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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1985
Page
1
A readable forecast notes Sunday outdoors with possible thunderstorms and a 30 percent shower chance. Daytime highs reach the upper 80s. Tonight will be partly cloudy with mid-60s lows. Monday expects fair warm conditions with highs in the mid-80s to low 90s.
Lea Jackson and William Bradley married in Franklin Massachusetts after a four decade wait that began when his ship docked at the Isle of Wight during WWII. They lost contact, remarried, and finally reunited thanks to a letter and police help before her arrival in May. They plan a vacation first then a quiet future.
First year manager Mike Verdi leads Bluefield Orioles in Appalachian League opener against Pulaski Braves. Loyal Bluefield fans have supported baseball since Bowen Field opened in 1939, with strong local backing through the years.
Nabih Berri warned Washington may launch a military rescue of the TWA hijack hostages, saying such action could inflict serious harm on the 40 Americans held ninth day in Beirut. He cited U S warplanes over Beirut and a carrier offshore while denying U S troops' march to Beirut.
President Reagan at Andrews Air Force Base placed Purple Heart medals on the coffins of four Marines killed in an El Salvador cafe attack. He vowed to find the attackers, saying they will face justice on Earth and before God. Also mourned were two civilians and seven others.
Princeton and Brushfork hosted two mock disaster drills to evaluate Mercer County EMS readiness. Agencies including Bluefield Rescue Squad Bluewell Fire Department state police sh eriffs department and Civil Air Patrol participated while a critique at the Princeton Municipal Building reviewed performance led by EMS training officer William Robinson.
In Charleston, WV, a scavenging dispute over cans and bottles turned fatal when Raymond Smith III, 16, was killed behind the Roaring 20s club on June 1. Michael D. Williams, 39, faces murder charges with bond set at 250000 after testimony that he stabbed the teen in the heart. The case follows Siebert Perry died in 1984 while reclaiming a camper top, another fatality linked to scavenging amid high unemployment.
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