Social Security Waives Rule to Share Black Lung Regulations
The Social Security Administration agreed to provide advance copies of new black lung rules to the Black Lung Association and to let the group help draft them. BLA leaders met in Washington with SSA officials and plan another two week session to resolve differences before federal publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Administration
Black Lung Association
BLA
Social Security
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
SSA
Bill Bowman
Washington
Bowman
Federal Register
Franklin Church
Groves Schultz
Robert M. Ball
Health, Education and Welfare
Elliott Richardson
SSA’ Bureau of Disability Insurance
Bernard Popick
Popick
BSA
Chess Champ Slamecka Goes 6–1–2 In Simul at Mercer Club
Former Austrian chess champion Anton Slamecka of Princeton played a nine‑player simultaneous at Mercer County Chess Club Monday night, finishing six wins one draw and two losses. He defeated Bill Richardson Frank Weiser Lester Cook Joe Richardson Steve Elliott and Brian Shoda, drew with Buford Early, and lost to Norman Arrington and Richard Wesley. Slamecka, a top European player and former Styria champion, works on the I‑77 interchange project in Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Slamecka
Princeton
Mercer County
Slamecka
Norman Arrington
Richard Wesley
Bluefield
Buford Early
Bill Richardson
Frank Weiser
Lester Cook
Joe Richardson
Steve Elliott
Brian Shoda
Bluewell
Europe
Styria
Austria
Cyclist Hurt In Tazewell Motorcycle Crash
Eddie Herald 20 of Four-Way section Tazewell suffered internal injuries and a comminuted fracture of the upper left leg in a late Sunday motorcycle crash along a bike trail near Tazewell town limits. He was treated by Tazewell Rescue Squad and transported to Richlands hospital in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Richlands
Eddie Herald
Herald
Tazewell Rescue Squad
Richlands Hospital
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Notices and Rates
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists its establishment in 1893, address at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia, and AP membership. It details subscription rates by carrier and mail for West Virginia zones and motor route charges, with annual and monthly figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Shannon & Cullen
Deaths and Funerals for Walker Hosn Oxford and Bailey Infant
Obituary notices report Mrs Pauleda D Walker of Bluefield dying after a long illness with funeral at Mount Zion Baptist Church. Mahmoud Hosn formerly of Mercer County dies in Lebanon. Thomas Carl Oxford 5 dies in San Diego with services at Immanuel Baptist Church War. Christina Lee Bailey 2 months dies in Dublin with arrangements pending.
Death of Betty Florine Harriston in Richlands Va
Betty Florine Harriston died Monday in a Richlands hospital after a long illness. Born in Matoaka she was the daughter of Paul and Martha Tolley Harriston of Richlands. Surviving relatives include five sisters and seven brothers. Services were held Wednesday at Mullins Funeral Home Chapel with two ministers officiating. Burial followed at Greenhill Memory Gardens in Claypool Hill. Pallbearers were named by friends, who may visit the funeral home today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauleda D. Walker
Pauleda Douglas Walker
Melcher St
Bluefield
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Carrolton H. Jackson
Clarence Johnson
Restlawn Memorial Estates
Littlesburg Road
William M. Douglas
Genor Senior High
School of Beauty Culture
Jackson Flowerette Beautician Chapter
American Legion Auxiliary
Post 39
John Walker
Janice Walker
Deborah Walker
John Walker Jr
William Douglas Jr
Rudolph Bell
William Jefferies
Kathleen Anderson
Elizabeth Hayler
Mary Mitchell
Audrey Johnson
Nannie Buchanan
Harriett Austin
Mae Reynolds
Jackson Flowerette Beauticians
Linkford and Richardson
Thomas Carl Oxford
George
Selma Whitt Oxford
San Diego
Calif
Ricky
Walter Oxford
Shelby
Dinah
Robin
Teresa Oxford
Thomas Whitt
Immanuel Baptist Church
War
Troy Lester
Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell
Bailey
