UMWA cites Keystone mine fire amid safety law push
United Mine Workers urged Congress to fix federal safety rules after five men were burned at the Keystone Mine in Herndon West Virginia. W A Tony Boyle said gas buildup showed danger and urged ending the non gassy mine distinction in new safety legislation.
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UMWA
Washington
United Mine Workers Union
Congress
West Virginia
W. A
Tony
Boyle
House
Senate
Keystone
Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Herndon
W. Va
Surcharge Fate In Doubt Amid Tax Debate
The Ways and Means Committee favors postponing Nixon suggested tax cuts for a year. Ziegler notes that failure to pass the surtax would have serious national and international implications tied to inflation and sur tax surplus for those who propelled current deficits.
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Ziegler
Nixon
Ways and Means
M16s Boost Morale as Dak To Engineers Endure Frontline Duty
At Dak To, the 299th Engineers, based since last July, rotate between hardtop roadwork to Ben Het and perimeter security as heavy fighting swirls around them. Lt. Col. Numan Howard notes the supply gap while crews like mechanic David Booker keep vehicles running amid combat.
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299Th Engineers
Numan Howard
Springfield
W. Va
Howard
299Th
Dak
Ben Het
U.S
David Booker
Geneva
Ind
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Staff and Associated Press Note
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph is published each morning at 419 Grand Street Bluefield West Virginia with Associated Press content credited to the paper. The notice lists advertising representatives and editorial affiliations and confirms exclusive publication rights.
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Daily Telegraph
Grand Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
Deaths and Funerals in the Bluefield region
Obituaries list Mrs. E K Spraker of Falls Mills and Hubert L Houchins of Rosenhayne with services set in Falls Mills and Pet erstown. Others include Steve Popp of Wolfe and J Haze Ray of Honaker, plus David Akers of Bluefield and Fred Smith of Princeton. Burial and funeral details, survivors, and funeral homes named.
Obituaries: Rose Justus Williamson Remain in Readers’ Notice
Obituaries from Wytheville and Hurley VA list James Andrew Rose 55 of Wytheville died at daughter’s home in Kentucky with surviving wife and many relatives. Othelia Rose Justus 65 of Hurley died in UVA Hospital after long illness with survivors and funeral plans announced. John Henry Williamson of Reidsville NC formerly McComas died after long illness with funeral arrangements pending.
Obituaries: Isobel Stone and Anna Lou Shrewsberry
Isobel D Stone 77 of Orlando formerly Williamson dies leaving a stepdaughter Mrs S S Ward of Ann Arbor Mich three brothers and two sisters preceded in death. Funeral today 2 p m Graham Funeral Chapel Bluefield Va burial Woodlawn Cemetery pallbearers listed Rev Bill Marrs officiating. Anna Lou Shrewsberry 63 Middlesex Ave Princeton dies funeral today 2 p m Burns Warner Chapel Memorial Princeton burial Brown Cemetery Pallbearers James Hyatt Dewey Monk Dale Harman Roy Blevins Tommy Clemson nieces to carry flowers.
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Mary Gibson Popp
Wolfe
Roger Lee
Jimmy
Bobby
Zolie Steve Popp
Rosie Kuhn
Davenport
Iowa
Caroline Stuart
Zolie
Joe Popp Jr
Bela
Frank Popp
Detroit
Mich
Ester Strouth
Julia Crist
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Baptist Church
William Davis
Woodlawn
W. J. Martin
John H. Testerman
Alex Pochich
Joe Pochich
Steve Blyrd
Charlie Williams
Ronda Ragan
Garst Mill Road
Roanoke
Jenkin Jones
Myrtle Ragan
Willa Ragan
Hean Wroe
Glenden
James Ragan
John Ragan
Bluefield
Douglas Ragan
Bowling Green
Seagles Funeral Home
Pulaski
Dublin
M. R. McHaffa
Tom Bell
Shrewsberry
Anna Lou
Middlesex Ave
Princeton
Burns Warner Chapel
Kenneth Hilling
Brown Cemetery
Harmon Hyatt
Dewey Monk
Dale Harman
Roy
Don Blevins
Tommy Clemson
George Evans Dies at 71 in Bluefield
George Robert Evans Sr. president of Evans Chevrolet in Bluefield died Wednesday morning after a long illness at age 71 in a Bluefield hospital. He joined Chevrolet agencies in 1935 and was active in the Elks, a Bland Street Methodist Church member, and a World War I veteran. He is survived by his wife Fern, one son George Jr., one sister Virginia Hudson of Orlando, and three grandchildren. Hawkins Funeral Chapel to conduct services with Rev. Samuel Sink. burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Friends may call today 7 to 9 p.m.
