Bluefield Mulls Regional Chamber Merger With Princeton
Bluefield chamber manager Fred Langenheim said a merger with Princeton Chamber is under discussion but has not been voted on. He noted the plan would be regional, potentially including Tazewell and Bland Counties, with further talks at an upcoming board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Calfee
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Fred Langenheim
Chamber
Princeton Chamber of Commerce
Langenheim
Tazewell
Bland
Mercer
Bluefield
Princeton
Princeton Chamber
Mercer County Government Council
Fred Burton
Mercer County Court
4 H Club Plans Overseas Letter Campaign
Bluefield Senior 4 H Club members commit to writing letters to servicemen abroad. The decision was made at the November meeting hosted by club leader Mrs Patty Pence. President Dennis Pye presided and scheduled the next gathering for December 4 at Pam Kaufman’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Patty Pence
Dennis Pye
Pam Kaufman
Wheeling-Pitts Steel Announces Expansion Project
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. of Wheeling West Virginia announced a five hundred thousand dollar expansion Friday to boost production of steel utility buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling-Pitts Steel
Wheeling, W.va
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertisement Notice
Classified snippet from Bluefield West Virginia paper lists subscription rates and contact lines. Includes carrier and mail rates, West Virginia zone pricing, and address details for the publication office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deily T Aon Pr. Co
Grand Street
Iso Me
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mathews, Shannon & Cullen Telephone
Mrs Lucy C Mullins 74 dies in Philadelphia
Mrs Lucy C Mullins 74 of Philadelphia formerly Crystal died Wednesday at a daughter’s residence in Philadelphia. Survived by one son Thomas Goode, one sister and two brothers, six grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 1 30 pm at Pilgrim Baptist Church Crystal with burial at Restlawn Littlesburg. Active pallbearers listed. Friends may call Lugo’s Bluefield Sunday 9 to 10 am and at church one hour before service.
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Lucy C. Mullins
Philadelphia
Crystal
Madeline Dixon
Kyle
Oscar
Avanah Bireham Carter
Mercer
McDowell Counties
Pilgrim Baptist Church
Missionary Society
Members Mullins
Thomas Goode
Washington, D. C
Elizabeth Smith
Carona
N. Y
Roosevelt Carter
Oscar Carter
Canton
Ohio
Pilgrim. Baptist Church
R. M. Harris
J. J. Howard
Restlawn Memorial Gardens
Littlesburg
Robert Buchannon
Walter Lawson
Robert Olds
Clarence Buchannon
Cephas Byrd
Jack Fisher
James Lawson
W. G. Hill
J. W. Salters
James Hill
Robert Johnson
Ed Dudley
T. B. Hamlin
Mary Salters
Inda Callaway
Thelma Lawson
Dorotha Hill
Frances Buchannon
Marilyn Dudley
Alice Reynolds
Missouri Lawson
Mamie Hamlin
Gaynelle Lawson
Lugo
Bluefield
Local Man Roger D Thompson Dies After Long Illness
Roger Darrell Thompson 21 of Maple Street Princeton dies Friday at Beard Hospital after a long illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton.
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Roger D. Thompson
Roger Darrell Thompson
Maple St
Princeton
DeVault Recovers From Mild Stroke
Bluefield city official Victor DeVault is resting comfortably at Bluefield Sanitarium after a mild stroke last Saturday. The Bluefield board member and former N and W Railroad Retirement Board head was hospitalized Saturday afternoon after feeling ill following heavy leaf raking. Officials say no heart attack occurred and high blood pressure may have caused the episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Victor DeVault
Bluefield Sanitarium
DeVault
N & W Railroad Retirement Board
Dedication Of Statue Delayed In West Virginia
Summers Countians await John Henry statue dedication after an eight foot bronze figure broke during casting at a Michigan foundry. The sculpture, depicting the legendary steel driller, will be placed above the Chesapeake & Ohio Big Bend Tunnel, between Hinton and Talcott, once restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Here
Talcott
Funeral notices from Bluefield area listed for several individuals
Frank N Leslie of Bluefield memorial service today at Mercer Funeral Chapel at 1 o clock with burial at Mountain View Cemetery in Rural Retreat Virginia. Richard Lee Rose 65 of Bluefield memorial service today at Brushfork Baptist Church with burial at Grandview Memory Gardens. Walter P Dowdy 73 of Bluefield Tazewell area service today at Dudley Memorial Mortuary with burial at Grandview Memory Gardens. Margaret Marie Maxwell Brammer 55 of Manassas formerly Princeton service today at George W Seaver Chapel Princeton with burial at Resthaven Park Cemetery.
