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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1976
Page
6
Bluefield State College hosts an American art series in June for an art appreciation class. On loan from the National Gallery of Art, the programs include African Art lectures, American painting history, and films from the Pushkin, Hermitage, and National Gallery collections.
The West Virginia Mine Inspectors Examining Board announces examinations for coal mine inspectors non coal mine inspectors quarry electrical mine inspectors and safety instructors will be held in Charleston on July 9 and 10. Passing candidates advance to an oral exam within two weeks. time and location to be announced later.
The Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce has purchased The American Album, a four color film explaining the free enterprise system, for showings to area churches and civic groups. Produced by Hanna-Barbera and narrated by Jimmy Stewart, the program covers advances in medicine, communications, transport, education, and new energy sources. Contact the Chamber office to arrange screenings.
Former Gov Hulett C Smith Mrs Sharon Rockefeller and state party chairman J C Dillon Jr head a list of eight delegates chosen by the West Virginia Democratic Executive Committee in Charleston. Also named were Leatrice Stout Ralph D Williams Leroy Harris William Watson and Joseph Powell. The process aims to include women and minorities, with six Byrd supporters and two uncommitted among the Saturday selections. Dillon expects the full delegation to back Byrd as long as he remains a candidate.
Washington officials say the June Puerto Rico summit will forge a common strategy among seven leading economies for talks with poorer nations. The focus is on solidarity and firm positions, ahead of the Paris CIEC negotiations, with U S France Great Britain West Germany Italy Japan and Canada attending.
The state posts its delegate list for the Democratic National Convention. Eight selected by the state committee on Saturday and the rest chosen by May 11 primary voters. district results await official certification. Notable names include Sharon Rockefeller, Hulett Smith, and Ralph Williams alongside district picks from Morgantown to Beckley.
Showers expected in the Upper Missouri Valley and Rockies with thunderstorms from the Lower Mississippi Valley to Florida and Georgia. Unseasonably warm in New England and Gulf Coast regions, cooler conditions in the Pacific Northwest. Redmond Oregon posted 29 degrees, Olympia Washington 31, with clearing skies by noon along the coast.
Rep. Ken Hechler of West Virginia urged that Wayne Hays resign from two House committees amid a sex scandal and misuse of public funds. Hechler, speaking to Disabled American Veterans, said there must be no armistice in the fight against corruption and emphasized oversight of public money.
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