City Board Hears Citizens and Approves Several Projects
The City Board discussed a barn and enclosure sanitary review but did not pass Harris's demand to ban city cows. They authorized a new garbage disposal truck, ordered inspections for water runoff, and started paving Clover Street extension with 72 feet by 20 feet width. Other actions included bond renewals, building insurance, and zoning subdivision plans by Lilly Land Co.
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C. E
Frederick St
Harris
City Health Office
Jerome Katz
Kell
Branch Pollard
Ellis Street
Pollard
J. R. Shumaker
J. R. Main
Clover Street
Main
Federal Housing Administration
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Bowen Field
Stadium Drive
Ted Land
R. T. Brown
Lilly Land Co
Princeton
Frye Avenue
Golfe Avenue
Augusta Street
City Planning Commission
E. H. Tucker
Beaver Pond Avenue
Juniper Street
College Avenue
Noted NY Attorney Paul Stryker Dies at 70
Lloyd Paul Stryker, a famed New York defense lawyer who represented Alger Hiss, died aged 70. A leading trial attorney since 1909, he secured a hung jury in the first Hiss trial before the case moved to retrial.
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New York
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Alger Hiss
Stryker
Hiss
State Department
Stryker Prac
Iiied
Manhattan
Ford Company Studies A Power For Industry
Detroit June 21 Ford Motor Co announced a $10 000 study of atomic power for industry. E S MacPherson president in charge of engineering and Ford scientists will study atomic fuel elements for one year under a grant with the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
MacPherson
Ele Eee
Ford
Atomic Energy Commission
City eyes five ton load limits on Bluefield streets
Bluefield plans to restrict heavy traffic to under five tons on most streets after paving updates. City Manager Kell said survey work will identify routes and sign the changes, with College Avenue Stadium Drive Augusta Street and Frederick Street among streets to be limited. The plan aims to funnel heavy trucks to highways and considers automatic speed controls and 24 hour police patrols on College Avenue.
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Bluefield
Wiliam L. Kell
Courtney Tanner
E. H. Tucker
Kell
College Avenue
Stadium Drive
Augusta Street
Frederick Street
Leatherwood
Cumberland Road
Cherry Street
Augusta
College
Rlan
State Road Commission
Tucker
Jerome Katz
Community church notices from Scott Street and Pilgrim Baptist
The Help Hand Circle meets Thursday at 7 30 p m. in the church. The Senior Missionary Society meets Friday at 5 p m. at Mrs R A Watkins home in Crystal. The Pilgrim Baptist Church Senior Choir meets Friday at 7 30 p m. A wiener roast sponsored by the Missionary Society will be held Saturday at 7 p m. in the churchyard. The Tazewell County High School PTA sponsors a Community Chorus concert Sunday at 3 p m. in the Bluefield Virginia school. Piano pupils of Mrs C C Carter presented in recital at 6 30 p m. at Jones Street Christian Church include Clara Mae Harris Delores Ferguson Minnie Martin Tassie Harris Betty Richardson Stanley Taylor Delores Taylor Carolyn Phillips Tyrone Hendricks Fay McKinney Mary Elizabeth Brown and Shirley Buckner.
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Tazewell County High School
PTA
Bluefield
C. C. Carter
Jones Street Christian Church
Clara Mae Harris
Delores Ferguson
Minnie Martin
Tassie Harris
Betty Richardson
Stanley Taylor
Delores ‘Taylor
Carolyn Phillips
Tyrone Hendricks
Fay McKinney
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Shirley Buckner
Yanks Travel Widely Across Foreign Countries
The Commerce Department reports that over 900000 Americans traveled last year to countries beyond Canada and Mexico.
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Washington
The
Commerce Department
Canada
Mexico
Cedar Bluff Man Luther A Gilbert Dies in Auto Crash
Luther A Gilbert of Cedar Bluff Virginia was killed Monday night in a car accident at Kennel Branch Oakwood. His brother Estel Clemens Gilbert 30 and nephew Henry Gilbert 20 were injured with Estel hospitalized briefly. Gilbert death raises Buchanan County highway toll to ten for the year. Dandelion greens note follows.
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Luther A. Gilbert
Cedar Bluff
Kennel Branch
Oakwood
Tomorow
Gilbert
Estel Clemens Gilbert
Swords Creek
Henry Gilbert
Estel
Clinch Valley Clinic
Henry
M. Muncy Jr
Virginia State Police
Muncy
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Ideal Restaurant
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Bluefield, W. Ve
Paul Stryker
Ford Company
Mannne Shore
Tip Top
Witten’s Mill Road
Tazewell, Va
Tazewell County
CG. A. Johnson Land CO
Abingdon, VA
Lon Savage
Help Hand Circle
Scott Street 1St Church
Senior Missionary Society
R. A. Watkins
Crystal
Pilgrim Baptist Church
General Telephone Company OF
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Meee
Leemaster
Buchanan
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Bluefield, W. VA
Appalachian Power Company
Firestone
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