Sewage Fee Extended Through September For Bluefield System
The Bluefield Sanitary Board extends present sewage rates through Sept 30 to cover costs at the Ada and Bluestone facilities. A hearing on proposed new rates will follow with a two year construction timeline before any changes take effect.
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Jim Terry
Bluefield Sanitary Board
Bluefield
Public Service Commission
Sanitary Board
James Macomber
PSC
Ada
Bluestone
Westside
Macomber
Thirth
Holley, Kenney, Schott, Inc
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal
Deaths, services for Phillip F. Williams and Ruth Kernodle McNamara
Phillip F. Williams of Powhatan died after a long illness in Welch hospital. He was a retired miner and Mercy Seat Baptist Church member with survivors including wife Cora and daughter Hazel. Services Friday at 1:30 p.m. at Mercy Seat Baptist Church, burial Restlawn Memorial Gardens. Ruth Kernodle McNamara, 64, of Charlottesville died in a Charlottesville hospital. Survived by two daughters Mildred Trail and Betty Hall, one brother, four grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at Hill and Irving Chapel, with 11 a.m. Saturday burial at Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Phillip F. Williams
Powhatan
Welch
Franklin County
Edward and
Melinda Price Williams
McDowell County
Mercy Seat Baptist Church
Cora Williams
Hazel Cooper
Maybeury
Katie Williams
Bluefield
R. M. Harris
McKinley Raymore
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
General Totten
Roy Spriggs
Glen Neal
William Powell
James Burger
Ruth Kernodle McNamara
Charlottesville
Jack L. Kernodle
Olympia
Wash
the Hill and Irving Funeral Home Chapel
Greenlawn
Newport News
Obituary of Kenneth L Farley of Spanishburg Mercer County
Kenneth Lowery Farley 69 of 850 Mercer St Princeton died Wednesday afternoon at his aunt s home in Spanishburg after a heart attack. He was a retired Virginian Railway employee and ex night clerk at the Virginian Hotel Princeton. He belonged to Spanishburg United Methodist Church and the Princeton Old Guard. Born August 31 1906 in Spanishburg he was a lifelong Mercer County resident. Survived by his mother Mrs Alice Cox Farley of Spanishburg and a brother Billy J Farley of Princeton. Funeral 2 pm Friday at George W Seaver Chapel with Revs Spinella and Hall officiating burial Sarver Cemetery Spanishburg. Pallbearers T R Jewell Dave Griffith Sr Randall Taylor William Hoge K G Paitsel Mark Farley honorary pallbearers Princeton Old Guard. Friends may call 6 to 9 pm today.
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Kenneth Lowery Farley
Mercer St
Princeton
Willie Eadle
Spanishburg
Virginian Railway
Virginian
Alice Cox Farley
Will Farley
Billy J. Farley
George W. Seaver Chapel
Tony Spinella
Paul Hall
Sarver
T. R. Jewell
Dave Griffith Sr
Randall Taylor
William Hoge
K. G. Paitsel
Mark Farley
Princeton Old Guard
Giles Payton Butt obituary notice with service details
Giles Payton Butt 56 of Route 4 Bluefield died Tuesday in a Salem Virginia hospital after a long illness. Born September 7 1919 at Bluewell he was a World War II veteran and former Bluefield Hardware and Norfolk and Western Railroad employee. Survived by five sisters and three brothers with services Friday at 1 30 p m at Cravens Shires Chapel Bluewell Rev Clifford Compton officiating burial Woodlawn Mausoleum Bluewell Friends may call today 7 9 p m at the funeral home.
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Giles Payton Butt
Bluefield
Salem
Bluewell
Robert Butt
Martha Mitchell Butt
Bluefield Hardware
Norfolk and Western Railroad
F. E
Dollie) Galbraith
J. L
Lilly) Saunders
Princeton
N. J
Edith) Phillips
Jack
Bessie) Webb
Brentwood
D. V
Stella) Roach
Clarence Butt
Nemours
Rural Hall
N. C
John Butt
Walkerstown
Cravens-Shires Chapel
Clifford Compton
Woodlawn
Een
Paul Seers
Oo Butt
Jessie G Roach
Verloo
Robert A. Galbraith
Blurfield Daily Telegraph Local News Summary
The message lists subscription and delivery rates for the Blurfield Daily Telegraph and notes AP affiliation. It includes a postal address, publishing details, and advertising agency contacts.
