Mary Seymour Slain In Bluefield Barber Shop Shooting
A gunman opened fire at Purcel's barber shop in Bluefield injuring a white customer and killing Mary Seymour, a 40 year old Black female barber. Her father Hubert Seymour confessed to firing the shots and was questioned by police as Johnson received emergency treatment.
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Mary Seymour
Bluefield
Claude Harman Johnson
Cherry Street
Purcel’s
Bluefield Ave
Hubert Lester Seymour
Bedford St
Seymour
Johnson
Bedford Street
Linkford-Richardson Funeral Home
William J
Bluefield Avenue
Claude FH. Johnson
Ruling On Dam Set Next Year
The Federal Power Commission heard arguments on federal licensing for the Hawks Nest and Glen Ferris hydro plants on the Kanawha River in West Virginia. The decision will come next year after briefs are filed through March and a hearing examiner’s recommended ruling and possible appeals.
Thieves Loot Fat Man's Store in New York Crime
Thieves cracked Fat Man's clothing shop in New York and made off with about 240 stolen items. The haul consisted entirely of large size clothing, sizes 62 to 66, prompting questions about who would buy such a surplus.
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New York
Melee Ends in Slaying of McDowell County Man
Vance Jarvis 34, a jail trusty from near Anawalt, was shot to death at his cousin Guy Howard’s Leckie home after a Wednesday night escape. Howard, with a knife wound and bruises, is questioned as a murder suspect awaiting recovery. Trooper Jack Perry led the investigation with Deputy Ronnie Mathis and Dr. J. H. Murray.
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Vance Jarvis
Near
Anawalt
McDowell County
Welch
Guy Washington Howard
Leckie
Howard
Jack Perry
Jarvis
Perry
Ships Collide In Early Fog At Buzzards Bay Entrance
The 510 foot Norwegian freighter Fernview and the 3100 ton oil tanker Dyna fuel collided in early morning fog at Buzzards Bay entrance. Five tankermen were hospitalized with burns. Fernview loaded with general cargo from Japan and lumber from the Philippines. Dyna fuel owned by Sun Oil Co was ballast bound for Newark. Fernview’s home port is Oslo. Dyna fuel’s home port is Philadelphia.
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Buzzards Bay
Mass
Fernview
H. K. Olsen
New York
Boston
Japan
Philippines
Sun Oil Co
Newark
N.J
Oslo
Norway
Dynamuel
Philadelphia
Robert B. Hickey
Alexandra
Otis Air Force Base Hospital
Americans Injured by Attack in Saigon Bar Alley
In Saigon, a powerful explosive device fired into the Imperial Cafe on Catinat Street wounded two U.S. service members and two waiters as a Viet Cong campaign intensified. A passerby suspected as an extremist hurled the device through a window. one injured Marine guard was tied to the embassy. The attack follows a wave of Viet Cong violence across South Vietnam with dozens of Vietnamese casualties and multiple plant bombings.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Catinat Street
Imperial Cafe
Boy Survives Freak Gun Mishap in Minnesota Field
In Two Harbors Minnesota a nine year old boy Roger Olson was struck by a stray deer hunter rifle bullet that entered through his ear and exited his mouth. He escaped serious injury as the bullet did not strike bone or tooth while crossing a field with his sister near their rural home.
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Two Harbors
Minn
Roger Olson
Roger
Mills Guilty of Shooting Manslaughter in Bluefield
Jurors in Mercer County find Walther D. Mills of Princeton guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the Sept 1963 shooting death of Paul M. Cowart Jr at Vito's Lunch Bluefield. The verdict carries a sentence of one to five years. Judge Jarrett set Nov 22 to rule on a motion to set aside the verdict.
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Walther D. Mills
Princeton
Paul M. Cowart Jr
Decatur
Ala
Vito's Land
Bluefield
Mercer County Criminal Court
Howard M. Jarrett Jr
Mills
Jarrett
Cowart
Vito
Bluefield Sanitarium
Banker and Mayor Cited With 1933 Distinguished Citizen Award
The Riley-West Post American Legion of Bluefield awarded Laurence E. Tierney Jr. and Henry F. Warden the 1933 Distinguished Citizen Award at a public ceremony in the Legion Building. Over 100 attendees heard Tierney praised for coal industry leadership while Warden was lauded for his long tenure as mayor since 1961 and his career as a chemist.
