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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1968
Page
8
WVU Extension Service outlines Pest Identification Laboratory operations led by Dr. Jack Wilson. Instructions cover specimen submission, pest of the month bag worm, pesticide shelf life, mole control and lawn mowing guidance with contact details for further information.
West Virginia University School of Medicine students and faculty create the Edward G. Stuart Memorial Lecture Fund to honor the late vice president. The fund, starting in 1968 69, will bring a health sciences expert each year with a student faculty committee selecting speakers. An initial $800 gift funds the effort with contributions invited to the WVU Foundation.
Randy Jessee of Richlands has been elected president of Virginia Tech’s journalism fraternity Pi Delta Epsilon. Fellow officers include James R. Camicia Jr. as vice president, Arthur C. Angle Jr. as vice president, Brenda Kibler as secretary, and Thomas Chesnutt as treasurer.
Virginia Tech home furnishings specialist Mrs. Mildred Payne urges careful selection of room accessories to avoid clutter. Focus on essential pieces, balance colors, and place a single outstanding object for a room’s focal point.
Virginia Tech clothing specialist Mrs Barbara Laughlin warns that dirty or dusty closets invite moths. She recommends dry cleaning or washing garments, airtight storage, and treated cedar chests to prevent moth damage, using moth flakes crystals balls or spray and following label directions.
Blacksburg readers are reminded that food producers pamper animals and poultry with supervised diets, vaccination schedules, and strict sanitary routines. The piece argues good nutrition and disease control keep high quality, affordable food available, noting feed quality and economics as key factors in a pampered supply.
The American Dairy Association signed the Cowsills a mother and her children for a four year set of TV radio and tour commercials. They are to gross about 1 million dollars the group will be paid more than any entertainer or group has received for commercials. Dick Cowsill has enlisted in the Army.
Platinum, valued for beauty, serves industrial needs in electronics, rayon manufacture, petroleum refining, optical lens production, and laser crystal growth, with ninety percent of its applications in industrial uses.
Article explains how soap is made from fats and alkali and how detergents differ in composition and behavior in water. It compares soap and detergent performance with hard water, notes built versus unbuilt varieties, lists sample brands, and mentions allergy labeling. Also offers home tips and carrot serving ideas.
BLACKSBURG Dr. E O Essary of the poultry science department notes eggs remain widely used for human foods due to high nutritive value and low cost. He cites complete vitamin and amino acid content, plus minerals. a dozen large eggs weighs about 1% pounds and costs about 32 cents per pound at 50 cents a dozen.
In New York AP copy Pace College professor Leonard M. Tompakov explains language meaning hinges on pitch. He notes Vietnamese homographs like NAM can mean many things from south to fire depending on intonation.
A three-year labor contract was reached between Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp and the United Steelworkers of America. At Ravenswood plant 2900 hourly workers will receive wage increases of 20 cents, 12 cents, and 13 cents over three years, plus expanded vacation pay, enhanced benefits, an extra paid holiday, and better shift and insurance terms. Kaiser notes 12 other plants in six states are covered by the agreement.
In 1654 Saxon miners failed to smelt copper ores that unknowingly contained nickel and blamed the curse on the ore. They dubbed the metal kupfernickel meaning Old Nick's copper, reflecting the demon they believed blocked the smelting.
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