29 Jan 1963
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1963
Page
1
Raleigh area leaders push a tourism based revival to replace coal jobs. Proposals include Grandview State Park improvements worth 211000 and expanding outdoor drama at Honey in the Rock to year round entertainment, aiming to attract manufacturing and new service enterprises.
Rep John Slack of West Virginia was appointed to the House Appropriations subcommittee for Commerce State Justice and the Judiciary. He said West Virginia’s first representation on the panel in 50 years reflects focus on the state economic revival. Agencies under review include Area Redevelopment Administration Bureau for Public Roads SBA and the Business and Defense Services Administration.
The article covers the Senate approving a permanent 3 percent consumer sales tax and debate on redistricting. Kanawha County Court seeks self reapportionment, with suits pending in federal court, while lawmakers weigh action timing and possible voter amendments.
U S Weather Bureau forecast milder conditions for West Virginia with afternoon highs in the 20s. Overnight lows dipped below zero across the state, with Preston County seeing 30 below and Weston area at 34 below. Roads on secondary routes to use chains. ice persists on the Ohio River and navigation is largely halted from Louisville to Cairo.
Weather notes show milder afternoon highs in the 20s to 30s with increasing clouds on Wednesday. Overnight lows fall to single digits to mid teens. River conditions report Greenbrier and Lake both normal and clear with a new Hinton gauge reading 27 feet.
Wire items report James Meredith set a 10 a m news conference in Jackson Mississippi to decide on his Ole Miss return Gov Scranton says national office talk not planned while Pennsylvania governor White House states Kennedy will not hold a press conference this week Republicans study Kennedy’s underground test suspension and NORAD chief warns US vulnerability to submarine ballistic missiles Philco lands contract on a see page 2 note
Robert Frost, Nobel worthy American poet laureate figure and friend of President Kennedy, died at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston at 1:50 a.m. EST after a seven week battle with complications from major urinary tract surgery.
President Kennedy mourns the death of Robert Frost saying the poet leaves a vacancy in the American spirit. The White House statement calls Frost the great American poet of his time and praises his nature driven verse and plain speech. He had promises to keep and miles to go, and now he sleeps.
The eminent poet Robert Frost endured a surgery followed by a heart attack and multiple pulmonary embolisms. He weathered these life threatening events as his four Pulitzer Prizes stood as a lasting testament to his poetic genius in later years.
The State Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Ritchie County must reimburse the State Department of Welfare $112 for telephone bills. Judge Harlan Calhoun wrote the decision, stating telephones are necessary office equipment in modern operations.
President Kennedy asks Congress to pass a four year program totaling about 1.5 billion dollars to boost public school construction teacher pay and college aid. The plan aims to target critical needs while avoiding direct control of the entire system and seeks to resolve the church state dispute in education.
Amere Gas Utilities Co. buys 12 082 square feet on Neville Street across from the old Kroger Building for 62000 dollars. Heirs of Dr. Robert Wriston sold the land in Williams addition deeded to Dr. Wriston in 1917 by L. B. Phipps. No immediate plans to build. architects reportedly drafting a new Amere building within about a year.
In Ste Adolphe de Pa bos Quebec a mother and 10 of her 12 children aged two months to 13 years died when a one story frame home burned. Father Fer nand Dupuis and two sons Rene and Gilbert survived. Gilbert woke the family as flames spread and the mother re entered the home to save her children. The roof collapse trapped them. no cause is given.
Jame C. Mitchell, 52, died Monday night when a five room frame house burned to the ground. His body was recovered early today. Authorities said the blaze started after a hot coal rolled from a fireplace onto the wooden floor.
Caracas police reportedly stopped a Communist plot to kidnap Henry Ford II who arrived in Venezuela for a tour of his company’s Latin American branches. Details were not immediately available from El Mundo.
A note suggests that the frantic twist dancers most need is a supply of case blood. The brief implies an urgent health requirement tied to performers.
Senator Byrd urges Commerce Secretary Hodges to study feasibility and size of a West Virginia Institute of Industrial Technology to spur regional economic recovery. He outlines aims including industrial research on WV resources, attracting tech industries, updating local products, and training a skilled workforce.
The British bid to join the European Common Market collapsed as France led opposition under President de Gaulle. West German figures voiced gloom while the United States warned that blocking Britain could strain Atlantic ties. Heath participated in talks as ministers from the six member states pressed for a change in France’s stance.
A major fire on Pittsburgh's North Side leveled seven buildings in a dramatic general alarm. Fire Chief Stephen Adley estimated $500,000 in damage and said arson was suspected as 130 residents fled into the severe cold.
CAPE CANAVERAL. America plans to launch the Syncom satellite on February 6 aboard a Delta rocket. The 150 pound craft aims for a 22 300 mile circular orbit known as the synchronous or 24 hour orbit to relay live TV telephone and radio signals worldwide.
Kanawha County Prosecutor Charles M. Walker condemned restaurateur John Smiley after Smiley led a three-man picket of the Kanawha County Courthouse urging Walker's resignation. Walker labeled Smiley an ex convict tied to bootlegging gambling and forgery and said Smiley's actions stem from Smiley's own past and bond forfeiture for a racketeer. Smiley operates a restaurant and motel at St Albans and had pressured for evidence of liquor violations in private clubs.
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