Pope Paul VI Faces Dissent and Diminishing Priesthood
Pope Paul VI, after fifteen years leading 600 million Catholics, expresses satisfaction with Vatican II reforms but worry over dissent and potential schism. The pope notes declines in priests and nuns, rising theological challenges to infallibility, and clashes with traditionalists led by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. He aims to avoid open excommunication while his successor weighs enforcing unity.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
John XXIII
Paul
Jesus
Marcel Lefebvre
Lefebvre
Vatican Council Reforms Challenge Future Priest Shortage
The article notes 4,469 new priests worldwide and 4,971 deaths, with Europe’s average age rising to 53. It warns the crunch may hit in about 10 years as recruitment falls. It also covers birth control debates, a Gallup poll showing 73 percent favor allowing birth control, and Pope Paul VI’s health and succession rumors. Cardinal Giovanni Benelli is highlighted as a leading papal candidate among several others.
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Curia
Pope Paul
Joseph Hoffner
Cologne
West Germany
Vatican
L’osservatore Romano
Papacy
Paul
Europe
Gallup
Giovanni Benelli
Florence
Benelli
Sebastiano Baggio
Italy
Congregation of Bishops
Eduardo Pironio
Congregation For Religious
George B. Hume
Westminster
England
Deaths and Funerals in Hurley and nearby towns
Wayne Justus 65 of Hurley Va dies after long illness in Grundy hospital. Former Knox Creek Church of God pastor World War II veteran and retired miner. Survived by wife Pearl Justus two sons six daughters and many relatives. Services Friday 11 am at home with burial in Justus Dotson Cemetery.
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Wayne Justus
Hurley
Grundy
Buchanan County
Andy and
Armenda Meadows Justus
Knox Creek
Alice Justus
Edna Lou Justus
Sherry Justus
Betty Jo Justus
Shirley Sue Justus
Virginia Snowden
Maryland
Eva Baker
Stacy
Adam Justus
Growen
Missouri
George Justus
Green Justus
Hurler
Hufford
Virginia Funeral Home
Profitt, Seattle man, dies at 63 in Seattle War II memorial
Thomas J. Profitt 63 of Seattle Washington, formerly of Gary, died Monday in Seattle. He was a Methodist church member and son of Mary Limes Profitt of Bluefield and the late James A. Profitt. Survivors include his wife Cleo Munsey Profitt of Seattle, son Russell Profitt, brother Benny Profitt of Alexandria, Virginia, and sisters Ollie Reynolds Welch, Lola Gaeta Niagara Falls New York, and Dorothy Hicks Pensacola Florida. Funeral and burial were held Wednesday in Seattle.
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Thomas J. Profitt
Seattle
Wash
Gary
Methodist Church
Mary L. Himes Profitt
Rt. 5
Box
Bluefield
James A. Profitt
Cleo Munsey Profitt
Russell Profitt
Benny Profitt
Alexandria
Ollie Reynolds
Welch
Lola Gaeta
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Dorothy Hicks
Pensacola
Fla
Bluefield Baily Telegraph Advertising and Subscription Note
A brief masthead style notice lists the Bluefield Baily Telegraph established in 1993 and published by the Deity Telegraph Printing Co on Bland Street. It notes AP membership, news credits, local content, subscription rates by mail and home delivery rates, and references to the Audit Bureau of Circulation and advertising representation.
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Deity Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
All News
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Landen Associates
Wohlford,Mrs.Ollie Wohlford Bluefield Dies in Beckley Hospital
Mrs Ollie Wohlford 204 Preston St Bluefield died yesterday in a Beckley hospital after a short illness. Born in Floyd County Va she lived in Bluefield 35 years and was a member of College Ave Baptist Church and the ladies auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Survived by one daughter Thelma Mann one grandson Kermit Lee Mann four great grandchildren. service Friday 2 pm Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel with Dr Charles Harman officiating burial Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery Bluefield. Friends may call 7-9 pm at the funeral home.