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Hubert L. Houchins
Rosenhayne
N. J
Greenville and Beckley
Wilmington
Del
Greenville
W. R
Ella Mann Houchins
Ann Humphreys Houchins
Linda Holt
Danny
Larry
Jeffrey Houchins
Ada Smith
Pampano Beach
Fla
Ernest Houchins
Princeton
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Peterstown
Hubert Morgan
Keaton Cemetery
Othelia Justus
Othelia Rose Justus
Hurley
University of Virginia Hosital
Charlottesville
Herbert
Betty Daugherty Rose
Buchanan County
Grundy, Va
Eastern Star
Clark Memorial Presbyterian Church
Raseann
Dewey A. Justus
Phi Stacy
C. B. Tiller
Eden
N. C
Landen C. Horne
Danville
Grundy Funeral Home
Roseann
Hurley High School
Paul Gess
Earl Baker
DeWitt Farrow
Arch Freeman
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Grundy
George Robert Evans Sr
Evans Chevrolet
Bluefield
Chevrolet
Virginia, Hudson
Orlando
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Samuel Sink
Monte Vista Park
Hayes Changes Plea To Guilty In Extortion Case
Robert Clayton Hayes of Harrisburg pa pleaded guilty to extortion in U s district court. He admitted sending a threatening letter to Bluefield State College president Dr Wendell Hardway, signed Black Power. He was sentenced to three years in federal prison with onset Sept 17 to allow finishing schooling.
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Robert Clayton Hayes
Harrisburg
U. S. District Court
Hayes
Wendell Hardway
Bluefield State College
Black Power
Sidney L. Christie
Federal Penitentiary
Christie
Attorney General
Czechoslovak Communist Party Faces Shrinking Membership
Vienna AP reports Czechoslovakia's Communist party shows declining dues paying members due to a large number of pensioners, with the 14.3 million population and about 1.4 million party members noted by CTK.
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Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
CTK
Peter O'Toole Works On Ireland Backed Film Country Dance
Peter O'Toole returns from a ten day Irish cottage break to work on Country Dance directed by Lee Thompson. Filming is planned at Kevin Castle near Dublin with co star Susannah York and Judy Cornwell rising as a new talent. Thompson notes rehearsal before shooting and cites O'Toole's Irish ties as a selling point for filming in Ireland.
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Dublin
Nana
Peter O'Toole
Ireland
Lee J. Thompson
Kevin
O’tooles
Elizabeth
O'Toole
Peter
Cliff Robertson
Katharine Hepburn
Susannah York
Beryl Reid
Sister George
Susannah
Christopher Plummer
Judy Cornwell
Donald Pleasance
Ernie Gelber
Judy Garland
Judy
Jules Dassin
United States
London
John Ford
Informer
Decree Issued For Flower Protection
New York Parks Commissioner August Heckscher published a decree urging park visitors to admire spring blooms without picking them. The order echoes Fort Tryon Park warnings that beauty should be left untainted by rule-breaking.
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New York
August Heckscher
Heckscher
Fort Tryon Park
Outstanding Pineville High School Students Honored
Pineville High School held an awards assembly to recognize outstanding students for the 1989 70 term. Principal Arnold Harless presented honors to students excelling in English science math and various activities including arts, athletics, and academics with multiple named recipients such as Tommy Jackson Amber Caudill and Linda Varney.
