Probe closes second day as SCC finds potential discrimination
The State Corporation Commission probes into cash allowances by Appalachian Power and Vecco for home builders and appliance installations reveals a potential discrimination claim. Lyman Cushing admits possible bias against non total electric homes while cross examination highlights eligibility issues for free underground wiring.
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State Corporation Commission
SCC
Apian Power Co
Electicami Power Co
Vepco
Lyman Cushing
Appalachian
Jerome J. Mc
Leonard G. Muse
McGrath
Jesse W. Dillon
Jan M. McGurn
Vecco
Dodd Hearings Will Be Public
Senate Ethics Committee ended two days of closed hearings on Sen. Thomas J. Dodd conduct charges and will begin public sessions. James P. Boyd Jr. will testify first. Julius Klein is expected to testify later.
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Washington
Senate Ethics Committee
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
John Stennis
Dmiss
James P. Boyd Jr
Dodd
Boyd
Bipartisan Committee
Julius Klen
Chicago
Stennis
Klein
Europe
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Connecticut Democrat
Telephone Stolen at Richmond Cleaners in Bluefield
A pay telephone at Richmond Cleaners in Bluefield was stolen during Monday night or Tuesday morning. An attempt to break open a coin box on a laundry machine at the same establishment proved unsuccessful. The theft was discovered by an employee Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Cleaners
Bluefield
Deaths and Funerals in Appalachia Obituaries Mix
Readable obituaries list James C Wolfe aged 65 of Maybeury and Wade Carter 68 of Wolfe among others Funeral details include services at Maybeury Methodist Brushfork Methodist and Laur al Creek churches with multiple survivors and burial sites in Roselawn Monte Vista and family plots Notes on death dates and call times at local mortuaries appear throughout the column
Obituary notices for Holley McCoy Baker and others in Welch area
Obituaries report the deaths of James L. Holley 78 of North Tazewell Va followed by funeral details at Wilburn Memorial Methodist Church and Maplewood Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Also noted are Peery Henry McCoy 47 of Vansant Va and a perinatal/five siblings death and service details at Deel and Roaring Fork Cemetery. Burial arrangements and funeral home information provided. The notice also includes O J Douglas Mortuary Welch and service details for a baby born alive and died shortly after birth with multiple siblings listed.
Infant Brown Dies Twelve Hours After Birth in Princeton
Lacy Lee Brown infant son of Jesse L. and Margaret T. Brown of Princeton died at Memorial hospital twelve hours after birth. The body lies at Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Lacy Lee Brown
Jesse L
Margaret T. Brown
Princeton
Memorial Hospital
Memorial Funeral
Funerals Held for Baker Powell and Others in West Virginia
Multiple obituaries list services across Abbs Valley Bluefield Rock and Premier. Margaret Baker 65 of Abbs Valley dies with funeral at Roosse vain Methodist Church with burial at Tabor Cemetery. Daisy Powdrs 24 of Rock dies with service at Cravens Chapel and Woodlawn Cemetery burial. Nina Repass 79 of Athens funeral at George W Snave Chapel Princeton with Athens Cemetery burial.
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Powdrs
Daisy
Rock
Cravens Funeral Home
Bivewell
Woodlawn
Delmer Jones
Johnnie Ratliff
Jackie Ratliff
Bernard Green
R. C. Pigg
Curtis Neal
Bucky Branscome
Repass
Nina Maude
Athens
George W. Snave Chapel
Princeton
Dale Sneed
N. P. Tomlinson
Douglas Fowler
B. H. Johnston
J. R. Bowlin
W. J. Nichols
Rescue Squad Seeks New Members in Bluefield
The Bluefield Rescue Squad, formerly limited in membership, is now accepting applicants due to expanded services. Applications are to be submitted at the Bluefield Municipal Building.
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Bluefield Rescue Squad
Bluefield Municipal Building
Mullens Teen Treated After Motorcycle Mishap
An 18 year old Mullens resident, Mike Jenkins, was treated and released at Bluefield Sanitarium after a motorcycle mishap near Big Vein. The incident occurred about 3 30 p m in Virginia.
Circuit jurors report Monday after weeklong delay
Mercer County Circuit Court jurors are excused for the rest of the week and need not report in Princeton until Monday at 9 30 a m. Judge F Morton Wagner announced a suit scheduled today was settled and one set for Thursday has been postponed to the next term.
