Ferre Eyes Farm Wage Plan To Stop Rural Exodus
Puerto Rico Governor Luis A. Ferre pushes a three year farm wage supplement to raise pay from 55 to 80 cents then to 1.00 an hour, hoping to keep workers on farms. The plan, approved by the House and Senate in modified form, aims to spur mechanization and farm profits while Ferre reframes government as accessible and attentive. The Development Board reports $169.4 million in new or expanded enterprise since January, compared with the prior yearly record of $129.7 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Luis A. Ferre
Ferre
Nana
Island House
Senate
House
Gov. Ferre
Puerto Rican Development Board
Deaths and Funerals Page Highlights Local Losses
Obituaries from Princeton to Welch report Lula Cooper 77 of Portsmouth and many regional residents dying after long illnesses. Services set for Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton with burial at Resthaven. other notices include Herbert Barber 93 of Pisgah and Mike Starling 23 in Bluefield. General Chatfield 82 of Welch. Alfred Hamblin 72 of Berton. Okie Riddle 60 of Bramwell. Fred Moses 43 of Princeton. Arthur Joyce 58 of Richlands. Willie Watkins 80 of Kimball. Rosie Perry 85 of War. Funeral details, callers hours, and burial sites listed.
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Lula Cooper
Lula M. Cooper
Dale Dr
Portsmouth
Princeton
North Carolina
James Moore
Fred Cooper
First Church of God At
Rollins Cooper
Los Angeles
Calif
Ernest Cooper
Roanoke
Norfolk
Ester Myers
Lois Shrewsbury
Washington, D. C
Matilda Carswell
Hickory
N.C
Thelma Montigny
Texas
Minnie McCrain
Kernersville
N. C
Floyd
V. C. Moore
Virgil Moore
Memorial
Chalmer P. Conley
Resthaven
Michael Thomas Starling
Bluefield Ave
Bluefield
East River Mountain
Virginia Avenue Methodist Church
French Taylor
Maple Hill Cemetery
William Lovell
Barbara Tooth Starling
Spring Grove
Michaele Star
Bland
Alfred Lee Hamblin
Berton
Pearisburg
Bear Spring
United Methodist Church
Rosa
Hamblin
Harold
Curtis Hamblin
Malcomb St. Clair
Bedford
Richard Hamblin
Rocky Mount
John A. Hamblin
Trigg
Woodrow Mustard
Bessie Hamblin
Bear Spring United Methodist Church
James Crabtree
A. West and Son
White Gate
Highland Educational Project announced for Appalachian leadership
Rev Wilburn C Campbell D D Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Virginia announces the Highland Educational Project to train indigenous lay leadership in Appalachia. The program partners with C O R A and Appalachia South Inc to develop materials and provide evaluation and coordination. Reverend W Ross Baley to direct with Mrs Baley assisting, based at Grace Church Keystone with residence in Northfork starting July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilburn C. Cambell
D. D
Episcopal Diocese of
West Virginia
Highland Educational Project
Appalachian
Campbell
Commission On Religion
Appalachia
C.O.R.A
State Council of Churches
Appalachian Committee
National Council of Churches
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
C.C.R.A
United States
Ernest J. Nesius
West Virginia University
Appalachia South, Inc
Episcopal Church
Southern Appalachia
Department of Mission and Strategy
Diocese of
W. Ross Baley
Baley
Grace Church
Keystone
Asheville
Spruce Pine
North Carolina
Baleys
Northfork
Dale R. Craig
McDowell Parish
Craig
Churches of McDowell Parish
Bluefield High School Class of 1934 Reunion Extended
Members of Bluefield High School’s 1934 graduating class will hold a reunion July 12 and 13 and have invited the January 1934 class to join. June graduates not yet contacted include Mildred Gage Bailey Iona Barnes Stella Cook Lilian Jones Katherine Slaughter Julia Turpin and Mary Caroline Carnes. Contact Mrs James Pea at 1237 Eldridge St Bluefield for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield High School
Mildred Gage Bailey
Iona E. Barnes
Stella M. Cook
Lilian Jones
Katherine Slaughter
Julia Turpin
Mary Caroline Carnes
James Pe A
Eldridge &T
