Senate panel reverses House and blocks saccharin ban
A Senate committee rejected a House plan to block a saccharin ban for 13 months. Senator Eagleton said Congress will delay for 18 months and allow FDA action, with Oct 1 as a pledge to hold any ban. FDA delayed orders to review new cancer studies. The AMA endorsed labeling saccharin and sought changes to animal-cancer rules.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Senate
House
Washington
Congress
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Food and Drug Administration
Eagleton
FDA
Agriculture Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Capes
Paul G. Rogers
D-Fla
Sen
Edn M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Congressional Health
Rogers
Kennedy
San Francisco
American Medical Association
AMA
Carter signs law curbing Arab boycott of Israel
President Carter signed legislation restricting corporate participation in the Arab boycott of Israel. The act, extending the Export Administration Act, allows compliance with local laws under certain conditions but imposes fines for boycotting or discriminating against U.S. firms. The move followed a rare cross‑sector agreement among Jewish groups and major companies.
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Washington
Carter
Israel
Middle East
White House
U.S
New York
Lawmakers Split Over Budget Allocations for Education
Legislators clash over a conferees budget report for education totaling 522.9 million dollars including 102 million for the Board of Regents and several specific allocations for medical and osteopathic schools. Senator Davis warns of delegation of powers while Huffman touts a nonpolitical funding approach.
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State Board of Regents
Huffman
James Davis
D-Marion
Davis
Board of Regents
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Marshall University Medical School
West Virginia University
Rockefeller
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph bylines and postal info list establishment date contact address and Associated Press affiliation. It notes subscription rates by mail for West Virginia zones and home delivery pricing with regional advertising representation.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Blueliela
Associated Press
West Virginia
Ave Bureau of Circulasion Advertising
London Associates
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Mercer County area
Multiple obituaries note Stuart Ause Jones Sr 71 of Bluefield area died at home after a long illness. Other death notices include Mrs Savannah Brown Clyburn 74 of Kellysville, John Hagy 67 of Panther, Conrad Neal Groseclose 66 of Ceres Virginia. Services set for Bluewell United Methodist Church Oakvale Cemetery Greenbrier Freewill Baptist Church Panther and various local churches with attendance by family and church groups. Burial arrangements at Roselawn, Oakvale Cemetery, and Sharon Cemetery with local funeral homes handling details.
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Savannah Brown Clyburn
Kellysville
Glenwood Methodist Home
Mercer County
MacArthur
Glenn A. Clyburn
Athens
Gene A. Clyburn
el Paso
Texas
Macie Hill
Princeton
Myrtle Clyburn
Oakvale
Ernest Davis
Salem
Davis
Conrad Neal Groseclose
Ceres
Roanoke
Ceres Ruritan Club
Young Farmers Club
Elizabeth Graves
Mae Heslop
Narrows
Ruth Thomas
Josephine Haag
Raleigh
N. C
North Holston United Methodist Church
David Schantz
Wiley Neal
Sharon Cemetery
Newberry Funeral
Bland
Obituary: Grover Crabtree 91 of Lebanon Virginia
Grover Cleveland Crabtree 91 of Lebanon Virginia died Wednesday in an Abingdon hospital after a brief illness. He was a retired farmer and Crabtree Chapel Baptist Church member. Surviving are four daughters, three sons, a sister, 13 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral conducted Friday at Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Crabtree Family Cemetery on Sandy Ridge. The body remains at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today for viewing.
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Grover Cleveland Crabtree
Lebanon
Abingdon
Russell County
G. M
Lydia Musick Crabtree
Crabtree Chapel
Sandy Ridge
Lizzie C. Crabtree
Charlie Combs
Galax
Irving Cook
Leslie Tiller
Dayton
Ohio
Jack Snuffer
Christiansburg
Wayne Crabtree
Atkins
Elkanah Crabtree
Tumwater
Wash
George E. Crabtree
Cleveland
A. K. Couch
Johnson City
Tenn
Honaker Funeral Home
Honaker
Fred Harcum
Crabtree Family
Rt. 2
Ada Bullard 56 Dies After Long Illness in Lakewood
Ada Lee Bullard 56 of Lakewood California died Tuesday after a long illness. She was formerly of Princeton and daughter of Ruth Moore Lee and the late R. E. Lee. Survived by husband Martin L. Bullard son Robert L. and daughter Ramona L. Bullard two brothers Hubert T. Lee Princeton and Benny G. Lee Chicago. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery Lakewood California.
