U.S. Auto Sales Hit Over One Million in May
U.S. auto sales surged in May totaling 1,018,299 cars nationwide, the second highest month on record. Domestic sales led the gain with the four major automakers selling 887,364 cars, up 18.7 percent from a year ago, while import sales declined slightly but remained strong led by Mercedes-Benz Fiat and rising Toyota.
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Detroit
U.S
Mercedes-Benz
Fiat
Toyota
Robert O. Link
Datsun
Ford
Notice of Public Sale of Mercer County Real Estate
The Mercer County Intermediate Court will auction several parcels in Princeton West Virginia on Wednesday June 21 1972 at 9 00 A M at the courthouse front door. Parcels include a 49 acre tract on Brush Creek Lot blocks on Third Avenue Beaver Pond District and a 6 55 acre tract with easements and a family cemetery. Sale is cash on day of sale and subject to court approval and confirmation.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Buildings Commission
Carl P
Lila Mann
City of
Bravefield
Building Commission
C. Edwin Elliott
West Virginia Department of Highways
Charleston
Washington Street
East
Mercer County
Bland County
Virginia
East River Mountain Tunnel
West
Intermediate Court
Reginald Smith
Agnes Smith
Princeton
Mercer
Brush Creek
New Hope
Ada
Smith
J W Smith
Beaver Pond
Third Avenue
C. R. McNutt
J . Parsons
M. L Davis
W. Va
Shields
Callee
Wall
Kemper H Smith
Barrett
Kemper H. Smith
Brushcreek
Kemper HM. Smith
Lang
Carlie J. Tanner
Tanner
Lawrence A. Smith
Bluefield hearing orders demolition for unsafe bluefield properties
The Bluefield Buildings Commission ordered the razing of two derelict structures on Virginia Avenue after finding them unsafe unsanitary and a fire hazard. Owners were given deadlines to begin demolition with city engineers authorized to proceed if not started or completed by July 25 1972.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Goldie Mae Surface
Don Surface
Virginia Avenue
W. VA
Buildings Commission
City of
C. Edwin Elliott
Wm.h Looney, JR
Lee Puckett
Clarence T Christian
Gerald Picus
James Meadows
William QC
Bivens, JR
Blanche R Stringfellow
Goldie Mae Surface & Don Surface
Commission
Meadows
Goldie Mae
Bravefield
Goldie Mar
Law
Edwin Elliott
Altes Blancher
Notice of Final Settlement of Estates No 17
Final accounting and settlement for multiple estates will be presented to Mercer County Court around June 26 1972. Interested parties may examine the filings in the trustee guardianship executorship offices before objections.
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Fred R. Dow
Beth Evans
First National Bank of Bluefield
Roxanne Beard
Guardian
Debra L. Elliott
Mercer County Bank
Emma J. Cruise
Charles L. Cruise
Ray King
Maxine King
Cecil O. White
Virgie V. White
Mercer County Court
W. Broughton Johnston
Princeton
West Virginia
Fiduciary Settlements Notice in Bluefield WV 1972
The undersigned will settle accounts at his Bluefield West Virginia office. Fiduciaries listed include Maye Quesenberry administratrix estate of Paul Bourne Bailey Dorothy C. Riley administratrix c t a estate of Mrs Dale A. Coles Helen F. Robertson administratrix estate of Nannie Ellen Ella Fortunes Irene McDaniel administratrix estate of John H. McDaniel J S Redmond administrator estate of Virgelia D. Price Walter W. Burton executor and trustee estate of Edwin H. Sutherland. Dated June 1 1972. William T Hancock.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Maye Quesenberry
Paul Bourne Bailey
Dorothy C. Riley
C.t.a
Dale A. Coles
Helen F. Robertson
Nannie Ellen
Ella) Fortunes
Irene McDaniel
John H. McDaniel
J.S. Redmond
Virgelia D. Price
Walter W. Burton
Edwin H. Sutherland
William T Hancock
Public notice in Mercer County partition suit
Circuit Court of Mercer County orders unknown spouses and heirs of several parties to answer by July 6 1972 or risk default judgment in a real estate partition action. The suit names First National Bank of Bluefield as executor and lists multiple defendants with addresses in West Virginia. Clerk’s office to provide a copy of the complaint.
