Dejected Pakistanis march to surrender in Dacca
AP reports Pakistani major and troops, dejected after surrender orders, march in columns through Dacca to assembly areas. Bengalis taunt them as Mukti Bahini and Razakars clashes are noted nearby. Indian Lt. Gen. Sagat Singh oversees disarmament as a curfew holds city quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dacca
India
Bangla Desh
Mukti Bahini
Chandpur
Pakistan
Sagat Singh
4Th Corp
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and area
Obituaries note the deaths of Harry Chaffins 83 of Bluefield Va long time Welch police chief and McDowell deputy, Fredrick E Eadie 94 veteran merchant mariner, Mrs Nannie Crawley Bluefield long illness, Thomas Garnett Hubbard 77 Cedar Bluff Va WWI veteran and church deacon. Services set across Dudley Memorial Chapel Lugo's Funeral Chapel Mullins Funeral Home with burial at Buskirk Oak Grove Roselawn and Clinch Valley Memorial Cemeteries.
Pakistan crisis deepens as Bhutto urged return home
In the wake of East Pakistan loss and Yahya Khan’s constitutional move, Bhutto contacts speakers in New York and Rawalpindi urging return. Protests surge in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Lahore with black flags and calls for Yahya’s resignation. Karachi rally planned by the Peoples party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yahya
Bhutto
Washington
Nixon
United States
Mustapha Khar
Peoples Party
Punjab
Khar
Rawalpindi
New York
India
Pakistan
East Pakistan
National Assembly
West Pakistan
Awami League
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Sheik
Islamabad
Karachi
Lahore
Bar Association
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
Publication data for Bluefield Daily Telegraph includes establishment year 1893, address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia, AP member, subscription rates 37.20 yearly by carrier or mail, motor route 3.10 monthly, and advertising contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Swanron & Cullen Telephone
Mrs Katie Stiltner Potter of Grundy Passes After Illness
Mrs. Katie Stiltner Potter, 72, of Grundy Virginia died Saturday after a long illness. She was the daughter of the late Abraham and Pride Stiltner and widow of Alex Potter. Seven daughters and two sons survive along with four brothers and two sisters, 28 grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Funeral conducted Monday at 11 a.m. at Primitive Baptist Church near Stiltner Creek with Rev. Whetsel Owens and Rev. Clyde Deel presiding. Burial in Stiltner Cemetery on Stiltner Creek. Body removed from Grundy Funeral Home to residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Stiltner Potter
Grundy
Abraham and
Pride Childress Stiltner
Alex Potter
Dennis Compton
Virginia Dales
Marie Bentley
Dorothy McAllisten
Oakwood
Ruby Salyers
Wise, Va
Lena Dixon
Miami
Primitive Baptist Church
Stiltner Creek
Whetsel Owens
Clyde Deel
Stiltner Cemetery
Grundy Funeral Home
Mrs Rose Summers Foote dies in Italy at 78
Mrs Rose Summers Foote 78 of Bluefield Virginia died Tuesday in the U S Naval Hospital Naples Italy after a short illness. She was widow of Rev Phillip C Foote and survived by three daughters, one son, two sisters, one brother and ten grandchildren. Services 2 pm Monday at Ebenezer Methodist Church with burial in Summers family cemetery. Pallbearers named. Friends may call at Dudley Memorial Mortuary after 6 pm today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose S. Foote
Rose Summers Foote
Bluefield
U. S. Naval Hospital
Naples
Italy
Tazewell County
James H. Summers
Mattie Leffel Summers
Phillip C. Foote
William J. McElhinney
A. C. Teague Jr
Lafollette
Tenn
Dallas S. Monk
Tazewell
Phillips K. Foote
U. S. Air Force
Toyo
Wade H. Lambe
Charlotte
N. C
Sherry S. Leffler
John A. Summers
Ebenezer Methodist Church
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
William S. Slagle
Harold M. Russell
Summers Family
Kenneth Summers
Ronald Summers
Tommy Summers
Jack Parris
