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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1948
Page
20
A weeklong workshop on marriage and family is underway at Bluefield State College with daily sessions at 2 45 pm and 7 pm. Civic leaders and ministers are invited and classes are open to the public.
The 27th encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in West Virginia opens with advance registration at 3 p.m. in Bluefield. Major General Robert B. McClure is the keynote speaker, with national VFW officers Hudson Hyatt and Sue Sly Edgewood among others attending. The three day program includes business sessions and social events, ending with state officer elections Saturday afternoon.
Ottawa reports a parliamentary committee backs a new Indian act to aid Indians in becoming citizens. The measure would permit drinking off the reservation and provide general suffrage while removing liquor ownership bans and expanding voting rights beyond army service.
West Virginia will petition the congressional delegation to recommend Capt. Charles E. Yeager of Hamlin for a congressional medal of honor. The aviation pioneer became the first American to fly faster than sound and survive.
The CIO United Auto Workers rejected Ford Motors offer of 11 to 14 cents an hour wage raise and pledged a counter proposal later this week. Union leaders said the 30 cent demand remains the baseline and the rank and file are unlikely to accept the offer. Ford proposed 14 cents for earnings of 1.50 or more per hour and 11 cents for workers under 1.50.
Parsons Kansas June 22 farmers scan skies for signs the torrential rains are ending and harvest will resume. Four tornado clouds were reported over Kansas with one dipping to the ground. the weather threatens thousands of acres of ripening grain and potential losses amid floods in multiple states.
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