Bluewell Area Urged To Curb Water Use
About 1,800 water service customers in the Bluewell Public Service District are urged to curb nonessential use amid a critical emergency state. Mrs. Avilene Thomas said violators may be disconnected until supply normalizes as six tankers haul water daily from an undisclosed source. Two of three wells in Bluewell area have gone dry and four district schools may adjust schedules to reduce consumption.
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Bluefield
Bluewell
Bluewell Public Service District
PSD
Avilene Thomas
Daily Telegraph
Brushfork
Montcalm
Lorton Lick
Harry Heights
Littesburg
Thomas
Mrs. Thomas
Bond vote could shrink Princeton High School plan
Mercer County officials discuss possible reductions to Princeton High School if a bond issue fails. Aimed at fitting funds to Better School Amendment money, plans include omitting an auditorium or gymnasium and trimming classrooms. SEM Partners presented alternate building and expansion concepts with cost estimates and Fire Marshal considerations.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Mercer County
Princeton
Board of Education
Harold Tomchin
SEM Partners, Inc
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Clinton D. Lilly
Tomchin
Lilly
SEM
Steve Middleton
Charles
Stanley
Princeton High School
PHS
Mercer County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
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BSA
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Middleton
Car Wreck on Rt 52 Injures Wolfe Man and Passengers
A Wolfe man Rufus Collins forty eight was admitted to Bluefield Community Hospital for observation after a single vehicle crash on U S Route 52 near Pinnacle Rock. Collins swerved to avoid an oncoming car, the vehicle overturned and ended on the roadside. Two Pocahontas residents Frank Lane and Wanda Lane sustained minor injuries and were not hospitalized. No charges were filed.
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Pinnacle Rock
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Frank Lane
Wanda Lane
Pocahontas
W. J. Hazzard
Collins
Bluefield
Humidifier Malfunction Triggers Alarm at Princeton Hospital
Princeton Fire Chief J M Hyatt said a humidifier fault at Princeton Community Hospital caused a 1 20 p m alarm in the operating room. A factory representative was adjusting humidity controls when steam was forced back into the room, leading staff to evacuate patients quickly.
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Princeton
J.M. Hyatt
Hyatt
PCH
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publisher and rate note
Bluefield Daily Telegraph details its establishment, address, and Associated Press affiliation. Subscription rates by mail and home delivery rates are listed, with West Virginia pricing and zones. Advertising and circulation agency mentions appear for branding and distribution.
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Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation Advertising Representative
London Associates
Blood pressure clinic scheduled at Bluefield bank
A Monday blood pressure screening for Bluefield area residents runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the First National Bank of Bluefield. Sponsored by the Mercer County Unit of the American Heart Association.
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Lawson's Attorney Serves Motion on Removal Case in McDowell County
Five citizens seek the removal of Lawson from the McDowell County Commission seat. A motion to dismiss was served by Welch attorney Tom Seay and a hearing is set for December 12 at 2:30. Plaintiffs Mullins Osborne Wright Roberts Muncey allege conflict of interest and misuse of public funds relating to material purchases and park and paving payments. Parkersburg attorney William Jacobs represents the plaintiffs.
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Daily Telegraph
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Jaeger
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Circuit Court
Jack Marinari
Welch
Tom Seay
Cecil B. Moore Jr
Northfork
Ronnie McKenzie
Roderfield
McKenzie
Bobby Adams Construction Company
Hemphill
Lornie Mullins
Dennis Osborne
Haven Wright
Kenneth Roberts
James Muncey Muncey
Parkersburg
William Jacobs
Mercer County Man Bound Over In Grand Jury Action
Didymus J. Farmer of Rt. 1 Rock is bound over to the Mercer County Circuit Court Grand Jury after preliminary hearings on 10 breaking and entering charges. He is freed on 4500 dollar bond awaiting grand jury action for break-ins at Hill's Grocery Cecil's Grocery Princeton Mill and Feed Store Green Valley Kaye Station Richards' Transmission Mooney's Drive In Coburn Auto Sales King's Grocery and Andy Clark Ford in May and June. A grand larceny charge was dismissed. Prosecutor Deborah Gibson and attorney Edwin Wiley represented the state and farmer respectively. Troopers T L Vance and R D Jones were the alleging witnesses.
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Mercer County
David Pedneau
Didymus J. Farmer
Rt. 1
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Farmer
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Cecil's
Princeton Mill and Feed
Green Valley Kaye Station
Richards’ Transmission
Mooney’s Drive-In
Coburn
Bluefield Cable Tops Regional System After Purchase
American Cablesystems Corp acquires Bluefield TV Cable Co from Acton Corp, expanding to about 9,000 new Bluefield subscribers. Joe Shoda says reconstruction will finish in early 1979 with an earth station to receive satellite signals and later pay TV including HBO, lifting system capacity to 30 channels.
