Wampler Attacks Jennings At Clintwood Republican Rally
Wampler addressed more than 500 attendees in Clintwood Virginia accusing Democrat Pat Jennings of avoiding issues while blasting Viet Nam policy and tax increases. He criticized Jennings on farms bills billboards TV unions and the GOP. He urged voters in the Ninth District to support him at the Tuesday polls.
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Pat Jennings
Marion
Don Quixote
William C. Wampler
Clintwood
Jennings
Dickerson County
Wampler
Bristol
Ninth
Viet Nam
Johnson
Pat
Fire Department Responds to Two Blazes in Bluefield
Bluefield firemen were called to two Friday incidents with total damage around 25 dollars. First at 1 40 p m at 1024 Greenbrier Street the heating duct loosened and started a fire causing about 25 dollars in damage. Second at 5 40 p m at 204 North Mercer smoke filled a residence but caused no damage.
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Bluefield
Gordon Damron
Mary J Jones
Greenbrier St
North Mercer
Forace Hest
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Local News Notice Text
Bluefield Daily Telegraph publication details and subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery, along with Associated Press affiliation and advertising contact information as of publication.
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Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
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The
Katz Agency, Inc
Bowen campaign caravan touring five towns in one day
Elizabeth Bowen Republican candidate for the 5th District will lead a caravan through Union Peterstown Princeton Welch and Bluefield with a supporting band and followers. The schedule lists Union 9 30 a m Peterstown 10 30 a m Princeton 11 30 a m Welch 2 p m Bluefield 3 30 p m and a motorcade through Bluefield starting at 4 05 p m.
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Welch
Bluefield
Five Terms Decreed In Tazewell Court
Five sentences were handed down Thursday in Tazewell County Circuit Court. Judge W. L. Sexton Jr. imposed seven years on Roger Bowling for burglary, four years for Fred Howery on malicious wounding and robbery by force, and one year for Fred Hicks on theft. Charles Lee Mitchel and Teddy Hess received three year probation for bigamy and statutory burglary respectively.
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Tazewell County
W. L. Sexton Jr
Roger Bowling
Fred Howery
Fred Hicks
Charles Lee Mitchel
Teddy Hess
Moonshine bust and illegal dentistry lab found in Virginia
In Tazewell County Virginia authorities arrested Mrs Velvie Shortridge and Floyd Allen Howington after raids uncovered a 50 gallon copper moonshine still and a functioning dentistry laboratory on Shortridges property. The pair bonded $3000 each on moonshine and dentistry charges, with a Nov 16 court return.
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Velvie Shortridge
Rt. 637
Maxwell
Floyd Allen Howington
Howington
Tazewell
Baptist Valley
Neal
Paul Bailey
Joe Johnson
Fred Cox
C. G. Edwards
Dillard McDowell
Alcoholic Beverage Patrol
Alcohol Tax Unit
Cox
Johnson
ABC
ATU
Dentistry
Shortridge Home
C. K. Purkey
Johnson and Edwards
Deaths in the Local Area Seen with Multiple Obituaries
James Elzie Paris Lockhart 70 of Rocky Gap Virginia died Friday morning at St. Luke's in Bluefield after a short illness. Survivors include wife Mary Jane Simpson Lockhart, four daughters, four sons, twenty grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral at Clear Fork Baptist Church with burial in its cemetery. Also Francis Charles H Peery 84 of North Tazewell died Thursday in Bluefield Sanitarium after a long illness. Survived by son C. H. Peery III and daughter Lyle A. Moser. burial at Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell. Ernest Benton Hudkins 55 of Union died Thursday at home after long illness. Funeral at Union Methodist Church, burial Green Hill Cemetery. William McGinnis 63 of Mullens died Friday after a long illness. Survived by wife Irene and two sons and a daughter. burial at Woodlawn Cemetery Mullens. Tyler Porterfield Helvey 79 of Bland died Friday after long illness. Funeral at Shiloh Methodist Church. Numerous notices follow for other local obituaries.
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Rocky Gap
St. Luke's Hospital
Bluefield
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Andrew Dillon
Coatesville
Thomas J. Neal
Bill Brown
Dixie Lewis
Roseville
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Cha
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Battle Creek
Clear Fork Baptist Church
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R. T. Newton
Newberry Funeral Home
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Charles H. Peery Jr
North Tazewell
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Pocahontas Fuel Co
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Tazewell
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Union
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Lee
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Union Methodist Church
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Donald McClary
North Wilkesboro
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Springfield
Ohio
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Alabama
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California
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Roy Tomlinson
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Mullens
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Lilly Trump McGinnis
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Ashland
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Nacogdoches
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Lebanon
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Virginia Calhoun
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Paul C. Keller
Rockville
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Athens
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Tolleyville
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Clarksburg
Tom W. Stover
Surveyor
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Neese
Neely
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Oakland St
Kingsport
Tenn
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Anna J. Kinser
Ray M. Banks
Robert Wassum
Mike Cornett
Audubon
N. J
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David F. Wyrick Jr
Northfork
Ketron Memorial Methodist Church
James N. Walters
Speedwell Cemetery
Speedwell
Moose Lodges Gather for District Meeting in Bluefield
More than 100 officers delegates members and guests of eight Southern West Virginia Moose lodges convene at Bluefield Lodge on Duhling Street for the Annual District 5 meeting. State President James Boyce and District President Larry Hendricks headline events with a district dance tonight and a business meeting Sunday followed by a Women of the Moose buffet.
