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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1960
Page
2
Elmira Star-Gazette captures a playful survey of 6 to 10 year olds amid tents and pools. Kids offer humorous, earnest, and confused takes on politics naming Washington as likely president and mistaking Khrushchev for a wrestler or German spy.
Three days after Hiroshima a second bomb hit Nagasaki. Since then tests have unleashed weapons of greater power. Early casualties were animals used in experiments. Fifteen years ago the US led in atomic work and the Soviet Union joined later. Britain and France have expanded their testing programs.
A congressional report notes free world aid to developing regions rose markedly after 1954, averaging nearly three billion annually since 1954 and exceeding four billion in 1959. It cites Communist use of aid to influence other nations and says increases were similar for the United States and other industrialized allies.
The excerpt notes Harold Macmillan taking a hostile stand toward the Soviet Union by backing aggressive US policies. It mentions Khrushchev publicly confirming a U2 spy plane over Soviet territory, a dramatic July helicopter rescue in Brownfield Texas ending tragically, and other brief items including Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's surgery, Gary Crosby ending an engagement, a deadly incident in Dania Florida, a Long Island Rail Road settlement after a 26 day strike, Upper Volta gaining independence, and the separation of Michael Wilding and Susan Wilding with Elizabeth Taylor noted as a former wife.
A train crash near Russell Kentucky in Kanawha County injured two boxcar passengers Hubert Ailstock 48 and Ray Wade 51 both of Hugheston West Virginia. Ailstock suffered severe scalp lacerations and multiple injuries while Wade was treated and released. Railroad officials estimated damage at least 50000 with seven teen cars demolished and emergency crews responding from St Albans and South Charleston to clear tracks.
Nathaniel Reynolds, 33, Beckley, was sentenced to six months in Raleigh County Jail by Magistrate Cotton White on drunkenness charges. Two men arrested by State Police were fined 50 dollars and costs and must serve 24 hours in jail. Wesley Meadows of Washington, D C, faced a charge for permitting a drunk to drive his car, Garland Ward of Raleigh charged with drunken driving. A Beckley juvenile was released when a felonious assault warrant was withdrawn. Olie White’s peace warrant was withdrawn and costs paid.
Two suits filed in Raleigh County Circuit Court seek 130000 in damages, 65000 each. Plaintiffs George Evelyn and D J McCoy accuse G C Murphy Co of injuring Mrs McCoy in a store staircase fall on January 4. Another suit by Norma C Bailey and Mitchell J Bailey names J E Perkins and J W Rinehart with the Raleigh County Board of Education over a August 7, 1959 highway crash injuring Mrs Barley and involving Jessie Vandal and Chester S Toney.
Kefauver carried or led in all but two east Tennessee districts and looked certain to win renomination before West Tennessee results. He led in the Ninth district and carried Hamilton, Knox, and Davidson counties. In West Tennessee, Fayette and Haywood saw significant Black turnout for the first time since Reconstruction with no incidents. Republicans nominated two little known candidates.
Mrs Izetta Little 33 of Stamford remains in critical condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital from gunshot wounds to the abdomen. The injuries followed a Wednesday morning shooting by her 15 year old stepdaughter Sandra Kay Little.
Effrus Coles 57 of Mullens dies after a long illness in a Beckley hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church Mullens with Rev. Nelson Staples. Burial Greenwood Memorial Park Beckley. Survivors include wife Eula V. Coles two stepsons sister Miss Ella Coles brother Lorenzo Coles and niece Miss Mary Lee Coles. Trent Funeral Home Beckley to hold body one hour before service. White Star Lodge in charge of graveside rites.
Mrs Elizabeth H Piotrowski 69 of Lochgelly will have a Rosary at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel tonight led by Rev Robert E McDonnell. Burial is set for Saturday at Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church Scarbro with pallbearers listed and body at Melton Mortuary. Funeral services pending for Miss Alice Dews 24 of Loveland Ohio formerly Beckley with body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
James Lundie Cochran 64 of Packs Branch died at Beckley hospital after a long illness. A retired miner and Packs Branch Baptist Church member, he was born May 3, 1896 in Raleigh County. Survived by Grace sister Lula Ran son Red Star four sons Dale James L Jr William Joe. four daughters Mabel Flanagan Phil Monsermon ie Hallis White James Hewlett. 20 grandchildren. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope.
