Pickets Withdraw After Court Orders End of Bluefield Standoff
IBEW Local 1087 pickets in Bluefield withdrew after U S District Judge K K Hall in Charleston issued a temporary restraining order directing CWA Local 2276 members to cross the line and return to work at GenTel plants in West Virginia and Virginia. The order halts strikes through contract expiry and pressures both sides to resume negotiations.
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Jim Gilreath
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Bluefield
Charleston
U. S District Court
K. K. Hall
GenTel
IBEW
CWA
General Telephone
Mercer
icDowell
West Virginia
Buchanan
Bland
Tazewell
Virginia
Ibew Local 1087
Bill
Union Brother
Ibew International
Local 2276
Bernard
Barney) Farmer
Daily Telegraph
Farmer
Tckets
Princeton
Welch
Durham
N. C
CWA International
Hall
Logan Tate
Virginia-West Virginia
Tate
Daily Telegraph Publishing Notice and Rates
Establishment date 1693 and Bluefield West Virginia address listed. Rates shown for carrier and mail subscriptions including West Virginia zones and other zones with monthly motor route rates. Advertising representation and AP affiliation noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Member
Audit Bureau of Circulation Advertising
Mathews, Shannon & Cullen
Rockefeller repays bill after breakfast at Mountaineer
West Virginia candidate John D Rockefeller owed Mountaineer Restaurant owner Quinto Bary $18.74 after a breakfast in Welch. An aide paid the amount Monday afternoon, resolving the debt and evoking the remark that the matter is now settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
John D
Jay) Rockefeller
Quinto Bary
Bary
Mountaineer
Welch
Rockefeller
McDowell County
The
Katz Docket Set For Mercer County Court Term
Judge Jerome Katz announced the August term docket will be set today at 9 30 a m in Princeton courthouse All attorneys with cases to be tried must be present when called The term opens August 14 with pre-trial hearings Jurors drawn will report August 17 at 9 30 a m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Katz
Mercer County Circuit Court
Princeton
County Republicans To Meet Wednesday
Mercer County Republicans will meet at the Mercer County Courthouse at 7 30 p m Wednesday to select delegates to a special state nominating convention in Charleston for a nominee to the state supreme court vacancy. Richard Wesley, county chairman, said the meeting aims to choose delegates to the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Charleston
Richard Wesley
Charletson
Supreme Court
Boyle appoints local president in UMW District 31
United Mine Workers President W A Tony Boyle appoints Morgantown resident Andrew Morris as president of UMW District 31 in Fairmont West Virginia Morris will be the last appointed district leader as a federal court order dissolves Boyle control and district members will elect a new president Morris previously served as a lung counselor in District 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony) Boyle
Morgantown
Andrew Morris
UMW District 31
Morris
UMW
Boyle
Deaths and Funerals Notice for Several Residents
Henry Crockett Barnes 72 of North Tazewell died Monday in Richlands hospital. Survived by daughter Mary Frances Barnes and siblings. funeral arrangements incomplete at Peery & St. Clair. Donald Webb 54 of Gary died Monday in Welch hospital. survived by wife Marie and children. services Wednesday at Fanning Funeral Chapel Welch with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Carrie Ethel Dye 63 of Swords Creek died Monday. survived by husband and 12+ relatives. burial at Russell Memorial Cemetery Lebanon after services in Honaker. William M. Foster 72 of Pocahontas died Saturday in Bluefield hospital. survived by son James. services Wednesday at First Baptist Pocahontas with burial Oakgrove Cemetery Bluewell.
