Hearing Set on Mannington Mine Explosions Near Fairmont
A two day preliminary hearing into the Mountaineer Coal No 9 disaster that killed 78 miners near Mannington will open at the Marion County Courthouse in Fairmont. Elmer Workman says mine inspectors and survivors will testify with the UMW and federal Bureau of Mines present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
Mannington
Marion County
Fairmont
State Department of Mines
Elmer C. Workman
United Mine Workers
Federal Bureau of Mines
Workman
Mountaineer Coal Company
Christmas Truce Marks Day of Skirmishes Across DMZ
The U S Command joined a three day Christmas truce announced by Viet Cong in Saigon time. In the DMZ both sides observed limited cessation while gunfire on a U S reconnaissance plane sparked American air strikes. Mortars hit My Tho and Ben Tre with eight police and three soldiers wounded in Ben Tre. Casualties totaled 56 dead and 465 wounded across 101 shelled South Vietnamese cities since the bombing halt. In Da Nang area, Marines sealed off a Dien Ban district after a large attack, as Allied forces reported 367 enemy KIA and 73 captured in 13 days.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Reconnaisance
Dmz
North Vietnam
U. S. Command
Johnson
My Tho
Ben Tre
Mekong
U.S
da Nang
Dien Ban
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Masthead Note
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph imprint cites its establishment and publication details with the Delly Telvarape Printna Co. and Katz Agency as advertising contacts. It lists 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia and a telephone number 3774171 for representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Delly Telvarape Printna Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Vacain
Art Bureau of
Circus Kavertitan
The
Katz Agency, Inc
Local obituaries list Hartwell Carrington and other Bluefield deaths
Okey J. Hartwell 73 of East Cumberland Road Bluefield died Sunday in a Bluefield hospital. He was a retired Norfolk and Western worker and a Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen member. Survived by wife Margaret Linsenmeyer Hartwell son Charles R. Hartwell of Bluefield daughter Mrs C J Taylor of Williamson and five grandchildren. Services today 2 p m Hawkins Funeral Chapel Bluefield with burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Also funeral notices for Josie Kates Carrington of Algoma and Giles B Craig of Princeton plus Virgil S Miller Ballard Burman Patterson Robert Waters and others with service details and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okey J. Hartwell
East Cumberland Road
Bluefield
Robert R
Nora Kerr Hartwell
Norfolk and Western Railroad
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Margaret Linsenmeyer Hartwell
Charles R. Hartwell
C. J. Taylor
Williamson
C. W. Shumate
Oakvale
N. H. Short
Norton, Va
Nettie H. Bailey
Mildred Dillon
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
T. Dwight Dickerson
Brown Jarrett
Monte Vista Park
Dale Shumate
Roy Kidd
Howard Kidd
Otis Shumate
Alfred Bailey
Woodrow Bailey
George Sparks
Ward Starling
Obituary Notice for Alice Jane Lester of Steeles
Alice Jane Lester 80 of Steeles died early Monday after a long illness at her son George Lester's home. Born in Hanover to Lewis and Patsy Blankenship, she was a Church of Christ member. Survived by two more sons Eula and Woodrow, three daughters Della Walker Virgie Robinette Ettie Riffe, a sister Sarah Hager, two brothers Joddie and Ray, 44 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren. Body to be moved from Fanning Funeral Home Saeger to George Lester's home 3 p.m. today. funeral at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the residence with Rev. Ray Hall and Rev. Clyde Allen. burial in Steeles Community Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Ostle Jones
North Tazewell
Bluefield
Cedar Bluff
John
Martha Reedy Jones
Pocahontas
Paul A. Bailey
Falls Mills
Joseph Music
Anawalt
Harold C. Jones
Ormond Beach
Fla
Luella Adams
Princeton
Docie Hutchins
Richlands
Andrew Jones
Washington, D. C
J. R
Charles
Ira Jones
Graham Funeral Home
Virgil S. Miller
Red Sulphur Springs
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Charleston
George D
Martha Burdette Miller
Red Sulphur
Indian Creek Primitive
Dallas
Tex
Elene Tolbert
St. Albans
Glenna Miller
Attleboro
Mass
Sidney
Ross Miller
Greenville
Luther Miller
Ella Mann
Athens
Alice Mann
Indian Creek Primitive Baptist Church
Kenneth Kadel
Narvell Mann
Orchard Cemetery
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Peterstown
Alice Jane Lester
Steeles
George Lester
Hanover
Lewis and
Patsy Trent Blankenship
Church of Christ At
Eula Lester
Woodrow Lester
Della Walker
Virgie Robinette
Jaeger
Ettie Riffe
Coalwood
Sarah Hager
Joddie Blankenship
Blackie
Ray Blankenship
Davy
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Ray Hall
Clyde Allen
Death of Mrs Thelma Holden in Michigan
Thelma Buchanan Holden 48 of Indian River Michigan died of an apparent heart attack Monday evening at McDonald Lockwood Hospital. Born in Coren she was daughter of Maggie J Buchanan of Princeton and Clifford Buchanan of Black Eagle. Survivors include husband Clayton Holden four sisters Loretta Wyrick Francis Nunn Juanita Reynolds and Helen Bowman and two brothers George Buchanan and Charles Buchanan. Body at Tony Snider Funeral Home Indian River with arrangements incomplete.
