Huge Jump In Past Year
AP notes that state income tax receipts rose sharply in 1967, with 38 states collecting personal income taxes. California led at 1.6 billion while Wisconsin raised 368 million. sales taxes remained the largest revenue source at 10.7 billion of 64.2 billion total. Tax schemes vary by state, with graduated rates and some flat taxes.
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Connecticut
Florida
Washington
Michigan
Colorado
Oklahoma
Illinois
Nevada
Ohio
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Wyoming
California
New Hampshire
Tennessee
Senate approves 1.8 billion military authorization bill
The Senate defeated attempts to cut the 1.8 billion military instruction authorization and passed the bill 78 to 3. It is about 29 million less than the House approved, leaving a possible joint conference to resolve the difference. Senators Morse Nelson and Young voted no, Clark’s amendments to cut authorizations were rejected. The panel also rejected delaying or canceling the Sentinel Antiballistic Missile program.
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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 Ambassador to the United Nations and became a partner at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton and Garrison in New York. The firm will be renamed Paul Weiss Goldberg Rifkind Wharton and, with Goldberg based at the Hotel Pierre, he will teach and write.
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Arthur J. Goldberg
New York
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Pierre
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Local News Summary Note
Public notice text from Bluefield Daily Telegraph boilerplate. no event details provided. Contains subscription rates and affiliation with Associated Press.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Women Change Political Tactics Featured in Campaign Fashion
New York reporters describe how women voters become walking billboards for candidates as fashion industry produces campaign wear and accessories. Designers create hats, dresses, scarves, jewelry, and boutique items branded with candidate insignia for McCarthy Humphrey Nixon Rockefeller campaigns.
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Robert C. Scull
Eugene J. McCarthy
Washington, D.C
Hubert H. Humphrey
Miss Welch
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Uranus Discovered in 1781 by William Herschel
The planet Uranus was identified as a new world in 1781 by astronomer William Herschel, expanding knowledge of the solar system. This historical discovery marked a major milestone in astronomy and planetary studies.
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Uranus
Herschel
Icy underwater tides kill thousands of tropical fish off Florida coast
Marine biologists report an abrupt upwelling driven by Hurricane Brenda chilled waters along 70 miles of the Atlantic coast from Jupiter to Pompano Beach. Temperature drops to 43 degrees 30 feet down caused mass fish kills including angelfish trumpet and reef bass.
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Fila
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
Marine Lab
Saul Breida
Institute of Marine Sciences
University of Miami
Joyce
Santa Monica Striking Workers Disrupt City Services
A five day city strike by 80 percent of Santa Monica workers including bus drivers and trash crews worsens daily as sanitation drops to hospital and rest home pickups. Taxi firms report a surge in business while residents struggle with transportation and garbage littering Ocean Avenue. Police and fire crews remain on duty by law.
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Ocean Avenue
Santa Monica
Alhambra
Los Angeles
Local Boy Struck By Car On Rt 25 Near Ceres
A Bluefield boy, 11 year old Wayne Bulson of Rt 2, Bluefield, was struck by a car driven by Dan F. Hollar of Abingdon, Virginia, about 2 15 p m Tuesday on Route 25 near Ceres. He was unhurt, treated and released. no charges filed.
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Rt. 25
Ceres
Wayne Bulson
Rt. 2
Bluefield
Dan F. Hollar
Abingdon
Hearing Postponed in Murder Charge in Ohio Bar Fight
Ezra E. Nunley Jr. 32, charged with first degree manslaughter in the death of West Virginia man Edward O. Woodall 35 after a barroom brawl in Chillicothe. Preliminary hearing postponed to July 1 as death certificate awaited. Nunley pleads not guilty and remains jailed in Ross County on a $50,000 bond.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Ezra E. Nunley Jr
West Virginia
Robert L. Purdue
Edward 0. Woodall
West Hamlin
W. Va
Woodall
Nunley
Ross County
Weight on Mars Compared to Earth
A statement notes that a person who weighs 100 pounds on Earth would weigh about 40 pounds on Mars reflecting Mars gravity weaker than Earth's by about 62 percent.
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Earth
Mars
County Woman Dies From Self Inflicted 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 the Bluefield Princeton Road. Survivors include her husband, Ho bart Martin. daughter Beverly Bailey. parents Mr. and Mrs. Tressie McComas. and siblings. Funeral set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Rich Creek Primitive Baptist Church with burial at Mc Comas Cemetery.
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Lashmeet
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Princeton
Ramona McComas Martin
Airway
Bluefield
Tressie McComas
Hobart Martin
Beverly Bailey
Rock
Tressie McComas, Jr
Garden City
Princeton Woman Injures Herself in Accidental Shooting
A 42 year old Princeton woman Dorothy Louise Evans was rushed to Bluefield Sanitarium after accidentally shooting herself in the stomach with a .22 calibre pistol. Cpl. J A Harsh led the investigation and her condition was not known late Tuesday night.
