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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1997
Page
2
A list of deaths with ages and hometowns across Virginia including Dil lons Fork Roanoke North Tazewell Willowton Princeton Red Ash Richlands Matoaka and associated funeral home arrangements by Collins Oakey's Hurst-Scott Memorial Davis Bailey-Kirk and other providers. Many notices note pending or incomplete arrangements.
Obituary notices for James Floyd DeHart of Roanoke age 75 detailing military service in World War II and Bronze Star, retired Norfolk and Western public affairs assistant manager, survived by wife Billie and several relatives. services at Oakey's South Chapel, burial at Overlook Cemetery Eden NC. memorials to Calvary Baptist Church. Also notices Aubrey Dean Craighead of Vinton aged 47, carpenter, survived by wife Patsy, children and siblings. funeral at Burns Wornal Chapel Princeton with burial at Pennington White Cemetery Speedway. and Robert Pennington, 52, Matoaka, Vietnam veteran and karate instructor cremated with memorial service in Princeton. plus additional service listings for multiple individuals with burial or memorial details.
A 14 year old boy Michael Carter died from a gunshot to the head after a nighttime attack in Flint following a freight train ride from suburbs. Two other teens, a 15 year old boy Dustin Kaiser and a 14 year old girl, were shot and injured. Six suspects, including four juveniles aged 16 to 23 and two men, were arrested and charged with murder, kidnapping, and sexual assault. Authorities say robbery was the motive and that the trio had planned to visit friends about 10 miles away.
AP and WV press associations report continued support for the Audit Bureau of Circulations standards with member outlets pledging adherence and transparency in circulation accounting nationwide. The WV group notes ongoing collaboration to improve data accuracy and public trust in news metrics.
Century 21 Four Seasons owner Jim Constantino notes local average home prices near 80 000 with two baths and a garage and says buyers and sellers will find good deals this summer. Kirby Realty’s Trevor Hazelwood says newer homes top costs, land drives price, and Princeton Bluefield and Bluefield Va areas should stay stable or rise. Cardinal Real Estate reports plenty of homes under 50 000 despite high new home costs.
Kenneth Starr urged access to Notes of White House lawyers in the Whitewater probe as the Supreme Court weighed whether government attorney notes are protected by attorney client privilege. Prosecutors seek June grand jury access, while the White House argues for confidential discussions with their counsel.
CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern filed a joint operating plan to split Conrail after delaying their submission. Dennis Watson of the Surface Transportation Board noted receipt of the 14,800 page document and outlined a timetable through next year with hearings on April 9 1998 and a board vote on April 14 1998 and final decision June 8 1998. NS would gain the Deep Water West Virginia to Columbus main line and the Monongahela Railway segment in northern West Virginia with joint operation on both routes.
The Air Force says reports of aliens near Roswell in 1947 were actually recollections of dummies dropped in high altitude parachute tests in the 1950s. Skeptics and researchers question the timeline and say observers may have confused debris with later dummy drops.
In Bluefield Virginia a 77 person mostly north side African American crowd pressed Norfolk Southern to reopen the Depot Street grade crossing closed for repairs since May 27. Spokesman Dr. William Brothers said a June 17 meeting with NS officials was touted as a done deal and residents warned of psychological and safety impacts and possible alternate routes or barriers.
The NEAR spacecraft will fly by Mathilde at 750 miles, 22,000 mph, for 25 minutes and capture 534 images. Johns Hopkins APL scientists note Mathilde is a coal black, large asteroid between Mars and Jupiter, one of the solar system’s darkest bodies.
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