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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1968

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Kissinger outlines multilevel Vietnam talks plan

Kissinger proposes separate talks by pairs of interests on withdrawal and regional guarantees while South Vietnam and the Viet Cong negotiate the internal political setup. He urges the United States stay out of Vietnam’s internal political future to avoid pressuring Saigon and prolonging conflict.

Washington Henry A. Kissinger Nixon Vietnam United States South Vietnam Kissinger Harvard Scholar Foreign Affairs North Vietnam Laos Cambodia National Liberation Front Viet Cong Paris NLF Saigon Look Magazine

Richmond Banks Raise Prime Rate to Six Percent

Three Richmond banks led by national lenders boosted the prime rate from 6 to 6 percent on Wednesday. The move affects big borrowers first, but bankers expect higher costs to reach small borrowers as well. Banks involved were Richmond Central National Bank State First & Merchants National Bank and State Planters Bank of Commerce and Trusts.

Richmond Richmond Central National Bank State First & Merchants National Bank State Planters Bank of Commerce and Trusts

Bank Holdups Soar to Record 1967 Losses

In 1967 the nation saw 1,591 bank holdups and burglaries with losses totaling 8.7 million dollars, rising from 1,088 incidents and 4.8 million dollars in 1966.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication and Rates Notice

Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces subscription rates by carrier and mail. Printing company information and advertising agency contact details are listed for subscriptions and promotions.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph Baily Telegraph Printing Co Land Street Bluefield W. Va Tis Associated Peta A Oo Audit Bureau of Circulation Advestietes Katz Agency

Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and vicinity

Obituaries list Joseph Saundle of Bluefield died recently with services planned at Mount Zion Baptist Church. Also listed are Charles Gordon Dooley of Bluewell, Flora Burke Keaton of Pipestem, Elzy Green of Princeton, Edith LaForce of Carlo, and others with funeral details, survivors, and calling hours.

Edith Laforce Carlo Mill Creek Cecil Jackson Cleveland, Va Lebanon, Va

Death notices for Noah Blankenship and family

Noah Blankenship 71 of Indianapolis Indiana died Tuesday afternoon in an Indianapolis hospital from natural causes. Survived by wife Pearl, four daughters Vivian Allen Gertrude Lester Naomi Collins Betty Collins, four sons Andrew Raymond Ira Clyde, one brother Annon Blankenship, and a Virginia funeral home arrangement lists his body moving from Virginia Funeral Home Grundy to Luther Collins Litwar and then to Annon Blankenship's home Thursday.

Noah Blankenship Indianapolis Ind Saeger and Athens Clyde Blankenship Fairfax, Va Annon Blankenship Hurley Virginia Grundy Luther Collins Litwar

Mrs Elizabeth Fitzgerald Dies After Long Illness

Mrs Elizabeth Fitzgerald of Jenkin Jones died Wednesday morning in a Welch hospital after a long illness. The body is at Lugo's Funeral Service in Bluefield pending completion of funeral arrangements.

Pat Honaker West Main Street Princeton Glenwood Park Mercer County Seaver Mortuary Soyga Todd Laquetta Todd Hartwell George Slaughter Newhall Lugo Bluefield John Buchanan North Tazewell Barbara Buchanan Charlie Buchanan Lake Villa Ill Hubert Buchanan War James Buchanan Kingsport Tenn Caroline Beavers Lebanon Ed Mays Coeburn Maggie Hill Greever Funeral Home Tazewell Elizabeth Fitzgerald Jenkin Jones Welch

David Dearing 44 dies en route to Bluefield in Ark

David Thomas Dearing 44 of Liberal Kansas formerly Bluefield died Tuesday in Morrisson Arkansas while en route to Bluefield. Natural causes listed. World War II veteran and Beech Aircraft engineer. Survived by parents Sidney T. and Mary Wilson Dearing and a brother, a niece. Funeral at Fin castle Presbyterian Church Friday at 2 p.m. Burial in Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery Bluewell. Friends may call Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield after 4:30 p.m. today.

