Deaths gloom Bluefield area obituaries flood the page
M L Workman 77 Alderson former Eastern Gas and Fuel manager dies after brief illness. L W Shrader 86 Bluefield Va and Abbs Valley resident dies in Bluefield hospital. Bruce Compton 46 Grundy Va dies at VA hospital after long illness. Lon S Honaker 79 North Tazewell Va former miner dies in hospital. V E Fields 80 Pearisburg Va dies in Pearisburg hospital. Earl Rutherford 64 Richlands Va dies after apparent heart attack. Mrs Edward Hogg 80 Bluefield care center resident dies. arrangements incomplete. Irvin Viars 55 Bradshaw dies after long illness. Mrs Caleb Stiltner 86 Knoxville Tenn formerly Buchanan Co Va dies after long illness. George Rose 69 Cape Coral Fla, formerly Bluefield, dies in Cape Coral hospital.
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Edward Hogg
Edward W
Floye Sisson) Hogg
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Home
George Rose
George W. Rose
Cape Coral
Fla
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Ad Rates and Contact Info
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists subscription and home delivery rates for West Virginia and other zones. It provides mailing addresses in Bluefield West Virginia and notes Associated Press membership and advertising representation by Landon Associates.
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Daily Tele Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
W.va
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
P.O. Box 208
Landon Associates
Funeral notices from several counties list services today
Funeral services are set for Janice Graham at 2 p.m. at Horsepen Church of Christ with Rev. Charles M Sublett, burial in Brewsterdale cemetery. L G Monthena, 55, formerly of Bluefield, Va now in Seminole Fla, to be buried after 11 a.m. service at Grandview Memory Gardens led by Rev. David Platt. Perry Dye, 87, of Honaker, Va, to be honored at a 1 p.m. chapel service in Honaker Funeral Home with Rev. Leslie Wilson, burial in Greenhills Memory Gardens. Stephen Joseph Zaborsky, 65, of Ferrell, Penn, formerly Pocahontas, Va, service at 11 a.m. officiated by Father Louis Benoit, burial at Woodlawn Park in Bluewell. Rodriguez- Home conducting arrangements.
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L. W
Eliza) Shrader
Rt. 1
Bluefield
Abbs Valley
Dix Creek
George and
Mary Bandy Hawkins
W. E
Nannie) Aliff
Sheperdstown
Harvey
Eva) Asbury
Hazel Collins
William
Ethel) Nunley
Christiansburg
Irene Shrader
Hyattsville
Amos
Mary Lee) Taylor
Rural Retreat
Herman Shrader
Dewey Shrader
Lee Roy Hawkins
Fort Mayers
Fla
Pansey Martin
S. Honaker
Lon S. Honaker
North Tazewell
Tazewell
Honaker
John and
Fannie Honaker
UMWA
Amonate
Zula Meredith Honaker
Lonnie Melvin Bowden
Chicago
Ill
Grover Honaker
Tip Top
Martha Rowsey
Alexandria
Winnie Wood
Banworth
Ohio
Ruby Goins
Cleveland
Perry-St. Clair Funeral Home
Max Linkous
Grandview Memory Gardens
Funreal
V.E
Sallie Croy) Fields
Pearisburg
Hugh
Margaret Croy
James R
John W. Croy
Marguerite C. Echols
Nellie C. Barber
Mary Kate Taylor
Givens
Fred Austin
Birchlawn
Rutherford
Forest Rutherford Sr
Richlands
Luther C
Anna B. Larder Rutherford
Home Beneficial Life Insurance Company
Timothy Richard Rutherford
Mary Ann Meador
Hinton
C.P. Rutherford
Ethel French
Wallace Fowler
Irvin Viars
Bradshaw
Welch Hospital
Garland
Josh
Mattie Griffith Viars
Lewis
Roy Viars
Belva Keen
Raymond Viars
Paynesville
Walter Viars
Pineville
Laura Bell Cline
Magdaline Deel
Harmon
Rachel Keen
Stacy
Dewey Evans
Georgia
Mandy Keen
Ashtibula
Maplegrove Church of Christ
State Line Ridge No. 2
John D. Payne
Hubert Kennedy
Irvin Stewart
Noah Stewart
State Line Ridge No.2
Fanning Funeral Home
Taeger
Graham
Janice
Horsepen
Horsepen Church of Christ
Charles M. Sublett
Brewsterdale Cemetery
Monthena
L. G
Seminole, Fla
David Platt
Dye, Perry
Honaker Funeral Home
Leslie Wilson
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Detroit Man Goes Berserk
A dis gruntled client opened fire with a sawed off shotgun in his attorney s eighth floor office after he was refused an insurance check then set off a firebomb next door. A woman was slain four were wounded by gunshots and 34 injured in the fire. The gunman Robert Harrington 35 was taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital in stable condition with smoke inhalation. Police will seek warrants charging him with murder and probably assault with intent to murder.
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Detroit
George Anthony
District Oftfice
Buchanan Infant Dies in Hurley Mobile Home Fire
A 13 month old Buchanan County infant, Shawn Kelvin Baker, died from injuries in a mobile home fire in Hurley at 7:55 a.m. He was trapped inside the trailer near Knox Creek at Blackey. The father Rufus Baker suffered a cut hand and singed hair trying to rescue him. The fire, investigated by Sheriff’s officials and Virginia State Police, was caused by a faulty wire by the kitchen stove. The Hurley Volunteer Fire Department responded. The boy’s survivors include his parents, brothers Rufus Lee and Bobby Joe, maternal grandparents Bill and Edith Davis, and paternal grandfather Clarence Baker. The funeral was held Saturday at the Church of God in Hurley. Virginia Funeral Home at Grundy handled arrangements.
