Roanoke and County Floods Sweep Virginia Towns
Flood waters from the James and Roanoke rivers inundated Warrenton, Buchanan, and Roanoke with streets under water and businesses flooded. Rescue workers evacuated 136 people from Camp Easter Seal in Craig County as Highways washed out across western Virginia. The Roanoke River flooded three blocks of a business district and reached six feet at Victory Stadium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff’s Office
Warrenton
James River
Buchanan
Roanoke Valley
Roanoke River
Peak Creek
Pulaski
Craig County
New Castle
Roanoke
Donald Lisk
Easter Seal Society
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Victory Stadium
Floods pound White Sulphur Springs as Agnes rains hit Panhandle
Heavy rains from the remnants of Hurricane Agnes flood the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. White Sulphur Springs sees knee deep water for hours and 200 residents displaced. Canteens aid evacuees as officials assess damage and warn of continuing rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs
Virginia Line
National Weather Service
Jefferson
Berkeley
Moigan
Panhandle
Ern Panhandle
NWS
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Greenbrier County
Howards
Caldwell
Red Cross
Civil Defense
John Bowling Jr
Troops to Back Local Police at Conventions
Federal troops will bolster local police and National Guardsmen at the summer political conventions in Miami Beach and elsewhere. The deployment is described as precautionary and not a show of force, with soldiers unseen unless trouble arises. Florida officials previously planned security for both conventions, totaling about 4,000 personnel including 3,000 guardsmen. The announcement followed a Washington meeting between Attorney General Kleindienst and Governor Askew. A Youth International party leader compared the move to U.S. Vietnam policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Atty
Richard Kleindienst
Florida
Reubin Askew
Askew
Don Pride
Pride
Kleindienst
Washington, D. C
Defense Department
Miami
Guard
Youth International Party
Yippies
U.S
Vietnam
Semis Collide injure driver on rain slick Route 460
Two tractor-trailers collided on rain slick U S Route 460 east of the West Virginia Turnpike entrance at Princeton. One man injured and vehicle damage estimated at 1400 dollars. Robert Burch 29 of Ruby South Carolina apparently lost control crossing the center line hitting Vernon Dowd 33 of Crescent Springs Kentucky. Dowd treated and released from Princeton Community Hospital for foot injuries. No charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainslick
U.S. Rt. 460
West Virginia Turnpike
Princeton
D. R. Bowman
Robert Burch
Ruby
S. C
Vernon Dowd
Crescent Springs
Dowd
Princeton Community Hospital
Moore Vows Rural Road Betterment In Mercer County
Stanley E. Anderson and Raymond Dishner reported to Gov Arch Moore that attention will be given to Mercer County back roads. The governor agreed to study several roads including Christian-Aker Road at Bluewell for maintenance and repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley E. Anderson
Republican Party
Mercer County
Rock District
Republican Executive
Raymond Dishner
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore, Jr
Anderson
Dishner
Charleston
Moore
Bluewell
Nemours
Perdue Hollow
Brushfork
Brushfork School
Promethium Name Origins Recounted Through History
The rare earth Promethium has a history of several proposed names. It was once called Ulli nium after Illinois and Florentium by Italian scientists before the International Union of Chemistry formally adopted Promethheus based naming in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
International Union of Chemistry
Prometheus
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Ad Rates Mention Subscription Details
The listing notes subscription rates by carrier and mail including West Virginia zones and motor route monthly pricing. It also identifies the Bluefield Daily Telegraph as a member of the Associated Press and provides contact telephone information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews Fanon
Obituary notices list several Virginia deaths
Andrea Dishman Pennington 68 of Bluefield Virginia died at home after a short illness. Survivors include one daughter and three sons. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Friday at Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield with burial Grandview Memory Gardens. Pallbearers listed. Also memorials for Harmon Rudolph Adams 48 and Charles Edward Green 50 with service details and survivors noted. Fassette C Harvey 54 and Lewis Hooper 70 noted with burial and arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrea Dishman Pennington
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Virginia
Russell County
William and
Orpha Southerland Brooks
E. H. Russell
Bluefield
Robert
Bob) Dishman
James E. Dishman
Orlando Fla
William F. Dishman
Atlanta, Ga
Vaughn Brooks
Lebanon
Maude Ferguson
Effie Owens
Katherine Dye
Malva Cook
Rose Jessee
Alpha Davis
North Tazewell
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Hugh V. Ferguson
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Gerald
Buck Hau
Paul Ed Scott
Tony Bolling
Bob Shaver
Garney Lusk
Billy
Ronnie Dye
Jollymore Rites Held for Mary Catherine in Princeton
