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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1958
Page
4
Fairmont police probe a downtown robbery at Grossman Jewelers that netted about 3500 in goods including 65 watches 12 wedding rings three transistor radios eight electric shavers and a clock radio. Entry was gained by breaking a front door pane and thieves crawled through an 18 by 20 inch opening.
The brush turkey or mound builder of Australia is born with a complete coat of feathers and can fly almost immediately after hatching.
Granville B. Fuller outlines FHA Title I funding fueling a 25 percent rise in building and repair activity. He notes Governor Underwood declares June Home Improvement Month and highlights loans from $20 monthly for 1000 over five years.
Bluefield Recreation Department runs five city playgrounds this summer with Lambert Arrington as boy activities supervisor and Miss Virginia Stowers as girl activities assistant. Staff at Hardy Street Midway Wade East End and East River centers include Ruth Bowles J C Tonsler Bobbie Jean Ramsey Ronnie Ball Mary Ellen Shields Jack Davis Gwendolyn Bailey Tommy Thompson Delores Borrer and David Mauldin. Hours are 1 to 5 daily plus evening sessions 6 30 to dusk on Mon Tue Thu and 1 to 530 on Wed Fri. The program runs through August 15 with story telling hunts wading pools sports handcraft dramatics and tournaments. Early reports show East End 121 registrations 1214 attendance Wade 230 1273 East River 197 1242 Midway 111 841 Hardy St 350 total registrations.
Twenty two coal producers mainly from West Virginia announce formation of Low Volatile Coal Exports Inc to export coal under the export trade act gaining limited antitrust immunity. Warren F. Leatherman named president with offices in New York City and a roster of members including Island Creek Huntington Pocahontas and Pittson coal firms among others.
Charleston AP reports wardens from West Virginia penal institutions met with the Board of Probation and Parole and Public Institutions Commissioner Harold E. Neely. The goal was to improve understanding of the parole system and discuss mutual problems. Attending were Warden Denivan Adams, Warden Howard Perine, Evelyn J. Smithson, and all three parole board members Joseph Thomas Morris C. Shaw J. Alexander Creasey.
Insurance underwriters in Virginia seek an average 24.9 percent rise in automobile liability premiums effective Sept. 1 with bodily injury up 21.1 percent and property damage up 30.8 percent. The State Corporation Commission schedules a public hearing for July 2 at 10 a.m. The plan also redefines territories, affecting Danville Fairfax Lynchburg Petersburg Richmond Roanoke and Newport News, among others.
Louisville mayor Bruce Hoblitzell paid a $7 tow release for Mrs. Joseph Raisor after her car was ticketed and towed. He drove the couple to the storage lot, paid $5 of the charge plus a $5 fine, and reported the Raisers would repay him. The act followed the husband resuming work after a long layoff.
Miss Louise Duis of Bedford Virginia and niece of Kiwanian Buell Allison entertained South Bluefield Kiwanis Club members at the Pinnacle Restaurant dinner meeting with piano selections including Staccato in D Major a Chopin waltz Kit ten On The Keys and Rondo Capricioso Visitors included Duncan Daughterty Kiwanian of Hunting Dick Harbert agricultural agent and Haskell Sluss member of the uptown club.
Five people seek U S citizenship as the U S Court of Naturalization convenes at 10 a m in the Federal Building Bluefield West Virginia Judge Ben Moore presides James Joseph McDougall from White Sulphur Springs Bernard A Gallagher born in Ireland from White Sulphur Springs Else Elise Lambert German from Pineville Nasiba Bolet Saunders Lebanon from East Rainelle Hilda Bolet Saunders Cuban from Hinton Also indictments filed with the U S District Court include Mona L Thomas Peterstown and James M Means Charleston who pleaded guilty to loans fraud at Gilbert Loan Company Both freed on 1000 bonds pending probation reviews Moonshine liquor cases and a Nicholas County Post Office robbery case are among indictments with pre trial hearings scheduled today and civil cases to be heard in June.
A 21 year old viscount at Magdalen College Oxford was expelled after shooting a park deer with a bow and arrow and hosting an outdoor barbecue for five friends. The deer was dismembered and the venison reportedly tasted poor.
Heavyweight Harold Carter of Linden New Jersey returns to boxing after a year in the army to meet Willi Besmanoff of Germany in a 10 round bout at Madison Square Garden New York. The bout is covered by Gillette Cavalcade of Sports on NBC TV and Channel 6 at 9 pm with commentator Jimmy Powers. England's Henry Bessemer patented steel making in 1855.
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