Court Refuses To Set Guilty Verdict Aside In Beating Case
Bernard Jeep Neal of Bluefield was sentenced to one year in Mercer County Intermediate Court for cruelty to a child after his lawyer failed to win a verdict set aside. Co defendant Brenda Scammell remains on probation. The hearing highlighted disputes over new evidence and attorney conduct. A related re-sentencing of Robert Watkins for maiming Cecil Earls was suspended pending probation and psychiatric treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Calfee
Bernard
Neal
Bluefield
Mercer County
Howard M. Jarrett
E. D. Wells
Jarrett
Brenda Scammell
Scammell
Robert Hensley
Michael Lilly
David Knight
Knight
Wells
Lilly
Robert Watkins
Cecil “Dick” Earls
Watkins
Veterans Hospital
Salem
Daily Telegraph front page notices and rates blurb
Public notice text from the Daily Telegraph of Bluefield West Virginia detailing subscription rates by carrier and mail in first and second zones, motor route monthly charges, and general publication information. Includes address, AP affiliation, and advertising contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Shannen & Cuilen
War Residents Fight Mine Refuse On Roads
A group in War McDowell County forms an 11 member committee to curb mine refuse along highways. They plan to push grass planting with federal funds, contact state officials, and expand county wide. They cite dangers from windblown dust and possible health hazards including Black Lung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Gilrerth
War
McDowell County
George Smith
Smith
Frank Lowe
Cretta
Berwind
Coalwood
State Department of Highways
Republican Club To Meet Tonight In Princeton
The Mercer County Republican Club meets at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Building Princeton to elect 1972 officers and plan the campaign. President Allen D. Coppinger Jr. urges full turnout to back Governor Arch Moore and elect Republican officials locally and statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Republican Club
Memorial Building
Princeton
Allen D. Coppinger Jr
Arch Moore
Coppinger
Mercer County Council Seeks AG Opinion on County Manager Plan
Mercer County Government Council voted to seek an attorney general opinion on the legality of hiring a county manager for the county court. The move, proposed by Bluefield Mayor Edwin Elliott, follows a prosecutor’s report that employing a professional person by the court appears legal under state code. The council discussed countywide solid waste districts and funding, with input from Princeton officials and planning leaders, and invited more rural communities to join the next meeting March 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Calfee
Mercer County Government Council
Bluefield
Edwin Elliott
David Knight
O. D
Compton
Mercer County
Knight
Donald Anello
Samuel Laufer
Mercer Planning Commission
Princeton
Anello
Green Valley
Lewis Skeens
Ira Southern
Southern
Laufer
Planning Commission
Athens
Bramwell
Oakvale
Kellysville
County
Joseph Walker
Council
Rural Forces Win Panel Vote On Annexation Issue
In Richmond the rural forces won a 11 9 committee vote to freeze all city annexation suits for four years. The bill bars counties facing annexation from gaining a city charter during the freeze and applies to suits since Jan. 31 1971. The Lynchburg Charlottesville and Lynchburg cases sparked the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
House
House Committee
Lynchburg
Charlottesville
Chesterfield
Henrico
Del
Richard W. Elliott
Campbell
Dels
Lacey Putney
Ind.Bedford
Donald G. Pendleton
Hughes Plans Brief Nicaragua Visit Before North American Move
Hughes said the visit to Nicaragua is temporary and he expects to reach the United States soon with a possible face-to-face press conference. Las Vegas sources note a future move to Mexico for permanent residence while Nicaragua's Somoza confirms Hughes would visit after business talks with Hughes Tool Co. officials. State Department sources in Washington indicate Hughes has business interests in Nicaragua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Hughes
Nicaragua
United States
Las Vegas
Mexico
Somoza
Hughes Tool Co
State Department
Washington
Area Deaths And Funerals In West Virginia Notices
Multiple obituaries from Greenville to Bluefield detail services for John W Lilly 47 of Greenville Arthur Coburn 83 of Cool Ridge Clinton Jones formerly Powhatan and Columbus George William Gregory 63 of Bluefield James E Rasnick 77 of Bastian. Includes burial sites call times and pallbearers. Surviving relatives listed with locations across multiple towns. Funeral services set for Saturday at several churches and cemeteries with local funeral homes handling arrangements.
