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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1966
Page
1
A collection of Q A items covers Greenbrier Military School costs at 1700 for nine months and 2000 yearly with extras, autoclave sterilization at Beckley Raleigh Health Center, IRS filing thresholds for 1965, draft transfer options, payment plans, G I Home Loan eligibility, Kennedy memorial book search, Social Security allotments for unmarried servicemen, AAA travel info, Postal Savings Account status, and Easter date of last year.
Paris supporters of President Charles de Gaulle clashed with opponents over a parliamentary bid to censure his unilateral pullout from NATO and expel American troops. The debate opened at the start of a three day session amid the crisis.
Midday report notes a debate in the national assembly over De Gaulle policies with critics saying his stance could isolate France and worsen global tensions. Pompidou signals France will stay aloof from Cold War conflicts even as De Gaulle plans a Moscow visit.
Anti poverty grants totaling 226217 were approved for a Head Start program in Monongalia County and an upward bound program in Charleston West Virginia. Head Start will receive 79194 to serve 60 children for a year and West Virginia State College will get 147023 for the other program to interest 130 high school students in a college education.
The military government capitulated to 10 Buddhist demands and pledges civilian government within three to five months. More than 20,000 Buddhist sympathizers celebrated in the streets of Saigon as Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu signed the decree.
Buddhists in Vietnam pressed for the immediate overthrow of Premier Nguyen Cao Ky as the political crisis deepened. The bowing to Buddhist demands raised the risk of a military coup, with high-level sources noting at least two corps units under scrutiny.
Viet Cong terrorists strike in Saigon as Buddhist leadership calls for unity in a tense political crisis. Grenade attacks injure civilians near a police station while military police patrol with limited public presence. UPI reports higher American casualties than South Vietnamese troops for the week ending April 9 amid disrupted government activity.
Iraq President Abdul Salam Arif and nine aides died in a helicopter crash in southern Iraq during a sandstorm. Arif had ruled since a 1958 coup. His brother Maj. Gen Abul Rahman Arif, visiting Moscow, was en route home. Political observers weighed succession prospects amid the sudden death.
Poland's Roman Catholic bishops mark the 1000th anniversary of Polish Christianity at the start of celebrations seen as a test of strength between the church and the Communist regime. Pope Paul VI says the church cannot make doctrinal or constitutional sacrifices to unity but will work toward it. The Senate plans to vote next Wednesday on Dirksen's effort to nullify the Supreme Court one man one vote ruling on state legislative apportionment. The Johnson administration’s case for federal auto safety standards is reviewed at the National Highway Users Conference. Ext. Ireland: extremists blow up Kilmacow telephone exchange, saw poles cut, village shot at. Soviet officers bought rocket-type ammunition for a pistol in San Jose last week. bullets ignite rocket fuel and can pierce steel at 50 feet.
Reports from London say about 40 Mig 21 jets arrived in Haiphong to aid North Vietnam along with ground to air missiles. Moscow may expand aid after party congress pledges. Planes believed shipped by sea due to China restricting routes. full extent unclear.
In a broad walkout, 35,000 central Appalachian miners remained off work while pickets closed non union mines in Pike County Kentucky. Eastward, women pickets blocked a New River Coal No 2 shaft near Beckley, West Virginia, amid mixed signals from District 29 and 31 locals expecting a return by weekend.
Eleven new roadside parks join a total of 112 planned to open Friday across West Virginia's 55 counties. Highlights include the artesian well at the old Speedway Roadside Park near Athens and a Preston County park near Albright with an historic iron furnace. The Athens artesian well aided local residents during a water shortage that helped close Concord College last year.
The first B52 bomber strike on North Vietnam delivered about 700 tons of bombs, likened to the Regensburg Schweinfurt raid of 1943. Defense sources say SAC sent 30 bombers 65 miles south of Vinh, aiming to seal the Mu Gia mountain pass and threaten Hanoi Haiphong targets.
The Collis P Huntington Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society announced a May 15 trip between Huntington Charleston and Hinton on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. The New River Train will run the canyon by daylight with two detrain stops and two open top observation cars for riders in West Virginia.
Circuit Clerk C. Harold Hanks announced Beck ley Newspapers Corporation won the printing bid for the May 10 election ballots. The accepted bid stood at $60,000, with officials noting thorough anticipated delivery and accuracy.
Charleston reporters note that two more defendants in the Justin Hardman shotgun murder case have dates. Mary Bennett 39 faces murder and accessory charges on May 3. Ethel Hardman the wife faces accessory before the fact charge on May 17. Judge Thompson weighs three motions to dismiss before trial.
United States negotiator William C. Foster outlines a plan at the Geneva disarmament conference to halt all further production of fissionable war material under a spy proof control system as talks resume after a 10 day Easter recess.
Auto critic Ralph Nader accuses General Motors of failing to notify owners of 1962 Pontiacs Buicks Oldsmobiles and Cadillacs that bearing defects could lock the steering.
Paris officials rejected a request to host a memorial for Sgt. Lawrence R. Kelly at the Invalides military shrine, citing a general ban on such ceremonies. Kelly, an American World War I veteran from Altoona Pennsylvania, was killed in Paris during liberation celebrations. A French memorial in Suresnes is planned for June 20 at the American Cemetery, organized by Kelly’s nurse Miss Marcelle Thomas.
Washington reports that final tax return filers must postmark payments by midnight Friday. For 1965 income, balances owed on 1040A must be paid by April 15. IRS expects 66 million returns, with 25 million refunds totaling over 3 billion dollars mailed so far.
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