Piedmont Flight Shutdown Sparks Board Letter Campaign
Bluefield board urges a broad letter writing drive to state legislators to force Piedmont Airlines to restore a full Mercer County Airport schedule. Members attack service decline while officials seek support from Chamber of Commerce and other municipalities to protect regional air access.
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Jim Terry
Bluefield Board of Directors
Congress
Piedmont Airlines
Mercer County
I T
Angelo Monaco
Chamber of Commerce
Monaco
Allan Connolly
Mercer
Surrounds
Edwin Elliott
Charleston
Bluefield
Fred Burton
Burton
Andrew Dodson
East River
College Avenues
Maryland and
College
Maryland
Aes
Leatherwood and
Washington and Cumberland Road
Scott
Federal
Raleigh
Princeton Avenue
Bill Bivens
Arch A. Moore Jr
Coalcon
Thorn St
Fred S. Jones
Daly Telegraph Press Contact Listing
Establishment notice and address lines for Daly Telegraph Print 9 Co. detail publishing frequency AP membership and subscription rates noting West Virginia mail and home delivery options with staff and advertising references. The text lists office address 412 Blend Street Bivetiera n vn 2470 and notes audit bureau affiliation.
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Daly Telegraph
Blend Street
Bivetiera
Associated Press
Gateway Payment Okayed by Princeton Council
Princeton Council approved a 1500 payment as the final installment of 5500 for this fiscal year to Gateway Transit Authority. Mayor Lanton said a federal grant application for purchasing the Authority is under review with indications of approval, potentially reducing operating costs from 43000 to 13000 if grant funds cover the purchase. Gateway serves Athens Bluefield and Bluefield Va.
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Princeton
Yea Gateway Transit Authority
Theederal
George Lanton
Santon
Gateway Transit Authority
Athens
Bluefield
Bank Robbery Suspects Sought After Bristol Heist
Police in Virginia and nearby areas warn of three white males who robbed a Bristol bank Tuesday afternoon at 2:20 pm. A 1964 Plymouth stolen in Bristol was abandoned at Exit 5 on I 81, and a maroon and white top 1975 Chevrolet may be linked. FBI noted possible travel in the region as officers compile descriptions.
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Virginias
Bristol
Bluefield
Interstate 81
FBI
West Virginia site push for flood plain property
Moore says Commerce Department data covered all six original sites in a New York briefing with coal industry advisors. The effort aims to simplify Coalcon approval for West Virginia and make refusal harder. A stranger on Lifuka Island in Tonga greets visitors with the phrase It is good to be alive.
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Point Pleasant
Ohio River
Moore
Commerce Department
Oine
New York
L Con
Coalcon
West Virginia
Moore S
Lifuka
Tongan Islands
Deaths and Funerals
Mrs Jamie Emily Reed 81 of Oakvale dies after short illness in Princeton hospital. Survived by husband Robert Reed two daughters Virginia Combs and Nancy Kirby four sons James John Lacy and Isaac Reed one brother and 29 grandchildren. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at Davis Funeral Chapel Oakvale with burial in Oakvale Cemetery. Mary Elizabeth Brewer McGuire 54 Bluefield dies at home after long illness. Survived by husband Robert McGuire one daughter Judy Lambert one son Steve McGuire one son Robert Brewer and sister Genevieve Hamm. Funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church Bluefield with entombment Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. honorary deacon and elder boards to serve. Donations to First Presbyterian Church urged. Hay infant Brian Wayne Hay six days old of Claypool Hill dies in Charlottesville. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Tazewell County Funeral Home Cedar Bluff.
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Jabie Reed
Jamie Emily Reed
Oakvale
Princeton
Robert Reed
Charlie
Virginia) Combs
Bluefield
Nancy Kirby
Ocala
Fla
James A. Reed
Thurman
N. C
John C. Reed
Lacy L. Reed
Isaac E. Ben Reed
D. T. En
Ada
Davis Funeral Chapel
Leonard Repass
Lonnie Hollandsworth
Mary Elizabeth Brewer McGuire
Bland Road
Williamsburg
Ohio
Edward and
Gertie Elliott Brewer
First Presbyterian Church of
Jason C. McGuire
Charles
Judy) Lambert
Steve A. McGuire
Manhat
Robert Brewer
Lebanon
Genevieve Hamm
First Presbyterian Church
Mercer Funeral Home
Hay
Brian Wayne Hay
Tom
Donna Stevenson Hay
Claypool Hill
Charlottesville
Tazewell Counaes
Cedar Bluff
Day Jr Malcolm Malachi Day obituary in Welch area
Malcolm Malachi Day Jr., 67, of Gulfport Florida, died after a long illness in a St. Petersburg hospital. He was born in Welch and was a former law enforcement officer in Brown Creek District. He leaves a son Malcolm Day III in Hopkinsville Kentucky, a daughter Dana Lee in Middletown Ohio, and other relatives. Funeral service Saturday at 11 a.m. at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Welch, with burial on Belcher Mountain.
