Pension Fund Ruling Sought in West Virginia
The West Virginia Supreme Court faces a case from the Bluefield Policemen’s Pension Fund trustees seeking a ruling on whether municipal levies must cover full pension operating expenses plus a 10 percent reserve or deduct estimated payroll tax and arrest fee receipts from the annual expense estimate. The trustees argue the city should levy to meet the full $34,983 expense, while the city contends deductions reduce the levy to $16,010 for the year. The dispute involves several cities and questions how payroll tax and fees affect funding requirements.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
West Virginia
Board of Trustees
Bluefield Policemen’s Pension
Supreme Court
Bluefield Board of Directors
City Council
Bluefield Police Pension Fund
Huntington
Wheeling
Grafton
Princeton
Fire Department
Bluefield
Tes
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
Martinsburg
Moundsville
Morgantown
Welch and
Beckley
Deaths and Funerals in Several Counties
Mrs. C C Hopkins 72 of Gary dies after long illness in Welch hospital. Survivors include husband C C Hopkins and four sons. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Welch. Rosary tonight at Bennett Funeral Home Northfork. Also listed are Felicitia Lodolo Lodolo 86 of Northfork and Everette W Clark 54 of Sacramento with service details in Welch and Richlands, Va. Additional notices include Mrs Victoria Moyer 89 Bluefield and Edward A Crawford Sr 69 Bluefield. Funeral arrangements for Earnest Lewis 56 Wayne Mich and infant Mason Ernest Jr. and Danny Dwayne Ratliff, and J Leech Rhody 74 Burks Garden wrap the notices with service details and burial sites across multiple counties.
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C. Hopkins
Gary
Welch
Bramwell
Frank
Maggie Crockett Hill
George Ann Pinter
Tom
Bill
Jim Hopkins
John Hopkins
Titusville
Fla
Richard Hill
Independence
Ida Reese
Fort Wayne
Ind
Fanning Funeral Home Chapel
S. A. F. Wagner
Woodlawn
Kenneth Curley
John Lynder
Phillip Salsines
Henry Pinter
Franklin Harmon
Steve Andriego
Felicitia Ramella Lodolo
Northfork
Bella
Italy
McDowell County
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Powhatan
Joseph Lodolo
Aldo Lodolo
Louis Ercoline
William McFarland
Glen Burnie
Palbearers
Tulle
Ramella
Albert Monarchy
E Caprani
James Gillia
George Conner
Pete Capaldini Jr
George Oster
Benjy Capparelli
Everette W. Clark
Sacramento
Calif
Mavisdale
Irene Clark
Maxie Willis Clark
Gladys Hagerman
Jackie Clark
Henry Clark
Wickliffe
Ohio
Harold Clark
Manila
Clifford Clark
George Clark
Honaker
Edward A. Crawford Sr
Bluefield
Houston
Andrew J
Jennie Flanner Crawford
Enid Matthews Crawford
Richard F
Edward A. Crawford
Rebecca Cameron
Mary Kale
Ada Looney
Denver
Colo
William A. Crawford
Hawkins Funeral Horn
Earnest Lewis
Earnest Buford Lewis
Wayne, Mich
Boissevain
Wayne
Shumate - Newman Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Mason Ernest Jr
Mason
Delores Harrison Ernest
Matoaka
Chicago
Lacy Ernest
Lucille Waters
Norman Gray
Ernest Family Cemetery
Matoaka Rock Road
Bailey Funeral Home
Danny Dwayne Ratliff
Fred Ratliff
Slimp Ratliff
Elmer Church
Andrew Deel
Deel Cemetery
Kimberly Ratliff
Frederick Eugene Ratliff
Sherman
Ratliff
Vansant
Elijah Atkins
Clintwood
Buchanan County Funeral Home
Keen Mountain
J. Leech Rhody
Burks Garden
Leech Rhudy Jr
Charles Rhudy
Paul Cox
Joe Spradley
Roanoke
Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell
Funerals listed for Justus and others in local area
Funeral notices from Grundy to Bluefield detail services for Lonzie Justus Sr. of Hurley and Joe Bienias of Elbert with several ministers, burial at Howard Justus Cemetery, Cravens-Shires Chapel service for Joe Bienias at 9:30 a.m., Mary Elizabeth Dugger of Richlands with burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens, infant Geneva Evelyn Daems of Princeton, and Mrs. Richard M. Orander of Bluefield with Roselawn Cemetery burial.
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Bienias
Joe
Elbert
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
Andrew Arnold
Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery
Thomas Wasilewski
Michael Friel
Joseph Lassk
Walter Dorula
Stevenson
Frank
Dugger
Mary Elizabeth
Richlands
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Grat Horton
E. C. Price
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Orander
Richard M
East Cumberland Road
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
William D. Slates
N. W. Looney
Roselawn
Apathy Toward Law Criticized by Miller in Virginia
ELMONT AP Andrew Miller Democratic candidate for attorney general criticizes public apathy toward law enforcement aligning with past education neglect. He says police salaries equipment and training are inadequate and public concern over rising crime can push needed reforms.
