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Bluefield Daily Telegraph (Newspaper) - August 10, 1955, Bluefield, West Virginia Wednesday morning August 10, 1955 Bluefield daily Telegraph Bluefield w. A a Page three Virginia acts to relieve congested conditions throughout state penal system cancer number 2 death cause in state Board approves new institution Richmond aug. 9 a the state Board of welfare today the hiring a Charleston aug. 9 a an to accept new applications during Quot it is of no Avail to know the average of More than 100 month of danger signals which May mean virginians a month with syrup the Section on cancer control cancer and be unable to have Toms of cancer and no Money for attention when one appears. Medical care have been Askuig a with a rutted staff it is in approved in to to a program sub professional the state health department for awareness cancer despite the possible to direct an impressive fitted by a four member study Heip financial restraints educational program. However a committee including the recon this was True in the first 11, ,. Close working relationship with the mentation that there be a new months of the 1954-55 fiscal year.1 a f,01 a a cancer society with careful plan penal institution for mis demean a the department said in its annual a i. Of Fol ing so As not to duplicate efforts ants to relieve overcrowding report. Fiscal be. Or led a fairly adequate program of Lay throughout the system by the end of May however. Be Cass one fourth �f1 education has been the study committee Recomb Fiji a. X i mended also that the department def i i Weihn Conn and Board a be firm in their con Roll Del ii Dull Lii fictions 611111 constructive employ no u 1 b a we Iii a ment provided for ail inmates lil a special interest groups must Kod Del a mar be impressed with the fact that la Velvl la a 11iii id the intent of the diversified industries program is not compete an exec Uve committee for the Tion but protective and Economy been revised from striking one retail Trade division of the Cham a nothing is so wasteful to the i in five to one in four. Me ber of Commerce was elected and Commonwealth both in human i a seated at a meeting at 10 a m yes resources and in Money As the sit amen cans Nav living will at some ter Day in the chamber of com nations arising from enforced time develop cancer. Merce offices in the Law and com i the report continued Merce building since the division of cancer a ii Aing. Sites suggested for the new control was established in 1944. The Max Kammer was re elected penal institution were 1. Land chairman of the exec Uve com owned at the state farm 2. The Mittee to serve his second Consec unused United states Arm re utile term. Roy b. Browder will serve the group As vice chairman. Elmer w. Tabor was named treasurer of the committee and miss Lila Taylor was elected Secretary of the group. Requiring maximum Security it is gement of local ministers to pro not adequate a under the present vide religious services expansion i conditions of overcrowding a thei0f Industrial programs to the in i report said. Asti Tutins to provide for the Papu i also recommended by the com lation increase and the develop i Mittee was a formal training pro ment of programs for Handicap ram for All custodial personnel 1 Ped inmates and increase of the of some additional a educational staff at All personnel enc our states prison facilities. Of the the report noted that the pen j Bland correctional parm with i tertiary was designed to House quarters for 150, now houses Dou nol More than 1 200 inmates and Bie that number the report said. Ii a 1a t a a called a most critical the hous m2� Arm. Felons end tons if the Penitentiary is to of mis demeans ate housed together Erate at maximum efficiency and Jon both sides of the James River lit 1,1115 the report said a indicates Hausted and it was not possible a Here is More awareness of symptoms on the part of both the patient and cancer has become the no. 2 cause of death in both the nation and state. The current report said that while the incidence of cancer has wednesday specials Gay colourful Terry cloth Stop Don t i a Rains of Hao Docha neuralgia or aching muscle get you Down the combination of fast acting ingredient in stan8ack tablets bring Quick comforting Relief. Keep Stanback on Hond and when pain strike. Syrop sack Mith program has enjoyed steady growth and the experience indicates that appropriations Are inadequate to meet the increasing need and demand. With a reduction of $5,000 in the appropriation for nex year the same circumstances will exist. Mount station at front Royal 3. The unused facilities at Camp Pickett. It was be commended that crowding at the Penitentiary Bej a cancer control is aimed at the prevention of the disease when president of the chamber of Corn Ever possible and at finding ways Merce. Was presented to the com to shorten the dangerous interval Mittee and explained the functions Between the on set of the disease of the chamber of Commerce Anu a a. A a. Relieved by the switching of a Roland c. Luther newly elected number of felons from the Peni and diagnosis and Between diagnosis and beginning treatment Quot Best results can be achieved through cancer education. However As the educational program develops the clinic attendance increases and the result is More requests for assistance through division of cancer control. Tertiary to the South Side of the state farm in Powhatan county with withdrawn from that Side of the farm. A it is imperative that the overcrowding of the Penitentiary be the relieved by removing some of its population to other institutions a the import of the retail train division within it. Luther pledged his cooperation and assistance in any and All undertakings of division. C. B. Carlan Alfred land. Wood the report declared Row Jarrett. Roy d. Phillips and the group recommended that the h. R. Taylor were welcomed to guard towers and additional be the division As new members. I purity equipment be made Avail August Dollar Days were Dis Able to make the South Side farm Mother there a a cure for stains like this Fleecy White is super for getting grass stains out of play clothes banishes mildew scorch and other stains too. You la like the honest