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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1963
Page
1
A split in Dunbar’s city government intensified as Mayor Dale Lang’s faction moved to remove three council members for abandoning their posts. A special session failed to act, ending with a recessed meeting and continued conflict between Long’s bloc and the opposing counselors.
The Braxton County Centennial Log Raft, launched at Sutton over a month ago, arrives near Mink Shoals after a rough journey down Elk River. Crew members Burl Frame and others plan repairs and a 10 am Civic Center tie up in Charleston before continuing downstream toward city officials and celebrations.
The Diversified Fire and Casualty Co. led by Pred J. Ellison and executives including W. E. Parsons J. F. Burdett and Gordon W. Yapp holds major shares in Diversified Mountaineer Corp. Beckley backers push a local armory project with $324,790 federal and $313,123 state aid, plus $636,000 in revenue bonds over 30 years funded by Raleigh County actions and city pledges. Burdett sits on the Stonewall Life board and ties to City National Bank leaders in Charleston while Beckley residents drive local support.
Beverly Hills report states Mrs. Mercredes Douglas, 46, ex-wife of Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, wed 52-year-old Robert B. Hochholz after a divorce finalized last week. The couple had known each other for years. Douglas, 64, wed Joan Carol Marin, 23, in Buffalo, New York, last month amid a cruelty claim.
A West Virginia plumbing heating and cooling association denounces a Capitol heating system repair decision to not seek competitive bids. The $100,000 Summersville Heating and Plumbing Co. contract was approved by a three member state committee. The dispute centers on alleged unfairness to citizens and association members and questions the bidding process.
United Fuel Gas Co. faces a front page cutback order since the Public Service Commission denied its proposed rate increase. The firm, headquartered in Charleston, is a subsidiary of the Columbia Gas System based in New York City, and mirrors Amere in corporate structure.
Washington action brings prominent executives to organize an advisory council to promote equal opportunity and to open job opportunities for Negroes and other minority groups. G William Miller of Textron presides, supporting Kennedy's Equal Employment Opportunity program and urging free enterprise to spread inclusive hiring.
The SRC orders removal of outdoor sign displays worn by state highways and prohibits moving parts. A new SRC booklet outlines record and transcript preparation for state court submissions. PSC promotes Guy R. O'Dell to head motor carrier field inspectors. O'Dell brings 14 years as chief inspector in Nicholas County.
An 18 year old Putnam County youth Theo Sands of Scott Defot was severely injured when a Chesapeake and Ohio coal train struck him at Thompson Crossing about one mile north of St Albans. He was listed in serious condition at Thomas Memorial Hospital. Sands and another youth were riding small motorcycles on West Virginia Route 1 when the accident occurred early Tuesday. The train carried the motorcycle down the tracks as Sands was attempting to move it.
Textron Inc. will acquire the assets of Parkersburg-Aetna Corp., a Parkersburg West Virginia manufacturer of bearings and oil production equipment. Announcement came from Textron chair Rupert Thompson Jr. and Parkersburg-Aetna president Bernard P. McDonough. Purchase price not disclosed. shareholders must approve. The firm is based in Parkersburg, WV.
Police investigated thefts reported Tuesday in Charleston driven by motel guest towel and television thefts. Fred Lewis at Ivy Terrace Motel Kanawha City reported a 21 inch TV missing from a room. Triplett Gulf Service on Oakwood Road was entered with about $30 cash taken through an open door. Fred A White on Clark Drive reported bedroom drawers ransacked with $63.50 stolen. No forced entry observed. Bernard Bloom on McClung Street reported tools and a gauge stolen from his car.
Aluminum Company of America will open a Charleston sales office in the Nelson Building with Newell H. Orrer of the Pittsburgh district sales office becoming resident manager. The move aims to serve a growing market in West Virginia and nearby Ohio counties.
Raymond D. Shannon age 61 of 48 Sunset Dr was booked at city jail Tuesday on a charge of issuing a worthless check for 11.12 to Lowenstein & Sons. He posted $300 bond awaiting arraignment in Municipal Court. The Valley Grove Methodist Church homecoming at Two-Mile will be held Sunday with the Aaron Rider quarter featured. Rev Roy Fink pastors the church.
A South Charleston man reported his hand controlled light green 1959 Pontiac sport coupe stolen from Center College parking garage in Virginia and Dunbar streets on Monday while he taught class. The paraplegic Luteman says the car is his only transportation and bears license 392-568.
South Charleston crowns Cathy Colan age 14 as Miss Recreation at a city sponsored contest. A beauty pageant at the recreation department highlighted the event and promoted Peterson's Ointment for piles relief. Debby Roberts, eight, named Little Miss Recreation in a separate junior division.
A Washington report notes a garage fire on Michigan Avenue sparked by youths learning to smoke, delaying an outdoor recreation program. A House Interior subcommittee approved a bill to fund federal grants for land acquisition and development of outdoor recreation facilities with funds split between federal and state purposes.
A Kanawha County coal miner named Spence, of Deceta, was nearly killed when slate collapsed at Oglebay-Norton No 4 mine near Rayford. Fellow workers rapidly freed him from a slate pile, and an ambulance rushed him to Kanawha Valley Hospital with fractured ribs and back injuries.
Patrolman Jim Humphreys was reelected to a four year term on the Charleston Police Pension and Relief Fund board. Lt G C Wiseman reported 68 votes cast for Humphreys. Other members are Capt James Frullian and Lt E D Smith with Mayor Shanklin as ex officio chairman.
The paternity case against Marlon Brando was dismissed after blood tests showed he could not be the father of the dancer Marie Cui’s five month old daughter. Attorney Bernard Cohen said Cui persists that no other man could be the father, but the tests showed the baby’s blood type is incompatible with Brando’s.
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