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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1965
Page
2
Eight hundred head of live stock were auctioned at the Wytheville Virginia livestock market with hogs ranging 23 to 25 dollars per hundredweight and cattle including choice heifers 20 to 21 dollars. Feeder cattle showed varied values from 16 to 26.75 dollars for different grades while yearlings and bulls posted multipliers in the 17 to 24 dollar range.
The defense department said parcels mailed by December 5 have a good chance to arrive in South Vietnam by Christmas. Five pound or lighter items prepaid at surface rate will be airlifted for overseas personnel, with air mail packages posted by December 10 to ensure delivery.
State Natural Resources Director Robert McDonough was reported in satisfactory condition in Columbus Ohio after collapsing a lung at his Parkersburg home last Thursday. He was taken to University Hospital for treatment.
Phoenix Arizona AP Mrs Peggy Goldwater wife of former Senator Barry Goldwater underwent a hysterectomy and removal of a nonmalignant tumor Tuesday. Her physician Dr Robert E Jones said the operation went very well and she was admitted to the hospital Monday.
Richmond Virginia Governor Harrison announced a 3 p.m. Wednesday news conference from his office. The schedule confirms the event and indicates it will be held in Richmond.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists subscription rates and editorial affiliations. The text references Associated Press ownership, audit representation, and local distribution details amid a garbled layout.
Rep. Richard Poff announced a contract modification for Hercules Powder Co at Radford Arsenal totaling 17 241 177 for propellants. Much of the propellant is for mortars in Vietnam while the arsenal reports no immediate employment rise, though total staff has grown from about 2 600 to 3 375 in two months.
William G. Parrott age 70 a Pittsburg Kansas coal company executive died Monday night at Menorah Medical Center Kansas City due to a heart attack He was born in Alderson West Virginia and moved to Pittsburg in the 1930s where he spent most of his career in coal mining.
The federal government awarded a 1,334,000 dollar Defense Supply Agency contract to Monsanto Co. to produce 240,000 gallons of chemical defoliant used in Vietnam. It will be manufactured at Nitro West Virginia and Monsanto Illinois facilities. announcement came via Senator Jennings Randolph.
Ft Bragg announces seventeen hundred soldiers have been called to duty in Vietnam by Christmas. The action follows Secretary McNamara’s statement that the United States will continue to augment the 165000 strong South Vietnam force.
In Richmond Virginia an 18 year old apprentice bricklayer Charles Graveley Dyer Jr was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his wife Emma Lynn Dyer 17 who was slain in her Highland Springs home as she slept Their 13 month old daughter sleeping in an adjacent room was unharmed Dyer turned himself in and is held on 10000 bond with detectives noting he feared financial troubles and that she had wished she were dead
Former prisoners Smith and McClure describe their two years in Viet Cong custody and praise Cambodian treatment while calling for U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam. They cross into Cambodia and attend a news conference in Phnom Penh, with Viet Cong emissary Le Van Diep present. The two say their release followed protests in America and cite Viet Cong clemency and good will toward antiwar Americans. No timing announced for their departure from Cambodia.
Cold weather slows Bluefield’s Mer cer Street Bridge project delaying the Dec 2 completion target. City Manager Randolph G. Whittle told the Bluefield Board of Directors that blacktop work remains the main hold up with railing, lighting, and temporary signs to follow. Other actions include renaming Norma Lane to Lowe Street, reelecting Hugh Shott and Jack McClaugherty to the Parking Facilities Commission, extending a no parking zone on Bland Street, a Sunday bus service complaint, and three building permits totaling 465 dollars.
Charleston W Va Studies Foundation will receive a 25 915 federal grant to help finance planning of hospitals and related health facilities The Public Health Service announced the grant is one of six totaling 293 054 under the Hill Burton hospital aid program Area wide planning grants have been made in 19 states totaling 2 218 642 since 1964 amendments to the Hill Burton Act
The Nord 262 twin engine propjet built by France and operated by Lake Central Airlines will begin service at Morgantown and Clarksburg airports on Wednesday. It is touted as the replacement for the DC3 workhorse and has been operating on Indiana runs for months. Nearby cities Charleston Huntington and Parkersburg already have propjet service.
