Nixon Signs Welfare Reform Law Requiring Work or Training
President Nixon signed a welfare reform bill targeting AFDC recipients to require work registration or job training. It becomes effective July 1 and excludes the aged ill disabled students and mothers with young children from certain requirements. Conservatives praise the reform while welfare officials warn of limited job availability and effectiveness. Nixon announced the signing during Florida talks with Chancellor Brandt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
AFDC
Administration
Florida
Willy Brandt
Huddleston Receives Medical Exam in Slayings Case
Silous Huddleston, 63, charged in the Yablonski family murders, was removed from Washington County Jail for a respiratory exam. He faces murder charges alongside his daughter Annette Gilly and son-in-law Paul Gilly in the New Year’s Eve 1969 killings of Joseph Yablonski, his wife and daughter. Aubrna Martin has been sentenced to death. Claude Vealey pleaded guilty and named Martin as the trigger man. The remaining defendants plead not guilty, with Gilly slated for early January trial.
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 Tobacco in New York
Six tobacco dealers filed suits in State Supreme Court arguing officials fail to collect taxes on every cigarette pack sold in New York City. They assert bootlegging rose as a result, cutting into dealer sales and costing the state about 224 million dollars in taxes over six years. A show cause order was signed by Justice John M. Murtagh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
John M. Murtagh
Octopus Surrenders On Shy Escape Route
A shy octopus avoids confrontation, preferring to retreat rather than engage. Researchers note its tendency to flee when sensing danger, highlighting its cautious behavior in reef habitats.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Ad Rates Notice
Public notice listing subscription rates for local and distant zones in West Virginia, with carrier and motor route pricing, published by the Bluefield Daily Telegraph Printing Co. in 41 Bland Street, Bivetica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bivetica
Associated Press
West Virginia
Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Shannon & Cullen Telephone
Deaths and Funerals In West Virginia Area
Charles I Underwood 77 of Cashmere dies in Pearisburg Virginia after a long illness. Retired railway mail foreman and real estate broker. services Thursday at 2 p.m. at Broyles Funeral Chapel with Masonic rites. entombment at Resthaven Memorial Park. Cledith Arles Shrewsbery 59 of Rock dies on arrival at Princeton hospital from apparent heart attack. Survived by children and siblings. services Thursday at Burns Wornal Chapel. burial Bowling Cemetery. Callie Opal Hale 53 of Amonate dies in Richlands hospital after brief illness. Survived by husband Slemp Hale and daughter Dolores Monk. arrangements incomplete at Hurst-Scott Funeral Home.
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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
Hintonberg
Cledith Arles Shrewbery
Rock
Princeton Community Hospital
Dott
Samuel and
Berdie Basham Shrewsbery
Martha Jane Cecil Shrewsbery
Roby Shrewsbery
Southpoint
Ohio
Steve Shrewsbery
Chicago
Garild Shrewsbery
Spanishburg
Burns Wornal Chapel
Earl Jenkins
Bowling Cemetery
Memorial Funeral Home
Callie Opal Hale
Amonate
Richlands
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
Baltimore
Walter Eplin
California
Hurst - Scott Funeral Home
Mrs. Zona Gentry of Harman Dies at 62
Mrs. Zona Mae Gentry 62 of Harman Va died Tuesday in a Grundy Va hospital. Survived by four sons Luther Wade Gentry Jr Edward H Gentry William M Gentry and Charles C Elswick. five daughters Lottie Smyser Little Mae Feeney Magaline Collins Thelma Tizen Kathleen Bartley. one sister Artie Ratliff. four brothers Stewart Bart Alvin and Dewey Elswick. Buried Elswick Cemetery Harman after service at home conducted Thursday by Rev Jack Mutter and Rev Ralph Harris. Body to be moved from Virginia Funeral Home Grundy 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 Notice of Mrs Myrtie Miller Newberry Ravensva
Mrs Myrtie Miller Newberry 66 of Mill Creek Raven Va died Monday in a Richlands Va hospital after a long illness. Born in Russell County Va she was the widow of Roy Newberry mother of three and grandmother to 14 with 14 great grandchildren. Funeral at Mill Creek Primitive Baptist Church Thursday at 11 am with Elders Otis Fields Elmer Gene Compton and Clair Combs officiating burial in Newberry Family Cemetery. Nephews pallbearers. Body at Mullins Funeral Home.
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Myrtie Mller Newberry
Mill Creek
Raven
Richlands
Russell County
Martin
Vina Griffith Miller
Honaker
Primitive Baptist Church
Nestore
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
Mrs H O Pratt Rosedale Woman Dies After Illness
Mrs H O Pratt 62 of Rosedale Virginia died in a Charlottesville hospital after a short illness. She was active in Loops Methodist Church and community affairs in Russell County. Survived by husband 7 O Pratt four sons Pratt C A Pratt and others, six daughters and one sister. Funeral in Lebanon Virginia.
