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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1966
Page
1
Readers submit questions answered by officials across Raleigh and Beckley areas. Topics include school bus in lieu of transportation pay, plant identification between mountain laurel and rhododendron, onion stock availability, Scout meetings, summer courses, farmers loan requirements, school vacation dates, notable births and ages, and park openings.
In Saigon Premier Ky pulls loyalist marines from Da Nang and convenes a convention for elections. Buddhists boycott. hundreds of students riot, sacking a neutral newspaper and burning debris as police watch. US advisers withdraw from Hue area amid rising anti-government action.
The missing three by four foot composite portrait of 43 Raleigh County attorneys from 1943 hung in the Circuit Courtroom was found in a basement closet broken. Circuit Clerk Harold Hanks recalled hanging it four years ago with janitor Ted Brown, who noted the glass was replaced in 1958. A jail trusty who cleaned the courtroom damaged the picture two or three years ago, and it has been stored in the basement since. Sayre arranged for its repair.
Paris report says Maria Callas renounced American citizenship to restore Greek nationality amid divorce from Gianni Meneghini. Her agent released the statement noting estrangement, ties to Aristotle Onassis, and years of divorce proceedings.
Variable cloudiness and cold with occasional snow flurries through tomorrow. High this afternoon 39. Low tonight 28. High tomorrow in the low 40s. River conditions show Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake one foot below normal and clear. Five day forecast calls for below normal temperatures, mainly dry with a chance of light snow flurries Thursday and warmer weekend ahead.
Lynda Bird Johnson, 22, has the green light from President and Mrs. Johnson for a European graduation tour. Details of itinerary are undisclosed with Spain and the French Riviera possible stops. George Hamilton is rumored to accompany her, and she hopes not to travel alone.
Morgantown mothers gathered to pressure the State Road Commission and city council to address a narrow road lacking sidewalks leading to Suncrest elementary. A SRC survey will determine centerline and right of way before any improvements, and council actions hinge on that survey.
Frank Sinatra faced a ban from Mexico after the film Marriage on the Rocks was deemed insulting to Mexicans in over half its length. Sinatra produced and starred in the comedy, as authorities criticized its portrayal. The brief item notes his upset reaction to the decision.
FDA Commissioner James L. Goddard told PMA leaders that many drug manufacturers have forgotten human lives at stake and engaged in dishonesty and distortion in seeking approvals. He urged stronger self regulation to curb abuses and warned of tighter federal control if reforms fail.
The Plush Pleasant Point resort near Point Pleasant plans a May 1 or sooner reopening after financial troubles, with L A Wright, a major stockholder, stating the timetable on Tuesday. Also, Dr Harold H Cashman, 47, of Morgantown and a West Virginia University graduate, is named director of tuberculosis control in Allegheny County. He will move from Phoenix Arizona. The Senate adopted a resolution designating April 9 each year as Sir Winston Churchill Day, recalling Kennedy signing Churchill honorary U S citizenship in 1963.
Harold Wilson considers seeking a U N mandate to authorize a naval blockade of Portuguese Mozambique to halt oil shipments to white ruled Rhodesia. Federal agents arrest a Florida man over a kidnap hoax demanding 25000 dollars from Danny Goldman’s parents. At Cordoba, Argentina, Mrs John F Kennedy and two children stay with ex foreign minister Carcano during Holy Week as guards tighten.
The Atomic Energy Commission conducted a low yield underground nuclear explosion today at its Nevada test site. The test aimed to advance underground testing capabilities and evaluate containment and seismic signatures.
Private detective Lawrence E. Brown whose work for West Virginia Secret Service includes Kanawha County politics had his South Hills home hit by a homemade gasoline bomb on Tuesday night. No injuries were reported though the porch was damaged and siding loosened. Brown, a Democratic candidate for the House of Delegates, said threats and earlier arson to his car may reflect fatal intimidation.
In Sheboygan Wisconsin residents voted to end the annual bratwurst day festival. Supporters argued it drew crowds and boosts business while opponents cited rowdy teens and vandalism. The measure passed 4 706 to 5 43.
US space experts say Luna 10 in lunar orbit studies gravity variations vital for any manned moon mission. It may be first geodetic lunar satellite, aiding trajectory planning and understanding lunar gravity before a manned landing.
Louise Tesmer a 23 year old blue eyed blonde Democrat swept Tuesday's municipal race winning by 169 votes to become the next presiding judge in St Francis a Milwaukee suburb She takes office in May and her opponent had no formal legal training.
State Industrial Development Director Fielding Lewis warned that West Virginia must train its own skilled workers or risk importing labor from Ohio and Pennsylvania. He noted several plants are already hiring from those states and stressed the need to prepare teens entering the job market to sustain future industry growth.
U S forces report 92 Viet Cong killed in hand to hand fighting in the Ho Bo woods 25 miles northeast of Saigon as Operation Circle Pine continues. The week long search and kill has brought Viet Cong deaths to 170 with larger air strikes on North Viet Nam targets and Phuoc Tuy and Tay Ninh provinces.
Washington reports the Johnson administration is close to deciding to expand air strikes against North Vietnam targeting Hanoi Haiphong oil depots and transport lines. Military leaders have pressed for broader bombing while seeking to avoid escalating China involvement.
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