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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1964
Page
1
A columnist defends okra as heroic and beneath belittling stereotypes. He notes word associations color opinions, cites Clemson spineless okra’s awkward name, and highlights uses from Turkish coffee substitutes to blood plasma research. He urges readers to resist dismissive labels.
Sunny and pleasant this afternoon with a high near 70. Tonight will be cloudy and cool with a low around 38. Wednesday looks mostly sunny and mild with highs in the low 70s. Beckley area reports 66 already at 4 pm and 37 at 6:30 am for the last 24 hours. River levels: Greenbrier normal and clear. Lake normal and clear with one gate open. Army Engineers plan to open 40 gates at midnight to supply water for a training flood, raising New River 1.5 to 1.75 feet and likely continuing nightly through the week. New gauge at Hinton reads 1.8 ft.
New York United Press International reports the Met opened its 80th season with Joan Sutherland in Lucrezia di Lammermoor drawing thunderous praise and 20 curtain calls. Celebrities paid a record 110000 dollars to attend the fresh production of the Donizetti tragedy set in 16th century Scotland. Maria Callas looms as Tosca later in the season.
Senator Robert Byrd says a site selection process could begin early next year for a U S Public Health Service health center in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. Martinsburg plans to donate a 400 acre site to the Public Health Service for the center.
The Soviet three man Voskhod crew landed after 16 orbits in 24 hours 17 minutes covering about 437 500 miles. Commander Col Vladimir Komarov pilot Konstantin Feoktistov and space surgeon Boris Yegorov landed at 10 47 a m local time in an area not disclosed by Tass.
Queen Elizabeth flies back to England amid a massive Canadian sendoff in Ottawa with 1,200 children. The tour ends amid controversy during her 12 year reign and tension. Ike praises Goldwater as honest and principled, while the US signals more SEATO support for South Vietnam.
Mississippi Governor Paul Johnson signals possible support for President Johnson if not for his running mate Senator Hubert H. Humphrey due to concerns about liberalism. In Jordan, King Hussein orders fighter planes after Israeli aircraft spotted offshore. Patrick Muldoon is returned to Morandsville Prison after a bookkeeping slip prompted release and recapture. Pope Paul VI meets Sukarno in Vatican ceremony urging peace. Senator John McClellan criticizes Johnson’s ticket. Two Casper teens jailed on $25,000 bond for threats against the president. A Peruvian bus crash near Huancayo kills 19 and injures 23.
UPI reports Lt Col Michael Smolen of Chandler Arizona, deputy chief of the U.S. mission in Caracas, was freed after four days in captivity by what authorities described as polite, considerate captors. Smolen, 45, said he was never moved during 87 hours and was not told of any Viet Cong retaliation tie. He portrayed the youths as hard core Communists seeking to use the kidnapping as a stunt to topple the Caracas government.
Dr Albert Roberts of the U S Public Health Service said chronic pulmonary emphysema deaths have more than quadrupled in ten years. The finding, presented at the International Congress of Diseases of the Chest in Mexico City and released by the service, notes 27 000 Americans died from non specific respiratory conditions and 43 000 more were hastened in 1962. Emphysema is a progressive breakdown of lung air sacs starting with shortness of breath and may end in suffocation.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Hulett Smith told the West Virginia Association of Retail Grocers convention that the state economy has advanced for 44 consecutive months. He called it the longest sustained growth period in the state's history.
Washington reports Fun Knit Inc. of New York City seeks to locate a men s clothing plant in Philippi if the Barbour County Development Corp. loan of 200000 dollars is approved, a move Sen. Robert C. Byrd says will proceed only with federal loan clearance.
The West Virginia Jaycees endorsed the $200 million Better Roads Amendment. The state executive committee said it will urge the 55 chapters to enlighten fellow citizens on this vital issue.
SAN ANTONIO Texas UPI The Southern Governors Conference weighs Alabama Governor Wallace's plan to exempt public schools from federal rulings with little hope of approval Only one vote can defeat it Kentucky Governor Breathitt opposes and others may join Civil rights pickets protest outside the event CORE leads the demonstration while governors discuss Goldwater support in the SouthJohnson remains uncertain about victory in his state Georgia and Georgia pamphlets reference Goldwater image shift and NAACP link See Governors Page 2
West Virginia Governor W W Barron told the Southern Governors Conference in San Antonio that the President's Economic Opportunity Act and the Appalachian Regional Development Program would ease Appalachian economic pressures. He cited a 16.6 percent jobless rate and a $53 million retail loss over four years as examples of regional distress.
In Washington, 43 year old Mary Pinchot Meyer, a noted artist and sister in law of Newsweek’s Benjamin Bradlee, was shot to death during a robbery attempt on the Chesapeake & Ohio canal in Georgetown. Raymond Crump Jr. was arrested and charged with homicide after a truck driver identified him from a lineup.
Isbell formed within 100 miles off Cuba and was forecast to bring near hurricane winds. Heavy rains from the storm caused flooding and building collapses in Havana, forcing hundreds to evacuate as the season’s ninth tropical storm developed.
A statement accusing Senator Barry Goldwater of transparent exploitation of racism was signed by 726 Episcopal bishops clergy and laymen. William Stringfeller revealed the terms at the Protestant Episcopal general convention in St Louis asking 1 100 Episcopalians nationwide to sign. Signers hailed from 41 states and 16 bishops. he reported only two outright rejections.
An 18 year old girl, Linda Darlene Childress, faces life imprisonment after being found guilty of shooting her mother Mildred Childress as she slept. The jury spared the death penalty. Linda has ten days to file a motion to overturn the murder conviction amid testimony of strained mother daughter relations and prior abuse claims.
Sen. and Mrs. Robert C. Byrd spent the morning at Camp Prince on New River where the 100th Engineer Float Bridge Company of Fort Belvoir, Virginia is training. Also joining the demonstrations was Gen. Raymond J. Harvey, acting commander of the U S Army Engineer Center and Fort Belvoir.
Washington reports indicate President Johnson may postpone or rethink a Western Europe visit before year end if elected. Advisers favor delaying until after the January 20 inauguration, or next year, for diplomatic reasons and to avoid public unease with a vice president acting first. France signals no meeting unless carefully prepared, stressing NATO nuclear policy gaps. Britain’s election outcome likely won’t fix London’s阻 reluctant to join the proposed NATO nuclear fleet.
Alabama prosecutor argues bi racial group inviting trouble by occupying white lunch counter seats at Montgomery bus terminal. Assistant AG Leslie Hall says crowd hostility and police fear of riot justified charges of disturbing the peace and unlawful assembly. Court also weighs Aaron Henry NAACP case as Mississippi leader faces morals charge.
Vatican City UP I reports Patrick Keegan head of the World Movement for Christian Workers became the first layman to address a secret session of the Ecumenical Council in St. Peter's Basilica. He spoke in English for ten minutes on behalf of 35 lay auditors, drawing applause from bishops and greeting from three council presidents.
Buckhannon West Virginia firm Inter-City Transport and Motor Co was found guilty of unfair labor practices by an NLRB trial examiner A N Somers. The firm allegedly fired two employees at a McKeesport Pennsylvania warehouse for joining the Teamsters Union and granted another raise to deter union membership. Somers recommended re hiring the two workers and posting notices stating it will not discourage union activity.
Rep Arch Moore Jr Republican West Virginia proposes federal control of West Virginia Independence Hall Wheeling VB building where statehood was born and Civil War secession decisions were made. The state recently bought the hall to prevent demolition and the WV Historical Society plans a statewide restoration drive.
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