Betty Hughes 60 of Burke Mountain dies after long illness
Betty Petie Hughes 60 of Burke Mountain Keystone died Wednesday in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. Born January 3, 1923 in Keystone she lived there all her life. Survived by husband Ora Hughes one son Larry Hughes eight sisters and one brother plus one granddaughter. Funeral Saturday 11 p.m. at Bethel Assembly of God Vivian with burial in Belcher Cemetery. Friends may call Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home Northfork 6 to 9 p.m. today. Roy Odell Vickers dies at 56 in Bluefield hospital of natural causes. Survived by wife Ruth Teague Vickers four sons and one daughter one sister. Burial in Grandview Memorial Gardens. Mitchell Jackson Vaughn 86 of Narrows dies after long illness. Burial at Fairview Cemetery Narrows. Kenneth A. Kitts 72 of Colonial Beach dies after short illness. Survived by wife Billie Wilkins Kitts three sisters. Funeral conducted in Colonial Beach. Sarah Thompson 94 of Bluefield dies after long illness. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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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
Ralph Hager
Belcher Cemetery
Bennett-Fanning
Northfork
Roy Vickers
Roy Odell Vickers
Falls Mills
Bluefield Hospital
Davie County
N.C
Wade Odell Vickers
Amanda Deck Vickers
R&t Machine Shop
Ruth Teague Vickers
Vickie Kelley
Blountville
Ten
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Mitchell Vaughn
Mitchell Jackson Vaughn
Rt. 1
Narrows
Pulaski
Giles County
Solomon Vaughn
Riffe
Fairview
Kenneth Kitts
Kenneth A. Kitts
Colonial Beach
Fee Fredericksburg
Federal Ammunition Division
Washington, D.C
Billie Wilkins Kitts
Bill Kitts
Mildred Hicks
Phoenix
Ariz
Louise Yost
Lillian Spurgeon
Funerals for Walls and Peery Services Today
Mrs. Roxie Virginia Walls aged 87 of Welch will be laid to rest at 11 a.m. in Douglas Mortuary Chapel Welch with Rev Jack Barber officiating. Burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Roosevelt Peery aged 67 of Tazewell Va service at 11 a.m. at Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home Tazewell with Rev Larry Rye and Rev Ivan Smith officiating 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
Death by own action victim in Mendota Virginia
Howard Daniel Meadows 36 of Mendota formerly of Buchanan County Va died at home from an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound. Surviving family includes wife Joyce Ragan Meadows two daughters Michele Powers and Renel Lynn Meadows six brothers and four sisters. Burial at Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery Richlands. Funeral arrangements announced by Tazewell County Funeral Home Chapel. Also notes U S Rep Rahall now favors immediate withdrawal of troops from Lebanon.
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Washington County Sheriff’s Department
Howard Daniel Meadows
Mendota
Buchanan County
Meadows
Eva Meadows Smith
Rt. 1
Raven, Va
Rufus McKinley Meadows
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 Through Norfolk Ports This Year
Virginia ports handled 17 million fewer tons of coal in the first 11 months than in 1982, a 32 percent drop. The Hampton Roads Maritime Association tallies 35.7 million tons at the piers through November, down from 52.7 million in the prior year, with A T Massey Coal Co Pier contributing export and internal shipments within the bay and to other Hampton Roads ports.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Hampton Roads Maritime Association
Association
A.T. Massey Coal Co
Chesapeake Bay
Hampton Roads
Bluefield Daily Telegraph publication notice and rates
Publication information for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph includes establishment in 1893, address at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia, AP member status, circulation details, subscription rates 66 dollars yearly and 5.50 dollars monthly, West Virginia zones, and change of address to P O Box 208 Bluefield WV 24701.
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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 Grand Jury Probe
CHARLESTON AP Former New York City policeman John J. Fitzpatrick 32 was forced to testify before a federal grand jury investigating Monroe County marijuana cultivation after resisting questions. He had been convicted last month of growing marijuana on his Monroe County farm, receiving five years in prison and a $5000 fine. A federal judge threatened contempt to compel his answers as he hedged with maybes and recalls, drawing sharp rebuke from prosecutors.