Mary Catherine Jollymore 74 of Rt. 2 Princeton died at home after an apparent heart attack. She was a Sacred Heart Church member with eight years in Princeton born in Canada daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Phillips Delaque. Survivors include three sons James W George A and Ira all of Princeton and Baltimore respectively. three daughters Mary L Heim Dawn C Root and Edna Warren. two sisters Tillie Price Alma Riggs. 25 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. Funeral conducted at 10 a.m. Friday in George W Seaver Chapel with Father John Savage officiating burial in Jollymore family cemetery Bible service at 8 p.m. at the funeral home chapel. Funeral home hours 5 to 9 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon Rudolph Adams
N. Walker Sr
Princeton
First Church of God
Mahood Avenue
Cecil Watson
Rogselawn Memorial Gardens
Mingo County
Ira T. Adams
Norfolk and Western Railway
Brotherhood of Engineers
Princeton Boosters Club
VFW
U. S. Air Force
Roxie Harmon Adams
Margaret Malamisura Adams
Steve R. Adams
U. S. Navy
Hugh S. Adams
Woodbridge
Larry A. Romeo
P. T. Willis
Sandy Ball
C. B. Quillen
W. K. Ellis
O. W. Siple
W. E. Dawson
C. N
R. C. Buckland
Seaver Funeral Home
Mary Catherine Jollymore
Rt. 2
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Canada
Phillips Delaque
James W
George A. Jollymore
Ira D. Jollymore
Baltimore
Mary L. Heim
Dawn C. Root
Edna Warren
Ontario
Tillie Price
Alma Riggs
George W. Seaver
John Savage
Jollymore Family
Funeral Home
Obituary of Amos Allen Blanchard 83 Princeton resident
Amos Allen Blanchard 83 of the Round House Addition Princeton died on arrival at a Princeton hospital with death listed as natural causes. A World War I veteran and retired Virginian Railroad electrician, he is survived by his wife Stella, three daughters Gloria Neely Sylvia Harman and Ann Harman, a foster daughter Sylvia Harman, a son Robert Rose, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 p.m. in the Burns-Wornal Chapel Princeton with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens near Bluefield Princeton road. Funeral directory notice: viewing today from 3 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Allen Blanchard
Round House
Princeton
Stewart County
Alabama
Henry and
Florence Bush Blanchard
Virginian Railroad
Stella Duncan Blanchard
Glen
Gloria) Neely
Pipestein
Larry
Ann Harman
Guy Evelyn) Harman
Car
Sylvia) Harman
Robert Rose
Victoria
Memorial Funeral Directory
Andy Faulkner
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Alma Virginia Price obituary
Alma Virginia Price 61 of Charleston died Tuesday night after a short illness. She worked in the West Virginia Tax Commission auditing department and belonged to Calvary Baptist Church Bluefield. Survived by daughter Neva Jo Adams Charleston and brother W H Price Honaker. Funeral 11 a m today Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home Charleston. Burial 2 p m Woodlawn Cemetery Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Virginia Price
Charleston
West Virginia Tax Commission
Calvary Baptist Church
Bluefield
Pineville
Order of the Eastern Star
West Virginia
OES
Order of the Rainbow
Neva Jo Adams
W. H. Price
Honaker
Barlow- Bonsall Funeral Home
William J. Benfield
Woodlawn
Mrs Betty Martin 76 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Betty Martin of Keystone aged 76 died Wednesday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. Arrangements were complete at Bennett Fanning Funeral Home Northfork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Martin
Keystone
Frank Martin
Welch
Bennett - Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Mose Keen 83 Grundy Va. resident dies after long illness
Mose Keen of Grundy Virginia died after a long illness in a Grundy hospital. Born in Pike County Kentucky he was the son of the late Dave and Thursie Keen. Survived by wife Martha Keen four daughters Eunice Conley Gladys Skeens Emmajean Carpenter Bunia Chaffins one son Julian Keen two sisters Rebecca Charles Alta Stacy nineteen grandchildren and thirty great grandchildren. Services held at 1 p m Friday at the Virginia Funeral Home Chapel with ministers officiating burial in Chaffins Cemetery Coal Run Kentucky. Funeral home after 2 p m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mose Keen
Grundy
Pike County
Dave
Thursie Charles Keen
Martha
Mattie) Keen
Eunice Conley
Gladys Skeens
Emmajean Carpenter
Bunia Chaffins
Coalrun
Kentucky
Julian Keen
Columbus
Ohio
Rebecca Charles
Pikeville
Alta Stacy
War
Virginia Funeral Home
Clarence Greenleaf
Charlie Sublett
Michael Trent
Chaffins Cemetery
Coal Run
Thelma L Manning Dies at 60 in Goldbond Va
Thelma Lucas Manning 60 of Goldbond Va died Tuesday at home. Survived by husband Willie Manning foster son Donald R Carter two brothers Roscoe and Weldon Lucas three sisters Annie K Manning Pansy Carter and Jenny Rummely. Funeral at 2 p m Thursday Williams Jamison Funeral Chapel Pembroke Va with burial in Birchlawn Cemetery Pearisburg Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Lucas Manning
Goldbond
Willie Manning
Donald R. Carter
Roscoe Lucas
Weldon Lucas
Annie K. Manning
Pansy Carter
Jenny Rummely
Bluefield
Williams
Pembroke
Birchlawn
Pearisburg
Roosevelt Moore Dies at 65 in Virginia Hospital
Roosevelt Moore aged 65 of Bandy Virginia died Wednesday in a Richlands hospital. The body remained incomplete at Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands awaiting final arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Moore
Bandy
Richlands
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Freeman man dies after long illness in Bluefield hospital
Mike Lucas 70 of Freeman died Wednesday in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. He was incomplete at Rodriguez Pocahontas Funeral Home Pocahontas Virginia.
