Bank Blast Shocks Bluefield Bank Building
Reporters describe a blast at the First National Bank of Bluefield that shook the building from basement to roof. Custodian Fletcher Chambers and teller Alden Shields Jr. recall smoke, shaking floors, and a quick police response. Cause under investigation as workers return to normal operations.
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Daily Telegraph
Stan
Fletcher Chambers
First National Bank of
Bluefield
Chambers
Alden Shields Jr
Residents Push Enforcing Bluefield Leash Law At Council Meeting
Bluefield residents urged strict enforcement of the town leash ordinance citing roaming dogs destroying property and health risks. They pressed for town pickup services after county refusal and debated budget costs and possible duplication of efforts. Council, noting county inmates and a new animal facility, planned talks with the county and considered town name change with a public vote.
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Elaine Thompson
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Abbs Valley
Art Mead
Mead
David A. Kovach
Kovach
Tazewell County
Graham
Robber Seeks Cash At Princeton Quick Stop Market
Authorities seek a white man in his mid twenties who entered R and R Quick Stop Market on Ingleside Road before 5 a.m. Monday, bought a candy bar, then displayed a pistol and stole about 100 dollars from the clerk. He fled on foot. description: brown slacks blue shirt no mask. Case assigned to Mercer County CID.
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Princeton
Ingleside Road
Ernie Taylor
Taylor
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Princeton Annexation Votes Recount Shows Minor Changes
The canvass confirms 28 contested ballots, all mainly from residents outside the proposed annexation area. Area I rejects annexation 179 to 111 with 65 to 68 contested ballots, Area II 73 to 20 with 13 contested. Ward II gains two votes for incumbent Joe Vicars after defeat by Glenn Manning. Official council tallies list Bailey unopposed 227 in Ward I, Manning 194 and Vicars 131 in Ward II, Cannon 107 and Williams 68 in Ward III, Skeens 187 and Rose 49 in Ward IV, and Kessinger unopposed 596 for councilman-at-large.
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Aera
Area I
Area II
Joe Vicars
Glenn Manning
Gilbert E. Bailey
Manning
Vicars
James L. Cannon
P.D. Williams
Lewis I. Skeens
Raymond Rose
Donzie Kessinger
Accord Reached in Lebanon Cease Fire Talks
Arab mediators announced that Christian militias and Syrian forces agreed to a new cease fire in Lebanon on Monday. The communique gave no clear details on concrete arrangements to stop the fighting.
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Beiteddin
Lebanon
Reagan Welcomes Mexican President At Camp David Talks
President Reagan hosts Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo at Camp David for in depth talks on El Salvador immigration oil power and Caribbean basin development. They discuss differing views on Central America and Soviet weapon flows, with aides noting agreement on long term regional development.
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Washington
Reagan
Jose Lopez Portillo
Camp David
el Salvador
Mexico
Reagan Administration
Lopez Portillo
Caribbean
Central America
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