Pipeline Blows Up Tensions Rise In Middle East Clashes
Arab saboteurs explode an Israeli oil pipeline near Haifa while Israeli and Egyptian jets clash over the Gulf of Suez. Both sides claim kills as guerrilla actions, cross canal raids, and Jordanian targets widen the conflict amid UN talks in New York.
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Gulf of Suez
Associated Press
Haifa
Middle East
Israel
Suez Canal
Canal
Sa'a
Jordan
Gulf
al Fatah
King Hussein
Kishon
Deaths and Funerals Reach Across Bluefield Area A Elkhorn Miner Dies
Gardner Ball 64 of Elkhorn dies after brief illness in a Bluefield hospital. Survived by wife Ella Mae, three daughters, one son, eight grandchildren, five great grandchildren. Burial at Woodlawn Bluewell after services at Burke Baptist Keystone. Pallbearers named. Also notices for Oliver M. McNeil 74 Rich Creek and Carl Thurman Harrison 21 Potts town drowned formerly Harman. Funeral services in Peters Town and Prater area with church burials. Continuous list of funeral arrangements and callers.
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Gardner
Redneck
Ball Gardner
Mary Jane Ball
Elkhorn
Curtis Rickman
Powhatan
Dan Sutherland
Richmond
Pvt
Randall Allen Ball
U. S. Army
Ft. Gordon, Ga
Oliver M. McNeil
Rich Creek
Pearisburg
Buchanan County
James and
Rachel Deskins McNeil
Celanese Corp
Narrows
McNeil
First United Methodist Church
Credie Woosley McNeil
Hazel
Joy McNeil
Staunton McNeil
Rosie Adkins
Ronceverte
Eula Hizer
Caldwell
Lelia Bennett
Keen Mountain
Virgil Anderson
Lebanon
Pickaway
Broyles Funeral Home
Peterstown
WSCS
Carl Thurman Harrison
Pottstown
Harman
Big Prater Primitive Baptist Church
Henry Viers
Franklin Viers
Andrew McGlothlin
Compton
Prater
Grundy Funeral
Clarence Harrison
Pomp Clay Hopson
Reese St
Bluefield
Mt. Zion Eaptist
C. H. Jackson
Rev
H. L. Wade
Restlawn Memorial Estate
Littlesburg
Covington
Pomp Clay
Rose Mickins Hopson
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
U. S. Navy
American Legion
Mildred Barlow Hopson
T. C. Hopson
Willingsburg
N. J
Harold Hopson
Meeting Set In Tazewell Strike
Federal mediators scheduled a meeting Thursday between union and company officials of General Instrument Inc in Tazewell Virginia to discuss a strike that began when 550 workers walked off at midnight June 1 seeking $2 hourly pay, a retirement plan, better insurance and a Christmas bonus.
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General Instrument, Inc
Tazewell
Newspaper subscription and service details
The notice outlines daily and Sunday carrier rates and mail rates for West Virginia and nearby zones. It also mentions The Daly Telegraph as the paper with Associated Press content and provides contact details for subscription and advertising services.
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Daly Daly Telegrae Irems
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circular Advertising
Katz Agency, Inc
Funeral for Mrs Evelyn Epperson Held at Bluewell
Funeral services for Mrs Evelyn Epperson 41 of Rt 4 Bluefield were held at 2 p.m. in Cravens-Shires Funeral Chapel Bluewell with Rev Wiley Brooks officiating. Burial followed at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery Bluewell. Pallbearers were Frank Beavers Edgar Levitt Frankie Morris Lena Penas Ronald England and Junior Thompson.
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Epperson
Evelyn
Rt. 4
Bluefield
Cravens - Shires
Bluewell
Wiley Brooks
Woodlawn Memorial
Frank Beavers
Edgar Levitt
Frankie Morris
Lena Penas
Ronald England
Junior Thompson
Kiwanis Club Hears Vocalist From Templeton California
The Matoaka Kiwanis Club heard Alice May Villa a Templeton California vocalist and Cresta College graduate perform at the Tuesday meeting. Sherry Paxton from Matoaka accompanied on piano with solos "Gentle On My Mind" "Happiness" "Love is Blue" and "Today." guest Jack Dickerson Leggetts Princeton attended. Claude Blankenship chaired the program. Mt. Oliver Church ladies catered.
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Alice May Villa
Templeton
Calif
Cresta College
California
Matoaka Kiwanis Club
Sherry Paxton
Matoaka
Concord College
Miss Villa
Jack Dickerson
Leggetts Department Store
Princeton
Claude Karnes
Claude Blankenship
Mt. Oliver Church
Lashmeet
Bramwell Council Recount Produces Tie For Fifth Place
A June 3 Bramwell election recount shows four top councilmen winners with equal totals and a tie for fifth between Katherine Barringer and Joe Cook at 179 votes each. The four new councilmen are Jim Collins Jack Lewis Dodd Mortensen and Roger Goins. Mayor Glenn Scott plans a special council meeting to resolve the tie.
