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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1978
Page
4
Multiple obituaries list Bersecy Horner of Detroit and Bluefield area with survivors, Ida Ann Cain of Detroit, Israel Shinault of Bluefield, Teresa Lynn Belcher of Bluefield, and Martha Hill Musick of Hollister Florida. Funeral arrangements vary by location, with services noted in Detroit Bluefield Haysi and Clintwood areas.
William Walter Peavely 67 of the Big Four Section Welch died Friday after a short illness in a Welch hospital. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Fanning Funeral Home in Welch.
Obituaries note services for Harry Shrader 60 at Lashmeet Church of God with burial at Caffee Cemetery. E B Sr Whitley 77 at Fanning Church Jaeger burial Jaeger Memorial Cemetery. Varnse Helton Crabtree 73 Warriormines services War United Methodist Church with burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Louise Stout 87 Caretta services Douglas Funeral Home War burial Grandview Memory. W Broughton Johnston 73 Princeton services Sacred Heart Church with Monte Vista Park Cemetery Mausoleum entombment. Elsvan Albenia Mae Johnson 62 Switchback services Maybeury Church of God burial Grand View Memory Gardens. Eugene L Wilson Frances Jean 47 Bluefield Mass at Sacred Heart with Roselawn burial. Pallbearers named for several services.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists subscription and home delivery rates including seven days or calendar monthly options. The notice notes Association of the Associated Press and references service to subscribers in West Verge with specific price points.
Kenneth A Kbam 53 of Gary No 6 died in Bluefield hospital after a long illness born August 26 1924 in Northwood Iowa veteran of World War II longtime Gary resident employed as custodian at Gary High School survived by widow Emma Judy Addair four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews services Monday 11 am Fanning Funeral Home Welch Rev Booker Riffe interment Gardens on Bluefield Princeton Road call Sunday 6 9 pm Carl Gray Wright 78 of Honaker Va died at niece’s home Bluefield residence son of Luther and Anne Wright member of Independence Missionary Baptist Church survived by wife Mrs Mary Driscoll Wright one brother Ned 5 S Wright five nieces two nephews graveside Sunday 3 pm Sunset Memorial Park Damascus Pallbearers listed call hours Honaker Funeral Home 7 9 pm Jack Hale Welch died Friday evening in a Bluefield hospital
Harold L. Miller Sr., 75, retired Superior Sterling Co. officer and Bluefield resident, died Friday in Duke University Hospital after a brief illness. Services Monday at 2 p.m. from Bland Street United Methodist Church with Rev. Charles Godwin. interment Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Miller, a WMU graduate and former Flat Top Fuel Co. exec, was active in the church and Bluefield Lions Club. survived by a large family and several grandchildren. The family requests contributions to the Church Building Fund. Remains to be moved to the church an hour before services. calling hours at Mercer Funeral Home extend to Sunday night.
The 14th Annual Appalachian Arts and Crafts Festival moves into day two at the Raleigh County Armory Beckley West Virginia featuring a quilt show demonstrations by over 100 craftsmen and a judged art show. Dancers from Honey in the Rock and Hatfields and McCoys perform new choreographies at 2 00 and 4 00 pm with music from Appalachian Suite. General admission is 2 50 for adults 1 00 for children. Other acts include the Putnam County Pickers and the Jerry Rose Dance Ensemble.
Calvin D. Watkins 39 of Parkersburg died Sunday August 13 from an unexpected illness. Police report attributes death to asphyxiation. Born in Bluefield he served as area manager for Fox Wholesale Grocery Co.
Dark meat in turkeys is rich in blood vessels and signals well supplied circulation. White breast meat powers wing muscles and suggests weaker flyers. Wild turkeys can fly up to a mile at speeds around 45 mph.
The McDowell Commission was invited to apply for a $500,000 Community Development block grant for housing rehabilitation, with a $180,000 potential cut in coal severance tax affecting programs. Regional planners said funds would come in a secondary tier, with Sept. 30 deadline and two public hearings. If funded, a housing code and board would be created to guide participant standards. The commission also noted possible $150,000 extra for flood relief and discussed funding impacts from ongoing industrial strikes. The meeting also covered a county wide public service district idea and noted resignations and personnel issues in Sheriff Belcher’s office and the humane officer reinstatement.
Negotiators for Norfolk and Western Railway and the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks adjourned talks in Washington Friday and plan a Saturday morning resumption. The strike, ongoing since July 10, idles more than 45,000, including 14,000 clerks and 26,000 coal miners across Virginia and West Virginia. A federal suit seeks an injunction against BRAC over unchanged rules. Representative Wampler calls for a House probes into alleged outside aid to N&W totaling about 800 thousand dollars daily.
The article explains the conclave process with burning ballots producing black and white smoke and describes secrecy oaths for cardinals and aides. It notes Pope Paul III elections in 1963 as a reference and lists potential papabili including Sergio Pignedoli Sebastiano Baggio Paulo Bertoli Eduardo Pironio Johannes Willebrands George Koenig and others.
Wilson explains how miners are informed of cuts under contract. The United Mine Workers get at least 24 hours notice before the company notifies workers directly. At Eastern's Keystone No. 1, Local 6196 says about 137 workers may be affected with no final decision on temporary or permanent layoffs.
APWU announced its vote against the pact, with 8,441 to 7,749 in favor of rejection among Mail Handlers Division members. The union submitted about 24,000 ballots. Rural letter carriers’ union members were not voting yet. At a Denver convention, Andrews was authorized to seek new negotiations and to call a strike within five days if the service refused to renegotiate.
Miller Patrick noted a June 1976 victory as he predicted cooperation among COMPAC delegates who often clash on union issues. He stated a candidate would likely run for every elected office in the state in coming years and admitted he did not yet know the UMW's spending plan for supporting chosen West Virginia candidates.
Bluefield Gas Company expects to add 86 residential customers in Mercer County within 10 days to two weeks after a Public Service Commission authorization. PSC ordered no new customers in 1972 due to gas supply reliance, then allowed 86 new homes pending supply data. First-come, first-served basis, prioritizing early requests and those ready with responses.
The Public Service Commission delayed the proposed $54,000 annual rate increase for Oceana Gas Inc until December 22 while it completes its review. If no decision is reached by then, the higher rates may take effect with a bond equal to the annual hike. The utility serves Kopperston and Jesse in Wyoming County.
Pentagon officials said Carter cited figures from another defense bill, not a separate measure, as opponents argued. Senator John Stennis called the veto misrepresented, while Carter faced Senate debate on the accuracy of the president’s facts.
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