Local Primary Poll Tracks May 11 Results In Mercer West Virginia
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph conducts a 470 voter local primary poll in Mercer County April to May 1976 to gauge trends for the May 11 primary. It finds undecided voters influence outcomes, with results largely aligning to actual returns in major races and mixed accuracy in local offices.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph News Department
Telegraph
Mercer County
West Virginia
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Cecil Underwood
Ralph Albertazzie
Underwood
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Deaths and Funerals in Virginia and West Virginia
Anna Ruth Hughart 7 of Bandy Virginia died in a Richmond hospital after a long illness. She is survived by her parents siblings and grandparents. Funeral Monday at 1 p.m. at Hurst Scott Chapel Richlands with burial in Smith Family Cemetery. Mildred H Walters 52 of Lebanon Virginia died in a local hospital. She was a Mill Creek Baptist Church member with two children and five brothers. Funeral Monday 11 a.m. at Russell County Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Russell Memorial Cemetery. James Ervin Yates 49 of Haysi Virginia died at home after a heart attack. Funeral Monday 11 a.m. at Russell Prater Church with burial in Yates Cemetery. Oreta Mae Thompson 62 of Norfolk Virginia died in a Bluefield hospital. She was a former shoe store owner and active in church. Burial at Resthaven Memorial Park Princeton. Leona Eula Shumate 81 of Princeton Virginia died in a Princeton hospital. She was a longtime Mercer County resident with two daughters and multiple grandchildren. Funeral Monday 11 a.m. at George W. Seaver Chapel with burial at Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Rev. Raymond J. Adkins 66 of Kimball died in Welch after an apparent heart attack. He held church and civic roles and leaves a widow, two daughters, and other relatives. Funeral Monday 2 p.m. at First Baptist Welch with entombment in Bluewell mausoleum. Memorials suggested to West Virginia Baptists Education Society.
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Anna Ruth Hughart
Bandy
Richmond
Richlands
Melvin Blane Hughart Sr
Greenfield
Ohio
Lucy Elizabeth Brewster Hughart
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Brenda Lee Hughart
Virginia Mae Hughart
Melvin B. Hughart Jr
Andrew Mark Hughart
Michael Wayne Hughart
Jeffrey Keith Hughart
Gary Dean Hughart
Hattie Brewster
Lucy Smith
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Max Linkous
Bernard Shrader
Smith Family
Sinking Waters
Mildred H. Walters
Lebanon
Russell County
Mill Creek
Tom Huffman
Jim Huffman
Cleveland
Herbert Huffman
Acworth
Russell County Funeral Home Chapel
W. L. Odum
Ray Garland
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Marvin Iser
Jack Blankenship
Jerry Uffman
Larry Huffman
Paul Huffman
Billy Joe Huffman
Howard Huffman
Mike Tignor
James Ervin Yates
Haysi
Child Coal Co
UMWA
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Darrel Yates
Walter Yates
Harman
Zella Coleman
Irene Conaway
Ellamine Looney
Iman
Ethel Hagerman Stacy
Darlene Licks
Whitewood
Nubern Yates
Gobel Yates
Russell- Prater
Frealin Yates
Frank Newsone
Yates Cemetery
Route 2
Haysi Funeral
Oreta Mae Thompson
Norfolk
Bluefield
Bland County
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Walter Sutton Harman
McKindrey United Methodist Church
Thompson's
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Elmer Harman
Bastian
Mack Tree McGlenn
Hawkins Funeral Home
Courtney Sheffield
Resthaven Memorial Park
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Ward Dinger
Clayton Hager
E. O. Carter
Ed Weatherly
Herbert White
Bill Johnson
Pine Grove Church
Lucille Walters
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Bastian Va
Leona Eula Shumate
Walnut St
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Ingleside
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Otha Thornton Holt
Guy E. Shumate
Joseph B
June) Rothwell
el Paso
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Betty) Halley Jr
J. E. Hilsheimer
Huntington
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Detroit, Mich
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Rock
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Yucaipa
California
George W. Seaver
John Mendez
Monte Vista Park
Princeton Road
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Denny Moore
Carl Barger
Bill Roney
Jack King
Bill Pedneau
Ben Peck
Bill McClaugherty
Raymond J. Adkins
Kimball
Welch
Fallsburg
Jay and
Virgie Jordan Adkins
Living Endowment of
Southern Baptists Theological Seminary
Alpha Chapter Epsilon Delta Fraternity
Marshall University
Alderson
Broaddus College
Welch Rotary Club
Welch Ministerial Association
Gary I
Cookie) Cooper
R. E
Sue) Lacy
Kermit
Laura Toney
Ruth Varney
Palatka
Fla
Jeff Collinss Jr
Winchester
First Baptist Church
E. L. Branham
Waldo Jackson
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Fanning Funeral Home
Eddie Lee Cook
Howard Linkous
Harvey Harris
Jack Christian
Thurman Mathena
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Cluefield Daily Telegraph Preview Ad Prices
Advert appears as a boilerplate masthead with subscription rates and telegraph association notes. Includes Bluefield West Virginia address and pricing terms for different tones and monthly options. No local events or individuals mentioned.
