Fontainebleau faces public sale over taxes in Miami Beach
In Miami Beach Fontainebleau Hotel owner Ben Novack said the 1250 room resort is behind about 1.3 million dollars in property taxes. He told a city council meeting that the city has no money to cover taxes and arrangements are being made to pay soon. In Morgantown West Virginia fewer than half of WVU medical graduates will stay for residencies in state, with 37 of 81 staying in West Virginia. Former Oregon Governor Robert Holmes dies at 67 in Astoria after a cancer battle. Beckley workers vote to end a month-long strike and return to the Raleigh County plant. The bicentennial train greeted about 3,000 visitors in Parkersburg as part of a nationwide tour.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Fontainebleau
Ben Novack
MED Grads
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia
Holmes
Astoria
Ore
Oregon
Robert Denison Holmes
Paul Patterson
Patterson
Senate
Elmo Smith
Parkersburg
United States
Heartline guidance on survivor Social Security checks
Heartline explains that a May Social Security check is for April and a widow would not be eligible for the May check if her husband did not live through the entire month. The answer notes checks are issued for the previous month’s entitlement and invites purchase of Heartline's Guide to Medicare for $1.50.
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Heartline
N. Main St
Dayton
Ohio
Sampson joins Staff at Citizens Real Estate
Col. Charles Sampson USAF Retired has joined Citizens Real Estate as a realtor. He holds an MS in Civil Engineering from Ohio State, was a Colorado registered PE, and is a member of Beta Theta Pi and the American Society for Engineering Education. He served 33 years in the Air Force, taught at West Point, and held key posts at the Air Force Academy and Strategic Air Command. He and his wife Ann and son Clay live at 1301 Lebanon Street in Bluefield.
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Col
Charles Sampson
USAF
Citizens Real Estate Company
Sampson
Ohio State University
Colorado
Beta Theta Pi
American Society For Engineering Education
Col. Sampson
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Concord College
West Virginia University
United States Military Academy
West Point
Air Force
Air Force Academy
Pentagon
Viet Nam
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Neb
Ann
Clay
Lebanon Street
Bluefield
Why David Took Five Stones in Goliath Fight
Billy Graham explains that David carried his usual quota of stones and trusted God to guide the first stone to victory. The piece emphasizes faith and preparation, citing 1 Samuel 17:46 47 and urging readers to rely on God in spiritual battles.
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DR. Graham
David and Goliath
David
Goliath
Bluefield Supply Hires Gibson as Account Executive
Larry D. Gibson 21 a WVU journalism graduate joins Bluefield Supply Company as an account executive in interstate advertising. Frazier Miller corporate advertising director says Gibson will expand the department into a full service in house agency for all company subsidiaries. Gibson from Norfolk Virginia holds a BS in journalism and BA in speech communications from WVU with print radio and tv advertising focus.
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Larry D. Gibson
West Virginia University
School of Journalism
Bluefield Supply Company
Gibson
Frazier Miller
Bluefield Supply
Norfolk
WVU
Waldheim Begins Visit To Tennessee For UN Ambassadors
U N Secretary General Kurt Waldheim arrives in Nashville to open a two day visit by UN ambassadors to Tennessee. The program includes a Southern style picnic near a Parthenon replica a tour of Opryland a Grand Ole Opry performance and speeches at Vanderbilt University. Waldheim will receive the Cordell Hull Peace Prize in honor of the former secretary of state.
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Nashville
Sam Lewis
Vanderbilt University
Walheim
Tennessean
Franklin Roosevelt
U.N
Tennessee
New York City
Waldheim
Ray Blanton
Beaver Bluesman Jim Vaughn Prepares Fourth Album
Jim Vaughn a 22 year old Bluefield High School graduate records from Nashville with his own label. The ex lead trumpet player in the BHS Band awaits his fourth album Flea Market Blues on the Galleon label, due within two weeks. Vaughn has toured Kentucky for two years with his country sound and resides in Mountain City Tennessee. The release will reach the Bluefield area after debut.
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Beaver
Jim Vaughn
Bluefield High School
Nashville
BHS
Galleon
Vaughn
Ramsey Elementary
Central Junior High
Kentucky
Mountain City
Tenn
Bluefield
Skyline Drive Slipping On Blue Ridge Sections
De LURAY AP says sections of Skyline Drive near Hemlock Springs to Thorofare Mountain Overlooks may slide off the mountain as maintenance lags. Shenandoah National Park official Rodney Lowe notes 500 feet of roadway at Mile 40.1 has long been unfunded for needed repairs amid rising visitors and tight budgets.
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National Park Service
Lowe
Skyline Drive
Hemlock Springs
Thorofare Mountain
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Stanley L. Burton
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William T. Johnston
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Beckley Manufacturing Co
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
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Animal Hospital
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Dr. Pritchett
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Billy Graham
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Citizen’s Coal & Supply CO
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