Labor Officials Pleased With UMW Voter Turnouts
Labor leaders in southern West Virginia and parts of Virginia praised UMW elections turnout while U S Department of Labor officials lament light participation. District 28 showed around 50 percent voter turnout with Itmann local 9690 at 56 percent.
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Youth Hospitalized After Matoaka Shootings Leaves Police Investigating
Samuel Harold Rutledge lies in critical condition after a Friday shooting on Matoaka Main Street. Jim Boyd of Matoaka surrendered after the gunfire that killed 36year old James Esley Tankenship and wounded Rutledge. Troopers J L Fitzwater and E Thomas led the initial investigation as the county jail holds Boyd pending a preliminary hearing.
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Matoaka
Samuel Harold Rutledge
Jim Boyd
Mercer County Sheriffs’ Eee
Ruie
James Esley Tankenship
J. L. Fitzwater
F., E. Thomas
B. R. Chafin
Fitzwater
Boyd
Ru’e
Baldwin
Rutledge
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Local Notice Formatting Error
The fragment presents newspaper masthead details for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph including address Biasticia West Virginia, Associated Press affiliation and subscription rates notes. It lacks readable news content to summarize into a full item.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Deaths and Funerals in Swords Creek and Ohio
Marion Edward Miller 84 longtime Swords Creek resident died after a long illness in a Marion hospital. Survivors include wife Sue C. Miller and children Hobart T R and Edward Miller of Swords Creek, Harding Miller of Honaker, plus siblings and numerous grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 11 a.m. at Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Russell Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Wednesday. Also listed are Hattie Wingfield 79 of Canebrake and Harold Gammon 53 of Columbus Ohio with funeral arrangements pending.
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Archie L
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Methodist Church
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Edith Proffitt
Mansfield
Ohio
Trula Hubbard
Hobart Miller
T. R. Miller
Edward Miller
Harding Miller
Honaker
Effie Rawlings
Tennessee
Floyd Miller
Georgia Miller
South Carolina
Elbert Miller
Honaker Funeral Home
Truel Brown
Luther Hubbard
Allen Stevens
Russell Memorial
Lebanon
Gransons
Harold Gammon
Columbus
McComas
Mary Gammon
Sinkford and
Richardson
Hurley Man Buster Charles Dies After Short Illness
Burlin Charles 65 of Hurley Va died in a Grundy hospital Monday morning after a brief illness. He was the son of John Sherman and Sou Justice Charles and leaves three daughters Shelby Jean Nellene Delphia all Grundy a son Rocky of Grundy three sisters and two brothers. Services were held Thursday at 1 p.m. at his brother tie Charles home with two ministers officiating. burial followed in Races F Cemetery Hurley with Virginia Funeral Home Grundy in charge.
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Grundy
John Sherman
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Shelby Jean Charles
Nellene Charles
Delphia Charles
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Rocky Charles
Okie Church
Coy Sullivan
Abbie Riffe
Roy Charles
Stacy
Charlie Charles
Tie Charles
Hurbert Ratliff
Orville Packer
Virginia Funeral Home
Mrs Jennie Hunter Taylor 90 Pearisburg
Mrs Jennie Hunter Taylor 90 of Pearisburg Va died Sunday night at home husband J W Taylor Survivors include four daughters Mrs Macie Lester Mrs Venice Neice Mrs Loraine LaFon all of Pearisburg and Mrs Maggie Ernest of Richmond six sons Roscoe Edward Theodore W C Taylor Robert all of Pearisburg and S W Taylor of Bluefield two sisters Mrs Nona Evans and Mrs Madger Kirby and one brother L B Hunter Burial in Birchlawn Burial Park Pearisburg conducted Wednesday at 2 p m at Givens Funeral Home officiating calls after 1 p m today
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Jennie Hunter Taylor
Pearisburg
J. W. Taylor
Macie Lester
Venice Neice
Loraine LaFon
Maggie Ernest
Richmond
Roscoe Taylor
Edward Taylor
Theodore Taylor
W. C. Taylor
Robert Taylor
S. W. Taylor
Bluefield
Nona Evans
Madger Kirby
Baltimore
L. B. Hunter
Givens Funeral Home
Bert Holton
Birchlawn
Walter Basham Dies at 74 in Wilco After Heart Attack
Walter Basham 74 of Wilco died Monday at his home after an apparent heart attack. He was a former justice of the peace in Adkins District McDowell County and a retired railroad clerk. Arrangements were handled at Fanning Funeral Home Welch.
