Deaths and Funerals A Hurst 85 dies after short illness
Rex Henderson Hurst 85 of Sandlick dies in Princeton hospital after a brief illness. Survivors include two daughters and three sons with services at Cravens Shires Funeral Home Bluewell. Also listed are Stewart White 67 of Bluefield and Jeremey Charles Smith one day old in Charlottesville. Other obituaries note Charles Hess 64 of Raven and Robert Marshall 28 of Chester with services in Raven and Narrows. Funeral details include burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton and Riffe's Funeral Chapel Narrows.
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Rex H. Hurst
Rex Henderson Hurst
Rt. 1
Box
Sandlick
Princeton
Duhring
Owen and
Louvinia Bailey Hurst
UMWA
Consolidated Coal Co
Roy
Helen) Bailey
Bluefield
James
Dorothy) Boult
Pulaski
Peyton Hurst
Atlanta
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Douglas Hurst
Michael Hurst
Bill Hurst
Tom Hurst
Bill Tate
Wayne Meadows
Stewart Richard White
Walters Ave
Tazewell
John and
Mattie B. Proffitt White
Board of Education
Church of God
Cumberland Road
Pansy Lawson White
Richard White
Dallas
Tex
Ronald White
David White
Bleufield
John
Betty) Mason
James White
Buchanan
Paul Farley
Mike Poole
William Thompson
Billy Thompson
Curtis Nicewander
Johnny Brinkley
Robert Sparks
Herman Whitlow
Mercer Funeral Home
Jeremey Charles Smith
Charlie Bruce
Glenda Diana Richardson Smith
Robert Douglass Marshall
Chester
Narrows
Richmond
Earl Ray Marshall, Sr
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers No. 45
Michael Marshall
Jennifer Deniese Marshall
Earl Ray Marshall, Jr
Roberta Hungate
S.F. Robertson
Jack Marshall
Riffe
Walter Gates
Harry Johnson
Fair View
Funerals for Pearl Dawson and Tracy Surface Held Today
Pearl Robinson Dawson 88 of Bluefield Multi-Care Center dies and funeral held at Mercer Funeral Home at 2 p.m. with Rev. David Cheverton officiating. Entombment in Monte Vista Mausoleum. Tracy Lee Surface 65 of Coalwood dies. funeral at Fanning Funeral Chapel Welch at 1 p.m. with Rev. Carl Kelly and Rev. Ralph Witten officiating. burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens with Masonic rites by McDowell Lodge No. 112 AF and AM. Rev. B W Phillip 71 of Columbus Ohio, formerly Powhatan, died Saturday in Columbus after a long illness. family contact at 1435 North Fourth St Columbus. obituary incomplete at MacNabb Funeral Home Columbus.
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Adolphus A. Young
Adolphus Addison Young
Keystone
Bluefield
Richardson
Tracy Lee
Coalwood
Fanning Funeral Chapel
Welch
Carl Kelly
Ralph Witten
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
McDowell Lodge No. 112
B.W. Phillip
Columbus
Ohio
Powhatan
North Fourth St
MacNabb Funeral Home
Tazewell Man Dies In Wreck
A 58 year old Tazewell Virginia man identified as John E Totten was killed in an automobile accident near here at 7 30 Saturday morning. The body has been sent to the state medical examiner s office in Charleston. Totten was a son of the late Jonah and Gay Nell Hagg Totten and a retired Pounding Mill Quarry employee. He is survived by his wife Mrs Mary Lou Totten three brothers and five sisters. The funeral arrangements were incomplete at Greever Funeral Home in Tazewell.
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Charles Graham Hess
Mill Creek
Raven
Charlottesville
Tazewell County
Elbert
Margaret Newberry Hess
James
Margaret Sue) White
Swords Creek
Steve
Janet) Dye
Charles Graham Hess, Jr
James Randall Hess
Glen Alan Hess
Joe Milton Hess
Aliia Compton
Gilaed
Ohio
Elsie Vance
Portsmouth
Garland Hess
Newport News
Virgil Hess
Salem
Mill Creek Primitive Baptist Church
Raven, Va
Otis Fields
Willis Compton
Green Hills Memory Garden
Claypool Hill
Muhammad Javed
James McVey
E.E. Moore
Sherman Meadows
Tazewell County Funeral Home
Cedar Bluff
Tazewell
Here
John E. Totten
State
Charleston
Virginia
Totten
Jonah
Gay Nell Hagg Totten
Mary Lou Totten
George Totten
Pounding Mill
Charles Totten
Radford
Luther Totten
Chicago, Mich
Mary Hill
Julia Richardson
Willie Ball
Edna Nipper
Rt. 2
North Tazewell
Isabelle Harrison
Chicago, Ill
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Masthead and contact listing
A regional newspaper masthead shows publication details, address, memberships, and circulation information for Bluefield West Virginia. It lists Associated Press affiliation, subscription rates, and postal routing details for readers and advertisers.
Mishap Claims Wytheville Man
A 19 year old Virginia man was killed Sunday afternoon when his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck about 3 miles north of Wytheville. Jerry Wayne Chrisley of Rt. 2 Wytheville died in the 1:20 p.m. crash. Prennie Udell Reed operated the pickup. police did not know Reed's injuries. Trooper W W Farris investigated.
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Wytheville
Virginia
Here
Jerry Wayne Chrisley
Rt. 2
Virginia State Police
Chrisley
Prennie Udell Reed
Reed
W.W. Farris
Aftermath Details and Family Impact in Local Case
The relative of the defendant describes the incident as hard on the family and expresses sorrow. Officials say the court will likely set bond for Antoine Hickman early this week and the case may involve psychiatric observation. In 1945 Gen Charles de Gaulle was elected interim president of France.
