Telegraph Wins Softball Shootout Over City Hall Despite Protest
A playful Sunday softball game between Daily Telegraph newsroom staff and city hall personnel ended 17 14 with the newsroom leading late. City Hall demanded a seventh inning protest after the bottom of the ninth appeared to be unrecorded. Newsroom players cited sun glare and field quirks as excuses.
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Criminal Justice Course to Be Offered at Bluefield State
Bluefield State College will offer a three credit criminal justice class titled American Reform Movements and Radical Politics on Wednesdays from 6 30 to 9 20 p m starting Sept 6 in Brown Gilbert Building Room 1. Morton Leibowitz will teach the course, with degrees from SUNY and Sam Houston State University. Students may register through the first week of classes. William P Murphy Jr of Naperville IL has graduated Cum Laude from Notre Dame and will enter Loyola University Medicine this fall to study orthodontics. his mother is Margaret Thompson, daughter of Mr and Mrs R F Thompson of Matoka.
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Library Meeting Thursday In Beckley
A library information meeting will take place at the Raleigh County Public Library Beckley at 7 30 p m. West Virginia delegates will gather in Charleston October 12 15 for the Great Info Show a prelude to a White House conference in October 1979.
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Susan Sumner
Garnett Lilly Price
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John D. Rockefeller IV
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Knapp Orders New Trial In McDowell Train Case
U.S. District Judge Dennis R. Knapp set aside a 240000 dollar verdict for Douglas Campbell of Bluefield against Norfolk and Western Railway after a December 1973 train strike near Gary. The judge granted a new trial, ruling the verdict lacked legal sufficiency and failed to prove negligence beyond reasonable doubt.
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Water Line Break Halts Bluefield Water Supply
A major 8 inch water line near Citizens Building Supply on Bluefield Avenue ruptured late Monday, cutting water to the west end, north side, and part of the east end. J E Curry of the Water Company said the hole was about two feet long and several thousand gallons leaked per minute until valves were shut. Appalachian Power crews assisted by pumping water from under the avenue. damages to power lines not yet estimated.
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Nuclear Power Protest March Planned at UVA Route
Piedmont Alliance for Safe Energy will march three days from the Rotunda at the University of Virginia to Virginia Electric & Power Co. North Anna plant in Louisa County. The peaceful protest coincides with the Hiroshima bombing anniversary, March 6, 1945, organizers say.
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Nation's Weather: Amelia Dims After Texas Coast Sweep
The season's first tropical storm Amelia spent itself on sparse rangeland Monday after barreling along the Texas coast with Samph winds and sinking at least six boats. No serious injuries reported. five unaccounted for but likely safe. Gale warnings lowered along the Texas coast. flash flood watch in effect for lower and middle Texas. Heavy thunderstorm activity widespread across southeastern Louisiana and Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and off the Virginia coast.
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Appalachian Regional Commission names search committee
Washington ARC appoints a four member panel to find a new executive director. Members include Robert W. Scott and Governors Hunt Carroll and Busbee, with recommendations due at the ABC's November meeting in Asheville. The director oversees a 110 person staff in a federal state program spanning 13 states.
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Kiwanians Hear Talk On Meeting Management
Bluefield Kiwanis heard Tom Farrar of Bluefield College outline how to run meetings. He urged strict parliamentary procedure, a prepared agenda, and motions to move work forward. Club president elect Buddy Ammar urged full participation in the Red Cross Bloodmobile project for the coming year.
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Weather forecasters warn of showers across multiple states today
The National Weather Service forecasts showers for parts of Maine the Carolinas and Virginia, with additional showers in northern Texas Louisiana Oklahoma and Arkansas. Overall heat will persist nationwide as a broad cloud band stretches from the northern Appalachians and Middle Atlantic to the central Plains.
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Band Program Underway at Princeton High School
The Princeton High School Summer Band Program runs through August 4 from 6 to 9 p.m. daily at Princeton High School. All interested persons are urged to attend practices.
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