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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1959
Page
11
A 3300 acre tract in Canaan Valley is under study for a recreation complex including a 300 acre lake for fishing and boating a golf course and a large waterfowl hunting area. Conservation Director Lane seeks surface rights to the land as part of the project.
Lane pursues a deal with Public Land Corporation to obtain surface rights to the Kaemmerling tract near Blackwater Falls State Park for five dollars per acre. Proceeds and timber rights would fund the state school fund while protecting minerals and environmental resources. Lane cites four million dollars already invested at Blackwater Falls and envisions a lake, waterfowl habitat, fishing, skiing, and camping to boost Tucker County recreation and economy.
AP writer Bob Thomas details Ruth St Denis at 80 still creating. She lectures and dances at the Assistance League Playhouse and plans a national tour. Her new project is a rhythmic choir to dance to religious music, using Gabrieli's sacred tunes. She advocates dance as a form of worship from early Christianity and notes her strict diet, no meat, no alcohol, and a vigorous daily yoga routine.
Pennington Gap Virginia AP reports a fire last night destroyed a tipple at the Reed Creek Coal Co near Pennington Gap. Loss estimated over 20000 dollars with about 100 tons of coal and two railroad coal cars consumed along with mining equipment at the non union mine operated by J Roy Tomlinson. Tomlinson, former mayor, provided the damage estimate.
CHARLESTON AP The West Virginia Turnpike tolls will stay the same as the Turnpike Commission voted against any increase. No change to car or truck rates was approved yesterday.
Washington AP Rep Harley Staggers urges expansion of national forests in West Virginia. He backs a bill to administer forests for sustained yield and multiple use in Monongahela and George Washington National Forests, citing timber, water watershed protection, livestock uses, wildlife, recreation, and regional job creation amid unemployment.
Chicago based report cites the National Safety Council predicting 260 traffic deaths and 10,000 disabling injuries over the Memorial Day weekend as more than 40 million cars hit the streets. The period runs from 6 p.m. Friday May 29 to midnight Sunday May 31.
CHARLESTON AP The governor announced six year reappointments for Hillis Townsend to the Public Service Commission and Charles N. Straughan of Logan as Workmen's Compensation Commissioner. Townsend, Charleston Republican, was first named in 1955. Straughan succeeded George Sharp after Sharp resigned.
England and Europe see autos as fast dollar earners as output rises and overseas orders surge. American cars face high taxes and quotas in Europe, keeping European makes competitive abroad. Detroit expands plants overseas but faces rising imports here and a shifting balance in global car sales.
James R Hoffa, Teamsters president, pledged support for steel workers if they strike. Speaking to 2,500 Boston Teamsters at a communion breakfast, he urged unity against employers who he said would later threaten his union. He also criticized the press, radio, TV, AFL-CIO, and the Kennedy Ervin labor bill amid his union’s suspension from AFL-CIO.
The American Iron and Steel Institute cites Bureau of Labor Statistics figures showing the dollar’s buying power halved since 1940 while average wages more than doubled, used to illustrate wage negotiations in the steel industry and United Steelworkers talks.
In FULDA Germany former SS sergeant Gottlieb Muzikant 55 admitted killing at least 500 concentration camp inmates in 1945. Prosecutor Hafke said Muzikant strangled or infected victims at Melk camp after February to April 1945. He spoke after meeting Doctor Claus Salomon a Jewish inmate. Trial expected in July.
In Boise Idaho a father James E. Hinderliter 40 apparently died of a heart attack while kneeling to place a pillow under his unconscious son James L. 15 who lay in the street beside a motorcycle after losing control while avoiding a dog. The teenager was hospitalized with internal injuries.
Moscow reports Britain and the Soviet Union signed a five year trade agreement on Sunday night. The pact provides a 33 percent boost in British purchases from the Soviet Union during the first year of operation.
A $25 reward is offered for information leading to the conviction of the person or persons stealing newspapers from roadside tubes or bundles. Call Robert L. Amick at Beckley Newspapers with tips. Provides contact details for multiple local services and businesses including wallpapering, painting, floor sanding, upholstery, and other local trades in Beckley West Virginia.
Multiple obituaries list Mrs Bertie Ann Collins of 101 Clyde Street aged 71, Sarah Alice Marrs age 78 of Sophia, David B Clover age 61 of Maxwell Hill. Services set May 29 with burials at Vass Cemetery White Chapel Memorial Garden Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers named. arrangements by Rose Quesenberry Williams Craven Webb Neal. Florists noted as CUT flowers for Memorial Day.
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