Dollar Slump Persists in European Markets as Pound Advances
In London and continental trading, the U S dollar fell sharply while the British pound rose to near a year high against the dollar. The Bank for International Settlements blamed U S policy for the dollar’s decline, and a Basel bank expert predicted a fall followed by a rise in the fall. The BIS report warned that reform of the world monetary system would take years, noting dollar confidence issues from Washington’s actions.
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London
U.S
Frankfurt
Paris
Bank of International Settlements
Bank For State Banks
Nixon
Basel
Switzerland
Washington
United States
Zurich
One-car crash injures Tazewell man on Rt 61
A single car crash at 3 p.m. Monday on Virginia Route 61 near Clear Fork left Jerome Bruce Dore of Tazewell with a fractured jaw and multiple lacerations. Dore was taken to a Bluefield hospital by the Tazewell Rescue Squad in satisfactory condition. Charges are pending.
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Virginia Rt. 61
Tazewell
Clear Fork
Bolling
Dore
Rt. 61
Bluefield
Man To Face Pot Charges In Virginia
Virginia State Police arrested 26 year old Roger Lee Cook of Richlands on two counts of selling marijuana and one count of possession with intent to sell. Undercover troopers made buys on June 7 and June 14. Warrants were obtained and arrest made by Troopers Bolling and Breeding. The case stems from intensified drug investigations in southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia. A preliminary hearing before Judge Albert G. Peery will be scheduled later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Richlands
Roger Lee Cook
Virginia State
T. J. Bolling
Gary Breeding
Bolling
Breeding
Cook
West Virginia
Tazewell
Albert G. Peery
Vandals strike Bluefield fire station vehicles
Vandals damaged five vehicles owned by city firemen or their families near Bluefield Northside Fire Station late Sunday night or Monday morning, shattering windshields with rocks wrapped in paper. Damages totaled 610 dollars. Vehicles include a 1965 Buick, a 1969 Mercury, and three Ford trucks. Three vehicles were on North Mercer Street and two behind the station. No arrests had been made. Srosae Tom ed is heading the un ion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Northside
Charlotte A. Yost
Jack W. Ball
William C. Brewer
Stan K. Massie
Fragmented Local Notice From Print Office
Fragmentary OCR shows a dated local notice from Bibefield Daily Telegraph/Del'y Telegraph Printing Co with garbled lines about publication guidelines and carrier details. It mentions Bond Street and a representative, but many words are unreadable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bibefield Daily Telegraph
Del'y Telepragh Printing Co
Bond Breet
Biueticis
W. Ve
Toston Tia Ganarona
Uencaiprio Gares
Acon
Deaths list closes week with multiple local obituaries
Winfred McClad Wilson 55 of Raven Va dies after a long illness at home. Survived by wife Edgar Sisk Wilson, two daughters, three sons, mother Maudie Horton Wilson, five brothers, two grandsons. Funeral Wednesday at Richlands Tabernacle, burial Richardson Cemetery. James Dayton White 77 of Princeton dies in Fredericksburg hospital after short illness. Survived by one son, five daughters, numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren. funeral Wednesday at Davis Funeral Chapel Oakvale. Burial Elmore Cemetery Princeton. Mrs Nancy B Vaughan 67 of Black Eagle dies Sunday night in Mullens hospital. Survived by three daughters, two sons, one sister, nine grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday 11 a.m. at Black Eagle Baptist Church. Burial Maple Hill Bluefield. Neattrie II Sexton 90 of Premier dies Monday in Welch hospital after long illness. Retired miner, UMWA Local 5997 member. Survived by widow Clara Belle Hayes Sexton, two sons, three daughters, stepchildren, sisters, grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday 2 p.m. at Pentecostal Holiness Church Premier. Burial Saeger Memorial Cemetery Roderfield. Rev Andrew Anderson of Jenkin Jones dies Monday in Welch hospital after long illness. funeral arrangements incomplete. Harman Gillespie Jr. of Cleveland Ohio, formerly of Tazewell, dies Sunday in Cleveland. funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Winfred McClad Wilson