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Bramwell
Katherine Barringer
Joe Cook
Jim Collins
Jack Lewis
Dodd Mortensen
Roger Goins
Glenn Scott
Bids Opened On Road Projects Across State
Charleston AP reports the State Road Commission opened bids on 31 highway projects totaling over 5.4 million dollars. Apparent lowest bids include Adams Construction for 3.99 miles of Bishop Welch road and W H Contracting Co for 2.15 miles of Bluefield Welch road. Ryan Inc submitted the lowest bid for 0.2 miles of new U S 22 in Brooke and Hancock counties. A Coal River bridge at Tornado bid was rejected as too high.
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Charleston
State Road Commission
Arch A. Moore Jr
Bishop Welch Road
W. Va
Adams Construction Co
Roanoke
Bluefield- Welch Road
U. S. 52
W. & H. Contracting Co
Bluefield
J. Groves and Sons Co
Minneapolis
Jamesville
Wisconsin
U.S
Brooke
Hancock
Coal River
Tornado
Kanawha County
Gov. Moore
Mountain State Construction Co
Wells Fees Double Salary and City Legal Costs
Pagination from 1965 to 1969 details Wells city attorney charges for legal work. It lists hourly rates, travel costs, secretarial payments, and monthly vouchers, noting high months and the shift to a fixed secretary fee. Wells defends fees as fair given increased federal liaison and heavier liability caseload. He cites Edison Hollow project fees as special and repayable, with 31 open cases pending from 138 total since 1965.
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Wells
Mercer County Bar Association
Edison Hollow
Wor
M. Wells
Wytheville Livestock Market Sale Reports Prices
Livestock sold at Wytheville Virginia market Tuesday included hogs veal lambs slaughter cattle bulls and stock and feeder cattle. Prices ranged with hogs $22.50 to $24.70 heavy butchers $23.60 light butchers $22.50 sows $17 to $19.50 veal $34.40 to $36.75 lambs $25 to $30.25 cattle and calves varied by class with cows $13 to $21 and bulls $23 to $26. Feeder cattle and steers and heifers brought $24 to $33 per hundredweight depending on weight and grade.
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Wytheville
Muncey Named GOP Chairman in McDowell County
Hobart Muncey of English was named chair man of the McDowell County Republican Executive Committee at a Welch meeting. He succeeds Dr. Stephen Mamick of Welch who resigned. Mamick had held the post since early 1968. Muncey is a longtime Republican worker and works as an investigator for the State Beer Commission.
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Hobart Muncey
McDowell County
Republican Executive Committee
Welch
Muncey
Stephen Mamick
Mamick
Republican Party
State Beer Commission
Keys Planning Mill Not Causing Fallout
Daily Telegraph reports fallout near Bluefield Virginia from Keys Planning Mill Inc. Town officials corrected the error Tuesday noting Luther Compton and Sons Mill is the actual source of the fallout.
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Keys Planning Mill
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Keys Planning Mill, Inc
W. N. Lambert
Luther Compton and Sons
Pace Is SLOWED May index lifts workers take home pay
May price index shows higher costs for food apparel services home repairs rent and mortgage interest while used car prices fall 3 percent. Officials say pay boosts under union contracts offset higher living costs and gross weekly earnings rise to 113.55 with after tax pay for a worker with three dependents up to 99.19.
No License Required for Wheelchair in Florida
Ray Lewis, 24, with a motorized wheelchair, was told he needed a license and registration. Florida Highway Patrol then reversed its stance saying license rules do not apply to wheelchair operators, citing safety concerns.
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Tampa
Fila
Ray Lewis
Florida Highway Patrol
Col. H. N. Kirkman
FHP
Lewis
Robert Reeder
Kirkman
Lambert Speaks on Priesthood at Kiwanis Club
John Lambert Glenwood Park Nursing Home superintendent addressed the Glenwood Green Valley Kiwanis Club Tuesday night focusing on the path and sacrifices involved in becoming a Catholic priest. He showed a film titled Who Shall I Choose? to illustrate the topic.
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John Lambert
Glenwood Park
Glenwood - Green Valley
Hull Elected At Boys State Governor
Harry Hull of Bluefield won the nationalist ticket for governor of Boys State in Wood County defeating Grant Grayson of Vienna. The new officers will be sworn in Wednesday by State Supreme Court Justice Chauncey Browning Sr. Gov. Arch Moore is expected to visit Thursday. Other winners remained unknown late Tuesday night.
