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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1959

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Steel Still Hopeful Of Settlement

R Conrad Cooper chief steel negotiator says hopes remain for a contract settlement to avert a July 1 strike. Talks with Finnegan of the FMCS follow a private session with Steelworkers Union leader McDonald. Government mediation not requested. talks resume in New York as June 30 expiry looms.

Washington R. Conrad Cooper Cooper US Steel Corp Joseph F. Finnegan Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Finnegan David J. McDonald Steel Workers Union Steel Workers Union. Céover New York McDonald

Coal Loadings Show Second Best Week

ROANOKE Va Last weeks Norfolk and Western railway coal loadings of 21 001 cars added up to the second highest total for the year. Breakdown for the weeks loadings Monday 3 251 Tuesday 4 303 Wednesday 4 464 Thursday 4 048 Friday 3 877 and Saturday 1 058.

Roanoke Norfolk and Western Railway

Four Die In Mathews Virginia Fire Survived Son Burns

A frame vacation cottage in Mathews County burned early Monday killing Navy officer Comdr Daniel Grant Baily his wife Betty Carter Howell Baily and two daughters Melissa and Virginia Page. Their son Daniel Jr 14 survived with third degree burns and sought help at a neighbor’s home. Fire officials labeled the cause undetermined.

Mathews Mathews County Navy Portsmouth Naval Hospital Daniel Grant Baily Submarine Division 21 Betty Carter Howell Baily Melissa Baily Virginia Page Baily Daniel Baily Jr

Vanguard shot presumed failure in space

NASA announced Vanguard likely failed to reach orbit after launch from Cape Canaveral Florida. Data showed second stage malfunction with signals from tracking stations erratic as third stage ignition remained uncertain.

Roger H. Gray Vanguard Pro Madison Wis United States

Summit Meeting Hopes Reported To Be Bleak

Washington AP Secretary of State Herter told President Eisenhower that Geneva deadlock dimmed hopes for a satisfactory summit. He warned Khrushchev may seek to frighten the West into talks rather than advance Germany negotiations.

Washington Christian A. Herter Eisenhower Geneva Herter Nikita Khrushchev Germany White House Senate Foreign Relations Committee House Foreign Affairs Committee Ihe

Man Stabs Wife Then Kills Self With Blasting Cap

In Summersville West Virginia Cecil E Nichols 47 a coal miner stabbed his wife Audella 39 in the chest with a pocket knife during a quarrel then killed himself by detonating a blasting cap in his mouth from an electric miners lamp The incident happened at Shady Curve a drive in restaurant Nichols died about 445 pm his wife hospitalized reported in satisfactory condition a coroner s jury convened by Mag istrate W F Gilbert investigated the deaths

Summersville W. Va Cecil E. Nichols W. F. Gilbert Nichols Audella Nichols Montgomery Gilbert Shady Curve Swiss Here

Life prison terms for four white youths rape case

In Tallahassee judge W May Walker sentenced four white youths to life for raping a Negro coed seven weeks after the crime. The youths Collinsworth, Scarborough, Beagles, and Stoutamire faced a maximum mercy guided sentence, while a Marianna case prompted a new trial for a different Black victim.

Tallahassee Fla W. May Walker Florida Marianna Here E. C. Welch Jimmie Lee Clark Clark David H. Brooks Episcopal Tional Assn

McDowell Forms Development and Improvement Corp

A McDowell County meeting formed the McDowell Development and Improvement Corp with Samuel A. Christie named chairman and Maud Christian elected secretary. No projects were decided. speakers urged building local business potential before courting outside firms. Dr. Lloyd D. Black cited growth benefits from existing industries.

WELCH W. Va McDowell Development and ImprovementCorp Samuel A. Christie Miss Maud Christian Lloyd D. Black Washington U.S. Commerce Stanley C. Higgins West Virginia Industrial and Publicit Force Department U.S West Virginia

Starkweather Review Denied by Supreme Court

The U S Supreme Court refused to review Charles R Starkweather case denying review as Nebraska moves to set a new execution date for the 20 year old mass murderer of 11 people The killer has four stays since conviction in May 1958 his girlfriend Caril Fugate is serving a life sentence as accomplice in the spree

S. Gunter Toney Willion Ted) Collinsworth Collinsworth Florida Patrick Gene) Scarborough Air Force David Ervin Beagles Ollie Stoutamire Raiford State Prison Here Welch Clark Tallahassee Walker Washington U.S Supreme Court Charles R.starkweather Nebraska Supreme Court Starkweather Caril Fugate

Extension Of License Plates Is Unlikely

Charleston report says extension of current license plates beyond the June expiration date is unlikely. Motor vehicles commissioner Hubert A. Kelly on Monday said no extension seems necessary. New plates are distributed at about the same rate as last year. the department has issued 269000 class A tags versus 279000 a year ago.

Charleston Hubert A. Kelly

Italy Launches First Sub Built Since War

TARANTO Italy this week launched the submarine Bario the first built in Italian shipyards since World War II. Italy now has five subs two of the former U S craft and three refitted Italian wartime vessels.

Taranto Italy Bario U. S

Bank robber foiled as manager binds and frees grip

In Crockett Virginia Wythe County Bank Branch Manager Donald Musser 29 wrestled free from cords and bound hands after Cloyd Martin 54 of Jefferson City Tennessee drew a .25 pistol and tried to rob the bank. Musser fired six times emptying the weapon and with help from bystanders restrained Martin who was jailed in Wytheville. About $12 000 was in the till.

Wythe County Cloyd Martin Jefferson City Musser Martin Buford Wytheville Dan and Bradstreet Shockley A Crockett

Hagerty Undergoes Appendix Surgery

James C. Hagerty press secretary to President Eisenhower underwent appendectomy for an acutely inflamed appendix at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Surgeons reported his condition as good immediately after the operation and communications to the White House said recovery was proceeding as expected.

Washington James C. Hagerty Presider Eisenhower Walter Reed Army Hospital White House Hagerty

Argentine Cabinet Resigns as Frondizi Faces Military Ultimatum

President Arturo Frondizi faced a military ultimatum as the cabinet resigned in protest while he refused to oust the war navy and air force chiefs. The armed forces threatened to oust him if drastic policy changes and purges were not enacted.

Buenos Aires Argentina Arturo Frondizi Frondizi Central Bank

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