Bright Principals In Annual Confab In Richmond
Virginia school leaders gather for a two day conference as state education officials outline plans for rapid expansion of special education programs for the mentally retarded and adult basic education under the Economic Opportunity Act. Officials highlight fiscal provisions from the 1966 General Assembly and Gov Godwin to fund growth and racial integration progress in schools.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Department of Education
Virginius Dabmey
General Assembly
Gordon H. Fallesen
Jennie Brewer
Taylor M. Williams
Search Terminated For Missing Plane
The Coast Guard said it would terminate at sundown Wednesday a search for a private plane with two aboard that disappeared on a flight from New Bern to Manteo North Carolina. LeRoy French 33 the pilot and Linda Jane McGreaty 23 of New Bern were aboard. Civil Air Patrol planes assisted the Coast Guard.
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Portsmouth
Coast Guard
En Bern
Manteo
N.C
LeRoy French
Linda Jane McGreaty
New Bern
Civil Air Patrol
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publicity and Subscription Rates
Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces subscription rates and publication terms. The notice outlines pricing and access to Associated Press news and local coverage from the Bluefield, West Virginia newspaper.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
Death of H. M. Shrader of Bradenton Linked to Freeman family
Word reaches Bluefield of H. M. Shrader long illness in a Bradenton Nursing home. He is father to Mrs. J. W. Painter of Bluefield and to three sons Ralph and Ray Shrader and Gene Shrader. Surviving sisters are Lonie Shrader Ora Wright and Blanch Davis and brothers Gary and Arthur Shrader. Funeral services set for Friday in Bradenton with burial to follow. family contact 810 37th St West Bradenton.
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Bluefield
H. M. Shrader
Bradenton
Fla
Freeman
J. W. Painter
David Frazier
Los Angeles
Calif
Ralph M. Shrader
Ray M. Shrader
Roanoke
Gene L. Shrader
Brandenton
Lonie Shrader
Ora Wright
Rock
Blanch Davis
Rocky Mount
Gary
Arthur Shrader
37Th St
Piedmont to Buy Largest 737 Version for 1968 Delivery
Piedmont Airlines will replace six 737-100 jets with the larger 737-200, adding ten seats per aircraft. The deal, valued at 26.7 million dollars including spare parts ground support gear and a flight simulator, keeps the mid March 1968 delivery date.
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Piedmont Airlines
Piedmont
Governor To Visit Welch For Government to the People Tour
Gov Hulett Smith continues the government to the people tour with a stop in Welch McDowell County at the National Guard Armory July 20 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. No appointments needed residents from McDowell County and nearby areas can ask questions or make suggestions about state government. Films on West Virginia arts crafts and recreation facilities will be shown Welch is the third city visited this year after Fairmont and Wheeling.
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Charleston
Welch
Hulett Smith
Smith
McDowell County
National Guard
MacDowell County
West Virginia
Fairmont
Wheeling
Paris Moscow hot line set during de Gaulle talks
French sources report a Moscow Paris hot line agreed to enable consultations in normal times and crises. Russia offered a powerful rocket to launch a French satellite. The line would mirror the 1963 Washington Moscow link and has reportedly never been used. De Gaulle and Soviet leaders discussed Germany and security, with progress on space cooperation trade and exchange of specialists.
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Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
Kremlin
Paris
Washington
Moscow- Washington
de Gaulle
Germany
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikolai V. Podgorny
McNamara cites Hanoi bombardment impact and losses
McNamara described the Hanoi strikes as a severe blow to North Vietnam while noting no American planes were lost. He cited MIG opposition near Hanoi Haiphong and detailed fuel storage and convoy metrics, saying North Vietnam faces rebuilding limits and shifting oil supplies ahead of further actions.
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Hanoi
McNamara
U.S
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Haiphong
Pentagon
Associated Press
Hanoi Raids Update and Vietnam War Casualties
Dispatch from Kopelev via Tass reports air raid over Hanoi with smoke and fire and a downed American plane. Capt. Murphy Neal Jones reportedly captured after bail out. U S efforts near Hue Cu Chi sustain heavy casualties while Vietnamese forces claim battlefield gains. Buddhist institute backing Thich Tam Chau's conciliatory approach eases election boycott fears.
