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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 13, 1968

Page

3

West Berlin Faces New East German Travel Taxes Spark Tense Clash

The United States Britain and France condemned East Germany for new travel taxes and visa rules that isolate West Berlin. Bonn pledged subsidies to offset losses while protests erupted in West Berlin and Kiesinger met with allied ambassadors to coordinate a response.

London United States Britain France East Germany West Berlin Soviet Union Bonn Berlin Washington Kurt George Kiesinger U.S

Deaths and Funerals in Coalwood Welch and Nearby Areas

Funeral services for Morris 19 of War held at Excelsior High School auditorium with military rites in Greenville Tenn. Survivors include four brothers and six sisters. Annie Garrett 72 of Coalwood dies after long illness. services Saturday at Mt Airy Baptist Church Coalwood. Floyd Hardy 52 of Walls Creek killed by falling utility pole. service Friday Walls Creek Church of God. Nell Shirley Hodge 91 dies in Massanetta Virginia. services today Finley Memorial Presbyterian Church Stuart's Draft. Jane Garnett Justice 49 formerly Honaker dies Fairfax Hospital Falls Church. services Friday Blackford Methodist Church Lebanon. Burial in Russell Memorial Cemetery.

Pfc Wayman Morris Excelsior High School War John Wallace Greenville Tenn Morris Newhall Wade Claudeen Morris Big Creek High School St. Luke’s Methodist Church James Morris Wayne Lee Morris John L. Morris Damon Morris Dolina Roberts Anderson S. C Lilly Deboer Sumter Lena Morris Athens Charla Ann Morris Shirley Morris Christine Morris Page Funeral Home Welch Annie Garrett Coalwood Welch Hospital Sparkling Light Court of Calanthe Claudia Moore Maddie Clopton Decatur Ala Peal Roseberry Cleveland Ohio Grady Clopton Nashville, Tenn Mt. Airy Baptist Church Joe Thompson J. T. Taylor Ullman Abercrombin Robert Tate Oakgrove Bluewell Mt. Airy Church and Friends Floyd Hardy Walls Creek Walls Creek Church Nell Shirley Hodge Sunnyside Massanetta J. W. McNutt Princeton Martha V. Shirley Staunton Finley Memorial Presbyterian Church Stuart’s Draft, Va Pinkling Spring Jane Garnett Justice Honaker Fairfax Hospital Falls Church Russell County Jessee Justice Aaron Justice Marie Smith Justice Garnett Justice Jr Manassas Ricky Timothy Justice Melinda Martin Lanham George Howard Lebanon Wilmer Howard Mt. Ranier Milton Brunner Chester Burke Sword Haymarket Grady Justice Brentwood Bill Justice John Justice Alexandria Houston Justice Hyattsville J. B. Justice Blackford Methodist Church W. R. Grimm Russell Memorial Cemetery

Old Telephones To Be Replaced

MT. SOLON North River Telephone Cooperative shifts from crank dial magneto phones to direct dialing and private lines. A new central building is completed as 90 miles of lines, about 75 percent underground, are installed. Central equipment expected by mid July with testing a month before operation. North River will join Bergton as the last crank system in the state.

MT. Solon North River Telephone Cooperative Line San Francisco Ernest P. Reeves Augusta County North River W. R. Fleming Fleming Bergton Rockingham County Mississippi

Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertising Rates and Masthead

The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists subscription rates by carrier and mail for West Virginia and other zones. It notes association with Associated Press and the Katy Agency as advertising representatives and provides contact details.

Daily Telegraph Printing Co Bland Street Bluefield W. Va Associated Press Maiin Second Sones West Virginia Audit Bureau of Circula R Katy Agency, Inc

James P Brown 74 Lashmeet Dies at Beckley Veterans Hospital

James Paris Brown 74 of Lashmeet died Tuesday at Beckley Veterans Hospital. He was born at Kegley son of Rush H Brown and Julia McPhearson Brown a World War I veteran and retired timber man. Survivors include daughter Beulah Young of Sarver Pa sisters Beulah Walker Lucille Rutherford brothers Harry Roscoe and Dale seven grandchildren. The body goes to Mrs. Beulah Walker’s Lashmeet home at 4 p.m. Thursday. Funeral arrangements handled by Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton.

James Paris Brown Lashmeet Veterans Hospital Beckley Kegley Rush H Julia McPhearson Brown Methodist Church Beulah Young Sarver Beulah Walker Lucille Rutherford Pineville Harry Brown Xenia Ohio Roscoe Brown Roanoke Dale Spanishburg Princeton

Obituary of Ira C. Chambers Bluefield WWI veteran

Ira Claude Chambers 74 of 1500 Stadium Drive Bluefield died at 1 20 p m Wednesday in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. He was born in Peters town son of the late John and Elizabeth Crotty Chambers and was a retired machinist helper for the Norfolk and Western Railway. He was a member of Grace Methodist Church and a World War I veteran. Surviving are wife Lessie Thompson Chambers and one sister Myrtle Powers of Roanoke Va. Funeral services were conducted at Hawkins Funeral Home in Bluefield Friday at 3 30 p m with burial at Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p m Thursday.

