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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1971
Page
1
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph Information Editor fields queries on local issues. Topics include trash dumping by West Virginia motorists, Phantom comic strip status, CEO office pictures, Congress salaries, ASA film speeds, Bluefield water project timing, Black Lung benefits, road shoulder safety, outpatient charges at Bluefield Sanitarium, and the origin of Casey at the Bat.
Finance chiefs from ten leading non Communist nations reach an 8.57 percent dollar devaluation plan. The United States to remove a 10 percent import surcharge and seek gold price rise to 38 per ounce. Canada to hold floating dollar. other currencies to revalue with the dollar. Governments plan to close exchange markets on Monday.
The Price Commission said half of the largest retailers and wholesalers lacked advance permission to raise prices, risking legal action for unapproved increases. An IRS probe was requested to verify compliance, with some major firms omitted from the permission list. The move comes ahead of Christmas as economic controls near final form.
President Nixon will tell Soviet leaders next May that attempts to gain from India Pakistan flare ups could threaten progress in U S Soviet relations. Officials say the administration views its India Pakistan war diplomacy as largely successful and outlines behind the scenes efforts to press for cease fire and a truce.
Mercer County sheriff Winifrey Shrewsbury enforces new jail security rules to prevent further escapes. Courthouse reporter Jim Caffee covers the changes on page 24 section 2. A reader’s disabled miner found a near complete Social Security black lung dossier. Katrina Mason details John M. Mabe of Montcalm’s file in her piece. AP notes holiday humor in Statehouse Notebook.
Demonstrations across Pakistan press for change as President Yahya Khan promises to transfer power to a new government after agreeing to a cease-fire in the India Pakistan war. Deputy PM Bhutto to return from the United States with a potential coalition role.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports the Community Christmas Tree fund reached 88 percent, with $568 added to the $5,385.58 total toward a $6,000 goal for 1,500 underprivileged children at Ramsey Auditorium. With five days left, donors are urged to contribute to help fund the party.
The 92nd Congress wraps its first session with notable economic gains for Nixon but little progress on major domestic reforms. Key actions include a $15.8 billion tax cut, wage price controls through 1973, and welfare reform advances, while proposals on revenue sharing health care and government reorganization stall.
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