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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1966
Page
1
A collection of Q A exchanges covers IBM training, West Virginia veterans bonuses, Social Security funds, theater finances, Air Force jet costs, radio station closure, alimony, call answering devices, age of child support, century awareness, state park listings, and Camp Prince training. Reported from Beckley and Da Nang with local officials and witnesses.
Britain faces a new rodent threat as a immune to warfarin breed thrives in the industrial Midlands near the Welsh border. The Ministry of Agriculture announced a three mile buffer zone to be patrolled by extermination teams while researchers seek a safer poison, with a potential three year timeline and hopes to halt the spread from Shropshire and Montgomeryshire.
Beckley and vicinity expect cloudy skies with a few sprinkles this afternoon and a high near 73, then partly cloudy tonight with a low around 55. Wednesday brings showers with highs in the mid 70s.
Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson, a senior West Virginia lawyer with offices in Washington, Charleston and Clarksburg, remained in poor condition after a stroke. He is 75 and has shown only slight improvement at Washington Hospital Center, with a home in Clarksburg.
Julie Christie wins best actress for Darling while Lee Marvin takes best actor for Cat Ballou. The Sound of Music named best picture with five Oscars, Doctor Zhivago also scoring five. Shelley Winters and Martin Balsam win supporting acting honors. Robert Wise earns directing for The Sound of Music.
President Johnson arrived back at the White House early today, tan and smiling after a 12 day Texas ranch visit. Secretary of State Dean Rusk flew into Ankara for the annual Central Treaty Organization meeting to address Pakistan India tensions. A United Air Lines DC-8 experienced a nose gear failure in flight near Denver but landed safely at Stapleton with 31 aboard, no injuries.
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI has reconstituted the commission on birth control and will hold its first plenary meeting in the coming days. King Faisal of Saudi Arabia arrived in Karachi for a five day courtesy visit. An Eastern Airlines Convair with 48 aboard made a safe emergency landing in Morgantown after one engine failed. no injuries.
Mrs Johnnie Mae Shaver of Ravenswood W Va faces trial in Cambridge Ohio on 34 counts of forgery destroying or concealing public documents and embezzling 21000 while working as clerk for Rolling Hills Board of Education from 1962 to 1965. Congress boosts SBA with 125 million in lending authority and the U S Office of Education announces 23.8 million in grants to 336 districts for educational centers and services to supplement regular programs.
A major spring storm moved from the Rockies across the Central Plains with winter warnings. Wyoming reports over a foot of snow at Lander and closed highways. Texas sees dust storms. Arkansas and Oklahoma endure violent storms and heavy rain. Fatal crashes totals at least six nationwide with two in Illinois and one in Colorado, plus a nine-car Casper pileup.
Ka nawha Intermediate Court Judge William J. Thompson sentenced Fred Vines a former Motor Vehicle Department investigator to 1 to 10 years for obtaining money under false pretenses. A 90 day stay was granted to appeal. Vines and former boss Jack A. Nuckols faced similar sentences for fraudulently falsifying state recordsIi. Vines admitted two questioned travel days but claimed the trips occurred earlier.
Cape Kennedy strikers from the International Union of Electricians ignore a government appeal to limit picketing to one gate, stalling two major moonport projects for a second day. About 45 percent of the building trades workforce is off the job as UTC workers and suppliers were told to use a single entrance. The halt threatens the $100 million vehicle assembly building and mobile service structure for Saturn 5 rockets, though Gemini 9 preparations remain unaffected.
Washington UPI reports soft coal contract talks falter with 28 000 miners on strike across four states. Pittsburgh UPI notes production crippled in Central Appalachia for the ninth day as UMW BCOA talks stall. A rift appears within the union with a mass meeting planned in Moundsville West Virginia and a boycott urged by a rebel faction led by Steve Kochis.
Mrs John F Kennedy denied reports of a planned engagement to Spanish diplomat Antonio Garrigues. U S ambassador Angier Biddle Duke spoke for Mrs Kennedy saying there is no basis to the rumors and that she deserves respect. A Kennedy family friend called the stories ridiculous and noted Garrigues is merely an old family friend.
Hollywood notes that Lee Marvin won best actor for Cat Ballou on ABC, countering the belief that TV stars cannot become major movie stars. The scene and applause signal Marvin's status as an actor’s actor, with career paths from M Squad and Maverick shown as possible routes to Oscar success.
Washington APS reports Boeing and the International Association of Machinists reached a settlement on seniority to avert a 50,000 worker strike at U S space centers after 16 hours of talks. Ratification meetings are set for April 7 at major Boeing facilities including Cape Kennedy.
Two US Navy jets struck the Uong Bi power plant near Haiphong blasting the facility that provides about 30 percent of the Hanoi Haiphong area power. The attack came after a night raid to within 14 miles of the port. Ground action killed 52 Viet Cong as US forces reported major enemy losses in Operation Kahala.
North Beckley Public Service District appoints Howard Bud Spears to succeed James Lilly. Spears, a Maxwell Hill resident and owner of Business Supplies Inc., was named by the Raleigh County Court in a special session. The court also approves a 1966 67 tax levy estimate of 600037 and notes state approval by Thomas Battle.
A Radcliffe coed in Cambridge placed a Harvard Crimson want ad seeking a one year marriage to move off campus after Radcliffe housing limits. She said it was a protest, yet she sought a compatible partner and cook for one year, receiving several replies and prompting parental concern.
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