Saunders Pennsy Rumors Spark Trading Amid Denials
Rumors that Norfolk and Western President Stuart Saunders could become head of the Pennsylvania Railroad circulated in eastern financial circles despite official denials. Trading surged with Pennsy stock, reaching highs for the year as media and Wall Street weighed the viability of a Saunders takeover and the Pennsy NYC merger prospects.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Stuart T. Saunders
Pennsylvania Railroad
Eastern
Dow Jones Financial News Service
Pennsylvania
New York Stock Exchange
Penny Board
James M. Symes
Saunders
Pennsy
Wall Street
New York
N&w
Howard Butcher III
Philadelphia
New York Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Pennsy-Nyc
Symes
Boston Teeters as Negro Student Boycott Amid Proposals
Massachusetts Attorney General Edward W. Brooke moved to avert trouble as Boston public high and junior high schools faced a threatened Negro pupils boycott next Tuesday. A three member NAACP committee delivered a set of proposals to end racial inequities, while Brooke urged lawful, peaceful actions and said he would act officially only if the situation becomes dangerous.
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Boston
Edward W. Brooke
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Brooke
Massachusetts
Premium Listings For Fair Are Mailed
The State Fair of West Virginia sends over 3000 premium catalogs to exhibitors in 45 states and four foreign countries England France Saudi Arabia and India. The 125 page booklets detail rules for 20 departments and the daily schedule for Aug 19 to 24 at the fairgrounds on U S Route 219 between Lewisburg and Ronceverte. The 1963 catalog with blue and gold centennial cover follows a blue ribbon winner in a Virginia fairs contest.
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West Virginia
England
France
Saudi Arabia
India
Fairgrounds
U. S. Route 219
Lewisburg
Ronceverte
Virginia Association of Fairs
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Notice Card
Bluefield Daily Telegraph publication details for 1893 establishment, address, press association membership, circulation rates by carrier and mail zones, and advertising representation information.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
New Agency, Inc
Riot Breaks Out During Segregation Era Funeral Procession
A special permit allowed a Negroes march to a funeral home in 100 degree heat. After girls sang This Little Light of Mine crowds surged toward Capitol Street. Police barricades rose as bottles flew and tear gas shells were readied, though none fired.
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Allen Thompson
Capitol Street
Jackson
J. L. Ray
Cambridge Braces Under Modified Martial Law T: Cambridge Braces Under Modified Martial Law
Neighborhood tensions in Cambridge Maryland rise as National Guard patrols replace streets of the Negro district amid four nights of violence. Governor Tawes orders curfew and checkpoints while civic leaders seek a peaceful solution and promise further action after talks at city hall. A white farmer and a driver report gunfire from masked youths as authorities maintain order.
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Cambridge, Md
National Guard
Cambridge
J. Millard Tawes
Gloria Richardson
Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee
City Hall
Cahilmen
Charles Cornish
Maurice Tawes
Col. Tawes
Gov
Tawes
Maryland
U.S. 50
Steel Union To Break Silence In Auction of Talks
The United Steelworkers prepare to meet the Executive Board and Wage Policy Committee in Pittsburgh to clarify contract aims with basic steel. Observers weigh whether talks advance, stall, or yield a historic agreement on protections against automation.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
USW
Basic Steel
Final Honor Roll At Bartley Announced
The final six weeks honor roll for Bartley Elementary School McDowell County 1962 63 lists straight A grades for Donna Mullins Cheryl Payne Jane Ellen Laws Donna Hagerman Virgil Mitchell Tim Justice. Sixth grade names Billy Stinson Carol Frazier Jaquetta Mullins Gary Dean Susie Deskins Sandra Johnson Bobby Mullins Sandra Dye. Fifth grade names Gladys Blevins Gary Harlow Debra Marshall Donna Sue Wood Terry Christian David Clark Allen Stress Drema Wells Everett Mullins. Fourth grade names Lamont Cantrell A J Gilman Carl Blevins Dianna Delph Darlene Halloway Kathy Parham Angela Divink Connie Sweeney.