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Charleston
W.va
New York City
Monroe County
John J. Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
U.S
Dennis Knapp
Wayne Rich
TVA Buys Bargain Coal From 62 Firms Slashing Prices
Chattanooga AP reports sixty two East Tennessee coal companies offer up to 40 million tons to TVA at bargain prices. Bids at John Sevier and Kingston plants run 30 to 33 dollars per ton, lowest since 1978, with spot coal as low as 20 dollars per ton. Contracts may extend up to ten years for two million tons of medium sulfur coal.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
East Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
John Sevier
Kingston
Robert Lewis
Lewis
Shawnee
Spacecraft Circles Moon and Aims for 1985 Comet Rendezvous
Greenbelt Md AP mission update reports the International Sun Earth Explorer 3 passing 72 miles from the moon during a backside flyby. The 1000 pound observatory uses lunar gravity to boost toward Giacobini Zinner’s comet tail for a Sept 11 1985 encounter, increasing speed to 5100 mph.
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Greenbelt
Goddard Space Flight Center
Washington
Giacobini-Zinner
GM and Toyota Strike Deal to Jointly Build Subcompact
The FTC votes 3-2 to tentatively approve a consent agreement allowing General Motors and Toyota to jointly produce a new subcompact car in California. The pact limits output to 200,000 units annually for up to 12 years and curbs information sharing, with final approval pending a 60-day comment period. FTC officials say the venture could lower small car prices and help GM learn Japanese production techniques.
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Washington
U.S
Federal Trade Commission
General Motors
Toyota
California
FTC
James C. Miller
Harrods bombing sparks widening IRA probe in UK
Police questioned Irish nationalists in London Birmingham and Manchester as part of a broader search for IRA guerrillas linked to the Harrods attack. Thatcher cabinet met but offered no ban on Sinn Fein while considering tighter incitement laws, aligning with Ireland. A convicted IRA bomber was questioned in Manchester over the Saturday Harrods blast that killed five and injured 95.
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London
Birmingham
Manchester
Harrods Department
Margaret Thatcher
Irish Republican Army
Sinn Fein
Thatcher
Press Association
Harrods
Egypt PLO Talks Welcomed by Reagan Officials
The Reagan administration welcomed renewed Egyptian Palestinian talks led by Yasser Arafat despite Israeli objections. White House and State Department said the discussions are encouraging and may push Arafat to back Reagan’s Middle East peace plan.
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Israel
Reagan
Egypt
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
Severe winter weather disrupts travel and power nationwide
Storms closed airports in Dallas Denver and Oklahoma City due to freezing rain. Travel plans for holiday travelers urged to confirm before leaving for airports. Ice caused highway closures and power outages as lines snapped under icicles. New York rain and flood warnings followed subzero wind chills in Jamestown and Rochester. Salvation Army Christmas donations lag in Minneapolis Saint 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 halted payment of bills to meet December payroll of 160000 dollars as 110139 dollars of bills remain outstanding. Prosecuting attorney Wade Watson warns the move may violate state law if obligations are incurred without reasonable means to pay. The law provides interest for past due county debts.
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Welch
McDowell County
Hilda Taylor
Jennings Boyd
Boyd
Wade Watson
Watson
West Virginia
Shakeup at Interior Department reshapes leadership
Interior Secretary William Clark announced a department shakeup removing three Watt allies from top posts and naming Ann McLaughlin as undersecretary. Perry Pendley and David G. Russell also leave their posts amid agency realignment aimed at better protecting natural resources.
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Washington
William Clark
Interior Department
James Watt
Clark
Watt
J.J. Simmons III
Reagan
Simmons
Ann McLaughlin
Treasury
Perry Pendley
Energy and Minerals
David G. Russell
Minerals Management Service
Logan Operators defect from coal wage talks in 1984
Logan Coal Operators Association withdraws from the Bituminous Coal Operators Association in 1984 wage contract negotiations with the United Mine Workers. Secretary treasurer Mel Triolo cites poor past negotiations, reflecting a broader discontent among mid to small producers under the 1981 National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement set to expire September 30. Island Creek Coal Co. signals it will go solo in 1984. Historical note mentions the 1777 Brandywine defeat near Wilmington.
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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
Design contract awarded for Alderson prison factory conversion
A Pennsylvania firm Carl G. Baker Corp of Beaver has won the contract to convert 7,800 square feet of Alderson Federal Correctional Institution for Women classroom space into a decal production facility. Construction starts 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
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