Informational Q and A from Bluefield Daily Telegraph
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph’s information desk answers reader questions on local matters. Topics include street naming in the Double Gates section, park skate rental possibilities, drainage and road treatment plans, FBI leadership, landfill financial interests, state capitol exterior lighting, patents, health concerns, conservation pledges, deputy sheriff candidacy, and welfare support for deserted children with figures and official statements.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
McCourt Elected State Senate President in WV
Sen. Hans McCourt of Webster Springs won the West Virginia State Senate presidency in a tight Democratic caucus vote over William A. Moreland. The result, 13 to 10 by faction, was decided in a closed caucus with labor support.
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Charleston
Hans McCourt
Webster Springs
State Senate
Senate
William A. Moreland
Morgantown
McCourt
Moreland
West Virginia
House
House of Delegates
Del
Ivor F. Boiarsky
Sen
John E. Carrigan
Sherrard
Moundsville
George H. Seibert Jr
Wheeling
Seibert
Carrigan
GOP
Khrushchev Memoirs Authenticity Questioned in Moscow
In Moscow speculation runs high after Time Inc announced plans to publish Nikita Khrushchev memoirs in Life. Officials deny he provided memoirs to any group, but the denial fuels further questions about their authenticity.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Time, Inc
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Bluefield Payment Request Stirs City Debate
Telegraph staff writer Jim Terry reports on the city of Bluefield asking the West Virginia Water Company for a higher annual payment. City Board member Leland Carter criticizes the proposed hydrant rental rate as too high. Also notes shoes for needy children from an Indiana group, and a U S Commission report on obscenity and pornography not selling well.
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Telegraph
Jim Terry
Bluefield
West Virginia Water Company
Daily Telegraph
Leland Carter
Buchanan County
Indiana
Grundy
Alaska DC8 crash kills 46 en route to Vietnam
An Anchorage DC8 charter crash during takeoff killed 46 of 229 aboard while flying servicemen to Vietnam. Pilot William Reid attempted abort as explosions followed, plane slid across ice to crash site three-quarters mile from runway. Survivors number 174, including many children. Birgitta Ekelund among crew killed.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Vietnam
Alaskan Command
Larry Campbell
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
William G. Reid
Napa
Calif
McChord Air Force Base
Tacoma
Wash
Yokota
Japan
Cam Ranh Bay
Birgitta Ekelund
Stockholm
Sweden
Ivory Coast mission described training near Eglin base
The article details a secret training mission code named Ivory Coast at Eglin Air Force Base Florida. Green Berets and Air Force commandos trained at night in a wooded area simulating Son Tay prison camp in North Vietnam. Fewer than 100 troops participated in the training on November 20 with limited public details.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Ivory Coast
Green Berets
Air Force
Son Tay
North Vietnam
Bluefield Community Christmas Tree Seeks $6489.03 More
The 53rd annual Bluefield Community Christmas Tree fund drive aims to raise 6489.03 to reach a 6000 goal for Ramsey Auditorium on Dec 24. The project funds brand new toys and goods for about 1500 underprivileged Bluefield children with volunteer labor and no overhead. Contributors are listed in the Daily Telegraph and on Santa's Honor Roll.
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Ramsey Auditorium
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
W. Va
Soviet SS13 tests mark progress in Pacific range
Washington AP reports the Soviet Union conducted its first long range test of an improved SS13 ICBM into the Pacific, about 300 miles northwest of Midway. U S observers noted potential single warhead capability with possible future multi warhead deployment.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Pacific
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
Defense Department
Russia
U.S
Midway Island
Friedheim
United States
Priests Deny Planning To Bomb City
Two Roman Catholic priests deny FBI charges that the East Coast Conspiracy to Save Lives planned to bomb underground power lines and kidnap a government official. The Rev. Joseph R. Wenderoth and Rev. Richard Bidwell reject Hoover's accusations calling them fabrications and vindictive.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Joseph R. Wenderoth
Hoover
Richard Bidwell
Boston
Rochester
N.Y
John T. Glick
Keuka
N.Y.) College
Father Bidwell
Daniel
Philip Berrigan
Glick
Berrigans
Connecticut
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