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Elmont
Andrew
Miller
Lee - Davis
Hanover County
Virginia
Katz Agency Advertising Representative Sones in Bluefield
Bluefield Daily Telegraph notes a new advertising representative from the Katz Agency located at 977-4172. The brief notice labels the position as a neat bureau of circuit and lists contact details for local inquiries.
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Sones
Neat Bureau of Circuit
Katz Agency
Loc
Mayor Doddridge Granted Change of Venue in Theft Charge
Milton Mayor Raymond Doddridge, facing a petty larceny charge over $36.55 from the Milton parking meter fund, received a change of venue from Magistrate Robert Bryant to Magistrate John Rice. Rice planned to hear the case Wednesday or Thursday after transfer notice. Doddridge, a Republican candidate for re election, denied the charge as a partisan smear.
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Milton
W. Va
Raymond Doddridge
Robert Bryant
Bryant
Doddridge
John Rice
Rice
Community Center Meeting Slated
The Bluefield Community Service Center will hold its regular monthly meeting at the center Thursday at 7 30 p m. The session includes both Youth and Adult groups.
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Bluefield Community Service Center
WVU Eliminates Women Hours For Upperclass Women
West Virginia University will drop curfew hours for sophomore junior and senior women starting next fall after a decision by President James G Harlow and the Board of Governors. Freshmen must remain in by midnight with extended hours on weekends. Fathers permission allows freshmen to stay out all night in specified places. Discrimination claims are cited as outlawed by statute.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
WVU
James G. Harlow
WVU Board of Governors
Associated Women
Harlow
Dr. Harlow
Natural Gas Project Viewed at Matoaka Kiwanis Meeting
John P. Anderson, Princeton attorney for Matoaka Residents, said United Fuel Gas Co officials discouraged extending gas lines to the area. They require about 18 miles of lines at four dollars per foot plus seven percent finance charges. Anderson proposed a customer survey in Matoaka. Guests included Rev. Cecil Watkins and Billy Jean Snider. Matoaka Keyette and Key Club members Debbie Caruso and Tommy West attended. Dinner was by Mount Olivet Church women.
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John P. Anderson
Princeton
Matoaka
United Fuel Gas Co
Anderson
Cecil Watkins
Princeton First Church of God
Billy Jean Snider
Rock
Keyette
Key Club
Matoaka High School
Debbie Caruso
Tommy West
Woman's GOP Club Rummage Sale Held at Bland Street
Mercer County Woman's Republican Club hosts a rummage sale at 48 Bland Street next to the Daily Telegraph Building. The sale runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily this week.
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Mercer County Woman's Republican Club
Bland Street
Daily Telegraph
Sixth Grade Class Presents The Prince and the Pauper
The sixth grade class of Hancock Elementary School presents The Prince and the Pauper Thursday at 7 30 p m at Genoa Junior High School. Mrs A L Younger sponsors and directs.
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Hancock Elementary School
Genoa Junior High School
A. L. Younger
Mercer County Council Plans School Opinion Survey
The Mercer County Council for Better Education approved a scientifically selected educational questionnaire to gauge local attitudes toward the school system. The survey, aided by specialists from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, aims to inform whether to pursue another school bond referendum after four previous defeats.
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Mercer County Council For Better Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Hechler urges immediate US pullout from Vietnam
Rep. Ken Hechler of West Virginia calls for immediate withdrawal from Vietnam to save about 30 billion dollars yearly and reallocate funds. He opposes the antiballistic missile program and favors a mobile, tightly organized defense force with less global policing.
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Washington
Ken Hechler
D-W. Va
Vietnam
Hechler
America
Herring Earns Three WV Wesleyan Awards
Harold P. Herring of Princeton received three awards at the West Virginia Wesleyan recognition convocation. He won the Wesleyan Keys for scholarship and campus activities and the community council medallion for his work on the campus governing body. He belongs to Omicron Delta Kappa the national college leadership honor fraternity. He is the son of Mr and Mrs H W Herring of 200 Trent Street Princeton.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
Harold P. Herring
Princeton
West Virginia Wesleyan
Wesleyan Keys
Community Council
Omicron Delta Kappa
H. W. Herring
Trent Street
American Library Week Message and Reflections
A meditation on the value of libraries and reading during American Library Week in April 2026. The piece recalls Solomon's wisdom and argues books guide thought, inspire character, and provide tools to conquer challenges.
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Solomon
Deepening Vietnam War Strikes Reach Toward Cambodian Border
Amid a nine week offensiveOs 2 000 American deaths are reported while enemy losses run to 31 000. North Vietnamese forces along the DMZ and Cambodian border total about 40 000 troops, poised for further clashes as negotiations in Paris stall amid growing American casualties. Maj Gen William K Jones notes probable but costly probes across the DMZ despite reduced infiltration.
