Supreme Court Wipes Out 26 Million in West Virginia School Bonds
West Virginia schools face halted construction after a Supreme Court ruling upholding 60 percent local approval for bonds. About 26 million in planned bonds will not be sold, with five counties under 60 percent but above 50 percent approval. Boone County loses a 1.2 million vocational center project.
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Charleston
U. S. Supreme Court
West Virginia
Daniel B. Taylor
State Board of Education
West Virginia Supreme
Taylor
Supreme Court
Boone County
Fred W. Eberle
Mercer County Courthouse Transfers And Marriage Applications
Thursday records show four property transfers in Beaver Pond and Bluefield totaling 6 900 plus two marriage applications. Transfers include Kegley Lilly in Beaver Pond District, Banco Bailey Lumber in Bluefield, Brewster Hampton in Bluefield, Kidd Blackwell in Beaver Pond District. Applicants are Monty F Farmer and Mary E Hearn. G C Kanade and Freda P Pauly.
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Mercer County Clerk's Office
John H. Kegley
Ira B. Lilly
Beaver Pond
John Banco, Jr
Bailey Lumber Company
Bluefield
James W. Brewster
L. S. Hampton
W. K. Kidd
Paul E. Blackwell
Monty F. Farmer
Coopers
Mary E. Hearn
G. C. Kanade
Freda P. Pauly
Princeton
Two Die In House Fire On Second Floor Tragedy
Deputy reports Margaret Ann Carruthers died in a bed on the second floor and Samatha Carruther was found on the first floor as flames burned through the home. Firefighting teams hauled water from a creek due to a water shortage while investigators plan a state fire marshal review. The bodies were taken to Lugo's Funeral Service in Bluefield.
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Giles
Margaret Ann Carruthers
Samatha Carruther
West Virginia
Lugo
Bluefield
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Masthead and Rates Notice
Bluefield Daily Telegraph publishes each morning from 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia Associated Press member. Subscription rates listed include per week carrier and annual mail options with motor route pricing and West Virginia zone details. Advertising representative is Mathews Shannon Cullen with contact number.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and Pocahontas Areas
Obituary notices report the deaths of Brammer Wallington 59 of Searsbury New York and Lizzie Gillespie Bluefield and infant Mark Hutchens Pocahontas. Services set for Sunday at St Matthew United Holy Church Bluefield and Mercer Funeral Chapel with burial in Restlawn Memorial Cemetery Lit tlesburg Galax VA and Grandview Memorial Gardens Bluefield VA. Graveside rites today Pocahontas Cemetery conducted by Shumate Newman Funeral Home. Survived by spouses children siblings and grandparents with callers invited to pay respects after 5 p m.
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Brammer Wallington
Searsbury
N. Y
East Fairfax St
Bluefield
St. Matthew's United Holy Church
William Neal
H. E. Price
Hayes McConnell Sr
Restlawn Memorial
Littlesburg Barn
Galax
William Wallington
Otea Maxwell Wallington
New York
Mercer
McDowell
Loretta Hodge Wallington
James Wallington
New Jersey
Lorella Dunlap
Rahway
N. J
Clarence Wallington
Lugo
Hutchens
Mark Allen Hutchens
Robert Hutchens
Pocahontas
Robert
Keith Hutchens
Rebecca Hutchens
Bland Hutchens
Clarence Whitlow
Bramwell
Pocahontas Cemetery
William Davis
Shumate - Newman Funeral Home
Funeral held for Mrs Allison White at Princeton church
Mrs Allison White 66 of 715 Straley Ave Princeton died Thursday in a Parkersburg hospital. She was a registered nurse and widow of Madock White with two sons Madock Jr. and Phillip. Survived by five sisters and four grandchildren. Service 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church Princeton Rev Paul Carter officiating. Burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens on Bluefield Princeton Road.
