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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1959
Page
4
Czechoslovak airline plans its first regular passenger service across the Arabian Sea with Tupolev 104A jets. The Prague to Bombay route will run twice weekly via Cairo and Bahrain.
A fragment hints at a promotional badge or character called the Pepsi-Cola Silver Dollar man. The text warns readers to avoid shortages and keep up with the gimmick or contest. Further details are unreadable in the fragment.
The West Virginia Supreme Court granted in part and denied in part a challenge to the Board of Public Works 5 percent cutback order. It ruled general revenue funds include sales and use tax receipts, allowing cutbacks even where schools are affected, while noting earmarked allocations for schools remain authority questions. The case stems from a December order and subsequent revisions, tied to a declaratory judgment from Wood to Hardy counties.
Vice Premier Mikhail Suslov led a Soviet Communist party delegation that arrived from Moscow on Tuesday to attend a congress of the French Communist party in Paris.
Prince Edward County supervisors approved a budget for 1959 60 with no money for public schools as they seek a reduced tax levy for general government. The action follows the county's move to exit public schooling to avoid integration, a plan contested by local ministers who urged restoring school funds.
Bluefield's East River Swimming Pool Club announces a July 4 program featuring a beauty contest staged by a secret committee selecting 25 regular swimmers for queen laurels with a prize for winner and runner ups, a diving exhibition led by Hunts Boone David Webster and Dopey the Clown, afternoon diving contests in two age groups, and a 9:30 p m closing. The Red Cross swimming instruction continues daily through mid August with free lessons rotating to a new age group each week.
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