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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1966
Page
1
Grundy residents vote 225000 for sewage facility bonds by over five to one in light turnout. The town seeks matching federal funds to cover the final interceptor to collector phase, with about 700 eligible voters and 173 casting ballots.
A Associated Press budget brigade of housewives in 12 cities found meat and meat substitutes raised a year on year cost. Sirloin steak hamburger pork chops whole ham bacon and lamb chops up 21.5 percent while eggs fried chicken turkey haddock and American cheese up 12.5 percent. Overall shopping bill climbed from 19.15 to 20.46 with other items easing slightly.
Washington AP reports Army Sgt. Wallace E. Pilson of Eckman McDowell County West Virginia was named among 49 servicemen killed in Vietnam. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon L. Pilson the Eckman residents.
Charles Scott Shanklin 20 year old son of Dr James Shanklin Bluefield Virginia died in a single car crash on Route 606 Bland County at 6 45 p m The vehicle a 1964 model American sports car left the highway and overturned four miles west of Hollybrook Driver Cecil Gregory Earls 20 of Bluefield escaped serious injury The car rolled onto its top and Shanklin suffered crushing head and body injuries per state police Trooper H D Shupe reported
Twelve young men from Mercer County were drafted through Selective Service Board 12 in Bluefield and sent to Beckley for Army basic training. All singles aged 19 to 26. Sixteen more draftees expected in June, to report June 20. Names include Charles M. Thorne Jerry W. Graham Larry E. Nuel Kenneth M. Stamper Jerry E. Hilton Ronnie L. Smith Larry Gwynn Leonard B. Chamberlin Jerry A. Lewis Larry James Ball George L. McBride Jr. Ronald E. Barton.
Charleston man Tom Addison 45 awaits transfer to Greenbrier County on a charge of obtaining 6193 dollars from Nellie C Barry of Alderson under false pretenses. He was arrested Saturday after a Lewisburg warrant. Addison is accused of a termite proofing scheme to obtain funds.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph launches a 13 part explainers series by Walter Campbell to translate Medicare Hospital Insurance and Supplementary Medical Insurance rules for more than 19 million aged 65 plus and 17 million with SMI coverage. The pieces draw on the new Medicare handbook and run daily starting Thursday.
Peggy Ann Brodnick, 17, walked out of Fulton County Medical Center smiling after 13 days of hospitalization following a week in captivity by William Hollenbaugh. Hollenbaugh abducted her May 11, killed an FBI agent and wounded another before a gun battle at Fort Littleton ended his pursuit. Peggy Ann reported feeling fine with feet still tender but no activity restrictions.
Miss Elizabeth A Bowen announces Bowen for Congress headquarters opens at 9 a m today on 208 North Street across from Kroger in Wheeling. She says volunteers will run the office and coffee and doughnuts will be offered to visitors as kickoff.
Howard Pyle of the National Safety Council urged adding 1 billion dollars yearly for traffic safety to cut highway deaths by at least half. He noted Memorial Day weekend death tolls 542, surpassing 1963’s 525 four day total, and argued current 900 million annual spending is inadequate.
William W. Boyd, 34, of Kilsyth Fayette County was charged with negligent shooting in the hunting death of Steven Blake, 27, of Mount Hope. The incident occurred Monday near South Mountain about two miles east of Wayside in Monroe County.
Surveyor 1 remains on track to land in the Moon's Sea of Storms at 11:17 p.m. PDT Wednesday after a precise midcourse correction. Project managers from JPL and NASA report optimism the probe will provide high quality lunar surface images to guide future Apollo landings.
Buddhist envoys held an unexpected session with South Viet Nam’s military rulers at Gia Long Palace, aiming at a civilian interim government and general elections. U S officials called it a hopeful step amid suicides and ongoing clashes as bombing raids press the North.
The Navy disclosed a top secret security breach in which an unidentified enlisted man with secret clearance moved through top secret areas, gathered sensitive data, and attempted to sell it to the Soviet Union. Rear Adm. Rufus L. Taylor ordered global commanders to review and tighten security to prevent further unauthorized disclosures.
Cape Kennedy AP The Gemini 9 crew Stafford and Cernan resume three day space mission with a 2 hour spacewalk planned to test docking with an Agena target and a Surveyor moon probe looming for early Thursday landing weather favorable with a late electrical fault traced to a loose connection cleared by a flight safety board.
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