Local Support Lets Miller Make UMW Ballot in December
Arnold Miller has secured endorsements from about 70 of 150 locals, enough to appear on the court-ordered December election ballot. Boyle trails with 83 locals endorsement, while Miller leads in larger locals and carries West Virginia and several other states with districts including District 31. Local 1588 at Blacksville No. 1 coal mine supported Miller, as did miners from Consolidation Coal Co. across multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Miller Camgn
Pan Stillman
Reform
Miller
W.A
Tony” Boyle
Stillman Miller
Stillman
UMW
Boyle
Leonard Pankovich
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Virginia
Utah
Montana
North Dakota
Ohio
Kansas
Alabama
Consolidation Coal Co
Blacksville No. 1
Joseph A
Jock
Yablonski
U.S. Labor Department
Soviet Pullout From Egypt Ends
Cairo reports completion of the withdrawal of Soviet military advisers from Egypt. Most have left home with a few instructors remaining briefly, amid Syrian hesitations about expelling Soviet personnel and Assad's nonrenewal of some contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Sayed Marei
Arab Socialist Union
Anwar Sadat
Beirut
Syria
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Moscow
Assad
Pike Wreck Claims Two on West Virginia Turnpike Near Beckley
State Police report a one car crash on the West Virginia Turnpike near Beckley left two members of a North Carolina family dead and three others injured. Rhonda Faye Reid, 14, died Sunday from crash injuries and Mildred Leona Paul, 35, of Fayetteville was killed at the scene. Two other children remained hospitalized in satisfactory condition and a third was treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West Virginia Turnpike
North Carolina
Rhonda Faye Reid
Mildred Leona Paul
Fayetteville
N. C
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Ad Rates and Contact Info
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists subscription and motor route rates. It notes mailing options within West Virginia and other zones, with annual and monthly charges, along with advertising representation details and contact telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation Advertising
Mathews, Shannon & Cullen
Area Deaths And Funerals In Southern West Virginia
Obituary notices report the deaths of William Moore 90 of Pocahontas Virginia Louis Constantino 83 of Northfork and several others in the region. Funeral details include services at Pocahontas Baptist Church Sacred Heart Church and First United Methodist Church with interments at Grandview Memory Gardens Woodlawn Memorial Park and other local cemeteries.
John W Spriggs 90 Elbert native and former U S Steel official
John W Spriggs 90 of Elbert died Saturday evening in a Welch hospital after a long illness He was a retired outside boss for U S Steel Company Born in Smythe County Va he was the son of the late Andrew and Americus Spriggs His wife Anna C Spriggs preceded him in death Surviving are Euel Spriggs Bluefield Roy Spriggs and Charles Spriggs Elbert John Spriggs Arlington Va seven daughters many grandchildren and great great grandchildren and other relatives Funeral services were held at 11 am at the Gearing Witten Funeral Chapel Welch with Rev Kenneth Spriggs officiating Graveside rites were set for 3 pm at the Knotts Kregg Cemetery Abingdon Va Grandsons served as pallbearers Friends may call Tuesday evening at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Billy) Moore
Pocahontas
Bluefield
Prestonburg
James Moore
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Pocahontas Baptist Church
UMW
Welch
Nannie Gertrude Lee Moore
William Moore Jr
Fairmont
Montell
Pete) Moore
Trenton
N. J
Carl (Corky) Moore
Garnett Boyd
Huntington
Edna Moore Drosick
Mae Boyd Moore
Tucson
Ariz
Mary Helen Boyd Carter
Virginia Boyd Alley
Wanda Lee Boyd Alley
Cadettesburg
William Davis
Paul Elmore
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Virginia
Carl David Moore
Robert M. Johnson Jr
J.B. Carter Jr
Donald Carter
Jack Bowman
Danny Alley