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Hurley
Buchanan County
Shawn Kelvin Baker
Rufus and
Leona Baker
Knox Creek
Blackey
Bill Justus
Justus
Rufus Lee
Bobby Joe Baker
Bill
Edith Davis
Roseann
Clarence Baker
Church of God
Ernest Baker
Race Fork
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
Reagan urges swift completion of budget blueprint passage
President Reagan said allies are heartened as the House passed a bipartisan budget blueprint and urged quick final terms. He noted the 10 day European mission and GOP plus 63 Democrats backing the plan. Senate approval exists but House Republicans face committee hurdles in cutting social programs amid a Democratic 2 to 1 majority.
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Washington
Reagan
America
House
Congress
U.S
Chamber
Argentina says missiles hit near hospital ship in Falklands clash
Argentina reported British Harrier jets fired two missiles at 8 10 a m local time toward the hospital ship Bahia Paraiso anchored in Stanley. One missile hit water near the ship and the other struck a resident’s home, causing severe damage with no casualties reported aboard.
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Argentina
Falklands
Stanley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Red Cross
Bahia Paraiso
Hinckley Post Shooting Thoughts Examined in Trial
Washington AP testimony from psychiatrist Dr. Sally Johnson reveals John W. Hinckley Jr. doubted his intent to harm others after firing on President Reagan. Johnson described Hinckley as unable to feel remorse and self centered, with Brady wounded and Delahanty retired due to injuries while Reagan escaped with medical aid.
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Washington
John W. Hinckley Jr
Sally Johnson
Hinckley
Reagan
James Brady
Budget Hearing Draws 120 Citizens in Buchanan County
Buchanan County supervisors held a two hour public budget hearing with about 120 attendees on the 1982-83 fiscal plan. No action taken. final budget and tax levy vote set for June 28. County Administrator Wayne Horne says the budget is about 50 million, up from 48 million last year, with a county money increase of about 4 million due to coal severance shifts. Reassessment changes tax bases to full assessed values. proposed rates include real estate and mobile homes 88 cents, tangible personal property and public utilities 1.82, and machinery and tools 1.82 per 100 dollars. Twenty four people urged opposition to tax hikes, while others pressed teacher salary requests.
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Grundy
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Circuit Court Room
Court House
Wayne Horne
Glen Smith
Papal Appeal Amid Middle East Turmoil and Falklands War Echoes
The story details ongoing Lebanon fighting with PLO resistance and a cease-fire dispute, Syrian troop movements, and U S and Soviet reactions. It also covers John Paul II’s Argentina visit amid Falklands tensions, his calls for peace, and large crowds at Lujan. The report notes Israeli casualties in Lebanon, a senior officer killed, and paraded missing tank crews.
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Beirut
PLO
Mahmoud Labadi
Salah Khalaf
Abu Iyad
Syria
Israel
Labadi
Abu Obeidah
Associated Press
Scheherezade Faramarzi
Elizabeth II
Margaret Thatcher
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Britain
Reagan
Middle East
Philip C. Habib
Jerusalem
Damascus
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Assad
Soviet Union
Lebanon
Yekutiel Adam
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph City Desk
Garret Mathews
Ward Morgan
Area Youth Pleads Guilty to School Burglary
A 17-year-old Montcalm male pleaded guilty in Mercer County Juvenile Court to breaking and entering Montcalm High School. He was adjudicated delinquent and ordered to return Friday June 18 for final disposition.
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Princeton
Mercer County
William O. Bivens Jr
Montcalm
Montcalm High School
Not The One Gil Catron Denies Identity Claim
Gil Catron of Star Route Athens asks the Daily Telegraph to state he is not the same person as Gilbert Catron of Princeton charged with indecent exposure recently.
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Gil Catron
Star Route
Athens
The
Daily Telegraph
Gilbert Catron
Princeton
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M. L. Workman
Alderson
Eastern Gas and Fuel Association
Boone County
Everett
Lottie Jarret Workman
Trinity United Methodist Church
Talcott
Donald Houchins
Mildred Mills
Albuquerque
N.M
Beatrice Workman
Lobban Funeral Home
Monte Vista
Eliza Shrader
Bruce Compton
Salem
Lawson Compton
Lilly Stevenson Compton
Grace Baptist Church
Janice Sue Owens Compton
Kathy Carol Coeman
Big Rock
Donna Sue Compton
Kenneth Paul Compton
Steve Charles Compton
Bruce Compton Jr
Inis Pennington
Bulford
Ruth Whited
Lilly Jessess
Otis Compton
Guy Compton
Logan
Scott Compton
Richard Gary Addington
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Grundy Funeral Home
V.E. Fields
Mrs
Caleb (Draxie) Stiltner
Knoxville
Tenn
Buchanan County Va
Serene Manor
James A
Ellen Stanley Clevinger
Caleb Stiltner
Lexie Cross
Elanor Russelle
Esther Stiltner
Delma Stiltner
Florine Kerns
Dayton
Harold
Bluefield Dance Theatre
Robert Harrington
Gilbert Hill
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Flowtron
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Jimmy Widner
Virginia State Police
Senate
Ways and Means
London
John Paul II
Falkland Islands
South Atlantic
Joint Chiefs
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Brady
Thomas Delahanty
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By Wilson Ramsey Nally Tals Raph
Staff “Petter
Education Association
Tory
Hafez Assad
United States
Moshe Arens
White House
David Gergen
Berlin
Cope
Basilica of
Lujan
John Paul
Basiica
Mary
Vatican
Latin America
Rome
Palermo Park
IN Young Park
M.D
American Board OF Internal Medicine
Parks Clinic
Mercer Street
W.V
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Bluewell
Milligan College
Johnson City
Tennessee
Wew Hope RD
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Glenn A. Tabor, JR
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