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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1960
Page
2
Providence AP reports the nation’s first automatic post office will be dedicated Thursday. The four electronic machines include six face cancelers and a 15 ton letter sorter. The 420 foot building will process thousands more pieces daily with reduced human labor.
President Eisenhower visits his boyhood hometown Abilene Kansas to honor his mother and father’s graves then plans a Colorado stop to meet old friends. He will address residents in California before a Palm Springs golf weekend with George E. Allen and a Mexico talks session in Ciudad Acuna.
A one car crash near Greenbrier Dairy Products Co. Sunday at 1 30 p m injured two youths. Charles Persinger 15 Crab Orchard sustained head and facial cuts after the car struck a utility pole. Roger Reed 16 MacArthur was treated and released from the hospital.
AP reports Husky Ed Quigley joined a select bridge club when he leaped from the bridge wearing shorts. A police launch found him about an hour later swimming unharmed with minor bruises. The note recalls Steven Brodie who leaped from the same bridge on July 23, 1886.
New York AP reports Roman Catholic Church membership in the United States rose in 1959 to 40,871,302, up 1,361,794 from 1958. National totals from 244 religious bodies show overall U S church membership at 112,226,905, up 2.4 percent, with Catholic growth 3.4 percent and Protestant 1.7 percent. The Jewish faith stood at about 5 million, unchanged.
Charles McGraw, spokesman for the bidder, refuses to lower the bid to include sales tax and bond costs, estimated at about 8 per acre. John Ward urges the court and park board to study legality and payment options as the dam land purchase details remain under review. The court withholds land option lists until appraisals are approved, with H G Farmer noting appraisals not yet approved and land to be paid at or below appraisal.
Three quiz show winners face possible penalties up to three years in jail and fines totaling 1,000 if convicted on second degree perjury before a July 1960 grand jury. The charges stem from an extended probe into the shows Twenty One and Tic Tac Dough. Van Doren won 129000 on Twenty One, Bloomgarden 98000, and Van Nardroff 220500. Van Doren admitted coaching, then revised his testimony after a congressional grilling. Hogan said many witnesses lied to the grand jury.
Death notices list Milton Gus Arnett and Wini Fred Gumn of Pineville with nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. She outlived two sons Carl and Glen and a daughter Mary, plus three brothers and a sister. Body to move from Melton Mortuary to daughter Halsey’s Ravensliff home at 5 pm Tuesday. Funeral at Pine Grove Baptist Wednesday 11 am, Rev Robert H Dent presiding. Burial Pine Grove Cemetery. Church service one hour prior. Pallbearers named.
Mrs James A Farley died aged 7 following a long illness. Born August 6 in Sophia she was daughter of Walter and Sadie Rice Rose. Survivors include husband a daughter Joyce Farley Webb Meadows Danville Virginia five brothers and two sisters. three grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at Sophia Baptist Church with burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Body from Williams Funeral Home Tuesday. Nephews pallbearers.
Mrs Nickie Huff Weeks Huff 84 of Lester died at 8 a m Sunday after several months illness of heart condition. Rites in Lower Church of God Lester with Rev Ernest Barley. Burial in Canaday Cemetery Glen View. Born Floyd County Va April 4 1876 daughter of John Weeks and late wife to Horatio Huff. Survived by daughter Mrs Grethel Bragg Cleveland Ohio. another daughter Mrs May Arthur preceded in death. Funeral arrangements with Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
Mrs Julia Catherine Meador 79 of 1404 S Kanawha St Beckley died at home at 11 50 am Sunday after a heart attack. Born March 27 1881 in Richmond District she was daughter of the late Jacob and Sarah Jane Adkins and member of St Mary's Methodist Church Beckley. Survived by husband Azel Ford Meadour three sons Garland Berea Ohio Donald North Eaton Ohio Clifford Richland Wash two sisters Loria Hylton Beckley and Rinda Feutch Brookville Fla five brothers Edward and Harvey Adkins Alderson Lonnie Adkins Ronceverte Seldon Adkins Hinton Wilbert Adkins Maryland 11 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Funeral at Calfee Fu
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Fraley 80 of Valley Head were held Saturday at Valley Head Methodist Church with Rev Henry Boley officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. She died at home Thursday afternoon after a long illness. Surviving is step daughter Mrs Martha Underwood of Beckley.
Mrs Albert Richmond of Lillybrook aged 83 died Saturday night in a local hospital after a long illness. She was born in Lerona April 29 1877 and was a member of Beaver Methodist Church. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p m at Beaver Methodist Church with Rev Virgil Cook officiating. Burial in Blue Jay Cemetery. Survivors include one daughter Mrs Jack Underwood three grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Funeral services for Harry C. Woolwine 59 of Ansted were set for 2 p m Tuesday at Deepwater Baptist Church with Rev M Franklin and Rev Eleanor Henley officiating. Burial will be Mammoth Cemetery. Woolwine died Sunday after a short illness. He was a retired coal miner and Church of God member born April 27 1901. Surviving are his wife Camella, a son Edward in Cleveland Ohio, three stepsons Clinton Calvin Comer Powellton Clayton Comer Ansted, five daughters Irene Wright Montgomery Nellie Stone Mammoth Jewell Lester Dunbar Luçdena Stone Corinne and Stella Woolwine Ansted, three brothers Thomas Alpoca James Elkhorn City Bert Davy, three sisters Irene Beck Mankin Odrian Fanning Logansport Ind Bee Light Valpo, and 23 grandchildren.
