Virginia Implied Consent Law Draws Fire in hearings
Virginia legislators heard arguments that the implied consent law is bad legislation as a toughened bill stalled after debate and a court reporter recorded testimony for later study. A key reform would remove the defendant test sample and rely on DMV action for license suspension after a driver refuses a blood test.
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Virginia
Senate Courts of Justice Committee
House
Comp
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Sen
E. E. Willey
Richmond
Highway Safety Study Committee
Robert D. McIilwaine III
Senate
House Courts of Justice
Willey
Division of Motor Vehicles
Chapel Program Opens BC Activities with Drama Topic
Blue field College begins Recreation Emphasis Week with a chapel topic Fun With Drama led by Mrs. Sarah W. Miller of Houston. Bob Money of First Baptist Church Florence S C conducts an afternoon seminar on Sports and Retreats at 3 30. Public invited. A Hootenanny Sing Along With Love follows led by Frank H. Smith. Devotions close the day in dormitories.
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Bluefield College
Sarah W. Miller
Houston
Bob Money
First Baptist Church of
Florence
S. C
Frank H. Smith
Peterstown Citizens Meeting Called for Tonight
A 7:30 p.m. meeting of Peterstown citizens will be held at Peters town High School. Officers will be elected and agenda items include hiring an attorney to oversee water and sewer financing and related business. The meeting is called by E. E. Rowe, chair of the Citizens Committee.
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Peterstown
Peterstown High School
E. E. Rowe
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Contact and Rates Notice
Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists address, founding year, Associated Press membership and subscription rates By Carrier daily and Sunday 50 cents a week By mail in WV 26 dollars per year Rates to other zones available Public notices and staff contact details included in the page record
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Ation
Audit Bureau of Ation
Chambers Seek Four Lane Highway Linking Bluefield and Princeton
Bluefield and Princeton chambers of commerce officials met at the Elks Lodge in Princeton with 35 directors to press joint plans for regional growth. They backed a four lane Bluefield Princeton highway and improvements to U S 52 and Route 20, plus a Mercer County information brochure to market the area. Plans will go to the State Road Commission after chamber road committees finalize them. Fred Blue chaired, Andy Clark opened the program.
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Bluefield
Princeton
Charleston
State Road Commission
Mercer County
Fred Blue
Bluefield Chamber
Andy Clark
Princeton Chamber
Insurance Groups To Convene Feb. 17
Bluefield area insurance reps along with 300 dependent agents will attend the ninth annual West Virginia Association of Independent Insurers meeting at Oglebay Park Wheeling on February 17. Herbert Light, Bluefield area representative on the state executive committee, said area attendee numbers are being compiled. The event dubbed I Day includes a morning coffee, welcome addresses and talks by insurance officials.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
W. W. Barron
Light
Weather Outlook for Virginia and West Virginia
Cloudy with rain and highs in the 50s for Virginia on Thursday. Friday brings partly cloudy skies, wind, and colder temperatures. In West Virginia, rainfall is expected Thursday with highs from 46 to 53. Friday features cloudy, windy, colder conditions with possible snow flurries in the mountains.
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Middle Atlantic
Carolinas
Ohio
Tennessee
Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Virginia
West Virginia
Rotary Club hears talk on securities in Bluefield
James E. Mann of Abbott Proctor and Paine in Bluefield spoke at the Bluefield Rotary Club on government bonds insurance bonds common stocks preferred stocks collateral bonds participating preferred stock and mortgage bonds. Joe Hindsley introduced him at the West Virginian Hotel meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Mann
Abbott, Proctor and Paine Exchange
Bluefield
Glenwood School Honor Roll Named for Third Six Weeks
Glenwood School released the honor roll for the third six weeks listing students by grade. Fourth Grade Lora Lee Meador and Douglas Hurst Fifth Grade Thomas Jinalto Kyle Lust and Debbie Davidson Sixth Grade Michael Hurst Mark King Joe Muscatello Joe Niday Robert Robinett Stephen Shrewsverry Michael Tanner David Linkous Rebecca Hatcher Anita McCoy Carol Puckett Samia Clark and Billy Thomason Seventh Grade Kathy Davidson Debbie Farley Ricky Faulkner David Larue Harald Linkous Michael Meador Wilma Puckett Melady Simpson David Tiller Carolyn Turpin Donne Wall Eighth Grade Judy Jones Donna Caffee Drema Boothe Shirley King Richard Johnston Tony Muscatello Donnie Cuppett Jack Puckett and Terry King Ninth Grade Carmen Grygiel Carmen Sigman and Larry Harmon
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Glenwood School
Lora Lee Meador
Douglas Hurst
Thomas Janutalo
Kyle Lust
Debbie Davidson
Michael Hurst
Mark King
Joe Muscatello
Joe Niday
Robert Robinett
Stephen Shrewsverry
Michael Tanner
David Linkous
Rebecca Hatcher
Anita McCoy
Carol Puckett
Samia Clark
Billy Thomason
Kathy Davidson
Debbie Farley
Ricky
Indiana Man Killed as Truck Crashes Into Wall
Robert Lee Mellene, 3, of Indianapolis, Indiana, was killed when his flatbed tractor-trailer crashed into a cliff along the West Virginia Turnpike about 18 miles north of Beckley. State Police said Mellene was crushed to death under the wreckage.
