Funeral Held for Slain Southern University Student
A crowd in Lettsworth attended the funeral for Denver Allen Smith 20 a junior in computer science who died from buckshot wounds after campus violence at Southern University in Baton Rouge The service included hopes to continue the civil rights struggle with remarks from Joseph Hammond The death prompted a memorial planned by the Concerned Parents of Baton Rouge and a campus closure ordered by Gov Edwards until after New Year.
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Lettsworth
Southern University
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Joseph Hammond
Denver Allen Smith
Southern
Baton Rouge
Ralph David Abernathy
Martin Luther King Jr
SCLC
Fred Prejean
Students United
Concerned Parents of
Louisiana State Capitol
Leonard Douglas Brown
Gilbert
Edwin Edwards
Three Inmates Escape From Virginia Reformatory
FBI joined state and local police in a search for three federal reformatory inmates who escaped by sawing a window bar and scaling a 15 foot fence. The men David B. Crawford Arlandas Wyche and Wiley C Vaught were last seen near the grounds after bed check. Crawford 25 of Charlotte NC Wyche 23 of Emporia Va and Vaught 22 of Bel Air Md held sentences for counterfeiting robbery and kidnapping. Residents of Petersburg Hopewell and Emporia were warned to secure vehicles against theft by the fugitives.
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Emporia
Wiley C. Vaught
Bel Air
Crawford
Wyche
Reformatory
Petersburg
Hopewell
B52s Hit Laos and Saigon Areas as Cease Fire Looms
B52s flew 12 missions to supply stores bound for Laos and battle zones in South Vietnam on Thursday noon. They conducted 23 missions south of the DMZ mainly around Saigon and Quang Tri as South Vietnamese forces widen control before a cease-fire. U.S. Command listed 1 American killed last week, two wounded, two non hostile deaths. South Vietnamese losses 395 killed, 1,373 wounded, 157 missing. enemy losses 1,620 killed, 45 wounded at Saigon command.
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North
Laos
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Saigon
Quang Tri
U.S
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Local Scans and Rates Notice
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph issues its standard masthead and pricing note listing subscription options. It states carrier, mail, and motor route rates, plus West Virginia zones and bureau advertising contact details.
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Daily Telegrapn Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. V
Associated Press
West Virginia
Merameny Audit Bureau of Cirees
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area Reflect Local Notices
Frank Neal Leslie of 2347 Jefferson St Bluefield died in a Bluefield hospital after a short illness. He was a retired boilermaker for Norfolk and Western Railroad, age 49 years, survived by wife Clara Turner Leslie two daughters and five sisters. Funeral at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel then Mountain View Cemetery Rural Retreat. Richard Lee Rose 65 of Rt 4 Brushfork Falls Mills died en route to Bluefield hospital after an apparent heart attack. Retired coal miner with U S Steel and member of UMWA Local 7635 and Brushfork Baptist Church. Survived by wife two daughters two sons and 12 grandchildren. Burial Grandview Memory Gardens. Mrs Lena Mullins 74 of Philadelphia Pa formerly Crystal died at daughter’s home in Bluefield. Frances Iona Farley 56 of North Tazewell Va funeral set at Assembly of God Church Tazewell. Ira Atwood 74 of Princeton funeral at Burns Wornal Chapel Memorial Funeral Directory. William C Wilson 83 of Bluefield funeral at Mercer Funeral Chapel with Masonic rites. Mary Opal Street 49 of Pounding Mill Va funeral at Free Will Baptist Church Bandy. Steven Hugh Pruett 10 months old Bluefield infant funeral at Mercer Funeral Chapel.
