Community Q and A Answers Many Local Inquiries
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph answers reader questions on tickets for the West Virginia plays Honey in the Rock and Hatfields and McCoys, will probate, mobile home warranty, divorce timelines, GED tests, local water drainage, bridge costs, I-77 corridor interchange timing, road repairs, and septic tank regulations with guidance from local attorneys, officials, and authorities.
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West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Beckley
W. Va
A. B
Bluefield
Passenger Shot To Death During Hijack Drama
In Chicago a hijacker Gregory White 23 Harvey Illinois killed passenger Howard Franks 65 of Darien Connecticut during a Trans World Airlines flight. White demanded 75000 and a machine gun to fly to Vietnam and was wounded by FBI at Kennedy Airport after exchanging fire with crew and Deputy U.S. Marshal Joseph Zito.
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White
FBI
Kennedy Airport
U.S
New York
North Vietnam
Max Schiffman
Brooklyn
Schiffman
Vietnam
States
Chicago
Howard Franks
Darien
Conn
Federal Aviation Administration
Franks
Albuquerque
N.M
Connecticut
Paul C. Franks
New York University
Trans World Airlines
O'Hare
Frank
Catherine Culver
Fond du Lac
Wis
Miss Culver
Joseph Zito
Zito
TWA
Gregory White
Queens General Hospital
Tricia Nixon Cox Weds Edward Cox in White House Ceremony
Patricia Nixon and Edward Cox married in a White House Rose Garden ceremony amid light rain. About 400 guests attended the Blue Room reception and East Room dance before the couple departed for their honeymoon, amid lilac showers and a towering 350 pound cake.
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Tricia Nixon
Edward Cox
White House
Washington (Ap
Patricia Nixon
Edward Finch Cox
Tricia Nixon Cox
Secret Service
Dole Attacks Nixon Viet Critics At Burlingame Dinner
Senator Robert Dole chairman of the Republican National Committee denounced Nixon critics as doomsters who want to turn America into flagellants. He targeted potential Democratic rivals and spoke at a Burlingame hotel dinner to raise funds for the county GOP.
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Burlingame
Calif
Robert Dole
Republican National Committee
Nixon
Kansas
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
Dole
San Francisco
McCloskey
County
Republican Committee
Congressional
Vietnam
America
Proposed safety standards threaten Mercer County airport finances
The Telegraph notes that if the FAA approves the proposed minimum safety standards the Mercer County airport could face severe financial trouble. The piece references page 16, section 2 for full details.
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Mercer County
FAA
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Buchanan County
Pentagon Study of U S Vietnam Role Revealed in 1967 Report
Revealing the McNamara commissioned project from mid-1967, nearly 7,000 pages of study issued 1.5 million words of analysis plus a million words of documents. It compiles Pentagon material with White House and State Department files to show how U S policy toward Southeast Asia evolved from World War II through mid 1967. It notes gaps and inconsistencies while exposing vigorous internal debate and the drive to prevent communist control of South Vietnam.
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N.Y
McNamara
Clark M. Clifford
Johnson
North Vietnam
Paris
Pentagon
Southeast Asia
Franklin de Roosevelt
Vietnam
Defense Department
White House
State Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Joint Chiefs of Staff
New York Times
South Vietnam
United States
Congress
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Lashmeet
West Virginia
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Tazewell County
A. Lester Jones
Richlands High School
Russell
Tazewell
Carl G. Deskins Jr
Oakhurst Avenue
F.H
Bluefeld
William H. Looney Jr
K. J
Bluewell
Princeton
Oakvale
A. H. F. Shulte
Charleston
Shulte
Litthesburg
U. S. Route 52
C.Z.H. Littlesburg
District 10
West Virginia State Highway Commission
Mercer County Health Department
Health Department
Harvey
Ill
Mary Ann Cox
Newloweds
Cox
Tricia
Nixon Viet
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U. S. Viet
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