Lobby groups report large outlays in first quarter
Washington AP reports labor farm veterans and financial groups led lobbying spending in Jan-March under the lobby regulation act. United Federation of Postal Clerks spent 52976, AFL-CIO 38324, Farm Bureau 36566, Savings & Loan League 36539, Housing Conference 35208, plus other groups surpassing 20000 in declared expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans and Financial Organizations
Clerk of the House
Secretary of the Senate
United Federation of Postal Clerks
Afl-Cio
American Farm Bureau Federation
United States Savings & Loan League
National Housing Conference
Central Arizona Project Association
Brotherhood of Railway
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
National Federation of Independent Business
Council For A
American Society of Travel Agents
Grand Lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Deaths and Funerals Dominate Bluefield Princeton Notices
Multiple obituaries outlineages for Macie Alma Harmon 72 of Bluefield West Virginia and Blanche Green 62 of Princeton along with Blanche Ashworth Clements 80 and Sallie Helmandollar Wellman 84 detailing survivors funeral times and burial sites in Princeton Bluefield and nearby locales. services list church affiliations pallbearers and burial grounds.
Memorial Day Traffic Toll Surpasses Two Hundred Mark
The Associated Press reports U S traffic deaths exceeded 200 during the Memorial Day four day weekend with 208 fatalities by mid period. Weather conditions and cooler temperatures likely reduced travel though heavy rains and fog hindered some Midwest and Southwest roads. The National Safety Council projects total toll between 625 and 725 with last year’s four day holiday record of 608.
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Associated Press
United States
National Safety Council
Council
Midwest
WVCTA names Olive Mason for first Professional Courage Award
The West Virginia Association of Classroom Teachers selects Ra yvenswood High School educator and Jackson County Education Association president Olive Mason as the first Professional Courage Award recipient. The honor recognizes her role in guiding the Jackson County school levy approval, achieved after years of public pressure.
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West Virginia Assn. of
WVCTA
Olive Mason
Rayvenswood
Jackson County Education Assn
Salem
Mason
Jackson County
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Page Preview
Bluefield Daily Telegraph regulator contact and advertising notices fragment. Only partial headings visible with publication details and Associated Press membership.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Mrs Eleanor Dawson Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Eleanor Ruth Dawson 23 of Feds Creek Kentucky died in University of Kentucky Hospital after a short illness. She is survived by her husband Sp4 Steve Randal Dawson stationed in Vietnam and her parents Calvin C and Mildred Church of Feds Creek. Funeral services were held at Big Rock Church of Christ with Rev Bill Ford and Rev Michael Trent officiating. Burial followed at Mountain Valley Memorial Park Big Rock Virginia Funeral Home Grundy Virginia in charge.
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Eleanor Ruth Dawson
Feds Creek
University of Kentucky
Steve Randal Dawson
Vietnam
Calvin C. Church
Mildred Sue Church
Bobby Calvin Church
James H. Justus
Moutheard
George Church
Columbus
Ohio
Big Rock Church of Christ
Obituary notices for Neel, Jennings, Coe and Carriger
Obituaries list multiple mourners from West Virginia and nearby areas. John Walker Neel, 67, of Bastian, Va., dies and is to be buried in Bluefield. Reba Stoots Jennings, 71, of Princeton, dies and funeral in Burns-Wornal Chapel with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Donna June Coe, 71, of Falls Church, Va., funeral at Welch Douglas Chapel with burial at Saeger Memorial Cemetery. Albert C. Carriger Sr., 63, of Capels, service at Welch Douglas Chapel. grave at Chinquapin Grove Cemetery.
