Virginia Prison Criticized For Unsupervised Guards
The 4th U S Circuit Court faulted the State Penitentiary for lax supervision in its maximum security wing amid concerns over guard unchecked authority. It affirmed denial of Landman s habeas petition while urging corrective measures to protect inmates and ensure orderly prison administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Pris
4Th U.S. Circuit Court
Robert J. Landman
Simon Sobeloff
C. C. Peyton
Peyton
Landman
U. S. District Court
Federal Court
District Court
Sobeloff
Circuit Court
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Albert V. Bryan
Bland County Board to study county employee insurance needs
Bland County Virginia supervisors vote to examine group health coverage for unenrolled workers. They will hear experts at the December 26 meeting in Bland Courthouse. Also approved a $150 payment to Guy Bolling for a horse shot by a deer hunter, as investigated by Game Warden Wayne Richardson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland County
Board of Supervisors
Bland
Guy Bolling
Wayne Richardson
TAX BOOST
The Commerce Department reports that in the first three months of the current fiscal year July through September federal spending ran at a $145.1 billion annual rate while receipts were $145.4 billion, yielding a $300 million surplus. Officials expect the national income account to show a calendar year 1966 surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce Department
Daily Telegraphing Co. Gazette Volume Notice
An old blurb describes the Daily Telegraphing Co. newspaper established in 1893 with forged contact details in Blusfield West Virginia. It lists subscription rates by carrier and mail within West Virginia and mentions affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Daily Telegraphing Co
Bland Street
Blusfield
W. Va
Associated
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Katzic
Deeds and filings recorded at Mercer County Courthouse
Four deeds three applications for marriage licenses and one divorce suit were recorded at the Mercer County Courthouse in Princeton. Deeds include transfers to Martin Howard Jr. and Madeline Howard for $2950 and to Reliable Collection Agency for $2150, plus other transfers. Marriage licenses list Edward Warden Judith Thompson Edward James Rosemary Lynn Daniel Cauble Betty Moore. The suit is Curtis Sigmon versus Marchie Sigmon for divorce.
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Mercer County
Princeton
L. L
A. C. Stevens
Martin Howard Jr
Madeline Howard
East River District
Ira M. Smith
Reliable Collection Agency
Montcalm
John A. Okes
Prince-Lyn Properties Inc
Graydon
Lula Bailey
Mary Louise
Roger Dean Bailey
Beaver Pond
Edward Eugene Warden
Judith Dawn Thompson
Goth
Edward Derekson James
Roanoke
Rosemary Lynn
Daniel Webster Cauble III
Knoxville
Directors Meet Today On Building in Bluefield
Directors of the Bluefield Princeton Industrial Foundation convene in Bluefield at noon to finalize compliance with the contract with Appalachian Power Co. for the shell building in Princeton. Ownership reverts to Appalachian Thursday. the power company assumes building responsibility and subscription pledges will be returned to backers.
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Bluefield- Princeton Industrial Foundation
Bluefield
Foundation
Appalachian Power Co
Shell
Princeton
West Virginian Hotel
Appalachian
Power Company
No Agreement Continues as Viet Cong Cease Fire Holds
The United States rejects a long pause in air strikes against North Vietnam while Viet Cong forces observe the cease fire. U.S. diplomacy expands embassy status for Budapest and Sofia as missions are raised to embassies. All 118 American posts abroad now have ambassadorial ranks. The Sixth Fleet movement to the Israeli Jordan crisis is denied. Paris reports a new European Space Research Organization plan to build a foreign space station in Alaska.
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U.S
North
Viet Nam
Budapest
Sofia
Christian
White House
Austin
Washington
Brazzaville
Mediterranean
Dean Rusk
Middle East
Paris
Johnson
European Space Research Organization
Alaska
European Organization
Christmas Party of Altha Allen Homemakers Club
The Altha Allen Homemakers Club holds its Christmas party on December 1 at 7 30 PM at Addie Harriston's home 114 Ellis Street Bluefield. Members bring a covered dish and pollyanna gift. A door prize and games are featured. Mrs Mary Collins is club president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altha Allen
Area Reports Light Snow and Flight Delays Across Region
Weather produced .27 inch accumulation with icy roads and low ceilings. Six of seven Mercer County Airport flights diverted to Roanoke and Charleston while one landed late. police warned of slick streets and numerous fender benders. Cinder trucks operated. Bluefield, Princeton and sheriff departments reported slippery bridges and highways with ice.
