Israeli Warplanes Strike At Arab Positions In Jordan
Israeli warplanes attacked three Jordanian army outposts and a guerrilla hideout in Jordan while Egyptian and Israeli artillery traded blows along the Suez Canal. Jordan reported eight soldiers killed and six wounded in the northern Jordan Valley. Israel said patrols suffered no casualties.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Jordan
Associated Press
Suez Canal
Israel
Israel Galili
Tel Aviv
Haim
Beisan
Kibbutz
Gesher
Jordan Valley
Tal el Arbaeen
Sheikh Maaz
Jamruk
Sea of Galilee
Egypt
Ford Foundation consultants to study Ohio County schools
Ohio County superintendent LeRoy Watt said Ford Foundation will send a consultant to assess possible sites for one or two consolidated high schools and other needs. The study, tied to a 1954 OSU report, will review obsolete buildings six remain in use, and cover enrollment projections and transport issues.
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Wheeling
Ohio
LeRoy Watt
Ford Foundation
Ohio State University
Watt
Fordee
Local News and Rates Notice From Bluefield Paper
Publication snippet shows a Bluefield West Virginia newspaper page with a masthead note and subscription rates. It lists carrier and mail rates for West Virginia and other zones and notes Associated Press credit and circulation testing representative contact.
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Daly Taearape
Ting
Brand Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulene Testing
Kats Telephone
Miss Virginia Pageant Opens in Roanoke with Preliminary Rounds
The 1969 Miss Virginia Pageant begins at the American Theatre with half the field performing talent acts Thursday and the other half in evening gowns and swim wear. Preliminary winners will be named after both rounds, with two more winners Friday. The top 10 will be announced Saturday before the 7:30 p.m. final, while Cherie Davis of Clifton Forge crowns successors.
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Roanoke
American Theatre
Cherie Suzanne Davis
Clifton Forge
Virginia
Traffic Up at Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel Yet Revenue Lags
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel sees a 10 percent rise in traffic in the first 22 days of June with 90 626 vehicles compared to 82 384 a year earlier, and daily revenue up 8.3 percent to 26 317 but still far below the $34 000 break-even target. Lucius J Kellam of Belle Haven is re elected chairman of the commission.
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Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
J. Clyde Morris
Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission
Morris
Bridge
Lucius J Kellam
Belle Haven
Kellam
Commission
Chesapeake Bay Ferry Commission
Water Project Plans Delay Contingent on FHA Loan
Water company president B Murphy outlines a $1 234 600 project with US Soil Conservation Service to pay $96 500. West Virginia Water Company faces about $45 000 yearly costs, while design plans by Michael Baker and Sons may be delayed if loan uncertainty remains. The dam near Bartlett Tree Experts building on the airport road would span 1 355 acres.
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B. Murphy
Water Company
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
West Virginia Water Company
Michael Baker and Sons, Inc
Rochester
Looney
FHA
Bartlett Tree Experts
Combined Food Plan Proposed by Poage
Rep. W. R. Poage proposed making permanent the farm subsidy and food stamp programs, with hearings to begin July 15. The Senate boosted the food stamp spending ceiling from 349 million to 750 million for the year starting July 1, while Poage would leave funding to annual appropriations.
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Washington
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Committee
Senate
House
McGovern
Poage
Defense leaders push for ABM deployment to deter rivals
Dangerson of the National Security Council and the Killian committee press for an ABM system. Sprague emphasizes maintaining leaders in the free world by ensuring deterrent technology remains deployed. Stennis, chair, responds in a letter.
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National Security Council
Killian Committee On
Free World
Sprague
John Stennis
D-Miss
Health Clinic Set for Summers County in Hinton
An Adult Screening Clinic sponsored by the Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council will be held Thursday at the Summers County Memorial Building in Hinton from noon to 3 p.m. Dr. N Allen Dyer announced the event noting it aims to provide health services not available locally with assistance from the Hinton Junior Woman's Club and under the direction of Dr Jean Neilson. The program serves nine counties in the region.
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Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council
Summers County Memorial
Hinton
N. Allen Dyer
Summers County Health Department
Cancer Drive totals reach 232 444 in state campaign
Okey Patteson, 1969 chair of the West Virginia Cancer Society Crusade, reports year to date contributions at 232 444, up over 3 000 from last year. District 8 ranks seventh among nine districts in state totals with Mercer County at 16 761 of 17 500 and Monroe County at 825 of 1 600.
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Okey Patteson
West Virginia Cancer Society Crusade
Mercer County
Monroe County
Monroe
McDowe'l
Wyoming County
Alcoholism Rising in Hungary Says Communist Paper
Budapest reported by Nepszabadsag that Hungary faced 96000 serious alcohol cases last year with 39000 in Budapest. Men accounted for 39 percent of alcoholics and women showed more intellectual prevalence. Alcohol revenue reached six billion forints with half spent on aid programs. 836 heavy drinkers committed suicide and over ten percent of mental hospital patients were alcoholics.
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Budapest
Hungary
Communist Party
Nepszabadsag
Emigration to Latin America Drops from 1950 Peak
The Emigration Bureau reports 639 Japanese citizens left for Latin American countries in fiscal 1968, about one thirteenth of the 1950 peak. Since 1952, roughly 60,000 Japanese have settled in Latin America, led by Brazil with 19,000 and Paraguay with about 6,400.
