Scrapers Hit Downtown and Residential Areas in Bluefield Snow Plan
Bluefield street crews begin removing piled snow to allow curb parking and improve access as they target downtown and hard to reach residential areas. City manager Whittle notes costs of three major storms may total about 7500 dollars, with final tallies pending.
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Bluefield
Randolph G. Whittle
Whittle
Ryefield Board of Directors
Princeton Avenue
Federal Street
Bland Street
Bluefield Avenue
Luther C. Riggins
Charles A. Hurst
Maryland Ave
Norfolk
Andy Clark Ford Co
Illness and vacation shift control of Newark area shops to women
In Newark Ohio an illness and a vacation affected the Alexandria community as seven local businesses saw three more fall into female control for a time. Two firms remained run by women throughout, while others turned female during owners' illness or travel.
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Newark
Ohio
Alexandria
District Banks Report Weekly Loan Increase
Twenty of the largest 5th Federal Reserve District banks show a $1,828,000 weekly rise in total business loans, lifting outstanding loans to $792,689,000. Increases center on petroleum, coal, chemical, rubber processing, retailers, and mining firms. declines include commodity dealers and utilities.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Dismiss Charleston Gazette As Party In Big Libel Case
The Daily Gazette Co. was dropped as a defendant in a $100,000 libel suit in Kanawha Common Pleas Court. Judge Knapp dismissed after stating the article appeared in the Sunday Gazette Mail, a combined publication of The Gazette and Daily Mail. The case concerns a year end review about H. L. Jarrell who resigned amid trial.
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Charleston
The
Daily Gazette Co
Kanawha Common Pleas Court
H. L. (Bus) Jarrell
Justice of the Peace
Gazette
Newspaper Agency Corp
Dennis R. Knapp
Sunday Gazette Mail
Daily Mail
Jarrel
Jarrell
Gazette-Mail
Kanawha County
Weather Summary West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia and Virginia forecast cloudy and cold with snow in the west spreading east in the afternoon. Highs 25 to 32. Thursday occasional snow and continued cold. In Virginia Wednesday mostly cloudy with snow starting in the southwest and moving east and north by afternoon or evening, highs 28 to 35. Thursday snow and continued cold with snow likely mixing with rain in the southeast.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Bland County Schools Planned Reopening Amid Wythe Closures
Wythe County schools will remain closed today after a severe snow storm, according to Superintendent A Strode Brockman. Mercer and McDowell reopened earlier. Bland County plans a reopening under James Morehead. Tazewell County pupils return except Burke's Garden students.
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Wythe County
A. Strode Brockman
Mercer
McDowell
James
Morehead
Bland County
Tazewell County
Burke's Garden
Baltimore Jury Indicts Mercer Man
A 48 year old Mercer County man, Bobby Roger Bailey of Matoaka, was indicted by a Baltimore Maryland grand jury for the murder of Robert K Morris in Baltimore. Bailey waived extradition and remained jailed in Princeton while authorities prepared transport to Baltimore.
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Mercer County
Baltimore
Bobby Roger Bailey
Matoaka
Princeton
Rober K. Morris
Bailey
Walter W. Ross
Maryland
Charles Plock
George Cleash
Country
Hold en 22 Mine Fire Sees 123 Men Affected In Logan
Okey Bryant 49 Verdunville and 15 other workers listed with ages from 32 to 63 are connected to a Holden 22 Mine fire eight miles southwest of Logan. The mine employed 123 men and 17 supervisors. 83 additional workers were furloughed, and 35 remained in headings when the fire was found. Firefighting used foam and sealing to smother deep flames as full evacuation occurred.
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Okey Bryant
Verdunville
Ison Ooten
West Logan
Albert Marcum
Monaville
F. L. Jarretts
Harts
Josh Chafin
Pine Creek
Melvin Newsom
James Carter
Ernest Bevins
Ragland
Orval Sargent
Charles Adams
Holden
Louis Workman
Mud Fork
Garfield Hensley
Clyde White
Frank Ardis
Roy Lee Dempsey
Bill Donaldson
Jack Rundell
Donaldson
Rundel
Holden 22
Logan
Paul Evans
Kermit
Evans
Local Cancer Society to Hear ACS Officer
Ralph G. Beverage the state executive director of the American Cancer Society will speak at the Mercer County unit meeting. The 7 30 p m event in the Flat Top Bank Building will include Robert Daniel the organization’s field representative among the guests.
