Ill Fated British Tanker Alva Cape Explodes Anew
The 1252 ton British tanker Alva Cape exploded and burned again off Gravesend Bay Brooklyn. Four men were killed and six were missing as naphtha still aboard fed the blast during barge pumping. The vessel listed and a bow section blew away while a Coast Guard inquiry was interrupted by the disaster. A tug kept a safe distance to push away the pumping barge.
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New York
Alva Cape
Brooklyn
Gravesend Bay
Texaco
Massachusetts
Newark Bay
Coast Guard
Republicans Say Medicare Negligence Charged by Task Force
The Defense Study Unit was asked to provide health care for elderly citizens as Republicans issued a blunt critique. Senator Everett M. Dirksen and party leaders labeled the administration guilty of gross negligence in Medicare. The two day meeting reviewed task force reports on domestic and international issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grams
Everett M. Dirksen
R-N
House
Senate
State Legislators’ Association
GOP National Committee
Injuries Fatal To Fredericksburg Man
The Associated Press reports a Fredericksburg man Harry Lee Hall aged 28 died in a Richmond hospital from injuries from a May 14 crash on Rt. 3 six miles west of Fredericksburg. The driver Frank D Williamson 48 of Spotsylvania courthouse also died in the same wreck. The statewide highway toll rose to 474 for the year, compared with 478 a year earlier on the same date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Virginia
Richmond
Harry Lee Hall
Fredrickburg
Hearing Set for Hubert Dillard Knife Incident
Preliminary hearing for Hubert Dillard, 38, of Lawson Street Bluefield, on felonious assault charges from a Monday knifing on North Mercer Street will be Saturday morning before Justice of the Peace C. W. Caffee. Cardwell of Carroll Street treated and released at Bluefield Sanitarium.
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Hubert Dillard
Lawson St
Blue‘field
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Caffee
Dillard
William Cardwell
Carroll Street
North Mercer Street
Cardwell
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bluefield Daily Telegraph listing of newspaper details
The notice announces the Bluefield Daily Telegraph publication details including address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia and information on Associated Press credit and circulation auditing. It notes rates for other zones and provides a Kats telephone contact for representative inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated
All News
Focal News
Applia Keet Audit Bureau of Circulars
The
Kats Telephone
Six Congressmen Back Robertson in Virginia Senate Race
Six of Virginia's eight Democratic congressmen endorsed Sen. A. Willis Robertson for renomination in the July 12 primary. Reps. Downing, Satterfield, Abbitt, Tuck, Marsh, and Smith praised Robertson's stature, 20 years of Senate seniority, and ability to secure action for Virginia.
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Richmond
Virginia
A. Willis Robertson
Robertson
Thomas N. Downing
David E. Satterfield
Watkins M. Abbitt
William M. Tuck
John O. Marsh Jr
Howard W. Smith
Downing
Congress
Willis Robertson
Senate
Washington
Welfare Hires 2 In Wyoming
Two men join the Wyoming County Department of Welfare. Tom Llewellyn of Fairmont earned a B S in business administration from Fairmont State College and Frank Clapper of Westport Conn earned an A B in sociology from Morris Harvey College. District administrator Vivian Garland notes nine social worker vacancies remain in Wyoming County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming County
Llewellyn
Fairmont State College
P. B. Henry
Fairmont
Clapper
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Alpa Sigma Phi
Frank R. Clapper
Westport
Vivian Garland
Mercer
McDowell
Mingo
Wyoming
Monroe
U S Failures in OAS Recognition Policy After Brazil Coup
The State Department stated that U S policy on recognizing governments follows concrete conditions. After the 1964 coup that toppled President Goulart, President Johnson sent warm wishes to his successor. Argentina’s White House envoy Norberto Barrenechea and ambassador Ricardo Colombo resigned in Washington, voicing displeasure at Illia's ouster.
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Organization of American States
Department
Joao Goulart
Brazil
Johnson
Gou Pe
Argentina
Washington
Illia
Norberto M. Barrenechea
White House
Ricardo M. Colombo
OAS
Hollywood Beat notes from Sheilah Graham on stars and stage
Sheilah Graham reports on Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton’s on set dynamics for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and diamond gifts, Brando’s alleged suit over Mutiny on the Bounty, Brando’s Hong Kong remarks, and upcoming roles for Liz and others. She notes Ustinov in Photo Finish, Bond bras in England, Christopher Lee’s monster roles, Michael Caine’s 12-film slate, Saltzman’s loan-out deals, and Shakespearean insights from Oskar Werner with plans to tour the U S in Hamlet and discuss Bard rediscovery in Germany.
