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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1962
Page
2
Four men were booked in Raleigh County Jail at 11:55 p m Sunday on destruction of property charges. Names include James Blankenship of Narrows Virginia Edward Wilburn, James Atwood of Narrows Virginia, and Robert L Johnson of Bluefield all facing multiple counts.
Emmanuel Herring of North Beckley failed to reclaim his 1961 model automobile seized by federal authorities as used in transporting moonshine. Judge John A. Field Jr. ruled Herring knew the car would be used for illegal liquor transport when he loaned it to Laura Lee Rogers near Resaco. Trial/disposition set for 9:30 a.m. Sept. 5. United States Attorney Harry Campbell and Thornhill called the case unusual. Rogers pleaded guilty to transporting liquor but awaits sentence.
A tractor trailer loaded with peanuts overturned on the West Virginia Turnpike near mile post 25 at 5 20 p m Sunday. Damages are estimated at 50 000 dollars. Driver William Clyde Howington 29 of Lynchburg Virginia is listed in good condition at Beckley Hospital with minor cuts. The vehicle is to be removed from the toll road today.
Mark Delano Roberts two year old son of Mrs Gracie Roberts of Fire Co is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital after being admitted at 6 30 p m Sunday for treatment of injuries to his left hip suffered in a fall.
D. W. Woody Kinzer of Raleigh County House of Delegates was admitted July 18 after a heart attack and is listed as not having visitors.
All petit jurors summoned for the current term in United States District Court in Beckley were dismissed by Judge John A. Field Jr. until 9 30 a m September 5.
The Raleigh County Planning and Zoning Commission will elect officers at 7 30 p m in the county courtroom. City Planner Fred LaBastille says Randey Webb and Beverley Hume will attend for the first time as new members named at the last session.
Beckley Hospital Inc filed a $1,406.72 suit in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office against Amos Pettry of Maple Fork Road. The claim covers hospital services for Frankie Pettry, the deceased wife of Amos Pettry, and for their daughter Sandra S. Pettry. Truman Sayre of Sayre and Ferris represents the plaintiff.
United Press International notes the Atlas Mountains extend about 1500 miles through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, shaping regional geography and climate. The range spans multiple terrains and influences local ecosystems as it runs northwest through North Africa.
Virgil Ray Harvey of Raleigh was placed on two years probation after pleading guilty in United States District Court to liquor law violations. Judge John A. Field Jr. set Sept. 6 for Leonard Meek Kimbleton's trial on forgery and Josephine Blanche Kimbleton’s disposition date. Harvey’s car was confiscated after arrest on July 27, 1961.
Nobel laureate William Faulkner wills most of his estate to his widow and their daughter Jill Faulkner Summers of Charlottesville Virginia. He also leaves 5000 dollars to niece and 5000 to nephew James M Faulkner and Deane Faulkner Mallard of Oxford Mississippi. No estate amount given. Actor Barry Sullivan and Egyptian film star Desiree Samara wed in Las Vegas. It is his third marriage and her first. Ex Gov Homer A Holt named to American Judicature Society board in San Francisco. A Benwood site for a new plant could employ up to 125 workers. West Virginia University adds two new instructors to its School of Medicine Roy L Butcher and Stanley H Stolar.
The 17 nation Geneva conference adjourned to await further talks on a test ban treaty as Soviet leaders Khrushchev and allies argue American Pacific tests last April forced Russia into new detonations.
Ronnie Little, 13, of Itmann, is listed in good condition at Wyoming General Hospital after a fall from the Mullens bridge framework left him with a fractured ankle. He told authorities the wasps that stung him caused him to slip about 10 feet to the sidewalk while climbing the steel structure near Guyandotte Avenue and First Street.
The Raleigh County Overall Economic Development Program committee holds its annual election at 7 30 p m in the county courthouse led by Dave Abrams with officers Roy Cunningham Robert J Ashworth and J A Blackburn serving as vice president secretary and treasurer respectively.
Sunday afternoon two cars collided on Smoot Avenue near 3 p.m. when a 195 model truck driven by Calvin Moye 17 and Glen Morgan began to drift backward into a 1955 model car owned by Lewis Cook of New York City. About $50 in damages reported. no injuries and no charges filed.
Ernest Ray Burgess known as Bill, 45, of Oak Hill died today at 6 am in his Highlawn Park Addition home after a two and a half month illness. A Union Carbide Metals Co. Alloy employee and World War II veteran, he is survived by his wife Margie Alta Bragg Burgess, a daughter Charl es Stover, a son John Burgess, a stepson Conley Tincher, nine grandchildren, and five sisters. The body is at Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill, pending arrangements.
