Mercer County mobilizes 20 tons of relief for Logan flood victims
Mercer Countians rally to aid Logan County after floods with more than 20 tons of supplies sent and an additional five tons planned. Volunteers from rescue squads, fire departments, nurses, and businesses help secure food clothing medical items and transport resources. Donations flow through Bluefield and Princeton locations with pickup points at stadium drive Bluefield, Bluewell, Green Valley and Bramwell City Hall.
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Mercer County
David Bragg
Princeton
Mercer
Logan County
Bragg
Daily Telegraph
Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council
Man
Bluewell
Green Valley
Bramwell City Hall
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Smith Transfer Corporation
Union Mission
Bluefield
Logan
Hillbilly Radio Club
Little Market
Skyway Theater
Future Homemakers of America
Bramwell
American Red Cross
Federal Building
Memorial Building
G. C. Murphy Company
Blue-Prince
Health Center
Smith Transfer
U-Haul
Andy Clark Ford
Man robs theater cashier after film theft story noted
A man presented a gun at a theater cashier just before closing and demanded the receipts amounting to 72 dollars. The incident occurred during the screening of The Hot Rock, a film about stealing a priceless diamond.
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Philadelphia
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Classified Notice Sample
Local newspaper header provides publishing details and subscription rates. Includes address, association membership, and postal information as well as advertising contact lines and circulation bureau mention.
Deaths and Funerals in Salem and Wyoming counties
Franklin Delano Pruitt 34 of Salem died at home from natural causes. Survived by widow Shelby Jean Sparks Pruitt two daughters Freda Jean and Leida Gail Pruitt one son Russell D. Pruitt sister Billie Jean Christian half sister Beatrice Thompson and brothers Lewis E. Pruitt Harold D. Pruitt. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday Reynolds Ridge Community Church Jewell Ridge with Rev H D Hampton. Burial in church cemetery. Leonard Mills 64 of Stephenson Wyoming Co died Sunday at home after apparent heart attack. Survived by five sisters Delilah Shrewsbury Mary E. Shrewsbury Martha White Hattie Mills Ocie Shrewsbury and brother London Mills. Funeral 11 a.m. Wednesday Old Spruce Grove Church Basin Rev Philip Graham. Burial at Rube Howerton Cemetery Basin. Friends may call Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens after 4 p.m. today.
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Franklin Delano Pruitt
Rolling Wood Drive
Salem
Willie G. Pruitt
Bandy
Ira E. Pruitt
Roanoke
Shelby Jean Sparks Pruitt
Freda Jean
Leida Gail Pruitt
Russell D. Pruitt
Billie Jean Christian
Jewell Ridge
Beatrice Thompson
Hyattsville
Lewis E. Pruitt
Harold D. Pruitt
Reynolds Ridge Community Church
H. D. Hampton
Oskey
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Leonard Mills
Stephenson
Wyoming County
Herndon
A. L
Juliana Howerton Mills
Susie Wright Mills
Delilah Shrewsbury
Mary E. Shrewsbury
Martha White
Hattie Mills
Ocie Shrewsbury
Bud
Obituary: Herman O Snyder 65 of St Albans dies after long illness
Herman O Snyder aged 65 of 2525 Mountain View Drive St Albans formerly Keystone died Sunday in a Charleston hospital after a long illness. He retired from Eastern Gas and Fuel at Keystone and belonged to UMW Local 6196 and the Pentecostal Holiness Church. He is survived by his widow Eula, three daughters Martha Alley Marion Kemp and Melba Puryear, one sister Blance Kimbleton, three brothers Basil Herbert and Claude, and nine grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Caldorph and Curry Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery Bluewell. Visiting hours were 6 to 9 p.m. today.
