Deaths and funerals fill Bluefield area listings
Arthur W. Fields 59 of 402 Hillcrest Dr Bluefield Va died Sunday in a Bluefield hospital. He was a Norfolk Southern conductor for 36 years and held Masonic and Royal Arch titles. Memorial service Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Dudley Memorial Chapel with cremation to follow. Randy Bell Harmon 25 of Matoaka died Saturday at Itmann No 1 Mine near Mullens. He leaves a wife and daughter with multiple siblings and half-siblings. Funeral 11 a.m. Tuesday at Bailey Funeral Chapel Princeton, burial Mills Cemetery Beeson. Michael Leigh Cutright 36 of Austin Texas formerly Buckhannon died Saturday in Texas. Funeral 10 a.m. Wednesday Whitescarver Randio Buckhannon, burial Heavener Cemetery Buckhannon. Nannie Bell Kennedy 76 of Jolo died Saturday in Richlands Va hospital. Survivors include daughters Pinkie Gibson and Oakie Johnson. burial Kennedy Cemetery Jolo. Funeral Tuesday Jesus Name Church Bartley with Rev Charlie Kennedy. James Lee Beckner 84 of Pearisburg Va died Friday. Retired WV highways employee. survivors include wife Minnie, son Verlie, daughters Clara and Betty, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. today Givens Funeral Chapel Pearisburg. George Delbert Shrader 74 of Cedar Bluff Va died Sunday. arrangements incomplete. Gladys Presley 68 of Feds Creek Ky died Sunday in Buchanan County hospital. arrangements incomplete.
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Arthur W. Fields
Hillcrest Dr
Bluefield
Susie Chitwood Fields
Green Valley
Peery W. Fields
Norfolk Southern Railway
Graham Christian Church
Harman Lodge
A.F.A.M
W.G. Baltimore Royal Arch
Maxine Bailey Fields
Donald E. Fields
Roanoke
Sheila F. Stacy
Richmond
Tamara A. Fields
James Fields
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Donald Weaver
Randy Bell Harmon
Route 1
Matoaka
Itmann No. 1
Mullens
Princeton
Betty Tipton Bell
Clay Bell
Lashmeet Church of God
Shirley Ann Jenkins Harmon
Amber Harmon
Jackie Bell
Lashmeet
Ronnie Lee Harmon
Bobby Bell
Danny Shrewsbury
Peggy Pendergrass
Bridgett Bell
Betty Jo Watkins
Margaret Dempsey
Ellenton
Fla
Kassie Runyon
Bailey Funeral Chapel
Earl Jenkins
Mills Cemetery
Beeson
Michael Leigh Cutright
Austin
Texas
Buckhannon
Bill Cutright
Charlotte Kretschmann Cutright
Kenneth Wayne Cutright
Athens
Ohio
Ronald Lynn Cutright
Worms
Germany
Whitescarver Randio
Steve Engles
Heavener
George W. Seaver
Nannie Bell Kennedy
Jolo
Richlands
Raysal
Daniel and
Mary Estep Atwell
Holiness Church
John
Clifford
Ervin
Oma
Pinkie Gibson
Oakie Johnson
Gene Atwell
Frank Atwell
Bartley
J.M. Atwell
Alexandria
Pearl Christian
Berwind
Jesus Name Church
Charlie Kennedy
Arthur Lewis
Kennedy
Fanning Funeral Home
Jaeger
James Lee Beckner
Pearisburg
Beckner
Ripplemead
Robert L
Lizza Teel Beckner
Virginia Department of Highways
Mary McCroskey
Morrell Lee McCrosky
Minnie Robertson Beckner
Verlie Miller Beckner
Middleton
Clara McCrosky
Betty Barnett
Pembroke
Givens Funeral Chapel
Lee Ellison
Birchlawn Burial Park
Peace plan set as US and USSR pursue Gulf War restraint
The United States and Soviet Union keep to a peace plan in New York aiming to prevent an Iranian victory in the Gulf War while excluding naval protection talks. Officials say the Soviet stance is unexpectedly cooperative and the effort has persisted for months with shared regional interest. Meanwhile local obituaries note several funeral services across Bluefield and nearby towns, listing names, times, and burial sites for the deceased.
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New York
United States
Soviet Union
Armacost
Persian Gulf
U.S
Optimistic Lebanon minister expects hostage releases soon
Defense Minister Adel Osseiran says he is very optimistic that his son Ali Osseiran and U.S. journalist Charles Glass will be released soon. Syria rejected a ransom offer from Moslem kidnappers to free AliOsseiran if Glass remains hostage, as generals met Hezbollah spiritual leader Fadlallah and Osseiran at his home.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Adel Osseiran
U.S
Charles Glass
Syria
Ali Osseiran
Glass
Osseiran
Ghazi Kenaan
Sheik
Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah
Hezbollah
Party of God
Saeed Bairakdar
Fadlallah
Associated Press
Ali
Charles
Newspaper staff roll of key executives and managers
Thomas A Colley executive editor Mike Lennon general manager Patsy P Malamisura operations manager Linda M Osborne business manager Craig S Faulkner circulation director Melanie Arney advertising director Carl H Meade Jr press supervisor
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Thomas A. Colley
Mike Lennon
Linda M. Osborne
Craig S. Faulkner
Melanie Arney
Carl H. Meade, Jr
Tailgater shoots passenger on Santa Ana Freeway
In Santa Fe Springs California a motorist flashed lights then pulled alongside a car on the southbound Santa Ana Freeway and shot the passenger, 24 year old Rick Lane Bynum of Orange, fatally wounding him in the neck. Bynum's girlfriend Sandra Leigh Tait and their 3 year old son were unharmed.
