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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1978
Page
2
Multiple obituaries note deaths in Bristol Virginia. J Ella Kerley age 66, and Ira Runnels Barton age 76, plus Bertha Evelyn Mays 70 and George L Hall Sr 70, with detailed survivors including sons, daughters, and siblings. Services planned in Coburn, Bee, Montcalm, Hinton, Symrna and Princeton areas with burial in local cemeteries. dates and call times given.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph is established in 893 and published every morning by the Daly Telegraph Printing Co at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia. It is a member of the Associated Press and provides local news. Subscription rates by mail are 680 per year with home delivery rates of 390 per calendar year. Advertising representatives are Landon Associates.
Walter Henry Wagers Sr. 45 of Thorpe died at home Thursday morning from natural causes. Born April 21 1933 in Blue Diamond Kentucky he was a former US Steel coal miner at Gary and a long time McDowell County resident. He held lodge and temple memberships in several Masonic and fraternal groups. Survived by widow Eleanor Ann Craje Wager a son Walter Henry Wagers Jr a daughter Patricia Ann Wagers six brothers five sisters and two grandchildren. Mass of Resurrection will be at 10 am Saturday at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church Gary with interment at Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell. Friends may call at Fanning Funeral Home Welch today 5 to 9 pm with rosary at 8 pm.
Mrs. William T. Christian of Fairway Hills Bluefield Virginia died Wednesday in Winston-Salem North Carolina after a lengthy illness. She was survived by her husband three sisters and one brother. Funeral services held at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel Bluefield with burial at Grandview Memory Gardens. Memorials suggested to the American Cancer Society.
The Willowbrook Country Club near Grundy Virginia hosts its annual Hawaiian Luau this Saturday. Dancing begins at 9 p.m. with Dawn Sheree and Her Velvet Band providing the music.
Obituary notices list Maggie Jane Clendenen 91 of Falls Mills VA with service at Cravens Shires Bluewell. Five stepsons and three stepdaughters named. Also Walter Lafayette Price 53 of Roderfield with service at Church of God Big Sandy and Jaeger Memorial Cemetery. Lala Vance Hatfield 79 of Jaeger to Calvary Baptist Church Laeger with burial at Roderfield Memorial Cemetery. Grandsons to pallbear. Fanning Funeral Home and Douglas Mortuary handling arrangements.
Funeral services for Jerry Carr Stewart 33 of Narrows Virginia, killed in a motorcycle crash near Narrows Tuesday night, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Narrows at Riffe's Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Birchlawn Park Pearisburg. The Vietnam veteran, born in Pearisburg, was son of Fred C. and spouse of Narrows. Graveside rites by American Legion Post No. 68. The funeral home will hold viewing today 7 to 9 p.m.
Economists at Colorado State University project Colorado crops and livestock sales in 1973 to contribute as much as 4.7 billion dollars to the state's economy, reflecting strong agricultural performance statewide.
Jerry Lee Baldwin 40 of Roanoke Virginia died August 4 in Whiteville North Carolina from injuries in a motorcycle accident. Survived by his wife Shirley Baldwin a son Rick Anthony Baldwin and a daughter Vickie Baldwin all of Roanoke relatives include his mother Nettie Baldwin and brothers Charles Melvin and Edward. Services were held Saturday at 3 p.m. at Lotz Roanoke Chapel with Rev John Couch officiating. Interment will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in Green Hills Memorial Gardens Claypool Hills Virginia.
A suit filed by former Harman principal Dave Bevins against the Buchanan County School Board may have motions heard late this month. A tentative Aug 25 date is set for the trial in Roanoke with Judge James Turk presiding, though a jury trial in Abingdon on the same day could affect hearings. Bevins is backed by Virginia Education Association lawyers. the school board is represented by James Jones of Norton and Steven Gibson of Grundy.
A Roderfield man was killed when his car left Rt. 2 between Welch and Jaeger and overturned around 4 a.m. Steven Paul Waddell died after arrival at a Welch hospital. Trooper J. D. Humphrey investigated the single vehicle accident. The body was taken to the Douglas Mortuary in Welch.
Washington AP The full U S Parole Commission rejected H R Haldeman s bid for early release and kept his 18 month term intact with a Dec 20 release date. Attorney Frank Strickler voiced strong disappointment as Mitchell s case remained undecided while both remain two year Watergate defendants.
The House passed a 16.3 billion tax cut bill by 36249 after rejecting Carter and GOP substitute options. It would save different income groups and families of four, totaling billions over three years, with Congress eyeing an enlargement in the Senate. Speaker ONeill urged Carter favored terms while criticizing administration speed.
WVU agronomy professor Charles Sperrow testified in Mercer County Circuit Court that Corte Construction violated standard soil conservation practices on the Tiffany Manor housing project slopes. He said late November 1971 seeding could cause erosion and that earlier seeding would have reduced runoff and damage from spring 1972.
The United Mine Workers will hold its next constitutional convention in September 1979 in Miami. UMW President Arnold Miller announced the location and date, chosen to occur within 18 months per an executive board decision. The last convention was held in October 1976 in Cincinnati.
Appalachian Power Company officials declined comment on potential layoffs tied to the railroad strike but assured customers that electric power generating capabilities remain secure. Coal hauling is disrupted by Norfolk and Western Railway workers’ strike, yet the firm reports ample stockpiles at West Virginia plants including a 62 day reserve at Glen Lyn Virginia, with the ability to shift to other plants if needed.
Daly Telegraph reports Mercer County Schools face over 2 million dollars to fix major state fire code violations. Architects SEM Partners CCC presented July 1979 cost estimates based on 104 violations, with 18 already completed reducing the total to about 2.07 million. Costs assume July 1979 prices, contingencies, and union labor rates.
Bluefield fire crews tackled a 1971 GMC pickup fire at 1000 Highland Ave. owned by Jerry Clower, with damage estimated at 300 dollars after a 7:51 p.m. call. A separate 8:33 p.m. call to 148 Giles St. found an unattended pot smoking, causing only smoke with no damage.
West Virginia elder statesman Moore says Congress is unproductive and foreign and domestic policy are out of control. He cites the missing energy bill as an example and notes public concern over government vitality while downplaying a canceled Virginia dinner with John Warner and Elizabeth Taylor. Warner was set to run for U S Senate in Virginia after Obenshain's death.
Analysis notes misgivings about current pessimism but cites structural factors. Low birth rates since the mid-1960s will shrink the pool of workers under 24 in the 1980s. The report also expects slower entry of women into the labor force than in the recent decade.
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