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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1962
Page
1
UPI reports Task Force 8 officials say another Pacific hydrogen blast is imminent after Johnston Island's 400 mile high test. FAA warns airmen to avoid Christmas Island area. Sunday night's shot reportedly produced a 400 mile high fireball seen from Maui.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev warned that a new world war "really exists" and that all mankind may be drawn into it if no determined measures are taken. He spoke at the Com munist sponsored World Congress for General Disarmament and Peace in the Kremlin Palace. He urged unity of peace fighters to counter the threat.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev urged replacing Western Allied garrisons in West Berlin with a six nation force under UN command. He named Norwegian Danish Belgian Dutch Polish and Czechoslovak troops. He did not call for removing Soviet troops from East Berlin.
Khrushchev addressed 2,000 delegates, praising Soviet policy and condemning American actions, including a high altitude nuclear test over the Pacific. He warned that the arms race is the moral issue of our time and urged determined measures to avert a new global conflict.
Washington reports the United States today rejected Soviet Premier Khrushchev's plan to replace U S British and French garrisons in West Berlin with contingents from small NATO and Warsaw Pact nations.
Khrushchev was called to the podium by Canadian John Bernal, president of the World Peace Congress, as a conference for peace, where he attacked what he called the sinister forces of aggression and evil leading the arm race, amid thunderous applause.
Beckley high yesterday 34 low test 56. Oak Hill high 78 low 63. Sunny pleasant today with highs 75 to 82 and fair cool tonight lows 53 to 62. Greenbrier River normal and cloudy. Lake normal clear with two gates open. New gauge at Hinton 2.1 ft. Wednesday mostly fair and warmer with a chance of scattered thundershowers in the northwest. UPI: Redmond Ore 40 and Needles Calif 111 were the extremes reported to the Weather Bureau.
In Brasilia Congress approved Francisco Brochado da Rocha as premier, a move seen as President Joao Goulart gains in a power clash with opposition. Brochado, 51, defends neutralist policy, calls for a plebiscite on presidential government, and is tied to Brizola who pressured expropriation of ITT facilities earlier.
Mercer County Judge set trials for six Bluefield policemen and four others on burglary and house breaking charges from 1949 indictments. Lt. Fox and Patrolman Land face counts in mid August, with Sgt. Kirk and three co-defendants to follow. One co-defendant Everett Little is at large and two others are incarcerated in Virginia Penitentiary.
Charleston attorney Willard L. Brown for the West Virginia NAACP says the Raleigh County school integration case will go before federal Judge John A. Field Jr in Beckley on August 1 for a pre trial conference. A ruling on whether there will be oral arguments may come at that time if issues are settled. Brown filed a bill of particulars after Field gave 90 days and the board filed briefs denying gerrymandering and foot dragging in implementing the order.
GAO official says Bureau of Public Roads allowed inadequate records on right of way for federal aid highways. West Virginia study cited as typical, with 55 of 58 parcels in five projects showing issues. WV forfeited 97 000 in federal contributions from 1950 to 1957 amid ongoing review. See Road Probe Page 2.
Mor Ris Goldberg a linen supply tycoon is fined 70000 and given seven years in prison for tax evasion totaling about 850000 with five years probation. Judge C William Kraft Jr ordered immediate confinement and left open bail on appeal.
A sagging marriage and lingering envy drive a wife to confront memories of her husband’s former love. The piece portrays emotional strain, social judgment, and the fragile ties of loyalty within a troubled relationship.
About four Beckley men are slated as witnesses in a Congressional subcommittee hearing on West Virginia road-building practices. Ned Ragland is in Washington for the hearing and expected to testify later. E. E. Bibb B. H. Hopkins are due Thursday and John C. Ward Friday. L. O. Thompson Oak Hill and Henry C. Bias head the State Road Commission legal unit among about 30 witnesses.
The GAO questioned appraisals by West Virginia state officials amid meager bureau instructions as hearings list 30 witnesses. The eight-day session will focus on state regulations for acquiring land to build highways, under a federal program contributing up to 90 percent of construction costs for interstate expansion.
At RAF Lakenheath, USAF pilots and support personnel of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing face mandatory diets and six monthly weigh ins. The limit for a 5 foot 10 inch airman aged 21 to 25 is 180 pounds, with a general ceiling of 184 pounds for ages 26 to 36, per Air Force officials.
