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The Bluefield Daily Telegraph Information Editor fields questions on local matters. Readers ask about parking at National Coil in Bluefield, YMCA feasibility for Princeton, housing program addresses, Bluefield hospital site ownership, missing persons in Norfolk, CPPD authority, chimney cleaners, a city tennis plan, name retention after marriage, Munich Olympics theme music, marijuana paraphernalia sales, and John Henry medallion delays.
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Lakefront recreation fades as property deteriorates
A crowded lakefront scene of today gives way to decay as recreational properties deteriorate, signaling a shift in use and potential redevelopment. The report notes aging facilities and mounting maintenance concerns impacting public access and leisure activity at the waterfront.
Democratic Convention In 1924 Balloting Recalled
A retrospective look notes that in 1924 the Democratic convention required 103 ballots in New York before nominating a candidate. The piece contrasts a dull current scene with a hint of life, and mentions Bastille Day as a contextual detail. Rep William C. Wampler rejects being seen as a lobbyist ally, per columnist Jack Anderson.
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William C. Wampler
Jack Anderson
Queen Lauds Jefferson In Virginia Visit
Queen Elizabeth II visits Charlottesville and Monticello on a Virginia tour praising Thomas Jefferson as the intellectual driving force behind the revolution. She tours Jefferson’s home and the University of Virginia, attends a ceremony with Gov. Mills Godwin Jr., and receives Jefferson writings before a university reception.
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Elizabeth II
Thomas Jefferson
America
Virginia
Mills Godwin Jr
University of Virginia
Jamestown
Britain
God Save the Queen
University Lawn
Godwin
Virginia Company of London
Virginia Company
Jefferson
Dumas Malone
Prince Philip
California
Western Virginia
Monticello
Tanker Driver Not Negligent in Tazewell Train Crash
Witness says the tractor-trailer was blocking the crossing when the train struck at high speed. Fire claim three lives as engineer Virgil Nester remains critical but stable, with burns over about forty percent of his body.
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Henry Friday
Tazewell
Frank Plummer
Jesse Sparks
Burke's Garden
U.va
Farm Bureau
Plummer
Dayton Transport Co
Montvale
Douglas Schaeffer
Roadeo
Virignia Roadeo
Schaeffer
Ford condemns Angolan executions of Gearhart and three Britons
President Ford called the Angolan firing squad killings of American Daniel Gearhart and three British mercenaries unjustified and unwarranted. He noted the step complicates U.S. Angola relations as Kissinger confirmed the executions. Gearhart's family received condolences from the president.
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Daniel Gearhart
Ford
Newport
R.I
Britain
Gearhart
Angola
United States
ANGOP
Angolan Information Ministry
Lisbon
Portugal
Marxist Popular Movement For the Liberation of Angola
MPLA
Henry A. Kissinger
Otis Air Force Base
Mass
Carter Arrives in New York for No-Contest Convention
Jimmy Carter flew to New York to claim his prize select a vice presidential running mate and unite Democrats for the 1976 national convention. The event proceeds with no major opposition as Carter's nomination is assured and the platform is already scripted.
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New York
Walter R. Mears
Jimmy Carter
Times Square
Hamilton Jordan
Birch Bayh
Frank Mankiewicz
George McGovern
Theodore F. Sorenson
John F. Kennedy
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Georgia
Peter W. Rodine
New Jersey
Sens
Frank Church
Idaho
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Illinois
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