Grundy Virginia lunch scare prompts widespread illness tests
Doctors in Grundy Virginia treated about 150 people on Saturday for suspected food poisoning linked to turkey salad served at Grundy Senior High School. The illness affected students, teachers, and the principal, with four hospitalized and symptoms ranging from nausea and vomiting to dehydration. Local clinics reported additional cases as investigators work to confirm the source and ensure kitchen safety.
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Rachel Riggsby
Grundy
Ant
Grundy Senior High
Robert F. Baxter
Grundy Hospital
Baxter
P. Sutherland
Sutherlands Clinic
Clinch Valley Clinic
Richlands
Rema
Grundy High School
Proposal Pushes Rail Restoring Passenger Service
The article notes continued effort to restore passenger service and boost freight capacity on West Virginia routes. N W and Central Georgia Railroad are cited with daily operations and a call for Amtrak leadership to act, as Hechler recounts previous ICC challenges to downgrade rail service.
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N&w
Bluefield
Hic
Nce
Hechler
Interstate Commerce Commission
West Virginia
Central Georgia Railroad
Amtrak
Lewis
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Information Page
Official publication notice from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph outlining copyright association with the Associated Press and circulation, advertising rates, and contact details including address at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 2470 and telephone numbers for advertising. The notice lists subscription and motor route rates and mentions membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulation.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. V
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Swannon & Cullen Telephone
Obituaries and memorials from Virginia and Florida
Multiple death notices from Virginia and Florida list Lois Maxey and Ella Wickline among the deceased. The items name survivors, residences, and funeral details with locations in Richlands Bluefield Peterstown Princeton and nearby towns.
Multiple Obituaries Declares Local Residents' Deaths and Services
Audra Fleshman Bradley 44 of Blacksburg Va former Lindside resident died on arrival. Survived by mother Orpha Fleshman and two daughters Daphne Albert Donna Bradley, plus four sisters and three brothers. Funeral conducted Monday at 11 a.m. in Peterstown by Rev. Harold Cox. Burial Swope Dome Lindside. Charles Leonard Bennett 63 of Yards Va died Friday after short illness. Former Norfolk and Western employee. Survived by daughter Susan Pruett and three grandsons. Funeral Monday 10 a.m. Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield Va. Burial Maple Hill Bluefield. Pallbearers listed. Call times noted.
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Lois Maxey
Sun City Center
Fla
Dry Fork
Bradenton
Tazewell County
John L
Ida Mae Pruett Sparks
Clinton, Ill
Dwight County
Ill
Clinton United Methodist Church
Fairview
Order of the Eastern Star
Florida
Samuel L. Maxey
Britton
Ora) Estridge
Rt. 1
Cedar Bluff
Hazel Jervis
Peterstown
Hoyt
Mary) Altizer
North Tazewell
Ella Brown Wickline
Ella Matilda Brown Wickline
Rich Creek
Russell Wickline
Union
John W
Arminta Campbell Brown
Charles T. Wickline
Fred Wickline
W. L. Cummings
Lindside
Gertrude Crotty
Mary Weikle
James Wickline
Ballard
Bessie Dixon
Florence Jeter
San Bernardino
Calif
Frank Brown
Sweet Springs
Marshall Brown
Indianapolis
Ind
Broyles
Garland Spencer
Sinks Grove Presbyterian Cemetery
Charles
Deck) Wise
Charles Dexter
Rt. 5
Bluefield
Washington County
Charles W
Molly Houston Wise
Pentecostal Upper Room
Princeton
Bertha Mae _ Wise
Katheleen Honaker
Winston-Salem
N. C
Jeanette Harris
Stanleyville
Fannie Shinault
Herndon H. Wise
Charlottesville
Jesse L. Wise
Honaker
Anna Lou Wagner
Ethel Hedrick
Bluewell
Blanche Quesenberry
Cleveland
Ohio
John W. Wise
A Wise
Wilmington
Mercer Funeral Home
Leonard Repass
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Howard O. Wall
Gilbert
Man
Bessie Shinaberry Wall
Howard Wall Jr
Cincinatti
Josephine Sluss
Maryville
Tenn
Cleopatra Newsome
Norfolk
Brooks Funeral Home
Lydia M. Bostic
Prater
Richlands
Albert
Nancy Owens
Robert Bostic
Mack Bostic
Vansant
Oscar Bostic
Roseville
Mich
Rosa Owens
Hazel Park
Rennel Owens
Conley M. Abbott
Clifton Forge
Oxey
Salem
Stevens
Bedford
Allen R
Bessie Franklin Abbott
Mildred Abbott
Jeff Abbott
Wesley Abbott
Wiley Clayton Barlow
Itmann
Roanoke
Beckley Hospital
Lillybrook
James F
Cora Reed Barlow
U. S. Army
Hazel
Bramwell
William R. Barlow
Martinsville
Harry L. Barlow
Memorial Funeral Directory
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Audra Fleshman Bradley
Blacksburg
Orpha Fleshman
John Fleshman
Church of God Surviving
Daphne Albert
Donna Bradley
Vera Alder
Hagerstown
Leola Johnson
Albuquerque
N. M
Tula Ryan
Janice Brown
Phoenix
Ariz
Raymond Fleshman
Fostoria
Sherwood Fleshman
Herbert Fleshman
Ae Il
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Harold Cox
Swope Dome
Charles L. Bennett
Charles Leonard Bennett
Yards
Gabe
Alice Shrader Bennett
Norfolk and Western Railway
Iva Dillman Bennett
Douglas
Susan) Pruett
Hyattsville
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Mike Norwood
Maple Hill Cemetery
James Phillips
Ballard Phillips
Toby Dillman
Evert Perdue
Calvin Tabor
Jerry Shrader
Funerals Planned for Wilson Bailey and Ratliff Victims
Funeral services are set for Thomas T. Wilson Billy Joe Bailey and Howard W Ratliff. Wilsons service 2 p m at Cravens Shires Bluewell with burial Woodlawn Memorial Park. Bailey service 11 a m at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton with Monte Vista burial. Ratliff service 11 a m at Cravens Shires Bluewell with Roselawn Gardens burial.
