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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1964
Page
1
Former President Herbert Hoover, age 31st, lingers in unresponsiveness with massive internal bleeding. Doctors report a stable vital sign while noting blood loss has led to toxic products in the bloodstream and an extremely guarded prognosis given his advanced age.
A $100000 negligence suit names Beckley Hospital doctors John Campbell and Mehrdad Rahoni and Laird Memorial Hospital physician Dr Ariston Batista plus a Beckley hospital and a Montgomery doctor. Margie Burns alleges negligent surgery on Jan 22 1964 left foreign material in her breast causing infection and future operations with medical bills around $500.
Beckley region forecast cloudy and cool with showers this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. High this afternoon about 50 degrees. Low tonight near 30. High Tuesday in the mid 40s. Last 24 hours high 72 at 2 pm and low 40 at 8 am. River Greenbrier normal clear. Lake normal clear with 8 gates open. New Hinton gauge at 4 ft.
Soviet party chief Leonid Brezhnev declared the Kremlin’s rulers would pursue peaceful coexistence with the West, unity in communism, and a better life for Russians. He announced no threats, avoided attacking China, and vowed to repair Sino-Soviet relations while attending a Red Square celebration for three cosmonauts who orbited Earth for 24 hours.
Marshal Sergei Biryuzov, 60, chief of staff of the Soviet armed forces, and 28 others died when a Soviet Ilyushin 18 crashed into Mount Avala near Belgrade during landing approach. The airliner carried 29 aboard with no survivors. An investigation was ordered.
Jackie Mason faced a torn six show contract after Ed Sullivan producers cited obscene gestures during Sunday's telecast. Mason, angered, said he would sue for libel and claimed he did not intend vulgar acts while earning 7500 dollars per appearance.
West Virginia Human Rights Commission director Howard W. McKinney told a Huntington audience that leadership for school integration must come from beyond educators. He warned real integration requires long-term unlearning of prejudice and emphasized consistent press attention to two overlooked points about faculty and administrative integration and Negro representation in education leadership.
Gov. Matthew E. Welsh of Indiana will headline a fund-raising Democratic dinner and rally at the Raleigh County Armory Saturday. The 6:30 p.m. dinner costs 5 per plate and aims to draw at least 1,000 guests.
RICHWOOD UPI Republican candidate Cecil Underwood charged that Harrison County maintenance supervisor Howard Flint received over 1000 dollars of personal pay for fixing a street in Industrial. Flint said the 1963 1964 work used state equipment on city streets and asked for taxpayer explanation. Underwood pressed road issues hours after a telephone conference with reporters.
The Ecumenical Council approved a document reaffirming the reality of hell as the place for eternal punishment of sin. Liberal members rejected a statement on priests as too negative for further discussion until revised. The document urged priests to shun vanity in dress and to pursue holiness in daily life.
Thomas Maloney of Skelton pleaded guilty to second degree murder before Judge Harry L. McCreery in Criminal Court. Sentencing set for November 5. The case stems from a September 20 fight in front of the Green Room at Eccles that left Lee Smith, 56, disabled coal miner, fatally injured. Lemuel Richardson of Beckley was also charged with murder in this case.
Democrat Hulett Smith accuses rival Cecil Underwood of causing a low mood in West Virginia during his first term. Smith cites road and education plans and attacks Underwood’s pardons, including a man with four felony sentences pardoned after parole was revoked.
James P. Mitchell, 63, secretary of labor from 1953 to 1961, died at 6:40 a.m. in his Astor Hotel suite. A New Jersey governor candidate in 1961, he later became vice president of Crown Zellerbach and held posts at Macy’s Bloomingdale’s and the Army Navy personnel boards. Survived by widow Isabelle and daughter Elizabeth.
The United Auto Workers and American Motors Corp. reached a three year contract ending a strike at AMC’s automotive division. Production should resume Tuesday after cleanup. Kelvinator appliance division strike continues in Grand Rapids. The pact keeps a profit sharing concept alive despite not applying it to the final offer.
In a Wheeling College mock election Lyndon Johnson polled 78.6 percent and defeated Barry Goldwater 331 to 88, implying Johnson would win if enrollment were the sole voting qualification.
Virgil Roy Carter, 33, of Lewisburg, arrested on a felonious assault warrant after the fatal beating of his mother in law, Mrs. Jeffie Ida Howard, 52, of Fairlea. Howard died after a poker blow. Deputies say she was struck and died en route to hospital.
Britain's new Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker will fly to Washington next week for talks with U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk. The government announced that Gordon Walker would be in Washington Monday and Tuesday.
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