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Herman O. Snyder
Mountain View Drive
St. Albans
Keystone
Charleston
Eastern Gas and Fuel Company
UMW
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Eula Snyder
Martha Alley
Marion Kemp
Columbus
Ohio
Melba Puryear
Dayton
Blance Kimbleton
Kimball
Basil Snyder
Maybeury
Herbert Snyder
Claude Snyder
Parrott
Caldorph and Curry Funeral Home
Laurence Rogers
Woodlawn
Bluewell
Council man Bir ch Breeding dies after long illness
Birchard Breeding 63 of Council Virginia died Monday in Lebanon after a long illness. A Russell County native he was a retired miner and mechanic who ran his own garage at Council. He was a Primitive Baptist Church member. Survived by wife Ruby and daughter Ellis Bostic both of Council two foster children Richard Murphy and Elsie Wallace and two grandchildren. Funeral services held in Corinth Baptist Church with Elder Viers officiating burial in Hale Cemetery. Funeral home arrangements in Honaker Virginia.
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Birchard Breeding
Council
Lebanon
Russell County
Primitive Baptist Church
Ruby R. Breeding
Ellis Bostic
Richard Murphy
Richmond
Elsie Wallace
Corinth Baptist Church
Henry Viers
Franklin Viers
Hale Cemetery
Honaker Funeral Home
Honaker
Obituary of David Ira Clark Narrows Va
David Ira Clark 83 of Rt 2 Narrows Virginia died Monday in a Narrows nursing home after a long illness. He was born in Bland County son of John and Martha French Clark. Survived by four sons Ezra Carl Wesley of Narrows Herbert of Ballard one daughter Mrs Dan Hare Narrows two brothers Luther and Dotson of Narrows 12 grandchildren two great grandchildren. Services 2 p m Thursday Williams Chapel Church of Christ Rt 2 Narrows Rev Roy Akers officiating Burial Clark Cemetery Narrows. Friends may call Riffe's Funeral Home Narrows 3 to 9 p m Wednesday.
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David Ira Clark
Rt. 2
Narrows
Bland County
John
Martha French Clark
Ezra Clark
Carl Clark
Wesley Clark
Herbert Clark
Ballard
Dan Hare
Luther
Dotson Clark
Williams Chapel Church of Christ
Roy Akers
Clark Cemetery
Riffe
Mrs Inez Bailey Blanton obituary from Princeton
Mrs Inez Bailey Blanton 71 of Washington DC died in a Washington hospital Sunday She was born in Sandlick daughter of the late John and Florence Cook Bailey A retired VA employee and Princeton First Baptist Church member she was preceded by her husband George Blanton one brother Also surviving are a daughter Kathryn Pinkerton two brothers Virgil A Bailey Carl H Bailey one sister Grace West two grandchildren and one great grandchild Graveside rites 2 p m Wednesday Oakwood Park Cemetery Princeton Rev Paul Carter officiating Friends may call Seaver Mortuary Princeton 7 to 9 p m today
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Inez Bailey Blanton
Washington
D.C
Princeton
Sandlick
John
Florence Cook Bailey
Veterans Administration
Princeton First Baptist Church
George Blanton
Kathyrn Pinkerton
Virgil A. Bailey
Belcher, 77, Algoma Woman Dies at Welch Hospital
Mary Belcher 77 of Algoma died Monday at a Welch hospital from natural causes. She leaves four sons Curtis Belcher Northfork Denny Belcher Algoma Clarence Belcher Martinsville Va and Alvin Belcher Cocoa Fla. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home Northfork.
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Mary Belcher
Algoma
Welch
Curtis Belcher
Northfork
Denny Belcher
Clarence Belcher
Martinsville
Alvin Belcher
Cocoa
Fla
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
William Ezra Sparks Rites Held in Richlands
William Ezra Sparks 85 of Bluff Virginia died after a short illness in Richlands. He lived in Tazewell County all his life and was a retired carpenter. Survived by four daughters and one son with 29 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p.m. in Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands with Lambert Greer officiating. Burial in Greenhills Memorial Gardens Claypool Hill. Nephews and friends served as pallbearers.
