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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1960

Page

2

More Anti-U.S. Riots Predicted

The Senate Internal Security subcommittee warns that further anti-American riots are likely in Latin America and Asia. It links four cited riots in Colombia Venezuela Bolivia to Communist manipulation and notes Chinese Communist support. Sen. James C. Eastland chairs the subcommittee.

Washington Senate Internal Security Subcommittee Latin America Asia Bogota Colombia Caracas Venezuela la Paz Bolivia Time Magazine China Chinese Communist Party Japan James C. Eastland Dmiss

Youths Questioned After Fire at Station Saturday

Report says a fire at the peak station prompted immediate questioning of youths. The post office near the scene was closed Sunday as officials assessed the incident.

Peek Station T Po

Two-vehicle crash on Prince Street causes $600 damage

City police report a 9 am collision on Prince Street in front of the bus station involving Aaron Hunt of 106 Mool Street and Delma DeWeese of Farley Hill. No injuries were recorded. Property damage tallied at $600.

Prince St Aaron Hunt Mool St Delma DeWeese Farley Hill

Demo Rally at Stratton High School Tonight

A Democratic rally is set for Stratton High School at 7 30 p m today. All candidates and the public are urged to attend, per Okey Mills, county Democratic Executive Committee chairman.

Stratton High School Okey Mills Democratic Executive Committee

Funeral services set for John W. Cline 82 Princeton

Funeral services for John W. Cline 82 of Route 3 Princeton formerly Beckley will be held at 10 30 a m at the First Church of God Rev A W Campbell in charge Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley He died at 430 a m today at his daughter's home Mrs Vesta White on Oakvale Road He was a Virginian agent and telegrapher for 30 years and a member of the Order of Railway Telegraphers and Mount Tabor Baptist Church Born March 4 1878 in Pineville he was a son of the late Thomas and Ellen McNeeley Cline Surviving are another daughter Mrs Beulah Dunn Princeton three grandchildren four great grandchildren three half brothers Virgil Cline Coal Mountain Arthur Charleston Dunn Pineville four half sisters Mrs Jenny Lowe Keystone Mrs Verda Hatfield Coal Mountain Mrs Addie Bazzier Stanaford and Mrs Lake Halsey Cabin Creek The body will remain at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton and be placed in the church one hour before the service.

John W. Cline Route 3 Princeton Beckley Church of God A. W. Campbell Sunset Memorial Park Cline Vesta White Oakvale Road Order of Railway Telegraphers Mount Tabor

Thomas Young Funeral in Winona Baptist Church

Thomas Young 60 of Winona dies after brief illness. Funeral at 1 p m Tuesday at Winona Baptist Church with Rev A L Simms. Burial in Winona Cemetery. Body to be moved from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor one hour before services. Survived by eight grandchildren and multiple in laws and relatives.

Thomas Young Winona Winona Baptist Church A. L. Simms Young Ritchie and Johnson

Funeral services for Dr Boylston D Smith

Dr Boylston D Smith dies Sunday at Philadelphia District Golf Course from a heart attack. He served on the staff of Memorial Hospital and practiced medicine in Logan County for 40 years after graduating from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. Burial at New Cathedral Cemetery in Baltimore.

Gillispie Infant Funeral Arrangements Listed

Funeral arrangements are announced for the one day old son of Mr and Mrs James Gillispie of Eccles who died at 345 am Sunday in a local hospital. The body is at the Rose and Quesenberry funeral home.

James Gillispie, Eccles Rose and Quesenberry

Lawrence P Price Home Chapel Service Announced

Lawrence P Price dies after lengthy illness in a Spencer hospital. The Rev William Seacrist in charge at a home chapel service. Burial planned in Price Cemetery at Fayetteville. He was a retired miner and his survivors include his wife, Halia.

William Seacrist Price Fayetteville Spencer Hal

Show Dogs Attack Two Girls in Pa. Road Show Incident

In Pottstown Pennsylvania two sisters Donna Lee Eck age 12 and Vicci Lynn Eck age 6 along with their guardian Lucy Mest were bitten on the back and legs by a pack of 32 husky dogs that slipped through loose boards from a traveling road show. Their guardian Paul Mest and dog owner Thomas Updegrove freed the animals. Officials said heavy coats helped protect the children and all three were in satisfactory condition.

Pottstown Donna Lee Vicci Lynn Eck Lucy Mest Thomas Updegrove

Williams Arrested for Speeding in Police Court Date Set

Wendell L. Williams 19 of 414 North Kanawha Street was arrested by City Police at 12 55 a m today on a speeding charge. He was ordered into Police Court to answer the charge on November 14.

Wendell L. Williams N. Kanawha St Williams

Barron, Neely TV Debates Dominate WVa Campaign

Reporters heard continued claims that Skeen’s $300,000 suit was false and a hoax. Barron said Skeen lied and sought vindication after an out of court settlement. The article notes tape transcripts, a May 3 affidavit, and upcoming debates on WHTN TV and WCHS TV with US Senator Jennings Randolph and Gov. Underwood.

