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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1966
Page
1
Washington UPI Five struck airlines and the International Association of Machinists IAM agreed to submit the 34 day old dispute to binding arbitration subject to permission by union members. IAM President Roy Siemiller would recommend ratification in about three days.
Q and A style roundup from The Register answering legal questions and local notices. Topics include skin diving at Lake Stephens, hood removal from cars, food stamps income limits and applications, tax list publication timing, no swimming at Little Beaver Lake, pre Social Security objections, and weekly church meetings with location details.
Maj James H Kasler 40 of Indianapolis reportedly parachuted from a disabled F105 north of Hanoi on Black Sunday. Rescue efforts were called off Tuesday as enemy activity and jungle terrain thwarted locating the Air Force ace who led the first strike against Hanoi oil depots.
Communist guerrillas fired on a U S Air Force spotter plane in the Mekong Delta prompting an American retaliatory air raid that killed 15 civilians and wounded 182. The incident occurred near Chau Nhiem and Truong Than as villagers were subjected to Viet Cong propaganda and hostage onlookers fled before bombing and strafing by two F100 jets. Both embassy and military spokesmen described the events and the authorities dispatched relief teams and AID representatives to evacuate casualties.
UPI reports that over the past year American forces in South Vietnam expanded about three times faster than Communist units. By July 1966 U S personnel reached 285,000 with ground forces deployed. North and South Vietnamese units totaled 270,000, signaling U S numerical superiority despite ongoing enemy activity.
Maryland delegate William Helms dropped the assault charge against former West Virginia official Jack Nuckols after he apologized. A concealed weapon count was also dropped due to the arresting officer's absence. Nuckols had pleaded guilty to speeding from the June Baltimore incident and remains free on bond.
In Nassau Bahamas UPI reports a novelty bid to interview Pat and Luci Nugent outside the Capricorn villa during their guarded honeymoon. Twenty roses were delivered with a card, but were refused by staff. Newsmen redirected the bouquet to a hospital ward as the couple stayed inside.
A two car crash on West Virginia Route 62 near Lakin State Hospital killed Frederick R. Emert, 61, of Middleport, Ohio.
Charlie Dressen, longtime Detroit Tigers manager, died today of a heart attack at age 67 after a hospitalization for an acute kidney infection. He had been in serious condition but his doctors had said his status was steady prior to death.
Civil rights tensions flare from Grenada Mississippi to Detroit Michigan with white crowds clashing with demonstrators as downtown riots threaten Chicago. Police in Detroit and Lansing faced rock throwing by youths while officers kept the peace. Demonstrations led by leaders of the SCLC pressed on in Grenada despite earlier violence.
Cloudy and warm conditions persist with a 50 percent chance of thunder showers through Thursday. Daytime highs near 83, overnight low 64, and a cooler high in the low 80s tomorrow. River and lake levels steady with minor gauge changes noted and winds around 8 mph. Five day outlook calls for warm to cooler temperatures, rainfall near an inch, and widespread showers and thunderstorms.
In Grenada Mississippi angry white teens attacked a crowd of about 350 civil rights protesters with rocks bottles pipes and firecrackers injuring several. Dr Robert Green of the SCLC sought police protection which was denied as police stood by during the courthouse square clash.
In Charleston UPI reports bids opened on a surplus Rhododendron showboat while Washington discusses the third major civil rights bill. The House approved a diluted measure with 259 to 157, exempting most housing in large buildings and new developments and barring block busting in all-white neighborhoods. The Justice Department desegregation suits provision was defeated 132 to 104.
Civil rights leaders in Chicago canceled a planned open housing march into the Bogan area on the southwest side after a strategy session that extended into the morning. They gave no date for a Cicero march and indicated it would not occur this week or weekend. Al Raby of the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations announced the decision.
Republican leader Everett Dirksen said the Senate would pursue a practical gun bill to curb firearm sales. Search teams combed Longs Peak slopes near Allens Park Colorado for missing Illinois tourist Herbert Warren and his 8 year old daughter Eleanor, last seen leaving camp to explore an abandoned mine. Wheeling Steel Corp said price increases take effect today with hot rolled sheets cold rolled strip and some semi processed electrical sheets up 15 cents per 100 pounds and secondary grades up 10 cents.
The Senate approved 280 million for U S supersonic transport development by a 55 to 31 vote casting aside a bid to cut 200 million. A 51403 federal grant was approved for Webster County Board of Education to create a seven county education center to improve school techniques serving Webster Braxton Calhoun Clay Gilmer Nicholas and Pocahontas. The House Armed Services Committee approved higher fringe benefits for espionage agents including subsidized vacations for spies and families.
U S Senator Robert C Byrd pressed the Bureau of Mines to seriously consider a West Virginia University project to convert hardened coal ash slag into wall insulating material. The effort follows WVU success in reusing coal fly ash in bricks. Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill to allow retaliation against a country interfering with a U S airline's rights. Thunderstorms and tornadoes were reported from Texas to Minnesota as Canadian air cooled the Midwest.
Robert N. Swartz, a 36 year old barber, was arraigned on bigamy charges after marrying five women and divorcing one. He said he married to be wanted, explaining a childhood feeling of rejection and a desire to belong to someone.
James D. French, 30, of Huntington, West Virginia, sits on death row at Oklahoma State Penitentiary awaiting execution at midnight EDT after pleading no further appeals. He justified capital punishment in a preexecution interview and recalled killing fellow inmate Eddie Shelton in 1961, saying Shelton’s time had come. French will forgo a full last meal due to prison rules, requesting an elaborate menu including an old fashioned cocktail and pheasant under glass, but alcohol is not allowed.
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