Cosmonauts Move Manned Space Lab Deeper Into Orbit
Three Soviet cosmonauts maneuvered the world’s first manned space laboratory farther from Earth in a test flight aimed at proving permanent space stations. The 25-ton craft Salute and Soyuz 11 module reached an orbit of 148.5 to 164.6 miles, with the crew reporting comfort and routine operations as they work on the six room craft resembling a mariner’s telescope.
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Moscow
Manned Space Laboratory
Earth
Space Laboratory
Georgy Dobrovolsky
Viktor Patsayev
Vladimir Volkov
Primary city election results show Connolly leads in most precincts
Precinct by precinct tallies show Connolly leading in several districts with 16 to 136 votes, Elliott close behind in others. Officials note higher turnout than usual, results canvass later this week with possible challenges to some ballots and changes likely. Five top vote getters will fill the board seats and elect the mayor, with terms adjusting in 1973.
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Whitethorn
Fairview
Memorial
Memorial School
Connolly
Bluefield Parking Building
Carter
Southside Fire Station
Elliott
Hotel Thelma
DeVault
Preston Street School
Park Central School
Northside Fire Station
Carter Carter
City Hall
Lee Street Food Market
Central School
Cumberland Heights
Wade School
Huffman
Fairview School
Whitethorn School
Frank Allen
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Masthead and Credits
The snippet shows the Bluefield Daily Telegraph masthead established in 1893, printed at 412 Bland Street, Bluefield, and a note about Associated Press affiliation and publication of local and telegraph news. Subscriptions are mentioned but details are cut.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
Ef! News
Perches
Joce! News
Deaths and Funerals Ruth Smith and others in Bluefield area
Obituary notice lists multiple deaths and funeral details including Mrs Hazel E. Smith of Bluefield who died en route to a hospital and is to be buried in Oak Grove Cemetery. Julia Viola Lowe of Drill near Honaker with services in Honaker and burial in Lowe Cemetery. Carrie Bell Beckner of Princeton and Isam Lawson of Princeton with service details. additional brief notices for Buchanan infant David Phillip Buchanan and others with funeral directions and burial sites.
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Bramwell Wallington
Sharlesdale
N.Y
White Plains
N. Y
Lugo
Bluefield
Eskut, Maple Heights Man, Dead on Arrival in Ohio
John Joseph Eskut of Maple Heights Ohio formerly of Pocahontas West Virginia died on arrival after a heart attack. He was 25 years a Cleveland area resident and managed Stanley's Dry Cleaners in Cleveland. Survived by widow Dorothy Atwell Eskut a son three brothers and four sisters. Rosary set for 8:30 p.m. today at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel Bluefield. Requiem Mass 11 a.m. Thursday Sacred Heart Catholic Church Bluefield. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery.
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John Joseph Eskut
Maple Heights
Ohio
Pocahontas
Eskut
Frank
Catherine Eskut
Stanley's Dry Cleaners
Cleveland
Dorothy Atwell Eskut
John J. Eskut Jr
Paul Eskut
Gary
Michael Eskut
Steve
Pete) Eskut
Mary Levi
Houston
Texas
Irene Fazekas
Catherine Gooseby
Norfolk
Margaret Schlintz
Flint
Mick
Mercer Funeral Home
Bluefield
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Charles Schneider
Woodlawn Cemetery
Funeral services for H. Andrew Geisen in Pocahontas Va
Funeral services for H. Andrew Geisen 67 of Pocahontas Va are held at 2 p m at Christ Episcopal Church with Rev Victor Zimmerman officiating. Entombment follows at Woodlawn Mausoleum. Pallbearers include Brisco Carlan Buddy Wood Wade Coates J K Sult Terry Whittington Dee Wilson John Herschberger Eddie Greever and Hampton Crawford. Masonic Lodge No 240 AF AM Pocahontas conducts graveside rites. Body moved from Rodriguez Pocahontas Union Funeral Home to church at noon today.
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H. Andrew Geisen
Pocahontas
Christ Episcopal Church
Victor Zimmerman
Woodlawn
Brisco Carlan
Buddy Wood
Wade Coates
J. K. Sult
Terry Whittington
Dee Wilson
John Herschberger
Eddie Greever
Hampton’ Crawford
Masonic Lodge No. 240
Af&am of
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Funeral services for Ada Wirt in Bluefield
Funeral services for Ada Wirt 82 of 1928 Princeton Ave Bluefield will be held at 2 p.m. at Hawkins Funeral Chapel Bluefield with Rev. Tom Brown and Rev. Tom Perkins officiating. Burial follows at Monte Vista Park Cemetery. She was born in Mercer County to Russell and Deliah Wirt and was a member of the Midway Church of Christ. Surviving nieces and nephews are listed. Torch Bearers Class of the Midway Church of Christ will serve as flowerbearers.
