Tensions Mount After Stearns Mine Shooting Stirs KY
In Stearns Kentucky a miner on a picket line near Justus mine was shot by a company guard amid ongoing clashes between miners union supporters and company guards. Police report gunfire and a dynamite blast with guards firing from outposts as 140 workers strike. Union leaders cite escalating violence linked to prior Brookside disputes and seek safety committee control, while authorities order patrols and call for federal investigation.
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Stearns
Kentucky
John Cox
United Mine Workers Union
Harlan
Cox
Stearns Coal Co
Justus
Harold Watson
Ray Hamlin
Pine Knott
Watson
Lee Griffith Jr
David
Eastover Mining Co
Brookside
Washington
Harlan County
U.S.A
William Coffee
Coffee
Lee Potter
UMW
Potter
Blue Diamond Coal Co
Knoxville, Tenn
London
McCreary
Joe Perry
Union
Perry
Eastover
Duke Power Co
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publication Details
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1899 publishes morning edition by Daily Telegraph Printing Co in Bluefield West Virginia. It is a member of the Associated Press with subscription rates by mail and home delivery options and mentions audit bureau of circulation.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Blang Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation Advertising Representative
London
Temperature Chart By The Associated Press
The temperature chart lists hi and lo values for the previous day. It records the high and low readings from weather stations or cities as compiled by the Associated Press.
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The
Associated Press
Miners Seek Fund Reallocation as Coal Talks Stall
A six hour Washington meeting with a 12 man West Virginia and Pennsylvania delegation failed to sway the Bituminous Coal Operators Association. Officials say reallocation of royalties to weak benefit funds is denied though prior approvals were given, while Virginia District 28 mines stay idle and Norfolk & Western reports 53 of 220 mines idle with loadings expected to fall as vacations continue.
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BCOA
Virginia
UMW District 28
Buchanan County
Washington
Norfolk & Western Railway
Court rules on parochial school loaned texts and tests
The court ruled non religious texts may be loaned to parochial school pupils and extended to supplements and certain tests. Standardized testing by public officials is allowed if contents are controlled. testing must not aid religion and results guide pupil aid. Therapy and equipment restrictions aim to avoid secularizing or advancing sectarian interests.
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Ohio
Deaths and Funerals: Mary E. Smith and Mable H. Dillon
Mary E. Smith 89 of Zephyr Hills Florida formerly Mansfield Ohio died Friday in a Zephyr Hills hospital after an extended illness. Funeral Monday 3 p.m. Richardson Funeral Home Zephyr Hills burial Chapel Hill Cemetery Dade City. Mable H. Dillon 65 of War died Thursday morning in a Bluefield hospital after a long illness. Services Sunday 1 p.m. at the War home burial Hartwell Cemetery Grandsons pallbearers. Douglas Mortuary War in charge.
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Mary E. Smith
Zephyr Hills
Fla
Mansfield
Ohio
Raven, Va
John McGee
Geneva Whitehead McGee
John Elkins
Marion
Ind
Roy Wyatt
Dade City
Thurman Wyatt
Richlands
Clarence Wyatt
Bishop, Va
Richardson Funeral Home
Edrickson
Chapel Hill Cemetery
Notable Narrows Woman Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Sarah Thelma Dollinger Greever 60 of Narrows Virginia died Thursday in a Blacksburg hospital after a long illness. Survivors include husband F Baker Greever two sons John Sterling Greever and Glen David Greever Sr three brothers Roscoe Raymond M C Dollinger five sisters and three grandchildren Funeral services set for Monday at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church Narrows Rev Alfred E Philley to officiate Burial in St James Lutheran Cemetery Chilhowie Friends may call Riffe's Funeral Home Narrows Sunday.
