Carter delays national health plan as inflation rises
Washington AP reports inflation pressure pushes President Carter to delay full national health insurance. He said it could take years to implement while instructing Health Secretary Califano in days to align with outlined principles. Califano asked Carter to pick between a narrow plan for the needy or a broad universal package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carter
White House
Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Califano
Carter weighs universal health plan amid budget strain
President Carter faces pressure from economic advisers and backers as inflation and tight finances delay national health insurance. Califano outlines universal mandatory versus target approach, with costs ranging from 15 to 40 billion in additional outlays and debates over funding, coverage, and pace.
Princeton Park Board Approves Center Plans Start
Princeton Park Board unanimously approved moving toward construction of a new community center. A cost analysis with schematic drawings will be prepared, focusing on steel brick and block structures. The plan targets under 750000 with indoor courts and pool and favors the city park site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recreation Department
Bailey
Wreck on U S 460 near Grundy leaves one dead
A late Sunday night single vehicle crash on U S 460 near Grundy Virginia killed David Stuart Mullins 20 and injured Jeff Ward 20 Garry Childress 20 and Jesse Baker 20. Ward was driver of the 1969 Ford four door coupe which reportedly failed to negotiate a curve struck a guardrail crossed the highway hit a cliff and overturned. Mullins died about 15 minutes after the wreck. Childress remained in critical condition Ward and Baker in serious condition awaiting further word from Clinch Valley Hospital. Police said no charges yet filed as the investigation continues. Funeral services for Mullins are set for 1 p m Wednesday at Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Mullins
Dingus
Buchanan County
Harold
Gertrude Keen Mullins
Rt. 3
Grundy
Curtis Mullins
Stacy
Ricky Harold Mullins
Wilma Baker
Kathy Lynn Mullins
Evelyn Faye Mullins
Wanda Carol Mullins
Victoria Mullins
Virginia
Blurfield Daily Telegraph masthead notice
Daily Telegraph from Blurfield established 1899 announces publication details and contact information. Includes subscription rates, zones, and home delivery terms with references to Associated Press and Audit Bureau of Circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Blend Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation Advertising Representative
London
Ssoc Efes
Orthodontist Dr Cleek Rites Set. Rocky Gap Native Dies
Dr Lawrence Dewey Cleek a noted orthodontist of Rt. 1 Rocky Gap Va died after a brief illness in Princeton hospital. Services Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Mercer Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Roy Akers and Rev Tom Farrow. Interment Laurel Fork Cemetery. Survivors include widow Ruth Bowling Cleek and two sons Jene and Dewey Cleek. Masonic rites and honorary pallbearers listed. Friends may call Mercer Funeral Home 5 9 p.m. today.
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Lawrence Dewey Cleek
Rt. 1
Rocky Gap
Princeton
Mercer Funeral Home
Roy Akers
Tom Farrow
Laurel Fork
Cleek
Jackson County
Samuel H. and
Mary Etta Bailey Cleek
Charleston High School
West Virginia University
Ohio State University
Northwestern
Masonic Lodge
Berwind
Kanawha Commandery
Knights Templar
Wyndham Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Bluefield Shrine
Charleston
Ruth Bowling Cleek
Jene Cleek
Dewey Cleek
Paul Guthriel
Eunice Jackson
Bluefield
Robert L. Shumate
David Akers
Bill Lambert
Bill Gills
Vic Allen
John Sublett
Abdul Piracha
David Laphew
Palmer Carroll
al Modena
Harry Elswick
William T. Hall
A.J. Martin
Doug Lucas
H.E. Spence
Eddie Burge
Russell Burton
McKinley Raymore
Northfork
Elkridge
Raymore
Soddy
Hamilton County
Tenn
John C
Ida C. Pankey Raymore
Mercer
McDowell Counties
Galilee Baptist Church
Arlington
Mt. Carmel
Ashland
Mt. Moriah
Maybeury
Flat Top Baptist Assoc
Fast Top Baptist Assoc
West Virginia Baptist Convention
Tri- District Health Center
Algoma
U.M.W.A
Keystone
Crumpler Star Lodge
F & A.A.Y. Masons
Eliza C. Raymore
McKinley Raymore, Jr
Otha Raymore
James Raymore
Sylvester Raymore
Columbus
Ohio
Vermillion Raymore
Dean Turner
Valtrie Haislip
Geneva Mays
Cleveland
Harry Raymore
Lucy Adams
Pulaski
the Galilee Baptist Church
Morel Scruggs
Samuel Cannaday
Nelson Stape
Sinkford & Richardson Funeral Home
Ida Thomas
Ida Blanche Thomas
Peterstown
Beckley
Pivis Chapel
Rt. 2
Haysi
Frank Newsome
Frank O’quinn
James O'Quinn
Colley Cemetery
Haysi Funeral Home
Directors Call Thursday Meeting On Bluefield Boards
Bluefield Board of Directors will hold a special meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m at the new municipal building with the Bluefield Sanitary Board to consider a refinancing of a sanitary board bond issue for the two phase multi million dollar improvements project in Bluefield West Virginia and Bluefield Virginia. Representatives of Arthurs Lestrange Short of Pittsburgh PA the sanitary board investment banking firm will be on hand for the presentation. The session will also serve as a sanitary board meeting.
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Bluefield Board of Directors
Bluefield Sanitary Board
Sanitary Board
Bluefield
W. Va
Arthurs, Lestrange & Short
Pittsburgh
WVEA Executive Secretary Is Dismissed
The West Virginia Education Association fired its executive secretary after he refused to resign and accept a contract settlement. A committee received 38 charges prepared by WVEA President Ermalee Boice alleging poor communication and staff direction.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia Education Association
WVEA
Ermalee Boice
Rockefeller Activates National Guard After West Virginia Floods
Gov Jay Rockefeller ordered the National Guard to assist as flooding forced evacuations in Lewis County and reports of toppled power lines and swollen creeks in New Martinsville Wetzel County Lost Creek Harrison County and Wheeling No injuries were reported authorities said Scott Widmeyer the governor's press secretary announced the activation but did not specify unit strength.
