Bluefield Board Adopts Road Plan and Pays Tribute to Dr Gatherum
The Bluefield City Board of Directors held a public hearing on the final street improvements list with residents supporting paving requests on Payne Street and Christie Manor Drive among others. The board adopted a resolution honoring Dr Robert S Gatherum Jr for his civic and medical contributions and authorized bids for a new air conditioning system at City Hall.
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Jim Terry
City of
Bluefield
City Board of Directors
Clifford Street
Bland Street
Appalachian Power Co
Raleigh Street
Bland
Federal Street
East Ridgecrest
Cliffmont Avenue
Holiday Inn
Day- Davidson-Barger
Clark Streets
Kidd Street
Ellis Street
Cooper Street
Christie Manor Drive
Cumberland Road
Redbud Drive
Holley Street
Tyler Street
Mercer Street
Fourth Street
Highland Avenue
Carolina Avenue
Poplar Street
Cherry Street
Frederick Street
Lyndale Avenue
Mountain View Avenue
Bland Road
Lower Gilmer Street
Franklin
Bowman Streets
Bowman Street
Myrtle Street
Media Street
Edgewood Road
South Groveland
Payne Street
Peters Street
Hill Avenue
Roy Avenue
Blaydes
Malcolm Byers Sr
Hazel Byers
Allen Proffitt
Richard Jones
J. F. Russell Jr
Christie
Bill Bivens
Robert S. Gatherum Jr
Roberts. Gatherum Jr
Board of Directors
Burton
City Hall
Joe Walker
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Front Matter Notes
Bluefield Vails Telegraph established 1693 and published daily by the Daily Telegraph Printing Co at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia 2470 The paper is a member of the Associated Press with exclusive rights to news dispatches and local news The subscription rate by carrier or mail in West Virginia is 37.20 per year Motor route rates are 3.10 per calendar month Rates to other tones available on request Advertising representatives and contact details are listed.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Ciculation Advertising
Mathews Shannon & Cullen Telephone
Indiana man held gun to chin at Philadelphia airport
A 25 year old Indiana man, Thomas Starbird, held a gun to his chin for about three and a half hours in a construction trailer at Philadelphia International Airport. Police officials talked him down and he was sent to the psychiatric unit of Philadelphia Naval Hospital. The incident began after Starbird grabbed a sergeant’s revolver during a dispute over his Navy enlistment.
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Philadelphia
Indiana
International Airport
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Thomas Starbird
Bloomington
Ind
Navy
Starbird
Air Force
Thomas Wood
Mark Crane
Chicago
Garlic butter tip with parsley and Parmesan
A cook suggests enhancing garlic butter for French bread by folding in minced parsley and grated Parmesan cheese to add fresh herb and cheese notes.
Shooting of Richlands Optometrist Sparks Probe
Tazewell County deputies investigate a critical handgun wound to 35 year old Richard H. Peters of Cedar Bluff. The incident occurred in Peters’s car parked outside his residence in Richlands around 9 50 p m Tuesday. A pistol was found in the car seat as detectives Robert Herbert and Gene Harris lead the inquiry.
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Robert Herbert
Gene Harris
Sheriffs’ Department
GOP Candidates and Panel Meet in Bluefield
Mercer County Republican candidates are invited to a meeting of the county Republican Executive Committee at Bluefield city hall on Thursday at 7 30 p m The purpose is to coordinate plans for the forthcoming general election campaign with committee members in the Board of Directors chamber of the municipal building.
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Mercer County
Republican Executive Committee
Bluefield
Board of Directors
Miners for Democracy Names Slate in UMW Observer Move
Bernstein named observer as Miners for Democracy fields Arnold Miller Mike Trbovich and Harry Patrick for top posts in a bid to restore the UMW. He resigns from USW to counter rumors of merging aims. Bernstein criticizes current leadership as self serving and profit driven, planning to begin at the Mine Workers headquarters within a week.
