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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1976
Page
1
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph prints a Q and A column answering readers on topics from a one lane public bridge and private entry plans to charity fraud checks and local government policies. It lists details on pensions, dance schools, addresses, and TV schedules.
R N M of Bluefield replies to a question about Oster appliance service noting a service center at 2411 Broadway NE Knoxville Tennessee 37917 with phone 615 525 9441.
The 15 week presidential primary ends Tuesday with California New Jersey and Ohio assigning 540 Democratic and 331 Republican delegates. Ford leads Reagan 805 to 656 while Carter remains strong. outcomes hinge on California and Ohio results and possible shifts in New Jersey delegates. Humphrey ponders renewed campaign as Carter faces pressure from losses and a tight convention path.
House Speaker Carl Albert announced he will retire from Congress at year’s end. His decision leaves three of five top congressional leaders retiring this year as Senate leaders Mansfield and Scott also decline re-election. Albert is 68 and cited years of service in his statement.
Albert announces decision not to serve beyond his 70th birthday and retirement from Congress. He has faced criticism over leadership and recent veto clashes with President Ford while Democrats face a scandal involving Rep. Wayne Hays.
Charles J. Horne was named the Democratic nominee in Wytheville to challenge Rep. William C. Wampler in November. Horne seeks to unseat the veteran Republican after losing to Wampler in 1974 by about 2,500 votes. Wampler, a six term candidate, had first won election in 1952 and returned in 1966.
The Teton Dam in Idaho burst Saturday creating a 15 foot high muddy flood wave. It engulfed Sugar City and much of Reburg while forcing evacuations of thousands. Aerial views showed about 25 square miles under water and floodwaters seven miles wide near St Anthony. No serious injuries reported.
J Paul Getty, the American oil tycoon once described as among the world’s richest men, died at his Guildford England estate at 83 from heart failure. Survived by three sons, 16 grandchildren, and one great grandchild, Getty spent his final years in England while maintaining a busy work routine and charitable giving.
In Norfolk the Virginia Republican convention produced 13 Reagan backed delegates to the national nominating convention while Ford supporters failed to win slate support. The 51 member delegation to Kansas City will likely show 35 Reagan, six Ford, and 10 uncommitted with some neutrals leaning Reagan.
A Bland County woman honors her dead husband and the eight who died, reflecting on a long memory of loss. The piece frames personal grief within the shadow of tragedy tied to past events.
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