Virginia Eyes Year Round Schools By 1976
Virginia moves toward year round schooling with Prince William County set to launch the first full program next Tuesday in three elementary and one middle school. The State Board of Education approves study plans in 18 localities and cites better plant use and faster learning as benefits, while testing scores by division will be released to Gov. Holton later in August.
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Norfolk
Virginia
State Board of Education
Prince William County
State Department of Education
Richmond
Chesapeake
Hampton
Lynchburg
Portsmouth
Bristol
Lexington
Covington
Virginia Beach
Campbell
Chesterfield
Fairfax
Henrico
Prince William
Patrick
Washington
York
Preston C. Caruthers
Linwood Holton
Pentagon study revelations reshape Vietnam War portrait
The Washington based memorandum and leaked Pentagon report suggest deteriorating control in South Vietnam four years ago with growing enemy forces and intensified attacks. The Post-Dispatch and Chicago Sun-Times report that Johnson ordered bombing and Eisenhower backed a policy to unify and prop up a pro American Hanoi rival. Additional papers in Knight Newspapers echo these findings.
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Post-Dispatch
Washington
Chicago Sun-Times
Johnson
North Vietnam
The
Sun-Times
National Security Council
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hanoi
Los Angeles Times
Knight Newspapers, Inc., Group
Telegraph Rates for West Virginia Mail and Motor Route
By Carrier By Mail in first and second zones and all of West Virginia 37.20 per year. Motor Route rates 3.10 per calendar month. Rates to other zones furnished on application. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation Advertising Representative Mathews Shannon & Cullen Telephone 327 6171.
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West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation Advertising
Mathews, Shannon & Cullen Telephone
Deaths and Funerals for Waldron Vanover and Others in Region
Funeral services for Waldron Monroe Vanover of Bristol Tennessee will be held at 2:30 p.m. at Little Prater Church of Christ with Robert Robinson officiating. Burial follows at Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery in Richlands Virginia. The obituary notes a World War II veteran and member of VEW posts, with surviving family listed. Blanche Bell Dinger of Princeton died in a hospital of natural causes, with survivors including four stepdaughters and two stepsons. arrangements were incomplete. Curley James Blankenship, 35, of Bland Virginia was found deceased and his funeral is set for Saturday at Shiloh Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. survivors include parents, sisters, and brothers. Newberry Funeral Home of Bland is handling arrangements.
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Waldron Monroe Vanover
Bristol
Tenn
Little Prater
Church of Christ
Robert Robinson
Michael Trent
Jim Hill
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Richlands
Avoca Church of Christ
VEW
Grundy
Myrtle Vanover
Nathan O'Dell
Leslie Gilbert
Williamson, Va
Mackie Prater
Maxie
Stacy
Connie Lee Mitchell
Willard Mitchell
Vansant
Vernon Mitchell
May Moyryla
Mary Crowley
Los Angeles
Calif
Bert Ratliff
Haysi
Alex Vanover
George Vanover
Russell Ratliff
Leonard Leon Ratliff
Clint Ratliff
Randell Ratliff
Donnie Ratliff
Terry Ratliff
Harless Matney
Jack Woodard
Stanley
Blanche Dinger
Blanche Bell Dinger
New Hope Road
Princeton
Fayetteville
Charlie C. Dinger
Roselee Bonner
Louisville
Ivory Massie
Carlisle
Gladys Harvey
Evelyn Pruett
Altepa
William Dinger
Topeka
Curley Blankenship
Curley James Blankenship
Rt. 2
Bland
Bluefield
Shiloh Methodist Church
Roger Cash
Jones
Henry Blankenship
Edna Mullins
Narrows
Sammy Miller
Manassas
John Wesley Blankenship
Salem
Artie Blankenship
California
Henry Lee Blankenship
Columbus
Ohio
Jimmy Mack Blankenship
Newberry Funeral Home
Elder Harve Keen 85 Keen Mountain Va dies in Richlands hospital
Harve Keen age 85 of Keen Mountain Virginia died Thursday evening in a Richlands hospital. He was a longtime member of the Methodist church. Survived by widow Larilda McClanahan Keen two sons Henry Burton Keen Elmer Keen three daughters Garnie McClanahan Nelley Endicott Truly Keen 44 grandchildren 68 great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 1 p.m. Hale Creek Pentecostal Church Pilgrims Knob with ministers Albert Ball Grat Horton Squire Horn. Interment Essaw Rite Cemetery Keen Mountain. Body moved from Buchanan County Funeral Home Keen Mountain to Elmer Keen home Pilgrims Knob then to church one hour before services.