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William Ezra Sparks
Rt. 1
Bluff
Richlands
Tazewell County
William and
Helen White Sparks
Amanda Beavers Sparks
Maydla Wilson
Cedar Bluff
Ava Whitt
Noblesville
Ind
Grace Johnson
Reelsville
Edith Davis
Plainfield
Ralph Sparks
Danville
Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel
Lambert Greer
Greenhills Memorial Gardens
Claypool Hill
Rites Set For Wreck Victim Darrell Rowe
Funeral services for Darrell Edward Rowe 19 of Algoma killed when his car left Airport Road between Bluefield and Princeton will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Gospel Tabernacle Jolo Rev John D Payne officiating Burial at Rock Ridge Cemetery Bradshaw Mt Rowe suffered severe head injuries and apparently died at once autopsy performed with results unavailable Survivors include his parents Barney and Pride Rowe widow Katherine Mabery Rowe daughter Tammy Renna Rowe three sisters Phyllis Collins Rita Lee Barbara Rowe Home at 5 p m today from Bennett Fanning Funeral Home in Northfork Friends may call at the home.
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Darrell Edward Rowe
Algoma
Airport Road
Bluefield
Princeton
Holy Gospel Tabernacle
Jolo
John D. Payne
Rock Ridge Cemetery
Bradshaw Mt
Rowe
Barney
Pride Ellis Rowe
Katherine Delay Mabery Rowe
Tammy Renna Rowe
Keystone
Phyllis Collins
Beartown
Rita Lee
Chicago
Ill
Barbara Rowe
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Search Continues For Missing Man In Tug River
Rescue workers in McDowell County pressed on Monday to locate a man believed swept into the Tug River after a Saturday car plunge. Authorities said the swift current hindered on foot searches while two other crash victims, Millard F. Law and Lonzie Tunner, were recovered. Law remained in the submerged vehicle. Turner was later found floating near the river bank several miles downstream.
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McDowell County
Tug River
Welch
Millard F. Law
Kimball
Lonzie Tunner
Keystone
Law
Turner
Gary Voters Face Liquor Store Decision In Gary
Voters in Gary McDowell County will decide if a state liquor store may locate in the city. Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. with Ward 1 2 4 at City Hall and Ward 3 at the Elbert Clubhouse. Mayor McConnell expects a fair turnout after incorporation last summer. The measure stems from a petition signed by about 5000 residents presented to the City Council earlier this year.
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Gary
McDowell County
William S. McConnell
Gary City Hall
Elbert
Fairfax Youth Hurt In Blast
In Fairfax Virginia a laboratory explosion in a Joyce Kilmer School chemistry class burned 13 year old Richard Lowe Jr as he was filling an alcohol burner from a gallon can. He was seriously injured while three teachers suffered minor burns and smoke inhalation.
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Fairfax
Richard Lowe Jr
Fairview Jr
Bluefield
Joyce Kilmer
Young Lowe
Richard Lowe
Shouse Drive
Edmond Ferguson
College Avenue
Obituary notices for Kitts and related facades in Bluefield region
Funeral notices list Nannie Repass Kitts of Delaware formerly Tazewell Va and Catherine Miller Levi Quesinberry Alice Robinson Joseph Singleton with service times burial locations and pallbearers Cravens Shires Funeral Home and Greever Funeral Home are in charge of arrangements The items note survivors and church affiliations with officiants and burial sites in Bluefield Bluewell Princeton area venues.
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Alfred Kitts
Jack Doug Repass
Marshall Repass
Frazier Lambert Jr
Fred Lambert
Jim Cox
David Cox
Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell
Quesinberry
Levi
Freeman
Cravens-Shires Funeral Chapel
Bluewell
I. E. Morris
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Johnny Faw
Richard Moore
William Quesinberry
Danny Sparks
Gary Wayne Quesinberry
Robert Cook
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Accused Montcalm Killer Escapes Kentucky Jail
Three McCreary County inmates fled a Kentucky jail Monday morning by crawling through an air duct. Gilbert Stiltner, John R. Day, and Darrell P. Slaven used blankets to lower themselves from a second floor window and were last seen near railroad tracks. Day and Slaven faced rape and murder charges tied to an elderly couple’s July assault.
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Montcalm
McCreary County
Freedom
Gilbert Stiltner
John R. Day
Darrell P. Slaven
Day
Slaven
Berea
Eddyville
Slavens
LaGrange Penitentiary
Stiltner
Moore Blames Mining Trade For Buffalo Creek Disaster
Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr condemned media and disputed Buffalo Mining Co official Ben Tudor over claims that the dam flood was worsened by releasing sludge. Tudor said the firm sought state relief to reduce pressure, while officials insisted trout and warm water conditions negate such statements.