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Kopelev
Tass
United States
North Viet Nam
U.S
Hue
Saigon
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Cu Chi
Buddhist Institute
Thich Tam Chau
Chau
Institute
Nguyen Cao Ky
Wall section redone near Mercer Street Bridge
Mountain State Construction of St Albans must redo part of a newly completed retaining wall near the Mercer Street Bridge. The State Road Commission said sections were deficient per project plans. The work accompanies street widening under the Bluefield Urban Renewal Project to protect the Norfolk and Western Railway along the highway.
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Mountain State Construction Co
St. Albans
Mercer Street
State Road Commission of West Virginia
Commission
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railway
Youth Corps in Buchanan County Opens Summer Program
Ada Wallace Barton announces 159 boys and 31 girls are in the NYC summer program, working 30 hours weekly with two hours of counseling. The county program costs 35520 to the federal government and includes brush clearing and ditch digging at Grundy town and Breaks Park. Martha Washington Inn hosts a planning meeting with Sue Edwards and Kyle McClanahan. Pierce Quinlin of Washington, D. C. speaks as Region Two Manpower Specialist.
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Wallace Barton
Buchanan County
Beaks Interstate Park
Lopeewee
Youths Corps
The
Breaks Park
State Board of Education
Virginia
Barton
Sue Edwards
Kyle McClanahan
Buchanan- Dickerson
Virgina
Nyc
Martha Washington Inn
Abingdon
Pierce A. Quinlin
Washington, D. C
Department of Labor
War Spending Hike Foreseen
House Republican leaders forecast January votes on a supplemental Viet Nam war budget of at least 5 billion dollars with a tax increase attached. Gerald R. Ford and Melvin R. Laird warned the figure could rise if aircraft losses increase, and urged fast defense funding by January. They noted administration plans and inflation pressures may push for a tax hike, though recent sessions favored restraint.
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Washington
House
Congress
Gerald R. Ford
Mich
Melvin R. Laird
Wis
Ford
Laird
House Republican Conference
Defense
Johnson
Boy Injured After Bank Collapses at Nemours Dam
A 15-year-old from Tazewell County Virginia Floyd Hall of the Big Vein Area was injured when a bank at the Nemours dam near Pocahontas gave way. He fell about 20 feet striking a rock and was admitted for treatment with a head injury not considered serious. Son of Kelly Hall.
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Tazewell County
Nemours
Pocahontas
Bluefield Sanitarium
Floyd Hall
Big Vein
Hall
Kelly Hall
It's Too Late For Licenses By Mail 1966 67 Plates
Charleston AP reports the deadline to purchase 1966 67 automobile license plates by mail has passed. Motor Vehicles Commissioner James Kay Thomas said latecomers must visit the licensing bureau in Charleston to obtain plates before current ones expire.
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Charleston
James Kay Thomas
Department
Stacy Man Hurt In Dozer Mishap
A Buchanan County Virginia man, Wallace Long of Stacy, suffered a head injury in a bulldozer accident while working for Georgia Pacific Lumber Co in Grundy. He was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium about 4 p.m. Wednesday for treatment described as not too serious.
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Buchanan County
Bluefield Sanitarium
Wallace Long
Stacy
Long
Georgia Pacific Lumber Co
Grundy
Miss Lizzie Bragg Kirk dies at 89 in Lerona
Mrs Lizzie Kirk 89 of Lerona died Wednesday at 8 15 a m in Lerona Born Pipestein daughter of the late Judge and Malinda Bragg widow of William P Kirk She was a member of Lerona Methodist Church Survivors include five daughters three sons 27 grandchildren 38 great grandchildren and three great great great grandchildren Funeral Friday at 2 PM at Lerona Methodist Church with Rev Keith Brown officiating burial in Wyrick Cemetery Grandsons pallbearers Women of the church carry flowers Friends may call at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton after 4 PM today The body will be taken to the church one hour before the service
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Lizzie Kirk
Lerona
Pipestein
Malinda Farley Bragg
William P. Kirk
James W. Kirk
Danville
M. D
Charlie Kirk
Lerena Methodist Church
Keith Brown
Wyrick
Pipestemn
Princeton
Walter W. Clark Sr. 80 Princeton native dies at Chandler Nursing Home
Walter W. Clark Sr. 80 of New Hope Road Princeton died Wednesday at Chandler Nursing Home. A former Norfolk and Western Railway foreman he retired in 1952 after 50 years service. Survived by six sons, a daughter in law, a sister, 32 grandchildren and 34 great grandchildren. Body at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Walter W. Clark Sr
New Hope Road
Princeton
Chandler
New Hope
St. Claude Clark
Corbin Clark
Riverside
Calif
Thomas Clark
Elkhart
Ind
Hubert Clark
Abbs Valley
Walter Clark Jr
Lorena
Lawrence E Anderson 75 dies in North Tazewell
Lawrence E. Anderson 75 of North Tazewell Va died Wednesday at a local hospital. He retired after 27 years as manager of Federal Lumber Co. and was a 50 year member of Bramwell Masonic Lodge. He served as treasurer of North Tazewell Methodist Church for 18 years. He is survived by his wife Sallie Mae Bailey Anderson three sisters and one brother. Funeral services Friday at 2 30 p.m. at North Tazewell Methodist Church with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Visitation at Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home after 3 p.m. Thursday.
