FDA Moves Toward DES Drug Ban in Livestock
The FDA will hold a public hearing and proposes a formal ban on diethylstilbestrol DES as its use in cattle reaches into the meat supply. Commissioner Edwards cites need for action while considering alternatives and broader controls amid cancer risk concerns and rising prices.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Charles C. Edwards
William Proxmire
Dwis
Edwards
Surface Mining Reclamation Efforts and Club Meeting Change
The state reports most acres mined before 1949 have been reclaimed using a $60 per acre tax. 171 convictions since 1971 and ongoing surveillance keep mining operations in check. Reclamation bonds deter forfeiture, with penalties against repeat forfeiters. The Republican club shifts monthly meetings to the Mercer County Courthouse to avoid building-use fees.
Electrical fire damages home on Old Bluefield Road
An attic fire caused minor damage to a residence on the Old Bluefield Princeton Road. Green Valley volunteers say faulty wiring started the blaze in the attic of Raymond Sproles house. No injuries reported.
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Bluefield
Princeton Road
George Levitt
Green Valley
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Address and Rates Notice
Bluefield Daily Telegraph publication details include establishment year 1869, office at 412 Bland Street, Bluefield West Virginia, subscriber rates by carrier and mail, West Virginia zones 37.20 per year, motor route 3.10 monthly, and AU Circulation membership with advertising representative contact.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Shannon & Cullen Telephone
Deaths and Funerals Clarence E Jenkins Matoaka
Clarence E Jenkins 59 of Matoaka died Friday at a Huntington hospital after a heart attack. Survivors include his widow Zelphia, a son in the Marines, two Princeton daughters, five Matoaka brothers, three sisters. Funeral 11 a.m. Monday at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton. burial Roselawn Gardens on Bluefield Princeton road. Visitation Sunday 3 to 9:30 p.m. at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton.
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Clarence E. Jenkins
Matoaka
Huntington Hospital
Wyanoke
Jessie
Josephine Cecil Jenkins
Zelphia Pugalee Jenkins
United States Marine Corps
North Carolina
Frances Law
Barbara Modad
Princeton
Clarence Jenkins
Lawrence Jenkins
Raymond Jenkins
Vincent Jenkins
Arland Jenkins
Sherman Haynes
Harry Shrader
Josephine Parks
Wilmington
Del
Bailey Funeral Home
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Two Virginia Women Die. Rites Scheduled In Grundy And Bastian
Mrs Rose Davis 81 of Rt 1 Bastian Va died at a daughter's home after a long illness. Survived by three daughters two sons 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral at Rocky Gap United Methodist Church with burial at Bishop Chapel Cemetery. Mrs Martha Elizabeth Conley 82 of Rt 2 Grundy Va died Friday in a Grundy hospital after a long illness. Survived by one daughter two sons one brother 16 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren. Burial at Looney's Creek Cemetery with pallbearers and church ladies in attendance. Friends may call at local funeral homes.
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Rose Davis
Rose Stimson Davis
Rt. 1
Bastian
Rocky Gap
United Methodist Church
WSCS
John Davis
R. H
Mary Lee) Tickle
Bland, Va
R. Buford
Eva) Tuggle
J. Richard
Lois) Neal
J. Glen Davis
Tampa
Fla
W. Ray Davis
Rocky Gap United Methodist Church
W. R. Grimm Jr
R. T. Newton
Jack Day
Bishop Chapel
Newberry Funeral Home
Bland
Martha Elizabeth Conley
Martha’ Elizabeth Prater Conley
Rt. 2
Grundy
Grundy Hospital
Edward and
Allie Anderson Ashby
Looney’s Creek Church of God
Agie Stilner
Sunday Prater
Starke
Johnny Prater
Green Cove
Obituary for Mrs. Romanza Bradley at Peterstown church
Mrs. Romanza Catherine Bower Bradley 96 of Peterstown died Thursday night after a long illness. Born in Beckley daughter of John and Rebecca Bower she was a German Baptist Church member and widow of Gaston C. Bradley. Survived by seven sons several daughters and many grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Services Sunday at the German Baptist Church Lindside with burial in Bradley Cemetery.