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Allison White
Straley Ave
Princeton
Parkersburg
Madock White
McComas
Phillip and
Anna Hedrick
First Baptist Church
Order of the Eastern Star
HORT
Madock White Jr
Indianapolis
Ind
Phillip White
John C. Hendrick
Beaver
Dora H. Wood
Appling
Brookie H. Foster
Warren, Mich
Ruth H. Muskowitz
Trenton
N. J
Dewey H. Shackleford
Eileen Reid
Raleigh
Paul Carter
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Tivis Lester 57 of Drill Dies After Short Illness
Tivis Lester, 57, of Drill near Honaker, Va., died at home Friday after a short illness. Survived by widow Frances Meade Lester, 3 daughters Darlene Howard, Charlene Lowe, Dianne Lester, 10 sons including Guy Lester and Kirby Lester, 3 sisters, 4 brothers, and 14 grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Holmes and Rev. Childress officiating. Burial in Russell Memorial Cemetery, Lebanon, Va. Friends may call after noon today.
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Tivis Lester
Drill
Honaker
Taulbee Lester
Cloe McFarland Lester
Frances Meade Lester
Darlene Howard
Lebanon
Charlene Lowe
Dianne Lester
Guy Lester
Kirby Lester
Tampa
Fla
Douglas
Kermit
William
James
Doyle
Stevie
Ray
Raymond Lester
Carmie McGlothlin
Edna Lester
Beulah Compton
Garnet
Peerman
Roscoe
Dennis Lester
Honaker Funeral Home
Robert Holmes
Ancil Childress
Russell Memorial Cemetery
Obituary Notice for Mrs Pearl Blankenship Princeton
Mrs Pearl Mae Blankenship 54 of Beckley Road Princeton died Friday in a Princeton hospital after a long illness. Born Algoma she was daughter of the late Joe and Victoria Sheets Goings. Survived by husband Roscoe, son Larry, a half sister Emma Pennington Rolfe, brother Albert Goings Littlesbury, four half brothers Edgar Davis Northfork Oscar Davis Rolfe Hassel Davis Salisbury N C Deckner Davis Cleveland Ohio. Body at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton with funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Pearl Mae Blankenship
Beckley Road
Princeton
Algoma
Joe
Victoria Sheets Goings
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Roscoe Blankenship
Larry Blankenship
Emma Pennington
Rolfe
Albert Goings
Littlesbury
William C. Shrader Dies at 77 in Bluefield
William Clovis Shrader 77 of 306 Tyler St Bluefield died Friday after a short illness at Glenwood Methodist Home. He was a WWII veteran, plumbing contractor, and member of Grace Methodist Church Elks Lodge and Woodmen of the World. Surviving: two daughters two sisters one brother six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Burial at Monte Vista Park Cemetery with entombment in the mausoleum.
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William Clovis Shrader
Tyler St
Bluefield
Glenwood
Bland County
Samuel and
Nicolle Kinser Shrader
Grace Methodist Church
Elks Lodge
Woodmen of the World
H. H. Brewer
Rocky Gap
J. T Robinson Jr
Ella Cooper
Princeton
Maggie Coburn
Round Bottom
Roby Shrader
Narrows
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Alton Jessee
Monte Vista Park
Obituary notices for McElrath Pharr and Laxton families
Margaret McElrath Pharr 69 of Bramwell died in a Richmond hospital. She is survived by two sons, a sister, a brother, and 10 grandchildren. Funeral conducted at Bramwell Presbyterian Church with burial in Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Callers may visit Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield. Also funeral for Cora Workman Laxton 79 of Bluefield held at Hawkins Funeral Chapel with burial in Roselawn Cemetery. Laxton had two daughters and 14 grandchildren.
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Margaret McElrath Pharr
Bramwell
Richmond
Percy
Jessie Adams McElrath
Bramwell Presbyterian Church
Margaret Greenfield
la Plata
Jane Cook
Alexandria
Percy Paul Pharr Jr
Newport News
William F. Pharr
U.S. Army
Vietnam
Elizabeth McElrath
Martinsville
Percy John McElrath
Raleigh
N. C
L. O. Wyatt
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Hawkins Funeral Home
Bluefield
Cora Workman Laxton
Rogers Street
Greenwood
S. C
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
C. H. Patterson
Roselawn
Bluefield-Princeton Road
Mullens
Marshall
Emmaline Green Mullins
Manley FE. Laxton
Stella Euband
Beulah Cosby
Richmond, Va
Mrs Mary White 67 Dies After Long Illness in Cincinnati
Mrs Mary White aged 67 of Cincinnati Ohio died Thursday in a Cincinnati hospital after a long illness. Survived by daughter Cora Mae Johnson of Bluefield two sisters one brother and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral conducted Monday at 11 a.m. at J B Delaney and Son Funeral Home Covington Kentucky.
