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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1962

Page

2

Reconciliation Try Ends In Triple Murder Death by Own Action

Ohio slaying spree ends after rejected husband shoots four people including his wife and her mother then kills himself. Sheriff said the killer first shot Frank Osborn, then murdered Hazel Gardner before pursuing Mrs Osborn upstairs and firing at her. Children were at school during the killings.

Stafford Ohio UPI Bear Frank Osborn Leasure Winland Osborn Gardner Florida

Meter Maids Status Argued Before State Supreme Court

Charleston UPS The State Supreme Court heard arguments over whether meter maids and women traffic clerks are regular police force members under the Police Civil Service Act. Proponents say granting such status implies janitors and laborers with police ties are covered. opponents argue they lack oaths bonds and arrest powers.

Charleston UPS State Supreme Court George W. Stokes South Charleston Joseph Londeree Police Civil Service Act Stokes Robert W. Parkins Landeree and Council Parkins E. Franklin Pauley Pauley

Kennedy Calls For Nationwide Health Plan And Vaccination

Kennedy argues for a Medicare style plan funded over workers' years with no threat to doctor or hospital choice. He favors a three year federal aid program costing 35 million dollars to immunize 25 million children under five against polio diphtheria whooping cough and tetanus. The proposal also aims to fight future diseases with ongoing authority for vaccines. The president also notes air pollution as a serious issue and proposes 5.1 million dollars in year one for research and local grants, plus creation of a National Environmental Health Center to coordinate pollution control and occupational hazards.

Kennedy National Environmental Health Center NEHC

Censorship in State Department review of Pentagon speeches

Subcommittee questions censorship policy after Defense witnesses show State Department reviewers influenced deletions. Thurmond rejects excuses blaming low level censors or diplomacy while defending President Kennedy’s executive privilege and citing a letter from the President to Secretary Rusk.

State Department Pentagon Ball Department Kennedy John C.stennis D-Miss Dean Rusk Defense Robert S. McNamara Defense Department Subcommittee Thurmond

Maxwell Hill Voting Precinct Requested

A petition to move the Maxwell Hill precinct voting site to the local school was presented to Raleigh County Court. Judge says change cannot occur before the May 8 Primary but may be possible for the General Election in November. next session set for 2:30 p.m. March 13 for updates and determinations.

Maxwell Hill Raleigh Dessie Copeland Skelton Copeland Frank Barksdale C.T. Shackelford Bed Rural Development Council

Court Upholds Metro Verdict in Injury Suit

The State Supreme Court upheld a Raleigh County Circuit Court award of 4899 to John D. Metro 17 and his mother Anna Metro in a personal injury case stemming from a March 19 1961 highway accident on U S 21 between Beckley and Mount Hope. Metro was struck by a car driven by William F Smith Jr as he helped push a stalled vehicle.

Charleston UPI State Supreme Court Raleigh William F. Smith Jr John D. Metro Anna Metro U. S. 21 Beckley Mount Hope Young Metro Smith Metro

Now You Know By United Press International

Ice hockey originates in Europe in the 18th century in a rudimentary form as noted by United Press International.

United Press International Europe

New Hair Growth Method Promises No-Risk 32 Day Trial

A Houston Texas firm Loesch Laboratory Consultants claims a new treatment can stop hair loss and grow hair. They offer a 32 day no risk trial, asking applicants to send details about their hair loss, scalp condition, and personal contact to Box 66001 Houston 6 Texas.

Houston Texas Laboratory Consultants Loesch Laboratory Loesch Laboratory Consultants

Notable Deaths Across Regions Amid Mild Week

Tokyo industrialist Yoshito Yoshida aged 65 died of a heart attack. In Tennessee J Ridley Mitchell 84 former congressman died. Los Angeles Russell E Clark 75 Salvation Army officer died. Greensboro Victor Cutter Jr 45 biology chair at Women’s College UNC died. New York Monroe Hemmerdinger 45 Atlas Terminals president funeral Monday. Raleigh Owen Ballance 49 WRAL TV chief photographer funeral held Sunday.

