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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1968
Page
1
Police and state troopers battled inmates for hours at Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. Eight fires broke out, seven buildings damaged, and at least fifty people wounded. Damage exceeded $1 million as guards faced attacks with bats knives and makeshift weapons.
The Senate overrode opposition and approved plans to begin deployment of the Sentinel antiballistic missile defense system. It rejected attempts to delete a $227.3 million authorization for land purchase and initial ABM site construction as part of a $1.8 billion military construction bill already passed by the House.
U S and South Vietnamese forces patrol around Saigon as B52s pound suspected Viet Cong infiltration routes. Intelligence warns of a possible assault with dates from Tuesday into early July. Nine Viet Cong reported killed in short-range skirmishes. four and seven miles from Saigon.
Police charged Stanley Cobb with homicide after two restaurant employees Darlene Elliott and Paul Fleisher were found stabbed to death at the Gentleman II in midtown. The night manager and a bookkeeper trainee were identified, with Elliott found nude from the waist up and a bloody knife found on a staircase near her body.
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau led a tight security campaign in Montreal as Quebec separatists allegedly planned to use bombs to assassinate him. Police said 1,400 uniformed officers and more would guard the massive St. Jean Baptiste parade amid a campaign of tensions across Ontario and Quebec.
Norfolk and Western Railway reported an all-time weekly coal loading record with 36 022 cars last week, surpassing the prior 35 412-car week. Friday also marked a record day with 7 396 cars, topping the former 7 291-car high from April 23. daily totals followed for Monday to Saturday.
The Associated Press tally shows 198 gun fatalities across the United States in the week ending Sunday. Texas led with 20 deaths, including 14 homicides and 6 crisis or accidental deaths, as President Johnson signed an anti crime bill restricting interstate handgun sales.
Police seized Resurrection City and arrested Rev. Ralph David Abernathy leader of the Poor People Campaign. National Guardsmen patrolled 14th and U Streets as hundreds faced tear gas and rioting with several dozen storefronts damaged.
A Mullens couple and their two young children died in a trailer blaze on Route 16 between Mullens and Black Eagle. Police named Terry and Jane Tanner and children Susie and Patti. Fire officials said the fire began around 6 a.m. in the living room, possibly from a new color television set, and the family attempted to flee but could not escape.
Kenneth Eugene Potter, 26, of Loveland, Colo., swallowed a four inch pocketknife while being frisked during arrest for traffic charges after an accident. X rays at Poudre Valley Memorial Hospital showed no immediate danger, and he was returned to jail.
Washington AP report lists Army Spec. 4 Marvin L. Wyatt of Wise Virginia as missing in Vietnam and later as head of nonhostile causes, son of Cecil W. and Mrs. Wyatt Route 1 Box 275.
Congress completed action to make Washington's Birthday Memorial Day Veterans Day and Columbus Day fall on Mondays. The bill passed the Senate and faces potential presidential approval with effect starting January 1 1971 and applies to federal DC employees while states usually follow suit.
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