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Thelma Buchanan Holden
Indian River
Mich
Princeton
McDonald Lockwood Hospital
Michigan
Coren
Maggie J. Buchanan
Clifford Buchanan
Black Eagle
Clayton Holden
Loretta Wyrick
Francis Nunn
Juanita Reynolds
Thaxton
Helen Bowman
Mathena
George Buchanan
Charles Buchanan
Jacksonville
Fla
Tony Snider
Funeral Services for Mrs Groseclose Held in Pocahontas
Funeral services were held for Mrs Sarah L Groseclose 83 of Princeton formerly Boissevain Va died Sunday in Bluefield hospital. Rev Leonard Repass presided at Pocahontas Union Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Monte Vista Park Cemetery on the Bluefield Princeton Road. Survivors include four daughters Rev Edith Lewis Mrs Ernest Lusk Princeton Mrs Myrtle Hardy Chicago and others.
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George W. Seaver
Princeton
John J. Savage
Monte Vista Park
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Sarah L. Groseclose
Boissevain
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Leonard Repass
Bluefield - Princeton
John
Martha Perdue Smith
Edith Lewis
Ernest Lusk
Myrtle Hardy
Chicago
Margaret Lackey 76 Dies in Welch Hospital
Margaret Jane Lackey 76 of Davy died early Monday in a Welch hospital. Survivors include brother Willard McCoy of Hensley two daughters Mrs Juanita Charlton of Phoenix Ariz and Mrs Bertha Harrison of Davy and two grandchildren. Body to be moved from Fanning Funeral Home Welch to McCoy residence at 2 p.m. today. Funeral Wednesday at 11 a.m. Rev Gerald Church officiating. Burial in Saeger Memorial Cemetery Roderfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Jane Lackey
Davy
Welch
Willard McCoy
Hensley
Juanita Charlton
Pheenix, Ariz
Bertha Harrison
Fanning Funeral Home
Gerald Church
Saeger
Roderfield
Infant Dies Soon After Birth in Grundy Area
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Uley Daniels of Grundy Virginia died shortly after birth at a Richlands hospital. Survived by two sisters Sherry and Patricia Daniels and a brother Uley Daniels Jr all at home. Graveside rites held today at 11 am at Daniels Cemetery Home Creek Route 1 Grundy. Grundy Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Uley Daniels
Grundy
Richlands
Sherry
Patricia Daniels
Uley Daniels Jr
Daniels Cemetery
Home Creek
Route 1
Grundy Funeral Home
Memorial Notices From Bluefield Area Deaths
Grady Elmore, 77, of May beury, died in a Bluefield hospital at 4 10 p m Monday. The body is at Cravens Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell. John Lee Dillon, 58, of 1802 Virginia Ave Bluefield Va died Monday morning in a Bluefield hospital. Complete arrangements at Dudley Memorial Mortuary in Bluefield Va.
