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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1962
Page
2
Appalachian Power Co. crews work on Valley Drive South intersections with South Oakwood, Third Street and Central Avenue as rain halts progress. Police Chief M. E. Tyree notes two lights were set by APC workers Thursday at a city cost of $2,000.
Senate probe at federal level cited a large waste of public funds from ADC ineligibility. HEW budget nears 5 billion, with national ineligibility rates possibly around 2 percent. West Virginia body begins random county reviews, examining medical eligibility and household facts. Preliminary results expected by late July.
The Atomic Energy Commission described the balloon launched H-bomb as a relatively clean thermonuclear device with under 30 percent fission. About 95 percent of radioactivity would be trapped underground. Media access was restricted at the test site, with viewing from a hilltop near a radar installation.
Maxwell Mears of Baltimore sues Rhodell Police Chief Irvin Simmons and the town of Rhodell for 3500 alleging assault with a nightstick blackjack and fists on July 6 1961. He claims unjust imprisonment for over an hour damaging his reputation and standing. Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. named as bond executor. Norman Crook and James P. Crook sue American Casualty Co. for 2000 policy limits for medical expenses from a 1960 air crash involving a non owned car.
E. Earle Bibb Jr formerly of Beckley Hardware and Supply Co returns from Hardy Arkansas to rejoin the Heber Street firm led by his father. He and his brother-in-law John Cooper engaged in extensive Arkansas real estate development. A graduate of Virginia Tech, he joined the hardware firm in 1945 after World War II service.
The split between Nationalist Premier Ben Houssef Ben Khedda and dissident Mo hammed Ben Bella widens as the provisional government shifts toward Ben Khedda. In Oran, a shooting erupted while in Algiers 800 Muslims desecrated a cathedral, ripping a statue and injuring church furnishings. Ben Bella, in Cairo with Nasser, postponed a Morocco visit for a few days.
John L. Linn resigns as Taylor County sheriff to become deputy U S marshal for the northern district of West Virginia. Elected in 1960, Linn will be sworn in at Fairmont on July 16 to succeed the late Fox Murphy of Philippi, a post open since Murphy’s 1960 death in a automobile crash.
Ex-Wave Britt Sullivan, 27, has completed 60 miles of her 100 mile marathon swim from Southampton to Coney Island along Long Island's south shore after three days in the water. She started Tuesday at 8:45 a.m. EDT, tests and brief sleep breaks marked her routine, and she plans to finish Sunday morning.
Barristers Elwyn Jones and Peter Solomon were among lawyers who met Mocatta at his home early today. A spokesman said the judge issued the writ and fixed July 16 for the High Court hearing, preventing Dr. Soblen from being moved from the precinct before then.
William L. Mullens of Beckley was released from Raleigh County Jail at 1:30 AM after posting bond on a driving while drunk charge. He was arrested by Beckley City Police on South Kanawha Street at 7:30 PM Thursday. Amigo woman Katherine Berger was released on bond to Magistrate J. K. Cole in Rhodell on a destruction of property charge.
Larry Stewart Mead and Eddie Cunningham were released from Raleigh County Jail at 2 p.m after being arrested by Rhodell police at 1:10 a.m Thursday. Stewart faced charges of drunkenness and fighting, Cunningham’s address was not listed and both posted bonds. Rhodell Mayor J. K. Cole noted the events.
The No. One Choir of the New Hope Baptist Church will present a financial rally Sunday at 2 30 p m. Special guests will be the Rev W W Pryor and his choir and congregation from the Mount Airy Baptist Church of Appomattox Va The public is invited.
Utah landmark Bryce Canyon was named for a Mormon pioneer who homesteaded nearby in the 1870s, reflecting the area’s early settlement history and connection to the Utah settlement era.
In Rio de Janeiro area riots sparked by a political crisis left seven dead and about 600 wounded as rioters looted four suburbs. Police and around 1,000 troops maintained order, with damage estimated above two million dollars in Caxias Sao Joao do Marity Nova Iguaçu and Nilópolis.
Biggerstaff testified he delivered an envelope with money to the Eufaula Oklahoma office of two men and knew it contained cash by the coins inside. Calabrese placed the total at 1640.80 dollars based on a memo listing 28 farmers transferring 328.1 acres of cotton allotments to Texas at five dollars per acre. The investigation probes Estes farm finance ties and county and state officials handling a 1960 memo alleging lease-sale contracts violated the law.
State Purchasing Director Curtis S. Wilson announced contracts totaling 213000 for various equipment for the State Road Commission. Winners include Machinery Inc Charleston for an ore tractor and excavating machine at 45353, Marion Power Shovel Co Marion Ohio for a crane shovel 42396, Porter Supply Co Huntington loader 15995, L H Jones Equipment Morgantown four four wheel drive trucks 63560, and Kines Motor Co Philippi twenty four door station wagons 45690.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Saturday in the Arritt Funeral Home chapel Covington Va for Ira Willard Meadows 46 of 1025 S Monroe Ave Covington with Military rites at Allegheny Memorial Park Cemetery He died Wednesday in a Clifton Forge hospital Born February 3 1916 in Allegheny County he was a World War II veteran and longtime Covington resident Survived by his wife Mary E Meadows two sons James Willard and Charles Frederick and numerous siblings and stepchildren The body will lie in state at the mortuary until the funeral hour.