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Princeton
Bluefield Sanitarium
Dorothy Louise Evans
Rt. 2
Lilly Highway Addition
Cpl
J. A. Harsh
Hanna Named Safety Head in Richmond for State Division
John T. Hanna, assistant to Richmond’s city manager, was named to lead the new State Division of Highway Safety with an $18 000 annual salary. The 44 year old engineer lawyer will head the governor’s office division under Commissioner Carter O Lewance around August 1, aiming to boost highway safety and reduce road deaths under the Federal Highway Safety Act.
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Richmond
John T. Hanna
State Division of Highway Safety
Hanna
Godwin
Carter O. Lewance
Geneva
Biden State Center to Open Mental Health Facility Plan
BSC receives tentative approval for a center offering inpatient and outpatient care. The facility will provide clinical services education and consultation along with emergency and day and night care. It will serve Mc Dowell and Wyoming counties and aims to open in about two years concurrent with a new general hospital.
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General Hospital
Deaths and Funerals in Rich Creek and Surrounding Areas
Albert Eugene McClaugherity 41 of Rich Creek Va died at home from an apparent heart attack. He ran Mac's Barber Shop for 20 years and was WWII veteran. Survived by wife Edna two sons Ronnie and Johnnie daughter Sharon five brothers three sisters and his mother. Funeral at Bozoo Christian Church with burial at Peterstown Cemetery. The report also notes Stanley B Saunders 50 of Swords Creek Va died in Johnson City Tenn after long illness. Survivors include his wife Cora Ellen and nine grandchildren. Ducted funeral services held in Honaker and burial at Green Hill Memory Gardens. Forest E Ambrose 79 of Athens WV died of a sudden heart attack. Retired Army colonel and WWI WWII veteran. Survivors include daughter Thomas F Moore son Lt Col David E Ambrose and Lt Commander Robert Ambrose plus three sisters and one brother. Pallbearers listed and funeral home calls advised. Robert M McGraw 65 of Freeland Md formerly of Tazewell Va died at Memorial Osteopathic Hospital York Pa. Survived by wife Bertha McGraw five daughters six including Jennie and Kathy Powers two sons Robert and Charles W McGraw, sisters Hazel White and Nell Alexander, brothers Marvin Joseph George Ward and 14 grandchildren. Funeral Friday at Middletown United Methodist Church Freeland with burial in Middletown Cemetery.
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Bozoo
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Mac
Bozoo Christian Church
John Dove Lodge No
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Home
Sharon
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Beckley
Milton
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Bozeo
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Peterstown
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Louise Adkins
Winchester
Buford Cole
Charles Arbaugh
Broyles Funeral
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Swords Creek
Johnson City
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Cedar Bluff
Steve
Dave
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Margaret Scott
Cincinnati
Ohio
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Clara Clark
Princeton
Honaker Funeral Home
Truel Brown
Buck Dye
Green Hill Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
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State St
Athens
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Bob Engle
David E
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Athens Methodist Church
Mercer County
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Thomas F. Moore
Richardson
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Vietnam
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Fayetteville
N. C
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
C. B. Watkins
Kansas City
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Marysville
Kan
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New Port Richy
Fla
Fred Cooper
Guy Scyphers
Ben Wiley
Sam Williamson
Basil Shumate
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Robert M. McGraw
Freeland
Tazewell
Memorial Osteopathic Hospital
York
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Bertha L. Kincer McGraw
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Parkton
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Maryland Line
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George McGraw
New Freedom
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Middletown United Methodist Church
Middletown Cemetery
Harpenstein Mortuary
Obituary: Russell Wiley 73 of Kegley Dies in Princeton
Russell Wiley 73 of Kegley died Tuesday at Princeton Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He was son of Marion and Nellie Wiley. Survived by wife Marie Ferrell. two sons Russell Wiley Jr. and John Wiley. five sisters Annie Stables Laura Clark Maude Easton Myrtle Grimm Viola Semensky. four brothers Thomas Dennis Samuel Garfield. Funeral 4 p.m. Thursday at Bailey Funeral Home Chapel Princeton with Rev. Paul Hall. Roselawn Memory Gardens. viewing after 4 p.m. Wednesday.
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Princeton Memorial Hospital
Marion and
Nellie Perdue Wiley
Marie Ferrell
Pittsboro
N. C
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Charlotte
John Wiley
Woodbridge
Thomas Wiley
Dennis Wiley
Richmond
Mrs Martha Underwood 86 Davy Resident Dies
Martha Jane Underwood of Davy aged 86 died at home after a long illness. A lifelong Davy resident and Methodist Church member, she belonged to the Rebecca Lodge. Survived by son Charles Underwood Welch sister Melinda Grant Davy one grandchild and one great grandchild. Funeral Wednesday 11 a m Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Welch Rev E E Boyd officiating burial Saeger Memorial Cemetery Roderfield.
