Weather highs smash records and holiday shoppers rise
Temperatures soared across West Virginia reaching 80s and 84 in Charleston and Huntington on Tuesday, surpassing long standing records from 1927 and 1976. A Dunbar resident welcomed the mild weather while shopping for decorations as holiday preparations begin. In a separate note, Parker Brothers faced criticism from the SBA for a board game depicting careers for girls that included super mom and schoolteacher, labeled as insensitivity to modern realities.
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West Virginia
Becky Vandergriff
Dunbar
Charleston
Huntington
National Weather Service
U.S. Small Business Administration
Parker Brothers Inc
Parker Brothers
SBA
Susan Engeleiter
Blueprint of Bluefield calendar of chamber and college meetings
On Thursday November 29 at 3 p m the Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce Retirement Community Task Force holds a general meeting at the Bluefield Holiday Inn. On Monday December 3 from 11 a m to 6 p m an open house at Mercer County Fellowship Home invites the public to view the new women’s recovery program and renovations. On Tuesday December 4 at 7 45 a m Business Before Hours sponsored by the Greater Bluefield and Princeton Mercer County Chambers of Commerce takes place at the Mercer County Technical Education Seminar Center in Princeton. On Wednesday December 12 at 4 p m the Bluefield State College Center for International Understanding Advisory Committee meeting has been rescheduled from December 5 to December 12 in Conley Hall 309.
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Greater
Mercer County
Scott St
Bluefield
Greater Bluefield
Princeton- Mercer County
Bluefield State College Center For International Understanding
Conley Hall
Mostly cloudy with afternoon showers and possible thunderstorm
Today will be mostly cloudy with an 80 percent chance of showers and a possible thunderstorm this afternoon. Tonight the chance of showers rises to 60 percent with lows from 40 to 45. Weather package A-8.
Manning on education Duplicate programs costly
Dr. Charles W. Manning first permanent WVU System chancellor urged Bluefield business leaders to align state education efforts for maximum public benefit. At the Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce breakfast he warned against clinging to dogmatic views and cited Pueblo Colorado’s 1980s industrial decline as a lesson on cooperation across institutions.
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Bluefield
Elton Trueblood
Charles W. Manning
West Virginia University System
Trueblood
Greater Bluefield
Dr. Manning
Pueblo
Colo
Manning
Woodtech wins Virginia air permit for Falls Mills plant
Woodtech Inc a Japanese wood products maker wins a state air pollution permit for a new Falls Mills Virginia plant in the Bluefield Supply Building. Startup is planned for April 1991 with about 60 employees. Regulators will monitor formaldehyde nitrogen oxide VOCs and carbon monoxide emissions to stay within limits.
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Falls Mills
Virginia Air Pollution Control Board
Woodtech Inc
Bluefield
Michael D. Overstreet
Air Pollution Control Board
Woodtech
Regional Air Pollution Control Board
Abingdon
Court Counties Should Be Paid For Holding Prisoners
Charleston AP report says the Legislature must decide if the state will fund court ordered housing of Division of Corrections inmates in county jails. Court of Claims proposes 15 dollars per day after a commitment order, with a two week grace, only where counties incur no extra personnel, overtime, or extraordinary costs.
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Charleston
Division of Corrections
State Court of Claims
Mineral County Commission
Nancy Leonora
Leonora
Ron Gregory
State Supreme Court
Falls Mills water project faces non-user fee crackdown
Tazewell County residents who don’t pay water sewer non-use fees may face legal collection under PSA plan. Board delays action until late December or January rate increases. $1.45 million in Falls Mills funding from Farmers Home Administration could be at risk if non-user fees remain unpaid. Howard Leist cites FmHA talks rely on fee collection. project will serve about 91 customers.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Public Service Authority
Falls Mills
PSA Board
Michael Downs
Farmers’ Home Administration
Howard Leist
Fmha
Leist
Community Christmas Tree appeals for 12000 in Bluefield
The Community Christmas Tree seeks 12000 in its 74th year to fund a holiday party. Officials fear many children will have a bleak Christmas if donations stay low. Readers are urged to donate at the Daily Telegraph lobby or mail to Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Tree contributions include memorial gifts and totals show 57.00 to date.
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Party of Care
Community Christmas Tree
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Ave
Blueeld
Sam H. Royall
Jane Royall Phleger
From Russia with love Spangler recalls family tragedy
Lena Spangler recounts the March 29 1989 wreck that killed Edward J Spangler III and his family after a drunk driver struck their car on Route 20 near Bluewell. She describes the shock, years of searching for relatives, and the husband Edward J Spangler’s ongoing memory of the loss. The couple lives on Hilltop Road as they cope with the void and honor the siblings and children lost.
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Glenwood
Lena Spangler
Russia
Spangler
Edward J. Spangler
Hilltop Road
Edward J. Spangler III
Anna Josephine Spangler
Edward J. Spangler IV
Matthew Spangler
Church
Bluewell
Edward
North Carolina
Daddy
Eddie
Edward Spangler III
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Army
Jeff Bollinger
Cary Elam
Bryron Bowman
Bollinger
Mideast
Dennis Thompson JR
James Barbery
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