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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1949
Page
6
Bluefield adopts a new food handling law passed by the city Board on May 26 1949 set to take effect July 1 It classifies food establishments into classifications with Class 1 for foods prepared on premises and kept in good health for consumption
Gillooly argued schools must stay open for the full term to educate all children, noting that even if costs differ between Negro and white students, the colored children must receive the same term.
Dr. John W. Yost city health director said the food handling ordinance will go into effect as scheduled with extra staff for monthly inspections. Class I establishments must display a conspicuous placard showing approved, conditionally approved, or not approved status and may be closed if conditions threaten public health. Copies of the ordinance will be sent to affected establishments. T. Courtney Tanner called it a progressive step to raise health standards amid frequent complaints.
Thomas L. Betterton Jr of Huntington forfeited an 11 bond for speeding in Municipal court before Judge James Martin. Fourteen total cases heard. Clyde C. Weddle of Rocky Gap forfeited 151 for drunk driving 16 for no operator permit and hit and run nailed. Two assault cases one bond 16 other sent to state for trial. Seven drunkenness cases results varied including suspensions and fines and one state trial.
Charleston officials reveal attorney general Thomas J. Gillooly says Negro children must receive the same educational facilities as white children under existing state laws. The opinion follows protests over school closures in Tucker and Wirt counties due to low enrollment.
The First Christian church of Princeton will hold its annual meeting as a pot luck dinner at 6 30 tonight in the church dining room. Reports of the year's work will be read and board members and Sunday School teachers will be elected. Each family is invited to bring a covered dish and join in fellowship.
James L. Conley of Pocahontas was arrested yesterday afternoon at 1 45 on charges of reckless driving and drunken driving. He was stopped on Princeton avenue by patrolman J C Whitehead.
Revival services at the Church of God in Pettry continue with Rev. Paul Wadkins as evangelist. Began Saturday June 25, services are held nightly at 7:45 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
A committee to be named by Mayor Carl Andrews will examine financing for a $10,500,000 sewage treatment plant and report to the water commission by July 15. Plans for the plant are already completed.
South Bend Indiana June 28 An agreement to end the 70 day strike at Bendix Aviation Corp was reached after talks in Washington with plant managers and CIO United Auto Workers Secretary Symington said the parties would vote tomorrow at 3 pm central daylight time on the proposal. Pickets remain at ten plant gates as 6100 Bendix workers decide. The strike began April 20 over reinstatement demands and pay adjustments in the brake shoe department and the company seeks $2 million in damages from a federal suit. President Walter Reuther participated in the talks and stressed air force needs. The Tribune estimates wage losses near 4.5 million dollars.
Pfc. Thomas C. Moore son of S. A. Moore of Atlas West Virginia is training as an Air Force technician at the USAF technical school in Pt. Francis E. Warren Wyoming. The announcement comes from the commanding officer.
Former detective sergeant James Stetmheciter testified in a Huntington West Virginia court denying involvement in a reported robbery scheme on Ame & James Street. He expressed confidence in his own defense as the proceedings before Judge Chay Wart continued.
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