Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and Area
George W Calloway 60 of 409 North Powell St Bluefield died in St Marys Hospital Bluefield. Graveside services for John Johnson Friedl Jr son of Joseph Friedl Concord College athletic director were held at Wood lawn Cemetery with Father John A Park officiating. David Scott White one day old son of David H and Nellie Shumate White of Gary McDowell County died at Bluefield Sanitarium. Funeral services and burial at Roselawn Cemetery Montcalm were conducted. Cravens Funeral Home Montcalm in charge.
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George W. Calloway
North Powell St
Bluefield
St. Mary’s Hospital
Lugo
John Johnson Friedl
Joseph Friedl
Concord College
Athens
Oakvale
Brad
Romania
Mary Matera Friedl
John Friedl
U. S. Navy
Alex Fried
Bedford
William Fried
Princeton
Andy Fried
Thorpe
Kenneth Payne
Anna Krajc
Woodlawn Cemetery
John A. Park
Douglas Mortuary Chapel
Welch
David Scott White
David H
Nellie Shumate White
Gary
McDowell County
Bluefield Sanitarium
Randy White
Peyton White
Sandlick
Iva Shumate
Pageton
Roselawn
Cravens Funeral Home
Montcalm
Brown Mrs Julia M 890 Bluefield burial at Maple Hill Cemetery
Mrs Julia M Brown of 1406 Virginia Ave Bluefield Virginia dies. Funeral service today at 2 p m at Dudley Memorial Mortuary in Bluefield followed by burial at Maple Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers named and Women of Virginia Avenue Methodist Church to carry flowers.
High School Senior Declines National Honor Society
Judson Monroe a 17 year old Adelphi student declined NHS membership at High Point High School in Beltsville saying many students are more deserving than the 13 honored this year. He questioned the nominating committee’s selections noting 35 to 40 other students who are better scholars and leaders.
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Beltsville, Md
Adelphi
Judson Monroe
High Point High School
Beltsville
Eulogy Planned for Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt
A memorial service for Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt widow of Franklin D Roosevelt will be held Thursday at 12 30 p m at Washington Cathedral The service will be conducted by Episcopal Bishop William F Creighton and Dean Francis B Sayre Jr with Secretary of State Dean Rusk delivering the eulogy The public is invited.
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Washington
Eleanor Roosevelt
Washington Cathedral
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William F. Creighton
Episcopal
Francis B. Sayre Jr
Dean Rusk
Thailand Seeks U.S. Help for Kra Isthmus Sea Wall
Prime Minister Sarit Thanarat said Thailand will ask the United States for aid in constructing a sea wall on the Kra Isthmus after Tropical Storm Harriet killed 700 people and damaged crops last month.
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Bangkok
Sarit Thanarat
Thailand
U.S
Kra Isthmus
Harriet
Bandleader Artie Shaw And Evelyn Keyes Sell Ancient Art
London AP report says former band leader Artie Shaw and wife Evelyn Keyes sold their collection of ancient artworks through a London dealer. The top price paid was 450 for a 1 500 year old pottery dog.
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London
Artie Shaw
Evelyn Keyes
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Masthead and AP Credit Line
The fragment shows the Bluefield Daily Telegraph masthead from an older era with Associated Press credit and notice of circulation. It notes address at 412 B Street Bluefield West Virginia and advertising contact details, reflecting typical newspaper front matter.
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B Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Kava Telephone
Soviets Quit Jobs Protest Conditions Across Siberia
About 47 000 workers in the Kemerovo area of central Siberia left their jobs in the first half of the year amid low pay and poor conditions. The Sovetskaya Rossiya report cites mismanaged construction delaying projects and unfinished plants, with party meetings set to address the issues. The article notes costly misallocations of funds and equipment tied up in unfinished buildings, including a fruit canning plant moved 1500 miles west and porcelain factories needing distant supplies.
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Moscow
Kemerovo
Siberia
Sovetskaya Rossiya
Communist Party Central Committee
Supreme Soviet —Parliament
Tomsk
Krasnodar
Black Sea
Caucasus
Siberian
Leningrad
Don Basin
Kusbas
Gilpatric Explains Missile Counts in Cuba Quarantine
In a Saturday interview defense officials say 42 missiles were counted outbound on ships while aerials showed 42 seen on Cuba. Gilpatric notes medium range missiles reach about 1020 miles and IRBMs 2000 to 2500 miles with no sites confirmed.