effectiveness of this time proved liquid bleaching product. Cussed and the division began planning this a bigger than every event. It was also announced that the retail Trade division will sponsor a Bluefield Day at the Bland county fair Early next month and a committee was named to plan the event. Alfred land was named chairman of the committee and he has announced a meeting of the committee to be held aug. 23. Land said that already various prize1 Are being solicited from local merchants to be awarded at the Bluefield Day event. He added that the committee hoped a goodly number of Bluefield merchants would attend the fair in a motorcade to express the Quot neighbourliness and appreciation for the patronage of the Bland county committee members Are c. Carlan Jim Strupp and j. Nabors land added. The retail Trade division meeting was presided Over by Roy Browder in the absence of Max Kantner who is training with the army reserves in Kentucky. Local american legion will choose delegates to Clarksburg meeting Riley Vest Post no. 9 of the american legion will meet tomorrow night at 8 . At the legion Home on Federal Street to elect delegates to the department convention to of held in Clarksburg sept. 2 through 5. A. A. Angrist. Commander of the Post said last night. The Bluefield Post is entitled to nine delegates and nine alternates at the convention. An grist said. Also at the meeting tomorrow night the City recreation department will present the midget baseball trophy for 1955 to the championship legion team. Gene Wilson and Steve Bourne Are coaches of the winning american legion team. Suitable for holding felons. Although the Penitentiary is in i Good physical condition and is adequate to serve those inmates Thayer Campaign reaches $311,589 industries inc. Had approximately $12.000 in Stock still remaining As of yesterday evening a spokes a Man said last night. The total in the fund is rising however As $311,589 has been accounted for thus far. E. G. Otey. Area development corporation president and Alex b. B. Mahood. Architect for the new Thayer building Are expected to return from Gardner. Mass. Today. The two men have been conferring with officials of Thayer inc. Concerning details of the new7 building and the Transfer of the juvenile furniture Plant from the Gardner site to the Bluefield area. Additional subscribers reported by the Jaycees yesterday include Hiram w. Shrader $100 mrs. Greever c. Roach $10 for bleaching a disinfecting deodorizing a removing steins so pleasant to use no offensive odor warm today thursday a followed by showers atom language gives headache to several Huntington. Aug. T m a a warming trend tomorrow and thursday was forecast for West Virginia today by the weather Bureau to be followed by a few scat ered showers thursday or Friday. Temperatures through sunday will average near the normals of 74 degrees in the North portion and 75 in the South. Total rainfall is expected to be Light. Feel the difference in your Home or office with a Westinghouse Riviera fan sleep Cool on warm nights keep Cool on hot Days with a Westinghouse Riviera the new 4-Way, reversible window fan. Portable for use anywhere in the window itself or on a table in front of an open window on the floor facing up it provides Allaround room circulation. Fan is reversible. With Blades facing out its an exhaust fan. With Blades facing in it circulates the any v incoming Cool breezes. Ge1neva. Aug. 9 wlm Are you having trouble understanding the atom does it bother you when people talk about fissionable material and nuclear Power reactors some idea of what atom scientists grapple with came tonight in a speech by Nobel winning physicist Niels Bohr of Denmark before the International atoms for peace conference Here. Or. Bohr said at one Point Quot in the mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics which contains the classical physical theories As a limiting Case the Kinematical and dynamical variables Are replaced by symbolic operators subject to a noncom putative algorithm involving Planck a shame for smokers new York i ap1 a careless smokers Are getting the a a shame technique along the Henry Hudson Parkway. To Cut Down on fires which have ruined fencing and grass plots bordering the Parkway red and White signs Reading �?ocare-1 less smokers caused this destruction have been erected at obviously ravaged sections. Blow hot air oat Superior Sterling company phone 8181 Bluefield w. A. Royal to hearing Aid impartial Teata proved a a a a a that the Zenith priced v5�?. At Leaa than a a much a offer equivalent per a a a a a a a Formant for a the aver to 11 a age operating and Upkeep a a a coat of 6 Foremost competitive tide tested aide averaging $268 com in a comp lit 0 t Alt it g00dyk00ntz drug store Bland and South streets Bluefield w. A. Sensational Specia i men s handsomely tailored Cron amp Rayon suits regular 19.95 value world Grain output sagged during �?T54, �?T55 London wednesday it aug. 10 Upit world Gram output sagged during 1954-55 after a five year postwar climb to new Heights a British government Survey showed today. A further drop was reported too. In prices which began to slip in 1953 after years of gains. There was a slackening in world Trade in All the main grains excepting Corn last year. The Survey entitled Quot Grain crops a was issued by the intelligence Branch of the inter governmental Commonwealth economic committee despite the drop in Overall Grain production the report said the United states would probably end i the current season with an All time j record wheat Stock even Topping j the 1953-54 Peak of $24,200.000 Long tons. Finger tip towels Stock up now on these m soft absorbent Finger i i tip towels. Most gorgeous u or # Olor assortment you Vever seen that la enhance any bathroom color scheme. Choose from solid colors or Candy strikes. Street floor a Penny Saver titbits America s mos1 popular washable Sci Fri Terry cloth quilted Cotton 2 51. Gay colourful open toed scuffs in assorted Floral Cotton prints and solid color Terry cloth. Soft Cushion quilting and completely washable. Perfect for travel Bath dormitory and gifts each pair cellophane packed. Sizes my for women and teens. 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