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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1972
Page
4
A biblical plea for divine hearing describes prayer as incense and evening sacrifice. Kathleen Norris notes that while a divinity shapes our ends we aid the process by listening for its voice.
Union Carbide plans a million dollar trash to gas plant at Institute to convert Charleston area garbage into methane fuel and a sludge byproduct. Pilot program aims to prove practicality without taxpayer funding, with potential roadbed use for residue.
A three day Washington hearing critiqued Congress as a constitutional relic outmanned by the executive and suffocated by tradition. Senators McMathias and Stevenson urged reforms, noting civilian and armed service staff imbalances and calling for more brain power in lawmaking.
Readers protest political influence in employment, urge union action, and defend Bible teaching while thanking volunteers who aided a missing person search. The letters reference UMWA campaigning, Mercer County schools, local sheriff races, and community support from Bluefield to Princeton across West Virginia and nearby Virginia.
In a backstage move during the Democratic chairmanship battle, Sen. George McGovern abandons Mrs. Jean Westwood and backs Robert Strauss after a Washington call to Gov. Dale Bumpers. He cites ouster inevitability and fund-raising needs amid 1974 reelection worries.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat says Moscow’s detente push with Washington shapes Cairo’s policy and warns Brezhnev may pressure Nixon next spring. He cites Soviet actions in Hanoi and limits on weapons as factors risking an end to the Sinai cease-fire and Egypt’s tilt toward independence from Moscow.
A phantom Howard Hughes linked Airwest extortion plot prompted a staged drop of a cash satchel from a Cessna 150 over the Southwest. The plan aimed to recover $100,000 within three days while planes were under strict search and 24 hour surveillance.
The Wall Street Journal traces a back home movement as Blacks who’d moved North for opportunity return South. Subjects include Harold Jones in Memphis and John Forte Jr in Forest Mississippi, praising cheaper living and ground floor chances while noting new black business growth in Greene County Alabama and ongoing cultural tensions.
A humorous note suggests children in warmer regions are told Santa enters homes through air conditioning ducts. The quirky image contrasts seasonal myths with climate realities and hosts a lighthearted cultural aside.
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