Trade Workers Honor Pickets At Big Walker Tunnel
Trade workers halted work for a second day at the 25 million Big Walker Mountain tunnel as AFL CIO Local 980 picket lines along Virginia Route 717 were honored. About 385 workers remained out, with wages and working conditions cited as the issue, no violence reported by state police, and negotiations limited to honoring the union's original pre bidding agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Walker Mountain
Aflcio Union
Virginia
Wythevile
Harry Layman
Roanoke
Layman
Ace Green
Langerfalder - Raymond
Union
Green
Virginia Department of Highways
Wythe
Bland County
Big Walker
Escaped South Carolina convict arrested near Princeton
An escaped inmate, Michael Bruckner age 18, was caught by West Virginia state police on U S Route 460 east of Princeton near the turnpike entrance. He escaped Tuesday from Lee County Work Farm Boothville S C where he faced theft charges, after allegedly stealing a car and hitchhiking to Princeton. He was jailed in Mercer County awaiting pickup by South Carolina officials.
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South Carolina
West Virginia
Princeton
Michael Bruckner
Lee County
Boothville
S. C
Bruckner
R. C. Stover
Mercer County
Bluefield College Names Dean's List Honorees
Three students earned Dean's List honors with A averages for the second semester at Bluefield College. Harold Bosserman of Graunton, Carmen Copenhaver of Norfolk, and Kenneth Ferris of Princeton were noted by Dean Primitivo Delgado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield College
Primitivo Delgado
Chapel
Harold Bosserman
Graunton
Carmen Copenhaver
Norfolk
Kenneth Ferris
Princeton
Bob Beavers
Tazewell
Amy Carner
Bluefield
Louis Carter
Johnny Earp
Newcastle
Del
Martha Ferrell
Pocahontas
Ann Goodson
Carolyn Heath
Bill Ireson
North Tazewell
Sarah Jolly
Pittsburgh
Edwin Kinser
Bill McDarmont
Rachael Paschall
Charlottesville
Dan Patterson
Crozet
Marvin Settle
Alexandria
Charles Wallace
Honaker
Adrian Whitcomb
Newport News
Lee Woosley
Richlands
Baptist Missionary Program at Scott Street Church
The Missionary Society of Scott Street Baptist Church Bluefield presents a program Sunday at 11 a.m. Rev. C. A. Cannady will be guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Missionary Society of the
Scott Street
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Publisher Information Notice
Public notice from Bluefield West Virginia newspaper listing establishing details, address, staff credits, Associated Press membership and subscription rates, with circulation and advertising contacts.
Deaths and funerals of regional residents reported
Multiple obituaries list James E. Dawson 68 of Saeger and Sam Shrader 63 of Horse Creek among those who died after long illnesses. Additional notices cover Marvin Blair Dillon 64 of Page Leonard White of Baltimore Harold Clark 47 of Mullens and Myrtle Wilson Short 75 of Raven with service details, burial plans, and survivors.
Roosevelt Hurley obituary near Welch hospital death
Roosevelt Hurley age 62 of Lit War died Thursday morning in a Welch hospital after a long illness. Born in Hurley Virginia he was the son of Noah and Francis Hurley. Survived by two stepchildren Kathleen Justice Ira Justice both of Glendale California, two sisters Mrs Green Blankenship and Mrs Rushie Lester of Jaeger. Funeral at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Jaeger officiated by Rev Clarence Estep and Rev Oscar Lewis burial in Jaeger Cemetery in Roder. Friends may call 5 to 9 p m Friday at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Dawson
Saeger
Grundy
George and
Ebbie Adkins Dawson
Hattie Dawson
Loraine Schermer
Chuddhy
Wis
Lucille Hummell
Yorktown
Elsie Dupius
Turkey
Woodrow Dawson
Springfield
Mass
Ernest Dawson
