Nixon signs welfare reform bill requiring work or training
President Nixon signed a welfare reform bill in Florida mandating able bodied AFDC adults to work or enter job training. The measure, effective July 1, targets about 2.6 million parents in the 17.7 million AFDC program, with exemptions for the aged ill disabled students and mothers of young children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
AFDC
Administration
Florida
Willy Brandt
Huddleston Faces Check Before Slayings Trial
Silous Huddleston, 63, one of five charged in the Yablonski family murders, was taken from Washington County Jail for a medical exam due to a respiratory ailment. He and relatives Anette Gilly and Paul Gilly face murder charges in the New Year Eve 1969 killings linked to United Mine Workers leader Joseph Yablonski. Aubrey Martin already sentenced to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Pa
Silous Huddleston
Yablonski
Washington County
Huddleston
Annette Gilly
Paul
United Mine Workers Union
Joseph A
Jock’’ Yablonski
Aubrna W
Buddy’’ Martin
Cleveland
Ohio
Martin
Claude Vealey
Gilly
Dealers Seek Tax on Cigarette Packs in New York
Six tobacco dealers sued in State Supreme Court to force state and city officials to collect taxes on every cigarette pack sold. They argued failure to tax boosts bootlegging, cutting into dealer sales and costing hundreds of millions in revenue over six to seven years. Justice John M. Murtagh signed a show cause order for a Friday return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
John M. Murtagh
Octopus Chooses Flight Over Fight
A shy octopus prefers to flee rather than engage, avoiding confrontation whenever possible.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Community Masthead
Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces publishing details and contact information for the Western Virginia paper. It lists establishment in 1893, address on Bland Street, field of Associated Press membership, subscription rates, and advertising representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. V
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Swanron & Cullen
Deaths and Funerals Highlights From Area
Charles I Underwood 77 of Cashmere died in a Pearisburg Virginia hospital after a long illness. He was a retired railway mail foreman, farmer and real estate broker with multiple lodge affiliations. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. in Peterstown. Burial in Resthaven Mausoleum with Masonic rites. Also listed are Cledith Arles Shrewbery 59 of Rock and Callie Opal Hale 53 of Amonate with funeral details and surviving relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles I
Underwood Charles I. Underwood
Cashmere
Pearisburg
G. W
Eliza Underwood
Indian Creek
The
Masons
Ninth Templer
Royal Arch Masons
Royal Arch Masons No. 8
Hinton
Beni Kedem Temple
Charleston
Ballard Rouritan Club
Railway Mail Service Union
Bertha Miller Underwood
Tom
Josephine) Dickey
Arthur Underwood
Ballard
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Peterstown
Lawrence Rodgers
Resthaven Memorial Park Mausoleum
Princeton
Indian Creek Lodge
Ninth Templer Eye Foundation
Hinton Commandery
Obituary: Mrs Zona Mae Gentry of Harman dies at 62