Mrs Lakie Washington Craig Dies at 86 in Bramwell
Mrs Lakie Washington Craig 86 of Bramwell died Monday at home after a short illness. Widow of Herbert Craig she was born in Christiansburg Virginia and lived in Bramwell for 50 years. She was a Bluestone Baptist Church and Heroines of Jericho member. Services were held at Bluestone Baptist Church with burial at Oak Grove. Pallbearers were King Hiram Lodge members. flowerbearers from Heroines of Jericho. Friends may call Lugo Funeral Service Bluefield 7 to 9 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakie Washington Craig
Bramwell
Herbert Craig
Christiansburg
George and
Susan Dowell Washington
Bluestone Baptist Church
Heroines of
Jericho
Alvester McConnell
Oak Grove
Bluewell
King Hiram Lodge No. 1
Lugo
Bluefield
Bowman Family Rallies at Coalwood Church for Services
Thomas Wiley Bowman 60 of Coalwood died Wednesday in a Welch hospital after a short illness. He was a retired miner and UMWA Local 6026 member. Survivors include Marie Puckett Bowman his wife three sons Sammie Ronald and Timothy three daughters Janet Delores Cathy and five grandchildren. Services 1 p.m. Saturday at Coalwood Pentecostal Holiness Church Rev Bill Deel officiating Burial Grandview Memory Gardens. Pallbearers listed. Friends may call 5 9 p.m. today at Douglas Chapel Welch and one hour before services. Clarence W Atkinson 73 of Maybeury died Thursday in a Huntington hospital natural causes. He was the son of J W and Mamie Tate Atkinson. Survived by one brother Wick Atkinson. Funeral arrangements incomplete Bennett Fanning Funeral Home Northfork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Lilly
Greenville
Beckley
Forest Hill
Emmett
Rose Cottle Lilly
Greenville United Methodist Church
Shirley Humphreys Lilly
Christie Lilly
Gregory Ratliff
Lissa Ratli
Gregory Lewis
Broyles Funeral Home
Peterstown
Arthur Coburn
Cool Ridge
Cool Ridge Freewill Baptist Church
George Speck
Robert Koontz
Caperton
Lerona
Pettrey
Capode
Hildreth Pettry Coburn
Robert Coburn
Mount Gilead
Ohio
Charlie
Harold Coburn
Manuel
Iona) Begis
Lick Creek
Kenneth
Ruby) Matherly
Shady Springs
Clifton
Leonard McDaniel
Richmond
Giles
Harless
Arnold
Robert McManaway
Charles Caperton
Kelles Young
Princeton
Clinton Jones
Columbus
Powhatan
Union Hall
Keystone
H. L. Robinson
William Ponder
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bluewell
Virginia
Eva Johnson
Stoney Jones
UMWA
Mary E. Jones
Wanda
Chequita Jones
Brooklyn
N. Y
Clinton Jones Jr
Clifford Jones
Anna Toler
Barbara Cunningham
Mary Constant
Sinkford and Richardson Funeral Home
George William Gregory
Bramwell Road
Bluefield
Shawver Mill
William B
Betty Ruble Gregory
Bluefield Sanitary Board
Midway Church of Christ
Roxie Stowers Gregory
Walter Lee Gregory
Cecil Gregory
Pocahontas
Barbara Osborn
Sue Harless
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Tom Brown
Maple Hill Cemetery
James E. Rasnick
Bastian
Mattie Vogle Rasnick
Rosa Pruett
Sylvia Pauley
Bland, Va
Charlie Rasnick
Pine Grove Methodist Church
R. T. Newton
Rose Hill
Newberry Funeral Home
Biand
Thomas Wiley Bowman
Coalwood
Welch Hospital
Springfield
Davis
Cynthia Tabor Bowman
Yards
Marie Puckett Bowman
Sammie D. Bowman
Ronald E. Bowman
Welch
Sgt
Timothy D. Bowman
Fort Belvoir
U. S. Army
Frank
Janet) Carroll
Bill
Delores) May
Cathy Bowman
Coalwood Pentecostal
Evin Borrer
Ernest Carroll
Robert Carroll
Ed Stoots
Joe Novack Conley
Lanceford Conley
Douglas Chapel
Clarence W. Atkinson
Maybeury
Huntington
J. W. and
Mamie Tate Atkinson
Wick Atkinson
Newport News
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Samuel P. Edwards Passes After Brief Illness