Cliff Johnson
Felix Smith
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Eaton, Preston S. 68, Dies in Pearisburg
Preston S. Eaton, 68, of Pearisburg Virginia died Saturday in a Pearisburg hospital. He is survived by wife Phaige W. Eaton, five daughters, three sons, and three sisters. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Givens Funeral Chapel with Rev. Dennis Beck officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston S. Eaton
Pearisburg
Phaige W. Eaton
Virgil Bailey
Roanoke
Dennis Strole
Alexandria
Robert Cass
Escanban
Mich
William E. Martin
Vernon E. Body
Silver Spring
Donald S. Eaton
Winchester
William E. Eaton
Blacksburg
Gerald L. Eaton
Pembroke
Annie E. Munsey
Irene Eaton
Emily Eaton
Givens
Dennis Beck
Birchlawn
Arlington man George Hopkins dies. arrangements incomplete
George Hopkins of Arlington in McDowell County died Saturday at his home. His body has been removed to Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home in Keystone where arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hopkins
Arlington
McDowell County
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Death of Harvey C. Parnell at 70 in Pocahontas Va
Harvey C. Parnell, 70, of Lackie, died Saturday night in a Welch hospital after a long illness. His body is at Rodriguez Pocahontas Union Funeral Home in Pocahontas awaiting arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey C. Parnell
Lackie
Welch
Rodriguez- Pocahontas Union
Pocahontas
Lee Culbertson Dies in Norton After Brief Illness
Lee Edwin Culbertson 46 of Coeburn Virginia died Friday in a Norton hospital after a brief illness. He worked for Kilgore Grocery Co. and was a World War II veteran. Survivors include his widow Imogene Powers Culbertson a daughter Tammy of Coeburn a son Robert E. Culbertson of Germany his mother Mrs. W. M. Culbertson two sisters Mrs. Garland Holbrook and Mrs. Clell Metcalf and two brothers Kermit Culbertson and William Culbertson Jr. The funeral was conducted Monday at Estes Funeral Home Coeburn with two ministers officiating and burial in Laurel Grove Cemetery Norton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Edwin Culbertson
Coeburn
Norton
Kilgore Grocery Co
Imogene Powers Culbertson
Tammy Culbertson
Robert E. Culbertson
Germany
W. M. Culbertson
Garland Holbrook
Clell Metcalf
Loyall, Ky
Kermit Culbertson
William Culbertson Jr
Raven, Va
Estes Funeral Home
C. L. Kilgore
Ben Powers
Laurel Grove Cemetery
Mrs. Maggie Hubbard obituary from Richlands Va
Mrs. Maggie Nora McKinney Hubbard 89 of Richlands Va died Saturday morning in a Richlands hospital following a long residence in the Richlands Cedar Bluff area. She was born in Finney Va to John and Carolyne McKinney and belonged to the First United Methodist Church. Survived by two sons Earl and Herman Hubbard both of Cedar Bluff. two daughters Ethel Bumgarner of Richlands and Marie Broughton of Cedar Bluff. 11 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Hurst Scott
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Hubbard
Maggie Nora McKinney Hubbard
Richlands
Finney
John and
Carolyne Mutter McKinney
Cedar Bluff
First United Methodist Church
Elbert P. Hubbard
Earl W. Hubbard
Herman E. Hubbard
Ethel Bumgarner
Marie Broughton
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Williamsons Mourn Fred Williamson of North Tazewell
Fred Williamson 75 of Rt. 1 North Tazewell Va died at home after a long illness. A retired businessman and VFW Post 7136 member he is survived by Annie Deskins Williamson two sons Fred Williamson Jr Warner Williamson two daughters Helen Patterson Shirley Watson a brother Tom Williamson and two grandchildren. Funeral services Monday 2 p.m. at the Church of Christ Atwell with Rev Jim Short and Rev Roy Pruett, burial in church cemetery. Friends may call Greever Funeral Home Tazewell today 3 to 7 p.m. The body will be moved to Mt Carmel Church of Christ Atwell Hollow near Bradshaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredrick E. Eadie
