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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1959
Page
8
Dr. G. Romney, dean of physical education at West Virginia University, will lecture at Concord College on Thursday June 25 at 9:00 a.m. He will discuss how the President's Council on Youth Fitness aims to shape young people with physical, moral and emotional strength.
Marty Marion, co-owner of the Houston team in the American Association, also operates real estate, printing, and day camp businesses in St. Louis.
William Howarth Jackson 59 longtime Norfolk and Western Railway official died after a long illness in Norfolk. A native of Austinville he joined the Norfolk terminal in 1956 and served 36 years. He chaired and sat on several local organizations. Funeral services set for 4 p.m. Monday at H D Oliver Funeral Apartments with burial in Austinville.
Majes Reed Warner a 24 year old airman from Cherry Grove Pendleton County West Virginia was killed when his car plunged off an embankment east of Dallas Texas He was stationed at Perrin Air Force Base
A spokesman for the Dominican Liberation Movement said in Havana papers that forces of President Hector Trujillo have suffered up to 600 killed and wounded in battles with rebels. The exile group provided the numbers as part of ongoing rebellion coverage.
The Cow Palace in San Francisco is described as the largest indoor arena in the west with a seating capacity exceeding 17,000.
Rust in Burgenland, Austria suffers heavy rains that killed stork nestlings. Director Autmeller says volunteers removed corpses and will investigate prevention. The disaster tests local optimism amid a government crisis and possible policy action.
Arthur Hodge 37 of Kermit died in a Williamson hospital from injuries after his truck plunged over an embankment near Crum Saturday. It was the third traffic fatality in Wayne County this year. He is survived by his wife two children his parents a sister and a brother in Cleveland Ohio.
Three Harvard Crimson football players join the baseball squad: quarterback Charles Ravenel and halfbacks Chet Boullris and Charles Leamy.
State police arrested Clyde H. Trosch 51 of Sardis Ohio after a three car crash seven miles south of St Marys WV killed Reed B Day his wife and their four year old son. The other driver Clyde Ferguson Jr of Charleston was injured while a third car pulled into the northbound lane to enter a filling station. A magistrate fined Trosch 50 for driving left of center and he remains jailed awaiting possible additional charges.
Maquoketa Iowa is told of a Navy family greeting from Norfolk Virginia by W George Davis. His five year old son Ricky sang Old McDonald and two year old Gina sang Jesus Loves Me. She started well but ad libbed the chorus with a musical quaver ending in E I E I O.
Rookie Bill Hicke of Rochester led the American Hockey League in scoring last season with 97 points on 4 goals and 36 assists, a standout performance for the league.
The Board of Directors of the City of Bluefield West Virginia requests owners of property abutting Groveland Drive and East Drive to note a planned permanent improvement program. The work includes grading resurfacing curbing and related public improvements to streets alleys public ways and intersections. Assessments may be levied on affected properties.
An assortment of local classifieds lists welding services and machine offerings from Industrial Gas & Supply, carpentry and repair services in Virginia, home furnishings from Clark Stores, and appliance deals at Firestone Stores. Also included are rental notices for apartments in Bluefield and Princeton, Virginia, plus real estate for sale in Virginia and nearby areas.
Ambitious man with sales experience in automobile and truck sales urged to apply at Mercer Motor Co Princeton West Virginia for available positions.
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