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West Virginia
Bluefield Moose Lodge
Duhling Street
Moose District 5
Bluefield
Princeton
Welch
Matoaka
Logan
Mullens
Oceana
Williamson
Carl Porterfield
James Boyce
Clarksburg
Pete Romano
Nutter’s Fort
Larry Hendricks
Mrs Virgie Davis Cline Rites Held At Rosa Church
Mrs Virgie Davis Cline 74 of Baisden died Friday after a long illness at the home of her daughter Mrs Howard Sammons. She was born in Baisden daughter of the late Sherman and Nellie Davis and widow of Floyd Cline. Survived by six daughters seven sons a sister two brothers ninety grandchildren and fifty two great grandchildren. Funeral conducted Sunday at 11 am at Rosa Baptist Church with Elders Cline Hatfield and Landon. interment Cline Cemetery. Body moved from Adams Funeral Home to Sammons residence.
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Opal) Sammons
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Naoma Cline
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North Spring
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Jason Cline
Bertha Davis Cline
Ira
Lee Davis
Ross Cline
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Ted Landon
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Obituary: W. R. Howard of Rosedale Dies at 83
W. R. Bob Howard 83 of Rosedale near Lebanon Va died Friday at home after a long illness. He was a retired farmer and longtime Russell County School Trustees Electoral Board member. Survived by wife Ollie Taylor Howard five sons Ralph Claude Howard William S Howard Eugene Howard Jack D Howard three daughters 21 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Service Sunday 2:30 p.m. Elk Garden Methodist Church with burial in Howard Family Cemetery at Rosedale. Body at Lebanon Funeral Home then residence visit.
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Bob) Howard
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Lebanon
Elk Garden Methodist Church
Russell County
Howard
Russell County School Trustees
Ollie Taylor Howard
Ralph
Claude Howard
William S. Howard
Honaker
Eugene Howard
Bristol
Tenn
Jack
Lebanon Funeral Home
Spencer man Carson Bailey dies at 59 in hospital
Carson Bailey 59 of Spencer formerly of Bluefield died Thursday in a Spencer hospital. A construction worker and Nazarene Church member, he was born in Gardner to Delma Layne and the late Frazier B. Bailey. Survived by a son Milford Bailey of Portsmouth, sisters T. C. Knight Bozoo R. A. Sisson Princeton and L. W. Hurt Newport News. Funeral Sunday 2 30 p.m. Burns-Wornal Chapel with Rev W Lockhard. burial Bethel Cemetery Princeton. Friends may call after 3 30 p.m. today.
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Bluefield
Spencer Hospital
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Gardner
Delma Layne
Princeton
Frazier B. Bailey
Milford Bailey
Portsmouth
T. C. Knight
Bozoo
R. A. Sisson
L. W. Hurt
Death Notices Amanda J. Cooper Bluefield Columbus
Mrs. Amanda J. Cooper died Friday at the home of her daughter Bernice Heilig at 1276 Woodell Ave Columbus Ohio. She was the mother of Alphonso R. Cooper of 1014 West Ridge St Bluefield. Funeral arrangements are in complete.
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Bernice Heilig
Woodell Ave
Columbus
Alphonso R. Cooper
West Ridge St
Bluefield
Mrs. Lillian Dyer Stevens Dies in Richlands Va
Mrs. Lillian Dyer Stevens 43 of Cedar Bluff Va dies Friday morning in a Richlands Va hospital after a long illness. She was a Cedar Bluff Methodist Church member and a 1940 Richlands High School graduate. Survived by husband Garrett Stevens and daughter Andrea Bryant. Funeral conducted by Hurst Scott in Richlands with burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill. Pallbearers listed.
