Disappointed Bluefield leaders clash over old City Hall offices
Bluefield officials and the Bluefield Municipal Complex Building Commission clashed over first and second floor office space at the old city hall. Commission chairman Ned Shott said doctors’ offices were reduced and questioned the board’s action while Mayor Don Keesling cited a stalled committee proposal. City Manager Fred Burton reported progress on pothole repairs and revenue sharing funding for police equipment and a paving project between Vineyard and Jefferson Streets.
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Bluefield
Old City Board Room
Shott
Don Keesling
Bea Paine
Keesling
Fred Burton
Burton
State Department of Highways
Vineyard
Jefferson Streets
Local newspaper masthead with subscription notes
An old Bluefield Daily Telegraph fragment shows subscription rates and publishing notes. It lists the Associated Press affiliation and billing details, with partial addresses and pricing references for Virginia. The legible text hints at monthly rates and membership stamps from a historic era.
Pedneau Addresses Kiwanians on WV magistrate system
Mercer County Magistrate David Pedneau told the Green Valley Glenwood Kiwanis Club that West Virginia's magistrate system is being watched nationwide to see if it meets its goal of easing circuit court caseloads. He called it an improvement over justices of the peace after one year, though with growing pains. If WV's pioneer approach works, other states may imitate. if not, alternatives will be explored. A Q and A followed, with attendees at Glenwood Park Methodist.
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Mercer County
David Pedneau
Green Valley-Glenwood Kiwanis Club
West Virginia
Pedneau
Justices of the Peace
Coal Strike Fallout Winds Through Negotiations
Production figures show gradual weekly gains ending Feb. 25 at 6.7 million tons after a low of 4.8 million in late January. Administration officials hope some miners return to work while others face potential food stamp penalties if they resist. Industry groups and the Carter administration discuss possible company-by-company settlements, with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association ready to reopen under the expired 1974 contract. The UAW donates 2 million to a relief fund for strikers’ families at the union’s request.
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Painkvet
Joe Shepherd
Carter
Coal Com
Deaths and Funerals: Copeland Pennington Meade Garrett Thorn Fox Conley
Obituary notices report the deaths of Dell Copeland, Carroll Pennington, Patsy Meade, Drusilla Garrett, Junie Thorn, William Fox, and Joe Conley across McDowell and nearby counties. Details include ages, birthplaces, family survivors, church memberships, service times, burial plans, and funeral home arrangements.
John Henry Steele 87 Bluefield native dies in Florida
John Henry Steele 87 of West Hollywood Florida died Sunday after a long illness. Born in White Wright Texas he was formerly of Bluefield Virginia. Survived by three sons Henry T. Steele Clyde T. Steele Ira J. Steele. Graveside rites Thursday 11 a.m. Valley Vista Cemetery Bluefield Tazewell Road officiated by Dr. Charles E. Harman. Pallbearers named. Visitation today 4 to 9 p.m. at Ley Memorial Mortuary mace Virginia.
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John Henry Steele
West Hollywood
Fla
Bluefield
White Wright
Texas
Ollie Mae Fleenor Steele
Henry T. Steele
Clyde T. Steele
Manassas
Ira J. Steele
Valley Vista
Bluefield-Tazewell Road
Charles E. Harman
Don Whitt
Scottie Whitt
Clyde Cogley
Buddy Siemp
Ley Memorial Mortuary
Mace Va
Lois Rumley Schuknecht Dies in Chicago Hospital
Mrs Lois Rumley Schuknecht 48 of Chicago formerly Princeton died Saturday in a Chicago hospital funeral plans were incomplete at George W Seaver Mortuary Princeton.
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Lois Rumley Schuknecht
Chicago, Il
Princeton
Chicago
George W. Seaver Mortuary
Obituary notices list several Bluefield area services
Obituaries for Mrs. Janie S. Brown Manuel E. McCloure and Arme Tucker detail funeral services and interment plans in Bluefield Bluewell and Havaco. Services include church ceremonies officiated by multiple reverends with pallbearers and flower bearers named. Cremation or burial locations noted with Page and Cravens Shires funeral homes involved.
