Supreme Court Rules States Cannot Bar Contraceptive Sales
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that states cannot ban contraceptives for youths nor restrict adult purchase locations or ban advertising and display. The decision cites privacy rights for minors and adults, with dissents criticizing limits on state efforts to curb teen sexual activity. The ruling impacts New York and echoes across states with existing controls and advertising rules.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
New York State
District of Columbia
Lewis F. Powell Jr
John Paul Stevens
Byron R. White
William J. Brennan Jr
Warren E. Burger
William H. Rehnquist
Powell
Stevens
White
Brennan
Rehnquist
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertises Rates and Billing
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists subscription rates by mail and home delivery, noting West Virginia pricing at 46 80 per year and 3 90 per calendar month. It states AP affiliation and local news rights, with Landon Associates as advertising representative.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Landon Associates
Falls Mills Man George Peery Dies After Illness
George Peery, 50, of Falls Mills Virginia, died on arrival at a Bluefield hospital after a brief illness. Funeral plans were not yet completed at Dudley Memorial Mortuary in Bluefield Virginia.
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George Peery
Falls Mills
Bluefield
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Death of Alta Stacy 90 in Bartley at Beckley hospital
Alta Stacy aged 90 of Bartley died in a Beckley hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Fanning Funeral Home in War.
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Alta Stacy
Bartley
Beckley
Fanning Funeral Home
War
Funeral notices from various towns in West Virginia and Virginia
Obituaries list multiple funeral arrangements including John Johnson 82 of Jaeger 11 a.m. Saturday at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Sulphur Springs Cemetery in Farmville. Oretta Vandyke 61 Bluefield burial Maple Hill. Melvin Dee Swene y 42 War Calvary Baptist Church service 1 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church War. Christina Barley 53 Welch Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. at St Peters Catholic Church. Lawrence Beavers 56 Princeton services 11 a.m. at Bailey Funeral Home Chapel Princeton. George B Harshbarger 73 Richlands service 11 a.m. Tazewell County Funeral Home Cedar Bluff with burial Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill.
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Walter Lee Jones
Welch
Beckley
Vulcan
Edward A
Minnie Lee Jones
Mable Woods
Roanoke
Raymond Dakin
Bluefield
Helen Dakin
Mildred McCoy
Roderfield
Fanning Funeral Home
Steve Smith
Saeger
Robert Jones
Earl Jones
Lawrence Hopkins
Tommy McCoy
Billy McCoy
H. V. Ashley
Johnson
John
Jaeger
Alton Richardson
Donald Dykes
Sulphur Springs
Farmville
Blair and Reed
Vandyke
Oretta
West Cumberland Road
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Charles Sublette
Maple Hill Cemetery
Argie Huff
Rufford Cooper
Jim Bailey
Leo Russell
Ron Workman
Jay Roberts
Sweney
Melvin Dee
Coretta
Calvary Baptist Church
Lance Yost
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Douglas Mortuary
Barley
Miss Christina
Stewart St
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Joseph Dene
Monte Vista Park
Princeton
Coal Operations Face Setbacks Amid Winter Freeze and Pier Fire
The Norfolk coal trade reports major disruptions as repairs begin after winter locomotive freezes delayed shipments. A March 18 fire at Pier 6 closed one of two large loaders used to load coal into ships, hampering operations and intensifying damage assessments.
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Norfolk
Pier 6
Montcalm Woman Dead After Apparent Self-Inflicted Gunshot
Dorothy Elizabeth Anders of Montcalm died Thursday at Princeton Community Hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at her home. She was 52 and survived by her parents, five daughters, one son, siblings, and many relatives. funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Cravens Shires Funeral Chapel Bluewell, with burial at Grandview Memory Tazewell Road.
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Nellie Griggs Doss
Pearisburg
Giles County Hospital
Zella Caudill Griggs
James E. Griggs
Emory H. Turner
Gary C. Turner
Connie T. Spicer
Narrows, Va
Richard E
Montcalm
Princeton Community Hospital
Dorothy Elizabeth Anders
Mercer County
Shirley Stevens
Flint, Mich
Dewey Meadows
Orlando
Fla
James Meadows
Bramwell
Clarence Meadows
Donald Meadows
North Carolina
Frankie Meadows
Wilmington
Del
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Dewey Lacy
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Randy Sizemore
G. T. Riggs
Jackie Spaulding
Keither Spaulding
Gregory Spaulding
Dallas Thompson
Masons Schedule St. Johns Day Program at Bluefield
Bluefield Lodge No. 3 Masons set St John s Day program for June 12 at 2 p m at Scott Street Baptist Church with Rev Samuel Hairston guest speaker. 1977 78 officers elected for Bluefield Lodge include Albert Johnson W A Holcombe Anthony Webster Rudolph Bram mer Henry Jones Walter Farmer Richard Davis Paul T William Cleophus Martin and Rev Sal Hairston chaplain.