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Neel
John Walker
Bastian
Rocky Gap
Jennings
Reba Stoots
Old Pisgah Road
Princeton
Memorial
Bill Deel
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Pisgah Home Demonstration Club
Carriger
Albert C. Sr
Capels
Douglas Chapel
Welch
E. E. Boyd
Chinquapin Grove Cemetery
Bluff City
Tenn
Luther Graybeal
Mrs Rose Pickus Rites Held In Beckley
Mrs Rose Pickus 70 of Beckley died Friday in a Beckley hospital after a short illness. She was survived by her husband Nathan a son Gerald and Malcolm two daughters and three sisters. Keyse Bryant Funeral Home of Beckley handled services with Rabbi Isadore Wain officiating burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
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Macie Alma Harmon
Moore St. Bluefield
Bailey
Rufus
Cora French
Elbert Harmon
Ellis Belcher
Frazier Milsap
George Peery
Bluefield
Paul Harry
Rufus, Clinton
Hansel Harmon
Randolph Bourne
Hershel Simms
Hinton
Assembly of God
Donald Goldizen
W. W. Smith
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield - Tazewell Road
Walton Hale
Harold Bone
Clinton Wood
Palmer Lester
Ralph Hess
Rufus Looney
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Rose Pickus
Beckley
Nathan Pickus
Gerald Pickus
Malcolm Pickus
Waynesboro
Monroe Bayer
Baltimore
Lenona Applefield
David Levinson
Iris Hohman
Keyse - Bryant
Bekley
Isadore Wain
Sunset Memorial Park
Funeral services for Mrs Gertrude Woods at Laurel Creek Church
Funeral services for Mrs Gertrude Woods 48 of Wolfe West Virginia will be held today at 1 p.m. at Laurel Creek Baptist Church Wolf with Rev J W Wallace and Rev J C Stith officiating. Burial in Bryant Memorial Cemetery. She was born March 24 1920 in Wilcoe daughter of Zack and Janie Pinkard. She attended McDowell County Schools and Gary High. She was a member of Laurel Creek Baptist Church Missionary Society. Survived by husband Kelly Woods foster son Dasel V Shelton two sisters Goldie Scott Sophia Shelton three brothers Elijah Jeremiah and Joe Pinkard and two grandchildren. Body to be moved from Lugos Funeral Service to the church at noon.
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Gertrude Woods
Wolfe
W. Va
Kelly Woods
Bluefield
Laurel Creek Baptist Church
Wolf, W. Va
J. W. Wallace
J. C. Stith
Bryant Memorial Cemetery
Woods
Wilcoe
Zack and
Janie Hairston Pinkard
McDowell County
Gary High District
The
Missionary Society
Dasel V. Shelton
Brooklyn
N. Y
Goldie Scott
Otoole
Sophia Shelton
Columbus
Ohio
Elijah Pinkard
Thorpe
Jeremiah Pinkard
Speedwell
Joe Pinkard
N.Y
Lugo
Marine case marks clemency appeal for Luczko amid retrial
CPL Luczko awaiting sentence after a five day retrial over the Sept 22, 1966 shooting of Nguyen Thi Co in a Viet Cong shelter area. Clemency petitions from 5,825 people and 256 letters from New England supporters seek mercy. Prosecutor Tierna urged a dishonorable discharge while defense cites Luczko’s outstanding character.
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Ter
Luczko
Marine Corps
Clemency McGee
New England
Gardener
Mass
William M. Tierna
Nguyen Thi Co
Nixon Seeks Southern Backing in 1968 GOP Bid
Nixon meets Southern Republican leaders in Atlanta seeking support for the presidential race. Leaders signal strength in the region but avoid public commitments while Wallace's third party bid is discussed as potentially weakening Nixon. Nixon plans breakfasts and Georgia delegation talks in the South.
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Atlanta, Ga
Richard M. Nixon
John Tower
R-Tex
South
Wallace
Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Atlanta
University of Georgia
O’keefe
Wuiter
Ben Blackburn
Fletcher Thompson
Georgia
Submarine Brandywine Mystery Spreads Across Atlantic
Divers within 30 miles of the Scorpion’s projected Norfolk course, while the Navy Coast Guard and FCC probe a mysterious Brandywine voice heard Wednesday. Eight vessels named Brandywine operate in the Atlantic as search forces, using near submarine rescue frequencies. Assets include destroyers 100 miles east following the Scorpion path, with planes patrolling the 2,100 mile track.
