New Progressive Bluefield Chamber Aims To Rebuild
Bluefield West Virginia and Bluefield Virginia join efforts to revitalize the chamber. Executives plan aggressive reorganization, new committees for legislation and transportation, and a high profile drive to boost membership. A potential Jan 3 pre legislative session may involve area officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Paxton
General Telephone Co
Chamber
Blalock
Bluefield
Kellenberger
W. Va
Logan Tate
Genc~’ Telephone Co
Mrs. Mary Yates Spangler Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Mary Yates Spangler, 72, of Abbs Valley Virginia, died Saturday in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. The body was at Rodriguez Pocahontas Union Funeral Home in Pocahontas Virginia awaiting services.
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Mary Yates Spangler
Abbs Valley
Bluefield
Rodriguez- Pocahontas Union’ Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established in 1899 is published every morning by the Daily Telegraph Printing Co at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia. It is a member of the Associated Press with local news and dispatches. Subscriptions by mail in first and stand zones in West Virginia are 37.20 per year. Motor Route rates 3.10 per calendar month. Advertising represented by Mathews Shatinan Cullen with telephone 327-617.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
Ali
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Shatinan
Death of Lee Farley in Welch hospital
Lee Farley aged 59 of O'Toole was pronounced dead on arrival at a Welch hospital Saturday. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Fanning Funeral Home in Welch.
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Lee Farley
O'Toole
Welch
Fanning Funeral Home
Funeral Notices for Wilson and RISER with Services
George Washington Wilson 86 of Airport Road to be buried at Roselawn Memorial Gardens after Monday 11 a.m. service at Cravens Shires Funeral Chapel Bluewell officiated by Rev. Compton and Rev. McCoy. Sadie RISER 80 of Thompson Valley dies with service today at 1 30 p.m. at home officiated by elder Raymond Smith and elder Lester Barker, burial at Pleasant Hill Cemetery Thompson Valley Va. Pallbearers named. honorary pallbearers listed. Greever Funeral Home of Tazewell handling arrangements.
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Lincoln Thurman McDonald
Ed W. McDonald
Ancorage
Alaska
Joseph L. McDonald
Tazewell
James H. McDonale
Cleveland
Ohio
Eunice Camp
Olive Malone
Mary Douglas
Los Angeles
Calif
James H. Holmes
Beckley
Little Zion Baptist Church
Bishop
Howard Dewes
Stewart Reynolds
Willie Hampton
North Tazewell
Nathaniel Abright
Jessie Harris
John Hawking
Herbert Lockett
Williard Haulsey
Jerry Smith
Lugo
Bluefield
Wilson
George Washington
Airport Road
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Clifford Compton
Roy McCoy
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
Riser
Sadie
Thompson Valley
Raymond Smith
Lester Barker
Pleasant Hill
Johnny Kiser
Steve Kiser
Elmer Kiser
Bennie Kiser
Garland Kiser
Titus Kiser
David Kiser
Jerry Buchanan
Larry Poskan
John Rasnick
Lacy Amburgey
Bob Scott
Ed Smith
Billy Brewster
Ernest Musick
Gillespie, James S. Sr. Dies at 70 After Heart Attack
James S. Gillespie Sr. 70 of Pounding Mill Va died at his home at 6 15 am Saturday from a massive heart attack He attended Virginia Military Institute and returned to Tazewell County to manage farming interests He chaired the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service state committee at death He was a longtime member and church leader at Pounding Mill Disciples of Christ and a Republican activist Survivors include his widow Elizabeth Z Gillespie a son James S Gillespie Jr a daughter Mrs Harold R Seale Jr two sisters and two brothers five grandchildren The funeral is incomplete at Greever Funeral Home in Tazewell Va
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Minnie Kitts
Minnie Belle Kitts
Marellen Ave
Bluefield
Burkes Garden
Alfred
Victoria Hagy Repass
Roland
Cumberland Heights
Har B. Kitts
Earl G. Kitts
Curtis Kitts
Katherine Andrews
Constance Bourne
George Repass
North Tazewell
Stella Lambert
Tazewell
Cumberland Heights Baptist Church
Alton W. Jesse
Gary Smith
Grandview Memory Gardens
Mercer Funeral Home
Bluefield Rescue Squad
Jim Sam) Gillespie, Sr
Pounding Mill
Pounding Mail
R. K. Catherine O'Keefe Gilleonte
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Tazewell County
Gillespie
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service Committee
Pounding Mill Disciples of Christ Church
Republican Party
Tevesa
Elizabeth Ziegler Gillespie
James S. Gillespie, Jr
Durham
N. C
Harold R. Seale, Jr
Cinnaminson
New Jersey
Harry W. Ward
Dayton
Ohio
J. Gillespie Merrin
New York City
J. G. Hunter
John W. Gillespie
Thomas D. Gillespie
Greever Funeral Home
Fire tragedy: girl and boy die in Keystone house blaze
Brother and sister extinguished flames to aid search as a girl’s body lay near the rear of a Keystone house and her mother and infant grandchild escaped by leaping from a second story window. Firemen, aided by Troopers Bailey and Neilson, found the boy later under debris as investigators consider overloaded Christmas lights the probable cause.
