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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1964
Page
9
The Associated Press reports two West Virginia men died in separate farm tractor incidents on Thursday. Richard McDade aged 16 was crushed when a tractor overturned on his grandparents farm near Leon Mason County while he stretched a fence. Harry M. Ash aged 51 from near Bridgeport Harrison County died when his tractor upset during hay raking.
The South Bluefield Kiwanis Club at the Pinnacle Restaurant presented plaques to three past presidents Bob Tyson Jim Compton and Jim Porterfield for outstanding leadership. The club voted to send Patrick O Connor to Roys State at Jacksons Mill. Lt. Gov Art Holdsworth attended and praised the club. George Hall and Bob Tyson received nine years perfect attendance tabs and Doug Mattox two years. The club also donated $10 to the Bluefield Baseball Club.
A fire at Bluefield State College dormitory prompted two Bluefield fire trucks after a neighbor reported fumes from the windows. The blaze was a false alarm caused by fumigation fumes from a local firm that failed to notify the fire department.
The Bureau of Public Roads says 22 states including West Virginia now qualify for federal reimbursements to cover moving costs for individuals and businesses displaced by federal state highway construction. Reimbursement rates remain 90 percent for Interstate projects and 50 percent for other federal aid projects. Highway Administrator Rex Whitton noted Wisconsin led in authorizing all right‑of‑way acquisitions for its Interstate segment.
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