Deaths and Funerals items from Bluefield area
Annie Brown 81 of Oakwood Va died after brief illness in Richlands hospital. Born in Buchanan County she was daughter of Henry and Catherine Nuckles. Survived by one daughter Lucille Pendell Reston Va eight sons Elmer McKinley Brown Oakwood Garland Brown Rosedale Carl Earl Nelson all Alexandria Va Ferrell Brown Woodbridge Va and Kermit Street Honaker Va one sister Jessie Ball Council Va one brother Carl Nuckles Lebanon Va seventeen grandchildren five great grandchildren. Services Tuesday 11 a.m. at Dry Fork Primitive Baptist Church Vansant with Elders Brisendin Blackburn Ball officiating. Burial Hess Nuckles Cemetery Fletcher Ridge. Body remains at Honaker Funeral Home. Evening service at 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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Richlands
Buchanan County
Henry and
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Primitive Baptist Church
Arthur Brown
Lucille Pendell
Reston
Elmer Brown
McKinley Brown
Garland Brown
Rosedale
Carl Brown
Earl Brown
Nelson Brown
Alexandria
Ferrell Brown
Woodbridge
Kermit Street
Honaker
Jessie Ball
Council
Carl Nuckles
Lebanon
Dry Fork Primitive Baptist Church
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Everett Brisendin
J.H. Blackburn
Teddy Ball
Hess-Nuckles
Fletcher Ridge
Honaker Funeral Home
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Contact and Rates Info
Bluefield Daily Telegraph details its establishment, address, and ownership. It lists subscription and home delivery rates, zones, and rates for West Virginia residents, with notes on the Associated Press and the advertising representative.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Blend Street
Blueliela
W. Ve
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Landon Assocates
Hager Improves After Missouri Self-Inflicted Gunshot
Former Bluefield High School athlete Joe Hager remained hospitalized in Independence Missouri after a Friday neck wound from a self inflicted gunshot at a Grain Valley motel. A hospital spokesman said he is improving and unable to speak due to a tracheotomy while Grain Valley police investigate the incident.
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Joe Hager
Bluefield
Missouri
Hager
Grain Valley
Independence, Mo
City To Host Amtrak Hearings Across 14 Cities
Bluefield will host one of 14 public hearings on the future of Amtrak rail service announced by the Transportation Department. Hearings run June 26 to 30 in Bluefield and 13 others as the department recommends trimming Amtrak from 27,000 to 18,900 miles, with eight routes cut or dropped and three new routes added.
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Bluefield
Transportation Department
Amtrak
The
Transportation Departent
Hinton protester cites alternate Bluestone dam sites in Mercer and Monroe
Maryanne Stevens reports a Hinton man at a Bluestone pumped storage protest claims the Army Corps of Engineers chose two other potential sites in Mercer and Monroe counties. He warned the project would flood land and that opposition must broaden beyond Bluestone. The group plans long fight and fundraising events with coalition support and Sierra Club attorneys.
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Maryanne Stevens
Daily Telegraph
Hinton
Bluestone
Mercer
Monroe County
Jim Beasley
Three Rivers
Izaak Walton League
Appalachian Power Co
Blue Ridge Project
Army Corps of Engineers
Austin
Pipestem Area
Wilbur Farley
Robert Houchins
Brenda King
Margaret Ramsey
Roger Lilly
Roscoe Lilly
David Ramsey
Jimmy Spangler
Steve Lilly
Ben White
Save Our Mountains
Carter urged to stockpile neutron warhead components
The Senate Armed Services Committee urged President Carter to stockpile components for neutron warheads in the United States for quick shipment to Western Europe. The panel warned delaying deployment could take years and urged fast access to eight inch artillery shell and Lance missile components.
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Washington
Carter
United States
Europe
Senate Armed Services Committee
Soviet Union
West Germany
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Senate
Armed Services Committee
Department of Energy
Defense Department
Sens
Sam Nunn
Western
Funeral notices from Bluefield Princeton area
Multiple funeral services are listed for Local residents. Helen Jones of Leckie and infant Benarde of Bluefield have services today at 11 a.m. and graveside rites in Poca. Pierce Cooper and Brown entries note services at Princeton and Bluefield chapels with interments at Roselawn Memorial Gardens and Bryant Memorial Cemetery respectively. Pallbearers, honorary pallbearers, and officiating ministers named.
