Betty Hughes 60 dies after long illness in Keystone
Betty Hughes of Burke Mountain Keystone died Wednesday after a long illness in a Bluefield hospital. Born January 3, 1923 in Keystone she was a lifelong resident. Survived by husband Ora Hughes son Larry Hughes eight sisters and a granddaughter Reba Ann Hughes. Funeral Saturday 11 p.m. at Bethel Assembly of God Vivian. Burial Belcher Cemetery. Friends may call Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home Northfork 6 to 9 p.m. today.
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Betty Hughes
Betty ‘‘Petie'’ Hughes
Burke Mountain
Keystone
Bluefield
Assembly of God
Vivian
Ora Hughes
Larry Hughes
Bluewell
Harold
Mickey) Hughes
Serena
Ninks) Perez
Princeton
Kenneth
Louis) Cyphers
Jacksonville
Fla
Garnet
Sissy) Flippen
Lynchburg
Wallace
Josie) Rebuck
Roanoke
Oscar Myrtle) Ferguson
Bassett
Grover
Edna) Osborne
Delaware
Homer
Beatrice) West
Illinois
Ray
Brad*' Bolt
Baltimore
Reba Ann Hughes
Bethel Assembly of God Church
Ralph Hager
Belcher Cemetery
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Mitchell Vaughn
Mitchell Jackson Vaughn
Rt. 1
Narrows
Pulaski
Giles County
Solomon Vaughn
Riffe
Fairview
Funerals for Walls and Roosevelt Peery Scheduled
Mrs. Roxie Virginia Walls 87 of Welch will be laid to rest today at 11 in the Douglas Mortuary Chapel Welch with Rev. Jack Barber officiating. Burial follows at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Roosevelt Peery 67 of Tazewell Va. will be mourned at 11 at Peery and St Clair Funeral Home Tazewell with Rev. Larry Rye and Rev. Ivan Smith officiating at Memory Gardens.
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Walls
Frank
Roxie Virginia
Welch
Douglas Mortuary Chapel
Jack Barber
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
PEERY
Roosevelt
Tazewell
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Larry Rye
Ivan Smith
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Man Apparent Death by Own Action Victim in Mendota
Washington County authorities identified the apparent death by self infliction victim as Howard Daniel Meadows 36 formerly of Buchanan County Virginia He died at his Mendota home from a gunshot wound Meadows a Buchanan County native Vietnam veteran and Island Creek Coal Co employee leaves a wife two daughters six brothers and four sisters Survivors include Mrs Joyce Ragan Meadows and the two daughters Funeral arrangements were set at Tazewell County Funeral Home Chapel Cedar Bluff with burial at Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery Richlands U S Representative Rahall says troops should be withdrawn from Lebanon and that the U S cannot install a government in Beirut indicating a shift in his stance Faithful to the source summary tone and entities
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Kenneth Kitts
Kenneth A. Kitts
Colonial Beach
Bluefield
Fredericksburg
Federal Ammunition Division
Washington, D.C
Billie Wilkins Kitts
Bill Kitts
Mildred Hicks
Phoenix, Ariz
Louise Yost
Lillian Spurgeon
Washington County Sheriff's Department
Howard Daniel Meadows
Mendota
Buchanan County
Island Creek Coal Co
Joyce Ragan Meadows
Michele Powers
Renel Lynn Meadows
Virgie McGuigan
Baltimore
Ennis Strouth
Swords Creek
Alice Smith
Richlands
Ruby McGuigan
Cedar
Beckley
W.va
U.S
Nick Joe Rahall
Lebanon
Mideast
Beirut
Less Coal Shipped at Norfolk Ports in 1983
The Hampton Roads Maritime Association reports 35.7 million tons of coal dumped at Norfolk piers through November, down from 52.7 million tons in the same period in 1982, a 32 percent drop. Exports accounted for 32.6 million tons, with the A. T. Massey Coal Co. Pier contributing to the decline as it did not operate in 1982.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Hampton Roads Maritime Association
A.T. Massey Coal Co
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Contact and Rates Notice
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph publishes news by the Associated Press with local content. Subscription rates are 66.00 per year by mail or 5.50 per calendar month for home delivery in West Virginia.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W.va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Landon Associates
Fitzpatrick To Testify Before Federal Grand Jury
John J. Fitzpatrick, a 32 year old former New York City policeman, was compelled to testify before a federal grand jury investigating Monroe County marijuana cultivation. He had been convicted last month of growing marijuana on his Monroe County farm, receiving five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. The U.S. District Judge Dennis Knapp threatened contempt to obtain his cooperation, prompting remarks from Assistant U.S. Attorney Wayne Rich accusing him of no remorse and evasive answers.
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Charleston
W.va
New York City
Monroe County
John J. Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
U.S
Dennis Knapp
Wayne Rich
Coal bids cut TVA fuel costs and bills
Sixty-two East Tennessee coal companies offer up to 40 million tons to the Tennessee Valley Authority at bargains. Bids of 30 to 33 dollars per ton for John Sevier and Kingston plants mark the lowest TVA prices since 1978. TVA may buy two million tons of medium sulfur coal for long contracts up to ten years, aiming to trim fuel costs.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
East Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
John Sevier
Kingston
Robert Lewis
Lewis
Shawnee
Y Spacecraft Near Moon Sets Course for 1985 Comet Flyby
GREENBELT MD AP Radio controllers guided the International Sun-Earth Explorer 3 around the moon for a 72 mile closest approach. The 1000 pound observatory will use a lunar slingshot to reach a trajectory toward the Giacobini Zinner comet for a rendezvous on Sept 11, 1985, increasing speed to 5100 mph.
