Family Group From Vienna in Auto Crash
A Vienna family suffered serious injuries Sunday when a 1964 model car driven by Mrs. Norma Whitlatch left Bluefield Princeton Road near Bluefield on wet pavement. The car skidded into an embankment rock then flipped onto its top traveling 114 feet before striking the rock and 80 more feet across the road. Eight year old Jenny Sue Whitlatch and ten year old Clay Whitlatch were severely hurt with leg and head injuries. Norma Whitlatch and 11 year old Amy Whitlatch also received multiple cuts and bruises. Trooper Shade and Constable Harvey investigated. no charges filed Sunday night.
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Bluefield
Clay Whitlatch
Jenny Sue Whitlatch
Don F
Norma) Whitlatch
Amy Whitlatch
Vienna
D. M. Shade
Shade
C. J. Harvey
British Frigate Sinks Drifted Lusitania Tanker Bow
A British frigate fired shells to sink the bow section of the West German tanker Essberger Chemist off the Azores after it blew apart from an explosion while carrying alcohol and methane. The stern was towed to Ponta Delgada as the bow drifted.
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Lusitania
Essberger Chemist
Slisbury
May Cut Short Jackson March
In Sardis Mississippi James Meredith halted his renewed march to fight fear due to footsore weariness and heavy rain. He said he might walk only to Canton and would spend the night there with his followers before resuming at 8 a.m.
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Anti Poverty Talks in Mercer County Delayed Indefinitely
Washington AP reports that employment manpower and poverty hearings in Charleston and Princeton have been indefinitely postponed as the subcommittee processes next year funding legislation. Secretary Orville Freeman was slated for a Iowa trip this week with no West Virginia plans.
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Charleston
Princeton
Freeman
Iowa
West Virginia
Raleigh Youth Earns 10000th Mountain State Boys State Visit
Raleigh County student Larry D. Soulsby of Fairdale and Trap Hill High School was named the 10000th attendee at Mountaineer Boys State as the 30th annual session opened in Jackson's Mill. About 359 seniors attend this year with elections set for Monday and Tuesday. Justice Chauncey Browning will administer the oath to Speaker H Leban White and WVU coach Jim Carlen.
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House of Delegates
H. Leban -White
West Virginia University
Jim Carlen
Bill Simmons Succumbs After Short Illness in Bluefield
William A Simmons 54 owner of Joyce Jewelry Co. in Bluefield Va died Sunday morning at Bluefield Hospital after a brief illness. He lived in Double Gates Bluefield and was an elder at Fincastle Presbyterian Church with memberships in Bluefield Masonic Lodge 8 Mercer Anglers Club University Club and Fincastle Country Club. Survivors include his wife Louise Winfrey Simmons mother Nancy Elizabeth Simmons three sisters and two brothers. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Hawkins Funeral Chapel with Rev Paul Gess officiating. Entombment at Monte Vista Mausoleum. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Monday. Pallbearers listed.
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Bill) Andrew Simmons
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Northfork
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J. B. Belcher Lumber Co
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Ruth Sawyers
Clarence Neal
S. B. Creggar
Winston-Salem
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Gwyn Pruitt
Sheffield Lake
Ohio
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Cleveland
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Suffolk
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Bridgewater
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Lovingston
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Newport News
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Charlie Dooley
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Whitewood
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Palatka
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Carl Keene
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Tazewell
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Flint
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Washington, D. C
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Summit at Glassboro Sets Tone for East West Talks
Leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union met for hours at Glassboro State College to discuss Vietnam arms and the Middle East amid a heat haze crowd. The summit ended with smiles and a handshake in a mansion setting as top aides held separate sessions.
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Death notices across Bluefield and region
Obituaries list David J Kegley 90 of East Wayne Street Bluefield with surviving wife and large family. Other notices include William Keene 72 Whitewood. Eula Wooldridge 50 Anawalt. Clarence D Stevenson 79 Bandy. Gladys Darie 68 Montcalm. Minnie Harris 80 Davenport. Chap Lucas 69 Pembroke. Services conducted at local chapels with graveside rites and church burials noted.
Funeral notices from Bluefield area pound out long obituary list
Obituary notices and funeral arrangements for many local residents including John H. Thomas 77 of North Tazewell Va Dona Mae Green 76 of Herndon and Arch W Craghead 4 of Speedway. Services set at various churches with burials at local cemeteries. Survivors listed include spouses children and siblings with multiple pallbearers named. Funeral homes in Tazewell Princeton Bluefield coordinate services and callers may visit homes prior to services.
William Lee Ramsey 6 Dies After Long Illness
William Lee Ramsey aged 6 of Covel died Saturday night after a long illness at home. Born in Pikeville Kentucky he was the son of John Wesley Ramsey and Mary Tackett Ramsey. Survived by mother Nellie Ramsey four sisters Nadien Ratliff Delma Brumfield Linda and Brenda Gay Ramsey and five brothers William Ramsey Jr Avry Ramsey Willard Ramsey Wesley Ramsey and Ernest Ramsey. Funeral arrangements with Sam Fogiesong Nease and Neely Funeral Home Mullens.
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Covel
Pikeville
John Wesley
Mary Tackett Ramsey
Nellie Ramsey
Nadien Ratliff
Shady Springs
Delma Brumfield
Hialeah
Fla
Linda
Brenda Gay Ramsey
William Ramsay Jr
Michigan
Avry Ramsey
U. S. Army
Korea
Willard Ramsey
Maryland
Wesley Ramsey
Rhode Island
Ernest Ramsey
Sam Fogiesong
Nease
Neely Funeral Home
Mullens
Fua
Ee Heey
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Harlin Keene eighty two of Tazewell Va died Sunday afternoon in Jeffersonville Hospital after a long illness. Orpha Keene and eight daughters plus many other relatives listed. Funeral arrangements at Greever Funeral Home and later services at Presbyterian Church in Tazewell Grandview Memory Gardens. Richard Wayne Dye infant son of Larry and Ruby Dye Cedar Bluff died at birth in Richlands Hospital. Survived by parents grandparents and burial at Brewster Cemetery Cedar Bluff. Service by Rev Hamp ton Mullens Funeral Home Richlands.
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Tazewell
Jeffersonville
Orpha Matney Keene
Clyde Barker
Duff Austin
Bluefield
T. J. Canters
Grundy
Lacy Roberts
Virgil Greer
Elkton
John Sutherland
Jacksonville
Fla
Hessie Adkins
Detroit
Mich
Bill Brown
Oak Ridge
Tenn
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Richard Wayne Dye
Larry
Ruby Brewster Dye
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Elbert Dye
Raven, Va
Wade Brewster
Mullens Funeral
H. D. Hampton
Brewster Cemetery
Jet Destroys 10 Million Gallon Water Tank Near Chester
A Navy jet plowed into a 10 million gallon water storage tank near Chester Pennsylvania causing a dramatic flood. The pilot Lt Ronald Pepka 32 of Lansdale escaped by parachute and was unhurt. The Chester Water Authority tank was one of eight at the site.
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Here
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Ronald Pepka
Lansdale
Hussein Refuses Commitment to Direct Peace Talks
King Hussein of Jordan said the Middle East war was inevitable and Arab leaders must reconstruct a position after Israel’s military defeat. He refused to commit to direct peace negotiations and stated peace would not come while Israel occupies Arab land.
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Hussein
Jordan
Middle East
Israel
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