Income Tax Becomes Favorite Tune Of Legislatures
California raised 1.6 billion from income tax in 1967 while Wisconsin collected 368 million. Nationwide 38 states tax personal income with varied structures from flat rates to graduated schemes. Sales taxes remained the largest revenue source at 10.7 billion.
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Chicago
Connecticut
Florida
Washington
Michigan
Colorado
Oklahoma
Illinois
Nevada
Ohio
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Wyoming
California
New Hampshire
Tennessee
Senate passes military authorization bill 78 to 3
The Senate defeated efforts to cut the $1.8 billion military instruction authorization and approved the measure 78 to 3. It falls about $29 million short of the House approval, risking a conference committee to resolve the difference. Senators Morse Nelson and Young voted no.
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Washington
Senate
House
Joint Conference
Congress
Pasage
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Joseph S. Clark
Goldberg Becomes Law Firm Partner
Arthur J. Goldberg retired as U N ambassador and joined Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton and Garrison as a partner. The firm will be known as Paul Weiss Goldberg Rifkind Wharton and Garrison with Goldberg living in New York at the Hotel Pierre and engaging in teaching and writing.
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United Nations
Arthur J. Goldberg
New York
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison
Madison Ave
Paul, Weiss, Goldberg, Rifkind, Wharton and
Garrison
Goldberg
Pierre
Ing
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertisement Notice Summary
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery within West Virginia and surrounding zones. It notes advertising agencies and the paper’s association with the Associated Press.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
Mai
West Virginia
Pates
Mame
Audit Bureau of Cious
Katy Agency, Inc
Women Change Political Tactics
New York AP report notes women using fashion to show party loyalties as campaigns push branded apparel from hats to dresses. Merchants craft campaign gowns, hats, scarves, and jewelry for McCarthy Humphrey Nixon and Rockefeller, aiming to profit while boosting name recognition.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Gov. Neilson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Uranus Discovered by William Herschel in 1781
The planet Uranus was discovered in 1781 by astronomer William Herschel. He observed a distant body and confirmed it as a planet, expanding the known solar system.
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Herschel
Icy Underwater Kills Thousands of Tropical Fish Coastwide
A cold Atlantic tide from Hurricane Brenda plunged Florida waters to 43 degrees 30 feet down, killing thousands of tropical reef fish along 70 miles. Divers faced near freezing temps while carcasses washed offshore but not ashore. Scientists cited rapid temperature drop as the main cause.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Brenda
Florida
Gulf Stream
Ron Purdom
Florida Board of Conservation
Purdom
Palm Beach
Miami
Edwin A. Joyce Jr
Board of Conservation Marine Laboratory
St. Petersburg
Jupiter
Pompano Beach
Atlantic
Joyce
Santa Monica Strikes Disrupt City Services And Buses
A five day walkout by 80 percent of Santa Monica workers including bus drivers and sanitation staff disrupts city services. Residents struggle to reach appointments and markets while cab companies report surged business. Cleanup crews race to clear beaches as trash piles up along Ocean Avenue.
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Ocean Avenue
Santa Monica
Alhambra
Los Angeles
Yellow Cab
Checker Cab
James Richard
Ron Brown
Muscle Beach
Local Boy Hit By Automobile Near Ceres
A Bluefield boy, Wayne Bulson, 11, was struck by a car on Rt. 25 near Ceres around 2:15 pm Tuesday. Dan F. Hollar, 27, of Abingdon Virginia, was the driver. Bulson was unhurt, treated, and released. no charges filed.
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Buefield
Rt. 25
Ceres
Wayne Bulson
Rt. 2
Bluefield
Dan F. Hollar
Abingdon
Hearing Postponed In Murder Charge in Ohio
Ezra E. Nunley Jr. 32 faces a first degree manslaughter charge in the death of Edward O. Woodall 35 of West Hamlin W Va after a barroom brawl. The preliminary hearing was reset to July 1 as prosecutors cite missing death certificate. Nunley pleads innocent and is jailed in Ross County on 50000 dollar bond.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Ezra E. Nunley Jr
West Virginia
Robert L. Purdue
Edward 0. Woodall
West Hamlin
W. Va
Weight on Mars Compared To Earth
A person weighing 100 pounds on Earth would weigh about 40 pounds on Mars due to lower gravity. This illustrates how planetary gravity affects weight, not mass.