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Lugo
Bluefield
Richlands Death Is Unexplained
A 22 year old Bee Virginia woman Brenda Marie Stevens was dead on arrival at Mattie Williams Hospital in Richlands of undetermined causes. An autopsy will be performed in Roanoke. Born in Honaker, she was daughter of Joseph Stevens and the late Pauline Fife Stevens. Survived by four sisters and three brothers. Funeral set Thursday at 2 p.m. at Honaker Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Fife Family Cemetery. Funeral home arranging services after 2 p.m.
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Dell Copeland
Dell Lewis
Etta Shields) Copeland
Kimball
Welch Hospital
McDowell County
Monroe County
First Baptist Church
Welch
Wolfe Creek
Ade
Fanny Hall Taylor
E. L
Leta) Irwin
Newcastle
Del
H. A
Anna) Lane
Superior
Eula Belcher
Ola Bales
Staunton
J. E
Minnie) Lane
Margaret Burton
Thorofare
N. J
Robert Copeland
Hayward
Calif
Frank Copeland
Appopka
Fla
Fanning Funeral Home Chapel
Cecil Belcher
Keaton Cemetery
Greenville
Carroll E. Pennington
Carroll Eugene Pe
Chicago
Illama Princeton
General Motors
The
Baptist Church
Princeton
Clarence E
Virginia Hash Pennington
Janice Marie Pennington
David
Donnie C
Joseph
Tony Reed
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Bill Fulcher
Nick Padulla
Jimmy Mabe
James Asbury
Ralph Kiblinger
Paul Durham
Johnny Beeman
Phillip
Drusilla Wilson) Garrett
Apt
Tiffany Manor
Pulaski
S. E. Miller Wilson
Samuel Wilson
First Baptist Church of
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Thomas Garrett
Martinsville
Phillip Garrett
Columbia
S. C
Louise Witherspoon
Jacqueline Hurt
Emma Garrett
Edward G Wilson
Philadelphia
Viola Poole
T. M. Stevens
Manuel Blake
Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell
Lugo
Bee
Richlands
Brenda Marie Stevens
Mattie Williams Hospital
Miss Stevens
Roanoke
Honaker
Joseph Stevens
Pauline Fife Stevens
Presbyterian Church
Haysi
Naomi Honaker
Irene Johnson
Ruth Slader
Rutherfordtown
N. C
Linda Barton
Albert Stevens
Ira Joe Stevens
Henry Stevens
Pottstown
Honaker Funeral Home
Kyle Hubbard
Fife Family
Finney
Honaker Funeral
Sidney Burks 66 of Bellflower dies after illness
Sidney Burks age 66 of Bellflower California and formerly of Bluefield died Saturday in Bellflower after a long illness. He was born in Bluefield to E E Burks and Mable Burks and was a former employee of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Survived by wife Inez Burks three sons one sister and five grandchildren. Funeral services and burial were held Tuesday in Bellflower.
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Sidney Burks
Bellflower
Calif
Bluefield
E. E
Mable Burks
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Inez Burks
Death of Cecil E. Hanshaw in Virginia Hospital
Cecil Elwood Hanshaw aged 53 of Wolfe died Monday evening in Bluefield hospital after a short illness. Funeral services were pending at Pocahontas Union Funeral Home in Pocahontas Virginia.
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Cecil Elwood Hanshaw
Wolfe
Bluefield Hospital
Pocahontas
Mrs G Wharton O Keeffe Dies After Long Illness
Mrs G Wharton O Keeffe 93 of Myrtle Beach South Carolina died Tuesday after a long illness. She formerly lived in Bluefield and was under care at Hawkins Funeral Home in Bluefield.
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G. Wharton
Jane) O'Keeffe
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral Home
Dunford’s Mother Dies At 56 In Tazewell Va
Clara Dunford mother of state Delegate C. D. Dunford died at age 56 after a heart attack in a Tazewell hospital. The report notes her son as the politician and cites government standards on income for a four person urban family, stating a required annual income of 22,300, with New York and Boston families needing about 4,500 more to maintain the living standard.
