Bluefield Daily Telegraph Answers Reader Questions
The paper provides a Q and A column answering local questions. Topics include a Cumberland Road day care, telephone rates, rock identification, senior citizen homestead exemptions, missing Golden Horseshow photos, Bobby Vann, waste paper buyers, miner training, Bluefield central fire station plans, Sheriff Buford Pusser, WWII veteran dentures, United Way charity qualifications, VA disability vs old age pensions, Social Security address changes, and burial benefits for veterans who wills bodies to medical schools.
Carter proposes tax shift toward higher incomes
In a Saturday AP interview Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter said he would seek to shift a substantial tax increase toward higher earners while reducing taxes for lower and middle income taxpayers. Republicans seized on the remark claiming it targets families around the $12,000 to $14,000 range who would see higher taxes. Carter aides stressed the plan targets the top 5 to 10 percent of earners and would relieve lower groups.
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Usery calls emergency meeting over TWA strike
Secretary of Labor W J Usery Jr convened an emergency session with TWA and union negotiators after 12 000 mechanics and ground crews walked out. He aims to end the walkout amid talks with National Mediation Board head George Ives as the carrier faces potential passenger disruption and reduced flight activity.
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Kissinger presses Smith on Rhodesia ruling transfer in Pretoria face-to-face
Secretary of State Kissinger pressured Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith to agree to black majority rule and arranged a Sunday meeting. He warned of a race war if no progress, while South African leaders urged ground concessions amid tense demonstrations and international diplomacy.
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VEA Alleges Unfair Nonrenewals by Virginia School Boards
The Virginia Education Association says boards are firing probationary teachers before three years. VEA official F Edward Boggs cites a rise in nonrenewals mainly in the second or third year and notes no legal requirement for reasons during probation. Dr William H Cochran is named as deputy state official.
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Bluefield Man Charged with Murder After Russell Terrace Shooting
A 52‑year‑old Bluefield man Otis Dillon was arrested and charged with murder after a 28‑year‑old Walter Roger Shanahan was shot at the Dillon home on Russell Terrace around 5 p.m. The shooting followed a family disturbance and Shanahan died at Bluefield Sanitarium. A preliminary hearing is set for Dillon Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. before Magistrate C. J. Harvey.
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It Just Doesn’t Happen That Way Says WV State Police
A Mercer Detachment of the West Virginia Department of State Police comments on television cop stories, saying the portrayals do not match real life. A highway sign on Interstate 77 in Bland County marks an exit for Hicksville, a reminder of a community that existed 50 years ago.
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Princeton
Mercer
West Virginia Department of State Police
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Hicksville
Television’s crooks lose in cop shows and pills beat stomach aches
Feature notes that crime dramas repeatedly end with criminals defeated, while commercials push a cure all for digestive woes, portraying the heroics of medicine over pain.
UAW Pushes Four Day Week as Ford Strike Theme
DETROIT AP The United Auto Workers seeks a 32 hour week with pay to set a four day work cycle in its Ford strike aims. The union hopes reduced worktime becomes a model for broader job creation and other blue collar unions follow, with talks resuming Monday.
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Leonard Woodcock
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