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Charleston
W. Va
Arch A. Moore Jr
Buffalo Creek Hollow
Logan County
Ben Tudor
Buffalo Mining Co
Tudor
Moore
State Department of Natural Resources
Buffalo Creek
Pittston Co
Buffalo Mining
Pittston
Nixon Returns Home After Landmark China Visit
Nixon arrived in Washington from Alaska amid mixed reviews over his pledge to withdraw U S troops from Taiwan. The journey included praise from Sen. Edward Kennedy and a strong call for world peace, with a Shanghai communique outlining bilateral trade and exchanges but not full diplomatic ties.
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Congress
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Anchorage
Alaska
Nixon
Elmendorf
Washington
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
White House
Alaskan
Mrs. Nixon
Shanghai
Chou En-lai
U. S
Taiwan
Double Gates To Open Sewage Bids
Bluefield Virginia council learned that rights of way must be secured before bidding for the Double Gates water and sewer project which will serve about 880 people. The EPA funds cover 60 percent of 308000 with 121000 from the town. Thompson and Litton advise the plan and a 500000 storage tank will be built.
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Double Gates
Bluefield
Virginia Side Council
W. N. (Pick) Lambert
Virginia State Water Control Board
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Wise
Thompson and Litton
Lambert
Council
Claude Barrett
Graham High School
Dwight Specks
Chief Barrett
Sam Crockett
Virginia General Assembly
Virginia
Bluestone River
Darrell Borne
Borne
Richmond
Death by Own Action Claims Springville Boy
Roger Dale Tatum a 16 year old from Springville Virginia apparently shot himself while his father James Earl Tatum worked on a car in the yard. The father did not hear the shot and found the body in a bedroom about 3 30 p m after speaking with his son two or three minutes earlier. The incident occurred at Rt 2 North Tazewell in Tazewell County.
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Roger Dale Tatum
Springville
Tazewell
Garney Lusk
Roger
James Earl Tatum
Rt. 2
North Tazewell
Lusk
Tatum
Peking Update on Taiwan Talks Reveals New US Flexibility
Chou Enlai conceded publicly that American leadership was not the monster portrayed in China for twenty years. The Chinese press radio and television publicized the visit and the final communique, revealing high level decision making to the public.
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U.S
Taiwan
Chou
Mexico City Opens First Electric Trolley Car in 1902
The article notes that Mexico City launched its first electric trolley car in 1902 marking a milestone in urban transit. It highlights the city’s rapid modernization and the arrival of electric street transport during the early 20th century.
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Mexico City
Feud Ends In Shooting At Butt Hollow
Police said a family feud at Butt Hollow near Bluewell ended with Harliss Dempsey shot in the face by a .22 pistol. Edward Shrader was arrested at the Valley Drive-In and faces a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace J.C. Harvey.
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Butt Hollow
Bluewell
Harliss Dempsey
Edward
Shagg) Shrader
Rt. 3
Bluefield
Dempsey
Shrader
Valley Drive-In
Flood toll rises as rescue and aid plans unfold
Sen. Jennings Randolph toured the Buffalo Creek area and pledged federal help including one year of free rent and rebuilding of roads and utilities. Officials estimate about 2,000 homes were wiped out affecting around 4,000 people. up to 1,000 mobile homes may be needed. Randolph urged a Corps survey of similar impoundments in Appalachian coal regions.
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Jennings Randolph
Senate Public Works Committee
Buffalo Creek Hollow
Randolph
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Joseph Marvin
East Wyoming St
George W. Seaver
C. H. Patterson
Walter King
Roy Elam
M. M. Williams
E. F. Meade
W. J. McGoan
Scott
Stringfellow
NEW York Stock
Law & Commerce
Bluefield Music CO
Bland ST. PH
Kentucky
Agnew
America
Peking
Kollege Drive
Scollese Ave
Warrenizing Cleaners
The
Clinchfield Coal Co
Deskins
Heaven
Hell
Deskins Shopping Center
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