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Henry C. Barnes
Henry Crockett Barnes
North Tazewell
Richlands
Rush
Florence Dempsey Barnes
Wilbur Memorial United Methodist Church
Mary Frances Barnes
Charlie Barnes
Tazewell
Jenny Horton
David Baylor
Helen Barnes
Katie Watkins
Martha Craft
Bluefield
Louise King
Susie Black
Greenville
Tenn
Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home
Donald Webb
Gary
Welch
Raleigh County
Smith Webb
Earl Webb
U. S. Steel
Masonic Lodge
Marie Blankenship Webb
Donald P. Webb
Larry
Brenda) Popovich
Flatwood
Bruce Webb
Raymond Webb
Oceana
Herschel Webb
Clifford
Helen) Bane
Doris Webb
Maimi
Fla
Fanning Funeral Chapel
Earnest Boyd
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
John Dickerson
Douglas Lester
Randolph Richardson
John Stichek
Montie Ramella
Lawrence Barber
Michael Miano
Charles Haraway
John Popovich
Henry Rogers
Charles Miano
James Gallimore
R. B. Anderson
James Vilseck
William
Carrie Ethel Dye
Swords Creek
Marsh
Rose Jackson Hess
Methodist Church
R. Marshall Dye
Claude Cordill
Dearfield
Ill
Russell Corns
Lexington
Ohio
Herman Dye
Honaker
Daniel Richardson
Fred Richardson
Claude Dye
Jewel Ridge
Luther Dye
Donald Dye
Raven
Dolphas Dye
Cecil Dye
Danny Dye
Ronnie Dye
Christiansburg
Naomi Whited
Gussie Ray Honaker
Tina Hess
Honaker Funeral Home
Truel Brown
Jessie Miller
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Lebanon
William M. Foster
Pocahontas
Patrick County
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Ivy Foster
James Foster
Vallejo
Calif
Bessie MacLeay
Claudine Martin
Mamie Hairston
Jeanettee Frank
Gladys Gravely
Martinsville
Robert Foster
First Baptist Church
Samuel A. Marrs
John Saunders
Oakgrove Cemetery
Bluewell
Herbert P
Obituary of Olie M. Elswick of Baltimore and Richlands
Olie M. Elswick 41 of Baltimore formerly Richlands Va died Saturday in a Baltimore hospital. She was born in Jewel Ridge Va to Rev Oliver Osborne and Leona White Osborne. Survived by husband Curtis Elswick daughter Gwendolyn Sue Elswick brother Roy G. Osborne and sister Mrs Jack Vencill. Services 3 p.m. Wednesday Laymans Chapel Church with Revs Tom Patrick and Grat Horton officiating. Burial Green Hill Memory Gardens Claypool Hill Va Mullins Funeral Home Richlands in charge.
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Olie M. Elswick
Baltimore
Richlands
Jewel Ridge
Oliver Osborne
Leona White Osborne
Big Creek
Curtis Elswick
Gwendolyn Sue Elswick
Roy G. Osborne
Jack Vencill
Laymans Chapel
Tom Patrick
Grat Horton
Green Hi Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Mullins
John Henry Liesfeld Funeral Service Held in Richmond
John Henry Liesfeld 79 of 8702 Claymont Drive Richmond died Sunday in a Richmond hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bennett Funeral Home Chapel Cutshaw Avenue Richmond. He retired after 50 years with Kaufman Hat Co. in Richmond. Surviving are Theresa Nagelswan Liesfeld his wife daughter Jane McGee widow of Dr James McGee Bluefield three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Liesfeld
Claymont Drive
Richmond
Bennett Funeral Home
Cutshaw Avenue
Kaufman Hat Co
Theresa Nagelswan Liesfeld
Jane McGee
James McGee
Bluefield
Alfred Scott Dies After Long Illness in Welch
Alfred Scott 63 of Welch died Monday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. He was in state at Page Funeral Home in Welch.
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Alfred Scott Alfred Scott
Welch
Page Funeral Home
Vesper Speaker K C Lovejoy at Bluefield Center
K C Lovejoy was guest speaker for Monday night vesper hour at the Bluefield Community Center on Bland Street. The program featured a prayer by Rev Odell Martin scripture read by Mrs Claudia Richardson poems by Mrs Emma White Mrs Edith Hicks and Miss Cherri Smalls and music by the Martin Family Rev and Mrs Odell Martin and Mrs Mary Horner. Oak leaves stood for Strength honor and glory.
