Costliest Crime In America Panel Told
Washington AP report on a Senate permanent subcommittee hearing where two men describe arson for profit as a growing, organized crime. A Minneapolis fires foreman and a Rochester suspect claim arson is easy to commit, with insurance payouts around 2 billion yearly and a 25 percent annual growth.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
America
Washington (Ap
Senate Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations
Senate
United States
Subcommittee
Michael Smith
Minneapolis
Smith
Angelo Monachino
Rochester
N.Y
UMW Sues To Block WV Mine Safety Change
United Mine Workers sue in Kanawha County seeking an injunction to block the West Virginia Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety from cutting the required experience for foremen and safety examiners on mine construction projects. The suit argues the change would violate state law and endanger miners. Districts 6 17 29 and 31 join the international union in the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
United Mine Workers Union
State Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety
UMW International Union
West Virginia
Kanawha County
Health and Safety Board
Cnes
UMW
UMWA
Arnold Miller
Miller
Panhandle
District
The
International Union
Paper Supply Buys N and W Freight Station in Bluefield
Paper Supply Company of Bluefield announced the purchase of the old Norfolk and Western Railway freight station on Bluefield Avenue to house warehousing and offices. The 1924 building will be renovated by Elco Construction Company with an addition, aiming for completion by January 1, 1979. About 38 Bluefield staff will move into the new facility, part of a 100 person statewide operation including Greenville, Bristol, Beckley and Ashland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paper Supply Company, Inc
Bluefield
Norfolk & Western Railway
Bluefield Avenue
Lee (Sport) Kerley
Paper Supply Company
Kerley
Elco Construction Company
Wytheville
Greenville
S. C
Bristol
Fairview Junior High Registration Dates Announced
Registration for new students at Fairview Junior High is set for August 24 and 25 with morning and afternoon sessions. Excludes students transferring from local elementary schools. Parents should bring report cards.
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Fairview Junior High
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertising and Circulation Note
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces subscription rates by mail and home delivery and notes its status as a member of the Associated Press and the Audit Bureau of Circulation. It lists delivery zones and annual or monthly pricing and directs inquiries for other zones.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefielda
W. V. 2470
Associated Press
Mai
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Langdon Associates
Critics Doubt Mao Infal lib in China Posing Open Questions
AP reports from Tokyo that China, two years after Mao's death, sees renewed questioning of Mao Zedong's infallibility. A CPP official says Mao's guidance was not faultless and that the Gang of Four are vilified, with Hua Kuo-feng pursuing reforms to align theory with changing conditions. The official notes lingering reluctance to reexamine Maoist errors and cites the Cultural Revolution’s purge and Teng Hsiao-ping's 1976 ouster as topics for review.
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Tokyo
Mao Tsetung
China
Peking
Gang of Four
Kyodo
Mao
Communist Party
Hua Kuo-feng
Chiang Ching
Hua
Gang
Teng Hsiao-ping
Turmoil at Pleasants Cooling Tower Site Continues
Work crews clear debris at Monongahela Power Pleasants Power Station as construction resumes after a deadly 168 foot fall that killed 51. OSHA found 16 safety violations against ResearchCottrell, prompting Manchin to revoke the firm’s charter. Schork claims authority overruled.
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Rage One
Monongahela Power Co
Pleasants
Ohio River
ResearchCottrell
Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Manchin
OSHA
John E. Schork
New York
Inmates' Suit Delayed Again in Mercer County Jail Case
A five-inmate class action against Mercer County officials over jail conditions has been postponed to October 23. The trial moves from Charleston to Bluefield with three days set for proceedings. plaintiffs use pseudonyms John Doe and others.
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Mercer County
David Knight
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
U. S. District Court
Knight
Charleston
Bluefield
Tobias Hirshman
Princeton
Appalachian Research and Defense Fund
John Doe
Larry Joe
Frank Foe
Ralph Roe
Sam Loe
Earl Kendrick
Rick Lambert
Joe, Coburn
Clarence Six
Luther H. Byrd
Wilson Harvey
Boren And Edmondson Gain Senate Runoff
Oklahoma Democrats push to Sept 19 runoff as Gov. Boren leads Edmondson in a seven candidate field. Alaska races also tighten with Hickel challenging Hammond for governor while Stevens cruises GOP Senate nomination. Absentee and contested ballots may decide after 364 of 403 precincts reported.
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Associated Press
David Boren
U.S
Ed Edmondson
Oklahoma
Alaska
Walter Hickel
Jay Hammond
Hammond
Hickel
Chancy Croft
Anchorage
Ed Merdes
Fairbanks
TransAlaska
Ted Stevens
Senate
Don Hobbs
Joe Sonneman
Juneau
Don Young
Pat Rodey
Boren
Edmondson
Bob Kamm
Oklahoma State University
Kamm
GOP
Dewey Bartlett
George Nigh
Oklahoma University
Ron Shotts
Ted Risenhoover
Tahlequah
Mike Synar
Muskogee
Synar
Gary Richardson
Risenhoover
Tom Steed
Congress
Tazewell County airport plans discussed at Virginia seminar
Tazewell officials attended a Virginia Tech seminar with Farmers Home Administration and EPA representatives to discuss site selection for a proposed regional airport. Speakers stressed zoning, noise abatement and safety issues as crucial in local planning.