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Ada Lee Bullard
Lakewood
Calif
Princeton
Ruth Moore Lee
R. E. Lee
Martin L. Bullard
Robert L
Ramona L. Bullard
Hubert T. Lee
Benny G. Lee
Chicago
Woodlawn Cemetery
Cal
Obituary notices for Shelton Sr. and Smith
Robert Lee Shelton Sr. 77 of Princeton died after a long illness in Bluefield. He was a retired miner and former Hickmans Pharmacy employee with a large local family surviving including a son in 1977 and eight great grandchildren. Funeral details set at St Matthew's Church in Bluefield and Restlawn Princeton. Gratton Walter Smith 62 of Cedar Bluff Va died at his brother's home after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Hurst-Scott Funeral Home Richlands.
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Robert Lee Shelton SR
Beckley Road
Princeton
Bluefield
Hickman’s Pharmacy
St. Matthew's United Holiness Church
Pulaski
Fred
Laura Bailey Shelton
Robert L. Shelton Jr
Helen Hemphill Shelton
Geraldine Smith
Peggy Hurd
Columbus
Ohio
Barbara Lee
Detroit, Mich
William Shelton
Clifford Shelton
U.S. Army
Germany
Ralph Shelton
Ronald Shelton
James M. Shelton
Detroit
Adolphus Shelton
Anawalt
Ella Bowen
Ella Taylor
Roby Hogan
Mich
Walter Staples
Restlawn
George W. Seaver
Gratton
Walter Smith
Rt. 1
Cedar Bluff
Cecil Smith
Baptist Valley
Hurst-Scottoa
Richlands
Mrs Delores Ercoline Claflin dies in Florida
Delores Ercoline Claflin 48 of Miami Beach formerly Northfork died last evening from unspecified causes. Born February 12, 1929 in Ashland she was the daughter of Louis and Magele Ercoline. Survived by husband Chris son Christopher two brothers R Alex and Leo and sister Letizia. Funeral Mass 11 am Friday at Sacred Heart Powhatan. burial Woodlawn Bluewell. Bennett-Fanning Northfork, wake rosary at 8 pm.
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Delores Ercoline Claflin
Miami Beach
Fla
Northfork
Ashland
Louis and
Magele Ercoline
Chris Claflin
Miami
Christopher
R. Alex Ercoline
Bluefield
Leo Ercoline
Peter Damon Dies at 74 in Kimball
Peter W. Damon 74 of Kimball died Wednesday in a Charleston hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Bennett Fanning Funeral Home in Northfork.
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Peter W. Damon
Kimball
Charleston
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Reward Offered For Information On Vandalism
A Kellysville service station owner posts a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those who broke out all windows at the station early Wednesday. Deputy Frank Wood III says two large plate glass windows and several smaller panes were smashed. damages around $1,200. A separate early Wednesday incident near Davis Funeral Home in Oakvale damaged a telephone booth with about $100 in damages.
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Kellysville
Mercer County
Frank Wood III
Johnny Beckner
Wood
Davis
Oakvale
Buchanan Officials Clarify Union Fund Management
UMW officials denied Arnold Miller influenced the timing of cutback decisions. They stated funds are managed by three trustees: a union representative, a company representative, and a neutral party.
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UMW
Arnold Miller
Local Obituaries and Funeral Notices for Charles Compton and Others
Funeral services today honor Charles Garfield Compton 76 of Montcalm at Cravens Shires Bluewell with burial in Perkins Cemetery Browning Lambert Mountain. Edward Lane Caldwell 64 of Bluefield to be interred at Harve Cemetery after Dudley Memorial Chapel service. William L Ward 87 of Mohegan to be laid to rest at Saeger Memorial Cemetery following Mohegan Pentecostal Church service. Julia Berentes 60 of Los Angeles formerly Gary and Caretta to be buried in Roselawn Memorial Gardens Welch. William James Williams 71 of Bluefield to be buried at Roselawn Memorial Gardens with Masonic rites by Northfork Lodge 94.
