the Washington Carver 4H Camp in Clifftop. State specialists presented sessions on home demonstration, management, child development, clothing, Foods and Nutrition, plus a flower arrangement demonstration. The banquet featured Mrs. Leroy Allen, and speeches by Dr. E J Nesius and Oscar C. Hutchison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
West Virginia
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 Recouiter Presents Program at Kiwanis Meeting
P H Daugherty chief petty officer Naval Recruiting Office Bluefield spoke to Green Valley Glenwood Kiwanis Club at Mercer County Health Center Green Valley Tuesday evening. He showed a film Around the World Voyage in Submarine Triton detailing a 51 day submerged trip while noting President Bill Shockley served as program chairman and welcomed 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 in Peterstown and area
Funeral services are set for Ber nice Aileen Skelton 37 wife of Thomas B Skelton of Bozoa Road near Peterstown Mon roe County Thursday at 2 p m at Bozoa Christian Church with burial in Peterstown Cemetery. Survivors include husband parents a son and a daughter plus four brothers and three sisters. Also planned are services for William R Hogsten 61 of Thornhill near McComas at Cravens Funeral Home Bluewell with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery and for Mrs Esther Farley 88 of Matoaka widow of William R Farley at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton and Monte Vista Cemetery. Pallbearers listed for Skelton Hogsten and Farley identities.
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Bernice Aileen Skelton
Thomas B. Skelton
Bozoa Road
Peterstown
Monroe County
Bozoa Christian Church
Jim Curtis
Maurice Hylton
Roland Hill
Broyles Funeral Home
Paul Jackson
Bozoo Road
Bluefield
Bozoo 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
Funeral services for Alex Davis of Princeton
Funeral services for Alex Davis of Princeton will be held Thursday at 2 30 p m in the New Century Methodist Church with multiple pastors officiating. Burial is in Maple Hills Cemetery Tazewell Va. He died Sunday in a Princeton hospital. Born in Tazewell he was the son of Jeff and Nickitie Lewis Davis. He lived in Princeton 50 years and was a retired Norfolk and Western Railway employee. Survived by wife Leeanna Davis one son William Banks of Princeton and three grandchildren Pallbearers named L L Stevens Joe Adams Leonard Harden Bernard Adams Edward Page Nathian Lindsey Friends may call at Lugos Funeral Service Bluefield after 5 p m today.
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Alex Davis
Princeton
New Century Methodist Church
T. J. Steward
C. Jackson
C. K. Hooper
C. S. Webster
Maple Hills Cemetery
Tazewell
Jeff
Nickitie
Lewis Davis
Norfolk and Western Railway
Leeanna Davis
William Banks
L. L. Stevens
Joe Adams
Leonard Harden
Bernard Adams
Edward Page
Nathian Lindsey
Lugo
Bluefield
Mary Ann Sparks Rites Planned in Virginia
Mrs. Mary Ann Sparks 52 of Richlands Virginia died Monday in a Charlottesville hospital. She was wife of W M Sparks and daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Dalyar of Cucumber. Surviving are two daughters Mrs George Totten of Chicago and Carol Sparks of the home, a son Billy Joe Sparks, four sisters and two brothers, and one grandchild. Services Thursday at 2 p.m. at Farmer Funeral Home with Rev Charles B Ramsey officiating. Friends may call after 11 a.m. today.
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Mary Ann Sparks
Richlands
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 Pocahontas toddler Carla Cregger
Carla Maralene Cregger two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Loyd Cregger of Pocahontas Va 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 pm 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
Death Notice of Pink Williams of Berwind McDowell County
Pink Williams 66 of Berwind McDowell County died in Jeffersonville Hospital at Tazewell Virginia Tuesday after a long illness. He lived in War 23 years before moving to Berwind six months ago. A retired coal miner he belonged to the First Baptist Church of War. Survived by wife Laura C Williams home sister Susie Bell Mapleville Alabama and step son Jake Coleman Berwind. Body at Page Funeral Home Welch. 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 of Clendenin, 62, died Tuesday in a Charleston hospital after a lingering illness. He is survived by his wife Ruby Ervin and brother Dana Ervin of East Bank. The body is at Simpson Chandler Funeral Home in Charleston awaiting funeral arrangements.