Mrs Mary A Orander 80 Nanjemoy Md Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Mary A Orander of Nanjemoy Maryland died Wednesday morning in a La Plata hospital after a long illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Bennett Fanning Funeral Home in Northfork.
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Mary A. Orander
Nanjemoy
la Plata
Bennett- Fanning
Northfork
Death of Mrs Lula Faye Aliff in Lindside
Mrs Lula Faye Aliff, 75, wife of W. E. Aliff of Lindside, died Wednesday evening at her home after a long illness. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Broyles Funeral Home in Peterstown.
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Lula Faye Aliff
W. E. Aliff
Lindside
Broyles Funeral Home
Peterstown
Montcalm Woman Dies at 74 in Bluefield Hospital
Cleora Perkins, 74, of Box 2 Montcalm, died Wednesday at a Bluefield hospital. Funeral services are incomplete at Cravens Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell.
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Cleora Perkins
Montcalm
Bluefield
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Hezekiah Felts Dies After Short Illness in Bluefield
Hezekiah Felts known as Kaison Felts of Spring Street Bluefield died Tuesday evening at his home after a brief illness. The notice notes he passed away following a short illness with incomplete details from Linkford and Bluefield.
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Hezekiah Felts
Hezekiah (Kaison) Felts
Spring Street
Bluefield
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
William Bert Hickman Dies After Short Illness in Bluefield
William Bert Hickman of 1321 Glendale Bluefield died Wednesday evening in a Bluefield hospital after a short illness. Funeral arrangements are pending at Mercer Funeral Home in Bluefield.
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William Bert Hickman
Glendale
Bluefield
Mercer
Funeral service for Earnest Cleveland Francis at Brush Fork UMC
Earnest Cleveland Francis 43 of Route 4 Bluefield dies and funeral held today at 2 p.m. at Brush Fork United Methodist Church with Rev. Charles Wilfong officiating. Burial follows at Monte Vista Park Cemetery along the old Bluefield Princeton Road with pallbearers named.
Hussein Meets With Soviets in Moscow Talks
Jordan's King Hussein met for three hours with Soviet leaders in Moscow. Tass reported discussions covered bilateral relations and urgent world problems, with Podgorny and Gromyko present. A communique was promised later.
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Moscow
King Hussein of
Jordan
Kremlin
Tass
Hussein
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Andrei A. Gromyko
Soviet Union
Citizens Group Presses for Lower Local Phone Rates
The Princeton Area Citizens Association plans to testify at a Public Service Commission hearing on local telephone rate increases set for July 20 at the Mercer County Courthouse. Oakvale Mayor O. Bee Boothe backed the association with a petition from Oakvale residents, while East River Improvement Association endorsed complaints. A resident from Athens, Donald McMorris, labeled the area service the worst and prices the highest he has paid. Similar hearings on Columbia Gas and West Virginia Water Company rates were noted, with 30 day rate freeze possible if complaints are sufficient.
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Public Service Commission
Princeton
Oakvale
O. Bee Boothe
East River Improvement Association
Donald McMorris
Athens
Columbia Gas Company
West Virginia Water Company
Robert Graham
Mine Victim's Funeral Friday
James Roy Dotson 31 of Mavisdale Va died Tuesday from an accident at P F Bevins Coal Co where he worked as a drill operator. Survived by wife Avanell Messer Dotson and children Julia and Gregory. service Friday 11 am at Buchanan County Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Greenhill Memory Gardens Claypool Hill. Body remains at Keen Mountain Funeral Home after 6 pm today.