Princeton
England
U. S
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Vfw
Nannie E. Crawley
Reese Street
Bluefield
Lugo
J. E. Gibson
Clarence Johnson
Oak Grove
Bluewell
Blackstone
Thomas and
Lucy Edwards Edmonds
Church of God In Christ
James Crawley
North Tazewell
Sam Crawley
Anna Mae Hardin
Alex Dabney
Mason Mitchell
Clarence Dillard
Julius Ward
Robert Anderson
Rufus Cook
Fred Williamson
Rt. 1
VFW Post
Tazewell
Annie Deskins Williamson
Fred Williamson Jr
Warner Williamson
Baltimore
Helen Patterson
Shirley Watson
Daytona Beach
Fla
Tom Williamson
Adria
Ike P. Carter Dies at 54 in Springville Virginia
Ike P. Carter, 54, of Springville, Virginia, died Saturday morning at his home after an unspecified illness. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by Dudley Memorial Mortuary in Bluefield, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike P. Carter
Springville
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Bluefield
Wallace L. McCoy dies at 82 in Virginia
Wallace Lee McCoy 82 of Rt. 1 Bandy Virginia died Friday night in a Richlands hospital. He was born in McDowell County son of Charles Franklin and Mary Jane Barnette McCoy. A retired miner and farmer he once worked for Pocahontas Fuel Company at Bishop Virginia retiring in 1961. He belonged to UMWA Local 6025 and the Presbyterian Church. Survived by wife Mary Christian McCoy at home, daughter Eunice Beavers of Baltimore Maryland, sons Denny A. McCoy Sr. of Baltimore and Joseph T. McCoy of Los Angeles California, sister Mollie Hartman of St. Petersburg Florida, and 16 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace L. McCoy
Wallace Lee McCoy
Rt. 1
Bandy
Richlands
McDowell County
Charles Franklin
Mary Jane Barnette McCoy
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Bishop, Va
UMWA
Presbyterian Church
Mary Christian McCoy
Eunice Beavers
Baltimore
Denny A. McCoy Sr
Joseph T. McCoy
Los Angeles
Calif
Mollie Hartman
St. Petersburg
Fla
Hurst - Scott Funeral Home
Obituary of Homer Trent Former Crawford Paint employee
Homer Trent 63 of Greensboro N C and former McDowell County resident died Friday in Greensboro He was a World War II veteran and retired Crawford Paint Company employee Survived by four sisters Mrs I L Owenbey Greenboro Mrs A T Cowan Martinsville Va and Mrs T H Dunavant Martinsville Va and Mrs B B Johnson Danville Va and one brother Stafford Trent Bluefield Funeral 2 p m today Hanes Lineberry Chapel Greensboro Dr A L Parker officiating Burial Oakwood Cemetery Martinsville Va
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Trent
Greensboro
N.C
McDowell County
William Henry
Emma Stanley Trent
Crawford Paint Company
I. L. Owenbey
A. T. Cowan
T. H. Dunavant
Martinsville, Va
Danville
Stafford Trent
Bluefield
Hanes- Lineberry Funeral Chapel
A. L. Parker
Oakwood Cemetery
Martinsville
South Vietnamese Shift Tactics In Cambodian Cross-Border Drive
South Vietnamese forces pull back from Cambodian sanctuaries in a mobile third phase of a cross-border offense. A 6,000-man task force abandoned Chup and Luong as supply lines shortened, with commanders calling it a consolidation for mobile strikes while critics cite retreat indicators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tay Ninh
Vietnam
Cambodia
Chup
Luong
Nguyen van Minh
Seoul
South Vietnam
Saigon
Mekong River
Congress agree on broad election reform and education aid
The 92nd Congress conferees backed a broad election reform bill to limit campaign spending in presidential and congressional races. The Senate approved the compromise, while the House postponed final action until January. Both chambers sent sizable bills boosting federal aid for higher education, targeting low income students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Funerals for Barnett Starling and Etta Rice
