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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1964
Page
4
Louisville AP reports the first five days of 1964 burley tobacco sales show an average of 62.77 per hundred pounds, the highest opening week since 1961, with 106,334,115 pounds sold for 66,221,847 dollars. Sales were 70 million pounds for 42,689,645 dollars opening week last year.
White mercenaries and Congolese troops eliminated a rebel sniper nest in Stanleyville south bank. About 80 rebels surrendered after a beachhead was seized and a mortar was captured. More than 30,000 Congolese detained for screening. hundreds buried or dumped in the river amid fears of typhoid.
Lawmakers open a two day study session to review reports on higher education state banking and a proposed nuclear energy pact for southern states. The interim committee meets at 10 a.m and 2 p.m with reports on medicare and legal advertising changes.
Twelve new members were inducted into Chapter 2460 Future Business Leaders of America at Kimball High School in McDowell County. Rev. William Turner spoke, with administrators and sponsors officiating as students and guests gathered for the ceremony.
In snow flurries five Special Forces units totaling 75 paratroopers jumped from C 119 aircraft onto a dairy pasture near Sissonville. No injuries were reported. Guardsmen from Charleston Parkersburg Huntington Clarksburg and Kingwood participated.
The United States President Ulysses S. Grant was charged with speeding in his carriage and forfeited a $20 bond. The incident highlights early presidential legal scrutiny and citation processes in the era.
Eastern Associated Coal Corp announces a major expansion of its Keystone mining operation in McDowell County. The plan includes a new cleaning plant and the acquisition of about 12 million tons of adjacent Pocahontas coal reserves from Tierney interests. Production is to rise from 8 000 to 10 000 tons daily, with total reserves surpassing 60 million tons and a 30 year outlook.
Local equipment firm promotes sales of new and used food service supplies. It lists UTT Equipment and Supply Co at 323 Mercer Street Princeton West Virginia and Bluefield WV phone numbers 4253154 and 3279812 and notes open by appointment.
Nearly 2,000 people filled the Astor Hotel ballroom to toast Norman Thomas on his 80th birthday with coffee, Danish pastries, and handshakes. Thomas used the occasion to criticize President Johnson's Vietnam policy and poverty program while urging immediate cease fire negotiations in Vietnam and warning that U S aid defends democracy where it does not exist. Vice President-elect Hubert Humphrey sent a warm message praising Thomas's long career.
The article explains that ancient Egyptians buried dolls in tombs to perform routine tasks for the deceased in the afterlife.
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