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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1976
Page
5
On November 9 1775 at Lechmere Point Massachusetts British infantry and grenadiers clashed with Continental regiments during a foraging mission for Boston garrison supplies. Americans pressed through icy waters and drove the British back with only ten cows taken. The World Almanac reports.
Roving bands of black rioters defied police for a second day in Soweto, with at least 35 dead and 224 injured over two days. Air force helicopters backed police as troops stood by. Looting surged while issues on the Johannesburg stock exchange fell. United Nations officials urged an end to apartheid.
Rear Adm. John D. Bulkeley told a court martial that the Kennedy class carrier deck-edge lights are most confusing to other vessels and hard to distinguish from running lights. He testified amid defense claims that Belknap crew misread signals before the Belknap Kennedy collision off Italy last Nov. 22.
Monroe County authorities report 19 year old Terry Steven Hunter of Rainelle was struck by a tractor trailer on U S 60 at about 12 15 a m early Thursday. The driver did not stop after the collision.
Sixteen members gathered at the Peterstown Fire Hall for the monthly Ruritan meeting. Awards were given to Peterstown High School Essay Contest winners and funds were approved for four local churches.
The Institute of Life Insurance reports more than one million annual U S deaths from heart and blood vessel diseases, with about a quarter of these deaths occurring in people under 65.
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