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Bluefield Masonic Lodge No. 3
Scott Street Baptist Church
Samuel Hairston
C. A. Mitchell
Bluefield Lodge No. 3
F. &. A.A.Y. Masons
Albert Johnson
W.A. Holcombe
Anthony Webster
J. Rudolph Brammer
Henry Jones
Walter Farmer
Tyler
Richard Davis
Paul T. William
Stewart
Cleophus Martin
Sal Hairston
Roger Woods
Eugene Turpin
John L. Page
Robert Pugh Sr
Lenius Harris
Marshall Wisden
George Bratton
H. T. Alexander
Army Hospital To Get Help From Surgeons General Office
U S Surgeon General says Kenner Army Hospital at Fort Lee will gain one or two doctors this fall and may hire civilian physicians to bolster staff. Rep. Daniel asked for review after Peters burg cutback threatens free care for about 16 000 retirees and dependents as 14 of 30 doctors may depart.
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Kenner
Army
U.S
Daniel
Petersburg
Divorces granted in Mercer County Circuit Court May list
Mercer County Circuit Court recorded numerous divorces in May. Names include Shirley Mae Bennett and William Fred Bennett, Alan Frederick Croyle and Carolyn Ruth Lester Croyle, and Sandra Kay Plaster with Roger Lee Plaster, among others. One annulment noted: Harold Duane Gearhart Jr. and Berbera Sue Rite Gearhart.
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Mercer County
Shirley Mae Bennett
William Fred Bennett
Alan Frederick Croyle
Carolyn Ruth Lester Croyle
Sandra Kay Plaster
Roger Lee Plaster
Deborah Jane Hill Stautter
Rendall
Eugene Stauffer
Janet M. Kelly Ulisse
Ernest Ulisse, Jr
Patricia Ann Williamson
Sherman Rudy Williamson
Barbara Fagg Sarver
Arnold Jackson Sarver
Rita Lavon Dinger
Henry Harrison Dinger
Sherri June Guill
Jeannie Ray Guill
Buddy Samuel Crotty
Carol Jean Crotty
Thomas Sterning Anderson
Loraine Godsey Anderson
Vickie Louise Chatting McKinney
Richard Lee McKinney
Woodrow Chandis Lilly
Onita Mae Harvey Lilly
Frederick Allen Anderson
Tammy Sue Shrewsbury Anderson
Martha Jean Harvey
Doff
Daniel Harvey
T. W Tickle
Deora Conley Tickle
Shelva Jean Ramey Napier
Owen Eugene Napier
Prince Nesmith Jr
Sander Sue Looney Wingler
Donald Cecil Wingler Jr
Harold Duane Gearhart Jr
Berbera Sue Rite Gearhart
Dizzy Men Conclude Rollercoaster Marathon Record Chase
Three riders Bruse Rube and Bock completed 72 hours at King's Dominion in a promotional stunt for the film Rollercoaster. Bruse already held the official 72 hour 873 mile mark from Myrtle Beach. Rube and Bock held unofficial and prior records respectively, with breaks limited to five minutes per hour.
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Doswell
James Bruse
Fredericksburg
Noel ‘‘Nu Nu” Rube
Meriden
Conn
John Bock
Lancaster
King’s Dominion Amusement Park
Bruse
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Rube
Lake Compounce
N. J
King’s Dominion Park
Family ties shadow unresolved historic slaying
Doze, the son of a murdered couple, recalls the unsolved killing of his mother and reports his father Chester was questioned but not charged. The murder remained unsolved for decades, and Doze expresses relief to finally know the truth about his parents.
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Chester
Doze
Moluccan Demands Standoff Drags On In Netherlands
Mediators spent four hours aboard a hijacked train in Assen aiming to persuade South Moluccan gunmen to release 55 hostages on the train and four teachers at Bovensmilde. Dutch officials warned of serious consequences and possible storming if demands are not met, with tensions risking vigilante violence and jeopardizing repatriation plans.