Tokyo UPI Yoshito Yoshida Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Reorganized, Ltd Los Angeles Russell E. Clark Salvation Army California Greensboro N.C Victor M. Cutter Jr Women's College, University of North Carolina New York Monroe E. Hemmerdinger Atlas Terminals, Inc Hemmerdinger Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Raleigh, N.C Ste Owen Ballance Wral-Tv

Parking meters stolen in caravan of crime report

A truck loaded with parking meters was reported stolen Monday in London. Police in Los Angeles seek a theft suspect and booty to bring him to justice. A griffin Park Zoo aviary hawk with a three-foot wingspan was stolen over the weekend. In Milwaukee Leslie Stockwitz faces forgery charges after attempting to cash a $200 church check made out to Gustavo Cardinal Testa.

London UPI Los Angeles Griffith Park Zoo Milwaukee Wis Leslie G. Stockwitz Gustavo Cardinal Testa

Named For Astronaut Glenn a Week-Old Girl Is Named

In Enfield Connecticut a one week old abandoned girl was given the name Glenna Orbit in honor of astronaut John Glenn. Police reported the infant in good health and turned over to state authorities after being found abandoned in a store.

Enfield, Conn UPI John Glenn Glenna

Default Judgment on Counterclaim in Beckley Court

A default judgment of 5195 dollars was awarded to Mr and Mrs Albert Wheley of Beckley on a counterclaim against Lize Cline in Raleigh County Circuit Court. Judge Norman Knapp signed the February term orders. Also in the same orders the marriage of Harold Dean Perkins and Virginia Adeline Perkins was annulled and several divorces with custody arrangements were granted.

Albert Wheley Beckley Lize Cline Raleigh County Norman Knapp Cline Allen Junction Wheley Judge Knapp Harold Dean Perkins Virginia Adeline Perkins

Irish Rebels Call It Quits

Dublin reports the outlawed IRA will cease its five year violence campaign against British forces in the north of Ireland. The group offered no weapons handover, and admitted failure to gain public support for ending partition. Minister Haughey called violence rejected by Irish public opinion.

Dublin UPI Irish Republican Army IRA Ireland Charles Haughey

Tragic drowning of 2-year-old in Upton Creek

In South Charleston, Richard Lee Harper two wandered from home in Bunker Hill and drowned Monday in Upton Creek. His body was recovered hours after he was reported missing. he was the son of Mr and Mrs John Ray Harper.

South Charleston Richard Lee Harper Upton Creek Bunker Hill John Ray Harper

Firemen Douse Grease Fire at Granville Avenue Kitchen

Beckley Fire Department responded to 230 Granville Ave at 10 45 a m when a pan of grease on the stove at J B King caught fire. Firefighters extinguished the blaze upon arrival with no damage reported.

Beckley Fire Department Granville Ave J. B. King

Funeral arrangements for Roma May Bragg in Pluto

Roma May Bragg 34 of Pluto died in a local hospital at 4 25 p m after a 10 month illness attributed to cancer. Born September 28 1907 in Pluto she was a daughter of E Howard and Elizabeth Richmond both deceased. She lived in Pluto all her life and attended Pluto Methodist Church. Survived by husband Lacy A Bragg Pluto son Richard Alvin Bragg Pluto seven sisters and three brothers. The body remains at Melton Mortuary pending final arrangements.

