West Virginia funds earmarked under Emergency Employment Act
The State of West Virginia announces receipt of 8,620,601 for Section V and 1,001,273 for Section VI under the Emergency Employment Act of 1971. Funds will be apportioned to eligible units. comments from interested parties should be submitted to the Regional Manpower Administrator within 1 day of publication with a copy to the Program Agent, and notices outline hearings in Bluefield on proposed building demolitions and highway condemnation actions in Mercer County.
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Daily Telegraph
Notic
West Virginia
Thas
Nis
Greenbrier Street
Charleston
J. Terrell Whitsitt
Regional Manpower Administration
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
TOTO
West Virgini
Mercer County
Old Blustleid
Princeton Road
Madeline Dooley
Old Bluefield Princeton Road
Grant's
Andy Boyd
H. Boyd
Grants
Core Ann Snider
Green Valley
James P
Margaret W. Bailey
Jackie A
R. F. Kalyk
Sarah J. Ceffee
West Virginia Department of Highways
West Virginia Department of Highway
Seld
District Right of Way Aen
West Virginia Department Athways
Main Street
Princeton
Virgilia West Ie
Inia Department of Highways
Sania
Bisser
Virginia
Jerey
Virginie
M. C
Public Service Commission of
Raleigh
Fayette
Mercer
Wyoming
Summers
Adjorning
Raleigh Stone Co
Commission A
Capital
Commission
Capitol
Frank Worrell
Daniels
Youth Program Starts June 25 Under Gov Moore Plan
The West Virginia governor's office announces a summer youth program running June 25 to August 10 for ages 16 to 22. Eligible participants include high school students graduates college students and Vietnam era veterans with possible age waivers for veterans. Interested individuals should contact the West Virginia Employment Security office on Raleigh Street Bluefield or call 327-7155.
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Arch A. Moore Jr
West Virginia
Slaughter To Speak At Bluefield Church Service
Pulaski preacher Elder Perry Slaughter and his church choir will lead a 3 p.m. Sunday service at Shiloh Baptist Church in Bluefield. The program honors all widows and widowers in the community, hosted by Rev. C. K. Hooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Slaughter
Pulaski
Shiloh Baptist Church
Bluefield
C. K. Hooper
Notice of Sale and Public Hearing in Bluefield WV
Public auction of a 1967 Chevrolet Vzion, Serial 514 1853507, at Evans Chevrolet in Bluefield Virginia. Also a Buildings Commission hearing orders Willie A Hart heirs to raze and remove a hazardous dwelling at 915 Brown Street by June 24 1973 with enforcement if not begun by June 26 1973.
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Evans Chevrolet, Inc
Bluefield
W.va
General Motors
Willie
Brown Street
West Virginia
Buildings Commission of
City of
B Jefield
Lee Puckett
William H. Looney
Gerald Pickus
Paul Harry
James Meadows
William
O. Bivens, JR
Blanche R. Stringfellow
Willie A. Hart
la Ind
Meadows
Willie A. Hurt
Buildings Commission
Oscar Thomas
Mamie Thomas
Clert
Marcer County
Virginia
Clarence J. Benson
Princeton
Graanbrier Street
Mercer County
Saidt Y
Oscar L Thomas
B. W
Belcher
Hareid F
Eerie
Miss Nicholson To Read At Burke Memorial Sunday Service
Rita Janelle Nicholson of Matoaka will give a dramatic monologue titled The Betrayal during the 11 am worship at Burke Memorial Baptist Church Princeton. She is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Nicholson and a Matoaka Baptist member, a Matoaka High School graduate.
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Mercer County
Rita Janelle Nicholson
Matoaka
Burke Memorial Baptist Church
Thorn Street
Princeton
Miss Nicholson
Leroy Nicholson
Matoaka Baptist Church
Matoaka High School
Concord College
Greater Bluefield Jaycees
Rita
West Virginia
Charleston
George §. Kelly
Burke Memorial, Baptist Church
Bob Harrington
Mitchell Stadium
Bluefield
Murder Trial Set for July 30 in Bramwell Case
The first degree murder trial of a 12 year old Bramwell girl charged in the stabbing death of Wanda Harrall was rescheduled from June 12 to July 30 in Mercer County Intermediate Court. Judge Jerome Katz cited a family death of Special Prosecutor E D Wells as cause. Marlene Sexton will be tried as an adult. Owen Griffith to defend. Assistant Prosecutor Charles Smith and Wells will prosecute. David Knight recuses due to family ties. The grand jury indictment requires the juvenile to be tried as an adult.
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Bramwell
Mercer County
Jerome Katz
E. D. Wells
Katz
Wells
Marlene A. Sexton
Wanda Harrall
Princeton
Owen Griffith
Charles Smith
David Knight Pein
B Of E Approves Teacher Transfers Plan
Mercer County Board of Education approved a package of personnel moves affecting over 40 staff. Transfers fill seven elementary principal vacancies and involve principals, teachers, and new coach hires across multiple schools with July 1 effective date. Resignations and a leave of absence accompany the action.
