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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1961
Page
2
The report recalls a 1957 death linked to a man who helped form a dozen companies and pursued new ventures. His younger brother Hugh Jr aged 60 took over leadership at Daily Telegraph Co as the elder Jim’s son Edwin Ned became heir apparent.
Actor Hume Cronyn and two Nassau men were rescued by a tug after drifting in a 16 foot Nova Scotia boat for over 24 hours. A search plane spotted the trio 25 miles off New Providence Island as Bahamas Airways and Ar Trader planes offered aerial assistance through rough seas.
Howard Imboden, publisher with his wife owning most stock, announced plans for a Democratic daily in Princeton to be called the Princeton Times. About 250 residents attended a Mercer County Circuit courtroom meeting discussing the paper’s future and building leases.
The Justice Department filed a civil action in U S District Court New Orleans to end alleged racial discrimination against Negro patrons in dining facilities at Moisant International Airport. Attorney General Kennedy cited failure to secure voluntary desegregation and noted coordination with Civil Aeronautics Board and FAA officials.
Mrs John J Lane chapter 1 regent spoke after a meeting about correcting errors in DAR marker information. Sears Monument Co will replace the marker at no charge, erecting a new memorial to prevent further expense and attract visitors to the mound.
The article reports legal action against Charleston Wilson Elkins and Clarksburg funeral homes for ignoring prohibitions and advertising freely. It notes legislators naming Hoke and two others to four year terms starting July 1, and details changes from past board members Fe Allen Bonar and Bodey. It suggests possible liberalization of rules with Hoke’s introduction and the loss of rigid enforcers.
Two inmates Raymond Housden and Samuel Berry escaped the Jefferson County Jail Monday afternoon by overpowering a trustie and forcing open a door to seize a basket of trash. Trusty Harry Breeden, 60, of Charles Town, was beaten and hospitalized. Police issued alerts across West Virginia Virginia and Maryland as roadblocks went up near the Norfolk and Western tracks.
Wheeling fire crews responded to two fires occurring nearly simultaneously. One damaged the Byrum Construction Co yard in East Wheeling, with heavy smoke and a column rising miles away. The other fire affected the Ohio Valley General Hospital, mainly in a psychiatric section, with minor damage and no evacuations. Assistant Chief Wilbur Morgan cited a cigarette dropped on a mattress as a suspected cause. one injury, a rib contusion to Fireman George Hess, was reported. About 55 firefighters and 12 volunteers fought the blazes, saving machinery and keeping the hospital fire contained.
West Virginia figures from the State Crop Reporting Service show 37 million eggs produced last month, unchanged from the prior two months but two million below May last year. Egg prices fell two cents per dozen in May to 35 cents, while broiler prices averaged one cent per pound below April and farm chicken prices were unchanged.
The United States and Nepal agreed on a four million two hundred twenty five thousand two hundred seventy dollars aid package for Nepal's 1952 fiscal year beginning July. A freight train stalled spectators as rubble and a nest collapsed about five feet, delaying the event for about 30 minutes amid a blaze along the tracks.
Police press a broad hunt for a likely female killer after 3 year old Andrew Ashley was found drowned in Delaware Park lake with hands and feet bound in stockings and towel around his throat. Investigators link two prior abductions to a slender dark haired woman in her 20s amid a citywide manhunt led by Police Commissioner Felicetta.
Emmett Lambert of Shrewsbury filed a libel suit for 250000 damages Monday in Commis Pleas Court against Cannelton Coal Co and J W Dorf a company official. Lambert alleges a slanderous letter and rate hike hearing delay harmed his good name and income as a skilled mechanic and electrician. The Public Service Commission noted last May a hearing on Mingo Public Service at Cannelton Dorff released an application for a water rate increase. the case was continued to July after company evidence was presented.
Two Wheeling children discovered an adult hand in Wood's Run stream in Greggsville downstream from Oglebay Park. Police and Ohio Valley General Hospital confirmed the limb had been in the water too long to determine age or sex. Authorities investigated the scene.
The Saturday Evening Post surveys TV criticism and asks NBC chairman Robert Sarnoff who shapes modern television and how to improve it. It recalls Don Drysdale’s outbursts in or out of the mound and notes Oklahoma’s misperceived image versus reality, urging readers to pick up the issue.
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