Eight teens hurt in Bluefield mountain crash kill youth
An 18 year old Bluefield youth, Mark Caudill, died at Bluefield Community Hospital after a two car head on collision near East River Mountain. Curtis Chandler, 18, was severely injured and undergoing emergency surgery. The crash involved Curtis Chandler in a 1972 Vega and Robert Tabor in a 1977 Monte Carlo with several passengers treated at the hospital. Police found no skid marks at the scene and rescuers faced heavy damage in removing victims.
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Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
East River Mountain
Bluefield Community Hospital
Mark Caudill
Melrose Avenue
Curtis Chandler
Stowers Street
Bluefield Hospital
Mike Crouch
Wythe Ave
Chandler
Robert Tabor
Dearborn Street
Danny Baker
Augusta Street
Max Epling
Narrows
Mark Cline
Granite City
Ill
Tabor
Caudill
Miners Walk Out Over Welfare Fund Benefit Cuts
West Virginia coal regions see mass stoppages as miners refuse to work in protest of United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund cuts. About 10,000 miners across seven southern counties affected. several mines idled with no fixed duration.
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United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund
U.S. Steel Corporation
West Virginia
Gary
Eastern Associated Coal Corporation
Consolidation Coal Company
Royalty Smokeless Coal Company
Premier
H & F Mining Corporation
Kitchekan Fuel Corporation
Peter White
Isaban
West Virginia Coal Association
Dan Fields
Fields
Haldeman and Mitchell Begin Prisons Over Watergate Crimes
H R Haldeman and John N Mitchell reported to federal prisons on schedules tied to their 1970s Watergate conviction. Haldeman entered Lompoc California Camp with a dormitory stay while Mitchell prepared to surrender at Maxwell Air Force Base Alabama. Both men face 2½ to 8 year terms for warrant cover up.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
H. R. Haldeman
Richard Nixon
White House
California
John N. Mitchell
Maxwell Air Force Base
Federal Prison
Alabama
Haldeman
Watergate
Los Angeles
Oval Office
Gary Aldinger
Lompot
Maxwell
Mitchell
Nixon White House
Nixon
PSC Drops Long Distance Toll Between Bluefield Princeton
The West Virginia Public Service Commission ordered General Telephone Company of the Southeast to drop long distance rates between Princeton and Bluefield and between Princeton and Matoaka. The Telegraph reported the PSC signed the order Friday afternoon giving GenT 10 days to comply, though local officials said they had not received it.
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PSC
Bluefield
Princeton
Matoaka
West
Virginia Public Service Commission
Telegraph
General Telephone Company of
Gent
Ne Yer
GenTel
State Supreme Court
Bob Graham
Princeton Area _ Citizens Association
PACA
Graham
Athens
Oakvale
Bramwell
Mercer County
West Virginia approves 841 million budget with roads funding
Budget conferees finalize an 841 million general revenue plan for 1977 78 allocating 53 million for secondary road improvements. The bill goes to both chambers for Wednesday approval and takes effect July 1. Teacher pay bill adds 5.4 percent raise costing 17 million.
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Charleston
W.va
House
Senate
Jay Rockefeller
Department of Highways
Plans move on for War city library site prep
Telegraphed plans show War library site prep set to begin soon as part of a $15.8 million Little River project in Tazewell County advances with federal funding talks. The PSC toll free service ruling targets GenTel in Mercer County with June 27 options.
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Tazewell County
HUD Flood Community Organizes In Buchanan
In Keen Mountain Virginia a mobile home park houses over 150 flood victims from Buchanan County. HUD leased land from the school board on April 20 and the Corps of Engineers built the site with Branch and Associates handling the work. Water lines and a sewage plant are nearing completion with portable toilets in use. Some residents express frustration at delayed TV cable service and space limitations remain for belongings.
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Daily Telegraph
Birchie Looney
U. S. 460
Keen Mountain
Buchanan County
Buchanan County School Board
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Branch and Associates
Roanoke
George Brunner
Corps of Engineers
Abingdon
Gladys Potter
Royal City
Facelift Plan for Bluefield Downtown Survey Underway
General Design Inc of Greenville Illinois begins a week long survey of Bluefield downtown merchants bankers and civic leaders funded by the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Directors. The project aims to generate five storefront themes guiding revitalization efforts with feedback to shape feasible ideas.
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Greenville
Johnson
Bluefield
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Lompoc
Calif
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Billy Graham
Sterner
Ette
Buchanan
Jim Gilreeth
Mrs. Birchie Looney
Jim Terry
Chamber
Bob Hamilton
Bland Street
United Methodist Church
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