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Maxwell
Thompson and Litton
Wise
Templeton
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg
Tazewell County
Virginia
Farmers Home Administration
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Pentagon
Environmental Protection Agency
U. S. Air Force
Authority
Highway Rehab Cost to Handle Doubling Coal Output
A DOT study estimates rehabilitating the nation’s highway system to support doubling coal production by 1980 would cost 9.5 billion dollars. It recommends 88 percent of the funds for Appalachian projects. The task force notes that about three fourths of coal moves by truck and road traffic will rise, with West Virginia needing 223.4 million dollars by 1985 for upgrades.
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DOT
West Virginia
Matoaka Cyclists Injured In Rt 10 Wreck
Two Matoaka residents Ned Walker and Jeff Taylor were seriously injured when their Harley Davidson collided with a wrecker driven by Dean Elliott Howard on Route 10. Walker turn without signaling led to the crash near Princeton. both riders were taken to Princeton Community Hospital. No charges filed. Investigation ongoing by Mercer County Sheriff’s Department.
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Matoaka
Rt. 10
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Ned Walker
Jeff Taylor
Princeton Community Hospital
Dean Elliott Howard
Princeton
Walker
Howard
Dep
R. L. Lambert
D. R. Compton
Deaths and Funerals in Kentucky and Virginia Obits
Multiple obituaries listed for Mrs Louise A Childress Ada Estelle Keen Varise Crabtree and others with ages locations and cause of death. Includes funeral plans church affiliations surviving relatives and burial details across Mouth Card Grundy Swords Creek Bluefield and nearby areas.
Graveside and funeral services for Gray and Milliner
Funeral notices announce Marvin Bentley Gray 78 of Bramwell and Dave Milliner 72 of Pocahontas with services at Mercer Funeral Chapel Bluefield and Shumate Newman Chapel Pocahontas. Burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens and Grandview Memory Gardens. Also Tommy Ray Hall 18 of Bluefield with services at Cravens Shires Funeral Home Chapel, pallbearers listed. Friends may call prior to services.
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Gray
Marvin Bentley
Bramwell
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Bluefield
Rex Ball
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Milliner
Dave
Josie Mae
Pocahontas
Shumate-Newman Funeral Chapel
Ernest Westmoreland
Grandview Memory Gardens
Obituary notices for Leftridge and Johnson in Bluefield and Wilmington
Albert E Leftridge 56 of Bluefield dies after long illness in Beckley hospital a World War II veteran and former plumber. Survivors include son Danny Ray Leftridge two aunts one uncle. services Friday 11am at George W Seaver Chapel Princeton burial Walnut Grove Cemetery. Elsvan Albina Johnson of Wilmington Del formerly of Switchback died after short illness in hospital. obituary incomplete with funeral home listing Bluewell.
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John Childress
John
Louise A.) Childress
Mouth Card
Grundy
Buchanan County
Charlie and
Angeline Stiltner Wood
Mouth Card Church
Carmel
Juanita) Justice of
Virginia Louise Neal
Bluefield
Lyzilda Compton Neal
James H. Neal
Falls Mills Baptist Church
Brenda K. Buckland
Newport News
Margaret Marie DeRouse
Oren Rolen
Oh Guy Braley
Kingsport
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Allen Thompson
Maplehills Cemetery
Everett Lambert
Earl Blankenship
Buford Carter
Walton Hale
M. R. DeRouse
Daniel Mooney
White Lee
George A. Thompson
Courtland
Pearisburg
Giles County
John F
Lilly Carr Thompson
Eastern Gas and Fuel Co
Union Mission Baptist Church
Whittaker
Staffordsville
Robert S
John F. Thompson
Berton, Va
Burns Wornal
Princeton
Robert Elmore
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Albert E. Leftridge
Beckley
Carl and
Mary French Leftridge
Danny Ray Leftridge
Kansas City
Mattie Robinette
Lee Ferguson
Carl French
Camp Creek
George W. Seaver
John Asbury
Walnut.Grove Cemetery
Elsvan Johnson
Elsvan
Albina
Johnson
Wilmington
Dela
Switchback
Cravens
Shires
Bluewell
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Stadium Drive
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Deskins
Svcmul Wee
Wwe
Wade Spees
Coal Board
Paper Supply
N&w
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Paris Street
U.N. Geneal Assembly
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Swords Creek
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Neely Vance
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Archie Bascom Keen
Daniel Keen
Dorothy
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Jewell Ridge
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Varise H. Crabtree
Warrior Mines
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Douglas Funeral Home
Louis Stout
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