Bluefield VA Council Approves Gateway Transit Supplemental
Bluefield Virginia town council approves a 955.50 supplemental payment to Gateway Regional Transit Authority after a review by former town treasurer Clyde Bowling citing several unexpected expenses and driver raises. The move follows ridership data gaps and a plan to add three buses and boost riders.
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Bluefield
Gateway Regional Transit Authority
Clyde Bowling
Bowling
Michael Newman
Council
Pat Stout
Double Gates
Fincastle Lane
Rt 720
Irvin Rich
Richwood Golf Course
Rich
Hockman Pike
Rahall Presents 600 Flood-Victim Letters to Carter
Representative Nick Joe Rahall of West Virginia says he gave President Carter six hundred letters from southern West Virginia flood victims. The letters describe difficulties obtaining federal disaster assistance after early April floods. Rahall seeks a congressional hearing on what is termed the second disaster, housing relief efforts by federal officials, and has discussed hearings with Senator Jennings Randolph.
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Charleston
W.va
Nick Joe Rahall
Dw.va
Carter
West Virginia
Rahall
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertising and Subscription Rates
Local newspaper notices advertise subscription costs by mail and home delivery rates. Rates listed cover West Virginia zones and other areas with details available on application. The notice notes association with the Associated Press and membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulation.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of
G' Cvlanon Advertising
Landon Associates
Deaths and Funerals in the region list Coleman and others
A long obituary notice lists John C. Coleman of Princeton 82 with prior Welch service and survivors including wife and children. The notice details funeral 11 a m Wednesday at Oliver Avenue Church of God with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens and pallbearers. The column also covers Melwood Hairston, Larkin Owens, Eunice Hill and others with service times, locations, and burial plans across switchback bluefield and raven areas.
John Dunford dies after long illness in Jewell Ridge VA
John Dunford age 64 of Stinson Ridge Jewell Ridge Virginia died Monday in a Richlands hospital after a lengthy illness. Arrangements were completed at Hurst Scott Funeral Home in Richlands.
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John Dunford
Stinson Ridge
Jewell Ridge
Richlands
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Henderson Sizemore 4 Dies in Mullens Hospital
Henderson Lee Sizemore four year old son of the late George and Alphia Belcher Sizemore died Sunday in a Mullens hospital. The disabled miner worked for Eastern Associated Coal and was a member of Herndon Free Will Baptist Church. Survivors include Susan Sizemore one son Hermon Lee Sizemore two sisters four brothers and multiple half siblings. Funeral service at 2 p.m. today at Herndon Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. William O Tolliver officiating. Burial in Lusk Cemetery Herndon Heights. Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens in charge.
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George Roosevelt Knight
Rt. 3
Falls Mills
Bluefield
Henry
Mary Elizabeth Mitchem Knight
Arthur Rose
William Knight
San Rafael
N. M
Mary Maggie Witchery
Rt. 1
Danniel Rose
David Blevins
John Machindla
George Step
James Otey
Joseph Cerny
Williard Blaylock
Lillard Rose
Graham Funeral Home
Henderson Lee Sizemore
Bud
Mullens
George and
Alphia Belcher Sizemore
Eastern Associated Coal Company
Herndon Free Will
Maggie Darnell
Clay County
Paul Sizemore
Charleston
Silas Sizemore
Montcello
Charles Sizemore
Ray Sizemore
Elsie Sizemore
Ohio
Orpha Sanders
Glen Fork
Mable Huff
Beckley
Myrtle Hall
Roanoke
Earl Sizemore
Dansel Sizemore
Maryland
Walter Sizemore
Robert Sizemore
Herndon Free Will Baptist Church
William O. Tolliver
Lusk
Herndon Heights
Sam Foglesong
Chaffin Irvin Brown 73 of Princeton Dies
Chaffin Irvin Brown 73 of Black Lick Beckley Road Princeton Mercer County resident and retired farmer died Monday in a Princeton hospital He attended First Baptist Church Survivors include brother Finley Brown Princeton three nieces and one nephew Services 2 p m Wednesday at Seaver Chapel with Rev Morris Taylor and Rev Paul Hall officiating Burial Brown Cemetery Black Lick Road Body remains at Seaver Chapel 6 to 9 p m today
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Chaffin
Irvin Brown
Black Lick Beckley Road
Princeton
Mercer County
First Baptist Church
Brown
Charles Irvin
Georgie Peck Brown
Finley Brown
Ww. Seaver
Morris Taylor
Paul Hall
Brown Cemetery
Black Lick Road
Infants Shannon Neal and Shawn Hall Die in Beckley Hospital
Twin sons of Randall and Barbara Hall of Hotchkiss died Sunday at a Beckley hospital. Survived by parents, brother Shane, paternal grandparents Claude and Vada Hall, maternal grandparents Buster and Ollie McKinney, great grandmother Ann Dean. graveside rites set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Roselawn. Sam Foglesong Funeral Home of Mullens in charge.
