Congressional Hearing On Willow Island Tower Disaster
A House subcommittee opens a Friday hearing at Pleasants County Courthouse probing the Willow Island cooling tower collapse that killed 51 workers. OSHA cited Research Cottrell Inc. for 16 violations. families decline active participation but may attend as observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Marys
W.va
Congressional
Little Pleasants County
House
Subcommittee On Compensation, Health and Safety
Joseph M. Gaydos
D-Pa
Austin Murphy
Robert Mollohan
D-W.va
Willow Island
OSHA
Research Cottrell Inc
New Jersey
Mercer County Education Board Blames Sectionalism For Safety Woes
Mercer County board member Walthall cited sectionalism, failure to pass bond issues, and two school consolidations as key causes of safety and operating problems in the local system. He noted plans to seek a new bond in November, discussed fire marshal orders, and said Oakvale students will continue traveling to Princeton for 1978-79, with some preferring Princeton High School if Oakvale reopens.
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Mercer County Board of Education
Princeton Lions Club
Mercer County
Fink
Walthall
Board of Education
The
Lions
Doug Lilly
Princeton
Bluefield
Oakvale
Oakvale High School
Clases
Princeton High School
Mullins Funeral Saturday in Narrows Virginia
Funeral services for Robin Mullins a 53 year old Narrows resident who died from a gunshot wound will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Riffe's Funeral Chapel with Intermont Masonic Lodge in charge. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery. Mullins shot himself Wednesday morning at his home. He was a longtime Narrows resident and employee of Appalachian Power Co Glen Lyn plant. Surviving are his widow three sons two brothers five sisters and two grandchildren. Friends may call today 7 to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin Mullins
Narrows
Riffe
Intermont Masonic Lodge
Fairview
Giles County Sheriff's Department
Mullins
Martha Lewis Mullins
Jesse Mullins
Intermont Lodge
AF & AM
Appalachian Power Company
Glen Lyn
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Virginie Elliott Mullins
Jeff Mullins
Douglas Mullins
Ashland
Larry Mullins
Charleston
Paul Mullins
Roger C. Mullins
Shrevesport
Pauline Mullins
Aleta LaCarter
Columbia
S. C
Ruth Burleson
Fort Thomas
Ben Woolwine
Louisville
Helen Thompson
Pearlsburg
Marshall Kassem
Second St
Princeton
Keystone
Breknay
Lebanon
Hussein and
Salma Aboulhosa Kassem
Alice Hagy Kassem
O.M
Mickey) Kassem
Baton Rouge
Sharif Kassem
Mexico City
Mex
George W. Seaver
Resthaven Park
Edward
Dorothy S.) Stewart Sr
Gary
Welch Hospital
Virginia
Willie
Mary F. Smith
Rockhill Baptist Church
Choir and Missionary Society
Gary High School
Bluefield Alumnae
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Welch
AAUW
Edward Stewart
Edward Stewart Jr
Atlanta
Vivian Smith
Somerset
N.J
Morell Scruggs
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Delta Sigma Theta
Page Funeral Home of
Kinnard A. Potter
Grundy
Grundy Hospital
Buchanan County
Dewey
Frances Stiltner Potter
Big Rock
Irene Gray
Big Rock Church of Christ
Jim Viers
Clarence Greenleaf
Mountain Valley Memorial Park
Everett Elswick
Carl Shortridge
Robert Hutchinson
Troy Viers
Charles Pugh
Lenvis Church
Bill Lester
Kennis Justice
Roy
David McClanahan
Robert F. Baxter
J. P. Sutherland
P. F. Bevins
Blake Billiter
Herman Wells
Ralph Childress
Ralph A. Skeens
Grundy Funeral Home
Blurfield Daily Telegraph publication notice
The Blurfield Daily Telegraph announces publication details with address 492 Bland Street Bivelleia WV 2470 and notes Associated Press membership and exclusive news dispatch rights. Subscription rates are listed for mail and home delivery with West Virginia pricing and inquiries for other zones.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bivelleia
Associated Press
Mailim
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation Advertising Representative
London Associates
Mercer and Southern West Virginia Schools Face Condemnation Orders
State fire marshal issues orders to Mercer County schools and notes McDowell and Wyoming counties face problems. Condemnation affects educational occupancy only if facilities fail to meet specifications. Mercer officials plan immediate appeal, seeking delay until hearings with the State Fire Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
West Virginia
Smittle
Daily Telegraph
McDowell
Wyoming
McDowell County
Mercer
State Fire Commission
Actor Bob Crane Beaten To Death In Scottsdale Theater
