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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1964
Page
1
A five to six member hooded gang robbed Dorval International Airport early today, fleeing with gold bricks valued up to 250000 dollars and a shipment of watches. They handcuffed four employees, locked them in a shower room, and escaped within minutes in a highly organized raid. No injuries reported. Forty lines used.
President Johnson calls Pentagon realignment of the Army reserve prudent and wise in a letter to ROA head Rear Adm. Edgar H. Reeder. ROA criticizes the plan as monstrous and a four-year conspiracy to destroy the reserve while Defense Secretary McNamara outlines moving units into the National Guard to boost readiness and save about 150 million dollars annually.
A 2-year-old Lawton man, Ellis Vaughn, was killed when his pickup overturned on U S 19 Price Hill mountain near Mount Hope while attempting a right turn onto a dirt road. Passenger Themla Thorne, 19, Price Hill, is in satisfactory condition. The crash, blamed on speeding and slippery roads, raises the county toll to 12 for the year. Vaughn, born June 21, 1935, was a coal company employee and United Mine Workers member, survived by a wife, three children, and several siblings. His body is at Webb and Neal Funeral Home.
Quotes from Tyler Texas juror, Montgomery Alabama reverend, Rep Hebert on McNamara, and Tennant Creek residents offer varied takes on trial coverage. Notable lines reference TV coverage, a balloon blast at a crowded church, defense realignment plans, and a redhead among 150 bachelors.
MERSON Pennsylvania brief notes the 260 year old General Wayne Inn a Revolutionary War spy hub was wiped out by a three hour fire. Five firemen and the porter were hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Only walls and roof beams remained as damages were pegged at 300000 for the structure and 100000 for furnishings by owner Richard K. McLain.
Beckley area expects mostly sunny skies and cooler temperatures with a high near 41 today. Tonight will be cold with a low around 17 and a chance of snow flurries. Tuesday highs in the upper 20s. River Greenbrier muddy and falling. Lake level 6 feet below normal. new Hinton gauge reads 3.8 feet. total precipitation about a tenth to two tenths of an inch.
UPI dispatch explains that American strategy in South Vietnam operates under a thick информа fog of speculation. Officials issue cautious statements meant to signal allies and mislead Hanoi strategists, while journalists interpret hints of expanding raids and increased aid as bold moves.
Chicago report notes three shop craft unions promise not to strike before Christmas Eve. Rail attorney Alex Elson told Judge Perry the unions will not walk out until after the New Year as a 10 day restraining order and $100000 bond were set. The dispute centers on wage settlements opposed by eight other shopcraft unions and five train brotherhoods.
In Montgomery three men Henry Alexander James White and Donald Landers aged 35 31 and 19 were arrested after a gas filled balloon explosive attached to a truck rear exploded outside a crowded Negro church. Police say the men admitted the act as a prank and were charged with explosives near an occupied building. They face possible death penalty and are also suspects in a November bombing of Charles Spears home valued at 30000 dollars. The church is First Baptist tied to 1957 bus boycott events.
Parkersburg residents were told a six mile stretch of I-77 between U S 50 and Mineral Wells could open before December 25 if weather cooperates. The State Road Commission said travel delays and winter conditions could affect the schedule.
Hollywood actor William Bendix 58, famed for Chest Riley, stays in critical condition with pneumonia at Good Samaritan Hospital. Attendants report no change in his status after earlier family statements that his life was not expected to be saved.
New York UPI reports that more than four million people have donated to the memorial library fund. Senator elect Robert F. Kennedy announced over 10 million dollars has poured in, funding the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library to be built on the Charles River in Boston overlooking Winthrop House at Harvard.
Tyler Texas UpI jurors convicting bankrupt farm financier Billie Sol Estes said television and still cameras during his 1962 trial did not affect their verdict. The jurors, including foreman W E Florey, noted they were focused on the case and not distracted by coverage.
Captain Donald S. Cunningham United States Army formerly stationed at the Beckley Army Recruiting Station from 1961 to 1963 received the Silver Star for gallantry in action in the Republic of Vietnam on April 14 1964. While advising a Vietnamese infantry regiment he directed a defensive withdrawal under heavy fire and aided radio contact for aircraft supporting the battle despite severe wounds. Approximately 150 people attended the ceremony at the Parkersburg Army Reserve Center with Beckley officials present and Cunningham’s family at Crescent Road home prior to the ceremony.
Communist commandos raided the Vietnamese 5th Division headquarters in Saigon at 3 a.m., wounding four American officers. Officials also reported one killed, one missing in action, and two wounded among new U.S. casualties in Vietnam, raising total losses since Tuesday to 12 killed or missing and 21 wounded. An adjacent report mentioned a top secret transport crash killing two Americans, with 30 Vietnamese commandos aboard, spurring speculation of a covert North Viet Nam mission.
Four masked men robbed the farm home of 76 year old Harry Scott and 70 year old wife in Oak Dale Sunday. They tied the family and 18 year old grandson Thomas Cain, who escaped to summon help after a cut phone line. Loot included $21 cash and $225 in checks. wrist watch taken, most recovered nearby. Cain used a citizen band radio to alert authorities. Police continue search for four suspects in Marshall County.
Two medium security inmates from Huttonsville escaped Sunday night while assigned to Hopemont Sanitarium. James Jones, 28, of Monongalia County, and William Leroy Nutter, 28, of Fayette County, were serving terms for breaking and entering. They left their prison garb beside hospital boilers and took street clothes from the hospital laundry.
MOSCOW United States talks may move toward a fresh bilateral accord as the Soviet Union announced it desires negotiations on a new anti nuclear weapons agreement with the United States.
UPI reports steel industry negotiators and United Steelworkers met separately on the eve of formal talks. The first contract bargaining will bring together units from 11 major basic steel producers and their union counterparts, with a first formal session set for Tuesday.
In a landmark ruling the Supreme Court upholds public accommodations provisions banning racial discrimination by motels, hotels, restaurants and theaters in interstate commerce. The decision, 5 to 4, shields 3000 sit-in prosecutions from trial and extends the act’s reach to Birmingham’s restaurant case, with all motel and restaurant rulings unanimous. Justice Clark writes the opinions. Black Goldberg and Douglas add separate views. The ruling affirms Congress power under the commerce clause to eliminate interstate travel obstructions from discrimination.
A UPI survey finds that one in seven first graders were not promoted in West Virginia during the 1963-64 school year. The main cause cited is social immaturity and learning deficiencies, with reading problems listed as a major factor by Assistant Superintendent William K. Hamilton.
NATO allies debate an Atlantic Nuclear Force to cover seaborne air and land units as a possible alternative to the MLF. Britain may expand duties east of Suez if needed. President Johnson and Harold Wilson discuss protecting Far and Middle East interests. Dean Rusk meets De Gaulle amid NATO crisis.
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