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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1978
Page
1
The FBI notes three law enforcement officers were killed by criminal action in March 1978, with 14 officer deaths in the first quarter of 1978 versus 12 in early 1977. Regional breakdown cites seven in the South, five in the West, one in the Northcentral and one in the Northeast.
A long digressive piece about a Daily Telegraph idea called Not the One that verifies arrestees' identities. It features Clark Kent chasing stories at a bombing scene and a police officer naming multiple George Jones lookalikes, highlighting confusion in reporting and neighborly risk.
A 24 year old Matoaka man, David E. Bell, is charged with murder in the shooting death of 40 year old Arlice Farmer in Matoaka and Princeton area. Bell was held in Mercer County jail after a preliminary hearing request. Farmer was shot four times on his front porch around 2 30 a m Saturday and died at Princeton Community Hospital. The investigation involved Trooper D R Bowman and local police. The body was sent to the State Medical Examiner in Charleston. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
A McDowell County man and Brooklyn resident were indicted in Charleston on Federal Gun Control Act violations for acquiring firearms under false names and moving them to New York to be sold. True bills named Mayor Roy Via of Brooklyn and Willie Armstrong, formerly of Brooklyn now in McDowell County, with federal agents noting multiple guns. Another indictment targets Pike County Ky deputies Charlie Daniels and Andy Dotson for receiving guns stolen from Mayhew's Gun Store in Jaeger on December 24, 1977, with five people charged in the theft. Daniels and Dotson have resigned as Pike County deputies.
A U S district court petit jury acquitted Bluewell's James Ernest Law, operator of Quality Dollar Store, after about three hours deliberation. The true bill charged illegal reproduction and sale of two eight track tapes. Attorney Michael Gibson led Law's defense. government attorneys were Jim Arnold and Bob Allen.
A humorous column recalling simple childhood moments and coastal quirks. The author jokes about the Tooth Fairy, an orthodontist’s fees, and a neighbor who naps with his head on one grill and his feet on another.
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