War woman dies after heart attack at Welch hospital
Marcie Sardinell age 55 of War died Saturday morning shortly after admission to a Welch hospital following an apparent heart attack. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Gearing-Witten Funeral Home in Welch.
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Marcie Sardinell
Welch
Gearing-Witten Funeral Home
Carolinian Driver Dies After Route Incident
A vehicle left the road and over an embankment, coming to rest 196 feet from the pavement. Profitt died on arrival at Princeton Community Hospital at 7 40 p m Saturday. Hodges with multiple injuries and the children were treated and released. Pennington investigated with Trooper J R Howell. The article notes Sirius as the brightest star in the visible constellation.
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Profitt
Princeton Community Hospital
Hodges
Pennington
J. R. Howell
Rites Monday For Wreck Victim Earl Faulkner
Funeral services are set for 66 year old Earl LaFayette Faulkner of Bland Virginia who died from injuries after a Friday automobile wreck on U S 11 dying in Wytheville Virginia hospital. Bland Lodge will conduct graveside rites at Shiloh Cemetery with survivors including Irene West Faulkner Rhody Faulkner Ellen Earhart Janet Shannon and six siblings. The service is at A West and Sons Funeral Chapel White Gate Virginia with arrangements handled by the Bland County community.
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Earl LaFayette Faulkner
Rt. 2
Bland
Wytheville
U.S
Grundy
Grace Faulkner
Alice Shawver
Bluefield
Chester Faulkner
Clyde Faulkner
David Ben-Gurion Dies at 87 Israel's First Premier Passes
Tel Aviv AP reports David Ben-Gurion the founder statesman who led Israel as its first premier twice and declared the nation a state died after a stroke at 87. He shaped Israel's modern identity, retired in 1970, and will be buried beside wife Paula at Kibbutz S h een in the Negev Desert near his beloved canyon and trees.
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Tel Aviv
David Ben-Gurion
Israel
Ben-Gurion
Palestine
Charles de Gaulle
France
Winston Churchill
Britain
Abraham
Negev Desert
Paula
Kibbutz
Sheen
Montross Man To Head Buchanan School System
Buchanan County School Board named Montross Virginia resident James W. Moon as superintendent to fill the unexpired term of the late Don Bevins. Moon, assistant superintendent in Westmoreland County, begins January with Earnest Raines continuing duties until then. Moon holds degrees from Appalachian State University and has extensive Virginia school experience. He is married to Marilyn and they have three children.
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Buchanan County School Board
Montross
Buchanan County
John Astor Rife
James W. Moon
Westmoreland County
James M
Don” Bevins
Bivens
Rife
Moon
Earnest R. Raines
Appalachian State University
Boone
N. C
University of Virginia
Monterey
Highland High School
Marilyn
City studies Bluefield rail option amid energy crisis
The Daily Telegraph and others suggest adding passenger cars to freight trains and using conductors to collect fares to provide rail service. Local officials note land for passenger service existed before the energy crunch and demand may grow as fuel shortfalls rise. The Chamber plans to study feasibility and potentially form a committee with N and W representatives while considering Amtrak expansion.
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Bluefield
Daily Telegraph
Kellenberger
N&w
Chamber
Blalock
Amtrak
Stost” A
Aovie
Snow Arrives by Rail in Mississippi and Texas in 1967
Snow arrived in Mississippi and Texas aboard railroad cars in 1967. In February Chicago saw 27 inches of snow causing the Chicago River to back up and clog with dumped snow. City officials had the snow pushed onto southbound rail cars for disposal by the sun.
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Mississippi
Texas
Chicago
Fire aftermath and investigation in Buchanan County
Injured men escaped a burned hunting camp and alerted a Forest Ranger who contacted the Tazewell County Sheriff for help. A kerosene stove, damaged guns, and a conjoined tent burning scene were found as investigators pursued the case. Daugherty family details and plans for funeral arrangements were released as authorities work toward a post mortem and full inquiry.
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Tazewell County
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Buchanan County, Va
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The
Rodney Eugene Daugherty
Elswick
Shirley Daugherty
Michigan
Lowell Yates
Coeburn
Janice Deel
Maxie, Va
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Maxie Va
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Mavisville
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Elzie
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Ft. Lauderdale
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VA. Ave
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Derry
Beltone
Hearing Aid Service
North Street
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