City eyes UMW HQ and street funds in Bluefield
Bluefield board backs renewed push for United Mine Workers to locate its national headquarters here. Allan Connolly says a UMW panel narrowed eligible cities to Bluefield Charleston and Clarksburg. A public hearing on Jan 8 will address street assessments for 1973 paving with 24 percent funded by revenue sharing. The board budgeted 343.37 for Hardy Street rec center refurbishing and approved several business licenses and building permits.
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Jim Terry
Bluefield Board of Directors
City Hall
United Mine Workers
Bluefield
Allan Connolly
UMW
Charleston
Clarksburg
Connolly
Jones Street
Powell
Woodrow Avenue
Mountain View Avenue
Bland
Lower Gilmer
Heatherwood
Spring Garden
Raleigh Street
Groveland Drive
Hardy Street
Fred Burton
John A
Juanita Rowland
Beltone Hearing Aid Service
Wythe Ave
Mary L. Williams
Williams Home Service & Repair
Rt. 5
David L. Sims & Sons
Norfolk St
Helen B. Scruggs
Beck's
North St
Four Winds Syndicate
Four Winds Syndicate Florists
Pen Mar Ave
West Virginian Hotel
Mary E. Bishop
1713 College Ave
Bluefield Gas Co
Juniper Street
Choir To Present Holiday Cantata At Melrose Church
Melrose Presbyterian Church Choir will present Love Transcending a Christmas cantata by John W. Peterson at 7 30 p m Sunday on the Princeton Athens Road church. Soloists Judith Bailey and Glen Belcher will perform with accompanist Mrs Paula Hawks and director Mrs Bonnie Honaker. Pastor Rev Paul Bohn invites the public to attend.
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John W. Peterson
Melrose Presbyterian Church
Princeton-Athens Road
Judith Bailey
Glen Belcher
Paula Hawks
Bonnie Honaker
Paul Bohn
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertisement Notice
Classified notice from Bluefield West Virginia newspaper listing subscription rates for mail and motor route, with pricing by zones and annual figures. Includes publisher address and Associated Press affiliation. No event or person named.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telograph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
Arec
West Virginia
Audio Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Shannon & Cullen
Deaths and Funerals Kennth Gilmore and Others
Kenneth Gilmore 51 of McComas dies after long illness in freckley hospital. WWII veteran and retired coal miner. Survived by eight sisters and two brothers. Funeral Thursday 1 p.m. at Cravens Shires Bluewell. burial Woodlawn Memorial Park. Pallbearers listed. George Weaver Shields 81 of Princeton dies after long illness. Retired Bluefield mail carrier. Survived by three sons and five daughters. Funeral Thursday 11 a.m. Burns Wornal Princeton. Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Leona M Compton 79 of Bluefield dies after long illness. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Rollie N Phillips 70 of Indian Valley Va. dies after apparent heart attack. Retired postmaster. Survived by widow and siblings. Services at Maybeury Funeral Home Floyd, Va. Gladys Little Gibson 62 of Bluefield area dies after long illness. Former Mercer County Board of Education supervisor. memorials at Cravens Shires Bluewell. Louis Stephen Lutian Jr 60 of Gary Dies. electrician with U.S. Steel. Funeral Friday Welch. Fannie Scott Bramwell dies in Bluefield hospital. Miles A Smith 67 Richlands Va. dies after long illness. services in Mullins Richlands and Rader Buchanan.