Roma May Bragg Pluto E. Howard Elizabeth R. Richmond John W. Eye Beckley Oriville Hall Oak Hill Ray Akers Beaver C. O. Smith Azel Bragg Macie Kubas Baltimore Alfred Miesel Huntington Hubert Richmond Reno Richmond Billie E. Richmond Melton Mortuary

Massaro Vincent Dies. Rites Planned at Resaco Church

Vincent Massaro 64 of Josephine died at 1 30 a m Monday after a long illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Wednesday at Resaco Methodist Church with Rev Ivan Meadows officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Body to be moved from Caffee Funeral Home this afternoon. Pallbearers named Moncada Moncada Carosi Carosi Bucchi Crysel. Survivors include wife Bertie Stewart Cook two sons Alvin of Keyrock and Ray Cook of Glen Burnie Md six siblings and six grandchildren. Body to be taken from Evans Funeral Home Oceana to home today then to church an hour before services. RNS

Vincent Massaro Josephine Bluefield Sanitarium Resaco Methodist Church Ivan Meadows Sunset Memorial Ark Caffee Funeral Home Jim Moncada Louie Moncada Paul Carosi Tony Carosi Nick Bucchi Bob Crysel Rockcastle Baptist Church Bertie Stewart Cook Alvin Keyrock Pineville High School Ray Cook Glen Burnie James Itmann Blake Matheny Clayton Sarah Cook Cora Griffith Nell Acord Bernice Ellison Mullens Evans Oceana

Ida Martin Funeral Held in Oak Hill

Mrs Ida Martin 79 of 137 Martin Ave Oak Hill died Monday after a short illness at her home. Funeral services 2 p m Thursday Tyree Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Allen Gallimore in charge. Burial High Lawn Memorial Park. Survivors: son Hans ford Martin Chicago two daughters Mrs Hubert McCoy Houston and Mrs Thomas Foster Scarbro 21 grandchildren. Body at Tyree after 10 a m Wednesday.

Ida Martin Martin Ave Oak Hill Tyree

Funeral Rites for Mrs Fannie L Gardner Held at Central Street Baptist

Mrs. Fannie L Gardner aged 62 of Barber Street will have final rites at 1 p m Wednesday at Central Street Baptist Church with Rev Edward Abrams officiating. Burial follows in Greenwood Memorial Park. She died at home Saturday after a long illness. body to be moved from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlour to the church an hour before services.

Fannie L. Gardner Barber Street Central Street Baptist Church Edward Abrams Greenwood Memorial Park

Funeral for Thomas E. Cook in Rock View church

The Rev. Harry Stevens will lead funeral services for Thomas E. Cook 80 at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Rock Castle Baptist Church Rock View. Graveside rites by Pineville Lodge No 138 members. Burial at Cook Cemetery Rock View. Cook died Monday at home after a heart attack born September 30 1881 son of I F and Martha Perry Cook, longtime resident.

Harry Stevens Thomas E. Cook Keyrock Rock Castle Baptist Church Rock View Pineville Lodge No Cook I. F Martha Perry Cook

Oscar nominees list led by Loren Hepburn and Tracy

Sophia Loren Audrey Hepburn and Spencer Tracy head the 34th Academy Award nominations for best actress and best actor with judgments at Nuremberg West Side Story leading best picture. Nominations also include The Hustler Fanny and more with final voting closing March 31 and ceremony set for April 9 in Santa Monica.

Joseph Finnigan UPI Hollywood Correspondent Hollywood Sophia Loren Audrey Hepburn Miss Loren Miss Hepburn Spencer Tracy Nuremberg Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Santa Monica Bob Hope Charles Boyer Fanny Paul Newman Maximilian Schell Stuart Whitman Piper Laurie Geraldine Page Natalie Wood Jackie Gleason George C. Scott Montgomery Clift Peter Falk George Chakiris Fay Bainter Judy Garland Lotte Lenya Una Merke Rita Moreno Robert Wise Jerome Robbins Robert Rossen Stanley Kramer Federico Fellini J. Lee Thompson Breakfast At Tiffany's Efi Cid Academy

Funeral set for Arlie D. Wilson in Mead

Arlie D. Wilson, 62, Mead, will have funeral services at 11 a m Wednesday at Mead Baptist Church with Rev. Wiley Cullop officiating. Burial follows at Mooney Cemetery in Rhodell. He died Sunday evening at his home from a respiratory ailment. The Sam Foglesong Funeral Home of Mullens will receive the body today.