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Greenbelt
Goddard Space Flight Center
Washington
Giacobini-Zinner
GM Toyota Strike Deal Clears Way for Joint Subcompact Car
The FTC votes 3-2 to tentatively approve a 12 year joint venture between General Motors and Toyota to produce a subcompact car in California. Production capped at 200,000 annually with limited information sharing. Final approval awaits a 60 day comment period.
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Washington
U.S
Federal Trade Commission
General Motors
Toyota
California
FTC
James C. Miller
Harrods bombing probe widens across UK cities
Police questioned Irish nationalists in London Birmingham and Manchester as part of a widening probe into the Harrods attack. Thatcher cabinet meeting ended with no ban on Sinn Fein but agreed to review incitement laws, mirroring an Irish move. Manchester police questioned a convicted IRA bomber tied to the Harrods blast that killed five and wounded 95.
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London
Birmingham
Manchester
Harrods Department
Margaret Thatcher
Irish Republican Army
Sinn Fein
Thatcher
Press Association
Harrods
Reagan seeks peace plan aid with Egypt and Arafat
The Reagan administration welcomed renewed talks between Egypt and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat despite Israeli objections. White House and State Department called the discussions encouraging, hoping they push Arafat to endorse President Reagan's Middle East peace initiative, citing Egypt's Camp David adherence.
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Israel
Reagan
Egypt
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
Freezing Rain Delays Cause Airport Reopens Across Cities
Storms and freezing rain closed roads and disrupted travel across Dallas Denver and Oklahoma City with airports reopening Thursday. Dozens of power outages were reported as ice weighed lines down. New York area received over two inches of rain with flood warnings. Wind chill plummeted in Jamestown and Rochester while Salvation Army donations lagged in St Paul.
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Dallas
Denver
Oklahoma City
New York
New York City
New Jersey
Jamestown
N.C
Rochester
Minn
Salvation Army
St. Paul
Twin Cities
Clerk Ordered Not To Pay Bills In McDowell County
McDowell County Commission told Clerk Hilda Taylor not to pay the county's bills to meet December payroll of 160000 as outstanding invoices total about 110139. Prosecuting attorney Wade Watson warns the county could violate state law by refusing to pay, since it would incur obligations it cannot reasonably cover. Under state law creditors are entitled to interest on past due bills.
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Welch
McDowell County
Hilda Taylor
Jennings Boyd
Boyd
Wade Watson
Watson
West Virginia
Bramwell
Mercer County
Bramwell Dam
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
State of
Christmas Bay Day aids 306 families at Bluefield Union Mission
About 306 area families receive extra holiday food during the Bluefield Union Mission annual Christmas Bay Day held Thursday. Rev. Allen A. Hammond says the program has run for at least nine years with board members Cecil Bond Duane Davis and Kevin Davis assisting, along with staff. Hammond expects more food to be distributed possibly through Sunday.
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Bluefield
Rev. Hammond
Fred Brown
Shakeup at Interior Office Sends Watt Aides Packing
Interior Secretary William Clark announced a department shakeup in Washington that removes two top deputies aligned with James Watt’s pro development stance and nominates a new No 2 official, as environmentalists pressed for change.
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Washington (Ap
William Clark
Interior Department
James Watt
Clark
Watt
Santa brings doll as Crystal gains new chair for wheelchair
Eddie Crystal speaks of Santa bringing toys for his sister Patsy Crystal as she prepares for a costly new chair and future surgeries at Dudley Elementary School. Mrs. Kamensky cites expenses but remains hopeful for Crystal’s care while thanking donors at the Bluefield Community Hospital Foundation. Clark announces agency realignment to boost natural resources protection amid ongoing Reagan era personnel changes, replacing J J Simmons III with Ann McLaughlin and moving Perry Pendley and David G Russell to unspecified roles.
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Crystal
Eddie
Santa Claus
Dudley
Bluefield Community Hospital Foundation
Clark
Watt
J.J. Simmons III
Reagan
Simmons
Ann McLaughlin
Treasury
Perry Pendley
Energy and Minerals
David G. Russell
Minerals Management Service
Smiley Ratliff Eyes Henderson Airfield Plan
Ratliff, famed for smiling amid adversity, seeks to develop Henderson Island and surround Pitcairn under Smiley New Zealand administration. He disclosed that British authorities rejected a prior proposal via his agent in New Zealand. Conservation groups, including Smithsonian officials, worry about cattle reach and island transformation.
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New Zealand
Pitcairn
Henderson
Ratliff
Smithsonian Institution
Contract Awarded for Alderson Decal Factory Conversion
A Pennsylvania firm Carl G. Baker Corp of Beaver has won the contract to convert 7,800 square feet of classroom space at the Federal Correctional Institution for Women in Alderson into a decal production facility. Construction begins next March with completion by June 1.
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Alderson
W.va
Pennsylvania
Federal Correctional Institution For Women At
Carl G. Baker Corp
Beaver, Pa
Baker
Logan Operators Break With BCOA Over 1984 Talks
Logan Coal Operators Association withdraws support for the Bituminous Coal Operators Association in the 1984 contract talks with the United Mine Workers. Mel Triolo notes poor past negotiations, a view shared by many mid to small producers under the 1981 National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement. The pact ends Sept. 30. Island Creek Coal Co. becomes the largest firm to signal it will negotiate independently in 1984.
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Logan
W.va
Logan Coal Operators Association
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
United Mine Workers
Mel Triolo
Logan Operators
BCOA
UMW
Island Creek Coal Co
Kentucky
West Virginia
Washington Defeated at Brandywine Near Wilmington 1777
British forces routed General Washington's troops in the Battle of Brandywine near Wilmington Delaware in 1777, marking a setback for American command during the Revolutionary War.
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George Washington
Brandywine
Wilmington
Del
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Kitty) Vernon
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