Deaths and Funerals Watson Neel and Charles Williams Jr
Watson Cyrus Neel 61 of Martinsburg died Sunday after a long illness. He worked 36 years for Dupont De Nemours River Works and is survived by Edith Neel, daughter Doris Davies, son Dwight Neel, sisters Oceana Janatale and Martha Hendrick, brothers Jel and William Neel, and several grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at Brown Funeral Home Martinsburg with burial in Pleasant View Memory Gardens. Charles Edmond Williams Jr 42 of Bluefield died in a Kingsport hospital from injuries suffered in an accident in St Paul, Virginia. He was a belt worker for Reid Belt and Kar Williams, four sons Kilmer Kevin Keith Kenneth Williams, sisters Reta Williams and Sharon Mitchell, brothers Bill Jerry and Roger Williams, and one grandchild. Funeral Tuesday at Cumberland Heights Baptist Church with burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Friends may call Mercer Funeral Homes Bluefield and at the church prior to services.
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Watson C. Neel
Watson Cyrus Neel
Williamsport Pike
Martinsburg
Nemours
David H
Martha Lawson Neel
Dupont de
Edith Sarver Neel
Doris Davies
Lake Jackson
Tex
Dwight I. Neel
Oceana Janatale
Bluefield
Martha Hendrick
Y Ti
Mich
Jel Neel
William Neel
Columbus
Ohio
Brown Funeral Home
Donald Ward
Arnold Brown
Pleasant View Memory Gardens
Charles Edmond Williams JR
Charles Edmond Williams, Jr
Horton Rd
Kingsport
Fred Wife
St. Paul
Reid
Kar Williams
Kilmer
Kevin
Keith
Kenneth Williams
Reta Williams
Sharon Mitchell
Williamsburg
Bill
Jerry
Roger Williams
Cumberland Heights Baptist Church
Farrell W. Brown
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Mercer Funeral Homes
Death notices: David R Lovern of Flint dies after illness
David Rudolph Lovern 41 of Flint Michigan formerly Princeton dies Friday in a Flint hospital after a short illness. He worked 20 years for Chevrolet Division GM Flint and was a Calvary Baptist Church member. Survived by mother Lottie Whitt Dunn of Lovern and brothers John Raymond Jimmy Lovern of Flint. Services Tuesday 2 PM at Green Springs Church with Rev Malone and Rev Ed Morgan. Burial at Lovern Farm. calling after 1 PM today. Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David R. Lovern
David Rudolph Lovern
Flint
Mich
Princeton
Lovern
Lottie Whitt Dunn
Aaron
Chevrolet
General Motors
Calvary Baptist Church
Cal
John Raymond
Jimmy) Lovern
Green Springs
Malone
Ed Morgan
Lovern Farm
Gene Gordon Havens Dies After Short Illness
Gene Gordon Havens 35 of Pearisburg Virginia died at home Saturday after a brief illness. Survived by mother Myrtle Havens and multiple Havens siblings in Virginia, Kansas, Maryland. Funeral conducted today at 2 p.m. at Givens Funeral Chapel Pearisburg with burial at Birchlawns Burial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Gordon Havens
Pearisburg
Myrtle Havens
Pearisburg, Va
Gene Gordon Havens, Jr
Marvin C. Havens
Dewey Agg Tea Gt Lamang
James E. Havens
Witaie Kans
John C. Havens
Baltimore, Md
Robert L. Havens
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertisement Notice
Classified notice from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph describing subscription rates by mail and home delivery in West Virginia, with monthly and annual pricing and service area details.
Mrs Mable Morman Dies in Bluefield Hospital
Mrs. Mable Morman of 1201 Greenbrier Street Bluefield died Sunday in a Bluefield hospital. Her body is at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements.
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Mable Morman
Greenbrier St
Bluefield
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Walter Vaden Sr. dies in Bluefield hospital
Walter Vaden Sr of Bluefield died Sunday in a local hospital. Funeral arrangements are being made at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home in Bluefield.
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Walter Vaden Sr
Bluefield
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Obituary of Orville D. Kitts Richlands Va resident
Orville Odell Kitts aged 74 of Iron Street Richlands Virginia died Sunday in a Richlands hospital after a long illness. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Tazewell County Funeral Home Cedar Bluff Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville D. Kitts
Orville Odell Kitts
Iron Street
Richlands
Tazewell County Funeral Home
Cedar Bluff
Richlands Resident Dies After Prolonged Illness
Richlands tar has died after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richlands
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Funeral services for Edward Crowell 65 Chevy Chase Md
Funeral for Edward Crowell 65 of Chevy Chase Md formerly of Bluefield set today at 2 p m at Hawkins Chapel Bluefield with Rev T F to preside. Burial at Monte Vista following with pallbearers listed including Davidson Paul Whittaker C M Goad G W Gills Bill Perdue and Paul Oliver.
