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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1959
Page
8
In a secured room at the U S Treasury the Secret Service keeps five million dollars in counterfeit paper money and sample bills. The vault holds coins and bills seized over years and includes a master file to verify fakes and aid finders of old money.
A father Frank Espinola 60 and five of his six children Ronald 14 Nancy 12 Joseph 9 Phillip 7 Kenneth 5 died from carbon monoxide gas from a defective hot water heater. The sixth child eight weeks old was with relatives. mother Marguerite 4 was hospitalized for varicose vein treatment while the family was in Chelsea Massachusetts.
Detroit police report a bus with a dozen passengers trapped by live wires for about 20 minutes after a dispute over a transfer led to a collision with a utility pole. Driver David Murdock, 55, said Horton, 54, struck him first during the dispute.
AFL-CIO legislative director Andrew Biemiller told a Senate unemployment committee that current economic policies risk a new recession. He cited tight money, high interest rates and a low output budget balance as factors. The panel noted 3 million workers unemployed amid overall prosperity and aims to report findings next year.
The piece recalls Black Tuesday October 29 1929 when the stock market crashed at Wall Street. It notes the severe loss of life savings and the panic that followed as investors faced ruin and headlines flashed across tickers.
The West Virginia Attorney General asks Kanawha Circuit Court to dismiss Weber v Weimer, saying no current controversy exists over sprinkler rules. Weimer concedes the Feb 5 letter was not a rule, regulation, or order, while Weber claims compliance and questions authority to require sprinklers.
Beverly Hills architect Paul R Williams predicts 1970 homes will be built for business and social life with windowless street facades and inward facing rooms. He envisions a filtered circulating air system to escape smog and be perfumed to suit the occasion.
The article quotes Stahl urging robust funding for universities to train engineers scientists economists physicians managers teachers and other experts. He warns that underfunding risks America losing youth to Russia and calls for increases from 18.50 to 34 per capita by 1970, arguing third-rate talent would emerge with low pay.
James E. Bailey, 42, private secretary to former President Harry S. Truman since 1952, was found dead Sunday in his Kansas City garage. Cause of death not immediately determined.
George Parmly Day, 83, founder of Yale University Press and treasurer of Yale University from 1910 to 1942, died Saturday in New Haven. His father Clarence S. Day, father of Life With Father, was longtime governor of the New York Stock Exchange.
Edward E. Campbell, 86, longtime editor and publisher who established three newspapers in Missouri and Illinois, died Saturday. He built and led regional papers across five decades, shaping local journalism and community reporting.
Chicago AP reports broadcaster Robert Murphy aged 42 died Sunday. He was a Don McNeill's Breakfast Club announcer and formerly worked at radio stations in Bismarck and Fargo North Dakota and St Paul Minnesota.
Actress Andra Martin and Ty Hardin announce the birth of twin boys, John and Jeff, born Saturday to Miss Martin, a Warner Bros. studio contract artist.
The piece argues for basic education revived with new methods to teach phonetics. William Koffmeyer and Kay Ware collaborated on a spelling book designed to teach sounds rather than memorize lists. It notes illiteracy impact on World War II recruitment and predicts easier work life as better spelling and reading spread through schools.
DACHAU Germany AP A Catholic priest fights to preserve Dachau as a memorial and keep the crematory autopsy room and gas chamber area intact against a government plan to demolish most barracks The priest argues visitors must see the reality of the system. The crematory attracts about 3000 daily including former inmates and relatives of victims.
Gra ham Gray a 53 year old Norfolk barber with nearly four decades behind the chair says he will run for president in 1976. He plans to qualify on the Independent party line and would accept John L. Lewis as his vice president. He intends to begin campaigning in February and argues for free government enterprise and constitutional rights.
The British Sun Bathing Association reports a surge in membership to over 5000 as Britain's hot summer boosts nudist businesses. The annual convention disclosed the rise in participants and activity.
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