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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1961
Page
2
A 15 pound three foot wild turkey known as Tom the Telephone Turkey may be moved from Barnhart Island State Park to Thousand Islands State Park about 100 miles away. Park officials hope seven female turkeys there will lure him back. Tom replies by relocating to a new booth and his number Rockwell 9,9773 is publicized.
Charleston WV Clif ford, head of West Virginia's new personal income tax division, said he would meet with representatives of Virginia Maryland and Kentucky to coordinate plans preventing residents from owing two state income taxes. Lantz said meetings are planned with Maryland officials in Annapolis and Kentucky in Frankfort, with Virginia officials potentially in Richmond.
Police in southern West Virginia continue their search for Edgar Leasure of Beckley who is suspected in a Sunday shooting that injuried his wife near Jumping Branch. Mrs Leasure is in fair condition at Hinton Hospital with bullets to the abdomen and arm. Leasure is believed armed with a .38 caliber pistol used in the attack. He drove a 1957 model car and forced another vehicle off the highway before firing and fleeing. An anonymous caller said Leasure was seen toward Glen Daniel on Route 3 but locals have not confirmed his location. State Police alerted Whitesville and Charleston. no additional clues found.
Jack Davis, 53, of Shady Spring, failed to appear in Raleigh County Criminal Court to face a plea of unlawful wounding in the stabbing at Chi Chi's Grill on Johnstown Road Feb 11. Davis had pleaded guilty earlier. his attorney Leo Brich planned to bring him to court later today for possible sentencing ranging from one year to five years in state prison or a year in county jail.
Mrs. Della Wright 85 of 310 Kessinger St. will receive funeral services at 2 30 p m Wednesday at The Methodist Temple conducted by Rev J B F Yoak and Dr Alvin J Cook. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. Survived by daughter Mrs Mary Stewart Beckley and another daughter Mrs W E Kessinger. Grandsons Earl French Frank Wright Paul Mickis Fred Wright Thomas Puckett and Bob Mickis will be pallbearers.
Margaret Henderson 60 of 102 Crescent Road dies after long illness in local hospital. Born December 22, 1900 in Tunnelton she lived 30 years in Raleigh County. She was a widow with two sons Robert Wayne of Ocean Way Florida and C H Pete Henderson of Beckley, a sister Beulah Casto of Marion Ohio, three brothers Guy Carl and Howard, plus five grandchildren. Burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens after services at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Elmer Wilson presiding. Pallbearers listed.
Prosecutor Hausner described Eichmann's role in the Holocaust site by site across occupied Europe. He depicted Eichmann as directing destruction while subordinates carried out orders. Eichmann sat impassively in a bulletproof box, translating notes to his lawyers as the testimony unfolded.
A GE employee testified before the Senate antitrust and monopoly subcommittee probing price rigging in the U.S. electrical manufacturing industry. The panel examines how deeply rigging infiltrated the hierarchy of major firms and its impact on markets.
Commodities will be distributed at Percy Fountain's residence in Skelton from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Eligible recipients are asked to bring their own containers.
Charleston UPI reports two permanent interim committees wrapped a two day session with 8 of 17 resolutions approved and new subcommittees to study subjects from public utilities and the Public Service Commission to state insurance, the penal system and a corporate net income tax.
The Oscar show featured Liz Taylor and Burt Lancaster amid rumors of sex and seduction as The Apartment drew attention for loose morals. Jack Lemmon and Gary Cooper were noted, with Cooper’s illness sending Jimmy Stewart to accept the award. Liz Taylor appeared fatigued by illness and personal turmoil, while Fisher assisted onto the stage helping Reynolds and Taylor amid a foggy night crowd.
A London Ohio report notes David Sinclair fined 8.40 for careless driving at four mph. In Bowling Green Rollie Brescoll’s yard displays a speed trap sign warning motorists. Brescoll has three speeding tickets in four months. London also mentions a Conservative poster reading The future is ours in a funeral parlor window.
The White House and Judge J Cullen Ganey disposed of the case against William H. Schick, 49, former Genaca Electric Co. manager, with a $1.1 fine. A bus passenger train wreck in Basildon, England left several dead and many injured. Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy arrived in Washington for a planned stay at the White House. A cease-fire was ordered along the Oriental and Equator border to press the Congo government toward the Stanleyville regime. State briefs report Kaiser Co recall of 100 furloughed workers at Ravenswood and other local notes. Construction worker Elmer L. Newhouse was killed in a wall collapse in St. Albans. West Virginia reports 83 traffic fatalities year to date. Duffy Horan resigns from the State Road Commission, effective June 1.
A medico legal seminar hosted by the West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association will run Friday through Sunday in Charleston with speakers Roscoe Pound Leo Karlin and others. General chair Stanley Preyser and state Supreme Court judges attend. opening registration is 5 to 7 pm with a welcome by Mayor John Shanklin. About 250 to 300 lawyers attended last year.
Washington AUPI reports labor leaders welcomed Supreme Court rulings upholding union hiring halls and strengthening union security. Justice Douglas noted the hiring hall is a matter between the union and employer and not subject to NLRB restrictions under current law.
Mayor Cecil L. Miller and councilmen George B. Chambers J S Larrick and George C Porter depart tonight for Washington to learn how to apply for federal funds under the depressed areas legislation They will join other regional attendees including Sen Paul Douglas and Abraham Ribicoff as the Douglas Bill is explained to participants.
In Pearisburg Virginia UPI reports final arguments are due in the trial of 30 year old Mrs Mary Elizabeth Giles charged with arsenic murder of her three year old son Terry after the child fell ill at breakfast Aug 29 Along with Terry three other children also grew ill and were hospitalized Mrs Giles sobbed denial saying she did not poison her baby Her father Arthur Adams testified he bought rat poison the previous day and she claimed she asked another child to place it in her suitcase but did not see it again
UPI dispatch from Guantanamo reports security tightened as Marines and sailors patrol the fence and take positions in pillboxes after a Castro regime charge of a U.S. invasion. Reports say 5,000 invaders landed at Bay of Pigs and that Cuban militia losses could be about 100. Naval units allegedly deserted to the invaders, while guerrilla actions continue in Oriente Province. The Cuban frigate Baire sank at Nueva Gerona after sabotage or scuttling.
A mob of about 200 Castroite Argentines gathered in the center of a city as five teenagers were arrested. Earlier attacks included a bombing at the U S Information Agency office in Buenos Aires and the First National City Bank branch causing minor damage. Tear gas was used in Caracas to disperse a pro Castro demonstration in Silencio. Two bombs shattered windows at the Grace Shipping offices in Santiago after a pro Castro parade. In Mexico City police broke up an attempted march on the U S Embassy by leftist students. Brazilian President Janio Quadros voiced alarm and ordered information from Brazilian embassies while Brazil’s newspapers waited for guidance.
Sawyers urged reinaugurating widening and third laning of key primary roads across the state while criticizing residents demanding local road improvements amid low traffic. Gov Barron promised no political interference with the Road Commission. Burl Sawyers accepted the commissioner role with a clear mandate to get the job done.
Stevenson dismissed a Cuban allegation accusing a bloc in training, listing former Castro supporters who fled Cuba without offering proof. He complained that the American diplomat did not rebut his statements and left the room with aides. He weighed a formal demand declaring the charge false.
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