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H. O. Pratt
Rosedale
Charlottesville
K. W. Eyestone
Herbert S. Hale
Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Tom McGee
Duluth, Ga
Sam Leazer
Doraville
Marion Paige Pratt
Gladys Walden
Lebanon
Rufus R. Harmon 47 Bluefield native dies at hospital
Rufus R. Harmon of 2020 Moore Street Bluefield Virginia 47 died Monday night in a Bluefield hospital. He was an inspector for Bluefield Coca Cola Bottling Co. Survived by four sisters and two brothers. Dudley Memorial Chapel to conduct funeral with burial at Grandview Memory Gardens. Friends may call after 3 PM today at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus R. Harmon
Rufus
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 notices Glenn Kermit Hutton of Gettysburg dies en route to hospital
Glenn Kermit Hutton 47 of Gettysburg Pa formerly Matoaka died Tuesday after an apparent heart attack while visiting Sugar Grove Va with his parents Roy and Mary Rish. Survived by widow Genevie Allmen Hutton two children Sheila Lynn and Malcolm Glenn and two sisters Pansy Cornett and Mrs Roy Rish. Services were at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Barnett Funeral Chapel Marion Va with burial at Gettysburg National Cemetery Thursday evening.
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 conducted today at 2 pm in Buchanan First Presbyterian Church Grundy with Rev Murphy Miller officiating burial in Mountain Valley Memorial Park Grundy. Home to church one hour prior pallbearers named Bill Mullins Bill Lester Jerry Davis Dewey Kiser E H Lester and Henry Lester. Grundy Funeral Home in charge.
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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 Dies After Illness at 12
William Gary White age 12 of Adair's Run died in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. Survived by parents Billie and William White, sister Frances Christine, and paternal grandparents T. R. White. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at Davis Funeral Chapel Oakvale with Rev. Roy Comer, burial in Elgood Cemetery. Viewing today 4 to 9 p.m.
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William Gary White
William
Billie) White
Adair’s
Bluefield
Pleasant Hill
Oakvale
Roy Comer
Elgood Cemetery
Elgood
Ella Bell Camp Obituary of Davy native in Baltimore
Ella Bell Camp 86 formerly of Davy died in Baltimore Maryland Sunday. She was married to Walter Lee Camp who preceded her. Survived by three daughters and five sons including Sarah Mewse Ellen Turner Anna Pauline Dunne William Riley James Albert Lee Herbert Delbert. Funeral held Thursday at Douglas Mortuary Chapel with two ministers officiating. Burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Friends may call today 5 to 9 p.m.
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Ella Bell
Davy
Baltimore
Walter Lee Camp
Sarah Mewse
Toledo
Ohio
Ellen Turner
Anna Pauline Dunne
William Riley
James Camp
Albert Lee
Charleston
Herbert Eugene
Trenton
Delbert
Pennsylvania
Douglas Mortuary Chapel
E. M. Hudgins
Gerald Church
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Panther man dies after long illness at 64
Burl Bailey of Panther died Monday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. Survived by widow Relda Bailey two daughters Hazel Runyon Morton Wash and Carolyn Justice Panther one son Maston Lee Bailey Morton two sisters Mary Church Panther and Nancy Burchett Jaeger nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Incomplete at Virginia Funeral Home 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 Bluefield
Graveside rites for Bob G Bez Johnson 68 of Bluefield who died on arrival at a Bluefield hospital last Thursday are set for Thursday at 11 a.m. at Restlawn Memorial Estate Littlesburg with Rev C H Jackson officiating. Friends may call at 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
Funeral services for Mrs Maxine Lavelle in Bluefield
Funeral services for Mrs Maxine Lavelle 51 of Double Gates Bluefield Va held today at 2 p m at Dudley Memorial Chapel officiated by Rev Paul Gess and Rev W W Wyrick with burial at Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield Tazewell Road Pallbearers listed include T P Scott W D Scott Duane Davis W E Perdue Harry Buston Carl Galimore Earl Martin and Bruce Yost
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Galimore
Earl Martin
Bruce Yost
Pennington Theodore Russell Russ Memorial Service Details
Theodore Russell Pennington 69 of Montcalm dies. Funeral today at 2 p.m. in Cravens Shires Funeral Chapel with Rev. Mildred Bloyer and Rev. Elbert Hudgins officiating burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Bluefield Princeton Road Pallbearers include Arthur Hudgins Jim Helmondollar Ferrell Boyd Oakley Davidson David Perkins and Edgar Webb Ladies of the Montcalm Church of God will carry flowers Mary Zande 73 of Maybeury funeral today at 10 a.m. Powhatan Sacred Heart Church with Father Seamus McGuire follow in Woodlawn Mausoleum Bluewell Pallbearers named including Cyrus Beckland Tullio Larese Innocent Larese H C Harvey Oscar Vicellio Jr Leo Vicellio Ivo Vicellio Leo Molin Joe Monti Jr and Ennio Corte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennington
Theodore Russell
Russ
Montcalm
Cravens-Shires
Mildred Bloyer
Elbert Hudgins
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
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 break in at Bluefield High School during the holidays. Vandals attempted to access the vault near the principal's office, chipped a wall section, and knocked a hole in the ceiling of the office.