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Harve Keen
Keen Mountain
Richlands
James and
Lennie Vandyke Keen
Methodist Church
Larilda McClanahan Keen
Henry Burton Keen
Stacy
Elmer Keen
Pilgrims Knob
Garnie McClanahan
Nelley Endicott
Truly Keen
Hale Creek Penticostal Church
Albert Ball
Grat Horton
Squire Horn
Essaw Rite
Buchanan County
Obituary: Stella Pauley Lambert of Ceres Virginia
Stella Pauley Lambert 69 of Ceres Virginia died Friday morning in Wytheville. Surviving: five daughters Trubie Lambert Lake Dent Lil Lambert and William Bevil of Ceres Frank Grey of Hillsville and Bud Lambert of Claymont Delaware. four sisters Vickie Lambert Fannie Hagg Rosa Shrader Bodie Overstreet. two brothers Hubert Pauley and R J Pauley. 24 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Services conducted Sunday at 4 p.m. at Red Oak Church with Rev Kenner Kitts officiating. Burial at Red Oak. Body moved to daughter Bevil’s home in Ceres at 4 p.m. Saturday from Newberry Funeral Home in Bland.
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Stella Pauley Lambert
Ceres
Wytheville Hospital
Trubie Lambert
Lake Dent
Bland
Lil Lambert
William Bevil
Frank Grey
Hillsville
Bud Lambert
Claymont
Del
Vickie Lambert
Wytheville
Fannie Hagg
Rocky Gap
Rosa Shrader
Yazewell
Bodie Overstreet
New Jersey
Hubert Pauley
Salem
R. J. Pauley
Maryland
Red Oak Church
Kenner Kitts
Red Oak
Bevil of
Newberry Funeral Home
Death Notice for Charles W Stradley Host of Survivors
Charles W. Stradley 67 of Huntington died Friday in a Huntington hospital after a long illness. Born in Bland Virginia he was the son of the late Charles L. and Margaret Jones Stradley. Survivors include one sister Mrs Otto Sharitz of War and three brothers Rev Reece and Dr John G Stradley of Winter Haven Florida and Dr William B Stradley of Oakville Tennessee. Memorial details incomplete in Douglas Mortuary Welch.
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Charles W. Stradley
Huntington
Bland
Charles L
Margaret Jones Stradley
Otto Sharitz
War
Reece
John G. Stradley
Winter Haven
Fla
William B. Stradley
Oakville
Tenn
Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Frank G Brumfield dies en route to hospital
Frank Gilbert Brumfield 71 of Pembroke Virginia died Friday morning while being taken to a Pearisburg hospital. Survived by two daughters Juanita Mullins and Nancy Austin of Roanoke and two sisters Bertha Martin and Della Sanders of Pearisburg. Body moved to Williams Jamison Funeral Home Pembroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank G. Brumfield
Frank Gilbert Brumfield
Pembroke
Pearisburg, Va
Juanita Mullins
Nancy Austin
Roanoke
Bertha Martin
Della Sanders
Williams-Jamison
Obituary notices from Princeton area churches summaries
Multiple funeral services announced for Edward Earl Testerman 58 of Narrows Va Grandville Hobart Jenkins 67 of Kimball Virgil Burl Wellman 61 of McComas Maxie Johnson 66 of Bluefield Desta Gilbert Hawks 74 of Princeton Sgt Thomas Preston Harvey 24 of Princeton Thomas W Vandyke 70 of Raven Harvey E Akmes 21 of Warriormines. Services held at local churches with burial in nearby cemeteries and arrangements by Cravens Shires Seaver and others.