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Chrleston
Hickman
Bond
Antoine Hickman
Charles de Gaulle
France
Chemical Dump Distressing To Some Nitro Residents
Joan Loring in Nitro West Virginia fears for her garden and four children as heavy rains spread unknown chemicals from an old city dump. EPA and West Virginia officials collect soil samples in masks and white coverings while awaiting tests. Geologist Pamela Hayes notes probable aryl phosphate and low heptane levels, yet residents remain alarmed.
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NITRO
W.va
Joan Loring
Mrs. Loring
Environmental Protection Agency
West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
Pamela Hayes
Department of Natural Resources
Ms. Hayes
Two Spies Arrested in Hughes Documents Case
Los Angeles AP two men a Polish national and an American were arrested on espionage charges tied to alleged sale of Hughes Aircraft Co classified documents to the Polish intelligence service. William Bell 61 a Hughes employee since 1952 and Marian Zacharski 29 were taken from Playa Del Rey after nearly four years of inquiry.
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Los Angeles
Hughes Aircraft Co
FBI
William Bell
Hughes
Marian Zacharski
Playa del Rey
Dick Mellitt
Zacharski
Polish American Machinery Co
Mellitt
Elk Grove
Ill
Bell
Hughes Aircraft
Mellit
Byrd senator reflects on praise and past journalism
The minority leader recalls criticism from a senator and praise from colleagues as he discusses his youth in Spanishburg raised by foster parents. He thanks those who helped him and says he strives to improve himself and serve the community, noting he will not comment on re election prospects.
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Spanishburg
North Carolina
Firefighters Battle Multi State Wildfires Across West
Fire crews fought a 73000 acre Idaho brush fire as California brigades slowed a 2200 acre blaze. Alaska timber and tundra fires spread over a Rhode Island sized area while New Mexico forests burned. Utah Army site blaze controlled. In Ventana Wilderness nearly 800 volunteers aided response four miles of line built. Air tankers and helicopters dropped water and retardant as two horses and eight mules carried supplies to rangers.
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Associated Press
Idaho
California
Alaska
Rhode Island
New Mexico
Utah
Wilderness Rangers
Beck
Israel election campaign ends with close polls in Israel
In Tel Aviv the campaign closes ahead of Tuesday vote with Prime Minister Menachem Begin planning a major rally and Labor challenger Shimon Peres mounting a heavy outdoor schedule. Labor mobilizes about 150000 volunteers to drive voters to polls while Likud Bloc claims 50000 volunteers.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Menachem Begin
Labor Party
Shimon Peres
ADA Plans Anti Budget Fight Against Reagan Proposals
Americans for Democratic Action pledged a national drive to defeat President Reagan's budget. At its annual convention ADA planned actions during the congressional recess to oppose the House and Senate bills on final vote next month. Rep. Theodore Weiss said voters have not understood the budget's pitfalls and predicted widespread revulsion as awareness grows. Weiss argued the White House backed House budget move may force a conference to reconcile differences.
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Washington
Americans For Democratic Action
Reagan
ADA
House
Senate
Weiss
Directors Reach Accord Ends Impending Hollywood Strike
HOLLYWOOD AP Negotiators for directors and major film and television producers reached a tentative three year contract Sunday three days before a threatened strike. The Directors Guild of America said the agreement includes a 39.23 percent rise in minimum pay with ongoing talks on network employment.
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Hollywood
Chuck Warn
Directors Guild of America
Guild Board of Directors
Warn
New Government is Formed In Italy
Rome AP Giovanni Spadolini a senator from the Republican Party formed Italy's 41st postwar government Sunday breaking the 36 year monopoly on the premiership by the Christian Democrats Spadolini 56 ended the 33 day government crisis triggered by a scandal over a secret Masonic lodge by putting together a broad coalition that lacks only the Communist Party and the Italian Social Movement The Christian Democrats retained 15 of 28 cabinet posts Socialist seven Social Democrats three Republicans two Liberals one The previous government headed by Arnaldo Forlani fell May 26 after ministers and establishment figures linked to the lodge The lodge P 2 is under investigation for alleged fraud and conspiracy A Bluefield woman was cited after striking another vehicle in the rear Clara M Kelly 116 Thorn St Bluefield traveling north on Bland Street stopped in the roadway The other driver Diana L Lester 2208 Ledge St Bluefield struck her in the rear Lester charged with failure to maintain control and following too closely Damages listed as 400 to Kelleys car and 800 to Lesters vehicle Officer S E Murphy investigated the 8 p m incident.
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Rome
Giovanni Spadolini
Republican Party
Italy
Christian Democrats
Spadolini
Communist Party
Italian Social Movement
Social Democrats
Right of Center
Christian Democrat
Arnaldo Forlani
P-2
Bluefield
Bluefield City
Clara M. Kelly
Thorn St
Bland Street
Diana L. Lester
Ledge St
Lester
Kelley
S.E. Murphy
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Greever Funeral Home
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
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Danforth
Insurance Agency
Bluewell
Mike Fisher
Rubble
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Byrd
Woods Hole
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Fred Spiess
University of California
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
NAACP
Denver
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Benjamin Hooks
Hooks
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Larry Speakes
Speakes
Ventana
Steve Beck
Labor
Benjamin Yas’ur
Begin
Likud Bloc
Theodore Weiss
D-N.y
Doug, Aaron
Emily
Physicians of St. Luke’s Medical Group, Inc
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M.D
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Anil B. Agarwal
V.R. Phade
St. Luke's Medical Group Inc
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