Public Q&A Answers Local Inquiries in Bluefield Telegraph
Readers submit questions on caps and gowns at Bluefield High School parking and safety at Bramwell High School Better Business Bureau location landfill charges and the March of Dimes Telerama funds pruning fruit trees housing projects river pollution and Jack Anderson addresses Officials provide official clarifications and guidance from Mercer County schools to state agencies.
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Bluefield High School
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Bluefield
W. Va
BHS
Mercer County Board of Education
A. Bramwell
Mercer County
Bramwell High School
Bramwell
A. Telerama
HEW bans smoking in select buildings nationwide
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare orders a partial smoking ban affecting 107,000 employees. Smoking is prohibited in conference rooms, auditoriums, clinics, and elevators, with no smoking sections in cafeterias and working areas where feasible. Lobbies, corridors, and restrooms remain exempt due to ventilation and enforcement issues.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department
HEW
Elliot L. Richardson
Richardson
John F. Banzhoff III
Action On
Jesse L. Steinfeld
Defense Department
Public Health Service
Veterans Administration
Civil Rights Marchers Readied for Enniskillen Showdown
In Belfast unrest lingers as civil rights activists prepare for a mass march in Enniskillen amid British troop movements and prior clashes in Londonderry and Newry. Bernadette Devlin plans to speak as authorities warn of possible confrontations during the march.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
London
Sunday Times
Britain
Irish Republic
Enniskillen
Newry
Londonderry
Bernadette Devlin
Irish Republican Army
Woodleigh Hotel
Air Strikes Escalate in Indochina Campaign
Allied war planes pressed a major bombing campaign in South Vietnam Laos and Cambodia with 356 strikes in three days and additional missions by B52 Skyraiders and Vietnamese air force jets. US officials reported 12 enemy killed five air force jets destroyed bunkers and 35 fighting positions in Kontum Province while avoiding ground troop dispatch for bomb damage assessments.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
U.S
Kontum
Central Highlands
Nixon selects 13 member official party for Peking trip
Florida White House announces the official party for President Nixon’s China visit February 21 to 28. The 13 names include Rogers Kissinger Haldeman Ziegler Scowcroft Green Chapin Scali and others guiding a delegation of 300 plus Americans with media and security support. Satellite news system will be used with back up suitcase satellite.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Florida
White House
Nixon
China
State Department
William P. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
H.R. Haldeman
Ronald L. Ziegler
Air Force
Brent Scowcroft
Marshall Green
Coal Strike Cuts Power In England
Britain faced a large scale blackout as a coal strike halted power plants. The government ordered four day weeks for factories, with some extended shifts while hospitals remained exempt. Prime Minister Heath urged miners to accept an interim pay deal as leaders vowed to continue the five week strike.
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London
Central Electricity Generating Board
Edward Heath
Labor Party
No. 10
Downing St
Open House Showcases Mercer Vocational Center Skills
Staff writer Jim Gilreath details a five day open house at the Mercer County Vocational Technical Center in Princeton. The event highlights the broad range of occupational skills taught to area residents and offers insight into voc ed as an alternative path beyond traditional classroom work.
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Jim Gilreath
Mercer County Vocational Technical Center
Princeton
Telegraph
Jim Terry
Caroline Lawrence
Bramwell Elementary School
Bramwell
Daily Telegraph
Union Caucus Studies New ILWU Contract
West Coast longshore leaders meet in San Francisco to decide on ratification of a tentative two year contract for 13 000 dock workers. The ILWU caucus will vote by secret ballot after talks with the Pacific Maritime Association. The strike has halted ports from San Diego to Seattle for 128 days.
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San Francisco
U.S
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s
Harry Bridges
Pacific Coast
Bridges
Pacific Maritime Association
Pacific
San Diego
Seattle
Communists Boost Aid to Hanoi Through 1971
U S intelligence places total North Vietnam aid from the Soviet bloc and Red China at about 830 million in 1971, a rise from the prior year. Soviet and Chinese shipments, with mixed economic and military components, dominate Hanoi’s external support as Washington discusses restraint.
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Moscow
Hanoi
Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
Red China
North Vietnam
Nixon
United States
South Vietnam
Melvin R. Laird
Vietnam
China
Hungary
Democratic Republic of
Saigon
U.S. Vietnam
Indochina
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