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Ralph G. Beverage
American Cancer Society
Mercer County
Flat Top Bank
Robert Daniel
Village Denied Sewage Permit in Pomeroy Ohio
The Ohio Water Pollution Control Board denied Pomeroy a sewage discharge permit, paving the way for AG action and possible fines up to 500 dollars a day. The village may appeal in Meigs County Common Pleas Court. officials say the cost of a treatment plant could reach a million dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Water Pollution Control Board
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Attorney General's Office
Leslie F. Fultz
Pollution Control Board
Fultz
Ohio River
State Police Chief Says Bean Threat Letter Not Endangering
Charleston AP Hazen Fair, state police superintendent, says Senate President Ralph Bean does not need to fear for his life over threats linked to the West Virginia Crime Commission. He calls the author a mental case and notes the letter came from another state, unrelated to crime investigations. Bean, head of the Senate, appointed five panel members.
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Charleston
Hazen Fair
Senate
Ralph Bean
Bean
Local Man Wounded by Gunfire in Bluefield Neighborhood
A 40-year-old Bluefield man named Frank Albert was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarian Tuesday afternoon with a .22 caliber gunshot wound to the face. Police continued to investigate Tuesday night and had made no arrests. He arrived at 3:30 p.m. and was listed in satisfactory condition at 11 p.m. The shooting reportedly occurred in or near his Stovall Sr. residence.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Frank Albert
Stovall Sr
Stovall
Vacation Institute To Convene In Welch
The Vacation Church School Institute gathers Saturday March 12 at Court Street Methodist Church Welch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participating churches include John Wesley Northfork Court Street Welch Metropolitan Gary Mount Zion Coalwood Caretta St Luke War Charles Wesley Faraday Little Zion Canebrade Purcell Memorial Amonate Va.
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Court Street Methodist Church
Welch
John Wesley
Northfork
Court Street Welch
Metropolitan
Gary
Mount Zion
Coalwood
Caretta Church
Caretta
St. Luke
War
Charles Wesley
Faraday
Little Zion
Canebrade and Purcell Memorial
Amonate
Red Cross Worker Uncovers False Leave Claim
A Red Cross unit reports a GI falsely claiming a home fire to extend leave. A worker traced the supposed burned house to a still intact residence in Mont calm area, finding the man on the porch peeling an orange and denying the blaze. The incident ends with the truth reported to military authorities.
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Bluefield
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Montcalm
Beer Commissioner Revokes and Suspends State Permits
Charleston AP. Beer Commissioner R D Platt revoked permits and forfeited bonds for John Casin doing business as Jack's Bil Mar Follawsbee on three gambling and liquor charges Patricia I Feola Calypso Beech Bottom Brooke County on illegal sale of liquor George Sivestes Stone House Restaurant Triadelphia on three gambling and liquor charges and suspended other licenses including Gladys Forbes Mounds Club Melvin Baynes Skip's Beech Bottom Betty Ann Hickey Skyline Inc Wheeling Route 1 and Floyd Chambers Club 89 Cameron Route 3 Marshall County on gambling and liquor charges with suspensions varying by case.
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Charleston
R. D. Platt
John Casin
Jack's Bil Mar
Follawsbee
Patricia I. Feola
Calypso
Beech Bottom
Brooke County
Platt
George Sivestes
Stone House
Triadelphia
Gladys Forbes
The
Mounds Club
Moundsville
Melvin Baynes
Skip's
Betty Ann Hickey
Skyline Inc
Wheeling
Floyd Chambers
Club 89
Cameron Route 3
Marshall County
Kiwanis Club Hears Musical Program at Matoaka High
The Matoaka Kiwanis Club met at Matoaka High School at 6:30 p.m. with a Jubileer Quartet from Mullens performing. Dinner was served by the Methodist Fellowship. President Claude Blankenship announced Ladies Night will be observed next Tuesday at the high school.
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Jubileer
Mullens
Matoaka
Milan Firemen Net Rescue In Sewers
Milan firemen fished a sanitation worker from the sewers after he was washed in while cleaning drains. Giovanni Pastori aged 51 remained hospitalized Tuesday as rescuers recovered him from the Milan sewer system.
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Milan
Italy
Giovanni Pastori
Pastori
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
Harold Woody and Edith Wynn lead the list of deaths with services planned in Bluefield area churches and several funerals set at Hawkins and Scott Street Baptist Churches. Edward McCroskey and John Breeden also noted, with extensive survivor lists and burial details across Narrows Princeton and Kegley.
Funeral for Mrs. Dora Neal in Bluefield
Funeral services for Mrs. Dora Neal rose in Bluefield will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Bratton Memorial Chapel of Mercer Funeral Home with Major Columbia Baker officiating. Burial will follow in Gratton, Virginia.
