Bluefield Board Approves Kee Dam Land Purchase and Rates
The Bluefield Board of Directors approves initial land purchase for the Kee Dam project near Airport Road and sets interim sewer rates to 1.72 monthly. They also authorize a $17,421 annual health department payment and plan a $12.2 million sewage improvements project funded by grants, with bond work and public hearings scheduled.
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Jim Terry
Bluefield Board of Directors
Mercer County Health Department
Kee
Blanche Stringfellow
Bill Bivens
Bill Looney
Edison Hollow
Fred Burton
Bluefield
W. Va
Legion Officers To Be Installed In Bluefield
Newly elected officers of Kiley West American Legion Post No 9 in Bluefield will be installed Thursday at 8 p.m. in the University Club room of the West Virginian Hotel. Installing officers are Bernard Shelley district commander and Dewey Mentz past WV district commander, both from McDowell County. Patsy Malamisura is the incoming commander.
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Kiley-West American Legion
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publisher and Rates Note
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 is a daily West Virginia newspaper. It is a member of the Associated Press and lists subscription rates by mail and motor route, with West Virginia zone pricing and annual costs.
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Bluefield
Byrd Calls to End TV Cover of Watergate Hearings
U S Senator Robert Byrd D West Virginia urged ending television coverage of the Watergate hearings saying camera glare has slowed proceedings and public glare should not influence court outcomes He said the committee will seek information to guide future legislation without TV coverage.
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Byrd
Washington
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Food price regulations and releases planned this week
Expiration and insurance are set for release later this week while new food industry regulations should follow within a week to ten days. The July 18 price freeze lift for food except beef allowed increases tied to higher costs, with Sept 12 as the effective date for further rules. The council requires 30 days’ advance notice from large firms to permit a potential veto.
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Dunlop
Deaths and Funerals: Murphy Abshire Davis Bailey Prunty Fuller Hampton
Obituary notices for Florence A. Murphy of Ikes Fork and others including H M Abshire Lawrence I Davis Grover C Bailey Jessie Prunty Elizabeth Fuller Henry Hampton list surviving relatives and funeral details. Services set at Bethany Regular Baptist Church Hawkins Funeral Bluefield Cravens Shires Lugo's in Bluefield and Springville Christian Church with burial at Pears Lester Canton Atlantic.
Mrs. Allene Knight Morris Dies After Illness in Pearisburg
Mrs. Allene Knight Morris 54 of Pearisburg Virginia died Tuesday in a local hospital after a short illness. She is survived by husband Rodney S Morris daughter Debra Morris and son Rodney K Morris. sisters Mrs Vernon Brooks Mrs W W Dalton and Mrs William Hiltz. brothers Louis Knight and George A Knight. Funeral conducted Thursday at 3 30 p m in Givens Funeral Chapel Pearisburg with Rev Herbert Holton officiating. Burial Birchlawn Burial Park Pearisburg.
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Allene K. Morris
Allene Knight Morris
Pearisburg
Rodney S. Morris
Debra Morris
Rodney K. Morris
Vernon Brooks
W. W. Dalton
Raleigh
N. C
William Hiltz
Santa Barbara
Calif
Louis Knight
Frederick, Md
George A Knight
Faber
Funeral Service for Dewey Quesenberry Held in Princeton
Funeral services for Dewey Quesenberry 72 of Princeton were held today at 2 p.m. at Burns Worna Chapel with Rev. Lloyd Stidor officiating. Burial followed at Roselawn Memorial Gardens on the Bluefield Princeton Road. Pallbearers listed Frank Bowling Hubert White Buford Fink Clinton Mitchem Harold Brookman Howard Shrader. Friends and neighbors to carry flowers.
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Quesenberry
Dewey
Princeton
Lloyd Stidor
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Frank Bowling
Hubert White
Buford Fink
Clinton Mitchem
Harold Brookman
Howard Shrader
Taft Owens of Bee Va. dies at 64
Taft Owens aged 64 of Bee Virginia died Tuesday morning at his home after an apparent illness. He was a retired miner and a member of Duty View Primitive Baptist Church in Bee. He leaves wife Velva, daughter Betty Low Taylor of Bee, five sisters and four brothers. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Thursday at his home with Elders Franklin Viers Andrew McGlothlin and Josh Viers, burial at Sutherland Cemetery in Bee. The body was to be returned to the home at 10 a.m. today with evening service at 7 30 p.m.