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Davy
Methodist Church
Rebecca Lodge
Joseph Hall
Charles Underwood
Welch
Melinda Grant
Fanning Funeral Home
E. E. Boyd
Saeger Memorial
Roderfield
Obituary: Mrs. Leon Hopkins of Oberline Dies at Home
Mrs. Leon Hopkins of Oberline Ohio died Tuesday morning at her home of an apparent heart attack. She is survived by her husband Leon Hopkins three brothers Rev Clayton Sweet Bluefield Russell Sweet Toledo and Earl Sweet Rialto California and two daughters Mrs von Shott and Mrs Lucile Shraer. Funeral services conducted Thursday at 1 30 p m in the Collings Funeral Home in Oberline.
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Oberline, Ohio
Bluefield
Rev
Clayton Sweet
Russell Sweet
Toledo
Ohio
Earl Sweet
Rialto
Calif
von Shott
Lucile Shraer
Collings Funeral Home
Oberline
Clarence Hale 67 of Maybeury Dies After Long Illness
Clarence Hale 67 of Maybeury died Sunday morning in Bluefield Sanitarium after a long illness He was born in Franklin County Va son of the late Preston and Sally Hale He belonged to UMWA Local 9534 Gary and was a Mt Moriah Baptist Church deacon Survivors include wife Helen Dobbins Hale and sister Belulah Price of Columbus Oh Funeral at Mt Moriah Church Thursday at 1 pm Rev McKinley Raymore and Rev James Hairston officiating Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell Body to be moved from Pocahontas Union Funeral Home to the church Wednesday at 4 pm Pallbearers will be church deacons and missionary society flowerbearers serve
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Frankin County
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Sally Tonnie Hale
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Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
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Belulah Price
Columbus
Ohio
McKinley Raymore
James C. Hairston
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Pocahontas Union
The
Missionary Society
Mrs Bernice Tolbert of Bland Va Dies After Illness
Mrs Bernice Wright Tolbert 47 of Hollybrook Bland Virginia died at home after a short illness. Survived by husband Earl Harrell Tolbert son William Lee Tolbert four daughters Bonnie Lefew Lola Morehead Wanda Clemons Louella Tolbert stepmother Daisy Wright one half brother Elbert Wright three half sisters Lethia Williams Goldie Wall Nora Quesenberry and 10 grandchildren. Services were held Thursday at 2 pm at Shiloa Cemetery with remains at A West and Sons Funeral Home White Gate Va until one hour before services.
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Hollybrook
Bland
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Turkey
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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
Death of Mrs. Corsie V Lambert of Bland Virginia
Mrs Corsie Virginia Lambert 90 of Bland Virginia died Tuesday evening in Wytheville Virginia Funeral service conducted Wednesday at 2 pm at Newberry Funeral Home Bland Rev Kenner Kitts officiating Interment Old Bethel Cemetery She is survived by Edith Thompson of Bland eight grandchildren 14 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren
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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 complete at Fanning Funeral Home in Welch.
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Chloe Presley
Welch
Fanning Funeral Home
Death notices mix in Morgantown and Narrows obituaries
Jeffries Dale Chapman 16 months died in Morgantown hospital after a long illness. Survivors include parents Roger and Mrs. Chapman, brother Roger Chapmen Jr., paternal grandparents Douglas and Mrs. Chapman, maternal grandparents Rev and Mrs. Frank Holcomb. Services Thursday 2 p.m. Pentecostal Holiness Church War. Grandview Memory Gardens. Elizabeth Montague Just ice 37 of Narrows died in Richmond VA VA Hospital after long illness. Survived by mother Frances Montague and brother William Montague. Burial Boyd Cemetery Narrows. Call at Riffe Funeral Home Narrows after 4 p.m. Wednesday.
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Roger Chapman
Squire
Morgantown
Roger Chapman Jr
Douglas Chapman
Frank Holcomb
Tappahannock
Greever Funeral Home
Tareswel
Pentecostal
Holiness Church of War
Berlin Smith
Grandview Memory Gardens
Buefield - Tazewell Road
Elizabeth Montague Justice
Narrows
Veterans Administration
Richmond
Frances Montague
Willian M. Montague
Springfield
First Presbyterian Church
Boyd Cemetery
Riffe Funeral Home
Mrs Myrtle Thorn Spangler Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Myrtle Thorn Spangler aged 78 of Peterstown died Tuesday evening after a long illness. The remains were complete at Broyles Funeral Home in Peterstown.
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Myrtle Thorn Spangler
Peterstown
Broyles Funeral Home
Obituaries from Virginia and Tennessee
Funeral services are planned for Caroline Looney Cox 86 of Lebanon Virginia Susie Brooks Barbour 71 of North Tazewell Glenis Maria Clapp 19 of West Cumberland Road Alice M Johnson 72 of North Tazewell and Martha Riner 89 of Elizabethton Tennessee Readings note the times officiants and burial locations with pallbearers named where listed and church and cemetery details provided for each case
Johnson nominates Vernon A. Shahan for postmaster
President Johnson sent to the Senate Tuesday the nomination of Vernon A. Shahan of St. George Tucker County for postmaster in a routine executive action.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
Vernon A. Shahan
St. George
Tucker County
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