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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1967

Page

2

Woman shoots bus passengers near Kansas City depot

Four aboard a Greyhound were wounded when a 66 year old woman passenger from Washington DC opened fire as the bus neared the downtown depot. A four car pileup followed as the driver lost control, injuring three more. Police restrained the shooter, Mrs. Lillian Reeves, 66, who faced mental examination.

Noman Kansas City Greyhound Lillian Reeves Weber Watson Memphis Tenn Hugh Waddell Waddell

Two Border Patrolmen Found Shot To Death In Anza California

Two U S border patrolmen Theodore Newton Jr 25 and T H Azrack 22 were found shot to death handcuffed to a stove inside a desert cabin near Anza California after being missing since Saturday. An FBI investigation is under way with more than 200 searchers scouring Palomar Mountain area and one jeep found rammed through fences.

Fallbrook Calif Oak Grove Robert W. Evans FBI San Diego Carmen Raymond Gagliardi California Gagliardi Boston Palomar Mountain Richard Batchelor San Sidro

Seminar on economic development slated for Bluefield

Bluefield hosts a June 29 seminar to inform civic leaders, bankers and businessmen about attracting new industries and expanding opportunities in Mercer and Tazewell Counties. About 175 people are expected. speakers include William A. Orme of General Electric and Guy Kissinger Jr. of Virginia Development.

Bluefield Mercer Tazewell Appalachian Power Co William A. Orme General Electric Co New York Virginia West Virginia Guy H. Kissinger Jr Virginia Division of Industrial Development Richmond Fielding Lewis

Weekend Weather Outlook With Cooler Start To Week

The forecast calls for below normal temperatures through Saturday with afternoon highs of 76 to 85 and overnight lows of 54 to 62. Tuesday will be cool, Wednesday warmer, and another cool spell approaches the weekend. Rain chances exceed three quarters of an inch with showers on Tuesday and later in the weekend.

Unions Pledge To Delay Strike Amid Senate Action

The Senate set aside rail strike legislation after six shopcraft unions pledged no walkout while lawmakers work on a compromise bill. Early Monday saw scattered walkouts halted by misperceptions, with the labor dispute over wages posing ongoing threats since January and federal intervention twice already occurred.

Senate House Senate Thomas J. Dodd D-Conn

Extension Okayed For Teacher Corps

The House Education and Labor Committee approved a three year extension of the Teacher Corps as part of a $1.1 billion package for recruitment and training of educational personnel. The bill covers preschool through college levels and would shift major responsibility from Washington to state and local authorities.

Washington House Education and Labor Committee

Dirksen warns Senate risks in Dodd censure case

Sen. Everett Dirksen declared the Senate is on trial as it considers censure charges against Sen. Thomas J. Dodd. Ethics panel accuses Dodd of diverting $116,083 in testimonial funds and double billing seven trips. Dodd denies wrongdoing while Long and Monroney warn of possible erosion of public trust and the Senate's integrity.

Walter R. Mears Washington Everett M. Dirksen R-Il Senate Thomas J. Dodd D-Conn Dodd Dirksen Illinois Russell B. Long D-La Senate Ethics Committee Long Mike Monroney D-Okla Tom Dodd Committee

Johnson Outlines Five Point Middle East Peace Plan

President Johnson presented a five point framework for peace in the Middle East, tying U S backing for Israel to Soviet support of Arab states. He urged withdrawal of Israeli forces from seized territory along with recognition of national rights, refugee solutions, safe maritime passage, arms race limits, and respect for independence and borders. He called for flexible methods and implied openness to Kosygin without rigid positions. He spoke at a State Department briefing as Kosygin spoke at the U N General Assembly.

Middle East U.S Israel Egypt Jordan Syria Alexei N. Kosygin Johnson State Department Kosygin U.N. General Assembly Washington Camp David

Negroes Clash With Police In Tense Atlanta

Gunfire and rock throwing erupted in a racially tense Atlanta neighborhood after hundreds left a church where Stokely Carmichael urged calm. Officers fired into the air and police reinforcements responded as rock fragments struck patrol cars near the shopping center.

Atlanta Atlanta, Ga Stokely Carmichael

Bank Bandit Robs Bethesda Branch Near Closing

A middle aged man wearing glasses robs the Bank of Bethesda Wildwood Center branch claiming a bomb in a shopping bag. He escapes on foot with more than 100000 from the vault as police describe a 45 to 50 year old suspect in plaid shirt grey trousers a light felt hat and solid rimmed glasses.

Bethesda Employes Wildwood Center Bank of Bethesda Federal Bureau of Investigation

Bronaugh 17 is sentenced for knife slaying after game

Charleston AP reports 17 year old John L Bronaugh was convicted of murder in the fatal knife attack on another teen following a high school football game last fall. He received a term at the State Industrial School at Pruntytown.

Charleston John L. Bronaugh Pruntytown

Pentagon trims guard backlog and trains reserves

Pentagon announced the elimination of a large backlog of Army National Guardsmen and Reservists awaiting active duty training. Only about 5,300 were left untrained, mostly new recruits, after 133,000 were awaiting training in June last year. The backlog had stirred congressional concern as training camps prepared draftees and recruits for Vietnam service and other duties.

Washington Pentagon Army National Congress Army Vietnam

Radford Arsenal to add TNT continuous manufacturing plant

Rep. Richard Poff says a $16 million Radford Arsenal building for continuous TNT manufacture has DoD approval and Army Corps of Engineers will select a contractor. The new facility will not significantly raise arsenal employment as the process is nearly automated.

Radford Radford Arsenal TNT Richard Poff R-Va Poff Department of Defense Army Corps of Engineers United States

Pills raise wives interest in sex study finds

A four year study of 24 couples shows wives who stayed on birth control pills had higher sexual interest and less low mood, while those who quit did so amid male dominance and increased husband anxiety. Researchers from Cleveland Clinic Foundation and collaborators presented to the AMA.

Atlantic City American Medical Association Frederick J. Ziegler David A. Rodgers Cleveland Clinic Foundation Sali Ann Kriegsman Chevy Chase, Md Purvis L

Little Israel Takes Battle To Assembly

In Washington Kosygin declined Johnsons invitation to visit noting he came for the UN Middle East session. At the General Assembly Kosygin called for Israel to yield Arab lands and pay war damages, while Abba Eban accused the USSR of arming the Arabs. Eban urged condemnation of the Soviet attempt to curb Israel, not Israel itself.

Washington Alexei Kosygin Johnson Kosygin United States United Nations Middle East United Nations, N.Y Israel World Soviet Union General Assembly Alexei N. Kosygin Assembly Eban

Shawsville Woman Killed by Auto in Virginia Crash

An elderly Shawsville resident, Mrs. Bird Chandler, 77, was struck by a car moments after stepping from a Trailways bus on U.S. 11 near her home. She died later from injuries, marking the year’s 500th highway death in Virginia. Driver Robert C. Biers, 18, of Radford, faces a manslaughter charge.

Montgomery County Virginia Bird Chandler Shawsville West Virginia Trailways U.S. 11 Robert C. Biers Radford

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