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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1962
Page
2
IRS Parkersburg handles federal returns with W-2 forms attached, while WV state returns go to Charleston. Nathaniel Looker, IRS district director, urges West Virginians to mail correctly to avoid processing delays and refund hold ups.
Joe Buckland of Price Hill is jailed in Fayette County awaiting grand jury action on a breaking and entering charge. Mount Hope Police say he broke a glass and wood door at Ralph Deals residence on Main St. using a beer bottle, then entered the home. Buckland waived to grand jury after a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Frank Sims.
Gizenga, ousted from his post as first vice premier, seeks legal help abroad to combat secret charges by the Leopoldville regime. Egypt lawyers Magdi Doss and Amin Fahim plan defense, after receiving Gizenga’s letter and messages to UN and other nations. The Congolese government probes deaths of political enemies tied to Gizenga and Lumumba era.
George Ott Romney named by the Area Redevelopment Administration as coordinator of New River Gorge recreation development is in Beckley for the first time. He will meet at 3 p.m. with the local planning committee in the Bank of Raleigh directors room to discuss advancing the gorge project and creating a national park area with Mercer Summers and Fayette counties.
Mulens city commissioners voted to crack down on bb and air rifle violators after reports of birds, window panes, and street lights shot. The ordinance allows confiscation of guns and fines. bird shooting is banned since Mullens was declared a bird sanctuary in 1956. Parents liable for damage by their children under a stricter penalty provisions.
Two separate accidents Tuesday left one driver hospitalized in fair condition with head injuries from a single vehicle crash on Price Hill. Conrad N. Gilliam of Mount Hope was listed as satisfactory at Beckley Memorial Hospital after his car veered and struck an embankment. State Police reported no injuries in a second two car collision at Glen White causing $100 in damages with drivers Charles L. Hall and S. S. Thompson.
Alpoca resident Paul Lusk aged 33 was treated at Wyoming General Hospital for a right thumb injury from a mine accident at Slab Fork Coal Co. He was working as a motorman when his thumb got caught between coal a pole and a brake wheel.
President Kennedy asked Congress to approve a sweeping army reorganization that would abolish historic technical services and create two new four and three star commanded structures. The plan, under the 1947 act, could take effect in 30 days if not vetoed. Army Secretary Stahr said the transition would take about 18 months and would largely affect high level administration rather than most field installations.
Kekkonen framed the Oct 30 Soviet note as a note on neutrality. The note alleged West Germany planned war in the Baltic and urged joint talks with Finland. He traveled to Moscow and reportedly convinced Premier Khrushchev of Finland’s neutrality. The proposed joint talks did not occur.
Beckley police arrested three juveniles aged 14 and 15 on petit larceny and destruction of property charges. They allegedly broke into meters labeled Fine-O-Meters during December’s last week and into the Maxwell Community Center Dry Hill Prosperity Center two homes in Maxwell Hill and a local church. Two youths are from Maxwell Hill and one from Beckley.
Funeral notices list Lonnie Cook of Dayton Ohio as uncle of Mrs Clara Whiteside of Harper Heights and mention his death at home on Monday. Godfrey B Price aged 67 of Rock Creek died at 7 40 am today at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital with arrangements pending at Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville.
Luther Carper 70 Mullens died at his home Tuesday night born Glen Lynn Va son of George and Eliza Carper he is survived by wife Mary Carper Mullens one brother Will two sisters Mary Terry Lillian Jefferson all of Glen Lynn body at Sam Fogle son Funeral Home Mullens RNS
Lisa La Daun Mays infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude Mays will be buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens at 2 PM Thursday with Rev Michael Fary presiding. She died today at 3 AM in a local hospital. Surviving: parents a brother Claude Jr paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs David Mays maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs James Hubbard all of Coal City. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home until service.
Mrs Emma Tolliver 82 of Sweet Springs died at a city hospital after a heart attack. Funeral services will be at Sweet Springs Home Church in Maben at 11 a m Thursday with Rev John Bower officiating. Burial in Halsey Cemetery. Survived by son Vaden Tolliver Mullens and daughters Vesta Smith Beckley Violet Fanning Fairdale. Funeral arrangements by Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
Funeral services for 56 year old William Taraczkozy of Charleston formerly Beckley will be at 10 am Thursday at Melton Mortuary with Rev Sylvester W Staud in charge. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Taraczkozy died at 3 am.
Randy Elizabeth Austin, 22, of 306 Gregory St., was arrested in a Beckley club raid at 9:50 p.m. Tuesday by city police. She, a bartender at the Beckino Club on South Fayette Street, was charged with sale and possession of tax-paid whisky, posted a $500 property bond, and faces Police Court Monday. Seven fifths of liquor were destroyed and a juke box was confiscated for expired licenses. the club charter and license are in Bernard Harless’s name. Four officers conducted the raid.
Report cites Reeser describing an Indonesian noncommissioned officer who said Indonesian naval units planned open aggression against Dutch New Guinea. The prisoner claimed an infantry company sailed January 11 from Kei or Tanimbar islands aboard a large ship built in Japan, transferring to three motor torpedo boats and rubber boats with outboard motors under cover of night.
Dr. Miller urges 10 percent faculty pay raise and support for graduate study, plus 250000 for new College of Agriculture and Engineering buildings and 50000 for the WVU Library. He says adequate higher education maintenance is the best state investment for social and economic development, predicting large future support from federal, state, and foundations.
