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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1962
Page
4
London endures a severe sulphurous smog with more than 60 sudden deaths and 200 hospitals on alert. Visibility dropped to near zero in parts of the city as curfews and transport delays spread, with Health Ministry urging vulnerable groups to stay indoors.
The market advances for six weeks with rare setbacks and strong momentum. Robert H. Stovall of E F Hutton notes limited investor control and suggests rising public participation could sustain constructive price gains amid occasional profit-taking.
A 26 year old Hancock man lay helpless beside a wrecked car on a lonely mountain road for four hours with a broken leg. He started a fire to keep warm, attracting the attention of State Trooper Ira M. Carter who transported him to Berkeley Springs Hospital in West Virginia. He was treated for shock exposure and a broken leg and listed in fairly good condition.
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Witness Brown testified about early morning events at the Princeton Avenue area furniture store and a fire scene on November 30 1948. He denied signing an unsread statement and said officers urged him not to hire a lawyer. Land echoed Brown’s account while denying theft, as the trial neared its close.
United Nations Economic Committee unanimously approved a U S Soviet declaration linking disarmament progress to aid for lesser developed nations The measure will go to the General Assembly for ratification Sen Gordon Allott urged real progress in disarmament negotiations and cautioned against binding language by designating it a declaration rather than a resolution The text was negotiated by U S and Soviet teams on the committee
Elizabeth Dorothea Novicki, 60, paroled last August from the Alderson reformatory, was arrested by FBI agents in Miami on a parole violation. She allegedly tried to cash a $65,000 home purchase check and a $7,000 furniture check, both drawn on non existent accounts. She had been employed as a bookkeeper since October while serving a five year sentence for interstate transportation of fraudulent checks.
Mexico will receive five patrol boats from the United States arriving in Tampico next Monday. The ships will operate in the Gulf of Mexico to protect fishing fleets from pirates and enhance maritime security, according to authorities.
Bluefield State College announces its Artist Series with three major events. John Fleming performs December 11 delivering song and poetry recitals after touring Europe and Russia. Kraeuter Ensemble follows January 7 with Phyllis and Karl Kraeuter as soloists and composer. April 26 closes with pianist Herman Godes, WVU professor praised by Casadesus. All shows at 8:15 p.m. in Dickason Hall Auditorium.
Heavy snow warning in mountain Virginia with accumulations around six inches. Weather shifts to flurries in southwest areas while rain clears east of the mountains in West Virginia with windy, colder conditions and highs in the 40s, dropping to the 20s and 30s in higher elevations Thursday night and Friday.
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a $798,000 loan on Wednesday to Powell Valley Electric Cooperative in Jonesville Virginia. The loan supports improvements and service expansion for the Powell Valley cooperative.
The Bluefield Post Office endorses two pre Christmas appeals. Dec 12 deadline for local parcels and Dec 8 for distant parcels, with greeting cards to nearby Washington area by Dec 15 and distant states by Dec 10. First class four cents urged to ensure service and delivery, with forward and return options noted for addressed cards. third class mail cannot be forwarded.
The United States and Britain warned at a 17 nation disarmament conference that Khrushchev might declare a halt to Soviet testing. Dean and Wright argued a halt would be a diplomatic move to mislead the West, while scientists still need months to assess past blasts.
AP report from Rome says businessman Giuseppe Zanzarri discovered his car stolen and rushed to report it to police. On the way he witnessed three men fleeing the scene.
Sweden’s King Gustaf Adolf and Queen Louise will undertake an official visit to France from May 28 to 31, according to the Foreign Office announcement.
Obituaries list Frank T. McQueen of 109 Reynolds Ave Bluefield Va with funeral Thursday at 2pm in Dudley Memorial Chapel. Burial Maple Hill Cemetery. McQueen Naval WWII veteran and Memorial Baptist member. Also note Lena Bauman Jones of Pembroke dies at 75. survived by husband and many children. funeral Friday 2pm at Pembroke Christian Church. burial Birchlawn Cemetery. Other obituaries include Ray Wilson Lambert of Hensley burned in Jacksonville Fla fire. Maude Shell Mowles of Bluefield at Longworth Apartments. James E Snyder formerly of Honaker. services and burial details provided.
Mammanutamus T. Sluss 84 native of Mud Fork Tazewell County Va died at home on Wednesday. Survived by four sons Herbert Sluss McKinley Shiss Calvin Sluss Levi Sluss three daughters Mrs Clyde Sluss Mrs Norman Anderson Mrs James Fortner one brother F N Sluss 61 grandchildren 53 great grandchildren 39 great great grandchildren funeral Friday 2 p m Mud Fork Christian Church with Rev Charles Sublett officiating burial in Mud Fork family cemetery Pallbearers Roy Dickenson John Powell Albert Sluss Grat Shrader Vernon Anderson Lawrence Sheppard Mose Hayes.
Guy E Bratton of Springs Road Princeton will be buried at Bethel Cemetery after a 2 p.m. Thursday service at Bethel Methodist Church with Rev Ernest Boyd presiding. Pallbearers include David Miller Don Pettrey Gaylen Pettrey Garnet Saunders C H Ashworth Fred Cook Carl Fletcher Virgil Fletcher. The body returns to residence for placement in church at 1 p.m. Memorial Funeral Directory of Princeton handles arrangements.
Edward F. Williams, assistant professor of music at Concord College, will sing tenor in Handel's The Messiah with the Bluefield Choral Society at 8 p.m. Tuesday December 11 in the Graham High School Auditorium. Other soloists include Bonnie Hopkins and Frank Hancock. Conducted by Curtis Cheek, the concert features Betty West as organist and Pat Testerman at the piano.
Television viewers in Charleston received a Houston channel clearly for a few hours Wednesday night in a 1000 mile reception anomaly. Officials cited atmospheric conditions as the likely cause of the unusual transmission.
The McDowell County Homemakers meeting in Kimball at the Memorial Building was chaired by Mrs. R. Robinson with 11 of 15 clubs present. Guests included Wesley Lynch who urged Rural Area Development training for jobs and club participation. John Jones promoted Washington Carver Camp and 4 H involvement. Clubs outlined 1963 aims in Food Production, Home and Family Life, Youth, Public Affairs and RAD initiatives.
James McKinley Scott of Rolfe McDowell County was jailed for six months for possessing a concealed dangerous weapon. He faced a grand jury action on armed Tos and received fines for reckless driving and for driving with an expired permit. Authorities say he threatened Mercer Cab Co driver Carl Dillard with a straight razor stole his cab and wrecked it after a chase through Bluefield. hearing before Squire Charles Caffee.
The University Club invites members and wives to a Friday 7 30 p m holiday party at the West Virginia Hotel club headquarters. A buffet dinner commemorates the club's third year in the hotel quarters with Elmer Gillespie and Joe Hindsley in charge.
Adm. Robert L. Dennison commander of NATO's naval forces will fly to Europe on Thursday for talks with Vice Adm. Harold P. Smith in London. He will attend NATO meetings in Paris beginning December 10.
Clyde Powell, 57, was killed in Upshur County at the Reppert Fairmont Coal Co. mine on Turkey Run. Powell, a shot foreman with the firm since March 1954, was working with seven colleagues when a rock fall crushed him.
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