Princeton Council weighs landfill withdrawal and new finance director
Princeton City Council discussed possibly withdrawing from the Mercer County landfill with Mayor Skeens and Councilman Shrewsbury urging a financial report on the city’s landfill payments. They noted about $10,000 paid since May 1971 and considered returning to a city dump. The meeting also announced Charles MacQueen as finance director at $8,160 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Mercer County
Lewis I. Skeens
Ira Southern
Lacy Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
Southern
Skeens
Charles MacQueen
MacQueen
Dunbar
West Virginia University
Harrison
Bee
East End
Mercer County Court
Judge weighs acting leader for new nine member board
The judge must approve an acting superintendent for a nine member consolidated school board whose members are to be named from the city and counties. A 9 a.m. Tuesday meeting was tentatively set to act if a stay is denied, likely deferred after the court decision. Merhige's order would create a metropolitan system of 104000 pupils with 78000 bused. Merhige has denied a stay request from counties and the state board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merhige
IRA Adopts Small Unit Cells In Irish War Tactics
The British army toll has driven the IRA to switch to a compact cell command structure. Fighters wear simple green jackets and berets and live nomadically, billeted nightly in different Catholic homes. IRA funds from robberies, Catholic district collections, and Irish American donations support them. IRA members deny lavish bounties for killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IRA
United State
Britain
Shanghai Emerges as China’s Leading Sea Port
Shanghai stands as China’s primary sea port and ranks among the world’s largest ports, handling vast cargo volumes and significant international shipping activity.
Daily Telegraph Bluefield Ad Rates Notice
Public notice details subscription and motor route pricing for West Virginia readers. Includes carrier and mail rates, zone information, and contact figures for the Daily Telegraph Printing Co. publication in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews
Shannon
Deaths and funerals in Wallscreek area deaths
Obituary notices for James Riley Tidwell aged 86 of Wallscreek and Junior L Houchins 44 of Richlands outline funeral details and survivors. Tidwell died in Abingdon Virginia after a long illness and will be buried in Davis Cemetery Coalfield Tennessee with services in Richlands and Oliver Springs. Houchins is to be buried at Greenhills Memory Gardens with services in Hill Creek Holiness Church and notes his wife steps and siblings.
Death notice for Charlie H. Steele Princeton resident
Charlie H. Steele, 74, of 303 Park Ave., Princeton, died Sunday night after a long illness. He retired after 20 years with Celanese Corporation of America at Narrows, Va. He leaves one daughter Kathryn Hale of Narrows, three brothers, three sisters, and multiple nieces and nephews. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Seaver Funeral Chapel with burial at Resthaven Park Cemetery. Pallbearers are Princeton Masonic Lodge members. flowers by the Order of the Eastern Star and WSCS. The body lies at the mortuary with calling hours today from 4 to 9 p.m.
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Charlie H. Steele
Park Ave
Princeton
William S
Cora Taylor Steele
Lamar
Celanese Corporation of America
Narrows
First Methodist Church
Methodist Mens’ Club
Princeton Lodge
AF & AM
Order of the Eastern Star
Princeton Old Guard
Knights of Pythian
Order of the Dokkies
Ruth Burgess Steele
James
Kathryn) Hale
Roy C. Steele
William S. Steele
Wytheville
E. Glen Steele
Norfolk
Annie Belcher
Elia Bragg
Warren Cliff
Sadie Bernard
Bluefield
Seaver Funeral Chapel
Cecil S. McMillion
Resthaven Park
Princeton Masonic Lodge
WSCS
William McKinley Owens obituary from Honaker Virginia
William McKinley Owens 77 of New Garden near Honaker died Monday in a Richlands hospital after a long illness. A WWI veteran and retired farmer, he was a son of the late L. D. R. and Martha Sutherland Owens and member of Odd Fellows Lodge No 208. Survived by Mae, a daughter Clara Partin, two sons Kenneth and Park Dean, two sisters and five grandchildren. Funeral conducted Wednesday at Owens Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Owens Family Cemetery New Gardens. Graveside rites by Odd Fellows. nephews as pallbearers. lodge members as honorary pallbearers. Friends may call at Owens Funeral Home.
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William McKinley Owens
New Garden
Honaker
Richlands
Dickenson County
Martha Sutherland Owens
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No
Mae Owens
Clara L. Partin
Oddfellows’ Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Owens Funeral Home
Eight Year Old David Mitchem Dies in Baltimore Hospital
David Lewis Mitchem age 8 of Rockville Maryland died Saturday night in a Baltimore hospital after a long illness. He was the son of Joseph and Ruth Lambert Mitchem formerly of Eckman. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Bennett Fanning Funeral Home Northfork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lewis Mitchem
Rockville
Baltimore, Md
Joseph
Ruth Lambert Mitchem
Eckman
Bennett-Fanning Funeral
Northfork
Mrs Ella Mae Smith of Excelsior Dies in Welch Hospital
Mrs Ella Mae Smith of Excelsior died Monday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. Arrangements were in progress at Page Funeral Home in Welch.
