Locust Grove Mothers Uneasy As Suspect Remains At Large
A large manhunt for Gene Hart continues in a 10 square mile area near Camp Scott Oklahoma as police, SBI and FBI hunt for the convicted rapist suspected in the deaths of three Girl Scouts. Residents stay indoors under heavy rain and humidity while authorities pursue sightings.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Jim English
Mayes County
Pryor
Camp Scott
State Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Hart
Oklahoma
Wayne McCartney
R. L. Stamper Quarterhorse Ranch
Randy Staper
Deaths and Funerals Mix for Bluefield and Richlands
Notices report Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Meade 68 of Bluefield died after a short illness. Survived by husband W Homer Meade and three stepdaughters. Services Monday at Hawkins Funeral Chapel with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park. Includes Paul Jackson Shrader 46 of Sacramento formerly Richlands with service in Richlands. Also Phebe Webb 96 of Mullens, Annie Simmons 66 of Red Ash, and John Robert McPeak 77 of Kimball with scheduled funeral details and callers listed.
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Homer Meade
Homer
Mary Elizabeth) Meade
Wheeling Ave
Bluefield
Tazewell County
Steven Simms
New Method Laundry
James Lanter
W. Homer Meade
William
Roberta) Deskins
John A
Ella Mae) Hart
Akron
Ohio
Virginia) Millsap
George Simms
Portland
Ore
Dora Pruitt
Caretta
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Alvin C. Young
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Paul Jackson Shrader
Sacramento
Calif
Richlands
Agnes Colston Shrader
Zeke Shrader
Wisse Taylor Shrader
Alexandria
Connie Shrader
Pamela Shrader
Hurst- Scott
Henry Roberts
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
John Robert McPeak
Kimball
Welch
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
Mrs Beulah L Collins Dies In Florida Funeral Home Set
Mrs Beulah L Collins 61 of Orlando formerly of Bluefield died Friday in Florida Cemetery Funeral Home visitation set Monday from 5 to 9 p.m.
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Beulah L. Collins
Orlando
Fla
Bluefield
Florida
Kathleen Nicholas Dies After Apparent Heart Attack
Mrs. Kathleen Louise Nicholas, 51, of Lyons Avenue, died after an apparent heart attack. Services were held at Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home in Tazewell.
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Kathleen Louise Nicholas
Lyons Avenue
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Bluefield Baily Telegraph Contact and Rates Notice
Bluefield Baily Telegraph lists establishment details, address, and AP affiliation. Subscription rates per year 4680 in West Virginia and home delivery 3.90 per month. Advertising and audit bureau representations noted.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Oraulation
Landon
Death notice for Mrs. Rachael Counts Hal of Haysi
Mrs. Rachael Counts Hal 86 of Haysi died in a Richlands hospital after a long illness. Survivors include three daughters Ethel Young of Haysi Faye Dunn of Daytona Beach Fla and Adeline Deel of Clindice Va a brother Pletcher Counts of Haysi Va three sisters Maggie Anderson of Haysi Va Pricey Hay of Clichwood Va and Mollie Viers of Detroit Mich four grandchildren and four great grandchildren Wood Funeral Home in Haysi is in charge of arrangements.
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Rachael
Hal
Haysi
Richlands
Ethel (Sis) Young
Faye Dunn
Daytona Beach
Fla
Adeline Deel
Clindice
Pletcher Counts
Maggie Anderson
Pricey Hay
Clichwood
Mollie Viers
Detroit
Mich
Wood Funeral Home
Corbin Man Passes. Graveside rites in Tazewell
Born in Virginia, he was a son of Mansfield and Ematline Finley Corbin. Surviving are daughter Phyllis Neel of Tazewell and one grandson. Graveside rites at 11 am Monday at Maplewood Cemetery in Tazewell with Rev. Tom Miller officiating. Friends may call at Greever today 6 to 9 pm. Contributions to charity requested.
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Virginia
Mansfield
Ematline Finley Corbin
Phyllis Neel
Tazewell
Maplewood Cemetery
Tom Miller
Greever Funeral Home
Sparks Infant Rites Held at Grandview Memory Gardens
Funeral arrangements are announced for an infant of Mr. and Mrs. Sparks. Surviving family includes parents, a brother Leonard Sparks Jr., five sisters Tammy Teresa Deborah Sherry Sparks and Donna Andrews, maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hill, Paternal grandfather Robert Sparks. Service at 11 a.m. Monday with Rev. Thomas Peak. Cravens Shires Funeral Home Bluewell in charge.
Mrs Bertha S McGrady Dies in Bluefield Hospital
Mrs Bertha S McGrady of 114 Market Street Bluefield died on arrival at a Bluefield hospital Saturday morning. The Mercer Funeral Home in Bluefield is handling arrangements.
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Bertha S. McGrady
Market St
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Home
Death Notice of Mrs. Mame D. Marrs in Bluefield Virginia
Mrs. Mame D. Marrs, 94, of High Street Bluefield Virginia died Saturday in Bluefield. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Dudley Memorial Mortuary in Bluefield Virginia.
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Mame D. Marrs
High Street
Bluefield
Dudley Memorial
Funerals for Sanders McCall and Friedman. multiple services
Funeral services are planned for Dr. Alvert Ottway Sanders 86 in Grundy at 3 p.m. with graveside rites by Masons and pallbearers named. George McCall 17 of Cedar Bluff will be buried at Yost Cemetery after a 2 p.m. service. Sidney N Friedman 75 of Welch will have a 2 p.m. graveside service at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in Beckley with Rabbi Wein officiating. Virginia Funeral Home, Peery and St Clair, and Fanning Funeral Home handle arrangements.
