Senate May Vote This Week On End To Food Tax
West Virginia Senate leadership indicates a vote on the House passed bill to remove the sales tax from food may occur by week’s end. Senate Finance Committee to hear the measure Tuesday or Wednesday, with Brotherton stating he will oppose on the floor but not campaign against others. The move could create a $34 million revenue gap and pressure later tax hikes, possibly for road funding. Senate reconvenes Monday at 11 am. House at 1 pm with 22 amendments slated for the Senate, including a housing discrimination bill and college establishment amendments.
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Charleston
W.va
Jay Rockefeller
Senate
William T. Brotherton
D-Kanawha
Senate Finance Committee
Brotherton
Rockefeller
House
Chamber
William R. Sharpe, Jr
D-Lewis
Department of Commerce
Senate Judiciary Committee
Public Defender
Public Utilities
House Finance Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Country Club Burglarized. Two Men Arrested
Mercer County officers arrested James Ratliff of Princeton and Milton Calfee of Bluefield after a 6:30 a.m. break-in at Elks Country Club Maple Acres. They stole about 684 dollars in clubs and misc items. police chased the vehicle to Murdock Street in ceton. Ratliff faces breaking and entering while Calfee is charged with possession of stolen property and other counts. Bond set at 500 and 1000 dollars respectively.
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Mercer County
Elks
Maple Acres
James Howard Ratliff
Princeton
Milton Caffee
Bluefield
S. A. Lester
Murdock Street
Ceton
Ratliff
Calfee
Caffee
W. R. Davis
C. A. Kassay
Daily Telegraph Printing Co Bluefield Ad Rates Notice
The notice outlines subscription and home delivery rates for West Virginia readers and mentions the paper's association with the Associated Press and Audit Bureau of Circulation. It lists prices by mail and home delivery terms and directs readers to apply for zone rates.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation Advertising Representative
London Associates
Status of Bills in the Legislature Faces Deadlocks and Delays
Major bills remain stalled or in committee as House and Senate race over tax, education, and governance measures. Banking branches restricted to parent county, while constitutional and school finance changes advance in parts. Tax exemptions and reorganization plans move slowly with multiple items awaiting conference or calendar action.
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House Banking and Insurance Committee
House
Representative Would Loosen Saccharin Ban
West Palm Beach AP report says Rep James Delaney D NY urges review of the Delaney Amendment governing saccharin. He questions the cancer link and seeks safety data for lower doses amid a commerce subcommittee hearing on the FDA ban and Canadian study.
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West Palm Beach
Fila
Food and Drug Administration
James Delaney
D-N.y
FDA
Commerce Subcommittee On Health and Environment
Rogers
Delaney
Deaths and Funerals A mix of Obituaries from Bland and Bluefield
The notice lists Mrs Myrtle Newberry Bird 88 of Wytheville Va dying after a long illness with services at Newberry Funeral Home Bland and burial at Newberry Family Cemetery. Tammy Sue East 13 of Geneva Ohio dies in Cleveland after long illness with services in Princeton and burial Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Lona Blanch Perdue 79 of Bluefield dies after brief illness with service at Mercer Funeral Home Chapel Bluefield and burial Monte Vista Park. Harvey Goins of Premier dies in Welch after short illness with arrangements pending.
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Harvey Goins
Welch
Douglas Mortuary
Mrs Becky Wright Newberry Dies In Bland Virginia
Mrs Becky Wright Newberry 53 of Bland Virginia died at home Saturday of natural causes. Widow of Warren Newberry she is survived by daughter Leigh Anne Newberry of Bland two sons Tony Newberry of Louiseville Kentucky and Randy Newberry of Bland. Services conducted today at Bland Methodist Church at 2 PM by Rev C V Dalton and Rev Dale Johnson. Burial in Newberry Family Cemetery Bland. Body taken to church one hour before services.
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Becky Wright Newberry
Bland
Warren Newberry
Leigh Anne Newberry
Tony Newberry
Louiseville
Randy Newberry
Bland Methodist Church
C. V. Dalton
Dale Johnson
Newberry
Newberry Funeral Home
Ada Bratton 45 Princeton Woman Dies After Illness
Mrs Ada Bratton of Willowbrook Road Princeton dies at home after a long illness. Born Elgood she was daughter of Leonard and Emma Eaton. She remains survived by four daughters nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Burial at Monte Vista Park Cemetery Ceres with services at Carr Memorial United Methodist Church Glenwood Park. Visitation 5 to 9 p.m. Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton.
