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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1962
Page
1
Charleston officials move toward a new incinerator with a federal aid application and planning contract, while approving a $4 million sewer revenue bond issuance on second reading. The council also addresses zoning changes, parking limits, road continuations, and civic center updates.
A warrant charges Charleston Indians General Manager Danny Zerbey with assault after a dispute at Walt Powell Park. Complainant Goebel Denny says Zerbey tore at his uniform, forced him to the floor, and staffers helped him up later. Police say Zerbey is out of town. hearing pending.
A group of about a dozen boys aged 10 to 18 presented a one page petition to the Charleston city council Monday night asking for a new baseball field. They previously played at Reynolds Street Playground now the Civic Center site and Little League players must go to Kanawha City to participate. The mayor said the Parks and Recreation Commission will act, but for now they may use a vacant lot opposite the Civic Center until further notice.
A brief Dunbar City Council session ended after two minutes as Mayor Long and three allies were absent. Roxalana residents protested moves affecting two council members Gray and Hoff, who face a legal dispute with Morris and Legg over Roxalana representation and a Fourth Ward ordinance. The meeting was adjourned by Acting President Huston with ten items left undone, including the police chief appointment of McMillion.
The Weather HERE AND ELSEWHERE reports candidates in a local council race. Incumbents L. Leslie Evans and W. K. McComis face strong GOP opposition as Arch G. Schoonover is challenged in the Sixth Ward by Democrat Lee M. Holmboe.
In Atlantic City two party lines rise as bus unionists gather at Greystone Motel for a federal credit union conference. Republican and Democratic candidates for municipal judge and council positions are listed, with precinct polling details across six wards. A 6:30 p.m. start marks the event to strengthen employee knowledge and union operations.
In the Democratic primary in the district Thomas L. Maynard edges Clyde Bartlett. Maynard Dolloff lead over Richard J. Dubord grows as returns from 43 of 631 precincts show Dolloff ahead 7936 to 6711. Republican Garland Tupper leads 95104 and 16602. Unopposed are Gov Reed for four-year term and the Second District candidates Clifford G. McIntire and William D. Hathaway. McIntire has five terms in the old district.
E T Estlack of the U S Soil Conservation Service will meet Cedar Grove Town Council at 7 30 p m today to explain watershed flood control provisions under federal law. The council and Mayor Kenneth Fricky have shown interest in a flood prevention program for the Kellys Creek watershed which includes Cedar Grove. Also attending are Otto Cantley chairman of the Capitol Soil Conservation District board of supervisors.
Delores Holliday a 16 year old Beckley senior at Woodrow Wilson High School was named state Rhododendron Queen at a Charleston Eagles Lodge pageant Monday night. Runner up Venus Evan Bennett 16 of Washington Avenue SE a Charlestes High School junior finished second. Sally Truax 20 an instructor for C P Telephone Co placed third.
Voters in Nitro and Riverdale Acres go to the polls to approve or reject annexing 198 acres southeast of Nitro adding about 200 houses and 800 residents. Polls open 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. with locations listed across Nitro and the proposed territory.
The Commerce Department reports private housing starts at an annual rate of 1,587,000 in May, matching a 1959 peak and up about 40 percent in three months. Durable goods sales held at 16.4 billion despite steel’s drag. unfilled orders declined for a third month. Private housing starts rose 6 percent from April, with May private nonfarm starts at 153,500 seasonally adjusted.
Edward G. Robinson, 68, collapsed from a heart attack Monday while filming near Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanganyika. He was rushed to a hospital in Arusha in serious condition as a heart specialist flew in from Nairobi. The on location crew camp sits at 15 000 feet, with the doctor having left camp hours earlier.
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