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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1981
Page
8
Oswald Jacoby and Alan Sontag square off in a high profile chess session reported by the Bluefield Daily Telegraph. The piece outlines players’ styles and potential openings while noting the event’s significance for the local chess scene.
Oswald Jacoby and Alan Sontag discuss slam results in the Cavendish Charity pairs event. They note that the charity fundraiser gathers the world’s top 40 pairs for $300 each, with scoring by IMPs and luck playing a big role in slam outcomes.
A fast moving blaze at Odyssey Lounge near Houma Louisiana killed five people and left a sixth with critical burns. Arson is suspected though the cause remains undetermined. Fire crews battled flames as patrons tried to rescue friends and escape via the lone exit.
Bids for reclamation grading and seeding of seven acres of coal surface mined land one mile northeast of Prater Virginia off routes 604 and 83 in Buchanan County will be accepted until 2:00 p m on Tuesday July 14 1981. Interested bidders meet July 7 1981 at 10:00 a m at the Virginia Division of Forestry Vansant Headquarters to review the site. For details call Donald Lee Branson at 703-889-3160 or write to Division of Mined Land Reclamation Drawer U Big Stone Gap VA 24219.
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