Princeton records 1971 high points and annexation debate
Princeton City Manager Ira Southern highlights 1971 as the year of a new municipal building, a 177000 dollar city hall, sale of the old hall for 150000 dollars, a 35000 dollar sub fire station, a new 26000 dollar fire truck with 6000 dollars of gear, and 127 acres annexed along with Ingleside Road land and a housing complex. Grants of 64000 dollars supported police fire and street work, a mental health center was pursued, and a city dump closed with a sanitary landfill opened while a bus line to Princeton Community Hospital started.
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Princeton
Ira Southern
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Oliver Avenue
Southern
Ingleside Road
West Virginia State Department of Highways
North American Rockwell
Rogers Street
Beckley Road
Tri - County
Princeton Community Hospital
Tri - City Traction Company
Bluefield Police Crack Down on Drinking Drivers Holiday
Bluefield officials vow strict enforcement of traffic laws during New Year with extra patrols. Police Chief Dodson warns against drinking and driving and cautions that coffee or cold showers do not sober a drunk driver.
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Bluefield
Fred Burton
Andrew Dodson
Burton
Dodson
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International
Need For WVU Med School At Marshall Urged
Dr. C A Hoffman president elect of the American Medical Association says a medical school at Marshall University is critically needed. A new federal law could cover up to 80 percent of the construction costs while existing clinical facilities would be used. Hoffman notes 25 medical schools are planned nationwide and does not see Kanawha County’s graduate school as a conflict.
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Huntington
W. Va
C. A. Hoffman
American Medical Association
Marshall University
Huntington Advertiser
Hoffman
Kanawha County
West Virginia Board of Regents
Marshall
Virginia Senate Likely to Expand State Corporation Commission
Richmond polling shows about 75 percent of surveyed legislators favor expanding the SCC from three to five members. Gov Holton and Lt Gov Howell back the plan, while Democrat House Majority Leader Thomson opposes. The constitutional change enables a five member body regulating insurance and utility rates.
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Richmond
General Assembly
State Corporation Commission
Richmond News Leader
SCC
Virginia
Linwood Holton
Henry E. Howell Jr
House
del. James M. Thomson
Alexandria
Powell Is Given Goose Quill Pens
Richmond attorney Lewis F Powell Jr who will join the U S Supreme Court next month received a set of goose quill pens and an engraved replica of Chief Justice John Marshall's inkwell. The pens by Lewis Glaser of Charlottesville match Marshall's 10 inch style. The presentation occurred in Powell's law office.
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Richmond
Lewis F. Powell Jr
U. S. Supreme Court
John Marshall
Lewis Glaser
Charlottesville
Supreme Court
Marshall
Virginia
Powell
Mt Zion Sets Watch Service in Bluefield
The Mount Zion Baptist Church on Bedford Street Bluefield will hold a watch service Friday at 11 p.m. through midnight. Rev. Carrolton Jackson serves as pastor of the church.
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Mount Zion Baptist Church
Bedford Street
Bluefield
Carrolton Jackson
Alumni Dinner Set for Sixth Reunion in New York
The Gary District High Alumni Association will hold its sixth annual dinner dance reunion June 30 July 1 and 2 at the Americana Hotel in New York City. The ballroom venue is the hotel. Contact King Harvey at 145-99 222nd St. Rosedale NY for details.
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Gary District High Alumni Association
New York City
222Nd St
Rosedale
N. Y
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
West Virginia
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