Skeen Neelyst Bluefield Barron Oene Mr Stone Wally Orel Neely Whtn-Tv Huntington Wchs TV Charleston U. S Jennings Randolph D-Wva Gov Underwood Randolph Wjpb-Tv Weston

Kennedy Appears Continued From Page One

The piece outlines campaign dynamics with Kennedy and Nixon. It notes Catholics backing Nixon against communism and fiscal conservatism, Democrats claim gains in Republican areas, Kennedy’s NYC lead and upstate appeal, debate influence, Johnson’s ticket effects on Black voters, and Jewish voters shifting toward Kennedy.

Nixon Kennedy New York City Johnson Adlai E. Stevenson

Bradley Motorist Fined and Sentenced

Gary S. Hill of Bradley was arraigned in Magistrate Cotton White's court on reckless driving and improper registration. He was fined 25 dollars and given 10 days in jail for reckless driving and fined 10 dollars plus costs for use registration. Hill was arrested by city police Saturday.

Gary S. Hill Bradley Cotton White Hill

Wrestling Show Ends In Brawl In Beckley Studio

86-year-old William Thompson of Eccles was hospitalized after a free-for-all at a WOAY TV studio wrestling event. The altercation involved the wrestler known as Black Napoleon, audience members, and opponent Billy Fox, with Thompson sustaining neck and back injuries. Thompson's wife plans to press charges, while officials withheld details of his condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital.

Woay- TV Eccles Beckley Memorial Hospital William Thompson Napoleon Thompson Billy Fox Hee Black Na' Cea Shirley Love Paul Fourney Thomson Island Creek Coal Company

Inaction In King Segreg Ruling On Probation Violation

A judge ruled that Martin Luther King Jr arrest violated his probation tied to an earlier traffic conviction for driving without a Georgia license. King was sentenced to four months in a state labor camp, but released on bond pending appeal. Kennedy telephoned Mrs King amid sympathy from the Kennedy family.

Segreg King Georgia John F. Kennedy Robert J. Oscar Mitchell Decatur NAACP American People Kennedy Mitchell Nelen Nixon

Crown Prince Expected as Iran Records Birth of Heir

The birth of a crown prince in Iran deepens stability for the Pahlavi dynasty as Queen Farah Diba, 23, delivers the baby with Dr. Jahanshah Salen assisting. The shah, 42, has pursued an heir after two prior marriages failed to produce a son. The infant may be named Reza or Koorosh, honoring Persian royal lineages.

Iran United States Reza Koorosh Cyrus the Great Jahanshah Salen Farah Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi Fawzia Egypt Farouk Shahnaz Soraya Shah West Germany Princess Shahnaz Farah Diba Paris

Trick Or Treat Guidance For Kids And Parents

Children are urged to collect from doors, at parties, or in groups, with very young trick or treaters accompanied by an adult.

Dees

Whittaker Released on Mabscott Bond

Delbert Wilson Whittaker, held in Raleigh County Jail on a drunk driving charge, was released at 5 p m Sunday after posting bond to the town of Mabscott.

Whittaker Delbert Wilson Whittaker Raleigh Mabscott

Halloween Carnival Planned by First Methodist Church

The Methodist Youth Fellowship sponsors a Halloween party tonight from 7 30 to 10 30 in the parish hall Admission is free for costumed guests others pay 25 cents A surprise program directed by Mary Lewis will entertain Those attending can visit fortune telling a fish pond a men only booth and a spook house.

Methodist Youth Fellowship The First Methodist Church Patsy Lester MYF Mary Lewis

Carman Seeks Income Tax to Fix West Virginia's System

West Virginia Tax Commissioner Donald C Carman urged replacing the current tax structure with net corporate and personal income taxes. He proposed food sales tax elimination and a property owner homestead exemption to attract residents and tourists while noting border area losses from differing sales taxes and urging a more equitable system.

Wheeling Donald C. Carman Carman American Society of Women Accountants West Virginia Underwood Panhandle

Injured Grid Player Listed Satisfactory After Collapse

Marvin Knight age 17 son of Mrs Beatrice Knight of 303 Canaday Street is listed satisfactory in Beckley Hospital after a group of boys playing with him caused a collapse that led to his fainting. Beckley Rescue Squad administered first aid Sunday afternoon.

Marvin Knight Beatrice Knight Canaday St Beckley Hospital Beckley Knights

Auto Insurance Rate Cut For Safer West Virginia Drivers

About 60,000 West Virginia motorists may save on auto insurance starting November 1 as safer drivers with no accidents or serious traffic convictions in three years qualify for lower rates. The reduction averages 27 percent for collision and comprehensive coverage and 15 percent for liability under a NBCU and NAUA package policy. Drivers with three years of clean records can opt for a broader family policy with similar rate cuts, while those with past accidents face higher premiums. basic liability premiums rise about 10 percent.

