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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1971
Page
1
In Farmington West Virginia seven North area of Consolidation Coal No 9 mine, five miners were found dead after the 1968 explosion. Recovery crews worked through rock falls in methane filled passages, with identification expected after pathologic tests.
New York AP reports mob chieftain Joseph Colombo Sr. was shot in the head during an outdoor Italian American unity demonstration. A man believed to be the gunman was killed moments later. Colombo underwent brain surgery at Roosevelt Hospital. Police identified the slain man as Jerome Johnson of New Brunswick, New Jersey.
The U S Supreme Court extends its term to rule on the Pentagon papers case while Daniel Ellsberg surrenders to federal authorities in Boston. A Los Angeles grand jury indicts him for theft of government property in a related case.
The piece urges a safe and sane Fourth of July, questioning why the holiday should differ from other days and emphasizing prudent celebration.
Eureka California AP reports divers searched surf washed rocks for more bodies from a DC3 airliner that crashed Sunday killing 16 of 23 Californians aboard, mostly real estate salesmen for a $50 million Shelter Cove development. Four survivors were in serious condition. two more bodies found Monday leaving four missing.
Dr Jerome H. Jaffe urged Congress to fuse federal anti drug efforts into a small, highly qualified team to lead a three year campaign. He warned treatment seekers face a maze of programs across nine agencies and urged rapid action to curb addiction deaths and school use. He backed White House Drug Prevention Office status and noted heroin sources from Turkey and the Far East are known to Justice.
The Associated Press reports Daniel Ellsberg surrendered to a federal jury in Los Angeles after being indicted on theft and unauthorized possession of national defense documents. The Supreme Court extended its term to rule on the Pentagon Papers case amid renewed debate over press freedom and national security. Ellsberg said he acted as an American citizen to reveal the information and accepted consequences.
The court ruled 5 to 4 that the federal government may help church affiliated colleges build libraries laboratories and gymnasiums with tax money and struck down Rhode Island and Pennsylvania programs aiding parochial schools. It reversed the draft conviction of Muhammad Ali and agreed to rule next term on the death penalty. The decision noted no religion influence in use of facilities at four Connecticut Catholic colleges.
A compact portrait of Daniel Ellsberg’s evolution from Vietnam War hawk to whistleblower. The piece traces three vivid moments: muddy Mekong field with a Schmeisser, McNamara’s late 1960s briefing over a Pacific table, and Ellsberg’s Boston courthouse admission after leaking the Pentagon Papers.
Lacie Hale Jr of Tazewell Virginia donated the six year old 225 pound bear William to the Virginia Game Commission at his request Judge Albert Peery signed a court order placing custody with the agency to use as it sees fit The order ends a dispute with the Roanoke Valley Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals The bear and a baboon were abandoned in May by the D B Wharton Circus and stayed at an SPCA shelter in Roanoke
The State Supreme Court refused to hear appeals from the Mercer County ruling disqualifying Judge Howard M. Jarrett from presiding over narcotics cases for Richard T. Massie and Dorothy Elizabeth Massie. The decision kept the original judge in place amid claims of prejudice, while other docket items included reinstatement and board actions in Mason and Braxton counties.
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