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Carrie Bell Beckner
Princeton
Henry W
Margaret C. Strouth
Mercer County
First Christian Church
William E
Bill) Beckner
Mila Campen
Hopewell
Margaret D. Ermen
Norfolk
Thelma Beismith
Chesapeake
Aliie Mae Hartford
Fayetteville
N. C
William Raymond Beckner
Bertha Hatcher
Lucille Powell
Marion
Nettie Belle Cornwell
Virginia Compton
Nora Stanberry
Dublin
Rachel Burdette
Roanoke
Otis Strouth
Joe Strouth
William Strouth
Lammie Strouth
Memorial
Paul Hall
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Isam Lawson
Isam
Dolly Mae) Lawson
Princeton Avenue
Pocahontas
Stuart
Sam and
Lula Scott
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Isam P. Lawson
Fred
Beulah) Hodges
Switchback
Grat
Dorothy) Mustard Jr
Bluefield
Okley
Nancy) Johnston
James
Norma Jean) Hall
Cleveland
Ohio
George Alex Lawson
Maybeury
Dallas P
James T
Isaac Jack
Lawson
John A. Lawson
Ruth Bowman
Highland Avenue
Quentin Hughett
Woodlawn
Bluewell Friends
Seaver Mortuary
Arlie Johnston
Buster Sparks
J. L. Farrow
Paul Farrow
Arleigh Crabtree
John Rose
Pentecostal Bible Class
Susan Bruce Cassell
Ceres
Bruce Cassell
Thomas M Cassell
North Holston United Methodist Church
Clay Hamm
Sharon Cemetery
Miller Brown
Andrew Hubble
Billy Cregger
Andrew Compton
Curtis Tibbs
Filmore Cassell
Newberry Funeral Home
Bland
Ada Wirt
Princeton Ave
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Tom Brown
Tom Perkins
Monte Vista Park
Russell
Deliah Thompson Wirt
Midway Church of Christ
Welch Man Fitzhugh Lee Eanes Dies on Job
Fitzhugh Lee Eanes, 51, of Welch died Tuesday morning of an apparent heart attack while working at Cannelton Coal Co. The Douglas Mortuary in Welch lists his obituary.
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Fitzhugh Lee Eanes
Welch
Cannelton Coal Co
Douglas Mortuary
Billy Wayne Hay Passes Away in Alexandria
Billy Wayne Hay 31 of Alexandria Virginia formerly of Atwell died Tuesday morning in an Alexandria hospital. His obituary notes the Welch funeral service location.
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Billy Hay
Billy Wayne Hay
Alexandria
Atwell
Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Reform schools in Britain still use corporal punishment
A government report shows 129 boys under 14 were punished by caning in British reform schools from January to September 1970.
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London
Murder Trial Is Continued In Mercer County Court
The murder trial of Charles H. Gregory for the fatal shooting of his wife was postponed to the July term after a chief state witness was unavailable. Judge Howard M. Jarrett ordered Gregory to return July 12 to set the docket. Prosecuting Attorney David Knight noted the delay. Gregory, previously tried this year in the same court, is represented by Jerome Katz of Bluefield after a hung jury in the first trial.
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Mercer County
Charles H. Gregory
Howard M. Jarrett
David Knight
Gregory
Jarrett's Court
Bluefield
Jerome Katz
Drug labeling must change FDA rules on ineffective drugs
The FDA ordered that prescription labels advertising and promotional material warn doctors if a drug has proven ineffective by the National Academy of Sciences. The NAS evaluation covered 2752 drugs sold from 1938 to 1962. The ruling excludes over the counter drug labels and faced unanimous industry opposition.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
National Academy of Sciences
FDA
NAS
Obituary notices for G M Bird and others in Athens and Bluefield
Multiple death notices list the deceased, ages, residences, service times, and burial details. Services are in Beckett Road Athens George W Seaver Chapel Bluefield Maple Hills Cemetery Bluewell and other local sites with Rev. officiants pallbearers and flowers carried by church groups.
Town Officials Elected In Peterstown And War
In Peterstown only 17 of over 200 registered voters cast ballots to elect a mayor and five councilmen all unopposed. Incumbents Munsey and Webb re-elected. council members Ned Harvey Gunnee Francis Pack Sutphin elected. Isola defeated. In War the mayoral race went to Miller after a recount. Gates remained tied to write ins for other posts. several council seats filled. many ballots challenged. Anawalt results show Dillon re-elected as mayor and Sage as recorder. five incumbents re-elected unopposed.
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Peterstown
War
Lawrence D. Munsey
James F. Webb
R. M Ned Harvey
Burton R Gunnee
Robert Francis
Harold L. Pack
Carl Sutphin
Carmen M. Isola
Wesley Miller Jr
Otis Pierce
Council
McDowell County
Jack Marinari
Miller
Harry Gates
Gates
Anawalt
Thomas Dillon
Carl Sage
Roadway resurfacing bids set for three counties in West Virginia
The State Department of Highways announced bids will open June 29 for resurfacing projects across McDowell Mercer and Wyoming counties. Projects include Welch Bishop Road US 16 and multiple short sections along US 19 21 County 13 County 24 and other local roads totaling numerous miles. Work targets improve three counties with wide network upgrades and new pavement contracts.
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State Department of Highways
Mcdowell
Welch-Bishop Road
W. Va
Mercer
Princeton-Beckley
U. S. 19
McComas-Northfork
Pisgah Church Road
Low Gap
County
Halls Ridge
Gardner-Princeton
Ingleside
Wabash Street
Wilkham and
Woods Avenue
Berkeley Street
Fayette Street
Summers
Monroe
Bland
Federal
Springton
Flat Top
Sandlick
W Va
Pineville- Logan
Pineville
Baileysville
Byrd seeks $1.75 million for Appalachian Lab expansion
Senator Robert Byrd urged the Senate Appropriations Committee to provide 1.75 million dollars to expand the Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational and Respiratory Diseases in Morgantown West Virginia. The funds would create a lab section testing and certifying mine health and safety equipment.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Appalachian Laboratory For
Morgantown
W. Va
Senate Appropriations Committee
Byrd
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