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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1959
Page
1
The AP Education piece reports six experts who spent nine months analyzing juvenile delinquency. It argues adults exploit youth rebellion, creating a self-fulfilling cycle via sensational media and faulty blame. The study urges context, restraint, and further research.
Beckley launch of the Salvation Army annual campaign opens Friday with a Dutch treat breakfast at El Chico at 7 45 a m. Dr Westwood Holliday chairs the advisory board and reports over 2500 pledged for advance gifts. Ten teams of five workers plus 10 coach women will seek 8000 minimum.
King Baudouin of Belgium addressed a joint session of Congress urging America to lead free powers in preventing war. He spoke against imperialism, pledged Belgian support for Congo independence when ready, and emphasized Belgian American solidarity and vigilance against communism.
Orazio Louie Lucento, an Italian immigrant who settled in Bud in 1905 and ran a local grocery, died about 2 p.m. Monday at Bluefield Sanitarium at age 82 from a stroke after intermittent hospitalization since January. Born November 26, 1876 in Stromboli, Italy, he worked as a brick and stone mason and coal company employee, later retiring. He was a member of Mullens lodge and United Mine Workers Local 1. Survived by his third wife Angelina, three sons Orazio Jr. Bud and Tracy in Memphis, Willie in Newport News, five daughters from his first marriage, a brother Joseph, and several grandchildren. Body at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens. arrangements incomplete.
Dr. Margaret Ross resigned as West Virginia mental health director amid a dispute with Gov. Underwood over policy and the proposed successor Dr. Richard Lilly. Underwood defended his charges at a statewide broadcast, while Ross said she resigned to avoid court action that could paralyze the program.
Partly cloudy warm and humid tonight into Wednesday with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Lows 57 to 64 tonight. Beckley high yesterday around 82, low last night near 64. Warm today with a peak around 66 at 10 a.m. reported.
Beckley City Council holds a regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall. The invocation will be given by Rev. C. W. Jones of Stamford Baptist Church, located at 148 Forrest Avenue.
Three Raleigh County men and a Saxon juvenile were jailed after a break in at the Saxon Post Office on Monday night. The trio face breaking and entering charges as cash was stolen and $220.63 recovered. John Raykovich and James W. Carter, Beckley, were also jailed on breach of peace and non-support charges amid recent Kanawha County warrants.
Funeral services for Oscar Fleming Woosley 66 Beckley will be at 1 a.m. Wednesday in Rose and Quisenberry Funeral Home with Revs E W Powers and A H Wilson officiating. Body will go to sister Mrs Bernie Sparks Pea Patch Va until 2 p.m. Thursday for graveside burial in the family cemetery. Pallbearers are John McClung John Collins Spencer Lyle Ray Farrow Frank Rakes and Denny Noe. Woosley died in a local hospital at 9 30 a.m. Monday.
Geneva AP reports the Soviet Union urged immediate admission of Communist Poland and Czechoslovakia at the foreign ministers conference. The West rejected the demand and the formal session closed with the dispute unresolved.
Abe Blankenship of Crab Orchard died in a mine incident at about 10 a m today. The body remains at Calfee Funeral Home pending arrangements.
After more than a year and a half of litigation, A P Tony Leeber is removed from the Raleigh County Board of Education. The West Virginia Supreme Court declined to review, upholding the Circuit Court order removing him. Impeachment proceedings, costs, and delays marked the case, with Covey resigning amid the dispute. Leeber’s successor is expected at the May 26 meeting.
Ten rioting convicts surrendered at 10:30 a.m. CST ending a 14 hour siege at Fort Pillow State Prison Farm in Tennessee. No hostages were harmed. Leonard Thompson, a leader, ordered others to remove barricades and surrender while officials planned to move prisoners to Nashville and retain good time credits.
Robert Lee Akers twenty five from New Richmond Wyoming County was freed on a five hundred dollar bond posted to U S Commissioner W A Riffe after being jailed at 140 p m Monday by a U S deputy marshal on a charge of possessing moonshine still He awaits U S Southern District Federal Court action with a scheduled October Huntington Federal Court appearance Also jailed with Akers was James Dalton nineteen of Bluefield charged with forging a government check and held in the jail.
The General Services Administration invites bids from local owners for first floor air conditioned office space to house 31 people in Beckley near the downtown fringe. Possession date is August 1, 1959 or as soon after as possible. At least two bids have been submitted. exact use of the leased space is not yet disclosed.
Secretary Ezra Benson praised the Rural Development Program for encouraging farmers to help themselves at the state 4 H camp. He labeled federal price support and acreage allotment policies as unwise interference, addressing a Rural Development Program Workshop Conference with thirty states represented.
Sherwood Glutz warns against stock market speculation stating he cannot afford risk in bad times and should not gamble with spare funds, urging cautious investing and avoiding uncertain ventures.
Beckley Woman's Club, Beckley oldest civic group, honored its founders as Queens for The Day at the Founders Day Luncheon in the Beckley Hotel Ballroom. The event featured a pageant The Golden Tree and orchids presented by outgoing president Miss Topsy O'Dell. Not all Beckley founders attended.
Raleigh County Board of Education President O. A. Phillips and Superintendent Sherman C. Trail say efforts are underway to fix fire hazards in county schools. They respond to a fire marshal timetable urging safe stairways by December 7 and note ongoing improvements at Mabscott Elementary.
Raleigh County gains three additional reps in Charleston as Golden Horseshoe winners after test reevaluation due to printer errors. Jessie McElrath, Reba Jane Wilbur, and Linda Gates tie for fourth with strong ties to Sophia, Hollywood, and Crab Orchard schools, joining Gene Curtis, Frances Wilcox, and Barbara Melton among top finishers.
Howard G Elam 115 Mayfair Dr Pittsburgh Pa formerly of Lillybrook died at 5 50 am today He was assistant treasurer of the coal division of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates Survivors include his wife Esther Long Elam three sons Joe William and Jerry all of Pittsburgh two brothers Raymond Elam Fulton Ky Marvin Elam Maywood Calif one sister Mrs Gladys Wagner Pittsburgh Funeral services will be held at Melton Mortuary Chapel at 2 30 pm Friday with Rev Hayes Braker of Pittsburgh officiating Burial will be Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens The body will remain at Melton Mortuary until the funeral hour It is expected to arrive at 8 30 am Friday
A public service ad notes that good marks may hide underachieving potential if standards are low. It urges measuring school standards and improving them, offering a free booklet titled Dr Conant Looks at American High Schools and provides mailing details in New York.
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