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Earth
Mars
County Woman Dies From Cuts
A 39 year old Lashmeet woman, Ramona McComas Martin, died at Princeton Memorial Hospital after being found with self inflicted cuts at the Airway Motel on Bluefield Princeton Road. She died from loss of blood. Survivors include her parents, husband, daughter, brother and two sisters. Funeral services set for Thursday at Rich Creek Primitive Baptist Church. Burial in McComas Cemetery. Body to be taken from Bailey Funeral Home to her parents home.
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Lashmeet
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Princeton
Ramona McComas Martin
Airway
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Tressie McComas
Hobart Martin
Beverly Bailey
Rock
Tressie McComas, Jr
Garden City
Jeffries Dale Chapman
Roger Chapman
Squire
Morgantown
Roger Chapman Jr
Douglas Chapman
Frank Holcomb
Tappahannock
Greever
Tareswel
Pentecostal Holiness Church of War
Berlin Smith
Grandview Memory Gardens
Buefield - Tazewell Road
Princetonian Shoots Self Accident in Town
A Princeton woman, Dorothy Louise Evans, 42, was rushed to Bluefield Sanitarium after an accidental self shot in the stomach with a .22 pistol on Tuesday night. Cpl. J A Harsh led the investigation and her condition was listed as unknown.
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Princeton
Bluefield Sanitarium
Dorothy Louise Evans
Rt. 2
Lilly Highway Addition
Cpl
J. A. Harsh
Hanna Named Safety Head for State Division
John T. Hanna, Richmond city manager aide, was named head of the State Division of Highway Safety, earning $18 000 a year. The 44 year old engineer lawyer will lead safety and traffic initiatives under Governor Carter O. Lewance, with August 1 start, to qualify for Federal Highway Safety Act benefits and aid localities in creating safety offices.
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Richmond
John T. Hanna
State Division of Highway Safety
Hanna
Godwin
Carter O. Lewance
Geneva
Mental center to open with hospital services planned
BSC receives tieat beds and will offer out patient clinical services education and consultation services and emergency service linked to the new hospital. It will serve Mc Dowell and Wyoming counties and aims to be ready in about two years, about when the new general hospital is completed.
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Tieat
McDowell
Wyoming
General Hospital
Deaths and Funerals in Virginia and Maryland
Albert Eugene McClaugherity 41 of Rich Creek Va died at home from a heart attack. Survived by wife Edna and three children, plus extensive family. Service at Bozoo Christian Church with burial in Peterstown Cemetery. Other obituaries include Stanley B. Saunders and Forest E. Ambrose with services in Honaker and Princeton. Robert M. McGraw 65 of Freeland Md died in York Pa hospital. Funeral services set for Middletown United Methodist Church. Jeffries Dale Chapman 16 months died in Morgantown hospital. Elizabeth Montague Just ice 37 Narrows Va died in Richmond VA hospital. Burial at Boyd Cemetery. Funeral home details and call times listed.
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Rich Creek
Bozoo
Notie McClaugherity
Obie McClaugherity
Mac
Bozoo Christian Church
John Dove Lodge No
Edna McClaugherity
Ronnie
Johnnie
Home
Sharon
Howard McClaugherity
Beckley
Milton
Kellis
Eddie McClaugherity
Arthur D. McClaugherity
Maxine Ball
Peterstown
Blanche Blankenship
Louise Adkins
Winchester
Buford Cole
Charles Arbaugh
Broyles Funeral
Robert M. McGraw
Freeland
Tazewell
Memorial Osteopathic Hospital
York
John F
Mary Alley McGraw
Bertha L, Kincer McGraw
Jane Turley
Parkton
Betty Meszaros
Maryland Line
Jennie McGraw
George McGraw
New Freedom
Ward McGraw
Middletown United Methodist Church
Middletown Cemetery
Harpenstein Mortuary
Obituary of Russell Wiley of Kegley
Russell Wiley 73 of Kegley died Tuesday at Princeton Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was the son of the late Marion and Nellie Wiley. He is survived by two sons Russell Wiley Jr. of Charlotte and John Wiley of Woodbridge, five sisters and four brothers. Funeral services were conducted at 4 p.m. Thursday at Bailey Funeral Home Chapel in Princeton with Rev. Paul Hall. Interment at Roselawn Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends after 4 p.m. Wednesday at home.