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John
Helen
Leckie
Rodriguez-Pocahontas- Union
Albert Jarvis
Roselawn Memorial Garden
Bluefield- Princeton Road
Steve Burke
Nathaniel Jarvis
Grover Jones Jr
Ted Jones
Giles Jones
Tommy Evans
Henry Stout
Sam Jones
Buck Jones
Benarde
Robert
Maxine Benarde
Nelson St
Bluefield
Bryant Memorial Cemetery
Poca
Clarence Moore
Sinkford & Richardson Funeral Home
Youth Shoots Self At Graduation in Weymouth
Karim Thompson, 17, shot himself at South Weymouth High during graduation after leading a song. He was in fair condition at South Shore Hospital with a bullet removed from his left side. Police said no motive was found as the ceremony continued.
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Weymouth
Mass
Karim Thompson
Thompson
South Shore Hospital
South Weymouth
Francis Flaherty
America
Wilbur F. Stanton
Emerson College
Boston
William T. Thompson
Fire Claims 1 Injures 14
A four-building Richmond apartment complex fire on the eighth floor killed Ida H. Ford, 79, and sent 14 others to hospitals while about 50 residents escaped through smoke filled halls. Firefighter crews assisted a resident down a 100 foot ladder as damage spread through floors seven to nine and two others remained in critical condition.
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Richmond
Imperial Plaza
Ida H. Ford
Kenneth Butley
52Nd Battalion
Butley
Sai Norella Creesy
Lucille Lankford
Richmond Memorial Hospital
Opinion: Carter should stand firmer and seek peace
Readers from multiple towns express views on President Carter and the Soviet threat. Several favor firm diplomacy and restraint to avoid war, while others urge stronger defense and tougher negotiations. They discuss SALT, potential weapons parity, and the risks of nuclear conflict.
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Futhermore
Guy Keally
Consol
United States
Thorpe
Roy Kidwell
Keally
Bobby Lafferty
Spanishburg
U.S. Steel
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Davy
U.S
Russia
Case Of Murdered Scouts To Continue
Pryor Oklahoma AP nearly a year after three young Girl Scouts were bludgeoned to death in their camp tent prosecutors return to court to prove Gene Leroy Hart should face trial for three counts of first degree murder. Hart, a 34 year old Cherokee Indian and former jail escapee, is linked only by circumstantial details as testimony focuses on the crime itself. The families sue the Girl Scouts council for 3 million dollars while Hart receives community support for his defense.
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Granite State Reformatory
Sid Wise
Richard Farmer
Milner
Magic Empire Council
Girl Scouts of America
Camp Scott
Locust Grove
Oklahoma
Mays County
Letters reveal Berkowitz remorse and claimed possession
In late letters from the convict, Berkowitz says he pleaded guilty to confess sins and tells Mrs Channel he was prepped by judges and lawyers. He disputes demon possession, asks for prayers, and says he has found God while seeking humane treatment and mental care.
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Berkowitz
Mrs. Channel
Jesus
Staggers Addresses First Osteopathic Class
Rep Harley O Staggers told the first graduating class of the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine to value citizenship as well as medical skill. The 33 graduates face internship before practice. two honorary DS degrees were awarded to Sens Ralph D Williams and William L Gilligan.
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Lewisburg
W.va
Harley O. Staggers
Dw.va
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Staggers
Ralph D. Williams
D-Greenbrier
William L. Gilligan
R-Tyler
Gilligan
Greenbrier Military School
West Virginia
Roland P. Sharp
Sharp
Board of Regents to appoint Bluefield State president today
The West Virginia Board of Regents is expected to name a permanent president for Bluefield State College today, replacing acting head Dr. William Brothers who has led since J. Wade Gilley’s resignation to join Virginia state service. The Richlands Coal Show runs Wednesday through Saturday at the Richlands National Guard Armory with over 100 exhibitor spaces sold. The Virginia Mining Institute meets Thursday in Claypool Hill with a discussion on the Clinchfield Coal Co fatality earlier this year. Allen Pack of Cannelton Industries speaks at Bluefield Rotary Club luncheon Tuesday at the Brier Restaurant, with coal company officials in attendance.
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Bluefield State College
William Brothers
J. Wade Gilley
State of Virginia
Richlands
Richlands National Guard Armory
Virginia Mining Institute
Claypool Hill
Clinchfield Coal Co
Oakwood
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