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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1965
Page
2
Pittsburgh UPI reports crisis bargaining begins with White House urging both sides to resolve a looming nationwide steel strike set for May 1. Negotiations start at 10:30 a.m. EST as USW and 11 major producers meet with federal mediator Simkin observing and signaling possible government involvement.
In Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, about 75 000 college students relax on sunny beaches amid Easter break. Police report hundreds of student arrests in the past month, while officials note minimal incidents in Fort Lauderdale. A few students reportedly jumped from balconies into pools, though officials say such stunts are not a new trend.
Skyhawks with Crusader jets support convoys but fog prevents locating trucks near Ha Noi. Navy planes strike four rail cars 145 miles south, while F100 and F105 missions attack highways 8 and 12 hampered by bad weather. Leaflet raids quote Johnson speech. One U.S. pilot killed by premature explosion. Vietnamese and Americans wounded in Da Nang incident. Lt. Col. Howard Dale leads F104C pilots arriving from Nationalist China.
Washington UPI report quotes Hobart Taylor Jr., executive vice chairman of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, noting a three year trend of reduced job discrimination and increased hiring and promotion of Black and minority workers. He cautions that while top management shows attitude change, middle and lower levels have not fully aligned.
A Kanawha County Circuit Court hearing was set today on former Gov. Cecil H. Underwood’s motion to dismiss a $1 million libel and slander suit filed by former State Fire Marshal Richard Kyle. Underwood claims he was served after the legal deadline, with Kyle alleging the suit was filed Oct. 31 and a summons received Feb. 23.
State Police arrested Albert M. Sucik 22 at his former home in Oak Hill for prison escape from a Paden City work detail on April 3. He faces car theft charges after stealing a car at Smithers last week and wrecking it near his home.
Funeral services for William Bill Scott 46 of Stanaford are set for 2 30 p m Tuesday at Stanaford Missionary Baptist Church with Rev C W Jones and Rev Walter H Griswold officiating Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park He died Saturday after a heart attack at work on a church project Born May 11 1918 he was a son of Mrs Annie Scott and the late Robert Scott Surviving are his mother three brothers two sisters and 14 nieces and nephews Pallbearers listed and the body to be moved from Webb and Neal Funeral Home one hour before services Graveside rites by Beckley Masonic Lodge</s>
William Silas Laws 58 of Hialeah Florida formerly of Sprague died at his home at 7 a m today of a heart attack He was born Sept 22 1906 in Neva Tennessee and survived by his wife Leota Stout Laws a son Jack two daughters Betty Waddell and Shirley Whittington two brothers Don Laws Luke Laws two sisters Beulah Dugger and Mary Laws and seven grandchildren Services for Roy Perry 59 of Mount Hope will be held Tuesday at 2 p m at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens in Prosperity Also noted are arrangements and further details for the Perry funeral with additional family data and locations.
Uylesses Bass 62 died at his residence Saturday after a brief illness. A disabled miner born January 17 1903 in Durham North Carolina he was a son of the late Mr and Mrs Henry Bass. Survived by widow Pauline Bass five sons Henry Mr Hope Willard Uylesses Joe all of Brooklyn New York and Edward Denver Colorado five daughters Pearl Bass Alese Bass Emogene Bass all of Mr Hope Virginia Weaver Whipple and Mary Bass Brooklyn two brothers the Rev S C Bass Roanoke Virginia and Woodrow Bass Plainfield New Jersey four sisters Mrs Ora Gargen Charleston Mrs Maggie Thomas Glen Jean Mrs Nannie Bridy Berry Hill and Mrs Martha Irvin Carlisle. Funeral conducted at 1 pm Wednesday at the Glorious Church of Christ Mt Hope with Elder Allen Wilson officiating. Burial in Sun Cemetery. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor, hours after noon Tuesday.
The Pope spoke in nine languages including English, blessing the city and the world and urging relief for those obstructed by the Iron Curtain. He called for an end to deliberate political oppression, racial strife, and restrictions on conscience, signaling Southeast Asia concerns without naming Viet Nam.
Princeton UPS reports a Mercer County judge ordered a second hearing in the paternity suit against West Virginia NAACP president C. Anderson Davis. The first hearing ended in a mistrial on March 20 after defense attorneys exceeded questioning limits. Plaintiff Helen Carol Allen of Bluefield claims Davis is the father of her son born in August 1964, a charge Davis denies.
Flooding along the Wisconsin side of the Mississippi swelled costs to about 4.47 million dollars as volunteers worked Sunday with 70 000 sandbags. Knowles joined the effort and described losses as tremen dous. Salvation Army truck blasted Easter hymns while Red Cross handed baskets to homeless children. National Guardsmen patrolled dikes amid reports of sand theft. President Johnson was expected to declare a federal disaster area.
Tom Weiner aged 18 and Dennis Kepler 17 rocked 75 hours each in the Hollywood Palladium as a teen fair highlight. They rested and said they would go home to lie down after claiming a new rocking record.