Samuel P. Edwards of 202 Baldwin Avenue Bluefield died Thursday in a Bluefield hospital after a brief illness. The body is at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel P. Edwards
Baldwin Ave
Bluefield
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Grace Johnston Wilson Dies in Grants Pass
Grace Johnston Wilson of Grants Pass Oregon and formerly of Princeton died at home after a brief illness. She was born in Princeton daughter of W E B Johnston and his wife. Survived by husband John Wilson two sons and a daughter two sisters and one brother. Memorial service in Grants Pass and graveside rites at Pisgah Cemetery near Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Johnston Wilson
Grants Pass
Ore
Princeton
W. E. B. Johnston
Mercer County
Concord College
New Jersey
Oregon
John Wilson
John Jay Wilson
Kaneohe
Hawaii
Thomas J. Cogdill
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
Mrs Pauline Puckett Rites Held In Princeton
Mrs Pauline Puckett 58 of Beckley Road Princeton died Thursday in a Princeton hospital Born in Bluefield she was the daughter of the late Lee and Clara Nunn Survivors include two sisters Mrs Josie Dailey of Princeton and Mrs Helen Fletcher of Bluefield and two brothers C A and Samuel Nunn of Bluefield Services incomplete at Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Puckett
Beckley Road
Princeton
Bluefield
Lee
Clara Nunn
Josie Dailey
Helen Fletcher
C. A
Samuel Nunn
Mrs Gracie Frazier Dies at 84 in War
Mrs Gracie Frazier 84 of War died Thursday in Welch. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Fanning Funeral Home in Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gracie Frazier
Welch
Fanning Funeral Home
Death notices: Cora Shrewsbury of Matoaka dies after brief illness
Cora Shrewsbury of Matoaka died Thursday in a Bluefield hospital after a brief illness. Born in Wyoming County she was daughter of Willis and Lucy Akers Monk. She was widowed since 1938, survived by three sons Jack Lashmeet Carl and Harless Shrewsbury, a daughter Alice White, sister Martha Whitt, and seven grandchildren. Funeral held Saturday at Bailey Funeral Chapel Princeton with Rev. Lee McKinney. burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Funeral home today 5 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Shrewsbury
Matoaka
Bluefield
Wyoming County
Willis
Lucy Akers Monk
Harry Shrewsbury
Jack Shrewsbury
Lashmeet
Carl Shrewsbury
Harless Shrewsbury
Mullens
Alice White
Martha Whitt
Beckley
Bailey Funeral Chapel
Princeton
Lee McKinney
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Oma Keen Dies At 54 In Grundy Va Residence
Oma Keen 54 of Route 2 Grundy Virginia died at home Thursday. Death attributed to unknown causes. Survivors include her parents Sarah Keen Vansant and Jim Keen Kentucky, one sister Nellie Bowman Canada Va, and two brothers Corbet and Homer Keen Vansant. Funeral services were at Virginia Funeral Home Grundy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oma Keen
Rt. 2
Grundy
Sarah Keen
Vansant
Jim Keen
Kentucky
Nellie Bowman
Canada
Corbet
Homer Keen
Virginia Funeral Home
Mrs Tommie Lee Harris Dies in Springfield Nursing Home
Mrs. Tommie Lee Harris of Springfield Massachusetts died Thursday night in a Springfield nursing home after a long illness. She was the mother of Mrs. Helen Davis of Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommie Lee Harris
Springfield
Mass
Helen Davis
Bluefield
Frances Marion Fanning Boyd Funeral Arrangements
