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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1967
Page
3
Cairo reels as Egyptian troops dig in around the city and Nile bridges while rumors of Israeli prisoners spark crowds. Guards patrol embassies, food runs spike, and 62 Americans are interned as light is blacked out and news blares in public squares.
U S Marines in civilian clothes with revolvers watched inside the embassy gates as diplomats mapped plans for convoy departures from Syria possibly toward Turkey. American dependents had left earlier while a Tel Aviv to Rome flight carried 164 people including many Americans fleeing the upheaval. Undersecretary Rostow briefed African ambassadors at the State Department stressing denials of U S involvement in the air conflict.
In 1893 the Telegraph Printing House of West Virginia outlines newspaper use rights to ten dispatches per issue and local news. They quote carrier and Sunday mail rates by the year, plus advertising and circulation contact details and an Audit Bureau of Circulation reference.
H B Turner age 78 former engineer died at daughter Mrs George Barker s home in Charleston following a stroke. Survived by three daughters and a brother, funeral at Culpen? Cul len Va with burial in Oakview Cemetery. William Newal Hedrick 53 of Montcalm died in Bluefield hospital after long illness. Survived by wife two daughters two sons and siblings, funeral plans pending. Fleecy Isabell Pruitt 68 Havaco died in Welch hospital. Burial at Woodlawn, mourners listed, pallbearers named. William Taft Thornsbury 59 Paynesville died in Welch hospital. Survived by wife one stepdaughter three stepsons, two sisters two brothers, funeral at home with burial. John W Jake Munsey 60 Pearisburg died in Bluefield hospital. Funeral Thursday at Ingram Village Methodist Church, burial Birchlawn Cemetery. Mrs Dorothy Lucas Munsey, two daughters, one sister and one brother survive. Mrs Mildred Williamson Coburn Narrows died in Pearisburg hospital. Burial at Fairview Cemetery, survivors listed. Bodies transported by local funeral homes prior to services.
Arizona Lester 43 of Lorton Lick Road Bluefield died Wednesday afternoon in a Bluefield hospital. A daughter of Charlie and Lila Lester she was a member of the Crane Creek Pentecostal Holiness Church. Surviving are three sisters Edith Johnson Mary Carver and Paul Hall and Andy Hodge officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn.
Mrs. Clara Peters of Mercer Memorial Bluefield funeral at Mercer Funeral Chapel with Dr. C H Patterson officiating. Burial in Monte Vista Cemetery. pallbearers listed. Paul Melvin Deskins 53 of Ricketts Knob Monroe County funeral Friday 2 pm at Broyles Union. burial Lebanon Cemetery Pickaway. nephews pallbearers, nieces to carry flowers.
Faith Eloise Mace of Bluefield has been selected to spend the summer in Oak Ridge Tennessee, working on research projects in laboratories operated by the facility. She is a junior at West Virginia University and resident of 504 Fairmont Street. She is among eight college juniors from 35 institutions in mathematics and the sciences chosen for the Sum- program.
A two vehicle crash on Bluefield Avenue about 10 30 a m caused $1150 in damages. A Volkswagen bus driven by Donald Nelson 19 of Rt 2 Bluefield collided with a westbound car driven by Ferrell L Boyd 42 of Montcalm as Nelson pulled out from Bluefield Hardware. The Nelson vehicle overturned. Nelson was charged with pulling out into the face of oncoming traffic. Sgt E Lee investigated.
Knoxv ille Tenn AP reports Mr Stephen D Stair 73 and Mrs Frances Stair 67 plan divorce after 50 years of marriage. The couple, married around July eight, face life changes as they split their household and assets in a settlement expected to be finalized soon.
Fairmont conference opens with discussion of merging small churches. Dr. Walter Overstreet urges consolidations to cut effete units and raise minister workloads and salaries. The session also names ministerial assignments including Rev. L. E. Crowson moving to Highland Church in Fairmont.
Bluefield TV Cable Co will not cut rates after removing four channels on June 7. Manager W F Heinbach said service remains around five dollars monthly despite changes. FCC may take months to rule. company seeks permission to restore Bristol WCYB signal locally.
Mason W. Biggs a 64 year old self employed timberman of Wikel died in Giles Memorial Hospital Pearisburg from injuries suffered Tuesday afternoon when a log rolled onto him as he worked atop a load of logs on a truck in Rich Creek Virginia He was taken to Broyles Funeral Chapel Peters town with funeral arrangements incomplete.
Israel claims readiness for a cease-fire but resumes fighting calling it in response to Israeli aggression. Egypt Syria and Iraq vow to continue without regard to the UN call for halt. Soviet Union pushes for an immediate deadline while Pope Paul VI appeals for pause. Israel seizes Sharm el Sheikh and advances toward Rumana near the Suez Canal, crossing substantial desert distances.
Dorothy Parker, famed writer and wit, died in New York at 74. The West End born author of poems and screenplays was best known for sharp quips and won the 1929 O. Henry Prize for short fiction.
The West German Federation of Labor Unions with about six million members announced plans to invest 3 million marks, equal to 750000 dollars, in Israel bonds.
Rebecca McConnell and Jon Poston won the top art awards at Fairview Junior High School. Mrs. Lahoma Lee Schuller announced winners across 27 categories with judges Mrs. George Kish and Mrs. Leonard Thomas. Ribbons awarded to top three in each group, overall prize to McConnell. listed winners include Stabiles, Paper Made, Papier Mache Animals, Sand Casting, Ceramics, and many others.
The St. John’s Day event of Bluefield Masonic Lodge 3 will be Sunday at 2 39 p m at John Stewart Methodist Church with Rev P D Edwards guest speaker. Local participants include James Green W H Walls Lee Roy Easley Mrs Sarah Smith Queen Esther Chapter No 2 Mrs Mattie Lewis Dew Drop Court Tomagene Lewis Bluefield Juveniles president and C A Mitchell worshipful master.
Three Bluefield area graduates of West Virginia University Medical School have chosen internship sites. Darrell C. Belcher of Red Sulphur Springs will serve at Grant Hospital in Columbus Ohio. James S. Carter of Bluefield will go to Akron City Hospital. Douglas E. McKinney of Pineville selected the U S Naval Hospital in Charleston South Carolina.
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