Ray Denies Boasting About King Murder in 1968 Claim
James Earl Ray told a Scotland Yard inspector he killed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and expected to become a national hero, a claim Ray denied under oath in England. The committee heard that Ray discussed hatred of Black people, anticipated publicity, and potential earnings from the crime, while his attorney blasted the interview as corrupt and misleading.
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Washington
James Earl Ray
Scotland Yard
United States
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
England
America
Mark Lane
Samuel L. Devine
Devine
Rohio
Alexander Anthony Eist
London
Eist
King
Africa
Lane
Rep
Richardson Preyer
D-N.c
Fist
District of Columbia
Walter Fauntroy
Preyer
Memphis
Pileup Hurts 4 Near Kegley
Four people were injured in a three vehicle pileup on U S Rt 1921 near Kegley Friday night. Wanda Thompson 61 of Princeton and Roy Blankenship 37 of Pfafftown NC were drivers of two vehicles. Margie Blankenship 56 and Donald Blankenship 16 were passengers in the Blankenship vehicle. The injured were taken to Princeton Community Hospital and were still under treatment late Friday. The crash occurred when a northbound pickup driven by David Preston Shawver 40 of Bastian VA slid into the path of a southbound Blankenship pickup. The Thompson auto then struck Shawver’s truck from the rear. Total losses were reported for the two pickups. Thompson’s 1978 Oldsmobile suffered about $2000 in damage. The wreck blocked traffic for more than 30 minutes. Shawver was charged with failure to drive left of center. Deputy William Gearhart aided in the investigation.
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U. S. Rt
Kegley
Princeton Community Hospital
Wanda Thompson
Princeton
Roy Blankenship
Pfafftown
N. C
Margie Blankenship
Donald Blankenship
Blankenship
Mercer County
RK L Lambert
David Preston Shawver
Bastian
Thompson Auto
Shawver
Princeton Rescue
Lambert
Thompson
Hearing Continued on Fire Order and School Closures
The hearing is continued to June 22, 1979 at 10 a.m. if the board by August 25, 1978 confirms ratifies and approves the Commission order the order becomes null and void and schools close. Other appeals filed by letter were suspended and may be reheard at any time.
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Page One
Treasury officials wary of $2 bill circulation delays
Treasury officials reluctant to discuss currency problems note it takes five to eight years to place a new bill into circulation. Berry says it hasn’t had a chance to circulate and with proper impetus there is no reason it shouldn’t circulate. Cashiers and tellers complain cash drawers lack enough slots for the note.
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Treasury
Berry
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Reader Information and Rates
Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces its establishment and daily publication by Daily Telegraph Printing Co at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia. It lists subscription rates by mail and home delivery and notes Associated Press membership and advertising representation by Landon Associates.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefeid
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Creviehon
Landon
National Outlook Sees Widespread Showers Across Regions
The National Weather Service predicts showers today across New England and a broad swath from the Great Lakes to eastern Arizona. Rain also expected in the Northwest and Southeast with Friday satellite images showing thunderstorm bands from Michigan to Missouri and Wisconsin to Iowa.
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New England
Great Lakes
Arizona
National Weather Service
Michigan
Missouri
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Montana
Central
Appalachians
Weather Summary Across Regions From AP Report
Thunderstorms swept through Wisconsin Illinois and Minnesota killing seven cows near Duluth as rains swelled streams in northern Kentucky and flooded highways near Louisville. Cold fronts eased in the Rockies and Central Plains saw Canadian air while the Pacific Northwest cooled and the West Coast enjoyed sun. The eastern half remained warm and humid as a hot spell continued in the Southern Plains with 100 degree readings forecast for northern Texas Oklahoma and the desert Southwest.
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Associated Press
Duluth
Minn
Wisconsin
Illinois
Kentucky
Louisville
Rockies
Plains
Texas
Oklahoma
Desert
Coal production falls week to 12.9 million tons in 1978
The U S Department of Energy reports 12.9 million tons of bituminous coal and lignite produced in the week ending August 5, a 3.3 percent drop from the prior week. The figure compares with 12.3 million tons a year earlier during the 1977 southern West Virginia strike period. States posted varied outputs across the three weeks shown.
