City Directors Drop Park Fee Policy and Approve Unification Church Permit
Bluefield officials dropped a proposed 50 cent per vehicle weekend park fee after legal review found it unlawful to charge non residents differently. The same meeting approved a solicitations permit for the Unification Church amid opposition, with the mayor stressing legal necessity despite personal disapproval.
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Jimterry Daily Telegraph Star
Bluefield Board of Directors
City Park
Cutoft
Unification Church
Joe Walker
John Feuchtenberger
Fred Burton
Feuchtenberger
Don Keesling
Bluefield
Tim Folzenlogen
918
Ninth St
Huntington
Folzenlogen
Keesling
Moonies
Bourton
Bill Looney
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Staff Listing Details
A clipped notice from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph provides publication and address details, subscription rates, and AP affiliation notes. It lists mail and home delivery rates in West Virginia, with references to zones, an applicant for other zones, and advertising representation.
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West Virgina
Audit Bureau of Crcalation Advertisng
Landon
Bramwell and Athens Mayors Elected in Narrow Races
In Bramwell William Brinkley and Esther Robinson faced re election results show Robinson unopposed for recorder with 41 votes while Bramwell mayoral winner Don Murphy ran as a write in candidate with 129 votes. Council seats split among Glen Scott Kim Murphy Vinciguerra Sherman Graves Paul Gay and others with 24 challenged votes pending canvass. In Athens Dan Zirkle defeated Mary Margaret Carper for mayor with 109 votes Col David Ambrose did not run. Council incumbents Baumgras Shorter posted 148 and 142 votes amid newcomers Eddie Kessinger Jim Keeley Sue McKenzie and Linda Alvis winning recorder role with 145 votes.
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William Brinkley
Ester Robinson
Recorder
B. O. Davis
Bramwell
Don Murphy
Joe Vinciguerra
Glen Scott
Kim Murphy
Vinciguerra
Sherman Graves
Paul Gay
Charlie Eanes
Jack Comer
Phillip Baugh
Warren Butt
Vester Johnson
Athens
Dan Zirkle
Mary Margaret Carper
Col
David Ambrose
John Baumgras
Doug Shorter
Eddie Kessinger
Jim Keeley
Sue McKenzie
Linda Alvis
Union To Vote Friday On Tentative Contract With S S Corp
Union members of UMWA Local 1737 will vote Friday at 10 a.m. at the Flanary Theater in Richlands Va on a tentative agreement with S and S Corp of Claypool Hill. The strike began March 17 after a three year contract expired, with about 350 of 700 employees out.
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Wilson Ramsey
Daily Telegraph
UMWA
S&s Corp
Claypool Hill
Carl Lester
Richlands
Flanary Theater
Lester
Roger Angles
S&s
War Town Votes Tie Into Broad State Affairs
Local elections yield unopposed Dillon incumbents Charles Hodge and James Wilkerson with 132 and 131 votes respectively. Ward results show multiple town council seats with Leo-grade figures, plus recorder Ronnie Estep at 125 votes. In War, Floyd Jones wins the top seat with 191 votes and Ernest Flinn named recorder with 166. Nearby races include Crigger 158, Falgiani 173, Jenkins 157, Stutso Linkous 168, Reese 166, and others with smaller tallies. Unofficial results await 36 challenged ballots and a War council meeting Monday.
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Charles Hodge
Gary
James Wilkerson
R. L. Robinson
Jessie Wilson
Jessie Williams
Charles L. Clark
Ronnie Estep
Stafford
Ruby Fanning
Sidney Bailey
Joe Auville
Robert W
Deaths and Funerals Mrs William Steptoe Bluefield
Kathleen Steptoe of 209 McDowell Street Bluefield died Sunday after a brief illness. She leaves a husband William Jr and many children, siblings, and grandchildren. Funeral at Tip Top Methodist Church Thursday at 1 p.m. Burial in Thompson Cemetery Tip Top. Pallbearers listed. flowers by family friends. Visitation tonight 6 to 9 at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home and one hour prior to services.