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Lawrence E. Anderson
North Tazewell
George Newman
Charlottesville
J. J. Palmer
Roanoke
W. F. Baume
Charleston
H. H. Anderson
North Tazewell Methodist Church
Lee Hill
Marvin Kincheloe
Maplewood Cemetery
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
George Ward 83 of Stacy Dies in Grundy Hospital
George Mathas Ward 83 a lifelong Buchanan County resident died in a Grundy Virginia hospital at 9 45 p m Tuesday after a long illness Survivors include four sons and six daughters a brother and a sister sixty seven grandchildren and many great grandchildren A home service was held at 11 a m Friday with Elder Leland Street in charge Burial was in the Stacy family cemetery The body was moved from Virginia Funeral Home in Grundy to the Stacy residence on Wednesday
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George Mathas Ward
Stacy
Buchanan County
Grundy
Ervin
Alvie Ward
John A. Ward
Marion
Oscar Ward
Roderfield
George Stacy
Howard Osborne
Dewey Keene
Slate
Sherman Ratliff
Oakwood
Amos Church
Vernel Stacy
Bent G. Ward
Oscar Bailey
Elkhorne
Leland Street
Virginia Funeral
Funeral services for Minnie Rose Lambert
Funeral services are set for Minnie Rose Lambert 11 of Rt. 4 Princeton near Ingleside at Willowton Christian Church Friday at 2 p.m. Rev. Fred Lester to officiate with burial in Maben Cemetery near Mullens. She drowned Tuesday after noon after falling into East River near her home. Survivors include six sisters and three brothers.
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Minnie Rose Lambert
Rt. 4
Princeton
Ingleside
Willowton Christian Church
Fred Lester
Maben
Mullens
Archie A. Lambert
Oakvale
East River
Diane
Faye
Eva Mae
Mona
Nancy Ann
Peggy Lambert
William Lee
Robert Dale
Archie A. Lambert Jr
Johnston Funeral Home
Rites Held For Kegley Grocery Operator Charlie B. Smith
Charlie B. Smith 68 of Kegley died Wednesday in Princeton Hospital. He ran a Kegley grocery. Surviving sister Mae Smith and brothers Ray A. and Raymond B. Smith of Princeton. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. at Kegley Methodist Church with three pastors officiating. Burial in Roselawn Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Friends may call Memorial Funeral Directory of Princeton after 3 p.m. Thursday.
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Charlie B. Smith
Kegley
Princeton
Matoaka
John W
Elsie Bolton Smith
Mae Smith
Ray A
Raymond B. Smith
Kegley Methodist Church
Newland Shock
Jimmy Jones
Ernest Boyd
Roselawn
Homer Wade
I. S. Mills
Harry Lee Harvey
Ed Davis
Brad Henry
George Wimmer
Obituary: John S. Settle of Oakvale Dies at 96
John S. Settle 96 of Oakvale died at 12 15 a m Wednesday at a daughter’s home after a two week illness. He was a timber contractor born in Fayette County son of the late Barry and Lucille Settle. Survivors include two sons two daughters a brother 27 grandchildren 45 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Funeral conducted 11 a m Friday at Webb and Neal Funeral Home Chapel Beckley by Rev Ernest Barley. Burial in Biggs Cemetery Maynor. Body remains at the funeral home with visitors after 2 p m today.
