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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1960
Page
9
The State Police invite 146 applicants to mental and preliminary physical exams in Charleston on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of a plan to build up the department’s uniformed strength. Supt Hazen Fair aims to have 279 policemen by August 1 and begin a 12 week school for the new men at the State Police Academy in Institute.
Grain price report from Richmond Virginia lists No 2 red winter wheat across multiple regions with values from 1.68 to 1.80. Corn No 2 yellow shelled quotes span 1.23 to 1.48 in various towns and cities. Barley No 3 and oats No 2 quotes appear for several locales, including test weights and regional variation.
Bonn reports an escape network aiding Nazis like Eichmann to travel through Egypt and Argentina. Dr Johann von Leers, once Goebbels adviser, is named as mastermind and Egypt's Nasser regime protection links emerge. Eisele case spurs claims of forged papers and wider Nazi expulsion. Von Leers accuses Jews of currency debasement and restitution fraud in a public letter.
A 22 year old mother Elizabeth Davis of Wellsburg West Virginia drowned while trying to win a four dollar bet with friends in Steubenville Ohio. Currents carried her away as she swam about 100 yards from shore and efforts to revive her failed.
Ira B. Lilly state deputy tax commissioner announced that all store operators must purchase general licenses for the 1861 fiscal year by midnight June 3 and filed by postmark to avoid trouble. He moved his Princeton office to the Kirby Building with hours 9 am to 5 pm and will aid operators in filing applications. The general license covers stores hawkers and machines.
In Tokyo the Associated Press outlines how left wing pressure seeks to sever ties with the United States while pro western forces argue for continuity. Riots and protests question democracy, U.S. bases, and Japan’s postwar pacifist stance amid a volatile shift in the country’s political future.
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