Enterprise Joins 7th Fleet For Vietnam Air Support
The nuclear powered carrier Enterprise reached Subic Bay with Bainbridge to share duties in the 7th Fleet. The 75,700 ton ship, eight reactors, 40400, will fly 70 80 planes toward Viet Nam coast, while ground fighting reports note Viet Cong activity and allied operations in the central highlands and Ia Drang Valley.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Enterprise
U.S
Philippine
Viet Nam
Bainbridge
U.S. Navy
Subic Bay
Philippines
South China Sea
Coral Sea
Central Highlands
Ban Me Thuot
Ia Drang
Dong My
Hue-Quang Tri
Orleik
1St Corps
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Vo Dat
Guam
Bank Gunmen Hold Hostages In Texas Robbery Standoff
About 100 officers and a crowd of 300 surrounded a small bank as three gunmen negotiated with police for release of hostages. A church caretaker and her 16 year old son were abducted earlier from a Methodist church and later freed.
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Lubbock
Claude Keeton
First Methodist
Charles Jackson
D. R. Rackley
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication and Rates Note
The passage outlines the Bluefield Daily Telegraph's establishment in 1893 and its rights to publish news dispatches. It lists subscription rates by carrier and per year, and notes advertising representation by the Kats Agency, Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
W. Vamber
Member Audit Bureau
Kats Agency, Inc
McNamara says Viet Cong offensive blunted and high casualties
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara stated the Viet Cong monsoon offensive has been blunted and high fatalities mark its impact. He noted tripled U S combat strength in Vietnam over recent months and planned inspections in Saigon after NATO talks on nuclear defense planning.
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Paris
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
London
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Saigon
U.S
Viet Nam
George Ball
NATO
America
France
Norway
Portugal
Luxembourg
Brooks Seeks Immediate Trial for Mercer Case
Petitioner from West Virginia asks the Mercer County court to compel Robert E Holroyd to dismiss charges or bring him to trial. He notes a 1965 federal sentence in the Eastern District of South Carolina and claims habeas corpus ad prosequendum was refused. Attorneys Ro bert W. Hensley and Matthew M. Corry filed the mandamus action.
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West Virginia
United States District Court
District of
South Carolina
Robert E. Holroyd
Mercer County
Intermediate Court
Westoe
Glen Rogers Man Is Found Dead
Frank Essie Furrow aged 49 was found dead in his Mullens home by neighbors Friday afternoon. A Wyoming County sheriff spokesman said the death appeared to be from natural causes. Deputies Toliver and Hayden led the investigation and the body was taken to Sam Fogiesong Neace and Nealy Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Glen Rogers
Frank Essie Furrow
Wyoming County Sheriff's Department
Furrow
Sheriff's Department
James Toliver
Joe Hayden
Sam Fogiesong
Neace and Nealy
Mullens
Cuba to Receive Farm Tools From Bulgaria in 1969
Havana reports Cuba will get 2.7 million dollars worth of farm vehicles from Bulgaria next year to aid sugar cane production. The deal forms part of a 94 million dollar program for importing farm equipment through 1970.
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Havana
Cuba
Red Bulgaria
Marland Years in Politics and Personal Struggles
A biographical sketch covers Marland’s career from coal company work to attorney general and governor, plus his 1959 move into journalism sales and a lifelong battle with alcohol. The obituary notes his cremation and ashes to be scattered in West Virginia, with family survivors listed.
Toll rise to 940 in Virginia holiday death toll
The Associated Press reports Virginia’s traffic toll reached 940 with five deaths over the Thanksgiving weekend, including a Suffolk mother Bettie Louise Bunch 26 and two of her children Vickie Mae 6 and Anthony Craig 4.
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Virginia
Christiansburg
Raymond Henry Collins
Thurmont
U. S. 11
Here
Brown Bratten
Radford
Suffolk
Bettie Louise Bunch
Vickie Mae
Anthony Craig
Meet On Deprivation of Education Stated
Washington AP report says a conference here Wednesday and Thursday will focus on boosting Negro leaders participation in federal education programs. The U S Office of Education announced the event and plans regional meetings later. About 50 invitees in DC and nearby states received notices.