Edward Alley
Thomas Alley
John Alley
Roy Alley
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Funeral Home
Louis Constantino
Northfork
Frank
Angenela Ambrosio Constantino
Anna Marie Constantino
Frank Constantino
Sam Constantino
Princeton
Tony Constantino
Glen Burnie
Nick Constantino
Joe Constantino
Mattie Cline
Bennett- Fanning Funeral Home
Alice M Orr
Alice M. Orr
Suffolk Ave
Richlands
Orpha McElroy Orr
Charles Bradley Orr
Richlands High School
Radford College
Tazewell County
J. B
Winnie) Bailey
Rt. 1
Cedar Bluff
Michael
Patty) Hichak
Alexandria
Charles B. Orr Jr
Fairfax
Richlands First United Methodist Church
Paul B. Quirk
S. O. Frye
Max Linkous
Edna Jane Willis
McDowell St
Clintwood
William J
Omah Mullins Kell
Dickenson County
Raymond
Nancy) Kimbel Sr
Bernie Phipps
Conan Keel
Baline Keel
Stanley, N. C
First Christian Church
Charles A. Vaughn
Woodlawn
Bluewell
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Calvin Thompson
Thomas Hagg
George Scott
Paul Buskell
Grat Quesenberry
J. A. Huffman Jr
Lloyd Dawson
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
John W. Spriggs
Elbert
U.S. Steel Company
Smythe County
Andrew and
Americus Spriggs
Anna C. Spriggs
Euel Spriggs
Roy Spriggs
Charles Spriggs
John Spriggs
Arlington
Cicero Blevins
Meadow View
Katherine Warren
Joseph Barta
Big Four
Jenny Lou Spriggs
Columbus
Ohio
Della Spriggs
Audrey Johnson
Pulaski
Helen Harless
George Spriggs
North Carolina
Gearing - Witten
Kenneth Spriggs
Knott”- Kregg
Abingdon
Whitaker Elmer Whitaker dies. funeral Tuesday in Endwell Church of God
Elmer Whitaker 67 of Squire died Sunday in Welch hospital after a long life as a coal miner and World War II veteran. He is survived by a half-brother Henson Whitaker of Butte Montana. Services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Endwell Church of God with Rev. Roy Baldwin, burial in Hartwell Cemetery, calling hours at Douglas Chapel in War today after 5 p.m.
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Whitaker Doke
Elmer Whitaker
Squire
Welch Hospital
Bandy
Thomas and
Myrtle Whitaker
Henson Whitaker
Butte
Mont
Endwell Church of God
Roy Baldwin
Hartwell Cemetery
Douglas Chapel
Obituary: McKinley Matney of Hurley Dies After Long Illness
McKinely Matney, 75, of Hurley Virginia, died Sunday morning in a Richlands hospital after a long illness. Survived by widow Laura Alice Matney, daughter Emma Jean Matney, two brothers Doc Pruitt and Elmer Stacy, three sisters Causby Justus Lucy Justus Chloe Walk. Services set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at the residence with Austin Simmons and Delbert Justus officiating. Burial in Matney family plot. Body to be moved from Virginia Funeral Home to the residence this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinely Matney
Hurley
Richlands
Laura Alice Matney
Emma Jean Matney
Doc Pruitt
Paw Paw
Elmer Stacy
Causby Justus
Lucy Justus
Vansant
Chloe Walk
Logan County
Austin Simmons
Delbert Justus
Matney
Virginia
Betsy Rowold of Cincinnati Dies at 27
Miss Betsy Elizabeth Rowold 27 of Cincinnati and formerly Bluefield died Saturday in Cincinnati. She was daughter of the late Robert and Elizabeth Bird Rowold. Funeral services were completed at Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Bluewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsy E. Rowold
Betsy Elizabeth Rowold
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bluefield
Robert and
Elizabeth Bird Rowold
Cravens - Shires
Bluewell
Faulkner 74 dies. Bluefield man former railroad worker
Arthur Bryan Faulkner 74 of Rt. 3 Bluefield died Sunday in a Bluefield hospital after a period of illness. He was a retired Norfolk & Western Railway employee and member of Bluewell United Methodist Church. Survived by Lula Faulkner, son Vance in the U S Army, daughter Hazel, sisters Etta Ramsey and Pearlie Helmondollar, three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services Tuesday 2 p.m. at Cravens Shires Funeral Home Bluewell with burial at Bluewell Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Funeral home today 5 to 9 p.m.
