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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1962

Page

2

Goldwater Blasts Kennedy Aides Over Stock Market Plunge

Senator Barry Goldwater told the 45th National Coal Association convention that lack of confidence in the Kennedy administration spurred a stock market drop and frightened foreign investors. He accused the administration of replacing supply and demand with edicts, warning of consequences for investment and unemployment. Industry leaders from Consol, Island Creek, and West Penn Power urged pipelines, presidential boards, and resistance to public power to protect coal and electric utilities.

Pittsburgh Barry Goldwater R-Ariz Kennedy Caiveten National Coal Association New York Stock Exchange Goldwater Hie George i. Love Consolidation Coal Co Raymond E. Salvati Island Creek Coal Co Huntington, W.va Streuby L. Drumm West Penn Power Co Greensburg, Pa Love Salvati Drumm

YMCA Board Plans Camp Iva Inspection Tonight

YMCA board of directors will travel to Camp Iva to inspect the boys camp program and the property. Members planning to swim and trampoline at 5 30 p m meet at the Double Gates store to share rides, while others meet at the College Avenue Y building at 6 p m for group transport to dine with campers. seventy boy campers will be observed in their daily program.

Ymca Board of Directors Camp Iva YMCA College Avenue

Elkins Man Named To Advisory Board

Ralph Shepler of Elkins was elected chairman of the seven member Advisory Board to the State Road Commission. He will take over July 1 from William H. Hanks of South Charleston whose term ends June 30. Shepler has seven years total with one year remaining. Wilbur S. Jones of Wheeling was re elected vice chairman.

Former Mount Hope Mayor Patrick Garrett Dies at 64

Patrick Henry Garrett, former mayor of Mount Hope and once a state treasurer candidate, died at 64 from a heart ailment. Funeral services are set for Tuesday in Mount Hope. Garrett began as mayor in 1934 and served ten consecutive terms. Survivors include his widow, one brother, and two sisters.

Mount Hope W.va Patrick Henry Garrett Garrett

College crisis raises concern over future leaders

A public service message urges support for higher education amid college shortages. Readers are asked to mail a contribution to a Times Square address as part of a cooperative effort with the Advertising Council.

America Box Times Square Station New York N.Y The Advertising Council

Deaths and Funerals in Welch and Gilliam Areas

Funeral services are announced for Sara McDaniel Sr. 78 of Gilliam who died in Welch. burial at Oak Grove Cemetery. Rosa Ellen Deel 65 of Bluefield dies in Martinsburg hospital with services in War and Bluefield areas. Mattie Bell Thompson 84 of Clear Fork dies at great niece's home. funeral at Sunny Point Methodist Church. Mrs Josse Cole Gearheart ???. Ada Robertson Clark 68 of Narrows dies. services at Narrows and Thorn Springs Cemetery. David Martin 86 of Davy dies. services at Davy Methodist Church. Mary Susan Wood Lowe 88 of Cove Tazewell dies at home. services pending.

Sara McDaniel Sr Gilliam Welch Hospital Mount Ebenezer Baptist Church Algoma W. M. Turner James A. Palmer Oak Grove McDowell County Gilliam Coal and Coke Co UMWA Bedford Canks Creasie Fallon McDaniel Jennie McDaniel Helen Hairston Anna Hairston Inez Harris Minnie Lindsey Creasie McDaniel Eliza Swanson Columbus Ohio Geneva Logan Bluefield Charles, Jesse George Rosa Ellen Deel Cherry St Kings Daughters Hospital Martinsburg Bailey Deel Dickerson County Marion Mary Jane Anderson Clyde Deel Dayton Ralph Ingram Harpers Ferry Charles Brown Emerson Rose War Zellathane Sivierio Oscar Dales Vansant Emanuel Baptist Church At War Mattle Thompson Mattie Bell Thompson Nelson Thompson Clarence Carver Clear Fork Bland County Sunny Point Methodist Church R. A. Ireson Baptist Tom and Buster Stowers Harrison Kinzer Robert Carver Harry Lawrence Pete Sands Dudley Memorial Mortuary Josse Cole Gearheart Jesse Evans Boissevain Montcalm Ada Robertson Clark Narrows Radford Guy Clarence Charles Clark John, Sherman Kenneth Clark Baltimore Riffe James Click Thorn Springs Pulaski David Martin Davy Patrick County James Wilma Martin Odd Fellows Lodge Luke Martin Wayne, Mich Davy Methodist Church James Cattrell Aegering Jaeger Memorial Roderfield Fanning Funeral Home Welch Mary Susan Wood Lowe Cove Tazewell Co Walter Lowe Tazewell John Lowe Chattanooga

Subscription Rates Altered By Kaw Telephone Office

Rates for Daily and Lund week service change across first and second cones and all West Last year. Representatives note adjustments apply to other communities and urge customers to contact Kaw Telephone at 237-4173 for details.

