Mercer County considers new landfill fee at next meeting
The Mercer County Court weighs a countywide landfill fee to cover operating costs at Green Valley. Court President Anello and landfill director Silvagni cite state law authority, with a Feb 14 meeting to air the proposal. Officials note possible federal funds and no planned rate increase.
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Jim Calfee
Mercer
Green Valley
Donald Anello
Robert Silvagni
Anello
Silvagni
Southern West Virginia Regional Council
Bluefield
Princeton
Brush Creek
Sykesville Laundry Camp Wins Game. Assistant Coach Escapes
In Woodstock Maryland an inmate basketball team from the Sykesville Correctional Laundry Camp defeated a local job training center squad 41 to 36. Assistant coach Issiah Brown Jr aged 40 escaped after the game.
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Woodstock
Sykesville
Issiah Brown Jr
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
Walter Jackson Hayton 77 of Bluefield died recently and funeral services were held at Hawkins Chapel with burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Survivors include wife Mildred, siblings, and half-sisters. Also listed are William H. Amos 63 of Rock Camp who died in a Bluefield hospital. services at Assembly of God Church Rock Camp and burial at Former Cemetery. Adam Albert Taylor 73 of Princeton area died on arrival at a Bluefield hospital. funeral services set for Mercer Funeral Home Chapel Bluefield with burial to follow.
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Walter J. Hayton
Walter Jackson Hayton
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Hawkins
Homer Stewart
Monte Vista Park
Richlands
Lewis and
Callie Ball Hayton
Norfolk and Western Railway
Grace United Methodist Church
Bessie Griffith
Eulah Mellin
Fletcher, N. C
Jennings Hayton
Hot Springs
Ark
Mildred H. Nelson
Rachel Brown
Margaret Quesenberry
Orlando
Fla
George Kish
John Lawrence
James Bailey
J. Eugene Gray
H. Hunter Smith
A. F. Stafford, Jr
Hebert Stafford
Green Valley
Sam Hurley obituary notices from Grundy and Knoxville
Sam Hurley 66 of Knoxville Tenn formerly Grundy Va died in a Knoxville hospital after long illness. Survived by Alice Honaker Hurley of Knoxville three daughters Jean Duty Defiance Ohio Carma Lane Gate City Va Joyce McNeal Knoxville Tenn three sons Sam Hurley Jr Princeton Dallas Keister Hurley Knoxville sisters Bertha Stiltner Oakwood Va Pinkie Robinson Gaynell Lane Canada Ky brothers C A Hurley Bluefield Angie Hurley Knoxville. Fifteen graveside services set for Potter Cemetery Looney's Creek Rev George Kelly Bluefield officiating. Friends may call Grundy Funeral Home Grundy after 7.
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Sam Hurley
Knoxville
Mrs. Carrie B. Worley Dies at 87 in Saltville Va
Mrs. Carrie B. Worley, 87, of Saltville Virginia, died Wednesday in a Saltville hospital. Survived by one son Jennings Worley of Montreal and 23 great grandchildren. Funeral at 11 a.m. Friday at D. R. Henderson Funeral Home Chapel Saltville with Rev. Con Henry officiating. Burial in Worley family cemetery. Body at funeral home for viewing today 7 to 9 p.m.
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Carrie B. Worley
Saltville
Jennings Worley
Montroal
D. R. Henderson
Con Henry
Worley
Mrs Martha Myers Dies in Alabama Visit
Mrs Martha Brewster Myers 78 of North Tazewell Va died early Wednesday in a Mobile Alabama hospital from natural causes. She was visiting daughter Mrs M T O'Brien. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Hawkins Funeral Home in Bluefield.
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Martha Myers
Martha’ Brewster Myers
North Tazewell
Mobile
Alabama
M. T. O’brien
Hawkins Funeral Home
Bluefield
Bailey G. Stultz Sr. 89 Bluefield area obituary
Bailey Grigs Stultz Sr. 89 of 4092 Frederick St Bluefield died Wednesday. Retired Armour and Co. branch manager 38 years and Bluefield Old Guard member. Survived by widow Annie Faris Stultz two sons Bailey Jr. and Jack two daughters Betty Williams and Walker Buswell one sister Josephine Garber seven great grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral 11 a.m. Friday Hawkins Funeral Chapel Bluefield Rev Victor Simmerman. burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Calling hours today 5 to 9.
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Bailey G. Stultz
Bailey Griggs Stultz Sr
Frederick St
Bluefield
Ridgeway
Zephaniah W
Adelaide Griggs Stultz
Armour and Co
Bluefield Old Guard
Annie Far
Victor Simmerman
Monte Vista Park
Princeton
Mrs Lillie K Craig of Rich Creek dies at 75
Mrs. Lillie Kate Craig 75 of Rich Creek Virginia died Wednesday in a Princeton hospital. Born in Atkins she was daughter of the late Frank M Wassum and Mary Pofford Wassum. She lived 35 years in Rich Creek and belonged to the Rich Creek Church of God. Surviving are one daughter Mrs Bruce Guynn of Princeton two grandsons and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at the First Church of God Rich Creek with Rev B G Bowersox and Rev H Clay Dunaway officiating. Burial in Rich Creek Cemetery. Nephews pallbearers and church ladies will place flowers. Friends may call at Broyles Funeral Home Peterstown after 2 pm today and at the church one hour before services.