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Labor Department
Miners For Democracy
Arnold Miller
Ohley
W.va
Mike Trbovich
Clarksville
Harry Patrick
Fairview
UMW
Bernstein
John L. Lewis
Senate approves large child care bill under Nixon objections
The Senate voted 73 to 12 to pass a $2.95 billion child development measure, the largest federally backed day care program yet. It was amended to appease President Nixon who vetoed a similar bill last year, with GOP senators hinting at another possible veto if sent to the White House again. The legislation moves to the Education and Labor Committee for further action.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
GOP
White House
New Education and Labor Committee
Royal College of Midwives Advertises Assistant Secretary Role
The Royal College of Midwives placed a national ad seeking a staff replacement describing the job as an assistant secretary labor relations officer. The notice highlights a role combining secretarial duties with labor relations responsibilities within the organization.
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APT AD London
The
Royal College of Midwives
Deaths and Funerals: Simon Cardwell of Jenkinjones
Services for Simon Marshall Cardwell of Jenkin Jones will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Clinton Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Bluewell. Cardwell, a miner and former State Road Commission worker, died after a long illness in Welch hospital. Survivors include widow Mary F. Cardwell and six children, plus siblings and grandchildren. The funeral home is Linkford and Richardson of Keystone. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today.
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Simon M. Cardwell
Simon Marshall Cardwell
Jenkinjones
Welch Hospital
Clinton Chapel
A.M.E. Zion Church
Jenkinsones
John M. Hairston
Ronald Dye
H. E. Price
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bluewell
Cardwell
Wilcoe
Walter K
Alice Taylor
Walter J. Cardwell
Louis Cardwell
Wilmington
Del
Missionary Society of Clinton Chapel
Friends
Ozie Redick
Harvey Brooks
Roy Spriggs
Alex Hairston
Walter Strickland
Alfred Belcher
Allen Trent
Edward Wade
Ulysses Parker
Jerry Hairston
Charles S Hill 77 Princeton Boilermaker Dies
Charles S Hill of 420 Oliver Ave Princeton died Tuesday morning at a Princeton hospital after an apparent heart attack. He was a retired boilermaker for the Virginia Railway and active in Kee Street Methodist Church and several fraternal orders. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at George W Seaver Chapel with burial at Roselawn Memory Gardens. viewing today 5 to 9 p.m. at the same funeral home.
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Charles S. Hill
Oliver Ave
Princeton
Virginia Railway
Kee Street Methodist Church
Hill
Oddfellows Lodge
Junior Order of United American Mechanics
Princeton Old Guard
Elgood
John and
Orlena Broyles Hill
Trixie Miller Hill
Randolph Hill
Clearwater
Fla
Charles
Irene) Simpson
Akron
Ohio
Douglas
Elizabeth) Thomas
Woodbridge
Michael
Carol) Tanner
Biloxi
Miss
Thomas
Naples
G. Fk. Davis
Oak Hill
C. T. Whitt
Bluefield
J. M. Hill
Mt. Hope
Elmie W. Hill
McArthur
Edward Hill
Dayton Hill
George W. Seaver
Bill Deel
Orville Harvey
Roselawn Memory Gardens
Freeman Miles dies after long illness at 70
Oather Freeman Miles 70 of Powhatan died Tuesday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. He was a son of Henry and Laura Miles and was preceded in death by one son. He worked 17 years for Pareless Coal and nine years for Coppinger Machine Service. Surviving are wife Martha Henley Miles, son Robert Miles of Kalamazoo, Mich, daughter Nora Miles, sister Mabel Miles, and brothers Berry and Jack Miles. Funeral at 2 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church Keystone with Professor William Daniels officiating. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery Bluewell. Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home Welch in charge.
