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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1959
Page
1
London AP reports a flood of bets backing the Conservative party for a third term as odds shifted. Conservatives stood 2 to 5 to win, Labor 2 to 1, with Labor later at even money and 6 to 4 Monday. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan expressed absolute confidence in a Conservative victory.
President Eisenhower played golf and ordered aides to report any fresh developments in the steel and Atlantic and Gulf dock strikes. Hagerty would not comment on presidential intervention or Taft Hartley actions. Brown met with Eisenhower as the president prepared to return to Washington.
Beckley Mayor Cecil L. Miller will attend the West Virginia League of Municipalities annual convention in Huntington Friday and Saturday. The event opens at 9 a.m. with registration at Hotel Prichard and includes sessions on municipal public relations. Dinner speaker Jefferson B. Fordham of the University of Pennsylvania will address Charleston at 7 p.m. The program continues Saturday with county planning discussions led by James C. Boyd and William R. Moreland, ending at noon with an address by Lawrence Rogers of the Economic Development Agency.
WVU College of Commerce receives a 13800 grant from the Small Business Administration to study how firms select industrial sites. President Elvis J. Stahr Jr. announced the award. Dr. James H. Thompson leads the project examining plant location techniques, information sources, pitfalls, assistance, and recommended procedures for small firms.
The Junior Reporter contest closes at midnight Wednesday for Register or Post-Herald carriers. The top point earner wins a two week European trip, second prize a set of American Peoples Encyclopedia, and third prize $50. Points come from new subscriptions and selling Cooking Magic cookbooks at 15 cents weekly for 52 weeks. Subscribers may also order cookbooks via the Circulation Department at CL 3-3321.
In San Francisco AP report Lewis S. Rosenstiel, president of Schenley Industries, predicts Americans will buy hard liquor in 6ths 12ths and 20ths rather than 5ths pints or half pints as taxes and costs rise. He says smaller containers are the solution to higher prices.
Variable cloudiness today with scattered showers and storms. Highs near 80 to 88 and a low around 60 to 68. Wednesday to be mostly cloudy and cooler with additional showers and storms. Beckley and Oak Hill readings show 68 high, 53 low. River conditions steady in Greenbrier, Bluestone Reservoir muddy with six gates open and gauge 2.88.
Soviet scientists monitor the Lunik III as it approaches the moon to begin its historic first reports from the far side. The 614 pound observatory is to fly within 4350 miles and start transmitting data at 9 am EST, with a central computing station expected to reveal initial results within 24 hours.
U S scientists report the Soviet space program outlines Lunik II using a figure eight path then a broken line orbit. The aim is to photograph the moon's far side and study nearby space objects as part of the interplanetary platform push.
Walter Haskins, 26, of Raleigh, was sentenced by Raleigh County Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery to one to ten years in the state penitentiary for daytime burglary. Probation was denied after he pleaded guilty in the June term. The defense asked for delay to prepare, and Haskins was jailed pending transport to Moundsville.
A sealed New River City Park coal mine near Beckley is being drained to gauge tourist potential. The chamber and city officials plan a possible exhibit mine to attract visitors, while additional park improvements include an all metal shelter and concrete picnic tables.
United Utilities of West Virginia Inc of Davis was authorized by the Public Service Commission to proceed with reasonable dispatch toward constructing a telephone exchange at Branchland in Lincoln County. The order also lets Hamlin and West Hamlin telephone companies continue temporary service until United facilities are ready.
In Milton West Virginia Raymond Doddridge a Republican who has served as mayor since July 1 received official confirmation after a three month wait. His opponent Democrat H S Roberts challenged the June vote alleging equal tallies in the race.
Johnny Alessandrini Jr. 36 of Charleston was treated at Oak Hill Hospital after falling about 40 feet from a scaffold while granite work on the Merchant's and Miner's National Bank remodel in Oak Hill. A hoist and scaffold broke causing the fall. a granite piece struck his arm. The contracting firm is owned by his father and has also worked on Beckley National Bank and Bank of Raleigh projects. The Oak Hill remodeling, valued at $75,000, is due to finish around November 15.
Gov. Underwood appointed Neil Hevener of Green Bank Pocahontas County to the House of Delegates for the unexpired term ending Nov 30 1960. Hevener a Democrat fills the vacancy caused by the resignation of Del Frank P. McLaughlin.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that seven steel centers in Northeastern Ohio lost over 700000 in tax income due to the steel strike. The paper says losses will rise by about 60000 weekly as the strike continues.
A murder presentment against Lee Clark, 46, Huntington police officer, was placed before Cabell County grand jury. The jury began considering the case a day after a fire was found in Clark’s jail cell. He is charged with the fatal shooting of his wife Helen at their apartment on September 20.
