Pass Trial Opens In Erie For Slayings Of Yablonskis
Albert E. Pass former UMW official faces murder charges in the Clarksville killings of Joseph Yablonski his wife and daughter. Prosecutors allege a kickback scheme funded the 1969 murders as Pass claims the case targets former UMW President Boyle. Jury selection begins with trust and high profile ties shaping the courtroom fight.
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Erie
Albert E. Pass
United Mine Workers
Gondelman
Pass
Non
Tennessee
Ome Convic
Moore Uty
Wth
UMW
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Boyle
Sprague
Yablonski
Ashington
Washington
D.C
Passablonski
Kenneth
Leon
Washington County
Yablonskis
Bluefield Office Faces Federal Benefit Rules In Dispute
Bluefield Social Security officials outlined how the federal Black Lung program remains in effect for claims filed before July 1 1973, with regional offices still deciding final eligibility. Coffman noted reclassification steps and the role of state rehabilitation agencies in gathering medical evidence for claims and forwarding results to Baltimore for decision.
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J. D. Coffman
Bluefield Social Security Administration
Coffman
Bluefield Social Security Office
Bluefield
Baltimore
Ee Oat
Federal Register
Black Lung Associations
United Mine Workers
Black Lung Association
Bernard Popick
Bureau of Disability Insurance
Social Security Administration
Bowman
Social Security
Coffman Couti
Blue Field
Federal
Dam Collapse Prompts Sudden Public Alarm
A grim description notes a near total dam failure rather than a minor leak, signaling widespread risk. Officials deviate from routine statements as residents evacuate surrounding areas while engineers assess structural integrity and potential downstream impacts.
Deaths and Funerals: Mrs Birdie Vencill and others
Obituary notices for Mrs Birdie Vencill of Bandy Virginia aged 73 funeral at Hurst Scott Richlands with burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill. Also notices for Eddie Joe Pickett Elkhorn and Mrs State I Shawver Tazewell plus Bowman Newberry Horsepen and Roy D Boyd Portsmouth Ohio deaths with funeral details.
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Birdie Vencill
Bandy
Jim Billy
Sarah Jane Christian Altizer
William Thomas Adams
Ralph Vencill
Craig Adams
Mount Clemens
Mich
Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel
Richlands
Bernard Shrader
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Everett Poff of Ballard Dies After Heart Attack
Everett Poff 67 of Ballard died Sunday at the home of C. D. Francis in Ballard after an apparent heart attack. A Summers County native, he was WWII veteran and a 15 year veteran of the Veterans Hospital in Huntington. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 p.m. Broyles Funeral Chapel Peterstown. burial Orchard Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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Everett Poff
Ballard
C. D. Francis
Francis
Summers County
John and
Gussie Pack Poff
Veterans Hospital
Huniington
Cousins
Broyles
Peterstown
Doug Wallas
Orchard
Ronnie Meador
Junior Meador
Franklin Meador
Roy Poff
Hobart Canterbury
Ervin Mitchem
Infant Billy Ray May Jr. Dies at Home
Billy Ray May Jr., two year old son of Mr and Mrs Billy Ray May of Chicago Illinois, died Sunday at his home. Death attributed to natural causes. Remains incomplete at Hurst Scott Funeral Home in Richlands Virginia.
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Billy Ray May Jr
Billy Ray May
Chicago
Ill
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Funeral Services for Pettigrew Novak Hoback Held in Area
Funeral services are announced for James Edward Pettigrew 59 of Warriormines at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Stephens Hampton Jackson and Lloyd officiating. Burial follows at Excelsior Cemetery Yukonne with Yukonne Funeral Home Welch in charge. Stanley Novak 79 of Keystone to be laid to rest today at Burke Baptist Church with Rev. Wiley Brooks. Dees of Bluewell Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home Keystone in charge of arrangements. Robert B Hoback 63 of Bluefield to be buried today at Monte Vista Cemetery Bluefield with Rev. Beverrell Brown officiating. Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield handling arrangements.
