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Bluefield Daily Telegraph (Newspaper) - January 20, 1974, Bluefield, West Virginia West Virginia showers and thundershowers through tonight. Highs in the 50s with lows in the 40s. Cooler monday. Virginia Cloudy with rain Likely through tonight. Highs in the 50s with lows in the 40s. Mild monday. Vol. I. Wix no. 20 second Clatt Potter paid at Bluefield. va., and add i office . I. Na., sunday morning. January 20, it to cents cents daily sunday saxes Nixon shoots some information and done to know in the 3s7-6171 Down scares in shortages Washington apr president Nixon pledging his Hest efforts to avoid gasoline rationing. Told americans saturday the Energy shortage is real hut vowed they will never have to $1 a gallon for Gas a or $1 for a loaf of bread. In a 15-minute radio speech live from the White House. Nixon said voluntary efforts to Cut Energy consumption Congress reconvenes monday need where to find it the Bluefield daily Telegraph will attempt to answer any question of general interest on local state National or International matters Telephone Between 4 . And to . Daily or write the information editor. To i am currently receiving a pension from the veterans administration which pays my under the so called old i a. I would like to know if i can switch to pension under the new Law also. I would like to know if i am eligible for educational assistance from the a for service in the army from duly i through nov. 30,1960? la. S. B., Princeton. A. A the answer to your first question is Quot yes Quot it would be to your advantage to switch to the new Law. It is suggested however that you first discuss it with a a representative since once you be made the change you cannot return to benefits under the old i in. The answer to your second question is Quot no a unless you were separated for a service connected disability. Otherwise to be eligible for this Benefit a Veteran must have served More than 180 Days of Active duty any part of it after Dan 31, 1955, and he must have been separated under conditions other than dishonourable. To i have a 192? l Liberty head dime with a w mint Mark. I wonder if you could Tell me the approximate value of this dime also i have a 1943 aluminium Penny and a 1912 Penny with a i mint Mark. Could you please Tell me How much each of these Are Worth. A s. W., Perotin A. A. Liberty head dimes coined in 1927 without mint Marks now Are valued at approximately 15 to 40 cents however you noted that the 1927 dime you have carries a Quot we mint Mark the Only mint Marks on dimes minted in that year As far As we know include the usual Quot a Quot or Quot la Quot Marks these coins Range in value from 25 cents to $4. You also mentioned you have 1943 aluminium Penny. Actually. You have a 1943 steel not aluminium cent which is valued at one cent. As for the 1942 Penny w Ith a Quot i a mint Mark the value of this Coin ranges from one cent to three cents according to its Quality. In. Could you please Tell me the value of a 1943 Copper Penny How Many were made who might want to Purchase it j. P., Bluefield. A. A there have Only been about one half dozen 1943 Copper cent pieces authenticated to Date. The retail value of such a Coin is estimated at from $1,500 to $2,000. Many coins with the 1943 Date All fakes have been seen in the Bluefield area local collectors report the most common to Wjk of Quot fake Quot 11943� cent is the steel cent with Tapper plating a second variety of Quot fakes Quot Are the coins with altered dates such As a 1948 Copper Penny that has been altered to look like a 1943 Coin it her types of counterfeit 1943 coins were cast in a a my Cal Dye to resemble the 1943 Penny. These according to collectors Are the Quot most difficult Quot to detect you could have your Coin certified by a local collector Frank Sprinkle p. 0 Box Blit. Bluefield or Contact the american numismatic certification service in Washington do tile Ancs in Washington will Issue an outre cation certificate to you if the cent proves to be an original to there was an advertisement in a Magazine concerning a contour chair. I wrote contour chair lounge inc., in South 13th Street. Philadelphia pa., for information hut i did t ask that a Salesman fall on me. They sent some information and then a few months later a Salesman called on me. It was understood that i could look at the chair when it arrived and if it did no to meet with my approx Al. I could refuse it. When the chair arrived the Box was open and i could look inside and see that the chair was not i expected so i refused to accept it. Now. After writing three letters and talking with their Salesman twice they refuse to refund the Ink Deposit i made to the Salesman. Is there any Way or someone i can write to Washington a the 93rd Congress returns for its 1974 session monday with possible impeachment of president Nixon and the Energy shortage its overriding immediate concerns. These two issues Are certain if continued. Mean a we can prevent hardships this Winter and that we can avoid Gas rationing this while acknowledging the government must prepare for the worst the president said Quot i will do