Mayor Reports Good Reaction To School Bond Plan
Bluefield officials report favorable response to a plan for Bluefield to hold its own school bond election after Mercer County’s $7.7 million measure failed. Mayor Lambert says he expects Education Board backing and the city seeks legal review with the attorney general. A $1 596.41 anti trust recovery check from the state appears in the general fund, representing Bluefield’s share of the total $54 543 awarded to the state and 11 cities. City Treasurer Tyree acted as city manager for the meeting as Leist was away. civic clubs and the high school student body attended.
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O. Judson Lambert
Bluefield Board of Directors
Lambert
Mercer County
Board of Education
Bluefield
Attorney General
U. S
al Tyree
Howard Leist
South Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Cumberland Heights Lions Club
The
Jaycees
Bluefield High School
Bluefield College Choir Plans Christmas Concert
The Bluefield College Choir in Bluefield Virginia will present a Christmas concert on December 11 at 8 pm in the Charles L Harman Chapel. Directed by Patricia T Pinson with Ann McGlothlin on piano the program spans Medieval Renaissance contemporary and folk music featuring Madrigal Singers Our People and soloists Dan Patterson Rachael Passchall Amy Carner Donna Craig Gail Boldin Marsha Furman Don Reid Judi May Tom Carter Janet Crute.
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Bluefield College
Charles L. Harman
Bluefield
Patricia T. Pinson
Ann McGlothlin
Madrigal Singers
Folk Singers
Our People
Dan Patterson
Rachael Paschall
Amy Carner
Donna Craig
Gail Boldin
Marsha Furman
Don Reid
Judi May
Tom Carter
Janet Crute
Judy Compton
Man Killed In Fire At Madison Heights
In Lynchburg area a 58 year old man Howard Doss died in a Tuesday morning house fire at Madison Heights. His sister Rhodie escaped unharmed as firefighters responded to multiple blazes blamed on smoking in bed at the two story frame home.
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Lynchburg
Madison Heights
Howard Doss
Rhodie
Doss
Warren Stout
First Woman Named Appeal Agent in West Virginia
Gov. Hulett Smith appoints Lynne Rexroad 27 an attorney from Philippi to be the states first female U S government appeal agent for selective service. She will counsel registrants on appeal rights and review local board decisions in Barbour County.
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Charleston
Hulett Smith
West Virginia
U. S
Selective Service
Lynne Ward Rexroad
Philippi
Rexroad
Volga
Barbour County Selective Service Board
Selective Service Board
UAW and GM Agree to News Blackout on Talks
UAW President Walter P. Reuther heads the union team at GM with about 380000 workers under a Dec 14 target for a national contract. both sides pledge efforts toward a sound settlement while signaling hard bargaining ahead on noneconomic issues.
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UAW
General Motors
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Walter P. Reuther
Ford
Chrysler
Settlement Of Cyprus Please Russians By Henry S Bradsher
Moscow reports the Cyprus crisis outcome satisfies Soviet aims as Cyprus asserts sovereignty and moves away from union with Greece or Turkish control. Moscow seeks to keep Cyprus independent, block NATO expansion, and boost Cypriot Communist influence while Turkish concerns gain favor and Greek influence wanes.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Cyprus
Turkey
Greece
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
East Mediterranean
Kremlin
Communist Party
George Grivas
Bridge Collapse Kills and Traps Dozens in Mexico
Rescue teams probe wreckage of a 300 foot bridge span that fell into a canyon during construction near Mexico City. Ten bodies have been recovered and officials fear more than 30 lives lost while estimates of those buried range from 20 to 70.
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Mexico City
Public Works Ministry
Angel Gutierrez Carraga
Passing Time Away on Rural Mail Route
Allan Wash on a Lawrenceburg rural mail route was stopped by a farmer who asked the time. The man asked Wash to write it on a piece of paper saying the clock had stopped and he would rush home to set it.
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Lawrenceburg, Ky
Allan Wash
Wash
C&O Seeks ICC OK to Discontinue Six Passenger Trains
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to discontinue six passenger trains including the Virginian and Sportsman. The ICC ordered six months of operation while reviewing. The line cites a projected $14 million loss this year and notes service reductions affect routes from Washington to Cincinnati Portsmouth Charlottesville Ashland and Detroit with sleeping car service maintained on two resort trains.
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Washington
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
CIO
ICC
Chesapeake & Ohio
C&o
Cincinnati
the Sportsman
Ashland
Detroit
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Homestead
Hot Springs
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G&0
Portsmouth
Charlottesville
Old Crow
Hicks
Distillery CO
Chicago House
Chicago
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