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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1959
Page
1
Twenty guests in Mission Hills faced a burglary by three masked robbers during a blizzard. The bandits demanded valuables from women, took cash from men, and left furs on a bedroom floor after about several minutes. Losses ranged from three dollars to jewelry over three hundred dollars.
A 20 year old Tazewell County man William Thomas Kitts was killed when struck by an auto on Highway 19 near Tazewell at 11 15 p m. The same moment a 44 year old Giles County woman Mrs Clark Robertson died in a separate car wreck on State Route 636 near Pearisburg likely from a heart attack. Funeral arrangements for Kitts are set for Tuesday at 2 30 p m at Central Church Burkes Garden with burial in the church cemetery.
James R. Seeley, a 32 year old part time musician and Flint school teacher, admitted beating his wife Carol 32 to death with a hatchet and stabbing her with a knife in their East Side home. He drowned two daughters aged 4 and 6 months in the bathroom and later reported the crime to police. Two other daughters aged 10 and 9 were unharmed. Seeley described the acts as an urge to kill after returning from local bars.
Senate and House conferees reached a tentative agreement on a budget bill calling for about 1122 million dollars in general revenue for the next fiscal year, about four million more than the current year. Final figures hinge on Board of Public Works approval of revenue estimates.
The United Arab Republic and Iraq deepen their split amid claims Iraqi Communists pressurize Prime Minister Kassem. Nasser accuses a Red dictatorship plot and calls for uprisings while Baghdad cites Cairo involvement. Demonstrations erupt in Cairo as Cairo and Baghdad tensions rise.
New Haven authorities condemn a St Patrick Day clash at Yale as 1,500 students faced 60 officers. Griswold calls the incident disgraceful while McManus cites rough policing. Fourteen arrests plus injuries noted. campus crowd kept on campus until Monday.
A 42 year old Indianapolis divorcee Mrs Connie B Nicholas goes to trial for the July 31 shooting death of Forrest Teel 54 executive vice president of Eli Lilly and Co. Police say she fired three shots in a parked Cadillac after a 15 year illicit affair. Defense contends accidental shooting during a violent struggle.
Princeton relatives fear the son in law of Mr and Mrs M B Wallingford is drowned in a Georgia lake during a fishing trip. Dr George Furgus and a guide were in separate boats with others when a storm hit near Marietta. The guide was found dead. Dr Furgus and his companion are missing as search continues.
Leslie Earl Gadd of Princeton died Sunday at home from a heart attack. He was 59 and a life long Princeton resident, former city recorder, manager of the Princeton Credit Bureau, and a real estate dealer. Survivors include his mother Minnie Peters Gadd, son Leslie E. Gadd Jr., sister Mrs. J M Marshall, brother Cyrus H. Gadd, and two grandchildren. Seaver Mortuary in charge of funeral arrangements.
At least 23 persons died in fires across the country Sunday nine in New Jersey and Philadelphia eight in Philadelphia and eight in South Carolina. The victims included a sharecropper and eight children in Cross Hill South Carolina and a New Jersey smoke fatalities in West New York. A Stratford Connecticut woman perished alone in her burning home.
San Francisco AP A Teamsters bakery drivers union spokesman says $4,000 in union contributions to the United Crusade will be withheld until Girl Scouts promise to use only union baked cookies. Union officials urge local procurement of union cookies for future sales. Mortimer Fleishacker Jr. says he wants no part of the row.
A late winter storm spawned tornadoes and heavy winds across the Midwest and into the Northeast. At least four people were killed and many injured as snow and drifts stranded thousands, disrupted travel, and damaged property from Wisconsin to Ohio including Chicago area power lines and trains.
Britain assesses the American presidency ahead of Harold Macmillan's White House visit. Observers note Eisenhower's perceived absence of Dulles, while praising Macmillan as a potential source of Western unity. Reports quote Sun day Times and Sunday Observer on leadership and direction in Berlin crisis talks.
In Kingsport Tennessee John Salling 112 a Confederate veteran was described as in very critical condition at Munal Clinic with pneumonia. Another surviving veteran Walter Williams 116 is bedfast at his Houston Texas home.
The $40 million project begins as AT&T and partners start laying a 2400 mile twin telephone cable from Newfoundland to France. The system will carry about 36 voice circuits, use repeaters every 40 miles, and join AT&T Long Lines with French and German posts. The Monarch sailed from Britain to France to begin payout toward Newfoundland, with first April completion anticipated.
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