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Mary White
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cora Mae Johnson
Bluefield
J. B. Delaney and Son Funeral Home
Covington, Ky
Arthur Corner 44 Grove City man dies of natural causes
Arthur Robert Corner 44 of Grove City Ohio formerly of Coopers died Thursday in a Cleveland hospital of natural causes. He was a World War II veteran and survived by Hazel Jones Corner one daughter Rita Corner Glenn Corner in Germany and David Corner Columbus. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Monday at the Upper Room Princeton with Rev. Leonard Repass. burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens.
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Arthur Robert Corner
Grove City
Ohio
Coopers
Cleveland
Owen Corner
Flora Bell Corner
Hazel Jones Corner
Rita Corner
Glenn Corner
U. S. Army
Germany
David Corner
Columbus
Princeton
Leonard Repass
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Obituaries: Roy Lee Howell Wilford Basil Hamlin Thelma Johnson Michele Chinsolo
Obituaries notice lists Roy Lee Howell 53 of Princeton Beckley Road funeral today 11am at Bailey Chapel burial in Brown Cemetery pallbearers Ralph Shrewsbury Danny Fortner Ronnie West J W Howell Larry Thompson Lester Combs. Wilford Basil Hamlin 53 Princeton Avenue funeral today 2pm at George W Seaver Chapel burial Resthaven Park pallbearers from Princeton Masonic Lodge. Thelma Johnson 52 South College Avenue Bluefield Va funeral today 11am Graham Funeral Chapel burial Maple Hill Nephews pallbearers. Michele Chinsolo 75 Roderfield funeral today 11am Pentecostal Holiness Church Roderfield burial Jaeger Memorial Cemetery Welch Mortuary in Welch in charge.
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Hamlin
Wilford Basil
Princeton Avenue
Princeton
George W. Seaver
Clayton Sweet
Resthaven Park
Princeton Masonic Lodge
Bible School Opens At Community Christian Church
Daily Vacation Bible School begins Monday at Community Christian Church on Marshall Street Bluefield at 9 a.m. It continues daily through June 29. Louise Dickerson directs and N. J. Dickerson serves as pastor.
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Community Christian Church
Marshall Street
Bluefield
Train Locomotive Lays At Bottom Of Arkansas River
In Little Rock Arkansas a locomotive and several cars rest on the river bed after being placed on a bridge during a 1927 flood to shore up the span. The structure failed and the train plunged into the water.
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Little Rock, Ark
Derailment in Illinois Triggers Wheel Tests
Eleven people died and 94 were injured when the City of New Orleans train derailed near Salem Illinois. Investigators ordered lab tests on the wheel assembly tied to the incident and the wheel may have started sliding due to an electrical malfunction in the lead locomotive.
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Salem
Ill
Illinois Central
New Orleans
Illinois
Elmer Garner
National Transporation Safety Board
Paducah
Jim Law
Illinois Division
National Amtrak
Law
Yablonski Murder Case Arraignment Set
Aubran Martin, 24, awaiting arraignment on state murder charges in the Yablonski case, is to be brought to Washington County once his right to counsel is met. He is held at Greensburg facility as officials determine representation and prepare formal charges.
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Washington, Pa
Aubran Martin
Yablonski
Washington County
Martin
Ohio
State Regional Correctional Institute
Greensburg
Westmoreland County
Church To Sponsor Dinner At Mt Olive Baptist Church
The Mt Olive Baptist Church workers conference will sponsor a dinner at Logan Street Church. Dinner will be served from 10 a.m. until p.m.
