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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1967
Page
7
Readers submit questions about state liquor by the drink in West Virginia and mailbox rules. Answers cite private clubs, legality contested in court, and that mailboxes only accept postage paid items. Additional guidance covers calorie charts and a local sports note about a minor league championship.
West Virginia Gov. Hulett C. Smith outlined plans to expand apple exports to Brazil and study exchange programs in education coal and glass sectors during a news conference on his Brazilian trip He defended Sen Byrd amid NAACP calls for censure and noted policy differences with Byrd while praising West Virginians restraint and progress on civil rights He promised another briefing after talks with Farris Bryant in Washington and urged unity in advancing human rights.
Communist guerrillas with North Vietnamese support press Laos government in Mekong valley near Luang Prabang Nam Bac. Evacuations surge as 4 000 villagers flee. 1 500 refugees head toward Luang Prabang and Sayaboury. U S forces and planes back government against infiltrating troops and supplies.
U S B52 bombers attacked North Vietnamese artillery positions south of the DMZ for a second time in three days. The raids targeted gun emplacements and bunkers as U S and allied forces also reported losses including a Vigilante photo reconnaissance aircraft and two crewmen.
Michigan Governor George Romney said U S involvement in Vietnam was a mistake and warned the Southeast Asian region is at stake. He urged negotiation to end the conflict if US and South Vietnamese forces cannot defeat the guerrillas.
Washington lawmakers skeptical of President Johnson's proposed 10 percent income tax surcharge and wary of declaring it temporary. Rep. Burke and Sen. Byrnes pressed Treasury Secretary Fowler on the plan as Mills questions domestic spending cuts and the role of participation certificates in the budget.
Flint Michigan mayor Floyd J. McCree resigns after the City Commission defeats an open housing ordinance 5-3. He says he cannot continue to serve on a body he cannot in good conscience say represents all citizens. McCree, 44, had advocated for open housing and was the nation's highest ranking Black municipal official prior to his resignation.
Mostly sunny this afternoon with a high near 77. Tonight will be clear and cool with a low around 49. Wednesday looks partly sunny and warmer. Rain chances are near zero through Wednesday. Airport conditions show calm winds and mild temps. River gauges indicate normal, clear conditions with a new Hinton gauge at 1.9 ft. Today's extremes report 121 at Death Valley and 43 at Butte.
The Senate moves toward a showdown on the Johnson administration's authority to sell arms on credit to underdeveloped nations. A bid to retain the Pentagon revolving fund faces a committee-backed reversal, with proponents citing bipartisan support to abolish the fund and end loan guarantees. The Joint Chiefs of Staff warned that restricting credit would raise world tensions and weaken collective defense.
London reports a 23 year old dress designer Susan Jane Griffiths known as Lady Jane shed a vivid cherry red pants suit in the dining room of Claridges Hotel after head waiter Luigi refused entry with the outfit. The couple proceeded to their table as Kosygin visited Britain. An astonished waiter carried the pants to the cloakroom.
Cleveland wife records birth of son for husband overseas in Vietnam. St Luke's Hospital delivers a baby and a tape captures the heartbeat with a message from the mother urging her husband to hear the sounds across the distance. The newborn is named Anthony with a hopeful postscript for another child.
The governor's office announced that state Labor Commissioner Lawrence Barker will attend a Geneva, Switzerland meeting on wood working industries September 11-12 as one of eight U S representatives. Barker serves as the government delegate on occupational safety health and welfare in woodworking industries.
In Peking a Japanese reporter claims Mao Zedong ordered arming pro Mao civilians in Kiangsi province to crush anti Mao forces. The move signals potential civil war brewing as transport lines from Peking to Canton run through Kiangsi. Hong Kong papers report liberated 100000 political prisoners in Canton engaging in violence.
CBS-TV to air Morley Safer documentary claiming China is a world ruled by youths united by fear or belief under Mao Tse Tung. Safer says 700 million people are adopting the Thought of Chairman Mao as they visit five cities while others are closed to tourists.
Washington Agri culture Department economists predict grocery store food prices will show little or no increase in 1967. The national food situation report says retail food prices may average about 1 percent higher than 1966, with most rises from meals eaten away from home.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr decries this summer’s riots and calls for mass disciplined civil disobedience by urban Negroes to dislocate city functions without destruction. He advocates sit ins weekly at factories and large marches, urging thousands of unemployed youths to participate.
The West Virginia PSC schedules a public hearing for Sept 25 at 10 a.m. in Charleston to consider Pemberton Light and Water Co request to raise electric and water rates. Proposed: minimum electric charge 1.75 and water flat 5. tiered electric rates from 0.83 to 0.20 per kWh.
Chris Brooks, the sole survivor from the Lanran, reported the three day ordeal at sea after a storm sank the motor yacht. Four people died including owner Dr. James Dodge and captain Francis Gravatt. The girl A 3 year old daughter of Mrs Beverly Minotti drowned when washed from his arms. Brooks described pumps failing and the boat breaking up as the crew clung to a makeshift raft.
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