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Kenneth Gilmore
McComas
Freckley
Maggie Thompson Gilmore
Walter Gilmore
Bertha Jones
Mildred Inserra
Elmer Murphy
Beckley
Joe Harmer
Northfork
Gerald Poe
Bluefield
Jo Ann Everhart
Barbara Jean Griffith
Baltimore
Betty Walsh
Princeton
Randolph Gilmore
Rt. 3
Cravens-Shires Funeral Chapel
Bluewell
Art Shields
Buford Helman Dollar
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Joe Jones
Junior Bailey
James Bailey
Richard Harmer
Larry Gilmore
Michael Murphy
George Shields
George Weaver Shields
Ceres Hollow
McDowell County
Alexander M
Mary Smith Shields
Greenview
Arnold
Gladys) Croy
Brooksville
Fla
George
Velma) Jones
Bluff City
Tenny
Mia
Kenneth
Naomi) Hager
Kopperston
Stewart
Clara) Severt
Guy
Georgia) Harman
Mae
Bessie Shields
Burns Wornal Chapel of Memorial
Norville White
Howard Suttles
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
David Shields
A. M. Shields
Earnest Gross
Robert Smith
Glen Smith
Lawrence Smith
Kenneth Tanner
E. K. Lurber
Rollie N. Phillips
Indian Valley
Roanoke
Zula Phillips
Guy B. Phillips
Hazel Gardner
Mamie Sumpter
California
Maybeury
Floyd
Gladys L. Gibson
Gladys Little Gibson
Rt. 2
John R
Cora Tabor Little
Mercer County Board of Education
Bramwell High School
Concord College
West Virginia University
Bluewell United Methodist Church
Phi Kappa Theta Sorority
American Legion Auxiliary
Walter Peters Gibson
Harve P. Gibson
Lillian Davis
Springfield
Ill
Franklin
Anita) Bell
Frank
Martha) Davis
Walter Little
Sherman Little
Bob Little
John Little
Tazewell
James Little
Tampa
Charles Little
Charleston
R. L. O'Dell
Homer Stewart
Woodlawn Park
James Gibson
Randy Gibson
Barry Gibson
Frank Davis Jr
George Stevens
Jack Call
Miles A. Smith
Miles Arment Smith
Brown Street
Richlands
Wiley Jackson Construction Company
Elois Markham Smith
Loretta Eloise Mordan
Arcadia
James P. Smith
Charlottesville
Sharon Kay Byrd
Hazel Edwards
Pennsylvania
Clarence Smith
Buchanan
Tom Rickman
Avery Rickman
Mullins
Carl Robinson
Rader Funeral Home
Mullins Funeral Home
Lambert John Newton 69 funeral service today at Liberty Methodist Church
John Newton Lambert 69 of Rt. 1 Tazewell Virginia funeral service today at 2 pm at Liberty Methodist Church Liberty with Rev. Fred Wyatt officiating. Burial in Grandview Memorial Gardens Bluefield Road Tazewell. Pallbearers include Bobby Hagg Richard Thompson Eddie Sword Dean Skeens Henry Boardwine Jerry Hagg. Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home of Tazewell in charge of arrangements.
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Lambert
John Newton
Rt. 1
Tazewell
Liberty Methodist Church
Liberty
Fred Wyatt
Grandview Memor Gardens
Bluefield
Tazewell Road
Bobby Hagg
Richard Thompson
Eddie Sword
Dean Skeens
Henry Boardwine
Jerry Hagg
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Accident Near Radford Claims Woman
A 60 year old Radford Virginia woman Nina Underwood Hutton died on arrival at Radford hospital after a single vehicle crash on O S Route 11 seven tenths of a mile west of Radford in Montgomery County. The car ran into a ditch and then a snow bank. no other injuries were reported.
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Radford
Radford Hospital
Virginia
D. A. Altizer
Nina Underwood Hutton
0. S. Rt. 11
Montgomery County
Hutton
Hechler May Be Leaving Office
Washington AP December newsletter quotes Rep. Ken Hechler as discouraged about his political future and hints at leaving office. Hechler weighs teaching and writing over run for reelection in 1974 while criticizing attacks on the Week in Washington educational program and its sponsorship.
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Washington
Ken Hechler
Hechler
Capitol Hill News Service
Capitol Hill
Wealth in Scripture and the call to true stewardship
The Bible does not condemn wealth per se but warns that preoccupation with money can crowd out God and character. A rich man aided in Jesus' burial. Paul warns the love of money causes trouble. ministers urge success coupled with faithful stewardship and devotion to Christ.
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Christ
Paul
Conferees Grant Nixon Broad Latitude On Energy Shortage
Washington reports conferees crafting emergency energy legislation gave President Nixon broad authority to order immediate energy conservation steps including gasoline rationing. The measure blocks congressional veto of presidential orders but allows vetoes within 15 days after the year-end break for most actions.
