Soviet Cosmonauts Extend Reach With Manned Space Lab
Three Soviet cosmonauts piloted the first manned space laboratory farther from Earth in a test flight. They reported comfort aboard the six room craft resembling a mariner’s telescope with wings. The orbit rose to 148.5 to 164.6 miles as booster rockets boosted the lab from the previous lower orbit. Components Salute and Soyuz 1 accompany Lt. Col. Georgy Dobrovolsky, Viktor Patsayev, and Vladimir Volkov on this mission exploring permanent space stations.
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City precinct results show Connolly leading in mayoral primary
Precinct by precinct tallies show Connolly with wins in key districts including precinct nine and fourteen, Elliott leading in Memorial and White Thorn precincts, Carter and DeVault close behind in several locales. Officials report higher turnout and possible vote challenges as canvass nears. The top five vote getters will form the city board and elect the mayor as the election shifts to the general in 1973.
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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 Historic Masthead Fragment
Fragment of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph masthead shows date and address lines and AP membership notes. The readable portions reference the Associated Press and local news sections with subscription rates and publication details missing or incomplete.
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Deliy Telegraph Printing Co
Biend Street
Bluefielc
Associated Press
Petches
Deaths and Funerals Listings in Bluefield and Vicinity
Obituary notices report Hazel E. Smith dies en route to a Bluefield hospital with services at Mt Olive Baptist Church. Buried in Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell Barn with large survivor lists including husband Charles T. Smith and 35 grandchildren. Other notices include Julia Viola Lowe of Drill Va and Isam Lawson of Princeton Va with multiple children and grandkids and funeral plans in Honaker Princeton and Bluefield areas.
Eskut of Maple Heights Dies After Heart Attack
John Joseph Eskut 54 formerly of Pocahontas Va died on arrival at a Maple Heights hospital after a heart attack He was manager of Stanleys Dry Cleaners in Cleveland and had lived in the area 25 years Survived by widow Dorothy Atwell Eskut a son John J Eskut Jr four sisters and three brothers Rosary tonight at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel Bluefield Requiem Mass Thursday Sacred Heart Church Bluefield Burial Woodlawn Cemetery
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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
Mich
Mercer Funeral Home
Bluefield
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Charles Schneider
Woodlawn Cemetery
Funeral services for H Andrew Geisen in Pocahontas Virginia
Funeral services for H Andrew Geisen 67 of Pocahontas Va will be conducted today at 2 p m at Christ Episcopal Church Pocahontas with Rev Victor Zimmerman officiating Entombment follows in Woodlawn Mausoleum Pallbearers Brisco Carlan Buddy Wood Wade Coates J K Sult Terry Whittington Dee Wilson John Herschberger Eddie Greever Hampton Crawford Graveside rites conducted by Masonic Lodge No 240 AF AM Pocahontas Body moved from Rodriguez Pocahontas Union Funeral Home to the church at noon today
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Pocahontas
Christ Episcopal Church
Victor Zimmerman
Woodlawn Mausoleum
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
Rodriguez-Pocahontas
Funeral for Ada Wirt in Bluefield
Funeral services for Ada Wirt 82 of 1928 Princeton Ave Bluefield will be conducted at 2 p.m. at Hawkins Funeral Chapel with Rev Tom Brown and Rev Tom Perkins officiating. Burial follows at Monte Vista Park Cemetery. A Mercer County native she belonged to Midway Church of Christ surviving relatives include nieces and nephews. Torch Bearers Class of Midway Church of Christ will be flower bearers.