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Mercer County Circuit Court
Princeton
F. Morton Wagner
Northside Fire Labeled Arson in Bluefield Residence
Bluefield fire officials labeled the early morning blaze at 218 Fairfax St. as definite arson. Damage was estimated at 700 to 800 dollars with kerosene soaked rags found at the northwest corner. Police and the State Fire Marshal’s office opened an investigation amid reports of five prior small Washington Street fires possibly linked to juveniles.
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Bluefield
Fairfax St
Lovella Howard
Gordon Damron
Damron
C. L. Walker
State Fire Marshal's
Washington Street
Child Returned To Her Parents In Bluefield Culvert Incident
Bluefield police spent about three hours identifying a five year old girl found wandering in a culvert near Hales' Culvert after a man brought her to the scene. The child Mary Grace Gillespie could not name her home. Her father later retrieved her from the police station around 6 15 p.m.
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Bluefield
Hales
Neal’s Market
Tate
Mary Grace Gillespie
John Riley
Pruett Station Burglarized in Bluefield
Bluefield police investigated a breaking and entering at Pruett's Service Station 525 Federal St. The thief gained entry by removing glass panes from the west side and broke a office door glass to unlock it. Cash totaling $40 taken from a register and filing cabinet. iron bar used to pry drawers. office ransacked.
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Pruett
Federal St
Bluefield
Nat Dalton
Dalton
Stacy Held On Liquor Count
A 38 year old McDowell County man identified as Robert Lee Stacy of Panther Creek Paynesville was arraigned in Welch on charges of possession operating an illegal distillery and possession of mash and non tax paid whisky. He waived to the grand jury and was held under a $500 bond awaiting a Sept 21 U S District Court session in Bluefield after a raid on a home still yielded 105 gallons of moonshine and a cooker.
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McDowell County
U.S. District Court of Southern
West Virginia
Bluefield
Welch
Robert Lee Stacy
Panther Creek
Paynesville
U.S
J. Strother Crockett
Stacy
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit
Byrd's Chairman For Carroll Is Appointed
Judge Dale Wilson LaRue was appointed Carroll County chairman Tuesday for the July 12 Democratic primary campaign of Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr.
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Richmond
Dale Wilson LaRue
Carroll County
Harry F. Byrd Jr
NAA And Union Open Bargaining For New Contract
Representatives of the United Auto Workers told North American Aviation officials in Princeton that the union seeks a two year contract with substantial yearly raises though no amounts were named. NAA agreed to study the proposals and a second meeting is planned before the current contract ends July 1. The unit includes about 250 workers at the space plant, which employs 357 total.
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United Auto Workers Union
North American Aviation
Princeton
NAA
Space Plant
Donald Ethlin
UAW
Detroi
Herrell Jeffers
Whle
Clayton C. Cole
James E. Morrison
Light Talks Of Trip To Europe
Jim Light son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Light of Bluefield spoke at the Bluefield Rotary Club meeting about his European tour as a Corn ing Glass Foundation scholar He was among five scholarship winners and toured Eurasia while noting Americans act as evangelists abroad and recounting experiences in marketing for Croning Glass in Zurich Guests included Claude Kirkland Duke Wright Cambrod Hunter Kenneth Branch W C Stevens Arthur Evans and George S Phillips Incoming president George Walker presided
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Jim Light
Herbert Light
Bluefield
Europe
Corning Glass Foundation
Croning Glass
Zurich
Claude Kirkland
Duke Wright
Welch
Cambrod Hunter
Princeton
Kenneth Branch
W. C. Stevens
Arthur Evans
Waynesboro
George S. Phillips
Glenville appoints education leader with varied roles
A Glenville educator with a 1959 Ohio State doctorate and majors in educational administration and agricultural education is named to the Glenville presidency after serving as associate professor of education, division chair, and director of student teaching. He served in the Mediterranean theater in 1945 46, taught as a summer county agent in 1948, and held multiple regional education posts.
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U.S. Army
Webster
West Virginia University
Glenville
Association of Higher Education
West Virginia Association of Student Teaching
Phi Delta Kappa
Sigma Delta Pi
West Virginia School Journal
John Breth Dies At Home In Bluefield
John Thomas Breth 74 of 709 Albemarle St Bluefield died Tuesday at home from a heart attack. A Westinghouse Bluefield office former manager he held electrical engineering degree from Penn State. He lived in Bluefield since 1919 and retired ten years ago. He belonged to Bland Street Methodist Church Masonic Lodge Shriner and several clubs. Survived by wife Isabella Webster Breth one son John T Breth Jr two grandchildren three sisters and other relatives. Funeral services planned in Bluefield and Burnside with burial at Mount Zion Cemetery. Contributions may be made to Bland Street Methodist Church building fund.
