Two Brothers Drown in Portsmouth City Park Outing
Bluefield natives Charles Dean Buchanan 17 and Roger Wayne Buchanan 15 drowned while swimming near the City Park bridge in Portsmouth Tuesday. Police say family members were visiting. recovery followed with divers and a naval shipyard worker aiding the search.
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Bluefield
New City Park Bridge
Portsmouth
Charles Dean Buchanan
Roger Wayne Buchanan
Charlies C. Buchanan
Greenwood Drive
Pormouth
C. S. Daniels
Buchanan
City Park
John D. Buchanan
Richard Johnson
Roger
Coast Guard
Old City Park
E. E. Ricketts
Police Department
Nuclear land tests proposed to study effects on dry land
The United States disclosed possible low yield nuclear detonations in the Nevada desert to study effects on large dry land areas. Tests described as 1000 to 3000 tons of TNT may be set above ground or shallow, with precautions to limit radiation.
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Washington
United States
Nevada Desert
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Nevada
Johnston
Christmas Island
Pacific
University Club Field Day Planned Friday
The University Club schedules an 18 hole golf tournament at Blue Field Country Club starting 1 p.m. Friday with additional outdoor games for non golfers. A cocktail party follows at 6 30 and a buffet dinner at 7 15.
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University Club
Bluefield Country Club
Billy T. Williams
Harry Holmes
John R
Jack) McGhee
Bill Bentley
Williams
Eddie Steele
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Classified and Publication Notes
The fragment cites Bluefield Daily Telegraph publication details including carrier and rate notes. It mentions Daily and Sunday editions and audit bureau references and a Katz telephone contact. Publication practices and credited geographies are implied without complete sentences or names.
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Focal News
Carrie
Sepa
West Neat
Cane Teres Ae Ee
Audit Bureau
Katz Telephone
Deaths and Funerals in Greenville and Bramwell Areas
Obituaries list Alonzo Samuel Kessinger of Greenville and Edward W. Watkins of Bramwell with service details. Also notes on Alma Meadows Phillips and extended survivors, burial plans, funeral homes, and church locations.
Rebecca Evans Hunter Dies Pioneer Resident of Pounding Mill
Funeral services for Mrs. Rebecca Evans Hunter of Pounding Mill Virginia will be held at 5 p m at Stras Memorial Episcopal Church Tazewell with burial in Maplewood Cemetery She was widow of C M Hunter longtime Pounding Mill Quarry owner and former Virginia state senator Surviving are two sons James G Hunter C M Hunter Jr a daughter Mrs Marvin Gillespie five grandchildren and three great grandchildren Greever Funeral Home of Tazewell in charge of arrangements
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Rebecca Evans Hunter
Pounding Mill
Stras Memorial Episcopal Church
Tazewell
Thomas L. Aciout
Maplewood
Hunter
C. M. Hunter
Virginia State Senate
Selma
Ala
James G. Hunter
Bluefield
C. M. Hunter, Jr
Marvin Gillespie
Greever
Darin and Dee Romance On Universal Sound Stage
Hollywood report recalls Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee filming a tender on screen kiss for If A Man Answers on a Universal set. The couple, married 18 months with a baby, met on Come September and discussable romance contrasts with the director prompting another take.
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Hollywood
Nana
Universal
Bobby Darin
Sandra Dee
Bobby
Henry Levin
Sandra
Levin
N and W Shops To Close First Two July Weeks
The Norfolk and Western Railway will close its Roanoke shops during the coal miners vacation period for the first two weeks in July. About one third of 847 employees will be on vacation. Shaffers Crossing shop will not furlough its 89 workers. Reduced coal traffic during the mine holiday prompted the closures.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
N&w
Railway
Shaffers Crossing
Kennedy News Conference Broadcast Planned Across Networks
President Kennedy s news conference set for Wednesday will be carried live on radio by Mutual and on television via NBC live feed from 4 pm EDT. ABC CBS will tape for telecast at 5 pm EDT, with ABC CBS also airing the event later.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
National Broadcasting Co
American Broadcasting Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
Mutual Broadcasting System
Alderson Man in Serious Condition After Fall
Roy Hunter aged 45 of Alderson remained in serious condition at Bluefield Sanitarium after an emergency operation Tuesday morning. He was pruning a cherry tree in a neighbor's yard Monday evening when he slipped and struck his head.
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Roy Hunter
Alderson
Bluefield Sanitarium
Hunter
McDowell Road Projects Stated by County Officials
Virgil A. Christie announces a slate of summer highway improvements in McDowell County. Projects include WV Route 80 Jaeger Bradsaw Road 11.6 miles and multiple secondary roads for surfacing resurfacing and widening with bids already opened or to be awarded. Widening and surfacing of US Route 52 through Kimball and Welch area work also listed.
