Deaths and funerals in Bluefield area
Alexander Harmon 66 of Wilco dies after long illness in Alexandria Virginia. Survived by wife Evelyn and multiple children. services at First Missionary Baptist Wilco with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell. Calvin L. Toler Jr. 19 of Bronx formerly Bluefield dies in Bronx from accidental death. services in Princeton. Richard Chuncho Jr. 52, retired miner, died in Princeton hospital. cremation planned. Mrs John Hager 82 of Brushfork dies in Bluefield hospital. funeral at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs Julius Levay 78 of Sacramento formerly Pocahontas dies in California. graveside at Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield. Anthony Dean Bradley 18 of Rich Creek dies in Pearisburg hospital. funeral at Broyles Chapel Peterstown. Vernel Williams 53 of Northfork dies in hospital. arrangements pending. Henry Hank Jones 59 Welch dies in Welch hospital. services at St James Missionary Baptist Welch with burial Hartwell Cemetery. Posey Robert Lyons 71 Welch dies in Welch hospital. arrangements pending.
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Alexander Harmon
Alexander Hylton Harmon
Wilco
Alexandria
UMWA
Gary
McDowell County
First Missionary Baptist Church
Imelda Wade
Evelyn Harmon
T.M. Stevens
Ronald Dyer
S.T. Cannaday
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Calvin L. Toler Jr
Burke Ave
Bronx
N.Y
Bluefield
New York City
Calvin L. Toler Sr
Shirley Leggett Walker
Mercer County
Holy Tabernacle Church
Vernette
Latoya
Aviva
Tessa Walker
Mattie Leggett
G.H. Sinkford
Erma Cabiness
Eugene Watson
Reginald Leggett
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Richard Chuncho Jr
Richard J. Chuncho Jr
Douglas St
Princeton
Richard J
Annie Huffman Chuncho S
American Legion
V.F.W
Jerry Brillo Chuncho
Earnest Fulcher
Robert Fulcher
Christiansburg
Randolph Fulcher
Santa Anna
Calif
Betty Bass
Towson
George W. Seaver
John Hager
John W
Dora B.) Hager
Rt. 5
Airport Road
Brushfork
Will
Mary Hill Perdue
Roanoke
Edith Driver
Manchester
Julius Levay
Julius
Mary Helen) Levay
Sacramento
Pocahontas
California
Hungary
Frank Eskut
Kathleen Zabados
St. Louis Altar Society
James Levay
Houston
Texas
William Levi
Long Island
Pete
Steve Eskut
Paul Eskut
Arizona
Mike Eskut
Cleveland
Ohio
Kathleen Eskut
Maryland
Margaret Schlinz
Michigan
Irene Fazekas
Grandview Memory Gardens
Leon Alexander
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Anthony Dean Bradley
Rich Creek
Pearisburg
Peterstown
Dorsey
Delois Scott Bradley
First Church of God In
Narrows High School
Wesley E. Bradley
Jennifer R. Bradley
Madeline Brown
Malcolm Scott
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Byrum Lee
B.G. Bowersox
Vernel Williams
Northfork
Henry Hank Jones
Welch
St. James Missionary Baptist Church
Shy Quon Ely
William Crosier
James Neal
Hartwell Cemetery
Hartwell
Page Funeral Home Chapel
Posey Lyons Posey
Robert Lyons
Fanning
Funeral Held for Edward Smith 20 in Roanoke
Funeral services for Hayes Edward Smith aged 20 of 831 Dale Ave Roanoke Va were held today at 2 pm in Mercer Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed at Grandview Memory Gardens Cemetery. The lengthy court narrative recounts bond discussions and a murder-for-hire case linked to a Princeton murder in 1980 involving Cloud Guthrie and others with a Mercer County jury convicting Guthrie of first degree murder. The Mercer County Commission offers a 5000 reward for information leading to Cloud's arrest and conviction. the FBI is investigating the case.
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Frazier
Kentucky
Frank Haddad
Cloud
Bivens
United States
Mrs. Cloud
Knight
Mercer County Circuit Court
Hill
Princeton
Huntington
Fayette County
Roanoke
George Guthrie II
College Avenue
Guthrie
Mercer County
Bernie Stanley
Mercer County Commission
FBI
Nuclear Freeze Resolution Fails in House Vote
The House narrowly defeats a grassroots nuclear freeze resolution by 204 to 202, rejecting an immediate halt on production and tests and backing a Republican substitute that favors START talks. The vote, tied to a failing of the freeze movement in an election year, reflects White House lobbying and concerns over verifiability and Soviet incentives.
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Washington
Reagan
House
Geneva
U.S
America
Kremlin
Capitol Hill
William S. Broomfield
R-Mich
Broomfield
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Masthead and Rates Notice
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 publishes news as a member of the Associated Press. The paper lists mailing and home delivery rates for West Virginia and other zones, subscription details, and circulation information. Address changes go to P O Box 208 Bluefield West Virginia 24701.