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Santa FE Springs
Calif
Rick Lane Bynum
Orange
Santa Ana
Los Angeles County
Fidel Gonzales
Bynum
Sandra Leigh Tait
Miss Tait
Gonzales
Mosley
Tornado Rips Novi Mobile Home Park Killing Resident
A tornado struck Chateau Estates mobile home park in Novi on Sunday causing a fatality and six injuries. Up to 55 homes damaged with many severely, debris scattered, basketball court flooded, 25-35 homes severely damaged, 15-20 with lesser damage. 25-35 homes severely damaged, some overturned. 725 homes in the park.
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Detroit
Novi
Chateau Estates
Oakland County
Doug Molinar
Molinar
National Weather Service
Dick Wagenmaker
Ann Arbor
Botsford General Hospital
Farmington Hills
John Nichols
Nichols
Robert Steiner
Swaggart ministry faces tax and discovery fights in Texas
The Conroe ISD Shenandoah and Montgomery County claim Swaggart owned KJOJ owes 157000 in taxes on three properties. The ministry says the stations are tax exempt. A July 17 hearing targets sanctions for alleged non compliance with discovery orders. The ministry reports 455.8 million in contributions from 1978 to 1985 and rising net worth, while salaries and excess revenues are disclosed in a May letter.
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Conroe Independent School District
Shenandoah
Montgomery County
Swaggart
KJOJ
Texas
eThe
Awners
Lawyer Held 5 Percent Interest In Property Amid Bakker Talks
Lawyer Belli said he spoke with Jimmy Bakker by phone on Friday and had not met the preacher until Sunday. Bakker, defrocked from the Assemblies of God in 1980 for a church secretary sex tryst, surprised Belli with statements. Belli believed Bakker’s early involvement could have prevented his resignation if his lawyers had not represented opposing sides.
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A-1
Bakker
Belli
Assemblies of God
Jimmy
Nuclear Crash study warns limited attack could devastate economy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology experts say firing 1 percent of the Soviet arsenal at fuel supplies could halt transportation and energy, collapsing industry within two years and triggering mass starvation. The study projects near medieval living standards for decades in the United States, with the Soviet Union potentially more vulnerable due to concentrated industry.
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Boston
United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kosta Tsipis
Tsipis
Soviet Union
Debt estimate to be released by Commerce Dept
The government will publish its official estimate of U.S. debt to the world, with analysts projecting a year end 1986 figure near 220 billion dollars, more than double Brazil’s 108 billion. The release on Tuesday will show how the United States shifted from the world’s largest creditor in 1982 to the largest debtor.
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Washington
United States
America
Brazil
Commerce Department
Early witnesses named for arms sales hearings resume Tuesday
Hearings on arms sales begin with witnesses including Charles Cooper Glenn Robinette Noel Koch Henry H. Gaffney and Lt. Gen. Colin Powell. The congressional panels announce these witnesses as the hearings resume Tuesday after a two week recess.
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Congressional
Charles Cooper
Edwin Meese III
Glenn Robinette
CIA
North
Noel Koch
Defense
International Security Affairs
Henry H. Gaffney
Defense Security Assistance Agency
Colin Powell
Caspar W. Weinberger
Blockade and Waterway Access in Gulf War Context
Kuwait allows Iraqi vessels to use the Sebiyeh waterway between Kuwait Port and Bubiyan Island, a Kuwaiti territory, enabling access to Umm Qasr. The waterway links to Iraq’s only gulf outlet, ships barred by ongoing conflict after Iraq’s 1980 invasion of Iran over Shatt al-Arab.
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Kuwait
Sebiyeh
Bubiyan Island
Kuwaiti
Umm Qasr
Iraq
Iran
Shatt al-Arab Waterway
Gulf
Virginia Tech to restructure athletic program say board plans
Lavery outlines a plan to disestablish the private athletic association and move its administrative functions to the university. An advisory board would keep Hokie fans and alumni connected while addressing broader questions about athletics in academic life and the link between sports success and fundraising.
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Lavery
Private Athletic Association
Hokie
Virginia
Athletic Association
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Cedar Bluff
Hurst Scott
Gladys Presley
Feds Creek
Buchanan County
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Walker
Harold Lee
Stinky
Elkhorn
Upland Missionary Baptist Church
Upland
John Thompson III
James Green
James Neal
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Lanyi
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Pocahontas
St. Elizabeth Catholic Church
Daniel Brady
Woodlawn Cemetery
Bluewell
Rodriguez
Eades
Bernard A
Willowton
Davis Funeral Chapel
Oakvale
Jim Mullins
Willowton Cemetery
Mason
Margaret F
North Welch
Douglas Mortuary Chapel
Welch
Jerry Cook
Randy Lusk
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Hassel Lee
Prater
Singleton Funeral Chapel
Allen Stevens
Jeff Boyd
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Griffith
Ernest Fred ‘Snake
Stinson Ridge
Jewell Ridge
Hurst-Scott
Jerry Casey
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Bluefield Ave
W.va
Princeton Bureau
Edwin M. Freakley
Jim Terry
Patsy P. Malamisura
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Audit Bureau of Circulations
P. O
National Advertising Rep
London Associates
W.V
W.va Dasso
Oasso
Trailer Park
Schuller
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CP Bae Yd
Cid
TE Ue Rae
Hamptons Market
South Carolina
Yale
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