Chicago tries to calm after weekend bloodshed riots
After two violent nights in a Hispanic neighborhood, Chicago police kept a low profile on West Division Street while officials sought to ease tensions. The Humboldt Park flare up began Saturday during a Puerto Rican Day event and left two dead, over a hundred injured, and many stores damaged.
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Chicago
West Division
Humboldt Park
Richard J. Daley
Michael Bilandic
George Perez
Destruct Order Issued On Gambling Devices In Mercer County
Judge William O. Bivens Jr. signed a Destruct Order permitting the destruction of gambling devices seized during May raids at the Princeton Moose Lodge Bluefield Moose Lodge Bluefield Eagles Club and other equipment. The Bluefield Country Club devices are excluded as its operators face magistrate court action. Police expect to destroy the devices today at noon after bonds were forfeited.
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William O. Bivens Jr
Bluefield
Princeton
Mercer County Circuit Court
David Knight
Bivens
Department of Public Safety
Princeton Moose Lodge
Bluefield Country Club
Blurfield Daily Telegraphy ESTABLISMED 163
Fragmented OCR shows an old Bluefield West Virginia newspaper listing masthead details and subscription rates. No clear news event or person names readable. only generic publication information and rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily
Telegrzon Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
fiesVang
West Virginia
John Johnson 82 of Saeger dies after long illness
John Johnson 82 of Saeger died Saturday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. Born in Prince Edward County Virginia he was a retired N and W Railway employee and a member of Local 0613 Brotherhood. He is survived by his wife Susie Tage Johnson one foster daughter Virgie Tucker and nine grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Arrangements are pending at Fanning Funeral Home Jaeger.
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John Johnson
Saeger
Welch
Prince Edward County
William and
Violet Ford Johnson
N & W Railway Co
Brotherhood of Maintenance and Way
Lilly of the Valley Baptist Church
Johnson
Novell Johnson
Susie Tage Johnson
Virgie Tucker
Landover
Edward Travis
Madison
N. C
Gibson Travis
Squire
Fanning Funeral Home
Jaeger
McGraw Rites Held for Amelia H McGraw Richlands Va
Mrs Amelia Henrietta Jett McGraw 62 of 309 North Street Richlands Virginia died after a brief illness in a Richlands hospital She was born in McDowell County daughter of the late Carl and Sarah Roisch A member of Rebekah Lodge 9640 and a charter member of Casey Shortt VFW Ladies Auxiliary 9640 She was preceded in death by husband Clarence E McGraw Survivors include two daughters five sons a sister a half sister a brother fifteen grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral services Wednesday at 11 a m at Richlands Tabernacle with ministers officiating Burial at Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery Pallbearers named Friends may call at Hurst Richlands after noon today
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McDowell County
Carl
Sarah Hackney Roisch
Richlands
Rebekah Lodge
Casey-Shortt
VFW Ladies Auxiliary
Clarence E. McGraw
Shirley Ann Lambert
Biloxi
Miss
Sandra Kay Sayers
Ward
Cedar Bluff
Richlands Tabernacle
Grant Horton
Ralph Horton
Bob Osborne
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Don van Dyke
Everett Couch
Morris Don Morgan
Dennis Goins
Harold Corele
Jimmy Dean Wyatt
Donald R. Wimmer
Hurst- Scott Funeral Home
Salem man Robert Walk dies at 71
Robert Richard Walk 71 of Salem Virginia died Sunday. Survived by wife Margaret Tiller Walk and two sons Gary D. Walk and Bobby L. Walk. Services 11 a.m. today at John M. Oakey and Son Funeral Home Salem. Burial 3 p.m. at Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield Virginia.
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Robert Richard Walk
Salem
Margaret Tiller Walk
Gary D. Walk
Hulbert Air Force Base
Fla
Bobby L. Walk
Bluefield
John M. Oakey and Son
Maple Hill Cemetery
Martha Louise Waters, 85, dies after long illness
Martha Louise Waters of Bradshaw dies Sunday in a Westland Michigan hospital after a long illness. She leaves husband John Waters, three daughters Claudie Shepard Velda Worthington Florene Roop, four sons Charlie Luther Paul Leon, one sister Emma Hammond, 29 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren. Services Thursday 11 a.m. at Church of God Bradshaw with burial at Tom Sparks Cemetery Keen Mountain funeral home in charge.
