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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1981
Page
2
Obituaries list Harrison Keys Alfred Holdren Truman Chatting Joseph Ashworth and others. Services set at Burns-Wornal and Fanning chapels with burial in Roselawn and Mt Olive cemeteries. survivors span multiple states and generations.
Funeral services are listed for John R Wiley 74 of Green Valley with burial at Monte Vista Park Cemetery and Masonic rites. Hansel D Roberts 46 and Sandra Lynn 12 of Princeton receive joint services at Bailey Funeral Chapel with graveside rites in Resthaven Cemetery. Numerous others including Harvey James Adams Guy Earl Shumate Robert Crockett Buchanan Pride Spradlin Carolyn Sue Bradford Curtis Cunningham Bill N Brady David Lee Lovell Harold Lee Masterson and more are scheduled across Green Valley Princeton Bluefield Welch and Welch area chapels with local ministers conducting proceedings and pallbearers named where available.
Chicago residents at Cabrini-Green express optimism as Mayor Jane Byrne plans to move into the crime-ridden 70 acre housing project with adviser Jay McMullen within two weeks. They say her presence could deter gang warfare and violence that has left 10 dead and 35 wounded in the past two months.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph masthead announces Associated Press membership and publication details. Indicates edition published in Morning by Daily Times Printing Co. address in Bluefield West Virginia with standard newspaper notice of second class postage and advertising arrangements.
A Buchanan County man died Sunday afternoon at his home from an apparent personal safety related gunshot wound. David Viers, 66, of Prater, Va., born in Russell County, was a retired miner and UMWA member. Survived by his wife Thelma Viers, two daughters, seven sons, four sisters, three brothers, two grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Burial at Childress and Viers Cemetery in Tazewell with Grundy Funeral Home in charge.
Town council in Bluefield Virginia approved new water rates to take effect June 1. Low volume users under 1,200 gallons monthly pay no increase, while higher usage supports conservation and added revenue. Outside-town customers face a 25 percent surcharge, with 50 percent for industrial park users. A minimum $25 tanker fee applies. neighboring systems exempt. Council plans a state hearing on April 28 to protest a General Telephone rate increase.
The Supreme Court allowed parental notification for teenage abortions with limits by a 6-3 vote, upholding Utah's law that requires doctors to inform parents if possible. It also upheld California's statutory rape law applying to male partners with a 4- count ruling, reflecting the era's gender-specific age of consent standards. The Utah case involved a 15-year-old girl known as H L who sought an abortion in 1978 but did not want parental knowledge.
Mercer County Board of Education budget hearing hears emphasis on maintenance and upkeep of aging school facilities. Ben Gay notes leaks, deteriorating roofs, and vandalism as major issues. urges sustained funding and ongoing repairs across elementary buildings. Superintendent cites reroofing planned at three schools next year.
Lech Walesa warned Solidarity that Poland could strike nationwide if the communist government declares a state of emergency or imposes a curfew. The threat followed a meeting in Bydgoszcz to decide on a strike in response to last week's beating of three unionists at a government building.
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