Progress on access road to Bluefield Thayer plant noted
West Virginia and Virginia highway engineers report steady progress on surveys for the access road to Bluefield’s new Thayer plant. WV crew began near U S 52 and aims to finish mid month while Virginia engineers have completed much survey work and will coordinate with WV officials. The road will open a broad valley to industrial development and may precede the plant’s opening.
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P.ge
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
W. VA
Thayer
West Virginia
Virginia
Thayer Pliant
West
Thayer Baby Furniture
Chamber of Commerce
Eddie Steele
Binefield-Princeton
Onakvale
Adaane Cons
Ingleside
Bramwell
Weather forecast updates and temperatures for Washington
Weather Bureau reports a continued warm pattern in West Virginia with a few scattered showers or thundershowers on Friday. Cooler air is expected later with bright conditions Saturday. Washington temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 7 p.m. are listed.
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Aice
Heartae Pridey
West Virginia
Washington
Weather Bureau
Accident Cases Treated At Grace Hospital Welch
Several patients were treated at Grace Hospital in Welch yesterday after accidents. Dee Rogers a 45 year old Elbert resident and a private worker was injured when a truck ran over his foot. Ray Mills of Twins Branch suffered facial lacerations from a cut. Sparks 5 of Jolo stepped on a dirty tin can causing severe lacerations of his left foot. John R Hagerman of Jolo a brakeman for Is Creek Coal Co No 6 Bartley sustained a severe sprain when a motor ran over his foot. All patients were treated and discharged.
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Grace Hospital
Welch
Dee Rogers
Elbert
Ray Mills
Twins Branch
Eas
Sparks
Jolo
Verner Sparks
John R. Hagerman
Is- Creek Coal Company
Bartley
Gracetal
Swim Pool Officers Plan Summer Operations in St Paul
Myles Pool Incorporated officials met at Mrs. Leroy Hilton Jr. home to finalize plans for the St Paul pool this summer. Jimmy Cooper was hired as lifeguard and Virginia Counts will run the concession stand. The pool will open 1 PM to 6 PM daily with Saturday free for ages one through high school. Admissions 20 cents for students and 35 cents for adults. Season tickets 6 dollars for students and 8 dollars for adults. Private parties start at 10 dollars with 35 cents per person for larger groups.
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ST. Paul
Myles Pool Incorporated
Leroy Hilton Jr
Jimmy Cooper
Virginia Counts
Virginia Gasoline Tax Collections Up
The Division of Motor Vehicles reported April gasoline tax receipts at 5,855,404 dollars, up 105,398 from a year ago. For January through April, collections totaled 224,349,574 dollars, 1,765,862 higher than the same period in 1959.
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Richmond
Division of Motor Vehicles
Obituary notices for several local residents pass today
Obituaries list multiple individuals including Homer H. Neely 55 of Pine stemn interred at Ellison Cemetery. Frank Williams 57 of Bluefield with service at Peterstown Chapel. Mrs S H Sr Preston 45 from Tazetrell Church with Maple Wood Cemetery burial. Mrs T J Peck 84 of Bluefield with Covington Cemetery burial. Thomas M Bryson 85 of Bluefield with service at Scott Street Baptist Church and burial at Luster Grove Greensboro. Robert B Moore 74 of near [location truncated].
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Williams
Frank
Bluefield
Peterstown
Preston
S. H. Sr
Tazetrell Presbyterian Church
Maple Wood Cemetery
Peck
T. J
Covington
Bryson
Thomas M
Scott Street Baptist Church
Luster Grove
Greensboro
N. C
Caretta Miner Killed In Wreck At Olga No. 2 Mine
Jasper Scott 56, of Caretta, died after a wreck at Olga Coal Company's No. 2 mine near Welch. He jumped from a riding motor after it wrecked, suffering chest injuries and a fractured pelvis. Brakeman for the firm, he died at Grace Hospital. Page Funeral Home arranging. Survivors include his mother and several sisters.
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Jasper Scott
Careta
Grace Hospital
Welch
Olga Coal Company
Scott
Page Funeral
Polio Cases Reported in Dickenson County
Virginia officials reported two new polio cases in Dickenson County one a 10 year old boy with paralytic polio the other an 18 month old child not vaccinated both eligible per state health officials. The report notes local burial details for Robert D. Gibson Sr. and service in Bluewell and Ivanhoe areas.
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Dickenson County
Richmond
Virginia
State Health Department
Mason Romaine
Rtment
Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
AEP Eyes Private Route on Smith Mountain Dam Plan
Harold E. Tur testified that Appalachian Electric Power may pursue privately developed Smith Mountain dam on the Roanoke River near Altavista Virginia. Governor Stanley backed private capital and warned against federal plant expansion. Army engineers survey could delay private project and tax implications were cited for Virginia taxpayers.
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Washington
Congress
Smith Mountain
Virginia
Harold E. Turof
Turner
Roanoke River
Altavista
Gov
Stanley
Davis
D-Tenn
Cienn B. Updike
Dan
Roanoke River Assn
Updike
Appalachian
Army
Four Virginia Artists Receive Fellowships
Four Virginia artists received Virginia Museum of Fine Arts fellowships for the 1956 57 year. Funded by an anonymous benefactor, the awards include Miss eerie Tea Turner and Kuhn Caldwell with Turner’s fellowship valued at 1920 dollars and the others at 73 dollars each.
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Richmond
Virginia Museum of Pine
Virginia Museu of Fine Arts
Miss Eerie Tea Turner
Om Wwe Wo
Ee Kuhn Caldwell
Sno Turner
National Guard Named to Honor French Garde Nationale
The term National Guard replaces militia to honor one ench Garde Nationale, reflecting a shift in naming tradition.
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The
National Guard
Ench Garde Nationale
You And Your Heart Self-Diagnosis By Dr T Tucker Jones
Dr Jones outlines the diagnostic challenge of rheumatic fever noting no single symptom confirms the disease and emphasizes careful medical assessment. He warns laypeople often misread signs, explains serum sickness can mimic rheumatic fever, and highlights the risks of premature diagnosis without heart involvement.
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T. Tuckett Jones
M.D
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
American Council On Rheumatic Fever
The
American Heart Assn
Betty
Woether
South Bluefield Club to Sponsor Public Auction Show
The South Bluefield 4-H club will hold a show and auction at the Pinnacle Restaurant, with seven boys each entering four quarts of black raspberries. Ribbons and prize money will be awarded after judging in the afternoon, followed by a club dinner. The event is open to the public and organized by the agricultural and conservation committee.
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Pinnacle
Agricultural and Conservation Committee
Club
District banks cut loans by 4.4 million in 5th District
Federal Reserve data from Richmond shows 45 banks in the 5th District reduced loans to commercial and industrial borrowers by 4.4 million in the week ended May 30. Total loans to borrowers declined to 823.778 million, from 1.784226 billion prior to valuation reserves and interbank deductions.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Reserve Bank
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Bud) Compton
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