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Martha Louise Waters
Bradshaw
Westland, Mich
McDowell County
Marion
Mary White Deskins
John Waters
Claudie Shepard
Downly
Calif
Velda Worthington
Silver Springs
Florene Roop
Westland
Mich
Charlie C. Roberts
Luther Roberts
Roderfield
Paul Roberts
Jolo
Leon Roberts
Raysell
Emma Hammond
Downley
Church of God
Norman Caldwell
O. O. White
Carl Kelly
Tom Sparks
Buchanan County Funeral Home
Keen Mountain
Flora Georgia Taylor dies at 62 in Bluefield
Flora Georgia Taylor 62 of Route 4 Bluefield died Monday in a Bluefield hospital. She was born in Mercer County to Wiley Lynch and Mabel Poe Lynch and was a member of Rogers Street Community Church. Survivors include four sisters and two brothers, seven grandchildren. Funeral from Cravens Shires Bluewell Chapel with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park. Pallbearers listed. Flowerbearers named. Funeral home hours 5 to 9 p.m. today.
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Flora Georgia Taylor
Rt. 4
Bluefield
Mercer County
Wiley Lynch
Mabel Poe -Lynch
Rogers Street
Taylor
Montcalm
Everett
Gail) Rose
Donald
Shelby) Sheets
Shrader
Charles Horton
James Horton
Allen Johnson
Maryland
Everett Lynch
John Lynch
Winston-Salem
N. C
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Chapel
Bluewell
Eugene Pennington
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Richard Lynch
George Holden
Riley Meadows
Darrell Mabe
John Carrico
Donnie Danhouse
Melvin Sweeney Dies After Long Illness
Melvin Sweeney aged 41 died after a long illness and was laid to rest at Douglas Mortuary in Welch.
Mrs Lou Jane Sizemore 83 Cedar Bluff Va dies after long illness
Mrs Lou Jane Sizemore 83 of Rt 1 Cedar Bluff Va died Monday at home after a long illness. Born in Tazewell County she was daughter of the late Jack and Ruth Brewster. She was a longtime Cedar Bluff resident and a member of Amonate Methodist Church. Survived by husband John Herbert Sizemore daughters Clara Sparks and Betty Denoff son Loye Sizemore two sisters five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 1 pm at Hurst Scott Funeral Chapel Richlands with Rev S Phipps and Rev H Hanshew. Body taken to deceased home. friends may call after 5 today. Body will lay in state one hour prior to services.
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Robert Harrison French
Richlands
Salem
Tazewell County
Robert C
Maggie Cooper French
French
Geraldine Grace Chenoweth French
Linda Lee Linowsky
Stanley Robert French
Cedar Bluff
Eula Gilbert
Beulah Bragg
Baltimore
Lee McGlothlin
Hurst- Scott Funeral Home
Lou Jane Sizemore
Rt. 1
Cedar Bluff, Va
Jack and
Ruth Margaret Jackson Brewster
Amonate Methodist Church
Amonate, Va
Luther
Clara Elizabeth) Sparks
Earl
Betty) Denoff
Shawsville, Va
Loye K. Sizemore
Sanford, Fla
Edgar
Gray) Dyer
Tennessee
Mrs Lillie B Yost 77 dies in Sandusky hospital
Mrs Lillie Beatrice Yost of Port Clinton Ohio formerly Bramwell WV died Monday in a Sandusky Ohio hospital after a Ellis and Lena Lambert Williams. She was a Bramwell Baptist Church member and attended Wayside Temple Castalia. Survived by five sons and five daughters, three brothers, four sisters, 46 grandchildren and 34 great grandchildren. Funeral 11 am at Greever Funeral Home Tazewell Va with burial Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield Va.