Infant dies after birth in Richlands hospital
William Leslie Mitchell Jr infant son of William Leslie and Gail Earnestine Presley Mitchell of Bandy Va died shortly after birth at Richlands hospital. Survived by parents grandparents great grandparents. services at Bandy Free Will Baptist Church conducted Sunday at 2 pm by Rev Sam Altizer and Rev Walter Wyatt. Burial in Mitchell Cemetery at Bandy Va. Tazewell County Funeral Home Cedar Bluff Va in charge of arrangements.
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William Leslie
Gail
Earnestine Presley Mitchell
Route 1
Bandy
Richlands
Earnest Presley
Cedar Bluff
Joe Perkins
King Presley
Davenport
Walter Perkins
Louisa Keen
Floyd Mitchell
Herman Sparks
Nancy Mitchell
Florence P. Sparks
Bandy Free Will Baptist Church
Sam Altizer
Walter Wyatt
Mitchell Cemetery
Tazewell County Funeral Home
Obituary notices for Lasley and McCroskey
Robert E Lasley 35 of Lebanon Va died Friday in a Lebanon hospital after an apparent illness. He attended Lebanon Baptist Church and worked for Robert M Green and Company. Survived by wife Mary Catherine two sons Earl and Jackie seven sisters and two brothers. Funeral conducted Monday at 3 p.m. at Home Chapel with Rev Austin Fields and Rev Howard Smith. Burial Russell Memorial Cemetery Lebanon. Pallbearers were employees of Robert M Green and Company. Ward William McCroskey 61 of Narrows Va died Friday in Giles Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was a life member of the Giles Life Saving and Rescue Squad and a former Celanese Textile plant employee. Survived by wife Lucy Kerr two sons Leroy and Roger L two daughters Evelyn M Gordon and four sisters Beulah Huffman Anna Elinore Pauline Leroy and Betty Meredith. Funeral 4 p.m. at Church of God of Prophecy with Rev Arnold Reynolds. Burial Fairview Cemetery. Body at Riffe's Funeral Home children may visit 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.
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Robert E.lasley
Robert FE. Lasley
Lebanon
Russell County
Lebanon Baptist Church
Robert M. Green and Company
Mary Catherine Lasley
Earl Lasley
Jackie Lasley
Louise Dye
Linda Beavers
Wanda Wolfe
Gayle Shoemaker
Jane Hall
Ann Lasley
Margaret Dixon
Minot
N. D
James Lasley
Rufus C. Lasley
Myrtle Lasley
Russell County Funeral Home
Austin Fields
Howard Smith
Russell Memorial
Ward McCroskey
William McCroskey
Narrows
Giles Memorial Hospital
Giles Life-Saving and Rescue Squad
Celanese Textile
Felix and
Vergie Wilkinson McCroskey
Lucy Kerr McCroskey
Leroy McCroskey
Roger L. McCroskey
Evelyn M. Gordon
Beulah Huffman
Anna Elinore
Pauline Leroy
Baltimore
Betty Meredith
Canton
Ohio
Church of God of Prophecy
Arnold Reynolds
Fairview Cemetery
Riffe
Kendal l Owen Lewis Funeral Services Held in Bluefield
Owen Lewis Kendall, 68, of Bluefield, died recently. Funeral service today at 2 p.m. at Mercer Funeral Home officiated by Rev. Charles G. Donkey with burial at Maple Hill Cemetery in Bluefield Virginia. Pallbearers include Bob Kendall Bill Kendall Jimmy Kendall Danny Kendall Don Kendall and Homer Moore.
