Former Swords Creek Youth Dies by Self Inflicted Wound
Trudy Garland Casey 17, formerly of Swords Creek Va, died Friday in Belcamp Md from a self inflicted chest wound in his hotel room at Bata Hotel Belcamp. State police said he used a .22 revolver after an argument with his girlfriend. Casey worked for a shoe company and lived in a company hotel room. He is survived by parents Curtis P and Nora Marie Dye Casey of Swords Creek, a sister Katie Simmons and three brothers Carlies Douglas and Carson of Swords Creek, plus three half sisters Gaynell Bostic Jeanette Bostic and Mavis Massey. Body to be taken to Honaker Funeral Home for arrangements.
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Flair Discount store faces Sunday closing law dispute
Bill Ellis of Flair Discount Inc Bluefield says no warrants served as of Friday while Bluefield retailers press charges over Sunday opening. Warrants reportedly target Ellis Flair company and a Flair employee for Sunday business. Flair vows over one million dollars in lawsuits against Bluefield Chamber of Commerce and Retail Merchants Association and signatories. Ellis says lawsuits allege conspiracy to close his store after others stayed open. He expects warrants by Monday and plans to operate Sunday as usual.
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Elks Lodge Memorial Service Set in Princeton
The Princeton Elks Lodge holds its annual memorial service Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the lodge headquarters on Douglas Street. Widows of deceased members are invited, with Madrigal Singers from Princeton High School providing music and The Honorable Walter Virgil Ross of Bluefield as principal speaker.
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United States
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 operates from 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia. It is a member of the Associated Press with rights to publish news dispatches and local news. Subscription rates shown include 60 cents per week by carrier and 31.20 per year by mail in West Virginia. Advertising contact through The Katz Agency.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
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W. Va
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Bombing leads to campus lockdown and dormitory closures
Hardway says entrances guarded by state police and city patrols continue. Campus activities are canceled indefinitely and housing for about 150 students leaving the two dormitories is being organized, with a half‑million renovation plan approved for the dorms to improve security.
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National Association For the Advancement For Colored People
Mardway
State Board of Education
Police Seeking Clues To Death
Police pursue leads in the Thursday morning death of Roscoe Henry Hook 45 of Green Valley. Hook died at Bluefield Sanitarium after being brought from his home. an autopsy was ordered as investigators worked Friday. He was a World War II veteran with survivors including wife Kathleen Bailey Hook two sons a sister and three grandchildren. Funeral services are set for Monday at Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Chapel Bluewell with calling hours Sunday.
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Green Valley
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McDowell
Andrew Jackson
Mary Siron Hook
Mercer County
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Lorain
Ohio
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Franklin Hook
R. L. Harlow
Staunton
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Chapel
Bluewell
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Bandy
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Barnett
McDowell County
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Arthur Brewster
Princeton
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Greever French
Richlands
Whitaker Ridge
Glue sniffing Boys Spark Probe Into Vandalism
Three Princeton junior high pupils, ages 13 to 15, faced Judge Jarrett after breaking and entering and theft tied to glue sniffing. Four youths received indeterminate terms at Pruneytown for vandalism and related crimes, with ties to Outdoor Theatre incidents and forged checks funding glue purchases.
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Jones
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Hubert Taylor
O. J. Bailes
Athens Junior High School
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US weighs holiday truces in Vietnam amid peace talks
Washington officials consider possible military truces for the holiday season in Vietnam but stop short of predicting outcomes. State Department says past attempts were not encouraging. Saigon stance remains uncertain as peace talks in Paris approach.
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Tazewell Woman Killed in Fairfax County Crash
A 27 year old former Tazewell County woman Fredda Jane MacAfee of Manassas died after a collision at the Route 28 and Route 50 intersection west of Chantilly Fairfax County. She was a passenger in the northbound car that ran a stop sign and was struck by a westbound vehicle. Her survivors include two sons a daughter and her mother and four brothers and two sisters. Funeral services were held today at the Little Valley Church with burial at Hatfield Cemetery.
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Norfolk
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Jamestown
N. Y
Annie Mahood
Winston-Salem
N. C
Blanche Helms
Bluefield
George R
Frank W. Nash
Dudley Memorial Chapel
C. E. Smoot
Maple Hill Cemetery
Robbery at Algoma Company Store in McDowell
The Algoma Company Store in Algoma owned by United Pocahontas Coal Co was burgled during the night. Watches cigarettes and at least two radios were missing. Entry was through front windows despite iron bars on most windows. Deputy Sheriff Woody Hurst and state troopers investigated with no arrests yet.
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Emmett Walker
Walker
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Welch Detachment
Marion Woman Killed in Route 16 Crash
A 68 year old Marion woman Mary Thelma Altizer was killed when her car left Virginia 16 and crashed eight miles north of Marion in Smyth County on Friday.
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Marion
Mary Thelma Altizer
Virginia 16
Smyth County
Funeral service for Wylie W. Tabor in Pocahontas
Wylie W. Tabor, 77, of Nemours, Va., funeral today at 2 p.m. at Pocahontas Union Funeral Home with Rev. John Bowles officiating. Burial in Shrader Cemetery, Yards, Va. Pallbearers: Bill Sexton, John Belcher, Fred Bowman, Robert Gilbert, Tracy Christian, Ernest Miller.
Legislator Watson Edges Boiarsky in House Races
Watson, a 51 year old Fairmont lawyer and longtime majority whip, leads the race over Charleston’s 48 year old Boiarsky with six terms and four Finance Committee heads. Watson chairs the Judiciary Committee and begins an eighth two year term.
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Fairmont
Judiciary Committee
Charleston
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Attack Is Fatal To Beaver JP
Paul Ennis Epperly of Beaver who was reelected as Justice of the Peace died at 45 en route to Beckley hospital after an apparent heart attack. He was a Wilcox Manufacturing employee of 12 years and active in local fraternal groups. Melton Mortuary will conduct services with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers listed.
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Beaver
Black Diamond Lodge
Virginia Allen Epperly
Isabelle Lilly Epperly
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Mabscott
Larry Allen Watkins
Alexandria
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St. Albans
Sara Bailey
Beckley
Robert T. Epperly
Melton Mortuary
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Illness Fatal To Mrs. Hammond
Mrs. Janet Hammond a former Mercer County Republican committeewoman and past president of the Mercer County Republican Woman's Club died Thursday morning at her Long Beach California home after a two month illness. She was a member of the Bluefield Woman's Club and Westminster Presbyterian Church Bluefield with survivors including son Fred Lee Troy and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield.
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Mercer County
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