Chilhowie Man Pleads Guilty in Roanoke Detective Death
Ralph Campbell Aker of Chilhowie pleaded guilty to second degree murder during a Roanoke trial for the death of Detective Thomas E. Kittinger. Court set parole eligibility at five years. Kittinger died after being dragged by Aker’s car while attempting to arrest him on a morals charge.
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Roanoke
Ralph Campbell Aker
Rt. 1
Chilhowie
Hastings Court
Kirk A. Kuyk
Wive Thomas E. Kittinger
Aker
Kittinger
Hall
Elmo A. Griggs
Gold Rush Day Camp Adventure At YMCA Event
Young campers at YMCA Day Camp hear a tale of gold discovery on a ridge. Elders in the group rush to dig for nuggets while frontier activities unfold with ponies, train robber style feats, and hot dogs cooked in an old home fireplace. Indian Day and crafts follow with Mohawk headbands and songs.
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California
Wells-Fargo
Davidson
Davidsons
David
Golian
Mark Capaldini
Goliath
Isralite Army
David Wood
Carl Dunn
TV Channel 6
Randolph On Group To Survey Industrial Power Use
Six members of the Senate Public Works Committee will survey industrial uses of electric power in Norway and Sweden during July. Senator Ernest Gruening of Alaska said the group will include himself and six colleagues Pat McNamara of Michigan Stephen M. Young of Ohio Jennings Randolph of West Virginia Orin E. Long of Hawaii and Hiram Fong of Hawaii.
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Washington
Senate Public Works Committee
Norway
Sweden
Congressional
Ernnest Gruening
Alaska
Pat McNamera
D-Mich
Stephen M. Yous
Ohio
Jennings Randows
D-Wva
Orin E. Long
Hawaii
Hiram Fong
Western and Arab Nations Back Kuwait Amid Iraqi Claim
Western and Arab powers rallied to support Kuwait’s independence from Iraq with UAR opposition to Baghdad’s claim and Saudi Arabia joining in. The Kuwait army was alert as Baghdad pressed its demand, while U.S. and Britain voiced backing for Kuwait. An emergency Arab League meeting was hinted as Nasser sought unity to counter Kassem.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Kuwait
United Arab Republic
Cairo
Iraq
Persian Gulf
Nasser
UAR
U.S
U.A.R
Arab League
Baghdad
Abdel Karim Kassem
Kassem
Hashimite
Feisal
Medul Ilah
Nuri
Abdel Kader Hatem
Little Sheikdom
United States
Britain
Philip Takla
Abdel Khaled Hassouna
League
League Action
Takla
Middle East
Youths of Month Named at Rockview Church
Two BYFers of the Month at Rockview Baptist Church are Linda McKinney and Janice Buchanan. Janice Cook of Rockview recently graduated from Pineville High School and held roles in Future Homemaker’s Club Future Secretaries and Homemakers Club. She led Baptist Youth Fellowship as secretary and chairperson and attended Cedar Lakes leadership camp. Linda McKinney, daughter of Dewey McKinney of Pineville, is a Pineville High School junior and a Tri-Hi-Y member and flag girl.
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Rockcastle Baptist Church
Rockview
Linda McKinney
Janice Buchanan
Alvah Cook
Pineville High School
Future Homemaker’s Club
The
Future Secretaries
Homemakers Club
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Cedar Lakes
Rotary
Vacation Bible School
Dewey McKinney
Pineville
Barra Airport Beach Landings at Low Tide
The Barra airport in the Outer Hebrides uses a tidally exposed beach as a runway. Planes land when the sea recedes, with cockle shells covering the sand.
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Barra
Outer
Hebrides
Virginia Weather Outlook Warms to 76 Across State
Considerable clouds persist early Wednesday with a turning warm trend. By afternoon, skies become partly cloudy and temperatures reach the mid seventies, with a high near 76. Thursday should stay partly cloudy and warmer overall.