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Beckley
Robert Lee Mellene
Indianapolis
Ind
West Virginia Turnpike
Mellene
Air Academy Group Set for Feb 9 Conference
The West Virginia Kentucky Liaison Officers Training Conference of the U S Air Force Academy will meet at the Daniel Boone Hotel in Charleston on Sunday February 9 Major Walter H McNeil coordinates the event Verl Snyder and Mrs Norman Sarrett will address attendees Captain Billy W Baker will represent Colonel Virgil J O Connor Local liaison officers Lt Colonel Robert W Yost and Captain Roger L Benser will participate The program aims to motivate high school students from 275 schools to learn about the academy and its offerings.
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West Virginia — Kentucky
U. S. Air Force Academy
Daniel Boone Hotel
Charleston
Walter H. McNeil
Air Force Academy
Verl Snyder
West Virginia
PSC Sets Hearing On Monroe Project
The Public Service Commission schedules a March 9 hearing on Red Sulphur Public Service District in Monroe County seeking authority to provide water and sewer services and to take over Peterstown water systems. A prior October hearing was continued for more information.
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PSC
Monroe
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Red Sulphur Public Service District
Monroe County
Peterstown
Wilmer A. Stanley
North Peterstown
Sissonville’ Public Service District
Kanawha County
Negro Gets Delay In Trial Of Case
Fred Wallace, a Harvard University student, received an indefinite postponement of his Prince Edward County trial while seeking transfer to federal court A suit was filed in the U S District Court in Richmond arguing the state court cannot provide a fair trial Wallace is accused of assaulting a deputy sheriff during a racial demonstration on July 28
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Farmville
Fred Wallace
Harvard University
Prince Edward County
Wallace
U. S. District Court
Richmond
Union Carbide Posts Higher 1983 Profit and Record Sales
Union Carbide Corp. earned $160.172 million in 1983, or $5.32 a share, up from $159.825 million or $5.31. Sales reached a record $1.65818 billion, vs $1.63068 billion. President Binny Mason Jr. cited gains in volume across most divisions, though average selling prices fell for the fourth straight year.
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New York
Union Carbide Co
Binny Mason Jr
West Virginia Senators Split Over Cosmetic and Fur Tax Repeal
Washington AP West Virginia senators Jennings Randolph and Robert Byrd divided on a repeal of the present federal excise tax on cosmetics and furs. The Senate defeated the proposal 48 to 45, Randolph voting no and Byrd voting yes.
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Washington
West Virginia
Senate
Jennings Randolph
DW. Va
Robert Byrd
Joint Services Friday At Davy For Wells Couple
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Davy Methodist Church for Mr and Mrs Charles P Wells twenty two burned to death in a Davy residence fire Tuesday. Rev James Cottrell will officiate with burial at Jaeger Memorial Cemetery in Roderfield. Friends may call at Fanning Funeral Home in Welch between 5 and 10 p.m. today. The couple died when their five room frame home burned at 6 30 a.m. Tuesday. Charles P Wells a 47 year old disabled miner and World War II veteran is survived by a son and a daughter, two brothers and four sisters. Beulah Stone Wells, 35, also of Davy, is survived by a son and daughter and seven brothers and two sisters.