Mrs Zona Mae Gentry 62 of Harman Va died Tuesday en route Grundy Va hospital. She was daughter of the late Jim E and Elzina Elswick. Her husband Luther Wade Gentry preceded her in 1963. Survived by four sons Edward H Gentry Bossier City La Luther Wade Gentry Jr William M Gentry Harman and Charles C Elswick Tampa Fla. five daughters Lottie Smyser Washington DC Little Mae Feeney Kingsport RI Magaline Collins Key West Fla Thelma Tizen Ocala Fla Kathleen Bartley Lynchburg Va. one sister Artie Ratliff Harman. four brothers Stewart Bart Alvin Elswick Harman Dewey Elswick Abingdon Va. 19 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services Thursday 2 pm at home with Rev Jack Mutter and Rev Ralph Harris officiating. Burial Elswick Cemetery Harman. Body taken from Virginia Funeral Home Grundy Va to residence this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zona Gentry
Zona Mae Gentry
Harman
Grundy
Jim E
Elzina Stiltner Elswick
Luther Wade Gentry
Edward H. Gentry
Bossier City
Luther Wade Gentry Jr
William M. Gentry
Charles C. Elswick
U. S. Air Force
Tampa
Fla
Lottie Smyser
Washington, D. C
Little Mae Feeney
Kingsport
R. I
Magaline Collins
Key West
Thelma Tizen
Ocala
Kathleen Bartley
Lynchburg
Stewart
Bart
Alvin Elswick
Dewey Elswick
Abingdon
Jack Mutter
Ralph Harris
Elswick
Virginia Funeral Home
Death of Mrs Myrtie Mller Newberry in Raven Virginia
Mrs Myrtie Mller Newberry 66 of Mill Creek Raven died Monday in Richlands Virginia after a long illness. She was born in Russell County Virginia and formerly owned the Newberry store in Mill Creek. Survived by husband Roy two sons Ernest and Clarence a daughter Peggy Griffith three sisters and one brother and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral at Mill Creek Primitive Baptist Church Thursday at 11 with Elders officiating burial in Newberry Family Cemetery. Friends may call at Mullins Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtie Mller Newberry
Mill Creek
Raven
Richlands
Russell County
Martin
Vina Griffith Miller
Honaker
Primitive Baptist Church
Newberry
Roy Newberry
Clyde
Peggy) Griffith
Rt. 1
Ernest Newberry
Clarence Newberry
Laurel
Miller Vance
Coatsville
Ind
Mae Owens
Martha Price
Ford Miller
Mill Creek Primitive Baptist Church
Otis Fields
Elmer Gene Compton
Clair Combs
Newberry Family
Mullins Funeral Home
Obituary Notice for Mrs. H. O. Pratt of Russell County
Mrs. H. O. Pratt, 62, of Rosedale, Va., died in a Charlottesville hospital after a short illness. She was a Loops Methodist Church member active in civic affairs. Survived by husband H. Q O. Pratt, four sons, six daughters, one sister, with services incomplete at Lebanon Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. O. Pratt
Rosedale
Charlottesville
Loops Methodist Church
Russell County
H. Q O. Pratt
Harry E. Pratt
C. A. Pratt
Dot C. Pratt
Atlanta, Ga
Herbert McNeil
Kalamazoo
Mich
K. W. Eyestone
Herbert S. Hale
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Tom McGee
Duluth, Ga
Sam Leazer
Doraville
Marion Paige Pratt
Gladys Walden
Lebanon
Lebanon Funeral Home
Rufus R. Harmon obituary with Bluefield ties
Rufus St. Harmon 47 of 2020 Moore Street Bluefield Virginia died Monday night in a Bluefield hospital. He was an inspector for Bluefield Coca Cola Bottling Co. Survived by four sisters and two brothers. Funeral at Dudley Memorial Chapel with Rev. Tom Brown officiating. Burial in Grandview Memory Gardens. Body remains at funeral home with viewing after 3 p.m. today.
