Autonomy Debate Dominates UMW Presidential Race
Miners for Democracy contend district autonomy clashes with Boyle led union misrule. Arnold Miller argues for democracy while James Leeber defends district autonomy and officer selection. Campaigning includes Pineville rally and contested convention voting amid claims of strong-arm tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Lawrence
United Mine Workers
Miners For Democracy
W. A
Tony’’ Boyle
UMW
James Leeber
Boyle
Arnold Miller
MFD
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
West Virginia
Labor Department
Leeber
Yablonski
Resolution
Miller
Senate
Pass
Joseph Yablonski
Kentucky
Pineville
George Titler
John Cassidy
Uniontown
District 4
Bobtown
Steve Kochis
Burnwell
Jack Keene
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Masthead and Info
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 prints news from Bluefield West Virginia. Advertisement and circulation details list addresses rates zones and Associate Press affiliation for credited dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
Nixon Proposes Profit Rules for Wholesalers and Retailers
Nixon outlines plan to apply price controls to wholesalers and retailers, aligning profit margins with processors. Produce and certain produce counter items like eggs and vegetables fall under controls, while raw seafood is covered for first time. Live animals and farmed produce remain exempt from new limits.
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The
Price Commission
State Workers Get Extra Holiday
Gov Arch Moore orders July 3 1972 a holiday for all state employees in West Virginia. State liquor stores will stay open Monday but close for Independence Day.
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Charleston
W.va
Arch A. Moore Jr
State Department
Moore
West Virginia
Alcohol Beverage Control Commission
Laymen To Meet In Ada Methodist Church
Bluefield district laymen meet Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Ada United Methodist Church Route 12 Bluefield. Laymen will lead devotions and the sermon with special singing by local singers. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield District
Ada United Methodist Church
Route 12
Bluefield
Reading Is Fundamental Club Holds Summer Party
A Bluefield Reading Is Fundamental summer program hosts a 10 a.m. to noon party at the Multi purpose center 209 Henry Street. Children present a short program for visiting parents and display paintings flower arrangements and other crafts.
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Bluefield
Reading Is Fundamental
Henry St
Song of Songs Known by Old Testament Aliases
Notes explain that Song of Songs and Canticles are alternative names for the biblical book Song of Solomon in the Old Testament.
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Solomon
Ernest M. Murray 67 Former Pocahontas motorman dies
Ernest M. Murray of Alexandria Va formerly of Boissevain Va died after brief illness in a Fairfax hospital. He was a retired Pocahontas Fuel Co motorman and United Mine Workers member. Surviving widow Lucille Murray son Ernest Murray Jr daughter Carolyn Cox sister Lucy French two grandchildren. Funeral at Boissevain Baptist Church Saturday at 1 pm with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park Bluewell. Pallbearers listed. Friends may call Rodriguez Pocahontas Union FH today 5 to 9 pm.
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Ernest M. Murray
Alexandria
Boissevain
Fairfax
Ernest M. Murray Jr
David
Carolyn) Cox
Woodbridge
Lucy French
Boissevain Baptist Church
Ted R. Cook
Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Bluewell
Tom McKavish
Paul Groseclose
Gene French
John Forester
Sherman Kirk
Sherman Phipps
Baptist
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union
Pocahontas
Reynolds Tase Reynolds 65 Cedar Bluff Va dies of natural causes
Tase Reynolds aged 65 of Route 2 Cedar Bluff Virginia died Thursday morning in Richlands from natural causes. He was husband of Daisy Harman Reynolds and father of Joan Webb and Carol Davis with three grandchildren. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Peery and St. Clair Funeral Chapel Tazewell with burial in Maplewood Cemetery. The funeral home will be open today after 4 p.m.