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Ida Mae Hawkins
Itmann
Wyoming County
Beckley
Warren Cliff
James and
Sarah Elsiac Mullins
Pentecostal Church of Christ of
Corinne
Clinton Hawkins
Rose Blankenship
Mullins
Leonard Mullins
Apailanta
Mich
James Mullins
Paul Lusk
Silas Mullins
Fogglesong-Longanacre Funeral Home
Earl Hetherington
Earl
Lucy) Stafford Hetherington
Trigg
Montgomery County
Poplar Hill
Cris Stafford
Mary Lindsey Stafford
Wesley's Chapel United Metodist
James Hetherington
Eggleston
Clyde Hetherington
Pearisburg
Mildred Simpkins
Virginia Trainer
Ruby Perdue
Betty Williams
Minnie Dennis
Princeton
Vennie Johnston
A. West and Sons Funeral Home
White Gate
Kyle LaFollette
Birchlawn
Charlie Jackson
Charl
William Jackson
Lebemon
Bristol
Russell County
United Mine Workers of American
Copper Ridge Baptist Church
Annie Sykes Jackson
Mack A. Ball
Honaker
Gene Davis
Larry Manning
Jacksonville
Fla
Roy Mees
Jackson
Miss
Homer L. Jackson
Ellis B. Jackson
Lebanon
Glen E. Jackson
Crew, Va
Ralph C. Jackson
Ascension Island
Africa
Charles D. Jackson
Richmond
Maude Combs
Miamisburg
Ohio
Russell County Funeral Home
W. L. Odum
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Cleveland, Va
Russell County Rescue Squad
J. K. Lockhart
J. K
Chloe Ann) Lockhart
Ikes Fork
Welch Hospital
Jake
Peggy Rife Puckett
Ida Hatfield
Gilbert
Vada Lockhart
Vida Rife
York, Pa
Ada Graham
Ashland
Claude Lockhart
Tampa
Ken) Lockhart
Bethany Regular Baptist Church
Morgan Belcher
Graham Rife
Paris Lester
Fanning Funeral Home
Jaeger
Ruff Creek
Charlotte County
McDowell County
Massey
Anna Williamson Haskins
Mount Evans Ebenezer Baptist Church
Elkhorn
Fannie Jacobs
Anna Williamson
Charlotte Courthouse
Rosa Robinson
New York
N. Y
Mount Ebenezer Baptist Church
Algoma
J S. Palmer
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Matoaka
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Wohlford
George C
Ollie) Wohlford
Preston St. Bluefield
Floyd County
Henry and
Addie Young Lawrence
Bluefield
College Ave. Baptist Church
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Thelma Mann
Kermit Lee Mann
Charleston, S.C
Hawkins Funeral Home
Charles Harman
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Marvin
Mary Belle) Coane
Rt. 2
Cedar Bluff
Everett Mullins
Thomas Douglas Mullins
Billings, Mont
Finley Berry
Jenkins, Ky
Virgie Brewster
Raysal
Flatwood Church of Christ
Compton Mountain
Whitewood
Clarence Herron
Ervin Stewart
Noah Stewart
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Funerals for Thomas, Pilkin, Roop, and Graham listed
Obituaries note services for Ida Blanche Thomas 81 of Peterstown at 2 p.m. at Broyles Chapel with burial at Ballard Cemetery. James Benjamin Pilkin 99 of Bluefield to be buried at Tannersville Va after a 1:30 p.m. service at Hawkins Chapel. Margaret Ellen Roop 58 of Bluefield to be buried at Monte Vista Cemetery after Immanuel Lutheran Church service. LCp. Homer Cecil Graham, U S Marine Corps, stationed in Hawaii, to be honored at Horsepen Church of Christ with burial at Brewsterdale.
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Thomas
Grover
Ida Blanche
Peterstown
Broyles
Howard Spencer
Charles Jack
Ballard
Roop
Margaret Ellen
Lynn Street
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Bluefield
Paul Cooper
Monte Vista
Jay Donald Haynes
David E. Spracher
Don Cooper
George Moore
T. Hall
James Granger
Graham
Homer Cecil
Horsepen
U. S. Marine Corps
Hawaii
Horsepen Church of Christ
Charlie Sublett
Brewsterdale
Pothole Repair Progress Report in Charleston
Charleston AP reports chief engineer G W Steele says 90 percent of potholes are fixed and weather permitting all will be repaired. The update reflects ongoing highway maintenance and projected completion pending favorable conditions.
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Charleston
W.va
G.W. Steele
Jurors Excused from Mercer County Circuit Court Duty
Jurors serving in the Mercer County Circuit Court under Judge Howard M. Jarrett have been excused from duty until July 17.