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Washington
U. S. Office of Education
District of Columbia
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvana
Delaware
Kentucky
Sam Huff Brother Dies Of Heart Attack In Deer Hunt
Donald G. Huff, 35, brother of Redskins linebacker Sam Huff, died of an apparent heart attack while deer hunting near Romney on Thanksgiving Day. He lived in Farmington and worked for Joy Manufacturing Co. He left a wife, daughter, son, three brothers and two sisters.
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Romney
W. Va
Donald G. Huff
Sam Huff
Washington Redskins
Donald Huff
Farmington
Joy Manufacturing Co
Barbour Soldier Killed In Viet Nam
A Barbour County soldier, Sgt. Cecil W. Kittle Jr., was killed in action in Vietnam. He was the husband of Betty S. Kittle of Kasson Barbour County, and is listed by the Defense Department among West Virginia servicemen killed in the conflict.
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Barbour
Viet Nam
Washington
Barbour County
West Virginia
Army Set
Cecil W. Kittle, Jr
Betty S. Kittle
Kasson, Barbour Coun
The
Defense Department
Sgt. Kittle
UK Loan For State Capital Square Oked
The Urban Renewal Administration approved a $163,000 loan to Charleston West Virginia for planning a 31 acre Government Square Urban Renewal Project. The agency also reserved $3,985,000 for project work in anticipation of a formal local application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Urban Renewal Administration
Charleston
W. Va
Government Square
Turkish Navy Holds Weekend Exercise Off Iskenderun
Reports say the Turkish navy is conducting weekend drills off Iskenderun on the Mediterranean coast near Cyprus. Eighteen naval units are involved in the exercise through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istanbul
Turkey
Iskenderun
Cyprus
Rites Sunday For 2 Sisters From Augusta County
Funeral services for Roxie Lee Bragg 25 and Rebecca Jane Bragg 19 will be Sunday at 2 30 p m at Painters Chapel Church of Speedway with Rev Keith Brown and Rev A J Young officiating Burial will be in Bowles Cemetery They died in a highway crash near Augusta Springs Virginia They were daughters of Mr and Mrs W M Bragg of Lerona Roxie Bragg worked at Armstrong Glass Co Bridgeton Rebecca Bragg had visited there the past month Survivors include eight sisters and two brothers Friends may call at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton after 3 p m Saturday Bodies will be taken to the church one hour before services Pallbearers listed Women of the Serena Speedway community will carry flowers
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Marland
UMW
University of Alabama
Pacific
Chester
Gilbert and Marshall Islands
West Virginia University
Ben Moore
U. S. Court
Southern District
West Virinia
Ira Partlow
Roxie Lee Bragg
Rebecca Jane Bragg
Augusta Springs
Augusta County
Rebecca Bragg
Serena
Roxie Bragg
Lerona
Bridgeton
N. J Painters Chapel
Painters Chapel Church
Speedway
Keith Brown
A. J. Young
Bowles Cemetery
W. M. Bragg
Lerena
Armstrong Glass Co
Athens High School
Ruby Ford
Leavenworth, Kan
Barbara Ann Burch
Lois Otis
Carroll Wiley
Backsburg
Loretta Mooney
Virginia Wimmer
Princeton
Maxine Deloach
Savannah
Betty Copley
Xenia
Ohio
Lacy Bragg
Laurel, Md
Luther Ann Allen Bragg
Baltimore
Harry and
David Lamb
Glendon Hill
Robert
M. D. Kirk Jr
S. H. Caldwell
Johnny Crews
Roger Phillips
Charles Bowles
James Abshire
Ralph Layman
Joe Williams
Serena Speedway
Ruth Pope
Welch
James
Sally Smith
Douglas Pope
St. James Baptist Church
Mary Elizabeth
Ruth
Ida
Pamala Pope
Larry Stevenson
George Douglas Pope
Arthur Smith
Marion
William and Luther Smith
Columbus
James Smith
Washington, D. C
Johnny Smith
New York City
N. Y
Mary Martin
James Davis
Braxton Broady
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Church Deacon Board
The
Missionary Society
Page Funeral Home
Nettie Lou Crawford
Lewis
Sara Margeret Bowles
Monroe County
Oliver Avenue
Randall Call
Fayetteville
N. C
James Crawford
Wyandotte
Mich
Sam E. Crawford
Villa Park
Ill
George W. Seaver
Earl P. King
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Two More Die In State Road Crashes Over Thanksgiving
Two highway crashes Friday raised West Virginia’s Thanksgiving death toll to three. Loyd Parsons, 74, died after being struck on U S 33 near Spencer. Gretha Parsons injured. H L Smiley, 60, of Glen Daniel, died in Beckley area. his wife injured. Huntington’s Jack Mahone, 31, died after hitting a parked car. Additional deaths occurred out of state and in non highway incidents, including a hunting accident and a fatal fire in Marion County. An infant, Edward Bias, died from choking on an uncooked kidney bean.
