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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1979

Page

2

Death notices of Daniels Tunstalle Crenshaw and others in McDowell

Obituaries list multiple deaths with details on Mary Eliza Daniels born Ridgeway Virginia longtime McDowell County resident church affiliations survivors including children and grandchildren funeral services at Mt Zion AME Eckman and First Baptist Mullens with arrangements at local funeral homes. Other notices include Mrs Dorotha Tunstalle Mullens and Mrs Henrietta Crenshaw Kimball burial at Restlawn and Blue Ridge Gardens and numerous memorials with service times.

Daniels Mary Eliza Daniels Keystone Princeton Ridgeway Sidney and Henritta Hairston McDowell County Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church of Littlesburg Road Gracier Johnson William DeShazo Daniel King Steve Scales William Deering Joseph Scales Linkford and Richardson James Tunstalle James Dortha) Tunstalle Annie Valentine Mullens Alma Jean Houston Maryland Irene Gooden Boston Mass H. A. Gooden Hanover Merriweather Gooden Dayton Ohio First Baptist Church Virginia Street Samuel McClure Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity Friends Foglesong-Longanacre Henrietta Crenshaw Kimball Maybeury Henry Clay Ardelia Woody Bocotta First Baptist Church of Annie Woody Grasty Yukon Corinne Winkfield Page Funeral Home Welch James Wormley Restlawn Memorial Gardens Beckley Monroe County Kellis Mary Alice French Johnson Charleston Charleston Electric Co Theodore Johnson Ballard Quentin Johnson Rand Edythe Willis Detroit Mich Francis Jefferson Philadelphia Ernestine Walker Virginia Johnson Broyles Peterstown T.M. Stevens Mt. Carmel Weyanoke Church of God Ben Woodring Thomas Nathan Woodring Woodring de Palos Calif Alfred Woodring Orlando Fla Michael Cecil McComas Roger Arthur Judy Taylor Sharon Parson Matoaka Wayne Haga Bedford Pat Massaroni

Board To Hear Mobile Home Law Proposal

Tazewell County supervisors will consider a proposed mobile home ordinance to regulate parks outside towns. The draft aims to ensure orderly development, with a committee to refine the plan after earlier opposition and input from county administrator Bill Hankins and commission secretary Emily Barringer Fisher.

Daily Telegraph Tazewell County Commission Board of Supervisors Bill Hankins Emily Barringer Fisher Hankins Hawkins Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation The Planning Commission

SALT II Debate Shapes Senate Support in 1977

Salt President Carter proposes a March 1977 shift reducing Soviet heavy missiles to 150, a plan rebuffed by Moscow. As leader of 41 Republican senators, Baker’s stance weighs heavily since neither side can claim enough votes yet to approve or reject the treaty. He has signaled opposition and potential need for amendments ahead of Vienna’s June 18 agreement.

Carter Senate Baker Vienna

Bluefield Daily Telegraph Ad Rates and Info Card

Bluefield Daily Telegraph, established 1895 and published in Bluefield Virginia West Virginia, lists subscription rates by mail for first and second zones plus home delivery, and notes Associated Press membership and advertising representation details. The item is a concise notice describing publication basics and pricing.

Daly Telegraph Prining Co Bland Street Bluefield Associated Press West

Rockefeller Rules Out Gas Rationing Policy

Rockefeller reiterated his gasoline purchasing policy, saying no odd or even plan would be enacted as residents were conserving fuel on their own. He praised the public as smart and capable and declined to name a preferred 1980 presidential candidate during a Bluefield visit touring a high rise apartment building.

Rockefeller Bluefield

Leopard name note links to lion and pard history

The term leopard arose in medieval times from the belief the animal was a cross between the lion and the pard a panther without markings.

Leo

Athens Man Urges Kiwanis Backing for $16.7 Million School Bond

Athens resident Paul Davis told Princeton Athens Kiwanis Club the county should support a $16.7 million bond to preserve eight Mercer County high schools. He warned questions remain about cost and site and noted potential double levies. Davis called the bond the best of a bad choice amid fears of increased federal control if defeated.

