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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1957
Page
2
Northern Democrats and Republicans won a key vote backing President Eisenhower’s civil rights bill by 199 to 167 against a mandatory jury trial in contempt cases. The move, seen as reducing obstacles to final passage, drew spectator attention from Black observers as the debate touched on equal justice and federal enforcement of voting rights.
Henry Enck tendered his resignation as executive vice president and director of Flat Top National Bank of Bluefield. G H Lawhead to assume Enck duties while Laurence E Tierney announces the move and the board accepts the resignation. Enck previously worked at Huntington National Bank and in Cleveland. Lawhead has served as cashier at Bluefield National and coached at Gary High School.
Detroit police grapple with a brutal rape slain of 6 year old Mary de Caussin as tips yield little progress. Investigators planned further questioning of several men while admitting few solid leads exist amid a widespread manhunt.
Actress Ava Gardner filed for divorce from singer Frank Sinatra in Mexico City. Attorney Rigoberto Araujo Valdivia filed in the 15th Civil Court before Judge Agustin Espinosa de la Pena. The next step is formal notice to Sinatra. if not contested a quick divorce could occur, else proceedings may take weeks.
Camp Whittington Japan June 14 Specialist 3 C William Girard 21 denied in the presence of two Army lawyers that he was under Army pressure. The Illinois soldier was facing a manslaughter trial in a Japanese court for shooting a woman at a firing range on January 30. His brother Louis Girard 28 of Ottawa Illinois and civilian attorneys are pressing for the U S State Department to submit Girard to Japanese trial. President Eisenhower has approved turning Girard over to Japan for trial.
In Akron Ohio on June 14 85 year old Lawrence Page surprised daughter Mrs Mabel Syfers by driving up in a cab from Knob Lick Missouri 700 miles away. He paid the cab fare of 105 dollars to cabby Tommy Sands and plans a stay in Akron to visit two other daughters Mrs Grace Corysler and Mrs Bryan Mackey.
The Senate passed the administration’s 3.637 billion foreign aid authorization by 57 to 25, signaling continued military and economic support for two years and loans for development abroad. Southern and Republican leaders Johnson and Knowland led the tally against cuts, with House approval still pending.
London June 14 Russia offered to admit Western inspectors into the Soviet Union if an agreement ends hydrogen bomb tests. Valerian Zorin in the UN disarmament committee outlined a two to three year moratorium enforced by a UN international commission with inspection posts in the Soviet Union the United States Britain and the Pacific. Khrushchev signaled openness to inspections if needed to ban tests, while Western allies push for production and material bans and broader verification.
In Hong Kong on June 14 Communist China released two California missionaries after four years of imprisonment. The Rev. Charles J. McCarthy of San Francisco and the Rev. Alexander Houle of Glendale were freed. six Americans remain detained, three under house arrest in Shanghai and three others believed imprisoned in Peiping Tientsin. The priests plan to travel to Hong Kong in about 10 days.
Avon man Kenneth accitly struck and killed his 4 year old daughter Laurie Jean during a night inquest coroner Frank Jacobs said the girl darted in front of her father and was struck in the neck in Avon Indiana.
Los Angeles police say Frank Mills posed as Brig Gen Frank Ling Mills and as a doctor in the Army to swindle wives. The 60 year old man, already jailed for bigamy and theft in multiple states, was arrested on a grand theft warrant filed by his sixth wife who claimed she lost 600 dollars. Mills has dyed red hair and earned a reputation as the “greatest marriage banker man in the country.”
British admiralty says three Soviet submarines are in the Mediterranean en route to Egypt and may join the Egyptian navy. The subs were sighted in the English Channel nine days earlier as two U S destroyers tracked them during their voyage from the Baltic to the Mediterranean.
Huntington reports a sultry weekend with temperatures six to eight degrees above normal through next Wednesday. North state highs near 77, south around 80. Scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms likely, with rainfall averaging about half an inch.
U S District Judge Burnita Matthews ruled that James R Hoffa must stand trial Monday on a conspiracy bribery indictment with codefendant Hyman Fischbach Miami attorney. The judge rejected defense motions to delay and kept the June 17 start date after denying continuance.
President Eisenhower urged freer trade for nations like Britain and Japan while stressing the welfare of small industrial allies. He backed a $3.865 billion foreign aid program as essential to peace, and announced nominations for Federal Civil Defense administrator and other posts amid a White House breakfast with GOP House members.
Three weeks after Emma De Hart, a Staten Island widow, died of starvation her bedroom closet yielded a hoard of cash and stock worth about 300 000 dollars. The estate fight involves six nephews and three nieces as the court battles over her real estate holdings and banked wealth unfold.
A severe storm in Springfield Illinois killed two women and injured about 40 while destroying over 20 houses. The Weather Bureau called it a tornado threat with funnel cloud concealed by heavy rain. The same system damaged Jacksonville and other Illinois towns with snapped power lines and uprooted trees.
Donald L. Taylor of Parkersburg was chosen by Gov. Underwood to be state banking commissioner, succeeding Mrs. Walker who has held the post since 1955. Taylor is 34, educated at Buckhannon Upshur High and West Virginia Wesleyan, and currently manages the Airport Branch of the National Bank in Cleveland. He is married to De Sales Purkey and has three children.
A military group ousted Provisional President Daniel Fignole and took control in Port au Prince. A state of siege and curfew were imposed as troops closed exits and cut communications with the provinces. Crowds demonstrated loyalty to Fignole but violence was not reported.
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