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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1965
Page
2
Washington reporters describe a committee debating multilingual signs to ease travel, including rest room symbols and subway directions, while acknowledging the language barrier may never be solved. The article notes sign painters’ pride and the challenge of universal symbols amid cultural differences.
Police constable Raymond Rouse who guards the Prime Minister's official residence is known as Twinkle toes by colleagues. In private life he is a champion ballroom dancer with 30 trophies to his credit.
Funeral services for William Walter Taylor 64 of Midway will be at 1 p m Saturday at Crab Orchard with John Barton in charge. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. He died Thursday of an extended illness at his home born May 27 1901 in Austinville Va son of James and Martha Lawson Taylor. He was a United Mine Workers member. Survivors include wife Ethel Beasley Taylor three brothers three sisters two daughters two sons and five grandchildren. The body lies at Fred X Williams Funeral Home after 5 p.m. today. Pallbearers listed.
Funeral services for Mrs Anne Col lins Gunsky 83 of Oak Hill will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Thomas Funeral Home Chapel in Oak Hill with Rev. W F Hodges officiating. Burial follows at Lawn Memorial Park. She died Thursday in an Oak Hill nursing home after a long illness. Born May 24, 1882 in Corning Ohio she was daughter of the late John and Jane Wilson Scott. Survivors include sister Mrs Kitty Daniels of Princeton and three daughters Mrs Ruth Smith Oak Hill Mrs Irene Wright Beckley and Mrs Dorothy Volz Arlington Va plus 14 great grandchildren. The body lies at the funeral home with visitation after 4 p.m. today.
Mrs. Mabel Bland, 74, of 215 Grove Ave, will have funeral services at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. W. Reece Burns officiating. Burial follows in Lebanon Cemetery at Pickaway. The body lies in state at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home where friends may call. Pallbearers are Richard William Highlander, John R. Mason II, C Edward Highlander, Ralph E. Humphreys, Thurmond Childress and Paul Quick.
Rayburn H Legg a longtime resident of Point Pleasant dies after extended illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Sunday at the Melton Mortuary Chapel with Rev W Reece Burns in charge. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. Legg was born January 11 1906 in Point Pleasant. He was a member of Free and Accepted Masons Scottish Rite 32nd Degree and Ben Kedem Shrine of Charleston. His wife Mrs Glenna Dickerson Legg survives. Friends may call after 4 p m Saturday at Melton Mortuary. Beckley Masonic Lodge No 96 AFAM will conduct Masonic rites with lodge members acting as pallbearers. A separate notice: Requiem High Mass for Fred Stella 64 Detroit Mich will be at 10 a m Saturday at Catholic Kilsyth with Werner as celebrant. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Oak Hill follows. Stella died Wednesday after a short illness. Funeral home is Tyree in Mount Hope with Rosary recited at 7:30 p m today and viewing after 4 p m. (RNS)
Funeral services for Kermit P. Worrell 51 a Norfolk Virginia police officer formerly of Pax were held in Norfolk Wednesday and in Hillsboro Virginia today burial followed in Hillsboro death attributed to a heart condition he is survived by his Leota Bennett Worrell RNS
Funeral services for Kenneth McClanahan, 45, of New York City, formerly of Beckley, will be held at 2 p m. He died at 11 30 a m Wednesday in a New York hospital after a short illness. His mother, Mrs Maggie McClanahan of 128 Simpkins Street, and two children survive.
The Vietnam battle dubbed Harvest Moon saw Marines suffer light casualties claimed by authorities as heavier losses for the enemy. Officials compare it to Operation Starlight, which earlier killed an estimated 700 to 1,000 Viet Cong near Da Nang. A Viet Cong mine near Lai Khe damaged a supply truck of unknown unit.
Brezhnev and Kosygin consolidate power as Podgorny is moved aside and Alexander Shelepin gains prominence. The changes signal a more stable collective leadership and potential strengthening of their rule, with Podgorny quietly moved toward emeritus status.
The Weston Mental Health Department seeks to close the tuberculosis center to align with national standards favoring segregated care. Dr. Wilbur warned of health hazards from keeping TB patients at Weston as Pinecrest hesitates to accept transfers. Dr. Bateman confirmed a long standing health risk and noted the unit is crowded. Smith disputed an epidemic and said routine screening found no increased TB incidence. further screening of patients and staff will be done immediately.
Pope Paul VI gave bishops authority to decide if local Catholics may eat meat on Christmas and New Year’s Eve, both Fridays this year, via the Congregation for the Ecumenical Council. Vatican sources say a decree to abolish the Friday abstinence law is forthcoming. In New York, the Civil Service Commission said the Traffic Department will stop discriminating against men and will accept male meter maid applicants.
President Johnson and top generals debated wartime funding while outlining a new peace push at AFL-CIO talks in San Francisco. He stressed US readiness to act against Communist aggression, offered cautious outreach to Hanoi and Peking, and warned peace depends on Communist responses and talks.