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Leslie
Frank N
Bluefield
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Samue Sink
Mountain View Cemetery
Rural Retreat
Harry Rutherland
Carl Ashley
Harold Turner
Cornice Eadows
Ervin Turner
Paul Turner
Robert W. Neilson Jr
Cecil Bond
E. B. Aliff
Crubie Farmer
Herman Doyle
Cravens-Shires Funeral Home
Bluewell
Thurman Spence
Rhea Brown
Paul Arris
Simon Fox
Paul Duncan
George Palco
Bernard Stowers
Brammer
Margaret Marie Maxwell
Manassas
Princeton
George, W. Seaver Chapel
Paul Bohn
Resthaven Park Cemetery
Weather Map Shows Widespread Rain Snow and Sun
Rain snow and sleet moved into the Southwest and Midwest causing hazardous driving from the Oklahoma Panhandle to southern Kansas. Snow piled up in Muleshoe Texas and Clovis New Mexico while Gulf Coast areas saw rain. Temperatures ranged from 27 at Milford Utah to 74 at Key West Florida with a mix of sunshine and clouds across the nation.
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Associated Press
Southwest
Midwest
Oklahoma and
Texas Panhandles
Kansas
Muleshoe
Tex
Clovis, N. M
Gulf Coast
Mississippi Valley
California
Plains
Atlantic Coast
Milford
Utah
Key West
Fla
Anchorage
Atlanta
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
Monolulu
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Miami
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Nashville
New York City
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington
Deer Hunter Missing in Giles County Big Stoney Creek Search Continues
Charles Gordon McDonald, 65, of Blacksburg, Va., vanished Monday during a deer hunt in Giles County. Rescue teams, numbering 50 to 75, will sweep Big Stoney Creek today. a state police helicopter found no trace. McDonald wore a red cap and jacket with rubber boots and carried an Army M 1 rifle. Call 772-6263 with any information.
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Big Stoney Creek
Giles County
Blacksburg
Virginia
Charles Gordon McDonald
John Hopkins
McDonald
Hopkins
McDonald’s
Giles County Sheriff's Department of Conservation
Jerry Crosier
Union
Kansas Man Finds Hope in Public Aid for Disease Fight
WICHITA AP Two thousand seven hundred dollars from Wichitans will fund a California medical visit for John Goforth whose ALS-like illness is destroying his spinal cord. He and Ellene Goforth will fly to San Francisco to consult Dr. F H Norris at Presbyterian Medical Center in hope of slowing the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
John
Ellene Goforth
Goforth
Lou Gehrig
California
San Francisco
F. H. Norris
Presbyterian Medical Center
Funeral set for train victim Arthur Jones Jr.
