Deaths and Funerals Mrs Alex Wood and others
Mrs. Alex Wood 81 of Pipestem died after a long illness in Princeton hospital. Survived by two sons, four daughters, three sisters, three brothers, 24 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm Burns Wornal Chapel Princeton. burial Rocky Mount Cemetery Pipestine. Also: Mrs Winnie Meadows 78 of Duncan died in Spar tansburg SC after lengthy illness. Services 2 pm Tuesday Davis Funeral Chapel Oakvale. burial Oakvale Cemetery. grandsons pallbearers. Bertha Hairston died in Bluefield Hospital after extended illness. Lena Davis 79 died in Baltimore after long illness. formerly of Richlands VA. services and burial in Baltimore to be announced. Joseph Posich 66 died in Long Beach CA. survived by wife and daughter. services today in Westminster CA.
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Alex Wood
Alex
Elma D.) Wood
Pipestem
Princeton
Cook's Chapel
Summers County
Albert
Clara Underwood Caldwell
Dewey Wood
Pipestein
Nathan Wood
Richmond
Oscar
Stella) Neely
Nathan
Maxine) Hopkins
Leonard
Janice) Whiteside
Chester
John
Katherine) Martin
Bluewell
Eva McNamara
Newport News
Blaine Jennings
Athens
Donzie Kessinger
Brady Caldwell
Bellingham
Wash
Estel Caldwell
Lerena
Hollise Caldwell
Samuel
Winnie Dunn) Meadows
Duncan
S. C
Oakvale
Spartansburg
Methodist Church
Christine Alexander
Lotus Keyser
Huntington
Bobby Meadows
Bethesda
Randolph Meadows
Chevy Chase
Tilden Meadows
Ella Vaught
Morristown
Tenn
Davis Funeral Chapel
John Arnold
Lena M. Davis
Baltimore
Richlands
James D
Carrie Wheeler Elkins
Tazewell County
McDowell County
Maryland
Gilbert Haynes
John Hodges
Burlington
N. C
James B. Davis
Denver
Colo
Vivian Bender
Roanoke
Allene Bowling
Annapolis
Joseph A. Posich
Long Beach
Calif
McDowell
Tazewell
Margaret Posich
June Posich
Georgia
Paul Posich
Abbs Valley
Raymond Posich
Rt. 4
Bluefield
Robert
Bill Posich
Decatur
Ill
Ralph Posich
Detroit
Mich
George Posich
Six Sisters
Hubert Clark
Ernest Gillsepie
Aurora, Colo
Raymond South
Elizabeth Sluss
Rt. 1
North Tazewell
Wilma Bostic
Helen Crump
Eccles
Westminster
Funeral Notices for Waters Mary E and Others
obituaries list Mary E Waters 89 of 115 Lee St Bluefield with services at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel officiated by Rev. Dooley and Rev. Burton burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens pallbearers named. Charles H Williamson 73 of Princeton service 2 p.m. with Rev. Kelly burial Oakwood Park Cemetery. Lorna Josephine Konditz 80 of 1900 College Ave Bluefield service 1 a.m. at Mercer Funeral Chapel burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery pallbearers listed. Gladys Esther Davidson 78 of Baltimore formerly Bishop service 11 a.m. at Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home Tazewell burial Grandview Memory Gardens.
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Williamson
Charles H
Princeton
Memorial
George Kelly
Oakwood Park
Konditz
Lorna Josephine
College Ave
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Richard Rouquie
Monte Vista Park
Jack Armbrister
David Armbrister
Garland Bruce
Jerry Farley
Ivan Price
Lindsay Tabor
Bass Perkins
E. R. Porter
Davidson
Gladys Esther
Baltimore, Md
Bishop, Va
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Leon Yost
Ted Anders
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details and Rates
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, established 1693, published every morning by Daviy Telegraph Printing Co. Address 412 Biene Sweet, Bivetekc. W Ve 2470. Member of the Associated Press. Subscription rates by mail listed. home delivery and calendar month rates provided. Reverting representative Lendon Asweetes.
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Daviy Telegraph Printing Co
Bivetekc
Associated Press
al News
Lendon Asweetes
Pope Paul VI faces arthrosis attack during heat spell
The pope, aged 83, reportedly suffered an arthrosis attack attributed to humid heat, with no fever noted. He remained active despite health concerns and had recent illnesses, including a two-week Easter flu bout. Born Giovanni Battista Montini in 1897, he led Vatican II reforms and confronted modern church conflicts while resisting stepping down at 80.
