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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1962
Page
1
A US columnist mockingly imagines French DIY books letting readers rearrange pages to rewrite endings. He jokes about reshaping Moby Dick and Huck Finn with new outcomes and even moving Gone With The Wind to the Alamo era, lampooning authors as unnecessary.
Army Corps of Engineers backs two flood control dam projects totaling nearly 62 million dollars for inclusion in the omnibus public works bill. The Potomac River North Branch dam in West Virginia and Maryland would cost about 50.9 million with 1.60 in benefits per dollar. A Twelvepole Creek dam in Wayne County costs 11 million with 1.50 in benefits per dollar.
Sunny spells and warm temperatures dominate the five day outlook with highs around the mid 80s in the south and upper 70s to 80 in the north. Cooler early next week with scattered weekend showers possibly totaling a quarter inch. Beckley and Oak Hill report highs near 80 with lows in the 50s, river conditions show clear greens and a rising gauge at Hinton. New York reports a 27 degree low and extreme heat in California at Blythe and Needles reaching 113.
A 165 mile scenic highway through much of the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia won Senate subcommittee approval as part of a broader public highways amendment. The plan envisions 95 miles federally funded in the Monongahela area with the rest on a federal matching basis, with construction potentially finished in six years and some segments usable by 1965 or 1966.
Charleston report by West Virginia Chamber of Commerce covers seven months in 1960 showing 18 of 22 indicators higher than last year. July declines include coal production 45 percent, railroad carloadings 42 percent, miners earnings 16 percent. July gains include auto sales 30.6 percent and manufactured products value 0.7 percent.
Public Service Commission reports over one third of for hire vehicles failed safety checks in the past year. Division director A C Eckstein warns operators endanger public safety by putting defective vehicles on highways. A county wide check on hire vehicles is underway, with immediate stoppage for brake air line gas tank and other critical defects beyond the annual state police safety sticker.
Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg acting under urgent orders from President Kennedy rushed to Chicago on a White House plane to avert a possible walkout of about 1,000 railroad telegraphers on the Chicago and North Western Railway. He met with company and union leaders to seek a settlement as the strike threatened to halt operations across nine midwestern states and disrupt commuting for roughly 70,000 Chicago riders daily.
A brief note asserts that those in the diplomatic service must avoid lying in plain language, emphasizing honesty as a core professional standard. No specific persons or events are named, and the comment reads as a general ethical guideline for officials.
Former President Herbert Hoover remained in satisfactory condition after a three hour operation to remove a tumorous growth in his large intestine. He spent a restful night, talked with nurses, and was lucid and stable under careful observation amid a routine recovery.
Wire dispatches report Harry Golden proposing signs at Howard Johnson restaurants reading Landmark for Hungry White Americans. Venus mission: Mariner-2 nears Earth for rendezvous with the planet. Sum chun explosion blocks a rail bridge near Hong Kong. Sophia Loren tops beauty poll. Jacqueline Kennedy fourth. Teamsters lend 100000 to Flight Engineers in strike, NYC rail merger hearing continues. Hurricane Alma nears Nantucket with 75 mph winds but no danger per Boston forecast.
Raleigh County fields a grant request to match county levy funds for Stephen’s Lake master plan. If granted, funds would build superintendent housing, playgrounds, beaches, docks, cottages, a 75 boat marina and more across 2,800 acres, with limited levy balance after dam completion. Officials including John C. Ward and Robert L. Davis lead the grant effort with the Beckley chamber and local agencies coordinating documentation and approvals.
Myron R. Renick a Pub lic Service Commission member since 1957 and former chairman announced plans to resign once Gov Barron names a replacement. He will return to private law practice in Charleston and West Virginia, with resignation likely within two to five weeks.
Geneva dispatch reports the Soviet Union offering January 1 as a cutoff for all nuclear tests pending a foolproof test ban treaty. Western officials say the plan is unacceptable and a slip by Deputy Foreign Minister Kuznetsov caused initial confusion over whether November 1 or January 1 was intended.
In Algiers gunfire erupted in several areas including near the GPRA offices, Square Bresson waterfront and the Casbah. The source was unclear while ALN leaders warned of storming the capital if Ben Bella’s political bureau issued orders. The situation follows Boumedienne and Ben Khedda moves and a mass meeting called by Algiers military leaders.
A killer tornado and heavy rain devastated Cameron Louisiana Tuesday night leaving at least three dead and thirty nine injured. Rescue crews searched ruins as 13 inches of rain flooded streets and homes. Two to three feet of water covered roads.
Firefighters wage a massive assault to keep two giant California brushfires apart as they near 16,000 acres burned and four miles apart. Authorities warn the fires could threaten Burbank Glendale and Sylmar while crews work under gusty winds and high temperatures. About 1,300 firefighters served dawn meals, including Mexican crews, Southern California Indians, and Fort Irwin troops.
In Des Moines 20000 farmers from 16 states voted unanimously to begin a marketing moratorium Friday to raise farm prices. The NFO says the action will push for minimum price contracts in beef hogs sheep corn and soybeans, with effects likely felt after Labor Day weekend.
West Virginia highway toll reached 272 for the year after a young hitchhiker died Tuesday in Berkeley Springs. Police identified the deceased as William David Green, about 20, of Annapolis, Maryland, from a Social Security card found on him. The car owner, J C Weeks of Hagerstown Maryland, said Green claimed to be bound for California and was allowed to drive. Green allegedly sped south across the Potomac near Hancock before striking a bridge. Weeks sustained minor injuries.
Dr Geza de Kaplany, 36, anesthetist, is jailed on attempted murder charges after police say he mutilated his wife, 25, bound and nude, at their San Jose apartment on Friday night. She reportedly sought modeling work in San Francisco and was severely burned by nitric acid.
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