North Hampton
Wilburn Dawson
Holyoke
Eugene Dawson
Beckley
Carl Dawson
Ft. Riley
Kan
Roy Dawson
Douglas Dawson
Indianapolis
Ind
Clinton Dawson
Monahue
Mary Lewhard
Napoleon
Ohio
Fanning Funeral Home Chapel
Matthew Dale
Atwell
Sam Shrader
Horse Creek
Welch Hospital
Tazewell County
Greenville
Willie Belle Rose Shrader
May Shrader
Mary Powell
Litwar
Mildred Osborne
Ella Jean Rice
Alice Shrader
Jaeger
Lucy Bailey
Martha Bailey
Panther
Thomas Shrader
James Shrader
Glenn Shrader
Junior Shrader
Rufus Shrader
Landstaff
Laura Blevins
Victoria Miller
Mathena
Julia Newman
Welch
Elbert Justice
High Knob
Marvin Blair Dillon
Page
Beckley Appalachian
Eastern Gas and Fuel Company
Helen
Georgia Larue Dillon
Frank Dillon
Luther Dillon
James Dillon
Detroit
Mich
Billy Dillon
White Plains
N. Y
Ernest Dillon
Walter Dillon
Jack Dillon
Chicago
Lloyd Dillon
Bluefield
Woodlawn
Bluewell
Leonard White
Leonard William White
Baltimore
Oakvale Road
Princeton
Wilcoe
Marion White
Mandy White
Robert White
Marel White
David White
Judy Ann Cecil
Patricia
Kathleen
Donna White
Betty Jean Jones
Shirley White
Mary Lee Brown
Chesapeake
Randolph White
R. J. White
Harold
Buddy) Clark
Mullens
Chillicothe
N&w
Hilltop
Edith Steele Cooke
Charles C. Cooke
Norma Clark
Buddy Clark Jr
Clearwater
Fla
Rebecca Pence
Pam, Perry
Gordon Bailey
C. C. Clark
Alexandria
Billy S. Cooke
Mullens Presbyterian Church
T. K. Morrison
Athens Cemetery
Sam Foglesong
Nease and Neely Funeral Home
Myrtle Wilson Short
Raven
Richlands
Russel County
William and
Amanda Robinson Wilson
Raven Theater
Freewill Baptist Church
Walter S. Short
Pearl Wilson
Sadie Palmer
St. Petersburg
Homer G
Eugene C. Glenn L
William M
Charles A. Wilson
Hurst - Scott Funeral Home
Roosevelt Hurley
Hurley
Noah
Francis Hurley
Haney Hurley
Kathleen Justice
Ira Justice
Glendale
Calif
Green Blankenship
Rushie Lester
Fanning Funeral Home
Clarence Estep
Oscar Lewis
Roder
Death notice for Thomas Arthur Fleshman of Narrows Virginia
Thomas Arthur Fleshman of Narrows Virginia died in a Pearisburg hospital after a brief illness. He is survived by two daughters Freda Bare of Mims Florida and Alma McKenzie of Narrows and two grandchildren. Service was held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Pine Grove Baptist Church Lindside with burial in Orchard Cemetery Lindside. Friends may call at Riffe's Funeral Home Narrows after 7 p.m. Friday.
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Thomas Arthur Fleshman
Narrows
Pearisburg
Freda Bare
Mims
Fla
Alma McKenzie
Pine Grove Baptist Church
Lindside
Orchard Cemetery
Riffe
Graveside rites for Col. For rest E. Ambrose
Graveside rites for Col. Forrest E. Ambrose, 79, of Athens will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Athens Cemetery. Funeral services were held Thursday morning at Seaver Funeral Chapel in Princeton.
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Forrest E. Ambrose
Athens
Seaver Funeral Chapel
Princeton
Youth Dies After Scaffold Fall At Ohio Plant
Steubenville Ohio AP report says 19 year old Alan Bennett of Follawsbee West Virginia died after a 42 foot fall from a scaffold at the Townsend and Bottom Co plant in Stratton Ohio. The scaffold reportedly collapsed, marking a second fatal incident at the No 6 plant in three weeks.
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Steubenville
Native land claims discuss 19th century takings and compensation
The piece notes 587 Indian land claims against the U S government for lands west of the Alleghenies with 111 upheld and 135 dismissed by the Indian Claims Commission since 1946. Awards total over 262 million, reflecting land values at 19th century prices, without inflation adjustments. Some oil lands pay as high as 200 to 300 dollars per acre, but normal payments run 20 cents to one dollar per acre.