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Grady Elmore
Maybeury
Bluefield
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
John Lee Dillon
Virginia Ave
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Two Obituaries Notice John Henry Sarver and Woodrow Wilson Smith
John Henry Sarver 82 of Falls Mills Virginia dies with services today at 2:30 p.m. at Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield officiated by Rev. B. S. Pittinger and burial at Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield Pallbearers named. Woodrow Wilson Smith 51 of 303 Low Gap Road Princeton dies with services today at 2 p.m. at George W. Seaver Chapel Princeton officiated by Rev. William Gallbreath and entombment at Princeton Elks Lodge graveside rites conducted.
Car Plane Collision Shocks Pretoria Street
In Pretoria South Africa a car and a plane collided in a city street startling traffic officers and bystanders. The plane was taxiing toward the motorist with landing lights on en route to the Pretoria Show, causing damage and confusion among observers.
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Pretoria
South Africa
Nodboy
Guidance Meet Set Wednesday in Princeton High School
More than 800 Mercer County teachers principals aides and supervisory staff will attend an all day in service meeting at Princeton High School Wednesday. The program aims to present latest instructional methods in counseling and guidance with speakers from University of Iowa Concord College and local educators.
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Mercer County
Princeton
W. R. Cooke
Cooke
Kenneth B. Hoyt
Division of
Counselor Education
University of Iowa
Hoyt
Arthur Benson
Concord College
Mercer County Testing and Guidance
Marguerite Miller
Miss Miller
Vernon Dunn
Sapnishburg
Lambert Arrington
Bluefield High
Mary Lou Taylor
Central Junior High
Mary Martin
Princeton High
Emerson Okes
Matoaka High
Five Hurt In Two Car Crash In Bluefield
Five people suffered minor injuries in a two vehicle crash at Mercer Street and Bluefield Avenue in Bluefield West Virginia. Joan Ferguson 32 Wayne Smith 16 and Floyd Gott attributed injuries were treated and released at Bluefield Sanitarium.
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Bluefield Avenue
Floyd Gott
Bluefield
J. E. Moricle
Miss Ferguson
Envoys Progress in Paris Talks Ahead of Four-Party Start
Advance party from Saigon to Paris signals possible next week start for four party talks. Vice President Ky aides, with Ky joining later, could push toward broader cease-fire as negotiations with the Americans and North Vietnamese continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Liberation Front
Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Paris
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu-Ky
Porpoises Suffer Ulcers Stomach Aches and Nervous Distress
Report notes porpoises experience ulcers stomach pains and nervous breakdowns affecting their health. Researchers document gastrointestinal and stress related issues in marine mammals, highlighting welfare concerns in captive and wild populations.
Russell Plans Water System for County Grant
Russell County Board of Supervisors approved applying to the U S Economic Development Administration for a 3 million dollar water system grant. The filing will be prepared this week for the Huntington regional office, with support from the Water Authority Farmers Home Administration and Appalachian Power. The board also hired attorneys to represent the county in lawsuits against Clinchfield Coal Company Clinchfield Railroad and Norfolk Western Railway over disputed taxes.
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Russell County Board of Supervisors
U. S. Economic Development Administration
Sherman Wallace
Board of Supervisors
EDA
Huntington
Russell County Water Authority
U. S. Farmers Home Administration
Appalachian Power Co
Clinchfield Coal Co
Clinchfield Railroad
Norfolk & Western Railway
Kiwanis Talk Covers Inter State Road Plans
Wayne Barton of the Bramwell Kiwanis Club and State Road Commission employee spoke on interstate road construction in District 10. The club also discussed the Christmas street lighting program now in its second year with local merchants, and President Rev. Jerry Conner said crews will install lights around town in the coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Barton
Bramwell Kiwanis Club
State Road Commission
Barton
District 10
Kiwanis Club
Jerry Conner
Chamber officials defend privacy amid disclosure questions
The dialogue centers on why chamber names are withheld and whether officers can be disclosed. Officials argue disclosures deter belligerent parties, noting chambers act as nonprofits in lawsuits and emphasize chambers aid economic and civic growth, while warrants have been issued for Ellis Flair Ferguson and Jimmy Law at the Quality Dollar Store.
