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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1981
Page
6
Congressmen and health advocates join a few dissatisfied farmers in pursuing a lucrative shift from tobacco to alternatives such as vegetables and fruit. Most express pessimism about the prospects though several farmers, including W. Harold Coor of Selma, want a crop beyond tobacco.
Mercer County Commission on Aging invites sealed bids for moderate renovations at Bluefield Senior Center 415 Federal Street. Bid pages available Dec 11 at Seton Center 744 Mercer Street 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. Davis Bacon act compliance required. Summers County bids due 4:30 pm Dec 31 1981 for two housing units Talcott Lowell area.
Garret Mathews humorously describes a winter standoff over bed attire. A man endures freezing sheets to prove manhood while his partner Tiny insists on warmer sleepwear and comforts. The couple exchanges quips about societal standards and personal comfort, ending with Tiny moving to a warmer room and the man facing the cold bed.
Mercer County Board of Education sets its December meeting for Thursday at 7 p.m. at the central office on Honaker Avenue, Princeton. PTA session at 7 p.m. this Thursday with executive committee at 6:30 p.m. Sealed bids due December 22, 1981 for Rhodell WV unit rehab.
Michael Kennedy son of Mr and Mrs Gaines E Kennedy of 231 Booker Lane Bristol Virginia has been promoted in the U S Army to specialist four He is a truck driver at Fort Sill Oklahoma His wife Sandra daughter of Mrs George Hubert of Lebanon Virginia
Michael Clancy 26 was arrested for malicious wounding after firing a 12 gauge shotgun near Allen Junction outside Mullens. A man was shot in the arm, not seriously wounded, about 9:30 p.m. 16 empty shell casings found. Clancy arraigned, held on 2000 dollar bond. Another armed robbery reported at Bowling's Grocery Store on Rt. 16 near Mullens, about 8:45 p.m. two suspects with revolvers and ski masks took cash and a cashier's purse. Authorities from Mullens Police and Wyoming County Sheriff investigate. Marine Sgt Robert E Lawson reenlisted for six years while stationed at Naval Air Station Cecil Field Jacksonville Florida. He joined the Marines in April 1975. Our neighbor remarks on flower children, now viewed as seed.
Washington AP reports a congressional OTA forecast that Western coal output from federal leases could more than triple in ten years driven by electricity demand in the West Midwest and South Central regions. Production from Powder River Basin states Wyoming Montana dominates and 99 percent of federal reserves lie in those areas. Environmental rules unlikely to block expansion. overseas and synthetic fuel markets also affect demand. Transportation costs remain a major price factor for out of state coal shipments.
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