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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1961
Page
2
Police disclosed that James R. Donohue 31 of Baltimore did not suffer a skull fracture during his capture after an armed robbery pursuit on the West Virginia Turnpike. X-rays at Raleigh General Hospital showed no injuries and earlier reports were retracted.
Raleigh couple James and Doris Kerr were freed from Raleigh County Jail at 12:05 a.m. after serving time and working. He faced drunkenness and assault charges while she faced fighting and profanity. LEWIS R. LAW of Oak Hill was released at 1:05 a.m. after a $500 appearance for the grand jury. He had been jailed by Beckley State Police at 10:40 p.m. Tuesday on a reckless driving charge. Billy Gene Gunter, 16, of Beckley, was cited for defective equipment and ordered to appear in police court. Garnet Smith and Mary Lapori were mentioned in separate incidents of theft and arrest. Jimmie Ray DeHart, Mount Hope, jailed on a bad check warrant and arrested by constables.
Alcatraz bail allowed for the 47 year old ex hoodlum who returns to Los Angeles pending appeal in an income tax evasion case. Algerian violence in Paris escalates as eight more killed and rioters face deportation in France. A tropical disturbance nears the Bahamas as the season’s seventh storm looms. State briefs note four prison escapees recaptured near Huttonsville and Pittsburgh. FBI probes violence at Pittsburg Plate Glass plant Natrium with disputed chlorine release claims. Three Wheeling contractors are jailed on falsifying federal home loan applications.
Orlen R. Taylor 58 of 217 Fairview Avenue swerved to swat an insect and struck a parked car on McCreery Street Tuesday causing 125 dollars in damage. The owner of the parked car is Jerry Pack of Sprague. Taylor was not injured and no charges were filed.
A man about 60 lay unconscious in a McDowell County hospital after being found along U S 52 near Maybeury. Police cannot confirm if it was a hit and run or beatning as they seek identification.
Ahmad, a graying visitor, told reporters he is tired but buoyed by American affection. In Dallas he received a new pickup truck from Johnson and toured the Texas State Fair, an amusement park, a supermarket, a trucking firm, and rode in a helicopter.
Charleston report says 10 C123 transports were assigned to eastern West Virginia to assist the state Civil Air Patrol in locating the missing B52 bomber and its eight crewmen. CAP and Air Force planes target flatland areas between Morgantown West Virginia and Lynchburg Virginia during the ongoing search begun after the bomber vanished last Saturday in the Atlantic coastal region amid a large air defense exercise.
Khrushchev told more than 5,000 delegates and foreign Communist leaders that American capitalism has passed its prime and is declining. He warned of two trends in imperialist camps, claimed the United States cannot overcome them, and hailed socialism’s global rise while citing Soviet gains in wages and employment as proof of a transformed society.
The article notes kneecap-skimming silhouettes revived by Paris designers for fall and winter 1961. Skirts grow narrow, bracelet-length sleeves dominate day suits, some coats end near the elbow, and sleeveless dresses persist. Collars trend out, overblouse two-piece looks continue, plus single-breasted three-button jackets and rounded shoulders with more knits in fabrics.
The plan included a meeting with President Diem and a full briefing on economic political and military matters by Lt. Gen. Lionel McGarr and other U.S. military advisory group members along with embassy officials.
The Rangers, a nationally known trio from Charlotte North Carolina, will headline the final night of Fall revival services at Memorial Baptist Church at 7 30 p m tonight The pastor Rev Jim Franklin calls the group America s greatest trio and urges the public to attend the service.
Mrs. Lucy Jane Woody 73 died Sunday in a Philadelphia hospital after a long illness. Funeral rites were set for 2 p m at First Baptist Church Whitesville with burial at Pine View Cemetery Orgas. Survivors include four sons, four daughters, a brother and a sister, plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Valley Funeral Home Whitesville handled arrangements.
Funeral services for Francis C Pollock a former Summers County game warden will be held at 2 pm at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Hinton with Rev David Heil officiating. Burial will be at Hill Top Cemetery Pollock died after his clothes were ignited by a burning cigarette Tuesday morning Born December 7 1910 in Alderson he lived in Hinton 31 years and was a member of the Episcopal Church American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars He is survived by his father and a brother Sam Jr of Sandsville Ohio.
PRINCETON APS ground breaking for a 1 million North American Aviation plant will employ 300. Air Force Secretary Eugene M Zuckert delivers the keynote at the ceremony with J S Smithson North American official, Gov W W Barron not attending, Sen Robert Byrd present. The 43000 square foot building contract was awarded to B F Parrott & Co of Roanoke VA, which has begun preliminary work.
E. M. Buzzy Bowling Beckley John Proton Whitesville and others named to West Virginia Young Democrats Clubs state executive committee by President Walter Burton Princeton. Burton says he is called to active duty Oct 26 as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve. He will not resign. the presidency remains a two year term. James Sprouse Charleston serves as executive secretary and will help run the club.
Baptists Paul Holland Salem Daniel M Jr Clarksburg Donald C Car Bondale Ill William Ripley active in many churches and civic groups including West Virginia Baptist Convention Rotary International Clarksburg club Salem Lodge Masons Wyndham Royal Arch Knights Templar Beni Kedem Mystic Shrine and work with Davis Child Shelter Boy Scouts 4H American Red Cross Residents at 304 Court Street Ripley.
Coventry England pupils at Woodlands School organized a sit down Monday to demand more homework as teachers strike over low pay and halted assignments.
The City Recorder issued a building permit on Tuesday to Gary Evans of 405 Worley Road to construct a basement at the address. The permit carries a value of 1700 dollars.
