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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1960
Page
2
A midafternoon blaze at the Henderson Department Store in Liverpool killed 11 and injured about a dozen as firefighters in breathing gear searched the debris. A 15 year old cashier Carol Parry escaped along a narrow ledge to safety after the staircase filled with smoke.
Millard Tyree of Beckley West Virginia was named president of the West Virginia Fraternal Order of Police at its three day biannual convention closing in Martinsburg The 1962 conclave will be in Fairmont Tyree succeeds Carl R Cain of Fairmont as president Other officers elected include Charles Jerome Wheeling Gale V Smith Fairmont John L King South Charleston Eldridge C Baker Martinsburg and Edward Sikora Weirton The group urged a 40 hour work week for municipal officers and harmonizing vehicle laws with other states.
A two file $60,000 Mercer County case in Princeton is expected to reach a jury this afternoon. Plaintiffs Kenneth Perdue and Lewis H Perdue sue Virgil Mullins of Grundy Virginia and J. M. Adair of Bradshaw for sums tied to an auto accident May 29, 1959. The two suits were joined for trial.
The Transit program reports progress on satellite navigation improving accuracy from a half mile to within a tenth of a mile. Transit LA tests show navigators using radio beacons can fix positions in weather seas. Four satellites are planned for orbit with sun powered transmitters for about five years. further launches are expected through September.
Dan Lawrence N Helm retires July 1 after 42 years with Norfolk and Western Railway. A testimonial banquet Monday night at the Matz Hotel Bluefield honors him with presentations by Edward Kinney and Eddie Steele. Helm, a Ripley Ohio native, held traffic roles in Indianapolis Roanoke and Cincinnati and has been active in Rotary and Chamber groups.
W Charles Farris of Rustburg was elected president of the Virginia Future Farmers of America at the state convention in Blacksburg He will serve the next fiscal year Other officers include Gerald Edwards Renan Chap per Larry Hudson George Wythe Billy Joe Holleman and others They will be installed Thursday morning A national farmer award was given to Thomas W Downing of Franktown for his service as an assistant state supervisor of Vocational Agriculture.
John B Fisher of Huntington former president of the West Virginia Young Republican League is jailed in Kanawha County for probation violation after being convicted of assault and battery against Barbara Ann Adkin in Huntington. Judge Thompson initially sentenced him to six months with a nine day stay before later placing him on three year probation amid an ongoing appeal discussion. His wife obtained a divorce effective April 19.
The quote attributes are presented as a view by George Bernard Shaw praising silence and its discipline. It notes his claim that he could speak for hours about the value of quiet restraint.
Partly cloudy and warmer with possible scattered thundershowers. high 80s Thursday. Friday mostly fair with scattered showers east and west portions. In West Virginia partly cloudy and warmer with scattered thunderstorms. high 80s in the east and low 90s in the west Thursday. Friday fair and warm.
Police tied the weekend theft to a late Saturday or early Sunday act at the Motor Vehicles Department basement. Investigators found tools and marks left by the burglars and noted an unguarded door to a telephone room and a missing watchman. An audit to determine exact losses faced delays due to staff duties and a hurried cash transfer to the state treasury.
The United States and Japan ratify a defense pact with Mingled secrecy amid leftist opposition. Senate leaders push for quick ratification and dispatch to the White House, while Japan completes formalities and Hirohito seals the accord. The pact pledges U.S. defense for Japan and sets consultation rules, preserving bases while limiting U.S. veto on third nation bases.
Thirty five young golfers compete in the State Jaycees Junior Tournament at Bridgeport Country Club for four berths in the International Junior Golf Tournament at Waterloo Iowa. After 36 holes of medal play the lowest four qualify, with names including Bill Moore Leroy Gibson Larry May Bill Poland and Stewart Keyser. Bob Mayer of Wheeling won a driving contest with a 260 yard shot edging Kenny Bice of Bridgeport. Five players shot 78 in a practice round ahead of the event.
Robert E. Rankin, chairman of the West Virginia Citizens for Stevenson Committee, said nearly 500 of 3,000 petition signatures hoped for the draft Stevenson movement have been returned. The drive began three weeks ago from Morgantown with petitions sent to Stevenson supporters statewide.
At the Romanian Communist Party’s third congress Khrushchev stated war is not inevitable under current conditions. Yugoslav and Soviet allies praised the peaceful path and the Leninist peace policy while Peng Chen linked aggression to the wider socialist camp.
