15 Feb 1966
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1966
Page
1
Washington AP Henry H Fowler reports the 1965 U S balance of payments deficit of 1 3 billion dollars, the best in eight years, aided by a voluntary program kept intact while Southeast Asia costs and Viet Nam effects loom. No mandatory controls planned.
Culpeper Va AP Charles P Taylor age 23 was taken into custody by two state troopers three miles north of Charlottesville after six months on the run from Charlottesville police on charges of killing his wife Elsie 24 and her mother Elsie Reed 55 at the mother’s home last Aug 14 details of capture not available.
Republicans in the Virginia House demand major changes to the administration sales tax bill before voting. They warn the escalator to three percent in 1988 and a local option tax may not be justified without guaranteed benefits for mental health and education.
A two car crash on the West Virginia Turnpike left 34 year old John Herrin of Oak Lawn Illinois dead at 6 20 a m Monday He had been transferred from Memorial Hospital in Princeton to the Bluefield Sanitarium where he succumbed to multiple fractures bruises and abrasions The other driver Lanny Simmons 24 of Leesburg Ohio remained in critical condition The couple married recently in Washington DC and were en route to Leesburg to visit his parents and begin their honeymoon Also dead in Mercer County traffic incidents Jasper J French 65 of Princeton died in a collision on the Bluefield Princeton Road Shelly 29 of Bluefield was in serious condition at the time
State witnesses clashed with former Motor Vehicles Commissioner Jack A. Nuckols over Florida trips and a March planning meeting. The state contends Nuckols used state pilots for private flights. he says the trips were department business. With jury near, Charleston pilot Clarence Conner may testify.
In Moscow officials deployed about 2,000 snow clearing machines to tackle an unprecedented snowfall. The heavy storm disrupted daily life as crews worked to clear streets and restore normal services. Local authorities describe the snowfall as unlike anything recalled, prompting coordinated efforts across the city.
Five inmates aged 21 to 28 from Operation Crime Prevention traveled from Nashville to La Grange Kentucky to address the state legislature about violence and reform. They told lawmakers of their crimes and near executions and say lessons reach 172,800 Tennessee students with positive impact, aided by Corrections Commissioner Harry Avery and program official Pek Gunn.
Grat McDonald and James Witherspoon were held on bonds after a Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control buy led to a raid in the Shakerag area. Police, aided by state and local officers, seized 56 pints and three fifths of bonded whisky, 86 quarts of homebrew, two 20-gallon crocks, a five gallon churn, a fermenting wine crock, and weapons. Sheriff Clarence Davis reported the findings.
Charleston AP report states the State Human Rights Commission lacks authority to supervise or promote an on-the-job training program. The attorney general's opinion says the commission's statutory role is educational, investigatory and conciliatory, despite a planned job training program with U S Labor Department sponsorship.
Northwestern West Virginia faces rising Ohio River levels with a crest four to five feet above flood stage anticipated in Wheeling and nearby towns. Schools in Wheeling cancel classes as transportation suffers. Wheeling Steel shuts open hearth furnaces to avoid flood damage. Gov. Smith monitors the situation and considers emergency aid and evacuations if needed.
A Raleigh County coal miner, James Johnson of Eccles aged about 39, was killed at Eccles No. 6 mine owned by Winding Gulf Coals Inc. Authorities believe he was struck by machinery inside the mine. Workmen found his body Monday evening and company officials said an investigation is underway.
In Griffith Park a mother, Lucille DeVita, grabbed her five year old daughter from a charging lion. She rammed her clenched fist into the beast's throat and the lion released the child. The girl suffered 17 stitches and the mother minor wounds. Police said the lion belonged to a stable employee and was impounded for rabies observation.
President Johnson asks Congress to approve 30 million for a rent subsidy program tied to 55.88 million in a fiscal year package. Republicans call the subsidy inflationary and say it mainly benefits contractors and landlords. Johnson argues the programs are essential for national life and housing growth.
Candace Mossler collapsed with nausea delaying the Mossler murder trial for the third time. Prosecutors say her codefendant Melvin Powers is charged with plotting the bludgeon killing of her husband Jacques Mossler to inherit a $33 million estate. The Arkansas convict Grimsley testified about a proposed payoff to kill Mossler.
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