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Virginia
Pilot's Marker To Be Dedicated Near Spartanburg
A marker will be unveiled on July 4 near Spartanburg to honor Second Lieutenant Jonathan Arden Crites a 24 year old West Virginia army pilot killed in a P38 crash during a 1942 training flight in Poplar Springs. Residents including Miss Nannie Lou West expressed condolences and the Spartanburg 9314th Air Force Reserve Recovery Squad notes the pilot was little known locally and deserves recognition.
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Spartanburg
West Virginia
Jonathan Arden Crites
Buckhannon
W.va
Poplar Springs
Crites
Nannie Lou West
Poplar Spring
Miss West
9314Th Air Force Reserve Recovery Squad
Jack R. Cannon
Masons Plan 68th Grand Communication at Beckley
The Royal Craft Grand Consistory of F A A Y Masons and subordinate bodies announce the 68th Annual Grand Communication to be held in Beckley June 29 to July 3 at Stratton High School. Registration runs 8 to 9 am June 29, with a full schedule of meetings, inaugurations, sessions, and a grand ball culminating July 3.
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Royal Craft
F. & A. A. Y Masons
Beckley
Stratton High School
Vine
Stratton High
Grand Trustee Board
Eastern Star
Grand Lodge
Grand Courts
Ola Hunt
Blue Cross
Royal Arch
Knights of Templars
Crusaders
Grand Lodge Craft and Court
Eastern Star and Consistory
Police Probe Reported Robbery At Local Sport Center
Bluefield police investigate a theft at the Sport Center on Princeton Avenue. Nearly $2 in pennies and unknown change were taken from two coin machines between closing Monday and opening Tuesday. No forced entry or broken locks. suspect allegedly remained inside then exited through the front door.
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Bluefield
Princeton Avenue
Bluewell Lions Plan Dump Site Committee
Bluewell Lions Club will form a committee to locate a garage dump site for the Bluewell area. President Okley Carner announced the Mercer County Clean Up campaign meeting. State Health Department members S F Bowling and William Crockett attended and showed guidance on siting away from homes and proper covering. The group will meet July 11 as the committee begins its search.
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Bluewell Lions Club
Bluewell
Okley Carner
Mercer County
State Health Department
S. F. Bowling
William Crockett
The
Health Department
Split-Laws Seen In China Move In Laos Line
The Zurich summit among Laos princes produced a coalition plan with pro Western forces in the minority. Officials warn Peiping seeks a partition line from Muong Sing to the Cambodian border, creating a thin non Communist band along the Mekong that would enable Red China and North Vietnam to infiltrate nearby Thailand Cambodia and South Vietnam. Royal Laotians fear continued food shortages drive China to gain a land corridor and influence in Southeast Asia. Soviet neutrality is seen. however Moscow aids a buffer while allies may hesitate.
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Southeast Asia
Boun Oum
Laos
Zurich
China
Peiping
Muong Sing
Heap
Paksane
Mahaxay
Thakhek
Muong Pha Lane
Savannakhet
Red China
France
Mekong River
Thailand
Cambodia
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
A list of obituaries and funeral plans including James Evans of Bluefield a retired Norfolk and Western worker. Powers family members in Beckley and Bluefield. Joseph Harmon Varney and family. Sadie Pennington Montcalm. Hubert Forest Bluefield. Lemuel Hines Lindside. William Wells Pocahontas. Ada Clapp Saltville. J B Staley Honaker. John Darnell Camp Creek. Trix Barber Princeton.
No Change In Tractor No-Deal
A meeting in Key West between Fidel Castro’s prison emissaries and a Tractors for Freedom Committee official ended with no concrete changes. The group debated reform, while Hopeful Hooker expressed guarded optimism. Prisoners and delegates awaited developments as Havana Naval Hospital holds 1,187 comrades.