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Charleston
W.va
U.S. Department of Energy
West Virginia
Ohio
CB Va
Mondale Set to Visit Charleston for Democratic Fundraiser
Vice President Walter Mondale will attend a Democratic fundraising dinner and reception in Charleston on Saturday. He arrives late afternoon for a reception at Bent Kedum Temple near the Civic Center, then speaks at the Jefferson Jackson Day dinner at the Civic Center before departing. This marks his second WV visit since becoming vice president, with a prior WV tour during the 1976 campaign.
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Charleston
W.va
Walter Mondale
Mondale
Bent Kedum
Charleston Civic Center
Civic Center
Minnesota
West Virginia
Richmond Rapist Is Apologetic
A 26 year-old Richmond woman was raped and robbed by an apologetic attacker early Friday. Police said she woke between 1 30 and 2 a m to find a man with his hand around her neck. He raped her and took her billfold containing 20 dollars and said I don t know why I did this I swear on my mother I won t do it again.
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Richmond (Ap
Richmond
Safety guidance on seeking shelter during storms and lightning
Outside, seek shelter in a house or large building and avoid sheds. If unable to reach a building, use a car with windows and sunroof closed as a shield. Do not stand under tall trees. seek a low area and avoid hilltops. In woods, pick small trees and stay away from water and shore. Inside, close windows and doors to prevent lightning entry.
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Weigel
Deaths and Funerals Notice Highlights Local Obituaries
Peggy Lusk 65 of Cleveland Ohio formerly Raleigh County died after long illness in Cleveland hospital. Survived by four daughters Carmen Arbogast Elizabeth Adkins Imajean Harmon Joyce Justice all of Cleveland and three sons Bobby and Calvin Lusk of Cleveland and David Lusk of Lashmeet. Burial Pierpont Cemetery. Friends may call Foglesong Longanacre Mullens. Virginia Wilson 4 of Bluefield died after long illness. Arrangements complete at Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield. Leonard Grogan 79 of Matoaka died in Princeton hospital after long illness. Survived by Julia Grogan wife five daughters and three sons. burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Walter Muncy 64 of Jolo died in Welch hospital after short illness. Survived by wife Martha Blankenship Muncy and five grandchildren among others. Burial Press Mullins Cemetery. Mollie Boyd 80 of North Tazewell VA died in Richlands hospital after long illness. Survived by four daughters and three sons. Services Peery St Clair Funeral Home. Lewis Clarence Campbell 73 of Middle Creek Cedar Bluff VA died at home after long illness. Survived by wife Lina McCoy Campbell and many children. Burial Greenhills Memory Gardens. William M. Dunn 72 of Kimball died in Bluefield hospital after long illness. Retired coal mine worker. Survived by wife Beatrice Thomas Dunn and many children. Burial Restlawn Memorial Gardens. Further obituaries listed with service details.
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Peggy Lusk
Cleveland
Ohio
Raleigh County
Carmen Arbogast
Elizabeth Adkins
Imajean Harmon
Joyce Justice
Bobby Lusk
Calvin Lusk
David Lusk
Lashmeet
Clara Graham
Leonard Grogan
Matoaka
Princeton
Ashe County
N. C
William Grogan
Julia Grogan
Samuel Grogan
Baltimore
Paul Grogan
Viola Pennnington
Betty Sheets
Springfield
Lulu May Sanders
Annie Elliott
Johnny Grogan
Vernie Grogan
Raymond Grogan
West Jefferson
N.C
Roy Grogan
Ashland
Norman Grogan
Lendir
Bertha Grogan
Whitesville
Bailey Funeral Chapel
Jason Ross
Paul Hall
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Tom Lester
Mack Pennington
Clyde Crotty
Leroy Nicholson
Roger Howerton
Wallace Sanders
Walter Muncy
Jolo
Welch Hospital
Bradshaw
Archie
Mary Jane Muncy
Martha Blankenship Muncy
Patty Coeburn
Josephine Moore
