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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1962
Page
1
S-I- Washington UPI notes two views of Kennedy’s new budget. The writer prefers the physical heft over fiscal projections, joking that a drop could fracture bones and that two volumes, five and two pounds, weigh the plan down. Azure cover and an A to Z index with no X are also lampooned.
A search for Wesley Lowe and Larry Husted, buried for six days in an Osceola Mills area clay mine, intensified as investigators learned from Billy Webster that the boys kept a mattress, table, candles, and food in tunnels about 15 miles long. Expert miners labored to clear rock and soil blocks after a rockfall blocked access at the shaft, with rescue crews drilling alternate entrances as the operation continued.
Snow and hazardous driving warned as cold, cloudy conditions grip West Virginia. Snow spreads across the state with several inches expected before tapering to flurries Saturday. highs in the 20s, lows in the teens. Five day forecast shows below normal highs and lows, with most precipitation Saturday and Tuesday or Wednesday totaling about three quarters of an inch. Beckley and Oak Hill temperature reads provided. Greenbrier River normal, Lake Bluestone normal, gates open at Hunton gauge 3.4 ft.
The House Judiciary Committee reopened its inquiry into the coal slurry pipeline question led by railroads and industry negotiators. Chesapeake & Ohio attorney Amos Bolen charged Consolidation Coal Co with broad patents tying up the pipeline and accused the opposition of avoiding public service claims.
In Santo Domingo a bloodless air force counter coup reinstated the civilian council of state and ended the Tuesday junta. Gen Pedro Rodriguez Echavarria was arrested while four council members were released from house arrest. Rafael F Bonnelly was named acting president as the council moved to the presidential palace amid triumphal escort by air force officers.
The 1963 federal budget of 92.5 billion dollars would raise the per person cost by 11.53, based on a population projection of 188.2 million next Jan. 1. With 1962 at 89.1 billion, 480.02 per American, the new plan allocates 491.55 per person.
Washington report outlines how the federal budget dollar would be spent in fiscal 1963. National security and space receive 63 cents, interest on debt 10, veterans benefits 6, farm programs 6, health and welfare 6, other activities 9, with all other domestic programs and overhead included. Revenue sources total 100 cents: individual income taxes 53, corporate income taxes 28, excise taxes 11, other revenues 8.
West Virginia lawmakers praised the informative open hearing on the coal pipeline but voiced unresolved questions. Delegates West Kinzer Lilly and Senator Porter said more details are needed on jurisdiction by the Public Service Commission and Interstate Commerce Commission. Some lawmakers worry the session increased confusion as the vote approaches.
New York police and federal agents seized 22 packages of pure heroin weighing about 11 kilograms in a three story Brooklyn tenement. The bust, part of a broader crackdown on a then-international narcotics ring, followed months of sleuthing and involved 50 officers. Two Frenchmen were arrested, one a Marseilles television entertainer, along with weapons including a Japanese submachine gun. Further arrests and seizures were anticipated as investigations continued.
Melpar Inc a subsidiary of Westinghouse Airbrakes Corp will locate an electronics plant in Fairmont employing as many as 100 workers The decision was announced by Senators Randolph Byrd Governor Barron and Rep Bailey following conferences with Melpar president Edward M Bostick
House Speaker Julius W. Singleton appointed four delegates to a five member House committee to study pollution abatement in the Guy andotte River basin and coordinate with industries and the Department of Natural Resources. The panel includes T. E. Holderby, Jackie Withrow, Charlie Gore Jr., and Noel Floyd with Del. J. Paul England guiding the effort. Pauline Davis was named secretary.
UPI reports in Charleston that a cigarette tax rate extension worth 1.7 million dollars annually was scheduled for a first passage vote as the Legislature hits the 10th day of its 30 day budget session. The measure would retain a penny on a tax that would revert to five cents per pack on June 30 with Senate final action upcoming after House committee approval.
The Senate unanimously approved a cigarette tax measure worth about 1.7 million dollars, the first major tax bill to advance to final vote this session in the Legislature.
The 1961 Legislature approved two thirds for a proposed amendment allowing a governor a second consecutive term and broader budget authority, but enabling legislation is needed before voter submission. Other actions included judiciary hearings on Barron administration coal pipeline bills and votes on disputed tax measures, with concerns rising over a one-year 3 percent sales tax extension projected to raise about $10 million annually.
Balint Zimanyi earned a living for 12 years by selling counterfeit Communist propaganda in Hungary. Nepszabadsag reports he designed posters and wall placards with slogans, mailed them to state enterprises, and billed 50 cents to $1.10 per item. Nine of ten accepted the packages without question.
Coroner Goff P. Lilly ruled the death of 59 year old Ann Betty Stone of Hinton a death by her own actions. Stone was found dead Thursday at a son's home where she had been visiting. She slashed her throat cut wrists and elbows and wore a belt around her neck. Family said she suffered a nervous disorder.
United Press International quotes include Senator Byrd warning Kennedy budget figures misstate tax income and spending. New York contractor chief Richards weighs five hour day unions triggering broader demands. Ireland’s Lemass envisions partition ending with market integration. Hungary’s Zimanyi touts counterfeit propaganda sales with claimed nine in ten accepting deliveries.
New York union electricians of Local 3 IBEW won a five hour daily five day week, the shortest in the nation for craftsmen, after eight days of strike against contractors. The settlement raised hourly wages to near five dollars and halted widespread project shutdowns affecting up to 100,000 tradesmen.
President Felton G. Clark ordered all 4,300 students to leave Southern University Baton Rouge at 6 p.m. EST after demonstrators disrupted studies and campus life. The action follows expulsions of seven CORE led protesters and previous arrests during protests around downtown Baton Rouge.
UPI reports Gerald W. Saville of Martinsburg was arrested for threatening to kill President Kennedy if war began. Saville, 29, admitted writing the letter and was remanded to Berkeley County jail after failing to post a $10,000 bond at a preliminary hearing before U.S. Commissioner C. P. Dingler.
A witty column notes an ambitious husband chasing better jobs for his wife while mocking the dedicated TV fan who sacrifices two hours of sleep for a movie he disliked decades ago. Earl appears on Page 4.
President Kennedy meets UN Secretary General Thant at the Waldorf Astoria for lunch and talks on grave world issues. Informal Congo reports say Col Joseph Pakassa, linked to priest killings, is in custody at Stanleyville amid political tension. Gizenga remains under house arrest. Byrd forecasts a peacetime budget deficit up to five billion dollars, larger than the administration’s surplus estimate. Rusk orders further talks with Gromyko to seek negotiation grounds on Berlin. Kesner, 49, and workman James Kennedy, 56, die in a Reseda street crash. two workers injured. Poison stash stolen in Paris endangers many. authorities urged public aid in recovery. Blanche Nowinsky, 55, placed under psychiatric observation in Buffalo.
CAPE CANAVERAL UPS NASA postponed indefinitely a planned U S attempt to launch a television carrying space capsule toward the moon after engineers found major technical difficulties in the Atlas booster rocket used to lift the Ranger 3 into space. The launch had been slated for next Monday with no new firing date announced.
Two armed would be robbers entered the Bank at Accokeek in Maryland as Richard L. Knowles and Howard McClanahan cashed paychecks. A sheriff’s clash ended with both suspects down, a driver wounded, car wrecks, and $10,500 seized from a pillow case. Arrests followed, including Carlton Dodson and a cousin of one of the robbers.
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