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West Virginia
Loyd Parsons
Ripley Hospital
U. S
Spencer
Jackson County
Parsons
Gretha
Raleigh
H. L. Smiley
Glen Daniels
Elva
Beckley
Harper Heights
Jack Mahone
Huntington
John W. Kesterson
Wheeling
Saint Clair Shores
Mich
Kesterson
James F. Call
Rebecca Jane Bragg
Lerona
Mercer County
Craigsville
Ernest Shriver
Sybial
Kanawha
C. W. Shriver
Marion County
Marco Ossenbeck
Rachel
Edward Lee Bias
Donald Bias
Turtle Creek
Boone County
Two Inmates Apprehended After Escape From Huttonsville
Two 20 year old inmates from the Medium Security Prison at Huttonsville were captured about 36 hours after their escape as they walked along U S 219 near the prison. State police and guards reported peaceful surrender. Gaston from Harrison County serves 1 to 10 years for grand larceny. Lewis from Wayne County serves 1 to 10 years for breaking and entering.
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Charleston
Huttonsville
Robert R. Gaston
James R. Lewis
U. S. 219
Gaston
Harrison County
Lewis
Wayne County
Obituary notices from Bluefield and Princeton area
Deaths and funerals for Elizabeth Boykin Ruth Pope William Underwood Mattie Revels Ballard Collins Nettie Crawford listed with service times locations and survivors. Services set Sunday at New Morning Star Baptist Church St James Baptist Church John Stewart Methodist Church Rock Ridge Church of Christ and George W Seaver Chapel with multiple relatives named and burial in Resthaven Oak Grove East Bend Collins Ridge Roselawn memorial gardens.
Obituary: Hiram Christian 96 dies near Bastian Virginia
Hiram Christian aged 96 died Friday morning at his home near Bastian Virginia. He is survived by his wife four daughters and sons in law twelve grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren one son one brother and other relatives. Services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Green Valley Methodist Church with Rev. Lee Ellis officiating. Burial followed at Neel Cemetery. The body lay at Newberry Funeral Home Bland Virginia and was to be moved to the church one hour before services.
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Hiram Christian
Bastian
John W. Blessing
Bluefield
Paul Blessing
John W. Leffel
John C. Kirby
Lusby
Fox Christian
Rt. 1
Alvis Christian
Narrows
Green Valley Methodist Church
Lee Ellis
Neel Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
Bland
Death notices for Henry M. Trenor of Ypsilanti
Henry Milton Trenor died Friday in Ypsilanti Michigan after a heart attack. He was the son of Mrs Fannie L Trenor of Highland Avenue Bluefield and husband of Adonna Trenor. Survived by two children Nancy and Billy, two grandchildren and brother Frank Trenor of Roanoke Virginia. The family notes the ceremony was conducted at Ypsilanti.