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Arthur Bryan Faulkner
Rt. 3
Bluefield
Vincent C
Sarah Poe Faulkner
Norfolk & Western Railway
Bluewell
James
Etta) Ramsey
Pulaski
Frank
Pearlie) Helmondollar
Cravens - Shires
Clifford Compton
Paul Hall
Woodlawn Memorial Park
James Horton
Fred Lacy
Oakly Riggs
Calvin Shoemaker
Clifford Saunders
Paul Ayers
Buddy Kitts
Vernon Cooke
Funeral services set for Robert L. Steele in Bluefield
Robert L. Steele age 39 of 960 West Ridge Street Bluefield died Thursday at home. Services at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Linkford and Richardson Chapel Bluefield with Rev Fred Villinger officiating. Burial in Oak Grove. Survived by widow Barbara J. Steele of Ashtabula Ohio two children Teresa and Robert Jr. sister Mae Patterson Bluefield brother William Steele Columbus. Friends of the family will carry funeral home today from 6 until.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lee Steele
West Ridge St
Bluefield
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Fred Villinger
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Lelia Rebecca Steele
William Steele
Gerald Thomas
Funeral services for Lewis Jack Smith 86
Funeral services for Lewis Jack Smith 86 of Chestnut Mountain Maybeury will be held at 1 p.m. at Shumate-Newman Funeral Chapel Pocahontas with Rev. Albert Jarvis and Rev. Henry Gibson officiating. Survivors include four daughters two sons twenty grandchildren thirty four great grandchildren and one great grandson will serve as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Clay Tabor
Harlingen
Tex
Coopers
Abbs Valley Wesleyan Church
Rev
J. A. Byrd
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Nora Mick Tabor
Arnold Tabor
Princeton
James Tabor
Edgewater
Douglas Tabor
Fort Isabelle
Edsel Tabor
Roanoke
Lolas Neel
Beckley
Ellis Bailey
Falls Mills
Mae Little
Giotto
D. C. Tabor
Nemours
Earl Buckner
Carl French
Henry French
Arnold Brown
Jess Harris
Robert Eller
Shumate - Newman Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Lewis
Jack) Smith
Chestnut Mountain
Maybeury
Shumate - Newman
Albert Jarvis
Henry Gibson
Perdue
Phillip Chartrand
East St. Louis
James Glass
Sidney Harris
Paul Mitchelson
Detroit, Mich
Lewis Smith
Washington, D. C
Robert Smith
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Alvis Mitchem Dies at 79 in McComas
Alvis Mitchem 79 of McComas died Saturday at his home from an apparent heart attack. Funeral services are set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Beartown with Russell Pennington officiating. Burial will be in Lusk Cemetery Beartown. Body remains at Bailey Funeral Home until 3 p.m. today and will go to the home one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvis Mitchem
McComas
Beartown Methodist Church
Russell Pennington
Lusk Cemetery
Beartown
Bailey Funeral Home
Steven Flanagan of Worth Dies at 74 in Welch Hospital
Steven Jerry Flanagan 74 of Worth died Sunday at a Welch hospital from natural causes. He worked 46 years for Cannelton Coal and belonged to UMWA Local in Superior. He was a Methodist and is survived by Blanche Duncan Flanagan, four sons, one daughter, sisters, five grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Bennett Fanning Funeral Home in Northfork.
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Steven Jerry Flanagan
Worth
Welch Hospital
UMWA
Superior
Cannelton Coal Company
Methodist Church
Shirley Faye Flanagan
Blanche Duncan Flanagan
Carley Flanagan
S. J
Jerry) Flanagan Jr
James
Jimmy) Flanagan
Kansas City
Kan
Franklin W
Wilson) Flanagan
Welch
Drewley
Effie) Tate
Allen Park
Mich
Lottie Beasley
Susie Flanagan
Hillsville
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Effie Whited Walk dies at 62 in Bluefield Va
Effie Whited Walk 62 of 116 Blake Street Bluefield Virginia died Friday night at her home from natural causes. She leaves husband James C Walk two brothers Garnet Whited Claude Whited five sisters Willie Martin Mary Simmson Rose Ball Vivian Mutter Hattie Cooper and two half brothers Claude Ray Abran Ray. Funeral 3 p.m. today Graham Funeral Home Chapel Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield. Friends may call at the funeral home from 10 a.m. until the funeral hour.
