Readers Ask About Local Rules and State Services
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph prints a Q and A outlining metermaids holding $2.50 citations, turkey hunting seasons, and duties of the Humane Society director. It also covers postal box access, consumer complaints, wage rules for minors, and state tax and public notices with direct responses from city, state, and federal agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Paige Wooldridge
the Humane Society
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Bluefield
Miners appoint 11 member panel to press Miller in Washington
An estimated 1,500 United Mine Workers of America Local 9781 miners at the Brushfork Armory named an 11 member committee to travel to Washington and urge UMW President Arnold Miller to purge the union. They also adopted a three point peace plan to curb wildcat strikes while newsmen were threatened and expelled during the three hour meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers of America District 29
Washington
UMW
Arnold Miller
Brushfork
Cealer
Fred Hutton
Miller
Hutton
Bluefield
Luther Huffman
Herndon
Huffman
Robert Baughman
0.C
Bucky) Belcher
Baughman
Jack Scott
Turnpike Bus Crash Kills One on West Virginia Turnpike
A chartered Southern Coach Co bus carrying a Virginia and North Carolina church group slid off a construction area on the West Virginia Turnpike and overturned. One person died and about 47 were injured. The bus was returning from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where the travelers had attended a event in Toledo, Ohio.
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Pat Cecil
Virginia
North Carolina
West Virginia Turnpike
Southern Coach Co
Winston-Salem
N. C
Toledo
Ohio
Charles W. Ward
Frank Keller
Selma
Keller
Princeton Community Hospital
William Sheppard
West Virginia
Sheppard
B. J. Adkins
Adkins
Ray Woodard
Durham
No Changes Seen In Presidential Security System
A Secret Service official said no dramatic changes are planned in presidential security after the Sacramento assassination attempt on President Ford. Ford met with Democratic senators on energy, played golf, and attended a party for promoted staff members amid the convention coverage.
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Washington
Secret Service
Ford
Sacramento
Jack Warner
Peggy McGraw Canned Goods Showcase Interview
Mrs. Peggy McGraw tells Telegraph staffer Jim Gilreath she has canned almost everything possible. The piece highlights her pressure canner skill and her boastful claim.
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Peggy McGraw
Telegraph
Jim Gilreath
Quake Kills 1,000 in Eastern Turkey Razing Towns
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake devastates Diyarbakir region with about 1,000 reported dead in Lice and surrounding villages. Rescue efforts continue as aftershocks strike and relief supplies arrive. Demirel plans a regional visit with Sancar.
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Ankara
Turkey
Diyarbakir
Suleyman Demirel
Semih Sancar
Nazim Kemal Deniz
Lice
Black Sea
Mardin
Siirt
Bingol
Urfa
Elazig
Miss New York is Miss America 1976 in Atlantic City
Twany Elaine Godin of New York was crowned Miss America 1976 in Atlantic City. First runner up is Susan Lawrence of North Carolina and second runner up Janet Jay Carr of California. Semifinalists from Ohio and Massachusetts in talent and California in swimsuit were chosen from preliminary rounds.
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Atlantic City
N.J
New York
Twany Elaine Godin
North Carolina
Susan Lawrence
California
Janet Jay Carr
Ohio
Massachusetts
Fromme roommate unaware of Ford plot in Sacramento
Lynette Fromme was jailed on a one million dollar bond after an alleged assassination attempt on President Ford in Sacramento. Her roommate Sandra Good described their shared life with the Manson group and said Fromme often left without notice. Witnesses recalled her in a red hooded robe and her calm demeanor before the incident.
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Sacramento
Calif
Lynette Alice Fromme
Ford
Miss Fromme
Sandra Good
Charles Manson
Capitol
Soliceman
Ares
Karen Skelton
Karen
Malaspina
Save the Earth
Manson
Squeaky
Miss Good
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Parking Commission
Northfork Blue Demons
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A. Northfork
John Brant
Pocahontas Land Company
Maitland
Pocahontas Land Co
North Tazewell
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Tazewell
Mercer County
Monroe
Greenbriar
Ralph Nader
M. S
Public Citizens Inc
Connecticut Ave
Washington, D. C
Chattanooga
Tenn
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Chattanooga Bettersagam Bureau
Siice
BBB
Nnes
Chattanooga Bank Building
Suite
Chattanooga, Tenn
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Princeton
State Tax Department
Business Tax Division
Charleston
U.S
Department of Labor
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Uefield
Hearing Aids of Roanoke, Inc
Crossroads
Roanoke, Va
United Mine Workers
T. S
Dick Nevi
First National Bank
Welch
Gateway Transit Authority
Pete
Extannees
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U. S. Department of Labor
Tr Station Industries
Capersay Tranalt
Are Id
City of
Town of
Athens
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Kentucky National
By Jim Gilberth
Inside Todays Telegraph
Buchanan County Library League
Pearl Buck
Entertainment Review
Buchanan
Business Review
Dixon
Giles
City Hall
Mercer
Otto Whittaker
IC Society Tee
Bulletin
Lynette Fromme
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