Earl Clinton Brown 53 of Kincaid died after a highway crash near Richwood Saturday. Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday at Kincaid Methodist Church with Rev. Paul Gravely and Rev. Clifford Baine officiating. Brown, a coal miner, died in a Richwood hospital from neck and skull injuries. Survived by Ethel Brown and two stepsons Bob and James Gee of Kincaid, two stepdaughters in Detroit and Dayton, a brother Wayman in Detroit, half brother Albert in Prosperity, and sister Mrs Virginia Kincaid of Kilsyth. Body to be moved from B C Hooper Funeral Home at 5 p m today.
Funeral services for Willie Ed ward Fox 56 will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hillsboro Methodist Church with Rev. Owen Lee presiding. Fox died Saturday at home after a short illness from a heart attack. He was a county assessor and member of the Hillsboro Methodist Church. Born September 21, 1906 in Fayette County, he was a son of the late Dary and Eleanor Fox. Survived by wife Mildred Vaughan Fox, foster mother Minerva Fox of Ansted, son Kenneth, two daughters Phyllis Hardy of Rupert and Faye Kersner of Beckley, a brother Robert Fox of Logan, two sisters Hallie Napier and Pearl Morris, three foster brothers Stanley, Dave and George Fox, two foster sisters Elizabeth Wiseman of Charme and Jesse Egan of Ansted, and two grandchildren. Burial in Breffey Creek Cemetery.
Maxwell Miller 41 of Cyclone Wyoming County died Sunday in Mullens hospital after a long illness. Funeral service set for 1 p m Tuesday in Campus Church of God with Rev Paul Kessler officiating. Survivors include parents Clovis and Dally Maynard Miller of Cyclone four brothers Nathan Aubrey Raymond Estel and two sisters Elsie Smith Kopperston and Ruby Miller Cyclone. Body to return to parental home today from Evans Funeral Home Oceana. Burial Cook Cemetery Cyclone.
Mrs Rose Massey 75 of Edwight died Saturday night in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. Final rites set for 2 pm Tuesday at her home. burial Miller Cemetery Rock Creek. Survivors include son Dan Barefield and daughter Garnet Pettry both of Edwight. brothers Tom Massey of Edg ht and Lee Barefield of Leevale. sister Ida Pettry of Dry Creek. three grandchildren. Body to be moved from Valley Funeral Home Whitesville to the home at 4 pm today.
Funeral services were set for 2 p.m. in West Raleigh Community Church for 15 year old Jackie Earl Davis son of Mr and Mrs Corbett John Davis of Raleigh. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Authorities say he died by hanging himself at his home Saturday afternoon. Pallbearers listed. E M Shrewsbury services for Emory Michael Shrewsbury to be at 11 a.m. at Bailey Funeral Home Chapel Princeton. Infant son of Emerson M Shrewsbury Spanishbury died Saturday morning. Burial Oakwood Cemetery.
Mrs Roberta Acord 30 of Drennen was killed Sunday when she was thrown from a pickup driven by her uncle James A Acord 45 of Poe Nicholas County. State Police said brakes failed causing the truck to strike an embankment on a dirt road near Drennen about 11 miles west of Summersville. The body is at Williams Funeral Home in Sophia awaiting arrangements.
Mrs. Sarah Emmaline Bailes aged 84 dies after long illness in Richwood hospital. Services held at Mount Zion Methodist Church Nettie at 2 p m with Rev Charles Cameron presiding. Survivors include daughter Ellen Garberick of Nitro. six sons O W Richwood Arthur Cecil Jennings Nettie Woodrow Prosperity Fleming Daniels. sisters Mintie Hambrick Rome Ga and Mary Bailes Eureka Springs Ark. 28 grandchildren 41 great grandchildren and several great great grandchildren. Body moved from Simons Funeral Home Richwood to Nettie home. Burial Fairview Cemetery Nettie.
The Rev. Paul Smith 82 of Beckley died after a two month illness. Funeral services were set for 2 30 p m at the First Christian Church Beckley with Rev Walter Griswold officiating. Burial followed in Caf fee Cemetery Mount Tabor. Pallbearers were Hill Brown Minor Scott Forest McClure Van Carper Charles Richmond and Bob Price.