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Ella Mae Smith
Excelsior
Welch
Page Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs Mae Reynolds in Bluewell
Mrs Mae Saunders Reynolds 71 of Pompano Beach Fla formerly of Bluefield dies. Services set for 11 am Wednesday at Cravens Shires Funeral Home Bluewell with Rev Clifford W Compton officiating. Burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell. Survivors include daughter Alma Debellis, sisters Lorene Harrison Thelma Buckland Lula Faulkner Charles Price, brothers Clifton Ray Saunders, and pallbearers listed. Calling hours today 6 to 9 pm at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melissa Marie Carroll
Charles Wayne Carroll
Rt. 1
Bluefield
Cynthia Lee Carroll
Charles Edward
James Ray
Franklin Wayne Carroll
Ed Fletcher
Virginia Carroll
Mae Reynolds
Mae Saunders Reynolds
Pompano Beach
Fla
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Clifford W. Compton
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Alma Debellis
Lorene Harrison
Thelma Buckland
Peterstown
Lula Faulkner
Charles Price
Clifford
Ray Saunders
Ernest Lester
Jesse Saunders
Clinton Compton
Paul Ayers
Alva Stewart
Jack Mitchell
Woodrow Grim
Howard Poe
Leslie Dalton
Paris Saunders
Clayton Gullion
Veil Dawson
Millard B Abshire Rites Planned At Little Vine Church
Millard B Abshire 81 of Welch died Sunday en route to a Welch hospital after a long illness. He was a retired coal miner, member of UMWA Local 6029 and Little Vine Baptist Church. Surviving are wife Mary Warner and three daughters Louise Belcher Hiller Belcher Joan Davis. one brother John Abshire. 12 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Funeral at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Little Vine Baptist Church. burial Belcher Mountain Cemetery. Grandsons pallbearers. flowers by church ladies. Friends may call at Douglas Mortuary Welch today 5 to 9 p.m.
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James Riley Tidwell
Wallscreek
Abingdon
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Cecil Herrin
Davis Cemetery
Coalfield
Tenn
Tennessee
Walls Creek
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Amonate
The
Baptist Church
Henrietta Ralston Tidwell
Frances Taylor Tidwell
Ruth King
Arthur West
Minnie
Ethel Tidwell
LaPorte
Cora Tidwell
Glendora Tidwell
Martinsville
Millard B. Abshire
Welch
William and
Martha Wells Abshire
Superior
UMWA
Little Vine Baptist Church
Big Four
Mary Warner Abshire
Morgan
Louise) Belcher
Hiller
Neta) Belcher
Belcher Mountain
Jason
Joan) Davis
Northfork
John Abshire
Bluefield
Billy Crane
Jackie Helman Dollar
Douglas Mortuary
James C. Peters 68 Ballard resident dies at home
James Charles Peters 68 of Ballard died at his home Sunday night after an apparent heart attack. He was a WWII veteran, farmer, and local church and American Legion member. Survived by two brothers and two sisters, services set for Thursday at 11 a.m. at Broyles Funeral Chapel Peterstown with burial in Peterstown Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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James C. Peters
James Charles Peters
Ballard
Summers County
Robert M
Mary Damewood Peters
Methodist Church
American Legion Post 145
Peterstown
W. H. Peters
Salem
A. C. Peters
Mrs Viola Cox Dillow Dies In Huntington
Mrs Viola Cox Dillow died Monday in Huntington following a residence at 207 Boone St Bluefield She was a Sacred Heart Catholic Church member Surviving are her husband George C Dillow a daughter Rita Dillow Cincinnati Ohio a son Raymond Mounts Mt Sterling Ohio two sisters Mrs Carrie Shank Mrs Alta Reynolds Huntington and one brother Hayes Cox Belleview Ohio Funeral services were at Kincaid Funeral Home Huntington with Father George Burke officiating burial in Huntington family cemetery
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Viola Cox Dillow
Boone St
Bluefield
Huntington
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
George C. Dillow
Rita Dillow
Cincinnati
Ohio
Raymond Mounts
Mt. Sterling
Carrie Shank
Alta Reynolds
Hayes Cox
Belleview
Kincaid Funeral Home
George Burke
Family
Irvin J. Stafford, 74, of Pearisburg dies at home
Irvin J. Stafford, 74, of Rt. 1 Pearisburg Va died Monday morning at his home after retirement from Celco plant Narrows Va He was a son of the late Gilbert and Sarah Stafford Survived by his wife Anna McGinley Stafford a daughter Mrs Hurley C Johnston of Pearisburg and two brothers Wilmot Stafford Pembroke Va and Robert C Stafford Trigg Va Services set for 2 pm Wednesday at Givens Funeral Chapel Pearisburg with burial in Birchlawn Burial Park Friends may call at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin J. Stafford
Rt. 1
Pearisburg
Celco
Narrows
Gilbert and
Sarah Stafford
Anna McGinley Stafford
Hurley C. Johnston
Wilmot Stafford
Pembroke
Robert C. Stafford
Funeral services for Dennis Norris in Tazewell
Funeral services for Dennis Norris aged 79 of Tazewell Virginia are set for 2 p.m. at Wesleyan Methodist Church in Tazewell with Reverends Kenneth Brown and W. W. Watson officiating. Burial will follow at Maplewood Cemetery. The body lies at Greever Funeral Home, Tazewell, until one hour before the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Norris
Tazewell
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Kenneth Brown
W. W. Watson
Maplewood Cemetery
Greever Funeral Home
Thompson proposes 60 day strike injunction amid dock clash
Representative Thompson reveals a partial 60 day injunction to end the West Coast dock strike while urging quick action by the House Labor Committee. He cites unresolved issues on pay retroactivity and optical care, and notes Senate chances before Lincoln Day recess appear slim. Rep. Dellenback opposes the measure as cosmetic.
