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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1981
Page
3
Obituary notices given for Agnes Miller and others, detailing funeral services, burial places, travel of family, and survivors. Additional notices list John Dotson and Adeline Cosgrove deaths, with service times, locations, and family connections, plus various memorial arrangements and pallbearers.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph publishes in Bluefield West Virginia since 1893. It is a member of the Associated Press and lists mailing and home delivery rates and advertising representatives.
A prank call misdirected the Princeton Rescue Squad to a non existent Spanishburg wreck just before a real fatal crash on Route 460 near Princeton. Two nuns died and two others were trapped after a tractor trailer hit a compact car. Authorities vow charges and heightened penalties for prank calls.
Memorial services for Harold and Alice Grace Nicholson and their son Harold Wayne Nicholson Jr will be held Sunday at 3 30 p m at the Matoaka Christian Church Rev Robert Garner to officiate Burial will be in Calmet Funeral Park Merrillsville Ind The three died when their Cessna 172 disappeared near Mercer County Airport July 20 a storm may have caused the crash Wreckage found Thursday by two boys A 3000 reward was dropped Survivors include daughters Mitzi Ann Trinoskey Laura Denise and Pamela Kaye Nicholson and three grandsons Eric Bryan and Craig Trinoskey plus siblings and in laws from Hartwell and Nicholson families.
Tropical Storm Dennis weakens to about 50 mph as it moves east over the Atlantic. A new tropical disturbance near Tobago shows potential to develop into a storm. A 34-foot disabled sailboat with two aboard drifts 300 miles off Virginia as one crew member suffers a head injury. rescue efforts continue.
The International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers Associations board discussed plans at a Friday meeting for a weekend conference to consider calls for boycotts in support of U S controllers. Portuguese controllers had already boycotted flights to and from the United States and may urge action across all U S flights. The IFATCA president said proposals would not be submitted by the board and that member action would depend on the conference outcome.
Owen Carron, Sands ally, captures British Parliament seat in Belfast after Sands’s May death. He defeats Protestant rival Kenneth Maginnis by about 2,230 votes as IRA hunger strike supporters urge end to street violence. Brady recovering after major surgery in Washington.
Analysts say seasonal demand drops and Saudi Arabia's lower output could move the market toward equilibrium with modest price cuts possible from Nigeria and other African producers. The effects on U.S. gasoline prices remain doubtful as OPEC's impasse persists until December.
The fair lists daily events from August 26 through 28 including guest bands East Bank Junior High, Greenbrier West High, and Marsh Fork High. Activities cover animal judging horse shows harness racing Stebbing Royal European Circus and the Statler Brothers Show with fireworks, arts and crafts, flag ceremonies, sheep and cattle contests, and crowd-pleasing performances.
The annual picnic at Bluefield City Park begins Sunday at 1 p.m. The event features Bean Circus at 6 p.m., a horse show at 6:30 p.m., and multiple performances including a Marty Robbins Show and a Bluefield High School guest band. Saturday Aug 29 includes sheep carcass evaluation, arts demos, baby beef and market hog auctions, flag ceremonies, Stebbing Royal European Circus acts, pony pulling, horse shows, band concerts, and a Dirt Band Show with fireworks.
The second annual flea market organized by the Ladies Auxiliary North Elk Rescue Squad will take place Saturday at the Keystone parking lot starting at 10 a.m.
In Beckley West Virginia Raleigh County officials recovered Flower Hidalgo a 60 year old woman from the surface of the New River after a search resumed Friday afternoon Sheriff Deputy Marion Mudd said Hidalgo was reported missing Thursday evening and an autopsy will be conducted at the state Medical Examiner's Office in Charleston.
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