Obituary for Cecil Harold Bailey of Huntington
Cecil Harold Bailey 43 of Huntington formerly of Mohawk died Saturday in a Huntington hospital after a short illness. He worked in the Huntington Alloy Division of International Nickel Co. Survived by wife Ruby Lambert Bailey two sons Eddie and Johnny two daughters Debra and Cathy five brothers and four sisters. Funeral 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Church with burial at Bailey Cemetery on Longale. The body to lie in state at Church of the Living God Johnny Cake from 4 p.m. today. Fanning Funeral Home Saeger in charge of arrangements.
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Eddie Joe
Buddy) Pickett
Elkhorn
Bluefield
Bennett- Fanning
Northfork
Joe Lambert
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Walter P
Sarah Laura Black Pickett
Hawley Coal Mining Corporation
UMWA
Tom Pickett
Don Farmer
Carl Farmer
Bill Pickett
Hillsville
Leonard Farmer
Swainsboro, Ga
Betty Morgan
Richmond
Doris Farmer
Jeff Nash
Teddy Frazier
Robert Price
Michael Bohen
Pete Semanco
Paul Hornick
State I. Shawver
Tazewell
Tazewell County
R. P. Shawver
W. P. Shawver
Glenville Va
Robert Shawver
Dora Lessell
Clear Fork
Greever Funeral Chapel
Lesley Kyle
Shawver Family
Cecil Harold Bailey
Huntington
Mohawk
Hassel Bailey
Teddy Bailey
Elmer Bailey
Jaeger
Wetzel Bailey
Hunt
Bennie Bailey
S Fork
Charlie Lester
Hazel Carter
Carl Phillips
Gladys Collins
Oliver Roberts
Clyde Roberts
Doyle Riffe
Bailey Cemetery
Longale
Church of the Living God
Johnny Cake
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
John Columbus Young Dies After Heart Attack
John Columbus Young aged 48 of Jewell Ridge Virginia died in a Springfield Ohio hospital after an apparent heart attack. Funeral services are planned in Richlands Virginia.
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John Columbus Young
Jewell Ridge
Springfield, Ohio
Hurst-Scott Funeral Hore
Richlands
Garnett E. Wallace Dies in Baltimore at 51
Garnett Edward Wallace of Baltimore and formerly of Yards Virginia died Monday in a Baltimore hospital. The death was attributed to natural causes. He was incomplete at Graham Funeral Home in Bluefield Virginia.
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Garnett E. Wallace
Garnett Edward Wallace
Baltimore
Yards
Graham Funeral Home
Bluefield
Reservoir Bids Rejected for High Cost at R D Bailey
Senator Byrd says both bids on the R D Bailey Reservoir project in southern West Virginia were rejected as excessive. The Army Corps of Engineers will reopen talks with all bidders from the two bidding sessions to negotiate a acceptable contract for track and signal work along Norfolk and Western railway lines through the reservoir area.
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Washington
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
R. D. Bailey
West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Norfolk & Western
Byrd
UMW District 2 Begins Voting in Indiana and Cambria
Members of United Mine Workers District 2 started balloting for district officers supervised by the U S Labor Department. The contest pits Tony Boyle aligned slate against Democratic candidates backed by Arnold Sailor in a vote spanning Indiana and Cambria counties through Friday.
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Indiana, Pa
United Mine Workers District 2
U.S. Labor Department
Asso
Tony” Boyle
Democrac
Sailor Boyle
Arnold
District 2
Indiana
Cambria
Exhibitors Name New Officers At Bluefield Fashion Show
Bluefield fashion exhibitors elected new officers Monday night as they near the three day show wrap up at Brushfork Armory. Nobby Ehmann of Patrick Springs Virginia was chosen to succeed D Nickels of Huntington as president. Milton Soffer Virginia Beach Virginia is vice president Al Lang Pittsburgh Pennsylvania is second vice president Wilson Goff Norfolk Virginia is secretary and John Princeton is treasurer. New directors are Charles R Allen Richmond Virginia Everett Stone Virginia Beach and Morris Marcus Pittsburgh. Mrs Neta Hamilton Bird is the exhibit's executive secretary. A total of 104 manufacturers and representatives attended the fashion show. The Holiday show runs at the armory September 30 to October 1.