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Testerman
Edward Earl
Rt. 2
Narrows
Princeton
Immanuel Baptist Church
New Hope Road
Clayton Sweet
Oakwood Park Cemetery
Wayne Whitlow
Dwayne Racer
Vernal Phillip
Billy Martin
Allen Moulder
David Toler
The
Immanual Baptist Church
Harvey
Thomas Preston
Vietnam
George W. Seaver
Jimmy Jones
Rock Camp
Fort Lee
Associated Press
Albany
Albuque
Eldy
Amarillo
Clear M
Anchorage
Asheville
Atlanta
Birmingham
Celdy
Bismarck
de Bluefield
Josse
Rain
Boston
Buffalo
Charleston
Charlotte
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Duluth
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Los Angeles
Louisville
Marquette
Clear
Memphis
Milwaukee
Mols-St
Ptland
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Lake
San Diego
San Fran
Seattle
Spokane
Tampa
Washington
Edmonton
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
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Nunley George Jefferson Buck Nunley 44 dies at home
George Jefferson Buck Nunley 44 of Richlands Virginia dies at home after a brief illness. He was born in Pounding Mill to Mable Riley Nunley and the late Walter Joe Nunley. Survived by his mother a brother Virgil Nunley two nephews Capt Allen Nunley and Joe Nunley. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday Mullins Funeral Home Richlands with Rev Charles Vaughn officiating. Burial Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill. Pallbearers Bill Altizer Harry Ringstaff Graham Ringstaff Luther Shelton Bud Elswick Jr Douglas Day. Body at the funeral home after 11 a.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Jefferson (Buck) Nunley
Dickenson Place
Richlands
Pounding Mill
Mable Riley Nunley
Walter Joe Nunley
Virgil Nunley
Capt
Allen Nunley
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Joe Nunley
James Goins 63 dies in Jacksonville after 14 years residence
James Everett Goins 63 of Jacksonville North Carolina formerly of Boissevain Virginia died Thursday afternoon in a Jacksonville hospital after 14 years in the area. He was maintenance supervisor for the Jacksonville USO. Survived by wife Dollie Brown Goins four daughters two sons and ten grandchildren. Funeral conducted at Jones Funeral Home Chapel Jacksonville with two ministers officiating. Burial in Onslow Memorial Park Jacksonville.
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James Everette Goins
Jacksonville
N. C
Boissevain
US O
Dollie Brown Goins
Edward Wessel
Ft. Richardson
Alaska
Franklin Vance
Ft. Campbell, Ky
William Cox
Coretta Goins
Charlotte
Gary E. Goins
Arnold Edward Goins
U. S. Army
Germany
Jones Funeral Home Chapel
Ted Williams
Brooks Patton
Onslow Memorial Park
Mrs Connie Edwards Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Connie Edwards of Keystone died Friday in a Welch hospital after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Sinkford Richardson Funeral Home in Keystone.
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Connie Edwards
Keystone
Welch
Sinkford- Richardson Funeral Home
Arlington Woman 60 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Sue A. Brewster 60 of 1832 North Veitch Street Arlington Virginia died Friday morning at home after a long illness. The body will be returned to Mullins Funeral Home Richlands Virginia where funeral arrangements are in complete.
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Sue A. Brewster
North Veitch St
Arlington
Mullins Funeral Home
Richlands
Lost Horizon musical team announced in Hollywood
Ross Hunter will produce Columbia’s musical version of Lost Horizon James Hilton’s novel. Burt Bacharach and Hal David will compose songs and write the musical score for the film.
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Lost Horizon
Hollywood
Calif
Ross Hunter
Burt Bacharach
Hal David
Columbia
James Hilton
Hunter
Bacharach
David
Byrd Blasts Supreme Court At Fourth Circuit Meeting
Sen. Robert Byrd assailed the Supreme Court and some federal courts for fostering disrespect for authority. He criticized sit-in protests of the 1960s and alleged courts push artificial racial integration, urging decisive action to curb perceived decay in inner cities and public schools.
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Hot Springs
Supreme Court
Robert C. Byrd
Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
Bord
Byrd
Iwrd
Churches to Hold Vacation School
Bluestone Baptist and Mill Creek Baptist churches will hold a combined vacation church school from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday through July 9. This is the second consecutive year the two churches have offered joint classes. The theme is Talking with God and teaching will cover nursery through high school ages.
