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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1964
Page
2
Washington dispatch details a journalist recounting his actions during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. He explains delays, backyard digging, and attempts to act as a go-between, noting Scali handled the message flow and questioning his own influence on world peace.
A burned Negro church sparked a deadly incident as bodies were found after a party went there from Meridian to inspect the site. The burned station wagon was located the following day. FBI authorities said the search would continue for more clues and Mississippi Governor Paul Johnson pledged state forces would use every effort to apprehend those responsible.
Ranger 7 color and black and white photos displayed from the moon’s surface indicate a benign, solid terrain and a likely safer, easier manned landing. NASA officials William Shea and Robert Gilruth presented the findings after viewing 4 320 images and studying mockups of the Apollo spacecraft.
Charleston West Virginia to form a Charleston Regional Export Expansion Council to aid state firms in finding overseas markets. Bernard H Jacobson will head the council with 20 plus names expected. A seminar August 20 will explain services. Each $500000 in export sales equals a new industry, says Jacobson. West Virginia exported 156 million in manufactured goods in 1960 plus 100 million coal and 7 million in agriculture.
Buren Kidd of 106 Hull Street was granted permission to build a garage at the end of a blind alley parallel to his home. W C Warden of 215 Hull Street was waived from yard restrictions to place a garage within four feet of his side yard. Five Springdale and Bishop Street residents were allowed to open an alley behind their lots.
Judge William E. Steckler excused Jim Yellig a 67 year old Santa at the Hoosier village of Santa Claus from jury service saying he did not want any children to miss Santa. The decision was announced Tuesday in Indianapolis.
Ocean ecosystems host a larger diversity and quantity of fish than freshwater streams with saltwater habitats supporting numerous species across broader areas. Freshwater systems meanwhile retain significant but comparatively smaller fish populations.
The Justice Department runs two WV investigations that could affect November. One questions welfare payments used to influence voters in Mingo County during the primary. The other seeks possible federal-law violations in Kanawha County flood relief spending after 1961. former officials and a grand jury focus on nearly $1 million in relief funds.
A public ceremony at the Statehouse will witness the signing of an agreement between the State Air Pollution Control committee and the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare to study air pollution in the Kanawha Valley. Afterward the Mobile Air Sampling Laboratory will be on display in the capitol parking lot during the two year study. Attending with expected signatures are State Health Director N H Dyer and the commission chair, with Dr Emil Palmquist and Jean Schueneman representing the federal side.
R W Thomas superintendent of the Stotesbury No 10 mine in Helen accepts the Presidential E flag for Eastern Associated Coal Corp as one of eight E and C mines honored for aiding export coal. T Reed Scollon U S Bureau of Mines official presents the flag flanked by state senator George C Porter and UMWA leader William Fly Lewis. Eastern, first bituminous coal firm cited, exported over three million tons last year and holds long term foreign contracts.
Moscow accuses Communist China of demagogic poverty rhetoric to rally support for war efforts. Kommunist magazine defends Khrushchev’s goal of higher living standards and attacks Chinese policies for prioritizing military aims over human welfare. The editorial signals tensions ahead of a Sino Soviet party meeting and broader world communist summit.
Bi partizan support in Congress and from Barry Goldwater backed a U S air assault aimed at North Vietnam. McNamara announced extensive damage to four torpedo boat bases and the Vinh ai depot while pilots were missing. The Pentagon disclosed moves to bolster Pacific forces and move ships, aircraft and troops to counter further acts by North Vietnam.
After a second naval skirmish with PT boats off North Vietnam, figures including Sen. Barry Goldwater former VP Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge react. Goldwater backs President Johnson, saying the action protects American prestige. Lodge defends Maddox and Joy’s right to defend themselves. Nixon urges decisive action before the election, warning against delaying.
In Wheeling the Interstate 70 tunnel project danger was resolved after swift safety actions that neutralized a perilous carbon monoxide situation among 14 construction workers. The scene prompted praise for rapid response and risk mitigation by responders and engineers.
The article reports urgent plans to use jets for air raids if fighting widens. U.S. and South Vietnamese officers met to plan responses to potential North Vietnamese raids by its Russian-built air force. Civil air defense was not announced in Saigon, though locals began digging backyard shelters. The South Vietnamese premier’s press secretary backed American action and discussed national unity and the possibility of a march north to reunify the country under non Communist rule.
Raleigh County Park Board meets at 7:30 pm to discuss chlorine treatments at Little Beaver Lake for safety. Swimmers are advised not to swim during chlorine placement between midmorning and early afternoon. About 120 youths joined swimming classes supervised by Mrs. John Pate. invoices were approved in the absence of President J. W. Foster.
Ezra Kessinger of Beckley was released from Raleigh County Jail after charges on a check warrant were dropped and costs paid to Magistrate Joe Rodriguez.
Garner W. Fink 44 of Glen White died at 3 30 p m Tuesday after a heart attack at the Moose Lodge where he worked. Born January 4 1920 in Glen White he was the son of Lakie Riffe Fink and the late Lon Fink. Survived by wife Margaret Acord Fink Glen White two sons Jerry Ray in Okinawa and Robert Lee Crab Orchard two daughters Linda McGraw Glasgow Mont two sisters Helen McVey Pemberton and H Kenneth Manning Crab Orchard four grandchildren. He was a Loyal Order of Moose Beckley member and a Crab Orchard Baptist Church congregant. The body is at Calfee Funeral Home.
Virgil W. Albert 49 of Stanaford died suddenly in a local hospital at 12 30 p m Tuesday He was a former worker at Stanaford Coal Mine and a World War II veteran Born November 12 1915 at Stanaford he was a son of the late and Pearl Warden Albert Survivors include two brothers Carl Albert Stanaford Robert FE Albert Ragland Road five sisters Nellie Sikora Dearborn Mich Kathleen Tobyhanna Pa Maxine Taplan Beaufort N C Lorrine Albert Stanaford and Mary Albert Maumee Ohio Funeral services will be held at the Webb and Neal Funeral Home Chapel Friday at 2 p m with Rev C W Jones officiating Burial will be in Hurt Cemetery Stamford The body will lie in state at the Webb and Neal Funeral Home after 1 p m Thursday Supporters include Bert Curtis Beckley and three grandchildren
John Herring Jr. 71 of Minden died Tuesday in a local hospital after an extended illness. Born May 12, 1893 in Wilsonville Alabama, he was a retired miner and World War I veteran, member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. Survived by wife Elvira Herring four daughters Georgia Mae Greene Alice Barksdale Claudine Chapel Barbara Herring, one brother Rev Clyde Herring, two sisters Jessie Willingham Ruby Johnson. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
Funeral services are set for Andrew E. Moter in Fayetteville with burial in Huse Memorial Park following his death after a long illness. He served in World War II and leaves a wife, daughter, and sister. Also reported is the death of Delmer Lee Curtis, 74, a Cocoa Beach native and former coal company bookkeeper, with survivors including a son and daughter and several brothers.
Charleston intermediate court judge William Thompson condemned Gov Barron and the State Parole Board for granting a conditional pardon to Howard R Moe Board 36 in a 1963 numbers case. Thompson said the action fell outside standard justice and warned of prior gambling-case patterns. Board was released May 15 and must be parole supervised and barred from numbers activities, criminal contacts, liquor, and drugs.
Police report a 1963 model car driven by Anna L. Lilly age 40 of 105 Booth Ave collided at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday with a 1964 model car driven by David Barksdale age 20 of 211 Fairview Ave at the intersection of 2nd and Heber Streets, causing $500 damage with no charges filed.
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