HUD Attacks Local Public Housing Authority Over Hill Street Project
HUD letter to Lynn Johnson accuses the Public Housing Authority of unauthorized plan changes for the 142 unit Hill Street Extension project worth 2.6 million dollars. It cites omissions in drainage pipes landscaping water lines and other cost savings benefiting Corte Construction. The agency demands extra soil tests amid concerns of improper fill and potential building collapse while signaling readiness to deny a final inspection until issues are resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Terry
U. S. Department of Holl and Urban Development
Hill Street
Lynn Johnson
HUD
Johnson
Corte Construction Co
Corte
Charles Lieberth
Pittsburgh
Lieberth
Nethero
Ted Boggess
Princeton
Leiberth
LHA
Local Housing Authority
Fred O. Blue
Phil Lilly
Blue
Boggess
Dan Ashlin
Merl in Bret Anesence Rates Advertised
Fragmentary line reads about annual rate 832 and 03.10 monthly calendar rates. Mentions Bureau of Cir Advertising Representative Mathews Wenner Cullen teleprane 377 617.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merl
Bret Ane
Weel
Ava! Bureau of Cirvielen
Mathews Wenner & Cullen Teleprane
Fatal Crash Claims Giles County Youth
A 17 year old Giles County Virginia youth Frederick Lee Taylor of Pearisburg died Thursday night in a single vehicle crash on U S Route 460 near the Ripplemead post office. Taylor an upcoming Giles High School senior and cross country track athlete was ejected when the car overturned and struck a tree. He is survived by his parents a sister a brother and his maternal grandmother. Funeral services are set for today at 2 p m at Gibbons Funeral Chapel with burial at Brunswick Burial Park Pearisburg.
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Giles County
U. S. Rt. 460
Ripplemead
Frederick Lee Taylor
Pearisburg
Taylor
Rt. 460
Walter Crawford
Pearish Detachment
Virginian State Police
Giles High School
Key Club
Willie J. Taylor
Pearlsburg
Debra L. Taylor
Lewis H. Taylor
Princeton
Minnie Sykes
Gibbons
Leonard
Jones and Pennington Deaths Highlight Regional Obituaries
Dennis Wayne Jones 19 of Kimball dies in Welch hospital after a long illness. Survived by parents, siblings, and stepfamily with services at Roderfield Christian Church and burial at Jaeger Memorial Cemetery. Lorain Cofer Pennington 75 of Montcalm dies in Bluefield hospital. founder of Montcalm Volunteer Fire Department and former electrican with American Coal. Services at Cravens Shires Funeral Home Bluewell with graveside rites by Eastern Star. survivors include daughter Elinor Helmandollar and son James Pennington.
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Dennis W. Jones
Dennis Wayne
Bimbo) Jones
Kimball
Welch Hospital
Welch
Ennis Mathis Jones
Clarence E. Jones
Roderfield
Jerry
Barbara) Isaac
James
Rita) Bianconi
Baltimore
Tammy Jones
Linda Jones
Allen Jones
Douglas Jones
Glenn
Sue) Thomas
Martinsville
Tony
Carolyn) Micale
Cleveland
Ohio
Lorain Cofer Pennington
Montcalm
Pocahontas
Bluefield
Pettry
James W
Louise M. Pettry Pennington
Sadie Pennington
James Cofer Pennington
Columbus
G. T. Gentry
Princeton
Robert S. Vawter
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Leroy Woolard
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bailey Masonica No. 157
Rock
Order of the Eastern Star
City accelerates sewage fixes to avert penalties
City officials say two aging treatment plants fail to meet pollution standards and plans call for two new plants plus extended service to 1600 residents in Cumberland Heights. Interceptors will be enlarged and plants converted to storm holds while interim rate hikes fund WV and VA portions of the project.
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East End
U. S. 460
Grassy Branch
Bluefield
Cumberland Heights
Curry
Horton Dam
Mercer County Health Department
Mercer County
West Virginia
Virginia
Environmental Protection Agency
Bluestone
Tice
Sanitary Board
Omar Dewey Hubble dies in Michigan hospital
Omar Dewey Hubble 49 of Michigan formerly of Bluefield died Tuesday in a Detroit area hospital after an apparent heart attack. Survivors include his mother Mrs Harmon Leedy of Bluefield and five sisters and two brothers. Services were conducted today in Michigan.
