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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1957
Page
27
A reader counsels Molly Mayfield to end a unhappy marriage and suggests independence, while Callow Christine is advised to ignore nagging and use humor to cope. The column offers practical tips on leaving a poor relationship and managing a critical partner.
Senator Byrd reports federal grants to governments and individuals totaled 80 billion dollars from 1934 to 1956. The 23 year total includes 175 programs with annual flow averaging 3.5 billion, rising to 5.2 billion in fiscal 1956. Veterans aid dominates the postwar surge. per state totals list New York, California, Pennsylvania, and others, with Maryland and Virginia among smaller regional amounts.
Tokyo reports the Japanese government requires trade missioners from Red China to be fingerprinted if their stay exceeds 60 days. The move sparked by Japan's Socialist party with a demand for exemptions for mission representatives at open sample fairs.
WV A Department of the Army announces a plan to move 22,000 reserve officers to no pay drill status. in West Virginia only 37 mobilization aor signees exist, so impact is limited. Col. Robert E. Wallace notes no Army Reserve school units in state and says funds saved will aid reserve recruiting by expanding enlistee opportunities. Exact state transfers to be known in about 30 days with not all figures guaranteed.
In Milan on June 29 a waitress named Milani swallowed a diamond after a jeweler claimed it was a $250 gem. She spent days in hospital before being tried for theft and was acquitted by the judge who ruled the act was accidental and in good faith.
The Federation of Socialist Trade Unions demands the removal of Ceylon’s ambassador to the United States R. S. Gunawardena for signing the UN committee report on the Hungarian revolt. They label the five nation report a collection of falsehoods and slander.
Tokyo reports foreign demand for Japanese fireworks could reach about one million dollars in 1951. Exports have extended to New York San Francisco Seattle Bangkok Cairo Mexico City and Damascus with Chicago listed among buyers. Soccer rules restrict ball handling to the goalkeeper.
A column from Clintwood shares hospital stay notes and visitors from Duke Hospital in Durham to Kingsport and Abingdon. It lists names of patients, visiting relatives, and local acquaintances, with brief anecdotes about meals, fruit desserts, and ongoing health. Notes invite readers to stop by Dee Drive In near Eastman and update on friends in the region.
An assortment of small ads lists dozer and shovel work at eight dollars an hour by Jim Long, photographic services across churches and reunions, beauty shop cold waves and waves with prices, jewelry and watch repair in Bluefield by Theodore E. White, contract typewriter and machine repair, asphalt paving and concrete work with contact numbers, and various trade notices from Virginia and West Virginia local businesses.
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