State Officials Told To Correct Shortcomings In Attracting Industry
West Virginia leaders at the 48th West Virginia Industrial Development Conference urged a candid self review to improve attraction of industry. Gov Underwood and experts urged using expert help, rail and power firms, universities and regional agencies to bolster development efforts. Local officials cited zoning ideas, tax structure review, and funding comparisons with Kentucky to boost results.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Charles Monzella Huntington
West
Underwood
Carl Prutton
New York City
Food Machinery and Chemical Corp
Mountain State
Prutton
Westvaco
South Charleston
Ohio
Apex, Inc
Nitro
E. J. Fox
Union Carbide Development Co
West Virginia
Fox
William C. Marland
J. C. Zimmerman
Louisville
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
William €. Campbell
Huntington
Central Ohio Valley Industrial Council
Kentucky
Difficulties Hit Navy Vanguard Launch Schedule Again
CAPE CANAVERAL FLA AP reports the Vanguard program faced fresh delays as seven hours before liftoff a string of technical problems scrubbed the fourth satellite launch. Leaks in the fuel system wire trouble and a faulty electronic instrument halted the attempt, with Vanguard II slated for another try next week.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Navy Vanguard
America
Chrysler Charges Plant Sabotage
Chrysler Corp alleged Friday that unknown employees sabotaged two plants after labor contract expirations. GM said unknown parties damaged 58 bodies at Fisher body plant in Kansas City, Missouri. The UAW denied involvement.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
United General Motors Corp
Fisher Body
Kansas City
UAW
West Virginia postal inspectors meet in Charleston
In Washington based meeting West Virginia congressional delegation members are slated to speak Saturday at the state gathering of postal inspectors in Charleston. Sen Revercomb Sen Hoblitzell and Rep Byrd will address the group before officers are elected to close the one day session.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Washington
Chapman Revercomb
John D. Hoblitzell Jr
R-Wva
Robert C. Byrd
D-Wva
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
Multiple obituaries note the deaths of Bertha Pearl Murray 54 of North Tazewell Va Sallie Weiser Stevenson 52 formerly of Bluefield and Sarah Alma Grubb 78 of Cripple Creek Va Funeral arrangements list services at Wesleyan Methodist Church Bratton Memorial Chapel and St Peters Lutheran Church Interment plans in Glenview Cemetery Woodland Cemetery and local churchyards with survivors including spouses children and siblings in several states and towns.
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Bertha Pearl Murray
North Tazewell
William Henry Murray
Kenneth Brown
B. C. Peak Jr
C. M
William J
Austin
Texas
Harold
Nashville
Henry Goodman
Squire
Kenneth Gillespie
Tazewell
Charles Bowman
Charleston
Bud Harrison
War
James Harrison
Carl Harrison
Havace
Peery- St. Clair
Wesleyan Methodist Church of
Herbert Peak
Tommy Hawkins
Bud Barton
Carl Sheets
Herbert Stevens
R. L. Murray
LeRoy Murray
Glenview
Bluefield- Tazewell Road
Sallie Weiser Stevenson
Bluefield
Longwood
Fla
Friends
E. C. Dunning
Dunning
Woodland Cemetery
Stevenson
Winston-Salem
N. C
Florida
Williamson
Wayne
Cordelia McCoy
First Methodist Church
Chatanooga
Tenn
Guy Mastin
Frank Little
Frances Gormican
Toledo
Ohio
Harvey W
Frank R. McCoy
Columbus
Bratton Memorial Chapel
Mercer Funeral Home
Frank E. Weiser
Donald W. Weiser
Charles B. Neikirk
C. W. Richardson
Richard E. Weiser
Ralph E. Thomason
Funeral notices list local obituaries and services
A long list of funeral notices from Bluefield Princeton Welch and nearby towns. Names include Isaac W. Kidd 92 near Tazewell Charles S. Bailey 67 Elizabeth Chapman 84 Vergier E Mitchell 80 William R Repass 58 Golda Dakin 63 Charles E Miller 49 John C Mitchell 64 George A French 76 Joseph C Harvey 65 Ronald David Barker seven months old and William D Gregory all scheduled for today or Sunday with church services and interments planned at local cemeteries.
Mrs Margaret Hazlewood 84 Dies. Rites Sunday at McComas
Mrs. Margaret Louise Hazlewood 84 died Friday at her daughter’s Bluefield address. Survived by four sons Morris Hall Richard Hall Cloyd Hall Athar Hall. three daughters N B Mangus B G Bird and Mrs William Macklin. 32 grandchildren 36 great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p m Sunday at Thomas Memorial Church McComas with burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Body at Cravens Funeral Home Montcalm.