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Mike Lucas
Freeman
Bluefield
Rodriguez Pocahontas Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Obituary notices list William Ward Charles Hill Maggie Caudill and Fred Hodges
Obituaries for William Harrison Ward 87 of Pilgrim Knob Va died Friday with service at Ward's Memorial Bible Church and burial in T Ward Cemetery. Charles S Hill 77 Princeton mourned at George W Seaver Chapel with Roselawn Gardens burials. Maggie Ethel Caudill 60 Paynesville to be laid to rest at Rock Ridge Church with burial in Collins Ridge Cemetery. Fred Hodges 70 former Bluefield resident to graveside in Walnut Grove Cemetery Bluefield with Mercer Funeral Home handling arrangements. Pallbearers named for Ward and Hill. Friends may call at local funeral homes and after 10 a.m. Friday at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caudill
Maggie Ethel
Paynesville
Rock Ridge
Woozley
John D. Payne
Orville Collins
Anthony Childress
Collins Ridge Cemetery
Hercell Caudill
Hurst- Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Hodges
Fred
Jersey City
N. J
Bluefield
Walnut Grove Cemetery
C. H. Patterson
Mercer Funeral Home
Police Recover Stolen Loot From Virginia Heist
Tazewell County deputies recovered about 500 dollars of tools and equipment hidden in a wooded area behind Centennial Construction Co in Bluefield. About 1100 dollars in gear was reported missing after a Tuesday night or Wednesday morning theft. Thieves cut a six foot fence and pried the back door to enter the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell County Va
Centennial Construction Co
Bluefield
Garney Lusk
Paul Bailey
Johnson Suit Not Dismissed in Discrimination Case
U S District Court Judge Sidney Christie ruled the Johnson v. State Department of Public Safety suit not dismissed. Johnson, among the first black state policemen, alleges ongoing discrimination since December 1971 and seeks reinstatement as a state trooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. District Court
Sidney Christie
James Johnson
Bluefield
State Department of Public Safety
Johnson
Christie
Department of Public Safety
Donald Pitts
NAACP
Berserk gunman kills six in New Jersey office spree
Edwyn J Grace, 33, of Brooklyn, opened fire in two Cherry Hill office buildings, killing six and wounding several before shooting himself. Police said he used a .22 automatic and a sawed off shotgun. bystanders fled as victims were struck, workers described a chaotic scene and Grace wore a Court Clerk patch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Hill
N.J
Puis Public Safety
Wal Peters
William T. Cahill
Peters
Frank Jones
Edwin J. Grace
Brooklyn
N.Y
GMA Co
Heritage House
Grace
James Ashmen
Blackwood
Ashmen
Robert Slanter
Titler Defends Tony Boyle Amid UMW Leadership Criticisms
Titler attacks Rockefeller links and coal mine jargon while praising Tony Boyle as the best UMW administrator, arguing Boyle would handle the presidency despite a coal miner’s black lung. He condemns outside critics and cites the 1969 Yablonski murders as not implicating union leadership.
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Titler
Rockefeller
Miller
Tony Boyle
Boyle
UMW
John L. Lewis
Yablonski
Clarksville
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Audrea Dishman
Pennington
Charles Edward Green
Tazewell
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
A-Mart Stores
Charles E. Green Jr
J. A. Hansbrough
Culpepper
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Fassette C. Harvey
Atlanta
William Gordon
Lackie Skeens Harvey
Margaret Harvey
Michael Harvey
Rodney Harvey
Patricia Harvey
Mason Harvey
Marvin Harvey
Corrine
Beulah Stowers
R. L
Clara) Elmore
W. W
Mildred) Belcher
Giles
Mary) Whitlow
Lindside
Helen Harvey
Fairmont
Lewis Hooper
Park St
Beckley
Sam Martin
Lugo Funeral Service
Peppe
Maryland & Frederick Sts
BAG Ice Retail
Three Way Gas & Oil
Cherry St
W.va
Standard Oil
Ritter
Ritter Finance
Gil
Beis Finance
Spring Street
National Guard Armory
THE
Servants
Ridge Vartetta
Hecks
All Deskins
Southside Pharmacy
New Graham
Cohen Drug
Hickmans Welch
Bluefield State College
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