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National Health and Safety
House Labor Committee
House
Senate
John Dellenback
Rove
Thompson
Congress
Kagel
Berkeley
Calif
Bridges
Nixon
ILWU
Noted Princeton Broker Succumbs
Benjamin Ballard White Sr. of Princeton, a well known real estate broker, died Monday afternoon at his home after a heart attack. He was active in the Republican Party and served as county road supervisor under Gov. Cecil Underwood. He was the father of Ben B. White Jr., a Princeton attorney. The body was moved to Seaver Mortuary in Princeton with funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Benjamin Ballard White Sr
Princeton
Bluefield Avenue
Cecil Underwood
Ben B. White Jr
Seaver Mortuary
Belfast escape marks first Long Kesh break as violence rises
Francis McGuigan, a 24 year old Belfast man tied to the Belfast Provisionals, escapes from Long Kesh where about 400 IRA suspects are detained without trial. Police block Belfast exits as he remains at large. The weekend toll reaches four dead, totaling 239 since August 1969, amid bombings on Lough Neagh and a hooded man found near the border with the Republic.
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Francis McGuigan
Belfast
Long Kesh
Irish Republican Army
McGuigan
IRA
Provisionals
Lisburn
Newry
Lough Neagh
The
Republic
Thompson Barrett Maxwell and Hawks funeral notices
Funeral services are listed for Charles G. Thompson 80 of Bluefield at Brushfork United Methodist Church with burial at Grandview Memory Gardens and many pallbearers. Barrett T Maxwell 64 of Princeton dies today with service at Crumpler Methodist Church and burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. pallbearers named. William A Hawks 53 of Winchester Va formerly Hemphill will have services at Douglas Mortuary Chapel Welch and burial at Saeger Memorial Gardens.
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Clayton Perdue
Sterling Burgess
Jess Witherspoon
Andy Gott
J. L. Lambert
Jim Alex Harris
Carl Wimmer
George Stinson
Jack Graham
Leonard Walker
Elmer Tabor
R. V. Murphy
H. R. Warden
Ralph Cornwell
George Snider
P. P. Ferraraccio
Watt Compton
Endle Caldwell
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Maxwell
Barrett T
Dickie
Murdock St
Princeton
Crumpler Methodist Church
Charles Wilfong
Frank Blevins
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Charles Sexton
Fred Iddings
Harry Young Jr
Kermit Lambert
Paul Sexton
Vernon Bullis
James Harris
Wallace White
Seaver Mortuary
Hawks
William A
Winchester
Hemphill
Douglas Mortuary Chapel
Welch
Robert Hull
Saeger
Roderfield
Candidates Beat Deadline By U S Mail In West Virginia Primary
Candidates whose mail entries reached the secretary of state's office by Saturdays midnight deadline and were received Monday include numerous state Senate and House of Delegates nominees from Weirton McMechen Harrisville Point Pleasant Wayne Huntington Gauley Bridge and other communities. The list covers multiple districts and delegates for Republican and Democratic national conventions with names such as Wojcik Vance Bird O Neill Ramey Darby McQuade McCutcheon Smith Davis Price Jenkins Hoover Secrist Kiser Herkness Swan Hanlon Bright Rice Doll Underwood Keltner Phillips Gainer Sherman Jennings Workman Lipscomb Bagby Adams Hefner Ross Almond Deem Kuhns Keltner Weese Angotti Bright Hoff Seabright Mahaney Kaufman Carter Giltinan Varney Sayre Cooke Cunningham Akers Ferguson Kantor Rasmussen St Clair Stacy and others.