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Margaret Louise Hazlewood
N. B. Mangus
Tazewell Avenue
Bluefield
Crane Creek
Morris Hall
Hollywood
Fla
Richard and
Cloyd Hall
McComas
Athar Hall
Amonate
B. G. Bird
William Macklin
South America
Thomas Memorial Church
Woodlawn
Cravens Funeral Home
Montcalm
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. W. L. Bourne announced
Funeral plans are settled at Wagner Funeral Home Bluefield Virginia for Mrs. W L Bill Bourne who died suddenly at her Yards Virginia home Friday evening at 7 30 p m.
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Wagner
Bluefield
W. L
Bill” Bourne
Yards
Army Plans Manned Space Flight on Redstone Rocket
ARPA testimony reveals Army aims to launch a man into space for a six minute flight aboard a Redstone missile and return him safely. The project, one of several space studies by the armed services, was discussed by Dr. Herbert York before a House subcommittee.
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Washington
Army
Earth
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Navy
Air Force
Herbert York
ARPA
House Appropriations
York
Redstone
U.S
Model Airplane Meet At Pulaski Field
Enthusiasts from 11 states are to attend an eastern United States radio control model airplane meet at Pulaski Loving Field June 27 to 29. Over 150 participants are expected, hosted by the Radio Control League of North Carolina and sponsored by the Southwest Virginia Model Club. Civil Air Patrol units from Pulaski Wythe Montgomery and Galax will assist with traffic and parking and will camp at the field.
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Pulaski, Va
United States
Radio Control
Pulaski
Loving Field
Radio Control League of
North Carolina
Southwest Virginia Model Club of
Civil Air Patrol
Wythe County
Montgomery County
Galax
Would-Be Burglar Caught In Market
Bluefield Virginia officers arrested Rufus E. Grubb 27 after finding him crouched behind a meat counter in State Line Market early Friday. He is jailed in Bluefield on a 1000 dollar bond pending hearing on breaking and entering charges.
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Bluefield
State Line Market
Rufus E. Grubb
Governor Executes West Virginia Day Visit To Guards
West Virginia Governor Underwood toured the 150th Armored Cavalry Regiment during the West Virginia Day observance at Fort Knox Kentucky, awarding honors for rifle and carbine events and praising growth and wisdom with age. He planned a visit to Camp Breckinridge for two weeks of training and rode in a M59 carrier and M41 tanks with the Guardsmen.
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FT. Knox
Underwood
West Virginia
150Th Armored Calvary Regiment
West Virginia National Guard
150Th’s Officers Association
Camp Breckinridge
Sturgis Field
Air National Guard
Charleston
Steve Atkinson
Princeton
Department Store Sales Rise in Fifth District
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reports department store sales in 11 major Fifth District cities rose 4 percent last week from the year earlier, marking the fourth straight week of gains above 1957 levels. Sales improved through mid May after Easter weakness and showed a 2 percent rise at the end of May, with dollar volume up 9 percent from the prior week and four weeks overall up 4 percent from 1957.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank of
We Who Love Her on Joseph Cotten Show Tonight
A routine adoption case on The Joseph Cotten Show leads to questions of future happiness for three people. Host-narrator Joseph Cotten, with Alexis Smith and Kevin McCarthy, appear as guests on WHIS-TV Channel 6 at 10:30 PM.
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Joseph Cotten
Channel 6
Whis-Tv
Alexis Smith
Kevin McCarthy
Wheat Quota Loses In Vote In West Virginia
West Virginia wheat growers vote Friday against marketing quotas for the 1959 crop. Off official results show 33 opposed and 28 in favor in the state. National results to be announced later. quotas would set support near 1.81 dollars per bushel if approved.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
C. P. Hott
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
Bluefield Police Probing Minor Theft and Hit‑And‑Runs
Local police investigate a rash of minor charges including the entry at Reliable Office Equipment Company in the Bradmann Building where about a dozen ball point pens were stolen. Philip Green reports a hit and run damaged his parked car at Bluefield Drive In. Emory Hare reports a hit and run damaged his car on Frederick Street. A 1953 model car was stolen from Kroger Parking Lot on North Street with the license number broadcast across two states.
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Bluefield
Bradmann
Philip Green
Welch
Bluefield Drive-In
Green
Emory Hare
Rocky Gap
Frederick Street
Kroger
North Street
Leavenworth Inmates Stage Eating Strike
About 700 of 2200 inmates from A cellhouse ate in the dining hall as a hunger strike began Friday at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. Warden Looney said the protest over meat portions and bakery items eased by mid afternoon and only essential workers remained outside cells.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
C. H. Looney
London Buses Roll After 7 Week Strike Ends
London’s double deck red buses started running again after a seven week strike. 48,000 busmen voted to return to work while suburban buses will see a wage rise equivalent to 1.19 dollars a week for 12,600 workers. Central London busmen had already gained a raise, and full service would take days to resume.