West Virginia will receive over 20 million dollars in Defense Department expenditures in fiscal 1960. Most funds go to pay for Army and civilian employees in the state, with $6.8 million for Army Engineers civilians, $2.5 million for Reserve and National Guard pay, and $2.4 million for reserve units. Guthrie Air National Guard station near Charleston hosts 254 personnel, with over 5.3 million spent there. Navy and Marine Corps personnel in the state total 73, with payouts just over 2 million.
Summersville Ga UPI Circuit Judge Robert Coker postponed until May 17 a new trial motion hearing for Roy Dale Chatterton 21 and Woodrow Whitman 18 both Huntington West Virginia. They were convicted in January for the bludgeon death of Billy A. Copeland 47 Lafayette Georgia Textile mill superintendent who was beaten and left in an abandoned shack after giving them a ride.
Jackson Mississippi United Press International reports a new St Matthew Baptist Church was dedicated as a symbol of resurrection and the drive to rebuild all Negro churches burned during last summer's racial violence. Dr William Davis described laying his Bible on a charred picnic table at Isaiah 61 14 and urged faith to create beauty from ashes. The national Committee of Concern formed from the ruin fund raised 83000 and oversees 22 churches under construction and 10 completed. The St Matthew building cost about 12500 with 8000 donated by the Council of Churches of Southern California.
Dr. N H Dyer director of the State Department of Health reports no new disease cases in Raleigh County for the week ending April 3. Other counties show animal bites in McDowell. chickenpox in Greenbrier Mercer Wyoming. German measles in Wyoming. influenza like illnesses in Fayette Greenbrier Mercer Monroe Pocahontas Randolph Summers Wyoming. measles in Greenbrier McDowell Mercer Randolph. mumps in McDowell Mercer Randolph Wyoming. rheumatic fever in McDowell. streptococcal infections in McDowell Mercer Monroe Randolph Wyoming. tuberculosis in McDowell Mercer. gastro enteritis in Monroe. viral enteritis in Mercer.
Witnesses said a woman lost control on a Bluefield to Princeton U S 460 section and was alone. Miss Bronick, a teacher at Charles Town, referenced in reports. Morile 36 of Bluefield died in a two car crash on a three lane highway near Bluefield. Browns from Cleveland survived with minor injuries. Jupinko 18 of Moundsville died on West Virginia Route 2. Johnson 27 died on U S 19 near Sutton. Trickett 13 died from injuries on U S 522 near Berkeley Springs, treated in Hagerstown Md hospital.
Two Elmhurst policemen cornered Raymond Swooner, 25, in Elwood Parker’s home and waited with a loaded shotgun. Swooner surrendered at the rear door, fainted under search, and was identified as the suspect in burglary. He faces charges.
UPI dispatch reports mixed editor reactions to the Justice Department guidelines on pretrial publicity announced by Attorney General Katzenbach. Editors from The Washington Post, Greensboro Daily News, and Wall Street Journal weigh benefits and concerns, stressing federal focus and calls for consistent practices elsewhere.
Parkersburg authorities say two unidentified young women were arrested on charges of stealing about $1,000 in clothing. Held on $10,000 bonds each, they are viewed as part of a larger theft ring that reportedly moves $2,000 to $3,000 worth of merchandise weekly to another city, likely Pittsburgh.
Frederick William Brinkman, 26, a West Virginia fugitive, was arrested in Cleveland after stepping from a rapid transit car. Federal agents say he escaped from Hopemont Sanitarium work detail on Jan 12 and faces a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid confinement issued April 2. Brinkman had been jailed for breaking and entering and sent to a West Virginia prison before transfer to the sanitarium.
Col Harrington W Cochran long time Huntington district chief will report in August to Okinawa as director of public works for the United States civil Administration in the Ryukyus. He will oversee civil works for the 903000 population on the island with residence in Naha. He is succeeded by Lt Col William D Falck. The district manages a water resources program over 46000 square miles.
Mingo County must decide by Thursday whether it can provide 149000 dollars as its share of a 15 million dollar airport project near here. Information on county financing must be filed with the State Aeronautics Commission. The federal government would cover 80 percent of the funds.
About 1,000 residents gathered in Ray Lowe's yard for the Peters Hollow Easter egg cracking festival where Leroy Taylor 20 of Rome Hollow won after a long contest with hard boiled and fresh eggs. The event, held nearly a century, crowns the rival with the last uncracked egg as sun sets.
Analysts voiced that neither side in South Vietnam could secure a decisive win within 30 to 60 days, favoring a negotiated settlement akin to Laos Geneva terms with cross‑side representation in a new government. UPI chief Thomason noted 6,066 subscribers and praised Earl J. Johnson, retiring after 44 years, for shaping UPI’s growth and journalistic standards. H. Roger Tatarian succeeds Johnson as editor.
Smith said bids would be set on three highway projects in May. He was joined by Paul Crabtree of the West Virginia Office of Economic Opportunity and Henry Barbour, Smith's Washington representative. Smith will return to Charleston this afternoon.
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