Actor Bob Crane, 49, star of Hogan's Heroes, was found beaten to death Thursday in his Scottsdale apartment near the Windmill Dinner Theater. Medical examiner says several blows to the head caused death. a heavy object and an electrical cord around the neck were found. Crane had been appearing in Beginner's Luck at the theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsdale, Ariz
Bob Crane
Maricopa County
Heinz Karnitschnig
Crane
Windmill
Phoenix
Karnitschnig
Former Trooper Hurt In Wreck In Clarksburg on Rt 460
Gary Clyde Loar 31, a former West Virginia State Trooper from Clarksburg, was injured Thursday afternoon in a traffic wreck on Rt 460. He rode a 1973 Honda when it collided at the Rt 123 intersection with Joseph E. Morgan 67 of Princeton. Morgan cited for failure to yield. Loar treated and released at Princeton Community Hospital. Total damage about $800. Trooper S A Lester investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Clyde Loar
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Princeton
Loar
Joseph E. Morgan
Morgan
Lear
Princeton Community Hospital
S. A. Lester
Bland Home Is Robbed in Bland County
A Bland County Virginia home owned by Carl Davis was burglarized early Thursday. Authorities report $200 to $300 in cash stolen and the intruder left on foot. Bloodhounds from Bland Correctional Center aided the search as Bland County Deputy Melvin Cox and State Trooper J E Dalton investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland County
Carl Davis
Bland Correctional Center
Melvin Cox
Virginia
J. E. Dalton
Union confronts new health system in Virginia district
UMW leaders report mixed compliance as some miners may seek care elsewhere. Ray Marshall of District 28 cites clinics rejecting the card or billing the carrier, while others accept. Castlewood office has fielded a few complaints, reflecting uneven adoption across providers.
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Virginia
Ray Marshall
Marshall
Castlewood
Teen jailed after transit center stabbing and violent past
A teen locked at Spofford Juvenile Detention after a transit police probe warned an inmate before stabbing him with a fork. He boasted of eight robbery arrests since age nine and had a history of assaults, rapes, thefts, and threats, culminating in an 18 month to five year sentence under juvenile offenders law. A detective warned that in 18 months and a day someone could be killed.
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Spofford
Upstate Brookwood Center
Metric System Gains Ground in U S as Use Nears Parity
Over the last century the Metric System has steadily increased adoption in the United States. It now approaches parity with the Customary System in everyday use.
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United States
Virginia Sider Found Dead At Claytor Lake
Charles Nye Buckland a 54 year oldBluefield Virginia man was found dead Thursday morning at Claytor Lake Pulaski County authorities say Buckland who had been staying at a cabin near the lake died with the death under investigation and the body sent to the Roanoke medical examiner Buckland a Falls Mills native and former N and W Railway engineer leaves a wife three daughters a son three brothers and six grandchildren services set for Falls Mill Christian Church Saturday at 2 p m with burial at Harry Cemetery Falls Mills pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed relatives and friends may view the body at Dudley Memorial Mortuary in Bluefield Virginia
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Bluefield
Claytor Lake
Pulaski County
Charles Nye Buckland
Buckland
Virginia Medical Examiner's Office
Roanoke
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Raven Man Injuries Claim Causes Fatal Totals
A Raven Virginia man Michael Wayne Shelton died in Johnston City Memorial Hospital Tennessee from injuries suffered May 21 in a Route 460 crash near Raven Virginia. He was 3 years old, former Carrie Coal Co. employee, son of Robert Warren and Laura Hart Shelton. Funeral Sunday at Raven Apostolic Church with burial at Green Hills Memory Gardens.
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Raven, Va
Johnston City Memorial Hospital
Johnston City
Tenn
Michael Wayne Sheldon
The
Carrie Coal Co
Buchanan County
Raven
Robert Warren and
Laura Ann Hart Shelton
Obituaries for Adkins Kassem McKeever and family notes
Mrs. Albert Adkins of Vansant Va died in Bluefield after a long illness. Survived by husband two daughters mother and father in Grundy and Stiltner family. Services at Vansant Baptist Church with burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens. Also notices for Marshall Kassem of Princeton and Clarence McKeever of Fairmont with service details and contact.
