17 Dec 1967
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1967
Page
1
President Johnson signs a law boosting Civilian and military pay by 2.7 billion each over three years while raising the letter rate to six cents and air mail to ten cents. The act also enacts a relative-pay ban and outlines phased increases with back pay to December.
Doctors in Johannesburg report Luke Washkansky, the heart transplant patient, recovering while pneumonia threatens his immune system. Barnard notes the infection could affect the donor heart rejection window, but officials say there is no alarm. Antibiotics, including 20 million units of penicillin daily, are being used as monitoring continues.
Establishment details and contact lines for the Daily Telegraph of Bluefield West Virginia include year of founding 1893 association with Associated Press and Advertising Bureau credits. Rates are listed as 26.00 per year with inquiries for other regions.
Izvestia analyzes U.S. politics noting Robert F. Kennedy has real chances to lead the Democratic party and possibly become president due to his popularity and Kennedy family money. The paper says Kennedy could end the Vietnam war image and cites McCarthy as an early challenge to Johnson. It mentions Romney entering the Republican field as a future factor.
An Army investigation found white powder on slain Communist troopers was not heroin. An Army doctor had claimed heroin. tests identified the packets as disinfectant fungicides water purifiers antibiotics and soap. The battle occurred 50 miles north of Saigon in a death by own action attack. 124 of 400 troops died from American crossfire.
In Boston the 194th Boston Tea Party anniversary was observed on an old ship deck. French francs were thrown overboard with two chests of tea as participants joked about past grievances with Britain and praised Gaulle for United States ingratitude.
Water from Ohio River tributaries was reduced on Saturday to support salvage work after the suspension bridge collapse in Point Pleasant West Virginia. The Allegheny and Monongahela flows in the Pittsburgh district were sharply decreased and the Kanawha River flow in West Virginia was also reduced.
A bus carrying 39 Ft. Bliss soldiers home for Christmas left an ice covered highway and overturned in mountain country east of El Paso. Four men were killed and four critically hurt. Ft. Bliss said two killed and 16 hurt, with state police reporting up to 20 injured. Helicopters ferried doctors and supplies to Salt Flat area as ambulances worked to reach the wreck. The unit reportedly comprised trainees headed for Vietnam deployment.
G. L. Campbell, director of Wyoming County Community Action Programs Inc, announces four openings: experienced bookkeeper, registered health nurse, qualified labor counselor, and office secretary. Applications available at Mullens office or by calling 294-5732.
Sgt. Clarence Eugene Tilley is on leave with his parents near Pineville after 11 months and 26 days in Vietnam. He earned the Vietnam Service Ribbon Campaign Ribbon Good Conduct Medal Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Silver Star Purple Heart and the Bronze Star with V. Tilley has ten years of Army service.
Wyoming County Clerk's Office reports licenses issued in the past week for couples including Jackson Lee Allen 20 and Judith Kaye Sizemore 19 of Mullens, Thomas Melvin Marsh 24 of Oceana and Anna Dene Belcher 20 of Lynco, Richard Tracy Webb 24 of Rhodell and Patricia Ann Dotson 16 of Wyoming.
The executive committee of the Virginia Association of Commonwealth's Attorneys aims to push the 1968 General Assembly to let juries decide only guilt in criminal trials. Judges would issue presentence reports, guiding punishment with juries informed but not determining sentences. The group also seeks lowering the age for indecent liberties cases to 18 and opposes changes to recidivist and indeterminate sentencing. A model search and seizure statute will be prepared for the assembly.
A 37 year old McDowell County resident, Carl Woodridge of Skygusty, was found dead Saturday afternoon two miles above Gary Country Club at Skygusty. State police and coroner report death from alcoholic convulsions, occurring early Saturday morning at the edge of South Fork Creek.
Howard Boggs sobbed as his wife and daughter were missing amid a river collapse. Authorities identified four of the dead, listing George McManus of Southside West Virginia, Cecil Counts and Melvin Cantrell of Gallipolis Ferry West Virginia, and Leo Blackman of Petersburg Virginia.
Obituaries report John Thomas Parsell 84 of Princeton died after a long illness. Survives include two daughters and two sons. funeral Monday at George W. Seaver Chapel with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. Also listed are Myrtle Rebecca Lowe 69 of Kingsport and multiple survivors with services noted in Richlands and Bluefield areas. Further notices include Henry Clay Wood 48 of Bluefield, Linda Lee Melvin 24 of Bluefield, Robert Paul Alexander 66 of Lebanon and Annie Booth 95 of Matoaka with funeral arrangements and burial plans detailed.
Janet Faye Compton 15 daughter of Nelson R and Arleen White of Route 2 Honaker Va died early Saturday in a Richlands Va hospital after a brief illness. She was a 10th grade student at Honaker High School and survived by sister Diane Lee Compton and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Walter Whited. Services Sunday at 2 p m at Honaker Funeral Chapel with Rev Clyde Lambert and Rev Kenneth Ball. Burial in Russell Memorial Cemetery Lebanon Va.
Barbara Machial White infant daughter of Junior and Barbara White of 306 Fourth Street Princeton died shortly after birth Friday morning at St Luke s Hospital Bluefield Graveside services set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at Elgood Cemetery with Rev Edward Hill officiating Body at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton Survivors include Timmy White brother and the two parents
Mrs. Pearly Stevenson aged 54 of East Wayne Street died at home Saturday night after a long illness. The body lies at Mercer Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
Bessie Owens Colley 53 of Oak Ridge Tenn. funeral Sunday at 11 a.m. at Little Josie Baptist Church Breaks Va. burial in Colley family cemetery Grundy Funeral Home, Grundy Va. in charge. Ernest L Burchette 85 of 323 Stowers St Bluefield funeral Sunday at 2 30 p.m. Calvary Baptist Church officiated by Rev Glen Quesenberry Rev Robert Steinmetz Rev R F Herndon. Pallbearers Fred Raines Noble Raines Albert Barnett Thomas McFarland Gar Bowling Paul Dodson. Honorary pallbearers J E Oblinger Farrel Rolland Bill Berry John Abshire Joe Gillespie Leonard Terry W C Patrick Joe Eaton Theodore French W B Painter Glen Roler Weston Willis George Daw sdiy Freddie Dodson.
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