Mrs Cora Smith 74 Beckley died Sunday evening in a local hospital. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor awaiting arrangements. Patterson 64 American Machine and Foundry Co. chairman died in sleep at home. Dean B Cromwell 82 USC coach and 1948 U S Olympic team head died of heart attack. services Monday near USC campus where he built track program. Helen Adams Neely 72 descendant of John Adams and president of the Children of the American Revolution. widow of Navy Cmdr Howard A Neely, funeral in Hollywood.
Donald C. Blair of Crab Orchard paid a $10 fine and costs before Magistrate W. A. Burke today on a speeding charge. He was arrested by Beckley State Police Sunday.
Howard B. Frew 67 of Lester died 6 40 p m Sunday in a local hospital after an extended illness. He was born April 14 1895. Survived by Clara Barber Frew wife, Florence Carter Chicago Ill, Robert Frew Grand Valley Pa, Mary Hutchinson Lester 11 grandchildren. Body at Caffee Funeral Home pending arrangements.
Former West Virginia governor Cecil H. Underwood told the American Bar Association that eminent domain for coal pipelines must be granted quickly to move western coal to growing Pacific Coast utilities. He said delays in coal slurry could force plants to use other fuels and warned transportation costs have risen, boosting interest in coal by pipeline and other methods.
East ern Air Rescue Center at Robbins AFB Ga ordered CAP units in West Virginia and Kentucky to suspend their week long search for a missing plane but West Virginia National Guards men plan to take another look today at Cabwaylingo State Forest. Capt. Rocco Narcise Huntington a member of the 16th Special Forces Group ordered by Gov W W Barron to join the search said after interviewing a dozen persons Sunday he was convinced the missing plane came down in the forest. Narcise said members of the Huntington paratroopers unit and State Police plan to locate an unidentified object sighted Sunday from a hillside. Among State Policemen in the search Sunday was Supt W F Burchett who flew in an Air National Guard helicopter to coordi nate air and ground search paries. The Georgia base called off the CAP search exactly one week after the plane carrying three members of an Atlanta family was reported missing. The craft carrying Mr and Mrs Dana Byers and their 15 year old daughter Beverly disappeared after Byers radioed Tri-State Airport in Huntington that he was running out of gas and was lost. Since then CAP wings from West Virginia Kentucky Virginia and Tennessee have joined in the fruitless search of heavily wooded areas along the pilot's projected flight line. Maj Ernest H Chieves wing deputy for operations said Sunday night that searchers were hampered by a lack of good leads. Twenty nine aircraft put in a total of 85 hours of flying time over the weekend to check out dozens of reports scattered throughout the southwestern part of the State. Normally he said good leads work themselves into a pattern but this time we never even got a pattern.
Marilyn Monroe born Norma Jeane Baker in 1926 in Los Angeles foster care shaped her early life. She rose to fame after posing nude for a calendar and signing with 20th Century Fox, starring in Niagara and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Her career faced stumbles with The Misfits and Let's Make Love, while marriages to James Dougherty Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller ended. Monroe died at 36 amid ongoing legal battles over Something's Got to Give, leaving a surviving half sister and a mother unaware of the death.
Playwright Arthur Miller, once married to Marilyn Monroe, said he was dreadfully shocked by her death and had not spoken with her for about a year. He noted he would not attend her funeral, calling the idea inappropriate to mourn in that way. Italian actress Sophia Loren likewise paid tribute, calling Monroe a fine actress and a beautiful, outstanding person.
A British spokesman said El Al must arrange Soblen’s transfer to an America bound flight by Wednesday and that the airline is legally bound to comply. He noted El Al need not fly Soblen to the United States itself, only make the necessary arrangements, with defiance leaving uncertain outcomes.
West Virginia June future construction contracts totaled 25.7 million, down 2 percent from June 1961, F. W. Dodge Corp reported. Non-residential work reached 12.6 million, up 226 percent, residential 7.7 million, up 9 percent, and heavy engineering 5.3 million, down 65 percent. First six months of 1962 saw contracts totaling 95.8 million, a 16 percent drop from a year earlier.
President Kennedy returned to the White House from Cape Cod duties and planned to nominate two new Atomic Energy Commission members James T. Ramey and John G. Palfrey. He also sought French approval for Chip Bohlen as Ambassador to Paris and urged Eastland to restore federal drug powers to control risky medicines. Jacqueline Kennedy and Caroline headed for New York and Italy with JFK Jr staying in Newport.
Nine states record 33 fatalities from traffic crashes, two airline wrecks, and a drowning boating accident. The worst crash occurred near Goodland Indiana on Saturday, where six died instantly and one died later from injuries.
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