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Effie Whited Walk
Blake St
Bluefield
James C. Walk
Garnet Whited
Claude Whited
Willie Martin
Marengo
Ohio
Mary Simmson
Raven
Rose Ball
Cannon County
Vivian Mutter
Saltville
Hattie Cooper
Castlewood
Claude Ray
Abran Ray
Honaker
Graham Funeral Home
Victor Zimmerman
Maple Hill Cemetery
Robert Eugene Johnson obituary notice
Robert Eugene Johnson 46 of Jackson South Carolina and formerly Narrows Virginia died Saturday in a Dublin Georgia hospital. He was WWII veteran son of Deannie Johnson and the late Lola Skeens Johnson survived by widow Mary Thompson Johnson four sons Timothy A. Johnson of Charlottesville Virginia and Barry Clark and Jimmy Johnson of Jackson plus his father. Services conducted 2 p.m. Tuesday at Riffe's Funeral Chapel Narrows officiated by Rev Timmy Johnson burial in Fairview Cemetery Narrows. Funeral home today from 3 p.m.
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Robert Eugene Johnson
Jackson
S. C
Narrows
Dublin
Deannie Johnson
Lola Skeens Johnson
Mary Thompson Johnson
Timothy A. Johnson
Charlottesville
Barry K
Clark
Jimmy Johnson
Riffe
Timmy Johnson
Fairview Cemetery
Keene Rites Held for Bascom S Keene in New Port Richey
Bascom S Keene 57 of New Port Richey Fla died after a long illness in a local hospital aboard with survivors including his wife Ella who preceded him in death. He leaves five daughters and four sons, plus numerous siblings and step relatives. North Funeral Home conducted the services with burial planned in New Port Richey.
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Bascom S. Keene
New Port Richey
Fla
Buchanan County
Granville
Jane Watson Keene
Ella Keene
Lillian McGuire
St. Petersburg
Shirley Bischoff
Maryville
Ohio
Edith Sawyer
Wanda Perry
Judy Womack
Clayton
Elmer Keene
Springfield
Bobby Keene
Junior Keene
Flem C. Keene
Cedar Bluff
John W. Keene
Albert Keene
Richlands
Andrew Keene
Detroit
Mich
Cecil Keene
Rt. 1
Raven, Va
Gilbert McGlothlin
Billy Watson
Helen van Dyke
Alta Mae Price
Raven
Tara Scott
Ruby
Betty Watson
Myrtle Keene
Leona van Dyke
North Funeral Home
Area Funerals Set for Stowers Young and Mabe
George Wilburn Stowers 62 of Bastian Va funeral today at Rocky Gap United Methodist Church with burial at Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Mary Ellen Young 72 of Bluefield Va funeral today at Community Christian Church with burial at Rest Lawn Memorial Gardens. Jennifer Lynn Mabe five funeral service today at Roselawn Memorial Gardens with arrangements by Cravens Shires Funeral Home.
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Newberry Funeral Home
Bland
Young
Mary Ellen
Holbrook St
Brucefield
Community Christian Church
Bluefield
F. D. Sweeten
James Easley
Rest Lawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg
Lugo
Mabe
Jennifer Lynn
Roy F
Sally Roberts
New Carrollton
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield- Princeton
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Clark tours dikes in North Vietnam
Former Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark toured dikes in Thai Binh Province damaged by U S air strikes, calling for an immediate stop to bombing. He visited Phu Vang village on Aug. 3 and spoke to a Voice of Vietnam correspondent about the site.
