Vander Jagt Rallies Virginia GOP at Roanoke Convention
National Committeeman Guy Vander Jagt addressed the Virginia GOP convention as balloting began for governor and other statewide posts. He assailed Carter and Democratic Congresses, urged change, and noted Republicans must mobilize voters who survey their philosophy as the party lead. Delegates packed the Roanoke Civic Center with posters and campaign presence ahead of the first ballot.
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Roanoke
U.S
Guy Vander Jagt
President Carter
Washington
Pennsylvania
Michigan
van der Jagt
National Republican Congressional Committee
Carter
White House
Congress
Vander Jagt
Roanoke Civic Center
John Dalton
Civic Center
Prett
Texas Man Faces Robbery Charges
A 21 year old Texas man, Howard Harman of Kermit, was held on robbery charges after robbing Wests Grocery in Bandy at gunpoint and fleeing with an employee. He wrecked his car between Rosedale and Lebanon. police recovered about $800 from the getaway bag. A roadblock on US 19 led to his capture within two hours. No preliminary hearing date was set.
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Texas
Howard Harman
Kermit
Tex
Tazewell County
Harman
West
Bandy
Rosedale
Lebanon
U. S. Rt. 19
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Local Advertising Rates and Info
Bluefield Daily Telegraph page notes subscription rates for West Virginia and delivery, with zones and prices. Includes publisher address, AP membership, and advertising representation details.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Blend Street
Biuetiela
W Va
Associated Press
Majin
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Landon Associates
Death notices crown Peterstown and Haysi figures
Mrs. Oka Thomas Yowell 82 of Peterstown died at a sister’s Cashmere home after a short illness. She had lived in St Petersburg 22 years and Washington DC, and is survived by three daughters, two sisters, one brother, eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral Monday in Peterstown with burial there. Also Silas Poleman 86 of Haysi died in a Richlands hospital after long illness. survivors listed and services Sunday at Russell Prater Church with burial at Deel Cemetery. Joseph E Price 46 of Columbus Ohio, formerly Pageton, died Friday in Columbus. brother of Mrs. Jeanette Spencer of Pageton. funeral arrangements pending.
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Oka Thomas Yowell
Peterstown
Cashmere
A. W
Josie Spangler Thomas
Washington, D. C
St. Petersburg
Fla
Ballard Baptist Church
Darius A. Yowell
Doris Welch
Virginia Welch
Helen Hoots
Mary Thomas Dunn
Glada Woodyard
Hunter Thomas
Nettie
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Howard Spencer
Silas Poleman
Rt. 2
Haysi
Richlands
Rosa Davis
Birchleaf
Octavia O’quinn
Delaware
Ohio
Joe Willie Poleman
Lins Poleman
Starlin Poleman
Prater
George Poleman
Kentucky
Russell Prater
Freelin Yates
Patrick Deel
Andy Deel
Deel
Haysi Funeral
Lims Poleman
Joseph E. Price
Columbus
Pageton
Jeanette Spencer
McNabb Funeral Home
Freeman White
East 24Th Ave
Obituaries for O Dell Atkins and Miller from Bluefield Princeton area
Roy Raymond O Dell 59 Emery Ave Princeton funeral today 2 p m Burns Wornal Chapel with Rev Rodger Walker entombment Roselawn Memorial Gardens Bluefield Princeton Road William A Atkins 65 Rt 3 Bluefield formerly Gary funeral today 1 p m Cravens Shires Bluewell burial Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery Pallbearers named Ladies of Advent Christian Church Princeton send flowers Mary C Miller 79 Bluefield funeral today 11 a m Mount Zion Baptist Church Bluefield burial Restlawn Memorial Estates pallbearers deacons and church members in charge Lugo Funeral Service Bluefield
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O'Dell
Roy Raymond
Emery Ave
College Heights
Princeton
Memorial
Rodger Walker
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Miller
Mary C
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Peck Street
Alvester McConnell
James H. Easley
J. H. Franklin
P. D. Edwards
Restlawn Memorial Estates
Northside
Utilities Debate Allowing Cost Recovery for Plant Construction
The discussion on page one continues with proposals to permit return on money spent for plant under construction and in service. The hearing also covers whether utilities may recover from customers the costs of charitable contributions.
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Miller
McCormick Rites Sunday Fostered by Houston Educator
Funeral services for Dwight William McCormick 73 of Houston and Bramwell will be Sunday at 2 30 p m at Bramwell Presbyterian Church with Dr C H Patterson officiating. Burial is at Bluewell Cemetery. McCormick a longtime educator born in Waiteville taught at Waiteville Elementary and led Bramwell High School for 33 years retiring in 1968. He later worked at Bluefield State College as remedial program director and helped found the Bluefield State College Foundation. Surviving are his widow Martha Elwood McCormick daughter Jane Harrell and one grandson. Active pallbearers are listed. honorary pallbearers from Bramwell Church Gideons. Friends may call Cravens Shires Funeral Home Bluewell and at the church before services.
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Dwight William McCormick
Houston
Tex
Bramwell
Bramwell Presbyterian Church
C. H. Patterson
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
McCormick
Waiteville
W. L
Josie Williams McCormick
Gap Mills
Alderson Baptist College
Concord College
Dukee University
Paint Bank
Jenkin Jones
Bramwell High School
Bluefield State College
Bluefield State College Foundation
Martha Elwood McCormick
H. L
Jane) Harrell
Edward Niswander
Vester Johnson
Bill Norton
Bill Moore
Gordon Short
Paul Davis
Tucker Butt
Harless Cook
Gideons
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
Bland County Woman Dies in Apparent Suicide at Home
Margaret G. Waddell, 62, of Ceres Virginia, died Friday morning from an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound. The retired teacher lived alone and is survived by several cousins. Funeral services set for Sunday at Newberry Funeral Home Bland Virginia with burial in Roselawn Cemetery Marion Virginia.
