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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1963
Page
2
Western powers study a new approach to easing East West tensions via unilateral moves with no binding commitments. The plan envisions parallel moves after reflection, with U S consultation with European allies, and notes the Soviet 1964 military budget shift alongside the U S base closures.
The West Virginia outlook predicts scattered snow flurries mainly in the mountains with highs from 14 to 24 degrees and colder conditions continuing into Tuesday. In Virginia, mountains stay partly cloudy with sunnier eastern areas, highs from 2 to 34 degrees, 16 to 24 in the mountains, with fair and cold Tuesday anticipated.
Conditions of three people involved in a Wyoming County auto crash Saturday night improved Sunday. Pineville football coach Sante Boninsegna was rapidly improving. Sandra Carte, also of Pineville, in good condition with lacerations. Larry McKendree and Bucky Miller treated for injuries. McKendree released, Miller hospitalized in Charleston. Police noted the collision at an intersection near New Richmond after Boninsegna and McKendree vehicles collided. The Cooke car struck the wreckage. Cooke unharmed. The crash occurred at 10 p.m.
A reporter seeking Tazewell weather found a 28 degree low after a wrong long distance call. A Texas sheriff’s office provided the odd confirmation, revealing how a call misrouted sparked a chilly misunderstanding about local temperatures.
A theater company exchanged punches with a town hall official on a staircase. Two scarlet coated attendants intervened and the company walked out. Guthrie told newsmen actors were ravenous after the performance with little to eat or drink.
Two Bluefield College students were injured and two tele graph poles were sheared off in an auto accident on College Avenue at 7 50 p m Sunday. John N Drumheller Jr 19 of Waynesboro Virginia and John W Peak 18 of Long Island Virginia suffered head injuries abrasions and knee injuries and were listed in satisfactory condition at Bluefield Sanitarium. Driver Larry Akers 16 of Grassy Branch Cutoff and two passengers were uninjured. The collision occurred near Leatherwood Lane as Akers 1948 car turned onto College Avenue. Drumheller 1963 sports car struck the poles causing most damage.
Wesley Leonard returned home at 2 p m to find Frances Leonard and six children aged four to 16 along with Ronald Womack overcome by carbon monoxide. Crew members applied mouth to mouth and artificial respiration. Eight people revived. Norma Jean Leonard 12 remained under observation.
Mrs. Hayes Porterfield, former resident of Bluefield, suffered a severe stroke at Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke Virginia. Her daughter Mrs. George Strader Jr. of 204 Spring Grove Bluefield received word of the incident.
Scattered snow flurries expected today in higher elevations of the middle and north Atlantic coast states and the lower Lakes region. Additional flurries forecast for parts of the northern Plateau the central Rockies and the interior.
FBI announced the arrest of three men in the Sinatra Jr kidnapping case. John William Irwin, 42, a Hollywood house painter. Joseph Clyde Amsler, 23, an ex Navy enlistee and former boxer. and Barry Worthington Keenan, 23, a laid‑off appliance salesman, allegedly spirited the singer from a mountain resort, paid $240,000 ransom, and were jailed within 126 hours.
Local press details and subscription rates for the Daily Teleet paper. Mentions Bland Street location and carrier prices, with references to news dispatches and affiliation with the Kats Agency.
Claude F. Stowers 53 of Bluefield died after a cerebral hemorrhage. He worked 20 years as an engineer for N W railroad and was a Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers member. Survived by wife Pearl Helen and several relatives. Other notices: Hurley Turner 61 of Erie Pa.. Mrs. Cora May Johnson 37 of Bluefield. Willard C. Howard 30 of Welch. Mrs. Idie Johnson 87 of Richlands. Mrs. Lottie Elliott Smith of Bramwell. James Grat Thompson 380 of Bland. George Felix 73 of Havace. Elizabeth Porterfield. J A Payne 89 of Richlands. Funeral plans and call hours listed for Mercer, Fanning, Rob inson Hunter, and other local chapels.
Dora T. Dingus 75 wife of John R. Dingus of Westville Ohio formerly of Davy McDowell County died. Funeral Monday at 1 p m at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel Welch. Burial in Saeger Memorial Cemetery Roderfield officiated by Captain Stanley Dort Welch Salvation Army.
A kitchen fire at the Stein craft Company adjoined apartment caused about $2500 in damage to ceilings and walls. Morris Steiner, owner, said he was boiling meat scraps for his dog when smoke was noticed. Firemen arrived at 6 10 p m and had the flames out by 6 30 p m. Chief E L McClure attributed the blaze to a dry pan on the range.
A reservoir wall leak led to a 76 foot dam section failing at 3 38 p m causing floodwaters to rush 30 feet high and 100 feet wide. Rescue teams evacuated residents by floodlight as helicopters plucked dozens from rooftops and mudfilled streets reached rooftops.
Donors to the Community Christmas Tree Association present a Friday tally totaling 155.00 this Sunday. Notable contributions include 25.00 from Laurence Tierney Jr. and 20.00 from George Snider Jr. Earlier reports show a cumulative total of 1,739.50.
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