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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1957
Page
7
Washington dispatch reports Lyndon Johnson rebutting Eisenhower administration budget aims amid flood relief debates. Johnson cites interagency disagreements on spending cuts and requests rapid action on disaster aid for Texas with Red Cross and military support mobilized.
Weston State Hospital officials said a final sanity report on Reverend Clarence Jones, the Nazarene minister, would come soon. Dr. A A Milburn noted no conclusions yet after a week of tests, while Jones faces possible one to fifteen years for grand larceny if declared sane. His Monroe County appeal is set for June 10 before the State Supreme Court.
The total lunar eclipse ends at 8 17 p m today with visibility across Asia the Indian Ocean Africa Europe and the Atlantic Ocean. The sun sets 8 26 p m and rises 6 16 a m on Tuesday while the moon rises 8 26 p m and reaches full at 6 p m.
The biennial American Mining Congress opens at Public Hall in Cleveland with more than 10 000 coal executives expected. The four day event features a mining equipment display for industry insiders and sessions on modernization safety and economic issues. In Washington the Supreme Court considers Chessman’s bid to overturn a San Quentin case record claiming transcript flaws and possible prejudice.
Evelyn Jenkins a 16 year old of Cartersville Ga ended a 21 day fast for the glory of God last night. She has had fruit juice only and water since April 29 and will resume eating soft foods in a few days.
A second hearing before Commissioner Benjamin Tissue in the Circuit Court room is underway today for the East Park Charitable Association. The session continued at noon and was expected to resume this afternoon.
A Greyhound bus and a station wagon collide on the Ohio Turnpike west of Youngstown killing four members of a Blairsville Pa family. Murray Lockard Sr 45 Mary Jane 42 James Maurice 14 Elizabeth Jane 12 perished. One teen son survived. Bus driver Edward Bukosky 30 of Pittsburgh charged with second degree manslaughter.
The narrative recalls a trip home to Dunbar from Miami University before Christmas as the author learns his wife Kat is pregnant while his father lies seriously ill in Elkview. The piece captures shock, anger at God, and a son’s confrontation with his father’s illness, signaling the start of a poignant family ordeal.
A fragment notes traffic fatalities in West Virginia with Raleigh County references and an inquiry line asking who’s next. The garbled OCR hints at a page segment listing fatal crash figures and a space reserved question.
R D Bailey aged 73 resigns as county chairman of the Wyoming County Democrats amid calls for youth leadership. Mack Arnold, 26, a Pineville exterminator and county assessor, is chosen as the new party chair with Ward Wylie and Tom Smith as other contenders. Arnold pledges to handle party affairs fairly and wisely.
Paris reports film actor and director Erich von Stroheim died last night at his Maurepas home after a six month spinal illness. The cancer death was attributed to generalized cancer at age 71.
Gilbert F Irvin 2 Glen Morgan were ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court tonight to answer a speeding charge. Greens Sunday night by City Police.
The U S government protested to Russia about road blocks and police actions restricting American travel inside Russia. Chuck Dressen accepted the front office job as assistant to the president of the Washington Senators.
McDowell County produced 21,728,493 tons of bituminous coal to lead the state in 1956. Logan and Wyoming counties followed, with Kanawha Marion Raleigh and Harrison also posting top figures in a department report listing county by county production.
Everett Whitt a Matoaka policeman may face charges in the fatal shooting of Jerry Mills 18 and Billy Ray Cordell 21 both of Lashmeet after an attempt to arrest Cordell on a drunk charge. The incident followed the pair riding double on a motorcycle terrorizing the community, crashing into cars and scattering pedestrians. Mercer County Prosecutor Roscoe Pendleton will determine charges. Police Chief Earl Rose was wounded, as was Whitt.
The Raleigh County Health Department announces two well child clinics this week. On Wednesday a Negro clinic by appointment runs 10 a.m. to noon at the Health Department in the county courthouse. Friday Dr. C. A. Smith leads a clinic at Dr. Lewis M. Fox's Slab Fork office with Dr. Fox as clinician.
At London Airport three U S Air Force F100 jets carried Susan Constant Godspeed and Discovery namesakes on a tribute flight to Jamestown Virginia. The jets refueled twice during the 4 50 mile crossing, aiming to arrive at Langley Field 7 1 2 hours after takeoff and honor the 1607 English settlement.
Senator Robert C. Byrd urged Secretary Weeks to advance a north-south highway through West Virginia into the national system, linking Canton Ohio to Dublin Virginia and Charleston, with Pittsburgh connected to Charleston as part of the Turnpike. He listed 10 reasons including regional growth, access to centers, and wartime defense needs.
A reader writing as "Another Teacher" denounces a county caste system in education. The letter contrasts "elite" town teachers with allegedly less qualified out-of-town staff, arguing some good teachers remain in county while politics and patronage influence hiring and elections. The writer calls for fairness based on qualifications and warns against political manipulation in staffing.
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