Prison riot at Western State Penitentiary ends in tear gas clash
In Pittsburgh three inmates armed with zip guns and a homemade bomb fought guards in the Western State Penitentiary hospital. A prisoner named Richard Mayberry was injured when the bomb exploded. Guards retook the hospital after hostages were taken and a tear gas assault. Mayberry suffered a partial hand loss from the blast. the other two prisoners were captured. The riot followed threats to kill guards and involved gunfire from the cell blocks before authorities gained control.
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Pittsburgh
Western State Penitentiary
Richard Mayberry
Mayberry
James Maroney
Maroney
Woods Run
White House fellows named as 15 to join government posts
The administration will announce 15 young Americans chosen as White House fellows to work for a year with top government officials. One will join each of 10 cabinet members, one to Vice President Humphrey, and four to the White House staff.
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Associated Press
Washington
Viet Nam
Nations Business
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Washington (Ap
White House
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Wshington
Franklin Institute Laboratories of
Philadelphia
Bureau of Public Roads
Teachers Arrive For Language Training at WVU
Morgantown AP reports sixty high school language teachers from two percent states arrive Monday for eight weeks of high speed language training at West Virginia University. The instructors will also receive a refresher course in new teaching methods funded by the National Defense Education Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
West Virginia University
National Defense Education Act
Minor Loop Results in International and Pacific Leagues
Reported scores include Buffalo 6 over Sedo 4 and Jacksonville 6 over Syracuse 3 with 11-2 running, plus Toronto 53 and Indianapolis 9 over Vancouver 5. Oklahoma City 9 and Lane City 6 1 likely indicate league results, with unclear entries for Ottawa and Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Jacksonville
Syracuse
Jumbus
Toronto
Pacific Coast League
Indianapolis
Vancouver
Oklahoma City
Lane City
Askaeses
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Bismarck
Bluefield
Boise
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Clay
Detroit
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Juneau
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Richmond
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Washington
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Editorial Notice Fragment
Fragmentary OCR shows a local publication masthead with misread dates and prices. It references the newspaper name Bluefield Daily Telegraph and notes subscription rates and circulation details in unclear terms.
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
Obituaries report the deaths of Paul Joseph Shrader 51 of Rocky Gap VA Vera Mae Sprinkles 42 of Princeton and Nannie Young 75 of Welch plus John D Peery 65 of Cedar Bluff and Queen E Downs of Detroit. Services listed with churches, burial sites, and funeral homes. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named for Shrader case. multiple survivors across families and towns.
Obituary notices from Bandy and surrounding areas
George Washington Payne 56 of Bandy Va died Saturday in a Bristol hospital after a long illness. He was a Bandy native and merchant before retirement. Survivors include his wife Bertha L Payne three daughters Mrs Mack of Cedar Bluff Va Mrs Ernest Moore of Bluefield Va and Linda Payne three sons George Mack and Gary Lynn Payne a sister Mrs Minnie Hinkle of War four grandchildren. Burial at family cemetery in Bandy with service at Bandy Freewill Baptist Church. The body will be taken from Farmer Funeral Home to the service. Minnie Ward Christian 2 of Baptist Valley Va died Sunday at her son George W Christian Jr’s home. She was a Buchanan County native and Methodist. She was widow of George W Christian Sr who died in 1943. Survived by two daughters Mrs Nancy Ratcliff of Welch and Mrs Ann Quesenberry of Abbs Valley two sons Ted C and Keyser Christian of Bandy and 22 grandchildren. Ducted Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands Va with Rev Charlie Dillon officiating. Burial Maplewood Cemetery Tazewell Va. Body remains at funeral home after 1 p.m. Monday for visitation. Harvey William Lawson of Bishop Va died suddenly of a heart attack at home. Wife Elizabeth B Lawson survives with eight sons Franklin Lawson of Richmond Va Edward and Russ Lawson of Dallas Texas Jerry Lawson of Bandy Va and William John Alfred and Harvey Lawson Jr of the home. Daughters Marie Lawson of Lynchburg Va Christine Lawson of Charleston and Carol Lawson of the home a sister Mrs Ruby Davidson of Maybeury. Greever Funeral Home Tazewell Va in charge.