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Stanley B. Saunders
Swords Creek
Johnson City
Frazier Saunders
Cedar Bluff
Steve
Dave
Ricky Saunders
Margaret Scott
Cincinnati
Ohio
Blanche Fink
Clara Clark
Princeton
Honaker Funeral Home
Truel Brown
Buck Dye
Green Hill Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Russell Wiley
Kegley
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Marion and
Nellie Perdue Wiley
Marie Ferrell
Pittsboro
N. C
Rusell Wiley, Jr
Charlotte
John Wiley
Woodbridge
Thomas Wiley
Dennis Wiley
Richmond
Obituary: Martha Underwood 86 of Davy Dies at Home
Martha Jane Underwood aged 86 of Davy died Monday night at her home after a long illness. A lifelong Davy resident, she attended the Methodist Church and belonged to the Rebecca Lodge. She was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Hall. Survivors include her son Charles Underwood of Welch, sister Melinda Grant of Davy, one grandchild and one great grandchild. Funeral services conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel in Welch with Rev. E. E. Boyd officiating. Burial in Jaeger Memorial Cemetery at Roderfield.
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State St
Athens
George W. Seaver
Princeton
Bob Engle
David E
Emma Edwards Ambrose
Athens Methodist Church
Mercer County
Ambrose
Bessie Lee Ambrose
Thomas F. Moore
Richardson
Texas
David E. Ambrose
U. S. Army
Vietnam
Robert Ambrose
Fayetteville
N. C
LaVerne Ambrose
Tulsa
Oklahoma
C. B. Watkins
Kansas City
George McHugh
Marysville
Kan
Donald Ambrose
New Port Richy
Fla
Fred Cooper
Guy Scyphers
Ben Wiley
Sam Williamson
Basil Shumate
Carl Carper
Davy
Methodist Church
Rebecca Lodge
Joseph Hall
Charles Underwood
Welch
Melinda Grant
Fanning Funeral Home
E. E. Boyd
Jaeger Memorial
Roderfield
Mrs Leon Hopkins of Oberline dies at home
Mrs Leon Hopkins of Oberline Ohio died Tuesday morning at her home from an apparent heart attack. Survived by husband Leon Hopkins three brothers Rev Clayton Sweet Bluefield Russell Sweet Toledo and Earl Sweet Rialto California and two daughters Mrs Earl Shott and Mrs Lucile Shrader. Funeral conducted Thursday at 1 30 p.m. in Collings Funeral Home Oberline.
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Leon Hopkins
Oberline, Ohio
Bluefield
Rev
Clayton Sweet
Russell Sweet
Toledo
Ohio
Earl Sweet
Rialto
Calif
Earl Shott
Lucile Shrader
Clarence Hale Dies After Long Illness at Mayberry
Clarence Hale 67 of Maybeury in Franklin County Va died Sunday morning at Bluefield Sanitarium after a long illness. He was a UMWA Local 9534 Gary member and Mt. Moriah Baptist Church deacon. Survived by wife Helen Dobbins Hale and sister Belulah Price of Columbus Ohio. Funeral at Mt. Moriah Church Thursday at 1 p.m. Rev. McKinley Raymore and Rev. James C. Hairston officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell. Body to be moved from Pocahontas Union Funeral Home to church Wednesday at 4 p.m. Pallbearers will be church deacons. missionary society flowerbearers.
