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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1960
Page
2
In midterm results the Radical party suffers a poor third as the government faces a strong voter backlash against belt-tightening. The vote signals possible easing of austerity policies amid widespread discontent with the government.
The joint committee postponed discussion of an 1960 resolution to appoint a scientific advisory council on coal and study coal research while weighing adoption law reforms. Members expect reviews of the Isner case file, Judge Calhoun’s report, and possible study of mental illness, school staffing ratios, state accounting, and conservation officer retirement. House Speaker Pauley and Sen. Bean co chair the committee.
Nobel laureate Dr Wendell M Stanley cites new tonalizing leads suggesting some viruses sleep in the body until triggered into cancer. Dr Bernard Briody reports vaccines against smallpox killed cancer cells and extended lifespans in vaccinated mice by 65 percent. Dr Vincent Groupe claims cancer viruses yield a virus-killing substance from animal cancers. Dr Jorgen Fogh notes normal human cells become cancerous after injections in rats or humans. Minnesota researchers find most viruses can infect many animal species.
The piece suggests Nixon may seek a moderately liberal running mate to balance the budget and appeal to budget balancers, with Indiana Republican Charles Halleck as House minority leader. Widespread sentiment questions whether Nixon will secure a candidate acceptable to the convention and its conservatives.
Jerry Wayne Meadows four-year-old son of Mr and Mrs James O Meadows was treated at Beckley Hospital after head injuries from a fall. He climbed into bed hit his head on a chest of drawers and required four stitches to close the wound.
The ninth week of anti segregation protests opened with cross burnings by hooded Klansmen in Alabama Georgia Florida and South Carolina. Five men were arrested near Anniston after a night of cross burnings.
The committee debunked Hoffa's claims of top contracts and said his testimony was largely untrustworthy. It alleges Hoffa pressured unions to concede fringe benefits in deals with Riss & Co. and Trans-American Freight Lines, and cites Abe Gordon and mob connections as proof of racketeer influence. The report notes long-standing corruption and world infiltration, with Hoffa failing to distance from disreputable figures.
The Pope named seven cardinals from six nations and Vatican officials, with three more created in pectore whose identities remain secret. The move raises the College of Cardinals to a record 88, while speculation links potential secret appointees to Communist nations and successors to bishops confined by regimes.
Cavaletti argues the I DO should become a vast and important organization overseeing arms cuts. He calls for a veto-free 114 nation Executive Committee chosen on strategic technical and geographical grounds with permanent and elected members.
Mrs. Martha Miller 74 of 519 Maxwell Hill Road dies at home Saturday after a long illness. Funeral services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Odd Missionary Church with Rev. Phillip Graham officiating. Burial will be in Odd Cemetery. Active pallbearers include Tracy Shrewsberry C C Payne Coy Walton Raymond Meador Ray Payne and Orren Bolen. Body to be taken from Keyser Bryant Funeral Home to church one hour before services.
Graveside services for Bobby Joe McKinney were held at Hot Coal Cemetery Sophia at 2 p.m. The month-old died at 4 30 p.m. Saturday in a local hospital. Surviving are parents Mr. and Mrs H L McKinney and grandparents Mr and Mrs Robert Ortiz and Mr and Mrs Burdett McKinney, both of Slab Fork. Funeral home Williams and Craven supervised arrangements. Two brothers Coy IVa and Raymond and a sister Mrs Hazel Akers also survive.
Mrs Dora Frances Williams 55 of Minden will be held at 11 am Wednesday at the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor with Rev G Favors officiating. Burial follows in White Sulphur Cemetery. She died Sunday in a Fayette County hospital after a long illness. Surviving: one son Nathaniel Phillips of Maryland five brothers and three sisters. The body remains at the funeral home.
Victor S Lilly 70 of Cool Ridge died at Andrew S Rowan Home Sweet Springs after a long illness. Born April 3 1889 in Summers County he was a retired farmer and Baptist. Survived by brothers Earl of Chicago Ill and M G Lilly Ferris and sister Hope. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home awaiting arrangements.
Funeral services for Verlon Worley 56 Eccles will be 7 p m Tuesday at Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev Charles E Plybon and Rev Hayward Lough officiating. Burial will take place in East Stone Gap Virginia after a 5 p m Wednesday move from Beckley. Worley died after apparently jumping from a fourth floor window at Beckley Memorial Hospital with death deemed instantaneous by hospital staff. Survivors include wife Hattie Worley Eccles five sons Robert Clyde serving in Germany Larry Mack A Donald E and Edward at home four daughters Ruth Taylor Knoxville Barbara Bowman Newburn Faye Barker and Glenda Worley at home three sisters Elmer Perdue Big Stone Gap Hugh Silcox Ruth Bucher Walbridge Ohio two brothers Gerald Conley Appalachia Virginia and six grandchildren. The body will remain at the funeral home.
Hiram Al len Treadway 80 of Oak Hill dies of a heart attack at home. Funeral held at Jones Avenue Church of God at 2 p m Tuesday with Rev. Norman Foster and Rev. John S Winters. Burial in Bays Cemetery Summerlee. Survivors include wife Minnie Jane Burgess Treadway four sons Casper Joseph Luther Dennis and three brothers. The body remains at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill and will be taken to the church one hour before service.
