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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1966

Page

2

Stock Market Rebounds After Monday Decline

New York based market rally opens with heavy early volume as Dow Jones gains over 8 points in first 40 minutes. Glamour stocks lead advances with Motorola Fairchild Texas Instruments IBM rising, while General Motors Chrysler Kodak also advance. Analysts note ongoing volatility after Monday’s sharp losses and warn that several support levels may be tested as concerns over interest rates inflation and economic policy persist.

Dow Jones Motorola Fairchild Camera Texas Instruments IBM KLM Northwest Braniff Teledyne Itek General Motors Chrysler Kodak New York Stock Exchange Harry S Truman Wall Street United Press International Wall Johnson Granville James Dines

Kinsey Trial: Kinsey Admits Rock Could Support Head

Kinsey's attorney Byron Georgiadis notes the rock could have been used to prop up Peverly's head after a fall and Kinsey could have disposed of the iron bar. Kifunda testifies Kinsey appeared perplexed, said his wife fell off a rock, and showed the rock scene. Trial enters its fourth day.

Kinsey Byron Georgiadis Kifunda Peverly Georgiadis Kinoy

De Gaulle Visits Cambodia In Warm Welcome

Prince Norodom Sihanouk praises Charles de Gaulle as one of the greatest men of our times at Phnom Penh arrival. De Gaulle plans a Vietnam peace appeal and is praised for Cambodia’s neutrality while security tightens and a concrete pavilion is built for the ceremony.

Norodom Sihanouk de Gaulle Sihanouk Paris Phnom Penh City Vonne North Viet Nam Viet Con Cambodia South Viet Nam Djibouti French Somaliland Camboia

Tax plans clash as Congress debates corporate tax hike

The Oregon Democrat notes Congress will not pass a personal income tax and argues economic data show personal income falling. Tax bills must originate in the House Ways and Means Committee, with Chairman Mills unlikely to push unpopular measures unless Johnson requests action. Ullman backs a 4 percent corporate tax rise, suspends the 7 percent investment tax credit, and proposes a 5 percent excess profits tax for corporations.

Congress Oregon Democrat House Ways & Means Committee Thee Wilbur D. Mills D-Ark Johnson Ullman

Nurses Strike Debates Continue At San Francisco General

The afternoon session between Mayor John F. Shelley and nurses' representatives concluded with plans to declare an emergency and seek county funds to meet the nurses' demands. The hospital corridors were quiet as buses lined the streets for patient evacuation. A chaplain reported night-long talks with patients while a draftsman said he supported the nurses and noted supervisory staff would stay to care for patients.

John F. Shelley San Francisco General Hospital G.J. Fader Roy L. Webb Webb Enneth Merrill

Road resurfacing and beautification bids open Sept 6

UPI reports bids for 13 highway projects in eight counties with 33.18 miles of resurfacing and three I 64 beautification jobs. Estimated total cost is 460000. Projects include U S 21 resurfacing in Wood Wirt and Jackson Counties and I 64 landscaping between Barboursville and the Putnam line.

Charleston UPI State Road Commission Wood Wirt Jackson Rockport Wirt County W. Va Ripley Cabell Putnam East Huntington Barboursville Lockhart Mingo Belo Delbarton Morgan U. S Berkeley Springs Maryland Virginia Jackson County Williamson

Johnson Speaks To Legionnaires At 48th Convention

Washington United Press International reports President Johnson delivers the principal address to the 48th American Legion national convention. About 6,000 delegates will consider 600 resolutions on Viet Nam policy and defense issues while Army Captain Roger H. C. Donlon receives the Distinguished Service Medal.Outgoing national commander L. Eldon James urges support for South Viet Nam and criticizes protestors for aiding Communists, as the 50 000-strong legion parade opens the gathering.

Washington U.S L. Eldon James Hampton America South Viet Nam Viet Nam James

Deaths And Funerals Amon W Canady 1907 1967

Funeral services for Amon W Canady 59 of Crab Orchard will be at 2 p m Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev Roy Shrewsberry. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Garden. Canady died Monday after a short illness born Raleigh County June 19 1907. Survived by wife Gladys two grandchildren five siblings and his mother Mrs Bethany Canady. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home after 5 p m today. Pallbearers listed.