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Maybeury
Bluefield
Frankin County
Preston
Sally Tonnie Hale
UMWA
Gary
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
Helen Dobbins Hale
Belulah Price
Columbus
Ohio
McKinley Raymore
James C. Hairston
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Pocahontas Union
The
Missionary Society
Mrs Bernice Wright Tolbert dies after short illness
Mrs Bernice Wright Tolbert 47 of Hollybrook Bland Virginia died at home after a brief illness. Survived by husband Earl Harrell Tolbert son William Lee Tolbert four daughters Bonnie Lefew Lola Ann Morehead Wanda Clemons and Louella Tolbert stepmother Daisy Wright half-brother Elbert Lee Wright half-sisters Lethia Williams Goldie Wall Nora Quesenberry and 10 grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 pm at Shiloa Cemetery. Body at A West and Sons Funeral Home White Gate Va until one hour before services.
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Bernice Wright Tolbert
Hollybrook
Bland
Earl Harrell Tolbert
William Lee Tolbert
Bonnie Marie Lefew
Turkey
Lola Ann Morehead
Wanda Beverly Clemons
Louella Tolbert
Daisy Wright
Rocky Gap
Elbert Lee Wright
Pulaski
Lethia Williams
Goldie Wall
Nora Quesenberry
Washington D. C
Shiloa Cemetery
A. West and Sons Funeral Home
White Gate
Obituary: Mrs. Corsie Lambert of Bland dies at 90
Mrs. Corsie Virginia Lambert aged 90 of Bland Virginia died Tuesday evening in Wytheville Virginia. She leaves daughter Mrs. Edith Thompson of Bland eight grandchildren fourteen great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. Funeral held Wednesday at 2 p m at Newberry Funeral Home Bland with Rev Kenner Kitts burial at Old Bethel Cemetery.
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Corsie Virginia Lambert
Bland
Wytheville
Edith Thompson
Newberry Funeral Home
Kenner Kitts
Old Bethel Cemetery
Mrs. Chloe Presley Dies in Welch Hospital
Mrs. Chloe Presley died Tuesday in a Welch hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Fanning Funeral Home in Welch.
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Chloe Presley
Welch
Fanning Funeral Home
Peterstown Socialite Myrtle Thorn Spangler Dies at 78
Mrs Myrtle Thorn Spangler aged 78 of Peterstown died Tuesday after a long illness. Services and interment to be announced by Broyles Funeral Home in Peterstown.
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Myrtle Thorn Spangler
Peterstown
Broyles Funeral Home
Funerals set for Cox Brooks Clapp Johnson Riner names
Obituaries list multiple services in Virginia and Tennessee. Caroline Looney Cox 86 in Lebanon Va. Susie Brooks Barbour 71 of Ragute 2 North Tazewell Va. Glenis Maria Clapp 19 of West Cumberland Rd. Alice M Johnson 72 Route 2 North Tazewell. Martha Riner 89 Elizabethon Tenn. Services at Dry Fork Primitive Baptist Church Dudley Memorial Chapel Hawkins Funeral Home Tip Top Church of God First Baptist Elizabethon Resthaven Cemetery with various officiants and pallbearers named.
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Barbour
Susie Brooks
Ragute 2
North Tazewell
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Bluefield
Charlie Sublette
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell
Garland Harrison
B. F. Lockhart
Earl Scott
John Hearn
Lacy Beard
Joyce Leedy
Bill Wagner
Roy Slade
Clapp
Glenis Maria
West Cumberland Rd
Hawkins Funeral Home
Frank Schwall
Monte Vista Park
Keith Blevins
Jim Williams
John Ewing
Larry Carroll
Bill Compton
Joey Bailey
Riner
Martha
Elizabethon
Tenn
First Baptist Church
James Parker
Resthaven Cemetery
Princeton
Postmaster Nomination for Vernon A. Shahan
President Johnson sent to the Senate the nomination of Vernon A. Shahan of St. George Tucker County for postmaster. The action follows routine Senate consideration of civil service appointments.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
Vernon A. Shahan
St. George
Tucker County
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