Special Legislative Session Passes First Two Bills
In Charleston West Virginia the special session approved two bills the first to appoint attorneys for parole violation hearings and another to let the Department of Highways lease air space over rights of way both heading to the governor. The session also saw the Senate Judiciary Committee block a statewide public defender bill and table environmental protection measures while other actions advanced.
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Charleston
W.va
Senate Judiciary Committee
Department of Highways
Department of Environmental Protection
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Judiciary
Mario J. Palumbo
D-Kanawha
Dispute Triggers Turkey Gap Mine Shutdown
Mrs. Watkins and Regina Moretto led a picket at Turkey Gap mine while Tom Moretto and family left their trailer to live with neighbors. Pocahontas Fuel supervisor Earl French confirmed Moretto’s 1970 to 1972 tenure and poor attendance. the shutdown cost the company about 7 000 dollars.
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Tom
Watkins
Earl French
Pocahontas Fuel
The
Daily Telegraph
Thomas Moretto
French
Reetre
Rai
Turkey Gap
Betty Watkins
Regina Moretto
West Virginia Rt
Barpresseid Iatons Company
Pocahontas
Obituary for Arthur Crouse of Jaeger and Bandy death notice
Arthur Crouse 84 of Jaeger died after a long illness. He was a retired miner, husband of Jane Viers Crouse, with six daughters and five sons among 31 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Funeral from Jaeger Church of God with burial at Taeger Memorial Cemetery. James Grat Bandy 73 of Dix Creek, Va., died after a long illness in Tazewell, Va. He was a retired miner, member of UMW Local 6633, and survived by wife Ruth Marrs Bundy and multiple children and grandchildren. funeral at Dix Creek Advent Christian Church with burial in Grandview Memory Gardens.
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Arthur Crouse
Jaeger
North Carolina
Levi and
Matilda Saunders Crouse
Church of God At
Jane Viers Crouse
Myrtle Robinson
Barboursville
Bertha Goshe
Navis Picklesirner
Richlands
Schapel
Roy Wimmer
Sammy Wimmer
Herman Long
Russell Long
Kyle Keaton
Raymond Clay
Stevie Issue
Green
Junior Beavers
Bluestone
State Line
Connolly
Leland Carter
Bluefield Better Service Club
Sanitary Board and Bond Council
Andrew
Drew) Perenyi
Bluefield
Perenyi
Bluefield Avenue
Dairy Queen
Highland Avenue
Cherry Street
State Line Market
Victor DeVault
Paul Myles
Prince Ayequs King
Sigion
Yles
Walton Avenue
Raleigh
Jacker Street
James Grat
Dix Creek Advent Christian Church
Ruth Marrs Bundy
W. C
Maggie) Ruble
Don
Beulah) Necessary
Bristol
Raymond
Shirley) Hart
Tazewell
Jerry
Cora) Martin
Bob
Geraldine) Whitt
Madison Heights
Glen
Kathleen) Boyd
Lexington
Donald W. Bandy
Eliza Bandy
Ruth Sizemore
Bandy
Charlie Marrs
North Tazewell
R. L
George Bandy
Sam T. Bandy
Greever Bandy
Salem
Keither Blevins
Grandview Memory Gardens
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Ruth O Pendleton Dies in Princeton Hospital
Ruth Oney Pendleton 69 of Princeton died Tuesday morning after an apparent cerebral hemorrhage two weeks earlier. She was secretary for the West Virginia Department of Highways Princeton office, a longtime Mercer County resident, and member of First United Methodist Church and Delphian Club. Burial at Oakwood Park Cemetery. pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers include department employees. Survivors include two sons Thomas Pendleton Athens and David Pendleton Alexandria. sister Grace Mandeville. brothers W. E. Oney and J. C. Oney. Funeral at George W. Seaver Chapel with Dr. Cecil S. McMillen officiating.
