Olin to Permanently Close Saltville Soda Ash Plant
Olin Corp will shut its Saltville soda ash operation by July 1 affecting 415 of 747 Saltville employees. The move stems from unsold production, full storage, and new water standards, while the company continues other Saltville operations and plans a new chlorine plant.
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Richmond, Va
Olin Corp
Saltville
Olin
Virginia State Water Control Board
William A. Oppold
Oppold
Soda Ask
Kiwanians View Film On Rt 460 in Green Valley
Ray Brown of the State Highway Department showed a film on proposed U S 460 routing through Green Valley. An interchange near Clover Dew Dairies and Warden's Market would affect about 26 families. The Glenwood Green Valley Kiwanis Club discussed festival participation and a fishing booth at the Princeton Fun Festival.
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Ray Brown
State Department of Highways
Green Valley
Glenwood
John Lambert
Princeton
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph 1893 establishment notes delivery options in West Virginia. Includes carrier and mail rates, zone pricing, and circulation bureau references.
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Daily Telegraph
Bland Street
Bluefieiad
Associated Press
Nis Pape
Aise Ne
West Virginia
Gureau of Circulation
Ady Repreneuielive. Mathems., & Cottam, Ee
Deaths and Funerals In Bluefield Area
Death notices report Rice Richard Thompson 80 of Honaker Va died in Lebanon Va after long illness. Survivors include widow Gertie W Thompson, three daughters, three sons, two sisters, 16 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at Honaker Funeral Home with burial in Thompson Cemetery. Oscar Amos Akers of Princeton died Tuesday morning. service Thursday at George W Seaver Chapel with burial Resthaven Park Cemetery. Michael Steven Blankenship newborn son of Michael and Beatrice Blankenship of Hanover died shortly after birth. Graveside today at Jaeger Memorial Cemetery Roderfield. George M Greer 80 of Jeffersonville Ind formerly Bluefield area died June 8 after long illness. Surviving daughter and son. services held in Jeffersonville with burial in Glasgow Ky.
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Rice Richard Thompson
Big A
Honaker
Lebanon
Russell County
Thompson
Emory
Ida Yates Thompson
Bethany Baptist Church
Gertie W. Thompson
Eula Gay Cox
Belfast
Daisy Fletcher
Maxine Taylor
Kyle
Earl Thompson
Glen Thompson
Bakersfield
Calif
Tina Musick
Bristol
Maude Stinson
Rocky Gap
Honaker Funeral Home
Harley Dye
Howard Smith
Oscar Amos Akers
New Hope Road
Princeton
Akers
State Road Commission
Bluefield
James T
Dora Hearn Akers
Dublin
Agnes Eastridge Akers
Harry F. Akers
Montrose
Marion Winfrey
Ora Nordman
Ray Conrad
Charlotte
N. C
George W. Seaver
Paul Bohn
Resthaven Park Cemetery
Bobby Winfrey
Bruce Runyon
Bobby Runyon
Herbert Mick
Howard Scarbury
Luke Hensley
Michael Blankenship
Michael Steven Blankenship
Michael
Beatrice Ellis Blankenship
Hanover
Welch Hospital
Angela
H. F. Blankenship
George Ellis
Man
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
Douglas Mortuary
Welch
George M. Greer
Jeffersonville
Ind
Pocahontas
Bill Ramsey
Roanoke
George Greer
Glasgow
William Redd longtime Jaeger merchant dies in Princeton
William Bill Redd 70 of Jaeger died Monday in a Princeton nursing home. Born in Nelson Kansas he was the son of G W and Carrie Hiett Redd. He lived in Jaeger 43 years operated a local store and belonged to Lilly of the Valley Baptist Church. Surviving include son William Howard Redd II of Columbus Ohio sisters Ophelia Owensby and Pearl Johnson brothers Herman and Charles Redd and two grandchildren Final rites set 1 PM Thursday at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Jaeger with Rev T J Goins and Rev David L Smith officiating Burial in Restlawn Memorial Estates Princeton Funeral home hours 5 to 9 PM.