Arlie D. Wilson Mead Mead Baptist Church Wiley Cullop Mooney Cemetery Rhodell Wilson Sam Foglesong Mullens

Patricia Ann Honaker Funeral Rites Set for 14 Year Old

Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday for Patricia Ann Honaker age 14 of Glen Daniel who died at her home Monday night after a long illness. The Glen Daniel Methodist Church will host the rites with Rev. Virgil Harvey presiding. Burial follows in Glen Daniel Cemetery. Survivors include her parents Mr and Mrs George Honaker two sisters Peggy and five half sisters and four brothers. The body will be moved to the home at 4 p.m. today from Melton Mortuary and will be transported to the church an hour before the service.

Patricia Ann Honaker Glen Daniel Glen Daniel Methodist Church Virgil Harvey George Honaker Peggy Phillip Jackie Douglas Randall Washington, D. C Carlos Harmon Huntington Marie Reeves Gordon Hubbard Jacksonville Fla Walter Scott Cincinnati Earl Hawley Harper Heights George Jr Ralph Melton Mortuary

Elijah Lyons Sparrel dies at 57 in Beav er home

Elijah Lyons Sparrel 57 died at 3 11 a m in the Beaver home of his daughter ee Oral Redden from an apparent heart attack. He worked 16 years for Houchins Manufacturing Co in Skelton before retiring in 1958. Born April 29 1905 in Floyd County Va he lived in Raleigh County most of his life. Survived by wife Verna Lyons four sisters and three daughters with 15 grandchildren. Body at Webb and Neal Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.

Sparrel Elijah Lyons Beaver Ee Oral Redden Houchins Manufacturing Co Skelton Floyd County Raleigh County Verna Lyons New York Riley Calloway Heights Russell Charley Dayton Ohio Alice Tendillin Stanaford Beulah Harmon Ella Riggs Gladys Morrison Maryland Louise Redden Robbie Ruth) Kincaid Jacksonville Fla Sam Marie) Davis Ironton Webb and Neal Funeral Home

Flood Threat Isolates City as Water Blocks Highways

Water loose along U S 119 65 and 52 isolates the city while Tug River in Williamson rises to 22.2 feet. Six Mingo County schools evacuated as precaution. Charleston reports flood remnants in Wertz Avenue area. no injuries or major damage yet. Rescue boat stands by as rain continues with possible colder, clearer weather by Wednesday.

Williamson Logan Huntington Tug Mingo County Charleston Wertz Avenue Charleston Fire Department Charleston Weather Bureau Weather Bureau

ASCS Office Managers Meeting In Beckley City

ASCS office managers from 10 area counties meet today in the Memorial Building Beckley to discuss all aspects of the 1962 ACP program including the Feed Grain Program. Counties represented include Raleigh Wyoming Summers Monroe Mercer McDowell Fayette Nicholas and Roane.

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Don Williams ASCS Memorial Building Beckley Franklin Lilly Raleigh-Wyoming Raleigh Wyoming Summers Monroe Mercer McDowell Fayette Nicholas Roane

Meany Attacks Goldberg as Rift Grows in AFL CIO

AFL-CIO President George Meany sharpens his criticism of Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg during the federation's eight day executive council meeting. Meany denounces federal guidelines for wage talks as incompatible with a free society while urging steel companies to meet workers' demands for security.

William J. Eaton Miami Beach UPI Afl-Cio George Meany Arthur J. Goldberg Labor Federation Executive Council Meany Kennedy Goldberg Pittsburgh Steelworkers’ Union Aflcio High Command

Palace Under Siege As Saigon Attack Fails

Ambrose, a Videco contractor in Saigon, was among those blamed as planes strafed the palace. Forces loyal to Diem ringed the presidential grounds while a fire damaged one wing. Diem, unhurt, credited divine protection amid a fight against Communist guerrillas with U.S. aid backing his regime.