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Home
New Mexico
South Dakota
Montana
Washington
Utah
Wyoming
Nevada
Manhattan Island
Allegheny Mountains
Indian Claims Commission
Northfork Girl Named to Concord College Dean's List
Nadine Elizabeth Wright of Northfork earned a place on Concord College spring Dean's List as a junior with an above average course load by special permission. She graduated first in her class from Northfork Elkhorn High School in 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northfork
Concord College
Nadine Elizabeth Wright
Concord
Northfork-Elkhorn High School
BSC Professor Attends National Institute in Technical Education
E. G. Watkins assistant professor of engineering technology at Bluefield State College was among 40 educators at the National Program Development Institute in Technical Education held in June at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The two week institute offered training in administrative structures staffing facilities and resources for technical education programs. It targeted administrators supervisors and teacher educators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Watkins
Bluefield State College
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Six OEO Grants Announced for West Virginia Youth Programs
The U S Office of Economic Opportunity approved six grants totaling nearly 180000 for summer youth programs across seven West Virginia counties. Grants include Huntington Cabell $60667 federal share $12000 local Raleigh County $20000 federal $3000 local Marion County $18835 federal $3500 local Hancock and Ohio Counties $36000 federal $8000 Mercer County $21730 federal $6000 Charleston and Kanawha County $22430 federal $6000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity
West Virginia
Huntington
Cabell County
Raleigh
Marion County
Hancock County
Ohio County
Mercer County
Charleston
Kanawha County
Military Costs Highest In May
The May military outlay reached about 6.9 billion dollars, the highest monthly figure since World War II, per the Treasury. Through the first 11 months of the fiscal year the total stands at 70.08 billion, suggesting year-end spending near the administration’s estimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Department
FCC overturns ban on customer attached devices
The Federal Communications Commission ruled 6-0 that prohibiting attachments to telephone lines was invalid. Commissioner Nicholas Johnson wrote the decision. The Carter Electronics Carterfone device interconnects car radios with phone lines, potentially spurring a new wave of telephone accessory manufacturing. The FCC allows reasonable standards for devices that cause harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Nicholas Johnson
Western Electric Co
Bell System
Carter Electronics Company
Dallas
Tex
Carterfone
FCC
Commission
Fire damages playground building and shed in Bluefield
A late Thursday night fire at the East End playground in Bluefield caused about 15 in damages to equipment stored in a shed. Fire officials said the blaze started around 10 30 p m and only the shed building suffered damage though the main structure on Green Street remained intact. The cause was not determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East End
Bluefield
Green Street
Virginia GOP Meet Set For July Thirteenth
Virginia delegates to the Republican National Convention were called to meet in Petersburg at 2 30 p m Saturday July 13 to prepare for the August 5 opening in Miami Beach. I Lee Potter acting chairman announced the 24 member delegation will elect officers and reorganize under Sam Carpenter the new state chairman. The group will also select two Virginia members for each of the four major committees and will be housed at the Sea View Hotel after arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Petersburg
Miami Beach
I. Lee Potter
Arlington
GOP
Central. Committee
Sam Carpenter
Fairfax
Sea View Hotel
Bond Ordered For North Beckley Public Service District
The North Beckley Public Service District must post a $25,000 bond before higher rates take effect on July 1. It serves Sprague Skelton and Maxwell Hill with sewage. Escrow provision directs excess revenues above current levels toward refunds. The PSC also approved Davis Town water rate increases including a $2 monthly charge and $10 connection fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
PSC
Davis
Tucker County
Soviet approves new marriage and family law
The Soviet Parliament passed a law abolishing illegitimacy as a legal category, liberalizing divorce procedures, and mandating care for aged parents. It takes effect Oct. 1, replacing Stalin’s 1944 edict that exempted men from illegitimate child responsibility after Lenin promoted broader legitimacy.
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Moscow
Joseph V. Stalin
Stalin
Vladimir I. Lenin
Man Charged In Armed Robbery In Bluefield
James Edward Cornell 31 of Bluefield was jailed on a maiming charge after a Princeton man, John R. Poff 39, was cut in a vacant Bluefield house on Scott Street. Poff received treatment and was released for a 2.25 inch neck wound and a smaller forearm cut. Police said the incident occurred about 4 10 p.m. near Scott Street Baptist Church during an alleged hold up. Cornell likely faces armed robbery charges in addition to maiming. warrant issued by Magistrate Charles Caffee. Patrolman J E Dent and Patrolman Ben Burnham led the investigation.