everything in my Power to achieve the goal of avoiding a Gas Nixon said also he will do everything possible to hold Down the Price of imported Oil declaring Quot scare stories that the Amer a Long Way Down and up National guardsmen from company a second battalion 19 special Force from Charleston gave downtown Bluefield a Little excitement saturday afternoon As they scaled nine floors of the West Virginia hotel As part of the open House at the National guard armory in Brushwork. The open House will continue from 8 . To to . Daily until Jan. 27. Above a guardsman leaps into the air on the Way Down the easy Way. At the right la David a Macy gets his footing As he prepares to scale the Wall. Photos by Mel Grubb Hel arly weks01 fun aitar1 Oun Arpea it iut heavy losses in South China sea reported As ridiculous As the stories that say that we will be paying $1 for a loaf of bread. The amen a Philadelphia Tazewell a. To collect the Hoo for me a a b f., a. You might try the better business Bureau of Philadelphia a the address is better business Bureau of greater Philadelphia 401 Walnut Street Philadelphia pa., 19106 or you May Telephone the Bureau at 215-923-7636 to where can i Send donations for the Mercer county humane society and who should i make Money orders Able to a c. M. W., Princeton. A donations should tie sent to the Mercer county humane society inc., Box 1332. Bluefield. a24701, checks and Money orders should in made payable to the society to could you Tell me ii anyone locally will have a tour of Disney world with tray Al by Piane or bus who could i Contact to get information on ult h a tour a mrs. K. L. To Welch. A the Bluefield automobile club has scheduled such a tour next fall with chartered buses you should Contact William Hostetter director of Public relations Ami safety for the clubman of your readers in this area As knights of the Road make our living by tra Eling a territory Selling on commission paying our own expenses. Obviously the availability and the Price of gasoline directly affects our livelihood. Just As obviously the proposed average ration id to Gallons or so is inadequate. In All the Avalanche of words and discussion of this subject nowhere have i seen any ref err Ber to any proposed Relief or solution for us paddlers. The proposed rationing will also bring greatly increased expels. Of you can offer advice on a course of action the proper person or Bureau to Contact would you be so kind As to print the information in your widely read column for the Benefit of us in this group a b. In Bluefield A. A. You May Contact the Federal Energy office division of Shiblie affairs at 4001 new executive office building Washington i c20461, or Call 1-202-395-3537. The Agency s main office May be reached by dealing 1-202-254-8046 q. Why can to the employees of the Blue Prince Acme supermarket have their own copy of their Union contract it is my understanding that each employee is supposed to have his own copy furnished by the company. A k. A. Y., Princeton A a. The management of Acme supermarket Isnit responsible for issuing Union contract copies to employees. However a shop Steward at Acme for the Union will be Happy to show you a copy of the contract or you May obtain a copy of the contract by writing the District office of the United steel workers Union in Charleston w a q. I have a Book published by ally la and Bacon Academy c classics of Washington a Farewell address and Lincoln s Gettysburg address published in 1922. Is this by my a valuable Al. Earls. North Tazewell a. A. Our research indicates that the Book is Likely to Haxe Little value Nixon said saturday he will propose new legislation dealing with the fuel problem but leaders of the democratic controlled Congress Are hopeful that it can turn its attention to some major Domestic issues and write a better record on them than it managed in the first session in 1973. They would like to see passage of a Broad tax Reform Bill a National health insurance measure and a welfare ref Orin plan with a guaranteed income for poor families including those with jobs the White House has indicated Nixon will Challenge the legislators to do something on health insurance and welfare this year by presenting his own plans. The House judiciary committee already has under Way an intensive investigation of charges against Nixon the committee must decide possibly by april whether to Send to the House for a vote a Resolution to impeach the president. Democratic leaders Are pressing for the earliest possible action on an emergency Energy Bill left dangling when Congress quit for Christmas a month ago. The Bill would give the i Resi Dent Power to enclose Gas rationing and take Many other Steps to alleviate the fuel shortage can people cannot afford to such prices and i can assure you that we will not have to one spokesman for baking interests recently forecast bread might go to $1 a loaf by summer because of a tight Grain Supply but the government since has begun an Effort to achieve a voluntary Post let nement of Many Grain exports until the 1974 crop can be harvested. The i resident acknowledged that Many people Are asking if there really is an