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Bluestone Baptist
Mill Creek
God
Richmond police officer Harry Charlton shot to death
The obituary outlines the life of Harry Charlton a longtime Richmond Police Bureau officer who died after a night shooting while stationed near Commerce Road. He rejoined the bureau in 1968 after time with the Virginia State Police and was an avid outdoorsman water safety instructor and skin diver.
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Bureau
Charltons
Richmond
City Police Bureau
Virginia State Police
Charlton
Bluefield
W. Va
Manassas
Grundy
L.J. Maier Jr
Commerce Road
Maier
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond Police Academy
West Virginia Projects Win Senate Subcommittee OK
The Senate subcommittee on treasury department appropriations approved nearly 5.8 million for two West Virginia projects. Funding includes 2.5 million for a new post office courthouse and federal building in Elkins and 3.5 million to move the Bureau of Public Debt regional offices from Chicago to Parkersburg. The measures go to the full appropriations committee and the Senate for final approval.
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Washington
West Virginia
Senate
Treasury Department
Jennings Randolph
D-W
Elkins
Bureau of Public Debt
Chicago
Parkersburg
Full
Beavers fatally clashes with Chicago police in Grant Park
Beavers, a troubled World War II veteran with a long history of mental illness, fled from seven detectives after being spotted with a pistol. He fired twice at officers in Grant Park and was killed. Secret Service agents are investigating the incident.
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Beavers
Squire Monday
Grant Park
Chicago Sun- Times
Chambers
Keddie Becker
Welch Hardware and Furnishings Co
Becker
Secret Service
Princeton case details and attorney appointment update
The report notes Princeton’s sentence of 16 and two five year terms. Judge Jarrett ruled Martin’s attorney failed to advise on appeal rights. Attorney Billy Burkett was appointed to represent Martin before Jarrett. Kanade filed two motions to be released. one denied and the second under consideration.
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Christie
Martin
Princeton
Billy Burkett
Jarrett
Kanade
Good Friday reminder in Western Christian tradition
The article notes that Good Friday is observed as the Friday before Easter when faithful Christians are urged to live a careful life free of sin in remembrance of the crucifixion of Christ.
Christie's Sale Sparks Fast Bids on Masterworks
Fragonards Van Dycks Bou chers Rembrandt Rubens and a Titian sold in 45 minutes with the Diana and Actaeon scene fetching a quick rise from 756000 to final price in 45 seconds Lot 27. Earl of Harewood trustees may owe up to 70 percent tax on profits amid family expenses and death duties. If export approval is sought National Gallery has six months to raise funds. others ask the government for support but treasury declined.
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Christie's
Fragonards
van Dycks
Bouchers
Rembrandt
Rubens
Diana
Actaeon
Earl of Harewood
Weitzner
Nomination Group To Meet Today
The five trustee committee at Bluefield College will meet at 10 a.m. at Simon's Downtowner Restaurant to nominate a new president to replace Dr Charles Harman who retires after 25 years. Dr Charles Martin of Radford College chairs the presidential search panel with a group of 20 local citizens assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield College
Simon's Downtowner
Charles Harman
Charles Martin
Radford College
Regional language autonomy movements across Europe gains and tensions
The Jura Assembly in Switzerland seeks autonomy for French speakers near the border with Belgium and highlights regional language rights. Flemish and Walloon tensions persist in Belgium while 900,000 Dutch-speaking Frisians guard their language along the North Sea. Croatians in Sweden press independence, and Slovenes in Austria resist language challenges. Italy’s Alto Adige sees German speakers push for Austria annexation. ETA in Spain remains a small, militant Basque separatist force seeking independence, kidnapping a West German consul for prisoner swaps.
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Belgium
Brussels
Sweden
Ustashi
Atention
Croatia
Sovenes
Austria
Italy
Alto Adige
Spain
Europe
ETA
Basque Land and Liberty
Burgos
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Stella Lambert
Wellman
Virgil Burl
McComas
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
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Jimmy Vandyke
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Buchanan County Funeral Home
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Harvey E
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