Telephone Q&A column answers many local questions
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph runs a general interest Q and A with readers asking about land warrants coal trucking fuel Canada currency parking rules ceramics plants and telephone billing. Answers cover values of treasury warrants company plans and local regulations with several named places and organizations.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Appalachian Power Company
C. M
Princeton
W. Va
Community Christmas Tree Drives 56th Fund Appeal
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph launches the 56th annual Community Christmas Tree drive seeking $4,558.48 more to meet a $6,000 goal. About 1,500 local children register yearly for toys, nuts, fruits, and a party with Santa, WHIS hosts, and volunteers.
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Bluefield
Little Jimmies
Janes
Santa Claus
Tree Fund
Daily Telegraph
Mail
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
W. Va
Bland St
Fuel Stations Struggle as Turnoff Halts Gasoline Supplies
Across the nation stations rush to fill tanks before fuel turnoff. Ed Howard of an Exxon in Decatur Georgia reports pumping 2,450 gallons in six hours, a record. In Miami several stations ran dry, closing while others faced long lines.
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Ed Howard
Exxon
Decatur
Miami
WV gas stations close nationwide but three stay open
West Virginia stations join a nationwide closing today with three sites remaining open at the request of a state commission. The decision affects fuel access while authorities cite regulatory actions guiding the closures.
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West Virginia
Gas stations plan Sunday closings after Nixon request
An AP survey across 50 stations in 16 states shows three quarters intend to comply with Nixon’s call for voluntary Sunday bans. Georgia Mobley in Georgia fills up Saturday to prepare for possible closures and long drives. Many dealers closed Sunday due to gas shortages rather than policy.
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Nixon
Associated Press
Georgia Mobley
South
Georgia
Doc Bruner
Texaco
Atlanta
Carolinian Dies In Rock Crash Near Rock Mercer County
A Statesville man, Robert Proffitt, was killed in a single car crash on West Virginia Secondary Rt. 12 near Rock in Mercer County at 6 30 p m Saturday. Injured were Onie Hodges and his two children Edward Lee Hodges and Michael Anthony Hodges of Bluefield. Trooper S E Pennington identified the victim and said the Proffitt vehicle was southwestbound on Rt 12.
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Statesville
N. C
West Virginia
Rt. 12
Rock
Mercer County
S. E. Pennington
Princeton Detachment
State Police
Robert Proffitt
Onie Hodges
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
Edward Lee Hodges
Michael Anthony Hodges
Pennington
Senate Deadlocks Over Debt Bill To Raise Financing Measure
The Senate failed to break the debt ceiling impasse with the debt at 463 billion, adjourned 34-28, and plans a Sunday session to vote on cloture and the campaign financing provision amid GOP protests and other schedule tensions.
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Washington
Senate
James Allen
D-Ala
Walter F. Mondale
Dminn
Robert F. Kenned Stadium
GOP
Allen
House
Chamber Mulls Passenger Rail Revival Amid Energy Crisis
George Kellenberger of the Chamber says a committee may study reviving Norfolk and Western passenger trains to ease fuel shortages. President Blalock doubts feasibility and no firm decision has been made. Amtrak expansion is viewed as unlikely for the area.
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Boissevain
T. G
Bluefield, W. Va
General Telephone
Jim Terry
Ield Chamber of Commerce
Norfolk and Ween Railway
George Kellenberger
Chamber
B. G. Blalock
N&w
Kellenberger
Amtrak
Hechler backs plan to restore southern West Virginia rail service
Rep. Ken Hechler endorses forcing railroads to resume passenger service in southern West Virginia to ease fuel shortages and improve public transport. He urges Amtrak to restore service on the Norfolk and Western line and notes Amtrak’s expected locomotive and car additions and rising reservations.
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Ken Hechler
D-W. Va
West Virginia
Hechler
N&w
The
Daily Telegraph
West
Roger Lewis
Amtrak
N&wilway
C&o
Death in Bland County tent fire among deer hunters
A tent fire on Lick Creek Trail in Bland County Virginia killed Arnold Daugherty of Grundy, and injured two other men. George Washington Ramey and Robert Eugene Hudson, both from Grundy, were hurt. Ramey suffered severe burns and remained in critical condition, Hudson was treated and released.
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Lick Creek
Poor Valley
Bland County
White Oak Flats
Grundy
Arnold Daugherty
George Washington Ramey
Rt. 2
Robert Eugene Hudson
Box
Hudson
Tazewell Community Hospital
Tazewell
Ramey
Princeton widow fights future after mobile home fire
A Princeton woman supporting seven children on 166 dollars a month faces a tougher future as her mobile home was destroyed by a fire four years after her husband’s death. The Daily Telegraph notes broader local and national tales in sections across Page 1 and 8.
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United States
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Oakvale, W. Va
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Chicago
Ill
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A. Conti Ceramics Incorporated
Washington, D. C
Professional Interviewing Consultants and Associates
Ronald McNulty
Appalachian
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Lindside, W. Va
Travel Lines Enterprises
Miner Road
Elkhart
Ind
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Venus
Jupiter
R. C
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Grundy, Va
Bristol
Tennessee
Gate City
Ats
Jimmie
Nex
Chris
Mas
John Blankenship
Carolinian
Rage
Buchanan
Hunter
By Dee Wilson
Garret Mathews
UMW
Pittsburgh
Arnold Miller
U.S
Virginia Highway Commission
Buchanan County
Byrd's Eye
Peete
Giles County
Mercer Notebook
Otto Whittaker
Society
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