Ambrose Videco Saigon Diem United States Washington U.S

Astronaut John Glenn signs globe in Kennedy office

John Glenn signed the American Geographical Society globe in President Kennedy's office with signatures from Lindbergh Hillary and Byrd. Powers says about 200 in single dollar bills went into orbit, hidden by launch crew and to be autographed later. Thant invites Glenn to UN Headquarters visit during NYC reception. acceptance unknown.

Washington UPI John Glenn Monday American Geographic Society Explorers Globe Kennedy Charles A. Lindbergh Sir Edepee Hillary Richard Byrd United Nations Thant U.S John H. Glenn Jr New York City Glenn

Specialist shortage at London festival sparks supply scare

London specialist shortage woes surface as organizer Lord Droghe da complains of a tight market for experts. He notes only one qualified individual, an unnamed U.S. Air Force sergeant, fits the unusual requirement described as an ox roaster.

London UPS Lord Drogheda U.S. Air Force

Expansion of knowledge foretold by Glenn speech

In Washington Lt Col John H Glenn Jr. told Congress that the nation is on the brink of an era of knowledge expansion beyond description. In Miami Walter Cline commented on Cuban exile mail being unlikely to carry important items. A Navy spokesman noted sailors learning to dance the twist required extra rations. H J Holtzclaw testified that stamp gum quality now surpasses all prior periods at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

United Press International Washington John H. Glenn Jr Congress Miami Walter Cline U.S Cuba Navy H. J. Holtzclaw Bureau of Engraving and Printing House

JKK Exchange Talks Nearer

Washington reports say the United States and Soviet Union near a decision on a pre recorded television exchange between President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev. A Paris meeting between White House spokesman Pierre Sanger and Soviet press chief M A Kharlamov discussed the plan with reports noting March 25 as a possible first air date, though a White House official cautioned no final timing and that March 25 is not yet valid.

Washington UPI U.S Kennedy Nikita S. Khrushchev Paris White House Pierre Sainger M. A. Kharlamov Khrushchev

National Defense Transportation Day and WV briefs

Bombay seat in Parliament noted. President Kennedy set May 18 as National Defense Transportation Day. In West Virginia news, a spokesman listed three unnamed candidates for the executive director post who will be interviewed next Monday. Methodist bishop Fred G Holloway will speak at WVU ceremonies June 3. Wheeling Steel announced a 2.5 million dollar upgrade at the Yorkville Ohio plant this year. Charles L. Martin of Wheeling was sentenced to 1 to 20 years in Ohio Penitentiary for second degree manslaughter in a Dec 22 traffic death of Kurt Pape of Marietta. State Welfare Commissioner W Bernard Smith will meet Kanawha County Medical Society to reduce aid-to-dependent children cases, aiming to remove ineligible names from the rolls. Elkins men C J Crickmer and Robert Scott, U S Geological Survey employees, logged a 320 mile weekly round trip to Charleston for a WVU extension course.

West Virginia Aeronautics Commission Fred G. Holloway West Virginia West Virginia University Wheeling Steel Corp Yorkville Ohio Charles L. Martin Williamstown Kurt Pape Marietta W. Bernard Smith Kanawha County Medical Society Elkins C. J. Crickmer Robert Scott U. S. Geological Survey Charleston

Glenn G. Moon and Mars Highlight Space Hero Tribute

Glenn Glennon receives rare honors before Congress as a space pioneer. He envisions a new era of orbital flights and moon missions while thanking wife Anna for her unwavering support. He credits fellow astronauts and maintains a relaxed, homefolk reception during the celebration.

Moon Mars Congress Glenn

Weather extremes dip 33 below in Montana and 97 above in Texas

Hi Lo New York UPI reports the coldest morning reading of 33 below zero at Williston Montana and the high of 97 degrees reached at McAllen Texas on Monday.

Hi-Lo New York UPI U.S. Weather Bureau Willisston Mont McAllen Tex

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