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Saigon
Paris
U. S
U.S
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Dmz
William K. Jones
3Rd Marine Division
Vietnam
Con Thien
U.S. 5Th Mechanized Division
Thornhill Addresses Glenwood Kiwanis on State Hospitals
Mrs. Lucille Thornhill a House of Delegates member from Mercer County spoke at Glenwood Green Valley Kiwanis on state supported hospitals. She argued they are under financed and inadequately equipped though patient numbers have fallen as medicine knowledge grows. Special guests from Bluefield Kiwanis included Buel Allison Edward Crowley George Vick and Ed Brumfield.
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Lucille Thornhill
House of Delegates
Mercer County
Glenwood
Buel Allison
Edward Crowley
George Vick
Ed Brumfield
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Thant Reports War Along Suez Blocked Talks
The Big Four met in Jerusalem for four hours to work on Arab-Israeli peace but postponed further talks until next Tuesday. Prime Minister Golda Meir warned that any international decision on the Middle East could place Israel in a difficult position and criticized U S participation.
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Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Jerusalem Post
Middle East
Israel
O Neill pressures for universal franchise in Belfast clash
In Belfast O Neill pressed for universal franchise with a resignation threat to force party unity. He lacks full caucus backing as protests flare and security forces guard Belfast amid clashes between Protestant and Catholic groups. Bernadette Devlin condemned the government from the Ulster seat, criticizing O Neill and calling for action against his regime.
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Nere
O'Neill
House of Commons
Britain
Harold Wilson
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Bernadette Devlin
Ulster
Miss Devlin
Miss D Soria
Adams Speaks In Buchanan at Chamber Meeting
C W Adams manager of Appalachian Power Co spoke to the Buchanan County Chamber of Commerce in April about the East Central Area Reliability of Electric Power. He noted 139 kV lines in the county and plans to add more to improve service and prevent outages. Clyde Smith, president, outlined a resolution to Rep. Wampler urging Route 460 extension from Vansant to the Kentucky line and highway routing that serves most residents. The group also discussed financing a new county brochure and the Grundy sign installation at the county limits.
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C. W. Adams
Appalachian Power Company
Welch
Buchanan County
William C. Wampler
Vansant
Kentucky Line
Smith
Highway Department
Civic Clubs
Grundy Corporation
Patrick Henry Beats Steers 6-1 In Emory Baseball
Patrick Henry of Glade Springs drove in two first inning runs and added a third in the sixth as Rich Valley capitalized on six Steers errors to win 6-1 at Emory. Rich Valley improved to 2-3 while Steers managed three hits, including Doug Taylor’s double. Gillespie and Griffitts pitched for Rich Valley with Goff and Neese behind.
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Patrick Henry
Glade Springs
Rich Valley
Steers
Emory
Doug Taylor
Gillespie and Griffitts
Goff
Copenhaver
Neese
Mike Crews Named to Greenbrier Honor Roll
Maj. H B Moore headmaster of Greenbrier Military School announced that Mike Crews of Glenwood Park is among 14 cadets earning highest honors with a scholastic average of 95 to 100 for the seventh month. A total of 116 boys made the list. cadets must have more merits than demerits. He is son of Mr and Mrs H C Crews Jr and enrolled at Greenbrier last fall.
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Maj. H. B. Moore
Greenbrier Military School
Mike Crews
Glenwood Park
H. C. Crews Jr
Greenbrier
LON M RISH BUILT COALFIELD RETAIL EMPIRE IN WEST VIRGINIA
Lon M. Rish rose from a Iselin store manager to head of Keystone Coal and Coke Company’s retail chain. He founded Clark Stores in 1920, led its Bluefield absorption as VP and GM, became president of a local wholesale house in 1932, then chairman in 1967, retiring that July. He served in civic groups and churches, with funeral arrangements at Hawkins Funeral Home and donations requested to the Mercer County Heart Association.
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Iselin
McDowell County
Keystone Coal and Coke Company
Clark Stores, Inc
Bluefield Supply Co
Mr. Rish
W. E. Gilkeson
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield Country Club
United Fund
the Area Development Corp
the Automobile Club
The
State Chamber of Commerce
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Elkhorn Valley Grocery Co
Keystone
Flat Top National Bank
Citizens Underwriter
First National Bank of Keystone
Hawkins Funeral Home
Mercer County Heart Association
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Victoria Moyer
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Willie F. Jess
P. P. Faris
F. L. Eastham
J. Leech
Rhody
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Mount Olivet Church
Lashmeet
Woman’s Gop Club
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Bete Prom
U.S. Weather Bureau
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C. H. Patterson
Westminster Presbyterian
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