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Ruth
Pendleton
Ruth O. Pendleton
Circle Drive
Princeton
West Virginia Department of Highways
First United Methodist Church
Delphian Club
Mercer County
Charles William and
Mary Carbaugh Oney
Roscoe H. Pendleton
Thomas H. Pendleton
Athens
David ©. Pendleton
Alexandria
Grace Mandeville
W. E. Oney
Bedford
J. C. Oney
Roanoke
George W. Seaver
Cecil S. McMillen
Oakwood Park Cemetery
Tom Carter
Harold Leedy
W. E. Lustrum
Jim Belcher
Bill Rainey
Leo Haines
Jay Blackburn
Frank Marcinko
Tom McFarland
Daniel Hale
L. G. Pace
Robert Carr
Daniel Carr
J. C. Auer
David Knight
Earl Kendrick
Dan Akers
Bill Winfrey
Seaver Mortuary
Mrs Pearl Fry Rites Held In Raleigh After Short Illness
Mrs Pearl Fletcher Fry of 525 North Boundary Street Raleigh died Tuesday in a Raleigh hospital after a brief illness. Born in Athens she was a daughter of the late Rufus and Sara Fletcher. Survived by husband Earl S Fry two daughters Jane Godwin of Raleigh and Mrs Dave Love of Nashville Tenn one son Danny R Fry of Raleigh one sister Ethel Bragg of Princeton one brother Virgil Fletcher of Princeton and five grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Brown Winne Funeral Home Raleigh with Rev Ray Pollard officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Pearl Fletcher Fry
North Boundary St
Raleigh
N. C
Athens
Rufus
Sara Caldwell Fletcher
Earl S. Fry
Jane Godwin
Dave Love
Nashville
Brown-Winne
Ray Pollard
Oakwood
Billy Ray May Jr. dies at 2 1/2 in Richlands home
Billy Ray May Jr. son of Billy Ray and Ernestine Hall May of Chicago died Sunday night at home after a short illness. Born in Gilbert he lived in Virginia before moving to Chicago. Survivors include maternal grandparents Harri Hall of Gilbert and great grandparents, and paternal grandparents Paul May of Grandview and Mrs. Clay Leii of Seaboard. Funeral at Church of God Seaboard with Rev. Bob Jamison officiating. Burial in Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery Richlands. Burial details to follow after 2 pm.
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Billy Ray May JR
Billy Ray
Ernestine Hall May
Chicago
Gilbert
Harri Hall
Paul May
Gtandpar Vn i Palace
Clay Leii
Seaboard
Church of God At
Bob Jamison
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Richlands
Pacer
Funeral services for Joseph J. Ridley at Scott Street Baptist
Joseph J. Ridley of 222 Ellis Street Bluefield died Friday after a long illness. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Scott Street Baptist Church with Rev. Fermwell Dowell officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell. Survived by daughter Elizabeth Reece of Los Angeles and three sons Morris Gregory Ridley Joseph Ridley Jr and Gary Clemens Ridley all of Bluefield. Also a sister and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Friends may call at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home tonight and at the church one hour before services.
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James B. Roach
Bluefield
Tazewell Road
Smythe County
James
Elizabeth Mitchell Roach
Appalachian Power Company
Ebenezer Methodist Church
James B. Roach Jr
Douglas W. Roach
Phillip Roach
Tazewell
Georgia Monk
Kate Bife
Dudley Memorial Chapel
James Hart
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Glenn Peery
Dyer Baldwin
Orrin Durham
Joe Johnson
Woody Munsey
C. R. Ball Jr
Dan Slade
Blake
Joseph J. Ridley
Ellis Street
Scott Street
Fermwell Dowell
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bluewell
Louisburg
N. C
Henry Clay
Lizzie Ridley
West Virginian
Elizabeth Reece
Los Angeles
Calif
Joseph Ridley Jr
Morris Gregory Ridley
Gary Clemens Ridley
Mary Roberts
Austin
Tex
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Wallace Rites Held for Garnett E Wallace in Bluefield
Garnett Edward Wallace 51 of Baltimore Maryland formerly of Falls Mills Virginia died in a Baltimore hospital after a long illness. He was born in Yards Virginia to Grover and Ora Caldwell Wallace. He worked for Maryland Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Survived by widow Ruth Port Wallace two stepsons Darrell Port of Baltimore and a sister Margaret Buckland of Falls Mills plus Justine Thompson Betty Mattera and three brothers Garland Wallace Bernard Wallace and Billy Wallace. Funeral at 2 30 p m in Bluefield Virginia at Graham Funeral Home Chapel with Maple Hill Cemetery to follow. Pallbearers listed and friends may call today 5 to 9 p m.