Ira Claude Chambers Stadium Drive Bluefield Chambers Peterstown John and Elizabeth Crotty Chambers Norfolk and Western Railway Grace Methodist Church Lessie Thompson Chambers Myrtle Powers Roanoke Hawkins Monte Vista Park

Reynolds R P Memorial Scholarship Fund Seeks Donations

Robert Pierce Reynolds 63 of Hillsville Va died Wednesday at a Roanoke hospital. He was Carroll County Schools superintendent. Survived by wife Henrietta, son George Pearis Reynolds, three sisters and two brothers. Donations to R P Reynolds Memorial Scholarship Fund at Carroll County Bank Hillsville. Funeral arrangements with Vaughan-Guinn ants Funeral Home Hillsville.

Robert Pierce Reynolds Hillsville Roanoke Caroll County Henrietta Hargis Reynolds George Pearis Reynolds Birdie Reynolds Mila Sibold Eva Helms Newport Howard and Crockett Reynolds

Local Obituaries Record Deaths From Bluefield to Princeton

Hazel Chambers Bishop 69 of Bluefield West Virginia has service planned at Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel Bluefield with burial in Walnut Grove Cemetery. Amanda Jane Bailey 90 of Falls Mills Virginia to be buried in Houck Cemetery Pocahontas following Christian Church service. James McKinley Wilson 63 of Richlands Virginia to be laid to rest at Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill. Eugenia M Tabor Bane 89 of Bluefield Virginia to be buried Valley Vista Cemetery. Theodore Murray 62 of Lashmeet to be interred Resthaven Cemetery with services at Bailey Funeral Home Chapel Princeton. Lacey Johnson Repass of Bland Virginia to be buried Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield.

Bailey Amanda Jane Falls Mills Falls Mills Christian Church John Bowles Houck Pocahontas Graham Bluefield Howard Peake Walter James Lawrence Sonny Boone Richard Turner Roger Stansfield Clyde Anderson Richard Jessee Bobby Addison Tom Patrick Jr Jess Vance Sam Davis Bill Dye Lee Phipps Bob Phipps Tom Elswick Henry Elswick Bob Mullins Don Puckett Don Wimmer Fred Moore Jack Raines Ben Lester Murray Theodore Lashmeet Bailey Funeral Home Princeton Clayton Sweet Resthaven Donald Murray Bell Calif James Bake Norwalk James Orrens Ashtabula Ohio Ay Sparks Nancy Hunt of Pines, N.C Repass Lacey Johnson Bland Mercer Funeral Home

VPI Receives 29433 Grant for Transit Simulation Game

Washington AP reports Virginia Tech Institute Blacksburg gets 29433 dollars for a transit industry training simulation game. VPI adds 3635 dollars toward the project cost. Project overseen by Professor Paul E. Torgersen of VPI.

Washington Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg Department of Housing and Urban Development VPI Paul E. Torgersen

Man Critical After Leg Of Bar Stool Rams Into Forehead

Edward Woodall 35 of West Hamlin WV was injured in a Fight at Playhouse Cafe Chillicothe when a wooden bar stool leg struck him in the forehead. The leg was removed by emergency crews and wood removed from his skull at Grant Hospital Columbus. Police arrested Ezra Nunley on assault with intent to kill. bond set at 30000.

Chillicothe Ezra Nunley Nunley

Jackson State Mates Ink Boston Contracts

The Boston Patriots signed Jackson State University teammates Tom Funches a 6 foot 5 inch 261 pound offensive lineman and John Out law a 5 foot 11 inch 180 pound kick return specialist. Funches the AFL club s second draft choice will be used at tackle.

Boston Boston Patriots Jackson State University Tom Funches John Outlaw Funches

Inmate Escape Attempt Ends in Abortive Breakout

Hostages freed were placed in a close security area as charges may be filed. Myrl Alexander of the U S Bureau of Prisons said inmates would be prosecuted for any crimes for which they can be indicted. Other inmates named include Frederick Freeman Leister Jr subordinate to bank robbery and assault, Robert W. Gorman serving 30 years for bank robbery and robbery of a trust company, and Ivan Daniel Neighbors serving 120 years for kidnapping and murder on a government reservation. Lepiscopo serves 20 years for bank robbery.