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Mildred Pennington
Bluefield
C. R. Wynn
W. J. Wynn
Sioux City
Iowa
V. F. Dunsworth
Kansas City
H. E. Dunsworth
Springfield
Oregon
Hawkins Funeral Home
Oakwood Cemetery
Princeton
Guy Harrison
James
Edward A. McCroskey
Narrows
Edward A. McCroskey Jr
Bill Horn
Patricia Helms
Odney Horn
New Castle
Ward McCroskey
Noel McCroskey
Elizabethton
Tenn
Marshall McCroskey
Fayetteville
N.C
Estil McCroskey
Kimballton
Tom Tate
Nelson LeRoy
Baltimore
Riffe
John William Radford
Eggleston
Ida G. Radford
Basil W. Radford
Goodview
Ernest R. Radford
California
Lorain Smith
Beulah Stevers
Pembroke
Katherine Fuller
Jane Martin
Salem
Howard Meredith
Dersie Radford
Hoges Chapel
Margaret, Johnson
Ray Evans
Charleston
John Hall
Mountain View
Alfred Radford
Givens Funeral Home
Pearisburg
Cordelia Keaton Abram
Charles Phillips
Junior Poca
Henry Abram
Isaac Abram
Rock
Bud M. Abram
Roderfield
Floyd Abram
Bloom
Mt. Sterling
Ohio
Louise Yearling
London
Pentecostal Church of
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Jaeger Memorial Cemetery
Fanning Funeral Home
Welch
Phillips
Arthur J. Snider
Athens
Minnie Whittaker
Winding Gulf
Raleigh County
Mercer County
Mary Carolina Snider
New York City
Whittaker
George W. Seaver
Bowling Cemetery
Green Valley
Annie L. Becorest
Annie Lucas Beccrest
McComas
Margaret Proco
Blacksburg
John Shinshock
Catherine Street
John
Kentucky
Paul
Pennsylvania
Eddie
Victor
Breeden
Radford
Helen Nagy
Cravens
Montcalm
Rose
Dora Neal
Bratton
Mercer Funeral Home
Columbia Baker
Gratton
U. N. Unit Sets Membership Meeting in Bluefield
Mercer County Chapter of the American Association For United Nations plans a called session at the Bluefield YWCA at 8 p.m. Mrs. Jane Meadows presides as the state meeting is set for April 8-9 at Charleston Civic Center. The chapter meets April 26 at the Bluefield YWCA with speakers Eugenia White Mrs. James L. Robertson Rev Bill Brown and Rev J T Browning.
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West Virginia
American Association For United Nations
Mercer County
Bluefield Ywca
Jane Meadows
Civic Center
Charleston
Meadows
Liz Taylor Injures Ankle In Sudden Ice Tumble
New York AP report says Elizabeth Taylor slipped on ice outside a Philadelphia restaurant injuring her left ankle. Initially feared to break a leg she was taken to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York then walked out after an X-ray showed a bone bruise, not a fracture, before returning to Philadelphia with Eddie Fisher.
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New York
Elizabeth Taylor
Philadelphia
Eddie Fisher
Harkness Pavilion
Columbia - Presbyterian Medical Center
Miss Taylor
Fisher
Marchers protest segregated theater entrances in Bluefield
A few dozen African American marchers protested segregated theater entrances in Bluefield yesterday. Theaters operated with segregation and show no plan to change policy. Attaches joked about publicity with business largely uninterrupted. bystanders observed orderly conduct and no incidents.
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Bluefield
PTA
Pulaski death to get further probe
Pulaski County authorities will broaden their inquiry into the exposure death of Edgar Willis Smith, 47, found beside a car on Route 605 near Radford. Dr. Charles Fox Jr. cited exposure as the primary cause, with Smith showing age and facial injuries. A warrant for 25 year old Curtis Bay Weeks to detain him for questioning was issued as Weeks recovers from frostbite and authorities pursue details of a late night scuffle over a small caliber revolver.
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Pulaski, Va
Pulaski County
Edgar Willis Smith
Smith
Radford
Charles G. Fox Jr
Commonwealth
Alton I. Crowell
Curtis Bay
Crowell
Weeks
New Members Join Green Valley Club
Two new members joined the Green Valley Glenwood Kiwanis Club at a Tuesday night meeting held in the Cafe Building Green Valley. The Rev. A. C. VanReamer of Carr Memorial Methodist Church and J. H. Wood of Maple Acres were welcomed by 26 attending members.
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Green Valley
Glenwood
Stanback Promises Faster Relief for Colds
Advert says Stanback powders and tablets combine proven ingredients for complete relief of cold symptoms. It claims greater pain relief than individual ingredients and promotes the synergistic effect of multiple analgesics in one dose.
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G. M. Cramer
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