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London
London Transes
Weather outlook for West Virginia and Virginia
The Associated Press reports West Virginia will have Saturday with considerable cloudiness and a chance of scattered thundershowers, high 75 to 82, becoming less humid. Sunday should be fair with little temperature change. Virginia sees Saturday partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers possible, especially east, with upper 70s to 80s. Sunday turns fair in the north and partly cloudy with scattered storms in the south, slightly warmer.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Riot in St Louis Over Arrests Leaves Officer Injured
Police cars were stoned and one officer hurt during a Friday riot by a Negro crowd in St Louis after two youths were arrested on traffic charges. Eight negroes were arrested as the crowd chanted “Little Little Rock” and a riot gun fired twice to keep the mob back.
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ST. Louis
Little Little Rock
White County
Richard Seger
Seger
Lee Lawrence
Joseph Rodgers
Lawrence
Three Men Rob Erie Bank Depository of $105000
Three gunmen robbed the South Side branch of Union Bank of Erie taking 105000 in currency after overpowering a janitor and threatening staff. They entered through a rear door as employees arrived and escaped with bags of cash, leaving 75000 behind. Authorities, FBI and state police pursued the robbers.
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Erie
South Side
Union Bank of Erie
Jack Moore
FBI
Brazil Leader Proposes Pan American Policy Overhaul
President Juscelino Kubitschek urged a summit of American presidents to overhaul Pan American policy after talks with Eisenhower. He called for greater private and public foreign investment, more technical aid, price stabilization, and expanded grants from international lenders.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Juscelino Kubitschek
Kubitschek
Eisenhower
Latin America
Panama
The
U. S. Export-Import Bank
Public Accountants Seek West Virginia Recognition
The National Society of Public Accountants plans a bill for WV to recognize public accountants. Ray E. Jennison urged action at a Charleston meeting noting existing CPA regs but no public accountant statute. Judge Chauncey M. Browning spoke at the banquet as officers were installed.
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Charleston
West Virginia
National Society of Public Accountants
Ray E. Jennison
Washington, D.C
West Virginia Public Accountants Assn
Supreme Court
Chauncey M. Browning
Federal Judge Delays Sentence in UMT Case Over 13th Amendment
A 24 year old Fayette County man Jones refused a ministerial deferment and faced a federal court claim that his rights were violated. Judge Ben Moore postponed sentencing to review statutes while noting Jones was not a bona fide minister. In separate actions James Preston Allen and George John Smith were found guilty of Alcohol Tax Law violations and sentenced to federal prison. Pete Jasper pled guilty and will be sentenced later.
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Fayette County
Fayetteville
Southern District
Carre O'Neil Jones
Ben Moore
United States
U. S
Jones
FBI
George A. Patterson
Greenbrier
White Sulphur
Patterson
Jehovah Witness Movement
Moore
James Preston Allen
George John Smith
Mount Hope
Smith
Atlanta
Allen
Pete Jasper
Jasper
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Marland
Chrysler
W. Va
William H. Murray
Mrs. Sallie Stevenson
Sarah Grubb
Sarah Alma Grubb
Cripple Creek
J. P. Fry
Wytheville
C. L. Warner
Martinsville
Allen Epperley
Battery Park
Lois Morefield
Lexington
Ed Rosenbaum
Marion
Keller R. Grubb
Howard F
Great Falls
Mont
H. Brown
Glen L
Vincent T. Grubb
Elk Creek
Mary Lewis
Kate Legrand
Newpark
Grace Lewis
Corryton
James M. Tilson
Park Hill
Idaho
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Barnett Funeral Home
Kidd
Isaac W
Grapefield Cemetery
Grapefield, Va
Chapman
Elizabeth
van- Natta Funeral
Sycamore
Ill
Mitchell
Vergier E
Southview Drive
Wagner Funeral Chapel
Bethel Cemetery
Athens
William R
Thorn Street
Ion Roselawn Memorial Cemetery
Dakin
Golda
Roderfield
Roderfield Christian Church
Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
John C
Duhring
Duhring Church of Christ
French
George A
Tannersville
Crabtree Chapel
Crabtree Cemetery
Harvey
Joseph C
Princeton-Bethel Road
Advent Christian Church
Roselawn Memorial Cemetery
W. L. Bourne
Pulaski Field
National Guard
George Nuckolls
Davis
Eubank
Ash
Camp Dawson
Kingwood
John L. Ryan Jr
Hinton
Weather Bureau Forecast
U.S. Weather Bureau
Dept. of Commerce
Seaboard States
Maine
Rockies
Gulf Coast States
Ohio Valley
Plains
London Buses
Associated Press
Albany
Bismarck
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Fort Worth
Jacksonville
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Mois-St. Paul
New Orleans
New York
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Winnipeg
Public Accountants
Electro Lab Inc
Leatherwood Company
General Electric
Admiral
Hottmen
V.M. Hi Fi Records
Big L
North St. Bluefield
South Bluefield
Andrew S. Bowen
Sweet Springs
Monroe County
H. C. van Wormer
A. L. Vess
Wesleyan
Methodist Camp Meeting
Glenwood Park
W. Vo
W. Ve
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