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Kenny J. Smith
Glenville
James L. Davis
Fairmont
B. B
Bob” Price
Charles A. Jenkins
Mannington
John F. Hoover
Martinsburg
C. Bruce Secrist
William King Stone
Charles A. Kiser
Wheeling
Paul H. Price
Morgantown
Robert E. Keltner
Parkersburg
Willard “Bill” Phillips Jr
Elkins
Jeff Harlow
John W. Garlow
Alfred F. Chapman
Denzil L. Gainer
Charleston
Jerry Sherman
Williamson
Francis N. Jennings
Grafton
C. L
Babe’’ Workman
Peytona
Troy S. Bailey
Bridgeport
Robert H. Mollohan
R. Keith
Bud” Lipscomb
Beckley
Wesley M. Bagby
Hugh Robert Holtrop
Fred H. Goff
Harry C. Davis
Follawsbee
William Bruce Hoff
W. R
Squibb
Wilson
Ralph F. le Pore
Jerome A. Burke
Roger A. Henderson
Walker
William Tempos
Weirton
John L. Seabright
Charles W. Weese
Keyser
S. J
Sam’’ Angotti
Simeon M. Bright
John Bailey
Weston
Robert John Doyle
Shepherdstown
Edward E. Stout Jr
Jean M. Hoff
Philippi
Harry C. Beale
Rupert
Paul G. Phillips
Delray
Don J. Nickell
Lewisburg
Darrell K Hetrick
Masil G. Coughlin
Douglas Wayne Mahaney
Clendenin
Tod J. Kaufman
Allen Carter Giltinan
David F. Varney
Huntington
Robert G. Sayre
Woodrow Wilson Cooke
Oceana
Roy A. Cunningham
William J
Willie’ Akers
Princeton
Cecil Dean
Randy Mays
Anne V. Ferguson
Norris Kantor
Bluefield
I. M. Kruger
Logan
Jeanne M. Rasmussen
Ghent
A. M. “Tinker
St. Clair
Welch
Fred T. Stacy
Huntington Board of Park Commissioners
Joy Hayden
Democrat
Hazel Houston Leads Vespers at Bluefield Center
Mrs Hazel Houston presided as mistress of ceremonies at the weekly vesper service at Bluefield Community Center. Edith Hicks read scripture Emma White offered prayers. Poems were read by White and Sherri Smalls guest speaker Clair De Cousins Woods urged 1972 goals and time management. Next week Truelove Thompson to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Houston
Bluefield
Edith Hicks
Emma White
White
Sherri Smalls
Clair de Cousins Woods
Tet threat looms as Vann cites 50000 troops for attack
Offensive adviser Vann in South Vietnam’s 2nd region predicts Hanoi will launch a Tet offensive with about 50000 troops and up to 10000 casualties for psychological effect. He is echoed by Westmoreland Bunker Porter and others. He cites intelligence from prisoners defectors and sensors. Montagnards warn of rising danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Vietnam
Vann
Hanoi
U.S. Army
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Saigon
Ellsworth Bunker
William J. Porter
Paris
Ngo Dzu
Governor’s employment letter aids veterans and non veterans
Eight idle men from Bluefield and Princeton seek work after a Charleston trip. Roy Watson is employed locally. others await placement as Norman Yost and Governor Moore urge they present letters within 15 days at Mercer County highway headquarters. Moore cites emergency and federal programs aimed at veteran job problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Charleston
Norman Yost
Yost
Roy Watson
Princeton
Watson
Daily Telegraph
Moore
Mercer County
West Virginia Department of Highways
Sapporo Name Origins Tied to Ainu Heritage
Sapporo Japan derives its name from Ainu roots on Hokkaido. The term is a contraction of Sato poro petsu meaning a large dry river, reflecting the region's indigenous people before Japanese arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sapporo
Japan
Hokkaido
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Shanghai
China
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Junior L. Houchins
Junior L. ‘Doodle Houchins
Dalton Addition
Hill Creek Holiness Church
Jim Street
Grat Horton
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Pete and
Bertha McNutt Houchins
Healy and Ball
Raven, Va
Jack Houchins
Dewey Houchins
Vencll Houchins
Cleveland
Eugene Houchins
California
Mullins Funeral Home
Carroll Infant
William McKinley
Owens
Scott
Stringfellow Members
NEW York Stock Exchange, Inc
Law & Commerce
Mrs. Viola Dillow
Lowman Piano & Organ CO
Devlin
Richard John Wojcik
State
George A. Vance
McMechen
Stephen C. “Doc”’ Bird
Harrisville
Dave O’neill
Point Pleasant
Charlie Ramey
Wayne
H. Darrel Darby
Joe McQuade
Gauley Bridge
J. Ray McCutcheon
Telsa
Pleiku
Duc Co
Warrenizing Cleaners
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Federal Trade Commission
Glenn Miller
College Avenue
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