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Mercer County
Howard M. Jarrett
Weather Outlook Faces Showers Across Regions Today
The National Weather Service forecasts showers for parts of Florida Oregon Colorado and New Mexico today. Wednesday satellite imagery shows thunderstorms in the upper Midwest and off the South Atlantic Coast with broken clouds in the Southwest central West Coast and Northeast. Scattered thunderstorms are visible along the central Gulf coast.
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Oregon
Colorado
New Mexico
National Weather Service
Upper Midwest
South Atlantic Coast
West Coast
Central
Gulf Coast
Mercer Woman Receives Suspended Sentence in Drug Case
Pamela Jean Hall pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting in a felony for obtaining drugs by a forged prescription. Judge Howard M. Jarrett suspended a one to four year sentence and placed her on strict probation for one year with nine conditions including residence with her parents, counseling, sobriety, curfew, employment in legitimate work, and avoiding alcohol and drug-distribution areas. Her husband Gordon Dean Hall was convicted as an accessory before the fact and sentenced to one to four years.
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Princeton
Circuit Court
Howard M. Jarrett
Pamela Jean Hall
Mrs. Hall
West Virginia
Southern Community Mental Health Center
Hall
Supreme Court split over Davis limitation wording continues
Black leaders expressed mixed emotion at the court decision as the Davis limitation was debated. The piece notes ongoing questions about how race and ethnicity are used in admissions and public policy.
Biologist to Sample Sediment for Endangered Mussels
Pearly Perry reports supervisors were told a Virginia Tech biologist would test sediment to determine if either of the two endangered mussels still inhabit the area.
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Perry
Virginia Tech
Jacket Theft Reported at Steckiers Men s Store in Bluefield
Police investigate theft of a jacket from Steckiers Men s Store in Bluefield late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. Jacob Todd told authorities a mannequin lay between West Virginian Manor and Craft Memorial Library, arriving about 5 54 a m. A vest and pants were found inside the store entry.
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Steckiers Men
Bluefield
Jacob Todd
West Virginian Manor
Craft Memorial Library
Todd
Welch Hospital Audit Details Still Not Released
The West Virginia Department of Health will not disclose audit details of Welch Emergency Hospital. The document, sent to the Legislature’s Purchasing Practices and Procedures Commission, lists nearly 2,000 missing items including appliances furniture and major equipment. Deputy Director Paul Crabtree cites possible shoddy bookkeeping and potential criminality, while Commissioner Ernest Moore refrains from discussion due to secrecy sworn by committee members.
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Welch Emergency Hospital
Health Department
Tom Robinson
Robinson
Welch
Crabtree
the Telegraph
Ernest C. Moore
McDowell County
Moore
Commission
Virginia leaders react to Bakke ruling creates mixed mood
gravely warns of overreaction by agencies failing affirmative action goals. NAACP and ACLU leaders deem some portions victories while noting California plan struck down. Virginia officials expect possible impact on state desegregation efforts and strive for sophisticated, lasting progress amid concerns about black motivation.
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Gravely
Virginia
Supreme Court
American Civil Liberties Union of
ACLU
Medical
Chan Kendrick
High Court
S. W. Tucker
NAACP
Tucker
University of California
California
J. Wade Gilley
Coleman
Father and son escape with milk and cows three days ago
Jear and his son say the escape was a joint decision. They drank milk, herded cows, and walked away. They survived three days on two soft drinks and candy with berries and stream water. They fear parole consequences and losing contact. They vow never to get each other in trouble again.
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Jear
James
Governor Recommends Monday Off for July 4 Holiday
Gov. Jay Rockefeller urges state department heads to grant all employees Monday July 3 off to enjoy the Fourth of July holiday. Exemptions apply to essential service personnel.
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Charleston
W.va
Jay Rockefeller
State Department
Rockefeller
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Offie) Wolfe
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Jagger Memorial
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Cousins
Bessie Jones
Worth
Thomas Profitt
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Jess Mullins
Tazewell
War
Norton
Letcher County
Edmond
Florence Riffe Mullins
Tazewell County
Ida Stewart Mullins
Pilkin
James Benjamin
Hawkins Chapel
Jene Sizemore
Tannersville
Ste Nora
Witt
National Outlook
Mercer Circuit Court
Frank P. Jarrell
Daily Telegraph
Charles Howell
Jears
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