West Virginia's September draft quota is set one below the August Selective Service quota of 84. A total of 461 West Virginians were inducted into the Army in September 1961 amid the Berlin crisis. Veterans of Foreign Wars convenes in Huntington with about 400 delegates from 12 Southern states, joined by national officers Byron B. Gentry and Joseph J. Lombardo.
Dow Jones at 592.83 and Rails index at 124.48 led a broad market gain by noon. Uails stood at 114.69 up 1.97 while Stocks climbed to 206.36, up 4.26. Volume traded reached about 3,400,000 shares.
Telstar the first international communications satellite is launched by NASA aboard a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral. The 170 pound craft, owned by AT and T, aims to relay live radio and television worldwide, tying oceans with “live” broadcasts within years. Orbit confirmed around 7:35 a.m. EDT, with an expected 160 minute circuit and an inclination near 45 degrees.
Adverse weather forced postponement of a shallow underground nuclear explosion at the Nevada test grounds 65 miles southeast of Las Vegas. The shot was rescheduled for Wednesday morning. An above ground companion blast was kept on a 24 hour weather hold and may also occur Wednesday.
Cape Canaveral reports Telstar a 4:35 am EDT launch designed to test satellite relays for voice video and data. Andover Maine hosts the ground station linking to Europe pending Senate debate on privately owned satellite systems under government control.
Western editors backed the Pacific blast as a national security act while Japan denounced it as barbaric. Moscow Radio reported protests, Peiping kept silent, and Japan called for compensation though no official protest was filed. Demonstrators clashed with police outside London’s American Embassy.
Former Vice President Richard Nixon at Idlewild Airport said despite Kennedy popularity the Republicans will win in Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan and California where he competes against Gov Pat Brown He also forecast Nelson Rockefeller's re election in New York United States Steel unveiled plans to build temper mills and plating plants in Pennsylvania Indiana and California Stock markets rose after the Fed cut margin requirements from 70 to 50 per cent Thant arrived in Oslo for a two day visit and did not decide if he will seek UN leadership The White House said Pierre Salinger will travel to Brazil for Kennedy trip preparations Ed Gilbert warned rail strike risk if railroad reform is pushed Hoffa assault charges not pursued due to conflicting testimony Kennedy will not hold a news conference this week McCormick says Congress will grant aid discretionary power to Communist friendly nations
Huntington attorney Herbert Fitzpatrick left most of his estate to his longtime secretary Tabitha Moberly. The will, admitted to probate in Cabell County, bequeaths over 1100 shares of stock including 666 C&O shares and holdings in First Huntington National Bank and other companies. Fitzpatrick, never married, died at 90 in Clifton Forge Virginia, and was buried in Pecos Texas.
London report states Sir Winston Churchill, recovering from a broken left thigh, has a leg thrombosis with no extension. Doctors note the leg is less swollen and explain phlebitis was used to avoid alarm. Anti-coagulants are helping prevent further clots.
Washington lawmakers pause business to honor the Virginia primary and the Major League Baseball All-Star game. Democratic leaders cited home district duties and requests to avoid quorum calls, with plans to adjourn until Wednesday amid ongoing decisions delayed by two big events.
A Tuesday tally shows West Virginia’s highway deaths reaching 215 for 1962, with a Marine sailor Charles E. Williams, 19, of Zanesville Ohio, dead in a Sunday collision on U S 50 near Clarksburg while en route to Norfolk. Sailor Elbert Richards, 33, of West Union Doddridge County, injured. Victims also include Kenneth Jividen, 26, Nitro, who drowned when his car plunged into the Poca River near Poca, and Owen W Dove, 36, plus Ira McDaniel, 46, both killed in a collision on W V 259 in Hardy County.
Lt. Gov. Joe Bottum a conservative lawmaker from the Black Hills won on the 20th ballot to replace the late Sen. Francis Case as the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate. Gov. Archie Gubrud appointed Bottum to finish Case's term, and Bottum will face Democrat George McGovern in November.
Seoul Korea UPL Gen Park Chung Hee resigned today as acting premier and the ruling military junta named Kim Hyun Chul, a former finance minister under Syngman Rhee, to replace him. Park remains acting president and chairman of the junta.
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