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Mercer County
Roanoke
Charleston
Wytheville
Russell
Tazewell
Bland
Washington
Wise
Giles County
Sheriff's Department
McDowell County
Welch
Tank Hill
Crozier
Rt. 52
Sheriff's Office
Bluefield
Princeton
Mercer
Grant Street
Norfolk Convict To Get Appeal
The Virginia Supreme Court ordered an appeal for James Allen Smith of Norfolk who said he tried to appeal his 1963 three robbery convictions but his lawyer failed to obtain trial records. Smith, jailed 12 years, contends indigence at trial. The court said Gurkin should have notified the trial judge to appoint another attorney if necessary and ruled Smith may receive a new appeal if records exist. otherwise a new trial.
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Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court
Norfolk
James Allen Smith
Norfolk Corporation Court
Smith
John A. Gurkin
Gurkin
State Supreme Court
Wnother
High Court
John M. Court
Williamsburg
Richmond Hastings
Southside Day Nursery
United Givers Fund
Virginia Tech players injured in Blacksburg crash
ROANOKE AP Virginia Tech football player Rusty Fife is in satisfactory condition at a Bedford hospital after critical injuries from a Blacksburg auto accident Friday. Tech fullback Tommy Groom, also in the car driven by Milt Miller, is in satisfactory condition in Roanoke with a dislocated hip. Miller was uninjured when the car struck a parked vehicle.
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Roanoke
Virginia Tech
Rusty Fife
Bedford
Blacksburg
Tech
Tommy Groom
VPI
Milt Miller
Miller
Jordan’s PM rows blame for Jordan unrest violence
Prime Minister Wasfi Tell accused Communists, a refugee group, and two hostile Arab states of fueling last week’s antigovernment demonstrations in Jordan. He named Syria and the United Arab Republic as subsidizers and said the PLO sought to exploit the unrest while stressing the protests were genuine but manipulated. Four civilians and a soldier died. he praised police and Arab Legion restraint and noted curfews easing.
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Amman
Jordan
Wasfi Tell
Tell
Syria
United Arab Republic
Hussein
PLO
Palestine Liberation Organization
Cairo
Israel
Samoa
Arab Legion
Rotary Clubs To Honor Ball At Inter-City Meeting
Bluefield and Princeton Rotary Clubs meet Tuesday at 6 30 p m in Concord College Student Center to honor J Franklin Ball III recipient of a Rotary Fellowship. Fellowship funds study abroad and local clubs sponsor the student. Bluefield assumed sponsorship as Ball resides in its jurisdiction. George Walker will preside and Concord College President Joe Marsh will emcee.
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Bluefield
Princeton Rotary Clubs
Concord College
J. Franklin Ball III
Rotary International
Princeton Rotary Club
Ball
Bluefield Rotary Club
Bluefield Club
George Walker
Joe Marsh
Rotatians
Kwik Cafe Vending Facility Approved in Virginia Area
The Virginia side council approves a building permit for Kwik Cafe Vending Machine Co between Virginia Avenue and Ridge Road near Planick Brothers. Merchants' license fees remain town collected. tax previously dropped by county with sales tax adoption, due Jan 1 for the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Kwik Cafe Vending Machine Co
Virginia Avenue
Ridge Road
Planick Brothers
Deaths and Funerals From Bluefield Area
Obituary notices report multiple deaths from Mercer and nearby counties. Laura Bell Morgan 81 of Princeton. burial Monte Vista Cemetery. James F Morgan and Clayton A Morgan etc. Joseph Bell 79 Alexandria Va formerly Anawalt. burial Woodlawn Bluewell. James H McGowan 60 Ft Worth Texas. memorial details. Elizabeth Mae Murphy Bluefield dies after long illness. services pending.
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Laura Bell Morgan
Wallace St
Princeton
Monte Vista
Mercer County
J. C. Morgan
A. B. Bell
Pauline Wiley
Baltimore
Clayton A. Morgan
Huntington
James F. Morgan
Harold Morgan
Robert Morgan
Jacksonville
Fla
Dora Thomason
Iends
Joseph Bell
Alexandria
Anawalt
J. Douglas
Welch
Woodlawn
Bluewell
Foggia
Italy
Rose Bridgeman
Virginia LaFon
Anne Ross
Atlanta
Elizabeth Mae Murphy
Springdale St
Bluefield
St. Luke’s Hospital
Herbert Chambers
Funerals listed for several local residents
Funeral notices for Mrs Shelby J Creaseman Albert O Mosrie George Jr Dillard Mary Irene and others. Services set at Fanning Burns Wornal and Seventh Day Adventist churches with burial at Jaeger Memorial Oakwood Davidson Grandview Memory Gardens and multiple pallbearers named.
