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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1968
Page
2
The Bluefield Virginia town council voted to keep the current property tax rate at 1.85 per 100 valuation for the next year. A proposed eight percent rise to 2.00 was dropped after concerns over an annexation hearing in Tazewell and the upcoming council transition on September 1.
Delegates clash over Vietnam policy as insurgents push for unilateral de escalation. New York faction dons armbands and leads chants while Kennedy supporters back an unconditional halt and Hearnes warns against risking troops. McCarthy and McGovern backers spearhead the peace-now push.
Paul Wiley Sands 52 of Bluefield died at home of a heart attack. Survived by wife Corine Belton Sands son Jerry Lee Sands and siblings Everett Haskel Bill and Luke. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. Dudley Memorial Chapel with burial Monte Vista Memorial Park. Other notices include Mrs He lena Brazeal of Tampa former Pocahontas. Conley B Rash Litwar. Ollie B Stoots Lebanon. Mrs Edna Grizzle Honaker. J Henry Talley Danville. Elizabeth Price Narrows. Nelle Charlton Narrows. Elizabeth Muse Bluefield.
Paul Steele 38 of Bandy Virginia died at home Wednesday. He was WWII veteran, retired carpenter and miner, survived by brothers Charles and Bill. Body at Mullins Funeral Home Richlands awaiting arrangements. L Earl Canterbury 65 of Lindside West Virginia died Wednesday morning. Body at Broyles Funeral Chapel Peterstown awaiting arrangements.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces its establishment in 1883 and notes publication by the Daily Telegraph Printing Co. in Bluefield West Virginia. It lists subscription rates by carrier, mail in West Virginia, and rates for other regions, with audit bureau and advertising representative references.
Frank Furo, 41, of Welch died Wednesday morning at Yale New Haven Hospital after a brief illness. He was the son of the late Eli Furo of Gary. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at J. Douglas Mortuary in Welch.
Obituaries list Eli Faro 77 of Gary funeral Thursday at Our Lady of Victory with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Other services include Jonathan Hargro 91 Harpers Heights, Charles T Bailey 37 Bluefield, Dr James Toy Nelson 74 Bluefield, Mattie Cordell Goodall 78 Pipestein, Stella Pemberson 75 Rocky Gap.
The assembly condemns the occupation as illegal under the UN Charter and Warsaw Pact and supports staying in the socialist bloc. It says the Czechoslovak army can defend western borders without foreign help and demands a firm withdrawal date for foreign troops. It calls for media and government to resume free activity and the release of those arrested.
The spokesman said pick and shovel work fades as miners require machinists and maintenance staff. The program retrains unemployed ex miners and offers courses for new entrants. Nation’s coal use and exports may reach 556 million tons this year, a 20 year high. Grant Venn notes coal states like Kentucky Virginia West Virginia Ohio and Oklahoma have started vocational miner training with unions industry and educators.
A West Virginia bribery case proceeds with six defendants including Gov. Barron and Truman Gore facing federal conspiracy charges. Key issues center on American Brokerage, Atlantic Management, Interstate Services, and First Southeastern Capital, with debates over whether payments were bribes or legitimate bids.
Police and guardsmen battled demonstrators on Michigan Avenue and Grant Park as tear gas drifted into the Conrad Hilton. Protesters, led by Dave Dellinger, sat in, faced police, and a mule train joined the march toward the amphitheatre amid volleys and shoves.
The National Society for the eee Blindness recounts a vision test required for all seeking hunting terms to help reduce hunting accidents.
West Virginia Wesleyan College football holds twice daily workouts through early September. Coach Bill Pugh says 39 players are competing for spots on the team this year at Buckhannon.
Ambassador Mein led a full inquiry into the Guatemalan crisis. Archbishop Mario Casarieg o was abducted for four days in March with initial Communist claims contradicted by police. MANO, a right wing group, killed Raul Lorenzado four days after the archbishop's release as Mendez consolidated power after firing three officials including the defense minister.
Prevention of Blindness urges individual hunters to have their eyes checked annually before going into the woods to hunt.
Humphrey secures the Democratic nomination after a fierce primary fight with Kennedy McCarthy and others concede. Chicago convention scenes turn violent as protesters clash with police National Guardsmen mobilized for security. Kennedy rejects a draft, while Daley and Hughes back Humphrey
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