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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1973
Page
3
The New River Community College library in Dublin Virginia will close weekend and evening hours during the upcoming holidays. It will reopen evenings January seventh and resume weekend hours January twelfth. Regular hours are Monday through Thursday 8 am to 10 pm, Friday 8 am to 5 pm, Saturday 9 am to 1 pm, and Sunday noon to 4 pm.
The Community Bible Class will meet at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the home of Mrs. Mary Campbell on Clifford Street in Bluefield. The ground around Point Barrow, Alaska, is frozen to a depth of 1,380 feet. The deepest permafrost yet measured 2,850 feet is in Eastern Siberia.
The State Division of Purchases in Charleston WV calls for sealed bids by 2 00 PM December 9 1973 for labor material and equipment to install Glass O Gasines Concord College Athens WV Reg 204 Concord College 200 FM December 19 1973 for labor material and equipment to install d' PYC 150 b water pipe Bluefield National Guard Armory Reg 4 State Armory Board Bids must be on prescribed forms Specifications available on written request Director Ben Rubrecht
The West Virginia College of Graduate Studies, created to aid working students, expands across Mercer and Raleigh counties with classes at Bluefield State Concord and Beckley Colleges. Enrollment stands at 2,268 with 220 in Mercer and Raleigh, and anticipated growth to 350 by next fall. The program, led by Dr. Roy McTarnaghan, offers education and administration tracks without new facilities, using existing college libraries and classrooms. An administrative office is planned for next fall to assist resident-credit students.
General Telephone customers will see a small monthly bill decrease starting January 1 1974 due to the Federal Excise Tax drop from nine to eight percent. The tax, tied to wartime measures, was slated for gradual phasing out under the 1970 act, with further cuts anticipated to total elimination by 1982. Residential bills shrink by five to ten cents while business and industry face larger effects.
The Mercer County Farm Bureau held its annual Christmas dinner at Athens United Methodist Church with about 110 attendees. Frank Nash presided, Mrs. Nash chaired, and Moffett McNeel entertained with humorous stories as the Whitlow Trio performed. Membership figures showed steady growth from 69 in 1970 to a 200-member goal for 1974, with renewals and new enrollments targeted in the coming two weeks. Door prizes included a $250 bond, a pocket knife, and gifts from local banks and merchants.
Larry Dowell Edmonds 23 of Bassett Virginia escaped injury after his tractor trailer loaded with furniture jackknifed on icy Virginia Secondary Rt. 636 near Dry Fork in Tazewell County and overturned down a 15 foot embankment. The 60 foot trailer was nearly full of furniture. No charges were filed.
The Mercer County Bookmobile will not operate December 24 to 27 for Christmas and resumes January 2. It follows a December 17 to 19 route, then full service from January 7 with stops in Bramwell Bluewell Montcalm and other communities, as listed.
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