Christina Lee Bailey
Ralph and
Wade Harry Bailey
Dublin
Pulaski
Dolan Bailey
Dorothy Harry
Princeton
Daisy Hudgins
Matoaka
Betty Florine Harriston
Hill Creek Road
Richlands
Paul and
Martha Tolley Harriston
J. W. White
Augusta
Carl Blankenship
Sharon Louise
Mary Elizabeth
Kimberly Ann Harriston
James Gerald Harriston
Doran
Bobby Gene Harriston
Cedar Bluff
Kenneth Eugene
John Wayne
Charles Edward
Ronald Lee
Terry Wayne Harriston
Mullins Funeral Home
Ralph Horton
David Horton
Greenhill Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
John B. Duncan
Hensley
Welch
Borderland
Matt Harrison
Sarah Belle Aldridge Duncan
Zella Dillion Duncan
Albert and
Mearl Duncan
Twin Branch
Floyd Duncan
Zella Greer
Premier
Rosa Marshall
Roderfield
Lydia Mitchell
Beulah England
Margaret Ann Neal
Betty Jean Neal
Mear Duncan
T. F. Adair
Homer Blankenship
H. E. Thornsbury
Eunice Davis
Mear
Duncan
Fanning Funeral Home
Bolan Jr. of Chatham Hill Dies After Illness
William H. Bolan Jr. 49 of Chatham Hill Va died Monday in a Marion Va hospital after a short illness. Survived by widow Mildred Burkett Bolan three daughters Patty Tucker Debbra Bolan Sherry Lee Bolan all of Richmond Va one son James Edward Bolan Richmond his mother Jessie Anderson Bolan Chatham Hill and one grandchild. Incomplete at Henderson Funeral Home Saltville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Bolan JR
Chatham Hill
Marion
Mildred Burkett Bolan
Patty Tucker
Debbra Bolan
Sherry Lee Bolan
Richmond
James Edward Bolan
Jessie Anderson Bolan
Henderson Funeral Home
Saltville
Obituary for Susie Thompson of North Tazewell VA
Susie Thompson aged 79 of North Tazewell Virginia died Monday afternoon in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. She passed away at Peery and St Clair Funeral Homes in Tazewell, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Thompson
North Tazewell
Bluefield
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Homes
Tazewell
Obituary: Mrs Lydia Payne 84 of Bee Branch dies at daughter's home
Lydia Payne 84 of Bee Branch near Bradshaw died Sunday night at her daughter Mrs Roosevelt Muncy's home. She was born in Panther to Rev W R Estep and Barbara Dotson, widow of James Payne. Survived by four daughters and four sons, 37 grandchildren, 46 great grandchildren. Funeral 11 am today at Fanning Funeral Chapel Laeger with Elder Belcher and Elder Marrs. Burial Torn Sparks Cemetery on Bradshaw Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Payne
Bee Branch
Bradshaw
Roosevelt Muncy
Panther
W. R
Barbara Dotson Estep
Church of Christ
Hufford
Orpha) Riffe
Raymond
Cora) Pruitt
Raysal
John
Laura) Jefferson
Staten Island
N. Y
Grant Payne
Carl Payne
Jolo
Claude Payne
James H. Payne
Milwaukee
Wis
Riley Estep
Jaeger
Tilda Blankenship
Fanning
Laeger
Morgan Belcher
Everett Marrs
Sparks
Bradshaw Mountain
Woodrow Morrison
Blaine Murphy
Lark Riffe
Arnold Fuller
Graham Riffe
Richard Fuller
Betsy Rowold of Cincinnati dies. services held Bluewell
Elizabeth Byrd Betsy Rowold 27 of 3690 Linwood Ave Cincinnati died Saturday in a Cincinnati hospital. Born in Rock she was child of Robert and Elizabeth Byrd Rowold and granddaughter of John H Byrd and Effie Byrd. Funeral at Cravens Shires Bluewell 10 a.m. Wednesday with burial in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Byrd
Betsy) Rowold
Linwood Ave
Cincinnati
Ohio
Rock
Robert and
Elizabeth Byrd Rowold
John H. and
Effie Law Godfrey Byrd
College Preparatory School of Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Matilda Rowold
Port Washington
N. Y
Alfred Rowold
John C. Rowold
California
Cravens - Shires Funeral Chapel
Bluewell
C. H. Patterson
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Obituaries and funeral services from Richlands and Pocahontas
Multiple obituaries list the deceased with ages and hometowns including Alice M. Orr 63 Richlands VA Billy Moore 90 Pocahontas VA Edna Jane Willis 85 Richlands VA Arthur Bryan Faulkner 74 Bluefield WV and Duke E Whitaker 67 Squire with service times at First United Methodist Church First Christian Church Cravens Shires Funeral Home and Douglas Mortuary arrangements and pallbearers named for each service.