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Paul Joseph Shrader
Rocky Gap
Helen Steele Shrader
Billy Shrader
Bluefield
Jimmy Shrader
Pilot Mountain
N. C
Paul Joseph Shrader Jr
Besse A Shrader
Ruby Preston
Pauline Hutchinson
Dorothy Gilley
Round Bottom Methodist Church
Route 2
Narrows
Lee Ellis
R. T. Newton
Shrader Cemetery
Rt. 2
Newberry
Bland
Jim Pemberton
Richard Neal
Arlie Sutphin
Mahlon Rudy
Dennis Thompson
Buford Tiller
Red Harless
Alvis Clemons
J. H. Lambert
C. E. Brewster
Peyton Burton
Raymond Stowers
C. N. Pemberton
Forrest Adams
T. R. Lawson
Charley Taylor
G. B. Kegley
Vera Mae Sprinkles
William Sprinkles
Ingleside Road
Princeton
Memorial Hospital
Hardy
Creed
Dora M. Long
Daniel L. Sprinkles
Willie L
Everett W. Sprinkles
Ingleside
Pauline Long
Janie Bailey
Oakvale
Fred Pettrey
Athens
Junior Blankenship
Randolph Taylor
Edward Long
Lindside
Leroy Long
Chicago
Ill
Leonard
Franklin Long
James Long
Hardy Methodist Church
Fred Cook
Hardy Cemetery
Nannie Young
Welch
Hattie Young Terrell
Lebanon, Va
Jake
Melissa Browning
Gary
Metropolitan Methodist Church
Lucy Still
Gary Metropolitan Methodist Church
H. T. Henderson
James E. Davis
James Moon
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bluewell
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Page Funeral Home
John D. Peery
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Don Whitt
Augusts
Minerva Peery
Baptist Valley
John Peery Jr
Lynchburg
James W. Peery
Pulaski
Larry Peery
U. S. Navy
Mediterranean
Randy Beavers
H. E. Childress
Grat Keesee
Paul Keseee
Whiteford
George Peery
War
Fred Peery
Tazewell
Hurst- Scott Funeral Home
George Washington Payne
Bandy
Bristol
Mack
Jane B. Payne
Bertha L. Payne
Ernest Moore
Linda Payne
George, Mack
Gary Lynn Payne
Minnie Hinkle
Bandy Freewill Baptish Church
Charles Dillon
Jake Wilson
Farmer Funeral Home
Minnie Ward Christian
George W. Christian Jr
Buchanan County
Methodist Church
George W. Christian Sr
Nancy Ratcliff
Ann Quesenberry
Abbs Valley
Ted C
Keyser Christian
Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel
Charlie Dillon
Maplewood Cemetery
Harvey William Lawson
Bishop
Elizabeth B. Lawson
Franklin Lawson
Richmond
Edward
Russ Lawson
Dallas
Tex
Jerry Lawson
William
John
Alfred
Harvey Lawson Jr
Marie Lawson
Christine Lawson
Charleston
Carol Lawson
Ruby Davidson
Maybeury
Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell, Va
Funeral services and burial notices from Princeton and area
Obituaries list Ira Lee Dunn Alonzo Frank Thomas Eli M Wyatt and Mary Klingen smith with funeral times at Memorial Funeral Directory Bailey Funeral Home Athens Methodist Church and Seaver Mortuary. Burial venues include Peterstown Cemetery Greenhill Memory Gardens Wyatt Cemetery and Athens Cemetery.
Drowning Fatality Near Railroad Bridge in Fayette
A 19 year old Roy Johnson of Elsridge Fayette County drowned while swimming in the Kanawha River beneath a railroad bridge near this community. Gauley Bridge Fire Department recovered the body after two fishermen heard him cry for help and could not reach him before he disappeared beneath the surface.
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W.va
Kanawha
Fayette County
Roy Johnson
Elsridge
Gauley Bridge
Johnson
Businessmen's Peace Corps Expands Overseas Work
The International Executive Service Corps, a private group, completed its first overseas missions in Panama and aims to grow to 400 to 500 members in four years. The corps, supported by AID, sends volunteer executives to developing countries to improve management and spur growth.