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Bill) Redd
Jaeger
Princeton
Nelson
Kan
G. W
Carrie Hiett Redd
Redd
Lilly of the Valley Baptist Church
William Howard Redd II
Columbus
Ohio
Ophelia Owensby
Newhall
Pearl Johnson
Keystone
Herman Redd
Charles Redd
Yonkers
N. Y
Fanning Funeral Home Chapel
Laeger
T. J. Goins
David L. Smith
Restlawn Memorial Estates
Funeral services set for Francis S. Fekete of Dayton
Francis S. Fekete 52 formerly of Norton Virginia died Sunday in a Dayton hospital. He was World War II veteran and longtime Liberal Markets employee. Survived by Betty Fekete two daughters James Donovan Mary Kate Fekete two brothers Mike and Robert one sister Lena and one grandson. West Brook Funeral Home Dayton handles arrangements.
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Francis S. Fekete
Norton
Dayton, Ohio
St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church
Dayton
Mike
Anna Fekete
Betty Fekete
James Donovan
Louisville
Mary Kate Fekete
Mike Fekete
Portsmouth, Va
Robert Fekete
Crossville
Funerals for Grover C. Funston Held in Princeton
Grover C. Funston 82 of Princeton died recently. Funeral service Thursday at 11 a.m. in Burns Wornal Chapel with Rev. Ira Hill officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation today 2 to 9 p.m. Grandsons pallbearers. friends and neighbors to carry flowers.
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Shorter
Grover C
Princeton
Burns Wornal Chapel
Ira Hill
Oakwood
Area Woman Burned In Gas Blast In Maybeury
A McDowell County woman suffered third degree burns when a gas leak from a Maybeury service station ignited and blew part of the house she occupied. Eight to nine nearby homes were evacuated. the Hall residence sustained about 10 000 dollars in damage.
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McDowell County
Maybeury
Sheriff's Department
Charlie Giles
James Hall
Giles
Hall
Bluefield Sanitarium
Charges Dismissed Over Philadelphia Evidence
Witness interviews and documents showed Altizer was in Philadelphia on the day of the slaying and the following day. A judge dismissed the case due to physical impossibility. a $10,000 bond remains on the fugitive warrant. He agreed to return to Philadelphia to face fraud and theft related charges from October 1970.
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Philadelphia
Butterflys Feet Taste Buds Surprising Fact Revealed
A butterfly senses tastes with its feet. Researchers note the delicate organs trigger reactions when landing on nectar or host plants, guiding food choices and oviposition behavior in several species.
Advisory Teams To Leave Viet In Two Weeks
U S Command says battalion advisory teams will be phased out within two weeks as part of Vietnamization. Two small mobile teams will augment regimental advisers while two combat brigades exit Vietnam, including the 1st Brigade 5th Mechanized and the 11th Brigade Americal. About 14 000 American advisers remain in Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
Vietnams
da Nang
My Lai
Government seeks delay in Times return of Vietnam documents
A court hearing postponed a decision on the U.S. government request to order the New York Times to immediately return voluminous Vietnam war source documents used in a multi part series. The Justice Department seeks to permanently bar the Times from continuing the coverage seeking to curb disclosures.
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Vietnam
Gurfein
John N. Mitchell
The
Justice Department
United States Court House
U.S
Michael D. Hess
Alexander M. Bickel
Yale Law School
Supreme Court
Bickel
Personne
the Times
United States
Minnick Retires From Winnipeg Bombers
Phil Minnick, a 225-pound linebacker and six year veteran from the State College of Iowa, retires after missing last season with a knee injury suffered in the first league game. The announcement came Tuesday from the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League.
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Winnipeg
Phil Minnick
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Minnick
Bombers
State College of Iowa
Wrecking Ball Stolen From Church Razing Site
Police in Indianapolis investigate the theft of a 1500 pound steel wrecking ball from a company demolishing a church. The incident prompts a theft probe as investigators seek suspects and motive. The loss highlights security gaps at the demolition site.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Bub Wall Suffered Stroke At His Florida Home
William E. Bub Wall aged 54 formerly of Bluefield and a veteran Bluefield Daily Telegraph and Sunset News Observer staff suffered a stroke at his Braden ton Florida home on May 30. He is paralyzed on the right side and hospitalized at Bay Pines Veterans Hospital. Wall moved from Bluefield in 1967 to Brunswick Georgia and later to California before settling in Florida. He is a Concord College graduate, married to Elenor Harman of Tazewell, with two Athens sisters. he was previously married to Marion Wall, also a Bluefield newspaper employee.