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Rural Retreat
Fabous M
Helen Hylton Leslie
Bland St
Richard Lee Rose
Rt. 4
Brushfork Falls Mills
Bluefield
Mendota
Walter
Susie Marie Rose
U. S. Steel
Gary
UMWA
Brushfork Baptist Church
Laura Alice Barnette Rose
Kenneth Woodward
Salisbury
Edward Keene Sr
William H. Rose
Lincolnton
N. C
Robert L. Rose
Columbia
S. C
Millard Steffey
Meadowview
Henry Steffey
Clifford Compton
E. C. Burton
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Farley
Frances Iona
North Tazewell
Assembly of God
David Tennefoss
Max Linkous
Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell
O. B. Lurber
W. G. Riddle
Glen Riddle
David Schaffer
Johnny Thompson
Randall Linkous
Greever Funeral Home
Atwood, Ira
Ingleside Road
Princeton
Burns Wornal Chapel of Memorial
Paul Carter
Elizabeth
Saltville
Roy Farley
Mike Farley
Robert Farley
David Farley
Mary Opal
Pounding Mill
Free Will Baptist Church
Bandy
Hubert Stanley
Greenhill Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Lloyd Sparks
John Lowe
Jim Cox
Dennis Musick
Kenneth Richardson
Tommy Richardson
Isaac Hawkins
Pruett
Steven Hugh
Henry H. Pruett Jr
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Robert Cunningham
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
Nurse Margaret Maxwell Brammer dies after long illness in Virginia
Mrs. Margaret Marie Maxwell Brammer 55 of Manassas Virginia and formerly of Princeton dies Tuesday in a Manassas hospital after a long illness. Born in Princeton she was a daughter of Clayton Maxwell and Gypsie Burgess Maxwell. A registered nurse and Presbyterian Church member she was preceded in death by her husband Frank E. Brammer Sr. in 1950. Surviving: step mother Lillie Maxwell of Princeton daughter June Marie Thornton Manassas son Maj. Frank E. Brammer Jr. Honolulu brother Russell Maxwell Alexandria and five grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm at George W Seaver Chapel Princeton with Rev. Paul Bohn officiating burial Resthaven Park Cemetery Pallbearers listed. The body remains at the funeral home today for viewing 4 to 9.
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Margaret Marie Maxwell Brammer
Manassas
Princeton
Manassas Hospital
Clayton Spencer Maxwell
Gypsie Jane Burgess Maxwell
The
Presbyterian Church
Frank E. Brammer Sr
Lillie Maxwell
Athens Star Route
Terry
June Marie) Thornton
Maj
Frank E. Brammer Jr
Honolulu
Hawaii
Russell Maxwell
Alexandria
George W. Seaver Chapel
Paul Bohn
Resthaven Park
Dual Hill
Lee McClung
Louis Pedneau
Herbert White
Carl Young
Sherman Robinson
Funeral services set for Mrs Hallie Cuffey Whitehead
Mrs Hallie Cuffey Whitehead of 309 Jones St Bluefield died Monday after a long illness. Services Sunday at Bethel AME Zion Church with Rev R L Whitman Rev James Davis and Rev Clarence Tiffany officiating. Burial at Restlawn Memorial Estates. Surviving husband Edward Whitehead and daughter Annette Branch of Chicago. Pallbearers and flowerbearers named. Friends may call at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home today 6 to 9 pm and Saturday afternoon at the church.
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Hallie Cuffey Whitehead
Jones St
Bluefield
Bethel A.M.E. Zion Church
R. L. Whitman
James Davis
Clarence Tiffany
Restlawn Memorial Estates
Littlesburg Road
Berkeley
Jeremiah
Pauline Cuffey
Bethel Church
The
Missionary Society
Edward Whitehead
Annette W. Branch
Chicago
Jeremiah Cuffey
Smithfield
Frank Lewis
W. C. Spencer
George Francisco
John Bishop
Ernest Hale
Thomas Redd
Paul Woods
George Cooper
Charles Froe
Dreyfus Froe
Lorenzo English
Harry Tolbert
Walter Hamilton
Annie Froe
Ethel Froe
Effie Claytor
Gladys Gray
Goldie Hamilton
Myrtle Johnson
Mary Cooper
Janie Tolbert
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Walter P. Dowdy obituary
Walter P. Dowdy 73 of the Bluefield Tazewell Road died. He retired from 32 years with Norfolk and Western Railway and was a Richlands United Methodist Church member. Survived by widow Ruth Dowdy two daughters Margaret Dowdy and Mrs. John Carver a son Kevin Dowdy and sister and other relatives. Funeral at 2 p.m. Saturday at Dudley Memorial Mortuary Bluefield officiated with burial in Grandview Memory Gardens. Active pallbearers listed with honorary pallbearers. Friends may call today after 4 p.m.