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Ward
Bluefield
Henry Milton Trenor
Ypsilanti
Mich
Fannie L. Trenor
Highland Avenue
Adonna Trenor
Nancy
Billy Trenor
Frank Trenor
Roanoke
Funeral for Arthur E. Miller in Bluefield
Funeral services for Arthur E. Miller 45 of 310 Allen St Blue at 3:30 p.m. at United Holy Church Bluefield will be led by Rev. Lonnie Street and Rev. Harvey Dogett. Burial follows Oakgrove Cemetery Bluefield. Miller born in Winston-Salem son of Arthur and Dorothy Miller Sr. Survivors include wife Eddie H. Miller two sons Keith and Cecil five daughters Debra Walker Cherryol Brenda Portia Reneta two brothers John Miller Henry Miller and two grandchildren.
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Arthur E. Miller
Allen St
Bluefield
United Holy Church of
Church Street
Lonnie Street
Harvey Dogett
Oakgrove
Bluewell
Winston-Salem
N. C
Arthur
Dorothy Stanford Miller Sr
Gary
U. S. Steel Corporation
Eddie H. Miller
Keith
Cecil Miller
Debra Walker
New York
N. Y
Cherryol
Brenda
Portia
Reneta Miller
John Miller
Philadelphia
Henry Miller
Columbus
Ohio
Lugo
Obituary: John L. Lester of Slayton Dies of Heart Attack
John Lawrence Lester of Slayton Texas formerly Pocahontas Virginia died suddenly Wednesday afternoon at his home from an apparent heart attack. He was the son of Clint Lester of Pocahontas and husband of Ann Smith Lester. He leaves four sons Nathaniel Lester of Chicago Clarence and Frank Lester of Slayton and Melvin Lester with the U S Air Force at Buzzard Bay Massachusetts. Two sisters Lora Bowling of Nathalie and Mrs James Hoga of Pocahontas and six brothers Clarence Henry Walter Robert Gary ind Black Wolf Martin and Billy Lester. He had 19 grandchildren. Body taken to Graham Funeral Home Bluefield Virginia. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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John Lawrence Lester
Slayton
Tex
Pocahontas
Clint Lester
Ann Smith Lester
Nathaniel Lester
Chicago
Ill
Clarence
Frank Lester
Melvin Lester
U. S. Air Force
Buzzard Bay
Mass
Lora Bowling
Nathalie
James Hoga
Henry
Walter Lester
Robert Lester
Black Wolfe
Martin
Billy
Lester
Gary
Ind
Graham Funeral Home
Bluefield
Mrs Margaret Jones Boray Dies in Lynchburg Burial Set
Mrs Margaret Jones Boray widow of Stephen Boray of 220 Charles St Lynchburg died Wednesday November 17 at Lynchburg General Hospital and was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery. She was a buyer for Pocahontas Fuel Co in Pocahontas Virginia for years before moving to Lynchburg. Born in Appomattox County she was daughter of Gandison Stratton and Mary Ann Wingfield Jones. Survived by sister Mrs Garland Bailey Brookneal Va and four brothers R O Jones Lynchburg E G Jones Pocahontas W M Jones Wilson N C Warner Jones Portsmouth Va.
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Margaret Jones Boray
Charles St
Lynchburg
Stephen Boray
Lynchburg General Hospital
Spring Hill
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Pocahontas
Appomattox County
Gandison Stratton
Mary Ann Wingfield Jones
Garland Bailey
Brookneal Va
R. O. Jones
Former Virginian Railway conductor Cornelius H. Jones Sr.