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Tase Reynolds
Rt. 2
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Andrew
Melissa Kiser Reynolds
Daisy Harman Reynolds
Bob
Joan) Webb
Fort Pierce
Fla
Ralph
Carol) Davis
Peery and St. Clair Funeral Chapel
Tazewell
Charles F. Mundy
Maplewood Cemetery
Obituaries for Grace King Young Beatrice Maude Obrson and Joe Albert
Grace King Young 73 of Crumpler funeral today at Crumpler United Methodist Church with Rev Charles Wilfong Jr and Rev Frank Blevins officiating Burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens Bluefield Princeton Road Pallbearers named Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home Northfork in charge Beatrice Maude Obrson 82 Rt 2 Bluefield funeral today 10 at Cravens Shires Bluewell burial Cedar Lawn Memorial Gardens Salem Va graveside rites at 1 p m Joe Albert 84 Welch funeral today 10 at Fanning Funeral Home Welch with Father Seamus MacGuire Norwood Cemetery Kimball
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Oberson
Beatrice Maude
Rt. 2
Bluefield
Cravens-Shires
Bluewell
Albert
Joe
Welch
Fanning Funeral Home
Seamus MacGuire
Norwood Cemetery
Kimball
Corridor Q project approved for environmental study
Acquisition Gov Arch Moore announced Appalachian Corridor Q study approval by the Federal Highway Administration. The plan links Bluefield with I-77, adds design speeds of 60 mph, and features partially controlled access with limited right of way, per State Department of Highway officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch Moore
Bluefield
John Russell
State Department of Highway
Federal Highway Administration
Limits on Representations in Orthodox Islamic Art
The Koran forbids depicting humans and animals, so orthodox Islamic art seldom represents living beings.
Rites Set For Wreck Victim
Funeral services for John William Castle 21 of Abbs Valley Va will be held at 3 p m Saturday at Abbs Valley Baptist Church with Dr Ted Cook and Rev Faye Snider officiating Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery Bluewell He was born in Welch a son of William and Reatha Hileman Castle and a graduate of Pocahontas High School and Southwest Virginia Community College He worked as a salesman for Andy Clark Ford He is survived by his wife Pamela Jones Castle sister Cathy Cregger two grandmothers and other relatives Pallbearers names are listed and church choir members will carry flowers Friends may call at Shumate Newman Chapel Pocahontas and at the church before the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John William Castle
North Tazewell
Abbs Valley Baptist Church
Abbs Valley
Ted Cook
Faye Snider
Woodlawn
Bluewell
Welch
William and
Reatha Hileman Castle
Pocahontas, Va
Southwest Virginia Community College
Richlands Va
Andy Clark Ford
Pamela Jones Castle
John
Cathy) Cregger
Bluefield
Lillie Castle
Maggie Hileman
McNally brothers tied to skyjacking case investigated
Police investigated possible involvement of other people as three McNally brothers Martin Patrick and Jay are named. Ransom money and a submachine gun were found near Peru along with a snub nosed revolver in a highway ditch. Martin McNally an unemployed attendant appeared before a U S magistrate with a July 11 removal hearing and a bond of 100000 set. FBI to consider transfer to St Louis once grand jury decisions loom. Chief Blair noted a man identified as Patrick McNally was questioned after being found near the scene but not arrested. A Detroit flight may be planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNary
Martin
Patrick
Jay
Peru
Patrick McNally
Blair
FBI
Detroit
McNally
Roland J. McNally
Roland McNally
Martin McNally
U.S
St. Louis
John Feikens
Wayne County
Justice Department
Court rules Brewster can be prosecuted for bribe charge
In a 6 to 3 decision the high court allows former U S Senator Daniel Brewster to face prosecution over alleged bribery tied to post office legislation. A separate 6 to 3 ruling lets the Justice Department bar alien visa applicants preaching anarchist or Marxist doctrines as well. The death penalty decision stems from a fractured 1970 72 term with five justices diverging on the Eighth Amendment. Current death row totals show 598 inmates in 31 states and D C, with 517 murder cases, 79 rapes, and four armed robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Daniel Brewster
States
District of Columbia
Tunnel Opening Highlighted By Dignitaries And Speculation
Dignitaries gathered as the East River Mountain Tunnel opening celebrations proceeded after a heavy downpour. Governor Arch Moore missed the event due to an emergency. WV officials and contractors from Langenfelder Ray mond attended. Talks of project costs and turnpike upgrades accompanied the ceremony.
Federal officials hail miracle of Interstate Highways
At the celebration officials from the Federal Bureau of Roads praised the interstate system as a shining example of national progress and mobility, highlighting its impact on commerce and regional connectivity.
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Federal Bureau of Roads
Tazewell Supervisors Set Landfill Hearing
The Tazewell County Board of Supervisors set a public hearing for July 6 at 9 a.m. in the courthouse on the proposed landfill near Lyn Hollow Road Angles Hollow residents fear water pollution. Health officials and Thompson and Litton consultants will attend along with neighbors.
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Tazewell County
Board of Supervisors
Angles Hollow
Thompson and Litton
Wise
Virginia Rt
Lyn Hollow
Beckley Mayor McCulloch Heads Region I Development Council
The Region I Planning and Development Council elected Beckley Mayor John H. McCulloch as permanent chairman and Don Anello of Bramwell as vice chairman. The body, including officials from Mercer, McDowell, Raleigh, Monroe, Wyoming and Summers counties, plans regional development and welfare. The meeting set bylaws, annual meeting for June 1973, and quarterly meetings for January, April, July and October. The council discussed funding and location for the regional office, with Beckley City Hall favored for the first quarter and Princeton noted for central placement.
