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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1960
Page
6
The Raleigh County Court finished its sitting as a Board of Equalization and Review this afternoon. Adjustments were made by telephone for discrepancies in property improvements. two cases were heard with no final decisions.
In Huntington AP reports two psychiatrists are set to testify for the defense in the Henry Clay Warth murder case. They may support claims he was mentally unsound when Linda Qualls and Penny Qualls were shot while babysitting at his home last March. Warth’s mother testified about his troubled childhood and fascination with guns. The prosecution rests after planning to counter the defense argument with the psychiatrists. Linda Qualls’s mother Lola Qualls cried as she recounted taking her daughter to Warth’s house and later seeing her at the funeral home.
Eugene G. Grace, 83, longtime Bethlehem Steel Corp. president and chairman, died Monday in Bethlehem, Pa. He joined Bethlehem in 1899 after Lehigh University and rose to become one of the nation's highest paid executives, with 1929 compensation totaling 1.56 million. Surviving are a daughter, two sons, eight grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and his wife Marion Brown who died in 1956.
Beckley state police investigate two Maxwell Hill Road burglaries from Monday. Rosa Wheeler’s home was entered with no items missing, while Opal Greever’s house reported only a few odds and ends taken.
Raleigh County Board of Education saved 968.23 dollars in July through prompt payment discounts. Budget Director G. G. Greene announced the amount allowed for early bill payment as cash discounts.
Charleston officials said the State Road Commission had not received the 1962 figures. The announcement notes construction and 50 percent ABC work will be involved, with the state awaiting the missing data.
Judd argues the administration closed a lag in long-range missiles inherited from Truman era. He cites U2 operations as proof of proactive policy and defends Nixon Kennedy foreign policy focus. He credits seven-year domestic progress and champions GOP for youth appeal and equal opportunity.
Beckley Water Co filtration plant at Glade Creek received a clean bill of health after an unannounced State Health Department inspection. Sanitary chemist James E. Rosencrance praised the plant as neat, clean and well operated. The facility serves 44,000 people with 11,000 meters, pumps 3.2 million gallons daily, operates 24 hours, and employs four certified operators. The plant offers complete treatment including aeration coagulation settling filtration pre chlorination carbon feed ammonia feed and lime. storage capacity is 4 million gallons. Resencrance noted detailed operation records and chemical tests were all in order.
The news conference signaled President Eisenhower’s influence on Nixon’s choice with Lodge as front contender while governors push other candidates. Rhode Island Governor Del Sesto backs James P. Mitchell, Illinois Governor Stratton plants Dirksen, Indiana Governor Handley favors open race. Nebraska Senator Hruska pins it to Lodge or Morton, with a possible Rockefeller draft. An eight minute rally spurs talk of Barry Goldwater for second place.
Funeral services are scheduled for Mrs Minnie Alice Smith 77 of Blue Jay at 1 p m Wednesday at Webb and Neal Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Willie Wills. burial in Meadows Cemetery Pluto. Survivors include 1 son 6 daughters 31 grandchildren 36 great grandchildren and a brother. Also listed are Linda Shannon 17 of Alderson Ind and Herbert Hite Jarrell 72 of Fayetteville with services in Anderson and Winston.
Funeral services for Homer Douglas Rhodes 59 of Wyco will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at Robertson and Fogleman Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Charles Cox and Rev. Virgil Cook officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Died at 12:50 Monday in a Beckley hospital after leaving the Wyco Amigo Smokeless Coal Co. mine vacation. Born November 21 1900 in Patrick County Virginia, son of James and Emma Rhodes. Survived by sisters Nora McCraw Fieldale Virginia and Mrs Paul Wells Welch and a brother Will Wyco. Body to home at 4 p m today, then to chapel an hour before funeral.