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Malcolm Malachi (Mack) Day Jr
Gulfport
Fla
St. Petersburg
Welch
Malcolm Malachi
Charlotte Milam Day
Pasadena Baptist Church
VFW
Welch American Legion
Brown Creek
Florida
Welch School
Belcher Mountain
Fanning Funeral Home Chapel
E. E. Boyd
New Belcher Mountain
Homme Feidey
Malenick Rites Planned For Welch Native
Frank Malenick 70 of Welch died after a serious illness. He was born in Ansonia Connecticut to Paul and Alice Bodock Malenick. A former miner with Semet Solvay he belonged to union 5997. He leaves a widow Rose Nag Malenick four daughters Nancy and Anita and others, a son Frank Jr., two half siblings, seven grandchildren, and a sister. Rev Neil Dent will officiate at burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. Friends may visit today at the new home from 5 to 8 p.m.
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Frank Malenick
Frank Yg
Rer Herpital
Ansonia
Conn
Paul
Alice Bodock Malenick
Semet-Solvay
Igee
U 5997
Rose Nag Malenick
Stanley
Alice) Sherman
Welch
Nancy Malenick
John
Anita) Operchuk
Berwyn
Mrs Lola Skeens 75 Dies After Illness at Princeton Hospital
Mrs Lola Mae Skeens of Old Ingleside Road near Princeton died Monday night in a Princeton hospital after an illness. Born in Grundy Virginia she was daughter of the late Harding and Emma Ratcliff Brown of Augusta Georgia. She is survived by three daughters Goldie Skeens Pitt sburg Violet Fisher Anaheim Wade Walker Christian and by 35 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at Funeral Chapel in Princeton with Rev Paul Hall and Rev Jimmy Jones officiating. Burial followed in Roselawn Memorial Gardens on the Bluefield Princeton Road. Friends may call today from 4 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Lola Mae Skeens
Ingleside Road
Princeton
Grundy
Harding
Emma Ratcliff Brown
Augusta
Mack Skeens
Sarasota
Fla
Floyd Skeens
Arlin Skeens
Tamceliffs
Joseph
Goldie
Pittsburg
Violet Fisher
Death of Sallie Arlena Anderson in Springville Virginia
Mrs. Sallie Arlena Anderson of Springville Virginia died at her home on Tuesday after a long illness. Funeral arrangements are being made at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home in Bluefield.
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Sallie Arlena Anderson
Springville
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Bluefield
MRS. MABLE MOORMAN DIES IN BLUEFIELD AT 1
Mrs. Mable Moorman of 1201 Greenbrier Street Bluefield died Sunday after a long illness. She was daughter of Joseph and Mary Mack a longtime Bluefield resident since 1942. She belonged to Mount Zion Baptist Church active in Deacons Wives and Adult Sunday School. Burial at Restlawn Memorial Gardens Litt lesburg after services at Mount Zion conducted by Rev. John. Pallbearers from the church Deacons. flowers by friends. Visitation at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home Bluefield tonight 7 to 9 p.m. and at church one hour before service.
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Mable Moorman
Greenbrier St
Bluefield
Joseph and
Mary Mack
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Walter H. Moorman
Viola Mack
John
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Bradshaw Man 67 Dies After Short Illness
Bytha Winston of Bradshaw dies at Welch hospital after a brief illness. Retired miner, he is survived by wife Myrtle Atwell Winston, son Donald Winston of Bluefield, and sister Isabella Briely of Kennethe, Pa. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Funeral Home Chapel. burial in Saeger Memorial Cemetery, Roderfield. Fanning Funeral Home of Saeger handles arrangements.
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Bytha Winston
Bradshaw
Welch
Sam
Nancy Coleman Winston
Myrtle Atwell Winston
Donald Winston
Bluefield
Isabella Briely
Kennethe
Funeral Home
Saeger Memorial
Roderfield
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Bane F. Asbury Dies in Tazewell Va at 74
Thompson Valley resident Bane F. Asbury 74 died Tuesday. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Greever Funeral Home in Tazewell. The obituary lists survivors including Jack W. Messer of North Tazewell and several relatives in Philadelphia Martinsville Columbus Danville Baltimore and other towns.
