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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1966
Page
2
Washington says taxes won’t rise or fall, only appear so as payroll withholding changes begin May 1. Under new rates six brackets from 14 to 30 percent apply, shifting more to some earners and reducing others, with an $800 million Treasury gain in 1966 and 21 million people within $10 of their final bill.
Congress returned from Easter recess to address foreign and domestic issues with Viet Nam at the forefront. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing features Secretary of State Dean Rusk on U.S. policy and aid, while Defense Secretary McNamara will testify on the war. Republicans say voter unrest could drive Viet Nam criticism, Ford says Democrats split on policy.
The article notes a suspenseful Oscar race with Joan Fontaine winning in Suspicion, Olivia de Havilland rivaling with a Houseguest Miss Christie and Miss Andrews. Other contenders include Samantha Eggar Elizabeth Hartman Simone Signoret, Lee Marvin Rod Steiger Oskar Werner, Richard Burton and Sir Laurence Olivier absent, and a color telecast of the two hour ceremony hosted by Bob Hope at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.
Funeral services for Carrie Kathleen Stump at 2 p m Tuesday in Williams Funeral Home Chapel MacArthur with Rev Wad dell and Rev Otis C Clyburn in charge Burial in Canaday Cemetery Glen View She died Sunday morning after a short illness Born Feb 19 1905 in Illinois She was survived by her husband Swanson Stump four sons four daughters three brothers two sisters and 18 grandchildren Pallbearers named Friends may call after 5 p m today at Williams Funeral Home
Dennis W Taylor 82 of 108 Bere Ave died at 8 30 am Sunday. Funeral at 1 pm Tuesday in Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with two ministers. Burial in Wildwood Cemetery. He was a retired coal miner and longtime custodian at Methodist Temple. Survived by one daughter Ethel Simons, two stepdaughters, two stepsons, three brothers, 18 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Body at funeral home after 2 pm today. Grandsons to serve as pallbearers. Summersville in charge.
Thomas B. Martin 74 of Oak Hill dies at his daughter’s home in Orlando after a short illness. Veterans of WWI and a retired miner, he belonged to United Mine Workers and Oak Hill Baptist Church. Survived by Vera his wife two daughters Rose Marie and Major Baird M. Martin stationed in Virginia three grandchildren. Burial at Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Funeral today at Thomas Funeral Home after 4 p.m.
Rudy Childers 48 Cleveland Ohio formerly of Fayette County dies Saturday in Cleveland after a heart attack. Born December 31 1917 at Minden he was son of Frank Childers and Annie Jala Childers. Survived by wife Sarah two brothers Frank Hollywood Florida Johnny Chicago Ill and three sisters Eva Barron Hollywood Julia Lester Scarbro and Bessie O Neal Oak Hill. Burial High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Visitation after 4 p.m. Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home. Reverend C S Donnelly to conduct service.
The Kanawha County Intermediate Court opens today for the murder trial of Robert Ellard 28 charged as the triggerman in the February fatal shooting of Justin Hardman. Ellard is the first of four defendants to face trial with others Mary Bennett Judith Carte and Ethel Hardman awaiting separate dates. Hardman was found wounded at his St. Albans summer home February 10. Motive unknown.
Obituary notices announce services for Mrs. Cullie Mae Cooper of Orlando formerly of Wyoming County with burial at Cooper Cemetery Windom and for Floyd Johnson of Kesslers Cross Lanes with services at Bethel Methodist Church Poe and burial Zoar Cemetery. Johnson was a WWI veteran and survived by wife Betty Hypes. Burial details provided by Waters Funeral Home.
