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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1981
Page
3
Obituaries list multiple locals including Mrs. Dewey Boyd Haven Freeman Mrs. Julia Carper and Rev. Luther Lyons with funeral details. Includes ages birthplaces survivors and service times at churches and funeral homes across Tazewell Welch and Bluefield areas.
Public notice column lists subscription and home delivery rates for Bluefield Daily Telegraph in Bluefield West Virginia. Rates shown include $58.80 yearly for mail in first and second zones and West Virginia, and $4.90 per calendar month for home delivery. Addresses and publication details reflect affiliated service.
Beckley Police Chief Thomas Durrett shot a 28 year old man, Talbert Pannell Jr., in a domestic disturbance exchange. Pannell was hit once in the left arm and abdomen and underwent surgery at Beckley Hospital and was listed in stable condition. Durrett acted in self defense according to a state trooper. no charges were filed as the investigation continues.
President Reagan departs Washington for a Sunday trip to the University of Notre Dame his first public appearance outside the capital since the assassination attempt to denounce doom criers and cynics who say the best is past
East Princeton market owner and council candidate Raymond Rose closed the four kiddie rides at Thorn Elementary after police received noise complaints. He had offered free tickets to local children and had tested the city ordinance prohibiting carnivals within limits, facing a zoning violation notice from James McNeely while running for Ward IV. He may resume operations or drop the rides, voicing political motives behind the dispute with city officials.
A pipe bomb detonated in a Kennedy Airport restroom Saturday, killing an airport employee. A second bomb was found nine hours later. an outbound Pan Am flight was evacuated after a bomb threat. A caller with a foreign accent warned of two bombs aboard Pan Am 403 to Guatemala within 15 minutes.
President Reagan's envoy Philip C. Habib met Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal amid a stepped up push to defuse the Syrian Israeli missile crisis. Lebanon reports said Habib would seek Saudi pressure on Damascus to withdraw missiles from Bekaa Valley as Libya signals readiness to deploy missiles in Lebanon and the Kremlin warns of potential war.
In Belfast a Catholic butcher, Patrick Martin, 38, who refused IRA orders to close for hunger striker Francis Hughes funeral, was found murdered in his bed with five head shots. Police call it a planned hit with a silenced gun. His wife and 14 year old daughter slept nearby as wires in the street were cut amid reports of IRA boycotts and worsening hunger strikes.
Bluefield man Phillip Anthony Taylor 19 and former Bluefield resident Bobby Catron 19 were arrested Friday in White Sulphur Springs after escaping Anthony Correctional Center on Wednesday during recreation. They were found in Catron's wife’s car by state police and Greenbrier County deputies. Catron serves time for unlawful wounding. Taylor for breaking and entering.
BLUEFIELD Va A three ring concert begins at 2 p m at Graham High School Auditorium featuring Virginia side students from fifth grade to high school The program opens with combined Springville Elementary Falls Mills Elementary Graham Intermediate and Graham Middle Schools then seventh and eighth grades Graham Middle and finally Graham High School Band Admission is 1 for adults 50 cents for students Brenda Eremich daughter of Rev and Mrs Ivan Eremich 916 College Ave Bluefield won W A Stanley Education Scholarship and co won Public Speaking Award for Reading of the Scriptures at Appalachian Bible College Bradley Scholarship aids students entering Christian ministry or missionary service.
Swart describes legal options to enforce union standards through contracts and back doors. He notes COMPAC and AFL-CIO backed a state bill requiring small coal operators to post bonds covering a month of wages and benefits. Over three years he won 12 default judgments against insolvent firms owing back wages.
Welch firefighters fought a blaze at Widener's Electric Company on Virginia Ave starting about 12 55 p m. The three story brick building was a total loss. Fire control was achieved around 3 p m with no injuries and no occupants present. Kimball Fire Department and West Virginia state troopers assisted.
Christine Clark guest speaker at the Annual Women s Day Observance during the 11 a.m. service at Mount Zion Baptist Church corner Peck and Bedford Streets. Clark, a Bluefield State College graduate, active in Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington DC, Delta Sigma Theta member, and Bluefield State College Alumni official, will speak and a luncheon follows. Also in concert Dick Reinholtz performs at First Church of God Princeton. Bible Conference at First Baptist Bluefield features Dr. B Conrad Johnston. Bluestone Missionary Baptist Usher Board sponsors 11 a.m. service with a Bible Quiz by Deacons Graves and C, senior choir participates.
Bermuda, Britain's oldest colony, was founded by accident after the Sea Venture sailing ship sank off Bermuda in 1609 on the voyage from England to Virginia. Survivors settled the islands and the wreck inspired Shakespeare's The Tempest.
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