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Assen
The
Netherlands
Josina Soumakil
Hassan Tan
Bovensmilde
Indonesia
Moluccas
Roberts’ Election Declared Official in Jaeger
Perry Roberts officially reelected as mayor after a canvass of 31 challenged ballots. He defeated James Stafford 105 to 94, gaining 19 votes to Stafford’s 12. Other winners included Recorder Ruby Fanning and Council members Richard Sayer Sidney Bailey Shirley Lambert Jim Goff and Robert Moore with official totals listed.
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Perry Roberts
Jaeger
Slaeger
Roberts
People’s Party
James Stafford
Recorder
Ruby Fanning
Richard Sayer
Sidney Bailey
Shirley Lambert
Jim Goff
Robert Moore
Mercer Schoolmen Okay ESEA Fund Application
Mercer County Board of Education approved applications for 43000 in ESEA Title Four funds. Projects include Princeton and Bluefield High School media centers, a certified guidance counselor, a nutrition education specialist, and program materials. The three year nutrition plan targets four junior high sites with about 400 students.
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Mercer County Board of Education
Clinton D. Lilly
Archie Sisk
Princeton
Bluefield
Princeton High School
Bluefield High School
Ercer County
Lilly
Police Search For Escaped Workers From Virginia Program
Police seek two men from a Virginia Department of Corrections work release program after they left a Dublin Pulaski Furniture Store Thursday morning. Officers report Michael Ray Pendleton from Eden North Carolina and Paul Wayne O Dell from Princeton last seen driving a green 1977 Chevrolet pickup.
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Virginia Department of Corrections
Virginia
N. W. Dowdy
Michael Ray Pendleton
Paul Wayne O'Dell
Pulaski
Dublin
Dowdy
O’dell
Princeton
Pendleton
Eden
N, C
Trbovich says medical program to be dropped after election
United Mine Workers vice president Mike Trbovich claims the union will drop its entire medical program after next week's election. He alleges the UMW Health and Retirement Funds are broke and that candidates Miller and Patrick are concealing the finances. He predicts dramatic benefit cuts regardless of who wins, citing fund mismanagement and funding changes by coal companies.
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OAK Hill
United Mine Workers International
Mike Trbovich
Trbovich
U.M.W. Health and
Arnold Miller
Harry Patrick
Waste Disposal Plant Shut Down For Air Standards Violations
Baltimore city’s $21 million waste disposal plant was closed after failing to meet state and federal air pollution standards. Health secretary Neil Solomon denied a permit citing seven times the allowed emissions, with a June 30 deadline for a compliance plan and a projected $5.8 million upgrade.
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Baltimore
Neil Solomon
Maryland
Baltimore City
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Solomon
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co
EPA
Francis W. Kutcha
Barbs by Phil Pastoret on generational gaps and retirement
A reflective column by Phil Pastoret ponders youth retirement dreams and aging doubts. It notes how expectations shift from twenty to eighty, and jabs at those who mock the generation gap while acknowledging the challenges of crossing it.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Luther Wiley
Gary
Welch Hospital
York County
Walter
Lula Wiley
Rock Hill Baptist Church
Mable Wiley
Martha Wiley Leak
Debbie Jones
Huntington
Rhonda White
Ethel Younger
Marshall Wiley
Flushing
N. Y
Abraham Wiley
Philadephia
Zellia Wiley
Charlotte
N. C
Morell Scruggs
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Page Funeral Home
James F. Johnson
James F
Buddy) Johnson
Kyle
Wilcoe
James F. Johnson Sr
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Margaret Johnson
Stevie Johnson
Jean Simmons
Palmer Park
Kenneth Johnson
Bronx,n. Y
Milford Johnson
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Ralph Washington
Bruce Matthews
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Edward Wade
Thomas Vineyard
Samuel Cannady Jr
Amelda Wade
Ramona Simon
Sadie Pendleton Kingrea
Chesa Va
Oakvale
Norfolk, Va
Elijah A. Kingrea
Goodwin's Chapel
B. D. Honaker
Chesapeake, Va
Greenlawn Memorial Gardens
Chesapeake
Louis A. Vines
Earl Washington Dye
Mill Creek
Raven
Richlands Hospital
Russel County
Elbert Dye
Carrie Griffith Dye
Ella Mae Dye
Pauline Abbington
Richlands
Gladys Deel
Almont
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Pounding Mills
Andrew Dye
Newark
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Harold Dye
Roby Dye
Swords Creek
Larry Wayne Dye
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Grat Horton
Ralph Horton
Dye Family
Maple Gap
Hurst- Scott Funeral Home
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ESEA
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