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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1983
Page
2
Obituary notices list Charlie Murray of Honaker and Ronnie Gene Small Sr. of Algoma among others. Services are planned across Russell Virginia, McDowell and neighboring counties with details on survivors, funeral homes, and burial sites.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph details its establishment in 1893 and publication by the Daily Telegraph Printing Co. Rates are listed for West Virginia and other zones, with home delivery priced at 5.50 per calendar month. Post office and advertising contacts are provided.
Welch police report a Monday afternoon wreck on Premier Mountain injuring Brenda K. Allen, 25, of Roderfield. She drove into the rear of Clarence Lester’s truck, which was stopped for road repairs. Allen, in stable condition at Stevens Clinic Hospital, faces tests for possible head and neck injuries. Damages are estimated at 3000 dollars to her 1980 Caprice and 800 dollars to Lester’s 1982 truck. investigation ongoing by Officer Albert Johnson.
Glen Lyn Virginia officials announce final construction on Rt 460 near Glen Lyn will start with two bridges and a relocation. Federal DOT funds 80 percent of the $5 million project, with 20 percent state funded. bid from Fairfield Bridge Co. at 4.63 million. Completion projected for 1986. aims to ease traffic hazards on the eastbound bridge approach.
In Richlands Virginia 35 year old Haskel Dean Helbert died from an accidental personal safety related gunshot wound at his home on Sunday. Funeral arrangements are with Hurst Scott Funeral Home. Helbert served in the U S Army and Vietnam era veteran. He is survived by wife Patricia Simpkins Helbert two sons Scotty Dean and Brian Richard Helbert three brothers Harman Brittian Helbert Jr Stevie Lee and James Eugene Helbert. Funeral service was held Wednesday at 1 p m at Hurst Scott Funeral Chapel with military graveside rites conducted by Barnes Beaver Post 7136.
A 35 year old Princeton area man William W. Graham of Athens Road died early Monday when his 1980 Chevrolet Citation left State Route 20 south of the Old Athens Road intersection, overturned twice and collided with a parked 1968 Oldsmobile. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Graham was a Marine Corps veteran and a construction electrician. He is survived by his wife Karen Belcher Graham, a son Christopher, siblings, and parents. Funeral services were to be held at Bailey Funeral Chapel in Princeton with burial at Mount Horeb Church Cemetery.
Antigua attorney general Keith Forde said a cache bearing Cuban and Soviet markings was found on an offshore Antigua island. He declined to specify the island or number of weapons and promised a detailed statement after the police probe. Antigua, independent since 1981, is one of five Eastern Caribbean states that joined the U S led invasion of Grenada.
Two aircraft flying from Honduran territory strafed the Pacific border port of Potosi on the Gulf of Fonseca, killing two customs employees. Foreign Ministry spokesman Manuel Espinoza Rivera said authorities would issue a communique and possibly protest to Honduras. Army spokesman Capt. Roberto Sanchez confirmed the attack but provided few details.
Soviet Kremlin spokesman Leonid Zamyatin said President Yuri Andropov, 69, is recovering well and remains in full control of the Soviet Union. He cited Andropov's Oct. 29 letter saying he had a cold and noted the illness has kept him from public view since Aug. 18.
Gen Mustafa Tlass confirmed one captured American pilot died after a raid while another alive would be returned when the war ends. Syria denounced U.S. intervention as direct aggression toward the Arab world. In Beirut, eight Americans who died likely fell to a single mortar. U.S. Navy bombers reportedly damaged Syrian anti aircraft batteries and radar sites across three Lebanese areas.
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