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Tokyo
Ramsey Clark
North Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Clark
Phu Vang
Thai Binh
Voice of Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington
Ripon Boss Proposes Free Heroin at GOP Convention
Robert Moss of the Philadelphia Ripon Society chapter urges the Republican National Convention to endorse a heroin maintenance plank. He cites British clinics and says about 95 percent of addicts lack motivation for rehab, proposing government sponsored distribution to reduce crime. Moss plans to forward the idea to national president Howard Gillette for Credentials committee review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Ripon Society
Republican National Convention
Robert Moss
Philadelphia Society of
Liberal Republicans
Moss
Howard Gillette
Knapp Commission Findings On Police Corruption
The Knapp Commission report criticizes Sunday sabbath enforcement as a major source of police graft and details corruption in bribe paying prostitution and other areas. It cites $1.5 billion in annual construction costs flowing to corrupt officers and calls the rotten apple doctrine absurd. Mayor Lindsay formed the commission in 1970 after Times exposes. Police Commissioner Murphy says at most 300 officers were corrupt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John V. Lindsay
Knapp
New York Times
Patrick V. Murphy
Mystery man from Montcalm area linked to missing male
State police in Beckley urge citizens to contact the local office with any knowledge of a missing male matching the description. Trooper Vaughan continues to pursue leads to identify the man. John Doe Jr. was quietly buried last week in Beckley in an unmarked grave with funeral home attendants present.
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Montcalm
Beckley
Vaughan
John Doe Jr
Funeral Home
Greenbrier Excursion Canceled by Steam Tours Inc
RONDEVERTE W Va AP Greenbrier Railroad excursion trains along the Greenbrier River in Greenbrier and Pocahontas counties for the rest of summer have been canceled by Steam Tours Inc operator. William B Benson president said the tourist traction was canceled due to adverse political and economic pressures. The 400 ton steam locomotive formerly Reading Railroad No 2102 is stored in New Jersey. No plans to resume operations were announced.
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Rondeverte
W. Va
Greenbrier
Pocahontas
Steam Tours, Inc
William B. Benson
Reading Railroad
New Jersey
Benson
Ambassadors Must Resign Upon New or Re elected President
The rule requires all U.S. ambassadors to submit their resignations when a new president or a re elected president takes office. This applies regardless of whether the leader is from the same party or an opposition party.
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U.S
Bill To Increase Police Is Eyed
Washington AP The Police Manpower Act of 1972 would author ize $2 billion annually for six years to fund 140000 new police officers nationwide boosting manpower by about 40 percent with larger gains possible in high crime cities such as New York Chicago and Washington D C The plan ties aid to reform and favors expanding police presence over riot gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Les Aspin
D-Wis
New York
Chicago
Washington, D.C
Aspin
Miller Rules Talks Illegal Executive Sessions
Virginia Attorney General Andrew P. Miller ruled that the Commission of Outdoor Recreation violated the state freedom of information law by holding executive sessions to discuss park funding. He said land acquisitions and public input must occur in open sessions, after a reporter questioned the previous session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Andrew P. Miller
Commission of Outdoor Recreation
Virginia
Blackmore
Commission
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Pike Wreck
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Associated Press
Tommy Oscar Mitchem
Matoaka
Sidney Langford
Douglas Robinette
Jesus’ Name Church
Oldes
Connors Mt
Gabe R
Oma Mae Sizemore Mitchem
Jesus Name Church
Dora Mitchem
Franklin D. Mitchem
Rt. 2
Jimmy Mitchem
Donnell Mitchem
Lake Bottom
Ronald Mitchem
Juanita Lusk
Herndon
Judy Lusk
Ester Cecil
French F. Gilbert
Hurst-Scott
Paul D. Quirk
Greenhi Memory Gardens
Russell County
Dee
Zinia Gilbert
U. S. Army
Virginia National Guard
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Ada Lone
Garvin
S. A. Barnes
Kelly McCoy
Edna Willis
John W.spriggs
McKinley Matney
Arthur B. Faulkner
Steven Jerry Flanangan
Effie Whited
Bascom S
United States
Ripon Boss
Warrenizing Cleaners
Coal & Supply Company
Bluefield Ave
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