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Omar Dewey Hubble
Omar Dewey, Hubble
Michigan
Bluefield
Detroit, Mich
Harmon Leedy
Sonny Hubble
The
Home
Frank Rewn
Ballton
Mich
William Hicks
Wyandotte
Ruby Hilton
John Patterson
Hugh Johnston
Mesa
Ariz
George Hubble
Ecorse
Clyde Hubble
Orlando
Fla
Funeral notices from Bluefield area
Multiple obituaries list Hodges Foltz 90 at Mercer Funeral Chapel with burial at Monte Vista Park Cemetery and pallbearers. Price Eldridge Huffman 64 to be buried at Grandview Memory Gardens. flowerbearers named. Howard Quincy Quesenberry 63 to be buried Woodlawn Memorial Park with pallbearers listed. Norman Edward Short 27 to be buried McGlothlin Cemetery near Rowe. Hazel M Arrington 72 entombed at Woodlawn Mausoleum with pallbearers named.
Ida Belle Fletcher Matney 70 Raven Va dies after long illness
Ida Belle Fletcher Matney aged 70 of Raven Virginia died Thursday night in a Richlands hospital after a long illness. She was born in Council to Arch and Amey Fletcher and was a Methodist. Survived by husband Bert C Lum Matney a daughter Loretta Wilson three sons Robert Lee Matney Charles Willard Matney and William Eddie Matney a sister Hattie Russ eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral conducted at 3 p m Sunday at Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with three ministers. burial in Greenhills Memory Gardens.
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Clayton Rex Russ
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Honaker
Will
Leah Owens Russ
Oakwood Redash Coal Co
Trinity Assembly of God Church
Winnie Altizer Russ
Robert
Ada) Brown
Eula Russ
George
Josephine) Barnett
Kansas City
Roger
Vernie) Asbury
Fay
Maxine) Steele
Karamursel
Turkey
Claude Jessie Payne Jr
Chester
Myrtle Blankenship
Clea Thomas
Drill
Mullins
Bernard Shrader
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Ida Belle Fletcher Tney
Ida Belle Fletcher Matney
Raven
Council
Arch
Amey Jackson Fletcher
Methodist Council
Bert C. (Lum) Matney
Paul Gene
Loretta) Wilson
Mavisdale
Robert Lee Matney
Crestline
Ohio
Charles Willard Matney
Mt. Gilead
William E
Eddie) Matney
Kingsport
Tenn
Hattie Russ
Honaker Funeral Home
Ancil Childress
Truel Brown
Pe Herndon
Worley Elliott, 55, Elizabethton, dies. WWII veteran
Nathan Elliott Worley of Elizabethton Tennessee died early Friday in Elizabethton. He was born in Carbo Virginia and formerly lived in Princeton and Mullens. He served in the Pacific during World War II and worked for Norfolk and Western Railway in Brewster Ohio. Survivors include five brothers Edward Elliott Emanuel Elliott King Elliott Harry Elliott and Hugh Elliott. The body is at Hathaway and Percy Funeral Home Elizabethton where arrangements were incomplete.
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Worley
Nathan Elliott
Elizabethton
Tenn
Carbo
Russell County
Princeton
Mullens
Norfolk and Western Railway
Brewster
Ohio
Edward Elliott
Emanuel Elliott
King Elliott
Harry Elliott
Johnson City
Mrs Rosie Hamm Rites Held At Boissevain Church
Rosie Belle White Hamm 64 of Abbs Valley Va died on arrival at a Bluefield hospital after a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County she was the daughter of Martha Ellen White and the late Daniel White. Surviving daughters Daisy Hamm Nellie Taylor Linda Ellis Faye Jones a son Allen Hamm a brother Charlie White nine grandchildren. Services Sunday at Boissevain Baptist Church conducted by Dr Ted Cook and Rev Avery Lynch. Burial at Grandview Memory Gardens with pallbearers and church choir participation.