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Washington
Senate House
Nixon
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
Congress
Jackson
House
White House
Courthouse Openings Cut By High Court Ruling
West Virginia Supreme Court voids 1971 law requiring six day courthouse openings except for Kanawha and Cabell counties The decision says the two county exception is arbitrary and violates the state constitution It also upholds delays in condemnation trials and a jury award for injuries in Wayne County.
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Charleston
W.va
Kanawha
Cabell
State Supreme Court
James M. Sprouse
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Nannie Kretzer
Wayne County
Logan County
Ivan Johnson
Department of Highways
Randolph County
Mercer County Courthouse Transfers and Marriages Tuesday
Mercer County Clerk records show three property transfers a certificate of incorporation and five marriage applications on Tuesday. Transfers include P H McClanahan to C R Taylor in Bluefield for 4200 dollars Burchell Maddy to L C Airey Jumping Branch District for 12000 dollars and R C Jones to C V Shepheard East River District for 22004 dollars. The certificate lists Lusk Disposal Service Inc. and multiple applicants from Bluefield Coalwood and other towns.
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Mercer County
C. V. Shepheard
East River District
Lusk Disposal Service, Inc
Bluefield
Stanley Y. Shinault
Linda Y. Simpkins
Walter J. Kearnes
Jane M. Kearnes
Lacy D. Bailey
Coalwood
Charlotte G. Hager
Kegley
William A. O'Brien
Industry Paid DeLury Sets Miner Benefits Start Date
DeLury states that from January 1 all eligible benefits must be paid by the coal mine operator deemed responsible for the miner's black lung. If no operator is determined, the labor department will cover the payments.
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DeLury
Labor Department
Virginia and West Virginia districts announce late or regular schedules
School officials in Tazewell Bland and Russell Counties Virginia said county schools would open today on a late schedule while Mercer and McDowell County schools in West Virginia would run on the regular schedule.
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Tazewell
Bland
Russell
Virginia
Mercer
McDowell County
West Virginia
Weese seeks voluntary manslaughter appeal in Benson death
An appeal by H L Bus Jarrell from a Kanawha County Circuit Court decision upholding his 1971 dismissal as assistant city collector in Charleston concerns the August 1972 death of 2 year old Johnna Benson and a manslaughter charge.
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Johnna Benson
H. L. “Bus” Jarrell
Kanawha County
Charleston
Spaceflight Soyuz 13 Launch Report From Baikonur
Spacecraft Soyuz 13 lifted off from the Baikonur space center on the Kazakhstan steppe at 2 55 p m and was functioning normally. Soviet TV aired images of commanders Maj Pyotr Klimuk and flight engineer Valentin Lebedev, both 31, less than two hours after launch. It marked the second manned Soviet flight in three months after a hiatus of over two years.
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Space Center
Baikonur
Kazakhstan Steppe
Air Force
Pyotr Klimuk
Valentin Lebedev
East Coast storm causes wide outages and cold hardship
The storm knocked down trees and power lines and froze transit switches. Connecticut faced the worst outages with over 50 National Guardsmen deployed to restore service and about 10,000 residents without telephone service. Gov Meskill planned an immediate wood inventory to aid homeowners. Other outages occurred in New York New Jersey Rhode Island Virginia and Massachusetts. The District of Columbia area saw 10.2 inches of snow the storm's worst since 1967. DC schools reopened while suburbs canceled classes and roads were impassable. Deaths from the storm totaled four in Connecticut five in New York Massachusetts four in New Hampshire one each in Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland and two on New England highways.
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Connecticut
National
Southern New England Telephone Co
New York
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Virginia
Massachusetts
Richmond
Washington, D.C
District of Columbia
New York State
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New England
Bake Sale for Reading Is Fundamental Today
A bake sale to benefit Mercer County Reading Is Fundamental starts at 1 a.m. in the Matz Hotel lobby Bluefield. Home baked cakes pies cookies and other treats will be sold with funds supporting local reading materials and program expenses. The event is sponsored by the Head Start Program and affiliated with the statewide RIF organization.
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Mercer County
Matz Hotel
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
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