Annexation bid in Bluefield stalls over petition count
City Manager Howard Leist said about 350 residents and property owners in the area have signed petitions to annex four square miles southeast of Bluefield, far short of the 700 needed. If signatures fail, a citywide election in November 1970 could be pursued with 50 percent plus one in both areas required.
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Bluefield
Howard Leist
Leist
Bluefield Jaycees
William H. Ayers
City Public Housing Authority
Clyde Stephens
Attempt To Catch Robber Backfires in Toledo
Jam Cossins tried to trap a liquor thief in his Toledo apartment by rigging a camel to photograph the burglar. When the door opened he captured nothing and later found the culprit had returned, stealing his camera along with the whisky.
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Toledo, Ohio
Cossins
Hamlin Funeral Arrangements Set in Keyatone
The notice lists survivors including wife Beatrice Burton Hamlin, four sons Oscar Hamlin Jr Donald C and Ronald Lee Hamlin and daughters Ruby Hamlin Jo Ann East, three brothers and sisters, and three grandchildren. Funeral at Burk Baptist Church Keyatone Saturday 11 am with Rev Wiley Brooks. burial Bell Mont Cemetery Rt 114 Christiansburg. Pallbearers named. viewing at Bennett Funeral Home Northfork today 4 to 10 pm.
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Landgraff
Beatrice Burton Hamlin
Oscar Hamlin Jr
Donald C
Ronald Lee Hamlin
Tthe
Johnny Hamlin
Mashington
D. C
Ruby Hamlin
Pittsburg
iPa
Jo Ann East
Bennett ‘Funeral Home
Northfork
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertisement and Masthead
The excerpt shows the Bluefield Daily Telegraph masthead with publication details and subscription rates. It lists address at 214 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia and notes daily and Sunday editions with carrier and mail rates, plus references to Associated Press and circulation audits.
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Daily Telegraph
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Litz Speaks To Kiwanians In Bluefield Meeting
Bluefield Virginia mayor Jack Litz addressed the Kiwanis Club outlining a proposed Rt. 19 bypass through Double Gates toward the state line. Guest Larry Ratcliffe, new assistant city manager, attended. The Mystery Handshaker was Bus McNeer and the winner was Don Anello.
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Bluefield
Jack Litz
Litz
Rt. 19
Larry Ratcliffe
Bluefield State College
Bus McNeer
Don Anello
Artillerymen Hold Ben Het Amid Fierce North Vietnamese Attack
U S troops describe deteriorating morale as North Vietnamese forces press near Ben Het with two infantry regiments and artillery. South Vietnamese casualties run high while U S artillery at North Hill defends the camp. Captain John Horalek leads a battered battery as mortars and enemy fire test evacuation timing and resolve.
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Ben Het
U.S
Het
North Hill
John Horalek
Fort Collins
Colo
Horalek
Harold Sparlan
Joplin
Sparlan
Ben Het Under Siege As Saigon Struggles To Lift It
Allied spokesmen say Ben Het is not under siege, but 700 Vietnamese and Montagnard civilians with U S advisers and artillerymen defend the camp. An American officer says Saigon asks why troops cannot be rotated as casualties mount and fatigue grows. Government forces have moved 4500 troops to relieve pressure while losses in the last three weeks exceed any comparable period this year.
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U.S
Saigon
Ben Het
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Dak To
Pole Height Puzzle At Oil Derrick
Louisvill e AP report shows two oil field workers debating height versus length as they try to measure a leaning pole. John Bockey suggests laying the pole down to measure its length, but the workers insist the task is to determine height.
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Louisville
John Bockey
Bockey
Mississippi River Sediment Flows and State Boundaries
The Mississippi River and its 250 tributaries carry about 400 million cubic yards of sediment into the sea annually. The river forms all or parts of boundaries of ten states.
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Mississippi River
No Progress in Va. Plant Strike Talks
Jess Crouse, president of the General Instrument union at Tazewell, Virginia, said a meeting with company officials arranged by a federal mediator yielded no progress. The strike began June 2 with 550 workers seeking higher pay, a retirement plan, improved insurance, and a Christmas bonus.
