Senate Panel Would Halt Interstate Highway Work
Senate subcommittee heard that urban highway construction should pause until cities can fund and design comprehensive transit. advocates argue interstates harm neighborhoods and raise air pollution while urban transit needs go unmet. Baltimore mayor Schaefer warns half of US vehicle miles occur in cities and urban fuel taxes concentrate there. Officials from New York and Indiana note urban programs get far less federal support and impoundment reduces highway aid, despite growing city needs.
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Washington
George Wiley
National Welfare Rights Organization
Subcommittee
Wiley
Willaim Donald Schaefer
Baltimore
United States
Manuel Carballo
New York
National League of Cities
Ruel W. Steele
Indiana State Highway Commission
Highway Trust Fund
Indiana
High Court Denies Trial For Convicted City Wounder
The West Virginia Supreme Court declined to grant a new trial for Bluefielder Marshall Wade Martin convicted of malicious wounding in Mercer County. The ruling followed a Feb 2 1969 shooting at the Ebony Club in Bluefield. The court also ordered a hearing on a separate inmate’s request for a new trial and rejected petitions in other cases.
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State Supreme Court
Marshall Wade Martin
Martin
Mercer County
Ricky Lane Webb
Ebony Club
Bluefield
West Virginia
Ohio County Intermediate Court
Richard McCarthy
Martin Wheeling
McCarthy
High Court
Eugene Blake
Donna Jean Ball
Blake
Wayne County
James Odward Reed
Ritchie County
Wright's Wholesale Co
Pennsboro
Bible School Opens at Church of God in Abbs Valley
A five day Bible School starts Monday June 12 at the Church of God in Abbs Valley. Classes run 9 to 1130 a.m. through Friday June 16. Mrs. John Brooks serves as superintendent and Rev. W O Myers is pastor.
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Church of God
Abbs Valley
John Brooks
W. O. Myers
Knitting Class Offered by Bluefield Senior Club
The Bluefield Senior Citizens Club sponsors a knitting class from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Multi purpose center 209 Henry Street. It is the second meeting of the newly organized class open to anyone interested in learning to knit.
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Bluefield Senior Citizens Club
Henry Street
Three dollar gold pieces aid postal payments in 1854
Three dollar gold coins were minted through 1889 to simplify mail payments as the postal rate rose to 3 cents in 1854. This series aided transactions before the 3 cent stamp era, reflecting monetary policy shaping postal commerce.
Coast Guard Finds No Imminent Danger From Ohio River Traffic
Huntington District Cmdr. Bobby Burns says barge traffic on the Ohio River and main tributaries is not an imminent danger though not perfectly safe. He notes 15,000 to 18,000 barges pass Huntington annually and costs favor river transport. ongoing licensing and bridge issues are under review after the Parkersburg blast that killed two.
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Huntington
W. Va
U.S. Coast Guard
Ohio River
Cmdr
Bobby Burns
Huntington District
Burns
Bellaire
Ohio
Portsmouth
West Virginia
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Charleston
Kanawha
Coast Guard
Evening of Dance at Ester Graham School
Students at the Ester Graham School of Dance present An Evening of Dance tonight at 8 at Princeton High School auditorium. Act I features a ballet Alice in Wonderland and Act II a varied program of tap toe jazz acrobatic and modern dance with a large cast of performers.
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Ester Irene Graham School of Dance
Ester Graham School of Dance
Princeton High School
Vickie McKinney
Kimberly Dixon
Kimberly Wilson
Lisa Faye Winfrey
Cindi Hanson
Lori Johnston
Anda Lynn Maksut
June Sparks
Lisa Flanigan
Nancy Jo Howerton
Gidget Gilger
Gigi Powers
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Mercer County Health Center
Ginger Dove
Debbie
Senate
Bible School
Buffalo Creek
Brushfork Armory
The
Red Coats
Herbert Bowman
the Jewell Brothers
Logan County
Citizens Fund Raising Committee
New Graham
Goodykoontz
South Bluefield
Bluewell
INS
Bramwell
Blankenship Gulf
Matoaka
Balls Grocery
Athens
Princeton Pharmacy
Princeton
the Stag
Green Valley
Piggs Market
Wardens
Lacys
Montcalm
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Public Service AD
Magnavox
Matrix
Anderson Radio & Television
Jefferson St. Bluefield
Huntington East End
U. S
Elizabeth Houchins
Rhonda Belcher
Leigh Ann White
Dance School
Kianne Houchins
Jennifer McCormick
Lori Deitz
Robi Farley
Angel Hall
Tammy Gilbert
Suann Vanscoy
Randa Lee Hamden
Kimberly L. Wilson
Stewart O’dell
Michelle Hall
Sidney Marcella Smithers
Melissa O'Dell
Mynette Busz
Joetta Ayers
Susan Miller
Deborah Lucas
Sheri Deitz
Mary Lou Femsam
Sharon Worrell
Cynthia Hanson
Susan Ann Miller
Julie Alison Winfrey
Debra Thompson
Leslie Powers
Fran Blevin
Lisa
Mens Floesheim
4&M Shoe Store
Rand
Winthrop
Childrens Shoes
Federal St. Bluefield
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