Energy shortage. Quot the shortages Are genuine Quot he said. Quot they May become More severe and they Are potentially should americans Slacken their Energy conservation efforts. He said Quot then the full Force of the Energy crisis will be brought Home to americans in a most devastating fashion and there will be no longer any question in anyone s mind about the reality of the Nixon threw his weight behind a congressional drive to Force Oil companies to provide regular and detailed statistics on inventories production costs and reserves. And he said he would renew his december Call for Quick enactment by Congress of a Quot Windfall profits tax Quot for the Oil Industry. Chinese South vietnamese forces fight for prize parcel islands Wampler says he will seek another term rep William 0. Amper r-va., said saturday he intends to seek re election to his Virginia ninth congressional District seat. A it is my present intention to seek nomination by the Republican party As a candidate for the u. S. House of representatives in 1974,&Quot Wampler said in a Brief statement a in the Early Spring i expect to make a More detailed announcement of my plans concerning the forthcoming election Quot Wampler a office said the statement was issued earlier than usual partly to refute rumours in Wampler s District that he would not seek re election Saigon a a chinese naval task Force with guided missiles battled South vietnamese ships saturday in the South China sea. The Saigon command said a 60-Man chinese vessel was sunk and a South vietnamese patrol boat w Ith too men aboard was hit by a missile and feared lost. Chinese and South vietnamese also clashed on an Island in the Battle area and two South vietnamese soldiers were killed and two wounded said it. Col. In Trung Hien of the Saigon command. The South vietnamese shelled the Island after timing pushed off of it he said. Radio Saigon said in an unconfirmed report that South vietnamese warplanes took part in the Battle the chinese task Force included la ships. Bien said the chinese missiles forced the South vietnamese task Force to withdraw from the strategic parcel islands prize As a possible base for offshore Oil exploration around the Chain of some 50 atolls Coral reefs and Shoals. Both sides claim the islands once sought by France then occupied by the japanese in world War ii As a submarine base and turned Over to China after the signing of the san Franciso peace treaty m 1951. Bien chief spokesman for the Saigon command said a radar guided missile apparently struck a 100-Man South vietnamese patrol Craft and that the stricken ship was feared lost a chinese gunboat its decks ablaze Sank after being blasted by a South vietnamese destroyer Bien said the chinese sailors scored hits on the destroyer. According to the command spokesman. There were an estimated 50 to 60 chinese on the gunboat that went Down Bien said the chinese fired first at the destroyer. Bien said there was at least one chinese destroyer in the task Force and that its missiles had a Range of 22 Miles the number of South Viet namese ships in the Battle was not disclosed but Bien said it was smaller than the chinese flotilla and included destroyers and cutters. U s. Sources said the islands phosphorus resources suggest the possibility of offshore Oil. On the political front in South Vietnam the National Assembly approved a constitutional amendment a nabbing president Nguyen Thieu to run for a third term. Chalmen ump agree to Early contract talks Washington a Coal Industry operators agreed saturday to an Early Start in contract negotiations with the United mine workers but indicated the bargaining will be Long and Tough in a letter to ump president Arnold Miller the bituminous Coal operators association said it was agreeable to his suggestion for an Early february meeting to Lay the groundwork for the talks but the association the Industry s bargaining made Clear it is not prepared to Grant substantial wage and Benefit increases despite a strike threat. Quot we must disagree with any inference that american Coal miners Are underpaid workers and that their benefits Are grossly out of line w Ith Industry in general Quot wrote Boa president Walter c. Wallace with Coal the nation s most plentiful Domestic Energy resource the Nixon administration is concerned that production not be interrupted by strikes department sources said administration officials have already held a number of meetings with Union and m Page i a column one i inside today s Truro rape an Effort is underway to bring voter registration in Mercer county up is Date. Page i Section d. Governor Moore tells a group of in Charleston that the proposed Princeton bypass project is not dead. Page i Section d. A couple of Princeton youths run into trouble in Buchanan county in an admitted burglary for drugs. Page 5. Section c. A Princeton woman acts As a dispatcher for the Princeton fire department and mans a cd radio during the fires. Page 8, Section c. A group of youngsters of the Westminster presbyterian Church in Bluefield have had their prayers answered a they now have their Quot Miracle House Quot. Page i Section d. Buchanan county. So business Page. 6c classified. 