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William H. Amos
Rock Camp
Bluefield
James and
Pearl Helvey Amos
Assembly of God Church
Ruth Amos
John Amos
Eugene Amos
Claude Amos
Otis Amos
Charles Amos
James Amos
Pulaski
Betty Amos
Florence Amos
Thelma Amos
Patricia McMahan
Martha Richards
Zenith
Evelyn Turner
Ballard
Lewis Amos
Earl Amos
Fred Raines
Peterstown
Robert Campbell
Ralph Smithson
Broyles Funeral Home
Adam Albert Taylor
Rt. 1
Princeton
George and
Ettie Neal Taylor
Mattie Star Taylor
Geneva May Moore
James A
Elijah W. Taylor
Beulah Perdue
Marvin Neal
Blaine Winfrey
Paul Coburn
Lillie K. Craig
Lillie Kate Craig
Rich Creek
Atkins
Frank M
Mary Pofford Wassum
Church of God
B. G. Bowersox
H. Clay Dunaway
Funeral for Jack Hogue in Welch
Funeral services for Jack Hogue 59 of Welch will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the True Holiness Temple Church in Welch with Bishop W L Dickerson and Elder Emily Bethea officiating. Burial will follow at Hartwell Cemetery Hartwell. He lived in McDowell County over 50 years. Survived by three sisters Janie Downey Welch Jean Woodson Yukon and Margaret Welker Walls Creek. Friends may call Page Funeral Home Welch Friday 3 to 8 p.m. and at the church.
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Jack Hogue
Welch
True Holiness Temple Church
W. L. Dickerson
Emily Bethea
Hartwell
McDowell County
Janie Downey
Jean Woodson
Yukon
Margaret Welker
Walls Creek
Mrs Nora R Owens Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Nora R. Owens wife of Rev Kent Owens of Princeton died Wednesday in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. The body lies at Lugo Funeral Service Bluefield with funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Nora R. Owens
Kent Owens
Princeton
Bluefield
Lugo
Dennis Lawrence Dies at Home In Ballard Area
Dennis Lawrence of Ballard died Wednesday at his home. He lay in state at Broyles Funeral Home in Peterstown during services and burial arrangements were pending.
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Dennis Lawrence
Ballard
Broyles Funeral Home
Peterstown
Mrs. Iva Williams Dies at 83 in Ballard
Iva W. Williams aged 83 of Ballard died Wednesday in a Summers County hospital. Her death notice notes the longtime resident and life details as context for the obituary.
Old Guards Hear Stewart at Trinity Church Meeting
Bluefield Old Guard members heard Rev. D Homer Stewart speak on rejoicing under all conditions and keeping God on one's side. Forty seven members attended with two new members accepted and notices of illness, birthdays, and memorials discussed.
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Bluefield
Tom Eller
Rt. 3
R. P. Stafford
Rt. 2
Narrows
Deno Janutolo
Old Bramwell Road
Eugene Winzenrith
R. S. Vawter
J. G. Foley
R. J. Keyes
W. B. Bird
R. T. Hall
L. M. Carper
W. J. McGowan
H. R. Kidd
W. C. Peters
F. G. Puckett
G. J. Truitt
Marion M. Williams
Trubie S. Kimberling
Alfred S. Hudgins
Frank D. Lazenby
Earl H. Dennis
Homer W. Miller
T. L. Young
Curtis E. Sparks
Daniel P. Earnest
Ray Dills
H. L. Sarver
T. F. Herndon
Henry Alsabrook
Charles G. Thompson
Walter Hayton
U S Carrier Reinforces Gulf Show of Strength in Vietnam
Informants report a new carrier deployment in the Gulf of Tonkin following the 1968 bombing halt. The move could prompt another bombing campaign over North Vietnam with over 1,000 strikes last December, as each carrier adds about 50 attack planes.
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Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
U.S
Indochina
North
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Central
1St
South Vietnam
da Nang
Funeral services for Benjamin B. White Sr.
