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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1949
Page
3
Readable fragments mention a local fee plan and a team meeting. Names, dates, and places are unclear. Additional context appears garbled but points to scheduling or budget discussion in a community or organizational setting.
Fragmented OCR reads as officials of the Alcohol Board plan price reductions on liquor statewide. The notice mentions new rates and store adjustments with reference to state policy and public stores.
Detroit reports that future car design remains uncertain as 1950 models sit on drawing boards. Designers warn policy committees decide final changes, with expectations of improved engines and automatic transmissions across price ranges. Some speculation includes rear air cooled engines, but no solid substantiation exists.
Charleston plumbers and fitters will keep the $2.25 hourly rate after arbitration terms disclosed tonight. Two APL craft unions submitted to arbitration to settle differences, ending a 70 day work stoppage. Plasterers and iron workers push for a 12 and a half percent raise, with 13 members of the iron workers at Steel Erectors, Inc. breaking with the union and reportedly affiliating with a United Mine Workers subsidiary.
Whitesville West Virginia June 25 a man named Sayers was charged with murder for shooting neighbor Eugene Dunbar during a confrontation at the Dunbar home. State Trooper S S Pieck said Mrs Dunbar heard Sayers threaten his wife before the shooting as wives were visiting nearby. No motive had been established.
The Associated Press reports high humidity and warm temperatures prevail nationwide with only localized relief. Cooler conditions spread over the northern Rockies and North Dakota while the Mississippi and Ohio valleys remain hot and humid with scattered showers.
Local ads urge shoppers to Bradley's for bargain coats suits hats and dresses plus wedding gowns and trousseau. Also Vogue Shop announces a clearance on summer stock and Nabor's Framing opens Bluefield’s only complete framing shop with wide molding and matting options. Summer fashion at MADEMOISELLE SHOP includes golfer dresses sundresses and matching accessories.
Seretse Khama, now affirmed as chief, keeps his throne with his white wife Ruth Williams as tribal leaders in Bechuanaland vote to back his leadership. Tshekedi Khama, regent and opponent of the marriage, resigns from the regency and leaves the tribe after he refused to accept the union.
A West Virginia man identified as Harry Griffith about 50 was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium around 7 30 after a motorcycle collision with an automobile. He received multiple contusions and abrasions of the body, hospital attaches said.
The piece notes a 60 day deadline for a steel contract reaching July 13 and stresses urgency for a separate Southern coal agreement to keep the union intact. Moody backs concessions to favor the South while Lewis pursues limits on the Southern plan.
Five claims on docket against the state road commission are listed for July 11. Also on docket are two cases against the adjutant general and the department of public assistance, and one against the tax commissioner. Four tax refund cases were dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
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