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New York
Nana
Richard Burton
Virginia Woolf
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard
Elizabeth
Virginia
Marlon Brando
Jess
Hong Kong
Brando
Helen of Troy
Doctor Faustus
Liz
Peter Ustinov
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Sean Connery
David McCallum
Robert Vaughn
England
James Bond
David
Robert
Frankenstein
Christopher Lee
Dracula
Rasputin
Fu Manchu
Michael Caine
Harry Saltzman
Harry
Michael
Ipcress
Mike
Saltzman
Caine
Shakespeare
Oskar Werner
Henry the Fourth
Vienna
Werner
Henry the Fifth
Falstaff
Oskar
Juliet
Hamlet
Romeo
U.S
Germany
Ira Furstenburg
de Laurentiis
East West frontier tensions ease with new crossings
The article notes easing East West German frontier tensions over 18 months with Czechoslovakia opening a new crossing at Bayrischt Eisenstein and East Germany building a bridge over the Saale funded by West Germany. East and Czechoslovakia promote trade and tourism while border defenses shift to decorative fencing and possible removal of mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOM
Luebeck
Baltic
Passau
Danube
West Germany
Czechoslovakia
Bayrisch - Eisenstein
East Germany
Saale
Munich
Leipzig
Halle
Heerleshausen
Hungary
Pineville JCS Plans Golf Sponsorship and Labor Day Event
The Pineville Jaycees discussed sponsoring a boy to the West Virginia State Junior Golf Tournament July 10 to 12 at Sisterville County Chi. John Houck represented the Jaycees at a Safe Driving Road Event in Spencer and received a patch from president Gene Harvey. Plans call for a Yamaha Riverside 60 giveaway at Labor Day activities led by general chairman Gene Harvey at Palisade Park.
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Pineville
Jaycees
West Virginia
Sisterville County
John Houck
Spencer
Gene Harvey
Palisade Park
Harvey
Drinking Teens Bring Protest
Bluefield civic group seeks action to stop beer drinking teen drivers speeding on Orchard Street. A stop sign at Orchard and Pearl is proposed to curb dangerous turns. Mrs. Rose Rondinelli urged the Board of Directors to address the issue with city officials promising to seek a remedy.
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Bluefield Board of Directors
Orchard Street
Orchard and
Pearl
Rose Rondinelli
Bluefield Civic League
Arrest Made In Knife Case On McCulloch Avenue
A Biluefielder was cut three times and Roy Hall was jailed on a felonious assault charge after an incident on McCulloch Avenue Tuesday night. Victim Everett Rose, 24, of 1108 Highland Ave, received stomach wounds and was treated at Bluefield Sanitarium. Hall, 216 Baldwin Ave, held in jail on $1000 bond. preliminary hearing set for Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. before Justice of the Peace Charlie Caffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biluefielder
McCulloch Avenue
Everett Rose
Highland Ave
Bluefield Sanitarium
R. L. Lambert
Roy Hall
Baldwin Ave
Justice of the Peace
Charlie Caffee
Hall
Lambert
Co. J. Harvey
John Riley
Kenny Pruitt
Bats Develop Unique Brain Echo Locating System
Washington report details how several bat species evolved an echo locating mechanism in the brain for navigation in darkness. Dr. R. L. Peterson of the Royal Ontario Museum explains a specialized larynx emits high frequency pulses that echo off objects and return to the ears. The system is most developed in insectivorous bats and aids prey detection as they navigate and hunt.
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Washington
Nana
R. L. Peterson
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto
Canada
Peterson
Bell resigns as foreign aid administrator to join Ford Foundation
President Johnson accepted the resignation of David E. Bell as foreign aid administrator effective Friday. Bell will become vice president in charge of international activities at the Ford Foundation. William S. Gaud, deputy administrator of the Agency for International Development since February 1964, will be nominated as Bell’s successor.
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Washington
Johnson
David E. Bell
Bell
Ford Foundation
White House
William S. Gaud
Agency For International Development
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Deaths and Funerals In Freeman and Bluefield Area
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Lura Kirby 76 of Freeman at Coaldale Freewill Baptist Church with burial in Freeman Cemetery. Also noted are services for John W. Thornton 83 of Bluefield and Mrs. Rebecca Addison 66 of Bluefield area with graveside rites at Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery and Mercer Funeral Home arrangements. Additional survivors and exact burial details are listed for each.
