Raleigh quarrel over religion politics ends in death
In Beckley Raleigh County a family dispute over political and religious views led Teddy Ray Trail to shoot and kill his nephew Raymond Smith at Trail's home. Trail, 53, of Pemberton, was jailed on murder charges after the fatal 16 gauge shotgun blast. Smith, 43, of MacArthur, died from chest wounds. Trail set for preliminary hearing in Beckley.
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Beckley
Teddy Ray Trail
Pemberton
Raymond Smith
MacArthur
W. R. Dyer
Trail
Smith
Four Die In West Virginia Weekend Highway Crashes
A weekend of fatal highway accidents in West Virginia left at least four dead including Ruth Emma Ryder 20 of Mountain Grove Virginia, a seven year old boy Bernard Lovejoy, George A. Lee 31 of Richmond Virginia, and Herbert Hall of Halltown Jefferson County. The toll for the year reached 363 with the weekend total.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Ruth Emma Ryder
Mountain Grove
W.va
Marlinton
John
John Ryder
Pocahontas County
Max E. White
Bernard Lovejoy
St. Albans
James Lovejoy
George A. Lee
Richmond
U.S. 460
Bluefield
Lee
Herbert Hall
Halltown
Jefferson County
Langenheim Takes Over Duties Today
Fred A. Langenheim arrives as the new Bluefield Chamber of Commerce manager and will assume duties today. He comes from Frankfort Kentucky where he served as executive vice president for five years and has thirteen years in chamber management. He succeeds Dan Paul who resigned for Martinsburg Virginia.
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Fred A. Langenheim
Bluefield
Senator Dirksen Cites Concerns Over Junk Mail Provision
Illinois senator Brett M Dirksen notes colleagues protest that accepting the compromise bill without the junk mail clause could appear to blackmail the Senate. He predicts much discussion and a possible return to conference to show independence from Steed's charges. The piece analyzes how House members seek Senate terms to avoid re election pressure and the pull of publicity.
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Illinois
Senate
Dirksen
Steed
Senate House
House
Congress
Daily Telegraph Printing Co. publication notice
Advertising and distribution details for the Daily Telegraph Printing Co. Bluefield West Virginia. Includes subscription rates and contact information for newspaper delivery and advertising services.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Tion
Katz Agency
Four Children Die In Tasley House Fire
Four children aged five to eleven perished in a two story Tasley Virginia home fire before dawn. Mrs Margaret Jackson and another child escaped with a neighbor and a second child from a second story window.
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Tasley, Va
Tasley
U. S
Margaret Jackson
Shirley Jackson
Jacqueline Jackson
William Thomas Jackson
Harry West
West
Bonniwell
East Germany Steps Up Pressure Over Western Tours in Berlin
East German presses announce a new campaign against Western military vehicle tours through East Berlin amid accusations of traffic violations. U.S. authorities retaliated by detaining Soviet army vehicles in West Berlin as tensions rise over four power access in the divided city.
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West Berlin
East Berlin
Wall
Berlin
Spandau
Gerhard Poppe
Wesern
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Update
West Virginia expects Monday partly cloudy with possible showers and a high of 65 to 72. Cooler Monday night. Tuesday will be fair and cooler. Virginia shows Monday mostly fair and warm with possible showers in the northern mountains reaching the 70s. Tuesday remains fair and cooler.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Virginia
Three Die In Maine Rooming House Shooting
In Caribou Maine three people were killed in a rooming house shooting described as a double murder and suicide. Victims were Richard Cadorette 31 Yvette Cadorette 28 and Eva Lacombe 53. Aline Gagnon 20 was gravely wounded. Cadorette killed Lacombe then Gagnon before killing himself.
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Caribou
Maine
Richard Cadorette
Yvette
Eva Lacome
Cary Memorial Hospital
Aline Gagnon
Cadorette
Mrs. Lacombe
Miss Gagnon
Battleship fleet faces scrap as states may claim six ships
Richmond notes the end of an era as six American battleships near disposal. The Texas rests as a memorial in San Jacinto, while Alabama and South Dakota are already up for disposal. Wisconsin Iowa New Jersey and Missouri were retired from active service years ago and could be scrapped if not claimed by their states.