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Creaseman
Shelby J
Central Avenue
Welch
Fanning Funeral Home Chapel
Raymond Adkins
Jaeger Memorial
Roderfield
Mosrie
Albert O
South Third St
Princeton
Burns- Worna
Chapel of Memorial
J. C. Fisher
Oakwood Cemetery
Princeton Loyal Order of Moose
Dillard
George Jr
Sandlick Road
Bluefield
Burns- Wornal Chapel of Memorial
Kenneth Hilling
Davidson
Clayton Hicks
Joe Lambert
Elgon Kade
Charles Walls
Eddie Every
Darrell McPherson
Mary Irene
Rt. 1
North Tazewell
Seventh Day Advent Church
Tazewell
Edwin Klein
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield - Tazewell Road
Bascum
George Turley
Claude Crockett
Bowen Stevenson
Laney Tolbert
Greever Funeral Home
Less Than Carload Request Considered in West Virginia
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad seeks PSC consent to discontinue intrastate less than carload freight service in West Virginia after a 1963 ICC action largely ending such traffic. A hearing Monday drew no protests, and the B&O notes similar requests in other states. Only 19 shipments have been handled in three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Baltimore and Ohio
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
B&o
Interstate Commerce Commission
PSC
Railroad
Mayfield soldier charged with murder and arson
Spec. 4 Tennyson Carter, a nine year Army veteran due for duty in Germany, is charged with murder and arson in the deaths of his two children and his stepdaughter after a fire damaged their Mayfield home. The coroner's jury found asphyxiation and burns with evidence of flammable liquid.
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Mayfield
Germany
Tennyson Carter
Carter
Caesar Carter
Darrell Carter
Teresa Powell
Korea
Viet Nam
Korean
Marine records 7000 letters from West Virginia readers
West Virginia Marine L Cpl. Bobbie L. Rubie in Viet Nam bet he could collect 49 letters from his state. He received about 7000 letters after Governor Hulett Smith publicized the effort. Rubie pledged to read and reply to each sender, a task the governor’s office said would take time.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Viet Nam
West
Smith
Ruble
Graham Band Club Reviews Plans For 1967 Fundraising
The Graham Band Club will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Bluefield Municipal Building Bluefield Virginia. Voting will occur on changes to the constitution and bylaws. The group will discuss 1967 fund-raising dinners at Graham High School and plans for a Christmas party and participation in the Richlands Virginia Christmas Parade. Open to all parents of band students.
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Graham Band Club
Bluefield
W. E. Osborne
Graham High School
Graham
Richlands
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Flerries
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Bland Supers Eye Insurance
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Roller Floral Company
Rotary Clubs
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Northfork
Bluefield, Va
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Laura Morgan
Hattie Hicks
Newhall
Big Creek
Dan and
Vicle Mitchell
Ruben Hicks
Elbert
Harlan
Merton
Arvil
Marlin Hicks
Gloris Jean Hicks
Wallscreek
Merton Hicks
John A. Smith
Mohegan
Pageton
Clarissa Turner Smith
Capels
George Smith
Beulah Mullins Smith
Ralph
Eugene Smith
Bertha
Clarissa Smith
Floyd Smith
C. J. Douglas
Welch T
Day Cemetery
Belcher Mountain
Mrs. Bessie Duty
Bessie Duty
Maxie
Grundy
Suvivors
John Duty
Oole Christian
Dan Hart
Ill
William Duty
Sam Street
Dayton
Rowe
Chapel Church
Ancil Childress
Street Cemetery
Virginia Funeral Home of
Mark Hurley
Mark Allen Hurley
Roosevelt Hurley
Vansant
Wanda Fay Hurley
Carson Gilbert
Lucy Hurley
Murphy
Milton Boyd
Raynon
Jerry Tiller
Jerry Wayne Tiller
Dewey Harold
Shirley Smith Taylor
Cherry Street
Bluefield Sanitarium
Steven Lane
Leo Alvin
William Tiller
U. S. Army
Resthaven
Mercer Funeral Home
J. H. McGowan
James H. McGowan
Sheridan St
Ft. Worth
Tex
Veteran's Administration Hospital
Dallas
Vivian McGowan
Angela
Elizabeth McGowan
Mary McGowan
Hopemont Hospital
W. J. McGowan
Gilmer Sr
Blue
Elizabeth Murphy
Hawkins Funeral Home
Thorn ST
Jack Erwin
Erwin
Marine
Zenith
Goopy Koontz
Rexall Drug Store
Bluefield, W. VA
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