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John Thomas Breth
Albemarle St
Bluefield
Westinghouse Corporation
Clearfield County
John L
Harriet Weaver Breth
Penn State University
Westinghouse
Bland Street Methodist Church
Methodist Men's Club
Buffalo
N. Y
Grace Ankeny
Mary Rinehart
Rose Bowder
Breth
Houston
Mercer Funeral Home
R. T. Mallory
McCandell
Burnside
Mount Zion Cemetery
Bluefield Virginia and West Virginia police radios upgrade
Police and fire departments in Bluefield Virginia install new radio equipment costing about 4000 dollars to enable direct Virginia Side contact with Tazewell County towns and state police in Wytheville. New base and mobile units, plus three fire trucks and chief car, with 24 hour shifts and plans for Sunday daytime coverage.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
A. K
Chip) Harvey
Tazewell County
Dever
Virginia
Wytheville
Harvey
Binefield
W. Va
Adrain Ances
Morgan Whittaker
Matoaka Club Hears Major on Air Force Training
Major Henry H. Davis spoke to the Matoaka Kiwanis Club on Air Force supply training and modern methods. He cited postwar issues, four-year training for supply specialists, and the value of a dual training system saving millions. The meeting also supported urging a Mercer County regional health center and planned an intra-club session with Bluefield Kiwanis next week.
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Air Force
Matoaka Kiwanis
Matoaka
Henry H. Davis
Davis
Okinawa
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Qoalcasi
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Maybeury
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Marcell
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Alice Mae Widner Wolfe
Susan J. Rose
June Pratt
Mabel Prather
Washington, D. C
Lou Henry Little
Portsmouth
Bill Wolfe
Gary
Douglas J. Wolfe
Jacksonville
Mrs. Myrtle Hawley
Ers
Eugene Caldwell
Endle
E. M. Hawley
C. E. Hawley
Salem
Ernest Hawley
Washington State
Brushfork Methodist Church
William D. Slates
Brushfork
Dudley Memoral
Wade Carter
Wolfe
Bluefield Sanitarium
Danville
Carlos ¥. Carter
Beckey Jane Hardnett Carter
Sue W. Carter
Chauncey Carter
Til
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Coumbe
Ohio
Beatrice Thurman
Newport News
Henrietta Rose
Newark
Bertha Branch
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Laural Creek
Chruch
J . C. Smith
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E S'n¢ Woods
Henry Jones
Henry Holley
Herbert Acell
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Johnny Powell
Mrs
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West Bluefield
Huntington
Italy
Donald Scott
Wiley B. Scott
Nome
Alaska
Gordon W. Scott
Orlando
Fla
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Jenny Pullano
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Blue
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Monte Vista
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Rich
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Domenic Legato
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Mary Ellen Peters
Elkton
Pearisburg
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Pembroke
Sidney
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Clayton
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Rosie Corner
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Molley Clemons
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Church of God of Prophecy
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Garden
A. West and Son Funeral
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Cecil Fulkerson
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N.C
I. E. Howell
Chesterland
Harold Ashworth
Grisels Funeral Home
Moundsville
Alta Wallace
Alta Eten Wallace
Tazewell, Va
Carter County
Ty, Va
Bez and
Suzanna Crabtree Fuller
Charles Burke Wallace
the Homme
Karel Marman
Elizabethton
Louis Fuller
Kinsport Tenn
Sue Kitts
Tazewell
Jessie Caudle
Jessie Franklin Caudle
Geraldine Arthur Caudie
Norman Jean
Arlene Hope Caudie
Ernest
Melvin
Alfred Lee Caudie
Ter
Reba Ann Arthur
Carl Weiss
Robert Bailey
Roanoke
Ea Warden
Emmett Griggs
James L. Holley
North Tazewell
Richlands
Oscar
Elizabeth Holley
Annie Williams Holley
Lettie Polley Peery
Josephine Wallace
Brooklyn
Elizabeth Mills
Perry McCoy
Peery Henry McCoy
Vansamt
Jack
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Trammel
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McKee
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Middlefork
Deel
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Christ
Roy Hall
Roaring Fork
Edward Lee Baker
Welch Hospital
Danita
Bradley
Daniel
Brian Baker
Gladys
Re Baker
Buckmoore
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Berlin Smith
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Rebuck
Steve Sr
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Elkhorn
Father Mark North
Paul Dalida
Pete Seminko
Paul Seminko
Mike Seminko
Paul Hornick
George Trechock
BMN
Markus L
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Gorden
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Bluefield, Va
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