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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1981
Page
3
Multiple obituaries from Narrows and surrounding areas note deaths from natural causes and illnesses. Virginia residents Mrs. Henry Zell and Mrs. Sheridan White are among those mourned, with extensive survivor lists and church funeral arrangements, burial details, and memorial gift requests.
Funeral notices list Homer Austin Duncan 57 Ballard 56 James T Catron 67 and William Henry Long Jr 52 with service times today at Burns Wormal Dudley and Mercer chapels, burial in Athens Grandview Monte Vista and Resthaven. Survivors include Ballard's wife Ruby Good Ballard and pallbearers among local community members.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 markets news in Bluefield West Virginia. The paper lists address 412 Bland Street Bluefield WV 24701 and postal box 208 plus home delivery and zone subscription rates and AP affiliation details.
Lester C. Rutrough of Lindside, 36, died Thursday evening from an apparently self inflicted gunshot wound. The Monroe County Sheriff's Department confirmed suicide but provided no further details. Burial is planned at Karnes Cemetery in Peterstown with services at the Old German Baptist Church. Friends may call Broyles Funeral Chapel Saturday after 4 p.m.
Daniel Hale, 45, of Welch, convicted of second degree murder in the February 1979 shooting death of Frances Beasley in Welch Parking Building, was captured by state police on a capias. Hale, free on bond pending appeal, was jailed in McDowell County awaiting transfer to the state penitentiary for a 5 to 18 year sentence. The capias followed Supreme Court upholding the conviction by Judge W O Bivens Jr after Rudolph Murensky disqualified himself.
McDowell County deputy reports 23 year old Nigel Cook was arrested at 1:30 a.m. while attempting to burglarize a residence over Northfork Pharmacy. He entered Bertha Miller's apartment and was charged with nighttime burglary, jailed on 50 000 bond.
A 79 year old man in Peterstown surrendered to state police after a three hour standoff at his home two miles east of Frank Cole Route 1 Box 88. He faces a charge of malicious wounding for wounding his nephew David Cochran 38 who was trying to enter the house. Cochran was reported in satisfactory condition with superficial wounds to the lower backside. The elder Cole had become disoriented after lacking a medication. Police fired tear gas and confiscated firearms from the home. Cole is jailed in Monroe County under medical supervision.
The eighth game in Merano Italy between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi finished in a draw on move 80, leaving Karpov with a 3-1 lead. The game, the longest so far, was adjourned on move 41 Friday as Karpov held a slight edge but could not convert.
Governor to present certificates to the 1981 state champion girls basketball team. He departs Montcalm at 2:30 and arrives Bramwell Town Hall at 2:45 for two announcements. He then visits Northfork Kimball Welch to promote highway improvements and bridge projects, with further stops including Northfork Foodland, Kimball town hall, Welch Library site, Matoaka Kiwanis Club, and a Princeton rally at Mercer County Courthouse for the Roads for Jobs and Progress bond issue.
RICHLANDS VA A 23 year old Tazewell County man Alva Mullins faced a court order demanding the three year old Joey appear before Juvenile Judge Charlie Andrews on Oct 16. Attorney S Strother Smith III said Mullins was served Friday night after meeting police and learning authorities sought his whereabouts. The order, which Mullins says has since expired, raises custody questions between Mullins and the child's maternal grandparents now before a Tazewell County court.
President James A. Garfield amused visitors by writing with both hands, each holding a pen, and composing text in Greek and Latin to showcase his dexterity.
A federal jury found Carl Edward Lockhart guilty on all five counts for the Hurley National Bank holdup. Roy Blankenship was convicted only of conspiring to rob and receiving stolen goods, while Larce Ferrell was acquitted on all charges. The trial, following a multimillion dollar heist, drew accusations about one-witness testimony and strained defenses.
Gov. John N. Dalton will be guest of honor at a Wytheville reception supporting Dr. Carl E. Stark GOP candidate for the House of Delegates. Stark is Wytheville mayor since 1962 challenging incumbent Archie Campbell for the 4th District covering Wythe Grayson Bland and Galax. The Wythe County Republican Commission hosts the event at the Wytheville Community Center at 7 30 p m and it is open to the public.
The Labor Department reports inflation dipping for a second quarter, signaling recession. Housing costs up 13.4 percent since September 1980 with shelter components rising as mortgage rates climb and rents increase. Analysts dispute the CPI housing measure, noting few home sales distort price readings.
One of two inmates who escaped from Camp 29 of the Virginia Correctional Institution was apprehended within hours near Keen Mountain. James Castle, serving statutory burglary, was taken around 9 p.m. The second escapee, Joseph J. Pobieglo, remains at large and is described as dangerous. Pobieglo is serving statutory burglary and robbery. Authorities from the corrections department Buchanan County sheriff and state police continue the manhunt.
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