Bluefield Officials Face $20 Towing Fee Debate
Bluefield officials and business leaders discuss a $20 towing charge cited during snow removal talks. City leaders pledge stricter towing enforcement as merchants complain of parking blocks and delays. Local garages say typical fees run 5 to 12 dollars, with police fines possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Terry
Marble Weaver
Bluefield Automobile Club
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Edwin Elliott
Fred Burton
Elliott
Burton
Chamber of Commerce
Henry Lambert
Lambert
Arnold
Philip Arnold Jr
Bluefield
Andrew Dodson
Dodson
Weaver
Daily Telegraph Bluefield Classifieds Header
Publisher notice from the Daily Telegraph Printing Co outlines contact details and subscription rates. It lists address, AP affiliation, and pricing for carrier and mail delivery in West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. V
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews Shannen & Cullen Telephone
India and Pakistan clash with heavy losses in Kashmir fighting
India reports 33 Pakistani planes destroyed and 11 Indian planes lost over two days of combat. Ram told Parliament that ground had been ceded near Ferozepore while forces faced heavy armor and artillery near Chumb in Kashmir, where Pakistan claimed control of Chumb but said Indian activity continued elsewhere.
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India
Ram
Ferozepore
New Delhi
Chumb
Kashmir
Pakistan
Karachi
Five Nabbed In Dunbar Drug Raid
In Dunbar West Virginia four adults and a 17 year old girl were arrested in a late Friday drug raid at an apartment in Kanawha County It was the second raid of the day in the county Earlier Charleston police had arrested nine students on drug charges Dunbar Mayor Dana Thumm named the arrestees Dewayne Smith 22 Morgantown Bradley Price 21 Dunbar Rebecca Brast 22 Illinois Fred Pantuso 20 Dunbar and the 17 year old girl.
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Dunbar
W. Va
Kanawha
Charleston
Dana Thumm
Dewayne Smith
Morgantown
Bradley Price
Rebecca Brast
Illinois
Fred Pantuso
Community Christmas Tree Drive Extends to Bluefield
Hugh Shott, editor of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, discusses the 54th Annual Christmas Tree Drive at Ramsey School Auditorium. WHIS Television and Daily Telegraph staff distribute toys and treats to 1500 to 2000 local children, funded by pledges and generous Bluefield residents. The drive began with the Rotary Club in the 1920s and aims to bring Christmas to underprivileged children with new toys bought at discount. A December 24 Christmas Tree Party will conclude the event.
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Shott
Hugh Shott
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Rotary Club
WHIS
Bluefield
W. Va
The
Daily Telegraph
Ramsey School
Virginia Teen Faces First Degree Murders Case
Virginia legal battle unfolds over the killings of a mother and her husband. Prosecutors seek first degree murder convictions. psychiatrists differ on the teen suspect’s sanity and impulsive state during the shootings.
Percy Stennies Dies After Long Illness
Percy Stennies aged 66 of Madison Street Bluefield died Saturday in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Lugo's Funeral Service in Bluefield.
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Percy Stennies
Madison Street
Bluefield
Lugo
Mrs. Susan Etta Linkous Dies in Bluefield Hospital
Mrs Susan Etta Linkous of the old Princeton Bluefield Road died Saturday evening in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. She was the widow of H J Linkous. The body remains at Mercer Funeral Home with calling hours from 4 to 9 p m today. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Etta Linkous
Princeton - Bluefield Road
Bluefield
H. J. Linkous
Mercer Funeral Home
Ples Lash Dies After Long Illness in Bluefield Hospital
Ples Lash, 72, of Gary, died Saturday night in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. His remains were incomplete at Page Funeral Home in Welch.
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Ples Lash
Gary
Bluefield
Page Funeral Home
Welch
Obituaries for Jones Pratt Stofflet Winecoff Underwood Catron
Obituary notices list several Bluefield Princeton area funerals with details on services graveside rites and officiants. Featured are Garland H Jones 83 of Bluefield stroke in mercer funeral home chapel and mausoleums. Thomas Elmer Stofflet 92 to Greenwood Cemetery Howerton. Hazel Winecoff 66 of Cincinnati formerly Pocahontas. Clifton Allen Underwood 67 of Rock with Roselawn burial. Stella M Catron 77 of Bluefield with Hawkins Funeral Chapel service.
