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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1968

Page

7

Hard Times Hit Resurrection City Amid Campaign Strife

The Poor People’s Campaign faces turmoil as resignation of Bailey Austin exposes leadership rifts. Rain-sodden Resurrection City struggles with mud and dwindling marchers. Sterling Tucker hesitates to take over as replacement while Abernathy pledges to press on.

Washington Resurrection City Bayard Austin Ralph David Abernathy Austins Sterling Tucker Abernathy Pitts SCLC Andrew Young

Seven Enlist In Army From Pineville Area

Sergeant Eddie W. Johnson, local Army recruiter, announces seven Pineville area youths enlisted in May. Dennis R. Evans joined Airborne and Infantry School. Larry E. Stewart entered Army Combat Engineer Course. Franklin D. Cameron and Harold E. Cameron joined Mechanical Maintenance School. Ronald K. Altizer enlisted in Engineer Equipment Maintenance School. Jerry Lee Bowling also joined Engineer Equipment Maintenance School. All will report to Fort Knox, Kentucky for basic training.

Eddie W. Johnson U. S. Army Dennis R. Evans Herbert Evans Pineville Larry E. Stewart Ellis Stewart Franklin D. Cameron Woodrow Cameron Baileysville Army Mechanical Maintenance School Linda Little Cameron Baileysville High School Harold E. Cameron Alfred Cameron Brenton Army Mechanical Maintenance Ronald K. Altizer Arnold Altizer U. S. Army Engineer Equipment Pineville High School Jerry Lee Bowling Elmer Bowling Jerry Army Engineer Equipment Fort Knox, Ky

Wyoming Issues Marriage Licenses Listing Several Couples

The Wyoming County Clerk's Office reports recent marriage licenses issued. Couples include Lacy Junior Bradley 40 of Black Eagle with Dorothy Mae Farmer 28 of Black Eagle. Jerry Hayden Wolfe 20 of Glen Rogers with Linda Diane Hall 21 of Kopperston. James Clarence Finley 22 of Wolf Pen with Lynda Kay Patrick 18 of Pineville.

Wyoming County Lacy Junior Bradley Black Eagle Dorothy Mae Farmer Jerry Hayden Wolfe Glen Rogers Linda Diane Hall Kopperston James Clarence Finley Wolf Pen Lynda Kay Patrick Pineville

Russians Save Jap Fishermen

Soviet authorities rescued all 11 crewmen of the 84 ton Japanese fishing boat No. 10 Shofuku Maru, missing since Monday after leaving Wakkanai. The fishermen were reported hospitalized in Uglegorsk Sakhalin after presumed sinking in northern waters.

Otaru Japan Maritime Safety Agency Vladivostok Sea of Japan Wakkanai Uglegorsk Sakhalin

Youth Injured on Graduation Day in Virginia

An 18 year old student, Ricket Schutz, suffered a serious head injury in a swimming accident at a friend's pool in Woodbridge while graduation ceremonies occurred at Flint Hill School. He is in Fairfax Hospital's intensive care unit. His father, Robert H. Schutz, is an Associated Press photographer.

Annandale Ricket Schutz Associated Press Robert H. Schutz Woodbridge Flint Hill Fairfax Hospital

Tree cuttings sent by U S to Japan

In 1952 Japan requested cuttings from the Washington trees to restore their own plantings damaged by World War II. The U S Park Service sent the cuttings after a 1912 Tokyo mayor gifted 3 000 cherry trees to Mrs William Howard Taft.

Washington Tokyo William Howard Taft Japan U. S. Park Service

Bidault Returns to France After Six Years in Exile

Former Prime Minister George Bidault arrives in Paris after six years abroad to face pending subversive activity charges. He is to appear at the State Security Court for possible indictment while calls for clemency and broader pardons for Algerian war figures circulate.

Bidault France Paris George Bidault Charles de Gaulle State Security Brazil Belgium Ritory Raoul Salan OAS Salan Tulle

Young Boy Drowns In Fairfax Lake

Fairfax police report Todd P. Rowan 32 fell from a private pier into Lake Barcroft early Saturday. The riverine drowning occurred after the Rowan family left a home on the lakefront where the pier is located about 30 feet from the house.

Fairfax Lake Fairfax (Ap Todd P. Rowan Thomas Rowan Lake Barcroft Rowan

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