Q&A column answers local readers questions on policy and law
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph’s information desk replies on topics from education and politics to traffic, hunting, and theatre. Questions cover Byrd’s education, Oct 14 1907 day, recall petitions, barber shop quartet chapter presence, rights commission contacts, smoking through red lights legality, Barter Theatre ticket info, custody warrants, music royalties, electrical safety near pools, burning trash rules, and golden age fishing licenses in WV and VA.
Daring Pen Escapee Arrested After Flight to Michigan Bar
Dale Remling, the prison escapee who hijacked a helicopter to flee Southern Michigan Prison, was captured in Huffie’s Bar in Leslie, Michigan after about 30 hours on the run. State police say accomplices are under arrest and a fourth woman is sought. Remling claimed prisons breed problems, while officers recovered the suspect following a tip from a plain clothes trooper.
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Dale Otto
Southern Michigan
Leslie
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Remling
Richard Jackson
Belgium selects U.S. F16 over Mirage in large jet deal
Belgium will buy 306 F16 fighters from the United States, joining Holland Denmark and Norway in a near 1.9 billion dollar order. The move, announced at the Paris air show, aims to replace Starfighters beginning 1979, with possible further purchases from West European allies and others.
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Western Alliance
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Ft. Worth
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St. Louis
NATO Consortium
Onassis Will Names Christina Boss Beneficiary of Estate
In a handwritten will dated January 3 1974 Aristotle Onassis leaves the bulk of his about 1 billion dollar estate to daughter Christina and provides 250000 annually to widow Jacqueline Kennedy. The will creates two private companies to fund the Alexander Onassis Foundation and sets aside 500 shares to Christina. Christina also inherits shipping shares and 75 percent of island assets while 25 percent goes to Mrs Onassis.
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District 29 veto stops opening compensation system to miners
In Charleston West Virginia United Mine Workers District 29 Executive Board blocked a move to open the workmen's compensation system to rank and file miners. The plan backed by COMPAC aimed at education sessions, but the board vetoed the idea amid disputes over control and information access.
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Charleston
W.va
United Mine Workers District 29 Executive Board
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Beckley
Compac
Rick Becker
UMW
Arnold Miller
Associated Press
Miller
Monument to bureaucracy and stalled Hill Street project
Staff writer Jim Terry chronicles years of delays and three million dollars wasted as the Hill Street Housing Project in Bluefield remains shut. The report appears on page 1 section D amid Bluefield coverage.
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Bluefield
Jim Terry
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