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New York
Businessmen’s Peace Corps
U.S
International Executive Service Corps
IESC
Peace Corps
Berwind
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Pittsburgh
Pace
Service Corps
Johnson
Agency For International Development Program
Guatemala
San Salvador
Venezuela
Columbia
Peru
Taiwan
Korea
Philippines
Thailand
Iran
State VFW Elects New Commander at 44th Convention
Ralph W. Honaker of Huntington was elected state commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to succeed John Frazier of Morgantown. Honaker previously served as senior vice commander. Emmett Williams of Beckley named senior vice commander with Lloyd Barnes of Clarksburg as junior vice commander. The VFW Ladies Auxiliary chose Mrs. Klee Thorn of Morgantown president, Mrs. Virginia Berger of Follansbee senior vice president, and Mrs. Lillian Kimble of Keyser junior vice president. Next year’s convention will be in Parkersburg, with the 1967 meeting set for Clarksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Ralph W. Honaker
Huntington
John Frazier
Morgantown
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Honaker
VFW
Emmett Williams
Beckley
Lloyd Barnes
Clarksburg
VFW Ladies’ Auxiliary
Klee Thorn
Virginia Berger
Follawsbee
Lillian Kimble
Keyser
Parkersburg
Infection Fells and Movie Roll Call at Warner Bros
The article notes several Warner Bros projects following White Heat including The Damned Don’t Cry Storm Warning I Mobster The Beat Generation Dallas Jim Thorpe All American and The Story of Folsom. Cochran’s three marriages ended in divorce to Florence Lockwood Fay McKenzie and Jonna Jensen.
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Warner Bros
Dallas
Jim Thorpe
All American
Folsom
Cochran
Florence Lockwood
Fay McKenzie
Jonna Jensen
L. H. Lucas Dies in North Carolina During Vacation
L H Lucas fifty four a salesman for Superior Sterling in Bluefield for over twenty years died in Watauga Hospital Boone North Carolina Sunday He with wife and son Hugh Lucas of Fairmont left Bluefield Saturday for a Florida vacation when he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage Saturday afternoon He died at seven PM His wife son other son in Colorado a brother Tom Lucas Pocahontas coach Bluefield and his mother and another brother died in a Bluefield fire May 23 1935 Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield in charge Reds Braves Wrapup
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L. H
Tom Lucas
Pocahontas
Carl M. Lucas
Bluefield
Nancy Burke Lucas
Hugh Lucas
Fairmont
John Lucas
U. S. Air Force
Colorado
Pocahon
Two Injured in Crash on Bluefield Avenue Near Virginia Line
Two people were injured and about $1,900 in damages reported after a car collision on Bluefield Avenue near the Virginia state line soon after 5 p.m. Eunice Brinkley 64 of Bluefield Va admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium for abrasions to the right leg. Estel Tabor 68 of Nemours sustained a left hand injury and was not admitted last night. Tabor was driving west when his car struck a parked truck owned by William Hampton 3235 Bluefield Ave. He was cited for failure to have his vehicle under control. Officer Bill Bailey investigated.
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Bluefield Avenue
Virginia State Line
Eunice Brinkley
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Estel Tabor
Nemours
Tabor
William R. Hampton
Bluefield Ave
Bill Bailey
Citation Issued In $500 Saturday Wreck
Richard C. Geter 27 Martinsville Va was cited with a traffic violation after his vehicle struck a parked car on Princeton Avenue Bluefield causing $500 damages. The 1955 station wagon owned by Harry Steele Sarver Bluefield was parked near Stewart Street when the mishap occurred as Geter traveled west.
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Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
Martinsville
Richard C. Geter
Harry Steele Sarver
Byrant St
Stewart Street
Geter
Immanuel Lutheran Church Member Joseph Hoback Dies
Joseph Hoback a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church Bluefield died with Rev Corley Lineberger officiating. Burial will be in Monte Vista Cemetery. Friends may call at Hawkins Funeral Home in Bluefield after 2 p m today. The body will be taken to the church one hour before the service.
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Wyatt
Eli M
Camp Creek
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Leslie Lilly
L. L. Martin
Wyatt Cemetery
Spanishburg
Ester Blankenship
Carlyle Hager
Dock Bailey
Attowa
Dewey
Harley Wyatt
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Bluefield
Corley Lineberger
Monte Vista
Hawkins Funeral Home
Virginia and West Virginia Weather Outlook
A Monday forecast for Virginia and West Virginia calls for mostly sunny skies with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. Monday night will fall to the mid 60s to upper 60s with fair conditions. Tuesday remains fair and hot with a 20 percent chance of afternoon thundershowers in northern areas. Continuous heat is expected into Tuesday.
