Board Moves To Abolish Academic Fees In Mercer Schools
Mercer County Board of Education tabled a motion to prohibit academic fees effective Jan. 18 pending cost analysis. Chairman Corky Caldwell and members debated eliminating fees while Superintendent Cooke urged study of which fees can be dropped. EOC and local groups push toward fee abolition amid constitutional questions. The board also approved construction bids for a Thorn School cafeteria and Mercer School regional center under lease-purchase plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Calfee
Mercer County Board of Education
Thomas Honaker
W. R
Pete’’ Cooke
Honaker
Harold Tomchin
Cooke
L. C
Corky
Caldwell
Mercer Council For Better Education
Jane H. Richmond
Mercer County Economic Opportunity Corporation
Daniel Taylor
EOC
Price Dyer
Dr. Taylor
Robert
Bob
Walthall
Dan Taylor
Howard Harvey
Bluefield High
Tomchin
Joe Hatfield
General School Activities Fund
Mercer
Thorn School
Mercer School
Hanley Structures
Continental Homes
California
Park
Howard Durr
Princeton High School
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 published every morning by Daily Telegraph Printing Co at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701 member of the Associated Press with local and wire news. Subscription rates for carrier mail and motor routes provided with zones and West Virginia pricing. Advertising representative contact Mathews Shannon Cullen.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W Ve
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews Shannon & Cullen Telephone
Deaths and Funerals for Raines and Addison
Mrs. Jennie Rasnick Raines 84 of Doran Va died in Richlands hospital after a long illness. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Doran Wesleyan Church with burial in Jones Chapel Cemetery Cedar Bluff. Mullins Funeral Home in charge. Ed Kelly Addison 74 of Freeman Va died in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. Funeral 1 p.m. Friday Cravens Shires Funeral Chapel with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. He was a WWI veteran and retired coal miner.
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E.K. Addison
Ed Kelly Addison
Freeman
Bluefield
Cravens - Shires
James Compton
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield - Princeton Road
Paint Lick
James O
Caroline Cordle Addison
The
Baptist Church
UMW
John
Doris) Butt Jr
Jack
Wilma) Russell
Rapid City
S. D
Glenna Hayton
Charleston
Edward Kelly Addison Jr
Washington, D. C
James M. Anderson 85 Bluefield native dies in Charleston hospital
James Marvin Anderson 85, formerly of Bluefield, dies after a long illness in a Charleston hospital. He was a former merchant and manager of Anderson's Department Store in Abbeville South Carolina. Survived by daughter Elizabeth Henry and grandson Robert Henry IV, with burial at Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Funeral held Thursday at Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield Chapel. Funeral home visits today 5 to 9 p.m.
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James Anderson
James Marvin Anderson
Bluefield
Charleston
Anderson’s
Abbeville
S. C
Greenwood
Joel and
Amelia Ann Raser Anderson
Evie Lazenby Anderson
Bland Street
Beasley Buddy Gene Beasley Narrows Resident Dies
Royce Gene Beasley 43 of Narrows Virginia died Monday night at home. He was a lifelong Narrows resident and son of Bessie Cunningham Beasley and the late Oscar Sherman Beasley. Survived by three brothers Kenneth Sherman Dayton and Sherman Beasley Jr and four sisters Mona Senter Bonnie Beasley Lora Mabry and Linda Jennings. Funeral conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at Riffe's Funeral Home Chapel Narrows with burial in Peterstown Cemetery. Funeral home today 3 to 9 p.m.
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Royce Gene
Buddy) Beasley
Narrows
Bessie Cunningham Beasley
Oscar Sherman Beasley
Kenneth Beasley
Sherman Beasley Jr
Peterstown
Dayton Beasley
Mona Senter
Bonnie Beasley
Lora Mabry
Elmhurst
Ill
Linda Jennings
Roanoke
Riffe’s Funeral Home
Funeral services for Rev. Buchanan Winn in Canton Ohio
Funeral services for Rev. Buchanan Winn 71 of Amonate Va will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Turner Chapel Methodist Church in Canton Ohio with Rev. George Shaw officiating Burial follows in Greenlawn Cemetery Canton He was born in Forkland Ala and was a former pastor and a retired Pocahontas Fuel Co employee Survivors include his widow six sons three daughters and one brother The body was moved from Lugo's Funeral Service Bluefield to Brogdon Funeral Home Canton where friends may call today 7 to 9 p.m.
