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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1964
Page
3
In 1965 those born under the Chinese zodiac sign of the Serpent, aligned with the 12-year cycle, may see success and wealth. Soothsayer Takashima Edikan cites luck and fruitions of past efforts, though marriage ties to the Serpent are said to be weak. Cultural links to Greece and China surface in serpent symbolism.
Beverly Jarosz 16 was discovered dead in an upstairs Garf ield Heights bedroom. She was an Marymount High School freshman. Police reported three stab wounds to back and chest and possible bondage. no weapon found. she had left her grandmother's house earlier and spoke with her mother by phone. A neighbor did not enter the house when radio was heard. Father Thaddeus Jarosz found the body upon returning from work.
Eugene Brueback 50 of Staunton Va is treated at Memorial Hospital for severe head lacerations after a collision on Route 460 near Crowgey Meat Packing plant. Wayne Painter 35 from Princeton drove the eastbound car. Harry Bailey 34 from Narrows drove northbound. Bailey cited for left turn against oncoming traffic. Two parked cars damaged at the plant. Brueback surgery and blood loss reported. condition listed as fair. A second collision at Athens Road and 460 involved Gary McBride 19 Princeton and Willie Wood 47 Princeton with no injuries. Wood charged with left turn against oncoming traffic.
Obituaries and funeral notices for Una Ruth Howery Robert S Little Julius Ratliff Edna White Laura Grey Lilly and others from Bluefield and surrounding areas. Services held in Pisgah Bethlehem Finney and Glen Lyn churches with burials at Grandview Woodlawn Ratliff Peterstown and West End Cemeteries.
The Associated Press reports West Virginia will be mostly cloudy with a high of 36 to 44 Tuesday and warmer on Wednesday. In Virginia, skies will be mostly sunny with highs of 45 to 52 Tuesday and fair, somewhat warmer Wednesday.
The State Board of Technical Education outlined a 1965 start plan for two year technical colleges in Virginia communities. The state will fund about 90 percent of operating costs with local land and buildings, charging tuition near 15 dollars monthly for full time students.
The American freighter Smith Voyager, ripped by shifting cargo and abandoned, sank Sunday while towed toward Bermuda. The Coast Guard said it disappeared in 1,500 feet of water about 700 miles east southeast of Bermuda.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph reports the establishment of a daily reform association located on 41 Street, Blasti W. and notes its exclusive use for members of the association.
The Duke of Windsor accompanied by the duchess and a nurse left Methodist Hospital for a short automobile tour in Houston. It marked his first outing since admission on December 14 for surgery to remove an arterial aneurysm from his abdominal aorta.
Norfolk reports the death of sailor Wilfred J. Lusser, 25, from injuries after a car crash on a Norfolk street. He was attached to the Destroyer Ellison and died in hospital Monday from injuries sustained Sunday. The toll update increases the year’s highway death count to 1 088 for the Christmas weekend and 13 for the period.
Soviet sports writers chose Lidia Skoblikova, the woman world speed skating champion and four gold medalist at the Innsbruck Winter Olympics, as the Soviet athlete of the year marking a historic first.
On the wild, rocky mountains of the Canary Islands near Africa grow over 200 species found nowhere else. One species gave rise to the florist's cineraria, a perennial resembling a blue daisy.
Police described a rapid church rectory robbery by three masked men, two in plastic Halloween masks and one with skin worn backward. They tied Father Morris and Father Burke with surgical tape and left a portable radio monitor behind, while no reliable descriptions emerged. Rita Johnston, widow of the church custodian, noted his Monday habit of collecting receipts from hotels and churches.
Johnson's physician Burkley declares the president in excellent health and capable of four more years in the White House. He notes weight around 205 to 210 pounds and a 200 target, with other doctors agreeing 10 pounds over ideal. Johnson drinks bourbon and branch water before dinner, and shows no sign of the 1955 heart attack.
In Innsbruck Austria 34 persons were injured when two gondolas carrying about 100 passengers entered a station at full speed and struck a wall on Mt Patscherkofel. Police reported the collision occurred Monday during the approach to the station.
New Delhi announces incentives for sterilization including 21 dollars plus sick leave pay to patients and an additional 1.05 dollars to guardians who accompany them. The report also notes Golf Digest naming R H Sikes a 24 year old Arkansas golfer as rookie of the year.
Diplomats report near agreement to adjourn the U N General Assembly until January 11 and pause U S Soviet clashes over voting rights amid unpaid peacekeeping dues. Mali and Jordan reach a poll-based compromise for a Security Council seat as Alex Quaison-Lackey negotiates. U Thant returns to the UN after ulcer treatment and may urge voluntary contributions to ease finances.
Pittsburgh AP report notes National Steel Corp along with several firms raising galvanized sheet prices by six dollars per ton. The Weirton and midwest divisions match the hike with price revisions also cutting sheet widths over 36 inches. Inland Steel Co. led the move with the initial raise.
Communists Romania raises 1965 defense outlay to about 250 million dollars from 228 million in 1964, Radio Bucharest reported in Vienna.
Harry W Ward of Bolton Landing New York died at his home. He was husband of Mary Bames Gillespie Ward formerly of Pounding Mill Virginia. He is survived by daughter Mrs Josephine Bourgeois of Ticonderoga New York and two sons Jack Ward with the Engineers Corps in Korea and David Ward of Dayton Ohio. Funeral held at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Bolton Landing.
New York steel mills produced 2,557,000 tons in the week ended Saturday, the American Iron and Steel Institute reported. The output fell 3.3 percent from the prior week, which had topped a four year record. For the 52 weeks of 1964 total output reached 125,768,000 tons, well above the 1955 full year record.
Funeral services set for James G. Brookman of Princeton at 2 30 pm in George W Seaver Chapel with burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers named from Fidelis Sunday School. Celesta Barrett eight months daughter of Sherman and Ruth Barrett to be laid to rest in Cau dill Barrett Cemetery Bluefield Virginia. George H Sarver of Bluefield Bluefield Virginia to be buried at Maple Hills Cemetery after service at va Memorial Mortuary.
Senator A S Monroney predicts a tight three way race for the Democratic leadership post to replace Humphrey with Long Pastore likely vying for bloc support. He backs a rule allowing all candidates to stay in until a majority is reached, aiming for a compromise between Southern backers of Long and Eastern liberals backing Pastore.
Federal prosecutors subpoenaed several wealthy Houston businessmen to testify in a Corpus Christi trial on bets totaling 9.8 million dollars from 1959 to 1964. Indicted is Joseph Lucia a public relations man accused of conspiring to evade a 10 percent wagering tax.
Temperatures through Saturday average about 10 degrees above normal lows of 22 north and 28 south and highs of 43 north and 4 south. Precipitation after midweek totals about three quarters of an inch.
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