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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1965

Page

2

Price Tag Put On Treaty To Ban Weapons Spread

At Geneva the Soviet Union demanded scrapping of Allied plans for a NATO nuclear force as the price of participation in a nonproliferation treaty. William C. Foster introduced a five page draft calling for multilateral restraint, while Tsarapkin labeled it a joke. Western allies, including Britain Canada and Italy, expressed qualified support amid differing views on control of a NATO force and West German involvement. France stayed aloof.

Geneva UPS Soviet Union William C. Foster Foster Semyon K. Tsarapkin United States Britain NATO West Germany Russia Bonn Tsarapkin Foster Canada Italy West France

Sukarno Seeks Immediate Western Exit From Asia

Jakarta reports President Sukarno warns the United States and Britain to pull out of Southeast Asia at once or face defeat by Red China Indonesia and allies. He proclaims the anti imperialist axis will triumph and vows to defend Indonesian territory “to the death” even with atom bombs. He also targets U.S. support for Malaysia and calls for UN reform.

Jakarta UPI Sukarno United States Britain Southeast Asia China Indonesia Jakarta - Phnom Penh - Hanoi Peking - Pyongyang Malaysia United Nations New York Russia

Panhandle Road Plan Stirs West Virginia Residents

Sawyers and Smith told Panhandle residents no final decision would be made for 18 months. The planned route would run via U S 220 50 and W V 45 29 and 9 a distance of about 105 miles all in West Virginia.

Burg U. S W. Va West Virginia Sawyers Smith Panhandle

YMCA Outing Planned For Beckley Youths

The Beckley Raleigh County YMCA summer program ends this week with a Wednesday outing. Executive Director Harry Culp said children will begin games at 9 a.m., have lunch at 11 a.m., then swim at Maxwell Hill Pool in the afternoon. A 50 cent pool admission applies.

Beckley-Raleigh County Harry Culp Maxwell Hill

Riots Wane as Curfew Talks Weakened in L A

Governor Brown declared the Watts uprising ended though sniping continued. Deputy Chief Red din voiced optimism as guardsmen and police pressed curfew enforcement. Across the region, 26 Negroes, a Japanese American, four whites, a policeman, a deputy, and a fireman died. 3,100+ arrested. Damages topped 175 million dollars. Willowbrook library burned. 700+ buildings damaged or destroyed.

Tom Reddin Los Angeles Watts George Yaeger San Diego Ben Catshall Logan Heights National Guard Willowbrook Chicago Richard J Daley West Side Springfield Mass Oscar Bright

Rioting CORE leader arrested after pledge to resume protests

CORE leader Bright was arrested at headquarters on a narcotics charge moments after announcing plans to restart demonstrations against police brutality. Police found narcotics in his possession as he was taken into custody during a Friday night protest.

Cal Congress of Racial Equality CORE Bright Johnson Americus Raleigh State Board of Elections Pittsburgh Jackson Miss

Congress Examines Party Feud and Wage Bill Moves

Tom Farrell of the U S track team testified before the Senate Commerce Committee amid Amateur Athletic Union and National Collegiate Athletic Association disputes. House panel plans to back a wage increase from 1.25 to 1.75 dollars and extend coverage to 7.2 million workers. Senators prepare votes on Republican amendments to Johnson’s poverty program, with Democrats likely to defeat most changes to the 1.65 billion request.

Tom Farrell U.S Senate Commerce Committee Amateur Athletic Union National Collegiate Athletic Association Farrell Adam Clayton Powell D-N.y House Education and Labor Committee Johnson

Paper Firm Buys 175 State Acres North Of Pt Pleasant

Great Northern Paper Co announced the purchase of 175 acres along the Ohio River north of Pt Pleasant for 170000 dollars. Officials cautioned the land buy should not be read as a confirmed 13 million plant plan producing 200 tons daily, but mobility and engineering studies suggest possible development. Fielding Lewis of the State Commerce Dept noted favorable water, rail, highways, and timber, while Gov. Smith had earlier hinted at expansion of the project by 50 percent.

