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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1964
Page
11
In Tokyo the Maritime Safety Agency reports nine crewmen died when the 105 ton fishing boat Kofuku Maru No. 11 caught fire in the northern Pacific. Eight others were rescued by another Japanese craft. several were seriously burned.
Classified notice for a 1960 Ford F 100 pickup sold by Reliable Collection Agency at 1M Scott Street Princeton. Asking price 995 dollars. Contact after office hours at Princeton 425 5950.
Mercer County motorists were cited by state police radar in Princeton. Trooper J. N. White said exact totals were not tallied as reports varied by trooper. He noted the phrase several meaning many fines paid, and that radar can catch speeders even in light traffic or at night in Southern West Virginia.
General Electric announces a new ultra thin filter for medical experiments. A plastic tape filter about one thousandth of an inch thick holds holes as small as one micron. Used for blood cell filtration, it traps larger cancer cells on the surface for staining and study. It may filter yeast and bacteria, reducing the need for pasteurization.
Princeton Postmaster Duat Hill says the Postal Service expects a record December mail volume with over 12 billion pieces moving through the system and about ten percent in the last three weeks. He urges early mailing, ZIP Codes for faster routing, secure wrapping, and including addresses inside parcels to prevent loss.
Washington notes mark the 150th anniversary of Joshua C. Stoddard born Aug 15 1774 in Pawlet Vermont The inventor introduced the steam calliope which transformed steam into music and fueled circus parades His device powered ships day boats and Barnum era shows and remains a historic oddity with one example on the Delta Queen now controlled by a remote keyboard.
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