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Adkins
McDowell County
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Funerals for Maude Hurdle Modesant Hylton in Bluefield and Princeton
Services set for Maude Hurdle 82 of Youngstown formerly Bluefield at 11 a.m. Graham Funeral Home Bluefield with burial Hills Cemetery Pallbearers Bernie Woolwine Jim Higginbotham Jack Litz Jimmy Barnett Jim Pile Robert Elam. Modesant Crawford 80 of Blues Road to be held at 2 p.m. Graham Funeral Home Bluefield with burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Dorothy Marie Hylton 33 formerly Princeton New Jersey to be buried Roselawn Memorial Gardens with pallbearers Everett Waddell Paul Alfred Richard Parrish Akers John Thornton Walter Wade. Friends to bring flowers.
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Maude Hurdle
Youngstown
Ohio
Bluefield
Graham Funeral Home
James Hart
Hills Cemetery
Bernie Woolwine
Jim Higginbotham
Jack Litz
Jimmy Barnett
Jim Pile
Robert Elam
Hylton
Dorothy Marie
New Jersey
Princeton
Leonard Ropes
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Everett Waddell
Paul Alfred
Richard Parrish
Akers
John Thornton
Walter Wade
Clarence F Cyphers dies after long illness in Bluefield hospital
Clarence F Cyphers aged 65 of North Tazewell Virginia died Monday in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. Survived by two stepsons, two stepdaughters, three sisters, two brothers and 15 grandchildren. Funeral conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Greever Funeral Home Chapel Tazewell with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. Funeral home available after 5 p.m. today.
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Houston
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Garden City
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Madry Reynolds
Roanoke
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Florida
Verna Badger
Peach Bottom
R. J. Cyphers
Earl Cyphers
Norfolk
Greever Funeral Home Chapel
Tazewell
Maplewood Cemetery
Noted Wyoming Physician Dr Ernest Wilkinson Dies
Dr. Ernest Malcolm Wilkinson 73 of Pineville Wyoming County died Monday. He was father of W R Wilkinson of Bluefield and practiced in Bradshaw Welch Pineville serving at Pineville Maternity Hospital and on local boards. Survived by wife Addie May two sons and four grandsons. Funeral arrangements listed with Robertson Foglesong Pineville. burial at Woodlawn Bluewell.
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Fugitives to Provide Music for Princeton Youth Center Dance
The Fugitives will provide music for a Princeton Youth Center dance on Saturday at 8 p.m. through 11 30 p.m. Youth Center Director states admission is 1 25 per person and membership cards will not be required.
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Girls Struck by Tanker Truck in North Tazewell
Two girls ages 9 and 10 were hit by a gasoline tanker at the A Mart corner on Rt. 16 in North Tazewell Va. Denetta Booth suffered a fractured leg and was moved to Princeton Community Hospital after treatment in Bluefield. Vicki Sparks had head lacerations and a minor Bluefield surgery. No charges were filed.
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Vicki Sparks
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Carl Horton
Rt. 16
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Earsell Johnson
Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield
Deenetta Booth
Princeton Community Hospital
Sparks
Mercer County Courthouse Transfers and Marriage Application
Two property transfers and a marriage application were recorded in Mercer County on Monday. Supreme Builders Inc transferred Princeton property to Mr and Mrs Clark Christie for 500 dollars. Eugene Dudley and Samuel Perdue transferred Bluefield property to Walter Perdue for 300 dollars. Clifton Owens and Brenda Gravely filed a marriage application.
