Deaths and funerals in Bluefield area
Obituary notices for Mrs. Henry Dalton 83 of Owings Mills Md and multiple locals in Bluefield area. Includes Calvin Swim 62 of Princeton Towers and Mrs Anna Laney 73 of Pounding Mill with service details. Many deaths listed with survivors, church memberships, and burial plans at Mercer, Greenhills, Restlawn and other local cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Dalton
Henry
Ethel) Dalton
Owings Mills
Maryland
Tennessee
Patton
Della Hunnicut Dalton
Roderfield Christian Church
Big Sand
Hubert Dalton
Roanoke
Big Sandy
Anna Laney
Anna Maydla Laney
Pounding Mill
Johnson City
Finley
Mildred) Ringstaff
Mabel Nunley
Richlands
Tazewell County ‘Funeral Home Chapel
Cedar Bluff
David ‘Gobble
James 'Kesee
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Billy Impson
Emmitt Rakes
Philip Dale
Harry ‘Ringstaff
Willard Laney
Todd Dale
Byrd to introduce medal for MIAs families in Vietnam War
Sen. Robert Byrd announced plans to introduce legislation to award a bronze medal to families of missing in action MIAs from the Vietnam War. He spoke at the West Virginia VFW convention in Parkersburg and backed a bill granting 100 percent disability to veterans hospitalized over three weeks. He also reaffirmed support for Agent Orange relief measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W.va
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Senate
West Virginia
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Congress
Byrd
VFW
Bluefield Daily Telegraph publication details and ads
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph presents its masthead including USPS number establishment year 1893 and publishing address at 412 Bland Street Bluefield West Virginia. It notes Associated Press membership and subscription rates by mail within West Virginia and home delivery monthly rate, with post office box for address changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W.va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Auditiau of Circulation
P.O. Box
Ield
Ertising
Landon
Jeffries Found Not Guilty in Preston County Case
Echols Jeffries former Preston County schools superintendent was found not guilty of illegally recommending his wife Nell Jeffries for a district director post. The acquittal ends criminal prosecution, with a Morgantown attorney weighing malicious prosecution and libel claims. Mrs Jeffries had held the post and then lost it in a resulting lawsuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Preston County Schools
Marion County
Max Gill
Echols Jeffries
Mercer County Vocational-Technical School
Nell Jeffries
New Poison Ivy Remedy Emerges From Mississippi Research
Mississippi researchers report a compound that blocks the allergic reaction to poison ivy. Dr. Sue Watson and colleagues at the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences have signed with a private company to begin human trials in California and Pennsylvania. Early reports from trials claim things are going very well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
America
Woodlands
Mississippi
Sue Watson
Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
California
Pennsylvania
Ms. Watson
University of
Shultz urges Marcos to strengthen Philippine democracy
Secretary of State George P. Shultz urged President Ferdinand E. Marcos to bolster democratic institutions in the Philippines during a luncheon at the presidential palace. He praised Marcos for moves aiding the economy amid currency devaluation and cited the United States Philippines relationship rooted in World War II. The 24 hour stop on a four nation Asian tour signals U S concern over human rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Philippines
George P. Shultz
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Shultz
Marcos
Philippine
United States
Japan
Presidential
Water receding in Utah towns after dam breach
Water levels fall in three small farming towns near Delta as floodwaters from a broken irrigation dam retreat. In Salt Lake County crews repair a sewer line feeding raw sewage into the Jordan River while health officials warn residents to avoid river water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delta
Utah
Salt Lake County
Jordan River
Sevier River
Salt Lake City
Millard County
Irene Reed
Arafat Stripped Of Power In Middle East Turmoil
Beirut reports Yasser Arafat, longtime PLO chairman, has been stripped of military power after eviction from Syria and Lebanon. He can no longer command 20,000 guerrillas or use Fatah resources to block dissent or pressure Arab states. His options are now political rather than military, as radical dissidents mutinied May 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
Syria
Israel
Arafat
PLO
Fatah
Saudi Arabia
Poison Found In Gravy Master In NJ Sources
Insecticide nicotine sulfate was found in Gravy Master Seasoning and Browning Sauce sold at Pathmark stores in Weehawken and North Bergen New Jersey after a letter to a newspaper claimed intent to poison the product. Gravy Master Inc president John Mills vows a quick local shelf removal while noting wider distribution across many states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N.J
New Jersey Department of Health
Pathmark
Weehawken
North Bergen
New York City
John Mills
Gravy Master Inc
New York Post
Belleville
Jersey City
Long Island City
N.Y
New England
Ohio
New York
Illinois
Maryland
Virginia
Florida
Delaware
Pennsylvania
California
Arizona
Iowa
Wisconsin
Mills
Falls Mills Man Charged After Head-On Crash on Rt 52
Falls Mills Virginia man Carl David Jennings 30 was charged with failure to maintain control after his brakes allegedly locked causing a head on collision with Donna Pinkard 21 on U S Rt 52 in Brushfork around 11 50 p m Friday. Passenger Walter Buckland treated for minor injuries and released. both cars totaled. Deputy R L Boone investigated. In Virginia Beach the Virginia Association of Broadcasters named J Philip Goldman president elect Michael J Ludgate and James V Shircliff secretary treasurer plus awards to radio and TV stations with several named recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brushfork
Falls Mills
U.S. Rt. 52
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Donald Hare
Carl David Jennings
Donna G. Pinkard
Bramwell
Walter Buckland
Jennings
Bluefield
Pinkard
R.L. Boone
Sheriff's Department
Ham radio hobby grows as operators contact across world
Brookman says ham radio operators rise with 125 countries on record. He notes English clarity varies by region, cites Dr Owen Garriott’s shuttle class W5LFL, and contrasts ham radios with police gear, praising self policing and broader skills in Morse code and teletypes. Brookman calls field day fun and educational.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hussein
Jordan
Russia
France
Puerto Rico
Brookman
Owen Garriott
Cbs
Jim Mayer
Princeton
FCC
Carry-In Dinner at Narrows First United Methodist Church
A churchwide carry-in dinner will be held this Sunday after the 11 a.m. worship service at the First United Methodist Church in Narrows Virginia.