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Sarah Thelma Dollinger Greever
Narrows
Blacksburg
F. Baker Greever
John Sterling Greever
Glen David Greever Sr
Hopewell
Roscoe Dollinger
Tallahassee
Fla
Raymond E. Dollinger Sr
Bristol
M. C. Dollinger
Orlando
Nannie Roberts
Kingsport
Tenn
Vicky Dollinger
Church Hill
Emma Burke
Abingdon
Meredith Johnson
Chattanooga
Betty Cardwell
Clawson
Mich
First Baptist Church In
Alfred E. Philley
St. James Lutheran Cemetery
Chilhowie
Riffe
Skeens
Mills Market
Alice Layne Skeens
Princeton
Dreama Ann Parson
Russell, Ky
Hansel Layne
Harley Layne
Mann
Jessie Lane
Atlanta
Floyd
Arlan Layne
Tamcliff
Lucille Alley
Pittsburg
Penn
Violet Fisher
Anaheim
Calif
Vada Walker
Bailey Funeral Home Chapel
Jimmy Jones
Paul Hall
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bailey Funeral Home
Fannie Pauley Hagy
Clearfork
Bastian
Bluefield
Walter C. Hagy
Josie Angle
Baileysville
Betty Moorehead
Shirley Clemons
Rocky Gap
Rita Hagy
Mary Neel
Ceres
Frances Adkins
Richmond
Geraldine Stout
Springville
Luther Hagy
Walter Hagy Jr
James Daniel Short
Harrisonburg
Clifford Short
Lebanon
Roy Hagy
Troy Hagy
Itmann
Raymond Hagy
Robert Hagy
Doran
Bodie Overstreet
Bridgeton
N. J
Victoria Lambert
Wytheville
Hubert Pauley
Bland
R. J. Pauley
Maryland
Newberry Funeral Home
R. T. Newton
Rose Hill
Obituary notices mark deaths of Skeens and Hagy families
In Mercer County veteran Irvin Skeens 50 of Princeton died at home from a heart attack. He leaves a widow and multiple stepchildren and siblings. Services set for Bailey Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Also listed is the death of Fannie Pauley Hagy 63 of Bastian with extended family and services at Newberry Funeral Home Chapel followed by burial at Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Irvin Skeens
Mahood Ave
Princeton
Hairston 52 Dies After Hospital Stay in Welch
Melwood Hairston age 52 of Switchback died Friday in a Welch hospital after a long illness. He was a son of Mrs. Elizabeth Hairston of Switchback. The body was taken to Lugo's Funeral Service in Bluefield for arrangements.
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Melwood Hairston
Switchback
Welch
Elizabeth Hairston
Lugo
Bluefield
Paul Shrader dies after long illness in Sacramento
Paul Shrader 46 of Sacramento California and formerly Richlands Virginia died Thursday in a Sacramento hospital after a long illness. Arrangements were complete at Hurst Scott Funeral Home in Richlands.
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Paul Shrader
Sacramento
Calif
Richlands
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Mrs Annie Simmons Dies in Virginia Hospital
Mrs Annie Simmons 64 of Red Ash Virginia died Friday in a Richlands Virginia hospital. She was the wife of Fred Simmons.
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Annie Simmons
Red Ash
Richlands
Fred Simmons
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Mrs Eulah L Collins Dies After Short Illness
Mrs. Eulah L. Collins, 61, of Orlando Florida and former Bluefield resident, died Friday in Orlando after a brief illness. Funeral arrangements were handled by Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell.
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Eulah L. Collins
Orlando
Fla
Bluefield
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Infant Twin Sons of Sparks Die at Birth in Bluefield
The infant twin sons of Mr and Mrs Leonard Basil Sparks of English died at birth Friday in a Bluefield hospital. Funeral services were held at Bluewell.
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Leonard Basil Sparks
Bluefield
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Will Zigler Dies After Long Illness At Princeton Hospital
Will Zigler of Rolfe died Thursday night in a Princeton hospital after a long illness. He was laid to rest at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home in Keystone.
