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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1985

Page

2

Deaths and Funerals List From Pocahontas and Surrounding Areas

A consolidated obituary page notes Mrs. J B Whitehead 90 of Pocahontas Va died in a Tazewell nursing home. Funeral Tuesday 11 AM Dudley Memorial Bluefield with burial at Woodlawn Mausoleum Bluewell. Also listed are Eldon A Blevins 38 Willoughby Ohio and Mrs Myrtle Boyst 85 Roanoke and multiple relatives, service details, and ongoing arrangements across Mercer Tazewell and adjacent counties.

J.B. Whitehead J.B Mary) Whitehead Pocahontas Tazewell Boissevain Bluefield James C Mildred) Warden Ray Joan) Mysakowec Lynchburg Robert Macie) Harless Thomas Mattie) Brooks Abbs Valley Dudley Memorial Chapel David Schill Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum Bluewell Eildon A. Blevins Eldon Ray Blevins Willoughby Ohio Mercer County Cecil and Evelene Perkins Blevins Montcalm Donna Cecil Blevins Eldon Ray Blevins Jr Patricia Lynn Blevins Larry Blevins Madison Ronnie Blevins Pontiac Ill Davis Jim Lowder Western Reserve Memorial Garden A Boyst Myrtle Farley Boyst Friendship Manor Roanoke Princeton West Palm Beach Fla Wagg Memorial United Methodist Church Matthew French DAR Oscar A. Boyst Jacqueline Delp Wiley V Billie Ann) Weaver Atlanta Pearl Farley Lake Worth George W. Seaver Charles Scragg Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery John R. Brabham Fred Farrow Fred DeWitt Farrow Waiteville Cramel Presbyterian Church Gap Mills Aileen Mulder Furrow Fred DeWitt Furrow Jr Phelps, Ky John Furrow Union Charles W. Furrow Gordonsville Iva Snow Hearing Roswell New Zion Union Church Stewart McMurray Hertzel Mills Broyles- McGuire Funeral Home Cora M. Dickerson Cora Mae Dickerson Kegley Kegley Baptist Church Virginia Thurman H. Dickerson Willie Lillie) Cooper Hylton Paul Josephine) Thompson Kansas City Lynn Marie) Prater Leesboro Hayward Mary Ann) Phillips Parsons Owen Caudill Castlewood Palmer and Thurman Smokey Dickerson Jr Jack Dickerson Dave Scott Port Ritchey Elbert Scott Ellington, Tenn Cebert Scott Tenn Clyde Scott Smyrna Myrtle Goode Wise Allie Baer Oakridge Jeanette Blair Cumberland Archie Bowling Roselawn Memorial Gardens Louise Blair Hurley Buchanan County William Malin Blair Kermit Blair Edgar Ira Lester The Word Evangelistic Outreach Church Wolford Ethel Blankenship Katheryn Hurley Alka Baker Edith Lester Cincinnati Quentin Blair Freeburn Edward Blair Monroe Blair Richlands W.M. Sam Blair Sanford N.C Stewart Lester Abingdon Earl Lester Lillian Christian Ella Hensley Stella Estep Laura Marcum Helen Matney Walford Darrell Davis Joe Justus Russell King Mountain Valley Memorial Park Big Rock Virginia Funeral Home Grundy Mahala Richardson Swords Creek Hurst-Scott Funeral Home James A. Baile James Alton Bailey Rock Arista Turkey Gap Ashworth Charles Harris Charles (Cosby) Harris Winston-Salem High Point Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home Thomas G. Moorefield Route 1 Bailey Funeral Home Naomi E. Person Naomi Elizabeth Person Tazewell County James Peery North Tazewell Elizabeth Watkins Midway Christian Church Anthony Tyrone George Sidney Person Jr Steven Jerome Person U.S. Army Korea Tina Louise Carter Elisa Ann Person Robert Alexander Bell Jr Maxine Peery Peery & St. Clair Funeral Chapel Nelson McCall Paul Winfrey Maplewood Cemetery Franklin William Junior Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union Funeral Home Ted R. Cook Woodlawn Memorial Park

Defense Spending Debates Split Senate and House Plans

Budget talks focus on defense funding with a Senate inflation linked rise and a House freeze at 1985 levels. A 1986 Defense Department programs bill moves, nerve gas, MX missile, and Star Wars clash loom. House aims to freeze at about 292 billion while Senate bill adds roughly 10 billion. The Navy spy case hearing and Reynolds civil rights confirmation hold action amid civil rights opposition.

Senate House Defense Department Strategic Defense Initiative Pentagon Small Business Administration Reagan House Government Operations Committee Navy U.S Senate Judiciary Committee Justice Department William Bradford Reynolds Reynolds

Pan American Day Observed Since 1890

Pan American Day is marked every April 14 to honor the 1890 gathering of the First International Conference of American States in Washington. The conference resolution led to the creation of the Pan American Union, a precursor to regional cooperation among American states.

Washington Pan American Union

Brazil's civilian govt aids Nazi fugitive hunt in South America

The piece notes Brazil's new civilian government after 21 years of military rule facilitates the Mengele investigation. It contrasts Paraguay Chile and Suriname still under or leaning to military rule, and highlights South American shifts from pro Fascist eras to wartime allied alignment, while remarking on difficult fraudulently obtained identities.

Brazil Mengele Surinam Chile Paraguay Hitler Germany South America Europe United States United Nations Israel

Hurley girl killed in Kentucky crash near Phelps

PHELPS Ky A 14 year old Hurley Va girl Sherry Renee Stacy died at the scene of a high speed auto crash on Route 194 in Gooslin Bottom near Phelps. The other occupants Randall Prater and Ransom Prater Jr from Phelps were seriously injured and hospitalized. State Police trooper Lowell Ward investigated the crash.

Phelps Hurley Here Sherry Renee Stacy Pike County Alice Mullins Stacy Kentucky Pikeville Gooslin Bottom Mullins Randall Prater Ransom Prater Jr Phelps, Ky South Williamson Appalachian Regional Hospital Cabell-Huntington Hospital Lowell Ward

Ex wife of survivalist faces death threats in case

SAN JOSE California AP the ex wife of survivalist Leonard Lake linked to Calaveras County murders has received death threats. Her attorney says she will not comment further until granted immunity from prosecution. Balazs and Lake wed in 1981 and separated the next year at a remote Sierra site where investigators say 15 to 20 pounds of bone fragments have been found. Investigators and others search the ranch as authorities pursue Charles Ng on a burglary warrant and FBI seeks flight avoidance charges.

San Jose Calif Claralyn Balazs Stan Rozanski Calaveras County San Francisco Rozanski Sierra Foothills Ms. Balazs Lake Grace Ladean Balazs Charles C. Ng FBI

Hijackers press for swift release as Beirut siege continues

Libyan-backed hijackers of a TWA Boeing 727 at Beirut airport demand swift hostage releases and a prisoner exchange involving 800 Lebanese prisoners. The group seeks help from Reagan and mediates through Amal militia officials while gunfire and hunger aboard the plane escalate tensions. Several passengers are freed in Algiers and Beirut as talks unfold, with attention to the ill aboard and appeals for humanitarian treatment.

Israel Reagan Bassam Tleiss Berri Amal Lebanon United States France Spain United Nations Red Cross Damascus Madrid Beirut Camp David White House Trans World Airlines Robert Peel Sr Hutchinson Kan Peel Greece Athens Rome U.S Torrejon Algiers Chicago Frances Reynolds Isabelle Carpio Dorothy Sullivan Aurora Ill Aneta Slotowski Huntley Oldani Robert Garrity

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