Funeral services for R Earl Rodgers 60 formerly of Mount Hope will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope with the Rev George Porter in charge Burial will be in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill Rodgers died in a Columbus hospital Thursday morning after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage He was a Mount Hope High School graduate attended West Virginia University and studied at Roanoke Business College and Columbia School of Drafting He was former vice president of Central West Coal Co Ohio and later employed with the Ohio State Road Commission Survivors include wife Edith Lowe Rodgers son Charles E Rodgers of Dayton parents Guy and Mrs Rodgers of Mount Hope two sisters Mary Louise Rodgers Mount Hope and Mrs Wilson Ward Charleston and one granddaughter The body will arrive at the funeral home Saturday and friends may call after 5 p.m
Aubrey Goodall 65 of 117 Antonio Ave died Monday. Funeral 2 p m Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church with Rev. Henry DuBois presiding. Burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Survived by Martha Goodall, four brothers John Harper Heights Mose Early Madison County Virginia Mack Philadelphia, four sisters Martha Biggs Lillian Simmons Caldin Goodall Washington DC Lilia Smith Charlottesville VA, foster daughter Gladys Seward Newark NJ. Body to be taken from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to church one hour before service.
Charles Lewis Edgar Slaughter 84 of Ingram Branch died Thursday in Montgomery hospital from a heart attack. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Saturday Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill with Rev. Carl Johnson officiating. Burial in Winston Cemetery. Survivors include son Charles Hess Slaughter and daughter Annie Virginia Clark, plus eight grandchildren. Body at funeral home after 1 p.m. today.
Funeral services for Grover Cleveland Hollins 87 of MacArthur who died Tuesday will be held at 2 p m Saturday at Hollywood Missionary Baptist Church MacArthur Rev Sam Smith officiating Burial will be at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Pallbearers named Ordie Shrewsbury Ralph Blake Fred Smith Glenn Smith Gary Cooper Bob Slate Elmer Akers and Lowell Clancy Friends may call at Williams Funeral Home after 5 p m today.
Mrs. Daisy Lodge aged 71 of Summerlee died at her home Thursday night at 10 30 p m after a prolonged illness. The body is at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending arrangements.
Lloyd Charles Saylor 53 of Coal City died Thursday morning at home likely of a heart attack. Funeral services set for 2 p m Sunday at Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev Armor Sayre officiating. Burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens with Beckley Moose Lodge 1606 conducting graveside rites. Saylor formerly led strip mining operations for H R Anderson Co in Charleston for 16 years and later worked for Atlas Coal Co at Kilarney. He was born in Johnsboro Tennessee on September 16 1908. He was survived by his mother Mrs Martha Jackson Saylor of Kingsport Tennessee and the late Robert Saylor. He was a member of Beckley Moose Lodge and International Un-
Galveston Texas report says a Coast Guard inspector declined to license a boat despite full equipment including life preserver devices nailed to seats. The item appears in a string of short UPI dispatches from various cities with brief oddities.
The Rock of Gibraltar is described as Great Britain’s smallest colony in this brief note. It notes Gibraltar’s status and geographic placement at the entrance to the Mediterranean.
In Raleigh County Circuit Court the plaintiff Benjamin Atterson seeks damages from White Star Taxi Co and driver Denton Hawley plus Louis Callopi over a Jan 18 taxi crash. Dr M M Ralston testified Atterson lost knee cap portion, faces limp with 25 to 30 degrees limited flexion, and Do Not Pass sign disputed. witnesses include Danny Fara and Mrs Margaret Vandall. counsel A J Sparacino for Atterson, Kennedy for Hawley, File for Callopi.
Polan Industries of Huntington West Virginia has won a 1 011235 contract to manufacture periscopes for the Army. The award follows a national bid with five firms, yields about 50 new jobs, and runs from December to June 1963. The products cover several Army vehicles including the M 60 M 88 tank and related personnel carriers.
A former Boy Scouts district executive, Robert Siler, was appointed public relations director for Marietta Manufacturing Co. The move, confirmed by President Walter M. Windsor, is effective last Sunday. Open house at Andrew S. Rowan Memorial Home in Monroe County is Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. Chauncey H. Browning Jr. will host. state and county invited. In Huntington, International Nickel Co. Alloy Products plans a new mill and forging press as part of plant modernization to replace equipment.
Beckley resident Robert Evans alias Robert Eastman was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 4 30 p m Thursday on destruction of property after allegedly breaking a plate glass window in the Jones Billards building at 1052 South Fayette Street Arrested by a constable the man faces a local charge A Beckley motorist Frank Crickmer paid a total of 10 50 in fines and costs to Magistrate Joe Rodriguez for a driving with expired inspection sticker offense
Washington Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia reiterated support for a temporary federal income tax rate reduction aimed at boosting productivity. He said if an cut occurs this year or by January 1963 it must be temporary with an automatic restoration date or higher rate, urging immediate action rather than delaying for a future review.
The pine tree shilling was minted starting in 1652 but remained without change until 1634, indicating a historical inconsistency in early American coinage records and minting dates.
The piece notes a tentative postponement of a Pan American World Airways walkout until August 1 amid ongoing industry labor actions. It also reports a 14th day of the Eastern Air Lines engineers’ strike, plus other national briefs and local updates.
The Senate opens debate on a plan by Senator Morton to give up to 125 annually for people aged 65 plus to buy private health insurance with broad benefits. It would cost about 1.2 million yearly and let states tailor programs. Democrats expect enough votes to defeat the measure, with 15 amendments to clear before a bipartisan, administration backed Social Security funded alternative advances next week.
Senator Kennedy urged an urgent income tax cut and said the decision should be watched with care by the executive and Congress. He promoted two administration bills, a 4.9 billion foreign aid program and a Medicare for the aged plan, seeking bipartisan House and Senate support. Kennedy returned from Camp David and planned a weekend trip to Hyannis Port.
The National Science Foundation awarded West Virginia University a $9717 discretionary grant among $3.73 million to 302 colleges and universities to strengthen capacity for new scientific knowledge and to educate scientists and engineers for national security.
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