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Albert
Marcella Stiltner) Adkins
Vansant
Bluefield
Buchanan County
Lexettie Bartley Stiltner
Grundy
Frenchman Stiltner
Vansant Baptist Church
Albert R
Tommy) Adkins
Connie A. Turcotte
Roanoke
Jennifer Jayne Adkins
Kenneth Stiltner
Miami
Fla
David A. Hoagland
Alan Moor
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Joe Davis
Earl Cline
Butch Looney
Noah Horne
Lamar
Clark Cox
Grundy Funeral Home
Grim dies at 86 former educator and principal
Mark S Grim 86 of Sevierville Tenn formerly of Princeton died at home after a long illness A retired educator he was a former Montcalm High School principal and taught at Princeton Bramwell High Schools A UT graduate he belonged to Sevierville United Methodist Church a World War I veteran born in Elkhorn He was survived by a son Mark S Grim Jr of Norris Tenn another son John W Grim of Sevierville a daughter Wanda Thompson of Norris Tenn two sisters and seven grandchildren Funeral services were held at Rawlings Funeral Home Sevierville with burial in Sevierville Cemetery today burial at 6 to 9 pm today.
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Mark S. Grim
Sevierville
Tenn
Princeton
Montcalm High School
Princeton High School
Bramwell High School
University of Tennessee
Ella Herndon Grim
Elizabeth Hardin Grim
Mark S. Grim Jr
Norris, Tenn
John W. Grim
Wanda Thompson
John
Mary) Kaylor
Susan Carroll
Sandusky
Ohio
Rawlings
Funeral notices for Lockhart Graham and Wohlford
Funeral services are announced for Chloe Ann Lockhart 89 of Ikes Fork at Bethany Regular Baptist Church with burial at Paris Lester Cemetery. James Reese Graham 59 formerly of Coalwood to be buried at Jaeger Memorial Cemetery after 11 am service at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs George C Wohlford p.m. at Hawkins Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. pallbearers named Delmar G. Jones Paul D. Hurt Dale R. Pierce Johnnie Harless Ron Neece Fred Thompson.
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Graham
James Reese
Coalwood
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Neal Dent
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
Cousins
Wohlford
George C
Ollie
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral Home
Charles Harman
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Delmar G. Jones
Paul D. Hurt
Dale R. Pierce
Johnnie Harless
Ron Neece
Fred Thompson
Honey: a purest food resisting disease bacteria
A brief note states honey is among earth's purest foods because bacteria cannot exist in it, highlighting its reputed antimicrobial properties and stability.
Mrs Ella Pyles dies at Freeman home
Mrs. Ella Pyles of Freeman died Wednesday at her home. Funeral arrangements were incomplete at Sinkford and Ric Funeral Home in Bluefield.
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Ella Pyles
Freeman
Sinkford & Ric Funeral
Bluefield
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R.V. Bowser
Willow Island Diaster Organization
Monongahela Power Co
Eula Bingham
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Lee
Molly Steele
Europe
Barbara Hawkins
Blurfield Daily Telegraph
National Weather Service
Great Lakes States
Maine
Florida
Texas
Louisiana
Pacific Northwest
Jockey
Col. Hogan
CBS
Hogan
Col. Klink
Sgt. Schultz
NBC
Connecticut Symphony Orchestra
Los Angeles
KNX
Dick van Dyke
Waterbury, Conn
UMW
Lyftym Home Improvement
Virginia Sider
Connie Sue Hill
Oma Gay Hess
Sandra Lynn Shelton
Barbara Ann Dye
Trula Ann Dye
Redash
Debbie Charlene Johnson
Richlands
Roger Lee Shelton
Mandy Hurt
Raven Apostolic Church
Dennis Puckett
Carlos Dye
George Sparks
Green Hills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Hurst-Scott Funeral
Mrs
Albert Adkins
Clarence McKeever
Fairmont
Martha McKeever
Charlotte Pathient Wallington
Joe Hooker
Anchorage
Alaska
Lampkins
Rt. 1
Ribesville
Edward Stewart SR
Harrison Howard Justus
Charlie Justus
Lora Lee Justus
Timothey Allen Justus
Dale Robin McGlothlin
Ida McClanahan Justus
Pearl McGlothlin
Virgina Funeral Home
Stewart Owens
Landon Colley
Virginia Funeral Home
Frank White
Frank
Mildred Louisa) White
Gilliam
Wise County
Mae Willis Spears
Worth
Lee Spears
William Bottom
Rolfe Pentecostal Holiness Church
William
Brenda) Price
Donald
Diane) Roger
Kimball
Robert
Aletta) Burkes
Crumpler
Lillian) Lafferty
Wilma Little
Billy Joe White
Jack Hamilton
Albert Jarvis
Grandview Memory Gardens
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Kenneth
Kyle
Jerry
Roger
Mike Lafferty
Charles Nowlin
Bennett- Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
RCA
Spring ST. Bluefield
Cosmetic
Chanel
Tom
W. VA
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