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Bluefield Daily Telegraph in Bluefield, West Virginia

01 Oct 1981

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

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Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1981

Page

4

Deaths and Funerals in Mercer County and Nearby Areas

Grayson T. Graham 86 of Bishop Virginia died after a long illness in Tazewell hospital. Survived by wife Laura E. Graham and six children. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. at Peery St. Clair Funeral Home. Burial Grassy Spur Cemetery. Also listed are memorials and funeral details for Charles Wilmer Hedrick 70 Falls Mills. Josephine Swan 77 Bluefield. Bessie Mutter 72 Oakwood. Bertha Lester 36 Oakwood. Mrs. James Abbitt 82 Bluefield. Mrs. Greeley Wyatt 51 Bluefield. Sam Allberty 59 Davy. Monk Burn 62 Ivanhoe. Mrs. Eli Farmer 86 Elgood. and former Mercer County constable Leslie Earl Rose 84 Vero Beach. Police inquiry into Princeton area abductions also noted.

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Grayson Graham Grayson T. Graham Bishop Tazewell Pulaski William A Mary Miles Graham U.S. Steel Corporation Laura E. Graham Destie Gentry Geneva Martin Jasper Ala Alvin Lee Graham Cleveland Ohio Luther Graham Lake Mills Wisc Floyd Allen Graham Lebanon Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home Carl Lambert Grassy Spur James Gentry Robert Gentry Travis Gentry Trampis Gentry Darren Gentry James Graham Charles Hedrick Charles Wilmer Hedrick Falls Mills Bluefield Dudley Memorial Chapel C.H. Loudy Grandview Memory Gardens Tazewell County Samuel Herbert Ida Pearl Stowers Hedrick Dewey Fields Lewis Riffe Doug Riffe Ernest Perdue Johnnie Scott R.T. Bowen, Jr A.M Josephine Swan Lebanon St Hunlington Mercer Funeral Home Bertha Lester Bertha Ann Mullins Lester Route 2 Oakwood Buchanan County Buchanan County Funeral Home Keen Mountain James Abbitt James Thomas Grace Main) Abbitt Downingtown Augusta St Westchester Monte Vista Park Richard Rouquie N.A Eliza Patterson Main Downington First Presbyterian Church At Pollock Bible Greeley Wyatt Greeley Nancy Jo) Wyatt Double Gates Bluefield Hospital East Gulf Robert N. Smith Mullens Marie Burdiss Smith First Church of God Princeton Eastern Star Homemakers Club Sam Allberty Sam Noah Allberty Davy Beckley Big Jenny Freewill Baptist Church Claude Oliver Thompson Cemetery Big Jenny Charlie Alice Allberty Lydia Lane Allberty Daniel Ray Allberty Ingria Samuel Allberty Joshua Allberty Sally Cathy Jean Allberty Edward Lee Lane, Jr David G. Cox Johnny Bishop Shawne Waldron Timmy Hale Dewey Camp Randy Lee Lane Fanning Funeral Home Welch Mercer County Leslie Earl Rose Vero Beach Fla Camp Creek Levi Annie Laura Rose Lillian Nicholson Rose Levi Rose Florida Harry E. Smith Ray C. Pearman Virgie Davis
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph Information Note

Local newspaper masthead details Bluefield West Virginia data for subscribers and circulation. Includes the paper name Bluefield Daily Telegraph, address 412 Bland Street, Bluefield WV 24701, service zones and rates, and AP affiliation.

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Daily Telegrating Co Bland Street Blue Ah W. Va Associated Press Bluefield W.va West Virginia Audit Bureau of Circulation P.O Bluefield, W. “Associates
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Bluefield Couple Injured in Route 20 Head-On Crash

State police in Princeton probe a two vehicle crash on Route 20 near here Sunday night. Clyde T. Lynch of Bluefield and his wife Virginia were hurt and taken to Bluefield Community Hospital in satisfactory condition. Robert Faulds of Athens was treated at Princeton Community Hospital then moved to Bluefield hospital in stable condition after surgery Tuesday. Both cars were total losses.

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Bluewell Princeton Here Clyde T. Lynch Bluefield Robert Faulds Athens Lynch Virginia Bluefield Community Hospital Faulds Princeton Community Hospital Bluefield Hospital
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Grand jury rules loosened open to public scrutiny

The new law ends closed grand jury sessions allowing lawyers to discover what is said, with prosecutors recording meetings in Mercer County and filing tapes. Indictments will read in lay language and may include related offenses. Pre-trial conferences will streamline docketing, discovery expanded, and both sides must share designated information.

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Bivens Grand Jury David W. Knight Mercer County Wilma Grubb Princeton
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Double Shooting Leaves Two Dead in Princeton

Police investigated a late Wednesday night double shooting on Oliver Avenue. William Gore, 68, died at the scene. Carolyn Gore, 33, was hospitalized in critical condition after being shot at Gore’s home. A .22 caliber pistol was found at the scene.

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Princeton Oliver Avenue C.A. Kassay William B. Gore Carolyn Gore Gore Kassay
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Disrupted Day At Bluefield High Ends With Early Return to Classes

At Bluefield High School 877 students faced a protest over three days of absenteeism. About 615 were absent in the morning with roughly equal numbers later. Kessinger ordered teachers to keep students in homes rooms by 7:40 a.m. for the next three days as unrest lingered and potential arrests were hinted at.

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Kessinger Daily Telegraph Disibbio Richie Mickel State School Board Graham High School BHS
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Man Charged After Accident At Bluefield College

A West Virginia man, David Mattox of Bluefield, was charged with drunk driving after a two vehicle crash in front of Bluefield College Tuesday afternoon. Deputy Olinger said Mattox, who had earlier been warned for reckless driving, drove his jeep into Nancy Taylor's Chevrolet Chevette, damaging both vehicles with minor injuries reported.

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Bluefield West Virginia Bluefield College Tazewell County David Olinger David Mattox Olinger Mattox Nancy Taylor Tazewell
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Congress Debates Emergency Spending Bill With Pay Provisions

Washington lawmakers race toward a midnight deadline on an emergency spending bill to fund the federal government. The measure fields liberalized tax breaks, lifted outside earned income limits for senators, and ties future congressional pay raises to a presidential commission recommendation. Negotiators resolved drafting hurdles as deadlines approached, with plans for final votes ahead of the 12:01 am EDT budget start.

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Washington House Senate Congress Reagan
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20 Cent Stamp Rate Boost Faces Court Challenge

The Postal Service raised first class stamps to 20 cents effective November 1, a move challenged in court two minutes after its announcement. The suit argues the increase is discriminatory while other rates move differently. The 20 cent rate covers the first ounce. additional ounces remain 17 cents, and postcards rise to 13 cents.

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Washington Postal Service Postal Rate Commission Hardesty William F. Bolger National Association of Greeting Card Publishers U.S. Court of Appeals
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Conoco Du Pont Complete Merger Ends Takeover Battle

Conoco Inc and Du Pont Co completed the largest U.S. corporate takeover as Conoco shareholders approved a 7.6 billion merger. The ceremony in Stamford, Connecticut drew about 150 officials and marked Du Pont’s sale of completion papers in Delaware.

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Stamford, Conn Conoco Inc Dupont Co U.S Conoco du Pont Delaware
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