Soviet unveils record 1962 budget with defense surge
Moscow reports an 81.6 billion ruble overall budget for 1962 with 13.4 billion rubles for defense, a rise justified by Western war threats. Finance Minister Garbuzov notes a planned 30.5 billion rubles for industrial expansion and increases for agriculture and science including the space program, while Khrushchev tolerates past political tensions.
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Bluefield
Baily Teleg Soviet
West
Stanley Johnson
Moscow
U.S
Vassily Garpe
Oper Atoning Prestern
Stefan
Notibuzov
Berlin
Khrushchev
Supreme Soviet
Klementi Y. Voroshilov
Kremlin
Voroshilov
Soviet Communist
Red Square
Garbuzov
Chamber splits study groups for five Bluefield plans
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce Municipal Affairs Committee divides into five sub committees to study Urban Renewal, park expansion, Skyland attractions on East River Mountain, a Bluefield Va area golf course, and a new National Guard Armory. Reports are due January 15, 1962. Members named to each project include M A Corte Otis Bivens H S Huffington Mrs E C Stephenson Kenneth Shrader Gordon Fauqua J H Tate W L Currence Robert West and Dr David M Wayne.
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Bluefield
Skyland, Inc
East River Mountain
National Guard
M. A. Corte
Otis Bivens
H. S. Huffington
E. C Stephenson
Kenneth Shrader
Gordon Fauqua
H. Tate
W. L. Currence
Robert West
David M Wayne
National Guard Armory
Library Work To Begin January Eighth In Bluefield
Bluefield’s City Library will close for two to three weeks starting January 8 for interior painting and to catalog and check on hand books. City Manager Randolph G. Whittle said the closure was approved at a library board meeting. Directors authorized hiring three extra workers to speed the modernization program. Old books will be discarded and new volumes bought.
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Bluefield
Randolph G. Whittle
City Board of Directors
Whittle
Three Wyoming Countians file for primary offices
Three Wyoming County residents have filed for political office ahead of the Democrat primary next year. John S. Lambert, clerk of the Circuit Court in Pineville, notes Charlie Chambers filed for the House of Delegates, Dwight Meadows for Circuit Court clerk, and Charley Bower for county commissioner.
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Wyoming
John S. Lambert
Pineville
Charlie Chambers
House of Delegates
Dwight Meadows
Charley Bower
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Tania
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Beckley
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Sarah Coventry Seeley
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Sunoco
Princeton
Sun Oil Companys
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