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Ada Bratton
Willowbrook Road
Princeton
Elgood
Leonard
Emma Southern Eaton
Bath
E. F. Bratton
Carr Memorial United Methodist Church
Glenwood Park
United Methodist Women
Brush Creek
Brush Creek Farm Women’s Club
Farm Women’s Bureau
Nationa Farm Homemakers
Apere
J. C
Emma) Mal
Clarence
Bernice) Noble
Nell Faulkner
Jarbert
Margie) Eaton
Huntington
Brown Boyd
Ronnie Edgell
Garland Stafford
Sam Bratton
Monte Vista Park
Ceres
Gracie Ward Roderfield resident dies after short illness
Gracie Ward 58 of Roderfield died Saturday after a short illness born March 22 1918 in Buck City Virginia daughter of the late Sam and Mar Ward Osborne. Survived by five sons two daughters and several siblings with funeral Tuesday at 11 am at the residence Rev Chester Hurst and Kenneth Phelps officiating burial Jaeger Memorial Cemetery. Fanni Funeral Home Welch handling arrangements.
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Roderfield
Buck City
Sam and
Mar Ward Osborne
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Oscar Ward
Robert Osborne
Roger, Ward
Bradshaw
Douglas Ward
Eugene Ward
Roscoe Ward
Welch
S. Jack
Bernice) Bentley
Buffalo
N. Y
Carl
Logene) Roark
Patrick Springs
Howard Osborne
Slate Creek
Ida Mullins
Eddie McNeely
Evie Marshall
Abindale
Marie Mullins
Rocky Gap
Kermit Osborne
Lewis Osborne
Sam Clinton Osborne
Columbus
Ohio
Ollie King
Madach Sparks
Stellia Burnett
Detroit
Ich
Irene Osborne
War
Chester Hurst
Kenneth Phelps
Jaeger Memorial
Fanni Funeral Home
Obituaries listed for multiple locals with services today
Obituaries for Ernest Umberger John Henry Buchanan Oakley Shultz Sam Giardina Bertha Beasley James Bowling and others note funeral services today at various chapels churches and veterans memorial gardens with burials at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Maplewood Cemetery and Woodlawn Memorial Park. Services conducted by Burns Wornal Chapel Bynum Orr Cravens Shires Davis Greever and Greenview Methodist Church.
Two Virginia families mourn deaths in Russell and Tazewell counties
In Swords Creek Virginia Mrs Sue Cindy Miller 82 died at home after a long life in Russell County She was a Methodist and widow of Marion Miller survivors include two daughters three sons 41 grandchildren 59 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren The Honaker Funeral Home notes incomplete arrangements Ralph Edward Lowe 58 of North Tazewell died on arrival after an apparent heart attack He was a former truck driver and Assembly of God member Survivors include wife three daughters one son one stepson six grandchildren Funeral services were held at Hurst Scott Funeral Home Chapel Richlands with burial at Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery Friends may call today after 4 PM
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Geneva
Ohio
Cleveland
Church of Christ At
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Madison Memorial Middle School
James
Buddy
Gayle Bailey East
Matoaka
Kimberly East
Odie
Jay Bailey
George W. Seaver
Princeton
Hoover Spence
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Lona Blanch Perdue
Princeton Avenue
Mercer County
Samuel Alexander
Maggie C. Mathena Bowling
East End
Charles Lee Perdue
Tazewell
Mercer Funeral Home
Oden Lockhart
Rick
Monte Vista Park
Edward Melvin
Joe Honaker
Walter Perdue
Wallace Lester
David Honaker
Ronnie Moretta
Sue Cindy Miller
Swords Creek
Russell County
Patton
Julie Bostic McGlothlin
Methodist Church
Marion E. Miller
Edith Proffitt
Isfield Ohio
Trula Hubbard
Teddy Miller
Abingdon
Hardin Miller
Honaker
Edward Miller
Honaker Funeral Home
Ralph Edward Lowe
North Tazewell
Tazewell, Va
Tazewell County
James R
Betty Norman Lowe
Cedar Bluff
James McGlothlin
Hurst -Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Max Linkous
Ronald Hager
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Pennsylvania Academy Director Elected Royal Arts Fellow
Richard J. Boyle, director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts since 1973, was elected a Benjamin Franklin Fellow of the Royal Academy of Arts in Philadelphia. The Royal Academy, whose patron is Queen Elizabeth II and president is Prince Philip, was founded in 1754 to extend and disseminate practical knowledge.