Four Teens Die In West Virginia Auto Crash
Four teenage boys were killed when the car they rode in left the road and crashed into a vacant Main Street building in Rainelle Greenbrier County. Victims were Summers W Shawver 17 Howard Lawson 17 Larry Bowles 16 of Charme Kenneth W Brackenridge 16 of Rupert. Lawson drove the car. Bowles died en route to Greenbrier Valley Hospital.
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Rainelle
W.va
Main Street
Eile
Summers W. Shawver
Howard Lawson
Larry Bowles
Charmee
Kenneth W. Brackenridge
Rupert
Lawson
Bowles
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Fairlea
Bluefield Professor Attends Rhodesia Moral Rearmament Assembly
Dr. Richard A. Brown a 69 year old retired Bluefield State College dean participated in a Moral Rearmament International Assembly at the University of Rhodesia in Salisbury amid riots. He urged a not who is right but what is right approach to Rhodesia's racial tensions and warned against communism. Brown described his personal reform method and said moral change starts within each person, with future assemblies possible in Canada or the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathi Starling
Richard A. Brown
Dr. Brown
Bluefield State College
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Ece of
South
University of Rhodesia
Brown
America
Watergate
Nixon
Bluefield
Alec Smith
Ian Smith
Charles M. Rudder Jr. 91 Bluefield Real Estate Leader Dies
Charles M. Rudder Jr a Bluefield real estate developer and Florida Highway Association charter member died at 91 after a long illness at his home 428 Albemarle Street Bland County native and community leader. He had served as a director of the Commercial Bank of Bluefield and helped found Bluefield Day at the Bland County Fair. He leaves a daughter Mary Louise Shupe a son Billy Rudder and a grandchild. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Dudley Memorial Ostuary with burial at Vista Park Cemetery.
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Charles M. Rudder Jr
Bluefield
Good Roads
Albemarle Street
Bland County
Rudder
Florida Highway Association
St Fall
VPI
J. S. Hall
Eeeee
Louth
Commercial Bank
The
Post Office
Sterling Grocery Co
Ola Mitchell
Bland
Charles M
Lovisa Mustard Rudder
First Christian Church
United Commercial Travellers
Bluefield Masonics No. 85
A.F
A.M
Kedem Shrine Temple
Triangle Sportsmen's
Woodmen of the World
Order of Eastern Star
Commercial Bank of
Bland County Fair
Mary Louise) Shupe
Billy M. Rudder
Dudley Memorial Ostuary
Paul Gess
Vista Park Cemetery
Masons
Herbert Chambers
Taylor Minnick
Eugene McKenzie
James Sarver
James Yost
Robert Ramsey
Charles R. Brewer
J Shupe
Hurt As Trains Collide In Buffalo Yard
Two passenger trains in a Niagara River yard collided injuring at least 27 people. Hospitals reported multiple injuries including railway workers. The Canadian National and CP two car express from Detroit toward Hamilton and Toronto struck the Amtrak unit on the U S side of the International Railway Bridge.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Niagara River
Canadian National Railway
Detroit
Mich
Hamilton
Toronto
Ont
Amtrak
United States
International Railway Bridge
Lisbon exodus as Portugal shifts toward socialism prompts flee
In Lisbon hundreds of middle class Portuguese flee amid a shift from a 48 year capitalistic system toward socialism. American firms report several US companies to shut down, with about a dozen already closed or slated to close. Brezhnev dismisses health concerns and plans to stay active. A 68 year old party chief voted and spoke briefly to reporters. In Oregon a bill to ban fluorocarbon aerosol propellants heads to signatures, potentially cutting market inventories. A bus disaster in Austria injures 23 as a tour bus with brakes failed on a steep grade. In Washington a labor department plan outlines a summer jobs program for about 840,400 youths from disadvantaged families, funded by 456.35 million dollars.
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Lisbon
Portugal
United States
U. S
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Gonsanin
Russian Federation
Washington
Ford
Labor Department
Burr Treason Trial in Richmond 1807 Acquittal Date
Aaron Burr faced treason charges in Richmond Virginia on May 22 1807 for assembling an armed force to seize New Orleans and divide the western from the Atlantic states. Chief Justice John Marshall presided and Burr was acquitted September 1 after ruling treason required two witnesses.
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Aaron Burr
Richmond
Burr
New Orleans
John Marshall
World Almanac
Kissinger Talks With Waldheim On Cyprus And U N Session
Kissinger met Sunday with U N Secretary General Kurt Waldheim. He said the talks covered not only the Middle East but also the Cyprus issue and the September U N Assembly special session likely to pit industrial nations against the Third World. Parts of Cyprus have been under Turkish occupation since last July.
