Managua Quake Relief Rush After Deadly Nicaragua Disaster
International relief sped to Managua where 3 000 to 6 000 people died and 20 000 were injured after the weekend quake. Rescue workers burned bodies and dug common graves as U S aid with food tents water plants arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
Nixon
United States
Agency For International Development
U.S
Anastasio Somoza
Strongman
CARE
New York
Catholic Relief Agency
Red Cross
National Guard
U.S. Army
Woman Arrested in Area Murder
A 26-year-old Mohawk woman was charged with murder after the pistol slaying of her husband Fred Smith, 36, at 1 p.m. Monday. The shooting, likely the result of a family argument, occurred in Mohawk and the suspect was taken into custody late Sunday night. A preliminary hearing is set before Welch Justice of the Peace. Smith, born at War Eagle, leaves six sons, two daughters, and multiple relatives. He worked at No. 10 Coal Mine, Bradshaw. funeral services are at Greenbrier Freewill Baptist Church. Burial at Stacy Cemetery. body to be moved to the church today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
Fred Smith
Smith
H. W. Bowling
Welch Detachment
West Virginia State Police
Panther
Mabel Bailey
Birdie Campbell
Oxford
No. 10 Coal Mine, Inc
Bradshaw
Greenbrier Freewill Baptist Church
Edgar Riffe
Willie Daugherty
Stacy Cemetery
Bull Creek
Fanning Funeral Home
Laeger
Daily Telegraph Bluefield Ad Units Rate Card
Notices show the Daily Telegraph Publishing Co in Bluefield West Virginia with 1893 establishment, AP affiliation, subscription planes and motor route rates. It lists carrier and mail pricing per year and zones, plus advertising reps and contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefielad
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Shannon & Cullen Telephone
Area Deaths And Funerals
Obituaries from Maybeury Oakwood Birchleaf Bluefield and surrounding areas note multiple deaths. Roberta Braggs 65 of Maybeury dies after a long illness in Bluefield hospital. Robert Childress 49 of Oakwood dies in Bristol hospital after a long illness. Worley Compton 70 of Birchleaf dies in Wise hospital. Mamie Bonham 79 of Springville dies in Bluefield hospital. Gracie Combs 69 of Beeson dies in Flint Michigan hospital. Betty Bourne 86 of Bluefield dies in Bluefield hospital. Matthew Jackson five months dies from a fall at the home in Doran Virginia. Funeral arrangements and burial details follow for each.
Mrs Avis C Wilson of Bluefield Dies After Illness
Mrs. Avis C. Wilson died Tuesday at 249 Mountain View Avenue Bluefield Va Born in Henry County Va she taught in Mercer County schools retiring in 1931 She was a longtime member of Bland Street United Methodist Church and East ern Star Chapter No 66 Surviving are her son William C Wilson Jr and daughter Ann Long with two brothers and three sisters Funeral at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel Bluefield at 2 pm Thursday with Dr Samuel Sink officiating Burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery The funeral home will be open today 4 to 9 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta H. Braggs
Roberta Hancock Braggs
Maybeury
Bluefield
Tidewater
John
Bessie Mangum
Lovely Zion Baptist Church
Vivian
Choir and Missionary Society
Litchfield D. Braggs
John A. Braggs
Northfork
Augusta Pullens
Bessie Luebell Johnson
Christiansburg
William Turner
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
The
Missionary Society
Friends
Kimball Funeral Home
Robert E. Childress
Robert Edgar Childress Sr
Oakwood
Bristol, Tenn
Mount Heron
Rosie Looney Childress
Elijah Childress
Sandy Valley Lodge No. 17
AF & AM
Grundy
Pauline McMurry Childress
Robert Edgar Childress Jr
Wise
Stephen Mack Childress
Larry Blankenship
Jessie Childress
Mary Miller
Ruby White
Primitive Baptist
Worley Compton
Birchleaf
Kelsie Compton
Pauline McClanahan
Harman
Edith Looney
Nell Newberry
Vansant
Roby Lee Compton
Worley Lee Compton
William Compton
Larry Compton
Earl Compton
Jeffery Compton
Lydia Deel
Bear Lake
Mich
Lila Hartford
Florida
Laura Williams
Prater
Myrtle Fouts
Unico
Eunice Owens
Warren
Alma Compton
Marion
Ernest Compton
Michigan
Haysi Funeral Home
Haysi
Henry Viers
Franklin Viers
Rt. 2
Mamie Bonham
Mamie H. Bonham
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Springville
