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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1964
Page
2
The 538 members of the Electoral College met to formally certify Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidential victory. The ceremonial session confirmed the results from the November election, finalizing the outcome and setting the stage for his inauguration.
In Charleston, seven West Virginia electors chose Lyndon B. Johnson for president and Hubert H. Humphrey for vice president. The sealed ballots were counted in Gov. Barron’s office in the presence of an assistant attorney general. The votes will be sent to Washington and counted in Congress on Jan. 6. The piece explains the Electoral College role and notes historical context of contested outcomes.
Clyde and Julia McCoy stockholders at May Office Supply filed suit in Circuit Clerk's office for a clear definition of state alion tax laws. They claim overpaid taxes for 1961 1962 1963 totaling 93.62 91.05 and 89.26 with a 6 percent interest rate. They were notified of adjustments and proposed deficiencies and refunds totaling 61.13 42.55 and 51.60. The McCoys own 200 of 1 168 common shares. Prior suits involve Amos Quesenberry and Rose Quesenberry and Atkinson Shopping Center Inc. Mahan Higgins Thrift Gra ney law firm represents plaintiffs.
A Labor Department suit alleges the United Mine Workers use provisional status to appoint five district presidents to the International Executive Board. It names Mayo Brennan Beam Beane and Urbaniak as board members, District 7 under trusteeship since 1941, while five districts have had provisional status since 1933. The department has filed complaints from all six districts since 1963.
The State Board of Public Works tentatively reduced the Welfare Department 1965-66 budget to 16,446,559 from 19,778,000 requested, and cut staff from 1,575 to 1,500 due to 150 vacancies. The Board also raised its own appropriation to 125,000 for plane transfer and hangar, and boosted Bluefield State College President L B Allen’s salary to 15,000 with a 100 percent increase for deans, financial managers, registrars, and library staff at state colleges.
Beckley police continued an investigation into a breaking and entering at Beckley Furniture Co. about midnight Friday. Thieves broke a window and pried open a rear door, loading about $3,000 in small hardy items onto a truck before fleeing. No arrests had been made.
President Johnson sharpens a pruning knife on the proposed budget, aiming to trim requests totaling about 110 billion dollars. He meets with science advisor Hornig and foreign ambassadors while Budget Director Gordon pares agency requests to keep next year’s outlays near 96 to 100 billion.
In 1936 the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Warfield Simpson discussed Christmas in a radio address era. A reporter asked what Christmas meant to her. She said presents while he quipped about paying for them.
Born July 26, 1900 in Washington Court House Ohio Thomas M Hazlewood Jr son of the late Thomas M Hazlewood and Jennie Steen Hazlewood survived by widow Bernice Calvert Hazlewood two sisters Clara J Welz Ruth Morris and brother Bernard Hazlewood Funeral services at First Baptist Church with Dr Kenneth L Swank and interment in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens mausoleum Body at Webb and Neal Funeral Home today after 2 p m with calling hours announced later
Mrs Laura C Mitchell 67 of Fannock dies after long illness in Welch hospital. Funeral at 2 pm Wednesday Robertson and Foglesong Chapel Pineville with Rev Ralph Burdette. burial Jaeger Memorial Gardens Roderfield. Survivors include husband James H Mitchell son John A Mitchell Fort Superior brother Roy C Rose sister Mrs George Akers Bluefield four grandchildren. Body remains at the funeral home. Calfee Funeral Home. Pallbearers listed. Women’s Bible Class to serve as flower bearers.
Funeral services are incomplete for 73 year old Evelyn Ellis who died Monday after a brief illness in Mount Hope. A retired Fayette County teacher and West Virginia State College graduate, she was active in the First Baptist Church and survived by husband Carter Ellis, a son Rufus Trent of Columbus, daughters in Baltimore and Springfield, and several stepchildren and stepdaughters. The body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home.
Steel companies including U S Steel Armco Bethlehem Colorado Fuel and Iron Great Lakes Inland Jones Laughlin Pittsburgh Republic Wheeling and Youngstown Sheet & Tube comprise the big 11. Kaiser Steel withdrew from the 7, a 116 day strike and new bargaining talks continued as workers faced 43 cents an hour under ongoing labor action.
Leroy Bud Toler, 53, of Baileysville, dies after a long illness. Services set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Pilgrim Holiness Church in Baileysville with Rev. Allen Ledford officiating. Burial in Shannon Cemetery. Survivors include wife Beulah Hanshaw Toler, three brothers Rector, Creed of Baileysville and Andrew of Kopperston, two sisters Liza Cook of Baileysville and Belle Blankenship of Lynco. Body moved from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home in Pineville to the home at 4 p.m. today.
George William Severn, 76, of Switchback, brother of Harriet S. Barrett of 111 Har grove St, died Sunday at Bluefield Sanitarium after a long illness. Services at 11 a.m. Wednesday at North Fork. Burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Bluefield.
The International League for the Protection of Horses releases a positive calendar year assessment. It notes 5,800 horses were slaughtered for human consumption in England and Wales last year, down from 16,720 in 1957.