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William E
Bub) Wall
Bluefield
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Sunset News Observer
Bradenton
Fla
Wall
Bay Pines Veterans Hospital
Bay Pines
Brunswick, Ga
California
Florida
Athens High School
Concord College
Elenor Harman
Tazewell
Athens
Marion Wall
Funeral for Sargeant Reynolds Honors Legacy in Richmond
A Richmond ceremony recalls Sargeant Reynolds with wealth charm looks and intellect, focusing on improving conditions for the old black poor and disabled. The service draws 900 in the old oak church as Governor and lawmakers join in honoring Reynolds with a Capitol service and prayers.
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Spong
James F. Anderson
Second Presbyterian Church
Capitol
Richmond
Reynolds
Virginia
Reno S. Harp
St. Stephens Church
Marshall T. Ware
Grace Episcopal
Hopkinsville
Mr. Anderson
Sargeant Reynolds
Senate of Virginia
Andrew P. Miller
House
John Warren Cooke
House votes to override veto on regional development bill
Senate approved the measure 45 to 33 while the House vote met the two thirds for overriding a veto. The plan would extend Appalachian regional programs for four years at 1.5 billion and two years for local economic loans at 2 billion, with financing to come later.
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Senate
House
Schalow Resigns as Duke Freshman Coach
Schalow resigns as Duke University freshman basketball coach after two years and takes a public relations position with a rubber company in Durham North Carolina.
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Durham
N.C
Jack Schalow
Duke University
Courthouse News Room Space Sparks Mixed County Officials Views
Mercer County officials voiced cautious support for a courthouse press room. Sheriff and judges defended courthouse operations as county business while clerks and prosecutors offered limited comments and stressed equal access for all media.
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Mercer County
Intermediate Court
Howard M. Jarrett
Charles Smith
Smith
Charles C. McGuire
Roger Hughes
Hemp Leaves Yield Marijuana says Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica states marijuana derives from the leaves and other tissues of the hemp plant. The claim frames the botanical basis of the drug, emphasizing its origin in Cannabis sativa components.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
County crackdowns curb illegal dumping and pollution
Mercer County officials report May prosecutions of 20 individuals and seven corporations for illegal dumping and stream pollution. Fines ranged up to $1,000, with multiple firms charged and the N and W Railway fined for a diesel spill. The crackdown aims to boost landfill use and curb repeat offenses, with clarified truck dumping guidelines and full day access to the landfill.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Wyoming County
Allied Chemical Corp
N&w
East River
Bluefield
McDowell County
Lowman & Johnson Drilling Co
Royalty Smokeless Coal Co
Ridge Land Coal Co
Ray Resources Drilling Rig
Hawley Coal Mining Corp
J. L. Kessinger
Athens
Mercer County
Carl Clay
Pizzino
Sheriff's Department
State Police and
Health Department
Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council
Browns Sign Two Rookies To Pacts
The Cleveland Browns announce the signing of two rookies Wilmer Levels of North Texas Late and William Green of Western Kentucky to 1971 contracts. Levels, a ninth round pick, and Green, a fifteenth round choice, will compete for defensive backfield positions.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Browns
Wilmer
North Texas
William Green
Western Kentucky
Green
Ladybugs Hibernate Instead Of Dying At Season End
The article explains that ladybugs survive winter by hibernating rather than dying off at season's end, highlighting their overwintering behavior and resilience.
Boyle Replaced As Fund Trustee Controversy Triggers Coal Strike
The Bituminous Coal Operators Association sought a show-cause order from U.S. District Judge Gerhard Gessell to compel Boyle and union lawyers to appear on contempt charges. Boyle was removed as welfare fund trustee, sparking a nationwide strike involving more than 11,000 miners across West Virginia Virginia Kentucky Ohio and Pennsylvania. The strike paralyzed mines, with 300 mines idle in West Virginia and major action spreading to Kentucky Virginia Ohio and Pennsylvania amid union leadership clashes surrounding Boyle and Yablonski history.
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Bituminous Coal Operators Association
U.S
Gerhard A. Gessell
Washington
Boyle
Gessell
BCOA
UMW
Carey
United States
District of Columbia
Welfare Fund
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
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