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James Roy Dotson
Mavisdale
P. F. Bevins Coal Company
Buchanan County
Emma Runyons Dotson
Rochester
N. Y
Elegah Dotson
Avanell Messer Dotson
Julia Roxanne Dotson
Gregory Scott Dotson
Dorreen LaGabel
California
Ruby Mullins
Edward Harold Dotson
Damon Runyons
New York
Nancy Dotson
Spacy
Buchanan County Funeral Home
Clarence Greenleaf
Jim Hill
Greenhill
Claypool Hill
Keen Mountain
Gynecologists Split by Protesters in Tel Aviv
A Israeli gynecologists conference in Tel Aviv dissolved amid protests by about a dozen women shouting anti abortion and feminist slogans. Fistfights erupted as demonstrators clashed with doctors and a jug of water was hurled. Police restored order.
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Tel Aviv
FEC denies further matching funds to nine nominees
The Federal Election Commission ruled that nine presidential candidates receive no additional federal matching money, except to cover pre bow out debts. The decision leaves Carter, Ford, Reagan, and Brown Jr. as the active candidates for matching funds. The group named includes Udall Jackson Wallace and Church, among others, who may appeal the ruling.
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Washington
Federal Election Commission
FEC
Morris K. Udall
Henry M. Jackson
George C. Wallace
Frank Church
Jimmy Carter
Carter
President Ford
Ronald Reagan
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Oil spill after Chessie train derailment on Elk River
Six cars of a Chessie System train derailed near Elk River spilling several thousand gallons of yellow lubricating oil into the river. No injuries were reported. Downstream in Glendon residents complained of a strong smell and yellow substance on the water while Chessie System spokesman Tom Johnson said oil floated about eight miles downstream.
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Elk River
Frametown
W. Va
Chessie
Glendon
State Department of Natural Resources
Tom Johnson
Chessie System
Psychologist questions prealcoholic personality theory
Indianapolis expert Dr. Joan Curlee-Salisbury told the Midwest Institute of Alcohol Studies at Northwestern University that no proven prealcoholic personality exists. She said studies claiming such a personality are based on data collected after illness. she warned the condition could affect anyone.
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Evanston, Ill
Indianapolis
Midwest Institute of Alcohol Studies
Northwestern University
Joan Curlee-Salisbury
Veterans Administration Hospital
VCU to appeal ruling on women hiring quotas
Virginia Commonwealth University will appeal a federal judge's ruling that its program for preferential hiring of women and sex based quotas is unconstitutional. The board meeting followed Judge D Dortch Warriner's June 1 decision in a reverse discrimination case brought by a rejected male applicant.
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Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University
VCU
Board of Visitors
U. S. District Court
D. Dortch Warriner
Warriner
Federal
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Oil Spill Closes Seaway Traffic Near Thousand Islands
Emergency crews from U S and Canada battled a major spill on the St. Lawrence Seaway near the Thousand Islands. About 250000 gallons of a 6 million gallon barge cargo leaked from three ruptured tanks after the vessel struck a fogbound shoal.
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Thousand Islands Park
N.Y
U.S
St. Lawrence Seaway
New England Petroleum Co
Coast Guard
Oswego Barge Co
Federal workers rally on Capitol steps over pay and treatment
About 2 000 federal employees gathered on the Capitol steps to protest their treatment by President Ford and Congress. Dennis Garrison of the American Federation of Government Employees accused Ford of attacking federal workers and cited a 5 percent salary cap while noting his own pay rise from 42 000 to 200 000 in three years.
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Washington
Capitol
Ford
Congress
Dennis Garrison
American Federation of Government
Garrison
Prosecution Rested in Ze Jr. Quadruple Murder Trial
In Jacksonville, Florida, the prosecution rested after 72 witnesses and 10 days of testimony in the quadruple murder case of fur store owner W.T. Ze Jr. Defense moved for acquittal but was denied by Circuit Judge Maurice Paul. The defense plans to present 80 potential witnesses.
