N&W Layoffs Hit Princeton Shop Workers Across System
Norfolk and Western Railway announced more than 1,000 repair workers will be laid off this month due to declining merchandise traffic and summer coal slump. Princeton shop workers are affected, with 1,091 furloughed by June 30 rising to 1,464 by July 14. most recalled in August if conditions permit. Furloughs occur in Roanoke, Norfolk, Princeton, Williamson, Portsmouth Ohio, Decatur Illinois and Bellevue Ohio.
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Gunplay Incident Investigated in Princeton Lake Bottom
A 25-year-old Princeton man, Allen Farley, was jailed in Mercer County after allegedly firing multiple shots near his parents' Lake Bottom home. He was charged with carrying a dangerous weapon and carrying an uncased gun in a vehicle, arraigned, and held on $800 bond. Deputies Midkiff and Meadows helped take him into custody. a 12 gauge shotgun and a .25 caliber pistol were found. No injuries were reported.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph newspaper masthead and imprint
The fragment shows the Bluefield Daily Telegraph masthead with branding details, address at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia, year established 1693, Associated Press affiliation, subscription rates, postal information, and advertising representative credits. It lacks news content.
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Collision near Princeton causes major damage
Deputy investigation into a Westbound Rt. 460 crash outside Princeton. Sam C. Whitt of Lima Ohio lost control, striking Boyd Lee Booth of Narrows head on. Whitt and passenger Wren Fenzell were treated and released. Booth’s truck sustained over $3,000 damage. No charges filed.
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Arizona
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Tractor Accident Claims Tazewell County Man
Elder William Raymond Smith 57 of Pounding Mill Va died Friday morning from farm tractor injuries. He was a farmer and Salem Primitive Baptist Church moderator. Survived by wife Mary Belle Clemons Smith two daughters two sons and foster son ten grandchildren and five sisters five brothers. Funeral at Hurst Scott Richlands with services at Grandview Memory Gardens Bluefield.
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Viola) Asbury
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Freda) Gates
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Former Bluefield Officer Files Grievance for Reinstatement
Frank Smolarick, former Bluefield police officer, says he filed a grievance Friday seeking reinstatement, back pay, and clearing of his record after a April 26 dismissal. He withheld details due to legalities. Reports link the dismissal to an earlier year shooting at his Pocahontas home. A similar grievance by ex-officer Michael Lafon Austin was upheld by a three-member panel, with Austin pursuing state court.
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Carter Lead Shrinks As Reagan Gains In WV Poll
In seven months President Carter’s lead over Reagan falls from 12 percent to 5.5 percent in The West Virginia Poll. Among 1000 adults surveyed June 9 to 14, Carter 33 percent, Reagan 27.5 percent, independent John Anderson 7.1 percent, margin of error 2.7 percent.
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ACLU May Seek Potts Appeal Ahead of July Execution
ATLANTA AP The American Civil Liberties Union may appeal for condemned murderer Jack Howard Potts who is set to die on July 1 and says he wants no further delays. ACLU attorney Gene Guerrero cites alleged mistreatment in five and a half years in Georgia prisons and calls for a full judicial hearing. Potts had renewed his appeal to gain a stay of execution. a cousin and a minister were denied as next friends. Potts’s move followed his abandonment of prior appeals. the ACLU could pursue next friend options if family requests. Potts has been relocated to Jackson, near Atlanta, and the old chair has been moved to a new death chamber at the Jackson facility.
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Bani Sadr Calls for Unified Command in Iran Crisis
Iranian President Bani Sadr urged a large city audience to dissolve revolutionary courts armed groups and place all forces under a single command as Ayatollah Khomeini demands. Tehran radio also cited Ghotbzadeh promising arms to Afghan rebels if Soviets stay.
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U.S
First Missionary Baptist Church Anawalt Anniversary
The First Missionary Baptist Church of Anawalt marks its Tith Anniversary on Sunday June 22. Dinner follows the morning service in Barkdale Hall with Rev. P D Edward and the Switchback congregation leading services.
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Domestic dispute siege ends with suspect surrender
Wythe police report that Janie Walk was hospitalized after a neck injury believed caused by a weapon during a siege. Ellen Davidson was assaulted, three sons aged three to eight were unharmed, and the suspect surrendered his .22 rifle around 7:30 p.m. Hostages stood in the yard, not inside the home, with the incident blamed on domestic problems.
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Cardigan Earl Designs Sweater Jacket Tradition
The 7th Earl of Cardigan who led the Light Brigade in Crimea became tired of pulling over sweaters. Tradition says he designed a buttoned sweater jacket that bears his name and has endured in history.
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