Wade Rites Held for Glen Lyn Resident Kyle Wade
Kyle Wade 74 of Glen Lyn Virginia died Saturday at home. Survived by widow Flora Blankenship Wade two sons Walter and Owen Wade four daughters Mildred Wade and others three brothers and three sisters. Service 2 pm Monday at Glen Lyn Christian Church with Rev. Jerry Key officiating. Burial in Fairview Cemetery Narrows Pallbearers listed. Friends may call at Riffe's Funeral Home Pearisburg.
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Kyle Wade
Glen Lyn
Owen
Susie Akers Wade
Appalachian Power Company
Flora Blankenship Wade
Walter Wade
Oakvale
Owen Wade
Dublin
James Tollard
Cecil Mitchell
Mildred Wade
Claude Basham
Norfolk
Fairview
Narrows, Va
R. E. Bowling
D. A. Buckland
E. W. DeHart
D. L. Garrison
Raymond Compton
K. E. Farell
Riffe
Pearisburg
William L Bond died at 87 in Indian Valley Va
William Lynch Bond 87 of Indian Valley Virginia died Saturday in a Roanoke hospital. A retired merchant he belonged to the Primitive Baptist Church of Indian Valley. Survived by one son Cecil Bond four daughters and many grandchildren and great grands. Funeral Monday at 11 a.m. at Indian Valley Primitive Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Woods Funeral Home Floyd Va in charge friends may call today after 1 p.m.
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William L. Bond
William Lynch Bond
Indian Valley
Roanoke
Primitive Baptist Church of
Mary E. Cox
Cecil Bond
Bluefield
Shelton Goforth
Roy Higgs
Willis
Charles Gallimore
Floyd
Verda Dulaney
Woods Funeral Home
James G. Williams Dies After Long Illness in Mullens
James Grady Williams 75 of Mullens died Friday in a Princeton hospital after a long illness. A retired Norfolk and Western Railway conductor and 50-year member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, he was born in Cittsville and survived by family including Willie E Reed Williams, stepchildren Thomas Nichols and Billy Reed, stepdaughter Mrs. Dave Arnold, sister Mrs. Dewey Pratt, three grandchildren and a great grandchild. Services set for 11 a.m. Monday at Sam Foglesong Chapel with Rev. Eddie Blankenship officiating. burial in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Funeral home hours today 7 to 9 p.m.
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Jessie C. Worley
Bristol
Tenn
Tazewell
Veterans Hospital
Johnson City
Louise Worley
Hattie Worley
Frank Stafford
Ernest Clark
Seaford
James Wilkins
Suffolk
Larry D. Hawkins
Camp Springs
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
William R. Robertson
Maple Hill Cemetery
Bluefield
Paul Worley
Virgil Graham
Claude Graham
Ed Crouse
Foster Vance
James Hoops
Junior Mitchell
Sherman Taylor
James G. Williams
James Grady Williams
Mullens
Princeton
Cittsville
Tom Williams
N&w
Brotherhood of Railway
Willie E. Reed Williams
Thomas Nichols
Billy Reed
Kentucky
Dave Arnold
Lake Worth
Fla
Dewey Pratt
Oak Hill
Sam Foglesong
Eddie Blankenship
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
English miner Orland VanDyke dies at 83
Orland Delmar VanDyke 83 of English died Friday at a Welch hospital after an apparent heart attack. Born in Morgan County Ohio he was a retired miner and UMWA Local 5997 member. Survived by Beatrice his wife two sons Claude and Herbert both of Columbus two step daughters Linda Keen and Brenda Mitchell of English a brother Roscoe of Buckeye Lake and sister Leitha Hale of The Plains. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday at Pentecostal Holiness Church Yukon with Rev Joe Sargent and Rev Donnie Wakins of Grassy View Cemetery Bishop Va. Body to be moved from Douglas Mortuary in War to the church at 4 p.m. today.
