Deaths and funerals listed for multiple WV and VA residents
Obituary notices report Mrs. Nadine Morgan 84 of Charleston former Bluefield, and Mrs Gertrude E Smith 86 of Doran Va. with survivors, service details, and funeral home charges. Additional notices list Mrs Garethia Jewell, Mrs Mary Hatfield, James E Sinkford, James Lewis, David T Frazier, Patricia McCummings, William Lane, infant Jesse Scott, Ray Blankenip, Sanna Crigger, Floyd Edwards, Susan Pomposo, Michael McCoy, Della Turner and others with funeral times and burial sites across Bluefield Charleston Richlands Welch and Grundy areas. Ceylon note about independence appears at end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nadine Morgan
Charleston
Bluefield
Dunbar
Grace United Methodist Church
Eastern Star
W.C. Morgan
F. Edward Fox
Miami
Fla
Frank Goodman
Whiting
N.J
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Green Valley
C.H. Patterson
Hill Top Home
S. Park Road
Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home
Gertrude E. Smith
Gertrude Ellen Smith
Doran
Raven
Charles Perry
Malissa Robinson Dickenson
Buchanan
Tazewell
Clearview United Methodist Church
Eula Dickenson
Lucian Huliet Smith
J.C
Trula) Franks
Marion
Mary Ratliff
Vermillion
Ohio
Gerald
Jean) Stratton
Georgia Hart
Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel
Richlands
David Vaughn
Dickenson Family
Turner
Della
Grundy
Grundy Funeral Home Chapel
Michael Trent
Clarence Greenleaf
Maplewood Cemetery
Mildred Deel
Germans freed after Contras seize in Jacinto Baca attack
Eight West German volunteers and fifteen Nicaraguan civilians released near Presillitas after a 24 hour delay to honor a cease fire, ending days of tense negotiations. The release followed talks between Defense Minister Humberto Ortega and West German envoy Hans Jürgen Wischnewski amid pressure from Bonn and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
Manuel Espinoza
Daniel Ortega
Voice of Nicaragua
Espinoza
Presillitas
Ortega
Honduras
Nicaragua Democratic Force
Democratic Force
Tegucigalpa
Jacinto Baca
Defense Ministry
West
Helmut Kohl
Voice of
Defense
Humberto Ortega
Hans-Juergen Wischnewski
Wischnewski
Bonn
Kohl
Nicaraguan Democratic Force
IRA Aims for Tax Benefit, Senate Faces IRA Deductions
Senate debate centers on preserving IRA tax benefits without raising tax rates. GOP seeks a bill with no amendments, while senators push for an amendment to tax the wealthy and fund a universal $300 IRA credit. Proponents argue broad access while critics warn of cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate House Conference Committee
Donald Riegle
Dmich
White House
Reagan
GOP
Sens
Alfonso D’amato
R-N.y
Christopher Dodd
D-Conn
Packwood
D’ Amato
Princeton Town Fair Showcases Arts and Sports Events
The Princeton Town Fair features exhibits by the Appalachian Artists Association and Princeton Camera Club at Associated Photography and Framing on Mercer Street from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Saturday. A concession stand by Friends of the Princeton Public Library opened at First Community Bank Plaza offering hot dogs baked goods and memberships. Arts and crafts displays by over 16 craftsmen run 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. The Southern West Virginia Karate Kung Fu Taekwon Do championships draw 150 competitors from WV VA and TN at Princeton Recreation Center Morrison Drive 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, with refreshments sold during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A-1
Appalachian Artists Association
Princeton Camera Club
Associated Photography
Mercer Street
Friends of the Princeton Public Library Organization
First Community Bank
Princeton Task Force For Economic Development
Judy Joyce
Task Force For Economic Development
Princeton
West Virginia
The
Martial Arts Academy
Veteran protests medals given to non-combatants
Seaside California AP reports World War II veteran Captain Ralph Alcocer protests President Reagan awarding Bronze Stars and Purple Hearts to troops in Grenada and Berlin disco bombing victims. Alcocer, who earned his medals in Europe, says the medals are cheapened by civilian or noncombatant recipients. He has shipped his medals to the president in protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaside
Calif
Grenada
Berlin
Reagan