Auto Fire Extinguished on Mercer Street
Princeton firefighters extinguished a blaze in a 1969 model car owned by Eddie Ball on Mercer Street. The fire, blamed on the car backfiring through the carburetor, caused unspecified damage. One fire truck responded to the 9:05 p.m. alarm. no damage estimate was available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton Fire Department
Mercer Street
Eddie Ball
Princeton
Wheat as Legal Tender in Oregon in the 1640s
The record notes that in Oregon during the late 1640s wheat was used as legal tender and a bushel was valued at one dollar, reflecting an early barter and currency practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
City Couple Bound Over In Car Theft Case
A Bluefield man and woman were bound over to the Mercer County Intermediate Court Grand Jury for grand larceny of an automobile after being arrested Monday. Darlene Kelly and Earl Dillon face charges with the 1965 Chevrolet test drive in Bluefield July 29 and its later recovery in Bristol Tennessee. Both posted $1,000 bond and await grand jury action after a preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Mercer County Intermediate Court Grand Jury
Darlene Cheyenne Kelly
Milner-Matz
Earl Wayne Dillon
Walters Avenue
A&t
Pontiac
West Virginia
Miss Kelly
Stewart Street
Curtis Honaker
Justice of the Peace
C. J. Harvey
Grand Jury
Bristol
Kelly
Tennesee
Jersey Youth Wounded by Gunfire Near Matoaka
A 14 year old New Jersey boy, Jerome Jennings, was critically wounded by a single shotgun blast near Giotto in the Matoaka area. State police from Princeton probe, noting the shooter appeared to be another juvenile while Jennings was visiting his grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
New Jersey
Matoaka
Giotto
D. B. Meadows
F. E. Thomas
Jerome Jennings
Jennings
Corporal Heflin Hospitalized After Sudden Illness
West Virginia State Police cor poral J E Heflin commanding officer of the Pineville detachment was rushed Monday evening from his post to a Bluefield hospital for severe stomach ailment. He was moved from Pineville to Herndon Mountain and then to Bluefield by Princeton Rescue Squad and admitted shortly before midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Heflin
Pineville
West Virginia
Survey Launched To Identify Area Buildings For Access By Handicapped
A Bluefield area survey identifies public buildings including restaurants churches and restrooms for handicapped access. The Bluefield Junior Rescue Squad and Joe Bowen direct the effort with plans to mark accessible sites and publish a statewide accessibility brochure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Calfee
Bluefield
Princeton
Monroe
Summers
Bowen
State Division of _Vocational Rehabilitation
Charleston
Tofe
Identity of John Doe Jr. Eludes Police in Fatal U S 19 21 Crash
Police press on to identify a young man killed July 23 in a vehicle pedestrian crash on the U S 19 21 bypass near Beckley. An autopsy lists age 18 to 22, height five feet five inches, 160 to 165 pounds with reddish brown hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Vaughan
Beckley
John Durfee
Chicago
Bluefield
Dogs Win Title Bout In Princeton
Princeton City Council rejected by 3 to 2 vote a proposed leash ordinance after protests from about 12 citizens who called it cruel. The measure would curb dogs roaming on streets without leashes while allowing private enclosures. officials cited current dog laws and enforcement issues. A special Aug. 15 meeting was set to discuss the summer street paying program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ira Southern
Southern
Owen Richmond
Prince Street
Jim Morrison
Rick Kephart
G. K. White
Lacy Shrewsbury
Mike Flanigan
Sam Thurman
R. H. Swim
Swim
W. Robert Carr
Morrison
Kephart
Firemen Respond to Heater Overpressure at St Luke's
Firemen from Bluefield's Southside Fire station answered an alarm at St Luke's Hospital on South Bland Street. They found a hot water heater had built up excess pressure from overheating. No damage occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Southside
St. Luke’s Hospital
South Bland Street
UN Flag Olive Branches Symbolize World Peace Effort
The olive branches on the United Nations flag stand for the organization's goal of fostering global peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nation
U.N
Farm Accident Claims Area Man
A 40-year-old Rt. 1 North Tazewell resident Elwood Hankins died at 10 10 p.m. Sunday in Richlands hospital from chest injuries after a farm tractor fell over a 25 foot embankment during a Saturday crash on Virginia Secondary Rt. 643. Hankins was thrown from the tractor and transported to hospital. He was a son of Mrs Leola Hankins of Detroit and lived on the A R Beavers Farm at Dry Fork. Clair Funeral Home in Tazewell will host calling after 4 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rt. 1
North Tazewell
Richlands
Dick’s Creek
Tazewell County
Virginia
Elwood
Hankins
Tazewell
Richlands Hospital
Leola Hankins
Detroit
Mich
A. R. Beavers
Dry Fork
Coleman and —— Corporation
Bandy, A
Mary Hankins
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Reading is Fundamental book distributions announced
Mercer County distributes books this week with a reading event at Sacred Heart Church in Bluefield from noon to 3 p.m. Today offers time for children from kindergarten to sixth grade and separate time for sixth to twelfth graders. The note adds a fact that about 97 percent of world water is in the oceans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Bluefield
Oceans
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Black Lung Group
Mahmoud Hosn
Mahmoud Rahmed
Aboul Hosn
Btckney
Lebanon
Hussein Bahmed
Jana Jaber
Hassibi Bahmed
Marie Hamden
Amira Hosn
Sydney
Australia
Jana Hilal
Kuwait
Samira Rahmed
Estep Infant
Anita Estep
James Claude Estep
Paw Paw
Pikeville
Brenda
Tammy Lynn Estep
James
Randall Estep
John Henry Estep
Freewill Baptist Church
Jimm Kerr
Dotson Cemetery
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Richard Hunt
Allen Street
Lugo
Willis
Edna Jane
First Christian Church
Charles A. Vaughn
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Calvin Thompson
Thomas Hagg
George Scott
Paul Buskell
Grat Quesenberry
J. A. Huffman
Lloyd Dawson
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Faulkner
Arthur Bryan
Rt. 3
Cravens-Shires
Clifford Compton
Paul Hall
James Horton
Fred Lacy
Oakly Riggs
Calvin Shoemaker
Clifford Saunders
Paul Ayers
Buddy Kitts
Vernon Cooke
W. T. Grant
Stevensville
Grant
Lynn
Mass
Jersey
Joe Bowen
Park School
John Doe Jr
Law
Vaughan
State Police
Daily Telegraph
FBI
National Crime Information Center
St. Lukes Hospital
Cumberland Road
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