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Orland D. Vandyke
Orland Delmar VanDyke
Welch
Morgan County
Ohio
UMWA
Beatrice VanDyke
English
Claude VanDyke
Herbert VanDyke
Columbus
Linda Marie Keen
Brenda Keen Mitchell
Roscoe VanDyke
Buckeye Lake
Leitha Hale
the Plains
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Yukon
Joe Sargent
Donnie Wakins
Grassy View
Bishop, Va
Douglas Mortuary
Roland B Hudson funeral held in Lexington
Roland Banks Hudson 86 of Lexington Ky and formerly Bluefield was laid to rest in Lexington Saturday. Born in Griffin Georgia he was the son of the late William B and Eliza Smith Hudson a long time Bluefield businessman. He was survived by three sons Ronald Banks Hudson Jr John William Hudson and Wesley L Hudson a daughter Maryanna Hudson McClaugherty ten grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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Roland B. Hudson
Roland Banks Hudson
Lexington
Bluefield
Bor
Griffin
William B
Eliza Smith Hudson
Bessie Hudson
Ronald Banks Hudson Jr
John William Hudson
Missoula
Mont
Wesley L. Hudson
New York City
Maryanna Hudson McClaugherty
McKinley Alexander of Bluefield Dies After Brief Illness
McKinley Alexander of Bluefield died Saturday evening in a Bluefield hospital after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home in Bluefield.
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McKinley Alexander McKinley Alexander
Bluefield
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Charlie Brown obituary notice from Cedar Bluff Virginia
Charlie Graham Brown aged 75 of Cedar Bluff Virginia died Saturday in an Abingdon hospital after at Hurst Scott Funeral Home in Richlands. He was incomplete at the time of his passing.
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Charlie Brown
Charlie Graham Brown
Cedar Bluff
Abingdon
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Funeral services for Levi Smith in Roderfield
Funeral services for Levi Smith 69 of Havace die at home. Service today at 2 p.m. at Roderfield Christian Church with Rev. Albert Jarvis and Rev. Deward Frazier officiating. Burial in Saeger Memorial Cemetery.
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Levi Smith
Havace
Roderfield Christian Church
Roderfield
Albert Jarvis
Deward Frazier
Saeger Memorial
Smith
Union 6023
Capels
George
Melina Hamilton Smith
Ethel Rose Smith
Charles Edward Smith
Niagara Falls
Will Smith
Panther
Wayne Smith
North Matewan
Vernie Manuel
War Eagle
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Virginia governor speech notes stir crowd with Irish echo
Howell received thunderous applause as he interpolated a line from his prepared remarks. He quoted George Mason saying Right on. Holton kept his address brief, about 250 words, saying the day belonged to the new lieutenant governor.
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George Mason
Linwood Holton
Beckley Bus Firm May Cut Service
The Public Service Commission ruled Number Two Bus Lines of Beckley may terminate its two daily trips between Beckley and Hinton. The commission said the service is no longer necessary for public convenience.
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Beckley Bus Firm
Charleston
W.va
Public Service Commission
Number Two Bus Lines, Inc
Beckley
Hinton
PSC
Nixon seeks summit path for a new world order
The text outlines a period of major diplomacy with the Soviet Union and allies. It mentions Nixon's Moscow visit, arms talks, Berlin agreement, East West meetings, and broader shifts as Britain joins Europe’s market and U S dealings with China evolve. It stresses avoiding collision as leaders reassess Asian and global strategy.
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Nixon
Moscow
Britain
Europe
U.S
Red China
Vietnam
America
Hanoi based broadcast to U S troops in South Vietnam
A Hanoi program targeting American soldiers in South Vietnam included the last nonpolitical broadcast from a U S prisoner heard on Feb 11. Marine lieutenant Paul Gordon Brown of Newton Massachusetts sent birthday greetings to Dorothy Roberts calling her my snowbound goddess. The address pointed to a West German elementary school serving U S Army dependents. Earlier, on Jan 30 Major Roger Ingvalson wished his wife Jackie of Sanford Maine a happy wedding anniversary.
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Paul Gordon Brown
Newton
Mass
Dorothy Roberts
West Germany
Maj
Roger Dean Ingvalson
Jackie
Sanford
Maine
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Oliver Roberts
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Pauline Elizabeth Cullop
Norman D. Cullop
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Ted Dungan
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Seven Mile Ford
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Broad Ford
Tommy Bunch
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Maybeury
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Bluewell
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Stella M
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Tom Brown
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
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Bob Spartz
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Charles Chandler
Ernest F. Belcher
John Richard D. Kenyon
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England
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First Church of Christ
Scientist Bluefield
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Lowman Piano CO
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