Tazewell County
Rufus
Nancy Bowling Brooks
Mountain View Church of Christ
Tazewell Road
Carl Burnett
Roanoke
Douglas J. Bonham
Lindsey Brooks
Oscar Brooks
North Tazewell
George W. Brooks
James C. Brooks
Ocala
Fla
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Clarence Jessee
Robert Kitts
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
William McDarmont
Herb Bowman
Bill Helmandollar
Richard Jessee
Eugene Kinzer
Gracie Combs
Beeson
Flint
Willie
Molly Foley Combs
Johnny Combs
Lloyd Corbin
Stephenson
Elsie Akers
Rt. 1
Matoaka
Cereda Combs
Oakvale
Juanita Poe
Layman Bailey
Samuel Bailey
Vida Mills
Spanishbury
Elva Hunsucker
Dott
Lena Shrewsbury
Dorothy Shrewsbury
Mobile
Alabama
Beeson Community Church
Samuel Sargent
Bailey Funeral Home
Princeton
Betty Bourne
Betty Ann Bourne
John T
Sally Bourne Keesee
Cumberland Heights Baptist Church
Grat W. Bourne
Roy Hager
Roy Kidd
Arthur Bourne
Graton
R. W. Gilliam
Big Stone Gap
Harman Bourne
Columbus
Ohio
Donald Bourne
Ernest Bourne
Ferrell Brown
Mt. Olive
Gratton
Avis C. Wilson
Mountain View Avenue
Henry County
W. T
Lena Rivers Owen
Concord College
Mercer County
Bland Street
William C. Wilson Jr
Huntington
Ann Long
Washington, D. C
Ernest Owen
Leonard
Dick) Owen
DeBois
Cecil Bond
Harold Barberie
A. J. Morasse
Las Vegas
New
Mercer Funeral Home
Samuel Sink
Monte Vista Park
Mrs Bessie Stillman 73 Saeger Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Bessie Stillman 73 of Saeger died Saturday in a Welch hospital after a short illness. Born in Virginia she had long lived in Saeger. Survived by husband Reece Stillman. Service today at 11 a.m. at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Jaeger with Rev Donald Dice. Memorial at Jaeger Memorial Cemetery Roderfield.
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Bessie Stillman
Saeger
Welch Hospital
Virginia
Reece Stillman
Fanning Funeral Home
Jaeger
Donald Dice
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
Calvin Elswick Rites Incomplete At Bluewell Funeral Home
Calvin Elswick aged 64 of Rt. 4 has funeral arrangements that remain incomplete at Cravens Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell awaiting further services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Elswick
Rt. 4
Bluefield
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Funeral set for Annie Marie Tibbs Crutchfield
Annie Marie Crutchfield Tibbs 69 of Burkes Garden Va died in a Richlands hospital after a short illness. Survived by husband Dewey Tibbs Sr six sons Walter Richard Dewey James Harvey and Charlie Tibbs three sisters Bessie Yost Nora Kitts Katherine Deskins three brothers James Charles and Robert Crutchfield and 11 grandchildren. Body at Greever Funeral Home Tazewell pending arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Marie Crutchfield Tibbs
Burkes Garden
Richlands
Dewey Tibbs Sr
Walter Tibbs
Richard and
Dewey Tibbs Jr
North Tazewell
James Tibbs
Harvey
Charlie Tibbs
North Augusta
S. C
Bessie Yost
Graton
Nora Kitts
Staunton
Katherine Deskins
Keystone
James Crutchfield
Medina
Ohio
Charles Crutchfield
Robert Crutchfield
Purcleville
Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell
Miss Pearl Cundiff Dies After Long Illness At 76 In Pontiac
Miss Pearl May Cundiff 76 of Pontiac Michigan and formerly of Princeton died Friday after a long illness. Survived by several nieces and nephews. Services by Shumate Newman Funeral Home Pocahontas with Rev William Davis. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery Bluewell. Visitation after 6 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Cundiff
Pearl May Cundiff
Pontiac
Mich
Princeton
Shumate-Newman Funeral Home
Pocahontas
William Davis
Woodlawn
Bluewell
Mrs Lula Cromer Dies in Massachusetts After Long Illness
Mrs. Lula Mae Cromer, 75, of Watertown, Mass., formerly of Bramwell, died Tuesday in a Waltham nursing home after a long illness. She was the widow of Leon Cromer Sr. Her body was incomplete at Mercer Funeral Home in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Mae Cromer
Watertown
Mass
Bramwell
Waltham, Mass
Leon C. Cromer
Mercer Funeral Home
Bluefield
Callie R Ward 80 in Blackberry City dies after long illness