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Charles P. Wells
Davy
Davy Methodist Church
James Cottrell
Jaeger Memorial
Roderfield
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Charles P
Spike) Wells
Tazewell County
Robert Clay
Sarah H. Wells
The
Baptist Church
United Mine Workers of America
Capels
Charles J. Wells
Jo Nell Wells
Northfork
Robert H. Wells
Clifford C. Wells
Moundsville
A. O. Starr
Beckley
Leva Chambers
Fay Blankenship
Bradshaw
J. H. Hall
Mullens
Beulah Stone Wells
Ada Hart Stone
Edward Stone
Miss Dixie Irene Booth
Duhring
Duhring Church of Christ
Fred Lester
Wall Cemetery
Cliff Yards
Don Hedrick
Charlie Sadier
Mateway
Henry Booth
Stella Wall Booth Sadler
Duhling
William Cheer
Tampa
Fla
Eugene Gilmer
Pembroke
Crav* Ae Home
Bluewell
Elbert G. Jackson
Bluefield
Naples
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Clarence Smoot
Monte Vista Park
Harold Grim
Okey Underwood
Erwin Browning
Robert Tyson
Jesse Allen
Crocket Hughes
Tommy Spence
Kenneth Myles
Richardson Friendship
Virginia Avenue Methodist Church
John N. Jackson
Atlanta, Ga
Pay Rate Disclosure Bill Is Killed In Senate Panel
The Senate General Laws Committee in Richmond Virginia killed a bill requiring employers to write pay rates for new hires. Sen Charles R Fenwick argued several wage cases were dismissed because workers could not prove the starting salary. The committee also sent a house bill to the floor to prohibit unauthorised persons from displaying police insignia.
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Richmond
Senate General Laws Committee
Charles R. Fenwick
Arlington
Order of Police
Local Man Attends Course In Physics
Captain Vandy L. Miller of 515 Hardy Street Bluefield attends a two week training course on Radioactive Pollutants in the Environment. The program is run by the Robert A Taft Engineering Center in Cincinnati, a Public Health Service laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandy L. Miller
Hardy St
Bluefield
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Captain Miller
Public Health Service
Underwood Resigns Island Creek Post to Run for Governor
Former West Virginia governor Cecil Underwood resigned as vice president of Island Creek Coal Co. effective Wednesday after announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination. He launches his campaign with a Lincoln Day speech in St. Albans and has 19 speeches scheduled through February.
Annual Horse Show Slated At Tazewell
The Third Annual Tazewell County Horse Show is set for July 3-4 in Tazewell Virginia. Sponsors are the North Tazewell Lions Club and the Tazewell Lions Club. Local presentations open Friday night with qualifying classes Saturday afternoon and stake classes Saturday night.
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Tazewell County
Bluefelad Chamber Tables Proposed $900 Shopping Survey
The Retail Trade Division of the Bluefelad Chamber of Commerce tabled action on a proposed $900 shopping survey awaiting further study. Fred Aenheim, the chamber's managing director, made the presentation.
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Bluefelad Chamber of Commerce
Fred Aenheim
Chamber
Deaths and Funerals in Richlands Area Prompt Services
William Paris Dixon 77 of Richlands Virginia died in a Richlands hospital. Funeral services Friday at 2 p.m. in Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel with burial at Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery. Miss Dixie Irene Booth of Duhring also to be buried Friday at Wall Cemetery. Other notices include John Kiss and Elbert G. Jackson memorials, with services in Beckley and Bluefield respectively. Local churches and family members named among survivors and pallbearers.
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William Paris Dixon
Richlands
Dixon-Red Ash Coal Co
First Baptist Church
Russell County
John H
Callie Jackson Dixon
Minnie Lee Reynolds Dixon
Ann Vance
Ada Newberry
Dora Abshire
Raven
Pear
Hess
Pilgrim Knob
Funeral services for Sam Vanover held in Kentucky
Sam Vanover 83 retired hotel manager of Jenkins Kentucky died Wednesday at his daughter Nora Tackett’s home in Virgie Kentucky where he lived recently. Survivors include his wife Tilda Vanover of Virgie two daughters Pat Shifflett and Bertha Wert two sons Forrest Vanover and James Vanover 13 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren two sisters and others. Funeral was held Saturday at 1 pm in Burdine Freewill Baptist Church with burial in Vanover Cemetery at Jenkins. A service will be held Thursday at Clintwood Colley Funeral Home.
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Sam Vanover
Jenkins, Ky
Nora Baars Tackett
Virgie
Tilda Vanover
Pat Shifflett
Baltimore
Sally Keethig
Jenkins
Vannie Fannin
Davidson
Mich
Burdine Freewill Baptist Church
Alton Brown
Albert Dingus
Vanover
Clintwood Colley Funeral Home
Funeral arrangements set for Mrs Eunice Jackson
Mrs Eunice Jackson 79 died Wednesday at her son Carter Jacksons Davenport Virginia residence. Survivors include three other sons Ira Jackson Maioney Jackson and Donald Jackson four daughters Effie Breeding Texie Crabtree Ruth Hale and May Breeding 48 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren a brother and four sisters. The pony will be returned to the residence at 11 am Thursday for funeral services at 11 am Saturday officiated by Elders Henry Viers and Franklin Viers Burial in Breeding family cemetery Haysi Funeral Home in charge.