William Day 66 formerly of Fayetteville died Sunday afternoon in Hazard Kentucky after a short illness. He was a plumber in this area before moving to Kentucky where he worked as a mine foreman. Survivors include his wife Rosie two sons Billy and Patrick two daughters Virginia and Vivian a sister Mrs Norman Poff of Fayetteville and four brothers Finice Day Harrison Luther and Dewey.
In Bone Algeria a plastic bomb killed ten Arabs and spurred anti European violence. A mob beat a European to death, several structures including an oil dump and a car were set ablaze. Troops and police cordoned streets as casualties rose to 289 dead and 565 wounded since January 1.
President Kennedy plans a quick 2 billion increase in the national debt limit to cover current bills, with Sen. Byrd noting a further 8 billion boost through June 30, 1963. If approved, the ceiling would reach a record 308 billion. The debt stood at 295.8 billion on Jan. 11, just 2.2 billion below the then ceiling.
Borger Texas report details 16 year old Sandra Posey trapped by a thief in a restaurant freezer for seven hours. She kept moving, warmed her hands on a light bulb, and counted limes to endure. She is now recovering in hospital.
James Elliott aged 56 of Route 1 Fayetteville is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after being admitted at 10 45 p m Tuesday for injuries to both legs sustained in a state mining fall at a Southern Coals Corp mine.
Bank of Raleigh reports 1961 net dividends of 44000 on 8 percent payout and earnings per share 5.69, up from 3.73 in 1960. Total assets reach 12654961, an 8.1 percent rise. Directors re-elected for 1962 with A U Tieche as president and J R Carr as executive VP. Carr forecast 1962 gains from tourism growth around New River Gorge, road improvements, and oil and gas activity, noting savings deposits rose and now total 45 percent of deposits with 3 percent annual on one year certificates and 88124 paid in interest.
Grant Kessell, 65, was slain in Fairmont as a powerful attacker used a hunting knife. Autopsy found a fatal heart wound and three other nonfatal strikes to the chest and one in the back. The weapon is missing and authorities place the attack near his home after he left the hospital where he worked.
CAPE CANAVERAL UPI reports the Mercury program target date for John Glenn's orbital flight has slipped to January 24 with the mission unlikely to launch within a week and likely to slip further. A faulty valve forced a 24 hour delay, pushing the date from January 23 to a tentative January 24 as scientists work on the bulky bell shaped capsule for the 414 hour, 81 000 mile trip.
Dynamite damaged three Negro churches in Birmingham Alabama on Tuesday night wounding two policemen. Police seek a young Negro seen fleeing from one blast site as investigators express puzzlement over a possible motive. Authorities note none of the churches were tied to integration efforts amid rising racial tensions in the city.
Buckhannon plans a spring start on a 60 unit public housing project costing 900000 dollars. The brick duplex will provide 26 apartments for elderly residents on a 21 acre site overlooking the Buckhannon River, with a community building and playgrounds. The Buckhannon Housing Authority and the U S Public Housing Administration are developing it for low income families.
UPI reports Senator Barry Goldwater, addressing an American Heritage Lecture at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, said he has no intention of running for the presidency in 1964 and aims to serve as Arizona senator. He rejected an endorsement from the John Birch Society, named Washington extremists, and argued education and civil rights are state matters. He also endorsed teaching Communism in schools and planned to introduce a college scholarship bill to study it.
Legislation on first reading would extend the 6 cent per pack cigarette tax and a 3 percent insurance premium tax and another 3 percent sales tax measure. Combined, the five revenue bills total about 13.1 million in yield. Johnson proposal to trim coal advisory panel failed, and West Virginia Industrial Development Authority loan powers move toward third reading with Carrigan amendment restricting machinery and franchises loans.
The report notes Molotov, demoted by Khrushchev in 1957, was sent to Outer Mongolia as ambassador and later headed the Soviet delegation to the IAEA in Vienna. Last fall he returned to Moscow amid criticism for a Stalinist attitude. Earlier this month the Foreign Office announced a Vienna return, but no arrival or plans were confirmed and the Foreign Ministry had no news on his status.
UPI reports frost damage in Texas California and Florida will push fruit and vegetable prices higher. Department of Agriculture market reporter Fred Tuttle warned the extent of price increases is uncertain.
Four Raleigh County men and a 17 year old Boone County juvenile face grand larceny charges after arrests by sheriff deputies and State Police. Names include Lawrence Johnson Emil Kirk John Belton Mitchell and Walter Chapman with alleged copper wire theft from Armco Steel Co Pettus schoolhouse break in and other stolen items. Additional arrests noted and bonds posted for related offenses.
CAPE CANAVERAL The Pershing ballistic missile, a space-age improvised warhead carrier, completed its most advanced flight by firing a dummy warhead about 400 miles across the Atlantic. The Army said the test met all objectives as Pershing is set to replace the Redstone in Europe, offering easier transport with solid propellants versus liquid fueled Redstone.
In Philipsburg Pennsylvania rescue teams use a bulldozer to bore into an old mine after two boys Wesley Lowe age 13 and Larry Husted age 10 disappeared four days ago while hiking from Osceola Mills. A neighbor saw them enter the pit. The mine runs 50 feet underground with water pockets ten feet deep. State inspectors say burned paper inside suggested a possible rockfall trapping the youths.
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