An American driver escaped injury when a grenade struck the car of the head of the U S military police in Viet Nam as it burned on a Saigon street in the Chinese section of the capital. The attack followed a wave of Viet Cong actions in the area.
Cap Kennedy Florida AP says NASA practiced monitoring Gemini 7 and Gemini 6 simultaneously as the two ships prepare for the Spirit of 76 rendezvous. Astronauts Borman Lovell and Schirra Stafford worked in simulators planning launch, orbital maneuvers and reentry while preparing for physical exams.
Police report theft at Betsy Ross Bakery Bluefield over the weekend. Tools valued at 46 dollars stolen from a metal box beneath Poplar Street Bridge. lock forced. Items include a chain hoist 28 dollars four pliers 12 dollars and a pipe wrench five dollars. Box damage estimated at two dollars.
Tazewell High School was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools on Tuesday. The announcement came from Richmond, confirming the school's compliance with regional standards.
Obituaries list Edward Straley 54 of Newark New Jersey a former Tazewell resident with services set at Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home Chapel. Hattie Violetta Kirk 79 of Montcalm to be buried Wes ley Chapel Methodist Cemetery with Caven's Funeral Home in Bluewell handling. Dina Blankenship 33 of Hall Ridge near Princeton to be laid to rest Oakwood Park Cemetery with George W Seaver Chapel directing. Pallbearers named for Straley and Blankenship. Burial details provided for each.
Obituary notices report Albert Miller of Elkhorn killed in a truck accident en route to work. Funeral planned at Crozier Temple Baptist Church with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell. Survivors include wife Mary and five grandchildren. The notices also cover E P Whitt of Feds Creek, William Sesco of Falls Mills, and Margaret Ellen Thompson Penley of Bland with funeral arrangements and burial details listed.
Lawrence R McClanahan 70 of Vansant Va died in a Grundy hospital at 11 p m Monday He was World War I veteran Survived by Bertha McClanahan his wife one son Andrew McClanahan Maxie Va one daughter Mrs Ira Hill Tockland Va four brothers Bill Dot Clarence McClanahan five sisters and five grandchildren Funeral conducted Thursday at 11 a m in Stacy Church of God Rev Orville Thacker and Rev Willie Compton officiating Burial in McClanahan Cemetery Stacy Virginia Funeral Home Grundy in charge of arrangements
Darrell Keith Ropp infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Ropp of Pearisburg Virginia died Monday afternoon at Giles Memorial Hospital. He is survived by one brother and two sisters, maternal grandparents Haven Williams Hayes Chapel and paternal grandparents Ivan Ropp Portsmouth. Graveside services set for Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Birchlawn Burial Park with Givens Funeral Home in charge.
Clarence Baumgardner spoke at the Community Center Vesper Hour on lifting up Christ and drawing all to him. He sang Blessed Assurance and How Great Thou Art, accompanied by Mrs Viola Clark, with Mrs Edith Hicks serving as mistress of ceremonies. Other participants included Mrs Annie Hill Mrs Marie Marshall Mrs Rosa Redmond and Mrs Panzen Jones.
Mrs Della Lewellyn of Bluefield died at St Luke's Hospital at 10 p m Tuesday Funeral arrangements are to be made at Mercer Funeral Home in Bluefield
State Police reported Tuesday 431 people killed on state highways so far this year, up from 425 in the same period last year.
Princeton officials implement a 30 day one way trial on Harrison Street east bound and Straley Avenue west bound starting December 1. City Manager B F Jarrell announced a traffic survey supports reduced congestion and signs will be erected to enforce the new pattern.
Two Russians reached Alaska last August seeking asylum. One, Gregory Sarapushkin, decided to return to the Soviet Union and was handed to the Russian Embassy for immediate flight to Moscow. The other, Peter Kalitenko, remains in the United States awaiting a decision on his asylum bid.
The Pentagon reported U S armed strength rose by 86000 since Johnson ordered a buildup for the Vietnam war. October additions added 35640 men bringing total to 2759440 as of Oct 31. By end of next year the force is seen at 2980000 or 340000 above last July.
Rep. James Kee will discuss an emerging coal market on this week’s Kee Report. Ground has been broken in West Virginia for a gasoline from coal plan, with private interests investing heavily despite unproven practicality.
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