02 Mar 1959
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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1959
Page
1
Washington faces a looming financial strain as the Treasury struggles to finance a record 286 billion dollar national debt. Lenders demanded higher rates amid inflation fears and a budget deficit, while the Fed curbed credit, pushing up interest costs and complicating government borrowing.
Moscow grudgingly accepts a foreign ministers conference on Germany with April start suggested in Vienna or Geneva. Attendees would include Poland, Czechoslovakia, East and West Germany, Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States. Khrushchev and Macmillan discussed the issue during a Kremlin meeting ahead of any formal notes release.
In Hernshaw near Charleston an estranged husband Edward Kinder of Ashford Boone County killed his ex wife Dharma and Dave Ellis in a trailer home after confrontation about 4 am. Witness Bill Bruce said Kinder asked where his wife was after the first blasts and fled in an abandoned car.
At 10 a m the Wyoming County Board of Education accepted the resignation of Claude Phillips as director of the Wyoming County Vocational School Grady Mullens was named to the post for the remainder of the school year He will also continue as an instructor The board also authorized bids on new school buses trading in four 1947 models and one 1948 model Bids will be opened at the April meeting The board discussed crowded conditions housing problems and invited county high school seniors to attend county court meetings in the new Courthouse Addition Three schools Mullens Conley and Herndon will attend Tuesday's meeting
William J. Cole 75 president of Cole Baking Co and Cole Realty Co died at his home 703 College Avenue Bluefield after months of ill health. Survived by wife Mary Holbrook Cole four sons four daughters two sisters and other relatives. Funeral services set for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Emanuel Lutheran Church Bluefield, with burial at Monta Vista Park Cemetery. Mercer Funeral Home in charge. Body to be taken to the home at 11 a.m. today.
C. C. Lewis Daniels was undergoing surgery at Raleigh General Hospital at presstime. An attendant said it was considered minor surgery.
Residents in Ghent Shady Spring and Table Rock reported a bright fast moving object after 9 p m. Raleigh County Board of Education member STRALIE WALKER and local fire group members described a blue lit object the size of a half gallon bucket with rings trailing as it sped northward and then faded. Witness Clarence Griffith said a white ball appeared to break apart and burn out mid air. Minor Scott of Table Rock recalled the yard being lit briefly by the light before it vanished.
Army missile men resumed work on the lunar probe rocket after a power failure scrubbed Sunday night’s attempt to send a satellite past the moon into a solar orbit. The 76 foot rocket was near target time when the launch was halted. another attempt could occur tonight or tomorrow, with a month delay if rescheduled.
A conference in Washington DC convened by Senators Jennings Randolph and Robert Byrd drew about 60 participants from eight Southern West Virginia counties. Local leaders discussed community problems and potential federal aid, including plans for conservation, reforestation, and employment through a Civil Conservation Corps style program.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Carl Jackson Morgan 45 a furloughed miner found Sunday evening at his Pierrepoint residence death believed due to a heart attack Born July 14 1913 in Maben son of Mrs Lake Halsey Morgan and the late James Morgan Surviving include seven brothers Clarence Aaron Everett Roscoe all of Pierpoint Herbert Willie and Orion Mullens a sister Mrs Clarence Toney Mullens three daughters Carol Patsy and Carlene all of Detroit Michigan and his mother The body is at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
An empty coal truck lost control and struck a utility pole on U S Route 21 at Route 3 in Shady Spring. Driver Joseph M Shrewsbury 32 of Daniels owned the Lillian Coal Company Crab Orchard faced 350 dollars in damages. Pole repair and phone outages followed the 5 30 am crash as Skelton Wrecking Co towed the vehicle.
Fair tonight with lows 25 to 32 east and 33 to 38 west. Tuesday brings variable cloudiness and scattered showers with warmer conditions, but cooler in the afternoon. Beckley reported a high yesterday and a low last night.
Sporadic signals from tracking stations suggest the Discoverer I rocket may be in orbit after launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Officials say radio data, though weak, supports an orbital insertion while continuing checks are planned.
The Beckley Area Ministerial Association will donate 100 dollars to the Raleigh County Library and cooperate in National Library Week. The meeting at Beckley Presbyterian Church approved the gift and discussed observances. Also noted were Good Friday services at St Stephen's Episcopal and First Christian churches with assigned pastors and a leadership training school planned for Oct. 24 29.
A seven woman five man Raleigh County jury heard Joyce Jean McGinnis, a 16 year old Dry Creek girl suing through her mother, claim Marsh Fork District Constable Posey Clay wrongfully arrested her after a crash near Edwight on August 16, 1958. Opening statements described unlawful arrest, with witnesses including Juvenile Court Judge Harry. The suit seeks 3500 dollars for false imprisonment and related damages.
Charleston AP report on whether a state income tax bill can pass the House amid opposition and questions of Senate chances. The measure would tax West Virginians for four years, repeal the soft drinks tax for Medical Center funding, and face constitutional scrutiny over ties to federal tax law. Singleton and Bolarsky oversee amendments. projected revenue totals are debated with risk to the Medical Center if court challenges arise.
Funeral services for Byrd Cole 69 of Raleigh will be held Wednesday at 2 30 p m at St John s Baptist Church Raleigh with Rev Archie Johnson officiating Burial will be Greenwood Memorial Park He died Saturday in a local hospital Survivors include wife Alberta three daughters Lena Edna Mary Lowe Annie Biggers Alberta Colbert Kassie Cole two sons Andrew Langhorn Arthur and one brother Samuel Cole Washington D C The body will be removed from the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to the home at 5 p m Tuesday and remain there until the services.
Five people were injured in a Sunday evening collision on the West Virginia Turnpike at Milepost 22 when a car carrying a Roanoke family hit a tractor-trailer. All were hospitalized in good condition at Beckley Hospital. The 1957 car, owned by Byron Smith Co, was totaled. Investigation by a Turnpike worker in Princewa.
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