Mrs Nellie Thomas 73 of Lansing dies after short illness. Funeral at Dodd Payne Chapel Fayetteville with Rev D R Weiglein. burial Odd Fellows Cemetery Oak Hill. Survivors include husband C S Thomas two sons Hayden Lansing Buford Princeton two daughters Belcher Cambray Va and Coyer St Albans, a brother Williams Simpson Charleston, three sisters Midkiff Kessler Hall Charleston and a Hiker Lima Ohio. Infant son of Mr and Mrs James Woolwine Pax died at Beckley Hospital. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope. Delia Mae Smith 84 Princeton dies in Bluefield hospital. Funeral at Lee Street Methodist Church with Rev Dwight Dickenson. burial Resthaven Cemetery. Survived by three daughters Mills Bailey Maudlin Charleston, and Roby Princeton. three sons Luther G and Woodrow Princeton, Roby Oak Hill. two sisters Jamison Princeton and Perdue Brush Fork. two brothers Carter Erwin and Carter Crimera. 29 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. RNS.
Mrs Martha Meade aged 79 of Mount Hope died at Fayette hospital at 4 am after a long illness. The body lies at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor pending arrangements. An official balloon corps was organized in the U S Army in 1861 to observe battlefield results.
A Beckley Police Court report shows Hattie Bonds Souls forfeiting a $250 bond for sale and possession of tax paid whisky for resale. Others include a father and son pair Charles D and Fred Waters forfeiting $16.50 bonds after a downtown fist fight. Marvin E Milam faces license and registration charges with a $30 bond. June Williams and Lemuel Richardson bar bonds, and Marie F Blakley, plus ten others for drunkenness, listed with small bonds. details note locations and arrest times.
Nancy Fink 18 Crab Orchard booked at Raleigh County Jail 3 05 am on parole violation drunkenness and profanity arrest by City Police. Arnett Man Norville Combs jailed 8 55 pm Monday by deputy on assault and battery. Benny S Perkins Jr Lilly brook jailed 8 45 pm Monday on unarmed robbery by State Police.
At Chicago's convention hall the 85 year old Herbert Hoover again announces farewell conventions, drawing both applause and murmurs from Republicans who still revere him while others resist. He cites a moral slump and recalls his past presidency as the crowd responds with mixed enthusiasm.
Shortening The News reports a blaze in the Umatilla National Forest. Nixon's party rooms at Chicago hotel while the president's party holds far fewer suites. West Virginia air pollution cites 12 worst areas. Two men due for preliminary hearing in Moundsville rape case. Mollie Sloan 20 accuses Emmett Lucas and Jack Snyder. Paul Cowgill named director of assessments in State Tax Department. Parkersburg sees pay rise demand for municipal workers. United Steelworkers District 23 plans conference at Benwood with president David J. McDonald. A U S 50 crash in Illinois killed two women Ruth Willis and Mary Ann Snyder. child Jeanie Snyder injured.
The 88th Red Veto case centers on a U 2 style dispute about a RB47 mission near the Soviet coast. Lodge and Kuznetsov trade claims with Britain’s Sir Pierson Dixon backing evidence the plane stayed outside 30 miles. The US proposes a mixed commission. six crewmen are implicated, two detained in Moscow, three missing, the pilot's body flown to a US base in Germany.
San Francisco seeps with tragedy as real estate man Wong, 36, plunged July 6 from Devil's Slide. His car rolled 170 feet before crashing. he walked away. Later his body was found beneath his apartment, after authorities say he jumped from 35 feet. His wife Alice says he became despondent after the accident.
An excerpt recalls a fierce Chicago rally where speakers branded Democrats as smearers during a speech referencing Senator Lyndon Johnson’s decision to run for vice president. The crowd interrupted Underwood at least 20 times as the heated exchange unfolded.
Gov. Cecil H. Underwood of West Virginia, presiding as temporary chairman at the Republican National Convention, observed his 12th wedding anniversary with his wife Hovah.
West Virginia Republicans backed Governor and hope for Underwood nomination as the convention options remain open. Nixon signals he will block any move that could open the vice presidency to contested selection.
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