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Panorama
Aldo Moro
Moro
Red Brigade
Giovanni Battista Montini
Paul
John XXIII
John
Pius XII
Vatican Curia
Milan
Italy
Lodge To Meet With St Luke Lodge In Bluefield
The Independent Order of St Luke Lodge will meet tonight at 7 30 p m at the First A M E Zion Methodist Church in Bluefield. All members are urged to attend.
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Independent Order of St. Luke Lodge
Bluefield
Begin Would Consider Attending Summit With Sadat
Prime Minister Begin said after talks with Secretary of State Vance that he would consider a summit with Egypt's Anwar Sadat to restart stalled Mideast peace talks though the idea remained hypothetical until a conference is arranged. Vance aimed to renew talks with Sadat and Weizman, while President Carter weighs options including a special mediator, Geneva talks, or a summit. Meanwhile Sadat seeks a more active U.S. role as peace efforts resume amid regional tension.
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Jerusalem
Menachem Begin
Cyrus R. Vance
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Mideast
Vance
Sadat
Alexandria
Begin
Ezer Weizman
Carter
Ismailia
Washington
Cairo
October
United States
Ani Mansour
Middle East
America
American Medical Association
U.S. News and World Report
Tom E. Nesbitt
Nesbitt
Police Probe 2 Mishaps in West Virginia
West Virginia State Police in Princeton are probing two Sunday wrecks. At 2:15 p.m. on Route 71 at Sandlick Deborah Johnson 19 of Bluefield and John Lusk of Bluefield Rt 1 were uninjured. No charges filed. The Montcalm crash injured a woman driver later released from hospital.
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West Virginia
Princeton
State Rt
Sandlick
Deborah Johnson
Bluefield
John Lusk
Rt. 1
Montcalm
Bowling Named To Safety Post In Tazewell County
Clyde Bowling, former Bluefield treasurer, named Transportation and Safety Commission Chairman by the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors. Sheranne Bowling to serve as secretary. Both have served since April 1976. Discussion covered appointments, meeting with Area 1 Coordinator, and coal dust spillage from trucks amid rising coal traffic due to a railroad strike. Massengill noted violators can be ticketed. coal trucks are not required to be tarped. Bowling aims to boost school safety clubs and involve area drivers education in the commission. Next meeting set for Sept 11 to appoint more members and explain House Bill 8 guidelines by Steve Camp.
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Clyde Bowling
Bluefield
New Transportation and Safety Commission
Tazewell County Board of Supervisors
Commission
Sheranne Bowling
Bishop Elementary
Tazewell County Education Association
Board of Supervisors
Area 1
Transportation and Safety
Cumberland Plateau
Gerald Massengill
Bowling
Steve Camp
Dear Dr Graham Abortion Advice for Young Pregnant Teen
A teen asks about abortion after becoming pregnant. Billy Graham advises against abortion except in life danger cases, urges considering parents and clergy, suggests adoption options, and encourages turning to Christ for forgiveness and guidance. He hopes the experience may inspire the girl to help others.
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DR. Graham
C. A
Christ
Area Teachers Attend Training Academy in Farmville Virginia
Tazewell County Education Association leaders including Sheranne Bowling past president Sandra Warden and elementary principal Fred Dean attended the Virginia Education Association Leadership Training Academy in Farmville Virginia. Topics covered included communications political action women’s leadership training teachers’ rights and instructional leadership. The group planned public service announcements to boost child safety as school resumes and during holidays. Bowling noted the association seeks broader concerns beyond salary.
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Southwest Virginia
Leadership Training Academy
Farmville
Tazewell County Education Association
TCEA
Sheranne Bowling
Sandra Warden
Fred Dean
Virginia Education Association
Miss Bowling
Association
Bowling
Tazewell County
Prosecutors Slow To Pursue Rape Cases Across Cities
A federally funded study in Seattle Detroit New Orleans Kansas City and Phoenix finds prosecutors often avoid rape cases citing career risk frustration and emotional toll. Only one arrest per four complaints and one conviction per sixty cases highlight the severe underprosecution in the crime area.