Mill Creek
Raven
Tazewell County
Maudie Horton Wilson
Wille Wilson
Shirley Wilson
Edgar Sisk Wilson
Ronnie
Geraldine) Hess
Swords Creek
Janice Wilson
Norman Wilson
Harold
Jeffrey Wilson
Otto Wilson
Gaines Wilson
Glenn Wilson
Flint
Mich
Tom Wilson
Adelphi
Hubert Wilson
Seattle
Wash
Richlands Tabernacle
Grat H Horton
Ancil Childress
Richardson Cemetery
Horton Ridge
Mullins Funeral Home
Richlands
James D. White
James Dayton White
Rt. 3
Princeton
Fredericksburg
Oakvale
Edward and
Nicolle McKenzie White
Frances Elmore White
James R. White
Rich Creek
Howard Goins
Bramwell
Arnold Williby
Elmore
Nancy B. Vaughan
Black Eagle
Mullens
Bluefield
W. J
Ellen Hinkle
Charles Roy Vaughan
Betty Dodson
Blanche Baglario
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mary Lou Vaughan
Ceattric L
Sexton Neattrie II
Sexton
Welch
Premier
UMWA
Alabama
Clara Belle Hayes Sexton
Fred Sexton
California
Bozo Sexton
Gardendale
Bart
Dessie) Abernathy
Trafford
Paul
Omie) Bramlett
Dixiana
Vandy Wornick
Culman
John Tinney
George
Josie) Lockhart
Coalwood
Mattie Sexton
Gracie Sexton
Pentecostal Holiness Church
H. B. Gross
Saeger Memorial
Roderfield
Fanning Funeral Home
Andrew Anderson
Jenkin Jones
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Harman Gillespie JR
Cleveland
Ohio
Tazewell, Va
Greever Funeral Home
Tazewell
Obituary notices for Presley Tolley Nagy and Nagy at Roanoke Pocahontas
Mrs Willie Virginia Presley Tolley 69 of Roanoke Va died after long illness. Survived by husband Mike Tolley son Jack Tolley and daughter Doris Townsend four grandchildren and three sisters. Funeral 2:30 pm Wednesday Lotz Roanoke Chapel burial Blue Ridge Gardens. Michael Borin Jr 53 of Northfork died at Bluefield hospital after short illness. Gaspar Nagy not clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Presley Tolley
Willie Virginia Presley Tolley
Roanoke
Mike A. Tolley
Jack Edward Tolley
Ford Ord
Calif
Doris A. Townsend
Parkesburg
Pearl Seagle
Grassy Creek
N. C
Mariett French
Christiana
Alma Naggy
Funerals and pallbearers listed for local residents
Obituaries note multiple funeral services today across Bluefield Bluewell and Tazewell areas. BRIDGEMAN Haven Ray Pink 57 dies. services 1 pm at Cravens Shires Bluefield with burial at Woodlawn Bluewell. pallbearers named. BUTT Helen Georgia 38 funeral 3 30 pm Bluewell. entombment at Woodlawn Mausoleum. nieces and nephews noted. RUBLE George Anthony 11 service 2 pm Ebenezer UMC Bluefield VA. pallbearers listed. CORNWELL Lillie May of Tazewell Va service 2 pm Pleasant Hill Church. burial Road Cemetery. pallbearers named. GILLEY Lawrence R 48 Tazewell Va service 11 am at Greever Funeral Chapel. viewing after 5 pm Wednesday. ARMEr Charles Henry Nick 69 Bluefield service 2 pm Mercer Funeral Chapel. burial Walnut Grove. active pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruble
George Anthony
Bluefield
Ebenezer United Methodist Church
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Robert Parsons
Grandview Memory Gardens
Kenny Ruble
Steve Slade
Jerry Shrader
Johnny Reynolds
Larry Compton
Mark Shawver
Graham Funeral Home
Cornwell
Lillie May
Tazewell
Pleasant Hill
Thompson Valley
Fred Wyatt
Bluefield-Tazewell
Joe VanHoozer
Steve VanHoozer
Jim VanHoozer
Donny Ratcliff
Buck Cornwell
James Kitts
Bill Kitts
Clifton Mitchell
Greever Funeral Home
Gilley
Lawrence R
Rt. 3
Greever Funeral Chapel
Leslie Kyle
Maplewood Cemetery
Armer
Charles Henry
Nick
Fourth St
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Homer Stewart
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Jake Poff
Wuceed G Fisher
Robert Lee Puckett
Paul J. Mulkey
Wes . Willis
Grace United Methodist Church
Friends
West Virginia forest policy clash over clearcutting debate
Lohr leads opposition to even aged management citing Monongahela National Forest practices. A joint committee approves a $5,000 appropriation amid criticism as lawmakers allege media quotes misrepresented facts. Forester Minckler’s feasibility report notes pulpwood sale values raise questions about education proceeds and local use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
Lohr
Joint Committee
Commission
United States Forest Service
House of Delegates
Lewis McManus