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Note of The Associated Press
Bluefield Daily Telegraph is an established morning paper published by the Daly Telegraph Printing Co. at 419 Bloed Street Bluefield West Virginia and affiliated with the Associated Press as a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daly Telegraph Printing Co
Bloed Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
One Highway Crash Reported in Mercer County
State police reported a single accident in Mercer County on Saturday. A 1968 model car driven by William Peters, 48, of Switchback, collided with a car driven by Joanne Elvabbon, 18, of Maybeury. Peters vehicle traveled north on U S 52 and slid on wet pavement. Hospitalized were Shelia Brabbon 11 Judy Brabbon 11 Ambrose Brabbon 57 and Ruby Brabbon 50 and Peters. Peters charged with failure to keep his vehicle right of center. Trooper D R Wills investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
William Peters
Joanne Elvabbon
Maybeury
Peters
U. S
Brabbon
Shelia Brabbon
Judy Brabbon
Ambrose Brabbon
Ruby Brabbon
Church Names Appointments at West Virginia Conference
The United Methodist Church of West Virginia announced minister and lay appointments at Buckhannon after the annual conference session. New Bluefield district postings include Meredith Ball Carr Memorial Oakvale Mrs A J Young New Hope Road Arnold Akers Wesley J E Gerrell Gary Wilfred Rose Keystone Northfork John Greiser Kimball Superior Cecil McMillion Princeton Anderson Kingsley Welch and G R Mosley Kermit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New United Methodist Church of
United States Purchases Buck Island and Virgin Islands Islands
In 1917 the United States bought Buck Island and nearby islands from Denmark including St. Thomas St. John and St. Croix. In 1961 the land reef became a national monument managed by Virgin Islands National Park on St. John.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Island
Caribbean
United States
Denmark
St. Thomas
St. John
St. Croix
Virgin Islands National Park
Fire Damages Philippi Firms in Barbour County
A pre dawn fire in Philippi West Virginia caused about 350000 in damage to a restaurant and a Western Auto store annex. A truck driver provided rock dust helping firefighters contain the blaze and saved the County Board of Education office. Nearby structures suffered water damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippi, W. Va
Barbour County
County Board of Education
Western Auto Store
Central Honor Students Listed for Sixth Six Weeks
Central Junior High School lists honor roll for the sixth six weeks. The ninth grade includes Carl Belcher Mary Beth Graham Denise Lawless Ronda Belcher Thomas Surratt Andrea Perenyi. B honor roll ninth grade includes Pamela Aliff Pat Arnold Patricia Arney Theresa Battle Theresa Browning Marilyn Carbaugh and many others. The eighth grade B honor roll features Cathy Aliff Brenda Beavers and more. Seventh grade B honor roll lists Connie Akers Sue Anderson Thomas Bagar Robert Bailey Elizabeth Barlow and numerous students.
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Central Junior High School
Carl Belcher
Mary Beth Graham
Denise Lawless
Ronda Belcher
Thomas Surratt
Andrea Perenyi
Ginger McCormick
Kent Wright
Michael Onifer
Jerry Neal
Anita Lynch
Pamela Aliff
Pat Arnold
Patricia Arney
Theresa Battle
Theresa Browning
Marilyn Carbaugh
Drema Conley
Steven Dick
Freddie Dotson
Brenda Doyle
Leslie Dunn
Donald Francis
Larry Garrett
Michael Gates
Fima Gibson
Pam Hall
Cathy Hoops
Marty Kish
Rita Lightner
Nigal Messer
Patricia Mullins
Larry Perdue
Riat Poff
Betty Rakes
Susan Levert
Pamela Steele
Donald Smith
Ernest Szachacs
Ristina Brown
Judy Burchett
Larry Buzzo
Wanda Cahill
Diane Carper
Lynn Carner
Ruth Catron
Sara Cheek
Cathy Cregger
Brenda Cox
Janette Crockett
Donald Davis
Valerie Dick
Debra Dillon
Dowell
Lynn
Linda Doyle
Virginia Fuda
June Hagg
Ricky Halsey
Deborah Hall
Debra Hart
William Hart
Barbara Hendricx
Connie Hicks