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Rosie Hamm
Rosie Belle White Hamm
Abbs Valley
Bluefield
Buchanan County
Martha Ellen White
Daniel White
Oliver Hamm
Boissevain Baptist Church
Donald
Daisy) Hamm
North Tazewell
Franklin
Nellie) Taylor
Avery
Linda) Ellis Jr
Falls Mills
Melvin
Faye) Jones
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Allen Hamm
Fort Campbell
Charlie Jackson White
Alameda
Calif
Biossevain Baptist Church
Ted R. Cook
Avery Lynch
Grandview Memory Gardens
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union
Pocahontas
Death of Tom Haney Vance in Cedar Bluff
Tom Haney Vance 53 of Rt 1 North Tazewell Va died Thursday at work in Cedar Bluff after an apparent heart attack. He was a retired miner, UMWA member, Navy veteran, and served with the Virginia State Highway Department. Survived by widow Letha. five children. two half sisters. one half brother. body at Hurst-Scott Funeral Home Richlands pending relatives arrival.
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Tom Haney Vance
Rt. 1
North Tazewell
Cedar Bluff
Cleveland
David Alex
Marriah Wilson Vance
Russell County
UMWA
Amonate
Roy Darnell Vance
U. S. Army
Frankfort
Germany
Tommy Joe Vance
Ronald Clayton Vance
Kathleen Grizzle
Madelyn Lampkin
Harry Lee Vance
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Edna Stephenson 78 Bluefield longtime department store saleslady
Edna Jane Williams Stephenson 78 of 113 North Street Bluefield died Thursday night in a Bluefield hospital. Born in Montezuma North Carolina she was the daughter of Larkin Williams and Ellen Estridge Williams. A member of College Avenue Baptist Church she retired from A W Cox Dept Store Welch. Survived by step son Ernest Stephenson Charleston three sisters Anne Jackson Bluefield R C Trent Newport News Va Ruth Mizell Norfolk Va five grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 11 a.m. at Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield with Rev Frank Schwall officiating. Burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery on Old Princeton Road. Funeral home Sunday 4 to 9.
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Edna Jane Williams Stephenson
North Street
Bluefield
Montezuma
N. C
Larkin
Ellen Estridge Williams
College Avenue
R. C. Trent
Newport News
Ruth Mizell
Norfolk
Mercer Funeral Home
Frank Schwall
Monte Vista Park
Princeton Road
Miners Ordered Back To Work In West Virginia Strike
U S District Court Judge K K Hall ordered striking miners to return to the Pocahontas Fuel Division Lyece Mine in Wyomingtonn West Virginia. The mine employs about 200 people and had been closed since Wednesday when United Mine Workers Local 7692 members walked out over a job posting dispute.
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Charleston
W.va
U. S. District Court
K. K. Hall
Pocahontas Fuel Division
Lyece
West Virginia
United Mine Workers Local 7692
Driver Killed in Motorcycle Car Collision Near Wartburg
Danny D. Bond, 22, of Wartburg Tennessee, was killed Thursday night in a two vehicle crash on U.S. 27 about six miles north of Wartburg.
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Wartburg, Tenn
Danny D. Bond
U.S. 27
Here
Lawmakers critique foreign trip proposal as improper
Democratic leaders voiced outrage over a suggested legislative trip abroad. Senate President William T. Brotherton said the plan invites criticism and embarrasses others. House Speaker Lewis N. McManus agreed the approach was bad and that government is serious business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lohr
Senate
William T. Brotherton
D-Kanawha
Brotherton
Lewis N. McManus
Raleigh
Worker strikes seen as inevitable due to job boredom
An unnamed British worker attempted to stop a machine line and pleaded work monotony. An occupational psychologist Dr Norman Wilson from Britain's National Institute of Industrial Psychology warned more bloody-minded strikes are likely. He argued real efficiency requires job satisfaction and cited stress, forced pacing, repetition, and short cycles as key issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Wilson
Britain
National Institute of Industrial Psychology
Wilson
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Thomas Tapley
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Alton McNeil
Dexter Huff
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