Cornelius H. Jones Sr. of Princeton formerly a conductor for the Virginian Railway died in Riverside Hospital Newport News Virginia on Thursday after an illness. Friends may call at Seaver Mortuary Princeton after 3 p.m. Sunday. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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CornelIus H. Jones Sr
Princeton
Riverside Hospital
Newport News
Virginian Railway
Seaver Mortuary
Funeral notices for Fields, Turner, Murphy, Wingfield, Simms in Virginia
Funeral services are announced for Mrs Alaphair Fields 94 of Haysi Va today at 11 am at Little Josie Church Grassy with Elders Mullins Hess and Lane in charge Burial in Mitchell Senters Cemetery Haysi Preceded in death by husband Jim Fields and daughter Ossie Fore Fields AlsoRadford Lee Turner 79 of Austinville Va funeral Saturday 2 pm at Austinville Church of God of Prophecy burial Bethany Cemetery Body to be moved from Morehead Funeral Home to church one hour prior Fiora Lawson Murphy 69 of Thorpe Va funeral today 11 am Thorpe Methodist Church burial Rose lawn Cemetery near Princeton O J Douglas Mortuary Welch in charge Mace Dawson Wingfield Green Valley funeral Sunday 2 30 pm George W Seaver Chapel Princeton Rev Garren Howington officiating burial Rose lawn Memorial Gardens Friends may call at Mortuary Saturday afternoon Steven A Simms 53 of Bluefield Airport Road funeral Saturday 2 pm Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel Bluefield burial Woodlawn Cemetery
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William C. Underwood
Warriormines
Welch
War
Henry
Nannie Underwood
B. W. Underwood
Oak Hill
Jake
Charley Underwood
James L. Underwood
Premier
Annie Woody
Berwind
Frances Harman
Jewell Valley
Ethel Hawkins
Pineville
Celia Hill
Naty Matney
Gracie Gross
Caretta
Mike Mullins
Gilliam
Willard Porter
Easter Underwood
War Creek Mountain
J. Douglas
Wingfield
Mace Dawson
Green Valley
George W. Seaver
Princeton
Garren Howington
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Simms
Steven A
Rt. 2
Bluefield
Airport Road
Hawkins Funeral Home
Woodlawn
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U.S. Weather Bureau
N. Viet
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Tennessee
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Tampa
Bill Marland
Oked
Elizabeth Boykin
McComas
New Morning Star Baptist Church
R. M. Harris
Resthaven Memorial Estates
Littlesburg
Bluefield Sanitarium
Nora White Baker
Farmville
Charles Baker
Edward Boykin
Jerry Boykin
MeComas
Air Edward Boykin
Bakers Air Force Base
Rome
Mary Wright
Germany
Jean A. Taylor
Joanna Boykins
Jeanette
Alice
Retha
Deloris Boykin
Thomas Baker
Red Forks
Fayette County
Jimmy Baker
Maggie Peaks
Walter Lawson
George Kenebrew
Charles Wells
Harold Gammon
Willie Wooding
Servic
W. C. Underwood
Mattie Revels
Ellis St
John Stewart Methodist Church
Clarence W. Tiffany
Howard Dews
A. R. Fleshman
Oak Grove Cemetery
East Bend
Revels
Joe Sawyers
Wilbur Methodist Church
Tazewell
James W. Revels
Gladys McCollum
Greensboro
Leatha Burney
Martinsville
Lucille Cooper
Dora M. Allison
Brooklyn
N.Y
Addie Hairston
Jeanette Wimbush
Nora Lambright
Bishop, Va
Viola Thompson
Tip Top
Lee Revels
Thorpe
Julius Revels
Jenkin Jones
Ervin
Joe Revels
Brewster Revels
David Revels
Bishop
Lula Eccles
Lelia Hughes
Anawalt
Bessie Ward
Hattie Hawkins
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Ballard Collins Ballard A. Collins
Jaeger
Welch Hospital
Bradshaw
Margaret Riffe Collins
Hazel Kennedy
Harve Collins
Paynesville
Estel Collins
Leonard Lark
French Collins
Fred Collins
Myra Campbell
Maggie Kennedy
Fannie Kennedy
Maude Wolfe
Gladys Woods
Ettie Neal
Della Sjoblom
Tacoma
Wash
Rock Ridge Church of Christ
Plenty Rowe
Crockett Hagerman
Collins Ridge Cemetery
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Rock Ridge
Mrs
Nettie Crawford
Mattie
Henry Trenor
Arthur Miller
John Lester
Cornelius Jones SR
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