You Can Never Walk Home Again from North Tazewell to Bluefield
A 27-year-old man and a friend attempted a 14 mile walk from North Tazewell Virginia to Bluefield West Virginia. The trek started at 10 30 am with five hours estimated. they endured heat traffic and stomach distress before finishing near West Virginia lines where they cut through backyards for relief and opted for motorized transport home.
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Tazewell
Gulf Station
Cancer and Heart Fund
Rt. 720
Bluefield
Pemco
West Virginia
Bluefield College
North Tazewell
Elizabeth Taylor to Dedicate Wisconsin Hospital
Elizabeth Taylor will dedicate Lakeland Memorial Hospital in Woodruff Wisconsin built with funds from the late Howard Young. Her husband John Warner will accompany her at a news conference and community ball after spending summers at Young's Lake Minocqua estate.
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Liz
Woodruff
Wis
Northwoods
Elizabeth Taylor
New York
Howard Young
Lake Minocqua
Here
Young
Lakeland Memorial Hospital
Miss Taylor
John Warner
Secretary of the Navy
Truth and support spill over in King family interview
The Rev. King defends Andy amid film portrayal concerns. He says his four children will act in the film and rails against critics, asserting the President backs Andy as long as he is right. He urges opponents to “go to hell.”
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Macon
Martin Luther King Sr
U.S
Andrew Young
Andy
Hell
Young
King
Martin Luther King Jr
Coretta Scott King
Free Blood Pressure Clinic At Northfork City Hall
The West Virginia Heart Association offers a free blood pressure screening at Northfork City Hall on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A Heart Association spokesman warns high blood pressure often has no symptoms and can lead to heart attack and stroke, urging residents to take advantage of this community service.
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West Virginia Heart Association
Northfork City Hall
Northfork
The
Heart Association
Ex-miner Milam still awaits regular preaching post in Wyoming County
Follow up reports show Jesse Milam has not been contacted for a steady church job. Curtis Messer reports prospects for cycling training for the 1980 Olympics with Roy Dilley and Dan Withrow showing interest. Other notes include Lucy Viars seeking HUD help and medical concerns, and various local updates from Virginia to West Virginia.
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Matheny
Jesse Milam
Wyoming County
Curtis Messer
Hinton
Messer
Roy Dilley
Huntington
Dan Withrow
Ronceverte
Dilley
Glenwood Park
Lab Wins $220000 Appropriation for Forest Products Study
The Forest Products Marketing Research Lab at Princeton receives a 1978 appropriation of 220000 dollars for marketing utilization of forest products. The Interior appropriations bill containing the funding was approved by the U S Senate on Saturday.
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Forest Products Marketing Research Lab
Princeton
Interior
U. S. Senate
Mercer County Humane Society Seeks Support Also Seeks Members
The Mercer County Humane Society outlines its aims to prevent cruelty to animals and educate the public. Membership costs $5 per person with tax deductible dues and donations. Enclose your name and address with mail to Box 1392 Bluefield WV 24701.
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Mercer County Humane Society
Bluefield
W. Va
Humane Society Represented At Mercer City Council Meeting
A Mercer County Humane Society representative will attend Tuesday night’s council meeting to discuss dog problems and a proposed rule on confinement of female dogs in season. Kitty Wooldridge, president and executive director, was invited to speak during the session at the municipal building at 7 30 p m. Other items include the Health Department contract, levy amendments, a 725 dollar Gateway Transit contribution, highway overhead signs on Scott and Alvis, and a general obligation bond discussion with Harry S Moore of Young Moore and Company.
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Mercer County Humane Society
Princeton
Kitty Wooldridge
The
Humane Society
Mercer County Health Department
Gateway Regional Transit Authority
Department of Highways
Scott and
Alvis Street
Harry S. Moore
Young Moore and Company
Senate approves study commission on national academy of peace
U S Senate backs Sen Jennings Randolph resolution to form a commission to study creating a national peace academy. Randolph notes history of peace legislation since 1930s, citing his 1945 testimony and more than 140 peace bills introduced without success since Washington proposed an agency for peace.
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Charleston
W.va
U.S. Senate
Jennings Randolph
National Academy of Peace
America
Randolph
Congress
George Washington
Agency For Peace
Steelworkers clash over failed bid for reform
Lloyd McBride labels Edward Sadlowski s Labor Department protest a sour grapes move after Sadlowski’s defeat by about 80,000 votes and his call for a 60 day probe into alleged irregularities. Sadlowski seeks a new election amid claims of voting flaws in 300 of 5 000 locals.
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Pittsburgh
Lloyd McBride
United Steelworkers
Edward Sadlowski
U.S. Labor Department
Sadlowski
Labor Department
USW
McBride
Washington
Chicago
International Executive Board
Judith Schneider
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Bluestone River
Moscow
Dmitry Kitayenko
Moscow Philarmonic Society
Tass
Kitayenko
Leningrad
Berlin
Kirill Kondrashin
Equal Housing Lender
Bank of Tazewell County
Tazewell-Worth Tazewell
Bluefield, VA
Westgate Shopping Center
F.D.I.C
By Garret Mathews
Bartley
Lucy Viars
Methodist Church
Pennsylvania
Department of Housing and Urban Development
McDowell County
Bland County
Stafford Shewey
Ceres
David Griffith
Spanishburg
Mercer County
Links Grove
Monroe County
Griffith
FMC Corporation
Nancy Rucker
Giles County
Loretta Lynn
Nashville
Staffordsville
Daily Telegraph
Barbara Warner
Richlands
PTA
Anaheim
Calif
Warner
National
Parent-Teacher Association
Richlands Group
Richlands Elementary Pta
California
Carol Cook
Tazewell Pta
Phil Pastoret
Green Valley
Peace Academy
Raleigh St
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