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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1950
Page
14
Gary, W. Va., June 6 Andrew Roletta, 64, fell down 72 steps and survived. He was taken to Grace hospital at Welch for treatment and observation of injuries including a possible skull fracture and abrasions to the chest, knees, arms, face, and ear.
Mayor Titi Legato of Davy West Virginia announced the regular meeting set for tonight is postponed to Tuesday night of next week.
A city board meeting ended in a three-way deadlock over the city attorney appointment with two votes for Phillip T. Lilly Jr. and two for Jerome Katz, plus one for Howard Jarrett. A new vote will be held next week as no pressing need exists.
Bluefield city board approves building permits for fifteen properties including repairs at 121 Park Street and 2101 Farmer Avenue, new dwellings on Ohio Street and Cumberland Road, a two story brick business project on Princeton Avenue, and a front wall at 206 Duhring Street, with costs ranging from 25 to 6000 dollars.
Seven Bluefield College students make the final dean's list for the last semester led by Winnie Wallace with a 94.50 average. Others include Joyce Gregory 94.34 Don Looney 93.80 Nellie Linthicum 93 Jane Wells 92.50 Marilyn Keeton 92.34 and Charles Addington 92.17, as criteria require averages of 92 or higher with strong conduct. A second list of 50 students covers averages of 84 and above with no grade below 76 and an A in chapel, naming Oscar Hastings and many others.
In Richmond Virginia railroads awaited instructions from the Interstate Commerce Commission after the Supreme Court ruling on dining car segregation. The Southern Railway and C and O pledged to follow federal and state law, while the C and O noted it must separate interstate and intrastate passengers. Officials of the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac studied the decision as dining service continuity was noted between regions.
A Bluefield man recalls constant gas pains after meals and credits Ceravin. The ad claims Ceravin pre meal use with ten herbs plus vitamins B and iron relieves gas, strengthens nerves, and enriches blood, promising relief from misery.
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