Fifty five per cent of the world's motion picture screen time is taken up by American made films.
Daniel Dewey Brunty 43 of Oak Hill died Tuesday morning at the Glen Brooke Coal Co mechanic shop in Chelyan of a heart attack. He was a WWII veteran, Calvary Baptist Church member, born January 1 1918 in Baileysville. Survived by wife Estelle, son Daniel D. Brunty Jr, three brothers, a sister and a half brother. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill.
Clifton H. Jones, 68, of Charmee, died at 1 45 a m today in Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. The body is at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home, East Rainelle, pending completion of arrangements.
Funeral services for Ed Zornes 58 of Fayetteville were held at 2 30 p m today at Doggett Chapel Methodist Church Dempsey with Rev H R Winston officiating Burial followed at Bragg Cemetery Dempsey Zornes a native of Garrison Kentucky was a retired miner and a member of Doggett Chapel Methodist Church Survivors include Alpha Zornes daughter Ruby Ames of Michigan foster son Cebert Powers foster daughter Edna Scott of Columbus Ohio two Kentucky sisters nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren The Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville had charge of arrangements
Miss Sadie Alice Grose, 52, of Fayetteville, died Tuesday after a short illness. Final rites will be at 2 p m Friday at Dodd-Payne Funeral Chapel Fayetteville with Rev J A Crosier officiating. burial in Richmond Chapel Cemetery Ramsey. Survivors include son Orville serving in the Air Force in Turkey, daughter Susie at home, four brothers Raymond J of Hill Top Ronald Sam and Chaney of Fayetteville, and two sisters Lizzie Bullion of Virginia and Evelyn Hludzewski of Watertown NY. Body remains at the funeral home.
Gov W W Barron told the West Virginia Peapea Association convention that the state can gain in the 1960s as much progress as two or three decades would normally yield. He said the mainstream of change will not leave West Virginia behind.
A Raleigh County jury heard the case against Thomas Franklin Ball 38 of Skelton on two counts of grand larceny arising from the July 27 theft of a car owned by Mrs. Cordin Gadd of Rural Acres Drive The defense argued Gadd lent the car to Ball and that Ball had permission to take the license plate Ball testified he had permission to use the car and later returned with permission to remove the plate Prosecutor Thomas Canterbury said state witnesses would place Ball at the Gadd home and in the 1951 model car used with a party at nearby market The state contends Ball dismantled and sold the car for junk and was arrested in a 1955 model car bearing the Gadd plate. Deputies guarded the courtroom during proceedings.
CHARLESTON UPI A 16 year old boy Kurt Milam of Morgantown was shot in the face and neck by pellets from a 12 gauge shotgun while hunting in Coopers Rock State Forest. He was possibly blinded and reflects rising hunting injuries across West Virginia.
Ibadan students demanded Miss Michelmore’s expulsion after a postcard she sent home described Nigeria as having squalor and primitive living conditions. She apologized and offered resignation, and is returning to Lagos then home for possible reassignment. Her father, a Foxboro executive, said she will be known as the girl who wrote the card.
West Virginia officials consider state and local action to build school fallout shelters. State Supt Rex Smith and Civil Defense Director William J. Mathews Jr say no federal funds are available for construction now and urge immediate planning, evacuation drills, and stockpiling food and equipment.
Jurors favor Sheriff in a civil suit alleging Ayers was unlawfully entered by deputies and a fugitive was sought. Defense argued no medical proof of damage exists. Sheriff Thompson and deputies cited no warrant needed if probable cause existed. Deputy testimony contradictions were challenged as rude and reckless.
West Virginia cigarette tax receipts for the year total 3.05 million, ahead of the prior year’s 2.4 million, with September collections at 1.08 million versus 882,217 a year earlier. Soft drink taxes stand at about 1 million, slightly below last year’s 1.01 million, while license tax income slips to 627,351 from 634,901.
Mort Mor ris A. Stewart 59 dean of UC Berkeley graduate division died at home of heart attack. Archbishop John J. Mitty 77 longtime San Francisco church leader died of a heart attack. Leroy L. Smith 84 editor publisher of the Long Island Star died after the paper merged. Brother Joseph Michael Zoetti 83 Benedictine monk who founded Ave Maria Grotto died. Monsignor John J. McKenna 64 former national secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith died.
Washington sources say General Luther L. Terry released a breakdown of federal grants under Kennedy’s anti pollution law. Grants help communities build sewage treatment plants with $80 million in 1962 and rising each year, listing West Virginia at 1,232,480 among others.
A Raleigh County jury awarded Nancy Lester a verdict of $18000 in her suit against Standard Utility Service Corp over injuries from September 1 1960 in Glen White. Attorney Mann said the case was filed by her father Carl Lester. The trial proceeded with a jury due to the minor plaintiff.
Nikita and younger associates led by Voroshilov face surprise backlash as Khrushchev names him in the anti party dispute. Attendees include Bulganin Saburov and Pervuhkin. Molotov serves in Vienna at the IAEC and Malenkov runs a hydroelectric station in Kazakstan. Bulganin and Kaganovich are retired.
Holland C Reynolds age 45 of Rouseville Pennsylvania, an employee of Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp of Pittsburgh, was killed near Clarington when his foot tangled in a rope and he fell from the river barge The Aliquippa and was crushed between the barge and the lock wall Officials said a safety block could not be placed and Reynolds body was recovered from the river
Appalachian Power Co. announced it has purchased 173 acres at Graham Station near Point Pleasant West Virginia adjoining the Philip Sporn power plant. Vice president R. E. Hodges said the land is for future development with no immediate plans, aligning with a long range Ohio Valley industrial program.
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