Varied U S Weather Across Regions Wednesday
The Nation records a mixed weather pattern with rain in the East frost likely in parts of Michigan and Indiana and mild readings in the Plains. The West sees fair skies and hot temperatures while Virginia Beach reports a funnel cloud and places like Poughkeepsie Hatteras and Allentown receive heavier rainfall. Temperatures range from the 40s to 90s across numerous cities including Dallas 79 and Phoenix 88.
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Associated Press
Virginia Beach
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Hatteras, N.C
Allentown
Great Lakes
National Weather Service
Lower
Michigan
Indiana
Four Corridor Q Route Choices Seen By Officials
Public hearing on Princeton Corridor Q bypass APD 200 in Mercer County is set for 7:30 p.m. in the Circuit Court room. Four alternate routes cost between 8.2 and 9.7 million dollars and affect 78 to 93 private residences.
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Jack Honaker
Princeton
Mercer County
Princeton Area
Oakvale Road
Crumpecker Hill
Bluefield
State
State Highway Department
Joseph Jones
Gospel Choir To Present a Wilkesboro Concert
The Richards Camper Gospel Choir of Wilkesboro North Carolina will perform Sunday at 3 p.m. at Tabernacle Baptist Church. A free will offering will be collected at the door.
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Richards Camper Gospel Choir
Wilkesboro
N. C
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Local paper masthead and contact details
Established 1893 Daily Telegraph Printing Co announces morning publication from Bluefield West Virginia. The notice lists address 412 Bland Street, AP affiliation, subscription rates and advertising contact, with motor route and zone pricing and bureau details.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulatien
Mathews, Shannon & Cullen Telephone
Harman matriarch John M Harman dies after long illness
John Marion Harman 82 of Littlesburg died in a Princeton hospital after a long illness. He was a retired farmer and longtime treasurer of Beaver Pond District Fair and a deacon at Smith Chapel Church of the Brethren. Surviving are his wife Virgie Hager Harman, three sons four daughters and many grandchildren. Funeral at Smith Chapel Friday with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
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John M. Harman
John Marion Harman
Littlesburg
Princeton
Tazewell
William and
Lurinda Bowman Harman
Beaver Pond
Smith Chapel
Virgie Hager Harman
John M. Harman II
James
Jimmy) Harman
Ralph Harman
Loyd
Billie) Wimmer
Dorsey
Evelyn) Bailey
Airport Road
Bluefield
Charles
Mattie) Thomason
Herman
Mary Ruth) Belcher
Macie Kahle
Nina Crockett
Garnet Kahle
Virgie Radford
Marvin Harman
Martinsville
Church of the Brethers
Raymond Booth
Roy McVey
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Harold O. Rodeheaver Rites Set In Bluefield
Harold O. Rodeheaver 65 of 2609 Bland Road Bluefield died Tuesday in a Charlottesville hospital after a long illness. He was a retired coal broker, born in Morgantown to Jared F. Rodeheaver and Elizabeth Price Rodeheaver. Surviving are Berniece Ballard Rodeheaver Tilley Radford Va a daughter, Jared Harold Rodeheaver Johnson City Tenn a son, Franklin D. Rodeheaver Campbell Calif a brother and four grandchildren. Burial at Monte Vista Park Cemetery Old Bluefield with pallbearers from College Avenue Baptist Church. Friends may call Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield today 5 to 9 p.m. Contributions to American Cancer Society.
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Maymie Alice Beavers
Cedar Bluff
Bandy
Free Pentecostal Holiness Church
Laurel Creek
D. H. Hampton
Walter Wyatt
McGraw Family Cemetery
Richlands
Tazewell County
Johns
Lizzie
Cletes Benning
Cincinnati
Ohio
George Dunford
Larry Crouse
Troy Sparks
Roy Sparks
Dale Kinder
Randall Osborne
Jay Lynn Horne
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Harold O. Rodeheaver
Bland Road
Bluefield
Charlottesville
Morgantown
Jared F
Elizabeth Price Rodeheaver
College Avenue
Radford
Jared Harold Rodeheaver
Johnson City
Tenn
Franklin D. Rodeheaver
Campbell
Calif
Hawkins Funeral Home
Frank G. Schwall Jr
Monte Vista Park
Old Bluefield
Princeton Road
Dean
Mrs Nancy Conley Dies at 96 in Princeton
Nancy Green Conley 96 of 713 Highland Ave Princeton died at home Wednesday. Born in Greensboro N C she was daughter of the late Josh and Liza Green. Charter member of First Christian Church Princeton. Survived by two sons Lawrence and John Princeton. four daughters Mary Anderson Evelyn Thomason Hazel Sage all Princeton and Blanch Smith Phoenix Ariz. 17 grandchildren and 37 great grandchildren. Funeral services were incomplete at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton.
