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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1963
Page
1
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that opening exercises in public schools using the Lord's Prayer or Bible readings are unconstitutional. Justice Potter Stewart dissented.
The Supreme Court opinion led by Justice Tom C. Clark asserts religion holds an exalted place but governments cannot intrude to aid or oppose it. The piece maps national and local racial tensions with incidents from Cambridge Maryland to North and New Jersey, highlighting civil rights protests and integration efforts.
Space news reports that Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky approached within three miles on their twin orbits but officials said no rendezvous or manual link-up is planned. Tass said both are in top shape as Tereshkova nears 14 orbits and Bykovsky completes day three. Khrushchev praised the mission, calling Tereshkova our girl in space.
West Virginia weekend toll reaches eight dead across five traffic accidents two drownings and a shooting. Child drownings involve Sammy Howington 12 and Elizabeth 8 of Fayette County near Thurmond. A shooting near Camd en on Gauley claims O Dell Davis a resident of Hominy Falls. Marilyn Barnes 19 from South Charleston dies in a Tornado crash. Cliff ord Shelton 30 of West Hamlin and Lawrence Johnson 27 perish in separate crashes. Two more fatalities occur Saturday Manuel Carney 36 Wintersville Ohio and Stephen Wysock 52 Huntington in WV accidents.
Heavy weekend rains broke droughts across western states and Texas and North Carolina, with 4 year old boy drowned as a tent was swept away by floodwaters on the Duchesne River in Utah. Diversion dam burst north of Duchesne valley adding to damage and prompting widespread losses including tens of millions in wheat.
Beckley and vicinity enjoy mostly sunny conditions this afternoon with a high near 72. Tonight remains cool and clear with a low around 50. Tuesday looks sunny and milder. Last 24 hours show a noon high of 67 and 5am low of 47 with light SSW wind. West Virginia five day forecast points to below normal temperatures with scattered showers Thursday and Friday.
In Charleston the West Virginia Centennial Folk Drama contest announced winners aboard the Centennial Showboat Rhododendron. Rose Ann Ellem of Parkersburg won $400 for The Visionaries in the three act division. William E. S. Coleman of Glenville earned $200 for A Ballad for John Hardy in the one act division. Lloyd Davis of Morgantown took second in three acts for A Happy Rural Seat. Nancy Folk of Martinsburg and John Lee of Parkersburg won second and third in the one act division with $100 and $50 respectively.
Dr. Kermit Hunter, author of Honey in the Rock, praised major upgrades to the West Virginia Civil War drama in its Centennial Year revival at Cliffside Amphitheatre Grandview State Park. He highlighted stronger acting, added dances, four new songs, two scenes with Stonewall Jackson and Andrew Johnson, revised prologue, and a cemetery finale depicting John and Delia Morgan. The production, backed by a $50,000 state appropriation, opens 8:30 p.m. EDT Saturday and runs 62 performances through September with broader West Virginia themes and new roles for Jackson and Johnson.
In Princeton a 26 year old man Emmett Martin was shot to death and state police sought a neighbor as a suspect. Witnesses identified 21 year old Gene Farley as the shooter using a .25 caliber pistol. No motive was found yet though police noted both men had been drinking. The shooting occurred in an apartment Farley shared with his sister while Martin lived in another unit in the same building.
The Beckley Area Ministerial Association will consider a resolution endorsing racial integration in sports, public facilities, business, religion, and government. The Brotherhood Committee met with NAACP leaders at St. Marys Methodist Church to propose cooperation with the Beckley Human Rights Commission.
Miss Ruth D. Noer, longtime West Virginia University faculty member and former dean of women, resigns after 38 years to serve as home economics advisor for Lahore College in Pakistan. She will assume duties September 16.
Judy and Janet Kesler, May graduates of Woodrow Wilson High School, are profiled as the May cover subjects for Family Weekly in its June 23 issue. The Beckley feature details their past, including class swapping antics and Girl Scout camp memories, with photographer Ozzie Sweet highlighting the Kester family from Rural Acres Drive.
Roy Hitchcock a 22 year old Huntington inmate at Moundsville Penitentiary faced charges for the knife slaying of fellow prisoner David Poole 57 from Inwood Morgan County. Poole died from stab wounds after breakfast as inmates and guards restrained Hitchcock.
In Chicago a coroner's jury found Willy Casey acted in self defense when he shot Miles Dotson during a dispute over a checkers game. Dotson, 39, from Coleman Kentucky, died after being shot May 18. Casey, previously indicted in a West Virginia mine shooting, was not indicted by a Cook County grand jury.
Fayette County Constable Raymond Campbell 44 was hospitalized after a struggle with Marvin Taylor Cales 47 in a drunken driving arrest on Route 60. The car rolled off an embankment. Campbell suffered shock and cuts while grappling with a knife-wielding suspect. Passersby alerted police. Campbell taken to Oak Hill Hospital, Cales jailed for felonious assault and resisting arrest.
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