Funeral services for Roy Estil Lilly 63 of Crab Orchard were set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Coal City Community Church with Rev. Ray Sears and Rev. Duff presiding. Burial followed in Coal City Cemetery. Lilly born April 13, 1903 in Summers County was a retired miner. He is survived by his wife Bessie four sons Bill Roy Ronald and Clinton all of Sterling Ill two daughters Mrs Jack Polk Havre de Grace Md and Mrs Mary Johnson and Mrs Ruby Johnson both of Sterling Ill two brothers Hershel Arch ie and Oscar and four sisters Mrs Myrtle Smith Mrs Covey Brandsetter Mrs Goldie Bragg and Mrs Lola Thomas. Pallbearers were Grady Canaday Kenny Canaday Archie Lilly Wesley Bragg and Ed Gillespie. Williams Funeral Home MacArthur handling arrangements with visitation after 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Jess Reed of Princeton died at 8 a m Sunday after a long illness. He was born in McDowell County, a former Gary resident, retired miner and a Workers of America member. Survived by wife Mazie, two sons William in England with the Air Force and Jess E. of Gary, three daughters Virginia Powell Ethel Linkous and Hazel Rose, a sister Lyda Reed, a brother William Reed, 26 grandchildren and 3 greats. Body at Memorial Funeral Directory in Princeton.
Boston scientists reveal findings from 11 years of research in the book Human Sexual Response by William Masters and Virginia Johnson. The study, involving 382 women and 312 men, uses lab observation and instruments to examine sexual acts, with outcomes on aging, education, and sexual function.
Western Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio miners plan a mass meeting at Moundsville West Virginia on Tuesday as a conditional back to work move is decided by District 29 union officials. Miners returned to the midnight shift at East Gulf Riffe s Branch McAlpin and Slab Fork in morning crews, with talks to craft a contract before a possible renewed strike. Stuart Boyle caravan proposal and involvement of U M W A officials noted. Operators include U S Consolidated Coal and Christopher Coal, employing about 40 000 soft coal miners.
The West Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution will hold its 40th annual convention next Saturday in Clarksburg. State President Willis G. Tetrick Jr. of Clarksburg will preside as delegates from eight state chapters attend.
The secretary argued that policy should expand to cover United States relations with both the United States and mainland China while insisting the U.S. defend Formosa. He warned that keeping Red China out of the United Nations could be unrealistic if Beijing pursues its current course, indicating the administration may edge toward a two-China arrangement.
London reports Britain declares war on super rats immune to common poisons. The Ministry of Agriculture plans a three mile belt around Shropshire and Montgomeryshire to hunt the rodents, with expert teams inside and scientists developing new poisons.
Hanoi Radio reports North Vietnam filed an urgent protest to the ICC against U S bombing in a suburban area of Hanoi. U S fighter planes conducted 40 missions and B52 strikes from Guam hit a troop concentration 65 miles north of Saigon. Marines repelled an attack near Da Nang, killing 16 Communists, seizing 155 millimeter guns and blasting sniper positions. The 1st Air Cavalry Division ended Mosby in the Central Highlands, killing three Viet Cong and capturing four, amid a large arms cache discovery.
Sandra Willis 22 of Campbellsville Kentucky died in a head on collision on Interstate 4 near Deland Florida. Robert Miller 44 formerly of Charleston West Virginia also died in the crash. Willis body to be returned to Campbellsville and taken to Parrott Ramsey Funeral Home.
Del. Thomas L. Black of Kanawha County resigns from the Legislature citing possible conflict of interest after being named office manager for Kanawha Office Equipment, Inc. He notes remaining in the House while selling to the state would clash with Gov. Hulett Smith's policy. Black, former East Bank mayor, informed House Speaker H. Laban White of his decision.
Nikita S. Khrushchev marks his 72nd birthday as an aging leader in Moscow. A once powerful figure, he is now viewed with bitterness and isolation, with recent Soviet rhetoric avoiding his name at the 23rd Soviet Communist Party Congress.
Former Defense Secretary Lou A Johnson of Clarksburg West Virginia remained in poor condition in Washington Hospital Center after a stroke. Johnson, 75, served as defense secretary from 1949 to 1950 and remains a partner in Steptoe Johnson law firm with offices in Clarksburg Charleston and Washington.
A $1000 gift for heart research was presented to West Virginia University Medical Center by the West Virginia Area Fraternal Order of Eagles. Mrs Virginia Howatter of Kingwood gave the check to Dr. Robert J Marshal in memory of her husband John B Hovatter, former state Eagles vice president, who died last year of a heart attack.
Charles Town authorities identified Saturday the woman fatally injured in a Friday auto crash as Paulaine Frances Winters 38 of Baltimore. A brother confirmed the name. Winters died on arrival at a Charles Town hospital after being found near a wrecked car on U S 340 south of town when the car ran off a curve and overturned.
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