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Jacksonville, Fla
W.T. Ze Jr
Robert Eagan
Ralph Hadley III
Zeigler
Maurice Paul
Soviet Cancer Therapy Mirrors U S Methods
An 11 member American Cancer Society delegation in Moscow viewed Soviet solid tumor treatment at Herzen Cancer Center. President Dr. Benjamin Byrd said the program appeared essentially the same as in the United States. They planned visits to Kiev and Leningrad and depart July 3.
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Moscow
United States
Herzen Cancer Center
American Cancer Society
Benjamin F. Byrd
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville
Tenn
Pulsar Remnants Highlight Stellar Collapse Findings
A tiny pulsar forms from the collapse of a much larger star. The remnant contains most of the original star’s material, with billions of tons of matter still packed inside, per the National Geographic Society book The Amazing Universe.
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National Geographic Society
Nationwide Independence Day Celebrations From Coast to Coast
The nation marks July Fourth with parades, ceremonies, and entertainment. Ford views tall ships in New York. Boston reenacts Revolution celebrations. Washington hosts music, speeches, and a Mall rally headlined by Jane Fonda and Benjamin Spock.
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Ford
New York
Hudson River
Boston
Washington
Jefferson Memorial
Peoples Bicentennial Commission
PBC
Jane Fonda
Benjamin Spock
Don McLean
Peter Yaro
Peter, Paul and Mary
John Stewart
Kingston Trio
Capitol
Congress
Philadelphia
America
Alexandria
George Washington
Sitka
Alaska
Seward
Shale Mountain
Milford
Conn
Derry
N.H
Ada
Okla
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Main Street
Lexington
Sacramento
Calif
Nevada
Biloxi
Miss
Hanibal
Cairo
New Orleans
Superdome
American Samoa
Car Truck Crash Kills Belle Woman
Bertha Snedegar of Belle died when a car she rode in collided with a tractor trailer in the Kanawha City area of Charleston. Her husband Archie Snedegar, 72, was slightly injured.
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Belle
Charleston
W.va
Bertha Snedegar
Kanawha City
Archie
Carter Seeks New Alliances As Nomination Looms
President hopeful Jimmy Carter calls for abandoning power politics and building ties with free nations at a New York Foreign Policy Association event. He campaigns to erase a 600000 dollar deficit with fundraisers and prepares for Capitol Hill talks as GOP contests heat up with dozens of delegates at stake.
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Associated Press
Jimmy Carter
United States
Carter
Foreign Policy Association
New York
Lone Ranger
Nixon
Ford
America
Georgia
Washington
Capitol Hill
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Mississippi
Beiruts Battle Rages as Guerrillas Repel Tank Assaults
Palestinian and Lebanese fighters claim to have beaten four tank supported Christian offenses in eastern Beirut in the heaviest fighting of the war. Arab peacekeepers reopen Beirut airport, and a MEA plane marks a rare landing after 16 days.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Tal Zaatar
Jisr el-Basha
Mosler
Arab League
Republican delegates weigh polls ahead of convention
McMath says few calls on his vote as Reagan odds loom while Doumar of Norfolk notes press focus on uncommitteds. He weighs Reagan versus Ford against Carter, acknowledging polls guide his choice and predicting Ford or Reagan outcomes. Dalton will study August polls. Calvin Smith may skip Kansas City depending on final decision.
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Minnesota
Montana
New Mexico
Idaho
Ford
Reagan
Carter
Associated Press
North Dakota
McMath
Robert Doumar
Norfolk
U.S
Jimmy Carter
John Dalton
Kansas City
Calvin Smith
Portsmouth
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Bland Street
Biuefield
Malin First
Lones End
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
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Mrs
Lula F. Aliff
Citizens Group
Giles
Virginia
Pulaski
Montgomery
Floyd
Robert L. Wood
State Board of Health
Richmond Area
Planning District 4
Kiev
Leningrad
Big Flea
Yankee
Middle East Airlines
Bass Lake Park
Nicely Private Park
Hinton, W.va
New River
Emmett and
Howard Fox
Bass Lake
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