Amon W Canady Crab Orchard Roy Shrewsberry Blue Ridge Memorial Garden Canaday Ben F. Canady Bethany G. Canady Raleigh County McAlpin Coal Co New Testament Church Gladys Canady Harold Ravenswood Robert Carole) Alexander Cincinnati Ohio Earl Compton Calif Glen Midway Ora Pittman Hessie Blevins Abney Jimmy Hicks Laurel Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home von Brooks Abe Lilly Randall Bowles Earl Green Paul Hurley H. Kenneth Manning Ray Mason Shumate Paint St Melton Walter H. Griswold Mt. Tabor Shumate Beckley Albert J Lizzie Williams Shumate Brooks Adair School Sprague First Christian Church of Nettie Edmonds Shumate Iris New York City N. Y Mason St. Johnsberry Howard Phipps Melton Mortuary Landon Ball Jack Ferguson

Drowning tragedy claims Benjamin Mosley and son Van Lewis

Funeral arrangements are in complex for Benjamin Mosley 48 and his son Van Lewis 15 of Glen Jean who drowned while fishing in New River Sunday. Mosley, disabled miner and Glen Jean Baptist Church member, leaves a large family including Vivian his wife and several siblings. services pending. Also noted are funeral details for Michael Hundley 21 of Columbus Ohio formerly Smoot killed in a Columbus car crash and for Crowder (Cremo) Crowder of Lundale who died from injuries in a motorcycle accident with services forthcoming.

Benjamin Mosley van Lewis Glen Jean New River Benjamin Glen Jean Baptist Church Lochgelly United Mine Workers of America William Mosley Red Star Vivian Mosley Ben D Stamford, Conn Bill K Geena K Harry Robert Philadelphia Charles Pittsburgh Parker Scarbro Amanda Nelson Rosie Allicott Mary Rivers Willie Hyman Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor

Bridges Rites Set For Agatha W Bridges

Funeral services for Mrs Agatha Willis Bridges 74 of Ansted will be held at 2 p m Thursday in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev W H Kieldsing officiating Burial will follow at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill She died Monday in an Oak Hill hospital from a stroke Surviving sisters include E R Bridges and G T Stanley of Rocky Mount Va three sons Frank Marvin Roy and three daughters Mildred Buchanan Oole Cheek Beatrice Sneed 15 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren The body will lie in state at the funeral home after 5 p m Wednesday

Agatha Willis Bridges Ansted Tyree Rocky Mount Frank Baltimore Marvin Trenton Ohio Roy Columbus Mildred Buchanan Oole Cheek Route 1 Scarbro Beatrice Sneed Oak Hill

Ralph H. Crisp Funeral Service Details

Ralph Hayes Crisp, 53, Harvey, dies after long illness. Funeral at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Chapel with Rev. Kenneth Bonds and Rev. G C. Martin, burial in Hilltop Cemetery. Born Glen Jean June 17, 1913, son of the late James W. Crisp and Anna Crisp. Survived by three brothers Basil Kyler both of Fort Thomas Ky Edward Oak Hill and sister Mrs Roberta Elder Summerlee. Friends may call after 5 p m today at the funeral home.

Ralph Hayes Crisp Harvey Tyree Funeral Home Kenneth Bonds G. C. Martin Hilltop Crisp Glen Jean James W. Crisp Anna Crisp Basil Kyler Ft. Thomas Edward Oak Hill Roberta Elder Summerlee

Alabama Desegregation Funds Fight Affects State Budget

Wallace administration grapples with a plan to replace about 3.8 million of more than 30 million in federal education funds at risk if desegregation provisions are rejected. Governors aides push amendments to challenge constitutionality and nullify local board forms. Critics warn of a potential 1964 federal court ruling mandating desegregation and possible loss of financing for remaining segregated schools.

Alabama Wallace

Arnold Wyont Dies on Vacation in Michigan

Arnold Wyont foreman and construction superintendent for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. in Beckley died at 12 30 a m Sunday from a stroke while vacationing in Michigan. He was active in the Little League and various civic groups. The body was sent to a Huntington funeral home.

Arnold Wyont Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co Beckley Michigan Wyont Little League Huntington Funeral Home

Armstead, Covington man, dies after long illness

Alonzo Armstead 71 of Covington Virginia and formerly of Winding Gulf died at 11 a.m. Monday in a local hospital after a long illness. Armstead was a member of

Alonzo William Armstead Covington Winding Gulf Armstead

A.C. Lyles builds a profitable B picture empire

Hollywood producer A C Lyles defends B pictures as inexpensive yet quality assignments. He says most cost under a million, shoots in color at Paramount in about ten days, and has a stock company including Arlen, Mayo, Donlevy, and Chaney. Lyles has produced 14 films in 32 months and plans 10 more, aiming for steady profits rather than prestige. He cites friendship as Hollywood’s greatest wealth.

Vernon Scott UPI Hollywood A.C. Lyles Lyles Johnny Reno Waco Richard Arlen Lyles’ Pictures Barton MaClane Lon Chaney Jane Russell Dana Andrews James Paramount Studios A.C

Pettry service held for Dillie M Pettry in Sundial

Mrs Dillie Mae Pettry age 58 of Sundial died recently. Services were held at her home with Rev Ervin Dickens officiating. Burial followed in Petry Cemetery at Naoma. Survivors include husband Otis three daughters and seven sons. Also mother two sisters six brothers and 25 grandchildren. Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville handled arrangements.