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Bonds
L. R. Bailey
8. A. Neilson
Sinkford- Richardson Funerst
Keystone
Nixon Signs and House Bill On Conservation Actions
The text notes differences between President Nixon signing actions and a House bill on conservation. The House bill would require congressional approval and include anti busing provisions plus restrictions on company profits. The president canceled a personal medical checkup to focus on the energy crisis.
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House
National Naval Medical
Fire destroys bishop home with no injuries reported
A Bishop West Virginia fire at 199 Community Street gutted the William Bennett family house. Fire Chief Robert Heldreth said an oil furnace repair preceded an explosion in a burner unit. Four sides were involved, damages exceed 18 000 for the structure and 10 000 to 12 000 for contents. Bennett evacuated relatives before the blaze, no one was hurt.
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Dee Wilson
Bishop
William Bennett
West Virginia
Jeffersonville
Robert Heldreth
Tazewell
Bennett
Pittsburgh
Ola Williams
Buster Stevens
Stevens
Heldreth
Rey Smith
Summit Delayed as Kissinger Talks With Syrian Head
Egypt said Saturday that the Mideast peace conference scheduled to begin Tuesday in Geneva has been delayed for reasons not yet clarified. The report notes Kissinger is negotiating with the Syrian head on regional issues, while the postponement affects regional diplomacy and expected discussions.
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Kissinger
Associated. Press
Egypt
Geneva
Cairo
Middle East
United States
Henry A. Kissinger
Damascus
Hafez Assad
Syria
Amman
Hussein
Jordan
Beyetian
Ismail Fahmy
Soviet Union
France
Lebanon
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Tel Aviv
Goldi
Meir
Israel
Road Crews Ready For Heavy Snow
West Virginia and Virginia road crews prepared Saturday night for up to four inches of snow. Mercer County foremen warned of slick spots on East River Mountain and Herndon Mountain with about eight salt trucks ready. Bluefield Police planned to spread 150 tons of salt on U S Route 460 and major roads. State police awaited worsening conditions as forecasts called for up to 12 inches in mountains. Stations in Tazewell and Wythe counties readied trucks as temperatures fell below 34 degrees. The weather service warned of heavy snow overnight followed by a cold front.
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Mercer County
Department of Highways
East River Mountain
Herndon Mountain
Bluefield
Jim Bailey
L. J. McCarty
State Police
Princeton
Virginia Department of Highways
Tazewell
Bland
Tazewell County
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Chamber of Commerce
Jim Terry
New
Piedmont Airlines
Norman (Buster) Cantrell
Norman Cecil (Buster) Cantrell
Whitewood
Richlands
Russell County
James
Fiora Cantrell Boyd
Buchanan County
Hobbs Brothers Coal Company
Dora Boyd Cantrell
Betty Lois Cantrell
Rhonda Elaine Cantrell
Norman Lester Cantrell
Farley Edward Cantrell
Larry Ray Cantrell
Allen Wayne Cantrell
Dorothy Armstrong
Lakewood
Walter S. Green
Rock Camp
McDowell County
Steve
Juliana Estep Green
Monroe County
Mary Carte Green
Eula Knight
Union
Virginia Knuckles
Gap Mills
Aubrey Green
Parkersburg
Enoch Green
Lookout
Hiram Green
Creamery
Arthur Green
English
Frank Brewster
Red Sulphur Springs
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Peterstown
Ralph Smithson
Orchard Cemetery
Geraldine Holmes McDonald
St. Clair
George W. and
Sarah Thompson Ho
Fayette County
Bishop, Va
Ira Jackson Holdren
Narrows
Pearisburg
Leota Shepherd Holdren
Clara Holdren
Modie
Charlie
Archie
Ricard Holdren
Elizabethton
Tenn
Bill Holdren
Kate Ketchem
Lilly Harris
Owenville
Birt Holdren
Oakvale
Riffe
Elgood
Roy
Hurst
Roy E. Hurst
Lash Meet
Lashmeet
Thomas Hurst
UMWA
Dott
Rich Creek ‘Primitive
Ralph Hurst
Ray Hurst
Chesapeake, Va
Bailey Chapel
Millard Crotty
Earl Lovell
George Blackwell
Willowbrook Road
Benjamin and
Amanda Puckett Blackwell
Etta Mae Blackwell
Garnett Blackwell
Berman Blackwell
Loyd Blackwell
Chapman, Kan
Pearl Baldwin
Jesse
Myrtie Cooper
Houston
Tex
Emmaline Cook
Kansas City
Fern Brim
Bailey Funeral Home
Mrs
Geraldine McDonales
Hickmans
East
Four Winds Syndicate Florists
W.va
Mercer St
S. Gillespie
Nixon
Hibo
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Alburque
Amarillo
Anchorage
Asneville
Atlanta
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
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Battala
Charleston
Cody Charlotte
Chicago
Cinsinnati
Denver
Cody Dotroiy
Cay
Fort Fairbanks Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Elend’applis
Oredy Ducks
Yitle
Edy Jungau
Pilburgh
Rapid City
The
Mickelbury
Bluefield Monument CO
Virginia
H. Cline Haller
Hawkins Funeral Home
John Blankenship
West Virginia-Virginia
America
West Cumberland
Bluefield, W
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Russell Stover Candies
Virginia Ave
Bivefiaid, Va
Jonaly
Meltone
Beltone
Bellone
Hearing Aid Service
North Street
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