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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1954
Page
1
In Detroit Secretary of Defense Wilson sparked a political clash by saying he sympathizes with the jobless while favoring job creation over welfare. The exchange drew fire from labor leaders and politicians, from Michigan to South Carolina, amid a broader campaign battle over unemployment and security risks in federal employment.
The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled 4-1 that Gov. Marland may remove two Democratic members of the State Turnpike Commission and appoint replacements. The decision upholds a 1921 removal power and rejects arguments that the 1947 Turnpike Act altered or conflicted with it, preserving the governor’s removal authority for held offices. Thompson and Donahoe were seated on the five member panel, replacing Morton and Hutchinson, who had disputed their dismissal.
Two busloads of witnesses from 13 Beckley area communities will travel to Charleston for a Public Service Commission hearing at 10:30 on Consolidated Bus Lines request for a Charleston West Virginia Turnpike franchise. The firm seeks express routes from two terminals at 7:30 and 12:30 and 5:15 p.m. to serve Princeton and Bluefield, with through schedules to improve local service amid a coal slump and Greyhound competition. Beckley Chamber figures O L Johnston and Jack Nuckols will attend from Beckley.
West Virginia Supreme Court upheld that a governor's interim appointment during Senate recess does not create a vacancy and that the reappointed officials Brewster and Spurr may continue. The decision applies to the University Board of Governors and Board of Education, confirming the legality of the 1947 term-length law and safeguards against arbitrary removals.
A car carrying an expectant mother to the hospital plunged off Pierpoint Mountain near Mullens Wyoming County. The mother died along with another occupant. An infant born hours later also died. Driver Darrell Lafferty was unhurt. The older Mrs. George and Tolliver woman’s survivors and belongings are listed. The accident raised questions about the infant’s highway death status. Authorities note the road’s danger with no guard rails and repeated wrecks at the curve. The deceased is the widow of Ike Tolliver. two bodies are at local funeral homes with arrangements pending.
Ninety nine local FFA chapters were honored at the 27th annual convention for outstanding activity in the 1953-54 year. Gold emblem ratings went to 52 chapters, silver to 28, and bronze to 19. Dennis O Keeffe of Westerville Ohio was named national speaking champion. Chapters from West Virginia, Martinsburg and Ripley, won gold emblems.
Cloudy with scattered showers or thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday. Lows 55-60 southeast and in the 60s elsewhere. Wednesday cooler. Sunday through next week near to 4 degrees above normal. Rainfall 0.5 to 1 inch, locally about 2 inches. showers today and in eastern areas tomorrow, then Saturday. Normal temps: southern WV 56, north 55. Beckley highs around 80, lows near 50s. Oak Hill data incomplete. rivers near normal stages. Bluestone reservoir normal and clear.
Three hundred rioting inmates at the South Dakota State Penitentiary agreed to return to their cells and release one of the three guards if Sioux Falls Mayor Fay Wheeldon leads an impartial investigating committee. Wheeler said he would accept the responsibility after an in talk with Warden Jameson. The released guard was Wilton B. Young as a sign of good faith.
City Police fail to locate the deceased Charlie Jin Sing's will while clearing his laundry shop for court settlement. Investigators continue probing the brutal beating of the laundry operator found dead in his establishment early last Thursday.
New York stock trading opened with a broad retreat led by tobacco issues. Reynolds Tobacco, American Tobacco, and Philip Morris fell on heavy selling while Lorillard advanced, signaling an overall weaker start to the session.
Beckley Area Chamber of Commerce Highways and Roads Committee will conduct a on-the-spot inspection tour of Maple Meadow roads on Wednesday. The group will depart at 2 p.m. from the Appalachian Power Co. building with legislators from both parties Rural Development Council members and committee members aboard to assess road problems and report findings to state road commissioner H. Keith Griffith with recommendations for action.
James P. Bland, rehabilitation advisor of the United Mine Workers medical administration, will speak at the Beckley AA meeting at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Building. He represents the legislative subcommittee on alcoholism headed by Dr. Ward Wylie and will discuss the subcommittee's 1955 session plans, actions in other states, and broad alcoholic rehabilitation efforts.
The Advance Machine and Manufacturing Co. of Beckley reports a $50,000 Small Business Administration loan approval, though president John H. Davis says no official SBA confirmation yet. The firm operates with C. E. Davis, John H. Davis, and James Williams, began in wartime repairing gas welding gear, and has handled government contracts while a move to Hinton was discussed but not completed.
Paris reports the French National Assembly backed Premier Pierre Mendes France with about 365 votes in a confidence motion endorsing the London accords for West German rearmament. The Radical Socialist, center and right groups, Gaullists, and most Socialists supported him, while the Popular Republican Movement abstained, a stance linked to its demand for deeper European unification.
Hulbert A. Meadows of Beckley sustained slight injuries in a Peterstown wreck at 7 30 this morning when his truck was demolished. He was taken to Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg for a knee injury and expected to be released this afternoon while en route to Pulaski to deliver lumber.
West Virginia educators told a legislative committee that public schools will need more than 28 million dollars in new annual revenue by four years out. The raise aligns with a proposed higher salary schedule advancing from 2340 to 3250 for teachers with a master’s degree and higher for other credentials. Estimated yearly costs rise from about 14 million in year one to over 28 million in year four, plus funding for additional teachers to ease overcrowding.
Chief Justice Earl Warren and six associates attend a public funeral in Washington Cathedral for Justice Robert H. Jackson who died at 62 from a heart attack. Government officials jurists lawyers and friends join the mourning as his body lies in state before interment.
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