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Nancy Conley
Nancy Green Conley
Highland Ave
Princeton
Greensboro
N. C
Josh
Liza Green
First Christian Church
Lawrence Conley
John Conley
Frank
Mary) Anderson
Roy
Evelyn) Thomason
Leonard
Hazel) Sage
Ray ( Blanch) Smith
Phoenix
Ariz
Memorial
Williams Rites Held for Joe Williams of Mullens
Joe Williams 64 of Corinne died Tuesday in a Mullens hospital after a long illness. Born in North Carolina, he was a retired miner and IRS worker. Survived by wife Betty Wood Williams, two sons Jerry Lee Williams of Hampton and John Williams of Beckley, two brothers, two sisters, and five others. Funeral Friday at 11 a.m. at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Chapel, Mullens, with burial in Sunset Memorial Park, Beckley. The funeral home was to open today from 4 to 9 p.m.
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Joe Williams
Corinne
Mullens Hospital
North Carolina
John
Texas Bateman Williams
Amigo Baptist Church
Internal Revenue Service
Betty Wood Williams
Jerry Lee Williams
Hampton, Va
John Williams
Beckley
Harry Williams
Ocala
Fla
Clarence Williams
Amigo
Evie Hoge
Mullens
Clara Adams
Los Angeles
Calif
Sam Foglesong
Russell Woody 68 Die In Mullens Area
Russell Woody age 68 of Alpoca died on arrival at Mullens hospital after a miner career. Born in Franklin County Virginia he was a son of Daisy Jarrett Woody and the late Daniel Woody. Survived by widow Nannie Cox Woody two sons Charles Woody and Russell Woody Jr a daughter Daisy Basconi two sisters Bonnie Shelton Inze Chaney and eight grandchildren. Funeral held Friday at Alpoca Methodist Church with burial in Martinsville Virginia. Friends may call Sam Foglesong Chapel Mullens today 2 to 9 pm.
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Russell Woody
Alpeca
Mullens Hospital
Franklin County
Daisy Jarrett Woody
Bassett
Daniel Woody
Nannie Cox Woody
Charles Woody
Alpoca
Russell Woody Jr
Lorton
Daisy Basconi
Bonnie
Barton Rites Held at Clover Hollows Church
Luther Francis Barton 76 of Pearisburg Va died Tuesday in a Pearisburg hospital. Survived by wife Maggie Sue Barton four daughters two sons two sisters and two brothers. Service held at 2 p m Thursday at Clover Hollows Christian Church. Burial in church cemetery. Visitation at Givens Funeral Home and church.
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Luther Francis Barton
Pearisburg
Maggie Sue Barton
John Snider
Billie Martin
Hayes Chapel
I. B. Terry
Kenneth Carter
William F. and
Albert Junior Martin
Sam P. Martin
Charlie Fisher
Ripple
Funeral services for Fowler and King announced
Funeral services are set for Fred H. Fowler 67 of Canebrake today at 2 p.m. at Canebrake Freewill Baptist Church with burial at Granview Memory Gardens. Pallbearers include Albert Brown and Stewart Hall. Cravens-Shires Funeral Home handles arrangements. Ruby Farmer King 45 of Bluefield formerly of McComas will also be honored today at 1 p.m. in Cravens-Shires Funeral Chapel Bluewell with Pallbearers listed.
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King
Ruby Farmer
Giles St
Bluefield
McComas
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Donald Linkous
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
Teddy King
Bernard Shrader
Ronnie Herndon
Ronnie Bailey
Roger Shrader
Marvin Bailey
Services Friday For Ex City Man Julius Nelson
Funeral services for Julius Nelson 22 of Cleveland Ohio formerly of Bluefield will be held Friday at 1 p m at House of Wills Funeral Home 55th and Woodland Avenue Cleveland Burial will take place in Cleveland The shooting details were not available locally Wednesday night He was the son of Julius and Ramonia Trigg Nelson of Cleveland and Bluefield and had lived in Cleveland for 14 years Survivors include his parents two uncles Robert and Finney Trigg
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Julius Nelson
Cleveland
Ohio
Bluefield
House of Wills Funeral Home
55Th
Woodland Avenue
Julius and
Ramonia Trigg Nelson
Robert
Finney Trigg
Police Probe Theft Of Tape Player And Cash
Bluefield police investigate the theft of a $189 tape player and $70 cash from 324 Logan Street home of Clara Cooke. No arrests by Wednesday night. Patrolmen C L Honaker and D L Brown lead the inquiry.