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Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Ellis
Flair
Miss Ferguson
Jimmy Law
Quality Dollar
Bluewell
One Cop Covers 1500 Mile Arctic Beat
Resolute Bay RCMP officer Al Ritchie patrols a 1500 mile Arctic beat from Resolute Bay on Cornwallis Island to the North Pole. He reports crime is rare, handles daily resident needs, and travels by dog team with seasonal Eskimo friends. He joined RCMP in 1962 and may soon return to regular duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Resolute Bay
Northwest Territories
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
al Ritchie
Winnipeg
Cornwallis Island
Canada
Arctic Islands
North Pole
Ritchie
RCMP
Wilds
Guests Of City Get Parking Violation
Helena Jaycees held an annual project in Helena with visitors from away. The couple, Mr and Mrs Norman Richard from Sepage Lake Maine, were cited for a traffic violation after a station visit.
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Helbpna, Mont
Helena Jaycees
Montana
Norman Richard
Sepage Lake
Maine
Helena
Princeton Youth Arrested in Mercer Street Assault
A 17 year old Princeton boy was arrested and charged with assault and battery after dragging a 27 year old woman into an alley on Mercer Street Thanksgiving night. Two passing men chased the assailant away. the victim identified him. Bond set at 1000 dollars, youth held for juvenile authorities.
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Princeton
Mercer Street
Princeton Post Office
Justice of the Peace
Jim Belcher
B. E. Belcher
S. J. Barker
Chargers' Post And Staggs Fail Physical
San Diego Chargers halfback Dick Post and linebacker Jeff Staggs were declared physically unfit for military service and may rejoin the AFL team this week. Fort Ord official Summer Wilson said Post and Staggs failed tests after earlier examinations. Post cited a knee injury and Staggs a shoulder problem.
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San Diego
Calif
Dick Post
Jeff Staggs
San Diego Chargers
Summer Wilson
Ft. Ord
Post
Staggs
Classes Resume Amidrestrictions and Dorm Closures
Bluefield State College reopens with curfews and library rules. Campus off limits Saturday mornings. noon Saturday to 7 a.m. Monday closed. Night classes require official schedules. IDs required for campus access. All extracurricular activities canceled indefinitely. Dormitories closed indefinitely affecting about 170 students. NAACP seeks federal action if state requests fail.
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Wendell Hardway
Bluefield State
Hardway
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U.S. Weather Bureau
ESSA
Pacific Northwest
Northern
Rockies
Farmington Townhall
Mrs
Josie Carrington
Josie Kates Carrington
Algoma
Welch Hospital
Mount Chapel Baptist Church
Keystone
Robert L. Morris
David L. Smith
Oak Grove Cemetery
Hurts
Jeff
Fay Ann Kates
McDowell County
Agnes Moore
Parlee Holland
Columbus
Ohio
Nannie Morgan
Jack Carrington
Booker T. Carrington
Harvey Nappier
Loyal Howard
Mansfield
Fred Wagner
James Robinson
Missionary Society of the Church
Giles Craig
Giles B. Craig
Highland Ave
St. Paul
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
Michael Craig
Jenkins, Ky
Kay Craig
Camden
N. J
Ae Helen Ball
Baltimore
Virgil Miller
Pete Patterson
Ballard Burman
Pete) Patterson
Bland
Virginia Department of Highways
Department of Highways
Grace Holliway
Hagerstown
Frank
Samuel George
James Fulton
Coonie
Allen Harvey Patterson
Newberry Funeral Home
Wiley Neal
Newberry Cemetery
Bland County
Robert Waters
Robert Turner Waters
Elliston
Norfolk and Westerns
Ameda Waters
Ameda Thurman
Norfolk
John T. Waters
Fairfax
Robert
Stanley Waters
Salem
Pearl Sadler
New Bern
N. C
Frank Brothers
Raleigh
Grant E. Bryant
Thelma Holden
Mrs. Sarah Groseclose
Georgie Edna
Georgie Edna Dalton
Oakhurst Ave
Henry Walk
Annie Gravely L. Dalton
Paul Walk
Richmond
Raymond Walk
St. Petersburg
Otis Doss
Homer Brown
Jim Thomas
Henry Hall
Hawkins Funeral Home
J. L. Dillow
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