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Harry M. Abshire
Preston St
Bluefield
George W
Addie Florence Epling Abshire
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Corporation
Blanche Lowe
George M. Abshire
Thelma Bunch
Joe Abshire
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Bill Baker
Walnut Grove
Lawrence I. Davis
Lawrence Ivory Davis
Brooklyn
Richlands
New Garden Coal Corporation
Aub
Eliza Ball Davis
Hattie Viola Davis
Wilma Davis
Gay Davis
Hore
Tim Davis
Charlie Davis
Cedar Bluff
Richlands Tabernacle
Grat Horton
Ancil Childress
Compton
Raven, Va
Richlands Rescue Squad
Mullens Funeral Home
1618 Sixth St
Jessie
Jess) Prunty
Logan Street
Charleston
Martinsville
Silas and
Mary Frances Deshazo Prunty
Mercer
McDowell Counties
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Boissevain
Henry C
C. H. Jackson
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg
Friends
Amecia
Lugo
Henry James Hampton
Henry Hames
Bud) Hampton
Daytona Beach
Fla
Gainesville
Millard B. Hampton
Bristol
Tenn
Leona
Gussie) Pauley Hamton
U. S. Army
U. S. Coast Guard
Merchant Marines
Pearl Hampton
Bristol, Tenn
Maude Pellicer
Christina Fisher
Walter Hampton
Atlanta
Hurst- Scott Funeral Chapel
W. W. Smith
Leon Sprinkle
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Taft Owens
Bee
Duty View Primitive Baptist Church
Velva Owens
Betty Low Taylor
Bissie Tiller
Lebanon
Bea Tiller
Davenport, Va
Marie Tiller
Orie Bowman
June Sutherland
Alexandria
Chatman Owens
Crockett Owens
Damascus
Lawrence Owens
Richwood
Doug Owens
Oakwood
Franklin Viers
Andrew McGlothlin
Josh Viers
Sutherland
Mrs Florence Bohm former Northfork resident dies at 91
Mrs Florence M Combs Bohm 91 of 305 Wilson Court Huntington N Y died Tuesday in Huntington hospital Born Thurmond N C she was daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Scott Thompson She was member of First United Methodist Church Huntington Surviving Melvin W Combs Hollywood Hilary Wilmington N C granddaughter Graveside services Thursday Monte Vista Park Cemetery Old Bluefield Princeton Road Rollins Funeral Home Kenova in charge of arrangements
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Florence M. Combs Bohm
Wilson Court
Huntington
Northfork
Huntington Hospital
Thurmond
N. C
Scott Thompson
First United Methodist Church
Melvin W. Combs
Hilary
Hollywood
Fla
Nettie Bethune
Wilmington
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Bluefield-Princeton Road
Rollins Funeral Home
Kenova
Alice M. Houchins
Alice M. Houchins 70 of Brushfork died in Bluefield after a short illness. She was preceded in death by her husband Dr. P W. Houchins. Funeral home in Bluewell announced arrangements.
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Alice M. Houchins
Brushfork
Bluefield
P. W. Houchins
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Latcala dies after apparent heart attack at 56
Woodrow John Latcala 56 of the Village Green Trailer Park on the Bluefield Princeton Road was pronounced dead on arrival at a Princeton hospital after an apparent heart attack. He was chief engineer for the Hawley Coal Company of Keystone. Incomplete at George W. Seaver Mortuary in Princeton.
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Woodrow J. Latcala
Woodrow John Latcala
Village Green
Bluefield
Princeton
Hawley Coal Company
Keystone
George W. Seaver
Nixon Defies Subpoenas On Watergate Tapes
The Watergate committee subpoenas seek nine conversations from tape recordings at the White House, Executive Office Building, and Camp David. President Nixon cites executive privilege and separation of powers to refuse compliance. Oral arguments set for August 22 after extension for written responses.
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Nixon
Sirica
White House
Fred Buzhardt
Cox
Executive
Camp David
Watergate Committee
Slowed Funds Distribution to Marshall Crash Survivors
Hesitation and legal red tape slow the 260000 dollar Memorial Fund disbursement to 53 crash victims families 16 children and guardians. Marshall Foundation and Joseph Peters work through age addresses state laws and guardian provisions as court rulings demand speedy payout.
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Huntington
W.va
Marshall University
Marshall
Marshall Foundation
Joseph Peters
Peters
Cabell County
Russell C
Foundation
Harry Wolfe
Defense Introduces Alibi For Alleged Graziani Gunman
The defense presented witnesses asserting George Davidson the man accused of shooting former state Atty. Gen. Philip Graziani was not in Charleston at the time. Davidson 36 of Lebanon Ohio was in Conover Ohio the day of and the day after the 1972 assassination attempt, according to testimony. The Adamses of Conover testified Davidson and his wife stayed with them and later attended a tavern visit.
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Philip J. Graziani
Charleston
George Davidson
Lebanon
Ohio
Graziani
Conover
Richard T Adams
U.S. District Court
Davidson
Richard Adams
Petersen Testimony Details Watergate Controversy and Ellsberg Plan
Senator Peter Petersen testified about a tense year as he defended prosecutorial approaches and revealed discussions with President Nixon over Watergate and the Ellsberg Pentagon Papers matter. He recounted Nixon’s initial warnings and eventual agreement to transmit information to prosecutors.
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Petersen
Justice Department
Senate
Nixon
Department
Ellsberg
Atty
Richard G. Kleindienst
Pentagon Papers
Daniel Ellsberg
Agnew Faces Broadening Probe Into Bribery and Contracts
U S vice president Spiro Agnew remains under investigation led by Beall in Baltimore. The probe, started last January, centers on bribery extortion and tax evasion related to payments from private builders to Maryland and Baltimore County officials.
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Beall
U.S
Baltimore
Maryland
Baltimore County
Agnew
Board of Zoning Appeals
GSA
Richardson
New York
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison
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