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John S. Settle
Oakvale
Cora Weeks
Fayette County
Barry
Lucille Treadway Settle
Hattie Belle Settle
Walter Settle
Bradley
Everton Settle
Beckley
Ed Settle
Stanaford
Lucy Darlington
Deniford Arnold
Oak Hill
Webb and Neal
Ernest Barley
Biggs
Maynor
Funeral
Funeral services for Kenneth Collins in Pembroke
Funeral services for Kenneth Randall Collins nine of Pembroke Virginia will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Williams Jamison Funeral Home Pembroke with Rev Jack South officiating. Burial will be Mount Lebanon Church Cemetery Hayes Chapel. He drowned Tuesday afternoon in a farm pond near his home. Survivors include his parents Douglas M Collins and wife Linda Sue four brothers Douglas Jr Danny Ray Donald Lee and Michael Lee all at home paternal grandparents Lee Collins Pembroke and India Land Newport Virginia.
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Kenneth Randall Collins
Pembroke
Williams-Jamison
Jack South
Mount Lebanon Church
Hayes Chapel
Douglas M. Collins
Linda Sue
Douglas Jr
Danny Ray
Donald Lee
Michael Lee
Lee Collins
India Land
Newport, Va
Death of Mrs Anna Skeens in Princeton After Stroke
Mrs Anna Myrtle Skeens aged 72 of 1001 Knob Street Princeton died Monday morning in a Princeton hospital after a stroke. Her body was taken to Seaver Mortuary Princeton with funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Anna Myrtle Skeens
Knob St
Princeton
Seaver Mortuary
Richard Mackey of Columbus dies after brief illness
Richard Mackey of Columbus Ohio formerly of Elkhorn died Wednesday morning at his residence after a brief illness. Survived by one sister Mrs Mary Miller Bluefield two brothers Charlie Mackey Kyle and Fitzhugh Mackey Elkhorn. Body at Williams and McNabb Funeral Home Columbus with funeral arrangements pending.
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Richard Mackey
Columbus
Ohio
Elkhorn
Mary Miller
Bluefield
Charlie Mackey
Kyle
Fitzhugh Mackey
Williams and McNabb Funeral Home
Funerals for Rebecca Jane Addison and John W Thornton
Rebecca Jane Addison 66 of Bluefield funeral today at 2 p.m. in Mercer Funeral Home Chapel burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery pallbearers listed flowerbearers named. John W Thornton 23 of Airport Road Bluefield funeral Thursday at 2 30 p.m. Burns Wornal Chapel Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton burial Thornton Cemetery on Airport Road grandsons as pallbearers granddaughters as flower bears.
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Addison
Rebecca Jane
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Home
Monte Vista Park
Clyde Cahill
R. H. Brooks
John Honaker
Earl Dillon
William Munsey
Mack Frye
Ratcliff
Cornell
Shepherd
Thornton
John W
Airport Road
Burns- Wornal Chapel
Princeton
Leonard Repass
Thornton Cemetery
Horse-Thrown Man Succumbs in Bluefield Sanitarium
Russell Long, 63, of Union area in Monroe County, died at Bluefield Sanitarium after a two week battle with a severe head injury from a horse incident. He was training a young horse on his farm when it threw him. Survived by wife, two sons, and a daughter. body to Broyles Funeral Home of Union.
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Monroe County
Bluefield Sanitarium
Russell Long
Union
Long
Broyles Funeral Home
Horse Show Opens Tonight in Tazewell County
The fifth annual Tazewell County Horse Show begins a three day run at the Tazewell County Fairgrounds in Tazewell Virginia. Sponsored by the North Tazewell and Tazewell Lions Clubs the event concludes Saturday night with 18 final classes.
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Tazewell County
Tazewell County Fairgrounds
Tazewell
North Tazewell and
Tazewell Lions Clubs
Physical Fitness Exhibition Tonight in Bluefield
Students in the Bluefield summer physical fitness program present an exhibition at 7:30 p.m. at Central Junior High School. Participants include Central, Ramsey, East End and Wade with program direction by Raymond Corky Sarver and supervision from Director Bill Davidson.
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Bluefield
Central Junior High School
Central
Ramsey
East End
Wade
Bill Davidson
Raymond
Corky) Sarver
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