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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1962
Page
2
Washington AP meteorologists reject claims that high altitude nuclear detonations could change weather. D Lee Harris and Jerome Namias say troposphere limits and lack of data rule out broad regional or worldwide effects. Local showers may occur within miles of a blast but no major climate impact is supported.
Seventh grade students from Pocahontas Elementary School held a year end program with Rainbow as the theme. Debra Belcher and Michael Kovach welcomed attendees while Timothy Nowlin led the pledge. Faculty directors were Mrs Frances Heckler and Terry Whittington.
West Virginia Attorney General Donald Robertson warned at a Bluefield Rotary Club luncheon that the nation’s worst danger comes from within. Accompanied by Assistant Attorney General Ben Yancey, Robertson urged citizens to guard their way of life through constant vigilance and public involvement. The talk, held at the West Virginia Hotel, was introduced by Ernest G. Otey with James McCoy organizing.
Fragmentary newspaper masthead from Bluefield West Virginia describes Daily Telegraph Printing Co publication details. It cites Associated Press membership and carrier subscription note with incomplete circulation data and local office addresses.
Funeral services for Chief Petty Officer Jack Smith of Princeton will be held at Burke Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery after he died Friday at Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Also noted are multiple obituaries including Robert Lee Taylor of Grundy and Edna Young Mitchell of Bluefield with details on survivors and service times.
John H. Numn aged 85 of Princeton died recently. Funeral service at 2 pm at the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Princeton with Rev. Quentin Hughett presiding. Burial follows in Resthaven Cemetery. Body remains at Bailey Funeral Home and will be taken to the church an hour before the service.
Rebecca N. French of Rt 4 Littlesburg Road Bluefield died late Tuesday at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body is at Hawk ins Funeral Home in Bluefield.
John W. Milner of 1315 Franklin Street Bluefield was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium at 7 30 after a pedestrian vehicle collision at Lee Street and Princeton Avenue. He suffered bruises and abrasions and is under observation as police investigate the incident.
The Bluefield Board of Directors approved fourteen building permits totaling 5625 and six new business licenses at the Municipal Building. Permits cover additions and repairs at multiple addresses including Lebanon Avenue Highland Avenue Jones Street Mountain View Avenue and others, with costs ranging from 25 to 1850. New licenses include Bodell Heating and Plumbing Co. Roanoke plastering contractors Francisco and Son painting and more.
Phillip Platnick, 61, of Bluefield, remained hospitalized in Princeton Memorial with internal injuries after a two car crash on the Bhiefield Princeton Road. Edward E. Warden, 16, of Princeton, drove the other car and was cited for entering the highway against oncoming traffic. Passenger Margaret Winfrey, 46, of Rt. 1 Princeton, was treated and released.
William Dale Shrewsberry age 36 of Dott Mercer County faces a federal grand jury action on August 2 in Beckley for manufacture of liquor. He was arrested by Alcoholic and Tobacco Tax agents and Mercer County deputies after waiving hearing in Bluefield. Bond set at 500 dollars. Officers seized a 25 gallon still pot made from a washing machine copper tubing a gallon of mash and three gallons of moonshine whiskey at a still site near Dott.
Sherman Phipps was elected president of the Abbs Valley Boissevain Pocahontas Democrat Club for the coming year at Union Hall Pocahontas. He succeeds R C Thompson with Sherman Phipps also named vice president along with officers Mrs Vena K Harman secretary and H V Cook treasurer.
Bluefield Y's Men elects Roger Aker as president succeeding Charlie Eggleston after a 12 month term. International Director Dean Hufford officiated at YMCA Charter Night program. Theodore Lockwood of Concord College spoke. new officers include Ike Fuqua Dewey Houck and John Magann.
The Bluefield Old Guard will convene at Trinity Methodist Church today at 10 30 a.m. Leroy Poythress of Appalachian Power Co. will speak as guest of TI N Fuqua who arranged the program.
The Public Service Commission will hear June 21 a complaint by William J. Thomas and four Pineville residents that they were denied water supplies. The Center Public Service District allegedly cut off water for nonpayment on sewer charges they did not use. the district says it does not operate the water works system and has no control, and the complainants are not connected to the sewer system the district runs.
Police investigate three thefts totaling 35 dollars in motor oil and tools from Ashland Oil Co. bulk plant storage yard on East Wayne Street. Reports also cite vandalism at East End School with broken window glass and street lights in the area damaged in the same period.
The text notes the largest chamber of commerce in the southern hemisphere is located in Buenos Aires Melbourne and Johannesburg following.
In Area City elections Mayor Vaughn Stewart ran unopposed and begins a nine term tenure with 193 votes. Council winners include Reed Cook 177, Russell Beavers 167, Avery Dixon 134, Jamie Brook 123. Ne¢ Rogers and John F. Scoleri tied for fifth with 114 each. Oceana results show D C Cook mayor 258 to 202 Oscar Morgan. J D Hurst recorder 242 to 199. five council seats go to Ralph Hicks 308 Jos Sams 268 Hassell Blackburn 256 Ernest Conley 252 Ivan Daniels 245.
Walter Edward Booth, 27, of Glen Lyn, jailed in Mercer County on charges of passing worthless checks. He allegedly cashed two bad checks at Peoples Drug Store in Princeton, one at the Army and Navy Store, and attempted another at Effler's Radio and TV Service. Investigation continues.
Members of the Bluewell Lions Club met at Club La Saluta to map a Mercer County Clean-Up Campaign for summer. President Okley Carner announced new officers will be installed for the 1962 63 fiscal year at the next meeting set for 7 p.m. June 19 at the same venue.
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