Infant Chandra Rayette Peery Graveside Rites Set
Graveside rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. today for Chandra Rayette Peery infant daughter of Billy Ray and Maxine Hale Peery of Grundy Virginia who died at birth. Services at Green Hill Memory Gardens Claypool Hill officiated by Rev Murphy Miller. Survivors include maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Willie Hale of Oakwood Grundy Funeral Home in Grundy in charge.
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Chandra Rayette Peery
Billy Ray
Maxine Hale Peery
Grundy
Green Hill Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Murphy Miller
Willie Hale
Oakwood
Grundy Funeral Home
Funeral notices for SOWERS ADDIE BELL and others in Princeton area
Obituaries list Addie Bell Sowers 82 of Princeton with 2 pm service at Key Street United Methodist Church officiated by Rev Bill Deel. burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Also Bruce Howington 54 of North Tazewell and Lena Aldish notices with services in Tazewell and Bluewell. James Edward Odum 72 of Big Four. Rev A J Joe Young 73 of Bluefield with services at New Hope United Methodist, Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton heading arrangements.
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Davy
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Martinsburg
Floyd County
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Mary Martin Johnson
Odd Fellows Lodge No. 158
McDowell County
Union
UMWA
Davy United Methodist Church
Camma Clonies Johnson
United Methodist Church
Harry Atzenhofer
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield-Princeton
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Sowers
Addie Bell
Princeton
Key Street United Methodist Church
Bill Deel
Bluefield
Aldish
Lena
Bandy
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Chapel
Tazewell
Fred Wyatt
Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery
Bluewell
Don Wilcox
Don Neal
Bob Dye
Kyser Christian
Thurell Wilcox
James McCoy
Odum
James Edward
Big Four
Feaning
Caspr
Earl Curry
Princeton Road
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 published daily by Daily Telegraph Printing Co. at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia. Associated Press member with news dispatches and local news. Subscriptions in West Virginia zones cost 37.20 yearly with motor route 4.10 per month. Advertising rep Mathews Shannon Cullen. Telephone 327-6175.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Shannon & Cullen
Autopsy Awaited in Tazewell County Death Case
Police and investigators in Tazewell County awaited the Virginia Medical Examiner’s autopsy results for 54 year old Conner Bruce Howington of North Tazewell. Howington was found Thursday on his Dry Fork area home grounds with signs suggesting he may have fallen after exposure. Officials note his WWII injuries and medication as possible factors while detailing the internal doors appeared locked from inside. Investigator Roy Brewster and Deputy Caudill lead the sheriff’s probe.
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Tazewell County
Virginia Side
Conner Bruce Howington
Rt. 1
North Tazewell
Howington
Dry Fork
Roy Brewster
H. 8, Caudill
Extendicare Seeks Name Change to Humana Inc
Extendicare Inc, owner of St. Luke's Hospital in Bluefield, asks stockholders to rename the company Humana Inc. The move reflects a shift from nursing homes to hospital operations. Stockholders vote January 17 in Louisville. Extendicare runs 49 hospitals with 4,857 beds across 12 states. nursing centers were sold over a year ago.
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Extendicare, Inc
Humana Inc
St. Luke's Hospital
Bluefield
Extendicare
David A. Jones
Jones
Louisville
Postal fuel shortage threatens Christmas mail delivery
Postal official warns crisis could worsen if mail must shift from air to ground and airlines cut flights 10 percent. The service seeks 15 million gallons of diesel and other fuels but has 13.3 million allocated, plus 30 million gallons of gasoline up 3 million from last year. Saturday delivery cancellation is considered but not yet implemented due to business impact concerns.
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Postal Service
Klassen
Rhodes elected minority leader opposes Nixon resignation
Rep. John J. Rhodes of Arizona was elected by acclamation as House minority leader and said he would not join any push for Nixon to resign. He urged both parties to act as congressional forces and supported impe achment inquiry to resolve Watergate quickly, hoping committee action by March. Rhodes, 57, has chaired the Republican Policy Committee and was first elected in 1952.
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John J. Rhodes
Arizona
House
Congress
Nixon
Rhodes
Democratic Party
Gerald R. Ford
Judiciary Committee
Republican Policy Committee
Expanded Rail Travel By Nixon Under Study
Washington sources say Nixon could switch from air travel to rail to conserve fuel and flee Washington, with Amtrak Blue Ridge service along the way to Camp David in Maryland. A White House spokesman denied a plan, but other sources confirm serious consideration of expanded presidential rail travel as a conservation example.
