Council discusses Dobyns-Bennett school program and discipline
Wednesday council session features Elery Lay urging evaluation of school innovations and broader program reforms. Aldermen Gibson Stout and Hulse debate discipline causes and administration, noting race dynamics and prior paddle discipline, while Mayor Bevington proposes advisory committees for blacks, whites, and students at the school ward level.
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Aligeman Elery A. Lay
Dobyns-Bennett
Tommy Hulse
Hulse
Doys
Bevington
City Trucker Dies In Crash Near Princeton West Virginia
Mason and Dixon Freight Lines driver James A Thompson 51 of Kingsport route from Wingsport to Akron Ohio died after a head on collision with another tractor trailer on the West Virginia turnpike about 15 miles from Princeton. Thompson died at 7 p.m. while Henry Williams said initial reports indicate the other truck crossed into Mason and Dixon lanes. investigation ongoing. Survivor list includes widow Gladys Shipley Thompson sons Charles David Bristol and James Randall Thompson. step children Jackie Davis Church Hill and Evelyn Maples Kingsport. Harold Shipley and Allen Mounger. Sgt. Kenneth Shipley in New Mexico. sisters Martha Miller Mary Lady Anna Nichols Celila Lee. brother Phillip Thompson. Mamlett-Dobson Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Mason & Dixon Freight Lines
Wingsport
Akron
Ohio
West Virginia ‘Turnpike
Princeton
W. Va
Times-Nens
James A
Jim)Thompson
Goodview Dr
Kingsport
Henry Willians
Mason & Dixon Lines
Mason & Dixon
Williams
Sullivan County
Thompson
Old Holston Missionary
Sgt
Kenneth Shipley
Air Force
New Mexico
Mes
Martha Miller
Mary Lady
Bluff City
Anna Nichols
Lenoir
N. C
Celila Lee
San Francisco
Calif
Phillip Thompson
Bristol
Grandehild
Watergate Debacle Influences Senate Indictment Dismissal Question
Criminal charges linger as the Senate panel weighs rejecting Stans offer to dismiss the Vesco case indictment. Stans is accused of lying to the New York grand jury in the Vesco matter, tied to SEC probes and funds totaling hundreds of millions. Fellow defendant John N. Mitchell may also contest testifying, shaping the inquiry’s tempo around Nixon confidants.
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Paget
Senate
Lee P. Gapliardi
New York
Stans
Nixon
Jtory
Robert L. Vesco
John N. Mitchell
Vesco
Mitchell
Contract Awarded for Four UNIVAC Systems
The General Services Administration announces a $4.897 million contract awarded to Bristol Univaglant and three other plants for replacing IBM 361-50 data processing at EPA Durham facility with a UNIVAC 1211 system over five years. The effort includes manufacture installation maintenance and software. Participating firms are in Utah New York and Minnesota with Senators Howard Baker and Brock joining the announcement.
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Washington
General Services Administration
Washinton
Bristol Univaglant
Pypenditure
Te Environmental Pro Agency
Durham
N.C
EPA
Utab
New York
Minnesota
Howard Baker
RA Brock
Qaitar
Hep.harnies A. Quillen and Sons
Phone Suit Continues Overbilling and Dialing Problems
Plaintiffs sue on behalf of United subscribers alleging widespread phone service failures. They cite unanswered rings, accidental overhearing of private calls, and erroneous recorded messages. The suit claims United misrepresented services despite ongoing subscriber complaints, public hearings, and newspaper letters.
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Prom Page
United
Assault Charge In Shootout With County Officers
John 1. Conklin of Rustic Tis was arrested Tuesday on two counts of felonious assault in connection with a shootout last month with Sullivan County officers. He posted $5,000 bond and will appear at a preliminary hearing in Kingsport Sessions Court at 2 pm on June 21. Deputies Walton Vance Gardner arrested him. he is accused of firing at Deputies Fletcher and Wave, with Fletcher wounded in the leg.