Litz McGuire, GOP nominee and unopposed in the May 10 primary, is named West Virginia state auditor with the period before checks flow resumed. McGuire, nicknamed Cuz, previously served as Logan mayor and oil distributor for 25 years, while Sims seeks an eighth term as Watchdog of the State Treasury. Democratic hopefuls from northern counties eye replacement as party weighs its Board of Public Works ticket.
WHIS TV joins seven Mountain State stations in airing Summertime West Virginia a backyard cook out and lawn and garden pest controls show. Bluefield’s broadcast is at 4 p m Sunday June 25 with three other stations the same day and three more on Wednesday June 2. It features spraying lawn pests with chemicals and cooking garden vegetables such as sweet corn in the husk on a charcoal grill. Reference leaflets on outdoor cookery and pest control are shown and may be obtained from the TV station.
Notices of multiple funerals and deaths from Bluefield and nearby towns including Nellie Wilson and Henry Burnley Sr. plus other local residents. Details cover burial plans, service times, locations such as John Stewart Methodist Church and Maplewood Cemetery, and surviving family members.
The Senate Labor Committee approved a bill extending wage hour protections to about five million more workers in retail service and laundry firms while phasing in higher minimums of 1.15, 1.20 and 1.25 over the next years. New coverage includes 3.937 million retail workers and 128 thousand laundry workers with varying overtime rules.
Mrs Rebecca Dillon Brewster of War died during a visit to her son Charles Brewster in Pilot North Carolina. She is survived by two other sons Bennie Ray Brewster of Baltimore Cecil Brewster of War and three daughters Sylvia Myers Es ss Maryland Dixie Roles Stilli coon Washington and Nannie Lee Seagie Bristol Tennessee. Two brothers Tom Dillion Beckley and Charles Dillion Anawalt. Two sisters Mrs Jack Brewster and Mrs Peggy Hash War. Funeral arrangements set with services at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Christian Advent Charged with Rev Haggerman and Carl Gross officiating. Burial in the Mawe Cemetery Horsepen Virginia. Douglas in Welch handling arrangements.
Richard C. Altizer nine of Route North Tazewell Virginia died Tuesday afternoon at his home. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3 30 pm in Grassy Spur Church Bishop Virginia with Rev Joe Hawkins officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Greever Funeral Home Tazewell Wednesday afternoon before being moved to the church for the service.
Charles Hicks Stowers 73 of 309 Tazewell Avenue Bluefield Virginia died suddenly Wednesday morning in San Jose California while visiting a daughter. The body will be returned to Bluefield and moved to Dudley Memorial Mortuary. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
James R. Lawrence of North Tazewell Va. will be honored Thursday at 2 pm at the North Tazewell Methodist Church with Rev. Ray Harris officiating. Burial is in Maplewood with military honors. Pallbearers include Tommy Cline Dan Lynch Herbert Ward Tommy Hurst Ray Moore Jr James Ramey Bill Howery and K R Haynes. honorary pallbearers are Ernest Kitts Henry Peery Douglas Fleet and George Repass.
Four marriage license applications were recorded Wednesday in the Mercer County Clerk's Office. Applicants include Edgar Caylor Crabtree of quantitative notation and Virgie Mai Cardwell of Rock, James Arnold Dickerson of Indianapolis and Wanda Gale Akers of Bluefield, George Marshall Walker of Dayton and Drexel Arnetha Wade of Bluefield, plus Andy Franklin Faulkner Jr. and Anita Jane Gooch of Princeton. The deed recorded transfers Bernard L Bryant and Lucille Bryant to Ralph W Hall and Elizabeth W Hall for property on Lorton's Lick in Rock District.
Police report three men robbed Sam Kroll 75 of Ambridge clothing shop on Wednesday taking $2,000. Two suspects were arrested while a third fled with the cash. Kroll was carried to Sewickley Valley hospital.
Tokyo and Washington exchanged ratification documents at the foreign minister residence, binding Asia's leading economy to the West against communism. The new accord makes permanent the American military bases in Japan for ten more years, following a month of leftist riots and a climactic political fight.
A burglar entered the unlocked back door of the Clarence G. St. S residence on Walnut Street after midnight Tuesday and fled with a billfold and a handbag containing $84. The billfold held $19 and the handbag $65. The break in occurred after the Goodwins had retired for the night.
Twenty four Tulsa Oklahoma businessmen begin a tour of the Ohio River Valley to study how river commerce supports industry. The trip will visit Ashland Kentucky Wheeling-Steubenville and Parkersburg Marietta areas as they seek greater regional industrial development and river navigation on Arkansas and Verdigris rivers.
Richard F. Lukan, 17, was struck by lightning while aiding his mother to remove laundry from a clothes line near Bulger. Police and fire crews from Midway gave oxygen but he died at the scene.
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