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Princeton
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Mrs Margaret Morris Dies After Apparent Heart Attack
Margaret Anne Morris 56 wife of Richard Morris of Fayetteville died at home last week from an apparent heart attack. Born in Bluefield she was a Chestnut Hill College graduate and social service employee in Richmond. Survived by four children Gretchen Richard Lis and William plus two sisters and a brother.
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Margaret Morris
Margaret Anne Morris
Richard Morris
Lynacres Blvd
Fayetteville
Bluefield
Morris
William C. Slusher
Richmond
Chestnut Hill College
Pennsylvania
Gretchen Morris
University of North Carolina
Lis Morris
East Hampton
Historical Society to Meet in Princeton Tonight
The Mercer County Historical Society will gather at 7 30 p.m. today in the Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church in Princeton. A program on the early post office offices in Mercer County will be presented.
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Mercer County Historical Society
First United Methodist Church
Princeton
Mercer County
Distinguishing Rabbits and Hares by Birth Facts
The main difference is that hare offspring are born with fur and open eyes, while rabbit youngsters are naked and blind at birth. This contrast highlights developmental variants between the two lagomorphs.
Vehicle plunges off road into embankments killing truck
Virginia story reports a truck leaving the pavement and rolling 200 feet down a slope then 200 feet again in the air before stopping on a second embankment about a half mile from the road. Police said the truck was destroyed. Troopers Sizemore and Brewster investigated as Princeton Rescue Squad assisted.
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Page One
Sizemore
Brewster
Princeton Rescue Squad
Funerals of Collins McGrady McPeak Blevins Listed in Bluefield Area
Funeral notices detail services in Bluefield Bluewell and surrounding areas for Beulah Collins Bertha McGrady John Robert McPeak and Vernon Blevins with times at Cravens Shires Mercer Bennett Fanning and Burns Wornal chapels. Burial in Woodlawn Roselawn and Resthaven cemeteries. Pallbearers named. Neighbors send flowers.
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McPeak
John Robert
Vivian
Bennett- Fanning Funeral Home
Kimball
Irvin G. Steiding
Roselawn Memorial Park
Tom Osbourne
Early Snow
Mike Mosko
Bill Trump
Frank Martin
Larry Burkes
Bluefield Candidates Discuss City Needs and Growth
Bluefield residents hear a slate of candidates praise downtown revitalization, housing, and better parking while favoring annexation to boost tax base. Incumbents emphasize projects from Kee Dam to a civic center, with calls for city planning and citizen input.
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Bluefield
Spencer
East Cumberland Road
East River Mountain Tunnel
Civic Center
McGuire
Public Housing Authority
Walker
Keesling
Peacock
U. S. Rt. 52
Bragg
Williams Rites Set After Tragic Death In War
Funeral services for Wanda Sue Williams 23 of War will be held 11 a m Wednesday at Upper Church of Christ in Jolo with Rev. Vernon Blankenship and Rev. Roscoe Rowe officiating. Burial follows in Tom Day Cemetery on Bradshaw Mountain. Williams died Saturday night by suicide with a 32 caliber revolver in the Beach Hill driveway. She was pronounced dead at Welch Hospital. She was a Big Creek High School graduate and a member of the Upper Church of Christ. Surviving: husband Michael Wayne Williams. two sons Timothy Allen Jordan and Michael Wayne Williams Jr.. daughter Dollie Jean Jordan. parents Ernest Lawrence and Dollie Louise Scott. two brothers Lawrence Green Staley and Gerald Wayne Stanley. one sister Wilma Gay Stanley. paternal grandmother Ida Stanley. Welch is handling arrangements.
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Wanda Sue Williams
Upper Church of Christ
Jolo
Vernon Blankenship
Roscoe Rowe
Tom Day
Bradshaw Mountain
Upper Church of Christ At
Michael Wayne Williams
Timothy Allen Jordan
Michael Wayne Williams Jr
Dollie Jean Jordan
Ernest Lawrence
Dollie Louise Scott
Lawrence Green Staley
Squire
Gerald Wayne Stanley
War
Wilma Gay Stanley
Ida Stanley
Newhall
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Great Barrier Reef Stretches Along Australia Coast
The largest barrier reef in the world is in Australia. It forms a vast complex of reefs extending over 1,000 miles along the east coast of the country.
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Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef
Australia
Mercer County EMS Advisory Council Appointments
Mercer County appoints an EMS Advisory Council and a Region 1 EMS Corporation board of directors. Members include William Cun diff Captain Bluefield Rescue, C T Swim Captain Princeton Rescue, William Powers Acting EMS Director, and others from local government, media, and business. Appointments run for one year from July 1, 1977, approved by the three man Mercer County Commission.