Detroit
Mich
Robbie Rife
Flint
Ann Browning
Tazewell
Keys Blankenship
Bluefield
Louie Muncy
Clell Muncy
Anderson Muncy
Louis Blankenship
Gracie Ford
Gladys Cyphers
Bartley
Lilly Muney
Jacksonville
Fla
Mary Lou Old Regular Baptist Church
State Line Ridge
Hassell Estep
Delbert Justice
George Baker
Press Mullins Cemetery
Tom Davis
Teddie Muncy
Lonnie Muuncy
Tommie Muncy
Barry Cyphers
John Boyd
John
Mollie) Boyd
North Tazewell
Richlands
William and
Elizabeth Davis Ball
Linkous Chapel
Freewill Baptist Church
John A. Boyd
Dorothy Sparks
Compton, Ky
Beulah Sparks
Mary Call
Newport News
Maxie Green
Largo
Peery Boyd
Sherman Boyd
Fawn Grove
Gene Boyd
Peeryville
Lola Newberry
Myrtle Ray
Raven
Artie Osborne
Rfthlands
Lewis Clarence Campbell
Middle Creek
Cedar Bluff
Woodman
Carl
Tennessee Sanson Campbell
Jewell Smokeless Coal Company
Vansant
Church of God
Lina McCoy Campbell
Eugene
Ada Belle) Melton
Helen Dotson
Indianapolis
Ind
Everett Leon Campbell
Columbus
James Chris Campbell
Ashtabula
Harry Campbell
Ronald Campbell
George Dela Keen
Dave Campbell
Doran
Ed Campbell
Chester Campbell
Maryland
Hurst- Scott
Claude Throgmartin
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
William M. Dunn
William Matthew Dunn
Kimball
Spartansburg
S. C
Arthur
Nancy Dunn
Mount Nebo Baptist Church
UMW
Superior
Cannelton Coal Companny
Beatrice Thomas Dunn
Holloway Dunn
Washington, D. C
Freddie Mack Dunn
Mt. Vernon
Ruth Berry
Startex
Flora Waddell
Bessie Thomas
Union
Willie Dunn
James Wormley
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Church
Friends
The
Missionary Society
Kimball Funeral Home
Funerals Set for Five in Bluefield Area
Mrs. Josephine French, 60, of Pittsburgh Pa., funeral today at 2 p.m. at Mercer Funeral Chapel Bluefield with Dr. Lawrence Sherwood officiating. Burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum Bluewell. Pallbearers named. Frank Bunny White, 65, Bluefield, services today at 11 a.m. Lago's Funeral Service Chapel with Rev. Clarence Johnson officiating. Burial Maplewood Cemetery. Nosh S. Deel, 72, Berwind, service today 1 p.m. Assembly of God Church Berwind with Rev. Ira Bandy and Rev. Jerry Turner officiating. Burial Grandview Memory Gardens. Pallbearers listed. Callie Stone, 86, Bluefield, service today 11 a.m. Mercer Funeral Chapel Bluefield with Rev. David M. Armbrister officiating. Entombment Monte Vista Park Cemetery Mausoleum. Pallbearers named.
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French
Josephine
Pittsburgh
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Bluefield
Lawrence Sherwood
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Mike Hymes
Bruce Walk
J. K.sult
Don Reich
John Fox
Frank Fitzgerald
White
Frank
Bunny
Lago
Clarence Johnson
Maplewood Cemetery
Stone
Blaze Destroys Trailer and Damages Cars at Auto Shop
East River Volunteer Fire Department responded to Beckley Road at 2 25 p m Friday finding two fires. A mobile home owned by David Coburn burned and its adjacent trailer used as a car sales office was destroyed with two cars damaged. A nearby body shop owned by Jim Goodman suffered a blaze originating in its office area destroying the shop and four cars in total two pumpers and 18 firefighters on scene about two and a half hours. Mercer County Sheriff’s Department noted peculiarities and state fire marshal requested to investigate.
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East River
Beckley Road
David Coburn
Jim Goodman
Coburn
William Hanna, 70, Dies in Welch Hospital After Illness
William Jennings Hanna of Elkridge Northfork dies on arrival at Welch hospital after a short illness. He was born in Elkhorn, son of Wallace B. and Emma Lee Hanna, WVU and Concord College alumnus, longtime McDowell County resident and retired state employee. Survived by widow Frances Hill Hanna. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday Bennett Fanning Chapel Northfork with Rev. Borden T. Brady officiating. Entombment at Woodlawn.