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Gulf Coast
Florida
Upper Great Lakes Region
Tennessee Valley
Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma
Atlantic Coast
Virginia
West Virginia
Beeson Road wreck leads to charge in Mercer County
A two vehicle collision on Beeson Road south of Beeson in Mercer County caused about 1000 in damage. Francis Combs 3 a Mullens resident drove a 1939 car south. Ward Cline 23 of Beeson drove a northbound pickup. Cline was charged with failure to yield half of the right of way and given five days to answer in Matoaka.
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Beeson Road
Beeson
Mercer County
Francis Combs
Mullens
Deward Cline
W. A. Johnson
Cline
Matoaka
Soviets Discover World’s Tiniest Rodent in Desert
A Moscow dispatch in the Evening Express reports Soviet scientists in Kazakhstan’s desert found the smallest rodent yet, with a full grown animal weighing about one sixth of an ounce. They have temporarily named the species Toohy Lilliput.
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Warsaw
Moscow
Evening Express
Kazakhstan
Runaway Car Damages Two Vehicles On Hemlock Hill
A runaway auto from a Newport News dealership rolled down Hemlock Hill in Bluefield about 6:30 p.m. Sunday, striking two parked cars and causing about 850 in damage. The 1960 model vehicle failed to hold in gear, traveled roughly 500 feet, and hit a 1964 compact owned by Fred Gilbert. No injuries were reported.
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Hemlock Hill
Bluefield
Anouther Auto
Newport News
Fred Jones
Hemlock
Fred Gilbert
Oakdell St
Gilbert
Boy Injured By Jeep Door On Stadium Drive
An 11 year old Bluefield boy from 1020 Greenbrier Street was treated and released at Bluefield Sanitarium after a jeep door struck him on Stadium Drive. He suffered a bruised shoulder a cut inside the mouth and a broken tooth. The boy said the vehicle tried to strike him and four other boys then stopped the driver opened the door and struck him before speeding away.
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Bluefield
Bluefeld Sanitarium
Stadium Drive
Tyron Street
Greenbrier St
Young Street
Fire Damages Athens Home of Frank Stein
Fire damaged the upper portion of Frank Stein’s frame home on Beckett Road Athens about 2000 dollars. The blaze originated in an electric transformer and damaged ceiling and roof. No injuries were reported and firefighters led by Chief George Gulliam controlled the blaze around 6 AM.
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Frank Stein
Beckett Road
Athens
Cheif
George Gulliam
Ad Woman Of Year Janco Beats Odds in Ad Industry
NEW YORK AP Myra Janeco a 5 foot brunette and former coal mine worker rose to president of Draper Daniels Inc Chicago agency with over $5 million annual billings and 60 staff. She was named Advertising Woman of the Year at the Advertising Federation of America meeting in Boston. She started for rent in a Terre Haute coal mine then built a diverse client list and a million dollar year business. She says advertising asks for facts that appeal to buyers and that men want to work as colleagues not as a mother figure.
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New York
Myra Janeco
Terre Haute
Ind
Draper Daniels Inc
Chicago
Miss Janco
Boston
Advertising Federation of America
Coa
Walter Bledsoe & Co
Indian Prime Minister urges longer pause in bombing of Vietnam
Shastri on CBS Face the Nation calls for a much longer and better publicized halt in U S bombing of North Vietnam to alter the climate for peace. He notes the May 12 to 18 pause had little notice and limited impact while stressing halting bombing alone will not guarantee peace.
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Washington
Lal Bahadur Shastri
India
U.S
Viet Nam
London
United States
Shastri
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John Peery
Mrs. Queen Downs
Queen Esta Martin Downs
Mich
Receiver’s Hospital
Jack Martin
Peck St
Lugo
Ethel Brewster
First St
Caham
Funeral Home
G. W. Payne
Minnie Christan
H. W. Lawson
Dunn
Ira Lee
Cecil Watson
Peterstown
Thomas
Alonzo Frank
Earl Cole
Greenhill Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Klingensmith
Mary
Athens Methodist Church
Fred Cooper
Joe Marsh
Sam Williamson
Guy Scyphers
Paul Jones
Homer Ball
W. S. Woodell
Fred Rogers
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Circle No. 2
Seaver Mortuary
Boy
Fayette
Businessmen’s Corps
Otto G. Berwind
Panama
David
Canal Zone
Frank Pace Jr
Army
State
L. H. Lucas
N. Carolina
Joseph Hoback
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