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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1951
Page
12
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The small Hebridean island of Eigg features a musical beach that emits a shrill sonorous note. The sound creates a tingling sensation for travelers walking along the shore.
A 29 year old Bluefield man, David Earl Spencer of Center drive, died at 3:10 p.m. yesterday at his home from a self inflicted .22 calibre rifle bullet wound to the heart. His wife witnessed the tragedy as he fired in the bedroom, the weapon on the floor nearby. Police and coroner's inquest attributed death to self inflicted action. Curtis Spencer notified authorities. The incident occurred as Mrs Spencer entered the room to check on movement. The coroner’s verdict was death by own action.
A flash flood in Ronceverte left Spencer despondent over job loss and in good health. his body was taken to Hawkins Funeral home for incomplete arrangements. A truck wreck near Montcalm damaged a vehicle and a railroad bridge trestle, with damage estimated at 600 to 700 dollars. A Princeton-Beckley road accident injured the son of Arthur Horton. the truck, owned by Horton, crashed into an embankment as the driver attempted to return to Princeton. A regional notice references Scots women from Edinburgh Dundee and Glasgow with notable foot remarks.
State police report two trucks stolen from a strip mine operation near Lamar. A 1949 Reo owned by W. J. Bashas was stolen and returned late Saturday night, while a 1949 Ford contracted to Howard was wrecked in the incident.
Welch West Virginia town voters approve a 50 percent rise in the gross sales tax. The rate grows from 0.25 percent to 0.375 percent, the minimum payment jumps from 75 cents to 2.50 dollars per quarter, and the 1.50 dollar exemption is removed. Mayor Reno Howard says the hike funds next year’s operation to avoid a deficit.
Evangeline Lorimer vanished while hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park while her father Evangelist W. M. Lorimer of Seattle awaited her return. Bloodhounds followed tracks to U S highway 129, suggesting she may have hitched a ride across the mountains. Mrs. W C Davis of Lake View S C reported the 21 year old nurse sent a letter hoping to persuade her father to take her to South Carolina this month.
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