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Washington
Justice Department
Battelle Law and Justice Study Center
Seattle
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Detroit
New Orleans
Kansas City
Phoenix
Donna Schram
Car Bursts Into Flames After Road Accident
Mrs Billie Evans of Peterstown skidded on US 460 near the turnpike, losing control of a 1973 Volkswagen. After she and her daughter exited and spoke with deputies, the car suddenly exploded into flames. No charges filed. East River Volunteer Fire Department fought the blaze. vehicle a total loss.
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William Gearhart
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Billie Evans
Peterstown
U. S. Rt. 460
Holton Withdraws From Virginia Senate Nomination
Former Governor Linwood Holton announced in Alexandria that he will not seek the Republican U.S. Senate nomination. His withdrawal leaves former Navy Secretary John Warner as the leading contender after Richard Obenshain’s death in a Chesterfield County plane crash.
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Alexandria
Linwood Holton
U.S. Senate
Holton
Richmond Times-Dispatch
State Central Committee
Republican Party
George McMath
Richard Obenshain
Miller Buried Miller Buried
Francis Pickens Miller, 83, Virginia politician and soldier, was buried in Rockbridge County beside his boyhood home after a private Stonewall Jackson Cemetery service. His death followed a stroke in Norfolk. Public memorial planned in Richmond for the Union Theological Seminary event.
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Lexington
Francis Pickens Miller
Miller
Virginia
Norfolk
Kitty Hawk
N.C
U.S. Senate
Andrew Miller
Richmond
Union Theological Seminary
Stonewall Jackson
Rockbridge County
Thomas
Stonewall” Jackson
R. Luther Tucker
Cincinnati
Yale Divinity School
Abilene Reporter Recalls Snake Hunt During Search Operation
Reporter details a hunting knife incident where a four foot rattler was killed as part of a search for missing bodies. Four snakes were killed on the trip and no one was bitten. Descriptions include mud, trees, a red white dress snagged in a pecan, and a waterlogged purse. The sun set and the search paused with mud stained jeans at the command post.
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Abilene
McNeill
Seven Treaties Define U S Canada Border Through History
The border between the United States and Canada rests on seven treaties. Negotiators who signed the 1782 Treaty of Paris influenced a line redrawn 27 years earlier. Map inaccuracies sparked boundary questions unresolved until the 1925 treaty.
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United States
Canada
States Lose Personal Income In First Quarter
Washington AP report shows winter storms and a coal strike reducing personal income across many states in the first three months of the year. West Virginia suffered the largest drop mainly due to the coal strike, with below-average states like Kansas Kentucky Michigan South Dakota North Dakota and Nebraska well below the national average.
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Washington
Commerce Department
West Virginia
Kansas
Kentucky
Michigan
South Dakota
North Dakota
Nebraska
Community Action Group to Meet at Pilgrim Baptist Church
The Crystal, Thornhill and McComas Community Action Organization will meet at 11 30 a.m. Wednesday at Pilgrim Baptist Church to discuss several business items.
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Crystal, Thornhill and McComas
Pilgrim Baptist Church
Special memorial Mass for Pope Paul VI in Bluefield
A noon memorial Mass for Pope Paul VI will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Wyoming Street in Bluefield. Father Charles J. Snyder serves as pastor at the church.
Propane Tank Car Explodes Near Collinsville Injuring Two
A propane laden railroad tank car exploded on Sunday near Collinsville Illinois causing injuries to at least two people. Residents within a half mile were evacuated while state police and Illinois Terminal Railroad officials planned to let the gas burn off and move the tanker away from four other liquid propane cars. About 200 residents were evacuated as a precaution and housed in emergency shelters at the VFW hall a bowling alley and a Jaycees headquarters.
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Collinsville
Ill
Illinois
St. Louis
Illinois Terminal Railroad
VFW
Jaycees
Nuclear protests target Hiroshima anniversary at church
A Carter era protest drew 2000 demonstrators outside Los Angeles and a woman inside a Washington church tried to speak against nuclear weapons. She was dragged from First Baptist Church during services while Carter remained facing forward. Eight demonstrators were arrested for unlawful entry and violating a police line.
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Associated Press
Carter
Los Angeles
Hiroshima
Japan
First Baptist Church
Washington
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Safety Post
Billy Graham
Ta Aid
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Sacred Heart
Department of Interior
USGS
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Arlington
U.S. Geological Survey
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