Joe A Mullens 74 of Sophia died on Monday from an apparent heart attack while hunting. A retired miner and United Mine Workers member, he is survived by his wife Ida Runyon Mullens, five sons and seven daughters, 28 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Sophia Church of God with burial in Mills Cemetery. Williams Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Ellis Vaughn 29 of Lawton will be laid to rest at Highland Mountain after a car crash on U S 19 near Mount Hope Sunday. The Webb and Neal Funeral Sons Chapel will host the service at 2 p.m. with Rev. Ernest Barinaga in charge. Pallbearers include Eddie Ewing Teddy Ewing John Farley Frank Shuck Dale Smith and Donald Asbury. Friends may call at the funeral home. Burial in the family plot.
J B Wilson age 73 of Crab Orchard died at home Sunday night after a long illness. Born in Virginia July 26 1891 he was a retired miner and former Raleigh County Board of Education employee. Funeral service Wednesday 2 pm with Rev Shirley Donnelly at Crab Orchard Baptist Church burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. He was a resident of Raleigh County 51 years and survived by his wife Mary Willis Wilson daughter Julia McVey sister Dora roe and brother I W W
Marshall said eight government public accommodations cases are pending in Louisiana Atlanta Tuscaloosa Selma Greenwood and Clarksdale with Selma and Greenwood each having two. He noted about a dozen private suits likely filed. He argued Supreme Court rulings do not cover theaters or gas stations but would uphold the law’s application to those facilities too.
Market ministers agreed that farmers throughout Western Europe should receive the same price for their grain, effective in July 1967, as exporters in Europe align U S farm commodities pricing for the continent.
Washington GOP leaders debate possible leadership shakeup as Rep. Halleck faces rivals Rep. Ford and Rep. Laird amid talks of broader House operation reforms and an annual adjournment goal by July 31.
Ottawa reports the Commons narrowly approved a new flag featuring a single red maple leaf on white with red borders after a lengthy debate. Prime Minister Pearson urged unity as Conservatives protested, and the flag faces Senate scrutiny while the Union Jack option looms as a second flag proposal.
The United States backs a multilateral NATO nuclear force using about one per cent of U.S. atomic power. A first five power ministerial conference is planned later today to prepare for a January summit to merge defense proposals. France refuses to join, planning its own deterrent, risking a rift as NATO eyes additional deputy-minister meetings and a defense ministers’ gathering to address the nuclear dispute.
Philadelphia reports at the 13th Hahnemann Medical College symposium that non surgical lab methods can determine cancer in ulcer patients with 97 percent accuracy. Panels describe acid analysis limits, pap smear technique, fluorescent light cell study after tetracycline, isotope tagged balloons, and a snow fiber optic instrument for stomach examination before and after surgery.
In Springfield Massachusetts a wind whipped fire swept through a two story wooden apartment building in the Puerto Rican section killing four children as they slept. Three children were from the Sanchez family and their parents and three other children were burned. Mercy Hospital identified the dead as Minerva 1 Franklin 2 Maria 8 and Sonia Torres 1. The parents Martin Sanchez 32 Antonia 29 and two children William 6 Santos 12 were in critical condition from smoke inhalation and burns. Ester 4 was in good condition with smoke inhalation.
Reaction to a socialistic state fuels talk of ongoing legal battles. L Maurice Bessinger of Columbia SC says he will keep fighting to operate his business as before. Lester Maddox, who closed his Atlanta restaurant rather than serve Black patrons, reopens segregated under a new name and pledges to resist integration efforts.
Actor William Bendix dies of arteriosclerosis and pneumonia at a California hospital. A memorial service is set for Friday at First Methodist Church, with cremation at Chapel of the Pines. Funeral Mass planned Thursday at Our Lady of Grace Church Encino. Survivors include Therese Bendix, daughter Stephanie, and Lorraine.
Auto sales led by Pontiac with 26,005 units over ten days, a 32 percent rise from 19,646 a year ago. Cadillac posted a December record with 6,076 units, up from 4,778 last year.
West Virginia agencies are deemed responsible for police protection at Maryland organized wart car races held at Cumberland Airport in Mineral County. The Cumberland Lions Club hosts the May events on land leased to Cumberland, Maryland. The West Virginia attorney general’s office questions if Maryland officers could operate inside West Virginia despite the lease and asserts WV should provide protection.
H L Stevenson, 35, is named assistant managing editor of United Press International by Roger Tatariain. The New Orleans native has been Southern Division news manager in Atlanta for two years and returns to UPI headquarters in New York where he served as a news editor from 1960 to 1963.
Four men were moved from Raleigh County Jail to the State Penitentiary at Moundsville at 9 35 a m today jail officials said The inmates are John Henry Phipps Percy Galloway Leonard Layne and Thomas Maloney held for armed robbery assault parole violation and murder respectively
State Road Commission in Charleston will open bids December 29 for two bridge projects totaling about 500000. One bridge will carry U S 50 over Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks near Pennsboro in Ritchie County. two overpasses are planned for Interstate 64 near Institute in Kanawha County and at Nitro in Putnam County. Four additional projects are expected to cost about 8.5 million.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad cannot abandon the 32 mile branch from Ravenswood to Spencer West Virginia. Examiner Louis E. Barton reports the commission rejected the proposal on Monday. The line’s traffic was said to be declining, but Barton noted potential for future traffic growth.
Two 19 year old youths were charged with grand theft after police seized them during an early Monday attempt to remove a 400 pound safe from Holy Name Cathedral while Mass was in progress. The incident occurred around 6 am and the suspects were taken into custody without incident. Detectives continued inquiries with authorities at the scene.
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