Editorial board names and the Bill of Rights quotation
A note attributes column opinions to the Daily Telegraph Editorial Board listing members including Warren Colley Pepalis Terry Hawkins Barker Cuppett and Cuppett. It also presents a biblical quote about Jesus stating that with God all things are possible, contrasting with human limits.
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Daily Telegraph
J. Stanley Warren
Thomas A. Colley
Bob Pepalis
Jim Terry
Princeton
Barbara Hawkins
David Barker
Don Cuppett
Jesus
Editorial: Fire service fees deserve county support
Mercer County residents pay annual fire service fees of 20 for homes and 50 for businesses to fund eight volunteer departments Athens Bluewell Bramwell East River Green Valley Matoaka Montcalm Oakvale. Deadlines matter and exemptions apply for vacant property and municipal residents. Receipts support equipment and maintenance for essential fire protection.
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Mercer County
Fire Service Board
Mercer County Commission
Fire Board
Bluefield
Princeton
Athens
Bluewell
Bramwell
East River
Green Valley
Matoaka
Montcalm
Oakvale
News conference on dynamite find spurs cooperation critique
State police coordinators faced criticism for limiting a news conference about the discovery of more than 6,000 pounds of dynamite near the Mercer McDowell County line to wire services only. Officials urged inclusion of local newspapers, TV and radio to avoid repeating the error.
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Mercer
McDowell
Associated Press
United Press International
Mental illness movement grows in West Virginia
A Mercer County affiliate of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill forms at Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center in Princeton. Bluefield mother Phyllis Brown leads efforts to recruit families for a support advocacy group while state AMI director Tina Caldwell and Sen. Jay Rockefeller face scheduling changes and other political news alongside local civic events.
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United States
Natinal Alliance For the Mentally Ill
West Virginia
Mercer County
Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center
Princeton
Phyllis Brown
Bluefield
Virginia
Rockefeller
Bentsen
Senate Finance Committee
Del
Terry Basham
Legislative Joint Committee On Roads
Loud party prompts letters to editor and thanks note
A reader complains about Dr. Robert Miller’s loud Saturday party on Mt. View Avenue in Bluefield and the disturbance to neighbors, while another letter thanks for a Southwest Virginia Community College Lunch and Learn Fashion Show and lists many supporters and volunteers including local businesses and community groups. The note emphasizes appreciation for community participation and ongoing support for local events.
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Robert Miller
Mt. View Avenue
Dr. Miller
Southwest Virginia Community College
Shirley White
Tim Jessee
Sherry Cole
Jenny Walk
Mary Lawson
Brenda Robin
Edna Sizemore
Cary’s
the Clothesline
Cindy’s Style Boutique
Adam and Eve
Leggett
Artley’s
Doran
Sidney's
Beverly's
Joy's Fashions
Claypool Hill
More Tolerance Is Justified In City Noise Debate
A reader argues for greater tolerance after complaints about a single night party. The writer praises Dr. Miller as an asset and urges residents to reflect on their own youth.
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Dr. Miller
Bluefield College Receives $250000 DuPont Challenge Grant
Bluefield College announced a 250000 duPont foundation challenge grant in its 63rd year. The Jessie Ball duPont Fund requires matching gifts within two years, says college president Charles L. Tyler. Also noted were National Business College honoring 29 Bluefield area students at its 99th commencement with James M. Godwin Jr. delivering the address. Rhonda Sparks marked the end of seven weeks with West Virginia Welfare Summer Youth Program in Princeton, despite heavy hearing loss. Ted Swim of Princeton earned a Mack Trucks citation for driving over one million miles. Memorial Avenue between Bland Road and Memorial School designated as a private sidewalk test area by Bluefield board. Virginia Holstein Field Day at Leatherwood Farm featured holstein judging and a talk by Dr. Jim Nichols.
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Bluefield College
duPont Foundation
Jessie Ball duPont
Charles L. Tyler
National Business College
Bluefield
James M.godwin Jr
West Virginia Department of Welfare
Princeton
Ted Swim
Swim Trucking Inc
Bobby Slade
Mid-Mountain, Inc
Memorial Avenue
Bland Road
Memorial School
Bluefield Board of Directors
Leatherwood Farm
Churchill Sends Most Tanks to Middle East in WWII Plan
In August 1940 the War Cabinet under Winston Churchill decides to deploy most of Britain’s tanks to the Middle East to counter a potential German invasion and defend the Suez Canal and Middle East oil fields in Egypt and beyond.
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Churchill
Britain
Middle East
Suez Canal
Egypt
Mideast
Tavern Bowling Alley Opens in Bluefield in 1940
Fifty years ago The Tavern Bowling Alley opened six Brunswick alleys in Bluefield Virginia and West Virginia, cost ten thousand dollars, endorsed by the American Bowling Congress. A photo of former Miss Marion Callahan ran in a New York daily claiming New York is a city of beautiful women. Mrs Waldo’s image appeared among several in the issue. Compiled by Lillian Roten of the Daily Telegraph staff.
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the Tavern
Bluefield
Virginias
New Brunswick
American Bowling Congress
Marion Callahan
New York
Let's go get em Iraq Saddam Hussein again
Lewis Grizzard urges bold U S action to topple Saddam Hussein linking current threats to World War II and calling for decisive military intervention in Iraq He argues the United States must act with allies to stop aggression and restore perceived regional safety and American pride.
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Hitler
Japan
Pearl Harbor
U.S
Korea
Vietnam
Iraq
Europe
Saddam Hussein
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Kuwait
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Hussein
Pal
Jimmy Carter
Baghdad
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Sam W. Davidson
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Elks Country Club
Mercer County Firemen's Association
East River Volunteer Fire Department
Denetta Sutphin
Alena Short
Renee Short
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Betty Candler
W.va
Sherri Ratliff
Barbara Fuller
Work and Family Institute of
Ginger H. Branton
Bobbi M. Keen
Richlands Area Chamber of Commerce
Helen Coulling
Rhonda Sue Sparks
Jim Nichols
VPI Dairy Science Department
Bison Books Corp
Lillian Roten
Lewis Grizzard
Cowles Syndicate
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