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Clark Christie
Princeton
Eugene E. Dudley
Samuel R. Perdue
Walter J. Perdue
Bluefield
Clifton A. Owens
Squire
Brenda G. Gravely
Freeman
Forest Festival Director Named Elk River Native Named
Ronald E. Thomason, 31, of Elkins, appointed director general of the 37th annual State Forest Festival. Thomason, a plant manager at Coastal Lumber Corp. since 1967, succeeds John D. Shields and will oversee planning for next fall's festival.
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John D.shields
Regents Outline Plan for West Virginia Higher Education Merger
The West Virginia Board of Regents pushes for a complete merger of Bluefield State College and Concord College with a master eight year plan. It envisions campus consolidations five new community colleges, reduced teacher training, more career technical programs, and cost containment while projecting a 31 percent enrollment rise.
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Scientists Probe 2 Million Year Old Findings at Sterkfontein Caves
Researchers investigate artifacts and deposits in Sterkfontein Caves near Johannesburg as part of an ongoing study of early human evolution and stone tool production. The work aims to clarify site context and dating.
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Sterkfontein
Clues Develop In Guard's Murder Case
State Police in Welch say clues are falling into place in the murder of Job night watchman Ralph Burge 56 at Safeway Market in McDowell County Burge was found with a head wound during a burglary of about 27 guns Police name Roby Pope R D Rose and McDowell authorities as leads with possible links to a Cedar Bluff Virginia burglary of 13 guns Funeral services set for Wednesday at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Saeger.
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Carl Kelly
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Freemont
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Jaeger
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Fremont
Virgil Chandler
Kenneth Blankenship
Roy Blankenship
Wallace Blankenship
Bear
Payne
Sonia Coleman
A. M. “‘Snooks
Gregory Jr
Distributing Firm Plans New Tidewater Office
R. R. McLay president of Bluefield Foravabe Company announced on Monday the formation of a new division and the opening of an office and warehouse in Virginia Beach Virginia near the Newtown Road Exit of the Norfolk Virginia Beach Toll Road. The facility will supply fast distribution of air conditioning and heating equipment to the Tidewater market.
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Bluefield Foravabe Company
Emawage
Bee Bee
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Tidewater
Boissevain Man Shot Twice In Abbs Valley Market
Roby Phipps of Boissevain was shot twice at the Abbs Valley Market in Abbs Valley Virginia by Bill Howard of Mud Fork Tazewell County. Howard fired three shots after entering the store and fled then turned himself in to Pocahontas police. The weapon was a .25 caliber automatic pistol with five rounds. Phipps was treated and reported in good condition.
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Roby Phipps
Norman Keener
Abbs Valley Market
Phipps
Bill Howard
Mud Fork
Tazewell County
Keener
Howard
Pocahontas
William D. Milliner
Milliner
Paul Bailey
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Bluefield
Princeton Refuses Health Contract Over Fairness in Assessment
The Princeton City Council voted to send a letter to the Mercer County Health Department stating the city will not sign the current contract for this year's financing share until a new assessment formula is discussed. The council action followed a November 29 meeting where officials said the department would not revisit the formula. The resolution also endorsed establishing the Comprehensive Health Care Corporation as the regional planning body for six counties and approved dedicating 2.66 acres of city property for hospital parking.
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Mercer County Health Department
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Summers
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Wyoming
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Katz named to Circuit judge post with long criminal law background
Katz, longtime Bluefield lawyer with over 40 years in trial work, becomes judge on the Intermediate Court. A former city attorney for Bluefield and WVU graduate, he brings experience in criminal law as the court handles criminal and juvenile matters while the Circuit Court reviews civil and domestic cases.
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Bluefield
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West Virginia University
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Katz
Elwin Aliff
Southern West Virginia Health Council
Three Hurt In Crash On U S 52 At Brush Ford
Three people injured in a two car collision on U S 52 near Brush Ford. Victims include 7 year old Sandra Denise Patton and her 5 year old sister Melissa Diane Patton along with their mother Sandra Jean Patton 29 all of Bluefield Virginia. Police say the Patton car left toward a pole after collision with Martha W Birke’s vehicle.
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