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McDowell County
Virgil A. Christie
Keystone
Christie
McDowell County Better Roads Association
Burl Sawyers
Charleston
Sawyer
W. Va
Jaeger-Bradshaw Road
Road Commission
Coalwood
Frog Level
U.S. 52
Davy
Roderfield
Horsepen
Rockridge Road
Long Pole Road
Mingo County
Mohawk
Gary
Kimball
Welch
ILO sets 40 hour week as world labor standard
The International Labor Organization recommends a 40 hour week as a future global norm to be pursued by its 102 member countries. The annual conference passed 225 votes for, 22 against with 46 abstentions to urge adoption in stages if needed.
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Geneva
International Labor Organization
ILO
Attendance Rises at Bailey Memorial Vacation Bible School
Enrollment reaches 232 with an average nightly attendance of 205 at Bailey Memorial Baptist Church two week program on East Cumberland Road. Spokesmen call the event a decided success with completion set for Friday and concluding activities including a Thursday commencement and Friday picnic.
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Bailey Memorial Baptist Church
East Cumberland Road
Gay Dillon
Judge Denies Board Request On Schools
In Covington Virginia Judge Ear L Abbott denied a Alleghany County Board of Supervisors request for a grand jury investigation of the county school building program. Abbott said such a probe would revive controversy over the school issue which should die. Harry A Walton Jr. criticized the site for the new high school. Walton will be replaced on June 30 by Lewis Medford Stone of Boiling Springs Section, elected Tuesday by the school trustees electoral board.
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Covington
Ear L. Abbott
Alleghany County Board of Supervisors
Abbott
Graud Jury
Harry A. Walton Jr
Walton
Lewis Medford Stone
Boiling Springs
Stone
School Trustees
Eight Arrested Seek FBI Review of Rights Violations
Eight defendants in Huntington city raids allege civil rights violations after drunkenness arrests in the 1600 block of 8th Avenue. Seven claim false arrest, while Jethro Earl Nicholas says mistreatment occurred. FBI will forward complaints to Washington for DOJ review.
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Huntington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
8Th Avenue
Jethro Earl Nicholas
FBI
Bernard C. Brown
Pittsburgh
Washington
Justice Department
West Virginia 1963 Centennial moves from plan to action
West Virginia's 1963 Centennial planning shifts toward execution with 25 commission members and 44 committees mobilizing 5 000 volunteers. The drive seeks up to a million dollars beyond a 490 000 state appropriation, led by Governor Barron and a panel of former governors. President Kennedy may attend the June 20 birthday observance.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Union
Centennial Commission
Kennedy
West
Allegheny Mountains
Virginia
East
Panhandle
Charles Hodel
Beckley
Barron
Homer A. Holt
Okey L. Patteson
Cecil H. Underwood
Mrs. Louisa Ratliff 75 Dies After Illness in Grundy Hospital
Mrs. Louisa Ratliff of Bee Virginia, aged 75, died Monday night in a Grundy hospital after a lengthy illness. Survived by three sons Orville Ratliff, Audrey Ratliff, Emmit Ratliff. four daughters Belvin Powers, Julia Jones, Lottie Kuta, Sylvia Shoudel. one brother Lundy Sutherland. 20 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Sulphur Springs Church in Tiny with Elders Henry Viers and others officiating. Burial in family cemetery at Bee. Haysi Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Louisa Z. Ratliff
Bee
Grundy, Va
Orville Ratliff
Audrey Ratliff
Detroit, Mich
Emmit Ratliff
Racine
Wis
Belvin Powers
Tiny, Va
Julia Jones
Lottie Kuta
Detroit
Sylvia Shoudel
Tiny
Henry Viers
Hadley Edwards
Martin Edwards
Reen Singleton
Haysi Funeral Home
Five Year Old Susan Emmert Dies After Illness
Susan Jane Emmert five year old daughter of Leon and Pauline Emmert of Filbert died Monday night at home after a lingering illness. Survivors include her parents one brother Derek Emmert and one sister Jacqueline Ann Emmert. Funeral service Thursday at 2 pm at Filbert Methodist Church with Rev Tony Spinella officiating and burial at Jaeger Memorial Cemetery in Roderfield. Pallbearers were Paul Burge Tom Anderson Carl Meade Larry Lane Anthony Toth and Ernie Robinson. Douglas Mortuary in Welch to the Filbert residence this afternoon for until burial hour.