Susan Hoback
Regina Horton
Guy Harmon
Barry Lester
Jackie Lively
Jonny Lowe
Donna Mann
Barry McGhee
Patty McNeal
Brenda Martin
Phyllis Musick
Deborah Nester
Faye Nichols
Kaye Nichols
Tommy Nunn
Shelis Poe
Anita Price
Diana Proffitt
Randall Proffitt
Joan Rakes
Susan Ratcliff
Phyllis Roark
Patricia Roark
Regina Roberts
Bridget Romano
Margaret Ruble
Kathy Salyers
Diana Shumate
Diane Simons
Brenda Sizemore
James Smith
Broderick Smith
Kathy Stepp
Keith Stepp
Gail Steinmetz
Barbara Stephens
Frankie Taylor
Timmy Thompson
David Thompson
Richard Tolbert
Michael Wimmer
David Witt
John Wyatt
Paul Worley
Dutch Navigator Block Reaches Long Island Sound in 1614
Adriaen Block became the first European to sail the full length of Long Island Sound in 1614 navigating Hell Gate of the East River and entering the sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island Sound
Adriaen Block
Hell Gate
East River
Wrecks Cited In McDowell County Traffic Accidents
McDowell County police reported three accidents from Friday to Saturday. Dorothy Kolarich of Anawalt struck Dempsey Moore injuring him with a broken leg. Harry James Gibson of Coalwood lost control, damaging property and injuring no one as a home, a fence, and a parked car were involved. Alfred Farmer of Junction City collided with Steve Colosi near Welch, causing about $500 in damages. charges were filed against Gibson and another driver for roadway stopping and control violations.
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McDowell County
Dorothy Kolarich
Anawalt
Dempsey Moore
Moore
J. C. Hendrick
Harry James Gibson
Coalwood
Newcamp
Gibson
Bill Mays
Terry M. Spears
Charles Spears
J. C. Hedricks
West Virginia
Welch
Alfred Farmer
Junction City
Steve Colosi
Farmer’s Auto
Colosi
Bluefielder Named For Virginia Tech Science Training
Henry Bowen of Virginia Heights Drive Bluefield has been selected for a six week Student Science Training Program in Life Sciences at Virginia Tech. He joins about 300 rising high school seniors in the NSF funded course with a lecture titled Enzymes Key to Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bowen
Virginia Heights Drive
Bluefield
Virginia Tech
Key To Life
Bowen
National Science Foundation
Man Charged In Road Death Case
Ern est Ackerman of Mountain Lake Park Maryland faces negligent homicide charges after 23 year old Herbert Gene Ludwick of Augusta Hampshire County died on U S 50 at Capon Bridge. A tractor trailer driven by Ackerman jackknifed pinning Ludwick's car when brakes locked on a sharp curve.
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Romney
W. Va
Ernest Ackerman
Mountain Lake Park
Hampshire County
Herbert Gene Ludwick
Augusta
Ackerman
U. S. 50
Capon Bridge
Coal Loadings Rise Across Area Mines As Week Ends
Coal production for area mines tied to the Smokeless Operators Association for the week ending June 12 reached 556,701 tons, up 150,739 from the prior week, with 1969 year-to-date at 10,438,146 tons and 12.8 percent below last year’s pace. National bituminous output for the same week stood at 11,535,000 tons, while year-to-date totals reached 235,520,000 tons. Railroad car loadings by Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio Railways totaled 24,941 and 24,198 tons respectively for the week, with year-to-date totals around 620,512 and higher than the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smokeless Operators Association
Norfolk and Western Railway
Pocahutas
Virginian
Tug River
Uvver Buchanan
Clinch Valley
Thacker-Tiller
Kenova
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
New River
Kanawha
Coal River
Logan
Kentucky
Hocking
Mountain State Forest Festival Queen Named in Elkins
Charlotte Nelle Buzzard 20 of Moundsville was chosen queen for the 33rd Mountain State Forest Festival. The event on October 25 at Elkins will crown her at Davis and Elkins College with Gov Arch Moore Jr. presenting. She is set to begin her senior year in elementary education at West Virginia University.