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Oather Freeman Miles
Cather Freeman Miles
Powhatan
Welch
Henry
Laura Howard Miles
Keystone Local Union
Pareless Coal Company
Coppinger Machine Service
Martha Henley Miles
Robert Miles
Kalamazoo
Mich
Nora Miles
Jollymore 74 Dies at Home in Black Lick
Mrs Mary Catherine Jollymore 74 of Black Lick Beckley Road died at her home Tuesday morning from an apparent heart attack. The body was at Seaver Mortuary in Princeton pending funeral arrangements.
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Mary Catherine Jollymore
Black Lick
Beckley Road
Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
Obituaries for Maggie Caudill and William Ward in Virginia
Maggie Ethel Caudill 60 of Paynesville died after a brief illness in Grundy Virginia. Survived by husband Edward Caudill daughter Jettie Ledbetter sisters Letta Cooper and Hattie Collins brothers Morris and Herman Roberts. Funeral Friday Rock Ridge Church of God Woozley burial Collins Ridge Cemetery. William Harrison Ward 87 of Pilgrim Knob died in Richlands Virginia. Survived by daughter Hoover Horn five sons and a sister sixteen grandchildren eleven great grandchildren. Funeral Friday Ward's Memorial Bible Church Pilgrim Knob burial T. D. Ward Cemetery.
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Maggie Ethel Caudill
Paynesville
Grundy Va
McDowell County
Preston and
Mary Bell Caudill
Hurst-Scott Funeral
Richlands
Funeral services for Linda Inez Lawson held in Virginia
Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Pine Creek Pole Church in Pine Creek with Rev. H. G. Musick and Rev. Harley Dye presiding. Burial at Lawson Cemetery on Road Ridge near Raven. Pallbearers named. viewing at brother Johnny Hess’s home on Long Branch near Sword’s Creek.
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Linda Inez Lawson
Pine Creek Pole Church
Pine Creek
H. G. Musick
Harley Dye
Lawson Cemetery
Road Ridge
Raven, Va
Johnny Shelton
Bill Lawson
Tommy Brown
Norman Bales
Charlie Farmer
Bobby Farmer
Mrs. Annie Gilreath 74 dies in Kimball with church ties
Annie B. Gilreath 74 of Kimball died Saturday. Born in Wilkesboro North Carolina she was widowed by Henry Gilreath and a 53 year Kimball resident. Funeral Thursday 1 p.m. at Lovely Zion Baptist Church Vivian burial Oakgrove Cemetery pallbearers from church and community. Missionary Society to serve as flower bearers. Kimball Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Annie B. Gilreath
Kimball
Welch
Gilreath
Wilkesboro
N. C
James
Kate Gilreath
Henry Gilreath
Lovely Zion Baptist Church
Vivian
The
Missionary Society
Beatrice Gilreath
Thomas Gilreath
Fruitland
Allen Gilreath
Winston Salem
Mary Gammon
Cambridge Heights
N. Y
Flossie Gilreath
New York City
James Wormley
Oakgrove
Bluewell
Kimball Funeral Home
Harman Rudolph Adams Funeral Arrangements Update
Funeral arrangements for Harman Rudolph Adams age 48 of 901 N Walker St Princeton remain incomplete at Seaver Mortuary Princeton. The Navy has notified that his son Steven Adams, in Naval service in Vietnam, is expected to arrive in Princeton Friday and arrangements will be completed upon arrival.
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Harman Rudolph Adams
N. Walker Street
Princeton
Seaver Mortuary
United States Navy
Steven Adams
Vietnam
Funerals for Lucas and Others Set This Week
Funeral services are planned today for Dale Oris Lucas 61 of Mercer Street Princeton at 2 p.m. in Burns Wornal Chapel with burial at Resthaven Memorial Park. Pallbearers listed. Joe Hankins 68 of War to be honored at Calvary Baptist Church War with burial in Maplewood Cemetery Tazewell Va. Ella J Thompson 84 of Bluefield to be buried at Harry Cemetery Bluefield after service at Mercer Funeral Home. Fred Hodges 70 formerly of Bluefield to be buried at Walnut Grove Cemetery Bluefield Thursday morning.