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Rufus R. Harmon
Rufus St. Harmon
Moore St
Bluefield
Elbert C
Macie A. French Harmon
Bluefield Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Ellis Belcher
Frazier Milsap
Francis Peery
Paul Harry
W. H. Harmon
Lewis Clinton Harmon
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Tom Brown
Grandview Memory Gardens
Harvey Kiser
Ralph Kiser
Bill Slade
James Booth
James Lynch
Clyde Walters
Robert Clendinen
Alylus Milsap
Sidney Milsap
A. H. Kiser
Ronda Hamby
Death notice for Glenn Kermit Hutton in Virginia and Maryland
Glenn Kermit Hutton age 47 of Gettysburg Pa formerly Matoaka died en route to a Marion Va hospital after a heart attack. He was visiting Sugar Grove Va with his parents Roy and Mrs Rish of Elton Md. Survived by wife Genevie Allmen Hutton two children sisters Pansy Cornett and Roy Rish. Funeral held 8 p.m. Wednesday Barnett Funeral Chapel Marion Va burial Thursday Gettysburg National Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Kermit Hutton
Gettysburg
Matoaka
Marion
Hutton
Sugar Grove
Roy Rish
Elton, Md
Edgar Sigman
Genevie Allmen Hutton
Shelia Lynn Hutton
Malcolm Glenn Hutton
Pansy Cornett
Barnett Funeral Chapel
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Ronald Edsel Lester Dies After Long Illness
Ronald Edsel Lester 18 of Grundy Virginia died Monday in a Lynchburg hospital after a long illness. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Mack Lester of Grundy a sister Sandra Lyn Lester and three brothers James William Lawrence Edward and John G Lester all of Grundy. Services were conducted today at 2 p m in the Buchanan First Presbyterian Church Grundy with Rev Murphy Miller officiating. Burial followed at Mountain Valley Memorial Park Grundy. The home to the church one hour prior to services. Pallbearers were Bill Mullins Bill Lester Jerry Davis Dewey Kiser E H Lester and Henry Lester. Grundy Funeral Home handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Edsel Lester
Grundy
Lynchburg
Mack Lester
Sandra Lyn Lester
James William
Lawrence Edward
John G. Lester
Buchanan First Presbyterian Church
Murphy Miller
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Bill Mullins
Bill Lester
Jerry Davis
Dewey Kiser
E. H. Lester
Henry Lester
Grundy Funeral
William Gary White 12 Dies After Long Illness
William Gary White 12, of Adair's Run, died Monday night in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. Survived by parents Billie and William White, sister Frances Christine, and paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. T. R. White. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Davis Funeral Chapel Oakvale. Rev. Roy Comer officiating. Burial in Elgood Cemetery. Friends may call 4 to 9 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gary White
William
Billie) White
Adair’s
Bluefield
Pleasant Hill
Oakvale
Roy Comer
Elgood Cemetery
Elgood
Death Notice for Ella Bell Camp 86 of Davy
Ella Bell Camp 86 formerly of Davy died in Baltimore Maryland Sunday. She was preceded in death by husband Walter Lee Camp. Survived by three daughters Sarah Mewse Ellen Turner Anna Pauline Dunn and five sons William Riley James Albert Lee Herbert Eugene Delbert. Funeral Thursday at 11 a.m. Douglas Mortuary Chapel with Rev. E M Hudgins and Rev. Gerald Church officiating. Burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Friends may call today 5 to 9 p.m. at the mortuary.
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Ella Bell Camp
Davy
Baltimore
Walter Lee Camp
Sarah Mewse
Toledo
Ohio
Ellen Turner
Anna Pauline Dunn
William Riley Camp
James Camp
Albert Lee
Charleston
Herbert Eugene Camp
Trenton
Delbert
Pennsylvania
Douglas Mortuary Chapel
E. M. Hudgins
Gerald Church
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Death of Burl Bailey in Welch Hospital after long illness
Burl Bailey 64 of Panther died Monday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. Survived by widow Relda, daughters Hazel Runyon of Morton and Carolyn Justice of Panther, son Maston Lee Bailey of Morton, sisters Mary Church of Panther and Nancy Burchett of Jaeger, nine grandchildren, five great grandchildren. Incomplete funeral arrangements at Virginia Funeral Home in Grundy Virginia.
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Burl Bailey
Panther
Welch Hospital
Relda Bailey
Hazel Marie Runyon
Morton, Wash
Carolyn Justice
Maston Lee Bailey
Morton
Mary Church
Nancy Burchett
Jaeger
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Graveside rites for Bob G Johnson in Littlesburg
Graveside rites for Bob G Bez Johnson 68 of Bluefield who died last Thursday will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at Restlawn Memorial Estate Littlesburg with Rev C H Jackson officiating. Friends may call Lugo Funeral Service from 7 to 9 p.m.
