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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1960
Page
1
The Democratic Congress signals a rewrite of Eisenhower's budget for the coming year. They aim to trim the 79.8 billion spend plan, likely reducing the 4.175 billion requested for foreign aid, while seeking to reshuffle and expand the 40.995 billion defense program. Page two continues.
Rep. Cleveland M. Bailey argues Tennessee Gas Transmission must prove rates serve the public interest. He警 suggests West Virginia subsidizes expansion of the industry via unfair cost allocations and warns of higher gas bills affecting 166 600 residents and unemployment in the state.
An Air Force staff sergeant, James P. Lininger, 25, of Morgantown West Virginia, jailed in Plattsburgh after breaking out of a tavern where he had been locked inside He reportedly took eight bottles of liquor and was held for grand jury action.
A Norfolk bound Casual Airlines Viscount crashed near Holdcroft Virginia in heavy fog killing 50 people. Forty six passengers and four crew were aboard including two infants. Rescue work followed hours after the wreck as authorities moved bodies to Richmond for identification.
Goldie Mee Lambert and Rush Roark of Shady Spring were arrested in Cleveland by homicide detectives on charges of killing Lambert’s uncle Homer Richmond around Christmas last year. Richmond’s body was found in a shallow grave off Pluto Road. Lambert claimed a history of family killings and self defense, while hospital papers and conflicting statements emerged as authorities pursued the case.
About four inches of snow with high winds created hazardous driving across Raleigh County and surrounding areas in West Virginia. Chains were advised for highway travel by Minor Scott of the Raleigh County division SRC as crews fought slick surfaces and drifting snow on Flat Top and White Oak mountains.
Windy cold with flurries and slippery roads across Beckley and Oak Hill. Highs near 25 to 35 degrees, lows around 15 to 20. River gauges show Greenbrier and Bluestone normal and cloudy, Bald Knob reports no skiing today, prospects improve tomorrow.
In Charleston a resident wonders how his hogs are faring as a neighbor tends them. The lobbyist, described with disproportionate features, is noted for smoking a cigar as the inquiry unfolds.
Gusts near Raleigh County Memorial Airport reached 40 knots preventing snow buildup at Bald Knob Ski Slopes. Manager Tom Minter says snow fences might catch drifting snow to cover the slopes and artificial snow would likely blow away. He urges callers to confirm tomorrow before traveling.
Egypt agreed to Soviet assistance for the second stage of the Aswan dam, joining ongoing Soviet support for the first stage. The second phase costs 373.1 million dollars, with 258.3 million needed from foreign exchange for equipment, materials, and personnel. The UAR will repay the first loan of 1.0.4 billion dollars in 12 equal annual installments at 2.5 percent interest, and the USSR will supply goods or foreign exchange on a long term loan basis.
Mrs. George McLaughlin a Blue Jay teacher arrived shaken but unharmed to Stoco High School to teach math after her car rolled about 50 feet down an embankment and lodged against a rock.
Democratic leaders in Charleston work with Governor Underwood on a public works package to combat unemployment. Discussions center on spending levels funding sources and allocation across state park forest and other natural resource projects.
The West Virginia House of Delegates weighs relocating for two days this week. Leaders consider meeting in Welch on Thursday and Beckley on Friday to inspect areas where automation has displaced coal miners. Speaker Harry R. Pauley delays commitment as decisions loom.
Charleston AP report states an administration bill to fund a temporary economic program by raising liquor store prices. The plan, supported by Gov. Underwood and Rep. Harry R. Pauley, would lift prices enough to add about 1.75 million dollars, part of a total eight million for the program. Senate proposals address highway signs sourced outside the penitentiary system, and Del. Watson seeks Marion County Court airport funds linked to a Benedum Airport authority plan.
New Haven police charged three Yale undergraduates with lascivious carriage in a probe of dormitory sex parties involving a 14 year old girl. Twelve students resigned. about 15 to be questioned. A warrant may be issued for others.
Prime Minister Nobusuke Kisihi of Japan visited the White House at 2 30 p m to sign a treaty inviting President Eisenhower to visit Japan The accord would elevate Japan to equal partner in U S Japanese relations and place it in the free world camp Separately Cuban sugar cane fields faced new fire bomb attacks reported by Revolucion The United States Defense leaders Thomas S Gates and Nathan F Twining predicted U S military superiority over the Soviet Union Queen Elizabeth II launched a maternity fashion high heels.
Mrs Eugene Gilbert 25, wife of Raleigh Register columnist and youth research partner, was aboard the Capital airliner that crashed in Virginia Monday night. Gilbert learned of the tragedy in Washington and after landing at Idlewild heard the news while driving into Manhattan.
Relatives wait at Norfolk Municipal Airport as news spreads of Capital Airlines Viscount crash near Holdcroft. Among 50 aboard the Norfolk-bound flight were a wife and infant, with families enduring a long anxious vigil after the late-evening disappearance and fiery wreck near the Chickahominy River 30 miles southeast of Richmond.
Miami authorities tie Julian A. Frank to a Dallas doctor in an abortion conspiracy claim connected to two National Airlines crashes. Civil Aviation Board examiner Charles Collar notes the acquaintance seems more than coincidence as investigators probe potential links between the Jan. 6 Bolivia crash and the Nov. 16 Gulf of Mexico wreck that killed 76 people.
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