Benjamin B. White Sr., 70, of Princeton, will be mourned at 11 a.m. today at the George W. Seaver Chapel in Princeton, with Rev. Jimmy Jones officiating. Burial follows in Resthaven Cemetery. Pallbearers include Ben B. Peck, David Burton, Walter Burton, Allen McCoy, Charles Buckland, and others. Princeton Elks Lodge and Mercer County Realtors Association will be honorary pallbearers.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Contact and Subscription Rates
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists address 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 24701 and reports AP affiliation and subscription options. Rates are given as 37.20 per year by carrier or mail in first and second zones plus all of West Virginia, 3.10 per month by motor route, with other zones on application.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. V
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Swannon & Cullen Telephone
Katz Elected to Board of The First National Bank of Bluefield
Bluefield attorney LeRoy H. Katz was elected to the board of directors of The First National Bank of Bluefield. The announcement came from Basil L. Jackson Jr. at a bank meeting Tuesday. Katz, born March 13, 1916 in Baltimore, is a WVU Law School graduate and former Bluefield Junior Chamber of Commerce president. He holds multiple bar memberships and serves on several state tax and natural resources committees. He and wife Wayne Hoops Katz reside at 1201 Castlewood Lane with two children, Douglas and Leslie.
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LeRoy H. Katz
Bluefield
Katz, Katz, Kantor and Perkins
First National Bank of
Basil L. Jackson, Jr
Katz
Baltimore
Bluefield College
West Virginia University
Bluefield Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mercer County Bar Association
U. S. District Court
United Court of Claims
United Supreme Court
District of Columbia
American
West Virginia
Mercer County
West Virginia Tax Institute
American Bar Association
Bluefield - Princeton
Ahavath Sholom Temple
B’nai B'rith Lodge
Bluefield Temple
Wayne Hoops
Castlewood Lane
Douglas J. Katz
U. S. Navy
Leslie Katz Arcaro
Los Angeles
Legislature considers wide range of policy bills
Proposals include licenses for cigarette use restrictions, park credit cards, higher circuit court salaries funded by the state, a misdemeanor for public drug impairment, octane rating labels at pumps, mandatory auto liability coverage, independent voters voting in primaries, and labor policy changes. Other items add retired status options for state workers and modify black lung and workers compensation rules.
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Cial
WVU Law School
Administration Finalizes Dollar Devaluation Bill
Washington AP The Nixon administration moves to finalize a bill to raise the official gold price from 35 to 38 dollars an ounce as part of a broader devaluation plan tied to an international monetary agreement. The measure hinges on trade concessions from the European Common Market Japan and Canada.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
International Monetary Agree
Ment
Smithsonian Institution
Treasury Department
Japan
Canada
Treasury
Smithsonian
United States
U.S
West Germany
John B. Connally
Nixon outlines fragile steps toward stable peace and global roles
President Nixon reports to Congress on progress toward peace in Vietnam and broader world ties. He cites gains and sharp disappointments, including stalled Vietnam settlement and failed India Pakistan, Middle East efforts, plus UN China expulsion. He hints at a first stage arms control accord and calls for public understanding to redefine America's role. Kissinger seeks a debate on national purposes.
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Congress
Middle East
China
United Nations
Nixon
Moscow
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Official Asks Clear Walkways In Bluefield
Roy Cook, officer in charge of the Bluefield post office, urged residents to remove ice and snow from sidewalks leading to homes. He said slick sidewalks hinder mail delivery and pose a fall risk to mail carriers and visitors.
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Roy Cook
Bluefield
Cook
Barron Ready to Testify in Wilmoth Tax Case
Ex Gov W W Barron, now in a 12 year federal prison term for jury bribing, will testify in the tax evasion trial of Fred Wilmoth in U S District Court. Wilmoth and his wife face charges of filing false and fraudulent 1962 and 1963 income tax returns.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
W. W. Barron
Fred Wilmoth
Barron
Wilmoth
Elkins
U.S. District Court
House Passes Bill To End Dock Strike
The House approved a standby bill to end the 124 day West Coast dock strike by compulsory arbitration. The vote was 214 to 139, with President Nixon signaling he would not sign it immediately as longshoremen plan a Saturday caucus on a tentative agreement.
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Washington
House
Nixon
Rules Committee
Labor Committee
Carl D. Perkins
House Democrats
Perkins
Frank Thompson Jr
Dn.j
No Fault auto insurance reform debates voiced
Lawson argues current fault based plans are slow costly and unfair, denying full medical and economic recovery. He supports a no fault system covering hospital bills rehabilitation and funeral costs plus economic losses for the seriously injured. Fred Wright Jr. of WVU challenges the bills saying they won't accomplish anything.
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Lawson
Fred Wright Jr
West Virginia University
Plan to merge underway as hearings set in April
Appeals on the merger proceed if the circuit court upholds the consolidation order. Hearings begin the week of April 10. State superintendent Woodrow W. Wilkerson said the Department of Education will continue planning the merger per the court. The state board approved nine committees and three task forces for administrative and financial planning, supervised by a coordinating committee of three school division superintendents and two Department of Education members. The coordinating committee is led by Fendall R. Ellis, deputy state superintendent for planning. The action followed a late bargaining session with Attorney General Andrew P. Miller regarding a stay order.
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Circuit Court
Woodrow W. Wilkerson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Department of Education
State Board
Department of Educaion
Fendall R. Ellis
Atty
Andrew P. Miller
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