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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1971
Page
2
India fears six million East Pakistani refugees, mostly Hindu, will strain housing in Calcutta and worsen urban life in West Bengal. Officials discuss dispersal via trains and airlift while warning of long term social and economic pressures.
Gary V. Hankins of Newport News and Dry Fork Tazewell County tops his ROTC class at VMI as outstanding Air Force cadet. He is Biology Major with academic honors and received multiple awards including the William Brent Bell and John R. T Carmichael honors, plus two checks and a sword engraved with his name and school. He is the grandson of Tim E. Hankins and Mr and Mrs Howard Belcher. He studied in Tazewell County before moving to Newport News and high school scholastic honors.
Concert pianist Lili Kraus, who spent three years in a Japanese prison camp during World War II, will tour Japan and Korea for three weeks. She will give 12 recitals, two in Tokyo and one each in Okayama Kobe Miyazaki Fukuoka Hiroshima Osaka Kyoto Tsu Sendai and Seoul.
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Caroline Victoria Sayko 83 of Abbs Valley Va died Saturday in Bluefield Hospital. Survived by four sons and eight daughters, plus a sister. Requiem at St Elizabeths Pocahontas with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. John J Juno 56 of Welch died Friday night. Survived by widow, two sons, one daughter, three sisters and one grandchild. Funeral Monday at Douglas Mortuary Welch. Viola Edwards 52 of Hickory NC died Thursday in Hickory. Services today in Haysi Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Rowe Cemetery. Survivors include mother, one son, two daughters, five brothers and five grandchildren.
Leslie Hubert Nichols 52 of Pipestem died at his home Saturday. He was a mechanic for S. J. Groves Construction Co. and a member of Jordan’s Chapel Methodist Church and Concord Lodge No. 48 AF&AM. Survived by wife Margaret, two sons, two daughters, mother Mary Nichols, sister Louise Simmons and brother Leonard Nichols. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday at Cook's Chapel Baptist Church Pipestem with burial in Ellison Cemetery. lodge members will conduct rites. Friends may call Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton today 2–9 p.m.
Douglas P. Rouse 55 of Addison Ohio and formerly of McDowell County died Saturday in an Addison hospital after a long illness. He was a former McDowell County school teacher and son of the late Philip and Ida Mae Rouse. He is survived by his wife Elaine Rouse of Addison and daughter Mrs Julie Rusk of Columbus Ohio. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
Elmer A Bowman 76 of Caretta died Friday in Welch after a long illness. He was born in Ararat Virginia and belonged to United Mine Workers Local 6026 Berwind Lodge AF and AM 141 and the VFW at Bradshaw. Survived by wife Edna Wellman Bowman four sons William L Bowman Roanoke VA Robert A Bowman Anaheim CA Ronald R Bowman Phoenix AZ Richard C Bowman Bluefield a daughter Nancy Dunford Tazewell two brothers Arthur Bowman Mt Airy NC Edward Bowman High Point NC two sisters Mrs J L Martin Mrs Joe L Brown Mt Airy NC and 11 grandchildren. Services Monday at 11 am at Caretta Methodist Church with Rev Fred Wyatt and Rev Jessie Bishop officiating burial in Grandview Memorial Gardens Bluefield Bluefield-Tazewell Road. Body to home Sunday 4 pm from Douglas Mortuary Welch pallbearers Arch Altizer Bruce Willard Travis Atwell Reeves Dalton Tom Altizer Harold Peery. SGT WILLIAm R POWELL Set William R Powell of Louisville Kentucky died in a Cincinnati Ohio hotel Saturday of natural causes. He was father of Mae Lewis 912 Hanover St Bluefield and husband of Clara Powell Bluefield. Incomplete at Lugo Funeral Service Bluefield.
