Missouri GOP Convention Opens as Ford and Reagan Seek Delegates
President Ford and Ronald Reagan moved to court 19 at large delegates at Missouri's state GOP convention in Springfield. Ford arrived with senators Baker Tow er and Dole and urged peace and prosperity claims while skirmishes over delegate credentials erupted between the camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Missouri
Reagan
California
Air Force One
Howard Baker
Tennessee
John Tower
Texas
Robert Dole
Kansas
White House
Ex-Delegate Matney Dies in Pearisburg Hospital
Dr. Thomas G. Matney 87, former House of Delegates member from Peterstown, died Friday morning after illness. A Buchanan County native, he practiced medicine 55 years in Forrest Hill Mohawk and Peterstown, retired 1972. Funeral Sunday at Broyles Chapel with Lillydale Cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas G. Matney
House of Delgates
Peterstown
Pearisburg
Matney
Buchanan County
Forrest Hill
Mohawk
Laegar
Valparaiso University
Chicago College of Medicine
American Medical Association
West Virginia Medical Association
Greenbrier Valley Medical Association
Monroe County Board of Education
House of Delegates
Phi Delta Medical Fraternity
Lindside 1.0
City Tennis Fees Take Effect Tuesday in Bluefield
The Bluefield City Tennis Courts initiate a new fee system starting Tuesday with peak-hour play from 6 to 10 p.m. weekdays and 12 to 10 p.m. weekends and holidays. Season tickets go on sale Monday at $10 for seniors over 65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield City Tennis Courts
Bluefield
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details and Rates
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces its establishment in 1691 and lists delivery information, addresses, and pricing. It notes Associated Press affiliation and general subscription rates for West Virginia and other zones, with ad rates and circulation details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delly Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
All News
Mali
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Esentative
Mathews, Snennon & Cho
Deaths and funerals in Princeton and surrounding areas
Obituaries announce the deaths of William Luther Dobbins 73 of Mercer Street Princeton and Walter P Rasnake 66 of Tazewell along with Michael Ralph Lowry 3 and Albert Lee Smith. Services set for Sunday and Monday with church and funeral home arrangements, survivors listed for each.
Obituaries: Lockhart Shannon Hodge lives and services
Multiple death notices from War and surrounding towns report Polly Ann Lockhart 51 of War died in Welch after a long illness. Survived by husband Lloyd and five children with services at Grandview Gardens and Church of God in War. Lawrence Shannon 77 of Pilgram Knob died after a short illness. survivors include three daughters and two sons with funeral at Ward Cemetery Chapel. Della L Hodge 91 of Tip Top died after a long illness. five daughters, three sons and numerous grandchildren and greats listed. service at Tip Top Church of God followed by burial at Elm Cemetery. Dudley Memorial Mortuary in charge. The notices note callers and pallbearers arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly Ann Lockhart
Welch Hospital
Big Creek High School
Church of God At War
Norton
Will
Mandy Rote Love
Lloyd Lockhart
War
Tommy Marrs
Excelsior
Richard Marrs
Charlotsville
Ind
Robert Lockhart
Anawalt
Barney Love
Canebrake
Georgie Beavers
Gladys Honaker
Mannie Luttrell
Daisy Lady
Tenn
Church of God In War
W. G. Byers
James Reece
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Douglas Funeral Home
Lawrence Shannon
Pilgram Knob
UMWA
Jewell Ridge
Ulysis
Sally Shannon
Sofa Meeks Shannon
C. B
Mary) Vandyke
William
Dewey Ward
Troy Lester
Ward
Pilgrim Knob
Della L. Hodge
Della Lewis Hodge
Tip Top
Bluefield
Russell County
Harvey
Katherine Hess
Tip Top Church of God
George W. Lewis
Charlie Hodge
Sam
Laura
Albert
Maggie) Dalton
Bristol
John
Virtie) Hagg
Springville
Bill
Bertha) Neal
Saltville
Gene
Helen) Roark
Hopewell
Emery Lewis
Dewey Lewis
Abingdon
George Lewis
Xenia
Ohio
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Farris Frank S. Paddle 93 Bluefield railman dies
Frank S. Paddle Farris 93 of the West Virginian Hotel Bluefield died Thursday night in a Beckley nursing home. A retired Norfolk and Western brakeman with 50 years service and a Grace United Methodist Church member he was also in the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Bluefield Elks Lodge. He is survived by a son Bill Farris two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral at Mercer Funeral Chapel Bluefield at 2 p.m. Sunday with pallbearers named and viewing today 6 to 9 p.m.