Callie R Ward, 80, of Blackberry City in Mingo County and formerly of the Bluefield area, died Sunday in a Williamson hospital after a long illness. Survived by three sons Wesley Ward Julius Ward and William R Ward and a daughter Jeanette Morgan, with services at Blackberry City United Methodist Church. Friends may call at Chambers Funeral Home in Matewan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callie R. Ward
Blackberry City
Mingo County
Bluefield
Williamson
Freeman
Houston
Mannie Reynolds
Thomas Ward
Wesley Ward
Julius Ward
Tampa
Fla
William R. Ward
Lexington
N. C
Jeanette Morgan
Waldwick
N. J
Blackberry City United
Mrs Harriet Porter 88 dies in Ohio after North Tazewell move
Mrs Harriet Porter 88 of Monroe Ohio former North Tazewell Va died Tuesday morning at a daughter’s home in Monroe. Body being returned to Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home in Tazewell for burial arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L
Harriet) Porter
Monroe
Ohio
North Tazewell
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Obituaries filed for Eaton Crawford Horne Harrison Ball and Nora Ball
Funeral notices list Joseph W Eaton 66 Bluefield at Hawkins Chapel with burial at Woodlawn Bluewell. Arthur B Crawford 57 Bluewell at Cravens Shires with burial in Bluewell Memorial Park. Henry W Horne 96 Jolo at Community Holiness Church White Mountain with family cemetery burial. Ruth Vilesa Harrison 51 Cedar Bluff Va at Hurst Scott Richlands with burial Greenhills Memory Gardens. Henry A Russell 55 Keystone at Bennett Fanning Northfork with entombment at Park Mausoleum Bluewell. Nora Myrtle Ball 71 North Tazewell Va at Hurst Scott Richlands with burial Pinion Family Cemetery Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
Arthur B
Highland Ave
Bluefield
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Frank Allen Jr
Don Hawks
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Fred Furches
Don Dunford
Kenneth Purdue
Eugene Meade
S. W. Foy
Bobby Lockhart
Terry Furches
Freddie Furches
Horne
Henry W
Jolo
Community Holiness Church
White Mountain
Isam Breeding
Walter Rife
Compton Mountain
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Russell
Henry A
Keystone
Bennett-Fanning
Northfork
Russell Poole
Musoleum
Luther Moody
Howard Poole
Lacy Mullins
Melvin Barber
Silas Young
Lacy Mullins Jr
Death of Roger Martin In Carbon Monoxide Incident
Roger Lee Martin of McElharton Pennsylvania was found dead Saturday from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. Police offered no confirmation of self harming acts. Survivors include uncles Raymond Edwards of Tazewell Virginia and Lewis Edwards of Northeast Pennsylvania and aunt Mrs. Raymond Johnson of McElharton. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Greever Funeral Home in Tazewell with Rev. C S Mundy officiating. Burial will follow at Grandview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Lee Martin
McElharton
Raymond Edwards
Tazewell
Lewis Edwards
Northeast
Raymond Johnson
Greever Funeral Home
Rev
C. S. Mundy
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Princeton Man R. K. Hays Dies After Short Illness
Raymond K. Hays 53 of Oakvale Road Princeton died Tuesday in a Princeton hospital after a brief illness. Born in Princeton he was the son of the late Adam and Bessie Kershner Hays. He worked for Hart Electric Co Bluefield. Survived by Lena White Hays one son Watha Hays and one daughter Brenda Reeves all of Princeton and one grandchild. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday Burns Wornal Chapel Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton Elder Gary Symonds officiating. Friends may call Thursday 2 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond K. Hays
Oakvale Road
Princeton
Adam and
Bessie Kershner Hays
Hart Electric Company
Bluefield
Lena White Hays
Watha Hays
J. Allen
Brenda) Reeves
Burns Wornal Chapel of Memorial Funeral Directory
Gary Symonds
Silas Pruett 84 Bluefield dies after short illness
Silas Pruett 84 of Bluefield died in a Bluefield hospital Tuesday after a short illness. Survivors include daughter Cecilie Margaret Brookman of Elliston Virginia and two sisters Kitty Linkous of Centerbury Ohio and Ida Mae Hall of North Tazewell Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Pruett
Bluefield
Cecilie Margaret Brookman
Elliston
Kitty Linkous
Centerbury
Ohio
Ida Mae Hall
North Tazewell
Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell