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Romanza Bradley
Romanza Catherine Bower Bradley
Peterstown
Beckley
John and
Rebecca Fleshman Bower
German Baptist Church
Lindside
Gaston C. Bradley
Lottie Wingo
Princeton
Mary Pio
Kalamazoo
Mich
Ruth
Linside
Charles Sowers
Bradley
Broyles Funeral Chapel
Mrs. Julius Hand Dies After Short Illness
Mrs. Julius E. Hand age 72 of Rt. 3 Princeton died Friday night in a Princeton hospital after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Seaver Mortuary in Princeton.
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Julius Hand
Julius E
Anna) Hand
Rt. 3
Princeton
Hall’s Ridge Road
Seaver Mortuary
Court Order Tightens UMW Election After Yablonski Slaying
Irregularities in the 1969 United Mine Workers contest between incumbent Boyle and insurgent Joseph Yablonski prompted a court order. Yablonski was assassinated three weeks after the election, and officials urged vigorous enforcement by the labor department to ensure compliance with the ruling. Rep. Ken Hechler and Miller called for strong action to implement the court mandate and safeguard miners seeking leadership reform.
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UMW
Boyle
Joseph Yablonski
Yablonski
Miller
Labor Department
Ken Hechler
D-W. Va
Secretary of Labor
MFD
Claude Mitchem Obituary Acknowledges WV Roots and Family
Claude Franklin Mitchem 65 of Eckman died Friday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. Born in West Virginia he was the son of the late James Garfield and Nora Mitchem and a retired coal miner. He leaves five sons three daughters nine sisters three brothers twenty three grandchildren and nine greats. Services are incomplete at Bennett Fanning Funeral Home in Northfork.
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Claude Franklin Mitchem
Eckman
Welch
West Virginia
James Garfield
Nora Mitchem
David Mitchem
Union City
Ind
Donald Mitchem
Cambridge
Roy Mitchem
Connersville
Ralph Mitchem
Bottom Creek
Bethel Graham
Betty Lester
Erline Muffett
Alfred
Cornelia) Wickham
Salem
Oakie
India
Porterfield
Emory
Althia) Cook
Big Four
Roy
Georgia
Fowler
Cory
Irma) Fowler
Thorpe
Herbert
Genevia
Christian
McDowell
Carl
Virgie) Mitchem
Bluefield
Douglas
Mary) Mitchem
Fostoria
Lorene) Duncan
Jenkin Jones
James A. Mitchem
Itman
Carl Mitchem
Richard Mitchem
Sophia
Bennett - Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Charles G Thacker Memorial Services Scheduled
Charles Glenn Thacker 15 of Eggleston Virginia drowned while vacationing in Daytona Beach Florida His memorial service will be held Sunday at 1 p m at Eggleston Methodist Church Rev James Britten officiating He was a Giles High School junior Pearlsburg Virginia Survivors include his parents a half brother a grandmother on each side and a grandfather in Salem Virginia
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Charles G. Thacker
Charles Glenn Thacker
Eggleston
Daytona Beach
Fla
Eggleston Methodist Church
James Britten
Thacker
Giles High School
Pearlsburg
Young Thacker
Lawrence O. Thacker
Douglas McCoy
Grace Stump
Katie Thacker
Salem, Va
Obituary: Orvil V. Moore 74 of Boissevain
Orvil V. Moore 74 of Boissevain Virginia died Friday in a Princeton hospital following an incomplete illness at Rodriguez Pocahontas Union Funeral Home in Pocahontas Virginia.