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Walter P. Dowdy
Bluefield-Tazewell
Bluefield
Coaldale
Thomas F
Hattie Dickerson Dowdy
Norfolk & Western Railway
Richlands
United Methodist Church
Ruth A. Woldridge Dowdy
Margaret Joan Dowdy
John Carver
Arlington
Kevin Dowdy
Hedley K. Dowdy
Florida
J. W. Long
Ray Edwards
Jack Dodson
Crab Orchard
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
J. E. Oblinger
Paul Quirk
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Martin Carter
James Fox
William Fox
William Helmandollar
John Bowman
Carson Agee
Henry Christian
William Forest
Thurman Spence
Rhea Brown
Paul Harris
Simon Fox
Paul Duncan
George Paleo
Bernard Stowers
Dale Lowe of Haysi Va Dies After Long Illness
Dale Lowe 82 of Haysi Va died Thursday morning in a Grundy hospital after a long illness. He was a World War I veteran. Survived by wife Martha, various children including Wayne Rex Bill and Gene Lowe, sisters Susie Robinson and Lilly Plaster, 11 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. Saturday at Rebecca Willis Chapel Haysi with ministers officiating. burial in chapel cemetery. Body to be taken to home at 1 p.m. today with evening service at 7 p.m. Grandsons as pallbearers. Home arranging through Haysi Funeral Home.
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Dale Lowe
Haysi
Grundy
Martha Lowe
Andy Wood
Leneda Farmer
Richmond
Mich
Wayne Lowe
Vansant
Rex Lowe
Christiansburg
Bill Lowe
Alexandria
Gene Lowe
Waterloo
Iowa
Susie Robinson
Cedar Bluff
Lilly Plaster
Coeburn
Rebecca Willis
Clarity Sanders
Bill Hall
Issac Sanders
Haysi Funeral Home
J C Dillow Sr 66 Died At Bland Virginia Home
James Clarence Dillow Sr aged 66 of Rt 1 Bland Virginia died at his home Wednesday. He leaves two daughters Mrs Edgar Newberry of Salem and Mrs J C Kidd of Bland and three sons Garland of Bastian J C Dillon Jr of South Boston and Larry of Richmond. Eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral conducted at 2 p m today at Newberry Funeral Home Bland with Rev Wiley Neal and Rev Kenner Kitts officiating. Burial will follow in Tabinette Cemetery at Rt 1 Bland.
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J.C. Dillow
James Clarence Dillow
Rt. 1
Bland
Gray Bane Dillow
Edgar Newberry
Salem
J. C. Kidd
Bland, Va
Garland Dillow
Bastian
J. C. Dillon Jr
South Boston
Larry Dillon
Richmond
Newberry Funeral Home
Wiley Neal
Kenner Kitts
Itabinette
Extradition sought for alleged Chiang assassination attempt
In London a U S legal bid proceeded to extradite 35 year old Formosan architect Cheng Tzu Tsai charged with attempted murder of Chiang Ching kuo the son of Chiang Kai shek He pleaded not guilty claiming he shouted slogans at the politician when detectives intervened and a shot rang out He had fled New York Sweden and reached London where he fell ill on the flight and was taken off a plane for extradition proceedings
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London
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Cheng Tzu-Tsai
Chiang Ching-kuo
New York
Cheng
Switzerland
Sweden
Cuban child custody case tied to Guantanamo in 1969
Garcia reported Cuban authorities captured his ex wife and daughter Vivian after a January 1969 incident at Guantanamo. He says Estrella was located in Miami last June after three years of diplomatic and private inquiries. He and his new wife earn over $1,500 monthly.
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Guantanamo
Vivian
Havana
Garcia
Estrella
Miami
Texas Wheat Men Blast Foreign Deal
Five West Texas farmers sue claiming information about a grain deal with Russia was withheld, causing sales at $1.35 to $1.44 per bushel in June instead of later $1.90 or higher. Names of defendants include Continental Grain Co, Bunge Corp, Garnac Grain Co, Cook Industries, Louis Dreyfus Co, and Cargill Inc. Clarence Palmby, former agriculture secretary for international affairs, is named. Plaintiffs seek antitrust relief and say up to $180 million could be awarded.
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Amarillo
Tex
West Texas
Russia
Bryan Poff
U.S. District Court
Halbert O. Woodward
Continental Grain Co
Bunge Corp
Garnac Grain Co
New York
Cook Industries
Memphis
Clarence Palmby
Poff
Palmby
Texas
Apollo 8 mission reshapes space race and cooperation
Kraft credits Apollo 8 with proving key flight capabilities and altering the race with the Soviet Union. He notes the moon orbit mission shifted competitive dynamics, and now joint US Soviet plans for a 1975 Earth orbital flight reflect new international cooperation.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Kraft
Moon
Russia
United States
Thanksgiving at Camp David and LBJ Park
Holiday preparations included eight turkeys by staff and 10 loaves of bread with 15 pies baked by Mrs. Joyce. President Nixon and family joined Thanksgiving at Camp David, Maryland, with a 14 pound turkey and classic sides. Former President Johnson attended a community Thanksgiving service at LBJ Park near the LBJ Ranch, with the park’s 300 seat auditorium packed.