Autopsy Ordered In Local Death
An autopsy was ordered on Brenda Baldwin 29 of Columbus visiting Bluefield as police reported she was alive at 4 a.m. and found dead at 8:45 a.m. in bed at 313 N Mercer St Bluefield. She was pronounced dead on arrival at Bluefield hospital and removed to Lugo's Funeral Service pending funeral plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
Bluefield
Brenda Baldwin
James Sinkford
N. Mercer Street
Baldwin
Princetonian Hurt In One Car Crash
A 26 year old Princeton man Scott R. Wall of Straley Avenue was admitted to Princeton Community Hospital after a single car wreck on State Rt. 20 east of Bluewell shortly after 7 p m Tuesday. Troopers said the snow slick highway caused the car to flip over with Wall partially ejected.Police described his injuries as not serious and no charges were filed by Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Princeton Community Hospital
State Rt. 20
Bluewell
West Virginia
R. L. Vaughan
J. L. Howell
Scott R. Wall
Straley Avenue
Wall
36-Hour Pause In Bombing Ends As Attacks Resume
U S planes and warships resume heavy raids on North Vietnam after a 36 hour Christmas pause. North Vietnam claims eight U S B52s and an F4 were shot down with five B52s over Hanoi and others near Haiphong. The pause in the North followed by a renewed attack and continued secrecy surrounding the strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Nixon
Maj
Jere K. Forbus
U.S. Command
Forbus
Hanoi-Haiphong
Hanoi- Haiphong
Bluefield Board Backs Double Deck Parking Near Colonial Theatre
The Bluefield Board of Directors urged the Parking Facilities Commission to study a double deck over the Princeton Avenue lot by the Colonial Theatre to ease downtown parking. They also favored a new downtown urban renewal plan and discussed funding options including a potential revenue bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Terry
Bluefield Board of Directors
Bluefield Parking Facilities Commission
Princeton Avenue
Colonial Theatre
Basil Jackson
Parking Facilities Commission
Jackson
Commission
Economic Development Administration
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Bluefield
Edwin Elliott
Bill Bivens
Allan Connolly
Genoa
Park
Truman's late-life retreat and lasting scholarly habit
The 1954 era saw Harry S Truman withdraw from public view after his 80th birthday celebrations. Despite no formal college degree, he was regarded as a scholar, having read some 6 000 volumes by age 15 and continuing a lifelong habit. Mrs. Truman, age 87 at his death, frequently fetched books for him. He stressed that historical study guided his decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence Public Library
Truman
Jurors Excused in Mercer County Court Call
Jurors in the Mercer County Intermediate Court are excused from today and rescheduled to report Wednesday January 3 at 9 30 a m. Judge Howard M Jarrett ordered that cases on the docket until January 3 will not require juries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Intermediate Court
Howard M. Jarrett
UMW Pension Districts Move Toward Full Autonomy
Hutchinson notes districts could gain autonomy with elections likely in June. He backs Miller’s plan to cut union salaries, boost welfare and retirement funds, and launch a broader organizing drive benefiting coal miners nationwide. Patrick says pensions could rise to 200 dollars monthly and lifetime medical cards for widows and disabled workers may be proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Miller
Welfare and Pension Fund
Patrick
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Gracie
Matthew S. Jackson
Matthew Scott Jackson
Ronald Lee
Sandra Simmons Jackson
Doran
Terri Lynn Jackson
Roy Simmons
Roy Hopkins
Vva
Raven Assembly of God
Raven
Dale Holmes
E. C. Price
Jim Street
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Hurst- Scott Funeral Homes
Mrs
Avis Wilson
Annie Tibbs
Princetonian
Auditorium Commission
West Virginian
Bluefield Auditorium Commission
Connolly
West Virginian Hotel
Stanley Sinkford
Sinkford and
Richardson Funeral Homes
Sinkford
Blanche Stringfellow
June Turner
First National Bank
Federal Street
William T. Hall
Jefferson St
Easley Wilson
Princeton Ave
Unique
UMW Pension
Hohner
Raines Piano
Murphy
DET Baal
Naka
Tru Nas
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