Jim Gilreath Daily Telegraph Athens Mercer County Princeton-Athens Kiwanis Club Paul Davis Davis Mercer Lake Shawnee Tom Himes Kiwanis Dean Kenney

OPEC base price plan could lift US fuel costs

A proposed OPEC price unification aims to raise the base to 18 to 20 dollars a barrel, potentially adding about three cents per gallon for gasoline and heating oil in the United States. Analysts note premiums for oil quality may fall if the base climbs, while US oil imports could total 50 to 70 billion dollars next year.

OPEC United States Saudi Arabia Al-Thani Tokyo James Schlesinger

Tazewell County approves new tax rate for 1979 80

The Tazewell County Board of Supervisors approved the 1979 80 county budget with a $4 tax rate, a 30 cent reduction from last year, based on 20 percent of appraised value. The $21.49 million budget ends the fiscal year with a carry forward balance of about $2.19 million after a public hearing.

Tazewell County Board of Supervisors Bill Hawkins Tazewell

Keystone Bank Wins Lowest Certificate Bid in 90 Day Offering

Bids for a 90 day savings certificate totaling 243173.90 were filed with First National Bank of Keystone submitting the lowest rate at 9.65 percent, followed by McDowell County National Bank 9.55, Bank of War 9.25, and First Clark National Bank 9.45. An appropriation of 1828.80 was made to Eclipse for a swinging bridge, and 4800 to Sandy River District Little League for a baseball field. The Mc Dowell County priority list places landfill first, memorial building second, ladder truck third, Welch library fourth, housing fifth, public transit sixth, recreation seventh, and industrial development eighth.

First National Bank of Keystone McDowell County National Bank Bank of War First Clark National Bank Sandy River District Little League McDowell County County Commission Memorial Welch Library

Bomb threats force evacuations at city hall and hospital

Bluefield city hall and St. Luke's Hospitals were evacuated Wednesday after bomb threats. Police said searches found no explosives and a continuing investigation is underway.

Bluefield City Hall St. Luke's Hospitals

Pennsylvania and Delaware adopt odd-even gas plans

The Associated Press reports Pennsylvania and Delaware join 11 states in rationing oil amid tight supplies. Refiners push output past 7 million barrels per day for the first time since February as major producers raise July shipments. Sohio Gulf Amoco lift July shipments to 113, 100 and 90 percent of last July respectively. June levels were 98, 97 and 86 percent.

Associated Press Pennsylvania Delaware American Petroleum Institute Standard Oil of Indiana Amoco Gulf Oil Co Standard Oil Company of Ohio Sohio Gulf

Mexican Election Scheduled for 400 Deputies Vote

Mexico City AP reports three new parties on the ballot for a widened 400-member Chamber of Deputies amid a long crisis and high abstention. Analysts note PRI’s large base, plus the Authentic Mexican Revolutionary Party Popular Socialist Party Socialist Workers Party and Mexican Democratic Party as new options.

Mexico City Chamber of Deputies PRI Mexican Revolutionary Party Popular Socialist Party National Action Party Socialist Workers’ Party Mexican Democratic Party

Hospital Group To Meet Tonight at Bluefield Building

The Bluefield Municipal Building Commission will convene at 8 p.m. in the Bluefield Community building at 30 Cherry Street. Hospital administrator Raymond Board announced the meeting details.

Bluefield Municipal Building Commission Bluefield Cherry St Raymond Board

Mercer County marriage license and real estate deed list

Mercer County Clerk records show marriage license applications for Michael Jerome Henry and Lola Melanie Hamilton from Bluefield Virginia. Douglas Alan Sarver and Deborah Jean Carroll from Bluefield. James Wallace Wheeler and Robin Tony Owings from Berkley Michigan. John Joseph Sumpkins from Athens and Della Cree Santiago from Princeton Delaware. Real estate deeds show HM Shumate and Glenna Shumate transferring property to Princeton Bank and Trust Company in Princeton for 22,400 dollars.

Mercer County Clerk

Correction on Names in Bluefield Arrival Story

A Wednesday story about a Vietnamese family arriving in Bluefield quoted Miss Frances Paul of Westminster Presbyterian Church extensively. The article misidentified her as Mrs. Frances Paul in error and has been corrected to show her proper title and name.

Bluefield Frances Paul Westminster Presbyterian Church

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