Mining termed vital profession by Ashcraft to college audience
John Ashcraft director of the West Virginia Department of Mines told 100 area high school students at Bluefield State College Mining Day that mining is a growing dynamic and highly skilled profession vital to the nation. He cited coal's role in energy and growth and noted WV coal reserves and future employment gains as the industry faces productivity and environmental challenges.
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Bluefield State
Bluefield State College
Tom Waddington
The
Southern Virginias Coal Association
Stephen G. Young
West Virginia Coal Association
Dennis Hardy
BSC
John Ashcraft
West Virginia Department of Mines
Earl French
Pocahontas Fuel Division
Consolidation Coal Company
Jim Gilreath
Ashcraft
Department of Mines
Worth
America
West Virginia
Young
Virginia
Ashworth
West
James McCartney
McCartney
William T. Boyd
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Carl Hrovath
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Dennis E. Hardy
Mercer Board approves bids and exam plan changes
Mercer County Board of Education approved low bids on plumbing and electrical supplies totaling 22,801.40, accepted field trip requests from ten schools, and adopted a semester exam schedule. New rules place exams in the last four days with three testing days and supervised study for off periods.
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Jack Honaker
Mercer County Board of Education
Princeton
Clinton D. Lilly
Weslaken Corp
Bluefield Supply Co
Bailey Lumber Co
Bluefield Hardware
Harold Wood
Centralffice
Superior Sterling
Noland
Bramwell High School
M. B. Guyton
Bluefield High School
West Virginia University
Kent State University
Columbus
Cincinnati
Ohio
University of Tennessee
Princeton High School
Delmar Publishing
Charlotte
N. C
Montcalm High
Abingdon
the &G Science
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Details Publishing Facts
Bluefield Daily Telegraph operates as a morning newspaper since 1893. It lists address 412 Bland Street, Bluefield West Virginia and details subscription and advertising contact information.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews Shannon & Cullen Telephone
Strike Ends At Semet Solvay Mine Caples
A 24 hour walkout ended Thursday as about 450 miners returned to work at Allied Chemical Corp. Semet Solvay mine in Caples. Miners had walked off the 4 p m shift Wednesday over internal transportation, a complaint resolved as the same shift resumed Thursday. Union officials were unavailable for comment.
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Allied Chemical Corp
Caples
United Mine Workers of America
Funeral notices list services for Howard Field Verlie Kelly Croy
Howard Field 78 of Havaco to be mourned Saturday at Havaco Temple Baptist Church by Rev. Winfrey and Rev. Alexander. Burial in Oakgrove Cemetery Bluewell. Verlie Kelly 71 of Matoaka to be laid to rest today at Beartown Methodist Church with Rev. Jenkins. burial in Milam Cemetery on Herndon Mountain. Walter W. Croy 83 of Green Valley to be honored today at Greenview United Methodist Church. burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Grandsons to serve as pallbearers. W.S.C.S. members to carry flowers. Burial rites follow calling hours at the church. Hawkins Funeral Home handles arrangements.
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Kelly
Verlie
Rt. 1
Matoaka
Beartown Methodist Church
Earl Jenkins
Milam
Herndon Mountain
Grandview Methodist Church
Hawkins Funeral Home
Bluefield
Deaths in Virginia Towns Quietly Take Three Local Figures
Obituaries note the deaths of Rev Jake Leonard Wilson 76 of Raven and Taulbee Lester 76 of Drill along with Frank Coleman 64 of Grundy and others. Wilson a long time Assembly of God minister and former Jewell Ridge Coal foreman is survived by Ella Caroline Plaster Wilson and siblings. services at Raven Assembly of God with IOOF and Oniska Tribe honored pallbearers listed. Lester a Drill native, Freewill Baptist, merchant, husband of Chloe McFarland Lester. services in Honaker followed by burial at Russell Memorial Cemetery. Additional notices for Frank Coleman, George Hylton and James H Addair outline church services, burial plans, and survivors, with details on funeral homes and pallbearers.