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Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Max Allison
Kenneth Shearer
Greenhills Memory Gardens
Claypool Hill
Charlie Brown
Rudolph Whitt
Roy Lee Norman
James T. Wilson Jr
Walter Russell
George Wyatt
James E. Norman
Edward Russell
Two Deaths Include Matoaka Youth and Kyle Boy Killed by Train
Johnny R. Davis 14 of Matoaka dies after two months illness in Bluefield Sanitarium. He attended Matoaka Junior High and Matoaka Methodist Church. Survived by parents and siblings and grandparents. services at Matoaka church with burial at Wesley Chapel Cemetery. Also funeral planned for Harry Thomas Webb eight of Northfork killed by a train. services at Mercy Seat Baptist Church with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery. Elk Horn Elementary classmates to be honorary pallbearers.
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Wilford
Sally H. Davis
Matoaka
Bluefield Sanitarium
Matoaka Junior High School
Harry Thomas Webb
Kyle
Northfork
Mercy Seat Baptist Church
Powhatan
P. D. Edwards
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bluewell
George Edward
Ellis Bryson
Lindsey Reed
Robert Marrow Jr
Michael Younger
Douglas Carrington
Elkhorn Elementary School
Bennett Funeral Home
Death of Raymond M Leonard in Bluefield Virginia
Raymond M Leonard 50 of 234712 Jefferson St Bluefield Va died at home Thursday night. He was born in Wallace Va son of Robert Leonard and the late Myrtle Leonard. A retired miner and Pocahontas Baptist Church member he is survived by wife Elizabeth Slawghter Leonard two sons Tony Ray Leonard and Robert Isom Leonard of Roanoke Va and three half sisters and three half brothers. Body to Mercer Funeral Home Bluefield. friends may call Saturday afternoon. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Raymond Malcolm Leonard
Jefferson St
Bluefield
Wallace
Robert Leonard
Myrtle Leather Leonard
Pocahontas, Va
Baptist Church
Eliabeth Slawghter Leonard
Tony Ray Leonard
Robert Isom Leonard
Roanoke
Mercer Funeral Home
Widow Joyce Nickels Dies After Long Illness in Virginia
Mrs Joyce Nickels 55 of Tockland Va died Friday morning at home after a long illness. Survived by husband Harvey Nickels two sisters Kersey Keen Keen Mountain Va and Carrie Ratliff Davenport Va one brother Shade Ratliff Davenport. Funeral conducted Sunday at 1 p m at home with Rev Ralph Ward and Rev Michael Trent officiating burial in Shortridge Cemetery Grundy Funeral Home to the residence.
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Joyce Nickels
Tockland
Harvey Nickels
Kersey Keen
Keen Mountain
Carrie Ratliff
Davenport
Shade Ratliff
Ralph Ward
Michael Trent
Shortridge Cemetery
Grundy Funeral Home
Pocahontas Man Dies Suddenly of Heart Attack
Vints Edwin Shumate, 46, of Pocahontas Virginia, died Friday in Pocahontas from an apparent heart attack. Friends may call at Shumate Newman Funeral Home in Pocahontas after 4 p.m. Saturday.
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Vints
Edwin Shumate
Pocahontas
Shumate- Newman Funeral Home
Adam Libera Dies at 82 in Bluefield
Adam Libera, 82, of 213 Beech Street, Bluefield, died Friday at St Luke's Hospital in Bluefield. The body is at Dudley Memorial Mortuary in Bluefield Virginia.
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Adam Libera
Beech St. Bluefield
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bluefield
Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Lions Pancake Feed Raises Funds for Light Conservation Program
The Bluefield Lions Club held its annual Aunt Jemima Pancake Fry at the West Virginian Hotel on Friday from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. lunch ran 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and dinner until 7 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Light Conservation Program. Carl E. Poole chaired the event with Harold Hoback Karl Frye Jr and Al White as assistants. Bern ard Wilkinson led breakfast with Paul Holm as co chairman. Kenneth Cole and Ray Barnett oversaw lunch. Dave Spracher directed dinner with John Tyson as co chairman. Head chef Bill DeMoss led assistants Charlie Warren Douglas Lucas Joy Everson.
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West Virginian
Carl E. Poole
Pool
Cochairmen
Harold Hoback
Karl Frye, Jr
al White
Bernard
Three Bluefielders Overcome by Furnace Fumes
Three Bluefield residents escaped death from coal furnace fumes in a Friday incident. Mrs Juanita Young, Mrs Frances Wilson, and Wilson M Nelson were found unconscious or groggy in their home on Russell Terrace. They were treated at Bluefield Sanitarium for smoke inhalation from a faulty pipe. Police traced the alarm to 3 19 am and were assisted by Lt Sam Payne and officers Dalton Bailey and Wyrick.
Corber Sees GOP Gaining In Virginia Election
Richmond AP Republican state chairman Robert J. Corber predicted a strong GOP performance in Virginia. He said about 650000 Virginians would vote in the Tuesday general election and forecast Republican wins for U S Senate hopefuls James P. Ould Jr. and Lawrence M. Traylor.
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Richmond
Robert J. Corber
Virginia
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