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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1958
Page
8
An anonymous ex-prisoner now married and employed shares lessons from 17 years inside. He argues parental authority and strict honesty with children curb delinquency, urging readers to act now. He notes delinquents come from all walks of life and stresses avoiding favoritism and empty promises.
State Police captain was sent to the Moundsville Penitentiary to review accounts as the Legislature's Joint Committee on Government and Finance prepares a formal probe. Auditor Koontz reported unaccounted equipment and accumulated accounts, including four airplane engines and cell locks, with warden Adams and others calling for scrutiny as a step in the right direction.
The Raleigh County Society for Crippled Children and Adults reports strong community support for a Beckley speech therapy clinic opening June 39. Plans include examinations, evaluations, and group parent meeting with therapist Celeste Dodd, funded by Easter Seal contributions totaling about 3000 dollars.
Beckley prepares for a Friday parade to launch Bargain Days with four high school bands. The event, titled You Auto Buy, includes car dealers, civic clubs, and other groups invited to participate. Parade organizers urge area groups to join by Wednesday noon.
Two men Ralph McGinnis and David J Harper were released on $500 bonds after arraignment before U S Southern Federal District Court in Bluefield. Agents seized 25 gallons of illicit whisky from their vehicle. Additional arrests included Will Davenport and Albert Biggs for trespassing in Rogersville and Billy Boggus with two juveniles charged with breaking and entering in Dry Creek area.
President Eisenhower signed legislation boosting military pay to attract career service, announcing the measure in Washington. The action aims to improve compensation for service members and strengthen military retention.
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with a low around 45 to 52 and a high in the 70s. The weather report sits alongside a note on a 6 percent cost of living increase for active duty personnel next month, applying to Air Force Army Navy and Marines with over two years service, while draftees and new officers receive no increase. Upgrade ranges start at 593 dollars monthly for Joint Chiefs members down to 6.20 extra for some privates. Retired personnel would get the higher COLA, with timing and specifics listed in scattered fragments. Precipitation and river levels at various points are also noted, along with reservoir status and gate activity.
The Sun sets at 7 31 p m with the Moon riding high tonight between Betelgeuse and El Nath and set at 9 17 p m First quarter is Sunday night. Visible planets include Jupiter due south at 9 59 p m Saturn rises at 9 46 p m Mars rises 2 31 am Venus appears low in the east at 4 04 am.
A Beckley man Charles Harriston, 44, was remanded to Raleigh County Jail on bonds totaling 2500 and will face Raleigh County Grand Jury action after a preliminary hearing. He is charged with felonious assault for stabbing his wife Ruth Harriston, who is in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital. Harriston, rejected in his first trial, denied the stabbing as police found a knife on him. He had previously been convicted of murder and sentenced to life in the West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville, later commuted after 12 years.
Bradley County authorities and State Police continue to hunt for 11 year old Wanda Lee Lopez who vanished from her Bradley home early Sunday. Sheriff Mills cites two witnesses who saw a girl matching her description near Mount Hope on Route 21 at 5 05 am with a bundle. Deputies report the girl told children she had some money and planned to visit her grandmother in Oak Hill Jackson County. Investigators check the grandmother Lexie Mullins home and Mount Hope buses for possible leads while other locals recall a girl matching the description knocking at a closed Bon Bon Store at about 6 am.
An advisory board committee will meet at 4 30 p m today in City Hall to discuss the recreation levy.
Capital Airlines reported its airliner crashed shortly before 11 am EDT near Brunswick Maryland after a collision with a military aircraft. Eleven aboard the airliner were killed and witnesses said all on board died. The jet involved was believed to be the other plane in the collision with reports of parachutes seen from the military craft.
Paris reports say Prime Minister Pierre Pflimlin faces ouster as De Gaulle demands emergency powers to navigate Algeria crisis. If Pflimlin falls, the Assembly could back De Gaulle or reject both leaders, while French taxes and 190 million dollar funding loom as decisive pressures on households.
The premier Pocahontas County official and 1958 exhibit chairman will crown Peggy Lee Tolley of Mullens as Queen Bituminous XIV. The Southern Appalachian Industrial Exhibit, sponsored by the Pocahontas Electrical and Mechanical Institute with coal, railroad and industry partners, showcases equipment and innovations. Jack Adams, N&W industrial agent and publicity chair, says over two miles of exhibits will be on display, with a larger Norfolk and Western freight terminal section allocated for the event.
Joseph Pinkney Gouge 60, of Coal City, died at 2 a m in a local hospital after several weeks illness. Born May 22, 1897 in Mitchell N C to the late Nelson Gouge and Julia Turbufille Gouge, he was a coal miner and UMWA Local 7692 member. Surviving: brother Newton Beckley. sisters Ada Ruth Lynce and Dover Smith S Charleston. Funeral 2 p m Thursday at Coal City Community Church. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Body removed to nephew Rev Fred Childers home in Coal City. Pallbearers: Frank Robert Archie Clarence Smith Win Frank Gouge.
The increases apply to all uniformed members of the Coast Guard, Public Health Service, and the Coast and Geodetic Survey. The military payroll exceeds 10 million dollars annually, with a first year rise projected at 576 million dollars, about 64 million over Pentagon's top recommendation. The plan aims to retain trained personnel, born from a presidential commission led by Ralph J. Cordiner Jr. of General Electric, citing needs for missiles, supersonic aircraft, and nuclear submarines.
Charlie F. Roland aged 52 of East Gulf died Monday evening at a focal hospital after a brief illness. Born April 26 194 in Bluefield Virginia he was a supplyman for C H Mead Coal Co and a longtime East Gulf resident. Survived by wife Lina Mae Crabtree Roland two sons seven daughters two sisters and nine grandchildren. Body at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Beckley arrangements pending.
Leroy Shadrick, a former Skelton West Virginia resident and inmate at a state hospital ward for the criminally insane, escaped last night with four others by sawing through a window screen. Committed for observation last December before trial for attempted robbery of the Home Savings and Loan Association, he cited his soldier brother’s death in Korea as prompting thoughts of an assassination of former President Harry S Truman.
Voters in Pennsylvania and Maryland choose candidates for governor and U S Senate today. Harold Stassen seeks a comeback in Pennsylvania backed by little party support faces Arthur MacGonigle. turnout is expected light with under 40 percent of about 5.13 million registered in the Keystone State. In Maryland four major Democratic candidates run for the U S Senate while James P Devereux runs unopposed in the Republican gubernatorial primary. Lawrence backs Leader for governor as the party line winner in Pennsylvania.
New Delhi prime minister Nehru started a ten day holiday he planned to take instead of retirement to ponder India's future. Party leaders urged him not to quit and urged him to continue in office.
The General Services Administration awarded Kuhn Construction Co. of Charleston a $586,200 contract to build a two story air conditioned federal office building and garage in Mount Hope West Virginia under the Lease Purchase program. It will house the Federal Bureau of Mines and is expected to be completed by July 1959 with 31000 square feet of space. Glen C. Hancock designed the building and First National Bank Atlanta will finance the project at 4.447 percent. Construction should begin soon.
Six U S women doctors touring Soviet medical institutions reported witnessing researchers revive a dead dog after draining its food, waiting five minutes, and restarting its heart, with the dog barking. They noted a prior January report and contrasted Russian rapidity with U S progress. The visitors included Dr. Jean Henley of Columbia University and colleagues Leona Baumgartner Helen Taussig Esther Marting Margaret Sloan and Thelma Dunn.
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