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Mercer County Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council
West Virginia Ems
Luther Byrd
County Commission
Byrd
Mercer County Commission
Region 1 Ems Corporation
EMS Advisory Council
Mercer County
William E. Cundiff
Bluefield
C. T. Swim
Princeton
William E. Powers
EMS
Calvin Belcher
George W. Seaver III
Seavers
Barbara Hawkins
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
William L. Kell
Ned Shott
Daily Telegraph Printing Company
Joe Coburn
Delbert Whitlow
Mercer
State Court Refuses Greyhound Case Review in WV
West Virginia Supreme Court, in a 4 2 decision, declines to review a ruling that denied Greyhound Lines permission to reduce intrastate bus service from three to two daily round trips on U S 50 between Clarksburg and Capon Bridge. Justices split on docketing unrelated coal property tax appeals by Berwind Land Co and Pocahontas Land Corp.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Supreme Court
Greyhound Lines Inc
West Virginia
Greyhound
State Public Service Commission
U.S. 50
Clarksburg
Capon Bridge
Virginia Line
Hampshire County
Supreme Court
Thomas B. Miller
High Court
Berwind Land Co
Fayette County
Pocahontas Land Corp
Fayette Coal
Richard Neely
Sam R. Harshbarger
County Commission
New Evidence May Toughen Action On Saccharin
In Washington FDA officials say new Canadian studies linking saccharin to bladder cancer in males could push toward a ban. Commissioner Kennedy cites options including prescription only sales and an OTC ban.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Donald Kennedy
House Health
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Sluefield Daily
Virginia Side Council
Jim Gilbeath
Daily Telegraph
John C. Coleman
North Eighth Street
Wilcoe
Oliver Avenue
Towa Hall Coleman
Howard Martin Coleman
Roy Lee Coleman
Springfield
James
Gladys) Pauley
Bernard Coleman
Pulaski
Raymond Coleman
Lester Coleman
Wyhtheville
Arthur Coleman
Ivanhoe
Laura Lineberry
Galax
Clara Pax
Max Meadows
Rutie Fisher
Wytheville
Oliver Avenue Church of God
Dan Callahan
James Compton
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bill Brown
Larry Coleman
Jim Parsell
Kenneth Pauley
Paul
Melwood Hairston
Switchback
Memorial Baptist Church
P. D. Edwards
McKinley Raymore
Howard Dews
Restlawn Memorial Estates
Littlesburg
Mary Elizabeth Saunders Hairston
Frank Hairston
Ruth Cardwell
Saginaw
Mich
Aubrey Hairston
Church Missionary Society
Lugo
Larkin Owens
Keen Mountain
Grundy
Dickenson County
Elijah and
Vicie Johnson Owens
UMW
Holly Owens
Newberry
Maudie Boyd
Bristol
Martha Ball
Davenport
George Owens
Troy Owens
Troy
Luther Owens
Henry Owens
Columbus
Buchanan County Funeral Home
Ancil Childress
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Eunice FE. Hill
Eunice Elbert Hill
Horton Ridge
Raven
John
Sarah Brown Hill
Tazewell County
Raven-Red Ash Coal Company
UMWA
Mary Margaret Russell Hill
Max
Dorothy) Kennedy
Robert
Betty) Bachman Jr
Marvin
Wilma) Underwood Jr
Mansfield
Worley Lee Hill
Lilly) Kitzmiller
Robert Elswick
Honaker
Ernest Smythers
Ernest (Sey) Smythers
Chatham
Hill
Henry and
Mecia Burnap Smythers
Hubert
Marleen) Muncey
Roy Chrisman
Lenoir City
Tenn
English United Methodist Church
Chester Hurst
Bluefield-Princeton Road
Frank McCoy
Donald Thomas
Ronald Moore
Allen McKinney
James McKinney
Epp Staten
Douglas Chapel
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Albu
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Charlsta SC
Edy
Charista
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Cedy
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Duluth
Fairbanks
George W. Seaver
Rosa C. Burke
West Wickham
Raleigh County
Lebanon
Andy
Emily Browning Hendrick
Henrietta Redd
New York City
Gent
Hendrick
First Baptist Church of
Eric Tyree
Clarence Arnold
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Historical Society
Virginia
McGrady
Bertha Senitha
Market St
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Mike Flippo
Buria
Princeton Road
James Anderson
Maury Baker
Ricky Willis
Randy Pennington
John Honaker
Bill Riggs
Blevins
Vernon B. Sr
Murdock St
Athens Road
Rev. L. P. Duncan
Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery
Basil Basham
Merlin Pendleton
J. P. Blevins
Jeff Blevins
Jack Wagner
Marion Joyner
Oliver
Williams
Pap Corner
Frederick and
Biveticid
W. Ve
Advisory Council
Bluewell
Warrenizing Cleaners
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