City Board Accepts Bids On 6 More Paving Projects
Bluefield city board opened bids for six paving projects as part of the summer street program. Road Materials Corte Construction and Underwood Brothers submitted bids. contracts to be awarded next Tuesday after review by City Manager Whittle and city engineer. A street patch roller bid went to Rish Equipment. cheapest option to be determined after evaluation. The board also authorized purchase of a new V-8 Chevrolet station wagon for Fire Chief McClure from Evans Motors at 2347.
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City Board of Directors
Randolph G. Whittle
View Avenue
Pen Mar
Knox
Copley
Augusta
College
Peck
Bedford
Lee
Princeton Avenue
Ronceverte
Ramsey
Tazewell
Mercer
Russell Street
Corte Construction
Underwood Brothers
Princeton
Russell
Peck Street
Street
Rish Equipment and Machinery, Inc
Rish
West Virginia Tractor and Equipment
Machinery, Inc
E. L. McClure
Evans
Evans Motors
Claytor Motors
McClure
Trio From Bluewell To Entertain Guard
Bluewell based women's vocal trio to perform for the Bluefield Old Guards this morning at 10 30 in Trinity Methodist Church. The program was arranged by M K Tabor.
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Bluewell
Trinity Methodist Church
M. K. Tabor
Seventeen Building Permits Worth 7850 Approved in Bluefield Meeting
Bluefield directors approved seventeen building permits totaling 7850 in weekly session at the Municipal Building. One permit was delayed to study liability if an accident occurs. Three new business licenses were granted to William T. Christian Park Auto Sales Louise S. Hunter Louise's House of Beauty and Better Homes Company.
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Bluefield Board of Directors
William T. Christian
Park Auto Sales
Bland St
Better Homes Company
Efield
Princeton Road
Louise S. Hunter
Louise's
21st U. S. Nuclear Test Shot Reported
Washington reports the 21st announced shot in the Pacific test series. The detonation, in the low yield range under 20,000 tons of TNT, occurred from an aircraft near Christmas Island at about 10 a.m. EST.
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United States
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Christmas Island
Rex Bell Files For Nevada Governor Nomination
Lt. Gov. Rex Bell filed Tuesday for the Republican nomination for governor of Nevada. He is not expected to have opposition. Gov. Grant Sawyer seeks renomination with one opponent, George Moore of Las Vegas, in the September 4 primary. Bell, a Western movie star of the 1920s, and husband of actress Clara Bow, wore his cowboy outfit to file.
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Nev
Rex Bell
Nevada
Grant Sawyer
George Moore
Las Vegas
Bell
Clara Bow
Temple Dispute Clouds Southeast Asia Talks in Bangkok
Thailand withdraws its delegation from the Gevieva Laos talks and SEATO council amid a World Court ruling that Phra Viharn temple on the Thai Cambodia border belongs to Cambodia. Government protests center on alleged U S involvement and possible delay to Laos settlement in a coalition government.
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Cambodia
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Bangkok Post
U.S
Dean Acheson
Kennedy
Acheson
Sarit Thanarit
Boycat
Bluefield Board Approves Repairs and upgrades for City
The Bluefield Board of Directors authorized City Manager Randolph G. Whittle to obtain cost estimates and proceed with repairing crumbling concrete steps at the Bland Street entrance of the Bluefield Municipal Building. They also approved overhauling the city grader, purchasing a printer and developer for map printing, and installing an overhead lane marker on Spruce Street.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Board of Directors
Randolph G. Whittle
Spruce Street
Bluefield Avenue
Dairy Queen
Whittle
State Road Commission
U. S. Bureau of Roads
U. S. 19 460
Princeton Avenue
Road Commission
Contract Awarded For Vitamins After First One Canceled
The State Health Department awarded Milan Pharmaceuticals Inc. a new contract to supply 24 192 vials ADC vitamin drops at 11 570 with a 2 percent discount after the prior bidder H & H Corp. of Charleston had its contract canceled for bid form violations. The earlier bid was 13 305, and a second bid of 12 192 was also submitted.
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Milan Pharmaceuticals Inc
White Sulphur Springs
H & H Corp
Charleston
City Offices To Observe West Virginia Day Today
Bluefield municipal offices close for West Virginia Day as plans are discussed to trim holidays and extend vacations. The proposed changes would cut holidays from 11 to six plus election days and extend two weeks of vacation to three, starting with the new fiscal year July 1.
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West Virginia
Bluefield
Washington
No Wrong-Doing Found In Fatal Shooting Of Convict
Institutions Commissioner Chauncey H Browning Jr says an inquiry found no misconduct by guards or prison officials in the May 29 fatal shooting of inmate William Mason at Huttonsville prison. Mason, 21, shot guard Kessler F Ware, 60, who is hospitalized. Mason, serving sentences for grand larceny and forgery, knocked Ware down, seized a revolver, and fired. Guards Sheets and Ware returned fire. Mason’s next of kin is listed as a Parkersburg grandfather.
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Chauncey H. Browning Jr
Browning
Huttonsville
William Mason
Kessler F. Ware
Ware
Joseph E. Hodgson
Public Service Commission
Mason
Hodgson
Leo Callison
Charles N. Sheets
Tucker County
Grand Arceny
Centennial sports car race plan canceled by AG opinion
Charleston AP. The Attorney General's Office canceled one 1963 Centennial program before it began. Assistant Atty. Gen. Claude A. Joyce said existing law gives no state road commissioner authority to close public highways for races. Burl A. Sawyers asked for the opinion citing a proposed Putnam County race that could disrupt ambulances fire departments and public travel. The Legislature must authorize any suspension of traffic and speed rules.
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Attorney General's Office
Atty
Claude A. Joyce
SRC
Burl A. Sawyers
State Commerce Department
Putnam County
Joyce
Rotarians Hear Talk On Heart Disease Prevention
Bluefield Rotary hears Dr. Brookins Taylor discuss how to prevent heart disease through weight control exercise diet and rest. He cites advances in cardiovascular surgery including valve repair and plastic replacements and removal of atheromas, plus daily penicillin shots to prevent rheumatic fever recurrence. The talk was at the West Virginian Hotel.
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Brookins Taylor
Taylor
Rotary Club
Er. G. Otey
West Virginian Hotel
Radio Sportscaster Keith Lynch Dies in Farm Tractor Accident
The body of Keith Lynch, 38, was found on his farm near PT. Marion, Pennsylvania. Lynch co owned a Morgantown West Virginia restaurant and formerly worked as a radio sportscaster with WCLA Morgantown and WHAR Clarksburg. He died when a tractor he was driving overturned. Funeral arrangements await his widow Betty, with no children.
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Keith Lynch
Here
Lynch
Morganstown
W. Va
WCLA
Morgantown
WHAR
Clarksburg
WAJR
Betty
Team Florida
Swedish workers get TV in government barracks
In Stockholm AP reports television sets will brighten barracks for workers on government run emergency construction projects. The government will supply the sets and each worker pays 3 cents daily for maintenance under an agreement between the construction workers union and the National Labor Market Board announced Tuesday.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Mainennance
Construction Workers Union
National Labor Market Board
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