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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1981
Page
4
Mercer County election officials finalize arrangements for the November 3 road bond issue referendum titled Roads for Jobs and Progress. Polls open 6 30 a m to 7 30 p m with paper ballots and results likely early.
The Great Lakes to Florida Highway Association and the Bluefield to Huntington Highway Association endorsed a $750 million road bond amendment. GLFHA urged West Virginia members to back the issue with support from Jim Williams and Eddie Steele. The Bluefield to Huntington group touts it as a sound investment for better regional life andCoal production. The eight counties along Route 52 and Route 10 hold about one fifth of West Virginia’s population and a seventh of the nation’s coal tonnage. K A Ammar urged a favorable vote.
The Great Lakes to Florida Highway Association will hold its 1981 meeting on November 17 in Wytheville Virginia. Members announced that a nationally known good roads crusader is expected to speak.
An eight unit Hoboken apartment building fire killed 11 people including seven members of a single Puerto Rican family and four Cuban refugees. About 23 residents escaped. two police officers were treated for smoke inhalation as investigators pursued cause.
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