A. E. Sonny Redden 73 of Beaver dies after a 15 year illness. Services are 2 30 p m Wednesday at Beaver Methodist Church with burial in Blue Jay Cemetery directed by Webb and Neal Funeral Home. Redden a longtime miner and United Mine Workers Local 7086 member leaves wife Mary Bragg Redden three sons Delbert Lloyd Howard two daughters Evelyn Nelson Beulah Craddock one sister Edna Radford fourteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Pallbearers named Ed Kincaid Jim Woods Earl Woods Bob Scott Lake White L M Lafon Maynard Lilly Wilson Woods.
Funeral services for Miss Alice Williams Willis Branch will be held at 2 p m Tuesday in the Tyree Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Rev Roy Tyree. Burial follows in the family cemetery Willis Branch. Miss Williams age 81 died at her home Sunday after suffering a stroke Friday. She is survived by three brothers Quincy Williams Willie Williams of Willis Branch and Sherman Williams of Scarbro.
Mrs Minnie Fieldson formerly of Mount Hope died in Florida after a heart attack Sunday. She was a member of Mount Hope Methodist Church. Survived by husband C H Fieldson brother Tom Ramey and five siblings, two sons and four daughters, and five grandchildren. Body to Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope. Arrangements incomplete.
A 12 year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs G S Gardner of Crab Orchard, chopped a hole in a lake ice at Twin Oaks Country Club to fish. He reported a few nibbles but no fish and suffered severe sunburn on his arms during the summer like day.
The body of E H Bush 50 of Oceana W Va will be moved from Evans Funeral Home Oceana to Holden Funeral Home Big Stone Gap Virginia. Bush died from carbon monoxide poisoning and the funeral will be arranged in Virginia. He was born August 27 1910 in Henderson County Tennessee and survived by two sons Pvt Charles Bush Fort Mammoth New Jersey and Pfc James Bush in Korea and two daughters Linda and Barbara of Big Stone Gap VA.
Delegates at a youth problems conference, mostly adults, laughed at a remark describing American Youth as not pretending to expert status on youth questions beyond family expertise. The comment framed grandfathers as local experts on youth and children.
A note from L. L. Stone, a Denver & Rio Grande brakeman, tossed into the Colorado River July 16 1947 near Grand Junction. The finder, Em ery Martin of San Bernardino, Calif., reported discovering the bottle November 10 1959 near Temple Bar Landing on Lake Mead. The bottle traveled about 500 miles from its toss site.
Pleas of guilty and no contest opened Raleigh County Criminal Court with jurors called and dismissed until 9 a m Wednesday. Lewis and two Crosleys pleaded guilty to taking guns. sentences set for April 14 while in jail or on bond. Others plead guilty to theft of car radiators. bond until April 14. Cases against Bragg and Hughes reset or left open. Drunk driving charges remanded to Police Court. Tuesday’s cases may be disposed of without a jury.
Hollywood Elementary MacArthur scores set for April 6 with Dr. Arthur Hofstetter assisting Dewey Bone and Mason Anderson. Wyoming County schools assistant Kennie E. H. to help April 11 for Montreal Stickney Elementary. Crab Orchard Elementary scoring tentatively April 20 with officials unnamed.
In Marseille an excited crowd swarmed Khrushchev as he left a children’s school yard. Misidentifying a door he tried to enter, provoking a shaken, nonhandshake response. Police formed a barrier and escorted him to his car amid the push.
Two car fires in Beckley Sunday caused about 70 dollars in damage. At 10 50 a m on Fayette Street James E Bandy Jr car backfiring carburetor ignited. A 1957 Ed Rutford car on Oakwood Avenue burst into flames totaling 45 dollars. Firemen responded to a second call at 4 p m.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad petitions the Public Service Commission to discontinue agency stops at Surveyor plus eight other NON-AGENCY stations in Madison Boone Marmit Pratt Kanawha Lincoln Raleigh counties. The railroad cites lack of public need and proposes substitutes.
Elmer Basham posted 500 bond to appear before J K Cole Rhodell after a peace warrant arrest and waived to grand jury action. Bill Mahaffey of Sand Lick faced indecent exposure charges, forfeiting bond and costs. James Caudle posted 25 bond for reckless driving. All appeared before Magistrate White with police involvement noted.
Women of Falls View Presbyterian Church provided meals to hundreds aiding the search. Reports say Bluestone Dam engineers lowered the lake surface by three inches, sending a three foot surge into the swollen Kanawha. An Air National Guard plane surveyed the river as the protective response continued. The missing boy’s grandfather is a prominent surgeon at Laird Memorial Hospital.
Ohio AP report says Sadie Mc Grath, 70, was struck by a car at a downtown intersection. She angrily refused a police suggestion to see a doctor, stating she has an appointment with her hairdresser and will not break it.
Last year's shotgun slaying of Homer Richmond in Shady Spring is detailed in True Police with photos. The article ties his niece Goldie Mae Lambert Roy Richmond and Rush Roark to the crime. Mrs Lambert pleaded guilty to second degree murder and received five to eighteen years. Roark and Roy Richmond remain in Raleigh Canty Jail awaiting trial.
An archery class for area Boy Scouts seeking the archery merit badge will be held Wednesday night at 107 Clyde St Beckley. R P Bodnar a scout counselor on archery will teach from 6 30 p m. Boys should bring parental permission and any owned archery equipment to the meeting.
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