Joseph S. Saundle North Mercer St Bluefield Mount Zion Baptist Church A. L. Polk Carrolton Jackson C. W. Tiffany Oak Grove Bluewell Joseph H Victoria F. Saundle Lucille H. Saundle Brenda S. Duncan Guam Elliece V. Smith Richmond Lucille C. Saundle Joseph S. Saundle Jr Waterbury Henry Saundle Sandusky Ohio W. C., Spencer Lenius Harris Sinkler Martin Richard Brown Nathaniel Baumgardner Allen Connolly George Watkins Casper Briggs Mary Coleman Alma Moore Nettie Baumgardner Virginia Harvey Ruth Marshall Jesse Horton Annie Younger Enough Davis Verona Polk Drexel Brown Clara DeCousin Woods Vivian Baumgardner Mercer County Board of Education Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home Mercer Funeral Home Brown Jarrett Alton Jessee Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton Flora Burke Keaton Pipestem Hinton Flora Keaton Fred and Mary Beckett Keaton Church of Christ Lerona Kenneth S. Keaton Korea Oswald Neely Frank Austin Boyd Philipps Speedway Dewey Nee Keaton Elzy Green Lilly Grove Addition Keystone Thomas W Mary Grose Green Blanche Green Herndon Wyoming County Silver Springs Roselawn Memorial Princeton Road Bailey Funeral Home Umberto Bellini Pulaski St Blufield Huntington Wilcoe Guiditta M. Bellini Donato Bellini Sacred Heart Catholic Church Pete Bellini John Oliver Sacred Heart Church William Carr Memorial Cemetery Hawkins Funeral Home David Thomas Dearing Liberal Kansas Morriston Ark Beech Aircraft Corporation Presbyterian Church Sidney T Mary Wilson Dearing Double Gates Harold W. Bearing Rocky Mount N. C Fincastle Presbyterian Church Paul Gess Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery

Obituary: Eddie Medley Dies at 35 in Hoggs Chapel Virginia

Thomas Eddie Medley 35 of Hoggs Chapel Virginia died at his home Wednesday morning after Mrs. Ernestine Medley. he was survived by his wife and son Tommy Medley, his parents Porter N. Medley Sr. and Mrs. Medley, a brother Major Porter N. Medley Jr. in the United States Air Force in Okinawa. Funeral arrangements completed at Williams Jamison Funeral Home Pembroke Virginia.

Thomas Eddie) Medley Hoggs Chapel Ernestine Medley Tommy Medley the Hore Porter N. Medley United States Air Force Okinawa Williams - Jamison Funeral Home Pembroke

Paterson Police Indicted for Rights Violations

Eight Paterson New Jersey police officers were indicted by a federal grand jury in Newark on charges of violating Negro residents rights. The indictment says officers assaulted Negroes and damaged Negro owned businesses during pre dawn hours last July 3. Six officers faces conspiracy charges to deprive Black citizens and SCLC members of constitutional rights. Names named include Philip Bevacqua Angelo DeChellis Carl Gorman George Gsell Abraham Hemsey and Peter LeConte.

Washington Justice Department Paterson N.J Newark Southern Christian Leadership Conference Philip Bevacqua Angelo DeChellis Carl Gorman George Gsell Abraham Hemsey Peter LeConte

Vatican Critiques Christmas Shopping Boom

The Vatican daily L Osservatore Romano voices concern that Christmas has become a buying spree. It says the manger is eclipsed by the prominently displayed Christmas tree and the holiday’s true meaning is overlooked.

Vatican City Vatican Daily L’osservatore Romano

Masons Plan Christmas Party in Bluefield Lodge Hall

Masons Set Party Bluefield Lodge No 3 of the F A A Y M Masons will conduct their annual Christmas party Friday at the Masonic Hall on Ellis Street in Bluefield. The festivities will begin at 8 p.m.

Bluefield Lodge No. 3 F&aaym Masons Masonic Hall Ellis Street Bluefield

Ky blasts Kissinger's peace plan at Paris conference

Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky accused dangerous foes and so called friends at the Paris Viet Nam peace talks. He dismissed Henry Kissinger's two tier approach and criticized McGovern and Clifford remarks while hinting at Christmas with troops and talks with Thieu on daily shifts in stalled negotiations.

Paris Nguyen Cao Ko South Vietnam Vietnam Henry A. Kissinger Nixon Foreign Affairs Kissinger Washington Hanoi Saigon Congress George McGovern D. S.D Defense Clark M. Clifford McGovern Clifford Nguyen van Thieu

Obituaries and funeral notices from Princeton Bluefield area

Multiple funeral services and burials announced for Charles Bradberry Rosa Marshall Wilson G C McCloudy Thomas Pruitt Dessie Easter Floyd Shrader and others. Services span First Church of God in Princeton Hawkins Chapel Bluefield and Bluewell with various officiants and pallbearers listed. Burial in Oakwood Woodlawn Yates Grandview and Roselawn cemeteries. Pallbearers named and viewing details given for Memorial Funeral Directory.