Birthday Card Finally Arrives 31 Years Late
In Chattanooga Tennessee Mrs J Herschel Irwin mailed a birthday card on April 14 1932 to the man who would be her husband. This week 31 years later Mr Irwin received the card with a 1932 postmark and a two cent stamp. He speculated the card fell behind a desk or table in the post office and was finally discovered.
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Chattanooga Tenn
J. Herschel Irwin
Muslim Convicting Jurors Guarded in LA Case
Police guard the homes of white jurors who convicted Black Muslims of assault after veiled intimidation attempts. Juror Donna Huber says race and religion did not influence the jury’s deliberations.
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Los Angeles
Donna Huber
Bluefield Offer: A Retirement Utopia Like Fresh Stream
D. D. Moran portrays Bluefield as an ideal retirement spot likening it to a mountain stream shaded by timber with rainbow trout. He highlights hotels golf courses parks and recreation and suggests visitors will settle here for rest and a quiet life. He stresses two main sources of well being: leadership and nature’s processes.
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Bluefield
Washington News Roundup Highlights Cuba Policy and Hoover Honor
In Washington the House Republican Policy Committee urged a clear Cuba policy and questioned Kennedy aims regarding Castro. FBI Director J Edgar Hoover will receive the Catholic Youth of America award at the 1963 national convention in New York. Railroad travel in 1962 proved far safer than highways or air travel with 29 railroad deaths versus 26,800 auto deaths and 160 airline fatalities.
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Washington
U.S
Cuba
House
Republican Policy Committee
Soviet Union
Fidel Castro
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Catholic Youth of America
Msgr
Frederick J. Stevenson
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Hoover
CYO
New York City
Association of American Railroads
Metal Scrap Bids Open At Radford Ordnance Plant
Officials at Radford Virginia Ordnance Plant will accept bids until Monday July 1 for about 250 gross tons of miscellaneous unprepared iron and steel scrap of heavy light and mixed metals. The material arose from normal manufacturing and is no longer needed by the federal government. Inspection weekdays 8 am to 3 30 pm.
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Radford
Picket Lines Form At Clarksburg Glass Plant
Picket lines formed at Rolland Glass Co plants in Clarksburg after a work contract for about 130 Window Glass Cutters League of America members expired. Workers at Clarksburg and Adams- ton plants joined the strike. another Rolland plant operates in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Management and union reps met in Louisville, Kentucky seeking a new contract.
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Clarksburg
Rolland Glass Co
Window Glass Cutters League of America
Rolland
Adamston
Rolland Glass
Fort Smith
Ark
Louisville
Deaths and Funerals in Virginia and West Virginia
Funeral services are set for Julius A. McBrayer 58 of Squire who died in Bluefield Sanatorium with burial in Pocahontas. Also listed are Harless Basham 68 of Christiansburg, Lula B. Thomas ?, James Lafayette Toler 86 of Spanishburg, Agnes Brown White 85 of Tazewell, Katrina Rife two days old of Tockland, and funeral details for several relatives, with churches, cemeteries, and surviving family noted.
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Julius A. McBrayer
Squire
Bluefield Sanitarium
Little Vine Baptist Church
Bishop
Theodore Wallace
W. A. Leonard
Bryant Memorial Cemetery
Pocahontas
Anthony Mack
Alphonso Hayford
Ed Travis
Lurley Lambright
Curtis Mott
Willie Hampton
Harless S. Basham
Christiansburg
Columbia
S. C
Frances Money
Welch
William Basham
Gary
Ann Young
Harry Basham
Rock Hill
B. B. Brammer
Wilcoe
B. M. Gray
P. S. Shelton
Brooksville
Fla
B. H
D. R
W. H. Basham
Richardson Funeral Home
Woodlawn Cemetery
Bluefield
James Lafayette Toler
Spanishburg
Greenbrier Valley
Ronceverte
Chatam
John
Fannie Toler
McGraw Funeral Home
Lewisburg
Agnes Brown White
Shade White
Tazewell
Cove Presbyterian Church
J. J. White
Cleveland
S. A
Gus) White
Rex Dangerfield
Lucille White
B. T. White
Belfast
Charles Redwine
Dallas
Tex
Graham Cox
Peergee Funeral Home
Funerals Noted for Cleve H Simpkins and Vivian S Bush
Cleve H Simpkins of Lilly Highway addition Princeton dies and funeral today at 2 p.m. in Burns Wor nal Chapel with Rev. Edward Hill and Rev. Roy Comer officiating, burial at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers listed. Vivian S Bush of Kegley dies. funeral Monday at 2 p.m. at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton with Rev. Paul Hall officiating, burial at Roselawn Cemetery. Body remains at the funeral home for calling hours. Pallbearers named.