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Orvil V. Moore
Boissevain
Princeton
Rodriguez Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Edward Sargent 85 dies after long illness in Bristol nursing home
Edward Elsworth Sargent 85 formerly of Council Virginia died Friday at a Bristol nursing home after a long illness. Born in Russell County he was son of the late John and Celina Kendrick Sargent. Survivors include sister Corrin Ratliff of Grundy and several nieces and nephews. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with Clarence Greenleaf and Michael Trent officiating. Burial at Kendricks Family Cemetery Rt. 2 Cleveland. Friends may call after 10 a.m. today.
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Edward Elsworth Sargent
Council
Bristol
Russell County
John
Celina Kendrick Sargent
Corrin Ratliff
Grundy
Honaker Funeral Home
Clarence Greenleaf
Michael Trent
Kendricks
Rt. 2
Cleveland
Piedmont Chief Expects Strike Halt, 24-Hour Walkout
Piedmont Airlines president T. H. Davis said in Winston-Salem that efforts to avert a 24-hour pilots strike on Monday are almost certain to succeed. He cited word of a global strike but gave no reason for his certainty. Piedmont serves six West Virginia cities including Charleston Huntington Bluefield Beckley Lewisburg and Parkersburg.
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Roanoke
Piedmont Airlines
Winston-Salem
T. H. Davis
Davis
New York
United States
Piedmont
West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington
Bluefield
Beckley
Lewisburg
Parkersburg
Death of Mrs. W. W. Judy, former Bluefield resident
Word reached Bluefield of the Thursday death of Mrs. W. W. Judy in Eatonton Georgia after a long illness. Her husband Rev. William W. Judy a former East End Baptist pastor and Bluefield College coach and teacher. Three children survive. Memorial gifts may be sent to friends preferred charities.
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Bluefield
W. W. Judy
Judy
Eatonton
William W. Judy
East End Baptist Church
Bluefield College
Mrs Phoebe Sizemore of Northfork Dies in Welch Hospital
Mrs. Phoebe Sizemore of Northfork widow of Issac Sizemore died Friday in a Welch hospital after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are pending with local sources noting family connections in the area.
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Phoebe Sizemore
Northfork
Issac Sizemore
Welch
Bennett - Fanning Funeral Home
Mary E McCormick Dies After Long Illness at 76
Mary E McCormick 76 of Jenkin Jones died Friday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. Funeral services are at Cravens Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell with burial at a later date.
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Mary E. McCormick
Jenkin Jones
Welch
Cravens - Shires
Bluewell
Vincenzo Ferranti Funeral Services Held at Yukon Church
Vincenzo Ferranti 74 known as Jim my of Yukon dies. Funeral today at 11 a.m. at Coalwood Pentecostal Holiness Church with Reverends Earl Curry and Bonnie Watkins officiating. Burial in Grandview Memory Gardens on Bluefield Tazewell Road. Pallbearers listed. Body to be moved from Gearing Witten Funeral Home in Welch to church one hour before services.
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Ferranti
Vincenzo
Jimmy
Yukon
Coalwood Pentecostal
Urban Jobless Rates Fall in Three West Virginia Areas
The West Virginia Department of Employment Security says unemployment declined in Charleston Huntington Ashland Ironton and Wheeling Bridgeport during March to April. Charleston fell from 5.6 to 5.2 percent Wheeling Bridgeport from 7.8 to 6.3 percent and Huntington Ashland Ironton from 9.7 to 8.0 percent.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Department of Employment Security
Huntington-Ashland- Ironton
Wheeling- Bridgeport, Ohio
Wheeling-Bridgeport
Huntington- Ashland-Ironton
Court Action Prompts Saturday Meeting Over Airline Strike
Directors in Washington Texas will meet Saturday as ALPA and Transport Workers Union influence a planned shutdown. ALPA cites O'Donnell’s authority to order participation while ATA notes June averages of 500000 domestic and 58200 international passengers daily and $23100000 in revenue.