Ralph Alcocer
Europe
Donor infant heart transplant to aid Jesse in California
Donor infant from Grand Rapids donated a heart for Jesse, a baby with hypoplastic left heart syndrome treated at Loma Linda. The hospital funded the operation, estimated at about 100000 dollars, as Jesse’s parents and grandparents expressed gratitude amid a high profile humanitarian effort. The donor baby, born May 25, was brain-dead after an emergency C‑section and died at Butterworth Hospital before organ procurement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse
Donahue
Loma Linda
Deborah Walters
Grand Rapids
Mich
CBS News
Sepulveda
Los Angeles International Airport
Bailey
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Pasadena
Harry Scolinos
Huntington Memorial
Scolinos
Butterworth Hospital
Norton Air Force Base
Los Angeles
Fae
Edgar Beaumont
Butterworth
Leonard Radecki
Radecki
Frank Clemenshaw
Wyoming
Clemenshaw
Ms. Walters
California
Island Creek to idle mines for ~week amid export delays
Island Creek officials idled the Beatrice Mine and the Virginia Pocahontas No. 5 at Deskins for several weeks in February due to full coal bins and irregular export schedules. Beatrice Mine employs about 275 miners and Pocahontas No. 6 about 240. Coal largely exports through Norfolk. Virginia Employment Commission set unemployment application days for miners, with day shift this week and evening shifts next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels
Island Creek
Beatrice
Virginia Pocahontas No. 5
Deskins
Virginia Pocahontas No
Southern Baptist Presidency Faces Governing Battle
The contest for the presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention centers on control of a multimillion-dollar national operation. Pastor Rogers, a leading fundamentalist, seeks to keep conservative influence in key committees and agencies, while Moore promotes tolerance of diverse approaches within the denomination. Critics warn of theological liberalism spreading through denominational affairs, urging unity amid deep ideological divides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A-1
Southern Baptist
U.S
Rogers
Memphis
Bellevue Baptist Church
Charles Stanley
Atlanta
Southern Baptists
Jerry Falwell
America
Moore
Amarillo
First Baptist Church
Texas Southern Baptists
Death toll climbs to 47 after Tropical Storm Andrew
Kingston Jamaica AP reports 47 dead as Tropical Storm Andrew dumps 40 inches of rain on Jamaica over two weeks. Floods rank among the island’s worst. damage estimated in the millions. Officials say recovery will take weeks as searches continue and aid is distributed. Helicopters surveyed flooded areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
Andrew
Caribbean
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Garethia Jewell
Garethia A. Jewell
Pipestein
Summers County
Athens Road
Mary Hatfield
Bristol, Tenn
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
James E. Sinkford
Parkwood Ave
Richmond
Gary and
Samuel Johnson
Kimball
James R. Johnson
O.F. Howard
James Lewis
Fairfax Ave
Roanoke
Freeman
Kate Cosby
Fannie Trigg
Sontag
Curtis Hamlet Funeral Home
David T. Frazier
David T
Buddie" Frazier
Gorham Ave
Howard J
Margie Frazier
McLain's Business College
Howard John Frazier
Elsie Shrader Frazier
Jennifer Frazier
David Ralph Frazier
Patricia McCummings
Patricia June McCummings
Rosemead
Whitewood
William Lane
Eckman
Anawalt
Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Hair
Jesse Scott
Monte Vista
Ceres
Harry Christie
Memorial
Crigger
Sanna Etta
Filbert
Fanning Funeral Home Chapel
Welch
Robert Shields
Paul Browning
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Pomposo
Susan Elizabeth
Susie
Maybeury
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home Chapel
Olen Robertson
Ceylon
British Commonwealth
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Bluefield Ave
W.va
Princeton Bureau
Edwin M. Freakley
Thomas A. Colley
Jim Terry
Linda M. Osborne
Lewis B. Spence
Patsy P. Malamisura
Mike Blanton
Carl H. Meade, Jr
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
National Advertising Rep
London Associates
D&s
EL D&s
Mail Daily
Vv Alla
Contras
IRA
Gail Wiley
Debbie
Flowers
Harman Vansant
FTD Florist
RT Ee
Mullens Travel
Worth St.bluefield
Wetwerlands Antilles
Island
Baptists
Cuba
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