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First United Methodist Church
Narrows
Bear Kills Man at Hebgen Lake Campground
A 23 year old man, William May of Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin, was mauled to death by a bear while still in his sleeping bag and dragged from Rainbow Point Campground at Hebgen Lake near West Yellowstone. His companion Ted Moore, 32, also of Sturgeon Bay, witnessed the attack as campers in 20 Gallatin National Forest campground units were evacuated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone
Mont
Gallatin National Forest
William May
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Gallatin County
Doris Fisher
May
Ted Moore
Rainbow Point
Hebgen Lake
West Yellowstone
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Eld Daily Telegraph
Calvin Swim
Calvin Billy Swim
Princeton Towers
Calvin B
Lola Maude White
Burke Memorial Baptist Church
Margaret Swim
Calvin Teddy Swim
Marcheta Ann Sisk
Rita Faye Sutphin
William
Vicki Lynn
Epstein
Melinda Kay Swim
Billy Jean Swim
Charlotte
N.C
Virginia May Bustamante
York
S.C
Billy S ‘Mitchelson
Memorial
Resthaven Memorial Park
Paul Hurt
Paul D
Virginia Louise) Hurt
Longview Ave
Lena Mae Wolfe Brooks
Robert L. Brooks
First Baptist Church of
Tyers
Three L. Club
Hugh
Deanna) Skees
Florence
P.D. Hart
Montcalm
Dorothy Jackson
Chilhowie
William H. Lester
Castlewood
Herbert Brooks
Mercer Funeral Home
Donald McNair
Grandview Memory Gardens
Delmer Jones
Randall Bond
Ernie Underwood
Bob Jessee
Ray Bailey
Bob Galbraith
Funeral
Jinna Perkins
P.O
Box
Elkhorn
Sandy Mamie Turner
Lugo
Boswell
Barbour
Fannie Ellen
Abbs Valley
Boissevain United Methodist Church
James L. Hyndrich
Donald M. Stansell
Davis
Jess H
Ivy Lillian
Abingdon
Glen Tabor Jr
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Terry Kelley
Donald Nicholson
Jeff Poff
Eugene Johnson
Russell Shearrow
Frank Williamson
Long
Maggie Browning
Rt. 2
Rock
Cravens-Shires Chapel
Bluewell
Howard Ward
Roy Lacy
Roger Puckett
James Blevins
Calvin Poff
Billy Anderson
Randall Poff
Chip Brooks
Jeff Faulkner
Jeff Davis
Ruth Arbelle) Faulkner
Ashland
Franklin County
Charles and
Ida Gearhart
Prosperity United Methodist Church
Carl E. Faulkner
Ashboro
Cecil Faulkner
Garland C. Faulkner
Lewis
Marie) Persiani
Eliza Richard
Emma Pembleton
Bessie Shilling Maxie
Rothoed
Craven Shires Funeral Home
Richard Hanson
Joe Farruggia
Fairview
Jackie Persiani
Jessie Persiani
Danny Persiani
Ernest Kinley
James W. Lewis
James William Lewis
Northfork St
Powellton
Sarah Agnes Lawson Lewis
Simons High School
Montgomery
Saint Mattews United Holy Church
Carl Lewis Tuckahoe
Nina Smith
Thelma Maxwell
Doris McClanahan
Vivian Tucker
St. Matthew United Holy Church
Louise Staples
S.H. Hairston
Alvester McConnell
Clarence Moore
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg Road
Wesley Hurt
Leonard Rucker
Ronald Rozzel
Powell Saunders
St. Matthew’s United Holy Church
Wayne St
Richardson Funeral Home
Harvest Foods
Beckley Road
Jeffries
Danforth Insurance Agency
Dean Evans
Plaza
East Main Street
W. Va
NEW Graham Pharmacy
Virginia Ave
Virginia Beach
Virginia Association of Broadcasters
J. Philip Goldman
Richmond
Virginius Dabney
Michael J. Ludgate
Wchv-Am
Wwwv-Fm
Charlottesville
James V. Shircliff
Wlll-Am
Wgol-Fm
Lynchburg
WRVA
WSSV
Petersburg
Wtkr-Tv
Norfolk
WVOV
Danville
Wset-Tv
WROV
WYVE
Wytheville
WCUL
Culpeper
Wdbj-Tv
Radio
Mee
Bluefield Monument Company
Dvertisel
Beltone Hearing Aid Service
Wythe Avenue
Hearing Aid Service
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