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Bane F. Asbury
Thompson Valley
Tazewell
Arvana Ort Bane Asbury
Teneo
Jack W. Messer
North Tazewell
Ees
Willetta Tetranchio
Philadelphia
Marie Jane Ore
Martinsville
Violet Baxter
Columbus
Ohio
Pansey Smith
Danville
Mary Dove Cornwell
Ernestine Dickens
Baltimore
Valley Ann Totten
Thompson
Greever Funeral Home
Mrs Mirtie Ellen Davis dies at 77 in Welch hospital
Mrs Mirtie Ellen Davis 77 of Anawalt died Monday in a Welch hospital after a short illness. Born in Ashe County she lived in Anawalt 41 years and was a Long Point Baptist Church member. Survived by daughters Irene Ferry and Stella Davis, son Thomas L Davis, nine grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Services Thursday at Long Point Baptist Church with burial at Welch Memorial Park Cemetery Bluewell Cravens Shires Funeral Home in charge.
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Mirtie Ellen Davis
Anawalt
Welch
Ashe County
Pageton
Eckman
Long Point
Local Obituaries and Funeral Notices from Bluefield Tazewell Area
Obituaries for David M. Platnick of Bluefield Gladys Mary Scott Carter of Yards Va James Arthur Higginbotham Sr of Tazewell and Dudley G Shrader of Crockett s Cove list service times burial sites and pallbearers. Services held today with details and officiants.
Man Charged In Break In at Bluefield School
A 21 year old Bluefield man Buddy Allen Tibbs was arrested Tuesday for allegedly breaking into Ramsey School on May 30. Police say $10 in cash was stolen and damage was about 150 dollars. Tibbs denies the charge and a preliminary hearing is set before C. Harvey.
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Bluefield
Ramsey School
Buddy Allen Tibbs
Ramsey Street
Roger Whitt
Sgt
Jnly
C. Harvey
Tibbs
Tazewell Woman's Obituary Details Graveside Rites
Tazewell Coats conducted the investigation. Mrs. Anderson was daughter of the late John and Lena Neal Wright. Survivors include four ewell, Mrs. Ed Vogt of Erie, Pa., Mrs. pe ip Brown of Norton, Va., Mrs. Kenneth Dean of Tazewell. Graveside rites will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday at Maplewood Cemetery in Tazewell with Rev. David Tennefoss and Rev. Abram Kaufman officiating. Greever Funeral Home in Tazewell is in charge of the
Mercer County Schoolmen Oppose House Bill 1402
Mercer County Board of Education members discussed HB 1402 Proposed Public School Support Program in a special session. They project Mercer could lose about 73 788 in state funds for 1975 76 and urged continued work on the proposal. The board approved a service employees contract and outlined the 1975 76 budget of 13 201 940 with a 349 643 increase from 1974 75.
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Barbara Hawkins
Mercerana Board of Education
Centre Office
Princeton
James Leslie
Macer County
Mercer County
L. C. Caldwell
West V
Mercer’s
Lilly
State Board of Education
Finance and Education Committee
House of Delegates
Board of Education
Leslie
House Votes To Abolish Mine Appeals Board
The House voted to abolish the Federal Metal and Non-Metallic Mine Safety Board of Review and its executive secretary Jubal Hale amid claims of redundancy. No appeals had been heard since 1971, with Hale noted for listening to Beethoven in his office while earning 19 693 a year. The measure passed 400 to 6, sending the bill to the Senate as part of a funding package.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Mine Safety Board of Review
Jubal Hale
Hale
Ken Hechler
D-W-Va
Sidney R. Yates
D-Ill
Interior Department
Hechler
McDowell Man Charged After Dwi Incident
A McDowell County man, John Curtis Jones 31 of Premier, was charged with driving while intoxicated after a 9:50 p.m. incident at the Rt. 16 intersection. Trooper L P Schultz investigated the crash which caused about 75 dollars in vehicle damage to Seneasaal England of Hemphill.
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McDowell County
John Curtis Jones
Premier
Rt. 16
Ttnps
England
Drug Raid Staged In Wyoming County
Wyoming County deputies conducted a raid near Rolling Hills Pond outside Pineville after a tip. Seventeen persons were arrested, two Welch men Gary Bell and Dennis Bailey were charged with possession of marijuana, with others cited for public intoxication trespassing and littering.
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McDowell County
McDowell
Wyoming County
Gary Bell
Dennis R. Bailey
Welch
Wyoming
Herbert Morgan
Rolling Hills
Pineville
Morgan
Moore Weighs 1976 Governor Run Over Senate Bid
West Virginia Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr. said his first choice for 1976 is a third term as governor if the eligibility issue is decided in his favor. He acknowledged a U.S. Senate run is possible but emphasized resolving the term question first. He ruled out seeking his old U.S. House seat.
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W. Va
Arch A. Moore Jr
Moore
Senate
West Virginia
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