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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1958
Page
2
WV officials say Congress extended unemployment benefits with federal financing, adding 12 weeks. A special legislative session is required to accept the aid, as the next regular session starts in 1950. State debt is not created by the federal program.
Obituaries for Benjamin Brown 88 Keystone Ky died after two months illness. Services Sunday 1 p.m. Borders Ky with interment in family cemetery. Survivors include wife Annie and 27 relatives. Lillie E Stanley 66 Pearisburg Va died suddenly. Survived by husband Charles and six sons, four daughters, siblings and many grandchildren. Services Sunday 2 p.m. Branham residence Pearisburg. burial Shiloh Cemetery Bland County. George Washington Stumbo 74 Havaco Va died at home. Interment Ger Ger Sae Ger Memorial Cemetery. survivors include daughter, stepchildren, siblings. George W Robinson 79 Hot Springs Ark died. services Monday 2 p.m. First Methodist Bluefield Va. burial Grandview Memorial. Charles E Steele 58 Waitville Waiteville W Va died. funeral details and survivors listed. services Sunday 2 p.m. Union Church Waiteville with church cemetery burial.
A collection of funeral and burial notices from multiple towns announces services today and upcoming services. Names include William Christian Bertie J Pyle Walker H Blevins Roy M Keys Mrs Frank P Sundow Charles B Bostic George W Robinson Phyllis Ann Fink William Green Frank M McGlamary and Frank M McGlamary samt others with church and cemetery details across Gary Bluefield Pembroke Abbs Valley Wytheville Damascus and surrounding areas.
Bramwell accountant Millard L. Rigney was placed in probation for three years and fined 250 dollars after a federal judge found falsification of income tax reports for clients over several years. He may not file returns or deeds for others during probation and must pay costs. IRS says complaints persisted for years, with refunds recovered in the thousands and as much as 25 to 30 thousand still due.
Institutions Commissioner Harold Neely ordered an investigation into a series of robberies attributed to five convicts working as trusties at the West Virginia Home for Aged and Infirm Negroes in Huntington. State Police arrested the five from Huttonsville linked to 25 burglaries. Neely said no comment until inquiry concludes. He also noted a legislative committee will inspect fiscal records at the State Penitentiary in Moundsville Monday.
Trinity Methodist Church will not hold services this Sunday as pastor Dr. Frank Shaffer attends the West Virginia Methodist Conference in Buckhannon.
Trailways bus schedules resumed by Tennessee Coach Company with non union labor. 135 drivers and maintenance workers struck six weeks seeking higher pay. Pickets peaceful in Bluefield Bristol Knoxville Chattanooga and Atlanta as two Tennessee runs into Bluefield continue daily.
The Associated Press forecast says West Virginia will be mostly sunny Saturday with highs 66 to 70 in the east and low 70s in the west. Sunday remains sunny and slightly warmer with highs near 80, cooler in mountains. Virginia sees Saturday mostly sunny skies with highs in the 70s. Sunday stays sunny and a bit warmer with highs near 80, cooler in mountains and along the coast.
The Holston Methodist Conference announced seven new churches and 13 new buildings worth about 1.006 million dollars. Ten building fund campaigns aimed at 1.15 million dollars with 1.2 million pledged, plus reports of roughly 10,000 members added. Net gain likely between 200 and 300 after removals. Retirement approved for four long serving ministers.
HAMLIN West Virginia Lu cian Bryant, 22, of Harts drowned Friday while swimming in the Guyandotte River near Atensville Lincoln County State Police reported Bryant was swimming with an unidentified friend when he disappeared in about 54 feet of water Rescue workers recovered the body
Lebanon's Foreign Minister Charles Malik told the United Nations Security Council that only the UN can stop the United Arab Republic from eroding Lebanese independence. He delivered a lengthy indictment of the Nasser regime alleging arms smuggling subversion and inflammatory broadcasts while urging international action. UAR Ambassador Omar Loutfi denied interference and accused Lebanon of internationalizing a domestic dispute.
In Buffalo on a windy day bartender Anthony Culina tossed 1109 dollars in small bills from a paper bag by a bank. Only 1065 were recovered after a passerby and two policemen helped collect the money, a loss of 35 dollars.
The FBI arrested three young men in a staged escape near a dirt trail after a planned car theft. Knox and Gray were taken into custody after a pursuit with agents providing cover, while a third accomplice surrendered later that Friday. Knox is noted for a local Bluefield dance band and two years at Concord field College.
Tunisia and Morocco asked an Asian African bloc meeting at the United Nations to consider presenting the Algerian question to the General Assembly in the fall. The move follows De Gaulle's pledge of equal rights for Algerians and French in Algeria.
Republican Lou W. Welch 31 from Helena aims to challenge Democratic Senator Mike Mansfield in the general election after winning a slim 2 vote edge over Blanche Anderson in the GOP primary. Anderson, a 62 year old Helena widow, sought the party nomination.
President Eisenhower asked Congress for an extra 590 million dollars to fund increases in military pay for the next fiscal year beginning July. The president signed the military pay increase bill on May 3, and the raises took effect the following Sunday.
Orders filed by Judge F Morton Wagner detail case dismissals with prejudice and several rulings including a $100 jury award to Raymond McElory and Thelma McElory against Reed Stump Motors and a $400 settlement in a bastardy suit. New suits listed include Bluefield city versus Ruth W Anderson and others. Marriage license applications and fiduciary orders are noted along with numerous real estate transfers and estate proceedings.
West Virginia Methodist Conference approved purchasing an 852 acre tract in Roane County for an assembly and training center on the Spencer Parkerburg road seven miles from Spencer. The site budget includes 21 250 for final purchase and development. the Roane County Chamber of Commerce aided with 10 000. The conference also approved a 12 million dollar operating budget for the new year and a 500 000 loan application by West Virginia Wesleyan College for married student housing. A two million dollar capital funds drive for Wesleyan was recommended.
Fire destroyed the Virginia Motor Co. garage in Gate City Virginia causing over 100000 dollars in damage. Albert S Wilks the service manager said the whole shop was in flames seconds after the fire began. He and a mechanic escaped. Seven customers cars inside the garage were destroyed by the blaze. Firemen said gasoline on the floor likely ignited the fire.
Secretary of Defense McElroy suggested the Eisenhower administration may not spend all defense funds if Congress approves the House version totaling 38.4 billion dollars for manpower. He and General Twining testified adequate forces exist for major or brush-fire wars, and impoundment could occur if Congress adds funds beyond the President’s request.
Moscow AP reports Soviet scientists request tape recordings of Sputnik III’s signal during Earth shadow when onboard chemical batteries replace solar power. They seek data from servers abroad to study orbit behavior and transmissions from the 1%-ton satellite launched three weeks earlier.
Frank A. Hoffman and Freda McCoy returned from Dayton Ohio where they attended a national United Fund Campaign leaders conference. The meeting highlighted a 412 million dollar national giving total and featured General Alfred Grenather former NATO head and Red Cross president as principal speaker. Hoffman to lead the 1958 United Fund of Greater Bluefield and McCoy named publicity chairman.
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