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Buchanan Winn
Amonate
Richlands
Turner Chapel Methodist Church
Canton
Ohio
George Shaw
Greenlawn
Forkland
Ala
Lewis Winn
Memorial Methodist Church
St. Luke's Methodist Church
Mudfork
Pocahontas Fuel Co
UMWA
Roberta Winn
Buchanan Winn Jr
Detroit
Mich
James
Lewis
Nathaniel Winn
Chicago
Roger Winn
U. S. Army
Dayton
Kazem Winn
Dorothy Bryant
Clara Lucas
Lilly P. Hoskioskin
New York City
Frankland
Lugo
Bluefield
Brogdon
Friend
Infant Michael Hall Dies in Pulaski Hospital
Michael Randolph Hall, 10 weeks old and son of Roy and Mollie Hall of Vansant, Va., died Tuesday in a Pulaski hospital. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Grundy Funeral Chapel Grundy Va conducted by Jim Hill Mountain Valley Memorial Park Grundy.
Funerals in Bluefield and surrounding towns
Obituaries list multiple services across Richlands, Bluefield, Princeton, and Pocahontas. Ezekiel Riley Shelton 79 of Richlands dies. Angela Marie Houchins four week old daughter of Ivan and Lois Hicks Houchins dies. Bobby Lee Bowen 40 of Pageton. Laura J. Reedy 81 of Princeton. Michael Bailey 15 of Beeson. Sarah Elizabeth Blankenship 85 of Berwind. Services at Richlands Tabernacle Hawkins Chapel First Church of God Shumate Newman Funeral Home with burial at local cemeteries. Pallbearers named. church women to carry flowers. Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton arranging details.
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Houchins
Angela Marie
Ivan V
Lois Hicks Houchins
Indianapolis
Ind
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Richard F. Rouquie
Monte Vista Park
Princeton Road
Bowen
Bobby Lee
Pageton
Fanning Funeral Chapel
Welch
Rev
Thurman Hoback
Roselawn Memorial
Anawalt Vfw
Reedy
Laura J
Johnson St
Princeton
Mildred Shockley dies after short illness in Bluefield
Mildred Alice Shockley 60 of 1316 Montclair Street Bluefield died at home after a brief illness. Born in Harrisonburg VA she was daughter of the late William and Nellie Rexrode. Survived by husband Rupert K. Shockley. Funeral at Grace Methodist Church Bluefield with Rev Paul D. Hughes officiating. Burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
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Mildred Alice Shockley
Montclair St
Bluefield
Harrisonburg
William and
Nellie Phillips Rexrode
Grace Methodist Church
St. Luke's Hospital
Rupert K. Shockley
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Paul D. Hughes
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
Major Brown Dies at 70 in Bluefield After Short Illness
Major M Brown aged 70 of Route 3 Bluefield passed away Tuesday in a Bluefield hospital after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Cravens Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell.
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M. Browne M. Brown
Rt. 3
Bluefield
Cravens - Shires
Bluewell
Justice Black's Virginia Home To Be Sold After Death
The three story Georgian row house in Alexandria where Justice Hugo L. Black lived for 30 years is up for sale following his death on September 25. His notes and bench records were largely destroyed or dispersed to libraries and archives. The house features a historic garden and tennis courts, with Virginia’s legislature restricting property subdivision.
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Washington
Alexandria
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Justice Black
University of Alabama
Library of Congress
Black
Elizabeth
Virginia
Chamber Singers to Present Christmas Carols Concert
The Concord College Chamber Singers directed by Dr. James Ren will perform Christmas Carols at 8 15 p m in the Gallery of the Alexander Arts Center Dreama Brown and Donald Kensinger will accompany the program The public is invited.
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Concord College Chamber Singers
Alexander Arts Center
James Ren
Concord College
Dreama Brown
Donald Kensinger
Moore Notes Revenue Shortfall In October
Moore warned that a lengthier strike might erode early revenue excesses. He showed four month general revenue receipts reaching about 129.6 million, 17.7 million above estimates, while October alone brought 28.6 million, 510 thousand under its forecast.
Dallas to Expand Police Dogs Use If Feasible
Dallas Police Chief Frank Dyson says a study will determine if more dogs should be added. The nine current canines are used to search buildings for burglars fugitives area searches and marijuana scenting with potential to also detect explosives.
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Police
Dallas
Dallas Police Department
Frank Dyson
Area Woman Injured In Car Crash
A Cedar Bluff resident, Ruby Davis Browning 42, remains critical after a two car collision on Route 460 at Pisgah. Gregory Kennedy 20 of St. Paul, driving a truck, crossed the center line and caused the crash. Browning suffered skull fracture and brain injuries while Kennedy received a cerebral concussion. No charges have been filed.
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Cedar Bluff
Clinch Valley
Richlands
Pisgah
Ruby Davis Browning
Gregory Kennedy
St. Paul
Kennedy
Browning
Clinch Valley Clinic
Virginia
W. D. Taylor
Europeans push for dollar devaluation purity at IMF talks
French finance minister Giscard d Estaing rejects the U S plan, urging a devaluation tied to gold. France resists while other European ministers favor alternative moves such as SDR revaluations. Connally alarms on intransigence and warns of potential unilateral action. The U S seeks about 11 percent upward revaluation by partners to cut the trade deficit. Europe deems the offer insufficient.