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Jackson's Mill
W. Va
Harry Hull
Bluefield
Grant Grayson
Vienna
Wood County
Boys
Supreme Court
Chauncey Browning Sr
Arch Moore
Frank King Cartoonist of Gasoline Alley Dies
Chicago cartoonist Frank King died at his Winter Park Florida home at age 86. He created Gasoline Alley in 1919 for the Chicago Tribune and drew the long running strip for five decades. The feature follows characters from youth to adulthood, including Skeezix and Walt Waller in a soap opera style.
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Chicago
Frank King
Winter Park
Fla
Gasoline Alley
Chicago Tribune
King
Tomah
Wis
Skeezix
Walt Waler
Laird Defends Stand On ABM Missile Debate
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird rejects claims he reversed course on Soviet missile threats after a House Foreign Affairs Committee session. He reaffirmed that SS9 missiles can serve as first or second strike weapons, countering senators who say his testimony shifted the meaning of first strike capability.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Uesda
Nators
Laird
House Foreign Affairs Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Sharp Rise in U S Gold Stock in May
The U S gold stock rose by 217 million in May the Treasury reported marking the sharpest one month gain in 12 years. The increase from 10.9 billion to nearly 11.2 billion followed limited pressure on the United States to trade gold for dollar holdings despite several countries selling gold.
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Washington
U.S
Treasury Department
United States
Area Thespians Appear In Play at Greenbrier
Three residents from Union and Alderson will join the cast of How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying at Greenbrier Repertory Theatre Fairlea. Kit and Melinda White of Union and Fin Guinn of Alderson perform June 25 28 and July 25. The musical comedy by Shepherd Head plays on old Route 219 across from the West Virginia Fair Grounds.
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Union and
Alderson
Greenbrier Repertory Theatre
Fairlea
Kit
Melinda White
Union
Fin Guinn
Shepherd Head
Old
Route 219
West Virginia Fair Grounds
Otepka Confirmed for Subversive Activities Board
Senate approved Otto F. Otepka for the Subversive Activities Control Board by a 61 to 28 vote despite strong opposition. He faced a failed bid to send the nomination to the Judiciary Committee after a 56 to 35 motion was rejected. Otepka, nominated March 20 by President Nixon for a $36,000 yearly term ending August 9, 1970, has faced controversy since 1963 over disclosure of confidential personnel files.
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Washington
Senate
Otto F. Otepka
Otepka
State Department
Senate Internal Security Sub Committee
McDonough Plans Stock Move Against Endicott Johnson
McDonough Co of Parkersburg West Virginia intends to buy the outstanding Endicott Johnson Shoe Co stock using debentures and warrants. President Donald E. Martin says the bid will likely exceed current market value and follows McDonough acquiring board control. Bernard P. McDonough previously led the buyout effort and McDonough now chairs EJ board. Endicott Johnson is headquartered in Endicott New York.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
McDonough Co
Endicott Johnson Shoe Co
Donald E. Martin
McDonough
Endicott Johnson
Martin
E-J
Bernard P. McDonough
Endicott- Johnson
Frank A. Johnson
Endicott
N.Y
Bluefield Police Fund Faces Higher Levy After Court Order
The Bluefield Police Pension Fund trustees obtain a writ to require the city to levy property taxes covering the full estimated operating expense of $34,983 plus 10 percent for reserve, forcing an estimated $50,000 annual funding. Also, the WestVirginia Supreme Court refused to block a Summers County circuit trial of David H. Farley on a murder indictment, upholding a three term statute though dissented by Judge Haymond.
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Bluefield Police Pension Fund
Supreme Court
Summers County
David H. Farley
Charleston
Farley
Robert H. Bailey
Bailey
Peace Springs
H. Nickell Kramer
Harlan M. Calhoun
Frank C. Haymond
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Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
West Bank
Charles Helou
Helou
United Nations
New York
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U S
Burke Baptist Church
Keystone
Joe Lambert
Woodlawn
James D
Mac Oliver
Richard Wilbur
Earl Boyd
Walter Bowman
Clyde Lambert
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
Lankford
Daniel Monroe Lankford
Walter
Kathleen Harris Lankford
Rt. 2
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Saran Linda Lankford
Lynchburg
Judy Ann
Bonnie Sue
Sharon Elaine
Daisie Mae
Deanna Faye Lankford
Leslie Lankford
Alexandria
Eugene, Boyd
Donald Ray
Rufus Scott
Mullins Funeral Chapel
Joe Hawkins
West Fork Cemetery
Big Creek
Mullins Funeral Home
Robert Miller
Beaver Pond St
Beckley
Lugo
Clinton Thompson
Mason Mitchell
A. A. Lawrence
Fred Dotson
Clarence Baumgardner
Walter Farmer
David Coates
Booker Trigg
William Dickson
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Kiwanis Club
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Mercer County
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U.S. Weather Bureau
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