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Jess Crouse
General Instrument, Inc
Tazewell
Crouse
Woman Injured In Collision On Airport Road
Trooper R E Haynes reports a two vehicle crash on the airport road near the airport access. A 1948 truck driven by Roscoe Hale was struck in the rear by a 1965 car driven by Warren G Collins of Rocky Gap Virginia as the truck turned into a driveway. Mrs Lula Smith passenger in the Hale vehicle suffered a fractured knee and forehead lacerations. Collins charged with failure to have vehicle under control. Damages estimated at 300 dollars. Troopers Haynes and Shaw investigated.
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R. E. Haynes
Roscoe Hale
Warren G. Collins
Rocky Gap
Lula Smith
Bluefield
Hale
Collins
Judge Orders Inmate Back in Cell After Narcotics Sale Claim
Judge Howard M. Jarrett said his office received a letter similar to one sent to the newspaper. He ordered the inmate accused of selling narcotics and hacksaw blades returned to his cell and noted the source of trouble was removed. The inmate awaits felony trial.
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Howard M. Jarrett
Jarrett
Miners Pack Statehouse For Black Lung Talks
Governor Moore meets about 300 miners in the House chamber as UMW locals and Black Lung Association leaders gather for discussions. District presidents from Beckley and Fairmont attend, while others send reps. Moore notes the turnout is unusually large and cautions against rushing changes before July 1.
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UMW
Black Lung Association
Statehouse
Moore
Larkin S. Philpott
Beckley
Leonard Pankovich
Fairmont
Thomas Williams
Bellaire
Ohio
R. R. Humphreys
Charleston
Humphreys
Charles Brooks
Arabs planes return to base as Canain fighting continues
Dayan in Tel Aviv declares Egypt the main enemy and warns of intensified actions along the Suez cease-fire line. Egyptian commando raids increase in scale, while Israel reports Jordanian positions bombed near the Allenby Bridge as part of a broader warning by Information Minister Galii of stronger measures against Arab forces and guerrillas.
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Israel
Israel Galii
Jordan
Nixon Proposes Sunset of 1965 Voting Rights Act
The Nixon administration called for letting the 1965 Voting Rights Act expire and replacing it with nationwide limits on literacy tests and state residency requirements for presidential elections. Civil rights leaders assailed the plan as paying a debt to the South and endangering Black political gains.
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South
Clarence Mitchell
National Association of Colored People
Mitchell
House
Nixon
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Congress
Atty. Gen
William M. McCulloch
Ohio
McCulloch
Keene and multiple kin listed in regional deaths and funerals
William Randall Keene 84 of Raven Virginia dies after long illness. Survived by wife Myrtle N Reedy Keene and many children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral at Richlands Tabernacle with burial in Greenhill Memorial Gardens. Additional notices include Charles L Stinson and Marion Tiesdale obituaries with services in Princeton and Bluewell.
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William Keene
William Randall Keene
Rt. 1
Raven
Buchanan County
James and Cordille Keene
Holiness Church
Myrtle N. Reedy Keene
Helen van Dyke
Alta Mae Price
Nadine Deskins
Leona van Dyke
Andrew Keene
Detroit, Mich
Cecil Keene
Marvin, Va
John Keene
Springfield
Ohio
Bascom Keene
Newport Richey
Fla
Flem Keene
Cedar Bluff
Albert Keene
Richlands
Arthur Keen
Grundy
Richlands Tabernacle
Grat Horton
Albert Ball
Neal Webb
Greenhill Memory Gardens
Mullins
Charles L. Stinson
Princeton
Huntington
Matoaka
Mary Hodge
Jordan Stinson
Funeral services for Robert G. Cook Sr. 75 at Bramwell
Robert G. Cook Sr. 75 of Freeman dies and funeral is today at 2 p.m. at Weslyan Holiness Church Bramwell with Rev F Farmer officiating. Pallbearers listed and arrangements by Cravens Shires Funeral Home. The body will be taken to the church one hour before services. The second brief lists Mary Belle McGowan 85 formerly of Bluefield funeral 2 p.m. today at Bluefield Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Frank Schwall. burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery. pallbearers named.