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Daily Telegraph Priting Co
Bland Street
W. Va
Associated Press
Bluefield
W.va
West Virginia
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Two Monroe Youths Die In Single Car Crash On Route 460
In Rich Creek Virginia a 1977 Chevrolet veered and rolled several times killing Kathryn Biggs 18 and Ronald Dunn 20, both of Lindside. Driver Jamie Comer 19, also of Lindside, and two passengers Retta Reed 17 and Sheila Reese 16 of Peterstown were hospitalized. Comer faces reckless driving charges and possible manslaughter counts. Biggs and Dunn were found after the wreck and later released to Broyles Funeral Chapel. funeral plans incomplete.
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Rich Creek
Monroe County
Kathryn Pauline Biggs
Ronald Eugene Dunn
Lindside
Giles Memorial Hospital
Jamie Lewis Comer
Retta Reed
Sheila R. Reese
Peterstown
Jimmy McCroskey
Comer
McCroskey
Biggs
Dunn
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Indictments Sought Against Accused Thieves
Federal prosecutors plan to seek indictments next week from a grand jury against four men—two Connecticut residents and two from Florida—charged in a plot to steal 10 paintings valued at $25 million from Hill Stead Museum in Farmington. The plan included a $7.5 million ransom and shredding of works by Monet, Manet, Degas, and Whistler if demands were unmet.
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Hartford, Conn
Farmington
U.S
Carmen Espinosa
Connecticut
Florida
FBI
Hill Stead Museum
Monet
Manet
Degas
James McNeill Whistler
Morhous Named GOP Chairman for Mercer County
The Mercer County Republican Executive Committee reelected Bluefield attorney Larry Morhous as chairman at its reorganizational meeting. Mrs. William Stamford Staf ford of Princeton was named treasurer and Richard Wesley of Bluefield was elected secretary. Morhous said plans for the 1982 political effort are underway and urged residents to attend the Mercer County Republican Club meeting at Western Sizzlin in Princeton at 7:30 p.m.
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Mercer County
Republican Executive Committee
Bluefield
Larry Morhous
William (Dink) Stafford
Princeton
Richard Wesley
Morhous
Republican Club
Oraflex Recall Underway Across Nations
Eli Lilly began recalling Oraflex after halting worldwide distribution following 61 UK and 11 US deaths linked to the arthritis drug. Patients were urged to stop use and mail unused supplies, with refunds for pills promised. The drug, benoxaprofen, known as Opren in Britain, had faced bans and hospital-use restrictions in multiple countries amid severe liver and kidney complications.
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Washington
Eli Lilly and Co
Food and Drug Administration
United Kingdom
United States
Oraflex
South Dakota St
Indianapolis
Ind
FDA
Roger Miller
Great Britain
South Africa
Spain
Germany
Taiwan
Denmark
British Committee On Safety of Medicines
Britain
Hiroshima Mayor Calls for Nuclear Freeze and Ban
The Hiroshima mayor appealed for a halt to nuclear weapons and a total ban on nuclear testing as the city marked the 37th anniversary of its destruction. About 43,000 people attended the ceremony to honor victims and recall the atomic legacy.
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Tokyo
Hiroshima
United States
Nevada
America
Nagasaki
Japan
Pearl Harbor
We Want Your Help At Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Readers are invited to share suggestions for the newspaper. Call after 2 p.m. to reach city desk editors Garret Mathews or Ward Morgan at 327 6171 extension 231, or request the photographers.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph City Desk
Garret Mathews
Ward Morgan
GTE Increase Recommended by West Virginia PSC Examiner
A PSC hearing examiner recommends about a nine percent revenue rise for General Telephone Co. of the Southeast, totaling roughly $2.044 million and effective September 1 unless stayed. The plan, $5.3 million below the firm’s request, includes stipulations on local rates, directory assistance charges, operator verifications, non recurring fees, and service efficiency measures across McDowell, Mercer and Wyoming Counties.
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West Virginia Public Service Commission
General Telephone Co
Southeast
GTE
PSC
McDowell
Mercer
Wyoming
Bluefield
Charleston
Arnold O. Weiford
Weiford
Workfare Proposal Rapped at Virginia Public Hearing
At a state Department of Social Services hearing in Richmond opponents criticized proposed workfare regulations aiming to place uncooperative welfare recipients in work programs. Speakers urged non punitive training programs to build job skills, while Sen. L Douglas Wilder argued for developmental programs and questioned the bills aim.
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Richmond
State Department of Social Services
Social Services
L. Douglas Wilder
Howard P. Anderson
Halifax
General Assembly
Anderson
Virginia
William L. Lukhard
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Calvin Toler Jr
Anthony Bradley
Henry Jones
White House
Larry Speakes
Speakes
Danforth Insurance Agency
Monroe
Doug Puckett
Mura Cael
GOP
Mother Earth Natural Foods
William J. Herosh
Buffalo, N.Y
Mother Earth
Westgate
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Mercer County Democratic Executive Committee
E. R. “Shorty
Simons
Democratic Party
Rainbow Ceramics
Duncan & Ceramichrome Stains & Glazes
N.S. Bovenizer
Cherry Street
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