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Mercer County Board of Education
James L. Gore
Whitethorn
Bluefield
Knob
Princeton
Preston Elementary
John P. Beckett, Jr
Central Junior High
Bluefield High
Drema Ball
Princeton High
Athens High
Phyllis H. Davis
Oakvale High
Karen G. Clyburn
Bluewell
Lashmeet
Paul E. Hodges
Thomas T. Ferrell
Bluefield High School
Robert M. Wagner
Fairview Junior High
Stephen E. Bailey
Immanuel Baptist Church Launches Vacation Bible School
Immanuel Baptist Church on New Hope Road in Princeton will hold Vacation Bible School at 6:30 p.m. each night from Monday through Saturday. Commencement services are planned for 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 17. Classes cover preschoolers and youth of all ages.
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Immanuel Baptist Church
New Hope Road
Princeton
Mercer Principal's Association Honors Lambert Arrington
Lambert Arrington longtime Bluefield High principal was guest of honor at a Princeton dinner by the Mercer County Secondary Principals Association. Retiring after a long career he began as a coach at Oakvale High, then led Oakvale and Bluefield High, and two years ago left to join Glenwood Junior High as principal. Bill Rooney presided with Gene Lee and Carl Bandy assisting. notable attendees included Board President Harold Wood Board Member Robert Walthall Superintendent Clinton Lilly and several district officials and principals. Arrington received a retirement themed book of suggestions a signed golf ball and tokens of esteem from peers.
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Lambert Arrington
Bluefield High School
Princeton
Mercer County
Arrington
Oakvale High School
Bluewell
Bill Rooney
Secondary Principals’ Association
Glenwood Junior High
Gene Lee
Carl Bandy
Board of Education
Harold Wood
Robert Walthall
Weather Across the Nation Sees Warm Sunnier Conditions
The Nation's Weather reports widespread sunshine from California to the lower Great Lakes. Thundershowers dot Gulf and Atlantic coasts and upper Great Lakes with a central Kentucky isolated storm. A Gulf waterspout formed near the Louisiana Texas border while a cold front affects the North Pacific Coast and northern Rockies. Rain mainly light. Savannah reports near an inch. Fog over southern California. cooler northern breezes keep coastal readings in the 50s while inland mostly 80s and 90s. Midday highs range from 53 Port Angeles to 116 Palm Springs.
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Associated Press
California
Lower Great Lakes
Gulf and Atlantic
Upper Great Lakes
Kentucky
Gulf
Louisiana
Texas
North
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Gener
Ally Light
Savannah
Port Angeles
Wash
Palm Springs
Calif
Pass Jury Selection Nears Completion in Pass Trial
ERIE Pa AP jury selection for Albert E Pass trial nears completion as special prosecutor Richard Sprague and defense counsel Hagen Gondelman pare down candidates. One alternate remains as 25 more jurors to be summoned Monday after 223 questioned through day five. Judge Carney notes leniency in excuses while Friday ends with Jeannette Bovee chosen as juror number 12.
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Erie
Albert E. Pass
United Mine Workers Reform
Joseph
Jock’’ Yabjonas
Daugher
Richard Sprague
Sprague
Philadelphia
Edward Carney
Carney
Jeannette Bovee
Millcreek
Harold Gondelman
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Ee City OF
Fate Lee Brown
High Street
Circuit Court
Corporation
W. 5. Ritchie, JR
Lillian F. Bailey
Nancy Bailey Strand
Cris K. Strand
Alvis Dean Bailey
Shirley Gills
Frances Lucille Ocampo
Benny D. Ocampo
State of
23Rd Ave
Phoenix
Ariz
San Francisco
Shirley Gill
Cooilage
Midvale
Utah
Frances Ocampo
Benny
Ocampo
William S. Ritchie, Jr
Beaver Pond
Ritchie, JR
W. Robert Carr
North Walker St
C. . McGuire
Suedings Commission
Clarence E. Sparks
the City OF
Rita J. Nicholson
Miss ME
ER County
B of E
Montcalm
Sharon J. Jankovik
Brushfork
Karen 5
Shelton
Bramwell Elementary
Beverly T. Gilpin
William D. Goebel
Mildred L. Hatcher
Deborah S. Osborne
Constance S. Pennington
Joyce A. Puckett
Laura J. Rush
Isabell L. Simmons
Whitethorn Elementary
Susan W. Ball
Hannah L. Hardway
Central Junior
Ella Ruth Cunningham
Spanishburg High
Robert D. Turner
Athens Elementary
Pamela C. Payne
Nellie I. Long
Silver Springs
Bible School
Mercer Principal's Association
Clinton D. Lilly
Howard Harvey
William E. Anderson
Katherine McKinney
Perry Hill
George Erps
Ray Furrow
M. B. Guyton
John Scott
Bill Lilly
Bill Hartman
George Keatley
Vernon Dunn
Charley Brooks
Jack White
Roy Bailey
Ken Munsey
Chester
Sword
Jack Byrd
Sinkler Martin
Bill Roney
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Gynes Wy
Kain
Perecass
Pacific Northwest
New England States
Florida
Middle Atlantic States
Midwest
Howard Lovell
Homer L. Brown
Ray C. Heldreth
Thomas G. Honaker, JR
Charles Wirt
Ward No
Board of Directors of the
Board OF Directors
Cline Barbour
Steve C
Brammer
Leland H. Carter
Allan B
al) Connolly
Frank C. Davis
Victor R. Devault
Edwin Elliott
Dreyfus W, Froe
Rudolph L. Gearheart
Jane T. Henly
Glynn A. Hoff
Randall Horn
Angelo Monaco
Andrew (Diew) Pereny
Philip
Phil) Shapiro
Edwin C
Ned) Taylor
Joe E. Walker
Garis
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