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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1981
Page
8
Unusually cold weather and snow delay stocking of trout in eleven West Virginia lakes scheduled for January fifth through tenth. The delay affects normal stocking plans as wildlife division notes the postponement in the Department of Natural Resources.
Bulletin states the Chamber of Commerce at 1006 Mercer Street Princeton will hold a January 28 10 am meeting to elect directors for the 1981 fiscal year and conduct other business. Stockholders may proxy via January 26 to Jennifer Belcher.
Princeton police investigate a theft of an undetermined cash amount from Rick Lewis’s Meadow Street home after a break in through a rear door glass. Lewis was away since Sunday and returned from an out of state ski trip. Detective Forbes and officers Davis Somyk lead the inquiry.
Rep Nick Rahall says West Virginia will receive more than 17 million dollars in federal tax funds allocated by the Labor Department for youth employment training. The program will fund temporary jobs and remedial training to help young workers.
D D asks if a marijuana habit matters for a Christian. The reply cites Romans and Corinthians on glorifying God, notes illegality and potential physical harm, and warns marijuana use can isolate and damage relationships, urging the reader to break the habit to honor God.
The Joint Heirs from Libert Baptist and The Kirby Family will sing Saturday January 17 at 7 p.m. at the Independent Bible Church of God in Bramwell. Pastor David Lusk invites the public. Laurel Creek Missionary Rev Mae Moore speaks Sunday at 3 p.m. at Wolfe’s Laurel Creek Missionary Baptist Church.
Market report lists top weights at 40.80 for cattle, lambs 9 to 115 pounds fetch 57 to 115, feeder cattle 46.56, slaughter ewes 19.21, slaughter cattle cows 1647.25, stock feeder calves 57 to 75 for 300 to 500 pounds and 55 to 61 for heifer calves, baby calves 25 to 65, cows with calves 480 to 590, cows and heifers 310 to 395, beef hides 27.25 per hundred weight.
West Virginia and eastern Kentucky show growing oil and natural gas activity after deregulation in 1977. Prices have climbed from subpar levels to as high as 36 dollars a barrel for quality oil and gas prices from 27 to 37 cents per thousand cubic feet, with vast undeveloped reserves in West Virginia. Major firms like Cabot Corp. and Ashland Oil are expanding drilling, sinking over 100 wells and boosting daily output to thousands of barrels of oil and millions of cubic feet of gas, with permit activity rising sharply.
The Downtown office at 323 Ramsey Street will continue full time service despite the possibility of a branch office. Phone number 327-7018 is provided for contact.
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