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Bluefield
Logan Street
Clara Cooke
C. L. Honaker
D. L. Brown
Containment Pushes Toward An Loc Amid Siege
TV reports said renewed pressure aimed at An Loc the besieged provincial capital 60 miles from Saigon while contact remained slight. U.S. spokesmen said pilots were ordered to seal off Vinh midway on the 300 mile route between Hanoi and the DMZ to isolate large stocks of war materiel.
Dam permit rules cited by state panel over Buffalo Creek
StatePub lic Service Commission officials testified that dam building requires a permit and safety certification before construction. Harold J. Snyder said no Buffalo Creek applications are on record and cited penalties of up to 1,000 dollars and a year in jail. Commission attorney Toon noted the commission lacks jurisdiction over dams after construction.
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Harold J. Snyder
State Public Service Commission
Buffalo Creek
Snyder
Buffalo Mining Co
Cassius H. Toon
Commission
Western Allies Approve Major European Security Conference
In Bonn the NATO foreign ministers backed a plan for a wide security and cooperation conference and a parallel push for talks on mutual and balanced force reductions in Europe. France hesitates to join troop discussions, while the United States insists force talks stay separate and limited to affected nations. Talks could broaden with about 35 countries, including the Soviet Union, in Helsinki after the U.S. election.
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France
Europe
Rogers
Kremlin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
United States
Soviet Union
Helsinki
U.S
Parkersburg Man Drowns After Boat Sinks in Ohio River
Harvey E. Mitchell 52 of Parkersburg drowned early Wednesday in the Ohio River near Parkersburg after falling from his boat. He worked for the Ohio River Company and was a World War II veteran. Fire Department Rescue Squad recovered the body in under two hours. funeral plans were incomplete at Seaver Mortuary in Princeton.
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Parkersburg
Ohio River
Harvey E. Mitchell
Ohio River Company
Lessie Southard Mitchell
Wallace St
Princeton
Seaver Mortuary
Wounded Youth Satisfactory After Self-Inflicted Wound
A 15-year-old Bluefield youth was reported in satisfactory condition at Bluefield Sanitarium after a gunshot wound to the right leg. Police said the injury occurred at home on 415 Bailey Street and was self-inflicted with a pistol resembling a ballpoint pen. Patrolman Cody Reed led the investigation.
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Bluefield
Steve Douglas Graves
Cody Reed
Bailey Street
Court review urged on nondegradation policy outcome
Ruckelshaus called for a review of Tuesday's court decision by the highest court. He said if the nondegradation principle is upheld, the courts must define it clearly for him to draft suitable regulations.
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Ruckelshaus
Big Walker Tunnel Ventilation and Construction Summary
The Big Walker tunnel features a southbound maximum of 956 700 cubic feet per minute versus the northbound upgrade. Automatic devices monitor carbon monoxide and adjust ventilation, with emergency diesel generators to power ventilation and lighting if power fails. The mammoth project includes in-tube traffic lights, 22 emergency telephones, fire extinguishers every 100 feet, and ventilation buildings at each end for operations. Construction was by C J Langenfelder and Son Inc and Raymond International Inc. Westinghouse supplied ventilation and electrical gear. Walter Truland handled wiring.
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C. J. Langenfielder & Son, Inc
Baltimore
Raymond International, Inc
New York
Grundy teacher surrenders in abduction case
A Grundy Virginia Junior High science teacher, 26 year old Joe Allen, turned himself in at Buchanan County Jail after an alleged state border escape with a 15 year old student. An all points bulletin was withdrawn as Allen promised to return. The felony carries at least three years and a July hearing is planned.
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Grundy
Buchanan County
Joe Allen
Buchanan County Commonwealth
Bob Williams
Allen
Texas
Williams
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Wilmington
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Mount Joy
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Fernandina Beach
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