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Frank S
Paddle) Farris
West Virginian
Bluefield
Beckley
Saltville, Va
James and
Remaca Farris
Norfolk & Western Railway
Grace United Methodist Church
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Bluefield Elks Lodge
Ossie Myers Farris
Funerals Noted for Four Local Residents
Funeral notices list Mrs Billie Evelyn CHURCH 44 of Roderfield at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Welch with Rev Charlie Kennedy. George W YOST 62 of Bluefield Va at Virginia Avenue United Methodist Church Bluefield with burial at Grand View Memory Gardens. Lucille Clark Bowling JACKSON 54 of Tampa formerly Princeton at Gorge W Seaver Chapel with burial at Resthaven Park Cemetery Princeton. Dudley Memorial Mortuary handles arrangements.
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Billie Evelyn
Roderfield
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Charlie Kennedy
Jaeger Memorial
Erfield
Yost
George W
Lee Ave
Bluefield
Virginia Avenue United Methodist Church
Hugh V. Ferguson
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Virginia Foods, Inc
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Death of David C. Lilly in Narrows Nursing Home
David C. Lilly of Bluefield died Friday in a Narrows Virginia nursing home after a long illness. Born in Bluefield he was the son of the late David G. Lilly and Estelline Thompson Lilly. A World War I veteran and American Legion member he is survived by relatives including nephews Phillip T. Lilly Jr. and Creighton Lilly and nieces Grace Joann and Betty Wilkes. Graveside rites set for 4 p.m. Sunday at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Bluefield with Rev. Fred Eastham officiating. Mercer Funeral Home in Bluefield will host calling hours today from 5 to 7 p.m.
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William Luther Dobbins
Mercer Street
Princeton
Athens
C. Lewis
Alice Hurt Dobbins
William Luther Dobbins, Jr
Detroit
Mich
Shirley Hopkins
Westchester
Ohio
Arietta Lusk
Westland
Betty Gullion
Frances Long
Tressa Gunter
Chicago
Ill
Faye Mooney
Mar Hill
Hattie Weir
Claymont
Del
Ida Humphery
Mansfield
Walter Dobbins
George Dobbins
Gilbert Dobbins
Rand
Paul Hall
Oakvale
David C. Lilly
Bluefield
Narrows
David G
Estelline Thompson Lilly
American Legion
Phillip T. Lilly Jr
Creighton Lilly
San Francisco
Calif
W. R. Graham
Grace Wilkes
Joann Wilkes
Betty Wilkes
Beckley
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Fred Eastham
Mercer Funeral Home
Robert Griffith 81 Matoaka dies after hospital stay
Robert Lewis Griffith, 81, of Matoaka, died Friday morning in a Bluefield hospital. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Mercer Funeral Home in Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Griffith
Robert Lewis Griffith
Matoaka
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Home
Fall Victim Hazel Bailey Dies After Ladder Fall
Funeral services for Mrs. Hazel Virginia Bailey 56 of Tacoma Park Md formerly of Duhring will be at Cravens Shires Funeral Chapel Bluewell Monday at 2 p.m. Rev Fred Lester will officiate with burial at Roseland Memorial Gardens. She died Thursday from injuries from a fall at her home. Surviving are her husband Lacy E Bailey two daughters Linda and Charlotte a son Lowery two sisters Gladys Ruby Masel two brothers Harold Marion and four grandchildren. Funeral home viewing Sunday 5 to 9 p.m.
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Albert Lee Smith
Maybeury
Bluefield
Henry
Hattie Gash Smith
McDowell County
Mount Moriah
S. C
Deborah Smith
Linda Willow
Keystone
Glendolyn Smith
Bonita Smith
Willie Smith
Hendersonville
Delmas Smith
Detroit
Mich
Jeffery Smith
Melvin Smith
Antonio Smith
Danny Smith
Willie Jeter
New York City
N. Y
Styles Mills
Bernard
N. C
Tom Smith
Edward Smith
Black Mountain
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
McKinley Raymore
Howard Dews
H. L. Robinson
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Church and Friends
The
Missionary Society of the Church and Friends
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Bill Farris
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Homer Stewart
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
John Ferraraccio
Michael Ferraraccio
John Skerko
Howard M. Jarrett
Charles Myles
Donald Wagner
Hazel Virginia Bailey
Tacoma Park
Duhring
Cravens Shires Funeral Chapel
Fred Lester
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
Glen Alum
Jacob and
Edna Mullin Scott
Maryland
Pine Grove Church
Fla
Masel Goins
Harold Scott
Falls Mills
Marion Scott
Fort Pierce
Pulaski Man Dies In Wreck Near Barren Springs
Kenneth L. Gallimore, 23, of Pulaski, Va., died in a single vehicle crash on Vi Rt. 100 two miles north of Barren Springs in Wythe County. A passenger was slightly injured. The wreck occurred at 9:55 p.m. Thursday.