Lund West Kaw

Mary Sue Fuller obituary in Lebanon Virginia

Fuller's funeral service announced for Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Elk Garden Methodist Church with Rev P H Rowlett Rev Clark Loon ey and Rev L G Herndon officiating Burial in Russell Memorial Cemetery The body returned from Lebanon Funeral Home Pallbearers listed including Senator Harry Stuart and several others Short Zulie Thompson obituary listed for Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Burns Wornal Chapel of Memorial Funeral Directory Burial in Maplewood Cemetery Tazewell Virginia

Short Zulie Thompson Maple Street Princeton Burns Wornal Chapel Memorial Fueral Maplewood Cemetery Tazewell

Fritchman Elected By Coal Association

Pittsburgh AP H Vernon Fritchman executive vice president Rochester Pittsburg Coal Co Indiana Pa elected board chairman of the National Coal Association Delegates at the 45th annual convention chose Fritchman to succeed George E Enos of Cleveland. Re elected were President Stephen F Dunn and Secretary Treasurer Thomas Howarth Directors named include Preston Haskell Jr Paul Morton Herbert S Richey DeWitt C Snyder Harold D Wright and S Austin Caperton and Herbert E Jones to three year terms.

Pittsburgh H. Vernon Fritchman Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co Indiana National Coal Association Fritchman George E. Enos Cleveland Raymond E. Salvati Island Creek Coal Co Huntington W.va Stephen F. Dunn Thomas Howarth Preston Haskell Jr Birmingham Ala Paul Morton Cannelton Herbert S. Richey DeWitt C. Snyder New York Harold D. Wright Chicago S. Austin Caperton Slab Fork Herbert E. Jones Charleston

Birthday cake to greet West Virginia at 99th statehood

Charleston AP A birthday cake honoring West Virginia on its 99th anniversary of statehood will be presented to Gov. Barron by performers from the Civil War drama Honey in the Rock. The ceremony occurs at 4 25 p.m. EST at the west capitol entrance before a West Virginia Day program with former President Harry S. Truman. Honey opens its second season June 26 at Grandview State Park near Beckley.

Charleston West Virginia

Charles Laughton Returns Home After Hospital Stay

Hollywood star Charles Laughton 62 is back at his home after tests at Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases in New York. His agent Taft Schreiber says he is fine and recuperating at home. An aide noted a sacroiliac issue and complications from a fractured collar bone from a January fall.

Hollywood (Ap Charles Laughton Hollywood New York Memorial Hospital For Taft Schreiber Laughton

Conservatives Lead In Canada Election Early Returns

AP reports Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s Conservatives held most seats won in their 1960 sweep as Liberal Lester Pearson and splinter parties gain ground in Atlantic provinces. Early tallies show Liberals and Social Credit advancing in Quebec and Ontario while Conservatives lead nationwide as voters turnout nears 9.8 million eligible.

Toronto John Diefenbaker Conservative Canada Atlantic Liberals New Democratic Party Social Credit Quebec Ontario Diefenbaker Lester B. Pearson Pearson Social Credit Party England House of Commons U.S

Coeburn Man Killed In Truck Accident

Lazarus Stanley a 61 year old of Coeburn died in a Norton hospital from injuries suffered in a non collision crash Sunday one mile east of Darwin on Virginia 237 in Dickenson County. Police said he was riding in the back of a pickup that overturned after brake failure. The death marked Virginia 366th traffic fatality of the year, 36 higher than the previous year.

Associated Press Coeburn Virginia Lazarus Stanley Norton Darwin Dickeson County Stanley

Judicial Conference Slated For Roanoke

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hold its annual Judicial Conference in Roanoke June 28 to 30 with reservations for more than 600 judges district attorneys invited lawyers and their wives. Chief Justice Earl Warren is expected to attend. A closed door conference for circuit justices and district judges will open the event.

