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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1982
Page
4
Obituary notices list Otto C Neely and several relatives with details on births, deaths, and survivors. Services are scheduled at Burns Wornal Chapel Princeton and Hurst Scott Funeral Home Richlands with multiple family connections across Mercer, Bluefield, and Detroit communities.
A 19 year old former Russell County woman Patty Limerly Hess of Johnstown Ohio died Monday from injuries in a Newark Ohio auto accident. She was formerly of Honaker Virginia. No other details were released. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Honaker Funeral Home in Honaker.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph details publication frequency by the Daily Printing Co at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701 with Associated Press affiliation and notices about postal rates circulation and address changes for readers and advertisers.
Five construction workers were injured, one critically, when the roof of a building under construction collapsed Monday afternoon in downtown Hagerstown Maryland. Authorities said the accident occurred in the western Maryland city as crews responded to the scene and transported victims to area hospitals for treatment.
A 68-year-old Mercer County man, John Strasko Sr., was found dead at his Princeton home in what officials call an apparent death by own action from carbon monoxide poisoning. He leaves a wife, seven grandchildren, and five children. Funeral arrangements were to be announced by Honaker Funeral Home.
Israeli gunners press a non stop barrage from land and sea on Palestinian positions and Lebanese areas in west Beirut. At least 36 killed and 82 wounded as shells hit camps and tenements amid a shifting battle tense backdrop to Habib mediation and U S talks on a Lebanese force.
More than 1,000 Argentine troops returned home in pre dawn darkness aboard the Norland at Puerto Madryn after Britain retook the Falklands. Soldiers were hustled past armed guards as a prior 4,200 had already been repatriated. In Buenos Aires, military leaders debated civilian transition and who will head the new government. Thatcher planned talks in the United States with Reagan as pressure mounted over the war's outcome.
Florida lawmakers rejected the Equal Rights Amendment for the fifth time as a special session looms toward a June 30 deadline. The 22-16 Senate vote followed a 60-58 House result. Large crowds, security, and protests marked the Capitol as ERA advocates and opponents faced off.
The Senate backed a 3 billion housing program to aid new home purchases by a voice vote, joining the House. A dispute over the attached 8.9 billion emergency bill and a repeal of the 75 dollar daily tax break for Congress stalled final passage. Senators may vote on capping outside earnings, a House provision opposed by the Senate. The package faces a veto once settled.
The jury finds John Hinckley Jr guilty of attempted murder in the 1981 assassination attempt on President Reagan. Testimony showed psychiatrists conflicted on his sanity with the defense claiming a driven obsession with Jody Foster. The verdict ends a highly publicized trial as Hinckley’s parents faced enormous legal bills.
Grundy Virginia trustees named S J Mullins Jr to another four year term in Garden District and Harold Thornsbury to North Grundy District by 7-0 and 4-3 votes respectively. Thornsbury, 46, shop foreman for Island Creek, has six children in county schools and sought the post to aid local education. He may weigh in on Manier’s principal status later.
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