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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1963
Page
1
President Kennedy’s broad omnibus aid to education bill opens a turbulent congressional journey. Administration backers push a 24‑part program covering elementary to higher education, while critics warn the package risks collapsing if lumped together.
Obituary column lists William Brown Beaman 57 of Bartley and John Newton Gillespie 78 of Tazewell death notices. Also notes Phoeba Biamia Slone 90 Kelso and Josie Wright Keystone deaths, with service plans, burial sites, survivors, and funeral homes handling arrangements.
West Virginia lawmakers push to boost accelerated public works funds. Senator Byrd urged a $500 million increase to the APW program while Representative Hechler introduced a bill to add $900 million, doubling the current authorization. Hechler cited West Virginia projects and a backlog of needs without more authorization.
Public notice from the Daily Telegraph Printing Co. Bluefield West Virginia outlines subscription rates by carrier and mail, zones West Virginia, and a contact telephone number. It notes Associated Press membership and Katz Inc. advertising representation.
Funeral services are held today for Mrs. Sarah Steele of Steeles at 11 in Fanning Funeral Chapel Saeger with Roselawn burial. William Henry Griffith of Ingleside Road dies. service at Burns-Wornal Chapel Princeton at 1 30 p.m. Burial Oakwood Cemetery with pallbearers named. Emmett F. Peck of Swords Creek Va. funeral at Pilgrim Holiness Church Doran Va at 2 p.m. Burial Greenhills Memory Gardens Claypool Hill Va. Body remains at Hurst-Scott Funeral Home Richlands Va until service.
U S Canada dispute over nuclear warheads grows after Diefenbaker signals delay pending Nassau talks and NATO council clarification in May. Harkness notes a cabinet stay aimed at settling the arms question, while resignations are reported.
After long disagreements over nuclear warheads for NATO and North American defense, Defense Minister Harkness resigned citing irreconcilable views with Prime Minister Diefenbaker. The Cabinet discussed the move as Mabry and Woodle cases proceeded in Mercer County Court with various hearings set for the coming week.
A Bluefield Kiwanis Club talk by a Roanoke area AA member cites that AA has saved about half a million from alcoholism and highlights seven million chronic alcoholics costing industry a billion dollars annually. He notes the FBI links 59.7 percent of U. S. crimes to alcohol and describes alcoholism as a disease with bodily mental and spiritual factors.
Hancock Elementary School PTA in Bluefield outlines a plan to asphalt the playground. The drive has raised about $200 of a $500 goal, with Mercer County Board of Education labor and half the $1,000 cost to be covered by the district. Remaining funds targeted via a spring variety show and March of Dimes progress.
Two boys aged 11 and 12 face a morning hearing on robbery charges after allegedly grabbing A. M. Sutphin 60 of Charleston Terrace Bluefield. Sutphin reported his wallet containing 120 dollars was taken Sunday night and the pair were arrested shortly after the incident.
Two Montcalm men Herman Bailey aged 20 and Harold Reed 28 waived to the Mercer County grand jury on a breaking and entering charge at the Montcalm Recreational Center incident dated December 28, 1962. State Trooper J E Parsons said the duo were released on $1000 bond each after officers recovered a gum machine a radio and various goods.
Police questioned an 18 year old suspect for over an hour without result in a break in at Mrs J K W Vance’s East Princeton residence on Railroad Avenue. Entry was through a screen door. a lawn mower was recovered and several items remain missing. Patrolmen Harman Fralick Williams and Brown investigated.
State police probe a Friday night break-in at the Bluewell Gulf Oil Station. Entry was gained through a rear door and theft included two transistor radios 80 packs of cigarettes cash from a vending machine and a cash drawer. Troopers Parsons and Johnson with deputies Simons and Simmons assisted in the investigation.
An estimated $700 damage resulted from a two car collision on State Route 19 21 five miles north of Spanishburg Monday at 4 p m. Ira K Ferguson 20 of Coolridge driven north and Windfield S Luke 47 of Irwin Pa driven south collided at an angle. Ferguson was charged with failure to keep to the right at the curve according to State Trooper J L Mueller.
The Associated Press reports West Virginia will see partly cloudy skies with a high in the 40s to low 50s on Tuesday and Wednesday. Virginia forecasts mostly cloudy Tuesday with highs 35 to 40 on the eastern portion and around 50s in the southwest, near 40 west of the Blue Ridge. Wednesday brings partly cloudy mild conditions with some coastal rain.
Gov Barron said he will press at the highest levels to locate the proposed National Environmental Health Center in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The $70 million center would create about 5000 jobs and spur a new city of roughly 20000, with workers and families. The Eisenhower era site in Rockville Md was rejected for urban congestion. Barron argues proximity to Washington makes the Panhandle suitable.
Police reports show multiple thefts and damage to parked vehicles Sunday night in Bluefield. Items taken include jumper cables hubcaps battery caps a radio aerial and a lug wrench hydraulic jack and a .38 pistol from a James Ramey autos. Minor door damage occurred on Princeton Avenue with no charges filed after a Bluefield Cab collision.
Mercer County clerk recorded several property transfers including J A and Birdie Hessel to Hubert L and Eileen Kanade on Roseland Avenue Princeton for 1200 dollars, and Roy and Hazel Lacy to Grendon and Maggie Hicks for 2775 dollars. Estates probated include wills for Glyde A Thornton and John A Steele with executors named. Marriage license application by Stratton Douthat and Donna Sutherland noted along with a 10 year lease to Elk Refining Co. for a Bluewell service station.
The House Judiciary Committee sent to the floor a bill to require the governor to proclaim daylight saving time statewide from the fourth Sunday in April through the fourth Sunday in September each year. Speaker Julius Singleton Jr. introduced two bills proposing a 5 percent across the board gross sales tax surtax and major revisions to the gross sales tax law.
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