Myrl Alexander U.S. Bureau of Prisons Atlanta Lepiscopo Frederick Freeman Leister Jr Robert W. Gorman Ivan Daniel Neighbors

Farm counts fall to new low since 1875

Since 1925 the number of U S farms declined from 6.8 million to under 3.1 million, the lowest figure since 1875.

U.S

Mystery over writer of sexy Bantam novel revealed

Washington rumor mill points to Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. or Richard N. Goodwin as the author behind the Bantam paperback The Girl With The Glorious Genes. The tale follows a Russian atomic scientist widow immune to radiation who aids civilization in a global mating plot amid Cold War tensions.

Washington Nana A. B. Carbury White House Bantam Books Carbury Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr City College of New York Schlesinger John Kennedy Johnson New York Dick Goodwin Richard N. Goodwin Massachusetts Institute of Technology Robert F. Kennedy U. S. State Department Jackson Roosevelt Goodwin Adlai Stevenson Vietnam

Paris Protest Whites Outpaced as Groups Dissolved

Information Minister Yves Guena announced the government would dissolve seven extremist groups including the March 22 Movement led by Daniel Cohn-Bendit. Interior Minister Raymond Marcellin said 30 foreigners including 12 West German students were expelled for Paris riots and 22 more arrested will be expelled. Police blocked arrivals at Place de la Republique amid a peaceful protest with widespread identity checks.

Paris Yves Guena Guena Daniel Cohn-Bendit Danny the Red London British Broadcasting Corp Raymond Marcellin Revolutionary Communist Youth Organization Rudi Dutschke German Socialist Students, Liaison Committee Britain Marcellin France Toulouse Place de la Republique

Spain Faces Irrigation Crunch Driving Farm Emigration

Spain imports 500 to 600 million dollars of food yearly while 124.8 million acres of land yield only 9 percent irrigated. Irrigation gaps force farm workers to leave for cities and abroad as northern regions receive far more rainfall than arid south. Government bids to shift water use include 171.4 million dollars over four years plus Madrid and regional projects to press water to deficit zones.

Madrid Spain Cartagena Lorca Wyoming Colorado Pyrenees Mediterranean Isabel Tl Barcelona Bilbao

Harriman Warns of Pressure as Talks Continue

Harriman cautioned that restraint must not meet escalation and warned against bellicose talk while urging progress toward an honorable peace. Thuy accused U S aggression and promised South Vietnam will resist, as Hanoi pressed for a halt to bombing during nearly monthlong talks.

Harriman Saigon Thuy South Vietnam United States Hanoi North Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam

ACLU Urges Dismissal Of Death Penalty For Ray

The ACLU urged Dist. Atty. Phil Crane not to seek the death penalty for James Earl Ray in the King assassination case. The group cited constitutional questions from a Supreme Court ruling and noted its opposition to capital punishment. Ray is held by Britain in London awaiting extradition. Boston lawyer F Lee Bailey warned defense teams face risk, but urged high quality counsel for Ray and Sirhan Sirhan.

Memphis, Tenn The American Civil Liberties Union Dist Phil Canale James Earl Ray Martin Luther King Jr ACLU Supreme Court Ray King London U.S Boston F. Lee Bailey Sirhan Bailey Sen Robert F. Kennedy Los Angeles

Soviet Underground Nuclear Test Detected Near Semipalatinsk

The Atomic Energy Commission reported seismic signals indicating a Soviet underground nuclear test in the Semipalatinsk region on Tuesday. The low yield blast was described as less than 20,000 tons of TNT, with no reason given for the delayed AEC statement. A similar test was reported April 24.

Washington Russia Atomic Energy Commission United States Semipalatinsk AEC

Columbus Man Eludes Police After Hospital Release

A 32 year old Columbus man charged by State Police with maiming his father in law slipped out the back door of Bluefield Sanitarium Monday after hospitalization for gunshot wounds from a June 1 shootout with Harvey B. Henley. Police said Whitt may still be in Ohio and extradition plans are ready once he is apprehended.

Columbus Henley Whitt Ohio

Virginia Court Hears Wright Case On Court Costs

The Virginia Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of William Ernest Wright who has completed his prison term but remains jailed for unpaid trial costs totaling 1064.75 dollars. His attorney argues detention due to indigence violates due process and equal protection.

Richmond Virginia Supreme Court William Ernest Wright Wright Guy T. Tripp II Tripp Reno S. Harpill

Westmoreland Heads to Five Day Ocean Cruise

Gen William C Westmoreland, who gave up command in Vietnam, sails from Manila with wife and three children aboard the SS Wilson bound for Yokohama after a stop in Hong Kong. The royal suite hosts the party during the leisurely voyage.

Manila William C. Westmoreland U.S Vietnam Westmoreland Wilson Manila Bay Yokohama Japan Hong Kong

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