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Kissinger
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Middle East
Cyprus
U.N. Assembly
Russians and NVA Increase Presence in Laos
In Laos, Soviet officials and technicians, now numbering about 100, are expanding the Moscow mission as Pathet Lao gains ground. About 30,000 North Vietnamese troops and 14,000 Chinese road builders remain, as neutrality is stressed while Laos seeks continued aid on Laotian terms.
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Vientiane, Laos
Laos
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Moscow
Pathet Lao
Eeene
Aeroflot
Lane Xang
United States
Phoumi Vongvichit
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna
Pathet Raing
Paksa
Ho Chi Minh
Jamestown 1619 House of Burgesses Origins
The World Almanac notes that in 1619 the Crown named a governor in Jamestown Virginia and locals formed the House of Burgesses, the first self governing assembly in America. Voting rights defined by inhabitant status evolved to include free and indentured servants over sixteen.
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Jamestown
Virginia
House of Burgesses
America
England
Rey
World Almanac
Arab raid on Kfar Yuval sparks regional flare up
WAFA reports Israeli assault on Kfar Yuval as the first Arab terrorist raid inside Israel since a March Tel Aviv hotel attack. The incident fuels the fiercest Israel Lebanon border clashes since May 25 with Palestinian leaders praising cross border raids and calling for wider Arab support. Damascus criticizes Israeli air strikes as legalized terror while urging border states to allow Palestinian guerrilla activity.
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Israel
Tel Aviv
Israel-Lebanon
Damascus
PLO
Abdel Mohsen Abu Maizer
U.N
Two Firemen Die at Cincinnati Airport Terminal Fire
Two Cincinnati airport firefighters were killed while gaining control of a blaze in a renovated terminal housing airport offices and a few airline terminals. The fire, confined to the old terminal rededicated for 2 million dollars, forced evacuations and disrupted several carriers.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati
Flornce
Tiperane
Ioe Cio Riv
Donald T. Phillips
Erlanger
Thomas Zaferes
Robert Holschear
Holschear
Eastern
Piedmont
Allegheny
North Central Airlines
National Weather Service
The
Weather Service
Cleveland
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ex Princeton Mayor Charged After Rt 19 21 Crash
Malcolm Champ former Princeton mayor faced DWI charges after a two car crash on Rt 19 21 near Kegley Friday night. Wanda Shrewsbury and two occupants Virginia H. Shrewsbury 58 Ora Burton 72 of Matoaka suffered minor injuries and were treated and released. Vehicles a 64 Dodge and 73 Ford were totaled Champ refused treatment. Trooper K G Burner investigated. Traffic experts note windshield cleanliness to avoid distortion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Champ
Princeton
Kegley
Wanda Shrewsbury
Virginia H. Shrewsbury
Ora Burton
Matoaka
Champ
K. G. Burner
Gospel Sing At Pine Grove Missionary Baptist Church
A gospel sing is set at Pine Grove Missionary Baptist Gee ee 21 with program starting 7 30 p m featuring Fifes One Way Singers and the Blankenship Sisters. Rev Hattie Bennett hosts at Gospel Tabernacle Church on Roanoke Street 7:30 p m sponsored by Miss Nancy Mahan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Grove Missionary Baptist Church
Pine Grove Missionary Baptist
Easure
One
Blankenship
Gospel Tabernacle Church
Wwe
Mate Promen & Fe Sle Aenacle
Roanoke Street
Hattie Bennett
Nancy Mahan
AMA Opens Convention Amid Calls for Insurance Reform
AMA president Dr. Malcolm C. Todd told delegates in Atlantic City that malpractice insurance is a convulsive crisis. He outlined proposals including state law changes, tighter damage caps, and a possible re-insurance company to back state medical society plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N.J
American Medical Association
Malcolm C. Todd
Long Beach
Calif
AMA
Todd
House of Delegates
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Blend Street
Associated Press
Leones
West Virginia
Member
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Methews, Snannon & Cyilen
Ilness
Isen Wr
James A. Ruppert
Ensar Guealien
Fred B. Gramer
Ruppert
Salem
Ore
Bob Straub
Oregon
Villach
Austria
Thailand
Vientiane
U.S
Meo
Luang Prabang
Xieng Khoung
Houa Phan
Vang Pao
WAFA
Abu Maizer
Hafez Assad
Jordan
Yrian
Evartala S45
HILO
PRC
Otlk
Albu Uue
Clr
Anchorage
Atlanta
Charleston
Chicago
Des Moines
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Green Bay
Helena
Honolulu
Jacksville
Ind
Apolis
Kansas City
Little
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