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Charles W
Clara) Dunford
Tazewell
C. D
Don) Dunford
Greever Funeral Home
New York
Boston
Cigarette Tax Bill Sent To West Virginia Governor
West Virginia House approved a five cent cigarette tax increase to 17 cents per pack and another tax package bill, sending both to Governor Jay Rockefeller. The measures, part of a larger tax package, include revenue boosts of about 12.1 million and 4 million annually. The cigarette tax hikes take effect June 1, while the business and occupation tax credits bill becomes law July 1.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia House
Jay Rockefeller
Conference Committee
Senate
House
William Gilligan
Tyler
Dohio
Mystery Boom Rumors Sweep Bluefield Morning Noise
Residents and officials in Bluefield reported a loud rumbling around 10 a.m. Tuesday. A Bluefield State College professor and a city policeman heard sounds like an explosion or quake. FAA indicated no sonic boom. no damage or reports followed, leaving the event unexplained.
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Rip van Winkle
Bluefield
West End
Federal Aviation Administration
City Hall
FAA
Dallas man recalls murder by daughter over family assets
In North Dallas a man testifies his daughter stabbed his wife in the back while she emptied the trash, then returned to shoot him twice as he aided his wounded spouse. He says the daughter refused ambulance, cursed police, and boasted of owning cars, the business, the home and the life insurance money. The wife’s life insurance was just over $6,000.
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Stout
Coal Movement Squeezed by Virginia Emergency Order
Governor Dalton issues emergency order invoking the Surface Mining Act to stop unlawful interference with coal movement in southwest Virginia. He cites miners’ picketing and regulatory strain on surface mines, enforcing a provision against assembling three or more people for unlawful acts that threaten public safety or order.
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Dalton
Virginia
United Mine Workers
Hechler Plans Saturday Visit and Headquarters Opening
Former Rep. Ken Hechler will open his Mercer County reelection headquarters at 406 Princeton Avenue Bluefield from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Hechler, an 18 year congressman, seeks the Democratic nomination in the May 9 primary and will give away free copies of his book The Bridge at Remagen.
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Ken Hechler
U.S. House of Representatives
Hechler
Mercer County
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
Congress
Remagen
Rhine River
Miners resist return to work amid Taft-Hartley dispute
Miners on picket lines in Blackwood Andover and Norton oppose resuming work under Taft Hartley in a stretch of lines. Gary Thomas, 30, predicts some small operations may return, but says they will picket again. Some insist federal seizure, not Taft Hartley, will bring men back to the mines, others see government as better conditions, while one Viet Nam veteran notes returning only if a flag he fought for remains.
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Blackwood
Andover
Norton
Taft Hartley
Gary Thomas
Taft- Hartley
Taft-Hartley
Walter Butcher
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Old City Hall
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Assocated
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Memper Audit Bureau of Cir ‘Ehen
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UAW
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Miller
Willard Esselstyn
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Benjamin E
Patsy Brown) Meade Sr
Fincastle Estates
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Jane Brown
Marvin E. Meade
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Order of the Eastern Star
United Methodist Women of
M. Sue Atkinson
Cincinnati
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Marion
Graham Funeral Chapel
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Roselawn Memorial Park
American Cancer Society
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Junie B.) Thorn
Levern
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Tenn
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Green Springs
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Dewey
Edith) Hypes
Roanoke, Va
Mabel) White
Carl
Elaine) Butler
Frank
Alice) Skeens
Toledo
Ed Morgan
Oakwood Park Cemetery
William Leonard Fox
North Tazewell
Bristol
Peery and St.Clair
Joe Conley
Connie) Conley
Rocky Gap
Lois RE. Schuknecht
Page Funeral Home
Mrs. G. Wharton O'Keeffe
Dunford
Herb Little
House Judiciary Committee
Paul W. McKown
D-Fayette
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Banking Commissioner
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