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Philadelphia
Richard J. Boyle
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Benjamin Franklin
Royal Academy of Arts
Royal Academy
Queen Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
Boyle
Wyoming Man Killed In Early Morning Vehicle Collision
Franklin D. Stanley 20 of New Richmond Wyoming County died after his 1974 Volkswagen went left of center on State Rt. 10 near Jesse and plunged over an embankment striking a tree. Passenger Charles H. Stewart 26 of Pineville remained hospitalized in Beckley after transfer from Mullens.
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Jack H. Bias
Franklin D. Stanley
General Delivery
New Richmond
Pineville
Charles H. Stewart
Beckley
Stewart
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Raleigh General Hospital
Stanley
Bias
State Rt. 10
Jesse
Wyoming County Sheriff's Department
Richard L. Justice
Tri-District Health Center opens five days a week in McDowell
The Tri-District Health Center in Algoma McDowell County reports 572 patients served in February as the clinic shifts to a five day schedule. Caparelli notes progress on renovation with OH9 federal officials and plans to upgrade the x-ray department.
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Tri-District Health Center
Algoma
McDowell County
Benny Caparelli
Tri-District
Caparelli
Southern
UMW
Calvin Belcher
Mercer County Health Center
Tri-District County Health Center
Argentine Gaucho in Local Tales and Songs
A gaucho, the Argentinian or Uruguayan cowboy, appears in local legends and songs, much like the North American cowboy, and has been romantically portrayed in regional folklore.
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Argentina
Uruguay
Oscar Dillon’s legacy shocks West Frankfort on will payout
In West Frankfort Illinois Oscar Dillon a frugal retired bookkeeper who lived in a 15 weekly room left 600000 to the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board 250000 to the Illinois Southern Baptist Association 50000 to First Baptist Church and 51000 to distant relatives The estate closed last week.
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Oscar Dillon
West Frankfort, Ill
Old Ben Coal Company
No. 14
Oscar
West Frankfort
Illinois
Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board
Ilinois
Nothing Card aims to end credit card hassles
Nothing Carothers, 33, touts The Nothing Card as the ultimate solution to credit card fees. He claims the card is embossed with the buyer’s name and promises to be "absolutely good for none," urging users to add up all monthly credit card charges to show potential savings.
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Minneapolis
Gibson Carothers
Phone Hearings In Grundy Today Tazewell Tuesday
A State Corporation Commission official will hold hearings in Grundy today and in Tazewell on Tuesday on the quality of service by General Telephone Co. The carrier serves about 21 500 customers and seeks a rate increase opposed by customers. Hearings follow a rate hike request and will precede a Commission decision.
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State Corporation Commission
Grundy
Southwest Virginia
Generalelephone Co
Thomas Harwood
Richmond
Tazewell
SCC
Harwood
Returning POWs and Hanoi Photos Mark 1973 Airfield Memory
At Gia Lam Airport in Hanoi U S officials and reporters moved quickly as travel was restricted by Hanoi s sensitivity to images The scene captured the remains of 12 American prisoners transport to a C141 Starlifter The reporter Roger Shields recalled April 1973 when released prisoners boarded a similar plane and went home The current ceremony echoed that memory and the hope of reunification persists
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Hanoi
Hanoi Hilton
Gia Lam
Roger Shields
Defense Department
U.S. Air Force
Shields
Romanian Language Ties to Romance Speech Roots
A note on linguistic connections notes that Romanian shares lineage with French Spanish and Italian, highlighting its Romance language roots amid Europe. This chart-like line from the Associated Press places language origins in a broad European context.
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Romania
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