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Brooklyn
Upland
Midway Shiro Temple
Keystone
B. T. Jones
William Ponder
Harry Jackson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bluewell
Elkhorn
Elizabeth Beatrice Via
Thomas and
Molly Hickman Via
Emanuel Tabernacle Holiness Church
Midway Shiloh Temple
Major R. Via
Junior Lee Terry
Robert Ainheart
Worth
Walter Rinheart
New York City
Rebecca Via
Arlington
Irene Howell
Maxie Johnson
Mabel Jackson
Ollie Allen
Hazel DeHart
Myrtle Hairston
Mae Phillips
Bessy Champion
Lucious Briggs
Brooker Howell
Mathew Hogan
Frank Crockett
James Stochan
Harold Calloway
Lugo
Mae Dean
Mae Aker Dean
Abingdon
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Wythe County
Elmer W. Dean
Graham
Bluefield
Frederick F. Smith
Atlanta
Haswell M. Dean
E. Wilson
Alexandria
James H. Armbrister
Max Meadows
Grove
Aker
Wytheville
Emory and Henry Memorial Chapel
Emory, Va
Benjamin E. Sanders
M.S. Kincheloe
Lee C. Boye
Emory and
Daisy I, Brown
Daisy Imogene Brown
St. Petersburg
Fla
Hawkins Funeral
David Armbrister
Monte Vista Park
Ceres
James
Missouri Austin Brown
R. L. Linkous
Cleveland
Ohio
Flora Brown
Rich Creek
William Brown
Salingsville
Jack and
Claude Brown
William McKinley Nelson
Virginia
Charles Nelson
Arnold Nelson
Cocoa Beach
Juanite Young
Frances Wilson
Nancy Profitt
Mercer Funeral Home
Charles G. Dooley
McGowan
Mary Belle
Funeral Home Chapel
Frank Schwall
Walter King
Harry Dillon
A. R. Snyder
Ralph FE. Clarkson
J. B. French
C. H. Elmore
Pope Plans First All Africa Bishops Conference
The Pope announced plans for an unprecedented all Africa bishops conference citing about 29 million African Catholics. He spoke at a Papal Mass in March urging a visit to Africa especially Uganda where a new sanctuary is under construction and an altar honoring African martyrs has been raised.
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Africa
Uganda
Rev Davis to Speak at Mt Zion Missionary Rally
Rev James Davis pastor of Court Street Methodist Welch will be guest speaker at Mt Zion Baptist Church Sunday at 11 am for the annual missionary rally. The 3 pm service theme is Missionary Revival with speakers Mrs Ruth Tiffany Mrs Zola Hairston Mrs Marjorie Linkford and Mrs Mary Coleman and Mrs Victoria Easley. Morning music by Mt Zion Senior Choir and Wolf Senior Choir for the evening. Mt Zion Missionary Society president is Mrs Frances Brown.
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James Davis
Court Street Methodist Church
Welch
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Ruth Tiffany
Zola Hairston
Marjorie Linkford
Mary Coleman
Victoria Easley
Mt. Zion
Wolf
Jaycees Elect New Officers in Bluefield Virginia
Twenty-two Bluefield Jaycees re formed after a pause and chose Don Thompson as president and Carlin Harmon, Clint Lewis, Richard DeVor as vice presidents. George Mandakanis became secretary with Jim Lindsay as treasurer and Eugene Slade as state director. Eddie Parker and Leonard Yost were named local directors. Installation is set for July 10 at the Jaycee hall.
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Bluefield
Jaycees
Jaycee Hall
Don Thompson
Carlin Harmon
Clint Lewis
Richard DeVor
George Mandakanis
Jim Lindsay
Eugene Slade
Eddie Parker
Leonard Yost
Robot stockbroker demo at ABA Automation Conf
At the American Bankers Association Automation Conference in Chicago a robot stockbroker demonstrated by RCA Laboratories' Dr. Paul Ross. The system uses a time sharing computer and TV terminal to analyze speech and can be trained to recognize a stockholder's voice while refusing illegal commands such as selling more stock than owned.
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Chicago
American Bankers Association
Paul Ross
RCA Laboratories
Wall Street
Dr. Ross
Deer Believed Driven to Jump From Ohio Bridge
Granville Ohio AP motorists warning as a driver reports spotting two deer on a bridge. He says they suddenly leaped to their deaths beneath the span. The deer were found dead after the incident.
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Granville
Ohio
Charles Evans
Sheriff's Office
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