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Joyce
Nixon
Camp David
Maryland
Catoctin Mountains
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lbj Park
Lbj Ranch
State Group Honors Area Riders At West Virginia Horsemen Awards
West Virginia Horseman's Association held its annual awards at Pipestem Resort. Connie Keesling of Princeton earned third in Western pleasure unregistered. Donnie Day of Bluefield won first in Appaloosa with Commanche Belle. McKenzie Stables in Peterstown claimed multiple firsts in Amateur walking, Two-year-old walking Ace's Express, Junior walking Sun's Ace, Open walking Sun's Wilson Allen. George Grimes presided and Mary Alice Coleman distributed awards.
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West Virginia Horseman’s Association
Pipestemn Resort
Western Pleasure
Connie Keesling
Princeton
Lucky Six Domino
Donnie Day
Bluefield
Commanche Belle
Plyants Merry Boy
McKenzie Stables
Peterstown
Ace’s Express
Sun’s
Ace
Wilson Allen
George Grimes
Mary Alice Coleman
Association
Greyhound Driver Charged In Ohio Turnpike Crash
Fred A. Russell Jr. 48 of Chicago charged with failing to keep an assured clear distance after a Greyhound bus he drove swerved four miles west of Amherst Plaza on the Ohio Turnpike. The Chicago bound bus carried 32 passengers. two were hospitalized after the crash with others treated and released. victims include Sherman Brew 68 and Mrs Francis Hazel Bryan 70 both of Cleveland.
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Amherst
Ohio
Greyhound
Ohio Highway Patrol
Fred A. Russell Jr
Chicago
Ill
Amherst Plaza
Fisher Titus Hospital
Norwalk
Sherman Brew
Francis Hazel Bryan
Cleveland
Cambodian Rampage Leaves Wrecked Trucks by Roadside
Witnesses describe a massacre near Kompong Chhnang where mothers, infants, and children were killed. Troops were alerted from nearby garrisons at Kompong Chhnang and Sala Lek Pram but air support was hindered by low clouds and late arrival. Dozens of wrecked trucks remained along the road this week.
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Kompong Chhnang
Sala Lek Pram
U.S
Era of negotiation shapes Soviet and Western posturing
The Soviet Union urges hatred of class enemies while the West pushes for open exchange as a condition for European security talks. Moscow and Beijing seek US openings, complicating Soviet-Chinese reconciliation and Vietnam dynamics influence the negotiation era. The outcome hinges on distrust and cautious diplomacy.
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Moscow
United States
Peking
Vietnam
North
Visiting Officer Dies In Virginia
A visiting policeman from Winchester Massachusetts, Arthur T. O Leary, 61, died in Knud Hanson Hospital Charlott e Amalie after a heart attack. He had been brought in for injuries from an alleged car crash Monday night but could not recall the accident location. He suffered multiple lacerations and possible shoulder dislocation.
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Charlotte Amalie
St. Thomas
Winchester
Mass
Knud.Hanson
Arthur T. O'Leary
Leary
O'Leary
Progress Seen In Officer Strike Across West Coast
Negotiators reported progress in talks to end a four week old strike of deck officers that has tied up 34 ships on the West Coast. Captain Thomas F. O Callaghan and Edmund Flynn led discussions under federal mediator Robert E Kennedy with definitions and interpretations being clarified and remaining issues on the table. Hawaii bears the heaviest impact as talks continue despite Thanksgiving. East Coast contract talks were also underway in a determined, resolute manner.
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NEW York
Thomas F. O'Callaghan
International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots
Afl-Cio
Edmund Flynn
Pacific Maritime Association
Robert E. Kennedy
Union
Hawaii
Three Juveniles and Adult Jailed in Bluefield Incident
Bluefield police jailed three juveniles and an 18 year old man after officers serving a juvenile warrant at Edgewood Drive encountered resistance from about 40 people. A bag of marijuana, a large knife, and alcohol were seized. The adult, Joseph Hickman of Glade Avenue, was charged with contributing to a delinquency of a juvenile and obstructing an officer.
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Bluefield City
Edgewood Drive
R. M. Tolley
C. L. Honaker
Honaker
Joseph Hickman
Glade Avenue
Bluefield
Y Night
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