Funeral services for Frances Marion Fanning Boyd 71 of Vansant Va are set for Saturday at 1130 a m at Big Fox Community Church Leemaster with Rev Franklin Viers and Rev Teddy Ball officiating Burial follows at the family cemetery near the home Virginia Funeral Home Grundy handles arrangements Also noted: Ella Hait Moore formerly of Bluefield Va and now Pickerington Ohio funeral today at 11 a m at Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield with burial at Maple Hill Cemetery Pallbearers listed Riffe Velma Winter 49 of Filbert Requiem Mass today 115 p m at Our Lady of Victory Church Gary with Father Andrew Arnold officiating Pallbearers named
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd
Frances Marion Fanning
Vansant
Big Fox Community Church
Leemaster
Franklin Viers
Teddy Ball
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Riffe
Donald
Velma) Winter
Filbert
Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church
Gary
Andrew Arnold
Charlie Clemons
Steve Solonka
Frank Pisano
Jack Riggins
John Hope
Russell Burge
Harold A. Bonawitz dies in Detroit at 75
Harold A. Bonawitz 75 of Detroit Michigan and formerly Narrows Virginia died Thursday in Detroit from natural causes. Survived by widow Martha J. Williams Bonawitz of Narrows. Funeral services and burial set for Monday in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold A. Bonawitz
Detroit
Mich
Narrows
Martha J. Williams Bonawitz
Greene W. Smith Jr. Dies in Detroit Gunshot Incident
Greene W. Smith Jr. 28 of Detroit formerly Bluefield died Monday from an accidental gunshot wound in Detroit. The report notes incomplete details at Sinkford and includes the deceased as a local resident and former Bluefield native.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene W. Smith JR
Greene W. Smith
Detroit, Mich
Bluefield
Detroit
Sinkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Death of Rufus Swafford in Richlands Va
Rufus Swafford of Walls Creek died Thursday afternoon at a Richlands hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Page Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Swafford
Walls Creek
Richlands
Page Funeral Home
Welch
Rev Reynolds to Speak at Bluestone Baptist Church Service
Rev Stewart Reynolds will be guest speaker at the 11 a m Sunday service at Bluestone Baptist Church Bramwell. Pilgrim Baptist Church choir of Crystal provides music. Pastor Aide group sponsors the service with Mrs Ruth Carter as chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Reynolds
Bluestone Baptist Church
Bramwell
Pilgrim Baptist Church Choir of
Crystal
Ruth Carter
Rockefeller visit stirs protests in McDowell County schools
County Republican chair Muncey alleges McDowell County deputy sheriffs handed out Rockefeller buttons during his campaign rounds. Officials say Rockefeller speaks as secretary of state not a candidate. protests arose over school visits at Saeger Welch and Northfork High Schools. Rockefeller planned speeches at Welch and Northfork today and a tour of Kimball's West Virginia Sportswear plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller
McDowell County
Muncey
Saeger, Welch
Northfork
John Drosick
Drosick
Welch
West Virginia
Kimball
Murmansk Named World’s Largest Arctic City by Latitude
Murmansk in Russia, the chief port on the Arctic Ocean, is identified as the world's largest city located north of the Arctic Circle, highlighted for its extreme northern position and urban status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murmansk
Russia
Arctic Ocean
Arctic Circle
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C. W. Atkinson
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Rev. Reynolds
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Bluefield, W.va
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