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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1951
Page
1
Tehran reports a partial retreat in the oil nationalization dispute. Iran offers to drop an anti-sabotage bill if Anglo Iranian Oil technicians stay on the job, as Mossadegh blasts AIOC actions and the U.S. presses for a settlement.
William Wilks Beddow 59, vice president and general manager of Logan County Coal and Amherst Coal, died after an apparent heart attack at Kanawha airport while preparing a trip to Washington. He collapsed en route to a hospital. he resided in Slagle, Logan County, W Va, with his wife.
In Pulaski Virginia on June 28 the prosecution called five witnesses in the second trial of Charles Simmons eighteen and E Buford Owen twenty for the death of Negro dentist Dr M A Santa Cruz after an Feb six altercation He died after a fall in Roanoke hospital The witnesses include Marie French fourteen and Evelyn Bland eighteen who testified that Simmons and Owen accosted them and assaulted them Dr Santa Cruz intervened and was struck and dragged to the ground by Owen and Simmons Charles Stewart testified that he saw two men follow the dentist to a police telephone and one hold his coat lapel before a blow was struck
Ambassador Vladimir Popovich presented Yugoslavia's request for military equipment and aid to Secretary Acheson on behalf of Marshal Tito. He noted a technical conference would set details while Yugoslavia seeks a portion of the $8.5 billion foreign aid bill now under congressional review.
William J. Sartori and his wife Rachel sue Primorganic Chemical Co and Hopkins and Company for 1 million and 100 thousand dollars respectively alleging prolonged hormone exposure from 1950 to 1951 robbed Sartori of male sexual characteristics and left him impotent. The action filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court by attorney Harry H. Lipsig cites negligence in continuous hormone exposure and failure to rotate work assignments. The defendants have not yet replied and no hearing date set.
Pennsylvania slot machine operator Ralph S. Kreitz testified in Reading that his devices earned about 60 000 in 14 months with no police interference and that local gambling thrives openly. Methodist minister James D. Matchette said gambling operates with police knowledge and officials have not acted, citing a horse-race parlor near City Hall and church donations from gamblers.
General Van Fleet cautioned that Chinese forces may push to overrun Allied lines near Kamsong as UN troops report limited gains along the 100 mile front. He said troops are better prepared than in spring but did not expect a major thrust immediately.
Lenora Dorsey named dean of women at Bluefield College amid new housing for women in half of the men's dormitory. Dorsey, a Maryland PhD candidate and former faculty member at Corpus Christi College, brings extensive teaching and administration experience. She has studied at Chicago, Harvard, and Columbia and held deanships at Bethel, Coker, Campbell, Intermont, and Corpus Christi.
Washington reports the wage stabilization board approved a one half cent rise in hourly wage differentials for meat packing workers. The increase adds to a nine cent across the board raise approved earlier, lifting the differential from three to three and a half cents per hour. The board notes the rise varies by group but averages just over two cents for more than 200000 workers.
The UAW CIO fired back at John L Lewis in Detroit calling him an embittered petty public figure and raiding opponent. It accused Lewis of aligning with manufacturers to attack price controls and of consorting with Communists in other unions while district 50 reportedly offered posts to induce raids. The board vowed to counter any future attempts to divide the UAW CIO with vigor.
James Browning 28 of Hookersville Nicholas County was fatally injured when his motorcycle left State Route 39 at Lockwood and wrecked. He died later at a Montgomery hospital.
A stocky man, Frank Russo, labeled a modern man without a country, is on the liner Italia after again being denied land in Italy. Deportation to Italy is ordered. Russo insists he is Italian, while authorities say he cannot leave the ship and will be sent back to Italy.
Richmond Virginia June 28 awards totaling 682289 for road resurfacing were announced by the state highway department. Low bidders included Adams and Tate Construction of Roanoke 52220 for route 460 in Giles county from Narrows to the West Virginia line and Virginia Asphalt Paving of Roanoke 23407 for route 11 in Wytheville from Main Street to the west corporate units.
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder urged the Senate Finance Committee to add at least 3 billion to the House approved 7.2 billion tax bill, mainly boosting income taxes. Senators Byrd and Taft questioned spending and method, as hearings opened on six weeks of tax legislation amid inflation fears.
The State Department released a summary of the Soviet two stage proposal for a Korea armistice and a future political settlement. It shows Washington asking all 15 forces in Korea for input and notes Gromyko’s remarks on Malik call for truce talks.
In Korea on June 28 Capt. Clarence Parkins and T/Sgt. John Froome rescued Lt. Oliver Roege after a bullet-riddled helicopter hoist jammed. Roege parachuted behind enemy lines and survived severe burns as Marines and Navy aircraft kept Red forces at bay. Parkins later said the rescue was just what any other crew would have done.
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