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Elkins
Charlotte Nelle Buzzard
Moundsville
Miss Buzzard
West Virginia University
Arch A. Moore Jr
Davis and Elkins College
Byrd Urges Democratic Restraint At West Virginia Dinner
Sen. Robert Byrd urged the Democratic Party to present sound alternatives and restraint in policy, especially on national issues like the Vietnam War. He said Democrats should avoid ridicule or obstruction and rely on statesmanship over blind partisanship to influence national outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W.va
Robert C. Byrd
DW. Va
Democratic Party
Byrd
Wood County
Area Market Prices Mixed Across Virginia Towns
Last week area market prices in Tazewell Wytheville and Abingdon Virginia showed mixed movement yet stayed well above year ago levels Slaughter lambs rose up to 50 cents while veal calves and beef cattle saw varied shifts Prime lambs sold 29 30 top and 28 50 29 for choice and 25 26 20 for good Slaughter cows and bulls showed mixed gains and losses with several price bands listed Stocker feeder activity was light last week with several weight classes and grades cited in the report
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Tazewell
Wytheville
Abingdon
Area Highway Work Listed
State Road Commissioner William S. Ritchie Jr. announced contracts for resurfacing about 47.7 miles of highway across McDowell Kanawha Mingo Raleigh Wayne Jackson Kanawha and Lincoln Counties at 532,959 dollars funded entirely by state funds with completion targeted for early October. Rejected bids for 21.6 miles in Mercer Mingo Berkeley Fayette Morgan Nicholas and Wayne will be readvertised. A 6.4 mile Williamson Sprigg road project on W Va 49 in Mingo County was awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Ritchie Jr
McDowell
Wyoming
Mingo
Raleigh
Wayne
Jackson
Kanawha
Lincoln
Ritchie
Mercer
Berkeley
Fayette
Morgan, Nicholas
Wayne Counties
Mingo County
Williamson - Sprigg Road
W. Va
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
U.S. Weather Bureau
ESSA
mid-Mississippi
Ley
Midwest
Virginia Prewett
Department of Agriculture
Michael Starling
Herbert Boyer Barbor
Herbert Ebyer Barber
Pisgah
Fred Moses
Pisgah Methodist Church
Concord Masonic Lodge
Athens
Herbert B
Fannie Grigsby Barbor
Elizabeth Graw
Arlington, Va
Herbert B. Barbor, Jr
Jack Barbor
Petersburg
Gorden Barbor
Riversdale
Robert Meredith
Kingsport
Tenn
Harry Barberie
Bill Deel
George W. Seaver Mortuary
E. L. Chatfield
Virginia Avenue
Welch Hospital
Lawrence County
Ohio
Lucille Lawrence Lysatte
First Presbyterian Church of
Berwind
West Virginia Department of Mines
Lawrence Chatfield
Richard
Lucille) Parsons
Leonard Ball
Columbus
Fanning Funeral Home Chapel
Lawton Posey
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton Road
Jack Beamer
Reid Lawson
Charles Gearhart Sr
Meyer Bell
Jeff Witten
Bill Horne
Okie Lee Riddle
Bramwell
Cravens - Shires
Bluewell
Pisgah Road
The
City Glass and Radiator Co
Johnson’s Chapel
He Was
Lizie Moles
Mat Moles
Geraldine Moles
Kathy Jane
Patty Ann
Debra Moles
Virgie Hill
Jacksonville
Fla
Howard Moles
Johnson’s Chapel Church
Jimmy Jones
Arthur E. Joyce
Arthur Edward Joyce
Richlands
Flossie Mae Shelton Joyce
Margaret Dye
Linda Holmes
Betty Boothe
Chester
Mary Gray
Martinsville
Phillip Joyce
Kenneth Joyce
Edward Earl Joyce
Christian Church
Charles Vaughn
James B. Hollinhead
Hawkins Cemetery
Mullins Funeral Home
Willie Watkins
Tidewater
Kimball
Tennessee
Ben and
Hannah Watkins
Lovely Zion Church
Bottom Creek
Union
UMWA
Maggie Jefferson Watkins
Lelia Sanders
Brooklyn
N. Y
William Turner
James Wormley
Oak Grove Cemetery
Kimball Funeral Home
Rosie Perry
Joe Rose
Emanuel Baptist Church of
Douglas Mortuary
Carrie Thomas
Aea 71
Superior
Page Funeral Home
D. R. Wills
Philippi Firms
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