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Lura Kirby
Freeman
Coaldale Freewill Baptist Church
Junior Taylor
Deward R. Frazier
Freeman Cemetery
West Virginia
Houston Street
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Walter Lee Kirby
Daugher
Casey Jones
Dowdy
Clearwater
Fla
Hillard
Walter Lee Kirby Jr
Duhring
John Kirby
Danville
Danny Kirby
Kelly Ward
Matewan
Bill Street
Phoenix
Ariz
John W. Thornton
Airport Road
Bluefield
Princeton
Mercer County
George W. and
Mandria Underwood Thornton
Sylvania Thornton
French Wimmer
Lena Scites
Portsmouth
Lois Judge
New York
N.Y
Freeditch Henry
Can
Eleanor Napier King
San Antonio
Tex
Owell
Robert L
Mamie Meadows Napier
Sonny King
Morgan
Bobby King
Bob
Earl Napier
Vero Beach
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Richlands
Farmer Funeral Home
Rebecca Addison
Rebecca Jane Addison
Hoge St
St. Luke's Hospital
Floyd Thomas Addison
Rt. 1
Raymond Addison Jr
Herbert Edd Addison
Rosie Aline Martin
White Plains
Frank Martin
Tazewell
Harvey Cox
Rockville
Mercer Funeral Home
Leonard Terry
Charlie Proffitt
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Funeral
Obituary: Freda Coleman of Chicago and Bluefield
Freda Coleman formerly of Bluefield died after a long illness in a Chicago hospital. She was the sister of Mae Coleman of Bluefield. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Family contact at 3445 Rhodes Ave Apt 402 Chicago.
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Ward
Bluefield
Freda Coleman
Chicago
Ill
Mae Coleman
Rhodes Ave
Apt
Obituaries for Yost Ott Gillette and Myrtle Jane McGaughey
Obituary notices for Ott Gillette Yost 75 of Bluefield Virginia and Myrtle Jane McGaughey 6 of Old Bluefield Princeton Road list service times on Wednesday at First Methodist Church Bluefield and George W Seaver Chapel Princeton with interments at Maple Hill Cemetery and Monte Vista Park Cemetery Dudley Memorial Mortuary handled arrangements Pallbearers named for Yost include Fred Horne William McGlamery and others Nephews named as pallbearers for McGaughey with viewing advised after 3 p.m.
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Yost
Ott Gillette
Virginia Ave
Bluefield
First Methodist Church
Maple Hill
Fred Horne
William McGlamery
Robert Boone
J. E. Wagner
Paul Goodman
Ben Meade
Olin Austin
Guy Nash
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Zoo Elephant Kills Child at Vilas Park Zoo
In Madison Wisconsin a 12 year old girl who slipped into an elephant pen near Vilas Park Zoo was killed when the elephant named Winky pulled her through the bars and crushed her in the cage. Police say the child approached the animal to feed popcorn and was under supervision when the tragedy occurred. The elephant has been an attraction at the park for six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Winky
Vilas Park Zoo
Loo-Seal Learns to Swim at National Zoo
At 29 days old Loo-Seal the sea lion made her first pool swim after a hospital upbringing. Zoo staff and reporters watched as Dr. Clinton W. Gray supervised the lesson with help from Jan Davis. The baby exhibit shy but soon showed confident strokes to cheers.
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Washington
Loo-Seal
National Zoological Park
Joe Smith
Arusha
Clinton W. Gray
Jan Davis
Zoo
Dr. Gray
Housing Plan In Close Scrape
Washington AP President Johnson’s open housing proposal narrowly survived an effort in the House Judiciary Committee to kill a key section of the 1966 civil rights bill banning racial discrimination in housing sales and rentals. The 17 to 15 vote kept the measure alive though exemptions remain under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
House Judiciary Committee
Jack B. Brooks
Texas
Brooks
GOP
Publishers scale Johnson as fair on Vietnam poll
At the Magazine Publishers Association conference in White Sulphur Springs 43 percent of 277 publishers say President Johnson is doing a fair job in Vietnam. Forty four percent favor status quo, 35 percent urge escalation, 13 percent want withdrawal. Johnson seen as fair in civil rights by 46 percent, 45 percent call good, 9 percent poor. Romney leads GOP with 61 percent, Nixon 35 percent.
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White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Johnson
Viet Nam
Magazine Publishers Association
Greenbrier Hotel
United States
Michigan
George Romney
Richard Nixon
Order Sought to Curtail Picketing at Houdaille Plant
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and Houdaille Industries seek court orders in Cabell Circuit Court to curb picketing at the Houdaille auto bumper plant. Pickets have blocked tracks on multiple occasions delaying freight car movements. About 1,880 workers are on strike after rejecting a new contract from the United Steelworkers union. a hearing is set for Friday before Circuit Judge John Hereford.
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United Steelworkers Union
John Hereford
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