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Garnett
Edward Wallace
Baltimore
Yards
Grover
Ora
Caldwell Wallace
Falls Mills
Maryland Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Ruth Port Wallace
Darrell Port
Robert
Margaret) Buckland
Garland
Justine) Thompson
Alfonso
Betty) Mattera
Newark
Del
Garland M. Wallace
Garden City
Mich
Bernard C. Wallace
Kingsport
Maple Hill Cemetery
Bluefield
Gordon L. Caldwell
Bernice Janutolo
Leonard Walker
Douglas Riffe
James Wellman
Walter Buckland
Walter Martin Jr
Robert Lee Martin, Former McDowell Sheriff, Dies
Robert Lee Martin of Anawalt died Tuesday afternoon in a Beckley hospital. He was a former sheriff of McDowell County. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Shumate Newman Funeral Home in Pocahontas, Virginia.
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Robert Lee Martin
Anawalt
Beckley
McDowell County
Shumate- Newman Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Mrs Una Lee Tabor Dies After Short Illness
Mrs. Una Lee Tabor of Galax Virginia died Tuesday in a Bluefield hospital after a short illness. She was the wife of Carl H. Tabor. The body is incomplete at Graham Funeral Home in Bluefield Virginia.
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Una Lee Tabor
Galax
Bluefield
Carl H. Tabor
Graham Funeral Home
Funeral notices for James Henry Thompson and Mallie Jordan
Funeral services for James Henry Thompson 52 of Bristol Virginia are set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Hamlet-Dobson Funeral Home Chapel in Kingsport with burial in Eastlawn Memorial Park after a fatal head on crash on the West Virginia Turnpike near Princeton. Mallie Jordan 75 of North Tazewell Virginia died Tuesday after a long illness and funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Baptist Church in North Tazewell with burial in Maplewood Cemetery in Tazewell. Friends may call the funeral homes prior to services.
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James Henry Thompson
Bristol
Hamlet-Dobson
Kingsport
Tenn
Eastlawn Memorial Park
Thompson
West Virginia Turnpike
Princeton
Gladys Thompson
Charles David Thompson
James Randall Thompson
Atlanta
Mallie Jordan
North Tazewell
Tazewell
Baptist Church
Paul Winfrey
Maplewood Cemeter
Greever Funeral
Funeral Services for Shawver and Newberry in Virginia
Funeral notices list Mrs. Shawver of Rt. 1 Bastian Va. and Mrs. Demna Bowman Newberry of Horsepen Va. service times today at 2 30 p m and 11 a m respectively. Shawvers Mill and Brewster Dale Holiness Church are the burial and service sites with local ministers officiating. Greever Funeral Home of Tazewell handles Shawver arrangements and Mullins Funeral Home of Richlands handles Newberry.
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Shawver
State I
Rt. 1
Bastian
Chestnut Grove Christian Church
Lesley Kyle
Shawvers Mill
Infant Mullins dies shortly after birth in Welch area
Joseph Mullins infant son of Walter J and Jeannette Cecil Mullins of the Welch Pineville Road died shortly after birth in a Welch hospital Survivors include his parents a sister Sabrina Mullins Mrs Lee Cecil of Premier and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Walter Mullins Jr of the Welch Pineville Road The Wolfpen Community Church with Rev Edgar Beverly and Brewster Cemetery at Wolfpen Friends may call at services Douglas Mortuary in Welch is in charge of arrangements
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Edgar Beverly
Brewster
Wolfpen
Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Man Sought After Wreck Near Montcalm High School
A single vehicle crash on West Virginia Route 71 near Montcalm High School injured two men, Johnny Hazelwood and Henry Foster, who were treated and released from Bluefield hospital. Police seek Earl Farrington of Bluewell, charged with leaving the scene and other offenses after his vehicle, carrying the injured men, crashed into a concrete bridge.