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William Steptoe
William
Kathleen) Steptoe
McDowell St
Bluefield
Tip Top
Alma Thompson Brown
George Brown
Tazewellee
Bluefield State College
Steptoe
A.M.E. Zion
William P. Jr
Willa Mae Petty
N. C
Florence Steptoe
Juanita Steptoe
Larry Edward
William Henry
John Oliver
James Lewis Steptoe
Troutville
Anthony Andrew
Major Samuel
Eugene Lee
Wayne Adam
David Payne
Michael Darnell Steptoe
Carl
Hubert Brown
Helen Buckhannan
Doris Brown
Barbara Woods
Tip Top Methodist Church
Rev
T. M. Stevens
Thompson Cemetery
Herbell Boyd
Nathaniel Woods
Max Buchannan
Walter Peavy
Detroit Thomas
Percy Scolls
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
H. Gene Jones
H. Gene
Gayle Weiser) Jones
Frederick St
Donald W. Weiser
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Bluefield Area
Mercer County
American Cancer Society
W. Va
Inco
Virginia Division Inc
Frank
Gina Marie) Curley
Diana Gayle Jones
Debra Sue Jones
Donald William Weiser
Winterhaven
Fla
Richard E. Weiser
Roanoke
Charles J. Schneider
Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Mercer Funeral Home
Floyd Wampler
Oakwood
Richlands
Davenport
Elbert Ezra
Iowa Turner Wampler
Presbyterian Church
U. S
June Deel
Rose M. McGlothlin Wampler
Cecil
Paululine) Shortridge
Manassas
Sherrard
Shery) Bennett
Rocky Mount
Floyd Edmound
Ed) Wampler
Bristol
Perry
Helen) Keene
Elbert Ezra Wampler Jr
Rt. 1
Vansant
Buchanan County Funeral Home
Keen Mountain Va
Ray Amos
MecGlothlin
Rowe
Tommy McGlothlin
Victor Street
Joe Blair McGlothlin
Jim McGlothlin
J. B. Wampler
Phillip Keene
Boyd Grizzle
Marvin Keen
George O'Quinn
Maynard Salyers
Bradshaw Mountain
Tommy Mullins
Terry Mullins
Benny Mullins
Richard Addair
Gary Campbell
Russell Sayers
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Farley
Laura B
George W. Seaver
Princeton
Robert Hudson
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Ralph Rice
George Fisher
Paul Salt
T. A. Warden Jr
Carroll Shockey
Ralph Bailey
Swimm
Aubrey C
Low Gap Rd
H. Randolph Kidd
Robert Bingham
Resthaven Mausoleum
Kenneth Willis
Larry Cook
Rodney Marsh
Clarence Swimm Jr
Richard McPeake
Howard Loving
Cancer Fund
Bevins
Harry Walter
Kennedy Rd
Los Gatos
Calif
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Don McNair
Primitivo Delgado
Grandview Memory Gardens
E. J. Armbrister
Thomas H. Armbrister
David M. Armbrister
W. K
Bill) Bourne
Dan Parrish
Thurman Scruggs
C. C. West
J. A. Whitlock III
46 Year Old Shoots Self After Wreck
A 46 year old West Virginia resident, identified as Charles E. Green, reportedly jumped from his car after a two vehicle crash on Premier Mountain in McDowell County near Welch. He shot himself with a .22 Magnum, dying at 8:15 p.m. His car bore Kentucky plates. he held both West Virginia and Kentucky licenses. The other driver’s identity was not released. The body was at Fanning Funeral Home in Welch.
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Brown
David Burton
Princeton
Carl E. McAfee
Hugh P. Cline
Norton
Fred Blue
Bluefield
Bluefield Building
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Misak
Hinton
University of Virginia Hospital
Charlottesville
Uva Hospital
Tenckhoffs
West Virginia
Premier Mountain
McDowell County
Daily Telegraph
Charles E. Green
Beauty Rest
Welch
Green
Kentucky
Fanning Funeral Home
Doctor to Withdraw From Practice in Bluefield WV
Notice states Dr. Richard C. Rogers Jr will withdraw from clinical medicine starting July 1979 and permanently discontinue treating patients. Past or present patients must contact him at Bluefield Sanitarium Clinic Building 525 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia to authorize transfer of records to another physician.
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Richard C. Rogers, Jr
Rogers
Bluefield Sanitarium Clinic
Bland Street
Bluefield
West Virginia
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