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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1955
Page
1
West Virginia special session moves forward on a 2 to 3 percent consumers sales tax and a salary raise for teachers. Senate bills aim to fund pay increases with tax hikes while House debates companion proposals and alternate tax plans.
U S Secretary of State Dulles warned NATO leaders the Chinese buildup across from Formosa could shift air power in weeks. Premier Ngo Dinh Diem announced a new government in Saigon aiming for South Vietnam elections. Nine conscientious objectors in Denver test radiation treated food for future soldiers. Samuel H Sheppard seeks new trial in Cleveland. Dallas counties authorize insecticide purchases for a big grasshopper crop. Refugees evacuated from Haiphong as Vietminh advance, with French exiting port by Friday. The B52 Stratofortress wowed at Eglin Air Force Base. Second underwater atomic blast planned in the Pacific for defense against subs. Betty Jo Wood, 23, jailed over forged checks after a swallowed pin. Nautilus submarine launches on shakedown cruise from Washington. Kaohsiung ship explosion kills 49 aboard a small vessel. New York Coliseum collapse injures 51 workers, 23 hospitalized.
Cloudy with showers and scattered thunderstorms tonight, low 50s. Wednesday partly cloudy with highs mainly in the 60s. Extended outlook: near normal temps for five days, mild midweek then cooler Thursday and warmer by weekend. Scattered showers today and Wednesday, ending early Thursday. total rainfall one half to one inch.
American Sabres fought 12 to 16 Communist Mig fighters in international waters 50 miles southwest of the Yalu river mouth. Two MIGs were shot down and a third aircraft seen diving. two Soviet-built planes were reported destroyed in the morning clash.
Vienna reports the West proceeding with signing of the Austrian independence treaty this weekend despite Soviet objections. Russian Ambassador Ilyichev urged removal of economic concessions, demanding reparations to Russia stay in the 1949 draft and be set in a separate pact to be signed later only by Moscow and Vienna.
The Soviet Union plans to fly Premier Bulganin and Foreign Minister Molotov to Warsaw for a Soviet bloc security conference opening there. The eight nations including East Germany and Poland will pool armed forces under a joint command in response to West German rearmament.
Joan Crawford, 47, married Alfred N. Steele, president of Pepsi-Cola, in a 2:10 a.m. civil ceremony at the Flamingo Hotel Las Vegas. The surprise wedding followed a private flight in Steele’s plane, with Bert Knighton as best man. This marks Crawford’s fourth marriage after divorces from Fairbanks Jr., Tone, and Terry.
Actor Robert Mitchum filed a $1 million suit in Santa Monica claiming Confidential magazine published a false piece alleging he appeared nude at a party to celebrate a film, smeared him with humor about a hamburger and a masquerade. Defendants include bylined Charles Jordan and Confidential, Inc. publishers in New York.
SEATTLE Circus owner John Ringling North and actress Cody Heath will wed in Carmel California this summer per Heaths parents The engagement notes Heath 26 and North 51 mark Norths third marriage and Heaths first She acted in Brigadoon with Van Johnson and appeared in multiple Broadway productions.
State wide increase in cigarette prices applied to vending machines as new WV license rules and an eight cent wholesale rise push costs higher. Local distributors Corey Candy Co and Beckley Cigarette Service Co anticipate machines converting late this week to 27 cent regular, 28 cent king size, and 30 cent filter tip cigarettes with 30 cent machines.
Congress debates Alaska and Hawaii statehood with about 80 undecided House members. A final tally could be tight as supporters claim 176 votes for and 172 against, while lawmakers seek to win over the remaining swing votes before a nightfall decision.
President Eisenhower said he stands ready to meet with anyone anywhere to pursue world peace, insisting self respect must be preserved. The White House said a Big Four leaders meeting could be possible if Dulles finds it feasible, while Paris sources reported Western Three plus NATO backing inviting the Soviet Union to a summer top level conference on East West issues in Europe.
President Eisenhower invited Soviet Premier and Bulgaria to meet him along with British Prime Minister Eden and French Premier Faure for informal discussions on world problems. Similar invitations were sent by France and Britain to their heads of government.
In Fayetteville John Lacaria certified public accountant for Beckley Industrial Banking and Loan testified on cross actions about kiting operations. He presented summaries of deposits at Bank of Mount Hope totaling 69 092 49 on Jan 29 1953 with White Oak Motor Sales contributing 53 723 99. Six months of 1953 show White Oak deposits at 6 467 063 03 of 25 058 159 15. He noted 34 returned checks totaling 153 855 linked to the kiting collapse and a White Oak balance of 140 271 23 as of July 18 1953. Re-routing checks through the Federal Reserve delayed posting of 46 230 in checks that would have been honored earlier, reducing potential loss.
The House Armed Services Committee voted 24-0 to extend for two years the draft law covering doctors dentists veterinarians until age 51. The measure moves to the full House for action.
In Charleston the Rt. Rev. Wilburn Camrock Campbell was invested as the fourth Episcopal bishop of West Virginia. The ceremony occurred this morning in the Charleston Municipal Auditorium with church dignitaries and hundreds of supporters from across the state and nation attending. The investiture followed the church’s traditional rites on the auditorium stage.
Oak Hill faces a leadership shift as Mayor C R Hill after 24 years in office and 32 years with the city will not run again. His son C R Bud Hill Jr may seek mayor, while seven council candidates were named at a Monday convention. City manager form of government remains, with seven council nominees selected for the ballot in alphabetical order and top seven elected.
An East Beckley father Reece Mabry and his two sons Hunter Sr and his 18 and 16 year olds face magistrate J E Mays at 10 a m Saturday on neighborhood feud charges. Reece was arrested on a peace warrant and released on 500 bond while the two sons were released on their own recognizance. The argument details remain unavailable.
Three trustees from Raleigh County Jail stand on the courthouse lawn while jail guards assign duties. They watch city street crews paint traffic lines, keeping an eye on ongoing work.
State Police report Constable George J. Rorrer 44 of Henderson charged with felonious assault for shooting Camilus K. McNamara in Henderson causing multiple wounds. McNamara now in good condition at a Gallipolis Ohio hospital. In Charleston, Greyhound Bus Lines divisions plan meeting to discuss Atlantic Greyhound situation. Kanawha County voters weigh 50 percent school tax levy with Putnam County also voting. Hamm in West Virginia: Rev Granville Stickler Baptist minister dies in farm accident at Sweetland after Mother’s Day reunion with family. Piedmont elects Rodney Baker mayor succeeding Allen Hill who did not seek re-election. Dr Robert Charles Boothe dies at 70 in Charleston. former YMCA secretary and religious civic leader.
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