Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
Alexander Harmon 66 of Wilco dies after long illness in Alexandria Virginia. Calvin Toler Jr 19 of Bronx formerly Bluefield dies in Bronx. Richard Chuncho Jr 52 retired coal miner of Princeton dies in Princeton hospital. Dora Hager 82 of Brushfork dies in Bluefield hospital. Mary Helen Levay 78 of Sacramento dies in California. Anthony Bradley 18 of Rich Creek dies in Pearisburg hospital. Henry Hank Jones 59 Welch dies in Welch hospital. Posey Robert Lyons 71 of Welch dies in Welch hospital. Vernel Williams 53 of Northfork dies Tuesday. Funeral notices follow for multiple relatives with services in Mercer, Bluefield, Princeton and Welch areas.
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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 Toler Jr
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 Sr
American Legion
V.F.W
Jerry Brillo Chuncho
Earnest Fulcher
Robert Fulcher
Christiansburg, Va
Randolph Fulcher
Santa Anna
Calif
Betty Bass
Towson, Ad
John W
Dora B.) Hager
Rt. 5
Airport Road
Brushfork
Will
Mary Hill Perdue
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
Leon Alexander
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Vernel Williams
Northfork
Richardson
Henry Jones
Henry Hank Jones
Welch
St. James Missionary Baptist Church
Shy Quon Ely
William Crosier
James Neal
Hartwell
Page Funeral Home Chapel
Posey Lyons
Posey
Robert Lyons
Fanning
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Ad Rates and Address
Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces subscription and home delivery rates with West Virginia pricing. Advertisers are guided to Landon Associates and post office box contact details in Bluefield.
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Inniting Co
Bland Street
W. Va
Associated Press
Bluefield
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Sones
P.O. Box 208
Landon Associates
Monroe County youths killed in single car crash near Rich Creek
In Rich Creek Virginia two Monroe County youths Kathryn Biggs age 18 and Ronald Dunn age 20 died when their car lost control on U S Route 460 and rolled over. Driver Jamie Comer 17 of Lindside faces reckless driving and possible manslaughter charges. Biggs and Dunn were thrown from the vehicle. Dunn's body was found Thursday morning in honeysuckle. Bodies were taken to Broyles Funeral Chapel Peterstown with arrangements pending.
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Anthony Bradley
Anthony Dean Bradley
Rich Creek
Pearisburg
Peterstown
Dorsey and
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
Monroe County
Kathryn Pauline Biggs
Ronald Eugene Dunn
Lindside
Giles Memorial Hospital
Jamie Lewis Comer
Retta Reed
Sheila R. Reese
Jimmy McCroskey
Comer
McCroskey
Biggs
Dunn
Nuclear Freeze Resolution Fails in House Vote
In a tight 204 to 202 defeat, the House rejected a grassroots nuclear freeze resolution and backed a Republican substitute favoring START talks in Geneva. The outcome, in doubt until the final ballots, marked a Reagan victory and a push to avoid signaling weakness to Soviets while opposing a unilateral freeze.
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Washington
Reagan
House
Geneva
U.S
America
Kremlin
Capitol Hill
William S. Broomfield
R-Mich
Broomfield
Indictments Sought Against Accused Thieves
Federal prosecutors will seek indictments next week from a grand jury against four men charged in a plot to steal 25 million dollars of paintings from the Hill Stead Museum in Farmington. Two Connecticut and two Florida men were arrested by the FBI after foiled plans to steal 10 paintings and use a 7.5 million dollar ransom, with threats to shred Monet Manet Degas and Whistler works 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 At Mercer County Meeting
The Mercer County Republican Executive Committee reelected Bluefield attorney Larry Morhous as chairman at its reorganizational meeting. Mrs. William Stafford of Princeton was named treasurer and Richard Wesley of Bluefield was elected secretary. Morhous said the committee has begun planning for the 1982 political effort and urged area residents to attend the Mercer County Republican Club meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday at the Western Sizzlin restaurant in Princeton.
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Morhous
GOP
Mercer County
Republican Executive Committee
Bluefield
Larry Morhous
William (Dink) Stafford
Princeton
Richard Wesley
Republican Club
Oraflex Recall Underway
Eli Lilly began recalling Oraflex after halting worldwide distribution. The drug linked to 61 UK and 11 US deaths, and patients were urged to stop use and return pills. Lilly offered refunds for unused stock and sent advisories to doctors and pharmacists.
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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 Urges Nuclear Freeze and Ban
Hiroshima Mayor calls for a halt to nuclear weapons and a global ban on testing during the 37th anniversary ceremony attended by about 43,000 people. The event followed a Nevada underground test and recalls the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Tokyo
Hiroshima
United States
Nevada
America
Nagasaki
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Readers invited to share tips and photo ideas with staff
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph invites reader suggestions for news tips and photography. Call after 2 p.m. to reach city desk staff Garret Mathews or Ward Morgan at 327-6171 extension 231.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph City Desk
Garret Mathews
Ward Morgan
GTE Increase Recommended by West Virginia PSC Hearing
A PSC hearing examiner recommends approving about a nine percent revenue rise for General Telephone Co. of the Southeast, totaling $2.044 million starting September 1 unless stayed. The increase is roughly $5.3 million below the request, with stipulations from the PSC staff. GTE serves 54,000 customers in McDowell, Mercer and Wyoming Counties and filed the request on December 1, 1981, with public hearings on the rate ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Public Service Commission
General Telephone Co
Southeast
GTE
PSC
McDowell
Mercer
Wyoming
Workfare debated at Virginia welfare hearing in Richmond
Virginia welfare reform proposals drew fire at a Department of Social Services hearing. Officials said workfare would be a last resort for noncompliant recipients, while speakers urged non punitive work programs with training. Senator Wilder argued programs should teach in demand skills, not mimic workfare.
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Richmond
Department of Social Services
Social Services
L. Douglas Wilder
Howard P. Anderson
Halifax
General Assembly
Anderson
Mercer County Democratic Committee Chooses Shorty Simons Chairman
Newly elected chairman E. R. Shorty Simons and party members greet the governor and staff. Tours of the facility were conducted and refreshments served after the ceremony.
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Page One
Mercer County
Democratic Executive Committee
E. R. “Shorty’ Simons
Democratic Party
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George W. Seaver
Frazier
Kentucky
Frank Haddad
Cloud
Bivens
Hill
Huntington
Fayette County
Roanoke
George Guthrie II
College Avenue
Guthrie
Bernie Stanley
Mercer County Commission
John Hager
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Danforth Insurance Agency
Monroe
White House
Larry Speakes
Speakes
Doug Puckett
Mother Earth Natural Foods
William J. Herosh
Buffalo, N.Y
Mother Earth
Westgate
Charleston
Arnold O. Weiford
Weiford
Rainbow Ceramics
Duncan & Ceramichrome Stains & Glazes
Mueibes
N.S. Bovenizer
Cherry Street
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