Bradberry Charles Bluefield Avenue Princeton Church of God Cecil Watson Oakwood Cemetery Walton Faulkner Joe Bragg Clyde Meadows Harold Six Ellis Burnette Cletis Fink

Plot Seen On Brazil President Plot Seen On Brazil President

A leftist plot to overthrow the Brazilian government led President Arthur da Costa e Silva to assume extraordinary powers last weekend, according to a government spokesman. Diario de Noticias claimed the plotters aimed to topple the Costa e Silva regime on January 20 and involved former Guanabara state governor Carlos Lacerda and ex president Juscelino Kubitschek.

Rio DE Janeiro Arthur da Costa E Silva Fernando Galvao Diario de Noticias Costa E Silva Carlos Lacerda Guanabard Juscelino Kubitschek

Miller Returns Overpayment

Former West Virginia Prison Industries Director Delaine Miller sent an $81.39 reimbursement to the state for expense overpayments. In a six page letter he cited honest mistakes and called for closer checks and audits. A legislative audit last month highlighted questionable expenses. Miller resigned last April.

Charleston, W.va West Virginia Prison Industries Delaine Miller Charleston Gazette Gazette Miller Prison Industries

Intelsat 3 Launched On Anniversary Space Feat

Intelsat 3, described as the era’s most powerful communications payload, lifted from Cape Kennedy on the Delta rocket’s 7 32 p m EST start. Apollo 8 astronauts observers, expecting a Saturn V flight toward lunar orbit.

Cape Kennedy Fila Air Force Frank Borman Navy James A. Lovell Jr William A. Anders The Space Agency Intelsat 3 Equator Brazil

Nixon Daughter Wedding Will Be Private Affair

Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower plan a private ceremony on Sunday with no coverage. Reporters will wait outside the church while NBC transmits the event via closed circuit TV to Dwight D. Eisenhower at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Maryland.

New York Julie Nixon David Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Nixon National Broadcasting Company Walter Reed Army Hospital Maryland

Jury Finds Accused Slayer Innocent

In Hastings Court a jury acquitted George M. Funther 21 of Bedford in the Sept. 16 shooting death of Roanoke man Robert Louis Brown 30. The panel of 11 men and one woman deliberated about two hours after Commonwealth Attorney Leroy Moran sought first degree murder. The fatal shot occurred outside an apartment building in the 700 block of Hunt Avenue where Brown and the defendant's wife lived.

Roanoke Hastings Court George M. Funther Bedford Robert Louis “Mutt” Brown Commonwealth Atty Leroy Moran Hunt Avenue Brown

Concert Set For Tonight at Tazewell High Auditorium

A Christmas concert features five groups including the Tazewell Junior High and High School choirs, a girls chorus, a boys chorus, and 35 Green Singers. Directed by Mrs. C H Leist with accompaniment by Mrs. E E Hankln and Miss Carol Boothe, the event is free and begins at 7 30 PM.

Tazewell High School C. H. Leist E. E. Hankln Carol Boothe Tazewell Junior High School

Abingdon Man Killed In Crash

Several Virginians died in multiple vehicle crashes across the state. Harold Foran 25 of Abingdon died in a single car crash near Marion on I 81. Other fatalities included Merrill McCrae Flood 26 of Virginia Beach in a collision with a tractor trailer, William Wiles 50 of Lynchburg in a U S 460 crash near Elliston, Floyd Holmes 56 of Richmond in a two car crash on Virginia 5, Woodrow Deal 19 of Sperryville in a single car crash on Virginia 231, and Craven Wilson 49 of James City County who died in a single car crash near Toano.

Associated Press Abingdon Marion Smyth County Harold Lee Foran Virginia Beach Merrill McCrae Flood Elliston William Erasmus Wiles Lynchburg Montgomery County Richmond Floyd R. Holmes Virginia 5 Sperryville Woodrow Franklin Deal Sperryvile Virginia 231 Rappahannock Toano — Craven Wilson James City Toano

Nude Man Arrested In Window Breaking Spree

A nude 23 year old man was arrested after breaking 39 shop windows in luxury stores along a three block stretch in Minneapolis. Police found clothing in a phone booth and the suspect was held in the psychiatric ward at Hennepin County General Hospital.

Minneapolis, Minn Hennepin County General Hospital

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