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Lula B. Thomas
Church of God In Christ
Maybeury
Lipscomb
Restlawn Memorial Estates
Pearisburg
Thomas
Ia Daugher
Hazel Witcher
Sinkford- Richardson Funeral Home
Keystone
Simpkins
Cleve H
Lilly Highway
Princeton
Burns Wornal
Edward Hill
Roy Comer
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Webb Waddell
Donald Mann
Wilbur Mann
Thomas, Barton
Felix Sexton
John Pettrey
Pineville Band Begins Practice Under New Director
Summer band practice starts in Pineville Wyoming County with Don Miller taking the helm as director. Miller, formerly of Twilight in Boone County, led bands at Marsh Fork and Trap Hill in Raleigh County and is a Marshall University graduate with a BA.
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Pineville
Wyoming County
Don Miller
Twilight
Boone County
Marsh Fork
Trap Hill
Raleigh County
Marshall University
Family attends Carolyn Phillips graduation in Washington
Mr and Mrs James Phillips and family with Miss Cleo Barksdale return from Washington D C where they attended the graduation exercises of their daughter and niece Carolyn Phillips from the X ray Technology School at Freedmans James Phillips son of the Phillips family is visiting here
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James Phillips
Cleo Barksdale
Washington, D. C
Carolyn Phillips
Freedmans Hospital
Phillips
Next Pope Likely From Non Italians Say Church Experts
A 1958 conclave record shows 28 Italian cardinals and 54 others. The process lacks a time limit and the Pope is chosen by multiple votes daily until a majority. The new Pope becomes spiritual leader of over 558 million Catholics and will appear on the St Peter’s balcony to announce Habemus Papam.
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Paul Emile Leger
Montreal
Agagianian
Pope John
Angelo Giuseppe Cardinal Roncalli
Venice
College of Cardinals
John
Gregory X
Europe
Latin America
Ireland
Russia
Hungary
Poland
United States
St. Peter's Square
Vatican
Rome
Deacon
St. Peter’s Basilica
Local Economic Picture Improves in Bluefield
Bluefield's economy shows gains per Chamber of Commerce statistics comparing last month to both the prior month and the same period last year. Postal receipts total 42323.72, building permits 465579, with rises in air freight and other utilities while several services show small declines. The tax calendar lists key deadlines through July 15 for licenses, assessments, and tax returns.
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Bluefield
Chamber of Commerce
Air Express
Soviet Moon Mission Announces Baikonur Launch Site
The article notes a planned June 18 launch of Ludmila and the Soviet shift in announcing Baikonur as the launch site. It contrasts Soviet secrecy with Cape Canaveral, mentions Pravda naming Baikonur, and reports early orbital data and Bykovsky’s 24 hour distance of about 415,000 miles.
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Mars
Soviet Union
Cape Canaveral
Baikonur
Pravda
Central Committee
Ludmila
Soviet Communist Party Central Committee
Tokyo
Bykovsky
Tass
Bradley's Offers Wide Dress Selection and Savings
City and coalfield shoppers are urged to buy at Bradley's as dresses arrive in stock from $8.95 up and couture casualmakers and jersey dresses in multiple sizes. Coats two piece suits are 20 percent off, sport clothes from top designers, and brides-to-be are advised Bradley's has wedding attire.
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Bradley’s. Buy
Jersey
Bradley’s
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