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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1961
Page
1
Group proposes moving the southern end of a highway from Beckley to Charleston. The plan follows Interstate specifications and the route of current U S 19 and U S 119, placing it farther west near Charleston and potentially linking with proposed Interstate 77 in the Capital City.
A group of central West Virginia legislators clash with Gov. Barron over the proposed North South superhighway. They advocate routing the line south from Morgantown through Fairmont Clarksburg Sutton Summersville to Beckley, opposing the State Road Commission plan through Morgantown to Beckley.
House and Senate road committees schedule a meeting next Wednesday with delegates and county representatives to review the proposed highway. Barron asks for 8 million dollars for the State Road Commission with half the funding from federal matching funds through Beckley. Lawmakers warn alternative routes would force northern West Virginia residents to travel farther to reach Charleston.
Secretary of the Army Elvis Stahr on leave from WVU reportedly urged that Marshall College stay a first rate college rather than become a fourth or fifth rate university. He spoke at a WVU Board of Governors dinner and noted no repeal of the penny tax until a stable WVU Med Center funding source is found. Stahr said he could speak impartially since he was no longer officially connected to WVU.
President Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk urge realism on relations with the Soviet Union noting sharp policy differences remain. Senate bills by Humphrey and Yarborough aim to expand education with scholarships and college construction loans. El Salvador’s ruling junta seeks democratic allies to counter communist influence, arresting four former officials and 30 alleged leaders amid Cuban propaganda allegations.
Continued cloudiness with a few snow flurries tonight and Saturday. Very cold air will keep temperatures well below normal with highs around mid twenties in the north and south. Precipitation late Sunday or Monday may total about a half inch. Beckley and Oak Hill report subfreezing readings with light snowfall totaling 2.5 inches in new snow. River and lake conditions show normal ice patches and gates, Bald Knob ski slopes rated excellent, and the day’s extremes include 33 below zero in Wyoming and 81 in Florida.
U S Air Force Captains John R McKone and Freeman Bruce Olmstead arrived at Andrews Air Force Base at 11 58 a m EST from Goose Bay Labrador after seven months in Soviet captivity. A ban on news of their imprisonment was imposed and President Kennedy planned a public greeting. The fliers were part of the RB 47 crew captured in the Barents Sea last July 1 and were released Wednesday.
In Shinnston West Virginia Lucy Fortney and Jo Ann Stevens, longtime bank workers, face embezzlement charges after a teller shortage totaling 246 794 61 dollars. Authorities say Fortney’s earlier thefts and Stevens later embezzling with knowledge led to combined losses of 246 794 61 dollars. Stevens attempted suicide with sleeping pills as investigators closed in. Both are jailed in Fairmont awaiting federal action.
Washington reports December living costs reached a new peak with the consumer price index at 127.5, up 0.1 percent, signaling 1961 price pressures. For 1960 the index averaged 126.5, a 1.5 percent rise from 1959, while factory pay slipped slightly in December due to reduced work hours from snow.
A snowstorm hampered U S and Canadian air force efforts to locate the C118 missing with 23 aboard en route from Port Lyautey to Norfolk. Searches near Argentia faced cloud, snowshowers and 50 mph gusts while a lone RBS craft scoured the sea. Coast Guard cutters stood by as weather worsened and Navy crews were named aboard the missing aircraft.
Mor g antown West Virginia native Capt Mel Garlow piloted a Capital Airlines jet that made an emergency landing in Miami with two tires blown on takeoff from Pittsburgh. He is honored as the first U S airline pilot to reach one million jet powered flight miles and the only parachutist to land a plane into Pittsburgh's business district. He lives near Maidsville south of Morgantown.
Sherwood Glutz rails against proposed victim tax in Charleston, calling lawmakers foolish. He claims the average citizen cannot bear higher levies as workers strain to make ends meet and live in hardship.
In Sheldon Iowa 400 of the bank s 2200 depositors queued in sub zero weather to collect FDIC insured funds totaling over half a million dollars as part of a wider repayment plan. The payout covers about 2 million dollars in assets pilfered over 30 to 40 years by assistant cashier Burnice Geiger daughter of the bank s president. Federal agents also moved on Shinnston West Virginia where two women bank employees faced charges tied to a quarter million dollar shortage. Geiger was arrested January 16 in Sioux City Iowa where officials set a date Thursday.
West Virginia legislators consider reviving the Crime Commission after hearings between sessions. J. C. Cruikshank says enactment of commission recommendations could keep the group alive, noting organized crime in the state and highlighting gambling as a key issue. Also reports a member with mumps, a study group on Public Assistance, and good prospects for a Natural Resources bill.
Senator Styles Bridges urged President Kennedy to fully disclose any deal with Soviet Premier Khrushchev over the release of U S fliers Captains Freeman Olmstead and John McKone after seven months in Soviet captivity. He queried concessions, connection to U2 ban, secret diplomacy, and the Armenia 1948 loss, noting Americans should not forget the original Soviet downing.
United Press International reports Senators demand clarity on a possible exchange involving Khrushchev and Kennedy over the RB47 fliers. Quotes describe global pressure for a price and calls for disclosure from officials amid ongoing debate.
A reflective note contrasts a girl who remembers her first kiss with others who cannot recall their first husband, highlighting memory and relationships across generations.
The West Virginia State Senate approved unanimously a constitutional amendment to allow District of Columbia residents to vote in presidential elections. The measure now goes to the House and then to ratification by the states. The Senate action was 27 to 0 with five absentees.
Canterbury England says George Sumpter, manager of an electric parts factory, will not hire girls with Jayne Mansfield figures. He says they look fine but cannot get close enough to machines. Elsewhere, Hamilton AFB marks rifle team tests as 24 airmen and 6 WAFs win spots with Lt Lois Minium scoring 93. Dr Alfred B Alexander advises bare feet to stay awake while driving.
President Kennedy hosted Treasury Secretary Dillon Labor Secretary Goldberg and Wilbur Mills to lunch at the White House to discuss ways to stimulate the economy. A task force advised considering a temporary income tax cut if the slump worsens and the State of the Union address looms.
President Kennedy named John William Bush and William Tucker to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Swidler and Howard Morgan were named to the Federal Power Commission. Nicholas Katzenbach was chosen as assistant attorney general and Ivan Nestingen as undersecretary of health, education and welfare. The president also ordered USIA to release polls on American prestige abroad.
United Nations report notes Ambassador Adlai E Stevenson said Kennedy would likely welcome a Khrushchev meeting if the Soviet premier returns for the General Assembly in March. In New Orleans a white third grader at McDonogh 19 School shattered a two month boycott of integration with a reported incident.
The hijacked liner Santa Maria sailed toward Africa with 620 passengers, ignoring a U S Navy request to disembark at Belem Brazil. Navy positions put the ship about 600 miles north of Belem, heading toward Angola as Adm Dennison weighs safe onward passage and a possible transfer plan with Captain Henrique Galvao.
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