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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1968

Page

3

College Unrest May Be Probed in West Virginia

Charleston AP West Virginia legislators consider a deep investigation into student unrest. A subcommittee would map the inquiry scope and draft a resolution for the full legislature to approve. A preliminary emergency probe into Bluefield State College was declined.

Charleston W.va West Virginia Legislative Joint Committee On Government and Finance William Moreland Ray Barnett Bluefield State College

West Virginia Electors Split Over Electoral College

In Charleston, seven West Virginia electors for Humphrey and Muskie debated reform. Four or five favored abolishing the Electoral College for direct popular election, one supported retention, others offered conditional views. The group met in Gov. Smiths office and voted on ballots, with one elector later noting past service.

Charleston W.va West Virginia Hubert H. Humphrey Edmund S. Muskie Charles Peters Lewis Pais Welch Wholesale Grocery McDowell County Hulett C. Smith Humphrey and Muskie Robert D. Bailey Raymond R. Humphreys Washington Congress Humphrey Richard M. Nixon Spiro T. Agnew George C. Wallace Marvin Griffin Adlai Stevenson Dwight D. Eisenhower Smith Ladies Wear Mary Green Weirton William H. Kelly Morgantown Humphreys Gerlach Wellsburg Nixon Pais

Combined Meet Of BSC Alumni Planned

A joint meeting of Mc Dowell and Mercer County Bluefield State College Alumni Association units will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Big Blue Lounge, Student Union Building on campus. National president Frank Wilson of Columbus, Ohio, will attend the meet.

McDowell Mercer County Bluefield State College Alumni Association Big Blue Frank Wilson Columbus Ohio

Shoplifters Plague Nation

Mixed in with Christmas shoppers this year is the largest crowd of shop lifters ever to plague merchants nationwide. National Retail Merchants Association says Christmas sales up 8 to 10 percent while shoplifting rises 10 to 12 percent. FBI cites juveniles responsible for over half of shoplifting crimes.

New York Chicago Joseph Meek Illinois Retail Merchants Association National Retail Merchants Association San Antonio Tex Baltimore People’s Department Store Olympia Wash FBI Reeves Wetherill John Wanamaker Philadelphia

Play Tryouts Held At Giles Little Theatre

Tryouts for Wait Until Dark at Giles Little Theatre were conducted Wednesday in Pearlsburg Municipal Building auditorium. The tense mystery drama by Frederick Knott features parts for six men, one woman, and one teenage girl with tentative performances set for February 14 and 15.

Giles Little Theatre Pearlsburg Municipal Frederick Knott

False Teeth Problem Ad Promotes FASTEETH

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