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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1983
Page
2
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists deaths and funeral arrangements for William Fisher 75 of Princeton and others including Michael Page 25 of Hopewell and Arthur Baker 36 of Cedar Bluff. The list covers service times, burial sites, and calling hours along with survivors across Virginia and West Virginia communities.
An 88 year old Oakwood man Jonathan Roby Hale died after a self inflicted gunshot wound Sunday afternoon at his home near Oakwood Virginia He was retired from Page Coal Co and a member of Free Will Baptist Church He leaves a wife Nora Campbell Hale three sons Garland Hurley Marvin and three daughters Adell Artis Jalaine and a son two brothers and one half brother twenty grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren The funeral will be held at Buchanan County Funeral Home Chapel Keen Mountain with ministers Ancil Childress Scott Campbell and others The family requests memorial donations to the Oakwood Rescue Squad.
The notice lists the Bluefield Daily Telegraph details including its establishment in 1893, address at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia, Associated Press affiliation, subscription rates of 66.00 per year in state and 5.50 per calendar month for home delivery, USPS and circulation details, and change of address to P.O. Box 208.
Princeton Police Chief George W. Johnson urged residents to lock their vehicles during Christmas shopping. He noted three cars were stolen last week with keys left in ignitions and advised placing presents in trunks to avoid break-ins. He said the warning is part of the police department public information program as holiday traffic and security concerns continue.
At Huttonsville Correctional Center inmates sign a letter praising Warden Ronald Gregory for reducing beatings and rapes, boosting morale, and fostering harmony between inmates and staff since his arrival in November 1982, earning him the nickname The Walking Warden. The letter notes earlier abuses and credits Gregory with ongoing proactive oversight. Across the Atlantic, U.S. troops return from Grenada to Fort Bragg, reuniting with families as soldiers express mixed relief and pride. A Grenadian family sends a letter to President Reagan, delivered by Lt. Col. Nightingale.
Mercer County Sheriff's Department probes two separate thefts. Surface Banana Co on Airport Road reports a break in via broken garage glass with three citizen band radios and a radar detector missing, total about 450 dollars. Lashmeet resident Dillard Shrewsberry reports two saddles and two bridles worth 1300 dollars stolen from a truck at his carport. Deputies Roscoe Boone and Roger Midkiff led initial inquiries. cases referred to Criminal Investigation Division.
Trumka says he is not pressuring Mine Workers to reaffiliate while stating unions maintain excellent relations. Lane Kirkland proposes reunification and delegates respond coolly and politely. Trumka declines to say if UMW would join. The text recalls John L. Lewis leaving the AFL CIO and his later moves.
Resumption next Monday would allow service areas to restart. The company plans to keep 1,300 plus new hires as permanent employees, honoring commitments made to workers. Once ratified, the business aims to be more competitive and may require more staff, with some workers taking early retirement.
A 22 year old Princeton man was jailed in Mercer County after state police charged Christian Metz with obtaining more than 3000 dollars from Valley Bank and Trust Co in Green Valley under false pretenses. He was arraigned before Magistrate David Pedneau and remanded on 2500 dollar bond after being arrested Monday night. Metz allegedly obtained 3000 dollars in cash and checks while posing as another person. money and checks were recovered.
Five died in the attack and 20 of the injured were Kuwaiti employees. All Americans at the embassy were safe with no hospitalizations. About 65 Americans work at the embassy amid roughly 3,000 U.S. citizens in Kuwait. President Reagan had been briefed Monday morning but was not awakened during the night. Speakes condemned terrorism and extended sympathies to victims.
Two U S Air Force A 10 attack planes collided during combat training over the North Sea off Britain. One pilot was rescued, Maj. Andrew Bush of Arcadia California, 39, is confirmed safe. A second pilot is missing as search efforts involve U S and British crews and equipment.
A San Francisco class action seeks 100 million dollars against Coleco Industries Xavier Roberts and Barbaray Coast Dolls. The suit accuses the Cabbage Patch campaign of harming adoptees by portraying they were sold or auctioned. It requests punitive damages and a permanent injunction to halt adoption papers with each doll.
Bryan Williamson and Christopher Carrigan were arraigned at Poole Magistrates Court on charges of violating the 1981 Export of Goods Control Order after customs seized a truck in Poole containing six U S made computers worth about 750000 dollars. The case ties to U S and British efforts to block sensitive technology flowing to the Soviet bloc. Williamson heads a Wimborne company and was previously banned by U S authorities from handling sales of high tech.
Judge Ilario Martella delivered findings to state prosecutor Antonio Albano after a two year probe into a Bulgarian connection to Mehmet Ali Agca's 1981 Pope John Paul II attack in St Peter's Square. Albano to decide on possible trials for Bulgarian Sergei Antonov and two Turks. decisions expected in days. The case centers on Agca's claims of Bulgarian agents aiding the attacker. Soviet involvement remains unproven per official lines.
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