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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1959
Page
12
Congress enters a pivotal session amid a split over veterans benefits. Some groups push gradual cuts to pensions for non service connected disabilities while others seek higher pay and inflation relief. Officials expect hearings and possible raises for the aged and needy veterans, citing 1954 base and rising living costs.
Two men were sentenced to 30 days in Raleigh County Jail and fined $50 plus costs after pleading guilty before Magistrate J. UE. Mays to petty larceny charges. Billy Vance Terry Everett Nunn Prince were arrested by State Police for stealing 50 pounds of copper wire from the John Patterson mine Royal. The theft occurred Tuesday, police said.
Earl Riner of WISW rents a driverless car that struck a sign at the Moonglo Motel in Keaver causing about 35 dollars in damage. Dr Eva Teter Hammer, motel owner, says the car parked in front of the Wig Wam across the street and moved on its own to hit the sign while Riner was away. Police did not investigate.
A Raleigh County United Fund briefing ahead of a public meeting will feature Col. W. W Bouterse of the Salvation Army in the Circuit Courtroom at the county courthouse at 7:30 p.m. Grounds for an efficient session are to be prepared by a 6:45 p.m. gathering. Attendees include local business leaders, professionals, union reps and listed organizers.
A review of Shelby Foote's Civil War narrative volumes highlights his novelistic, dramatic yet objective approach. The work centers on Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln, details minor campaigns, and avoids overreaching judgments while noting omissions of background, economics, and home front aspects.
A bold young executive accepts a five year VP sales post yet keeps his New York home and weekends with his family while living near his office. The piece examines how firms increasingly scrutinize a candidate’s wife, using psychology tests and home life as hiring signals, sparking debate on privacy and effectiveness.
Four people died on the Raleigh County portion of the West Virginia Turnpike in 1958. A head on collision at Milepost 30 at 4 30 a m on September 2 killed Herbert William Murray Jr 19 and Robert Lyles 20 both of Chattanooga Tennessee. On October 12 a Huntington woman 23 and her 13 month old son David were killed when their car left the road eight miles from Beckley. Mrs Williams apparently fell asleep at the wheel. Two other Williams children were treated for injuries. Eight fatalities occurred on county highways in these crashes.
Jackie Lee Higgins of Beckley, an escapee from the Andrew S. Rowan Home for the Aged at Sweet Springs, was moved from Raleigh County Jail to Huttonsville Medium Security Prison by a guard. Higgins was later nabbed near Crab Orchard on Sunday after escaping December 23. John Chandler of Medina, Ohio, posted a $500 property bond and was released from Beckley Jail after a DUI citation. William Edward Jones of Corning was cited for speeding, no license, and defective equipment and ordered to appear in police court.
Meckley Attorney Robert J. Ashworth has been elected president of the Raleigh County Bar Association for 1959. Other officers elected at a Wednesday meeting were William H. File Jr., vice president, and Robert Sayre, secretary treasurer.
About 60 679 West Virginia veterans with participating GI life insurance will receive 2 953 200 in regular annual policy dividends in 1959. Veterans Administration official Charles H Elliott said the dividends stem from policyholder premium payments and from mortality trends, and will be paid after each policy anniversary in 1959 for both term and permanent National Service Life Insurance and U S Government Life Insurance holders.
Gerald Tyne of Berkeley collects radio vacuum tubes from electronics. He owns over 9,000 tubes including one that measures more than a foot, a curiosity noted by AP.
Albuquerque AP report notes surge in antique frontier guns as collectors chase brass frame carbines and single action pistols. J A Ross of Seven Idols in Tijeras Canyon says prices rise with demand. a Texas Patterson pistol tops $2,750 and a three inch model around $250. He stores 600 to 800 guns, travels to find pieces, and advertises with wanted posters.
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