Bluefield Board Members Debate City Manager Qualifications
Community leaders outline criteria for a city manager role in Bluefield, stressing state and federal program knowledge, administrative experience, and ability to work with the public. They discuss federal funding, board expansion, executive session openness, and charter updates as part of urban progress.
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DeVault
Elliott
Bluefield
Goforth
Hare
Lotito
Monaco
Moshe
Perenyi
Shumate
Brown
Carter
Connolly
United States
Washington
Nixon
Shoda
Princeton
Authorized
Charter Commission
No. Perenyi
White To Seek Sheriff's Job In Mercer County May Primary
East River District Justice of the Peace Jack White said Friday he would seek the Democratic nomination for sheriff in Mercer County May primary. He said encouragement from others and voter support could lead to his candidacy. Other potential candidates include John Underwood and Jimmy Mills, with Harold Farley denying plans to run and Donald Anello previously denying any intention to stand.
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East River
Justice of the Peace
Jack White
Mercer County
White
Sheriff Post
John Underwood
Princeton
Jimmy Mills
Rock District
Harold Farley
Farley
Donald Anello
Anello
Hearing Slated On Sewer Rates
The Public Service Commission schedules a June 18 hearing in Charleston on Princeton's request to raise sewer rates. Princeton filed the application July 18, 1970 with a prior Sept. 24, 1970 hearing continued. Current rates are 1.85 inside city and 2.22 outside. proposed increases would set 3.33 and 4 respectively.
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Public Service Commission
Charleston
Princeton
S. Grover Smith Jr
PSC
Commission
Capitol
First Ship Ppemmens Through Golden Gate in 1775
The San Carlos, a packet of the Royal Navy, passed through the Golden Gate from the Pacific Ocean into San Francisco Bay marking an early naval passage into the bay by a royal vessel.
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Golden Gate
San Carlos
Seals
Royal Navy
San Francisco Bay
Pacific Ocean
Mercer County property transfers and marriage application recorded
Six property transfers were recorded Thursday in Mercer County with deeds between many couples and districts including Beaver Pond Rock Princeton East River Montcalm Plymouth and amounts from 1000 to 19000. Friday records show nine transfers plus one marriage application including Bee Street Scott Street Bluefield Lashmeet Lit tlesburg Road and Heatherwood Road with sums ranging 150 to 18500. Jaquelin Robeson Jr of Farmville Virginia and Sharon Megrey of North Tazewell Virginia filed a marriage application.
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E. F. Marino
George O. Thore
Beaver Pond
J. D. Cartwright
W. W. Osborne
Roy B. Lusk
Rock District
Ira E. Shaffer
J. W. Wyrick
Princeton
R. J. Meadows
Bennie L. Ferguson
East River District
John McHaffery
Lena Clar
Montcalm
N. D. Hardwell
G. F. Smith
Plymouth District
Mercer County Clerk’s Office
Fred Niswander
P. B. Simpson
Ruby Y. Dill
George D. Sloan
Bee Street
West Virginian Hotel, Inc
Bluefield Union Mission, Inc
Scott Street
Bluefield
Pocahontas Land Corporation
Roy Ramsey
Pipestem Development Company
W. C. Martin
Jaquelin Robeson, Jr
Farmville, Va
Sharon E. Megrey
North Tazewell, Va
Judge Christie Imposes 18 Month Terms on Alderson Escapees
In Bluefield US District Court Judge Sidney L. Christie sentenced six Alderson Federal Reformatory for Women escapees to 18 months each, to run consecutively with their current sentences. Names include Pauline Collins Elizabeth Norris Ruth Segovia Judith Bradley Robbie Morris Lydia Ortiz.
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Mike State
Federal Reformatory For Women
Alderson
U.S. District Court
Bluefield
Sidney L. Christie
Christie
Bureau of Prisons
Pauline Collins
Elizabeth N. Norris
Ruth Segovia
Judith Bradley
Robbie Faye Morris
Lydia Hernandez Ortiz
Bradley
Mrs. Bradley
Segovia
Miss Ortiz
Puerto Rico
Surplus Butter Sales To England Attract Critics
Washington AP reports Nixon admin sold about four million pounds of surplus butter to exporters for Britain at 50 cents per pound, well below the national 90 cent price. Officials say sales protect dairy farmers and avoid depressing domestic markets, while critics including a congress member protest taxpayer losses and unequal treatment for American consumers.
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Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
Britain
Export Marketing Service
Congress
Department
Housing Allowance Studied by Nixon Aides
Nixon administration officials in the Department of Housing and Urban Development are weighing a housing allowance to replace current subsidy programs. Options include vouchers or direct payments, potentially folding subsidies into the family assistance plan if approved.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Frederick W. Deming
George Romney
Nixon
Congress
Bible Workshop Set Today at Mount Zion Baptist Church
The Mount Zion Baptist Church hosts a vacation bible workshop today from 9 a.m. to noon. Volunteers are invited to attend to help run the school program. Rev. Carrolton Jackson serves as pastor of the church.
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Mount Zion Baptist Church
Carrolton Jackson
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Hwe
Leon Boden
Harrisburg, Pa
NEA, Inc
West
Cleveland
Ohio
Christie’s Con
Cern
Bobbie Faye Morris
England
Bible Workshop
ELKS
Bluefield Elks Lodge
Edward Bailey
Edward Lee Ferguson
Buck Calvert
Worthy
Beckley
Roosevelt Cisco
Henry Hopkins
Elmer Skeen
Charlie Arnold
Tommy Stowers
Joe (Smokey) Idding
Harold Fink
Pete Perdue
Carl Ashley
John Bishop
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