PT Pleasant UPI Ohio River Here Great Northern Paper Co Hulett C. Smith Fielding Lewis State Commerce Department Lewis Smith Northern

Crash at O'Hare Leaves Flight 389 Victims

Investigators found no signs of collision or pilot error in the disappearance of US Airways Flight 389 near Chicago O'Hare. FBI agents in New York probe life insurance activity aboard while CAB and local authorities coordinate the lakefront search and identify victims.

Chicago O'Hare New York FBI la Guardia Field Marlin W. Johnson

Cape Kennedy Skies Promise Smooth Spaceflight Prep

Exams will spend the afternoon reviewing the mission that could set nearly every manned spaceflight record. Preston says the situation looks good with no further problems expected. Sunny weather at Cape Kennedy should hold through Thursday, aiding lift off preparations.

Preston Cape Kennedy

Deaths and Funerals Lake Jennings Glen Morgan

Lake Theodore Jennings 61 of Glen Morgan died at home after a long illness. Born May 28 1904 in Spanishburg he was a son of Fred and Lurinda Hubbard Jennings. A Baptist and retired tinsmith, he is survived by Lena his widow a son Lake T Jr Dayton Ohio four daughters Dorothy Martin Pineville Willie Skelton Glen Morgan and Reba Moye Glen Morgan four brothers Lawrence Kelly Spanishburg Ivan Welch and Otis Bluewell a sister Minnie Rumberg Spanishburg and seven grandchildren. The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.

Lake Theodore Jennings Glen Morgan Spanishburg Fred and Lurinda Hubbard Jennings The Baptist Church Lena B. Jennings Lake T. Jr Dayton Ohio Roy Dorothy) Martin Pineville Lando Willie) Skelton Calvin Reba) Moye Lawrence Kelly Ivan Welch Otis Bluewell Minnie Rumberg Spanisburg Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home

Requiem Mass for Mrs Rose Kopinski at Sts Peter and Paul

Mrs Rose Kopinski 90 of Oak Hill died Monday after extended illness. Requiem mass will be at 10 a m Thursday at Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Church Secarbro with Rev Leo Werner celebrant. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. Surviving three sons Roman Arlington VA Louis Detroit Mich Stanley Detroit MI three daughters Emily Ference Rose Duda and Helen Rowe 17 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren. Rosary 7:30 p m Wednesday at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill friends may call after 7 p m today.

Rose Kopinski Oak Hill Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church Secarbro Leo Werner High Lawn Memorial Park Roman Arlington Louis Stanley Detroit Mich Emily Ference Rose Duda Falls View Helen Rowe Tyree

Obituary notes for Hickok and Crookshanks deaths

Claude D Hickok 53 of Alpeca died Sunday while working on the railroad near Maben. Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Chapel Mullens with burial in Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton. William Earl Crookshanks 41 of Kingston died Sunday at an Elyria Ohio hospital after a heart attack. He was a welding student in Cleveland and survived by his wife and four daughters. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with burial High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Claude D. Hickok Alpeca Maben Orville Belcher Sam Foglesong Mullens Roselawn Memorial Gardens Princeton Funeral Home William Earl Crookshanks Kingston Elyria Ohio Cleveland Ramsey Ortie O. Crookshanks Ansted Katherine Crookshanks Evelyn Leake Mildred Deligne Sylvia Jean Donna Sue Karen Kay Kathy Jane Tyree

Funeral services for John Quince Treadway held in Eccles

John Quince Treadway 70 of Eccles died Sunday night after a long illness. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Calfee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ralph Poole and Rev. Mildred Jarrel presiding. Burial follows at Calfee Cemetery Mt. Tabor. He was born August 15, 1895 in Prosperity. He is survived by his wife Fannie Pettry Treadway. three daughters Edna Love, Virginia Thompson, Sue Smith. two sons Paul Treadway and Edward Treadway. three half brothers Preston Garnett Carl. a half sister Ester Cox. a step-sister Mrs. Jim Carter. 14 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. The body lies in state at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today.

