Dobyns Bennet Graduation Speaker Praises Class
Principal Swick notes 389 graduates with 42 starting first grade in Kingsport and counts 284 planning college study while 50 expect August graduation. Merit Scholars include Richard deBondt Frances Fisher and Jimmy Jones. He urges graduates to face 1963 challenges and keep Dobyns Bennett a disciplined place for knowledge.
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Death Penalty Moot In Montana and Beyond
A Supreme Court ruling halting executions prompts varied state reactions. Montana and Nevada officials say the decision accelerates abolition trends, while other states report little immediate impact. Across the nation, dozens remain on death row, with few executions in recent decades.
Death Row Juror Questions Raise Reversal Doubt
In a continuing report, Avery explains juror questioning in death row cases focused on impartiality and not the constitutionality of capital punishment. Warden Lake Russell says seven men were informed of the decision, reactions were hopeful, and jurors who opposed capital punishment were excused as potential reversible errors. Each man will receive copies of the decision and relevant laws.
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Baptists Confront Leaders Over Racism At SBC Meeting
North Carolina university student Terry Nichols labels Southern Baptists racist and rejects legalism urging Christlike love. Rev Ed Byrd counsels staying in the church and Roger Sharpe sees hope beyond national strife as students plan to picket the annual meeting ending with Billy Graham address.
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Loudspeaker Attacks Ramp Up Near Saigon Amid Peace Talks
Guerrilla forces intensified three day shelling near Saigon and at the North Vietnamese delegation in Paris, with B52s and heavy artillery pounding Viet Cong trails to disrupt peace talks. U.S. spokesmen reported fire crackling on the suburbs as allied intelligence assessed the strikes aimed at weakening the canal area and hindering negotiations.
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Burglars Strike Kingsport Area Sunday Night
Reported burglaries target several locations including a service station, an elementary school, a Five Points Meal Center, and a motor inn. Cash and small items such as cigarettes and a fountain pen were stolen while other entries left little trace. in one case a traveler disappeared with a TV set missing. Detectors noted no vandalism at Andrew Jackson Elementary and minor damage at a shed.
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Protest leader pays bill at Washington cafeteria aid
The Poor People paid their Washington cafeteria bill at the Department of Agriculture. Twenty four hours after Rev. Jesse Jackson walked out on a tab of 22.55 dollars, claiming the government owed more, his ally Rev. Ralph Abernathy arrived with the cash restoring the fund.
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City Policeman Hurt In Crash Near Home
Kingsport police officer Ray Testerman 32 of Rt. 1 Surgoinsville was slightly injured when his car overturned on U S IV near his home about 6 30 p m while returning from a night shift No other vehicles were involved and he was treated at Tiolston Valley Community Hospital with minor injuries.
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Services Scheduled For Patrolman Who Drowned
The funeral for Robert Greene 28 Rogersville Tennessee State Trooper who drowned Sunday in Cherokee Lake will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Nash Wilson Funeral Home Chapel. Greene body was found around 3 a.m. Monday about 50 yards from where witnesses saw him fall from his boat. Greene survived by his wife Peggy a daughter Debbie and a son Robert Leslie plus his Morristown relatives. He was a mason and member of Scottish Rite Easter Star Calvary Baptist Church. The Rev Erney Wilson and Rev Truman DeBord will officiate. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. burial at Highland Cemetery Rogersville with Masons in charge.
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Bob) Greene
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Sculpture Exhibit At Arts Center Show Runs Through Friday
Clyde Winter's welded sculpture will be on display at the Arts Center in Sullivan through Friday. The Center hosts Opelle Mov through Friday with evening hours 7:30 to 9:30 on Tuesday and Friday. Summer Recreation begins Saturday June 8 at 2 pm with an old timers softball game between Sullivan Gardens and Lynn Garden Optimist Cubs. Penny Carnival at 1102 Mill St on Saturday June 8 from 2 to 4 pm. Rummage sales unfold across town each Saturday in June. Swimming classes registration June 6 at 9 am to noon. Tuberiy Chapter 138 meets June 4 at Masonic Hall.
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Driver Just Couldn't Win
Association preservation of Tennessee Antiquities holds a spring luncheon at Ridgefields Country Club at 12 30 p m on June 5 with program by Mrs Hatz and Spoden. Members urged to display an antique item and reserve with Mrs James H Boles by Tuesday morning. A separate item notes a city woman cited for illegal parking near Center Ridgewood Street, paying a $7 fine after being asked to move.
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Death notices from Kingsport to Rogersville area
Obituaries report Joe Morrell of Matewan and Robert C. Barger of Blountville dying Monday in Williamson and Bristal Memorial hospitals. Details list survivors, funeral homes, and pending arrangements. Another notice covers Josie Emma Calins of Surgoinsville, George B. Young of Lisbon, and Edward Watterson Bean of Rogersville with service plans and burial details.
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Matewan
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Kingsport
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Chambers Funeral Home
McLellan to Run Against Ray in Democratic Primary
Kingsport lawyer John McLellan announced his candidacy for state senator from Sullivan County, seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge incumbent J Mack Ray. He previously failed to unseat Ray in the last primary and has been involved as general counsel for Kingsport Press unions and a local reapportionment suit. McLellan accuses a “clique” in state government and says voters seek change, with the nomination race shaping a broader GOP contest. The obituary of Leona Barrett, 68, of Kingsport, is noted among local notices.
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Sullivan County
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Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland Separate Amid Divorce Rumors
In London a spokesman said on Monday night that British comedian Peter Sellers and his Swedish actress wife Britt Ekland have separated. Ekland reportedly cut a Italian holiday short and traveled to her parents’ home in Stockholm.
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Weather Outlook for East Tennessee and Western Virginia
East Tennessee sees fair and warmer conditions this afternoon with fair and mild nights. Wednesday and Thursday remain fair and mild with highs around 80s and lows near 50s. Western Virginia stays fair and mild through today and into Wednesday.
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