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Ington
Tex
Transport Workers Union
ALPA
John J. O’donnell
Air Transport Association
U.S
ATA
Jack Bavis
O’donnell
Convention Delegate Results Official Results for GOP and Democratic conventions
Delegate tallies show ex-Gov Cecil H Underwood led Republican at large with 95813 votes and Ken Hechler led Democratic at large with 107542. District results list Love Bloch Leonard Jeter Shott and Mollohan Wilson Beal D'Aurora Maxwell Tempos Myles Hamilton Williams Dinsmore Galperin Pauley Castleberry Dodd Susman Rahall Heck Kruger Childers Cooke among others.
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Cecil H. Underwood
Joseph A. Laurita Jr
U. S
Chapman Revercomb
D. Boone Dawson
Ken Doll
Howard Corcoran
GOP
Thomas Potter
Williamt. Bright
Tom Winter
Irvin Humphreys
Francis J. Love
Thomas M. Bloch
Louise Leonard
John M. Sisler
James C. Jeter
John M. Wells
Hugh I. Shott
Keith L. Arthur
Ken Hechler
Hulett C. Smith
Harley O. Staggers
Robert H. Mollohan
Denzil Gainer
Paul Kaufman
Alfred Chapman
Del
Donald Kopp
J.C. Dillon Jr
Alan B. Mollohan
W.R. (Squibb) Wilson
Russell G. Beal
Mino D’aurora
Frank Maxwell Jr
William J. Coleman
William Tempos
Thomas E. Myles
Pat Hamilton
Ralph D. Williams
D. P. Given
Robert Dinsmore
Robert J. Doyle
Si Galperin Jr
Jack Pauley
Kelly Castleberry
William L. Dodd Jr
del. Leonard Underwood
Jack Kinder
del. Warren McGraw
Alan Susman
Nick Rahall II
Homer Heck
I.M. Kruger
Nation's Weather Reports Mixed Conditions Across Regions
The Associated Press notes high pressure brings sun and pleasant conditions across much of the nation while central areas face sub normal temperatures. Rain and thunderstorms appear from eastern Maine to the lower Mississippi Valley with scattered by Florida, Texas, the northern Rockies and a Utah to Iowa band.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Appalachians
Chicago
Lakefront
Maine
Mississippi Valley
Florida
Texas
Utah
Iowa
Milwaukee
Blythe
Calif
Anchorage
Atlanta
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
West Virginia STEP program funded to curb highway crashes
Federal funds exceeding $500,000 were approved to sustain the Select Traffic Enforcement Program in West Virginia. Governor Arch A. Moore announced the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s backing of the effort aimed at reducing accident mishap rates in high risk areas. Women first entered the modern Olympic Games in 1900.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Mountain
Panel debates wage price controls and food price policy
Panel credibility of the wage price control program is examined as the commission may act. Edgar Fiedler, chief economist at the Treasury, says a food price freeze or limiting retailer pass through is possible and that the government may wait to see if inflation tapers off.
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Commission
Edgar Fiedler
Treasury Department
Irving and wife plead guilty to federal conspiracy charges
Under intense questioning Mrs with Irving admitted depositing money in Swiss banks. Irving claimed he met Hughes once in Mexico with Baroness Nina van Pallandt, who says Irving stayed with her 90 minutes. On March 13 the Irvings pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy and state larceny and conspiracy counts. Irving begged for justice and mercy as his lawyer spoke of his disgrace and loss of respect.
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Irving
Hughes
Mexico
Nina van Pallandt
Irvings
Cannella
Maurice Nessen
Daily Barbs
Judge bars union campaign contributions and orders disclosures
Judge Bryant ruled that officers and employees of the international union or any district may not contribute to campaigns. He required union workers to file biweekly activity reports with the Labor Department. The international union may not loan funds to its 22 U S districts without sworn use statements. Prosecutors allege District 19 funds funded the Yablonski slayings. the union says funds supported organizing.
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Bryant
International Union
Labor Department
United States
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Kentucky
Yablonski
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