UP I report outlines a program to connect isolated West Virginia regions to East Coast markets and production centers. It emphasizes transportation, sewage and water control, health facilities, mining area reclamation, and private enterprise. The plan rests on belief in state government initiative and individual effort.
A 2.5 million demonstration sewage treatment facility will be built in Jefferson County to combat pollution of the Potomac. It will serve Charles Town Rawson Harpers Ferry Bolivar and Shepherdstown with a coal filtration system. The White House has approved the project and construction is slated to begin late next spring funded entirely by the federal government with 80 percent of sewer lines covered. participating communities will cover the remaining 20 percent.
In Worland Wyoming the condemned killer was led from his death row cell at 12:00 a.m. to the gas chamber after his death verdict was read last year. Meacham described him as passive, smiling, and not displaying excitement.
County Prosecutor J. M. Tully and Asst. Atty. Gen. Claude A Joyce weighed limits on photographing funerals and handling remains. They noted that while autopsy or embalming may involve blood sampling, removing blood by needle without authorization can violate the deceased’s relatives rights.
A sinking ship salvaged one survivor and a second engineer plus a body. RAF dropped inflatable dinghies around the Greek vessel as Dutch Utrecht and a German-flag ship, Atlantic, sail to assist due at 3 p.m. Weather will decide actions and captains must tow the freighter to land. Gale conditions were easing according to latest reports.
Prof. Charles G. Overberger Dean of Science at the Polytechnical Institute of Brooklyn was named president elect for 1966 of the American Chemical Society, a body with about 103,000 members.
Bob Hope leaves next week for his 14th annual holiday tour of American military outposts in Vietnam Guam and Thailand to lift spirits and counter homefront demonstrations His entourage includes Jack Jones Kaye Stevens Anita Bryant Carroll Baker Jo ann Heatherton Dianna Lynn Batts Jerry Colonna Les Brown's band Peter Leeds and the Nicholas Brothers The trip cost shares are covered by the DoD and USO while Hope finishes hosting duties for The Bob Hope Chrysler Theater This 90 minute TV special airs Jan 19 and aims to boost morale among troops and supporters alike
West Virginia bidders receive no price advantage under state law says Attorney General's office official. Finance Commissioner Gore sought the opinion after Pennsylvania listed West Virginia on its restrictive lists delaying bids. Governor Smith indicated he would push the 1966 Legislature to repeal the law raising the question of preference.
United Press International quotes cover Gemini 7 orbit hopes from space center Houston NASA astronauts Frank Borman and others in Austin President Johnson’s call for negotiating with North Vietnam UNICEF official Henry Labouisse accepting the Nobel Peace Prize Oslo urging action to end poverty’s toll on 800 million children in developing countries UNICEF warns slow attrition war threatens lasting peace
A Fifth Avenue office building hosted the cognac producers of France for a festive Christmas party. The water cooler held a five-gallon mix of cognac and soda as colleagues gathered on the 13th floor.
A VOA radio relay site near the Hue Phu Bai area was bombarded by communist guerrillas. One person injured. Americans at the station reported 14 rounds of 6 mm mortar fire on the installation near the U S Marine enclave. The incident marks ongoing hostilities around the border region during the Vietnam era. The report also notes Dr. Benjamin F Payton named executive director of the National Council of Churches' enceniaalan on Religion and ace, an interdenominational Protestant body coordinating racial matters.
The trial of Elmer Cook and brothers Namon O Neal Hoggle and William Stanley Hoggle continues with witnesses including two Unitarian ministers and a coffee shop encounter cited by Ben Vardaman. Deputy Solicitor Vergis Ashworth rested the state case. defense prepares with 15 witnesses.
Alfred Nobel’s legacy noted as 2,000 attendees in evening dress watched laureates receive prizes. Robert Burns Woodward of Harvard won chemistry for organic synthesis work, while Julian Schwinger and Richard Feynman shared physics for advancing electrodynamics. Francois Jacob Andre Lwoff and Jacques Monod earned medicine for gene regulation insights, and Mikhail Sholokhov won the Russian prize for And Quiet Flows The Don.
Astronauts sharpen plans for Sunday's formation flight by placing Gemini 7 in an 185 mile orbit with Gemini 6 closing in. They may stay aloft up to 100 days, but the laser beam experiment fails to reach Earth. Weather does not hinder the laser, yet no homing beam is spotted from Hawaii.
Wyoming receives 924000 under Title III for multi county school centers aiding teachers with new methods and aids. West Virginia gets 821000 under Title III to upgrade regional labor centers and teaching in state areas. Virginia funds a multi million dollar Charleston center serving Montana State and six surrounding areas under Title III. Title V supports strengthening state education departments. West Virginia allocated 110000 under this title, totaling 184000.
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