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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1961
Page
1
The Bluefield election turnout was strong as ten candidates were named for a July 5 runoff. Voters support a diverse board focused on city progress with endorsements aligning with readers and strong regional growth, including a Bluefield defense plant boost and better governance.
The Navy launches the nuclear Polaris firing submarine Thomas A. Edison in Groton. The 410 foot 6900 ton vessel belongs to the second generation of fleet ballistic missile subs. Edison will carry 15 missile tubes and a crew of 10 officers and 9% men.
Rep. Chet Holifield urged President Kennedy to resume nuclear testing on a limited scale to detect underground explosions while preparing to resume full underground testing. He called for continued talks with the Soviet Union on a test ban treaty. Secretary Rusk warned against general disarmament based on Soviet promises and urged a practical U S plan and restored State Department funding.
Gov. Barron urged an extraordinary session to extend the temporary 3 percent sales tax on $1 plus through June 30 1962 to fund public works and welfare. The plan would raise about 80 million for DPA ADC grants EEP and staffing, with 328 new DPA employees and pay scale increases.
Chilean crowds applauded on Wednesday as Communist groups urged new demonstrations against U.S. policy and called for the U.S. envoy to leave Chile. President Kennedy's special representative walked bareheaded through a 400 strong crowd en route to a talk with President Alessandri on Latin American living conditions. The episode followed earlier U.S. agency vandalism and a burned flag, with El Siglo accusing Stevenson of involvement in the April Cuba invasion.
Official canvass of ballots cast in the Tuesday City Primary in Bluefield will be conducted by the Board of Directors starting at 1 30 pm in the Municipal Building directors meeting room. Directors made the decision at their weekly meeting.
State police in Princeton investigate a Wednesday break-in at Mooney's Drive-In on the Bluefield–Princeton Road. The thief forced a rear door and stole 15 dollars in pennies, according to M. T. Mooney.
Bluefield patrolman Paul Oliver saved a boy from a street run despite a stone wall blocking his view. He wrecked the cruiser, suffering a head laceration, with about $500 in damage. Oliver was treated at Bluefield Sanitarium and released.
US District Judge Oren R. Lewis ruled that Federal intervention would delay and prejudice the rights of the original Negro plaintiffs and the county school board in Prince Edward County's ongoing school desegregation dispute. Kennedys April 26 request sought to guard justice and judicial processes. Washington officials said the opinion would be studied before comment.
The first group of Freedom Riders arrives in Charleston, South Carolina, greeted calmly by locals including an elderly woman with a cane. Police and onlookers observe orderly scenes as boats move through Myrtle Beach and Georgetown with no violence reported.
A Canadian team conducted a successful space test at Wallops Island Virginia. A spinning nose cone unfurled two 75 foot antennas, the payload reached 9200 mph and 560 miles high, and all four stages of the Javelin rocket fired as planned. Dr A R Molozzi led the probe and called the run a complete success.
Havana reports say Fidel Castro conditionally agreed to free Cuban invaders in exchange for indemnity valued at 28 million dollars plus transport costs. Negotiators from the United States returned after a long session and planned to confer in Washington. Castro noted changes including a reduced prisoner count from 1,214 to 1,167 and preferred tractors of farm size.
Sen Bridges, R N H, blasted U N funds used through the U N Special Fund to back Castro in Cuba. He cited a $1.16 million grant to aid agriculture away from sugar dependence, noting the U S would supply 40 percent. He called the move shocking and questioned the American role under director Paul Hoffman.
The FDA announced non alcoholic carbonated beverages must list ingredients after June 15 1962. Loring Overman noted 7 Up already lists ingredients, while Coca Cola and Pepsi do not. Industry costs are undetermined though annual bottle sales run around 35 billion.
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