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Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
Tractors For Freedom Committee
Havana Naval Hospital
Cuba
Havana Radio
Stevenson Family Notices Remain At Mercy Funeral Home
The hearing was waived for Arthur Stevenson’s family. Parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Stevenson of Bluefield and seven sisters live in Orlando Fla ReDondo Beach California Abbs Valley Va and the home state. The service was held Thursday at 2 pm at Bratton Memorial Chapel Reverend Alan Ledford officiated Burial followed in Church of God Cemetery in Abbs Valley The body remains at Mercer Funeral Home for visitation after 3 pm Wednesday.
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Clarence W. Tiffany
Frederick Thornton
Oak Grove Cemetery
Prince Edward County
Evans
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railway
James
Isaac Evans
Richard
Reuben Evans
Wahington
D. C
Evelyn Clayton
Washington
Harvey Hicks
David Lowery
John Hairston
Charles Wade
T. W. White
Eugene Marshall
John Marshall
Courtney Scruggs
John English
Matthew Harvey
Addison Hopkins
Harry Walker
Sammie Walker
Minerva Hill
Winston Witten
Edith English
Cdams Morgan
Mattie Lowery
Crozier Baptist Church
Chilhowie
McDowell County Board of Education
Powers
Beckley Hospital
Dave
Callie Powers
Virgie Powers
Milford Powers
Eula Tiller
Knoxville
Tenn
Betty Jenkins
Avondale
Joyce Stitt
Washington, D. C
Della York
West Point
Shirley Powers
Elkhorn
Gather Powers
Kennett Square
Myrtle Overbay
Eula Stamper
Hattie Lambert
Delaware
Miss Powers
Ohio
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
Hubert Lee Forest
Moundsville
Church of God In Christ
Reece Street
J. E. Gibson
Bryant Cemetery
Wolfe
Brookneal
Forest
Willie
Mattie Todd Forest
Boston Ro
Dearborn St
Blue
Lugo
William H. Wells
Pocahontas
Bluefield Sanitarium
Edith Sadler
Alan Short
David Wells
James W. Wells
Lottie Mayberry
Birmingham
Ala
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Joe Gillespie
Dudley Memorial Chapel
J. C. Gindlesperger
Grandview Memorial Gardens
National Guard
H. Q
No. 150
Armored Cavalry
Larry Miller
Carl Yost
Junior McCann
Buford Neel
Ellis Creggar
Ray
Durham
Eddie Neel
Arthur Stevenson
Betty Akers
Leonard Hall Jr
Orlando
Fla
Tate Edwards
Larry Shewey
ReDondo Beach
Cali
Carol Sue
Mary
Debbie Stevenson
Bratton Memorial Chapel
Alan Ledford
Church of God
Death of John Glasco Uncle of Sadie Calloway
John Glasco uncle of Mrs. Sadie Calloway and Joe Glasco of Bluefield died Monday in Patterson New Jersey after a several months illness. He was a native of Tazewell County Virginia awaiting funeral plans at home.
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John Glasco
Sadie Calloway
Joe Glasco
Bluefield
Patterson
N. J
Tazewell County
Criss Rites Set for Hanover Victim Wednesday
The body of William Ray Criss who died Monday at his Hanover home was moved from Adams Funeral Home Gilbert to Seaver Funeral Home Marion Virginia for services Wednesday at 2 p m.
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William Ray Criss
Hanover
Adams Funeral Home
Gilbert
Seaver Funeral Home
Marion
Funerals Held for Mrs Louise Hargis in Lebanon
Funeral services for Mrs Louise E Hargis of Lebanon Virginia were held Wednesday at 2 p m in Lebanon Memorial Methodist Church Burial followed at Russell Memorial Cemetery in Lebanon The body was returned to the residence from Lebanon Funeral Home
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Hargis
Louise E
Lebanon
Lebanon Memorial Methodist Church
Russell Memorial Cemetery
West Virginia Colleges Study Statewide Educational TV
Educational television on a statewide basis will be studied by the West Virginia Association of College and University Presidents. The group discussed funding options including a potential million dollar grant and federal support, and outlined goals such as an equipment bank, top level library services, lecturer series, a teacher placement service, and ongoing foundation fundraising.