Senate
William Brotherton
Brotherton
McManus
Germany
Forest Service
West Virginia
Monongahela National Forest
Black Forest
Monongahela
Forest Management Review Commission
Leon S. Minckler
Silviculture
Syracuse University
County Board of Education
Board of Education
Last Princeton Council meeting bids farewell to three members
Princeton City Council held its final session for Jim Morrison Sam Thurmer and Lacy Shrewsbury all with twenty years of service and several holds as mayor The newly elected councilors will be sworn in July 2 The meeting was brief with one action relieving Cris Barton as assistant city clerk Traffic and road issues dominated updates from City Manager Ira Southern including a proposed alternate route near Airport Drive Rt 460 and the state highway department A plan to study a gravel parking area for commuters was floated but not acted on Signs for Stafford Drive by pass will go up after bridge work In committee reports hospital expansion and sewer line work moved forward while the city plans to clear vacant lots with possible 20 workers under a Governors Commission and notices to property owners to maintain their lots
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Fowler
Princeton
Jim Morrison
Sam Thurmer
Lacy Shrewsbury
Morrison
Thurmer
Shrewsbury
Lewis I. Skeens
Cris Barton
Virginia Wohlford
Ira Southern
Airport Drive
Rt. 460
City Hall
Southern
Hospital Road
State Department of Highways
ABC
SDH
Council
Honaker Avenue
Karnes
Johnson Streets
Honaker
Alfred Lucas
Lucas
Stafford Drive
Skeens Grocery
Rogers Street
Skeens
Sanitary Board
Princeton Community Hospital
Governors Commission
NYC
Couple Injured In Rt. 20 Crash
An Athens couple, Grandville Wyatt and Rhonda Wyatt, were injured in a two car collision on West Virginia Route 20 North at about 7 p.m. Monday. David Ray Kessinger, 18, of Athens, drove the other car. Randy Dorsey of Athens was not injured. Wyatt was charged with failure to yield. The Wyatts were hospitalized in Princeton with rib and chest injuries. their condition was listed as good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
West Virginia
North
D. B. Meadows
Grandville Wyatt
Rhonda Wyatt
Rt. 1
Wyatt
David Ray Kessinger
Randy Dorsey
Meadows
Rt. 20
Kessinger
Princeton
Reef rescue ends with grappling hook fix near Key West
Rescuers formed an artificial reef 20 miles southeast of Key West where a 21 foot research vessel became trapped in cables under the sunken destroyer USS Fred. T. Berry. The Smithsonian sponsored project faced strong currents and diver failures until the Tringa submarine rescue ship used a grappling hook guided by underwater cameras on the A. B. Wood to free the craft.
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Key West
Fred. T. Berry
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
D.C
A.B. Wood
Police Probe Weekend Burglaries Across Princeton Area
A spree of burglaries challenged West Virginia State Police from the Princeton detachment. Vecellio and Grogan Construction at Oakvale reported thefts of motor oil and a typewriter. In Princeton, Oscar Lee Dalton’s home was entered, four rifles, one pistol, and a watch stolen, with a threatening note left. Bob Gillespie’s residence was robbed, $64 cash, a .22 pistol, and a transistor radio taken while residents were away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Princeton
Vecellio and Grogan Construction Company
Oakvale
Oscar Lee Dalton
Bob Gillespie
Bible Class To Meet In Bluefield Home
The Community Bible Class will meet Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the home of Mrs. Janie Brown at 301 Nelson Street Bluefield.
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Janie Brown
Nelson St
Bluefield
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Pound
Jerome Bruce Dore
Michael Borin JR
Michael Bobin Jr
Northfork
Bennett. Fanning
Gaspar Nagy
Pocahontas
Shumate- Newman Funeral Home
Princeton Council
Highland Avenue
Warrenizing
Bluefield Sash & Door Co
Hales Calvert Bluefield
W.va
Gospel
National Guard Armory
Bluefield, W.va
Hopper Brothers
Connie
Warvey
Deskin
Bluefield Bilsfield
Hecks Medical Arts Pharmacy
Southside Pharmacy
Bluewell Pharmacy
Princeton Quddys Discount
New
Graham Prarmacy
Thr
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