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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1961
Page
2
Sheldon Iowa residents faced the bank failure after Burnice Geiger embezzled about 2 million dollars her 15 year federal sentence followed. FDIC paid insured deposits up to 10000 and began liquidating assets to return funds.
Informants say Fidel Castro plans to unite the July 26 Movement the Popular Socialist Party and the Revolutionary Directorate into a single revolutionary party.
Dedeaux Dedeaux, elected sheriff in 1960, says a bombing stems from revenge against police actions in gambling raids. Deputies checked sites on U S Highway 90 and found no gambling. He notes narcotics arrests and whiskey-dealer actions as part of enforcement. Mississippi remains dry. He also disputed AP findings of gambling in Gulf Coast night spots. Harrison County spans Biloxi coast.
Martha Sue Baxter Bell 53 widow of George M Bell died at sister’s home in Glen Lyn Va after a two year residence She leaves two brothers Ray Baxter Denver Colo and John Baxter Hawaii and two sisters Cleo Bell Glen Lyn and Ava Ould Glen Lyn Funeral at Rich Creek Baptist Church with burial in Birchlawn Cemetery Officials list pallbearers before transfers to Clea Bel residence for viewing John Lee Horton 75 of Barren Springs Wythe County and John Casteel 54 of Cedar Bluff among others noted in the notice with services and burials.
Albert Hardin aged 75 of Mohawk died Friday from a heart attack while being taken to a hospital. Survived by two daughters Mrs Pearl Mounts and Exonia Hardin of Mohawk. three sons Troy of Chillicothe D Dewey of Panther and Cecil of Mohawk. two brothers Bill and George of Matewan. one sister Mrs Sarah Lane. Funeral conducted Monday at 11 a m from the home with burial in Alnwick Cemetery at War Eagle. Fanning Funeral Home of Jaeger in charge.
Two Bluefield residents injured on Saturday continued to improve at Bluefield Sanitarium. James Sutphin Jr of Route 4 Bluefield was admitted with a chest stab wound after a stabbing at a residence. Police are investigating the stabbing.
William Miller calls for competitive 1964 GOP primaries to imitate Democratic pattern and unify after a close loss in 1960. He told Senator Clark that primaries could have strengthened the party unlike the later convention outcome. He contrasted Barry Goldwater Nixon Rockefeller and unity prospects with Democratic success.
The City YMCA Day Camp for 6 to 8 year old boys opens June 19 at the Recreation Park with swimming hiking and games. Limited weekly slots, first two periods filled, seven berths left for third period. June 26 and July 2 start dates. headquarters at the old Davidson log cabin. applies to boys from Greater Bluefield. Contact City Y M C A in the Commercial Bank Building.
A mountain home massacre ends with the death of Mrs. Hazel Dove and her mother in separate rooms while Deputy Sheriff Alfred Smith recalls a prior suicide attempt and neighbor Beatrice Walters reports hearing a shot around 3 p m as authorities begin a full probe.
President Victor Paz Estenssoro says his government is tightening control of Communist subversion as strikes in La Paz and tin-mining regions threaten the economy. He hopes textile worker strikes end by Monday and confirms 32 of 60 arrested in the roundup rather than 60.
West Virginia state troopers in Welch continued the investigation into the skeleton found in the Premier mountains. Papers nearby tentatively identify the victim as Claude Wills, a former Premier resident and parolee who has not reported to his parole office since August 1960. No arrests were made, and authorities do not consider the death an accident.
The blaze, centered on the third floor of a bakery, sent heat through to the Norfolk and Western Freight Station and damaged a rear shed and stock at the trucking warehouse. Chief McClure called the fire pretty well confined despite shattered windows and a nearby grill known as Bill and Bob's.
Brazilian leader Janio Quadros confronts violence in the northeast as U S officials monitor student riots and a naval presence in Recife. Drought and economic reform pressure Brazil while Adlai Stevenson praises Quadros’ resolve amid regional instability.
The West Virginia forecast calls for mostly sunny, warm and humid conditions with scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers and highs in the 90s. Virginia remains partly sunny and hot with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms, reaching 80s in the mountains and 85 to 90 elsewhere.
Senator Javits urged Republicans to back Kennedy's 4.8 billion foreign aid plan calling it essential to freedom. Other GOP members cited criticisms of policy, including Sen. Scott and Rep. Emelie arguing over the Cuban invasion and air cover. Senator Clark defended Eisenhower era decisions.
SAN SALVADOR AP The government okays a minimum wage set at 9 colones equal to 36 dollars per month.
The Shah of Iran allocated 4,547 hectares or 11,237 acres of crown land to 2,180 peasant families in a Babolsar ceremony on the Caspian Sea. This move leaves him with about three fourths of his lands distributed among 32,969 peasants as Premier Ali Amini plans further state land redistribution.
A 16 year old Ursuline High School student from Youngstown was chosen president of Buckeye Boys State, a week long self government program run by the American Legion at Ohio University Athens. Dennis Gillespie, a Nationalist Party candidate, defeated Neil W. Brayton of Liberty High School in Trumbull County for the post.
Virginia Beach police identified the body of a 30 year old man found on the beach Friday as Claude J. Fitzgerald Jr. of Salem a vacationer employed by Norfolk Western Railway Co. He was last seen at 2 p.m. Friday and was reportedly a strong swimmer who often swam out into the ocean.
A Soviet trawler anchored in Boston Harbor to treat the ill master Artsev V. Grigorie vich, 33, with gastritis. A seaman Nicolai I. Kulakov, 24, injured back during anchoring, was also brought ashore with the captain for care at the U S Public Health Hospital for three to four days.
State police in Princeton caught two more litterbugs over the weekend bringing the four day total to four. One arrestee threw a whiskey bottle from a car on the Old Bluefield Princeton Road. The other received a citation to appear before Squire Lewis Perdue in Bluefield on littering charges.
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