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William Jennings Hanna
Elkridge
Northfork
Welch Hospital
Elkhorn
Wallace B
Emma Lee Hanna
West Virginia University
Concord College
McDowell County
Frances Hill Hanna
Bennett- Fanning Funeral Chapel
Antonio Alvarez Dies After Long Illness at 75 in Virginia
Antonio Dias Alvarez 75 of North Tazewell Va died Friday morning in a Tazewell hospital after a long illness. Born in Spain he was a retired Pocahontas Fuel Co. employee. He was predeceased by his wife Mae Owens Alvarez. Survived by son Donald Alvarez and one grandchild. Services Sunday 2 p.m. at Greever Funeral Chapel Tazewell. Burial with funeral home from 4 to 9 p.m.
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Antonio Dias Alvarez
North Tazewell
Tazewell
Spain
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Mae Owens Alvarez
Donald Alvarez
Greever Funeral Chapel
Maplewood Cemetery
Mrs Emmett Picone 91 Dies In Princeton
Mrs. Emmett Mary C Picone age 91 of Athens Star Route Princeton died Thursday morning in Beckley Born in Williamson she was the daughter of the late Jim and Mellisa Chapin Star She was survived by several nieces and nephews Services are today at 2 p.m. at Burns-Wornal Chapel Memorial Funeral Directory with Rev J A Asbury officiating Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park.
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Emmett
Mary C. ) Picone
Athens
Princeton
Beckley
Williamson
Jim
Mellisa J. Star Chapin
Nerces
Burns Wornal
Memorial
J. A. Asbury
Resthaven Memorial
Okie Lambert burial notice in Belhaven with large family ties
Okie Vadis Lambert four of Humblestown Pa formerly of Tazewell Va died Wednesday morning while visiting relatives in Belhaven North Carolina. He was the son of the late George and Nanncy Halman dollar Lambert. Survived by four daughters Lucille Hall Kass Norfolk Va Pearlie Smith Troutville Va Annie Jean Dunbar Myers Cove Va Nancy Creasey Bluefield Va and six sons George Belhaven Okie Lambert Jr Frederick Archie Fincastle Richard Donnie Bluefield Joey Salem Va three brothers Hubert North Tazewell Frazier Tazewell Henderson Narrows Va and 28 grandchildren. Services p m at Peery and St Clair Funeral Chapel with Rev Eddie Nash officiating. Burial Granview Memory Gardens. Nephews pallbearers. Funeral home after 2 p m today.
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Okie Vadis Lambert
Humblestown
Tazewell
Belhaven
N.C
George and
Nanncy Halmandollar Lambert
Lucille Hall Kass
Norfolk, Va
Pearlie Smith
Troutville
Annie Jean Dunbar
Myers Cove
Nancy Creasey
Bluefield
George Lambert
Woolridge Dies After Short Illness in Welch Area
James M. Woolridge, 52, of Skygusty, died Friday at a Welch hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held in Skygusty with burial in the family plots. He was employed by local businesses and is survived by his wife and two children.
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James M. Woolridge
Skygusty
Welch Hospital
Mrs Mamie Artis Dies in Hyattsville
Mrs Mamie Artis 60 of Hyattsville Md and formerly of Amonate Va died Wednesday in a Hyattsville hospital. She was the wife of Ernest Artis and a daughter of the late Alex and Grace Walls Breedlove. Funeral at 2 30 p m today at Douglas Chapel Welch with Michael Gilliam officiating. Burial in Jaeger Memorial Cemetery Roderfield. Funeral home today from 11 am until the funeral hour.
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Mamie Artis
Hyattsville
Amonate
Hyattsville Hospital
Williamson
Alex and
Grace Walls Breedlove
Ernest Artis
Douglas Chapel
Welch
Michael Gilliam
Jaeger Memorial
Roderfield
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Highland Ave
Mercer Funeral Home
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William J. Hanna
Antonio Dias
Alvarez
Mrs. Emmett Picone
Orite Vadis Lambert
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