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John 1. Conklin
Rustic Tis
Sullivan County
Conklin
Kingsport Sessions Court
Harold Walton
Fred Vance
Mike Gardner
Spencer Fletcher
Junior Wave
Wave
Fletcher
Capt
J. C. Fletcher
Waye
College Council Receives Special Services Grant
The Department of Health Education and Welfare has awarded a 70000 dollar Special Services grant to the Mid Appalachian College Council in Bristol Tennessee. The funds will support Upward Bound Talent Search and Special Services for Disadvantaged Students programs. Rep. James I Quillen announced the grant yesterday.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Mid Appalachian College Council
Bristol
Tenn
James I. Quillen
Area Deaths and Funerals Involving Weber City and Surrounding Areas
Myrtle J. Johnson 86 of Weber City Va died today at Ivy Hall Nursing Home Elizabethton Tenn after illness. Funeral services for Charles Templeton from Carter's Chapel Scott County Funeral Home with burial at Oak Hut Cemetery. Everett Humbert 82 of Rogersville died Tuesday at Holston Valley Hospital. survived by wife Ida Shanks Humbert and family. services at Powersville Presbyterian Church. Betty Lou Price 2 of Bethany died Tuesday Greene Valley Hospital. burial Bethany Cemetery. Glenn T. Morrison 59 of Church Hill died Tuesday Monai Clinic. survivors include family and Veterans of Foreign Wars member. James Monroe Simpson 78 of Montgomery Ala formerly Hawkins County. services announced later by Wilson Funeral Home. Raymond T. Snider 77 of Anderson Heights Blountville died Tuesday Holston Valley Hospital. retired N&WRailroad supervisor. Blountville Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include siblings and multiple nieces and nephews. Survivors listed for others include John and Mary families in various towns. Burial arrangements and memorials noted for multiple deceased.
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Weber City
Myrtle J. Johnson
Ivy Hall
Elizabethton
Tenn
Scott County
Virginia
First Baptist Church of
Irvin Childress
Duffield
W. C
Lucille) Carter
Leitchfield
Wayne
Buster) Matthews
Kingsport
Laura Bishop
Clinchport
Luther Gilliam
Beckley
W. Va
Ballard Gillam
Rapid City
D. C
Shirley Rickman
Jacksonville
Fla
Eddie Tate
Army
England
Templeton
Charles Carter
Charles
Charlie) Arraniwements
Lymm Garuart
Scott County Funeral Home
Howard Todd
Qak Hut
American Legion Hammond
Scalt
Ettamat
Etta Mae Kendtrick
Gene Pali
Furity
Hame
Anity
Gale City
Chara
Thuraende
James
Heath
James Firm
Thompson
Hamiett Dowson
Harm
Ralph Cookane
Fey
Neptoy
Buriel
Enat Lawn Memorial Fark
Hunielt Babson Fungral Prye
Anchor Price
Betty Lou
Betty Lou Price
Greene Valley
Gray Funeral Home Chapel
James Bescon
Bethany Cemetery
Farrity
Gray Funeral Home
Rogersville
Everett Joseph Humbert
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Overton Lodge
Rogersville Presbyterian Church
American Legion
Farm Bureau Board
Botetourt County
Hawkins County
Ida Shanks Humbert
Jine Rost
Killean
Tex
William
Kathleen) Sutter
Bridgewater
Jn Humbert
Washington, D. C
Orgain EB
Grace) McCullough
North Palm Beach
Larry F. Humbert
Knoxville
Bethany
Bethany Community
Greene Valley Hospital
Louise Price
Ray Price
Vernon Dean Price
Church Hill
Glenn T. Morrison
Rt. 3
Monai Clinic
Charles Dewitt Byrd
Williams Machine Shop
Baptist Church
Helen Pratt Morrison
Nancy Morrison Brooks
Jonesboro
Sam Morrison
Nannie Morrison
Lebanon
Luke
Mabel) Bellamy
McKinley
Margie) Hubbard
Bristol
Bill) Morrison
Wilson Funeral Home
McPheeters Bend
Montgomery
Ina M. Simpson
Novella
Blountville
Raymond
T. BR
France
Marie Snider
Fay Calhoun
Shrewsberry
W. E. Warden
Max Meadows
Lewis Musser
Baltimore
Gayle
Bellum
Frank
Paul Snider, Sr
Atkins, Va
Blountville Funeral Home
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Mack Gibson
J.A
Dick” Stout
Stout
Dobyns- Bennnett
Mamlett-Dobson Funeral Home
Watergate
SEC
Carriage Trade Furniture
Convine St
Phony
Groseclose Flared Company
W. AG Gior
Towle Sterling
Lyon
Millar's
Kinpaport
College Council
Myrtle Johnson
Rayman
Mori & Blountyile
Mam
Mauntvilie Fynerm
Roy
Turner
Ing Ray Roy
Wammplue
Carmel
Marion
Biountuilie
Everett J. Humbert
Munnuier Fe
Everett i Humbert
Spam Ihursoay
Powersuile Prestiyler Lan
Glenn. T. Morrison
Wing
LeRay Snapn
He. Wilson Funeral Home
Church WL
Claude S. Humbert
Troutville
Way
Nona Meador
Roanoke
Cothach-Price Funeral Home
Betty Low
Glenn JT. Morrison
James M. Simpson
Ala
James Monroe Simpson
Felder Ave
T. R. Snider
Sears
Dad
Sells
Wes Mow
Senta, Roebnck and Co
Johnson City
Basiman Fd
Cristol
Bate St
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