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Lillie Beatrice Yost
Port Clinton
Ohio
Bramwell
Sandusky
Ellis
Lena Lambert Williams
Bramwell Baptist Church
Wayside Temple
Castalia
John H. Yost
Robert O
Frederick B. Yost
Clyde R. Yost
Vajem R. Yost
Covington
W. C. West
Geraldine Yest
Princeton
Daily Hines
E. T. Dillon
Frank A. Williams
Thomas A
Bill Williams
Landgraff
Herbert Shaffer
Arnold Pennington
Cly Lambert
Elkhorn
Leland Kitts
Gratton
Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell
I. E. Morris
Maple Hill Cemetery
Bluefield
Obituary notices for Mabel Ballard and Peter Jurasic
Mrs Mabel Copeland Ballard 74 of Rock Camp died Sunday in a Roanoke hospital. Survived by two daughters Kathleen Simpkins Elizabeth Hall Union two sons Homer John Dewey Ballard six other relatives. Services Wednesday at 2 pm in Peterstown Broyles Funeral Chapel with burial in Ellison Cemetery. Grandsons pallbearers. Peter N Jurasic 81 of Coalwood died in Welch hospital Sunday after a long illness. Retired miner WWI veteran. Survived by widow Janet Burke Jurasic and several children and sisters in Yugoslavia. Services Wednesday 11 am Douglas Mortuary Chapel, burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
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Mabel Copeland Ballard
Rock Camp
Roanoke
Henry L
Sally Riffe Copeland
Monroe County
Peter N. Jurastic
Coalwood
Welch
Thorpe
Umwa 5997
Service National Freedom Federation Lodge
Gluuhi
Do Montenegro
Yugoslavia
Nicholas
Stana Paradini
Janet Burke Jurasic
Funeral services for Mabel S. Hale held in Newhall
Funeral services were Wednesday at 1 30 p m for Mabel S Hale of Newhall at War United Methodist Church with Rev Charles Riecks and Rev Gary White officiating. The service followed by interment at Grandview Memorial Gardens on the Bluefield Tazewell Road.
Mrs Maude P Pannell 93 Princeton Resident Dies
Mrs Maude P Pannell age 93 of 302 Straley Ave Princeton died at a Princeton hospital following a long illness. Her body rests at George E Seaver Mortuary in Princeton awaiting completion of formalities.
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Maude P. Pannell
Straley Ave
Princeton
George E. Seaver
Jubilee In High Gear Sparks Across Britain
Queen Elizabeth II lit a 30 foot bonfire at Windsor as crowds gathered in Windsor Great Park for the Silver Jubilee. Prince Philip and the royal family joined a cheering mass estimated over 300000, despite wind and rain, in the eve of the 25 years on the throne celebration.
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London
Elizabeth II
Britain
Prince Philip
Windsor Great Park
Windsor Castle
Senator Young Defends Use of Racism Term Before Committee
Carter continues on page one as the senator faces criticism for labeling issues as racism. Young told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that no other phrase captures oppression based on race, acknowledging the term stirs controversy but arguing its accuracy. He described a global dynamic rooted in history that remains destructive.
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Young
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rainfall Short in West Virginia Ag Impact
NWS official Bud Roush reports southern West Virginia received uneven rainfall with some areas reaching an inch while Huntington saw only a trace. State officials say the dry spell worsens conditions for farmers, especially livestock producers lacking feed. Commissioner Gus Douglass notes ongoing hardship from the dry spring and prior winter.
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West Virginia
Bud Roush
NWS
Huntington
Roush
Gus Douglass
Douglass
Drew Exposition visits Bluefield for two decades
James Drew, a longtime figure at the Drew Exposition, is described as visiting Bluefield yearly for 20 years. The text notes his recognizable southern drawl and his habit of touring the midway or sitting in a lawn chair when at the carnival.
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Drew Exposition
Bluefield
Drew
James Drew
Geoms Tille Meon Tonn
Omar, Former Councilman, Dies in Virginia Veteran hospital
Omar a Bluefield Va retired dairies manager and Tazewell County School Board chairman died Monday in Salem Virginia veterans hospital after long illness He was 7 born in Union County Kentucky and lived at 100 Franklin St Bluefield He served on Bluefield West Virginia American Legion Harmon Lodge 222 AF and AM and on the Tazewell County Draft Board during World War II Survivors include widow Clara Jean Vile Omar daughter Nancy Trenton brother Gilbert Omar sister Sally McCracken and two grandchildren Services set for 11 am Wednesday at First United Methodist Church Bluefield with grave at Maple Hills Cemetery and Harmon Lodge 222 to conduct graveside rites Dudley Mortuary handled arrangements
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Omar
Franklin St
Bluefield
Union County
Kentucky
Clarence Omer
Lillie Morgan Omer
Foremost Dairies
First United Methodist Church
W.va
American Legion
Harmon Lodge
Tazewell County
Clara Jean Vile Omar
Paul
Nancy) Trenton
Gilbert Omar
Marion
Frank
Sally) McCracken
Coral Gables
Fla
Robert E. Trenton
Donna G. Trenton
First United Methodist
B. B. Slemp
C. B. Woolwine
Henry McClung
Paul Jackson
Bus McNeer
Dudley Mortuary
Ervin Rites Slated Today
A funeral service is set for 2 p.m. today for William Darrell Ervin 41 of Rich Creek Virginia who died in a one car truck collision near Forest Hill Summers County He was born in London son of William L and Helen Burke Ervin Survived by wife Leota and two sons Peterstown in charge Rev Doug Walls will officiate with burial at Rich Creek Cemetery
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William Darrell Ervin
Rich Creek
Summers County
Forest Hill
London
William L
Helen Burke Ervin
Celanese Corporation
U. S. Air Force
Midway Ruritan Club
Charges Filed In Madison Slayings
Two West Virginia men face first degree murder charges in the Madison, West Virginia jewelers killings of Aubrey Hawkins, 52, and Alberta Hawkins, 49. Clifford C. Caudill, 38, Barboursville, and William W. York, 23, Congress, are named suspects.