Funeral services for Arthur Jones Jr. 50 of Big Four McDowell County who was struck and killed by a train will be held Sunday at p.m. at the Assembly of God Church in Vivian with Rev. John McPeak. Burial follows in Belcher Cemetery on Belcher Mountain. He was the son of the late Arthur and Gracie Jones. Survivors include his wife Naomi, a stepson Miles Booker and six stepdaughters. Also four brothers and three sisters. Pallbearers named. Body to be taken from Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home in Northfork to the home today at 4 p.m and to the church one hour prior to services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas H. Glass
Leckie
Welch
Peter and
Nancy Glass
Page Coal and Coke Company
Martha McCarty Glass
Roger
Nancy) Holleman
Sophia Marie Glass
Garnett Lee Glass
Daniel Edward Glass
Robert Roscoe Young
Bristol, Tenn
Frankly P. Young
Curtis E. Young
Bluefield
William L. Glass
Falls Mills
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Albert Jarvis
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Bluewell
Paul Martin
Dan Parish
Jack Parish
Luther Marrs
Charles Cartwright
Bobby Christian
Rodriguez-Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Pocahontas
Vianna Anestine Bradley Niday
Rt. 2
Narrows
Wiley Conley
Frank Niday
Rt. 1
Nellie Bradley
Roanoke
Nargie Bradley
Oak Hill
Nannie May Butler
Peterstown
Clarence Bradley
Martin Bradley
Perry Bradley
Rich Creek
Sammy Bradley
East Chapel
Kinner Kitts
Bradley Cemetery
Lindside
Newberry Funeral Home
Bland
Arthur Jones Jr
Big Four
McDowell County
Assembly of God Church
Vivian
John McPeak
Belcher Cemetery
Belcher Mountain
Arthur
Gracie Jones
Naomi Jones
Miles Robert Booker
Kimball
Leo
Teana) Holtzappfel
Mabscott
Harold
Libby) Blevins
Macarthur
David
Rosa) McDaniels
Baltimore
Willard Mitchem
Alfred Collins
Matthew Witchevick
Roy Darnell
Jim Darnell
Robert Belcher
Billy Ray Belcher
Bennett - Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Final Rally By Miller Sunday In West Virginia
United Mine Workers presidential candidate Arnold Miller will hold his final rally in Furgs glove West Virginia Sunday at 2 p.m. He will be joined by reform candidates Mike Trbovich and Harry Patrick and Rep. Ken Hechler at The Shack.
Welch Congregation To Dedicate Church
The Pentecostal Holiness Church Trinity Temple will hold dedication services at the new church on Stewart St Welch at 2 30 p m Sunday. Rev B E Underwood assistant general superintendent will deliver the dedication message and Rev C E Wood conference superintendent will dedicate the church. Rev Frank Helmandollar is the pastor.
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Holiness Church
Trinity Temple
Stewart St
Welch
B. E. Underwood
Pentecostal Church
C. E. Wood
Frank Helmandollar
Young POW Sexton Returns From Viet Cong Captivity
A 23 year old U S POW named Sexton walked ten days after receiving a map and a scrap of English Vietnamese paper from captors. He reached a fire base near Loc Ninh eight hours later hobbling in poor condition. Fellow informants note other prisoners vary in age and some have endured up to ten years in captivity.
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Sexton
Loc Ninh
Lawsuit Over Appeal Rights Against West Virginia Judges
Martin sues Holroyd and Judge Jarrett alleging denial of access to the courts and ineffective counsel in pursuit of a writ of error or appeal from his West Virginia convictions. He seeks punitive damages and asserts constitutional rights violations under the Fifth Sixth Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments amid claims of indigence and failure to appoint counsel or provide transcripts.
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Holroyd
Circuit Court of
Mercer County
Martin
West Virginia
Howard M. Jarrett
Mercer County Intermediate Court
Wea Artin
Par
Jarrett
United States District Court
United States
Williamsburg
APCo argues for 765000 volt line across Bedford County
In Richmond a Appalachia Power Co executive defended the proposed 38 mile 765000 volt transmission link from Cloverdale near Roanoke to Ivy Creek near Lynchburg. He argued no practical alternative exists to meet future power needs, despite consumer groups’ calls for scrutiny and aesthetics concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Appalachian Power Co
Virginia
Bedford County
State Corporation Commission
T. J. Nagel
Lynchburg-Bedford
Nagel
American Electric Power Corp
Eke Company
Appalachian Ower
Cloverdale
Roanoke
Ivy Creek
Lynchburg
Indiana
SCC
Ohio
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National Weather Tervice
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Southeast
Great Lakes
Pacific Northwest
Vianna Bradley Niday
Trinity Methodist Church
Ft. Dec
Rainbow Restaurant
Home Cooking
Princeton Rd
Green Valley
Miller
U.S
W. Va
Martin Sues
Jarrett, Holroyd
Apco
Holiday Party
Baha‘u‘ilah
Jesus
Christ
N. Walker Street
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