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Eunice Jackson
Carter Jackson
Davenport
Ira Jackson
Maioney Jackson
Berwind
Donald Jackson
Murphy
Effie Breeding
Texie Crabtree
Ruth Hale
Vansant
May Breeding
Alexandria
Doug Presley
Jil Breeding
Hettie Boyd
Gertie Rasnick
Coalwood
Virgie
Richmond
Henry Viers
Franklin Viers
Haysi
Funeral services for William R Brooks slated Thursday
Funeral services for William Reece Brooks, victim of an auto pedestrian accident, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Bible Way Church of Christ on High Street in Princeton. Rev. B. K. Hooper will officiate with burial at Lincoln Park Cemetery. Brooks died after being struck near midnight Friday on U. S. Highway 10 21 north of Princeton and was pronounced dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital. Seaver Funeral Service of Princeton handles arrangements.
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William Reece Brooks
Bible Way Church of Christ
High Street
Princeton
B. K. Hooper
Lincoln Park
Brooks
Memorial Hospital
Seaver Funeral Service of
Funeral services set for Walter Crider Keystone miner
Funeral arrangements are complete for Walter Crider a retired miner of Keystone who died Tuesday at a friend’s home. The body remains at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home Keystone where final rites will be announced.
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Walter Crider
Keystone
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Funeral for Coy Pierce in Princeton burial at Oakwood
Funeral services for Coy Pierce of Newark N J are held today at 2 p m at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton with Rev Earl Cameron officiating. Burial follows in Oakwood Cemetery with pallbearers J W Britten Ronnie Bowling Joe Stout John Evans Coy Ramsey and Okie Wade named.
School Dropouts On Roanoke Agenda
A two day conference on school dropouts will be held in Roanoke starting Friday February 14. Keynote speakers include Secretary of Labor John F Henning and Delegate Kathryn Stone of Arlington.
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Roanoke
Virginia Teachers Association
John F. Henning
Del
Kathryn Stone
Arlington
Compromise Reached on Virginia Stone Highway Package
Negotiators in Richmond reach a three point compromise to ease city objections to the Stone Highway Package. Key points reduce city matching to 15 percent for construction, allow participation in a 10 million revolving fund for right of way, and drop the five year limit on allocation accumulation. The freeze remains at 10000 per mile for primary streets and 800 per mile for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Senate Roads Committee
William F. Stone
Martinsville
Highway Study Commission
Awards Night For Bluefield Sales Executives Club
Presentation of distinguished salesmanship awards to representatives of nine member companies will highlight a Bluefield Sales Executives Club meeting tonight at 6 o clock at the Bluefield Country Club. Firms recognized include Bluefield Hardware Daily Telegraph Printing Bluefield Supply Dixie Appliance First National Bank Alfred Land Diamonds Haun Motors Leatherwood Company and Southwest Virginia Tire.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Country Club
Bluefield Hardware
Daily Telegraph Printing
Bluefield Supply
Dixie Appliance
First National Bank
Alfred Land Diamonds
Haun Motors
Leatherwood Company
Southwest Virginia Tire
Educational Film Series Opens at Bluefield State College
Bluefield State College starts an educational film series at 6 30 p m in the Little Theatre College Union. The opening program features films on Marriage and Family Relationship including Choosing for Happiness Are You Real y for Marriage Who s Boss and Marriage and Divorce. Health service and the physical education department co sponsor the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield State College
Little Theatre
College Union
The
Health Service
Physical Education Department
Pocahontas Woman Shot Wound Treated at Bluefield
Katherine Shiveley, 53, of near Pocahontas Virginia, was treated at Bluefield Sanitarium Wednesday night for a gunshot wound to the right shoulder. State Trooper C F Little said the wound was related to a personal safety incident. she was admitted shortly after noon and not considered critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Shiveley
Pocahontas
West Virginia
Bluefield Sanitarium
C. F. Little
Little
Giatto Man Hurt In Mine Accident
Walter W. Elmore, 51, of Giatto near Matoaka in Mercer County, was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium at 7 15 p m for chest injuries from a mine accident at Judy Coal Co Giatto. He underwent x ray treatment Wednesday night.
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Walter W. Elmore
Giatto
Matoaka
Mercer County
Bluefield Sanitarium
Judy Coal Co
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