Roanoke U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Earl Warren U.S. Supreme Court 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals U.S Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Maryland

Three Brothers Drown In Ohio Farm Pond

In POMEROY Ohio three young brothers from Licking County drowned when a homemade barrel raft broke apart in a farm pond. Victims Mike Byers 10 Eddie 8 and Terry 5 were with their father Max who could not swim well and was unable to save them. The accident occurred on Cory Wolfe’s farm near Dorcas in Meigs County during a family visit from Pataskala.

Pomeroy, Ohio Licking County Mike Byers Eddie Terry Max Cory Wolfe Dorcas Meigs County

Post Office to be Built at Rupert in Lease Program

Charleston WV RP article reports new post office buildings planned for Hamlin Lincoln County and Rupert Greenbrier County. Fred Simms Jr. states options on land, bids in two months, construction to begin this fall under the governments lease construction program with private ownership and government lease.

Charleston Hamlin Lincoln County Rupert Greenbrier Fred Simms Jr Federal

Algerian Talks Split Regions as Secret Army Holds Stand

A broadcast reports that negotiations between FLN representatives and Algeria’s secret army officials apply only to the Algiers zone. Oran resists, demanding a free autonomous zone under armed defense, while five large western cities are targeted for European relocation.

Algeria Secret Army FLN Provisional Executive Algiers Oran Constantine

State Officers Set Wednesday Close For West Virginia Birthday

Charleston AP reports the Motor Vehicles Department and state agencies will close Wednesday for West Virginia’s 99th birthday. Vehicles commissioner Jack A. Nuckols says 1962-63 passenger car plates are selling well and urges motorists to apply now to avoid a last minute rush. No extension of 1961-62 plate use. June 30 is final day.

Charleston Motor Vehicles Department West Virginia Jack A. Nuckols Nuckols

Tazewell Merge Goes To Voters

Voters in Tazewell and North Tazewell, Virginia, decide the proposed merger today. Separate elections run 6 am to 7 pm with high favorable votes needed. Councils approved the plan to form a new Town of Tazewell, four members from Tazewell and two from North Tazewell, amid sewage disposal and pollution concerns.

Tazewell North Tazewell Wil Virginia Water Control Board Clinch River

West Virginia Legion District Demands 40 & 8 Integration

District 8 of the West Virginia American Legion calls for the 40 & 8 Society to end racial membership limits. A resolution adopted at Clendenin urges separation if the 40 & 8 continues excluding non white members. The issue goes to the state convention in Wheeling and possibly to the national convention in Las Vegas.

Clendenin W.va West Virginia Department of the American Legion 40 & 8 Legion District 8 American Legion Wheeling Las Vegas Nev Robert B. Moran St. Albans

Weather Delays Johnston Island High Altitude Test

Adverse weather postponed by 24 hours a scheduled high altitude nuclear explosion above Johnston Island in the Pacific. The delay due to cloud layers at 40 000 feet and mid level over Johnston Island. The blast would light the Pacific sky and disrupt communications for nearly two days, with visibility from Hawaii 750 miles away.

Honolulu Johnston Island Pacific Joint Task Force 8 Hawaii Task Force Weather Bureau Weather Burea Hiroshima New York Congress of Scientists On Kennedy Earth

Two Vehicle Wrecks in Mercer County Cause $300 Damage

An estimated $300 damage occurred in two separate accidents Monday in Mercer County. Barbara Warden 21 of Bluefield was charged with improper turning after colliding with Layton Massie 53 of Ronceverte on Route 460 nine tenths of a mile from Princeton.

Mercer County J. L. Adkins Barbara Warden Bluefield Layton Massie Ronceverte Princeton Route 460 Adkins Arnold F. Aniel Garfield Mathena North Fifth Street

Defense Order Goes To Huntington Firm

Polan Industries of Huntington has been awarded a 1 043 109 defense contract to manufacture mine detection equipment. The U S Army Corps of Engineers will receive 2 160 electronic unit detectors produced under the contract announced by West Virginia congressional offices in Washington.

Huntington Polan Industries of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Washington West Virginia

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