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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1966
Page
1
UPI dispatch from Tokyo reports Peking's Red Guard pressuring traffic signals and closing churches as they stamp out old ideas and Western influences. The movement, approved by authorities, upheaves street names, promotes anti revisionism, and harasses individuals with Western style dress.
Widespread flooding from steady rains hits southeastern New Mexico and parts of northwestern Texas. Lubbock records 2.44 inches, August total 5.22 inches, wettest in 50 years. Wichita Falls 146 inches. New Caverns Park near Carlsbad largely underwater. Dell City flooded. over 100 Carlsbad families displaced. two deaths. Weather shifts bring cooling nationwide.
Cloudy and cool today with a high near 68 and a low around 53 tonight. Increasing clouds tomorrow with a high near 70 and light rain possible Thursday night or Friday. Airport readings show highs around 71 and lows near 50 today, with no precipitation reported. Five day forecast calls for generally cool conditions with little change and only scattered showers possible Friday or Saturday.
President Charles L. Hudson of the American Medical Association was to address the West Virginia Medical Association House of Delegates this afternoon, opening the 99th annual convention expected to draw more than 700 people. Gov. Hulett C. Smith is scheduled to speak Thursday morning.
More than 600 Marines seized a mountain red war college near Dai Lot, 370 miles north of Saigon, after a day of heavy fighting with a 600-strong Viet Cong battalion. At least 44 insurgents were killed as medics evacuated wounded Marines through dense jungle while planes flew 96 missions over North Vietnam.
The House Committee on Un American Activities approved unanimously a bill making it a crime to knowingly send aid to Viet Cong or North Vietnam, with up to 20 years in prison for violators. The measure targets efforts to move troops or materiel within the United States and stems from West Coast antiwar actions.
In Phuoc Tuy Province near Saigon, U S B52 bombers strike third day running against suspected Viet Cong troop concentrations. Salvage work continues on the Baton Rouge Victory sunk by a Viet Cong mine blocking the Saigon South China Sea channel, seven Americans were killed. In New York, a private delegation leader reports no Viet Cong activity in Cambodia. attendees include Floyd McKissick and Kay Boyle.
Senate leaders moved a House-passed bill to raise the federal minimum wage to 1.60 dollars and extend coverage. The plan would raise the rate to 1.60 in 1968 or 1969 with an added 7.2 million workers covered, while debates over farm and retail coverage were anticipated as civil rights filibusters loomed.
Huntington attorney once missing 14 years is linked to a Florida murder arrest. Lawyer George Beter says photos match the Huntington figure believed to be William Henry Waldron Jr. The 1950 disappearance, embezzlement case, divorce, and a Florida homicide are summarized as investigators pursue fingerprint confirmation.
Washington UPI President Johnson said the government may need further measures to hold wages and prices stable, but he is not ready to propose any specific steps now. He stressed careful consideration and no immediate action.
State Atty. Gen. C. Donald Robertson filed a price-fixing suit seeking 2.1 million in damages. The state and 11 cities including Charleston Huntington Wheeling Beckley Bluefield Clarksburg Fairmont Morgantown Moundsville St Albans participated as plaintiffs against Morton International Diamond Crystal International Carey Cayuga and Hardy of Missouri. The case covers six years 1965 to 1971 with alleged identical prices artificial freight rates and rigged bids on road salt. Freeman of Chicago to advise on anti trust law with a fee cap of 20 percent. Suit filed in Minneapolis due to jurisdiction.
Illinois Governor Otto Kerner called a top level meeting in Springfield to decide whether to deploy National Guard troops into Cicero as King’s occupancy drive faces violence. Civil rights leaders plan another protest march into an all white Chicago neighborhood amid clashes with whites. Nineteen arrests reported after protesters marched past rebel flags and swastikas on Chicago’s south side.
Hampton, VA.UPI says America's orbiting camera bug Lunar Orbiter will transmit Thursday the first view of Earth from near the moon. The 850 pound craft was ordered to photograph Earth along with moon site surveys and its signal will reach NASA Goldstone.
In Varto Turkey a 36 bed U S Air Force mobile hospital treats flood of earthquake survivors after a quake that killed about 3000 across four provinces. Ten dozen doctors nurses and technicians work around the clock amid language barriers with Kurdish speaking survivors.
Washington officials and White House aides dressed in old clothes are making unannounced on the spot checks in Negro ghettos around Washington and New York to assess urban aid programs. Three department heads have already visited slum areas as part of the president's directive.
Business and civic leaders will meet Thursday with NAA CP executive secretary Roy Wilkins during his visit to Weirton and nearby Steubenville Ohio. He will start with an arrival in Steubenville at 9 am. Hurricane Faith swirled across the Atlantic as government forecasters weighed containment. It intensified to hurricane strength Tuesday with gusts up to 90 mph in its eye where planes observed the core.
President Johnson plans a news conference today the first since meeting reporters August 14 at his Texas ranch with live radio coverage planned but no television. The White House said the president will meet reporters in his office. The Public Service Commission ordered Wheeling Electric Co. to make last year’s cost of business figures available to a three member committee reviewing a case involving four vessels from Wheeling and Appalachian Power Co. to reduce rates for all electric schools. Harold Howe II urged public hearings on racially distorted school books to expose the problem. The Senate approved a bill authorizing 110 million dollars to fund the Peace Corps for another year and raise volunteers to 16,000. the House Foreign Affairs Committee endorsed a near-identical measure now before the House Rules Committee.
The U S Chamber of Commerce and other food producers oppose Fair packaging and labeling legislation citing strong existing consumer protections. Max Banzhaf of the chamber argues that standardization is the bill’s hidden aim. Senate investigators begin a probe into federal aid to cities and possible padding.
Eric Essex and his family are leaving their Northfleet rental after 18 months claiming it is haunted. They recall night noises and moving doors, but report a whistling at midnight and a glowing girl figure by the bed. Housing manager to conduct a full investigation.
Senator Robert Kennedy will address a Democratic rally in Follansbee West Virginia on September 20. Senator Jennings Randolph will accompany Kennedy to the state. The Brooke County Democratic Executive Committee sponsors the event.
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