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Norfolk
Navy, Coast Guard
Federal Communications Commission
Brandywine
Shade
Atlantic
Schade
Coast Guard
U.S. Atlantic
Sonic Boom Shatters Air Force Academy Windows
About a dozen people were cut by flying glass when a low flying F105 Thunderchief shattered more than 200 windows at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. No one was hospitalized. one required stitches. The overflight followed a ceremony presenting a static F105 display to the 3,110 cadets.
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AIR Force Academy
Colo
Artus Smith
Vanderburg Hall
Texas Picks Democratic Governor Candidate in Runoff
In Dallas the Democratic runoff pits Houston attorney Don Yarborough against Lt. Gov. Preston Smith of Lubbock for a chance to lead Texas for two years. The winner faces Republican Paul Eggers in November, with polls opening 7 a.m. and closing 7 p.m. CDT. The unofficial tally projects about 1.5 million ballots cast from over four million registered.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Don Yarborough
Houston
Preston Smith
Lubbock
Paul Eggers
Wichita Falls
Texas Election Bureau
France awaits end of crisis as De Gaulle repeats warning
The article notes De Gaulle drawing about 25 percent in polls while Mitterand faces difficulties. The Communist Politburo vows to run in legislative elections with a platform of social progress. Tass calls De Gaulle’s speech a war declaration on working people as strikes and tensions continue in Paris. Gas and electricity wage talks progress. unions reopen talks, while railroads and auto plants remain on strike. Paris subway and bus delegates meet with transport ministers as University of Paris buildings are occupied and the Sorbonne partially evacuated after a fire. A police helicopter surveys the scene.
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France
Mitterand
Communist
de Gaulle
Tass
Paris
Moscow
Shell
Esso
Pan American World Airways
Orlyss
Renault and Citroen
Automobiles Peugeot S.A
Mulhouse
Vesoul
National Union of French Students
University of Paris
Sorbonne
Convicted Rapist Charged With Murder In Jail Slaying
Raymond Rhome, 18, a convicted rapist, was charged with first degree murder after allegedly strangling cellmate Richard Lloyd Adams, 21, at Dade County jail. Adams’ body was found when he failed to answer roll call. authorities say Adams had a large carved name on his back.
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Miami
Fla
Raymond Rhome
Dade County
Richard Lloyd Adams
Adams
Government Watches PP Campaign Moves
Government agencies track Poor People's Campaign movements by mobile radio and binoculars. U S marshals and federal officers follow marchers in autos and on foot advising other police of locations and destinations. One man monitors from the Washington Monument and reports by radio.
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Washington
U.S
Washington Monument
West Virginia High Schools See Record Graduation Rise
Charleston AP reports the West Virginia Education Association found that 1987 saw the highest graduation percentage in the state. Despite a 10.6 percent drop in enrollment from 1957 to 1967, high school graduates increased 40.2 percent, yielding a net 29.6 percent rise.
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Charleston
West Virginia
West Virginia Education Assn
Shasta Trinity National Forests Span Vast California Lands
The Shasta Trinity National Forests cover 2,747,890 acres in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shasta-Trinity National Forests
California
Pauley resigns as McDowell County Democratic chairman
Harry R. Pauley of Saeger who won a Democratic nomination for the House of Delegates in the May 14 primary resigns as chairman of the McDowell County Democratic Executive Committee. The panel will meet Monday night to elect a successor. Pauley says his two year term aimed to unite the party has achieved that, amid splits with Democrats for Responsible Government.
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Harry R. Pauley
Saeger
House of Delegates
Friday
McDowell County
Democratic Executive Committee
Pauley
Democrats For
House
North Vietnameses peace talks adviser arrives in Paris
Tho, a top Hanoi Lao Dong member, leaves Hanoi for Paris to join peace talks as a special counsellor. Harriman urges meaningful discussion while North Vietnamese leaders accuse Washington of negotiating for South Vietnam.
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Tho
Hanoi Lao Dong
Workers) Party
Hanoi
Paris
Ho Chi Minh
Pham van Dong
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Nguyen Thanh le
Harriman
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
South
Thuy
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Harry W. Payne
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Will R. Law
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Missionary Society of the Church
Kimball Funeral Home
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Nelson Lester
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