07 Feb 1971
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1971
Page
1
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph answers reader questions on local matters. Topics include recreation center supervision, why exams aren’t returned for review, bus service eligibility, Concord College diplomas, public records in public service districts, city charter interpretation, and police department credit in a murder case.
Telegraph reports on page 11 section 2 detailing a hereditary ataxic disease plaguing a Midwest family across generations. The piece traces prolonged illness and its impact, highlighting medical and social dimensions within the community.
Roanoke and Tazewell County police reported no clear cause for the death of 23 year old Tazewell County Deputy Sheriff George Mullens. Mullens was found in a Roanoke apartment on Grandin Road about 9 a.m. by a visit supervisor. The medical examiner said the autopsy showed no immediate cause and toxicology would be tested.
Apollo 14 moon walkers Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell docked with Stuart Roosa aboard the Kitty Hawk after lunar surface tasks. Antares will self-destruct to record a lunar impact. Splashdown in the South Pacific is set for Tuesday.
James Martin aged 29 of Ridge Street Bluefield is jailed for the murder of Ronald Hurt 20 at a Bluefield night spot. Police say Martin was arrested about 8 30 p m on High Street Princeton after a tip. Hurt was shot in the right side of the face at the Silver Slipper on Roanoke Street Friday night. No quarrel was reported before the shooting.
Secretary of State John D. Rockefeller IV said in a taped WHIS TV interview that he is leaning heavily toward running for governor of West Virginia in 1972 and not pursuing a Senate race. He defended his strip mining ban proposal and argued the state must focus on its own problems.
North Vietnamese artillery opened fire for the first time in the week-old operation in the northwest corner of South Vietnam, inflicting the initial U S combat death as allied forces pressed the campaign near Laos amid ongoing shelling.
Actors star in a 17 hour telecast to raise funds against birth defects with John Gulager and Stephen Hale featured. Bluefield area telerama raised 26590 last year and aims to exceed that as funds stay in the county.
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