Dillie Mae Pettry Sundial Ervin Dickens Pettry Naoma Otis Faye Pettry Rock i Creek Edna Browning Ruby Drombroski Cleveland Ohio James Horse Creek Carlos Pauline Willie Arlie Billy Eugene Minnie Canterbury Rock Creek Etta Boggs Barbara Dotson Essie Lambert Kenneth Chicago Ill Herman Oscar Carson Winfried Donald Oliver Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville

Final rites for Alfred Crowder scheduled in Laindale

Final rites for Alfred Devon Crowder aged 18 of Laindale will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Tyree Funeral Home with Rev. Kenneth Bond officiating. Burial will follow in Payne Cemetery.

Alfred Devon Crowder Laindale Tyree

Land swap proposal tests Cape Kennedy graduate school site

Washington columnist recounts congressional hearings on H.R. 28 to transfer 20 acres at Cape Kennedy to Florida for a University of Florida graduate engineering center. Issues: land ownership, operating funds, and a Navy conclusionthat the $650,000 facility may need relocation penalizing the bill as academic.

Dick West Washington UPI U.S Florida Cape Kennedy Space Center House Armed Services Air Force University of Florida Cape Kennedy Otis G. Pike D-N.y Edward J. Gurney R-Fla Nav Navy

Union Sues Over Wheeling Job Site Dispute

The National Labor Relations Board filed suit against Local 154 of the International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers in Weirton West Virginia. McGraw Construction Co of Middletown Ohio says its employees unloaded and assembled two basic oxygen furnaces at Weirton Steel after a work stoppage on August 9. The union contends its members should have been assigned the tasks. McGraw workers are members of the International Association of Bridge Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers.

Pittsburgh UPI National Labor Relations Board Weirton W.a McGraw Construction Co Middletown Ohio McGraw Weirton Steel The International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers

Untrained Reserve Call To Start Congress Feud

Washington leaders face a fight in Congress over reserve call up authority as 133 000 untrained Army reservists and National Guardsmen could be mobilized alongside draftees in Vietnam. The House Armed Services Committee approved a reserve bill of rights to block merging the Army reserve into the National Guard and to allow the President to call up this force after certifying necessity to Congress.

Washington UPI Viet Nam Congress House Senate Armed Services Committees Johnson House-Senate House Armed Services Committee Reserve Pentagon Army Reserve National Guard The

Viet Cong strongholds hit near Saigon in broad Desert line raid

U S and Marine crews conducted 322 single attacks against Communist targets in South Viet Nam. A Marine battalion ended nine day Allegheny operation near Da Nang with moderate casualties and enemy losses. Air strikes destroyed 11 warehouses 28 trucks damaged 22 bridges two radar sites and five antiaircraft sites. A Naval Skyhawk flight hit a convoy near Thanh Hoa destroying four trucks damaging three. A Viet Cong terror squad exploded a billet for defectors near Tri Tam wounding some occupants. Communist radio warned mass assassinations of election candidates and officials. Hanoi accused U S bombs of mass civilian massacre. The Saigon South China Sea shipping channel remained closed after Baton Rouge Victory broke loose from salvage moorings.

da Nang Saigon Asia Air Force Marine Navy Independent Thanh Hoa Tri Tam South China Sea Baton Rouge

Interim Committees Face Heavy Schedule

CHARLESTON UPS The Legislature's main interim committees meet for three days starting Sept 11 to review the tax structure. A two hour subcommittee session will cover the transportation privilege tax along with conflicts of interest, auto insurance, and dilapidated buildings laws. Sunday opens with Wheeling Creek Flood Control, teachers' retirement, and post conviction review studies. Monday covers debt consolidation and second mortgage loans and state executive offices.

Charleston UPS

Missouri Compromise Admission Details

The Missouri Compromise planned Missouri's admission as a slave state and Maine as a free state, balancing free and slave states in the Union. This legislative framework defined regional power and shaped sectional tensions in early U.S. history.

Missouri Maine

Also Mentioned on This Page

New York Peg Peggy Adkins Bostick Donald Adkins Abraham Linda Ronnie Donnie Richmond High School Beckley Junior College Jones Memorial Baptist Church Bank of Raleigh Bank of Raleigh Main and Kanawhe Streets F.d.1.c Amon W. Canady Ray M. Shumate B. Mosley Sow Collins Temple Baptist Church Trent and Durgan Funeral Home Michael Hundley Smoot Maude Chapel Cemae Friay Hundley Owens C. Hundley Lisa Ellen Richard A. H. Burns Homer Hundley Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle Kincaid Alfred Crowder Cinco Nathan Payne Agatha W. Bridges Alonzo Armstead Mrs. Dillie M. Pettry Alfred D. Crowder Wheeling Demilitarized Zone North South
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