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Bluefield City
Bluefield High School
Temperatures Around Nation
National Weather Service report covers maximum temperatures for a 12 hour period and minimums for 18 hours with precipitation over 24 hours ending at ? pm on December 2. Weather data list includes readings across the nation.
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Washington
National Weather Service
Protesters Enter the Park Torch During Vietnam Sit-In
Protesters led by Timothy Holmes, 22, of Salem mass, staged a sit in at the Liberty Statue torch atop the 305 foot monument. National Park Service considered removing them but an order by Federal Judge Lawrence Pierce guided a peaceful exit. A 5 foot American flag hung upside down was left behind while the torch remains closed to the public since 1960 for structural reasons. The statue superintendent James Bateman found no notable damage after inspection.
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Timothy Holmes
Salem
Mass
Nixon
Vietnam
National Park Service
Lawrence Pierce
Park Service
Liberty
James Bateman
Peace talks pause as sides cancel next meeting
Liaison officers from both sides agreed to seek a resumption date after mutual cancellations at North Vietnam headquarters near Choisy le Roi. The Hanoi notice predated the U S handover, while Maurice Schumann condemned any renewed bombing of North Vietnam as regrettable.
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Choisy le Roi
U.S
Hanoi
Stephen Ledegar
Maurice Schumann
North Vietnam
Senate faces logjam over welfare reform and finance hearings
The 1972 debate centers on three welfare reform issues with the House bill advancing guaranteed minimum income and working poor coverage but stalled in Finance. Democrats seek a more liberal plan while Republicans resist. Senator Russell Long aims to bring the bill to the floor by March 1 as Social Security increases propel Senate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Finance
House
Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
West Virginia Health Care Corporation Proposed for Region
A report outlines creating a West Virginia Health Care Corporation funded by state and federal sources along with Blue Cross Blue Shield and HEW accreditation. It calls for an area wide Health Planning Council, an eighteen member board, and expanded programs including health care centers and outpatient facilities to attract funds, raise care quality, and reduce costs.
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West Virginia Health Care Corporation
Southern
West Virginia
Regional Health Council
Haldi
Mercer County Medical Society
Medical Society
NATO Ties and German Unification Dominate Nixon Brandt Talks
President Nixon and Chancellor Brandt held two day talks at Biscayne Bay focusing on Western Europe troop strength, Berlin issues, and possible German UN membership. Rogers and Kissinger were sidelined by illness as discussions pointed to continued US troop levels and East West security talks ahead.
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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 Reach Grabs 25 Crabs at Once
A voracious octopus shows remarkable dexterity as it gathers up to 25 crabs with its eight arms before sequentially feeding.
Funeral Rites For Hubert Patton In Cedar Bluff Va
Funeral services for Hubert Lee Patton nineteen of Cedar Bluff Virginia will be held at two this afternoon in the Hurst Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands with burial at Greenhills Gardens Claypool Hill. Patton was found dead at a Bernard family home after a hunting trip and his autopsy to determine cause of death is pending toxicology results. The Cedar Bluff police investigation continues with no heart attack indicated by the examiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Lee Patton
Cedar Bluff
Hurst - Scott
Richlands
Greenhillses
Claypool Hill
Emory Morris Patton
Henry Bernard
Bernard
Morris
Patton
Roanoke
Bluefield Man Found Dead at Home
Ronald B. Lafon a 51 year old resident of Princeton Avenue Bluefield was found dead in his apartment Tuesday authorities said he died of natural causes likely three or four days earlier The apartment owner Lloyd Duckler alerted police after not seeing Lafon since Sunday and unlocking the unit through a skylight Police noted he appeared in good health Sunday evening and the body was 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 In Chicago
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 murder after hijacking a Northwest Orient Airlines jet on Christmas Eve en route from Minneapolis to Chicago. He was captured at O Hare International Airport after 27 passengers and six crew members evacuated. Indictment says he used a revolver to seize the plane seek a 300000 ransom and threatened a stewardess to access 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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Atlanta
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Bir‘ham
D. Mains
St. Louis Detro't
S. Lake
Duluth
San Ant’o
G'bero
Frisco
Hon‘lulu
Seattie
Houston
Ind’pis
Wash'tn
Dole
Organ Service Factory
Technican
Baldwin
Hammond AD
Wurlitizer
Aafiano CO
Combined Health Services
Princeton Community Hospital Board of Directors
Frank Stepp
Harry Belcher
Flowers, Inc
Bland St
Bluefield, W.va
Hickmans
East
Athens
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