Panel to Study Including Drug Costs in Medicare
Secretary of Welfare John Gardner announced a six month full-scale investigation into adding prescription drug costs to Medicare. A blue ribbon task force will examine feasibility and report findings, while current Medicare covers drugs for hospitalized patients. Gardner cited high drug costs for older Americans with rising chronic illness and limited finances.
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Washington
John Wardner
Gardner
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Battle Wagon Move Studied
Secretary of Defense MacNamara authorized the Navy to spend 800000 dollars to explore demothballing the battleship New Jersey to gauge costs of recommissioning for service off Vietnam. The Iowa and Wisconsin are moored nearby. Missouri is in reserve at Bremerton. Some estimates say 25 billion would be needed to ready New Jersey for battle.
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Washington
Robert S. Mac-Namara
Navy
New Jersey
Vietnam
Pentagon
Paul
Nitze
U.S
Iowa
Wisconsin
Missouri
Bremerton
Wash
Princeton Legion Will Meet Tonight
The Princeton American Legion Post No. 54 will meet at 7 30 tonight at the Me Building in Princeton. B Jackson will preside and officers for the zone Veterans Council will be elected.
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Princeton Legion
Princeton
le Post No
B. Jackson
Zone Veterans Council
Intermediate Jurors Will Report June 8
Court Judge How announces jurors must report June 8 for the upcoming term as Bluefield Daily Telegraph notes. The announcement sets orientation and procedural details for juror service.
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and Nearby Areas
Obituaries for Elizabeth D. Austin of Bluefield Virginia and James Harvey Harris of Pittsburgh noted. Funeral services set across multiple churches with burial in Woodlawn and Mount View cemeteries. Additional notices include infant Kevin Wayne Mitchell and Mark Richard Weis with service details and survivors listed.
Funeral for James Fred Neely
James Fred Neely aged 79 of 121 McKinnley Ave Princeton. Services held at See Funeral Chapel Seg ekets year view Cemetery Narrows Virginia. Pallbearers were Lewis Kenneth Johnny Ira Shorter Char ee and Ceres ane See.
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Neely
James Fred
McKinnley Ave
Princeton
Zoe & See
Seg Ekets Year View
Narrows
Lewis
Kenneth
Johnny
Ira Shorter
Charee
Ceres
Bible School Set By Christian Church
Bible school will be held by the Christian Church with sessions starting at nine o'clock and continuing Monday through Friday. Teachers include Mrs. E. G. Jordan and other workers.
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Bible School
Christian Church
Gin
E. G. Jordan
Chryssikes Graduates From Naval Academy
Telemac T. Chryssikes son of Mr and Mrs Paul N Chryssikes of 12 College Ave Bluefield will graduate Wednesday from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis Md He will receive a bachelor of arts degree in engineering and enter active duty following the ceremony
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Telemac T. Chryssikes
Paul N. Chryssikes
College Ave
Bluefield
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Arab Unity Strains As Arab Nations Move Toward War
The Turkish News Agency reports a Soviet submarine tender and 10 warships passing from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean as the U.S. 6th Fleet sits off the region. Syria denounces Jordan’s king, while Iraq and Lebanon send troops as Egypt and Jordan form closer ties. Israel boosts work hours amid mobilization and Turkey signals limits on U.S. base use if it backs Israel.
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Magomet Gadzhiev
Black Sea
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Bosporus
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Marmara Sea
Dardanelles
U.S
Intrepid
Suez Canal
Vietnam
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Egypt
Said
Syria
Hussein
Jordan
Nasser
Cairo
Damascus
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Middle East
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Baghdad
Lebanon
Palestine
Epee
Strawberry Festival Opens in Buckhannon West Virginia
The three day West Virginia Strawberry Festival opens in Buckhannon with festivities beginning in the town. Packages, vendors and community events are planned as residents welcome visitors to the annual celebration.