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Workers Conference of
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Logan Street Church
Thornbury Convicted in UMW Embezzlement Case
Ray Thornbury 56 of Lebanon Virginia a United Mine Workers official was found guilty by a US District Court jury of one count of embezzling 180 from the union treasury District 28 where he serves as No 2 officer The jury acquitted him on seven similar counts sentencing deferred for a court officials report.
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Washington (Ap
Ray Thornbury
Lebanon
United Mine Workers
UMW
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Thornbury
Treasury
UMW District 28
Boyle
Joseph A. Yablonski
Ajil
George L. Hart Jr
Solons Consider Reapportionment And Vote 18 Push
The Virginia General Assembly debates district population disparities and a Republican backed push to ratify the Vote 18 constitutional amendment. Senate committee sent it to the floor but failed to suspend rules for a vote, despite 23 supporters. Backers plan resubmission in August with three fourths of states required for approval.
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Rockingham
Page
Shenandoah
Harrisonburg
Campbell County
Assembly
Linwood Holton
Senate
Two Miners Dead After Roof Fall At Local Mine
A roof fall at a local coal mine killed two workers shortly after 11 a.m. The mine foreman confirmed both men died. Strakal had three months and Shuman five months on the job, with no prior underground experience. Officials offered no cause speculation.
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Strakal
Shuman
Two area students named 1971 Presidential Scholars
Richard B. Damewood of Princeton and Melinda C. Mullins of Welch were named 1971 Presidential Scholars. They join 121 high school seniors chosen for academic excellence and leadership. Scholars travel to Washington on June 13 for interviews and are honored at a June 15 White House ceremony.
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White House
Richard B. Damewood
Princeton
Melinda C. Mullins
Davy Damewood
Edwin C. Damewood
Princeton High School
Miss Mullins
Vincent D. Mullins
Welch High School
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Washington, D. C
Congress
Ministers Receive New Assignments in West Virginia Conference
Twelve area ministers in the West Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church received new assignments for the coming year at the annual meeting in Buckhannon. Bluefield district announced new appointments including D. Homer Stewart and others. Beckley district added Randall Prince. The church conference will continue through Sunday.
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West Virginia
The
United Methodist Church
Buckhannon
Bluefield
D. Homer Stewart
Grace
Hayward Prince
Bartley Berwind
Allen Parrish
Bluewell
Montcalm — Parish
Roy McCoy
Brushfork
George Lovelace
Jaeger
Roderfield
Arnold Husk
Kermit
Harry Sawdey
Keystone Northfork
Gerald Dotson
Serena
Jerry Shields
Matoaka
Steven Dorsey
Trinity
Hertzel Mills
War—Caretta
Beckley
Randall Prince
Mullens
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National Weather Service
Noaa
Dept. of Commerse
Midwest
Pacific Northwest
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountains
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Leland H Carter
Lizzie Gillispie
Lizzie Lee Gillespie
Cherry Street
Logan
John Bartley
Paul Gillespie
Minnie Fay Pennington
Garland Jeffries
Wellington
John Jeffries
Elyria
Dolores Talbert
Chesapeake
Leon Culbertson
Manassas
Goldie Vivian Noble
Rittman
Ernest Bartley
Napoleon
Roy Bartley
Leonard Terry
Grandview Memorial Gardens
Mrs
Tiis Lester
Mrs. Pearl Blankenship
Margaret Pharr
Cora Laxton
Hong Kong
Sun
Church To Begin Bible School
Louise Dickerson
N. J. Dickerson
Vealey
Paul Gilly
Annett
Silous Huddleston
United Mine Workers Union
Joseph Yablonski
Clarksville
Church
Mountaineer
Solons
Albany
Albu
Des Moines
Detroit
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Fairbanks
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Helena
Honolulu
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Marquette
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Poland
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Spokane
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Toronto
Winnipeg
Jerry & the
Singing Goffs
Andrea
Karen
Don, Jerry
Winston
America
Gospel Singing
Edgemont
Jefferson Street Extension
Tist Church
Bluefield, W.va
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