Nellie Blanche Cooper age 64 of Princeton will be laid to rest today at 2 p.m. at Carr Memorial United Methodist Church with Rev. Meredith Ball presiding. Burial follows at Monte Vista Park Cemetery with pallbearers Perry Lee Harry Hutchinson Howard Hager Roy Harmon Douglas Lusk Harold Robinette. Robert Joseph Nichols 13 of Bluefield will have graveside rites at 1 p.m. at East Cemetery on Rt. 2 Rock officiated by Lambert Greer and Cliff Ackerson. Friends may call Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Bluewell 6 to 9 p.m. today.
Thousands of South Vietnamese and allied troops paraded through Saigon as fighting continued nearby. President Thieu and Vice President Ky sat apart on the reviewing stand, only exchanging gestures. An enemy force attacked a militia post 220 miles northeast, later repelled by government reinforcements, and a helicopter rocket malfunction near Quang Ngai killed one civilian and wounded 15.
Deborah Ann Lambert, 19, Miss West Virginia University, won the Miss West Virginia crown at Parkersburg. A pre medical student from Morgantown, she plans to practice in West Virginia. Runners up were Mary Ellen Yankovich Malinda Shawver Victoria Wade and Margaret Thomas.
The study shows Nixon drew large gifts from W. Clement Stone and Henry Salvatori along with Detroit and Pittsburgh financiers. It notes Stone possibly contributed up to $500,000 for the year, Fisher and Salvatori gave six figures, and the Mellon and Pew families also funded the GOP drive. Dreyfus, Wasserman, Lasker, and Cousins led postwar Democratic support with sizable contributions, while Wallace's third party relied on many small donors.
Krogh warns methadone must be dispensed only in clinics as internal debate on a $100 million federal program unfolds. He notes that early Washington DC heroin treatment plans relied heavily on methadone and required proven success before expanding treatment and rehabilitation efforts.
The long coal strike in the Appalachian fields shows signs of fading as Norfolk and Western reports higher coal loadings and some rail workers return. UMW President Boyle faces possible contempt for defying court orders while district leaders push for miners to resume shifts by Monday 12:01 a.m. to avoid escalation.
Klein argues secrecy risks to national security outweighs openness as Rogers notes potential damage to foreign relations from top secret disclosures. Ziegler cites ongoing delicate talks with the Soviet Union, France, and Britain on Berlin status and nuclear arms limits.
The Floridians will stage a five day rookie camp at St. Leo’s College in Dade City Florida starting Thursday with 21 candidates including 10 backcourt players. Willie Long a 6 foot 8 forward from New Mexico leads seven draft choices and 14 free agents have been invited by Coach Bob Bass. A rookie intrasquad game is set for Saturday at 8 p.m. at St. Leo’s College with top performers earning spots on the roster. Regular camp begins in September.
Justice Gurfein argued the United States faces a narrower issue over how far security concerns limit newspapers right to publish. He said restraints on the Times are not preventive censorship and that public documents reflect historical policy on Vietnam. He urged tolerance of a cantankerous press to safeguard freedom of expression and the people's right to know.
The 21st annual Gator Bowl basketball tourney opens with Columbia vs Florida and Illinois vs North Carolina State as first round games. The two night event is set for December 28 and 29 at the Jacksonville Coliseum.
Stan Smith of Pasadena defeated John Newcombe of Australia 8-6 6-3 to win the London Grass Courts championship. Margaret Court beat Billie Jean King 6-3 3-6 6-3 for the women's crown, with Court and Newcombe set to defend their Wimbledon titles. Tom Okker and Marty Kissen toppled Smith and Erik Van Dillen 8-6 4-6 10-8 in the men's doubles final.
Princeton firemen were called to Bailey Funeral Home on Honaker Avenue Saturday night to extinguish a fire caused by a short circuit in a funeral home ambulance battery. Firemen reported minor vehicle damage. The alarm rang at 9 44 p m.
John Collier a Tazewell High School junior has been chosen to join the National Science Foundation Summer program in electrical science and electronic engineering this week through August 7 at the University of Virginia and Fort Monmouth New Jersey He is one of two U S participants and is the son of Mr and Mrs C C Collier of Tazewell Thailand also mentioned as a participant source notes
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