Guy Clark Lynch, 55, of Pineville, died at 3:15 am today after a stroke. Born December 15, 1904 in Clendennin, he was a well driller who lived in Pineville since 1943 and worked for Pipeline Construction Co. and Carte Drilling Co. He was a member of Clendennin Baptist Church, a 32nd degree Mason, and Beni Kedem Temple. Survived by wife Maxine Green Lynch, son Michael, daughter Diana, all of Pineville. Body at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home in Pineville.
Funeral services for George Anderson formerly of Hazy New York City will be at 2 30 p m Sunday at Welcome Baptist Church East Park with Rev R H Rawlings Lester in charge Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery Anderson died Wednesday in New York after a long illness Survivors include his wife Mrs Sarah Anderson New York and a sister Mrs Drusilla Melvin Melton The body will arrive at Durgan Funeral Home Saturday morning
Henry P Powell, 6545 S Fayette St, will receive funeral rites at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor with Elder Ed Wallace officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood Memorial Park. Powell died Wednesday morning while en route to a local hospital.
Frank Eli Day 76 of Josephine will be honored at 2 30 p m Saturday in Josephine Baptist Church with Revs Lonnie Blankenship and Tom Eldridge presiding Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park Day died at his home at 2 p m
Funeral services for Irene Marie Moore 50 of Coal City are set for 2 30 p m Saturday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Rev Ernest Barley officiating Burial will follow in Pemberton Cemetery She died Thursday at her home after a long illness Born December 6 1910 in Summers County she was a daughter of William and Jane Moore Survivors include one son Junior Moore of Detroit Michigan two brothers James Moore of Pemberton and Jess Moore of Detroit Michigan
Charlotte M Brown daughter of Frances Brown Summerlee will be buried at Hill Top Cemetery at noon Saturday with Rev Jesse Garland. She died 10 55 p m Wednesday in a Charleston hospital. Surviving: mother, four siblings Ella Betty Marie Rodney and the maternal grandparents James and Mrs Jones Summerlee. Body to be moved from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to grandparents home at 10 a m Saturday.
Three hepatitis cases will be reported to the State Department for the week ending today. Pemberton has two cases, Montcoal one. Also four animal bites: a hamster, a ground mole, a ground hog, and a rat. Victims are in Beckley Shady Spring Skelton and Beaver. Four measles cases listed.
The Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association X-rayed 366 persons in April to June with 298 negative results. One active TB case and various inactive and other conditions were noted. The quarterly report, released by executive director Mrs. C C Lewis, covers admissions, discharges, and outreach activities, plus a 19th annual meeting summary and volunteer hours.
Norman Walker surveys Nixon and Kennedy on labor issues from steel settlement to Taft Hartley and Landrum Griffin. He notes gray areas, past votes, and party platforms shaping labor climate. AFL CIO scoring shows Kennedy ahead. Nixon shifts liberal in recent years under influence of James P. Mitchell. Labor could lean toward Kennedy, wary of Johnson on ticket.
Tshombe signaled in a news conference he expects U.N. troops but has not received assurances of arrival by Saturday. Lumumba's central government opposes taking Katanga to the Security Council. Katanga’s wealth underscores the stake, as U.N. aims to limit central government authority. Elisabethville residents brace without panic as mobilization sparks youth enlistment. Tshombe critics clash with police during a clampdown on a public gathering near the hotel.
A federal inspector conducted an annual review at Raleigh County Jail and commended the facility's overall condition. Jailer Virgil Keaton said the inspector praised it as the best shape he has seen in years of visits.
A wife bids farewell to her husband and three sons with the line Be sure and remember your lessons. He followed the advice and persisted in study, cherishing the guidance as a lasting family lesson.
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