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Bland County
Ceres
Margaret G. Waddell
Newberry Funeral Home
Bland
Roselawn
Marion
Jaeger Man Dies In Cycle Mishap
A 21 year old McDowell County man, Edmond Lee Vancé of Jaeger, died after his motorcycle left Old U S Route 52 at high speed, struck a parking meter and a building. He worked for G and F Coal Company at Ike's Fork and was a member of UMW Local 8165. He is survived by his mother, stepfather, widow, three brothers and two sisters. Funeral services are at Fanning Funeral Home in Jaeger with burial at Jaeger Memorial Cemetery.
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McDowell County
U. S. Rt. 52
Jaeger
C. L. Woods
Welch
Vance
Jean Crozier
Ernest Vance
G & F Coal Company
Ike’s Fork
UMW
Joe Crozier
Audrey Vance
Ronnie
Linda) Lester
Rhoda Vance
Roger Vance
Hanover
Bobby Vance
Beartown
Teddy Vance
Fanning Funeral Home
Oliver Roberts
Luther Bailey
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
Church of the Living God
Johnnycake
Ex Jolo Man Dies In Wreck In Arlington Va
A former McDowell County resident Anthony Todd Riffe died Thursday in a highway crash in Arlington Virginia Authorities identified him as of Arlington formerly of Jolo He is survived by his parents Henry and Geneva Riffe a brother Dennis Kyle Riffe in the U S Army and sister Sherry Riffe The Jol Church of Christ will conduct a service at 11 a.m. Monday with burial in Stewart Cemetery near Paynesville The body will be taken to the church at 6 p.m. Sunday Grundy Funeral Home handles arrangements.
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McDowell County
Arlington
Anthony Todd Riffe
Jolo
Henry
Geneva Thornsbury Riffe
Dennis Kyle Riffe
U. S. Army
Sherry Riffe
Jol Church of Christ
Charlie Riffe
Stewart Cemetery
Bradshaw Mountain
Paynesville
Grundy Funeral Home
Monroe Woman Sues Over Fatal Electrical Accident
Mrs Frankie Marie Miller of Greenville files a half million dollar federal suit in Weston alleging Appalachian Power negligent maintenance of lines near the Indian Mills Baptist Church caused the accidental electrocution of her husband Alvin L Miller and serious injuries to his brother Freddie Miller during a 1976 painting incident.
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Monroe County
Appalachian Power Company
U. S. District Court
Weston
Frankie Marie Miller
Greenville
Indian Mills Baptist Church
Alvin L. Miller
Freddie Miller
Alvin Miller
Inflation Watch: Prices Rise Mildly in Earlier Month
Economists say unemployment grew and wholesale prices show modest cooling. The President's Council of Economic Advisers notes some easing expected, while agricultural prices remain volatile month to month.
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President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Fire Violations On Supper Club Not On Record
Southgate city officials say there was no report of fire violations in the 1976 Beverly Hills Supper Club inspection. The April 1976 check found no deficiencies, while earlier years showed issues. The club later suffered a deadly fire. an NBS investigator praised the building’s construction.
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Southgate
Beverly Hills
Albert Root
Root
Cincinnati
John Davidson
Richard Bright
Center For Fire Research
National Bureau of Standards
Bright
WV seeks federal waiver to speed Pike upgrade
West Virginia seeks a federal waiver to accelerate the Turnpike upgrade by five years. The waiver would let the state divert up to 21 million dollars more annually to upgrading the 88 mile toll road to interstate standards. John Welch said the Department of Highways drafted the request to the Federal Highway Administration.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Speed Jones
Jones
John Welch
DOH
Federal Highway Administration
Dutch Moluccans Name Negotiators In Twin Sieges
Dutch officials and South Moluccan extremists chose Dr Hassan Tan and Mrs Chris Soumakil to lead talks to end the 11 day siege near Assen. They will contact the gunmen holding 55 hostages on a train, while four militants hold three teachers at a Bovensmilde school.
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Assen
The
Netherlands
Holland
Toos Faber
Justice Ministry
Hassan Tan
Chris Soumakil
Bovensmilde
Virginia jobless rate eases to 5.4 percent in mid May
Virginia’s unemployment dropped from 5.7 to 5.4 percent between mid April and mid May as 126,000 residents were jobless. The Virginia Employment Commission expects a rise to about 6 percent by mid June with students entering the job market.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Employment Commission
VEC
WEC
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Portsmouth
Newport News-Hampton
Roanoke
William Mezger
Mezger
Priest Convicted of Crimes Against Nature In Tennessee
In Winchester Tennessee Rev Claudius I Vermilye Jr a 48 year old Episcopal priest who ran a home for wayward boys was found guilty Friday night of crimes against nature against three juvenile residents and five counts of aiding and abetting by photographing them. The jury recommended five to ten year terms for the three convictions and ten to fifteen years for the five aiding and abetting counts, with maximum sentences and doubled minima. The judge dismissed one aiding and abetting charge as time limits were deemed indefinite.
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Winchester, Tenn
Claudius I. Vermilye Jr
Mr. Vermilye
Thomas A. Greer
Remembering Gareth Mayne A Long-Suffering Football Hope
Gareld Mayne, a 15 year old high school sophomore halfback injured on October 8 1969 after a tackle at football practice survived nearly eight years. He lived without machines though brainstem injury left him unlikely to recover. His family visited weekly keeping him informed of events.
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Mayne
Gareld
Gareth
Mrs. Mayne
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Eddie) Vancé
Happy” Blankenship
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Greater Bluefield
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Mercer County Sheriff's Office
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