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Pulaski
Barren Springs
Wythe County
Virginia
Kenneth L. Gallimore
Rt. 3
Gallimore
J. W. Elliott
Burn Victim Warren E. Suiter Jr Rites Set Monday
Funeral services for Warren E. Suiter Jr., 55, of Huntsville Texas, formerly Welch, who died Thursday at Shriner Burns Center Galveston, will be held 1 p.m. Monday at Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home Chapel North Fork. Suiter, a 22 year U S Air Force veteran and retired master sergeant, bed fire reportedly caused by a cigarette. He is survived by his mother Ethel Suiter, a son Warren E. Suiter III, three daughters Pamela Lecouture Cynthia Ann Chatterson Denise Suiter, two brothers Todd Suiter Vernon B Suiter Sr., and two grandchildren. Funeral home viewing Sunday after 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren E. Sutter Jr
Huntsville
Tex
Welch
Shriner Burns Center
Galveston
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Johnson Wilson
Resthaven Park Cemetery
Princeton
Big Four
Suiter
Ethel R. Suiter
Landgraff
Warren E. Suiter Sr
U. S. Air Force
Warren E. Suiter III
Austin, Tex
Pamela Lecouture
Las Vegas
Nev
Cynthia “Ann Chatterson
Denise Suiter
Austin
Todd Suiter
Cincinnati
Ohio
Vernon B. Suiter Sr
Pineville Youth Killed in Wyoming County Crash
State police report a 19 year old Pineville youth Nathan Halsey died after his car left a secondary road near here in Wyoming County. He was dead on arrival at Wyoming County hospital. Police continued investigations Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Here
Wyoming County
Nathan Halsey
Wyoming County Hospital
Revenue sharing would boost Virginia by 54 million
Virginia stands to gain 54 million in federal revenue sharing if Congress renews the program. The House passed the renewal 361 35 and the Senate is seen approving it. State officials expect funds to cover state employee pay raises and higher welfare costs in the 1976 78 period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Del
Edward E. Lane
House Appropriations Committee
General Assembly
Assembly
Appropriations Committee
John McCutcheon
McCutcheon
Isn
Ford
Lane
House
Bluefield trial recounts Pamela Young murder case details
The defense notes Pamela Young twice identified Gary Young as her shooter, while witnesses describe him as a changed, mobile prisoner in court. Prosecutors portray him as the harasser who terrorized Pamela, with a dying declaration and circumstantial evidence painting a premeditated killing.
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Burkett
Young
Ambrose
Princeton
B & T Quick Mart
Pamela
Austin
Gary
Campaign filings show varied contributions and spending in West Virginia races
In Huntington and Mullens Democratic and Republican candidates report different sums in contributions and expenditures. Notable figures include Bob E Myer s and Dan Burleson Democratic contests, E S Good man Republican aid, and the Mingo County Democratic Executive Committee. Legislative candidates such as Charles R Cline John Pat Fanning Joe Crowder Louis Craddock Nick Fantasia Robert Turner and Charles Damron filed reports with modest contribution totals and expenditures ranging from two hundred to over a thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Didacy
Bob E. Myers
Huntington
Dan Burleson
Mullens
E.S. Goodman
Civision
Mingo County
Democratic Executive Committee
Hubert W. Reynolds
West Virginians For Responsive Government
Louis Ray Craddock
Hurricane
Nick Fantasia
Fairmont
Robert Turner
Pursgrove
Charles Damron
Fraziers Bottom
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Edwin Wiley
North Walker Street
John W. Walker
Elaine Pedneau
Harrison Street
Walker
Wiley. Walker
Pedneau
Wiley
Sargeant W. R. Hedrick
Charles Kassay
Marty Campanello
Virgie Burke Matney
Mattie Weikle
Stella Poff
Mansville
Eloise Thomas
Cleve Matney
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Homer Elkins
Lillydale
1.C.C.F. Lodge
Broyles Funeral
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Walter P. Rasnake
Hill Street
Tazewell
Lebanon
Jonas
Mary A. Presley Rasnake
Red Jacket
Jewell Ridge Coal. Corp
Wytheville
Taulbee Rasnake
Elbert Rasnake
Cleveland
Howard Rasnake
Richlands
Ellis Rasnake
Bucyrus
Ichlands Tabernacle
Glenn Thomas
Jack Trigg
L. B. Hudson
Michael Ralph Lowry
Ralph
Phyllis Jean Proctor Lowry
Summerfield
Memphis, Tenn
Wendee Ranee Lowry
Glen Proctor
Rt. 2
Greensboro
Hazel Lowry
Abbs Valley
New Hope Friends Church
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Hanes-Lineberry. Funeral Home
Frank S. Farris
Gary Young
Knight
Quick Mart
Bluefield Sanitarium
Lisa
Pam Young
Peavey Power
Deaton
Washington
Baltimore
George A. Nilson
Peste of Health, Education and Welfare
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Norfolk
Southern Baptist Convention
Paul Moore
Chesapeake
Soviet Union
Syria
Appeal For
Inter-American Human Rights Commission
Cuba
Sprouse
Charles R. Cline
Rowlesburg
John Pat Fanning
Laecer
Joe Crowder
Summersville
Democrat
Eagles Club
Virginia Rebels
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