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Texas
San Jacinto
Navy
Indiana
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South Dakota
Wisconsin
Iowa
New Jersey
Missouri
City Farm Ties Highlight Farm City Week Observance
Bluefield Kiwanis to salute urban rural interdependence at West Virginian Hotel at 12 15 pm led by Kiwanis President Edmund C Stone Jr. The event marks Farm City Week observed Nov 22 28 nationwide with emphasis on year round understanding and West Virginia's 100th birthday commemoration.
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West Virginian
Kiwanis
Edmund C. Stone Jr
Kiwanis International
United States
West Virginia
Keystone Kops style heist nets $60,000 in New York jewels
Two robbers using a flower ruse and a gun invaded a 12th floor New York apartment on E. 57th Street Sunday, taking jewels valued at $60,000. They restrained staff and left after a lengthy chase, with police still searching the area.
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New York
E. 57Th Street
John J. Gurian
Ice Vogues Open Bluefield Run With Hawaiian Fantasy
The Vogues ice show arrives in Bluefield for a 8 p.m. tonight opening with a 35 skater cast and a 2.5 hour program. Matinee and 8 p.m. shows follow Tuesday as the crew flips to Welch for the next stop. The act features 15 tons of ice and a finale salute to Hawaii with flowered dancers and a Hula.
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Bluefield
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Indiana
Stamp Error Price Zooms to High Justice in U N Stamps
Fifty mis printed United Nations four cent stamps, bought for $2 by an unidentified collector, sold to J and H Stol en Inc of New York for more than $10,000. The firm may resell to dealers at $390 each, pushing potential retail value to $19,500. Fraenkel, a stamp dealer publisher, calls it the greatest error since the Hammarskjold U N issue, noting the error cannot be corrected by the post office. The stamps were issued Feb 2, 1962, and misinformation includes missing housing and community facilities inscriptions and black shading omissions on imprinted buildings.
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New York
United Nations
J.&h. Stolew, Inc
U.N
H. Alexander Fraenkel
U. S. Post Office Department
Fraenkel
J.&.h. Stolew, Inc
Housing and Urban Development
Harrison & Sons
London
United Nations Postal Administration
U. Post Office Department
U.S
Dag Hammarskjold
Gener
Deaths and Funerals in Virginia and West Virginia
Multiple obituaries recount the deaths of Floyd A Lester 78 of Holston Virginia Isaac Watson 67 of Roderfield McDowell County and Mrs Ethelene Spencer 38 of Hemphill McDowell County plus Mrs Virgie Elswick 76 of Boissevain Virginia Funeral details include services at Campbell Funeral Home Abingdon Greens boro Greensboro Oak Grove Cemetery Groseclose and Grose close Cemetery Readied notices list survivors including spouses children and grandchildren with church affiliations and veterans status
Infant dies after illness in Grundy Virginia funeral today
Robert C Carroll three and a half year old son of Mr and Mrs Robert Carroll of Grundy Virginia died Saturday in a Grundy hospital after a three week illness. He is survived by sister Teresa and brother Johnnie Wayne Carroll. D C Carroll of Elkins Branch near Grundy is arranging the funeral with burial at Shortridge Cemetery. The body was taken from Grundy Funeral Home to await the funeral hour. Gordon B Grieder Charleston businessman died Saturday in a Beckley hospital. Funeral conducted at 10 am Tuesday in Charleston with burial in Charleston. Barlow Funeral Home Charleston in charge.
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Roderfield
McDowell County
Welch
Solid Rock Temple Church
Euclid Lodge 18, Masons
Gary
Robert E. Black American Legion Post
Greensboro
N. C
Mark
Patience Watson
Willie Mae Watson
Robert C. Carroll
Robert Carroll
Grundy
Teresa Carroll
Johnnie Wayne Carroll
D. C. Carroll
Elkins Branch
Shortridge
Grundy Funeral Home
Gordon B. Grieder
Charleston
Bluefield
Beckley Hospital
Barlow Funeral Home
Williams Rites Held for Columbus Resident Dewey Williams
Dewey Dennis Williams 35 of 454 Hiller Drive Columbus died Saturday in a Columbus hospital from a heart ailment. Born near Peterstown he moved to Columbus in 1955. Survived by wife Robbie Ann Johnson Williams son Rodney two brothers four sisters and parents. Funeral was held Wednesday at First Church of God Rich Creek with burial in the family cemetery near Peterstown. Body to reach Broyles Funeral Home Peterstown Tuesday one hour prior to service.