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Bluefield
Princeton
Scott Street
James Edward Cornell
View Ave
Wheeling Avenue
J. E. Dent
Charles Caffee
Cornell
John R. Poff
Poff
Scott Street Baptist Church
Ben Burnham
Dent
Elderly man loses eleven thousand to swindle trio
Clifton Forge, AP report: Roy A. Cutler, 81, withdrew $11,000 under a ruse by three well-dressed men. One claimed to be an FBI agent. A bank teller warned him, but the envelope turned out empty. Police continue the investigation.
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Clifton Forge
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Roy A. Cutler
Cutler
FBI
Mountain National Bank
Earl Nicely Jr
Air Force Chiefs Split Over Helicopter Control Fight
Pentagon sources report the joint chiefs split with Gen. Wheeler and Gen. McConnell backing Momyer Westmoreland, while Gen. Chapman Moorer and Gen. Johnson led Marine and Army cautions. Deputy Defense Secretary Nitze upheld Air Force limits on Marine control as Westmoreland succeeds Johnson.
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Washington
Joint Chiefs
Earle G. Wheeler
John P. McConnell
Momyer-Westmoreland
Leonard F. Chapman
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Naval Operations
Harold K. Johnson
Army
Johnson
Chapman
Moorer
Air Force
Pentagon
Paul H. Nitze
Westmoreland
Leader Abernathy Fasts to Fuel Resurrection City Vision
Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, jailed for leading a Capitol Hill protest, announces a fast to gain spiritual strength. He predicts Resurrection Cities will spread nationwide including Washington, as police clear the seven week encampment amid rain and mud and critics say it hindered anti poverty efforts.
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Washington
Ralph David Abernathy
District of Columbia
Abernathy
Capitol Hill
Resurrection City
Ray Denies King Slaying and Purchase Timeline Emerges
The account describes Ray denying involvement in a slaying during a police court hearing. Details outline his attire, the absence of a signed record, and the U.S. case led by David Calcutt. It lists purchases in March and April including a rifle at Aero Marine Supply, a Remington 760 rifle, binoculars, and a Memphis hotel stay with a Bushnell receipt.
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Ray
U.S
David Calcutt
Calcutt
Aero Marine Supply Co
Birmingham
Ala
Donald Wood
John Deshazo
Montgomery
FBI
Wisconsin
Henrietta Hagermaster
New Rebel Motor Hotel
Memphis
Two West Virginians Killed in Vietnam Actions
Defense Department identified two West Virginians killed in action in Vietnam and a third who died of wounds. Cpl. Lee Roy Sprouse of Dunmore Pocahontas County and Lance Cpl. Harold E F Graham of Wilkinson Logan County were killed in action. Marine Lance Cpl. David W. Jorgensen of Williamstown Wood County died of wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense Department
Vietnam
Lee Roy D. Sprouse
Oliver M. Sprouse
Dunmer
Pocahontas County
Lance
Harold EF. Graham
George W. Graham
Wilkinson
Logan County
Marine
David W. Jorgensen
James P. Jorgensen
Williamstown
Wood County
Pentagon
Grant approved for Mercer health facilities upgrade
West Virginia Congressman James Kee and Senators Jennings Randolph and Robert C Byrd announced that the U S Public Health Service approved a 49958 dollar grant to the West Virginia Department of Health for Mercer County. The funds will support regional planning and improved heart, kidney and stroke facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
James Kee
Jennings Randolph
Robert C Byrd
U. S. Public Health Service
West Virginia Department of Health
Mercer County
Pay Raises Approved by West Virginia Boards of Public Works
The Board of Public Works approved a July 1 pay plan giving civil service workers a one step raise and noncivil service workers a five percent increase. Exemptions apply to employees on the State Board of Education and West Virginia University Board of Governors. Governors and auditors call for salary guidelines for nonteaching college staff amid concerns salaries have gotten out of line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Board of Public Works
State Board of Education
West Virginia University Board of Governors
Denzil Gainer
Gainer
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W. Va
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Buddy Clark
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Thomas A. Fleshman
Col
Forrest Ambrose
Northfork Girl
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