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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1971
Page
13
A New York column surveys how humor sustains people amid inflation riots and war news in 1971. It cites comedian acts by Mel Brooks Flip Wilson Joan Rivers Bob Klein Alan King and Rodney Dangerfield, noting humor’s role in easing pain and preserving spirit across societies under pressure.
West Virginia State Police in Princeton investigated two crashes on U S 52 in Bluewell within 30 minutes. The first involved James R Ashley 63 Maybeury and Winston Q Jones 56 Bluefield injuring Theatrice Fuller 60 May beury treated at Bluefield Sanitarium. Damages estimated at 2000 dollars. The second crash at 130 p m involved Deborah E McConnell 17 Bluefield and Christine S Hunt 52 Huntington with 100 dollars in damages and no injuries. McConnell cited for failure to control.
The Illinois Supreme Court overturned two contempt convictions of Barnes F Sears special prosecutor in the Chicago Panther raid case The court also allowed Judge Power to subpoena the grand jury transcript but barred individual juror meetings Sears was fined for delaying witnesses and faced a contempt ruling for alleging interference The ruling sent the case back to Power with instructions for a proper hearing.
Southern corn leaf blight also affects sweet corn varieties with Texas male sterile cytoplasm while normal cytoplasm types resist. Blight shows as ear rot and yellow leaf symptoms. protection includes Dithane M-45 or Manzate 200 sprays three times at seven day intervals. Trees outdoors need extra fertilizer based on trunk size and prior growth, with circle holes filled with sand and peat after watering.
State Adjutant General Jack W. Blair called the rumor that Princeton National Guard would be shut down totally false with no basis. He said no plans exist to move the Princeton Armory or close the facility, and noted two letters from Princeton residents expressing concern.
President Warren G. Harding built a business base by purchasing the Marion Star in Marion Ohio with a partner for 300 dollars in 1884, a fact cited by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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