An early morning blaze at Belle Furniture Store in Oak Hill caused about 35 900 in damages. Faulty wiring started the fire, with most basement inventory destroyed and the ground floor damaged. Oak Hill firefighters, including twenty volunteers, extinguished it in 25 minutes and stayed two hours to cool the scene.
Sherwood Glutz argues the Dodgers rely on luck rather than skill in defeating the White Sox, noting the team’s luck seems extraordinary. He suggests predicting the Dodgers’ success is easy, implying fan confidence in the Dodgers’ chances.
Prosecuting Attorney Anthony J. Sparacino prepares condemnation papers to acquire a 3138 acre unimproved parcel owned by George Willis and wife for the new Raleigh County Health Center. The property fronts 200 feet on Route 3 and lies southeast of WVNR radio, with only about 300 feet suitable for building.
Rep. Cleveland M. Bailey of West Virginia outlines next year’s plan to push federal aid for schools. He holds hearings with educators and businessmen to iron out differences with administration and prepare a $4.4 billion program for construction and teachers salaries. He notes 28 percent of districts have exhausted bonding authority, hindering matching funds.
Lockheed executive Hall L. Hibbard forecast a 5000 mile per hour airliner that can land and take off vertically. Speaking in Delft, Netherlands, he described possible shapes like a skin diver's fin or a finned electric shaver and said further study is needed to decide if wings are required.
The Associated Press reports James Hall 55 London gourmet and magazine contributor dies Sunday in London. Dr John W Burke 75 ex presidentAmerican Ophthalmological Association dies Monday in Washington. Victor Lomoto musical conductor and tango composer dies Monday in Buenos Aires. May Rockwell Page 88 Bristol widow of DeWitt Page dies Monday. she and her husband donated over one million dollars to Bristol charities and civic groups.
William J. Beard of Beckley was jailed in Raleigh County Jail at 1:07 a.m. today for being absent without leave from the Army. Roy Toney of Prosperity was jailed at 9:10 a.m. today for failure to comply with a court order. R. W. Maynor of Clear Creek was jailed at 8:10 p.m. Monday on an assault and battery charge. Calvin Logan of Beckley is held awaiting arraignment before Magistrate W. A. Burke on a felony warrant. Logan was booked at 10 p.m. Sunday. Burke said a hearing will be held this afternoon.
Washington AP reporting that college student Herbert Stempel testified he was given questions and answers in advance when he appeared on the former TV quiz show Twenty-One in late 1956. He is a history graduate student at New York University and opened a four day House subcommittee inquiry into rigging charges for big name quiz shows.
Hollywood report quotes Eric Johnston head of the Motion Picture Association of America opposing adults only film classifications. He argues against censorship and notes a broader trend to more mature subject matter in plays and books as well as movies.
A half ton of experimental rocket propellant exploded at the Hercules Powder Co plant in Kenvil New Jersey killing two men and injuring five others. The blast shook buildings 15 miles away and wrecked a concrete-lined mixing bunker. The two killed were performing remote controlled mixing when the mixers exploded.
The United Steelworkers Union pledges to continue the 84 day strike until fairness is achieved. President David J. McDonald announced no further talks with the industry, as negotiations broke down and Taft Hartley action looms. The wage policy committee rejected the latest offer as unsatisfactory, signaling continued stalemate and possible federal intervention.
Palm Springs AP dispatch reports President Eisenhower invoked the Taft Hartley Act allowing a back to work order after an 80 day window. A federal mediator calls the six day old longshoremen strike a presidential matter with talks halted. In New Orleans a judge issues a restraining order against two union locals tied to the mass 85,000 longshoremen strike beginning Oct 1.
The Chesapeake and Ohio railway will lay off 1,535 employees on October 12 due to strike effects in other industries. The cuts affect maintenance of way, maintenance of equipment, and stores across the 5,000 mile system. The carrier employs 26,000. earlier layoffs Aug 10–21 totaled 980, with some recalled. Coal freight has dropped about 20 percent year to date.
FBI arrested William Joseph Burke in San Francisco on a charge of impersonating a federal employee and selling a fake job as traveling companion to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and his wife. Burke allegedly told a woman he worked for the CIA and was security chief for the Khrushchev visit, taking $20 for the nonexistent post. Burke, 46, claimed New Jersey roots.
AP TV-Radio writer Cynthia Lowry surveys new fall pilots noting Bourbon Street Beat for ABC lacks clarity and appeal while Adventures in Paradise falls into cliché. The Incorrigibles features Paul Douglas on Goodyear Theater. Perry Mason returns but with weaker plots. A tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt on NBC’s Diamond Jubilee fades in among famed guests. Red Skelton marks 30 years with an hour on CBS. The piece critiques premise, casting, and writing across the slate.
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