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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1963
Page
8
A morning snowstorm snarled Beckley area roads with several inches of heavy wet snow. A radio advisory briefly urged staying home then reversed as buses struggled and 17 routes failed to run fully. Power outages affected 4,000 in Glen White area and 1,500 residents near Glen Daniel.
Governor W W Barron signed a bill making Daylight Saving Time the statewide time from the fourth Sunday in April to the fourth Sunday in September. The measure applies to all counties and cities, eliminating local time variations and uniforming time statewide though questions remain about northern panhandle practices and potential additional DST periods.
In Charleston, West Virginia, the Senate debated major reapportionment changes as Senate President Howard Carson introduced bills to enlarge the House from 100 to 106 and the Senate from 16 to 23-5? districts. Carson proposed a constitutional amendment to let the Senate size range 30 to 40, allowing districts to represent by population. The House and Senate fast-tracked dockets with ten bills passed. includes a Medical Education Board to fund rural scholarships and a liquor tax measure pending House approval.
Washington sources report the Soviet Union plans to remove several thousand troops from Cuba by March 15. Kennedy received new word as officials said the troop withdrawal dominated recent talks with Khrushchev. Kremlin officials and UPI informants discussed possible 6000 combat troops pulled out in exchange for U.S. withdrawals near the Soviet Union.
Charleston lawmakers introduced bills requiring all public records be public with some exceptions and exempting watercraft from gasoline tax. Del Holiday and Del Given sponsored the measures while House Speaker Singleton sought a delay to July 1 1966 for statewide property reappraisal with adjustments to assessed values during the rollout.
President Kennedy presented the first National Medal of Science at the White House rose garden to Hungarian-born Dr. Theodore Von Karman. Kennedy praised him as a pioneer who helped make the new and exciting world possible.
The American Iron and Steel Institute reported that U S steel production rose four percent last week to 2,034,000 tons, the highest weekly total since April 21, 1962, and up from 1,975,000 tons in the same week in 1962.
Brazilian naval vessel escorts the hijacked Venezuelan freighter Anzoategui to Belem for formal surrender. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said political asylum would be granted to the nine Venezuelans led by Wilmar Medina Rojas who seized the ship in the Caribbean and planned to port at Macapa instead of Belem due to lack of navigation charts.
Charleston UPI reports the House Finance Committee recommended passage of a bill to exempt home delivered newspapers from the 3 percent consumer sales tax. The measure, introduced by Del. Luther Chiz, would exempt only home deliveries not meant for resale after committee amendments.
Atlantic City New Jersey UPI educators at a national convention discussed blame for school controversy. Raleigh County Superintendent John Saunders and assistants Sherman Trail and Mason Anderson attended. James B Conant Harvard president Emeritus urged open airing of criticism and warned against belittling differing opinions. Cyril Woolcock Hunter College High School urged democratic school programs recognizing individual differences and gifted curricula.
Ashland resident Jack J C Fuller, 42, died Monday night after being crushed under a train’s wheels. Authorities say he may have been attempting to move between cars when he lost his grip and fell.
At 7 10 a m in front of City Hall a vehicle driven by A B Carney 212 E St struck the rear of a car driven by Jimmy R Rubin Prosperity. No injuries were reported and damage was about 120 dollars.
Two buses left the Raleigh 7 Road Sha dy Spring area and Winding Gulf section slipping into ditches. Tow crews freed them after an electric power failure forced TRAP HILL High School and Lester Elementary School to close. Greyhound through buses ran about two hours late.
Members of the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association board will not expose themselves to the elements tonight and will follow their own advice. Mrs. C C Lewis executive secretary announced the regular board meeting has been postponed until Tuesday Feb 26 at 8 pm.
A Greyhound spokesman said a bus stalled on East River Mountain near Bluefield and required a tow. A Hinton route operated by Quesenberry was canceled after a Mullens Beckley trip failed to arrive by 10 a.m. Weather delays also affected feeder lines and prompted a Beckley to Hinton departure at 3 p.m. if conditions improve.
In a snowbound morning, Mrs Ada Butler narrowly escaped serious injury when the car driven by Coach Jack E Patton skidded on a steep hill and door flew open, dropping her into a ditch. Augustine Hovanski also lost control and stalled in a ditch as wreckers freed the cars before emergency crews arrived.
Tornadoes swept central Florida with high winds that hurled a car off a causeway, fatally injuring a tourist. Winds damaged planes and a hangar at Lakeland, trees toppled, and electric service broke in the Tampa area. A car carrying Carl Bowman and his wife was driven into Tampa Bay. Bowman died later, with his wife hospitalized.
A sudden snowstorm hit southern and southeastern West Virginia dumping up to 10 inches of wet heavy snow. Roads became hazardous with chains recommended in many counties while officials reported most highways cleared in Parkersburg to Clarksburg. Temperatures were forecast to drop below freezing tonight with an inch or two more possible in southern counties.
Local hospitals report increases in pneumonia and flu. Beckley Memorial leads with 10 pneumonia and 8 flu cases. Raleigh General has five pneumonia patients. no current flu cases. Veterans Administration notes eight pneumonia or flu cases and several colds. Dr Albert Tieche cites two flu patients and few pneumonia cases. A spokesman cites numerous flu treatments and multiple pneumonia cases across facilities.
Wet snow may accumulate several inches with highs in the 30s and lows around 25 to 30 tonight. Clearing tonight and Wednesday looks fair and warmer. Also notes: the U.S. Weather Bureau records 20 below at International Falls and 80 degrees at Thermal, California.
Sherwood Glutz says he does not know the weatherman yet believes the man named George Washington will forecast today’s mild weather. He claims the same man could become president of the bars club and defines an optimist as someone who always sees the bright side of another’s misfortune.
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