Charleston West Virginia C. Judson Pearson Pearson National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters National Automobile Underwriters Association NBCU

Arctic Pacific Airlines plane crash injuries reported

Survivors testified how the Arctic Pacific Air lines plane fishtailed during takeoff causing a crash that left the front end inverted and a burning wreck. Stewardess Mrs Richard Miller 34 Seattle pulled more than a dozen survivors from flames while an assistant coach described the tail dipping and the craft dropping to the left.

Arctic Pacific Airlines F. Sheldon Harden Richard Miller Seattle Toledo California Youngstown Ohio Youngstown University New Haven Conn Cal Poly Bowling Green University Hughes

Thirty six seek jobs at Beckley Employment Office

Thirty six persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Friday. The list includes a sales clerk, two secretaries, a short order cook, two trailer truck drivers, three truck drivers, a truck mechanic, a building foreman, a machinery salesman, a dish washer, a spray painter, a coal loading machine operator, two mine motormen, four coal loaders, two mine foremen, two power shovel operators, a service station attendant, a mine machines man, an order filler, a machine driller, a car washer, a tipple operator, a construction laborer, a carpenter helper, a brick mason, and a wire man.

Taylor Pleads Guilty To Breach Of Peace

Perry R. Taylor of Shady Spring pleaded guilty in Magistrate W A Burke s court to breach of the peace and destruction of property. He was fined $10 and costs for destruction of property and placed under a $500 bond on the peace warrant. He was remanded to jail in lieu of bond.

Perry Robert Taylor Shady Spring W. A. Burke

Hillary sighting rumor meets skeptical king in Himalayan tale

Reports from Kat mandu claim Sir Edmund Hillary saw footprints of the Abominable Snowman but the King remains skeptical saying if found, it would be Hillary. He will wait and see as rumors persist. Gen Maxwell D Taylor named president of Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts in NYC, assumes post next year. Five strong earthquakes shake Antofagasta region with no damages. Prosecutor Pryor to discuss charges against a magistrate over a $20 643 shortage. West Virginia considers buying Mower Lumber Co railroad and selling liquor by the drink.

Himalayas Katmandu Edmund Hillary Hillary Maxwell D. Taylor Lincoln Centre For the Performing Arts New York City Taylor Mexico Antofagata Chile Ralph Pryor Brooke County Charleston Mower Lumber Co Cass Pocahontas County West Virginia

Kennedy Rally Clears Campaign Hopes in Levittown

After a televised program, Kennedy urged a large crowd at a roof garden hotel campaign event. He dismissed ongoing debate as unnecessary and urged supporters to keep focus, delivering a blunt pep talk to thousands in Levittown, Pennsylvania.

Kennedy Levittown

Kennedy speech to air on NBC tonight from Philadelphia

Hulett C. Smith, chairman of the state Democratic Executive Committee, said John F. Kennedy will be heard and seen on NBC from 8:30 to 9 p.m. tonight. The address from Convention Hall Philadelphia was originally set for CBS.

Hulett C. Smith State Democratic Executive Committee U. S John F. Kennedy NBC Smith Convention Hall Philadelphia CBS

Kennedy Speaks to 30 000 at Levittown in Cold Sunless Day

A route through Philadelphia’s old wards drew a huge crowd of steelworkers at the U S Steel plant and along sidewalks. About 30 000 gathered at Levittown, waiting in chill sunless air for more than two hours, as Kennedy spoke for five minutes and received a booming ovation before leaving for television.

Philadelphia Levittown Kennedy

Nixon Plans Flight To Philadelphia For Key Campaign Night

Nixon aims for decisive momentum in a crucial week as the race tightens with Sen. Kennedy. Strategists split on state leads with California Texas Illinois and Pennsylvania viewed as favorable while New York and Michigan look tougher. He plans a New York City event Wednesday with Eisenhower Lodge Rockefeller Javits and Keating to swing the Empire State.

Nixon California Texas Illinois Pennsylvania New York Michigan Ohio New York City Eisenhower Lodge Nelson A. Rockefeller Jacob K. Javits Kenneth B. Keating

Two Motorists Cited in Crab Orchard Traffic Stop

State Police arrested Robert C. Meador Maxwell Hill and Roger Allen Keaton of Crab Orchard on traffic charges at 9:52 p.m. Saturday. Meador faced reckless driving and failure to stop charges, Keaton reckless driving. Both posted bond to Magistrate W. A. Burke and were released Sunday at 11:30 a.m.

Robert C. Meador Maxwell Hill Roger Allen Keaton Crab Orchard Raleigh Meador Keaton W. A. Burke

Judgments Awarded in Raleigh County Court

Default judgments totaling $1,430.84 were signed in Raleigh County Circuit Court today. Universal Corp. is entitled to collect $839.36 from Jesse L. and Nancy Athey. James A. Estep, plaintiff in a suit against Grady Whitlock Ford, Inc., was awarded $591.48.

Raleigh County Universal Corp Jesse L Nancy Athey James A. Estep Grady Whitlock

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