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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1968

Page

17

Kennedy Eulogized At St Patrick's By World Leaders

Robert F Kennedy was mourned at St Patrick's Cathedral in New York with 2100 invited guests including Lyndon Johnson. Leaders from across America and about 50 nations attended the service before Kennedy was taken to Arlington National Cemetery. Sirhan Sirhan faced murder charges in Los Angeles as the Kennedy family faced its latest tragedy.

Arthur Everett New York Robert F. Kennedy St. Patrick’s Cathedral America Johnson St. Patrick’s Dallas Edward M. Kennedy D-Mass Robert Kennedy Washington John F. Kennedy Arlington National Cemetery Pennsylvania Station Ethel Kennedy Penn Station Kennedy Cooke Fifth Avenue United States Hubert H. Humphrey Eugene J. McCarthy D-Minn Richard M. Nixon Nelson A. Rockefeller Los Angeles Joseph P. Kennedy Jr Sen. Kennedy James L. Poppen Boston Sirhan Bishara Sirhan Sirhan Israel Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic Orchestra Gustave Mahler Hyannis Port Mass Bob Kennedy Cape Cod Joseph P. Kennedy St. Patrick's Richard Tucker Metropolitan Opera

Kennedy's Start Is Recalled In D C Courtyard

Several hundred Justice Department staff recalled Senator Robert F Kennedy in the courtyard where he began his public career in 1951. Attorney General Ramsey Clark and Archibald Cox spoke of his life work and humanity as memories of his early days with the Kennedy family were shared by former aides and the chauffeur who drove for nine attorneys general.

Washington Justice Department Sen Robert F. Kennedy Ramsey Clark Kennedy Bob Kennedy Clark Robert Kennedy Archibald Cox Thomas H. Williams Kennedys Brumus

Escapee Caught In Weirton

AP reports Bernard Johnson 21 from Follansbee among five Brooke County Jail escapees, caught by state police at a Weirton drive in restaurant. Johnson second to return. Donnie Butler 18 of Wellsburg surrendered the same day. Others still at large include John Feay 42 of Wooster Ohio Edward Hashman 21 East Liverpool Ohio and Charles Chafin 45 with charges of grand larceny forgery and AWOL earlier.

Wellsburg Bernard Johnson Follansbee Brooke County Weirton Johnson Donnie Butler Butler John Feay Wooster Ohio Hancock County Edward Hashman East Liverpool Charles Chafin

Bramwell Opens Office for Community Improvement Projects

Bramwell establishes a downtown coordinating office to oversee five improvement projects. The space was donated by a local businessman and staffed by Bramwell High Chapter of Future Homemakers of America through summer. Key efforts include a July street fair, water system upgrade, and a park at a cleaned dump site along Rt. 20. The town seeks federal aid by eliminating 47,500 dollars in bonded indebtedness and is fundraising 7,000 of a 20,000 goal for a new fire truck.

Bramwell James Collins Bram Homemakers of America Jean Marnish Elaine Turner Clarence P. Hicks Kiwanis Club Mercer County Bramwell High Chapter Future Homemakers of America Pocahontas

Dickenson Authorized On Voting Machine Use

Virginia attorney general says Dickenson County supervisors may designate which election precincts will use voting machines. The dispute arose after Dickenson Commonw ealth's attorney claimed the county board of elections would decide, while the AG concluded local supervisors hold the authority. The county has 24 precincts and had planned to acquire 10 machines. machines do not handle absentee ballots.

Richmond Robert Y. Button Dickenson County Board of Supervisors Button Dickenson County Commonwealth Atty. L Victor McFall State Board of Elections McFall General Assembly Attorney General Dickenson Virginia

Trade share decline marks shift in free world markets

Washington reports the U.S. share of total free world trade fell from 23.8 percent in 1957 to 19.6 percent in 1966. The Commerce Department cites intensified foreign sales efforts in world markets as a key factor in the decline.

Washington U.S Department of Commerce

Richmond Faces $130.6 Million Price Tag for Chesterfield Annexation

Chesterfield County sets a tentative 130.6 million valuation for 51 square miles Richmond seeks to annex. County counsel John H. Thornton Jr calls the figure an approximation while Irvin G. Horner labels it a conservative estimate. The suit, heard by a three judge court in August, traces back to 1962.

Richmond Chesterfield County John H. Thornton Jr Thornton Chesterfield Board of Supervisors Irvin G. Horner Chesterefield Horace H. Edwards Henrico County Henrico Chesterfield First Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Chesterfield

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