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West Virginia
Rt. 71
Montcalm High School
J. R. Howell
Johnny Hazelwood
Coaldale
Henry Foster
Montcalm
Bluefield
Hosital
Earl Farrington
Bluewell
Farrington
Foster and
Hazlewood
Election results across towns show mixed council and mayoral outcomes
In McDowell Cordisco was unseated while Lila Phillips 142 votes and Jimmy Jones 134 led the council race with others close behind in a 271 vote tally. Anawalt saw no mayoral candidate with incumbent Thomas Dillon receiving 83 write-ins after party nominee Jackie Huffinger declined. Davy's race favored William Clyde Beverly 128 over Bob L. McGovern 89 with recorder Harry Keyes reelected 148 to Peggy Green 30. Several unopposed council contenders posted solid margins while write-ins appeared across contests.
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Cordisco
Lila’s Phillips
Jimmy Jones
Quinto Falgiani Jr
Nathan Hale
Anawalt
Thomas Dillon
Jackie Huffinger
Attagers
Martha Bennington
Adrain Vance
Carl Sage
Recorder
Council
James Lee Netting
Milton Spear
Pedro Witten
Ernest Donchatz
Wiley Davis
Robert Bennington
Charles Dillon
Preston Heffinger
Billy Woolridge
Vick Davis
Thomas Dillon Jr
Clowney Overbaugh
John Pack
Peoples’ Party
William Clyde Beverly
Bob L. McGovern
Danny Cox
Harry Keyes
Peggy Green
Tommy Sizemore
Davy
Carl W. Urps
Bob Hagen
Betty Firestine
Brooksie Patrick
Ruth Morgan
Citizens’ Party
Charles Bishop
Saeger Town
James Stafford
Ruby Fanning
Richard Gaminde
Bob Bean
Rob
John Pate
Perry Roberts
Danny Auville
Elkhorn High Reunion Plans Announced for July Event
Plans are made for the second Elkhorn High Reunion featuring a banquet dance and family picnic on July 91, 22. All former students and teachers are asked to confirm attendance by June with J. Hairston of North Fork.
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Elkhorn High
J. Hairston
Northfork
Governor Loses Fight Over Revenue Sharing
West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that federal revenue sharing funds paid to the state must be deposited with the state treasurer. The decision, written by Judge Richard Neely, orders Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr. to endorse about $29.6 million in six month certificates of deposit to Treasurer John H. Kelly. The ruling covers the funds already in play plus subsequent allocations and ties up the issue of ownership and custody between the governor and the treasurer.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia Supreme Court
High Court
Richard Neely
John H. Kelly
Arch A. Moore Jr
Kelly
Moore
Huntington
National Governors Conference
Nevada
Supreme Court
Justice of the Peace
Local Elections Roundup Across Mercer County Towns
Residents voted in Matoaka Oakvale and Athens amid write in ballots and contest challenges. Mayors Charles Blankenship James Skeens Tom Pendleton led in Matoaka Oakvale and Athens with unopposed and close races. Council seats shifted as incumbents faced defeat and new names joined the boards.
Court Sifts Libel Suit In Beckley Newspaper Case
Wyoming County Circuit Court certified for West Virginia Supreme Court review a ruling denying a judgment without trial in a $75,000 libel suit by George T. Starr against Beckley Newspapers Corp. Starr, a former Beckley police sergeant, sued after Raleigh Register reported he was arrested on bad check warrants, later corrected to refer to his son. The issue is whether malice must be proven as in Sullivan v. New York Times.
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Wyoming County Circuit Court
West Virginia Supreme Court
Beckley Newspapers Corp
George T. Starr
Starr
Beckley
Raleigh Register
Supreme Court Review
Trial Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Sullivan
The
New York Times
Bluefield High Graduation Move To Armory Planned
Graduation exercises for Bluefield High School will be held Thursday at the Brushfork National Guard Armory instead of War School. Spokesmen said the ceremony starts at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Armory.
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Bluefield High School
Brushfork National Guard
War School
Egin
Hureday
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