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Banker-Coal
Laurence E. Tierney Jr
Center
Bluefield
Henry F. Warden
Ryland Bailey
American Legion
Riley- West Post
No. 9
Riley-West Post
Legion Building
Bland Street
Tierney
Flat Top National Bank
Eastern Coal Corp
E. G. Otey
First National Bank of
Otey
George Richardson Jr
Henry Fairbanks Warden
Richardson
Oakvale Wreck Claims 2nd Life
Jerry Wayne Morrison 16 of Rich Creek Virginia died Thursday in Bluefield Sanitarium becoming the second fatality from a Tuesday night Oakvale Mountain auto wreck. Driver Bruce Browning 17 and passenger Arnold Ferguson 17 were injured. Browning faces involuntary manslaughter charges. Morrison was an 11th grade student at Narrows High School. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Church of God in Rich Creek with burial in Rich Creek Cemetery.
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Jerry Wayne Morrison
Rich Creek
Bluefield
Oakvale Mountain
Rhonard Dancy Gance
Morrison
Walter Morrison
Princeton
Bruce G. Browning
Arnold Wayne Ferguson
Narrows
C. F. Little
Browning
Narrows High School
Danny Morrison
Detroit
Church of God
James Stewart
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Peterstown
Mercer County
St Albans Police Nab Safecracker In Auto Agency
In St Albans West Virginia police caught escaped inmate Walter J. Woods in an auto agency safe room after a window was found smashed. Woods, 35, was working with a torch when officers entered quietly and captured him without a struggle. About $2,500 was in the safe, though the container was damaged. Woods had been sought since escaping from Huttonsville Medium Security Prison in Randolph County.
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Bill Long
Walter J. Woods
Long
Woods
Harvey Shreves
Huttonsville
Randolph County
United Fund Receives Unexpected Donation From Philadelphia Source
Bluefield United Fund enjoys a surprise $15 contribution from Fourth Naval District Headquarters in Philadelphia. Executive Director Bill Lavender suspects a hometown donor named James L. Ford but remains unsure of his identity. The drive still trails its $135,000 goal by about $10,000.
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Bluefield
United Fund
Bill Lavender
4Th Naval District
Philadelphia
James L. Ford
Ford
Lavender
Border clashes flare between Ethiopia and Somali Republic persists
Editor note by Homer Smith outlines long running border tensions between Ethiopia and the Somali Republic since 1960. Across unmarked frontiers shooting is regular and enmity dates back to Menelik era territorial grabs. Haile Selassie offered mediation while internal border issues remain explosive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Smith
Associated Press
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
United States
Haile Selassie
Algeria
Morocco
Somali Republic
Horn of Africa
Menelik
Sayyid Mohammed ’Abdule Hassan
Mad Mullah
Great Britain
Rockefeller Proposes Jobs Drive as AFL CIO Signals Skepticism
New York AP The AFL CIO gave a cool reception to Gov. Nelson Rockefeller as he urged cross country job placement a tax cut and a national program to expand the economy and create 20 million jobs in five years Automation drew sharp criticism from AFL CIO President George Meany who warned it is rapidly becoming a curse Rockefeller called for a mobilization of labor industry and government to meet automation’s human costs and speed job growth.
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New York
Aflcio
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Kennedy Rockefeller
Labor Organization
AFL Cio
George Meany
Rockefeller
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Adeén
Ogaden
Haudi
Idea
Kenya
Saudi Arabia
Mogadishu
Itt
Somali
Republic
Arta
Claude H. Johnson
McDowell
Abby
Goren Eoeen
Graham
Viet Nam
Mekong Delta
Kien Giang
Phu Yen
Boy
Legion
Oakvale
St. Albans
W.va
Charleston
The
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