City Attorney to lead fight against GTE rate hike
Bluefield officials will oppose General Telephone Co rate increases at a Public Service Commission hearing on July 8. City Attorney John Feuchtenberger will represent the City Board, with proposed surcharges totaling about 7.38 million dollars yearly across 54 thousand subscribers in multiple counties and towns.
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Supreme Court opens courts to public in sex crime trials
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that a Massachusetts law blanketly excluding the public and press when young sex crime victims testify cannot stand. Justice Brennan wrote that access is not absolute and denial must be compelled by a strong governmental interest and narrowly tailored.
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Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Warren E Burger
High Court
William J. Brennan
Mercer County Groups Hold Local Meetings and Exhibit
The Mercer County Chapter of the American Diabetes Association meets at 7 30 p m tonight in the Princeton Community Hospital Cafeteria. The Mercer County Democrat Club gathers at 7 30 p m Thursday at the Mercer County Courthouse in Princeton with refreshments. The Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley announces an area wide exhibit Menagers IV entries accepted June 30 July 2 10 a m to 6 p m pickup July 29 30 or Aug 1 2 to 5 p m Meet the Artists reception July 11 2 to 5 p m. Michael Kovach of Wheat First Securities in Bluefield promoted to vice president investment officer. confirms by W G Maser in Richmond. Kovach, of Pocahontas, Va, joined Wheat in 1976 and is Virginia Tech 1971 alum and Phi Kappa Phi member.
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Bluefield
Wheat
First Securities, Inc
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Richmond
First Securites
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Pocahontas, Va
Virginia Tech
Phi Kappa Phi
Speeding Crackdown Planned on Four Bluefield Streets
Bluefield police will intensify selective enforcement on four streets to curb the high crash rate. Chief James A. Bivens cites 59 of 142 city accidents caused by speeding and curb-cut events from January through June, with Bluefield Avenue bearing about 20 percent of total crashes. Radar checks will run at unannounced times in unmarked cars, prioritizing Bluefield Avenue.
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Tony) Bivens
Bluefield High School
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Daily Telegraph
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Break-In Survivor Waives Hearing in Va Store Case
Ned Sizemore of Anawalt waived a preliminary hearing in Tazewell County on break ing and entering and attempted grand larceny charges related to the Wiley's Grocery break-in at Abbs Valley. The case will go before a grand jury for possible indictment. two other suspects face similar charges with hearings expected Friday. A fourth suspect was killed by a store owner’s son. The second item notes anhinga swallowing a sunfish whole in the Everglades.
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Tazewell County General District Court
Ned Sizemore
Anawalt
Richard Timothy Hunley
Jerry Cox
Jenkin Jones
Sizemore
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