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Gilpatrie
Khrushchev
Gilpatric
United States
Cuba
Defense Department
Pentagon
Larceny and Vandalism Reports Filed by Bluefield Police
A complaint of grand larceny and one of petit larceny along with vandalism was reported to the Bluefield Police Department. William Y. Cooper says a transistor radio was taken from his car in a driveway or market lot downtown. Pen Mar Avenue residents report vandalism at a vacant house owned by Community Savings and Loan with broken windows and other damage.
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Bluefield
William Y. Cooper
Longview
Pen Mar Avenue
Pen Mar
Community Savings and Loan
Rice in France Theft Reportela?
Leo Barrett of 5308 Albemarle Dr reported four hubcaps stolen from his vehicle parked in the Carmargue region of France. The incident centers on the loss of items tied to the car during a sojourn in that locale.
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Leo Barrett
France
Carmargue
Cuba U N Talks Hover Between Inspections and Five Points
Thant suggested progress on all points by Tuesday while the United States pushes for removal of IL28 bombers. Cuban delegate Lechuga denies agreeing on bomber ownership and says Havana opposes international inspection of Cuban territory or ships. Soviet Union backs U N inspection of missile base dismantling despite Cuban opposition.
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Thant
Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Cuba
Carlos M. Lechuga
Lechuga
Fidel Castro
U. S
Guantanamo Naval Base
U.S
Cuban
Havana
Castro
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Khrushchev
U.N
Bank robbery suspects linked to FBI fugitive list
A man and a woman arrested in connection with bank robberies were on the FBI's 10 most wanted list. Albert Nussbaum Jr. was captured in Buffalo a week earlier. The couple reportedly rented a Delray Beach house on October 24 after summering in Philadelphia. Wilcoxson hails from Duke Oklahoma and Rose once worked as a waitress in Paoli Indiana.
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FBI
Albert Frederick Nussbaum Jr
Buffalo
N.Y
Philadelphia
Wilcoxson
Duke
Oklo
Delray Beach
Fla
Miss Rose
Paoli
Ind
Welch Robbery Victim Shows Improvement
Nathan Triplett, 45, of Premier, robberies at Welch early Saturday left him unconscious until night. He was head slugged with a bottle as $3200 was looted from Stepp Service Station. Clarence Poole and Alvin Baytops are jailed on armed robbery charges. most loot recovered. Preliminary hearing date not set.
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Nathan Triplett
Premier
Welch
Triplett
Stepp
Clarence Poole
Alvin Baytops
Havaco
Oddest Looking Aircraft Ready for First Flight
At Edwards Air Force Base the NASA lifting body, a 24 foot long wingless craft, will be towed aloft behind a truck then released to glide. Pilot Milt Thompson will test stability before possible future versions launched from a B 52 and powered by rocket engines.
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Paul Bible
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Research Center
NASA
Milt Thompson
Thompson
Bible
Richlands Hospital Represented At Meet
Richlands Virginia AIDS? Wait. Richlands Hospital will be represented at the Virginia Association of Medical Record Librarians meeting in Roanoke November 15 to 16. Mary K. Beavers and Mary Elswick will attend for Richlands hospitals with cooperation from Mattie Williams Hospital and Clinch Valley Clinic. Speakers include Eddie V. Cooksey of Charity Hospital and Dr. Edgar N. Weaver of Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
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Mary K. Beavers
Mattie Williams Hospital
Mary Elswick
Clinch Valley Clinic
Richlands
Virginia Association of Medical Record Librarians
Roanoke
Virginia Hospital Association
Hotel Roanoke
Eddie V. Cooksey
Charity Hospital of Louisiana
New Orleans
Edgar N. Weaver
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Jack Coultier
Condition Of Wreck Victims Unchanged
Roby Hearn 52 and Carlos Coleman 33 of Bluefield and Bluewell remained about the same at Bluefield Sanitarium. Hearn in serious condition and Coleman in critical condition after a two vehicle crash on U S 52 between Bluefield and Bluewell. Hearn suffered head injuries and shock while Coleman had a concussion broken leg and other injuries.
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Roby Hearn
Bluefield
Carlos Coleman
Bluewell
U. S
Hearn
Coleman
Country Preacher to Hold Revival Here
Rev. W. A. Byrns the Country Preacher from Charleston will conduct a revival at Union Mission Chapel 335 Buffer Ave beginning next Sunday. Services will be nightly at 7 30 from November 18 through November 25 as announced by Mission superintendent Rev. M. R. Dodson.