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Buckhannon, W.va
West Virginia
Local Woman Hangs Herself in Bluefield Apartment
A 54 year old Bluefield woman Mrs Brock Hamilton McMullin was found dead at 601 Loudon St Woodland Manor Apartments Bluefield at 2 15 p m Wednesday authorities said She reportedly hanged herself using a belt or cloth attached to a clothes rack in her apartment She lived alone and no motive was established Survivors include two sons three sisters two brothers and one grandchild The body was taken to Hawkins Funeral Home in Bluefield with funeral arrangements incomplete
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Richard Conrad Harris
Danville
A. G. Kiser
Tazewell
Pittsylvania County
Samuel Joseph
Gillie Robinson Harris
Moffett Memorial Baptist Church
Ray Masonic Lodge
Dane Aentenets
W. L. Davis
Howard Rhodes Sr
Lynchburg
Frank Stafford
Roanoke
Colbin Alfred
Townes Memorial Chapel
Mount View Cemetery
Pounds Funeral Home
Astor Court
Kevin Wayne Mitchell
Amos
Margaret Blankenship Mitchell
Jewell Valley
Richlands
Randy
Gary
Michael
Craig Mitchell
Lennie Cole
Lola Blankenship
Isom Breeding
Knob Cemetery
Peapatch
Hurst - Scott
Bluefield
Brock Hamilton McMullin
Woodland Manor
Loudon St
Homer Tabor
H. N. Harding
James E. McMullin III
Thomas H. McMullin
Btooklyn
N. Y
Kyle Bruce
C. T. Blair
Robert Worden
Lake Charles
Stokes Hamilton
Miami
Fila
J. B. Hamilton
Hawkins Funeral Home
Jaeger Girl Kills Herself After Argument With Boyfriend
Barbara Harless an 18 year old Jaeger High School student shot herself in a school restroom about 10 45 a m police called the death personal safety related She was found with a .38 pistol owned by her father and a note addressed to her boyfriend who she had recently stopped dating Survivors include her sister and two brothers Funeral arrangements were pending at Fanning Funeral Home Jaeger Independent School official Ira Short said there were no known problems in her studies The state trooper J C Hedrick investigated the incident
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Jaeger High School
Barbara Harless
Welch Hospital
Ira Short
J. C. Hedrick
P. J
Bud
Doris C. Pauley Harless
Jaeger
Silver Grill
Jeanne Harless
Joey
David Harless
Fanning Funeral Home
Vietnam Termed 'At Best A Mistake' By Conference
A Geneva AP report outlines a conference conclusion calling the Vietnam war at best a mistake and urges Southeast Asia neutrality along with ending the cold war. It also presses for UN strengthening and tackling trade terms hurting poorer nations.
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Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Red China
United Nations
Soviet veto blocks Big Four on Middle East crisis
Moscow told Paris that the Vietnam war makes a Big Four meeting unlikely. The Soviet Union rejected a French proposal for a formal U S Britain France gathering to end the crisis, preferring informal diplomacy. Arab nations reportedly oppose a four power ruling on their region.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
France
Kremlin
Middle East
United States
Britain
Paris
Southern Baptists Re-elect Paschall as President
The Southern Baptist Convention re-elected Rev. Dr. H. Franklin Paschall of Nashville as president by acclamation for a second term. The 11 million member denomination approved a record $26.7 million budget for 1968, largely for foreign missions, with no debate.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Southern Baptist Convention
H. Franklin Paschall
Nashville
Tenn
Paschall
First Baptist Church of
Wellsburg Cash Heist Ends With $2700 Missing
Police report a burglary in Wellsburg during the Memorial holiday. Intruders pried open a door to the city building and gained entry to the treasurer’s office, forcing the safe door with a crowbar and stealing $2700 in cash.
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See
Nigerian Civil War Looming Escalates to Biafra Seizure
Diplomatic sources warn that a full Nigeria Biafra conflict is near as Gowon orders port and communications cut and plans evacuees. About 700 Americans and dependents flee the Eastern region from Enugu and Harcourt amid warnings of an imminent clash.
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Lagos
Nigeria
AIP
Peace Corps
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Republic of
Biafra
U.S
Elbert G. Mathews
Enugu
Harcourt
Agency For International Development
Gowon
U.N
U Thant
New York
United Nations
U S Resolution Draws Bipartisan U N Support
President Johnson wins swift bipartisan backing in Congress for a U N Security Council resolution urging Israel and Arab states to pursue peaceful diplomatic solutions in the Middle East crisis. Senate leaders Mansfield and Dirksen caution on UN paths and urge possible Big Four action if needed.
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Washington
Johnson
U.N. Security Council
Israel
Middle East
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
Egypt
Gulf of Aqaba
Dirksen
Security Council
Soviet Union
Westia
Mansfield
Congress
Cornell Fires Suspected After Third blaze in two months
An apparent suspicious fire destroyed a private three story dwelling near Cornell University in Ithaca. Nine PhD program students lived there and escaped mostly via windows or fire escapes. The earlier April 5 fire at Cornell Heights killed nine. coroner cited possible human carelessness or malice. No injuries were reported in the latest blaze.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
Charles M. Weaver
Cornell Heights
Prices For Farm Products Increase
Washington AP reports farm product prices rose two percent in the month ended May 15, reversing eight months of decline. Hog and cattle prices led gains while lettuce tomatoes cotton and eggs fell. Mid May prices were 4 percent below a year earlier and 8 percent below last August peak.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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