Narrows Resident Honored at Mercer University Honors Day
Leland B. Lacey of Narrows Va was named among Mercer University’s outstanding students across the College of Liberal Arts the Walter F George School of Law and the Southern School of Pharmacy during Honors Day in Macon Ga He received the Rexall Award at the annual ceremony also noting a slang term hen for a gossiping elderly woman.
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Narrows
Mercer University
College of Liberal Arts
Walter F. George School of Law
Southern School of Pharmacy
Atlanta
Mercer
Macon
Leland B. Lacey
Rexall
Obituary for Mrs. Donnie Faye Knapp of Red Sulphur Springs
Mrs. Donnie Faye Knapp 53 of Red Sulphur Springs died Friday in a Summers County hospital after a long illness. She was born Pence Springs daughter of Elizabeth Robertson Allen and the late William Allen. Survived by five daughters two sons and eighteen grandchildren. Services Monday 11 a.m. at Broyles Funeral Chapel Peterstown with burial Griffith Creek Cemetery.
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Donnie Faye Knapp
Red Sulphur Springs
Summers County
Pence Springs
Elizabeth Robertson Allen
Union
William Allen
Monroe County
Griffith Creek
Manassas
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Peterstown
Ralph Smithson
Reggie Bales
Delegate Vote Totals Listed for National Conventions
AP reports delegate tallies by candidate based on binding requirements and stated preferences from delegates selected so far. Republican totals cover many states and territories with partial selections in several. Democratic totals include numerous states plus territories with partial selections in others.
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Deputy Found Safe After McDowell County Disappearance
State police located McDowell County sheriff's deputy Paul Walker, 50, of Premier, missing since Friday night while en route to work. He was found near Premier Mountain on Saturday night in good condition with no signs of abduction. His wife confirmed he was headed to work.
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Tyetaes
Paul Walker
Premier
Premier Mountain
Walker
Frank Byrdd
Mount Hope
Fayette County
Women as good credit risks in housing study
A government HUD study finds women’s earnings stability match men’s, supporting equal credit treatment for home purchases. It notes lenders and mortgage insurers remain hesitant to extend full credit to single women or married women’s incomes until actuarial statistics counter bias.
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Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Soviet claim of first hydrogen bomb tested in 1951
Excerpts from a Baltimore Sun preview of Energy and Conflict claim the Soviet Union conducted fusion tests and produced the first deliverable hydrogen bomb before the United States. Authors Blumberg and Owinns say early 1951 Russian thermonuclear detonation preceded U.S. H-bomb tests.
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Earth
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Rumor claims link presidents to affairs and Hays scandal
In Canton Ohio former Rep Wayne Hays cites a judge’s gag order amid rumors tying presidents Jefferson Wilson Roosevelt and Kennedy to affairs. The rally note frames Hays amid a labor backed political committee event and ongoing legal limits on discussing his case.
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Canton
Ohio
Thomas Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Wayne Hays
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Music Medal Awarded to Connie Shrewsbury at Bluefield Commencement
Connie Rachel Shrewsbury a music major and member of the Bluefield College Choir received a Music Medal at the 54th annual commencement ceremonies at the college. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Akers.
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Connie Rachel Shrewsbury
Bluefield College
Ralph Akers
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Jay) Rockefeller IV
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