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Columbus
Rich Creek
Peterstown
O. D. Williams
Bobbie Ann Johnson Williams
Rodney Williams
Roscoe Williams
Lindside
Lacy Williams
Glen Cahill
Princeton
Otis Raines
Frank Cline
Billie Miller
Church of God
Byron Lee
James Stewart
Broyles
Obituary for Mrs A B Jarrett of Bluefield
Mrs A B Jarrett of Bluefield dies and funeral set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Mercer Funeral Home with Dr James T Browning and Reverends John Adkins and Frank Schwall officiating. Burial will follow at Monte Vista Cemetery. Pallbearers include Carl Davis Dan Davis Orrin Davis George Fisher James Peters Roy Hill Herbert Bowling and Marvin Effron. Friends may call after 10 30 a m today at the funeral home.
Lady Marines Name Lt. Col. Janet Bishop New Boss
Lt. Col. Janet Bishop becomes director of women Marines, described by Adm. James Russell as the woman who knows all and tells nothing. Bishop, 43, has handled classified cables in Naples and has served at Marine Headquarters, Quantico, Parris Island, San Diego, and Hawaii.
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Spain struck by heavy rains and winds match toll
Heavy rains and winds battered Spain over the weekend flooding villages and destroying crops. Six people died including two children in Talavera De La Reina and two more from a collapsing house in Crestell es. Two crewmen died when a fishing boat capsized near Estepona.
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Spain
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Richlands Chamber Names 3 Directors
Three new directors for the Richlands Virginia Area Chamber of Commerce have been named. They are Mrs. Virginia Campbell, grocery group A. H. Jenkins, specialty group, and Seymour Freedman, manufacturing, industrial and transportation group. They succeed Mrs. Anna Swim, Kenneth Elswick and Bernard McCall and will serve three years. Other directors include A. B. Cury, Hugo Jones, W. W. Hancock, Jack Persinger, Grady W. Dalton and Dr. R. A. Abernathy.
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Richlands, Va
Area Chamber of Commerce
Virginia Campbell
A. H. Jenkins
Seymour Freedman
Anna Swim
Kenneth Elswick
Bernard McCall
A. B. Cury
Hugo Jones
W. W. Hancock
Jack Persinger
Grady W. Dalton
R. A. Abernathy
Crowd flees after police find no stairway
Police entered a second floor apartment in Iowa City after a noisy party report. Several underage drinkers fled out the back door, but there were no stairs and they fell about 15 feet to concrete. One girl fractured both ankles. no charges filed.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Global conflicts and political turmoil tally across five nations
In South Vietnam a U S Army sergeant was killed when a convoy was ambushed on Route 14 near Saigon, and a captain was wounded by a bamboo trap. In Jerusalem five youths faced charges after defacing the U N mission. In Algiers Mohammed Boudiaf was released from prison amid opposition talks. Rescue teams recovered two climbers’ bodies near Berchtesgaden. In Caracas terrorists damaged a gas station and robbed a jewel store. In Fukuoka Japan Prime Minister Ikeda touted the Liberal Democratic Party’s 300 seat target in the November lower-house election.
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Viet Nam
U. S. Army
South Viet Nam
Fukuoka
Japan
Hayato Ikeda
Liberal-Democratic
Liberal-Democratic Party
Fireball Roberts Wins $67,100 Augusta Race Title
Glenn Fireball Roberts, driving a Ford, won the 417 mile Augusta International Speedway road race after a late fuel stop, finishing seconds ahead of Dave McDonald of El Monte, California. Roberts averaged 86.22 mph and earned $13,050. Victims of mechanical failures included Junior Johnson, Lee Petty, and Marvin Panch.
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Glenn
Fireball
Robert
Junior) Johnson
Ronda, N. C
Lee Petty
Randleman, N. C
Marvin Panch
Daytona Beach
Fla
Indians to Open 1964 Eastern League Schedule at York
The Charleston Indians will start the 1964 Eastern League season in York Pennsylvania on Tuesday April 2. After a four game series they return to Charleston for their home opener against Elmira on April 12. General Manager Danny Zerbey spoke on Sunday.
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Charleston Indians
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Indians
Elmira
Mgr
Danny Zerbey
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