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Pineville High School
Butch Downs
Roger Wilkinson
Linda Stewart
Steve Hamilton
Bobbi Jo Hamilton
Arnold Harless
Tommy Jackson
Karen Taliaferro
Carl Hamilton
Amber Caudill
Sandra Halsey
Barry Hill
Patti Griffith
Bill Newton
Peggy Goode
Betty Crocker
Linda Varney
Benny Presley
Darlene Gross
Glee Club
Patsy Cox
Jerry Walker
Bill Goode
Hallie Frye
Don Kodak
Charles Mink
Charles Smallwood
Charles Stewart
Connie Bentley
Andy McKinney
Tom Lusk
Clyde Weldon Downs
Wilhelmina Phillips
Libby Berman
Christine Holbrook
Reader's Digest
Donald Kodak
Danforth
Clinton Lester
Karen Green
American Legion
Lindell Goode
Billy Ball
Shirley McCoy
Daughters of American Revolution
Police details on early blast reports near Baileysville Dam site
Police described blasts heard near the Baileysville Dam project as reported to a foreman at 8:30 a.m. The area, rich in dynamite due to nearby coal mines and a U S Corps of Engineers dam project, prompted authorities to investigate.
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U. S. Corps of Engineers
Baileysville
Missile cost increases spark defense budget clash
Pentagon figures show the Minute Man II missile program rising from 3.27 billion to about 7 billion. Navy Deep Submergible Rescue Vehicle costs jump to 80 million per unit from 3 million, with 6 funded at 480 million. GAO says C5A superjet may total 5.2 billion, 1.8 billion over original estimates. Senator Proxmire notes SRAM costs rising from 300 million to 600 million.
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Pentagon
Barry J. Shillito
Subcommittee
William Proxmire
D—Wis
Shillito
Navy
Proxmire
General Accounting Office
GAO
Congress
House Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Prowmire
Rockefeller's 20th Century Art Reach at MoMA Exhibit
Governor Nelson Rockefeller owns about 1500 modern works spanning American abstract expressionism and sculpture. A 200-piece cross section is at MoMA through Sept. 1 titled Twentieth Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Museum of Modern Art
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Jackson Pollock
Franz Kline
Adolph Gottlieb
Willem de Kooning
Mark Rothko
William Baziotes
Philip Guston
Mark Tobey
Monroe Wheeler
America
Gaston Lachaise
Elie Nadelman
Alexander Calder
Arp
Moore
Noguchi
Tony Smith
David Smith
Lieberman
Nelson Rockefeller
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Beca
Central Lines
Montana
Plains
Great Lakes
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
E. K. Spraker
Falls Mills
Falls Mills Christian Church
Robert Boyce
John Bowles
Harry Cemetery
Fayette County
John
Virginia White Fox
FE. K. Spraker
Ethel White
June Shaeffer
Bradely, Ill
Montana Spraker
BE. T. Spraker
Norfolk
M. K. Spraker
Welch
Curtis Spraker
Shelbyville
Glendon
Luther
Wilbur Mann
Harold Houchins
Harry Harvey
Clarence Simmons
Steve Popp
Joseph Popp
Julia Kovach Popp
J. Haze Ray
Honaker
Russell County
William and
Mary Jane Ray
Virginia State Highway Department
Dora Ray
Carl
Charlie
Floyd Ray
Dora Whited
George W. Ray
Boston
Mass
Charlie Ray
Honaker Funeral Chapel
Dallas Miller
Rosedale Cemetery
Rosedale
Honoaker Funeral Home
David Akers
David Thomas Akers
Pearl St
Grace Baptist Church
Bailey Lumber Co
Cloe Pinkard Akers
Aubrey
Betty Jane) Wolfe
Aberdeen
David W. Akers
Bastian
John W. Akers
Charles W. Akers
Allen A. Akers
J. Fred Akers
Victoria
Hawkins Funeral Home
Roy Akers
Monte Vista Cemetery
Robert Blackburn
Luther Johnston
Dick Amberger
Kenneth Webb
Luther Evans
Junior Akers
Fred Smith
Beckley Hospital
Temple Baptist Church
Lugo
Walter Hawkins
Walter Pierce Hawkins
School St
Hawkins
James Andrew
Andy) Rose
Wytheville
Faye Hayes
West Point
Tazewell County
Eva Stevenson Rose
Richlands
G. B. Rose
Alice Johnson Rose
James Bassetti
Shirley Gravely
Plains City
Ohio
John Henry Williamson
Reidsville
McComas
Beckley
John Henry Williamson Jr
Greenbrier St
George Evans
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Secretary of Defense
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