Bluefield area news notes B H Edward Steele breaks for Bland County
Roanoke Mills paid over 500000 for the Bastian garment plant from Rex Knitting Mills Spar tans Industries. County employment will rise from 50 to 500 as the plant expands. Also reports Jewell Ridge Coal plans two mines near Richlands and Jewel Ridge.
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Bland County
Roanoke Mills
Rex Knitting Mills
Spartans Industries
Henry J. Tully Corp
N. Y
Roastoke Mills
Charlie Greever
Richlands
Swanky Suites at Westgate Plaza San Diego
An AAA travel official misplaced a watch in a gold suite at the Westgate Plaza in San Diego after which he searched for 35 minutes. The 29 story hotel with 235 rooms offers luxury suites from 125 dollars per day with butler service and singles at 26 dollars per day. It features a large reception salon and private meeting rooms and is billed as a landmark luxury public facility of the era.
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AAA
Westgate Plaza
San Diego
Calif
Westgate
America
Submarine Bar At Munich Olympics Touts Underwater Dining
A steel cone 23 feet high and 40 feet in diameter will stand in a concrete bowl filled with salt water. The bar will seat 300 guests who can view marine flora and fish through port holes during the 1972 Munich Games.
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Munich
Power window rule ties operation to ignition key
A new federal safety rule effective after February 1, 1971 requires power windows in new cars to open and close only when the ignition key is on. The measure aims to prevent injuries to unattended children after reports of tragic accidents including strangulation and finger loss.
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U.S. Department of Transportation
World’s largest bullfight arena in Mexico City opens season
The arena operates a formal season from November to March with apprentice fights on the rest of the year. Professional bouts occur every Sunday and on special weekday events, while other cities host year round competitions.
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Mexico City
Popular Cemetery Forest Lawn Memorial Park Named Most Popular
The AAA designates Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale California as the most popular cemetery on earth drawing over one million visitors annually. Spanning 306 acres the park guards famed graves and houses premier white Carrara marble statuary and stained glass windows.
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
Calif
AAA
America
Belleville group seeks railbed trails for recreation
Belleville Illinois campaign by the Junior Women’s Club to convert railroad rights of way into hiking trails and parks. Conservation chairwoman Terrell R McLemore cites miles of unused tracks and references the 30 mile Illinois Prairie Path as a model. A mixed punch recipe is included in the clipping.
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Belleville, Ill
Belleville
Chicago
DuPage County
Chicago, Aurora and Elgin
Gates Products Available Here
Gates Distributor maintains complete local stocks of Gates Industrial Rubber products to supply you with what you need at the time when you need it. Joe Carter comments on ready supply and local service.
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Gates
Gates Industrial
Ber
Joe Carter
Carter
Bluefield Supply
Bluefield area shops promote Blue Lustre carpet cleaning
Housewives rush to prepare for holiday guests and rely on Blue Lustre carpet cleaning via a shampoo machine to quickly refresh high traffic areas. Bluefield Supply and Gates Rubber Company highlight hose and v belt stocks, service centers, and Engineering support for mining machines and common home use.
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A. W. Cox Dept
Bluefield
Sleep Cheaters and Rising Housing Costs Highlight Health and Finances
Blue Cross warns that sleep deprivation harms coordination mood and senses while reducing touch temperature and hearing. The pamphlet notes housing costs up 319 percent and financing up 324 percent over twenty years, with structures up 45 percent and home's area up 51 percent.
Christmas Chocolate Pecan Pie Recipe
Classic pie mixing corn syrup sugar chocolate and evaporated milk heated then folded into beaten eggs with pecan halves. Bake in pastry shell at 350 degrees for 50 to 60 minutes until center soft. cool and serve with softened ice cream if desired. Serves ten.
Flat Top Bank Official G Ross Boyce Named Leader in Bluefield
G Ross Boyce vice president and cashier of Flat Top National Bank in Bluefield is also secretary of the board and of the Budget Loan and Discount Committees. A veteran of World War II, he rose from banking trainee to operations chief and community leader with ties to the Bluefield Planning Commission Lions Club Chamber of Commerce and several civic groups. He and his wife Mary Ann Griffith have two sons and reside on College Avenue.
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G. Ross Boyce
Flat Top National Bank of
Bluefield
Mr. Boyce
West Union
W. Va
Dodderidge County
West Virginia
Breiness ‘College
Clarksburg
Salem College
Salem
Stonier Graduate School of Banking
Rutgers University
United States Army
Boyce
Empire National Bank of
Flat Top National Bank
West Virginia Bankers Association
Bluefield Planning Commission
Chamber of Commerce
United Fund
Mercer County Unit
American Cancer Society
West Virginia Foundation For Independent Colleges
Bluefield Lions Club
Lions International
Trinity United Methodist Church
Bluefield Country Club
University Club
Mary Ann Griffith
Gerald Ross II
Alan Neal
College Avenue
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J. E
Jack) Corbitt
Texaco
Burlington, N. C
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Bluefield Sanitarium
E. W. McCauley
AS Grasty
J. Allen Grasty
N&w
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Hartley Mays
Anchor Grill
Willard Early
North St
Elliott
Mercer
Joe Hatfield
C.E.O
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P. P
Ponziano Ferraraccio
St. Luke's Hospital
Evans
U. S
State Lumber Deal
Georgia - Pacific Corp
Meadow River Lumber Co
Rainelle
Bank of Rainelle
Area News
J. H. (Buck) Harless
Gilbert Lumberman
Bailey Memorial Church
Cumberland Heights Baptist Church
Cold Spring
Minn
General Telephone
Bland St
Federal Savings & Loan
Federal St
W. L. Alley
Howard Clark
Princeton
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New Port Richey
Fla
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Tim) Mann
Bailey Lumber
South
Bernard Wills
Wills Advertising Service
Charlene Mitchell
Marlene Hawthorne
Wills
Ernest Pettry
St. Albans
Armory
Blue Grass Women's and
Lexington
Paramount Pacific
Ingleside
East Cumberland Road
Edwin P. Sheriff
Eastern Associated Coal
Keystone
Barnes & Tucker Co
Chester R. Maberry
U. S. Steel
Gary
Auto Agency
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Jack Richardson
Richardson Motors
Volvo
Bus Perry
Richardson
East River Mountain Tunnel
Green Valley
Tazewell
Great Lakes
Ray Dotson
Treas
Ed Greever
A.D. Torrence
Ted Gills
Appalachian Power
Frank Schwall
College Ave. Baptist Church
Israel
S. J. Hale
Pearl Buck
Randolph Macon College
Lynchburg
Institutional Food Sales
Thornhill Tinning & Plumbing
Servisoft
Bob Thornhill
Fred White
Elliott Blaydes
General Insurance
Miaook Bluefield
Popular Cemetery
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Kersey
Automatic Sprinkler Corporation
Virginia
Ment
Gates Rubber Company
Southwest Virginia
Blue Cross
Bluefield Gas Co
Cottaca
Bluefield, Virginia College Ave
Bluefield, W. Va
Releigh St
Tazewell, Virginia
English, W. Va
Richlands, Virginia
Welch, W. Va
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Com York
Bluefield Hardware Co
Commercial Bank Blog
West Virginia Water Company
National Parts, Inc
Bluefield Ave
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Glidden
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