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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1967
Page
9
Market activity shows an erratic pattern with trading slipping as investors reel from mixed signals. Television program listings note local station times reflecting shifting schedules amid the uncertain market tone.
New York AP reports the stock market moved uncertainly on Monday with trading pace down by about two million shares from Friday. Wall Street kept ears cocked as investors weighed late developments at the UN and other global factors.
Market activity mixed as the session opened higher then faded with caution surrounding US Soviet talks on the Middle East. Dow fell 0.46 to 884.54 amid a narrow win by decliners over gainers, while rails remained strong on merger hopes and volume eased.
The Citco Water and Sewerage Company of Huntington asks the Public Service Commission for higher water and sewage rates with a proposed minimum monthly charge of 5.80 dollars for each service. A public hearing is scheduled for July 27. The PSC will also hear Ashford Gas Company’s plan to extend service in Peytona District, Boone County, on July 6, and granted Leon authorization to build and operate a water system.
TV guide style listing notes color programs and colorless segments. Highlights include The Ring of Anasis with Tony Webb and four suspects, Combat with a teen German squad, Occasional Wife with a marriage counselor plot, A Touch of Larceny with James Mason and Vera Miles, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and Cincinnati Reds baseball at 11 PM.
In this bridge problem West opens in a two suit auction and North supports clubs with a cue bid. South advances to a small slam in clubs after confirming fit. Declarer tests trumps, cashes spades, and uses discards to establish diamonds, then ruffs hearts and spades to complete the play.
A mother explains keeping her retarded baby at home despite critics. She notes the child’s needs, her other children’ acceptance, and urges honesty over euphemisms. The letter ends with a closing about a house sale misstatement and a favor asked.
A private dialogue discusses advising a friend to hide actual house proceeds as a favor, raising ethical concerns about fraud. The text references a book on sexuality and a wife sensitive to money, with explicit instruction not to falsify the house price on an agreement.
Herbert Hoover Harless, 40, was recaptured and returned to the state penitentiary at Moundsville following an escape from Kanawha County. He had broken into a residence, serving a 110 year sentence and was admitted to the prison in 1965. Police nabbed him at his girlfriend’s home late Sunday night.
A dense crossword style prompt lists numerous clues across and down including people places and objects. It mixes character names occupations languages and phrases with hints like Jai alai or hockey and a weather term, suggesting a large themed puzzle with many cross references.
The article warns of dangerous youth habits beyond cigarettes and glue sniffing including preteen experimentation in the mid 1960s. It cites glue sniffing causing brain changes and potential seizures, urges parental vigilance, medical advice, and references Dr. Steincrohn and a mailed booklet from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
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