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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1972

Page

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Reform Candidate Leads In Court Ordered UMWA Election

Miller remains ahead of W A Boyle as about half the 130000 votes are counted in the court ordered UMWA election. Miller Trbovich Patrick slate of Miners for Democracy leads Boyle with strong margins in official Labor Department results.

Washington Arnold Miller United Mine Workers W. A Tony” Boyle Boyle Miller Joseph A Jock Yablonski Labor Department Union Mike Trbovich Harry Patrick Trbovich Leonard J. Pankovich Patrick Wilbert Killion Miners For Democracy Tennessee Miners For Democracy Fight Chip” Yablonski Washington—Reform

Apollo explorers link up to begin return from Moon

Space Center Houston reports the last two Apollo crews separated from the lunar surface and docked with their mothership to start their voyage home with lunar samples aboard. Paris talks resume as Le Duc Tho plans return to North Vietnam after a secret session with Kissinger. Viet Cong attack Bien Hoa near Saigon leaves civilians killed and wounded.

Space Center Houston Moon Paris Hanoi le Duc Tho North Vietnam Henry A. Kissinger Saigon Bien Hoa

Exhumation and housing controversy Stain Princeton pages

The body of Charles David Wright was exhumed Thursday from its Grassy Spur grave in Virginia. The Bluefield Urban Renewal Authority asked the Public Housing Authority to act promptly to resolve a dispute over a proposed 58 unit housing project worth about a million dollars that is being cancelled. A tense stand off between Princeton officials and the Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council and the Mercer County Health Department may reach a head at Monday’s Princeton City Council meeting.

Charles David Wright Bluefield Urban Renewal Authority Public Housing Authority Princeton Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council Mercer County Health Department Jim Terry Urban Renewal Authority Department of Housing and Urban Development Bluefield Dee Wilson Mingo County West Virginia Tazewell County

Market slips third straight session as analysts call it a correction

The stock market backed into reverse for the third consecutive session on Thursday, but analysts discounted the drop as a non readjustment.

URA Urges Resolution of Housing Controversy

Urban Renewal Authority members urge settlement of a dispute involving the removal of Bluefield Housing Authority’s architect Ted Boggess. HUD has asked canceling the contract and the Public Housing Authority will hire an independent architect. A 58 unit elderly housing project was reportedly canceled in a telephone briefing from HUD.

URA Housing Authority HUD Princeton Ted Boggess Hill Street Public Housing Authority Boggess

Apollo 17 Crew Reaches Command Ship After Moon Lift Off

Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt left lunar Taurus-Littrow in the Challenger and linked with the America in a nose to nose docking 70 miles above the moon. They reported light problems but completed liftoff and prepared for Earth return while Nixon urged continued space exploration.

Earth Moon Cernan Schmitt Challenger Ronald E. Evans America Planet Earth Valley Taurus-Littrow Ater Evans Cernante Mission Control Nixon

Princeton Receives Federal Revenue Sharing Check

Princeton finance director Charles MacQueen says the city has a 103367 check as its first half share of federal revenue sharing funds. He notes uncertainty about total totals and plans to wait for guidance after a meeting with the Governor's staff next Tuesday.

Princeton Princeton Finance Charles MacQueen MacQueen

Bluefield Christmas Tree Fund Near Goal Asks Public Help

The Bluefield Community Christmas Tree fund reached 70 percent with 4218.75 of 6000 raised by Thursday for a December 24 party at Ramsey Auditorium serving about 1300 needy local children. Gifts can be mailed to Community Christmas Tree Association c o Bluefield Daily Telegraph Box 208 Bluefield West Virginia or delivered to 412 Bland Street.

Bluefield Ramsey Auditorium Community Christmas Tree Association Bluefield Daily Telegraph W. Va Bland St Virginia LIONS Bill Coburn Lions Club Marla Sharp Ramsey School

United States Maintains Cease-Fire Only Position in Vietnam Talks

Washington states the U S stance is a cease-fire as the core objective with no alternative. Kissinger and Tho continue secret Paris discussions while Nixon signals possible public briefings only on select aspects.

Washington United States Vietnam Paris Henry A. Kissinger le Duc Tho Nixon Ronald L. Ziegler Nguyen van Thieu North Vietnam Kissinger Ziegler Hanoi Tho White House

Exhumation of Wrights Body Moves Case Forward

A team of investigators from Mingo County and West Virginia State Police joined Virginia and Tazewell County officials in Bishop Virginia to exhume 20 year old Wrights body from a waterlogged grave. The body was transported with police escort to Princeton for autopsy after a Virginia West Virginia legal delay.

Tazewell Vincent L. Sexton Cucumber McDowell County Virginia West Virginia Funeral Home Wright Princeton Community Hospital Princeton Haney Wells

Truman’s Condition Still Serious But Not Critical

Former President Harry S. Truman remained in very serious condition at Research Hospital and Medical Center as doctors reported little change. At 4 p.m. EST he was slightly more alert but unable to talk, with blood pressure 120 over 76 and temperature 99.2, kidney output described as slightly inadequate and kidney-stimulating medication increased.

Kansas City Harrys. Truman Truman Wallace Graham Yale Research Hospital and Medical Center

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