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Jake Leonard Wilson
Raven
West Raven
Smyth County
Nelson
Cynthia McGlothlin Wilson
Assembly of God Church
Raven Assembly of God
Jewell Ridge Coal Corp
Jewell Valley
Independent Order of Oddfellows
Grundy
Lodge 17
Richlands
Oniska Tribe
Improved Order of Redmen
Ella Caroline Plaster Wilson
Caroline Clarke
Tazewell
Hallie Wilson
Lebanon
Roy Wilson
Bluefield
Raven Assembly of God Church
Dale Holmes
Ancil Childress
Carl Robinson
Cecil Herrin
Clinch Valley Cemetery
Otto Wilson
Gaines Wilson
Aubrey Wilson
Fred Wilson
Ralph Steele
Cecil Plaster
Steve Honaker
Andrew Plaster
Richlands Oniska Tribe
Ioof Lodge 17
Hurst- Scott Funeral Home
Taulbee Lester
Drill
Buchanan County
Spencer and
Rachel Street Lester
Freewill Baptist Church
Chloe McFarland Lester
Edna Lester
Carmie MacGlothlin
Beaulah Compton
Honaker
Garnett
Roscoe
Peerman
Dennis Lester
Honaker Funeral Home Chapel
Robert Holmes
Clyde Lambert
Carson Powers
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon, Va
Eura Jane Paitsel 62 Princeton. long illness dies
Eura Jane Paitsel 62 of Union Drive Lilly Grove Princeton died Wednesday in a Princeton hospital after a long illness. She was born in Princeton, daughter of Henry and Mary Tucker. Survived by four sons Donald E. Paitsel Richard A Freddie A and Robert E Paitsel five sisters Nellie Edmonds Hazel Travis Ola Travis Ella Seynak Nora Miller one brother Ed Tucker and six Silver Springs Baptist Church members. Pallbearers Jack Blankenship Bobby Bish Carl Bish Carl Bish Jr Denny Dante and Rev George Johnston. Friends may call Seaver Mortuary Princeton between 5
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Eura Jane Paitsel
Union Drive
Lilly Grove
Princeton
Henry and
Mary A. Stillwell Tucker
Silver Springs
Nellie Edmonds
Hazel Travis
Oak Hill
Ola Travis
San Diego
Calif
Ella Seynak
Detroit
Mich
Nora Miller
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ed Tucker
Silver Springs Baptist Church
Amos Turner
Oakwood Park Cemetery
Jack Blankenship
Bobby Bish
Carl Bish
Carl Bish Jr
Denny Dante
George Johnston
Seaver Mortuary
Thompson Jr. William Eugene dies in Roanoke
William Eugene Thompson Jr., age 44, of Roanoke Virginia died Wednesday night. He is survived by his mother Mrs Ruth Long Thompson and a son Roger Allen Thompson. The service was held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Givens Funeral Home Chapel Pearisburg with Rev Elmer DeHart officiating. Burial followed at Mountain View Cemetery Rt 2 Pearisburg. The body remains at the funeral home for viewing by friends.
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Freelin Stiltner
Rt. 2
Grundy
Richlands
J. B
Belle McClanahan Stiltner
Sarah Griffey Stiltner
Irma Lane
Robert Tate
Vansant
Stanton, Clinton
Robert Lee Stiltner
Lando Clevinger
Ezra
Charlie
Hensley
Lonnie Stiltner
Burl Stiltner
Phelps, Ky
Bethlehem Regular Baptist Church
John Lane
Casby Conaway
Paul McClanahan
Frank Newsom
Stiltner
Grundy Funeral Home
William Eugene Thompson Jr
Roanoke
Ruth Long Thompson
Roger Allen Thompson
Givens
Mrs Marilyn V Stanley dies after illness in Pocahontas
Mrs Marilyn V Stanley 48 of Pocahontas Abbs Valley Va died in a Princeton hospital after a two year illness. Born Coaldale she was daughter of the late Charles and Tishie Westmorland Jeffery. Survived by husband Coy N Stanley two sisters Myrtle Perry Sadie Shumate two brothers Walter Jeffery Sidney Jeffery services Saturday at 1 p.m. Cravens Shires Funeral Chapel Bluewell with Roseland Memorial Gardens officiants Dr Ted Cook Rev William Myers pallbearers nephews flower bearers. Funeral home today 5 to 9 p.m.
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James H. Addair
Cleveland
Ohio
Saeger
Avondale
Sol
Carrie Workman Addair
Dealia Addair
Sandra Maxwell
Violet Nearman
Big Sandy
Danny Addair
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Charles
Howard Addair
Sylvia Kissinger
Violet Warrix
Juanita Compton
Warsaw
Ind
Nora Cline
Columbus
Luther Addair
Wilcoe
William Addair
Benny Addair
Tucson
Ariz
Little Samara
Avongdale
Gerald Church
Mullins
Crane Ridge
American Legion Post
VFW
Bradshaw
Fanning Funeral Home
Jaeger
Marilyn V. Stanley
Pocahontas
Abbs Valley
Princeton
Coaldale
Charles and
Tishie Westmorland Jeffery
Full Gospel Church
Coy N. Stanley
Myrtle Perry
Nemours
Sadie Shumate
Rt. 3
Bluefield
Walter Jeffery
Johnson City
Tenn
Sidney Jeffery
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Ted Cook
William Myers
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
Mrs Gilly recounts killings and union job promise
Mrs Gilly testifies Huddleston approached her husband in 1969 about killings. She says he met first with Prater then with Pass, later noting a promise from the union for a high paying job. The names Titler and Owens are not mentioned in her 2142 page statement.