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K. C. Lovejoy
Bluefield
Bland Street
Lovejoy
God
Julie Ward
Odell Martin
Claudia Richardson
Emma White
Edith Hicks
Cherri Smalls
Martin
Mary Horner
Princeton Juveniles Held After Pot Raid
Two Princeton youths aged 15 and 16 were taken into custody after nine bags of marijuana found in a trash can near a Princeton home. Police say the marijuana was bagged for sale in dime bags at ten dollars each, with a smoking device also recovered. Trooper F. E. age noted neither boy lived at the location. a hearing will be arranged before Mercer County Juvenile Court Judge Howard M. Jarrett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Eee
F. E. Age
Thomas
Mercer County Juvenile Court
Howard M. Jarrett
County Democrats Set To Elect Delegates At Princeton
Mercer County Democrats meet tonight at 7 30 at the county courthouse in Princeton to elect delegates and alternates to the state Democratic convention. Clifton Neal of Bluefield will serve as temporary chairman guiding the convention, with delegates selecting a nominee for the vacant state supreme court judgeship left by Judge Frank Haymond. Delegates chosen at magisterial district conventions are expected to attend. the meeting is open to all county Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Princeton
Clifton Neal
Bluefield
Supreme Court
Frank Haymond
Bloodmobile to Visit Princeton at First United Methodist Church
The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Princeton on Tuesday August 8 from noon to 5 p.m. at First United Methodist Church. The drive aims to collect 146 pints of blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Princeton
First United Methodist Church
Funerals for Ritter Ella Jane and Martin Rosetta Odell Today
Funeral services are set for Ella Jane Ritter 92 of Falls Church Va and Rosetta Odell Martin 95 of Bluefield at Bluefield area chapels. Ritter will be buried in Maple Hill Cemetery with pallbearers named. Martin will be buried in Roselawn Memorial Gardens with listed pallbearers and flowerbearers from Bluewell United Methodist Church. Also scheduled are Ernest Junior East 50 of Bluefield funeral at Cravens-Shire with service and burial details and pallbearer names.
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East
Ernest Junior
Rt. 3
Bluefield
Cravens-Shire
Bluewell
Dewey Lacy
Prosperity Cemetery
Rt. 2
Rock
Lester Harvey
Keith Darago
Johnny East
Wayne East
Donald East
James East
Michael East
Billy Johnson
Bluefield mulls life insurance for city workers and a park police unit
Bluefield board authorized City Manager Fred Burton to seek life and hospitalization coverage for city employees at about 19 680 yearly and to pursue Associated Hospitals Inc for Blue Cross Blue Shield. The panel also eyed a park police deputy in Virginia with a 11 000 first year cost and discussed Human Rights Commission appointments and Cumberland Road safety letters to Gov Arch Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Board of Directors
City Hall
Fred Burton
City Park
Arch Moore
Cumberland Road
Burton
Associated Hospitals, Inc
Aso
Edwin Elliott
Elliott
Virginia
Bluefield
Tazewell
Joe Walker
Allan Connolly
Victor DeVault
Angelo Monaco
Police Seek Escaped Tennessean In Bluefield Area
Bluefield Virginia police continue the hunt for Billy Harold Upchurch a 24 year old from Cooksville Tennessee who escaped after arrest near the Bel Aire Motel. Upchurch is believed in Mercer County while companion Bratton Fann of Bluefield is jailed on charges from the same incident with a July 22 hearing set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Claude Barrett
Billy Harold Upchurch
Cooksville
Tenn
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
General Telephone Company
Upchurch
Wayne
Bel Aire
Barrett
Mercer County
Eee
Bratton Fann
Tazewell County
Fann
General Telephone
Tazewell
Albert Peery
Virginia
George Asbury
Asbury
Chief Barrett
Kroger
Jeffersonville Hospital
Blufield Sanitarium
Appy Folk Music Festival Slated
The Sixth Annual Folk Music Festival will run August 4 to 6 at the Appalachian South Folklife Center in Pipestein. Don West says the event emphasizes traditional mountain folk and topical music with blues and gospel, no electrical instruments or rock, no contests, and admission free for mountain people. Outside guests pay 5 per day or 12 for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian South Folklife Center
Pipestein
Don West
West
Spon
Universal Christian Church
Moonlight Sale Thursday Lights Up Downtown Bluefield
Sixteen downtown Bluefield businesses join a Moon Madness Sale scheduled Thursday from 6 to 10 p.m. Special bargains will be offered during the hours. The event is sponsored periodically by the Downtown Committee of the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce.
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Bluefield
Singspiration Gospel Sings Set for Abbs Valley Church
A gospel singspiration will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Church of God in Abbs Valley Virginia. Local church members invite residents to attend the evening of spiritual songs and fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
Abbs Valley
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Gente
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Associated Press
Jay
Ride
Katz
K.C. Lovejoy Vesper Speaker
Bluefield Ave
Karl H., Frye
Karl H. Frye, Inc
Bloodmobile
Bluefield Human Rights Commission
Appy Folk Music
Warrenizing Cleaners
L. A. Suites
Maytag Wringer
Shaffer Maytag and Furniture Company Credit Acc
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