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B. G. Johnson
Bob G
Bez) Johnson
Bluefield
Restlawn Memorial Estate
Littlesburg
Rev
C. H. Jackson
Lugo
Funerals Held for Local Residents in Bluefield and Nearby
Funeral services were conducted today for Maxine Lavelle 51 of Double Gates Bluefield Theodore Russell Russ Pennington 69 of Montcalm and Mary Zande 73 of Maybeury. Services took place at Dudley Memorial Chapel Cravens Shires Funeral Chapel and Powhatan Sacred Heart Catholic Church with multiple local reverends officiating. Burial followed at Grandview Memory Gardens Roselawn Memorial Gardens and Woodlawn Mausoleum with listed pallbearers.
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Max
Maxine Lavelle
Double Gates
Bluefield
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Paul Gess
W. W. Wyrick
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
T. P. Scott
W. D. Scott
Duane Davis
W. E. Perdue
Harry Buston
Carl Gallmore
Earl Martin
Bruce Yost
Pennington
Theodore Russell
Russ
Montcalm
Cravens-Shires
Mildred Bloyer
Elbert Hudgins
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Arthur Hudgins
Jim Helmondollar
Ferrell Boyd
Oakley Davidson
David Perkins
Edgar Webb
Montcalm Church of God
Zande
Mary
Maybeury
Powahatan
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Seamus McGuire
Woodlawn
Bluewell
Cyrus Beckland
Tullio Larese
Innocent Larese
H. C. Harvey
Oscar Vicellio Jr
Leo Vicellio
Ivo Vicellio
Leo Molin
Joe Monti Jr
Ennio Corte
City Police Probe School Burglary
Bluefield police investigate a holiday break in at Bluefield High School. Vandals chipped a wall section and punched a hole in the ceiling of the principal’s office near the hallway vault.
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Bluefield City
Bluefield High School
Temperatures Around Nation
National Weather Service report notes maximum temperatures for a 32 hour span and minimum temperatures for an 18 hour span along with 24 hour precipitation totals ending at ? PM on December 2.
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Washington
National Weather Service
Protesters End Sit-in Atop Liberty Torch
Timothy Holmes, 22, of Salem Massachusetts led antiwar demonstrators who occupied the Liberty Torch on the 305 foot pedestal demanding Nixon set a Vietnam withdrawal date. Federal Judge Lawrence Pierce ordered removal. no charges were anticipated. The group left a 5 foot American flag upside down as they departed.
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Timothy Holmes
Salem
Mass
Nixon
Vietnam
National Park Service
Lawrence Pierce
Peace Talks Stalled as North Vietnam Cancels Meeting
Liaison officers from both sides agreed to consult on a date to resume talks that began in January 1969. North Vietnam canceled first by reading Hanoi’s notice at Choisy le Roi, while U.S. officials withheld comment on which memorandum arrived first. French Foreign Minister Schumann urged against any bombing resumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choisy le Roi
U.S
Hanoi
Stephen Ledegar
Maurice Schumann
North Vietnam
Senate logjam delays welfare reform in 1972 struggle
Senate faces delays as Finance has not held hearings on welfare reform and related issues. The House passed a welfare reform bill in June with guaranteed minimum income and working poor coverage, features likely to be trimmed in Finance. Senate supporters aim to bring the measure to the floor by March 1, with Democrats pushing for a more liberal plan.
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Senate
Finance
House
Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
West Virginia Health Care Corporation Proposed for Southern Area
A report outlines creating a regional Southern West Virginia Health Care Corporation funded by state federal and insurance sources. It calls for an area wide planning council a board of directors from nine counties and expanded facilities to secure federal funds raise care quality and cut costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Health Care Corporation
Southern
West Virginia
Regional Health Council
Haldi
Mercer County Medical Society
Brandt and Nixon Meet as Talks Focus on European Security
President Nixon hosts German Chancellor Willy Brandt for two days of talks at Biscayne Bay. They discuss maintaining 215,000 U S troops in Western Europe and possible East West troop cut talks after ratification of a German Soviet accord. Kissinger is sidelined by flu.
