Mercer County Voters Set Election Seekers Today
Mercer County voters will select nominees for county state and national offices in the 1980 primary. Polls open 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Princeton with electronic tabulation by Judge William O. Bivens Jr. Results expected near midnight. Two Board of Education seats contested among eight candidates. sheriff, magistrate and House of Delegates races also on ballot. Absentee ballots about 200 cast. weather hot and humid with scattered showers possibly affecting turnout.
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Barbara Hawkins
eBy Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County
Wilson Harvey
Board of Education
House of Delegates
Mercer County Board of Education
District II
William J. Akers
William D
Bonnie Hickman
Harold Bandy
John I
Jack” Scott
Jewell D. White
Lake Shawnee
T.R. ‘Junior’ White
Ava G. Brewster
J.W
Jay" Barringer
Bramwell
Tom Cooper
C.A. Long
David E., Pedneau
Ernest R. Six
Mike Flanigan
Luther H. Byrd
Lucille C. Beasley
Newman “Bones
Gillespie and Ford resign from Bluefield town council
Bluefield Virginia Town Council loses two members as Dr James G W Gillespie and Donald C Ford resign at a morning news conference. Mayor T O Davis read letters addressed to Town Manager Art Mead stating personal reasons and inability to perform duties.
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Wilson Ramsey
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield, Va
James G.W. Gillespie
Donald C. Ford
T.O. Davis
Davis
Art Mead
Harold Spencer
Gillespie
Ford
Mead
Mickey Newman
David Kovach
Kovach
Gateway Regional Transit Authority
Virginia
Clearkfork Community Association, Inc
No Male Dancers Spark City Council Controversy at King's Gallery
Princeton officials and a record crowd debated male exotic dancers at the King's Gallery. Police chief said future shows could be barred under lewd exhibitions law. Ministers and residents urged enforcement while some warned constitutional issues.
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Jim Gilreath
Caily Telegraph
Princeton
King’s Gallery
Robert Ellis
Ellis
Marvin Hyatt
King's Gallery
Rick Lewis
Lewis
Bob Graham
Council
Graham
John Conley
Richard Sudlik
Princeton Ministerial Association
Father Sudlik
Ministerial Association
Wallace Smith
Maranatha Baptist Church
Princeton Downtown Merchants Association
Princeton-Mercer County Chamber of Commerce
Suzie Roberts
Deputies Vote to Hire Attorney Over Jail Rank Dispute
Eight Mercer County Deputy Sheriffs held a special meeting in the county courthouse to pursue legal action over being barred from jail sessions by Sheriff Earl Kendrick. They voted seven to one to employ an attorney for a mandamus hearing before Judge Howard M. Jarrett, related to the lieutenant’s exam postponement.
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Barbara Hawkins
Jim Gilreath
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County
Deputy Sheriffs’ Association
County Commission
Earl Kendrick
Association
Civil Service Commission
Howard M. Jarrett
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Bob Baughman
Baughman
Commission
Michael Gibson
Danny Compton
Compton
W.E. Gearhart
Randall Earnest
C.R. Stilwell
Rick Lambert
Lambert
Stilwell
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Kennedy Seeks Last Minute Edge in 1980 Primary
Kennedy races coast to coast in search of a miracle to halt Carter in the crucial 1980 primaries. Carter at the White House aims to clinch the 1,666 delegates Tuesday as Kennedy targets California New Jersey and Ohio amid a nationwide vote tally. Reagan nears a victory party in Los Angeles with GOP already settled.
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Associated Press
Edward M. Kennedy
Carter
White House
Kennedy
New Jersey
California
Ohio
Ronald Reagan
Los Angeles
Reagan
West Virginia
Montana
Rhode Island
New Mexico
South Dakota
Mississippi
Weather forecast shows warm humidity and storms through midweek
Warm humid conditions with scattered thunderstorms continue through Wednesday, highs in the upper 80s and lows in the 60s. The forecast calls for continued warmth with scattered showers and thunderstorms thereafter.
Investigative Body To Probe Iran Mission
The Pentagon formed a five member panel of retired and active officers to study the failed Iran hostage rescue mission. Led by Adm James L Holloway the panel aims to improve U S counterterrorist capabilities and will review planning and execution separate from normal after action reviews. The group can access information not released to Congress and has no set completion deadline.
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Washington
Pentagon
Son Tay
North Vietnam
U.S
Iran
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense
Harold Brown
Congress
Adm
James L. Holloway
Naval Operations
Air Force
LeRoy J. Manor
Hanoi
Army
Samuel V. Wilson
Defense Intelligence Agency
J.L. Piotrowski
A.M. Gray Jr
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Ben Faulkner
Richard “Dick” Harrison
Jack E. Nestor
Harold H. Brewster Jr
Bluefield
Maureen M. Brown
Allan
al"’ Connolly
Jean Hill
Darla Roach
Robert T. Jones
Clarence Six
Joe Coburn
Virginia Side Council
David Korch
Davis and
Spencer
James Hudson Huffard Jr
Kenneth Barnett
Mt. State
Cns
Wah Tb
Old Dominion
Ark
Ite
Society
Abby
Seeins
Dixon Peete
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