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American Cablesystems Corp
Acton Corporation
Acton
Mass
Bluefield
Bluefield Board of Directors
Shoda
Federal Communications Commission
Lions Hear About Renovations at Bluefield City Hall
Bluefield City Manager Mrs. Ben Paine announced at the Bluefield Lions Club meeting that the city board allocated 40000 for emergency repairs to the 1924 city hall. The renovations aim to create an Arts and Crafts center on the third floor, with about the same cost expected. Summitt Players will lease the old garage as their home, drawing over 900 visitors at a recent open house.
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Bluefield
Ben Paine
Bluefield Lions Club
J C Penney to anchor Mercer Mall expansion in West Virginia
Developer Zamias outlines an 80 000 square foot J C Penney store and a 69 000 square foot concourse at Mercer Mall described as spacious and luxurious Local dignitaries will attend the groundbreaking for the project Zamias notes extensive mall work in Pennsylvania West Virginia and New York with Raleigh Mall Beckley and others in the portfolio He also owns 22 neighborhood shopping centers and has other projects in progress in Indiana and Pennsylvania.
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J. C. Penney
Zamias
West Virginia
Zamia
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Williams Dye Vera Phillips Puckett
Mrs Rosa Virginia Dye 57 of Royal Oak Michigan dies after short illness. Survived by husband William S Dye Sr three sons sisters and brothers and six grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Compton family cemetery Council Virginia. Mrs Vera T Phillips 83 Princeton dies after long illness. Entombment Resthaven Mausoleum. Walker Lee Puckett 61 Tazewell dies after long illness. Survived by wife three daughters sister five brothers two grandchildren two great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday Hurst Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands with military graveside rites by Barnes-Beavers VFW Post.
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Rosa Virginia) Dye
Royal Oak
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Mona Compton Turkette
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Billy) Dye Sr
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Warren, Mich
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Clarkston
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Bessie Cavanaugh
Chicago
Ill
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Pasadena
Calif
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Philden Turkette
Dayton
Ohio
Honaker Funeral Home
James Crabtree
Compton Family
Council, Va
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Washington St
Princeton
Bluefield
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Bernard Lamb
Fairfax
Bailey Funeral Chapel
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Resthaven Mausoleum
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Carol Powell
South Plainfield
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Erma Christine Kinder
Tazewell
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Hazel) Smith
Fayetteville
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Hugh F. Puckett
Reese David Puckett Jr
Indianapolis
Ind
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Falls Church, Va
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Richlands
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Ancil Childress
David J. Smith
John Hall
Greenhill Memory Gardens
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Walker Puckett
Bill Kinder
Herb Kinder
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T. E. Bowling Jr
Bill McGuire
Barnes-Beavers Vfw Post
Installation service for Dr Beale at Mount Zion Bluefield
An installation service for Dr Lawrence L Beale pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church Bluefield will be at 5 pm Sunday with Rev David J Chapman presiding The installation sermon will be delivered by Dr Noah Taylor Roanoke mayor of Roanoke Va The High Street Baptist Church Choir will sing with many clergy and church leaders listed as participants Mamie Morgan chairs the installations arrangements committee.
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Parkview Baptist Church
Bluefield
J. P. Jardine
Noel Taylor
High Street Baptist Church
Roanoke
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Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Beale
Mount Zion Baptist Church
David J. Chapman
Bluestone Baptist Church Presiding
Noah Taylor
James Davis
Court Street United Methodist
Mamie Morgan
First United Methodist Church
Princeton
David Knight
Emmanuel
Jesus
John W. Hawkins
John Mendez
Mary Alice Osborne 79 of Lebanon dies in Richlands
Mrs. Mary Alice Osborne aged 79 of Lebanon Virginia and formerly of Raven Virginia died Friday. Arrangements were complete at Hurst Scott Funeral Home in Richlands.
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Lebanon
Raven, Va
Richlands
Beavers Birdie S 97 Of Tazewell FuneraI Today
Obituary item lists funeral details for Mrs. Birdie S Beavers 97 of Rt 1 Tazewell Virginia with service at Alexander United Methodist Church Bishop officiated by Rev Leon Yost. Burial Maplewood Cemetery Tazewell. Greever Funeral Home arranging.
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Birdie S
Rt. 1
Tazewell
Alexander United Methodist Church
Bishop, Va
Leon Yost
Maplewood Cemetery
Greever Funeral Home
Not The One Mrs Irvin From Bluefield Identity Confusion
Not The One Mrs Mary C Irvin of Box 847 Bluefield is not the same Mary Irvin linked to multiple bad checks in the area recently.
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Mary C. Irvin
Bluefield
Mary Irvin
Mint Bureau Produces Coins for Federal Reserve System
The Bureau of the Mint manufactures all U.S. coins and distributes them through Federal Reserve banks and branches.
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Bureau of the Mint
U.S
Federal Reserve Banks
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