10 Feb 1973
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1973
Page
1
The United States faces a dollar crisis as Treasury officials scramble to craft a plan before next week’s markets. Germany's central bank has spent about $5 billion to defend the dollar while talks on reforming the monetary system continue amid pressure from the Smithsonian agreement.
A compromise no fault car insurance bill and a Sunday blue law tightening measure cleared committee and move toward floor action in Virginia. The actions set the stage for votes on Monday.
Bluefield Public Housing Authority wins formal written approval from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for Bernard R. Lively and Associates of Charleston as inspecting architect for the 142 unit 3 million public housing project on Hill Street Extension. Mercer County delegation tours Roanoke juvenile facilities and expresses enthusiasm for the coordinated program. illness of juror and court reporter shortens testimony in the Edward Williams trial for delivery of a controlled substance.
The stock market posted its clearest gain Friday since the Economic Phase 3 rollout on January 11. The day’s activity marked a notable uptick as investors responded to policy news.
Concord College faculty declare dismay at the West Virginia Board of Regents merger proposal with Bluefield State College. They call the plan poorly conceived and inadequately researched and urge the Legislature to reject it, noting lack of faculty and student involvement.
More than 100 leaders from eight southern West Virginia counties gathered in Logan to back a modern Huntington to Bluefield Princeton corridor. They urged a feasibility study, cost estimates, corridor routing, and socio economic impact, and discussed forming a regional highway organization.
Leaders of four main parties including Protestants and Catholics joined to back British efforts to stop bloodshed in Northern Ireland. UK official William Whitelaw pressed urgent talks as sporadic violence and protests continued across the province, with 718 lives lost since 1969.
Nancy K. Haley, 39, of Roanoke, received a suspended 12 month jail term for receiving stolen property after 103 tires stolen from a Eagle Rock garage were hidden in her basement. Her boyfriend William D. Fralin has pleaded guilty to theft.
North Vietnam will release about 115 airmen and 27 prisoners in jungle camps near An Loc as the first group under the Paris cease fire begins repatriation. About 3,000 South Vietnamese prisoners will also be exchanged, with 562 named alive and 1,328 still missing.
Kissinger, in Vientiane after Bangkok stop, predicts a Laos cease-fire soon as Pathet Lao and Souvanna Phouma government near agreement. Reports say sign possibly by next week before his Hanoi trip. U S forces conduct about 280 bombing strikes daily and B52s remain active until cease-fire concludes.
Pentagon said U S warplanes attacked Communist forces in Cambodia ending a 10 day pause. Friedheim noted U S air operations will be intermittent unless Lon Nol asks for them. In Laos, U S raids average 280 daily aiding government forces amid major offensive. EC47 plane reported missing after crash south of Laos.
The one day Penn Central walkout pauses for 90 days while a broader fight over crew cuts and track abandonments remains. UTU opposes smaller freight crews and government aid, as Nixon and Congress seek an overall plan to salvage bankrupt rail operations in the Northeast corridor. Minor derailment reported in Columbus after trains resumed.
Jim Terry reports Lively and Associates of Charleston named as inspecting architect for Bluefield Public Housing 142 unit project on Hill Street Extension. Contract pending HUD approval, preliminary work underway, punch list to guide Corte Construction corrections before final inspection.
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