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J. Stuart Ervin
Clendenin
Charleston
Ruby Ervin
Dana Ervin
East Bank
Simpson-Chandler Funeral Home
Rutherford Heights Boy Dies From Heart Condition
Bobby Frazier 13 son of William and Mrs Jane Gardner Lipford Frazier of Rutherford Heights Pa died Monday afternoon due to a heart condition. He previously lived in Richlands Va. He is survived by sister Georgia Tiny Frazier and maternal grandmother Mrs Georgia Lipford. Funeral Friday at 11 am at Rutherford Heights with burial there. memorial services 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 Fron ja Burnett
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home in Bluefield for Mrs Fron ja Burnett who died Monday at 915 Brown Street. Rev Clarence W Tiffany will officiate with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell. A Petersburg Va native, she had lived in Bluefield 12 years and has no known immediate survivors. The body lies at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today for viewing.
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Fronja Burnett
South Spring Street
Brown St
Linkford
Widow Mary Holley Dies at Home in Bluefield Va
Mrs Mary Holley of Hale Street Bluefield Virginia died at her residence on Tuesday The body remains at Lugos Funeral Service in Bluefield for funeral arrangements pending services and burial details
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Mary Holley
Hale Street
Bluefield
Lugo
Death of Joe Webb at 74 in Maybeury Welch
Joe Webb 74 of Maybeury died Tuesday in a Welch hospital. The body is at Lugos Funeral Service in Bluefield with funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Joe Webb
Maybeury
Welch Hospital
Lugo
Bluefield
Funerals Scheduled for Mrs Mary Irene Marshall and Others
Mary Irene Marshall of Sweet Springs dies and services set today at 11 a.m. in Carter Funeral Chapel Bedford Virginia with Oakwood Cemetery burial. Robert E Lee Brown of Pipe Stein to be buried after 2 p.m. at Brown's Chapel Methodist Church grave. Mary E Thornton of Bud to be laid to rest at Bud Community Church after 1 p.m. with Seaver Mortuary handling arrangements.
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Marshall
Mary Irene
Sweet Springs
Carter
Bedford
Oakwood
Thornton
Mary E
Bud
Jay Rinehart
Bud Cemetery
Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
Mule Smuggler Uses Animal to Cross Border
Amritsar reports a mule trained by a smuggler to cross the India Pakistan border alone with contraband. Customs police noticed the animal wandering across the frontier and returning with loads, effectively toting goods for smugglers.
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Amritsar
India
Pakistan
GOP Renames Fred Blue as Mercer County GOP Chairman
Frederic C Blue was re elected Mercer County Republican Executive Committee chairman without opposition. He urged active participation in state national and local campaigns and noted potential ticket splitting due to Democratic dissatisfaction. Five vice chairmen and five temporary chairmen were named for magisterial districts with conventions set for July 10.
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Bluefield
Fred C. Blue
Mercer County
Republican Executive Committee
Blue
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 outlook improves with May non farm jobs at 1,157,500, up 8,600 from April and 35,700 from May 1963. Unemployment falls to 2.8 percent as the Virginia Employment Commission notes near nadir levels and anticipates more workers entering the labor force in coming years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
State Labor Department
Virginia Employment Commission
VEC
WEC
Bishop Homemakers Offer 3-Day Family Living Class
Seventeen homemakers and others attended a three day Family Living class at Little Zion Baptist Church in Bishop. State specialist Mrs. T J Livisay spoke on Family RelationLiving With Teenagers and The Pre School Child. Certificates were awarded by Mrs Ida E Hocombe to a list of attendees.
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Little Zion Baptist Church
Bishop
T. J. Livisay
Ida E. Hocombe
H.D.A
Messrs
Hattie Reyes
Nora Lambright
Rachel Crawford
Amy Duhois
Catherine Simmons
Velma Bennett
Eleanor Lambright
Dorthula Hargrove
Mary Hairston
Alberta Rushing
Hallie Buchanan
Eva Dykes
Ora Ferguson
Ola Williams
Laura B. Murphy
Dorothy Waliams
Robert Deoson
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Bailey Funeral Home
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Flat Top
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Primitive Baptist Church
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Lenial Shrewsbury
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C. J. Martin
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C. Scott Lilly Jr
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Okey Ellison
William F. Stoke
D. W. McCormick
Rock District
Herman Kirchner
Julius Heiss
White’s
Athens
Ruth Ford
Cravens Funeral
Montcalm
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