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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1964
Page
3
Rep. Gerald R. Ford said he has made no decision on challenging Rep. Charles A. Halleck for House GOP leadership. A meeting of Republicans is set to discuss rules and party matters with no firm agenda or timetable announced.
Police said a World War II German bazooka fired a single shell toward the United Nations headquarters last Friday. The blast occurred in the East River near Queens, about 100 yards from the U N building. Ernesto Che Guevara was addressing the General Assembly at the time. No injuries or damage were reported. Ordonnance experts at Aberdeen Proving Grounds confirmed the weapon’s German make.
The Bluefield Old Guard with Mrs. Mary Edmunds presents a Christmas program today at 10 30 in the Men's Bible class room of Trinity Methodist Church The Men's Chorus will entertain with special songs for the event Walter V Bourne arranged the program for M K Tabor who is on vacation in Florida.
Officials report about 50,000 Reservists ordered to drill with units with most likely moving into a pool. Proposals envision 41,000 unit fillers now rising to 141,900, while 3,500 reserves might be absorbed into the Guard. 39,000 men could join the pool. 60 to 70 percent of a unit could opt in. Pool members would not drill or be paid except possibly for summer training. Unclear fate of college ROTC training program.
Notice outlines annual subscription price of 26.00 for West Virginia, with mail options and regional rate information. Mentions local news publication, audit bureau representative, and contact telephone.
Funeral services for Lucille Washington Moore 49 of Freeman die in a Bluefield hospital. Elder L. Aaron and Rev. Thornton will officiate at Jones Chapel United Holy Church Simmons with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Survived by husband Daniel Moore and four children.
Nellie W Boothe of Tazewell Virginia to be buried at Grandview Memory Gardens after services at Peery and St Clair Funeral Chapel with pallbearers James Reynolds Arthur Boothe Jack McCann Robert Boothe Jimmy Boothe and others. Mrs Mabel Manuel Shumate of Roanoke Virginia to have graveside rites at Monte Vista Park Cemetery with Rev A L Brewster officiating. Dora Cynthia Gravely of Waynesboro Virginia to be buried at Maple Hill Cemetery after services at Hawkins Funeral Chapel with active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed.
Wyoming County Principals Association members led by Ace Stewart met at Cow Shed Restaurant with five guests. J Paul England reported on talks with Governor-elect Hulett Smith about possible teacher salary increases and Jesse Houck outlined progress of the new Wyoming County Student Council Association. The next meeting is January 5 in Pineville with lunch.
State Trooper P. E. Gyke spoke to the Green Valley Glenwood Kiwanis Club on highway safety. He outlined rising wrecks, loss of life and limb, and the financial costs, with Howard Faulkner as program chairman and visitors Amos Beam and Fred Lucas noted.
Talks on steel contracts open with wage, pension, and insurance issues to be discussed. President Johnson hopes a settlement avoids broad price rises, while the industry urges the union to refrain from re opening demands. The union says it will push its proposals at the bargaining table and disputes the company cost figures.
Funeral services for 18 year old James Dewey Proffitt Jr of Bluefield Rt 2 who died in a auto accident on Old Bluefield Prince ton Road will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Church of God on Airport Road with Rev W P Passmore officiating. Burial will be in Nunn Cemetery. Pallbearers include Walter Proffitt Dennis Proffitt Charley Carroll John Spicer Thomas Roten and Jim Gilpin. He was a son of Mr and Mrs James D Proffitt. He is survived by four sisters Brenda Lee Charlotte Ann Gloria Janet and Linda Mae Proffitt of the home and the paternal grandmother Mrs Ella Mae Proffitt of Rt 2 Bluefield.
Milt Clegg WVU senior end will play in three post season bowls. He will suit up for the Liberty Bowl against Utah in Atlantic City New Jersey Saturday. He is also invited to the East-West Shrine in San Francisco January 2 and the Hula Bowl in Honolulu January 8.
Pompano Park, Florida's only winter harness track, starts a 92 night season at a new $15 million facility in Pompano Beach. The track between Miami and West Palm Beach will operate nightly except Sundays and excluding December 24 25 and January 4.
Election of officers will highlight the December meeting of Tri Angle Sportsmen's Club members at the Pinnacle Restaurant on Federal Street tonight at 6 30 p m. A film on outdoor life will also be shown, according to club spokesmen.
London, former British heavyweight champion, defeated Chip Johnson of Naples Florida in a match at Wolverhampton England. Johnson fought hard but London secured the win in the bout.
The German army sent four surrounded Americans in Bastogne a two hour surrender demand on December 22 with a notice in German and English. General McAuliffe refused, the Germans withdrew a white flag but left a cardboard message, and fighting renewed until allied relief broke the siege on Christmas morning.
Mercer County Circuit Court order restricts racial protests at the Bluefield YM YWCA prompts a federal suit challenge. Concord College student William Curtis Weimar says action will be taken to determine the injunctions validity. Fourteen demonstrators from Concord and Bluefield State Colleges protest outside the Bluefield Daily Telegraph over editorial policy and alleged news distortion. Weimar and two others arrested face assault and destruction of property charges. a Washington attorney for the NAACP will represent them at trial.
The Bluefield College choir performed Christmas music for the Bluefield Rotary Club at the West Virginian Hotel during a weekday lunch. The 40 member group directed by Robert Smith featured soloists Barbara Baldwin Tim Montgomery and Becky Poling with pieces including Silver Bells Frosty The Snow and Fum Fum Fum.
Mostly sunny in Virginia with highs in the 40s and mountain areas 35 to 40. Not as cold at night. Thursday brings mostly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures with possible rain in far west. West Virginia becomes partly cloudy and warmer, highs in the 30s east and 40s west, increasing clouds and rain likely Thursday.
Sheriff elect Paul Goode of Wyoming County names inside staff and field deputies to enforce the law for the four-year term starting Jan 1. The inner team includes J Russell Beavers Lavara Pritchard Gladys Shipeman Dan Justice Frank Laxon Jr Lettie Cook. Field deputies cover Center Barkers Ridge Oceana Huff Creek Baileysville Clearfork Mullens Glen Rogers Soulsville Slab Fork districts.
Deputy Grandmaster John R. Groves of Dunbar Kanawha County West Virginia was killed in a car crash near Summersville Monday night. His wife drove the vehicle when a tire blew out causing the accident. Mrs Groves, a member of the Past Assembly of Rebecca Lodges, was treated and released from Summersville hospital.
Bluefield post office hours are 8 30 am to 5 30 pm to help patrons as the Post Office Department projects a record Christmas mail volume seven billion pieces nationwide. Bluefield totals show 120,900 Christmas stamps sold and mail volume about 17 percent below last year. ZIP codes are urged on return addresses.
Five people were injured in three separate crashes with two killed in the area over the past three days. Robert William Tolbert and David V. Akers Jr. were hurt in a Bland County wreck. James E. Bailey died from injuries. Walter Skeens and Jimmy Sawyers were injured near Bluefield. James Dewey Proffitt Jr. was killed. Robert Brower was pinned in a truck crash east of Princeton.
The Pineville Presbyterian Church Men’s Club held its regular dinner at the church. The Brooke Cooke Circle chaired by Mrs. John B. Thomas ran the dinner and a report on Fellowship Hall repairs was presented. Attendees included Harold Griffith Ed Hawley Ernest Hays Gilmer Hines James McDermitt Darrell V. McGraw Harold Metz Paul Viers Dr. Sam Lambert and Rev. R. J. Chenoweth Jr.
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