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West Virginia
Jay Rockefeller
National Guard
Lewis
New Martinsville
Wetzel County
Lost Creek
Harrison County
Wheeling
Lewis County
Sey Rockefeller
Scott Widmeyer
Deaths and Funerals of Bluefield area residents
Lee Eldridge White 89 of Ada died at home after a brief illness. He is survived by seven sons, one daughter, two sisters, 20 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Services Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Graham Funeral Home Chapel with interment at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Rev. W. Sparks officiating. Pallbearers named. Also noted are Rev. McKinley Raymore of Northfork who died after a brief illness. Details include multiple churches, unions, and Masons affiliations. Memorial arrangements held by various funeral homes.
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Lee Eldridge White
Ada
Tazewell County
William T. White
Sally Asbury White
White
Eunice Pear Sparks White
Otis H. White
Harold E. White
Curtis L. White
Alfred H. White
Bluefield
Robert T. White
Lincolnton
N.C
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Ralph Wimmer
Randy Wimmer
Bill Borton
Gus Horne
Johnny Tabor
Burrel Roland
Graham Funeral Home
Elijah H. Looney
Vansant
Grundy, Va
Buchanan County
Adolphus and
Matilda Boyd Looney
Edna Matney Looney
Garney
Susie) Smith
Kermit
Frankie) Charles
William
Viola) Willet
Patrick
Ida Mae) Roberts
Pontiac
Mich
Robert
Rosa) Lester
New Baltimore
Johnny
Dorothy) Owens
Birchleaf
Kyle
Goldie) Fleming
Chester
Edison Looney
Jessup
Roger Looney
Charlie Looney
Ray Looney
Grundy Funeral Home
Jessie Sipp JR
Wolfe
Princeton
Dante
Jessie Sipp Sr
Susie Sipp
Ethel Sipp
Arnold Sipp
Dunkirk
N. Y
Henry Catron
Betty Baldwin
Frank Crigger
the Crigger
Bluestone
Agnes Murphy
Cleveland
Ohio
George Sipp
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union
Pocahontas
Allen Click
Clyde Turner
Luther Blankenship
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Robert L. Brown
Eddie Catron
David Catron
Rodney Lail
David Agee
76 Year Old Charged With Murder In Wyoming County
Calvin Cecil a 76 year old Stevenson man is jailed on murder charges in connection with the shotgun slaying of his son in law Chester Lee Sizemore 52 of Stevenson. Sizemore was shot Saturday on a private road near his home his body found Sunday morning. Cecil faces charges and is held without bond as the investigation continues. Services for Sizemore are set for Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Fogglesong Longanacre Funeral Home with visitation today 6 to 9 p.m.
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Wyoming County
Calvin Cecil
Stevenson
Cecil
Chester Lee Sizemore
Sizemore
Enoch and
Minnie Donivan Sizemore
American Legion
Dorothy Tolliver
Raven Cliffe
Chester
Sue J Both
Mullens
Accord
Hearing Loss Is Not A Sign Of Old Age
Beltone in Chicago offers a free non-operating model of its smallest aid to anyone who responds to the advertisement. The tiny unit, weighing less than a third of an ounce, is mailed for trial at home with no cost or obligation. Send for model 2267 to Beltone Electronics, 4201 W Victoria St. Chicago IL 60646.
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Chicago
Beltone
Beltone Electronics
Victoria St
Illinois
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
National Health Insurance Plan
Thiday
Congress
Princeton Park Board
Ira Southern
Park Board
van Jackson
Blurfield Daily Telegraph
Dr. Cleek
Lawrence Clerk
Rockefeller
Sim Powers
Sim
Vivian E.) Powers
Haysi, Va
She
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Iona Edwards
Powers
Old Regular Baptist Church
Mary Allis Parker
Forest
Deloria Turner
Alpha Mullins
Clintwood
Della Stapleton
Ava Tiley
Los Lunas
N.M
Ersel Edwards
Los Luna
Norvin Edwards
Albuquerque
Bob) Reed
Oakvale
Virginia Railroad
Reed
Church
Jodie Reed
Twors
Virginia E. Combs
Nancy van Heast
Ocala
Fla
Lacy Reed
Issac
Ben) Reed
John Reed
Ray Reed
Thurman
Davis Funeral Home
Leonard Repass
Richard Knox
Richard
Bus) Knox
Corvallis
Ore
H. G. Booth
Bernard Knox
Christiansburg
Charles Edward Williamson
Charles
Amy D.) Williamson
Depot St
Raymond City
Dickerson
Garnet
West Virginia State College, Institute
Williamson
Department of Welfare
Children's Services Dept
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Pastor’s Aid Society
Curtis
Lorenza Dickerson
Alven Dickerson
Mary Dickerson
T.M. Stevens
S.A. Marrs
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg
Linkford
Glen Brewster
North Tazewell
Tazewell
J. D. Landreth
J. D
Marie) Landreth
Kirby
Bluewell
George W
Bessie Kelly Mitchem
Bluewell United Methodist Church
Ladies Circle
Donald C. Landreth
Abingdon
Dick Landreth
Clifford Compton
Sonny Mabe
Dave Foster
Louis Valvary
M. B. Hale
Bob Honaker
Jack Call
Churchill Nuckles
Larry Davis
Ladies Bible
Cravens ‘Shires
Fogglesong-Longanacre
Colortrak Eutomatic TV
Spring ST. Bluefield
Warrenizing Cleaners
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