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Latin America
Brazil
Paraguay
Aid Is Urged For Education
Washington AP Catholic Church spokesman Rev. Msgr. James C. Donohue urged senators to create a federal program that would provide 100 dollars per pupil in aid to public and private schools within four years. He warned that private schools face collapse and that public education would suffer financially if aid does not come, noting rising private-school enrollment declines and budget pressures.
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Washington
James C. Donohue
United States Catholic Conference
Donohue
Two Killed On Virginia Roads
A 55 year old Covington construction worker died after being struck by a truck on a bridge project on Virginia 39, about three miles east of Millboro Springs in Bath County. Edward Lewis Tucker was the victim. William Lewis Bowyer, 38, of Lexington, died when a two ton truck he rode in crashed off Virginia 705, eight miles north of Virginia 631 in Rockbridge County.
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Virginia
Edward Lewis Tucker
Covington
Millboro Springs
Bath County
Lexington
William Lewis Bowyer
Rockbridge County
Family Of Six Found Murdered In Rural Kerhonkson
Authorities in Ulster County say a man Reynaldo Perez 54 and his wife plus four children were found dead at their Kerhonkson home about 80 miles north of New York City. Coroner Henry Hartley indicated the family had been dead for several hours with a shotgun and rifle used in the slayings. A helper discovered the bodies after noon Wednesday.
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Kerhonkson
N.Y
New Yor City
Poco
Reynaldo Perez
Kerhankson
Ulster County
Henry Hartley
Perez
Hartley
Bombardment peaks as US casualties rise and riverine fleet shifts
Reported shelling near Ben Het dominates the week with 195 rounds Monday and 110 on Tuesday. American losses rise with five killed or missing and four wounded over two days. U S helicopter losses reach 2777, while 64 river gunboats are handed to the South Vietnamese navy as the Riverine Force reshapes and disperses.
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U.S
South Vietnam
U.S. Army-Navy
Mekong
Deaths and Funerals Chronicle District Losses
Multiple notices list Mrs. Charles Mitchem of Crozier and Mrs. Rit Street of Vansant among others. Details include survivors such as spouses, children, siblings, and grandchildren with funeral times at Douglas Mortuary Welch and Primitive Baptist Church Dry Fork. A.R. Thompson and Robert G. Cook Sr. are noted among others with services in Roanoke and Bramwell respectively.
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Crozier
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Ate Floyd
Jose
Gillespie Presley
Church of God
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Montgomery
Ala
Jim Hayes
Thorpe
James Rose
Donald Ray
Robert Bill Mitchem
Owossa
Mich
George J. Mitchem
Princeton
Kirby Rose
Gary
Nel Snyder
Ollie Price
Anawolt
George Mitchem
Yards
Pearl Scarberry
Ravencliff
Mary Cyphers
Elizabeththan
Tenn
Douglas Mortuary Chapel
Thurmond Hoback
Prev
Feel Doe
Woodlawn Memorial Park
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Carl Lambert
Carry
Nelson Mitchem
Biffle Adams
Raymond Farmer
Stewart Presley
Frank Harmon
Kate Armes
Vansant
Charlie Evans Street
Rowe
Alice Jackson
Centersburg
Ohio
Florence Coleman
Drill Va
Gusta Coleman
Leemaster
Gertie Coleman
Virgie Osborne
Jim Armes
New Point
Suma Armes
St. Paul
Nock and Howell Armes
Primitive Baptist Church
Dry Fork
Johnny Blackburn
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Virginia
Grundy
Eall
Robert G. Cook
Freeman
Bluefield
Austinville
Mae Pauley
Elsie Sparks
Woodrum
Frances White
Ruby Lavender
Woodrow Cook
Robert Cook Jr
Roy Cook
Bramwell
Maggie Elizabeth Cook
Wesleyan Holiness Church
E. C. Farmer
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
S. M. Lockhart
Benny Meadows
Howard Goins
Richard Painter
Lonnie Allen
Bill Foster
Cravens - Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Texas
Harry W. McGowan
W. Jack McGowan
Gilmer Street
Fort Worth
Denton Patton
Big Spring
Mercer Funeral Home
Pey
Frank Schwall
Monte Vieta Cemsetory
Francis
Rev Davis Addresses Bluefield Old Guard
Reverend W L Davis of Pocahontas Baptist Church spoke to the Bluefield Old Guard at Trinity Methodist. He outlined three duties of man: appropriation formation and donation. A Pocahontas youth musical program followed with multiple performers and logistical support.
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W. L. Davis
Pocahontas, Va
Baptist Church
Bluefield
Joe Odham
Karen Turner
Sybil Davis
Two Die In Auto Collision In Ohio
AP reports two men died in a heavy crash on Interstate 70 near Wheeling Ohio. George L. Smallwood 31 of Louisville Kentucky and Albert Taylor 33 of Steubenville Ohio were killed. Smallwood's widow Margaret and their two children were taken to Ohio Valley General Hospital with minor injuries for the children and fair condition for Mrs Smallwood.
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Wheeling
Ohio
Here
George L. Smallwood
Louisville
Albert Taylor
Steubenville
Taylor
Smallwood
Margaret
Ohio Valley General Hospital
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