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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1964
Page
1
An editorial questions how doctors should handle patients deemed a welfare case after hospital time is exhausted. It warns against letting patients suffer and argues doctors must oppose a system that puts payment above care, urging collective action to restore medical ethics and patient trust.
Rockefeller supporters won 77 of 82 Republican National Convention delegate posts in New York with five uncommitted. New York's 10 remaining delegates to be chosen at the state convention. Mayor Robert F. Wagner scored a strong Democratic win as Jonathan B. Bingham defeated Charles A. Buckley for a 15th term seat. De Sapio lost a comeback bid. Alabama and Mississippi results noted with incumbents renominated and Elliott defeated by Tyson in Alabama.
Pierre Salinger won the Democratic nomination for U S senator in California amid a bitter primary. He defeated 11 other Democrats including caretaker Senator Clair Engle as Engle recovered from brain surgery. President Johnson and Mrs Kennedy congratulated him as Brown backed rival Cranston.
West Virginia’s unemployment fell by 7 800 from March to April while total employment rose from 533 100 to 539 500. The April labor force was 588 000 with 82 percent employed, down from 95 percent in March. Regional drops in unemployment appeared in Parkersburg Welch Bluefield and Montgomery Oak Hill with employment gains and expanded labor forces.
Monroe Wisconsin A 81 year old veteran cigar maker George Koepp who began in 1896 is starting a cigar factory and seeks experienced men over 72 to handcraft cigars saying age brings quality. The move aims to set a hiring trend in retirement era labor practices.
Beclley area showers this afternoon with a high near 69. Fair and cool tonight, low around 44. Thursday mostly sunny with highs in the low 70s. Record temps show 60 at 12:30 p.m. and 47 at 6:30 a.m. Precipitation 0.5 inch. Wind WNW about 13 mph. River greensbrier and lake conditions normal and clear. Gauge at Hinton 2.3 feet. Five day West Virginia temps 4-8 degrees below normal. rainfall 0.2 to 0.8 inch, mainly showers this weekend.
Pope Paul VI marked the first anniversary of John XXIII's death with prayer at his tomb and a Mass in St Peter's Basilica. Three Nebraska state penitentiary escapees were recaptured and returned to custody. Wagner pledges 5 million dollars to recruit 900 policemen to fight roving terrorist gangs targeting Negro communities in the city.
A man phoned in a bomb threat to the Sheraton Park Hotel in Washington last night less than an hour before President Johnson and Mrs. Johnson dined with Adlai E. Stevenson. Police found no explosives as the couple arrived. The House Judiciary Committee ends seven weeks of hearings on school prayer and Bible reading in public classrooms. Pennsylvania Governor Scranton told Chicago Republicans he doubts polls showing Johnson’s high ratings and said Johnson is beatable in November.
John M. Wilson, 52, of Charleston, joins State Welfare Commissioner W. Bernard Smith's staff in an administration post. The Secretary of State chartered the West Virginia Independence Hall Foundation to restore and run the original Wheeling capitol as a tourist site. Morgantown High student Robert W. Childs is named a Presidential Scholar, with one more West Virginia recipient yet to be named, after earning a National Merit Scholarship to Princeton U.
The Strawberry Festival and Custard Pie Bake-Off began at 10 a.m. at El Chico Restaurant with 31 exhibits received. Winners include Mrs Okey Brooks first place, Mrs Basil Meadows second, and Mrs Cam Thompson third. Auction of all exhibits to raise funds starts at 1:30 p.m. at Appalachian Power Company auditorium.
Anti government student rioters clashed with police in four Korean cities. Park Chung Hee declared martial law in Seoul with curfew from 9 PM to 4 AM and bans on assemblies. At least 400 policemen were injured, 150 arrested, and schools closed while officials faced potential arrest without warrants.
A quirky note describes Sherwood’s inflation pinch and a wary gambler’s move. The speaker tests a risky bet yet learns the wiser path is to fold money away, keeping funds in the pocketbook and out of play.
A single vehicle crash on King's Creek Road one mile east of Weirton, West Virginia, killed Joseph Tiberio and John Norcio Jr both 21 or 22 from Ohio. Two others from Steubenville were injured, Jay Laprete in serious condition and Charles Romano with minor injuries. An inquest jury will be empaneled Saturday.
Prospectuses for new Social Security office buildings in Beckley and Welch go to the Public Works committees. GSA informs U.S. Sens Byrd and Randolph and Rep Slack Jr. of the plan to seek a Congressional appropriation to replace rented space.
The Reno city council weighs an ordinance requiring a businessman to obtain a special license costing 25 to 1 to quit his business. A Better Business Bureau representative said the law would curb fake going out of business sales that push extra merchandise through the back door for extended sales.
Senate debates intensify as civil rights bill supporters stage a counter filibuster led by Democratic Whip Hubert H. Humphrey. Other backers prepare speeches while southern opponents consider voting on amendments ahead of a Tuesday vote on the measure.
Morgantown annexed 1600 residents after Tuesday’s city election in which about 34 percent of registered voters selected seven council members. Democrats captured four seats with John R. Goodwin Arthur W. Bugler Earl McCartney Cliff Hough among winners. Republicans Kenneth Carewell and J R Browning also elected. Joe Janco defeated John Camp as mayor of Westover.
President Johnson told a Coast Guard Academy audience in New London that the United States is stronger than the combined might of all nations in history. He argued American strength supports peace, deters atomic destruction, and enables limited war. He warned against relying on nuclear weapons as bravado rather than wisdom.
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