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Jacksboro, Tenn
West Virginia
Madison, W. Va
Campbell County
Harry Cureton
Tennessee
Clifford C. Caudill
Barboursville
W.va
William W. York
Congress
Aubrey Hawkins
Alberta
Local Mayoral and Council Races Across Multiple Towns
Balloting shows incumbents favored in Oakvale Mercer County Athens Gary War. Mayoral bids include Boothe Skeens Ambrose Hodge and Harvey. council slates edge contenders Wall Osbourne Hylton Lanford Craghead Musser Staten Falgiani Powers Linkous Overby Witt Jones Sibold plus newcomers. Democratic primaries tightened several fields.
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People’s
Robert “Spoon” Barlow
Ronnie Bacitto
Carnedith Sigmon
Joe Testino
Oakvale
O. Bee Boothe
James Skeens
Boothe
Emma Jean Thomas
Billy Hylton
Jack Thomas
Edward Lanford
Mary Wall
Sue Osbourne
Icem Brinkley
Mercer County
Athens
Wilbur Johnson
Chauncey Craughead
Douglas Shorter
Mary Margaret Carper
Linda Clark
John Baumgrass
John Seago
Ike Mitchell
Air Force
David Ambrose
Bob Musser
Epp Staten
Quinto Falgiani
Clarence Powers
Teresa Stutso Linkous
Howard Linkous
Earl Overby
Osby Harvey
Charles William Fracis
Ellen Ann Harless
Paul Jones
Harold Pack
Cecil Ramsey
Hampton Witt
William Moore
Betty Claytor
Dennis Sibold
Godwin Lifts Fishing Ban in Virginia Waters
Virginia Governor Mills Godwin partially lifts a crab harvesting ban in the lower James area after Kepone levels in crab samples fall below danger threshold. Mercury remains a major contaminant alongside Kepone in state waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Mills Godwin
Mercury
Kepone
Virginia
James
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Blurfield Daily Telegraphy
Hallie Mae McGlothlin
Russell County
Henry and
Nannie Belle Lowe Hooker
Layman's Chapel Church
Edward McGlothlin
Betty Childers
Louise Carr
Lock
Mt. City
Sharon Michelle Vance
Greensboro
Sandra Cordle Vance
James Vance
Minnie Vance
Jimmy
Kenny Vance
Harry Cordle
Mary Wimmer
Mary Jane Hazelwood
New Testament Baptist Church
Nelson Thomas Castle
Mudfork
Lyddie C. Castle
Lloyd and
Earl Castle
Dante
Jimmy Castle
Cleveland
Marvin Castle
Lebanon
Robert Castle
Castlewood
Elijah Castle
Fort Blackmore
Bob Waddell
Louise Chaffin
California
Bill Booth
Frank Whitt
Sam Taylor
St. Paul
Robert Miller
Hurd
Gene Hurd
Everett Hurd
Graham Funeral Home Chapel
Paul Goodman
Roselawn Memorial Park
Amelia Henrietta (Jett) McGraw
North Street
Dios BN
Spring ST. Bluefield
Melvin Melvin Sweeney
Douglas Mortuary
John Herbert Sizemore
Hurst- Scott Funeral
Lillie B
Pape
Frederick and
Bluefield, W.va
Peter N. Jurasic
Jubilee
Carter
Warrenizing Cleaners
Evans Omar
Veterans Hospital
Ervin
Godwin
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