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Lester
Charles L
Mattie C. Kessinger
Greenville Union
Mount Hedding
Greenville
Masonic Lodge 77
Union
Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Union Volunteer Fire Department
American Legion
Gladys Matney Kessinger
William Elbert Kessinger
Suffolk
Charles Kessinger
Vivian Yeager
Columbus
Mount Hedding Methodist Church
David Anderson
A. B. Shifler
J. W. Rowe
Mount Hedding Cemetery
Susan Jane Emmert
Leon
Pauline Barker Emmert
Filbert
Derek Emmert
Jacqueline Ann Emmert
Filbert Methodist Church
Tony Spinella
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
Paul Burge
Tom Anderson
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie B. Russell
Mrs. Hattie B. Russell, 55, of Bluefield Virginia, died recently. Funeral today at 2 30 p m at Dudley Memorial Mortuary in Bluefield officiated by Rev. Charles Sublett and Rev. George Arnold. Burial at Grandview Cemetery.
Mercury County Republican Convention Plans Stated
Pusu to all Republican voters of Mercer County urges attendance at the State Nominating Convention on August 4 1962 and lists Magisterial District Conventions to be held at 7 30 P M EDT on Monday July 2 with Fred Blue as Chairman of the Mercer County Republican Executive Committee.
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Mercer County
Fred
Blue
Cost Of Living Holds At Peak
The May cost of living held steady at 105.2 percent of the 1957 59 average, matching April’s peak. Pay and hours rose slightly for some workers, with modest gains in after tax earnings and ongoing increases in employment and output, while food and fuel prices helped balance the index.
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Washington
Labor Department
Commerce Department
Labor Statistics
Robert J. Myle
Los Angeles
Dudley Appointed Woolworth Manager at Bluefield Store
T. R. Dudley is named manager of the F. W. Woolworth Store at 520 Princeton Ave in Bluefield succeeding R. H. Snider. Dudley, who joined Woolworth's in 1958, previously served as assistant manager in Harrisonburg Virginia after completing the company's manager training program.
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T. R. Dudley
F. W. Woolworth
Princeton Ave
Bluefield
C. M. Purdy
Atlanta
R. H. Snider
Dudley
Woolworth’s
Harrisonburg
Free World
Byrd Appeals Virginia for Industrial Expansion
Pittsburgh AP Henry F Byrd Jr urged industrialists to view Virginia favorably for future plant facilities He noted Virginia does not offer special privileges but offers fair play sound government and a skilled workforce as incentives in the state.
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Pittsburgh
Henry F. Byrd Jr
Virginia
Tax Foundation, Inc
Foundation
Byrd
Virginia Advisory Committee For Economic Development and Planning
Unio
Attorney Sticks To Claims In Estes Meeting Dispute
Dallas attorney Frank Cain testifies before a House subcommittee, insisting his account of a March 18 breakfast with Maynard Wheeler and Billie Sol Estes was truthful. Wheeler denies Cain’s version and accuses Cain of false statements and slander. The panel plans to notify the Justice Department over possible perjury.
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Washington
Dallas
Maynard Wheeler
Commercial Solvents Corp
Billie Sol Estes
Frank Cain
House
Wheeler
Estes
Pecos
Tex
Cain
Texas
Switzerland
Brazil
Subcommittee
L. H. Fountain
D-N.c
Justice Department
Bluefield police chief race prompts reform talk
Bluefield officials discuss police department steps as Chief DeMoss nears retirement. Ossie Perdue declares public bid to become police chief to clean up the department. Seven applicants for police positions. remaining 17 officers moved to seven day duty with shift reassignments including Lilly Lambert and Land.
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Ossie) Perdue
Bluefield
W. E. DeMoss
Maxine Holm
Police Department
L. H. Lilly
Richard Lambert
Ted Land
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Rain Forces College
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Bramwell
Bluestone Baptist Church
Frederick Thornton
Buria
Restlawn Memorial Cemetery
Alabama
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Watkins Cafe
Cora Watkins
Theresa Waters
Emma Washington
New York City
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Johnson City
Tenn
Elizabeth Slappy
Mich
Ruth Ball
Earl S. Watkins
Milan
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Mrs
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Alma Meadows Phillips
Ben G. Phillips
Narrows
Catawba Sanitarium
Lena Meadows
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N. J
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H. T. Goforth
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Norma Blevins
Audrey Shrader
Mac' ‘Eline Hendricks
Sam Mitch
Frank Collins
Gladys Baldwin
Ann Lewis
Connie Bourne
Fred Hendricks
Robert Perkins
Bernard Harrell
Centennial
H. Ward Christopher
Centennial Fund Campaign
Boller Floral Co
Bland
Mrs. Louisa Ratliff
Susan Emmert
Beaver Ponda
Bluefield City Hall
Abner Davis
East River
Helen H. McFarland
Martin
Lem Mertin
Plymouth White's
Athens
Rock Spanishburg
H. S . Jack Nester
Jesse White
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Woolworth
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