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Mary Southern
Dailey Simms
James R
Gilbert
Leonard Gilbert
Lula Porter Gilbert
Daisey Simms
James R. Gilbert
West Virginia
Philip T. Lilly, Jr
Law & Commerce
Biuefield
C McGuire
Circuit Court
Mercer County
Ruth &. O' Bryan
Ruth E. O'Bryan
Ruth & O'Bryan
W. Robert Carr
N. Walker Street
Princeton
C. C. McGuire
Intermediate Court
Weather across the nation brings warmth and sun
The Nation's Weather reports warm pleasant conditions with many areas in the 70s and 80s. Light showers touch the Midwest and western mountains while Arizona eyes the first measurable rain of 1972. Afternoon highs include 97 in Blythe and Thermal California and 53 in Flagstaff Arizona.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Florida
Arizona
Blythe
Thermal
California
Flagstaff
Ariz
Atlanta
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dal
Bramwell Pair Sentenced in Wolfe Home Burglary Case
Two Bramwell youths aged 14 and 15 received indefinite terms at the Boy's Industrial School after being found guilty of burglarizing a Wolfe home. In the same case three other youths were given probation or damages totaling 238 dollars, and a 17-year-old Bluefield youth was sent to the industrial school for shoplifting.
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Bramwell
Wolfe
Mercer County
Howard M. Jarrett
Ollie Jones
Turbotrain dismantled and rebuilt for New York Boston service
Workmen at Transpo 72 began dismantling the Turbotrain for return to regular New York Boston service. The three car unit will be expanded to 240 seats, moved to Manassas and Providence for overhaul, with a second Turbotrain also expanded before resuming doubled schedules on the route.
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Washington
Transpo 72
New York-Boston
Dulles International
Transpo
Manassas
Amtrak
Providence
R.I
Sikorsky Division
United Aircraft Corp
New York
Demos Urge More Kleindienst Hearings in Senate
Two Democratic senators called for additional hearings on Richard G Kleindienst’s nomination for attorney general. Senator McIntyre urged returning the nomination to the Judiciary Committee over ITT antitrust settlement questions while Senator Cook said no misconduct is evident and Republican Leader Scott resisted delaying the vote.
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Washington
Richard G. Kleindienst
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Big Se
Kleindienst
Justice Department
Mitchell
Thomas J. McIntyre
Senate
Judiciary Committee
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Marlow Cook
R-Ky
Academy Award Winner The French Connection in R Rated Cut
The film The French Connection returns in a revised R rated version for viewing during the start of the week. The restoration preserves key scenes while maintaining the gritty 1971 crime drama’s tense pace and urban realism.
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Essie Mae Moore
General Motors
Chrysler Corp
American Motors
Randalls
Fn. Co. C. McGuire
Intermediate Court of
Mercec County
West Virgina
E. H. Post
Jessie
Ada Saunders
Ellis Street
C. Eqwin Elliott
Mamie Banks
French Banks
Ernest Bailey
Richard Allen Harvey
Ernest Rose
Gertrude Shutt Pickett
West Main Street
William $. Winfrey
Bernice P. Hicks
Bernice Jane Spangler Peck
Rowland Bailey
Robert Ben King
Cornice Roy Meadows
Walter Grant Meadows
Lena S. Pettrey
Frank J. Pettrey
First National Bank of
Jack E. Taylor
Gretchen Dingess
Iiene Kress
William S. Winfrey
Darrel Oatner Mathena
Rebecca A. McGuire
Calla V. Elam
Ruth Ellett
T.a
Jim A. Huffman
Alma L. Huffman
Grace H. Johnson
Vilda S. Hall
William Bernard
the Intermediate Court
D. B. O Bryan
Las
Denver
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Louisville
Miami
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Nashville
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
San Francisco
Seattle
National Weather Service
NOAA
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Dick Ross & Associates
Pat Boone
David Wilkerson
The
Peppe
Maryland & Frederick Sts
Feau
Harton Branco
James Caan
Richard Castellana
Robert Oval
Sterling Hayden
John Mare
Richard Conte
Diane Keatan
Ladie
Erlene
Whis-Tv
Ladies Scooter
Mens Knit
Sae Dea
Missy & Jr
Intelavon
George C. Scott
America
Robert Forster
Sondra Locke
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