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Stuart Ause Jones SR
Rt. 5
Box
Bluefield
McDowell County
Charles and
Maude Painter Jones
United Pocahontas Coal Corp
Crumpler
United Methodist Church
Luther H. Clark Masonic Lodge
AF & AM
Northfork
Howard
Ora Bailey Jones
Tom
June) Lindsey
Kimberlake
N. C
E. H
Betty) Charles Sr
Bluewell
Carrie) Clayton
Southern Pines
A. L
Dora) Kemp
Nellie) Cox
Greensboro
Stuart A. Jones Jr
Durham
W. Lewis Jones
Orangeburg
S. C
James W. Jones
Betsy Meadows
Gussie Foster
Beckley
Nellie Pennington
Green Valley
Bluewell and
Compton
Charles Garfield
Montcalm
Cravens -Shires
Ray
Paul Hall
George Williams
Perkins Cemetery
Browning- Lambert Mountain
John Kade
Robert Neal
Edward Perkins
Curtis King
Alvin Hedrick
Bruce Wolfe
Caldwell
Edward Lane
Blake Street
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Leonard Repass
Harve Cemetery
VFW
Berentes
Julia
Los Angeles
Calif
Gary and
Caretta
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
John Lafferty
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Princeton
Julius Szakacs
Gabor Toth
James Long
Jimmy Bower
Lewis Berentes
David Billings
Jeers greet Mitchell at Alabama prison arrival
John N. Mitchell arrived at Maxwell Air Force Base to begin his sentence for Watergate. Inmates jeered him, shouting they now had him as a convict with a prison number 24171 157, as he walked to the admin building under tight security.
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Montgomery
Ala
John N. Mitchell
Big John
Mitchell
Richard M. Nixon
Maxwell Air Force Base
Mitchel
Ee Nu Fo
Car Refenge
Comiel
Nice
Alabama
Huntsville
Three Remain Hospitalized After Bluefield Wreck
A two car crash near East River Mountain Tuesday night left Curtis Chandler 18 in very serious condition at Bluefield Community Hospital in ICU. Also hospitalized in stable condition are Mike Crouch 20 and Mark Cline 22. Remains of Mark Caudill 18 were pronounced dead. Robert Tabor was treated and released. Funeral services scheduled for today at Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel.
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Bluefield Community Hospital
East River Mountain
Curtis Chandler
Stowers Street
Bluefield
Mark Caudill
Melrose Avenue
Chandler
Robert Tabor
Dearborn Street
Tabor
Mike Crouch
Wythe Ave
Mark Cline
Granite City
Ill
Crouch
Cline
Bluefield Hospital
J. L. Walters
Caudill
Gene Bailey
Joe Ann Boyd Caudill
National Contracting Co
Bluefield High School
First Presbyterian Church
Craig Edward Caudill
Jason
Teresa) Harry Jr
Ronald
Angela) McCall
Lena Caudill
Hawkins Funeral Home
Barry Shatzer
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield-Princeton Road
Jim Arnold Jr
Harry Moore
Bobby Dobbins
Tony Colabro
Archie Hare
Phillip Wasson
Bill Blaydes
Trustees Warn Funds Face Worsening Finances Amid Wage Strains
Trustees report the 1950 Pension and Benefit Trusts are under heavy strain as years of wage bargains, bad winter costs, and inflation slash income. They warn possible health benefit cuts could include suspending outpatient drug programs. the 1950 Pension Trust faces liquidation to cover shortfalls, with mid summer depletion. The 1974 and other funds show mixed footing, bolstered by coal royalties and specific per hour and per ton allocations.
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Funds
Pension Trust
UMWA
Benefit Trust
Origins of the 400 in New York high society
The term the 400 denotes New York City society's inner circle. It supposedly began when Mrs. William Astor asked Ward McAlister to trim her annual ball guest list to 400, a number fitting her ballroom capacity.
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United States
William Astor
Ward McAlister
Byrd Presses for Extended ICBM Contracts Amid SALT Talks
Byrd urged extending defense contracts and upgrading the Princeton missile plant to adapt to ICBMs amid SALT II discussions. He spoke with the President and Frank Moore while Rockwell officials avoided comment until Thursday.
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Dee
Page Onegon
Princeton
Byrd
Frank Moore
James E. Morrison
Rockwell
Prince Jean
David Newbro
Officea
Anaheim
Calif
Viceton
Miners face debt as contract talks loom says young union critic
A young man blames hotheads for miners’ woes and urges timely talks with Arnold Miller to avoid wildcat strikes. He notes 1974 contract law and argues miners should work until negotiations and avoid illegal strikes. He questions whether union, company, or funds are at fault.
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Arnold Miller
Emblems and Dates of the United States Coat of Arms
The United States coat of arms features an American Eagle with a shield of 13 stars and stripes and was adopted in 1782.
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United States
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