4d-td Coal Page. 7c editorials. A Giles county. 3a inside City Hall. 8a Jeanne Dixon. 6c just suppose in. 2a Mercer notebook. So now 4 then. Old obituaries. 2a Otto Whittaker. Id press Box in science for you. 8a society. 1b-7b sports. 1c-4c statehouse notebook. So weather 2a the Energy crunch May damage the ecology movement. After All what Good is a clean environment if you can t drive out and see if7 q. How Long Bluefield. A. As Kitty Carlisle been dead cd. L. C., a she is not dead. X i a to can you Tell me the approximate Cost of making a demonstration record and also what Are the chances of it being played by local Raido stations As a boost for Home grown Talent w w., Bluefield. a. A according to a spokesman for studio one in i Azwell va., the Basic Price for cutting what is known As a Quot single package Quot comes to $350 for four hours recording time for both sides of the record. The package includes All the usual services of the recording studio including tape the service does not include backup musicians the g package provides 3<>o copies of the disc for a Basic two color g Dywer examines Youn patient note left on bulletin Board in Ireland solves need for doctor in Pocahontas physician comes to Pocahontas from Ireland Alburn a four color package runs about $1,495 As for getting the record played you can Purchase 1,000 additional copies of the g single at 20 cents per copy for distribution to radio stations if the s records Good the spokesman says Quot it la get played Quot Quot i by Jim Gilreath the efforts of a Catholic priest a note tack i to a bulletin Board in a University building in Dublin Ireland an interest in the people of Appalachia and their heritage that s Why or Peter Gabriel o Dwyer came to Pocahontas a and the people of the Pocahontas area Are thankful he did tile 29-year-old Dublin native is now filling a Gap in the medical services at Pocahontas which existed for nine months last year following the death of or Jim gatherum or. O Dwyer who opened his practice in Pocahontas last november has discovered that he can easily relate to the people of Tazewell county. Quot these Are simple unaffected people he says in his thick Irish Brogue Quot who Are very grateful for what you can do for them. A drop Dwyer would not be in Pocahontas if it were not for father Seamus Maguire who pastors churches at Pocahontas and Powhatan. After or. Gatherum a death in february of 1973, the people of Pocahontas began a search for a doctor to operate the towns clinic. Quot we looked everywhere a says mayor c w Gilmore or Quot we went to the National health service various Virginia state agencies and even tried to find a Doc tor in Bluefield or Princeton who would be last fall. Father Maguire vacationed in his native Ireland be ire leaving he asked mayor Gilmore if he should attempt to find a doctor there to fill the opening a sure a said the mayor its Worth a try a a while in Ireland. Father Maguire placed a note on a bulletin Board at the medical school of University College in Dublin of which or o Dwyer is a graduate. Then Fate entered the picture. Quot i came into the building to get some papers and saw the note a the doctor reports. Quot there were notices concerning a lot of jobs All Over the world. But i was always interested in Appalachia. Drop aver wrote father Maguire and in Early november came from Ireland to visit Pocahontas be immediately liked what he saw or o Dwyer graduated from University College s medical school in december 1969 his internship was served it Saginaw affiliated hospitals. Inc. In Saginaw Mich. And for Pinr year in served a radiology residency at St. Francis Hospital in Peoria 111 from August of 1972 until september of 1973 he worked As a physician for the student health service at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. In Quot i had come Home to or. O Dwyer explains before assuming a position i had already accepted in Clinton mass a after Reading father Maguire s note and visiting Tazewell county. Or. O Dwyer changed his mind about taking the Clinton Job it opened his office in Pocahontas on nov 28. Or o Dwyer currently sees Between 30 and 40 patients a Day and enjoy i his w irk As a general practitioner he admits to being a Marcus Welby Type Quot doctor and even makes an occasional House Call on most Days the two examining rooms in the clinic constructed by the late i it a h a. Porter remain full since his arrival or o Dwyer has obtained a contract from the i rut cd mine workers of America to provide medical services to miners in the Pocahontas area he has noticed that a majority of fas patients Are elderly and Quot there is a definite need for younger people in this area j like general Medicine a he adds Quot i believe that there Are too Many specialists tile medical schools Are now returning to telling their students of the Glamor of family practice or o Dwyer is currently residing in the old Catholic parsonage in Pocahontas he currently holds an immigrant visa and has made an official declaration of intent to become a u. S citizen. Wqcv./.w. \ i ts$s$sm$5�?~s&

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