Readers’ Questions Answered In Bluefield Daily Telegraph
The newspaper provides reader queries on federal revenue sharing plans state local aid allocations and how funds are spent. It covers payments to TV figures annexation law cases school plans urban renewal salaries and science features with direct responses from officials and editors.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Congress
Federal
Nixon
A. Jacobs
Urban Renewal Authority
PHA
A. Mercer County
W. R. ‘Pete” Cooke
Montcalm
Nixon revenue sharing to shape 1972 race features
The Telegraph foresees revenue sharing as a potential presidential issue in 1972, dependent on a Democratic Congress. Mercer County landfill may delay due to weather. Jim Caffee reports on Section 2 back page. Kay Wilson reviews MOD Telerama on WHIS-TV in the Sunday Magazine. Moonshine remains a federal concern amid rockets and moon landings.
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Nixon
Telegraph
Mercer County
Jim Caffee
Kay Wilson
Whis-Tv
Patton
Snowstorm Brings Heavy Snow and Travel Chaos Across Region
A severe weekend snowstorm dumped four to six inches across the area causing widespread traffic jams and minor accidents. Mercer County reports at least six inches by 9 p.m. Numerous counties report hazardous roads despite plowing and treatment efforts. Power outages affected Rocky Gap Virginia with about 150 customers briefly without electricity. Officials caution travelers to use care as conditions remain dangerous into Sunday.
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Mercer County
Bluefield
Princeton
U. S. 460
Department of Highways
East River Mountain
Virginia
West Virginia
Welch
McDowell County
Lloyd Lee
Appalachain Power Company
Rocky Gap
Giles County
Giles County Sheriff's Department
Newport
Pearisburg
Wythe County
Postal Service Reform Reshapes U S Mail Operations
The AP reports that by mid May a two cent letter rate increase will take effect as the U S Postal Service reorganizes from the Post Office. The change aims to reduce taxpayer drain but may not speed delivery.
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Washington
U.S
Johnson
Nixon
U.S. Postal Service
Congress
Post Office Department
Postal Service
Board of Governors
Senate
Winton M. Blount
Films Made By Astronauts On Lunar Surface Released
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. Stuart A. Roosa and Edgar D. Mitchell approved early Saturday releases of 70mm still photos and 16 mm motion film from the moon and space after quarantine review. They praise the texture of lunar soil and details of cratered terrain while debriefing with experts. a church service is planned inside quarantine Sunday led by Jesse Stewart.
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Space Center, Houston
Space Agency
Lunar
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Stuart A. Roosa
Edgar D. Mitchell
Jack Riley
Riley
Mitchell
Shepard
Anzio
Jesse Stewart
Antares
NASA
Base Camps And Supply Depots Hit In Laos Front
U S backed Saigon forces report wrecking North Vietnamese base camps and depots along the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos. They say they advanced near Sepone and Lang Vei, seizing weapons, vehicles, food, gasoline, clothing, and discovering enemy casualties. Maj. Nguyen Huu Ba says the enemy is retreating while Saigon forces push westward.
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Saigon
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Highway 9
Sepone
Muong Phine
Nguyen Huu Ba
Lang Vei
Soviets Allow Exit for Rigerman and Mother
The Soviet authorities authorize Leonid Rigerman and his mother Esther Rigerman to depart for the United States. The pair are expected to reach the U S embassy in Moscow next week where U S passports may be issued for entry. The case has strained U S Soviet ties over citizenship status.
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Leonid Rigerman
Russia
Associated Press
Washington
Rigermans
Moscow
U.S
United States
Rigerman
Esther Rigerman
State Department
Soviet Union
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T.S
Athens
Clu Gulager
Arthur Smith
Whis Television
G.H
W. Va
A. John Harman
Telerama
Arthur Smith Group
Gulager
Cumberland Road
Marvin Vaught
Sidney Kwass
T.B
A. Vaught
Kwass
Charleston
Mike Jacobs
Bluefield Urban Renewal and Public Housing Authorities
L.C
A.P
Mercer County Health
South West Virginia Regional Health Council
Swvrhc
Mercer County Board of Education
Health Department
Southern
J.L.K
Mercer County Regional Health Center
John J. Mahood
Mahood
L.H
Newhall
Inside the
Wolf
Society
PRA
Servicemen ” Youth
Farm
Ethene Dixon Sence
Tazewell
Tax Te Tence
Buchanan Il Market
Now & Then
Whittaker
Clegranhette
Charles Whit
Taker
Jack Neel
Church of Christ Scientist
Augusta St
Melvin Grubb
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