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Davis
W.va
West Virginia Association of College and University
Blackwater Falls State Park
C. Gregg van Camp
West Virginia University
van Camp
Edube
West Virginia
Paul L L. Collins
Marshall University
Charleston
Benedum Foundation of
Pittsburgh
Rae
Three Men Escape From Roane County Jail
Spencer West Virginia AP three inmates fled a Roane County Jail cell after midnight. The escapees were Newberry Truman 35 of New ton Roane County awaiting trial on assault and rape Nelson Bailey 20 of Spencer serving 30 days for petit larceny and Mansfield Allen Bass 36 a federal parole violator from Oak Hill. They apparently fled in a car owned by Troy Chandler of Spencer. The Chandler car was stolen from a garage near the jail and the jailer discovered the break about 730 AM Tuesday. No weapon was found and there were no injuries reported.
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Spencer
W.va
Roane County
Boyd Egner
Newberry Truman
Newton
Nelson Bailey
Mansfield Allen Bass
Oak Hill
Egner
Owls Hunt By Day Across Several Species
Contrary to belief some owls including snowy owl and hawk owl hunt in daylight. The great horned owl hunts during both day and night, demonstrating varied activity patterns among nocturnal birds.
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Montreal
Armer
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San Diego
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Fxaay Masons
W. J. L. Wallace
West Virginia State College
James R. Evans
James 1. Powers
Joseph Harmon
Varney
Nathan Maynard
Harmon - Adkins
United Mine Workers of America
Tescola Tiller Harmon
Newtown
Jesse Harmon
Mary Varney
Tiney Collier
Betty Varney
Elyria
Glen Harmon
Emmett Brewer
Wilson Harmon
London
Leonard Harmon
Melton Harmon
Pie
Sadie Pennington
Montcalm
Abe H
Mattie Dillon
L. C. Pennington
James Pennington
Glenwood Park
Hersal Helmandollar
Milfred
Mich
Lemuel Ruve Hines
Rocx Camp
Robert
Susan Ballard Hines
Hines Grocery
Lindside
Rock Camp
Pat Hines
Hansford
Ted Hines
Raleph Hines
Cool Ridge
Oscar Hines
Summersville
Wm. S. Broyles Funeral Home
Peterstown
Mrs, Adal, Clapp
Ada Lawrence Clapp
W. M. Doane
George Hammond
Plasterco
Margie Elmore
Glade Spring
J. B. Clapp
Ronoke
L. B. Clapp
Bill Clapp
Harold
Garland Clapp
Quarry
Nannie French
Lula Burgess
Saltville
Joe
Arthur
David Doane
Henderson Funeral Home
Sherman J. Neel
J. B. Staley
Norfolk and Western Station
Honaker
Richlands
Irene Conner Staley
J. W. Thompson
J. H. Staley
Dayton
W. F. Staley
Rainelle
Charles Staley
Bandy
Dewy Mullins
First Methodist Church
Akter Funeral Home
John Darnell
Camp Creek
Eastern Fuel Company
UMWA
Nettie Darnell
Vernon
Elijah
Salem
N. C
Mary Darnell
Jean Darnell
Alex Wyatt
North Wilkesboro
Alpha Earp
New York City
Ella Kirkman
Maggie Dancey
Ariz
Ida Mae Dickerson
Georgia Darnell
Spanishburg
Sanishburg
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Elijah Darnell
Alvie Meadows
Bill Hubbard
Ellis Meadows
Zeb Moye
Frank Lester
Clowney Hatcher
Earl Cole
Kent Lilly
MISS
Trix Barbor
Trix Barber
Park Ave
Seaver Mortuary
Hooker
William R. Criss
Roane Bastile
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