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Hankins
Joe
Calvary Baptist Church
W. H. Johnson
Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell
James Parrott
James Clingenpeel
Silas Phillips
Rich Hampton
Ray Jones
Arch Altizer
Geering- Witten Funeral Home
Welch
Hodges
Fred
Jersey City
N. J
Bluefield
Walnut Grove Cemetery
C. H. Patterson
Audrea Dishman Pennington dies at home in Virginia
Andrea Dishman Pennington, 68, of the Bluefield Tazewell Road in Virginia, died Tuesday at her home after a short illness. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Dudley Memorial Mortuary in Bluefield, Virginia.
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Andrea Dishman Pennington
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Virginia
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Bluefield
Man Drowns In Rescue Attempt At Sandy Creek
GRAFTON West Virginia John Mayle of Weber Taylor County drowned Monday in Sandy Creek near Knottsville while trying to assist a friend who was struggling to swim. Mayle is the son of Hartzel Mayle, who survived the Farmington mine disaster alongside 77 others.
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Grafton
W. Va
John Mayle
Weber
Taylor County
Sandy Creek
Knottsville
Mayle
Hartzel Mayle
Farmington
Railroads Announce Temporary Layoffs in Huntington
The Chesapeake and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio railroads will furlough 173 locomotive shop employees in Huntington due to continued low business. The layoffs take effect Thursday night.
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Huntington
W. Va
Chesapeake and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Tazewell Man Denies Poultry Ownership in Cruelty Case
James B. Overby of Tazewell faces a misdemeanor cruelty to poultry charge in Mercer County. His attorney says Overby purchased the farm but not the chickens, with 2,500 dead birds found on the Kinzer property after a buyout in February 1972. Investigators seek to determine ownership who is responsible for disposal under possible fines and jail terms.
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Tazewell
Mercer County Sheriffs’s Department
E. R. “Shorty
Simons Jr
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Randall Veneri
James B. Overby
Simons
Veneri
Overby
Paul Kinzer
Kinzer
E. L. Fleming
New Ingleside Road
Sheriff's Department
Fleming
Atlanta Jet Blows Tires On Landing At Mercer County
A Piedmont Propjet en route from Atlanta to Charleston blew two tires on landing at Mercer County Airport due to crosswinds. The plane with 21 passengers skidded to a halt but no injuries were reported. The aircraft could not proceed because both tires on one side were damaged and there was limited on site fire equipment.
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Piedmont
Atlanta
Charleston
Mercer County
Matoaka Kiwanians Hear Mrs Toothman Ireland Program
Matoaka Kiwanians were entertained Tuesday night by a slide and commentary program on Ireland presented by Mrs. H F Toothman of Athens. She spoke about the Irish landscape and people and noted this was her second trip to the Emerald Isle.
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Tireland
H. F. Toothman
Athens
Woman Faces Shop-Lifting Rap in Bluefield
A 20-year-old Welch woman, Deborah Harrison, is scheduled to appear before Bluefield Judge John McGhee on a shop lifting charge. Police say she took merchandise valued at 20 dollars from Grant's Department Store in Bluefield Plaza Shopping Center at 5 30 p m Tuesday. She was released on a 50 dollar bond awaiting court. Arresting officers were R Honaker and R L Carriger.
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Welch
Bluefield
John McGhee
Deborah Harrison
Grant’s Department
Bluefield Plaza
Dias Diamandidis
Grant’s
McGhee
Panel Approves Six Month Jobless Program Extension
House Ways and Means Committee formally approves a six month extension of the emergency unemployment insurance program set to expire June 30 without new law. The bill offers up to 13 weeks of extra benefits for unemployed workers in high jobless states and raises the unemployment tax for 1973 only by eight hundredths of one percent borne by employers on the first 4,200 dollars earned.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
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Ida) Osborne
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Texie) Elkins
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