Charles Webb 80 of 6 18 S Fayette St dies at home Thursday. Final rites at 2 p m in Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Chapel with Rev G Favors officiating. Burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Survived by wife Veleria Webb and one son Specialist 5 James Hughy who is stationed overseas.
In a Herndon incident a man was cut during a fracas and another man McKinney faced charges after shooting a street light with a .22 rifle on Bud Wednesday night. He received a $25 fine and 10 days suspended jail, conditionally paid. The case was heard before Judge Grant Taylor with the father signing the agreement.
In Santiago witnesses testified about peasants aiding the invaders and a former cabinet member Manolo Ray described as a counter revolution leader. Cuban prosecutor David Diaz alleged US backing for the invasion while Castro disclosed Ray’s prior cooperation with him against Batista.
Kennedy notes the mood echoes 1930s strain and contrasts Hoover with Nixon. He cites that interest rates have risen by 34 to 95 percent under the present administration, joking the rates have increased on everything except the air we breathe.
Madison C. Enoch of Eccles pleaded guilty to possession of moonshine whisky before Magistrate W A Burke. He was fined $100 and costs and remanded to Raleigh County Jail in lieu of payment. Enoch was arrested by State Police on October 15 on a peace warrant, which was withdrawn, and he was tried on the whisky charge.
The Teen Dems Club of Raleigh County will meet at 6 30 p m Tuesday in the use The meeting originally set for 7 30 p m was moved because of the Barron Ford Governor rally at that time Mrs W W Withrow sponsor says refreshments will be served after the rally
Inmates at Raleigh County Jail lose official time as the Beckley Hardware clock stops. The clock once provided standard time for prisoners who cannot keep watches, with all valuables left with the jailer upon admission.
New York report details a non surgical cure using Bio-Dyne substance in Preparation H to shrink hemorrhoids stop itching and relieve pain. Cases show real reduction while easing discomfort with a drugstore availability and money back guarantee.
The indictment accuses Cadle of killing his brother in law John Henry Smith 77 in a fight at their Rhodell home. Cadle confessed May 10 amid questions over Smiths death in a fall from a porch. Separate action set Oct 26 for the robbery trial of Foster Thompson S Perkins Jr Earl H Dillard and Robert W Hunt. Prosecutor Sparacino said subpoenas for Wyoming County witnesses were not served. Judge McCreery added 25 jurors. St Charles Glass ordered to pay 20 monthly for a child.
Workers return to the Schenectady GE plant after Local 301 voted to end its walkout. A GE spokesman said full production would resume. the plant had been idle since October 6. Local leaders differed, with Leo Jandreau claiming Carey seeks a fight to the end. Jandreau warned the national strike confrontation may continue.
Ind appearance about 9 50 and 10 50 a m at a rally at a site to be designated later. Underwood said Nixon plans no other appearances along the Baltimore and Railroad en route to Williamstown. After the Parkersburg visit he will reboard his train to continue through southern and southeastern Ohio to Cincinnati. Nixon made his only other West Virginia appearance in Charleston on Sept 27. Final rally details at Parkersburg to be arranged by Eugene Scott and John Butcher.
Mrs Newhouse described hearing a quick command then finding the man collapsed and bleeding. Dr Arnold Austin carried him to a station wagon and to hospital. Police found footprints near the basement window as the Stereotypers Union struck. Seven other unions joined the picket lines in Portland's West Hills.
In the Pacific typhoons and Atlantic hurricanes unleash high speeds winds that churn the sea and smash coasts. The tidal wave tears through villages leaving mud, downed trees, and ruined houses while mainland crops, mainly rice, lie flat.
The Beckley Fire Department Rescue Squad responded to 204 Saunders Ave at 6:45 p.m. finding Ruth Hairston, 36, bleeding from the mouth. They recommended transportation to a hospital for medical treatment.
Grandview man Boyd Lilly Jr. was arrested by State Police and jailed in Raleigh County on two counts of forgery after a late Sunday arrest. Bond set at $500 per count, and he was released after posting. Also noted are Willie Brooks tied to assault costs, and three federal prisoners moved for trial by U.S. Marshal Morris B. Imn, including Benson, Tanger, and Atkins.
A 15 nation push in the United Nations General Assembly, led by India’s V K Krishna Menon, urges full cooperation, restraint from provocative actions, and prompt steps to resolve world issues after Khrushchev’s visit. East German defections rise with Dr Sigfried Asche fleeing to West Germany and Leipzig official Hans Joachim Spangenberg also defecting. Elvis Presley hospitalised with a broken finger after a high school game. Four Salt Lake City police officers die in a light plane crash near Eureka Utah, after planning a Las Vegas trip to buy a plane. The Times reports Britain likely to host a US Polaris missile base at a Scottish port. Governor Luis Munoz Marin wins Puerto Rico’s Nixon-Kennedy style debate by default as opponent Lussey misses. Lennon sisters marry as Dianne retires, creating a trio with Rich ard E. Gass. Louisville Courier-Journal endorses Kennedy for president and Cooper in Senate race. State briefs note a deportation hearing delay, a fire-settlement motive confession, and local mayor William J. Teets dies after a heart attack. Gov Underwood campaigns by helicopter in the southern state.
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