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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1964
Page
6
Bluefield board studies forcing taxis to operate under a city franchise and asks City Attorney Lilly for a legal opinion. Directors discuss using ordinances to curb parking and license drivers, and potential enforcement of the Taxicab Ordinance amid questions of state preemption.
Frank Sinatra and Angie Dickinson tease hints of a changing romance as Sammy Davis Jr moves from New York to a Fifth Avenue brownstone with Mai Britt. A weekend golf circle includes Goulet and Maris while Hollywood chatter covers Burton Desdemona plans, Liz Taylor rumors, and a party premiere for The Carpetbaggers. Red Skelton preps Las Vegas shows as TV momentum keeps stars busy.
The West Virginia State Supreme Court refused to order an investigation into May primary absentee ballots in Mingo County. Howard Chambers, a Williamson candidate for sheriff who lost to Steve Adkins by over 4000 votes, sought a recount alleging lost ballot applications. Chamber’s wife is the current sheriff and his father previously held the post.
The State Supreme Court granted a hearing for Donald E. Mundy who contends his Kanawha County sentence of 5 to 18 years for a simple robbery was illegally imposed. Mundy argues the Kanawha County Intermediate Court lacked authority to hand down the term.
A $3 500 damage verdict against Huntington constable John Stone for alleged false imprisonment and slander of Grace M. Sovine was docketed for hearing by the West Virginia State Supreme Court. Sovine, a St Marys Hospital employee, said Stone accused her of being a police wanted woman in August 1962.
Dr. E. E. Church president of Potomac State College was named executive secretary of the West Virginia Commission on Higher Education. He is the first to hold the post and will operate from a Charleston office announced at the West Virginia Association of College and University Presidents meeting in Wheeling.
The U S Chamber of Commerce urged quick completion of the interstate highway system in Appalachia, expanded coal exports, conservation, and local state federal cooperation. It called for a five point short range program and three long range strategies to boost the region’s economy, disputing the administration’s $1 billion plan.
Wytheville Va. Livestock Market sales listed by category. Hogs sold 61 top weight 233 dollars per cwt. Veal 175 sold with prices 25.50 for prime, 24 for heavy, 23 to 23.50 for various grades. Lambs 784 sold with prime 25.50 and other grades. Slaughter cattle 120 sold with cows and bulls priced across standard utility and canning grades. Stocker and feeder cattle 115 sold with heifer calves and yearlings in the mid teens to upper teens.
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