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Will Zigler
Rolfe
Princeton
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Ho
Keystone
Obituaries for Damon, Miller, and Hedges
Peter W. Damon 74 of Kimball dies with funeral at St Marys Orthodox Elkhorn at 10 AM officiated by Rev John Housty entombment Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum William Dusty Miller 56 Bluefield resident with nephew Larry Miller host family today 2 PM Dudley Memorial Chapel Bluefield VA officiant Rev Charles G Dooley pallbearers Larry Miller Bruce Miller Robert Blackburn Dick Millsap Jack Neal Joe Saunders Dorothy V Hedges 624 Fairway Drive Double Gates VA funeral 11 AM Mercer Funeral Chapel Bluefield officiants Dr C H Patterson Rev Alfred L Bixler burial Monte Vista Park Cemetery Old Bluefield Princeton Road pallbearers Bill Ford Steve Vaught Tom Lawton John Zalubowski Jack Christian Maurice Bowling
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Damon
Peter W
Kimball
St. Mary's Orthodox Church
Elkhorn
John Housty
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Subcommittee Advances Phase of Coal Use Initiative
The House energy subcommittee finished a week of debate on a new phase of the program to boost utility and industrial coal use. It left broad governmental authority to require industry and power to give up natural gas and oil fuels, with urban air quality exemptions to be defined.
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House Energy Subcommittee
Services Sunday For Tazewell Crash Victim
A 17 year old Cedar Bluff youth George McCall was killed when the car he rode in struck a rock wall in Baptist Valley near North Tazewell Va The driver Wayne Hale 20 and two other passengers John Perry 17 and Randy Flanner 15 sustained minor injuries The crash occurred about 11 50 p m Thursday eight miles west of Tazewell The investigation continues with statements pending The funeral is set for Sunday at 2 p m at Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ in Baptist Valley with burial at Yost Cemetery.
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Cedar Bluff
Baptist Valley
North Tazewell
Virginia
C. H. Campbell
George McCall
Rt. 1
McCall
Wayne Hale
Campbell
Hale
Tazewell
John Perry
Randy Flanner
Flanner
Perry
Mattie
Carter tax details reveal royalties and deadlines
President Carter and his wife faced delayed tax filings in 1976 due to missing partnership and corporate returns and Mrs Carter’s Latin American trip. About 70,000 in book royalties from Why Not the Best were paid in 1977 but earned in 1976 and slated for donation to the Carter Foundation, with roughly 48,000 allocated to the foundation from January royalties.
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Powell
Congress
Carters
Carter
Carter Farms, Inc
Latin America
IRS
Carter Foundation For Governmental Affairs
White House
Robert Lipshutz
Paramount Announces The Bad News Bears In Training
Paramount Pictures said it will film The Bad News Bears In Training, the sequel to The Bad News Bears from 1976. The movie is slated for a July release.
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New York
Paramount Pictures
Dr Ottway Sanders Dies At 86 In Richlands
Dr Ottway Sanders of Grundy Virginia a long time physician in Buchanan County dies after a long illness in a Richlands hospital at age 86. He practiced in Hurley from 1935 to 1944 then in private practice until 1969. He is survived by his wife two sons a sister and two grandchildren. The funeral is at Grundy Baptist Church with Masonic rites and entombment at Mountain Valley Memorial Park.
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Ottway Sanders
Grundy
Buchanan County
Richlands
Oceana
John Ott
Ida Cook Sanders
Medical College of Virginia
Hurley
Leckie Coal Company
Grundy Baptist Church
Sandy Valley Lodge No. 17
AF & AM
Kazim Temple
Roanoke
Bertha Gregory Sanders
James Sanders
Harry Sanders
Williamson
James Damron
Huntington
James G. Pickens
H. G. Mutter
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Ed Talbert
Carl Bevins
Alonzo Rife
Alfred Sparks Jr
Clyde Rolen
Russell Belcher
Kelly Smith
Leonard Sutherland
Joe Weller
Alonzo Hardy
Joseph Robinson
G. D. Vermilya
E. M. Bane
Russell Chaney
Grundy Funeral Home
Vance Reasserts U.S.-Soviet Relationship
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance said after an OECD meeting that substantial differences linger in SALT talks and human rights, though progress exists in other areas. Izvestia in Moscow criticized Washington for not advancing arms talks, while Vance urged continued effort to improve relations.
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Paris
Cyrus R. Vance
United States
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Washington
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
OECD
Vance
Moscow
Izvestia
U.S
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