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Ada Wirt
Princeton Ave
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Tom Brown
Tom Perkins
Monte Vista Park
Mercer County
Russell
Deliah Thompson Wirt
Midway Church of Christ
Beckner, Buchanan Obituaries in Mercer County
Carrie Bell Beckner 65 of Princeton died Monday in a Princeton hospital. She was a daughter of Henry W. Strouth and Margaret C. Strouth and lifelong Mercer County resident. Survived by husband William E Beckner four daughters and one son, six sisters, three brothers, one stepmother, sixteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton with Rev. Paul Hall officiating. Burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers and flowerbearers named. Friends may call 2 to 9 p.m. today. David Phillip Buchanan two day old son of James Phillip Buchanan Jr and Norma Kay Hall Buchanan of Bluefield Va died Tuesday in a Bluefield hospital. In addition to parents, survivors include maternal grandparents Gus Hall Bishop Va and paternal grandparents James Phillip Buchanan Bluefield Va. Graveside services 11 a.m. Wednesday in Burke Garden Cemetery with Rev. Weldon R Sheets officiating. Dudley Memorial Mortuary Bluefield Va in charge.
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Hazel E. Smith
North Powell St
Bluefield
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
J. J. Howard
Oak Grove
Bluewell Barn
Key Kellysville
Calvin
Charity Brown Steele
Mt. Olive Church
Charles T. Smith
Detroit
Mich
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Novella Howard
Charles Smith
Bishop
Alonzo
Bobby Smith
Lee Smith
Columbus
Ohio
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Yonkers
N.Y
George
Walker Steele
Richmond
H. H. Alexander
Buster Dye
O'Dell Hayes
Robert Pugh
Robert Hartwell
William Jones
Lugo
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Honaker
Richlands
Buchanan County
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Littie McGlothlin Childress
Bailey Lowe
Lucille Wilson
St. Louisville
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Fraziersburg
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Whitesville
Helen Wyatt
North Ridgeville
Ben Baldwin
Vadie Shepherd
Sue Meade
Drill
Fred
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Hound
Sonny Lowe
Elyria
Ira Lowe
Everett Lowe
Vansant
John A. Fields
Lou Hughes
Ida Greer
Beckley
Allan Childress
Manassas
Farley Childress
Rowe
Ron Childress
Honaker Funeral Home
Russell Miller
Thurman Honaker
Ancil Childress
Lowe
Isam Lawson
Isam
Dolly Mae} Lawson
Princeton Avenue
Princeton
Pocahontas
Stuart
Sam and
Lula Scott
Pentecostal Holiness Church
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Beulah) Hodges
Switchback
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Dorothy) Mustard Jr
Okley
Nancy) Johnston
James
Norma Jean) Hall
Cleveland
George Alex Lawson
Maybeury
Dallas P
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Isaac Jack
Lawson
John A. Lawson
Ruth Bowman
Highland Avenue
Quentin Hughett
Woodlawn
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Buster Sparks
J. L. Farrow
Paul Farrow
Arleigh Crabtree
John Rose
Pentecostal Bible Class
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Ceres
Dublin
Bruce Cassell
Thomas M Cassell
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Clay Hamm
Sharon Cemetery
Miller Brown
Andrew Hubble
Billy Cregger
Andrew Compton
Curtis Tibbs
Filmore Cassell
Newberry Funeral Home
Bland
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David Wesley McNew
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Petersburg
Glen McNew
Ann Rutherford
Arlington
Donald D. McNew
Dale McNew
Washington, D. C
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Wytheville
Carrie Bell Beckner
Henry W
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Mercer County
First Christian Church
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Bill) Beckner
Mila Campen
Hopewell
Margaret D. Ermen
Norfolk
Thelma Beilsmith
Chesapeake
Joe Strouth
Roanoke
William Strouth
Marion
Lammie Strouth
Memorial
Paul Hall
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
David Phillip Buchanan
James Phillip Buchanan Jr
Norma Kay Hall Buchanan
Gus Hall
Bishop, Va
James Phillip Buchanan
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Weldon R. Sheets
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Fitzhugh Eanes Fitzhugh Lee Eanes Dies on Job
Fitzhugh Lee Eanes age 51 of Welch died Tuesday morning from an apparent heart attack while working at Cannelton Coal Co. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Douglas Mortuary in Welch.