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Joe Weller
Alonzo Hardy
Joseph Robinson
G. D. Vermilya
E. M. Bane
Russell Chaney
Virginia Funeral Home
Grundy
McCall, George
Rt. 1
Cedar Bluff
Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ
Baptist Valley
Joe E. Addison
Yost
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Home
Tazewell
Groucho and Fleming clash over Marx estate plans
In a deposition, Miss Fleming proposes selling Marx’s house and moving him to a penthouse while noting the castle is his life’s work. Ballow’s attorney suggests exaggeration, but the chef insists the story is not uglier than reality in the home.
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Groucho
Miss Fleming
Marx
Ballow
Princeton Man Drowns Near Hinton
A 45-year-old Princeton area man, Joseph Franklin Gilley, drowned when his boat capsized on Bluestone Lake near Hinton. He was pronounced dead at Summers County Hospital. Surviving relatives include his widow Wanda Sue Tilley Gilley and several children. Funeral services are set for Monday at Cravens Shires Funeral Chapel in Bluewell.
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Princeton
Bluestone Lake
Hinton
Joseph Franklin Gilley
Rt. 1
Summers County Hospital
Gilley
Chilhowie
James and
Rosa Bell Eldridge Gilley
Cannelton Coal Company
Superior
UMW
Calvary Tabernacle Church
Glenwood Park
Wanda Sue Tilley Gilley
Nancy Gilley
Joseph Gilley Jr
Hamptonville
N. C
David Gilley
Terry Gilley
Bryan Gilley
Barry Gill
George Johnson
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Dick Dove
Walter Price
Johnny Johnson
Warren G. Baers
Charles Burks
Billy Crofts
Giles Bandit Still Free After $4900 Bank Hold Up
Authorities seek a mid forty man who robbed a Giles County Virginia bank near closing time. He entered with two pistols, forced three employees and a customer into a vault, took $4900, and fled in a blue late model station wagon.
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Giles County
Giles
Panther Leader Huey Newton Returns to U S from Cuba
Huey P. Newton, 35, fugitive Black Panther leader, arrived in Toronto from Havana as he plans to surrender in California on murder and assault charges. He said he will spend about 10 days there to prepare his defense before returning to the United States.
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Toronto
Huey P. Newton
Cuba
California
Newton
Air Canada
Havana
U.S
United States
America
Paul Copeland
North America
Canada
State police log shows 846 overtime hours cost 6800
Four state police companies reported 846 overtime hours totaling about 6800 dollars for May 18 through June 23. Harley Mooney said 286 of those hours covered work in the Williamson flood area within company D.
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Charleston
W.va
State Department of Public Safety
Harley Mooney
Mooney
Williamson
Supreme Court
State Department of Natural Resources
Mandel Divorce Settlement Details Turn Over to Prosecution
Prosecutors received the once secret terms of Gov. Marvin Mandel s divorce in a filing that did not come from Mandel s first wife. Mandel and five co defendants face a political corruption trial in U S District Court in Baltimore.
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Mandel
Baltimore
Marvin Mandel
U.S. District Court
Sonic boom seen as scientific aid by New York scientists
Washington AP reports that despite complaints, some New York scientists find the Concorde sonic boom useful. They say its low frequency helps study the upper atmosphere, marking perhaps the first known benefit of sonic booms.
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Washington
New York
Harris calls CBS report unfair to HUD in WV flood tale
HUD Secretary Patricia Harris denounced a CBS News broadcast on southern West Virginia flood victims as inaccurate and biased. She said the piece unfairly portrayed government actions and sent a letter to CBS News president Richard Salant defending her agency.
Soviets Use Iceberg Base As Spy Platform
Three Paris newspapers report the Soviet Union has a giant iceberg north of Canada as a floating spying base possibly guiding submarines toward U S waters. Russians deny it saying the iceberg code named North Pole 22 is for meteorological and oceanic research with about 160 Soviets aboard, per NATO sources.
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Paris
Soviet Union
Canada
North Pole
France Soir
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Brussels
Queen Elizabeth Islands
Greenland
Aid Grants To Elderly Flood Victims In West Virginia
A $40 000 grant from the Administration on Aging funds a six month outreach program for elderly flood victims in McDowell Wyoming and Mingo counties via the West Virginia Commission on Aging. Region I at Concord College receives $14 977 for McDowell and Wyoming counties and Mercer Raleigh may follow. Mingo County Economic Opportunity Commission gets $25 023 for that county. About 685 seniors have been identified with others needing help.
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West Virginia Commission On Aging
Administration On Aging
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
McDowell
Wyoming
Mingo
Commission
Region I Area Agency On Aging
Concord College
Mercer
Raleigh
Mingo County
Free Beltone Hearing Aid Offer From Beltone Chicago
A Beltone advertisement offers a free non-operating model of the smallest Beltone aid to anyone who writes. It promises no cost or obligation and invites readers to request Dept. 1541 Beltone Electronics Chicago Illinois. It notes audiologists find some hearing issues can be helped and claims thousands have already received devices.
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Chicago
Ill
Beltone
Beltone Electronics
Victoria St
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