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Siance
United States
Europe
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
U.S
Rogers
Scheel
Nixon
Brandt
Berlin
Biscayne Bay
West Germany
United Nations
Western European Defense Alliance
Peking
Moscow
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Octopus Gathers 25 Crabs With Eight Arms Before Meal
A voracious octopus proves exceptionally nimble by catching up to 25 crabs simultaneously using its eight arms. It then methodically consumes each crab in sequence.
Patton Death Probe Active. Funeral Set For Cedar Bluff Youth
Hubert Lee Patton 19 of Cedar Bluff Va was found dead in a visiting home after a hunting trip with a Bernard family friend. Funeral today at 2 p.m. in Richlands Va burial at Greenhills Gardens Claypool Hill. Autopsy pending toxicology results. no heart attack found. investigation continues.
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Hubert Lee Patton
Cedar Bluff
Hurst - Scott Funeral Chapel
Richlands
Greenhillsee Gardens
Claypool Hill
Emory Morris Patton
Henry Bernard
Bernard
Morris
Patton
Roanoke
Bluefield Man Found Dead in His Home
Ronald B. Lafon 51 of 52642 Princeton Ave Bluefield was found dead in his Bluefield home Tuesday. Police ruled death natural and believe he died three or four days earlier. Investigation noted Lloyd Duckler owner of the apartment house reported concerns after not seeing Lafon since Sunday. Lafon's body found on bed. funeral arrangements incomplete at Graham Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald B. Lafon
Princeton Ave
Bluefield
Lafon
Manuel Giampocaro
Lloyd Duckler
Giampocaro
Duckler
Graham Funeral Home
Clerk Charged In Hijacking Case At Chicago Airfield
Ever ett L. Holt a 25 year old Indianapolis postal clerk was charged by a federal grand jury with air piracy kidnapping and assault with intent to commit murder. Holt allegedly hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines jet on Christmas Eve from Minneapolis to Chicago and was captured after 27 passengers and six crew members left the grounded plane at O Hare Airport. The indictment says he used a revolver to seize the plane demanding 300000 in ransom and threatened a stewardess to enter the cockpit. Holt is held on 100000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
Everett L. Holt
Indianapolis
Holt
Northwest Orient Airlines
Minneapolis
Chicago
O'Hare International
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Bluefield Daily
Te Csra
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Cledith Arles
Cledith Arles Shrewbery
Rock
Princeton Community Hospital
Dott
Samuel and
Berdie Basham Shrewsbery
Martha Jane Cecil Shrewsbery
Roby Shrewsbery
Southpoint
Steve Shrewsbery
Garild Shrewsbery
Spanishburg
Burns Wornal Chapel
Earl Jenkins
Bowling Cemetery
Memorial Funeral Home
Callie Opal Hale
Amonate
Branchland
John and
Angeline Pritchard McComas
Jesus Name Church
Slemp Hale
Roger
Dolores) Monk
Robert B. Hale
Selma
Margaret Cruey
Petersburg
Maxine Eplin
Denver
Colo
Wandel Eplin
Raceland
Woodrow Eplin
Mrs. Myrtie Miller Newberry
Ella Bell
Albany
Jaxville
K'n. City
Atlanta
Bir‘ham
Los. Ang
Birefield
Lou‘vilé
Boise
Me'phis
M. Beach
Boston
St. Louis
OD. Mains
Detroit
S. Lake
Duluth
San Ant’o
G'bero
Frisco
Hon ‘Lulu
Seattie Houston
Ind’pis
Wash'tn
Dole
Technican Baldwin
Hammond and Wurlitzer
Combined Health Services
Princeton Community Hospital Board of Directors
Frank Stepp OR
Harry Belcher
Flowers, Inc
Bland St
Thau
Hickmans
East
Athens
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