21 Jul 1962
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1962
Page
1
Cape Canaveral awaits a predawn Atlas Agena B lift off for Mariner 1 a 446 pound craft on a 140 day voyage to Venus. The mission aims a 30 minute Venus flyby Dec 8 to study clouds and environment and relay data on magnetic fields radiation and dust back to Earth.
In large sweeps fifty miles west of Saigon Vietnamese troops with U S air power killed nearly 100 guerrillas and captured the guerrilla political chief of the Saigon Committee of the National Liberation Front. Helicopters participated in the operation as U S forces pursued Viet Cong near the Cambodian border.
The Associated Press report states Virginia’s highway toll increased to 442 27 after the death of 16 year old Ronnie Lee Hall of Henry County. He died Friday when a bicycle rolled down a bank into a car on U S 58 near Martinsville.
A New York Wall Street clerk was seized on a $120 weekly salary and accused of stealing more than $10 million in Bache & Co. stock. The loot was hidden in a tin can across from a Broadway bar. over $1 million remains missing. Police identify the main suspect as Mr. Lima. FBI and district attorney say they are pursuing others involved.
An Independence 12 year old boy, Samuel Boyd Trimble Jr., fell 150 feet on Pine Mountain near the Pentecostal Holiness Church while playing with friends. He died instantly from head injuries and a broken neck, despite rescue efforts led by his father S B Trimble. The incident occurred about seven miles east of Independence.
Robert Eugene Lewis of Mattoon Illinois was sentenced to seven years in the Wytheville penitentiary for his role in February theft of a diamond filled jewelry case in Scofield West Virginia. Accomplice Ernest Baylor Stanger of Chattanooga was sentenced to ten years after trial in the same circuit court.
The House Highway Investigating Committee began writing a report after eight days of hearings on West Virginia road projects. Testimony said Beckley rights of way were paid at 526 306 for 27 parcels while appraisals totaled 151 435. The panel warned excess costs could reach billions if nationwide patterns match Beckley.
Sen. Jennings Randolph of West Virginia refused administration pressure after voting against the medicare amendment attached to the public welfare bill. He said supporting it would delay aid to 12 500 unemployed West Virginia families and called his vote a reluctant move to prevent an empty gesture.
President Kennedy has postponed his decision on a possible immediate tax reduction to boost the economy until about August 15. White House advisers reviewed June economic data and the national output report showing weak growth, as they weigh whether to urge Congress to act amid signs of a potential recession.
Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer was named the next U S commander in chief in Europe and Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor would become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The NATO council in Paris will select Norstad’s successor, with Lemnitzer expected to be recommended. Norstad plans to retire by November 1, and Gen. George H. Decker will be succeeded by Gen. Earle G. Wheeler.
Firefighters circled a 15 acre pine blaze on Ingles Mountain near Radford Virginia. Twenty men under Montgomery County forest warden Shirley OChafin patrolled the area and kept the fire under control. No homes or injuries were reported and crews planned to stay through Saturday.
Temperatures through Wednesday average one to three degrees below normal with lows around 58 north 64 south and highs near 83 north 87 south. Warmer Saturday cooler Sunday warmer Monday cooler Tuesday or Wednesday. Rainfall totals one half to one inch, rainfall likely Saturday and again Monday or Tuesday.
A Wall Street clerk was arrested in a million dollar stock theft with most loot still missing. The New York DA identifies a suspect nicknamed Mr. X as the likely holder of the stolen Bache & Co. certificates kept in a tin can on Upper Broadway. Page 1.
A compact page snippet lists various sections including society, comics, sports, weather and movies. It references Abby Princeton and a classified item amid the local paper’s brief amusements and notices.
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan arrived in Jakarta amid an honor guard and a 19 gun salute. He and President Sukarno planned to attend the opening of a $17 million sports complex funded and designed largely by the Soviet Union for the Asian Games.
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