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Region I Planning and Development Council
Princeton
John H. McCulloch
Beckley
Don Anello
Bramwell
Mercer
McDowell
Raleigh
Monroe
Wyoming
Summers
McCulloch
Anello
Mercer County
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore
Office of Federal State Relations
David Pack
Liasson
Beckley City Hall
McCullough
Wade to Speak at Bethel AME Sunday Service
Former Union Baptist Church pastor H L Wade will give the 11 a m sermon at Bethel AME Church. Bethel senior choir and guest soloist Robert H Thompson will provide music under F O Hester. E P Coleton will introduce the speaker.
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H. L. Wade
Union Baptist Church
Bluefield
Bethel Ame Church
Bethel
F. O. Hester
Robert H. Thompson
E. P. Coleton
Heart Weighs About Eleven Ounces in Men and Nine in Women
A medical note states that a man's heart weighs approximately 11 ounces while a woman's heart weighs about 9 ounces, illustrating typical gender differences in heart size.
Big Walker Mountain Tunnel to draw summer tourists
The Big Walker Mountain Tunnel is set to be a major summer tourist draw alongside the I-77 project through Rocky Gap and over Brushy Mountain, highlighting the area’s notable roadwork and scenic approach.
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Big Walker Mountain
Rocky Gap
Brushy Mountain
Oldest Festival Features 1914 Road Grading Leader
Charlie Rudder 88 Bluefield realtor helped organize the Great Lakes to Fla Highway Assn and led earlier efforts to grade the East River Mountain road in 1914. Jim Williams coordinated a special edition for the event as about 14 men prepare to staff the Big Walker Mountain Tunnel control rooms and support systems. Arthur Kingdon Roanoke and Rudder's long service anchor a revival of good roads advocacy across Bluefield and Roanoke communities.
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Charlie Rudder
Bluefield
Great Lakes
Fla
East River Mountain
Bernard McClaugherty
D. M. Easley
Bill Warlick
D. E. French
J. B. Kirk
J. R. Tuggle
Mr. Rudder
Bland
Big Walker Mountain Tunnel
Roanoke
Arthur F. Kingdon
Florida Highway Association
Toddler Hurt In Princeton Wreck
A three car crash on Thorn Street in Princeton left a two year old passenger with a forehead bump and Melissa Spangler treated and released. Larry D Spangler 25 and Vickie L Smith 25 were involved. Roger Lee Muncy 24 was charged with failure to keep his vehicle under control.
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Princeton
Thorn Street
Princeton Community Hospital
Melissa Spangler
Larry D. Spangler
Spangler
Vickie L. Smith
Rt. 4
Roger Lee Muncy
Rt. 2
Smith
Crowley Fralick
Darrell Belcher
Muncy
Nixon defends peace talks and war policy in address
President Nixon outlines progress in troop withdrawals casualties and spending, defending mining and bombing as leverage. He urges renewed Paris negotiations and says South Vietnam can handle air warfare, while noting a need for arms control and possible higher nuclear spending without the ABM pact.
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U.S
Nixon
Saigon
United States of America
Paris
United States
Thastens
North Vietnam
Vietnam
John Lavelle
Pentagon
Moscow
Congress
Russia
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Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews Shannon & Cullen Telephone
Organ Service Factory
Technican
Baldwin, Hammond and
Wurlitzer Organs
Lowman Piano CO
Bluefield, W.va
RIF
East End Grocery
Virginia Ave
Virginia
H. Edward Steele
Florida
William Ritchie
Wytheville
Dublin
Wytheville-Marion
Langenfelder-Raymond
George Langenfelder
C. J. Langenfelder & Son
Baltimore
William Casey
Raymond International
New York
Langenfelder
U. S. Steel
Gary
Bucky Harris
George McIntyre
Space Center
Eugene Murphy
Washington, D. C
Sue Moss
Moss
Ben Susman
Susman
Joe Lowe
Lowe
Tazewell County Development Corporation
Development Council
Wade
Hickmans
Rexall Pharmacy
ADJ
Appalachian Power
Jack Lloyd
Jim Williams
Road Association
Southwest Virginia
Enterprise
East River Mountain Tunnel
Marvin Munsey
James P Headley
Mercer. Funeral Home OF Bluefield, Inc
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