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Washington
Nixon
Amtrak
Blue Ridge
Camp David
Maryland
Catoctin Mountains
White House
Mercer NAACP Meeting Speaker Rev J Matthew Coleman
Rev J Matthew Coleman pastor of Scott Street Baptist Church will speak at the Mercer County NAACP monthly meeting at 3 30 p m Sunday Mount Calvary Baptist Church Princeton highlighting local civil rights efforts and community concerns.
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J. Matthew Coleman
Scott Street Baptist Church
Mercer County National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Mount Calvary Baptist Church
Princeton
From Tazewell At ASCS Meeting in Roanoke Virginia
A Virginia ASCS state conference for county committeemen and county executive directors is held in Roanoke this week per C. G. Jones Jr. Attendees include J. B. Bailey Jr. and George R. Hudson from Tazewell County. Speakers include S. Mason Carbaugh Glen A. Weir and Edward D. Hews.
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ASC
Roanoke
Virginia
C. G. Jones, Jr
Tazewell
Tazewell County
Jones
J. B. Bailey
George R. Hudson
Bill would loosen clean air limits on fuels and power plants
Sweeping from page one reports the proposed bill would let power plants violate clear air standards by burning high sulfur oil and coal if cleaner fuels are unavailable. The House committee, after seven days and 55 amendments, approved a rapid set of actions including a rider to shield aviation and recreation vehicles from fuel shortage cuts and adopted a ban on sector discrimination in the economy.
Heldreth speaks to Lions Club on mercy county fellowship home
H M Heldreth a Mercer County Fellowship Home board member spoke at the Bluefield Lions Club noon meeting at the West Virginian tel stressing need for an interim sober living facility in Mercer County. He described residents living under professional guidance and self supporting after detox and reacclimation to family life. Lions Club president Caldwell urged strong support while Shelia Volk urged backing for the Bloodmobile program. Guests Tom Farnkoff anderry Stewartson attended.
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H. M. Heldreth
Mercer County Fellowship Home, Inc
Bluefield Lions
Heldreth
Mercer County
West Virginia
Lions Club
L. C
Corky
Caldwell
Shelia Volk
Tom Farnkoff
Erry Stewartson
Load Factor Cited In Loss Of Flight
Piedmont Airlines will drop two Mercer County to Charleston flights and two Mercer to Washington DC via Roanoke from Jan 15, add a Charleston DC flight, and reroute others through Parkersburg and Huntington. The change aims to save fuel amid shortages and will reduce overall service by about 10 percent. some flight staff may be furloughed, but Mercer staff remain.
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Jim Calfee
Piedmont Airlines
Mercer County
Charleston
Mercer
Washington, D. C
Roanoke
D. C
Ted Farrington
Farrington
Piedmont
Washington
W. Va
Parkersburg
Huntington
Winston- Salem
N. C
Mercer Area
S. C
Greensboro
Charlotte
Columbia
8. C
T. H. Davis
Iis
Daily Telegraph
Beckley
Firemen Quell Gasoline Truck Blaze in Tazewell Area
Fire departments from Town of Tazewell and Jeffersonville Unit contained a gasoline tank truck blaze on Virginia Secondary Rt. 632 in Pisgah near Tazewell. The 1 600 gallon truck owned by Tazewell Oil Company halted after smoke appeared. no injuries. Fire officials blamed wiring for the discharge hose reel. Damage to the vehicle approached two thousand dollars and road surface was scorched.
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Tazewell
Jeffersonville
Tazewell County
Pisgah
SH. 8
Caudill
Eddie Barrett
Tazewell Oil Company
Fairgounds
Barrett
Dialing changes roll out in Bluefield area Sunday
General Telephone Co officials urge Bluefield Bluewell Bramwell and Maybeury residents to start dialing 1 for long distance calls this Sunday replacing 112. Directory assistance will use 411, repair service 414 in Bluefield Bluewell Maybeury, and 61 in Bramwell. Party line changes vary by town with 49 for Bluefield Bluewell and Bramwell dialing the number, while Maybeury remains unchanged.
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General Telephone Co
Bluefield
Bluewell
Bramwell
Maybeury
West Virginia
Blue
Unity Talk Bridges Labor Gaps At Convention
United Steelworkers President J W Abel addressed 1500 delegates Friday urging cooperation with UMW in next year bargaining and current membership drive. He called for joint action to coordinate activities in the best interests of both unions and noted a new cooperative spirit after years of distance.
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United Steelworkers
J. W. Abel
UMW
Abel
Church Plans Program at Northside United Holy Church
A special program will be conducted at Northside United Holy Church Sunday at 3 p.m. Sponsored by the Community Prayer Band and the Infirmity Prayer Band. Music by the Mount Olive Choir. The Rev. Omega Dowell will be the guest speaker. Bishop J. H. Easley serves as pastor.
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Northsie
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