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Bluefield
Brushfork Armory
Nobby Ehmann
Patrick Springs
D. Nickels
Huntington
Milton Soffer
Charles R. Allen
Richmond
Everett Stone
Virginia Beach
Morris Marcus
Pittsburgh
Neta Hamilton
Bird
Armory
Head-On Collision Reported On Turnpike
Police report a head on crash on the toll road late Monday night with no charges filed. Rain slickened the turnpike before impact and investigators noted limited skid marks in a curved four lane section. Responders included Princeton and a Southern West Home Regional Ambulance Service crew.
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Princeton
Southern West Home Regional Ambulance Service
Heck's Stores Are Picketed in Ashland Ky
AP reports picketing at Heck's Stores in Ashland Kentucky with clerks unavailable for comment and union spokesmen not available for statement.
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Heck’s
Ashland
Heck
Princeton Council Tables 5 Year Revenue Sharing Plan
Princeton City Council tabled a five year revenue sharing plan at the regular meeting. Assistant city clerk Cris Barton, sworn in due to City Clerk Virginia Washford's hospitalization, will serve until her return. The council approved the FY 1973 Planned Use Schedule and revised budget with $117,059 in entitlements from Jan 1 to Jun 1 1973.
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Carol Fowler
Cris Barton
Princeton
Virginia Washford
Barton
Woshford
Ira Southern
Kephart
Morrison
Charles MacQueen
MacQueen, Ureaews
Public Safety
Dam
Corte Construction Company
Power of Bob Harrington Impresses Mitchell Stadium Crowd
Audience reactions to Bob Harrington show a mix of skepticism and belief as he draws crowds in Bluefield Princeton area. Public figures call his style impressive and effective while noting his frank, down to earth delivery. He speaks at West Virginian Hotel noon today and Matoaka Baptist Church Wednesday morning.
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Tanya Williams
Harrington
Bob Harrington
Mitchell Stadium
Jim Nelson
Bluefield
Princeton
Pee le
Bud Coppinger
Peerie Arrington
Artington
Bob
Bluefield Rotary Club
West Virginian Hotel
Matoaka Baptist Church
Sahara Region Prepares for Long Solar Eclipse
Nouakchott Mauritania hosts a major eclipse viewing on June 30 drawing about 3500 visitors from tourists and scientists. Officials warn of heat and 116 degree days as camps and hotels strain to accommodate travelers, with the eclipse lasting up to 7 minutes 8 seconds and a similar duration not seen for 213 years.
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Nouakchott
Mauritania
Sahara
Coin
Alread Bur
French Foreign Legion
Atar
Echak
Eco
Atlantic
Desert
Awe
Algeria
Africa
Mali
Nieroes
Ie Mons Nue
Club To Meet At Bluefield Home This Thursday
The Altha Allen Homemakers club will hold its regular weekly meeting Thursday at 114 Ellis Street, Bluefield, in the home of Mrs. James Hairston. Mrs. John Collins, president, will chair a brief business session.
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Altha Allen Homemakers Club
James Hairston
Ellis Street
Bluefield
John Collins
Merger Challenge Affects Marsh Colleges Seeks Mandamus
Petitioners urge a writ of mandamus to force the Board of Regents to rescind a move toward merging the two colleges, arguing it usurps legislative power and violates the Virginia Constitution. Lawyers and several petitioners including educators and Concord College affiliates are named.
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Board of Regents
Separation of Powers
Rudolph L. DiTrapano
DiTrapano, Mitchell, Lawson & Field
Charleston
Cooke
Joe Coburn
Athens
Mercer County Court
David Kirby
West Virginia Board of Education
Concord College
Samuel Laufer
Princeton
Maidenfarm, Inc
Mercer County Planning Commission
Richard V. Lilly
Athens Town Council
Bank of Athens
Harold Tomchin
Concord College Board of Advisors
Mercer County Board of Education
Marcella Dee Whitlock
Bluefield
Mercer County Schools
Concorde
Tter
Mercer County Education Association
West Virginia Association of Classroom Teachers
Richard L. Bailey
Virginia Rogliano
South
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Martinsville
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Jane Bowman
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Newhall
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Basil
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Rockville
Mullens Funeral Home
Richlands, Va
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Portsmouth
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Elk Garden
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Honaker
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