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W. A. Byrns
Charleston
Union Mission Chapel
Bluefield Ave
M. R. Dodson
Weather Outlook West Virginia and Virginia
The Associated Press reports increasing cloudiness on Monday with rain in the southern areas in the afternoon and highs from 48 to 57. Rain continues Monday night into Tuesday with cooler conditions Tuesday as a trough moves through, with similar trends across Virginia and the District's southern counties.
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West Virginia
South Portion
East
Virginia
Thailand Loy Krathong Ritual Sends Troubles Downstream
In Bangkok on a Sunday night people performed the annual Loy Krathong ritual to float candle bearing boats on flowing water. The tradition, rooted in Hindu and Buddhist belief, carries away the owners' troubles as the vessels drift away.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Soviet Tractor Men Cited Posthumously
Two tractor operators Vladimir Koteshkov and Nikolai Gribov were awarded medals of honor posthumously for halting a grass fire from reaching grain fields in the virgin lands. Tass reported they plowed a path between the blaze and crops and were fatally burned.
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Moscow
Vladimir Koteshkov
Nikolai Gribov
Tass
International Race Welcomes 13 Nags From 9 Nations
The Washington DC International at Laurel Park brings 13 horses from nine nations for a 1 mile grass contest. U S contenders Kelso Carry Back and Beau Purple aim for American titles while Match II from Paris challenges as the top foreign threat. Soviets Livan Zabeg run as USSR A with Zabeg to start three times in the race.
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Laurel, Md
Washington, D.C. International
Laurel Park
France
Washington
Baltimore
United States
Bohemia Stable
Kelso
U.S
Jack Price
Beau Purple
Jack Dreyfus
Match II
Paris
Francois Dupre
Allo
Carry Back
Livan
Zabeg
USSRA
America
T.V. Lark
Italy
Canada
Germany
England
Peru
Japan
Iran to hold elections in May and June 1963
Premier Assadul lah Alam of Iran announced a general election plan for the senate and lower house in May and June 1963. Both houses were dissolved by the shah last May amid reform obstacles, which Alam said no longer exist.
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Tehran
Iran
Assadullah Alam
Alam
Gravestone Falls Kills Auckland Boy Scout
Auckland Boy Scout James Ward O Gorman aged 12 was helping at St Andrews Church Howick cemetery when a gravestone fell and crushed him. He died shortly after.
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Auckland
New Zealand
James Ward O'Gorman
St. Andrew's Church
Howick
Redeployment of Key West Armaments Moves Off Beach
Army rocket launchers and radar sets were withdrawn from a Key West beach and relocated to a less conspicuous site. The sudden clearing after dark exposed the move, leaving the city 90 miles from Havana with ongoing military presence yet fewer visible signs of the Cuban crisis buildup.
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Key West
Fla
Havana
Grundy Boy Pledged To UR Fraternity
Grundy Virginia student Larry Grant Browning has been pledged into the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity at the University of Richmond. A Grundy High School graduate, he is the son of Mrs. H. B. Browning and attends college on Kline Foundation and University of Richmond scholarships. He was active in Key Club Hi Y and the Grunden High yearbook staff.
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Larry Grant Browning
Grundy
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
University of Richmond
Grundy High School
H. B. Browning
Key Club
Grundy High
Browning
The
Kline Foundation
League For Service to Meet Tonight at Center
Members of the League For Service will meet tonight at 8 oclock. Spokesmen said the gathering will be held in the Bluefield Community Center.
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League For Service
Bluefield
Compromise Likely in AFL-CIO Leadership Clash
Washington AP reports two top leaders George Meany and Walter Reuther threaten a potential split of AFL-CIO at a Monday Executive Council meeting. Meany holds a strong 2 to 1 margin, while Reuther may push to secure UAW and other CIO allies, though a negotiated settlement is favored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Organized Labor
George Meany
Walter B. Reuther
Afl-Cio
Meany
Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
CIO
The
United Packinghouse Workers
Helstein
Knob School Plans Annual Open House
Knob School invites patrons to an open house on Thursday November 15 from 6 30 to 8 p m in observance of American Education Week. Parents can meet teachers view class displays and see student work in art spelling writing arithmetic and more.
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Knob School
Vatican to Issue Fourth Christmas Stamps Dec 4
The Vatican will issue its fourth annual series of Christmas postage stamps on December 4. Denominations will be about 1.5, 2.3 and 15 U.S. cents.
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Vatican
Vatican City
U.S
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