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Valery Giscard d’Estaing
U.S
France
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
International Monetary Fund
Connally
Volcker
America
United States
Prison escape and fallout from Clyborne burglary case
Hampton testified against others in the case and was sent to Huttonsville Medium Security Prison where he escaped twice. He was recaptured in Mercer County and shot by police, hospitalized at Bluefield Sanitarium. Authorities say the stolen money remains unrecovered and about 14 people have been indicted or convicted. Jail spokesman notes tight security after prior escape, with maximum security in the sweat cell.
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Hampton
Huttonsville
Mercer County
Bluefield Sanitarium
Clyborne
Martin
Seven and a Half Pound Sweet Potato Found in Texas
In Paris Texas AP report W W Skidmore of Blossom a retired rural postman unearthed a seven and a half pound sweet potato and another weighing five and a half pounds while digging his crop this fall.
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Paris
Tex
W. W. Skidmore
Blossom
Skidmore
Indians Demand East Pakistan Independence Amid Crisis
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Defense Minister Jagjivan Ram urged Pakistan to grant independence to East Pakistan and avoid war. Gandhi called for a troop pullout and Bangla Desh's establishment as a separate nation, while Ram warned that war could be avoided with such a move.
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India
Pakistan
East
Associated Press
Indira Gandhi
Jagjivan Ram
East Pakistan
Subcontinent
Ram
New Delhi
Bangla Desh
Radio Pakistan
Mukti Bahini
Rawalpindi
West Pakistan
Pachagarh
West Bengal
Calcutta
Balurghat-Hills
Bangladesh
Yahya
Nixon
Gandhi
United News
Youth Caucus Planned To Influence Parties
Washington AP reports a coalition of youth leaders plans to form a National Youth Caucus to gain influence in the major parties. The effort, organized by 100 student-body presidents at Loyola University Chicago, seeks to maximize youth presence at the 1972 nominating conventions and aligns with Black and Women's Caucuses.
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Washington
Duane Draper
National Association of Student Governments
Chicago
Black Caucus
Women’s Caucus
Draper
Youth Citizenship Fund
Coal Production Near Normal As Strike Concludes
Nationwide coal output returned to near normal after a two month miners strike. Western Pennsylvania miners reopened Monday following a federal injunction. Logan County West Virginia fully resumed after the Wage Board approved the three year pact.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Logan County
Nixon Kissinger outline trip press plan
Kissinger said the Nixon China visit would be technically focused with a travel press corps smaller than usual yet larger than China expected. He noted over 2 000 reporters applied to accompany Nixon and that February was chosen for the trip due to earliest feasible technical preparations and favorable arrangements.
International Auto Show set for New York Coliseum
The 16th International Automobile Show will be held at the New York Coliseum on April 19. Show president Charles Snitow notes the New York area supplied nearly a quarter of U.S. imported car sales in 1970, with 138,496 imports nationwide. New York City boroughs sold 31,921 units, while 106,675 imports were sold in nearby New Jersey suburbs and surrounding counties.
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New York
New York Coliseum
Charles Snitow
Snitow
New York Area
U.S
Five Boroughs
New Jersey
Long Island
Rockland
Westchester
Fairfield County
Connecticut
Government moves to withhold Medicaid funds from 38 states
HEW secretary warns 38 states and territories to review 7000 nursing homes by July 1 to ensure compliance or face federal action. Last year Medicaid nursing home care spending reached 1.3 billion dollars as officials discuss broader health and housing aid and employment programs.
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HEW
George Romney
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Jennie Rasnick Raines
Doran
Millie Harris Rasnick
Thomas Daniel Raines
Alvin E. Raines
W. E
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E. C. Price
Jones Chapel
Mullins
R.G. Beasley
Bailey
Michael
Beeson
Beeson Community Church
Roger West
Bailey Funeral Home
National Weather Service
Alban
N. York
C. Hat’as
Phila
Char. SC
Phoenix
Charlot
Pittsb
Port E
Cin'nath
Port. Me
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Rich Nd
Col’bus
St. Louis
Denver
S. Lake
D. Mains
San Ant’o
Chamber Singers
Moore
Democratic National Committee
Richard Daley
Republican Party
Scranton Commission
United
Young Delegates
Common Cause
Young Democrats
Ripon Society
China
J. D. Hodgson
Minneapolis
Hodgson
Vienna
Transportation Secre
John A. Volpe
George Wilson
George
Wilson
Electric Serv., Inc
Appalachian Power Co
Booster’s Fish Market
Wilson Street
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