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Alexandria man Billy Wayne Hay dies in hospital
Billy Wayne Hay 31 of Alexandria Va formerly of Atwell died Tuesday morning in an Alexandria hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Atwell and was employed locally. Surviving are his parents and several siblings. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.
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Alexandria
Atwell
Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Bramwell Wallington Dies After Brief Illness
Bramwell Wallington, 59, of Sharlesdale New York, died Friday in a White Plains hospital after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Lugo's Funeral Service in Bluefield.
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Sharlesdale
N.Y
White Plains
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Bluefield
Rod is Unspared London
A government report shows 129 boys under 14 were punished by caning in British reform schools between January and September 1970. The article notes corporal punishment remained in use in those facilities.
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Murder Trial Is Continued In Mercer County Court
The Mercer County Intermediate Court continued the murder trial of Charles H. Gregory to the July term because a chief state witness was unavailable. Judge Howard M. Jarrett instructed Gregory to report July 12 for docket settings. Prosecutor David Knight said trial could not proceed yesterday for the same reason. Gregory is represented by attorney Jerome Katz of Bluefield. a prior trial ended in a hung jury.
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Howard M. Jarrett
David Knight
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Jarrett’s Court
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Jerome Katz
FDA Orders Labeling on Ineffective Drugs
The FDA requires prescription labels and promotional material to note when NAS has found a drug ineffective. The ruling excludes over the counter labels. NAS evaluated claims for 2,752 drugs sold from 1938 to 1962.
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Food and Drug Administration
National Academy of Sciences
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Obituaries from Athens Bluefield area seekers mourners passings
Multiple obituaries list the deaths of G M Bird 85 of Athens Jerry Albert Lewis 21 of Bluefield Charles English Adams 58 of Gilliam John Dillon 74 of Southern Pines N C David Preston Baldwin 76 of Berwind and John Watson 70 of Bluefield. Services held today in various chapels churches and cemeteries with multiple pallbearers and conducting clergy.
Town Officials Picked In Peterstown And War
Peterstown elected mayor Lawrence D. Munsey and recorder James F. Webb along with five unopposed councilmen led by R. M Harvey Burton R Gunnee and Robert Francis. War chose mayor Miller ahead of Gates amid a recount with 355 or 571 votes. recorder Billie West and five councilmen were reelected or chosen with votes ranging from 263 to 333. Anawalt in the same county reappointed Mayor Thomas Dillon and recorder Carl Sage, with five incumbents re-elected to council.
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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
Billie West
Jim W. Jones
Patsy Cordisco
Quinto Falgiani Jr
Nathan Hale
Harry Monroe
Anawalt
Thomas Dillon
Carl Sage
Road Paying Bids To Open For Resurfacing Contracts
State Highways announces bids open June 29 for resurfacing in McDowell Mercer Wyoming counties. Contracts cover Welch Bishop Road West Virginia 16 Princeton Beckley Road U S 19 and 21 McComas Northfork Gard ner Princeton Circle Drive Ingleside Wabash Locust Wilkham Woods Summers Monroe Summers Summers lines and Pineville Mullens Pineville Logan Pineville Baileysville routes across 3 counties with multiple segments and lengths.
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Welch-Bishop Road
W. Va
Mercer
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U. S. 19
McComas-Northfork
Pisgah Church Road
Low Gap
Halls Ridge
Gardner-Princeton
Ingleside
Wabash Street
Wilkham and
Woods Avenue
Berkeley Street
Fayette Street
Summers
Monroe
Bland
Federal
Springton
Flat Top
Bob Thomason
Sandlick
Red Oak
Hurry Heights
Littlesburg
Falls Mills
Wyoming
Pineville
Mullens
Sand Gap
Alpaca Camp
Wyco Hollow
Mullens- Beckley
Oceana
W Va
Pineville- Logan
Baileysville
Byrd seeks 1.75 million for Appalachian Lab
Sen 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 section to test and certify mine health and safety equipment.
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Robert C. Byrd
D-W Va
Appalachian Laboratory For
Morgantown
W. Va
Senate Appropriations Committee
Byrd
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