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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1971
Page
1
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph Information Editor fielded reader questions on school heating, legal action by parents, transferring children, and utility bill policies. Responses cite a repaired coal furnace, new aluminum windows, and a 15 day billage rule with a 5 percent late charge.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports on the 54th Annual Community Christmas Tree Drive led by John Shott. Local schools, the Salvation Army, and health nurses supply lists of needy children. the fund targets six thousand dollars to provide appropriate toys, from skates to dolls, in paper shopping bags. Contributions are published on Santa's Honor Roll.
Indian troops bombed East Pakistan as the conflict widened with five raids on Karachi in West Pakistan. Pakistan called it war while India claimed border gains. U.N. Security Council discussed the crisis as Kosygin urged restraint and the US reviewed aid to New Delhi.
President Nixon will hold seven consecutive summit talks starting Monday, meeting premiers Trudeau Pompidou Heath Sato and others in locations from Washington to Bermuda and Key Biscayne. Officials say the pace signals allied coordination ahead of talks with Red China and the Soviet Union, aiming to reassure friends and prevent backroom deals.
North Vietnam has not aired nonpolitical Christmas messages from American prisoners of war for 10 months, with no sign of resumed broadcasts as the peace talks in Paris proceed. Antiwar messages had existed since 1967, but only from a small subset of the 339 prisoners North Vietnam acknowledges.
Staff reporter Katrina Mason visits Mercer County showing old-time toymakers by a fire as craftsmen craft hillbilly sequels to Barbie and other toys. John Blankenship reports on homeless dogs in the county and a 10 day reprieve window at the pound. Andrew Dodson warns shoppers about petty theft during Yuletide.
William E Howell Jr, a Norfolk lawyer and legislator, was sworn in as lieutenant governor of Virginia in Williamsburg. The ceremony drew about 3000 people at the colonial Capitol, with support from Republican Governor and Democratic Senate leaders. Howell urged honoring Virginia’s 1776 Bill of Rights and rejected a new declaration of rights.
A 17 year old Annandale area youth, Mark W. Tucker, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of his mother and innocent of killing his father. The Fairfax Circuit Court jury imposed a maximum five year sentence and recommended psychiatric treatment.
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