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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1968

Page

2

Death Notices From Bluefield Area Chronicle

Obituaries and funeral notices for Robert Wickline, Aaron Tinsley, Earl Rosser, Curtis Stewart, Mrs. John Shumate, Charles Lamie, William Yates, Leonard Cline, Lori Grose, Mary Deamon, and other local residents. Includes service times, burial places, church affiliations, and pallbearer details.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publisher Information Notice

Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists publication data and contact details for its 1803 issue. It declares Associated Press news use rights, local news, subscription rates, and advertising office information for Bluefield West Virginia.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph Daily Telegraph Printing Co Grand Street Bluefield W. Va Associated Press Od Audit Bureau of Chreula The Kats “Telephone

Funeral notices from multiple families in Bluefield area

Obituaries list Leonard P Yost 65 Tazewell Virginia with service at Concord Methodist Church. Georgia Mae Farley 41 Rock with service at Cravens Shires Bluewell. David C Dunford 90 Princeton with service at George W Seaver Chapel Princeton. Mary Green Bowling Robert burial in Bowling Cemetery Green Valley. Roy E Evans 48 Freeman with service Bramwell Methodist Church. Mercer Funeral Home coordinating arrangements.

Yost Leonard P Tazewell Concord Methodist Church Gratton Luther Lawson Concord Greever Funeral Home Farley Georgia Mae Rock Cravens - Shires Funeral Home Bluewell Dewey Lacy Woodlawn Memorial James Blevins Billy Riggs Earnie Belcher Brent Curran Shannon O'Donnell David Brown Curtis Blevins Robert Vaughn Dunford David C North Walker St Princeton George W. Seaver J. C. Fisher Curve Robert Mary Green George D. West Green Valley Carl Caffee John B. Linkous James H. Carbaugh Jimmy Reed John Wiley

Shaken Church Seen In 1968

In 1968 religious events shook the church both inside and outside. Vatican pressure over Pope Paul VI’s encyclica, antiwar protests, and civil rights tensions dominated as clergy and laypeople faced arrests, burnings, and church splits. Notable deaths included Martin Luther King Jr. and ecumenical leaders Karl Barth and Austin Cardinal Bea.

New York Thomas Wilson Chicago Church of the Brethren Paul VI Church of God Vatican Albert P. Stauderman Lutheran Stanley I. Stuber YMCA Association Press Religion Newswriters Association Yale William Sloan Coffin Jr Benjamin Spock Boston Philip Dan Berrigan Baltimore Martin Luther King Jr Switzerland Karl Barth Austin Cardinal Bea Franklin Clark Fry

Pueblo Crew Examined After North Korea Capture

Navy tests reveal Cimdr Lloyd Bucher wounded in Pueblo seizure on Jan 23. Seaman Duane Hodges died. two others wounded. North Korea massed hundreds of planes in anticipation of U S retaliation. Families describeBeatings and fear during imprisonment as crewmen return.

North Korea Murphy Navy Puebo Pueblo State Department Washington Lloyd M. Bucher Duane Hodges Creswell Ore Bucher Hodges

Mercer County man dies in overnight fire on farm near Athens

Ralph Copland 58 of Unity Road near Athens died after apparently sleeping with a cigarette when the one room cinderblock building he occupied on Edgar Vance’s farm burned. He was found Thursday around 12:30 p.m. by Vance after last being seen Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Copland, a World War II veteran and disabled truck driver, lived on the farm for about three years and was identified by funeral home sources. Confirmation of relatives pending. He was to be taken to Bailey Funeral Home in Princeton.

William B. Yates Keystone Welch Anawalt Issac Annie Harmon Yates Painter Furniture Company Anna Mae Yates Clifford Yates Ella Hash Louise Yates Jones Northfork Bennett Funeral Chapel Wiley Brooks Roselawn Memorial Gardens Bluefield-Princeton Road Joe Rochelli George Zamberlain Richard Hancock Scott Boyd Lace Howell Wayne Hash Mercer County Athens R. E. Haynes Unity Road Funeral Home Ralph Copland Haynes Copland Edgar Vance Vance Indianapolis Ind Bailey Funeral Home Princeton

C G Connolly Dies At Age 58 In Bluefield

Claude Graham Connolly 58 died at his home 309 Parkway Bluefield Thursday after a long Bluefield residency since 1942. He sold heavy equipment for West Virginia Tractor and Equipment Co. Born March 4 1910 in Bakersville NC he is survived by wife Alma Norma Woodrum two grandchildren Robin and Darrance two brothers J Earl and Lawrence L Connolly. he attended College Avenue Baptist Church and belonged to Bluefield Country Club. Services 2 p.m. Saturday Mercer Funeral Home Chapel officiated by Rev. Frank Schwall entombment Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Friends may call 4 to 10 p.m. Friday at Mercer Funeral Home.

Robert Lee Wickline Peterstown Pearisburg Greenville Jeff and Littie Miller Wickline Monroe County Dry Pond Regular Rosie V. Wickline Effie Dillon Dry Pond Lawrence Rogers Orchard Clyde James Junior George Wickline Harry Nance George Dillon Broyles Funeral Chapel Aaron Tinsley Roanoke St Bluefield McComas Shirley Baker Walter Stella Wilson Baker Mercer County Edwards Memorial Presbyterian Church Sylvia Tinsley Aaron Tinsley Jr Maurice Randy Tinsley Onedia Wade Lillian English Pittsville Selma Watson Yonkers N. Y Lorraine Baker Brooklyn William Baker Columbus Ohio Edward and Charles Baker Cleveland Henry Baker Toledo Ralph Baker A. L. Pope H. L. Wade N. J. Dickerson Oak Grove Bluewell Lugo John R. Shumate Cooper St Athens Princeton Carrie 0. White Edward E. and Nicolle McKinsey White First Christian Church of West Virginia Business College Huntington Clarence White C. H. Jamison Bradenton Fla H. T. Montgomery Vernon Johnson Falls Church Nathan C. White Dayton White Oakvale Bee Barnes-Wornal Chapel of Memorial Funeral Yandell Page Resthaven Memorial Park Claude Graham Connolly West Virginia Tractor and Equipment Co Bakersville N. C Alma Vance Connolly H. G Norma) Woodrum Charleston Robin Darrance J. Earl Connolly Reidsville Lawrence L. Connolly John Jerome Connolly Cordelia Young Connolly Bluefield Country Club College Avenue Baptist Church Mercer Funeral Home Frank Schwall Monte Vista Park

Missing Des Moines girl linked to rest stop discovery

Police report indicates a junior high wrestling attendee vanished from a Des Moines YMCA and remains found in a waste receptacle at an Interstate 80 rest stop near Grinnell. Snow hindered search efforts as snowmobiles combed ditches and residents checked outbuildings. A suspect, Anthony Williams, surrendered calmly and claimed to have an attorney who says a two part agreement involved revealing information.

Des Moines McKnight Williams

NLF delegate meets French foreign minister amid Vietnam talks

Nam holds a news conference as Tran Buu Kiem, NLF foreign minister, is received by Michel Debre in Paris. Debre had met other delegations and officials say no special treatment was given. Kiem downplays the Christmas Day meeting but indicates negotiations in South Vietnam will continue.

Nam NLF Tran Buu Kiem Michel Debre Debre Foreign Ministry South Vietnam Kiem

Apollo 8 Re-entry Approach Aims For Safe Ocean Landing

Astronauts maintain attitude as ground control monitors re entry, with Borman ready to take manual control if the computer misjudges. Discovery of precise nav by Lovell and the crew ensures the craft hits the atmospheric corridor to reach the ocean safely.

Borman

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