Funeral services are set for Barnett Starling 71 of Doran Virginia today at 2 p.m. at Mullins Funeral Chapel Richlands with two ministers officiating and burial at Greenhill Memory Gardens Claypool Hill. Etta Rice 64 of Pocahontas Virginia also funeral at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church Pocahontas with Rev J C Stith officiating. Pallbearers named. choir will serve as flowerbearers. The body will be moved from Rodriguez Pocahontas Funeral Home to the church at 1 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice
Etta
Pocahontas
First Baptist Church
J. C. Stith
Clarence Atkins
Eugene Saunders
James McClanahan
Pierce Crockett
John Jackson
Mose Amos
Rodriguez- Pocahontas
Government sets wage rules and price controls tightening
The Price Commission caps doctor fees at 2.5 percent and hospital increases at 6 percent with justification needed. The Pay Board approves raises above 5.5 percent only in rare cases not to exceed 7 percent. Small firms may raise prices to maintain a 3 percent profit margin. Industrial output up 0.8 percent and banks cut prime rate to 5.0 percent while the Dow gains 17 points. The president is expected to sign the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Price Commission
Commerce Department
New York Stock Exchange
Nixon Announces Major Monetary Agreement At Conference
Ten nations react to fluctuating exchange rates with a new range of 2.25 per cent and a current 1 per cent fluctuation cap. About two hours before the communique release, President Nixon arrived at the scene to brief newsmen on what he called the most significant monetary agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Porcupines Mark Native Forest Dwellers
The article notes that porcupines are native to forested areas, emphasizing their natural habitat and distribution within wooded ecosystems. It highlights their adaptation to forest life and role in regional wildlife.
Ten Hi Mom Winners Named by CWA Local 2276
Communications Workers of America Local 2276 announced ten winners in the Hi Mom contest. Each winner will receive one free collect telephone call from area families to a service member overseas. Winners include Ann Randolph Bramwell and several Bluefield Princeton and surrounding area residents. Local 2276 President B R Farmer urged winners to notify relatives. the service will be paid by the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communications Workers of America Local 2276
Ann Randolph
Bramwell
Clarence Trump
Bluefield
Stanley Gillispie
Matoaka
Dorthy Surface
Weldon Wright
Northfork
Howard M. Jarrett
Brenda Shatley
Gary
Virginia Puckett
Cedar Bluff
Geneva Kessinger
Princeton
Louis Hicks
Local 2276
B. R. Farmer
CWA
Nixon aides detail U.S. role in East Pakistan crisis
Officials recount efforts to avert war after the March start of East Pakistan rebellion. They cite 34 high level contacts with India, Pakistan and the Soviet Union, Nixon letters, and rapid diplomacy after December 3. Indians deny aiming for Kashmir or seizing territory as cease fire followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Nixon
India
East Pakistan
Kashmir
Washington
Moscow
Henry A. Kissinger
Joseph J. Sisco
Pakistan
Soviet Union
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Harry Chaffins
Tazewell Ave
Mingo County
Thomas Chaffins
Sarah Chambers Chaffins
McDowell County Sheriff's Department
McDowell Masonic Lodge
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Jack Musick
Buskirk
Matewan
Thomas G. Hubbard
Thomas Garnett Hubbard
Honaker
James B
Mary Miller Hubbard
Masonic Lodge
Cedar Bluff Presbyterian Church
Swords Creek Mining Corporation
Swords Creek
Garnetta Marie Hubbard
Lena Cruey Hubbard
Margaret Gray Setliff
Danville, Va
Anice Compton
Rosa H. Tilley
Radford
Myrtle Hubbard
Dallas M. Hubbard
Taze
R. L. Williams
Quincy Wimmer
J. Barnes Saunders
Mullins Funeral
White House
Spiro Agnew
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Mrs
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Lee E. Culbertson
Hanoi
Krek
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Highway 7
National Weather Service
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