John Quince Treadway Eccles Calfee Funeral Home Ralph Poole Mildred Jarrel Calfee Mt. Tabor Treadway Prosperity Henry Minnie Treadway Fannie Pettry Treadway Walter Edna) Love William Virginia) Thompson Baltimore MacArthur Jim Carter Beckley John Simpkins Johnny Harvey Monroe Minor Dewey Harvey Wesley Meadows Edward Reece

Funeral Arrangements Incomplete For Mrs Cora Griffith

Mrs Cora Griffith Itmann died at Mullens hospital after a brief illness. The body lies at Sam Foglesong Funeral Home in Mullens awaiting further arrangements. Funeral details and services are to be announced.

Cora Griffith Itmann Mullens Hospital Sam Foglesong Mullens

Funeral set for Arthur Hudson in Birmingham Sunday

Arthur Hudson aged about 85 of Birmingham Alabama will have funeral services Sunday at the 24th Baptist Church. He died at 10 a.m. Monday at his home after an extended illness. He was a brother of Emmett Hudson of 111 Rice St. Alabama.

Arthur Hudson Birmingham Ala Emmett Hudson Rice St 24Th Baptist Church

Viet Cong attack on Marine positions in Vietnam

Viet Cong forces attacked Marine tank battalions with mortars grenades and automatic fire near midnight. Marines fought back with artillery directed by Lt Col S R Jones from Honolulu causing the Viet Cong to withdraw. In Saigon police reported arrests after a Monday terrorist raid on the national police HQ that killed four officers and injured 23 including six Americans.

Nang Marine National Police Communist Hanoi

Pocahontas Fuel Fined Over Stream Pollution in West Virginia

Pocahontas Fuel Co division of Consolidated Coal Corp was fined 25 and costs after a Glen Fork hearing before Magistrate Jack Pizzino for polluting Clear Fork a stream of the Guyandotte River at its Lyneo Mine operation in Glen Fork West Virginia.

Glen Fork RNS Pocahontas Fuel Co Consolidated Coal Corp Jack Pizzino Clear Fork Guyandotte River Lyneo

WVU professor lands $18747 health grant for pneumoconioses study

UPI reports West Virginia University professor Dr. Robert Burrell will lead an immunological study of pneumoconioses after a $18 747 grant from the U S Public Health Service. Senators Jennings Randolph and Robert Byrd, both Democrats from West Virginia, announced the award.

Morgantown UPI U. S. Public Health Service West Virginia University Jennings Randolph Robert C. Byrd D-W. Va Robert Burrell

Inside Look At Watts Riot Destruction On Los Angeles Street

Destruction fills a familiar street as police and Army units swarm the area after the Watts riot. Amid melted power transformers and shattered storefronts, Loeb recalls treating Negro customers fairly while police and rioters demand order. National groups seek study. leaders note heavy losses and scarce consensus on cause.

Loeb

State Man Sought In Stomp Slaying

Cleveland police seek Harvey Gibson, 42, of Charleston West Virginia, for questioning in the stomp slaying of Donald Messer 49 of Cleveland. Messer was beaten in a tavern parking lot on Cleveland East Side while companion James Coyne 39 of Euclid was beaten but not seriously. Messer crawled into a nearby car and collapsed at the wheel before dying of head and internal injuries. West Virginia authorities have been asked to locate Gibson.

Cleveland, Ohio UPI Harvey Gibson Charleston W. Va Cleveland Donald Messer Messer James Coyne Euclid Ohio

Mrs. Lewis' Appointment Vacates Post At TB Association

Applications are invited to fill the executive director post of the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association after Mrs. Odessa Lewis resigned to become administrative assistant in the Public Service Commission. Dr. H S Edwards said interviews will start after several applications arrive. resignation effective Sept. 15.

Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association H. S. Edwards Pinecrest Sanitarium Odessa Lewis Public Service Commission Hulett C. Smith West Virginia Federation of Democratic Women Charleston Lewis West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association West Virginia Conference of Tuberculosis Workers The TB Association Larkin Philpott Albert Kistin Corey O. Mitchell

Tinkerbelle completes solo Atlantic crossing sighting at Lizard Point

Manry's 3,200 mile voyage nears finish as Tinkerbelle is sighted off Lizard Point at 8 a.m. British officials will stamp his passport at Black Rock buoy near Falmouth harbor. He reunites briefly with wife Mrs. Manry and children Robin and Douglas aboard the trawler Excellent. Manry describes hallucinations and the sea mountain during the lonely crossing.

Lloyd's Lizard Manry Manny Black Rock Falmouth Harbor Virginia Robin Douglas Falmouth Mother Earth Atlantic UPI Carl Dyer Sea Mountain

Kelly Treasurer to Invest 5 Million Idle State Funds

State Treasurer John Kelly receives authorization to invest an additional 5 million dollars of idle state funds. The move raises total summer investments to 16 million dollars in short term holdings. The new funds will be placed in 91 day U S Treasury bills from the general revenue fund, Kelly said.

Charleston UPI Board of Public Works John Kelly Kelly U. S. Treasury General Revenue Fund

$75 A Month For The Needy Blind Passes In WV

West Virginia Federation of the Blind passed a resolution to raise blind welfare payments from $34 to $75 monthly. Delegates say current payments cannot meet subsistence costs for non working blind persons. Mrs. Mabel Griffith of Wheeling chaired the meeting, noting neighboring states pay $70 to $85. Charles Monstadi of Wheeling was re elected federation president.

Wheeling API West Virginia Federation of the Blind Mabel Griffith Charles Monstadi Federation

Progress Reported In Maritime Talks

Labor Secretary Wirtz reported progress in marathon talks with union and management negotiators over a formula to end the 63 day old East and Gulf Coast shipping strike. He met through the night with shipowners and striking marine engineers unions to discuss Johnson’s plan for settling the manning dispute on automated ships.

Washington UPI W. Willard Wirtz Wirtz Marine Engineers Johnson

Quotes From United Press International Wire

A Los Angeles riot scene prompts Gov Brown to call the city’s situation amazing and baffling while New York observers criticize Beatles at Shea Stadium as a burlesque. In Georgia a paratrooper bound for Vietnam hints at winding the conflict, and President Johnson urges relentless condemnation of violence paired with steps to prevent it and preserve domestic peace through shared opportunity.

United Press International Los Angeles Edmund Pat) Brown New York Bob Keeler Associated Lovers of Baseball Shea Stadium Albatross Ball Park Johnson City Johnson

Negro Youth Gangs Rampage in North Philadelphia

A mob of roughly 25 Negro youths smashed six display windows along a two block stretch on Ridge Ave in north Philadelphia before fleeing as police arrived. About two hours later several more windows were broken in a nearby two block area three blocks south, with officers again converging on the scene.

Philadelphia UPI Ridge Ave

Truck Recovered After Police Hunt For Stolen Lorry

London police traced a truck reported stolen with twenty thousand pounds in nylon. After hours of search the red faced driver admitted he had mistaken the road where he parked, ending the incident with no theft.

London UPI

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Edmund G. Brown Congress CAB Clarence N., Sayen Seattle Wash Airline Pilots Association Melville W. Towle Wyckoff N. J Towle Roger Tele Riiany Appalachian Power CO Lake T. Jennings Mrs Claude Hickok William E. Crookshanks John C. Treadway Viet Nam Pocahontas Fuel National Urban League National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Billy Graham Martin Luther King Jr Gibson FT. Benning Oscar Cooper Airmobile 1St Cavalry Division
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