Huntington Office To Be Opened By Kee In Huntington
Rep. James Kee announced opening a full time office in the federal building Huntington at 10 a.m. today. Dan Blizzard of Fayette County will be his local representative with another Kee office in Bluefield. Kee also campaigns four days across Cabell Wayne and Logan counties before a May 9 Democratic primary facing Dr. Haney Wells and Homer Heck.
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James Kee
D-W. Va
Huntington
Federal Building
Dan Blizzard
Fayette County
Kee
Federal
Bluefield
Cabell County
Ken Hechler
Cabell
Wayne
Logan
Fort Gay
Wayne County
Chamber of Commerce
Raleigh County
Haney Wells
Athens
Homer Heck
Princeton Hit Hard by Storm Debris and Hail In Three Quakes
Weather blasted Princeton with three hailstorms between 4:30 and 6:30 PM, causing basements to flood and windows to shatter while Mercer Street businesses mostly escaped major damage. Oakvale power outages affected 150 homes during a candlelit banquet. Debris clogged streets and several highways reported water over routes including Rt 20 and US 460.
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Ingleside Road
Fralick
Honaker Avenue
Mercer Street
Princeton Bank and Trust Company
Princeton
Clarence Noble
Willowbrook Road
Green Tree Crossroads
Assembly of God
Mercer
N&w
U. S. Rt
Narrows
Tazewell
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Williamsburg
Jamestown
Bluefield High
Giles County
Athens High Science Club
Knoxville, Tenn
Oakridge
University of Tenn
Melrose
Capital
Sunrise Planetarium
Charleston
Pat Burdiss
Beckley
American Family Life Insurance Co
Employes Advisory Council
Lorrainecaire
W. R. Pete Cooke
Lecaire
Monroe County
Jaycees
Beatrice D. Davidson
Dunbar
Daniel G. Nichols
Wade
Sherry Graham
Lashmeet
Mary Lee Rierson
Oakvale High School
James W. Hatcher
Sharon Brooks
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Semet Solvay
Frank Coleman
Isaac
Nancy Jane Bowman Coleman
Bitha Coleman
Lona Mae Stiltner
Betty Lou Stiltner
Louise Stiltner
Isaac Coleman
Ray Coleman
Bascom Coleman
Levi Coleman
Glen Coleman
Bobby Coleman
Bessie Wolford
George Coleman
Jack Coleman
Rob Coleman
Dock Coleman
Free Will Baptist Church
Big Rock
Ervin Hurley
Grady Ratliff
George Hylton
Hails Ridge Road
John and
Mary Tiller Hylton
Grace Pennington Hylton
Jack M. Hylton
Akron
Bob
Shelby) Tiller
Pomeroy
Wash
James
Linda) Dudding
Missoula
Mont
Sandra Hylton
Ben Hylton
Oscar Hylton
Salem
Horton Hylton
Dayton Hylton
Kinston
Walter Hylton
Edward Hylton
Albert Hylton
Mary Magruder
Pearl Neal
Summersville
Gladys Bullington
Bailey Funeral Chapel
Doug Morgan
Jimmy Jones
Pennington
Paul B. Tynes
Kenneth E. Ward
Wolfe
Wajer Ward
Sophronia Ward Allison
Marvin E. Ward
Toledo
First Baptist Church of
J. C. Stith
Mercer St
Memorial Funeral Directory Chapel
Norman Arrington
Douglas Williams
Oakwood Cemetery
R. R
Flora Jones Tynes
Edith Candler Tynes
Ronnie Tynes
Minor Ray Edgell Jr
Jim
Ada Mae) Goings
Robert Tynes
Everett Tynes
Columbia
Willie Tynes
Ralph Martin
William F. Friedl
Bobby Burk
Buddy Pettrey
Cephas Larue
Micky Champ
Mrs. Gilly
Pianos & Organs
NEW & Used Instruments
Organ Service Factory Trained
Technican
Baldwin, Hammond and
Wurlitzer Organs
Lowman Piano CO
Bluefield, W.va
Raritan Club
General Telephone Company of the Southeast
Dan Hale
Angora
W. VA
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