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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1983
Page
4
In a four spade contract South wins after East and West erred early. East discards wrong and misplays trumps, West overplays aces and misleads with a diamond jack. South, with dummy, executes careful ruffs and discards to gain ten tricks before conceding the final trick.
Rev Robert A Reider of Mankato Minnesota will be the featured speaker at a Watch Night service Saturday at Open Door Fellowship Church Princeton 500 Mercer St The evening includes a satellite concert from Dallas featuring Phil Driscoll and other Christian artists A 10 pm fellowship precedes an 11 pm to midnight observance A fellowship dinner is set for 6 30 pm today at the church Caroline Princess of Monaco will wed Stefano Casiraghi in a private civil ceremony in the royal palace amid blessings from Prince Rainier III and honoring the late Princess Grace Caroline turns 27 January 23 and the wedding follows the palace ceremony in Monaco
Watch Night services offered at Smiths Chapel Church of the Brethren and Independent Bible Church of God with special singing and sermons. Bluewell United Methodist hosts a New Year’s Eve service ending with an altar call. Brushfork First Church of God moves to a new building on Falls Mills Road. A gospel sing at Pulaski Middle School features the Hinson Family, Singing Nippers, and Linkous Family with advance and door ticket details.
Buford Ratliff, named incoming chief of Grundy police, will take over on Jan 1 and add one officer to the six-member force. He expects 8 to 10 applications, requires six weeks of basic law enforcement training, and may adjust personnel policies after Jan 5. Ratliff, 48, a nine-year police veteran and former Air Force first sergeant, aims to continue the department’s current course with no specific crime focus in Grundy, a town of about 2,000.
Portrait notes how Takeisha and Stacey, two polite local girls, are remembered by neighbors and family after a fatal incident. The piece highlights community ties, housing neglect, and fragile safety as residents recount the girls’ kindness, the father’s relationship, and ongoing hardship on Tipple Hill. Donations and support flows to Cora Craighead as she grieves and plans for the future.
Charleston West Virginia reports that the prospect of another Diversified Mountaineer Corp crash is slim. The U S District Court ruling ends a decade long effort to straighten DMC finances and compensate creditors after the 1974 shutdown. DMC once funded major Charleston construction projects while investigations found overexpansion and capital shortfalls.
U S Steel Koff said two additional company mines near Cabin Creek will shut permanently at the start of the year due to high mining costs and low productivity. He noted no ongoing West Virginia facility will be affected by the company’s broader plan to cut 15 400 jobs. He warned the metallurgical coal market in 1984 may stay flat amid global competition. Darrell Carr of Wilcoe, laid off from No 10, hopes to be recalled as he remains in a state weatherization program awaiting work at other mines.
AP report notes Third District Congressman Bob Wise will donate his 2443 annual pay raise to charity while predicting many colleagues will accept the increase. The 1984 raise, set for Jan 1, results from a law linking lawmakers pay to federal employee cost of living increases, avoiding a direct vote.
The McDowell County Board of Education met in special session to approve precinct workers for the February 7, 1984 levy election. The $2.6 million levy funds teacher supplements, service personnel pay, a dental program, free texts, and instruments. Superintendent Goosens estimates about $15,000 election cost. board president Romeo expresses strong confidence in a favorable result. Minor agenda items included minutes, budget changes, student transfers and trips, and three personnel changes.
Palm Springs Calif AP William Demarest famed for Uncle Charley on My Three Sons dies at home after years of illness. The 91 year old actor with 70 plus years in show business appeared in over 90 films including The Jazz Singer. Born Minneapolis Feb 27 1892 he began vaudeville in 1906 with his brothers.
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