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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1961
Page
2
Atlantic City AP report says New Jersey education commissioner Frederick Raubinger denounces imperson alized teaching at the National Education Association convention. He warns against overreliance on classroom devices and urges teachers remain central in guiding individual students and learning.
Washington AP reports Nina Kinsella, 71, warden of Alderson Federal Reformatory for Women in West Virginia, retires after 30 years. General Kennedy names her successor at Terminal Island California effective July 1. Kinsella joined the federal bureau in 1930 and earned the Federal Women's Service award.
Police in Bluefield report weekend thefts including a Keepsake wedding ring set valued at 375 dollars from an unlocked car in the municipal lot J A Sink of Bristol Virginia owned two pairs of men s shoes stolen from Nick Tsakaris UR Nex Shoe Shine Shop and a Philco 8 transistor radio valued at 35 from the Bluefield Auditorium office The missing English Setter named Victor with a collar but no tags completes the list of reported losses.
Obituaries list William Estil Lewis 78 of Freeman and other local residents who died recently. Details cover survivors, service times, burial sites, and sponsoring funeral homes across Freeman Welch Gilbert and related communities.
Soiled traffic lanes on carpets are easily removed with Blue Lustre foam cleaner leaving nap fluffy. The product reportedly cleans spots and soil, works with any brush, and a half gallon can clean three 9 by 12 area rugs. Third Floor.
Byron Bowling eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Senki Senden of Commes Christi Texas funeral held Tuesday at 2 p.m. Brushfork Methodist Church with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Body transferred from Dudley Memorial Funeral Home in Bluefield Virginia to residence and to church for service.
A damage suit against Russell County deputy sheriff Jack Banner was continued because he is recovering from gunshot wounds. The case was moved to Washington County Circuit Court on a venue change. The shooting that wounded Banner occurred during a gun battle in Dickinson County. charges remain pending. The widow of deputy J. E. Boyd was among those in the booking office at Boyd’s death in May 1960.
West Virginia layers produced 37 million eggs last month per the Federal State Crop Reporting Service. The total was steady with the prior two months but two million below last May. May egg prices fell two cents per dozen to 35 cents while broiler prices averaged one cent.
The action delays two year branch colleges planned for Logan and Williamson while WVU faces no disruption with a Parkersburg branch. Marshall University President Stewart Smith cites state board action. a needs survey and committee report now target safeguards and staffing rules.
A. E. Stephens spoke at a Smithfield political rally vowing to push Virginia from its status quo. He outlined plans on highway financing education aid new jobs and tax redistribution between state and localities. He urged quick action and warned opponents of defeat.
London AP reports Prime Minister Macmillan returns to his office after recovering from a cold and sore throat. The brief illness caused minor disruptions but his workload resumes.
In Richmond Virginia Albertis S Harrison defends his proposal for a state school construction authority as sound and constitutional He accuses Democratic rival A E S Stephens of attacking his plan to help counties build new schools Stephens calls Stephens new formula for instant poverty Harrison says the Byrd organization backed candidate covered the matter at Mary Munford School in Richmond
YMCA Day Campers at City Park celebrate Pioneer Day with gold prospecting, a Wells Fargo locomotive play, pony rides, open fire hot dogs, and frontier costumes. The event includes nature lore, a fort hike, treasure hunt, Indian war enactments, and town attacks as part of the dress rehearsal activities.
West Virginia sees mainly sunny skies and a warm high near 80 Tuesday. Warmer and more humid Wednesday with scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers. Virginia expected partly cloudy and warmer in the west and north Tuesday with some rain in the southeast. Highs 75 to 80 and fair, warmer Wednesday.
In Parker sburg West Virginia five $2000 four year National Foundation scholarships will be awarded next month under the National Foundation Program. The committee led by Dr J P McMullen reviewed 18 applicants for nursing occupational therapy physical therapy medical social work and medicine. Scholarships total $2000 each with $500 per year. John C Stepp said 500 applicants were considered.
Gov Barron reappointed Truman E Gore of Clarksburg as commissioner of finance and administration and General Williams of Statesbury as adjutant general. McLaughlin and Miller were named assistant adjutants general. Epperly of Vienna was named to the State Aeronautics Commission for a term ending June 3 1965, succeeding McKee. Chapman Stump and Hoke named to Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors for four year terms starting July 1.
Soviet space man Yuri A. Gagarin will visit India in October, announced A. V. Baliga president of the Indian Soviet Cultural Society.
The General Telephone Company of the Southeast filed proposed rate and rule changes for service in Buchanan and Tazewell Counties and Bluefield Virginia. The State Corporation Commission suspended the changes and set a hearing for July 8 at 10:00 a.m. in its courtroom to review the schedules on file.
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