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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1966
Page
1
Paris fashion week showcased a revival of double breasted suits and belts with wartime silhouettes. A 30 model show at the French radio television HQ featured semitone tones and a two tone gray pattern along with form fitting trousers and belts slits for a 1960s look.
Theo dore Kupferman a Republican councilman backed by Mayor Lindsay won New York’s Lindsay seat in a close special election over Democrat Orin Lehman with 44 225 votes to 43 230 and conservative Jeffrey St John garnering 7 810. The result preserved GOP control and followed heavy Kennedy support for Lehman. Kupferman 45 a former law professor and longtime city council member since 1962 edged Lehman amid recount fears.
Four men died in a Martin area mine accident when an underground rock fall trapped them. Victims Irvin Litten Evan Stone Caleb Wells and James Fraley were all Floyd County residents. Byron Brathear owner of Stephens Elkhorn Coal Co. reported no other injuries and the bodies were moved to Hall Brothers Funeral Home in Martin.
Sen Wayne Morse D Ore wins the John Dewey Award for education contributions from the United Federation of Teachers AFL-CIO. The luncheon in New York on March 19 will honor Morse, a former teacher and University of Oregon Law School dean at age 30. Other winners include Adlai Stevenson, Justice Douglas, Arthur Goldberg, and labor leaders George Meany and Walter Reuther.
In Miami UPI report Candace Mossler and her nephew Melvin Lane Powers face a murder trial over the 1964 stabbing of Candace Mossler’s wealthy husband. A fourth witness, Earl C. Martin, testified he was offered money to kill Messler and described the couple’s alleged romance and talks of “hit.”
On Tuesday voters rejected two budget proposals drafted by community planners while all incumbents on the local planning board were re elected. The ballot also included a separate item about the planning board.
In a Vatican address Pope Paul VI said world statesmen seem to turn toward peace in Vietnam. He noted the war’s effects and urged vigilance while focusing mainly on hunger in India. He spoke of hopeful moves toward a peaceful solution.
UPI Supreme Court reporter Charlotte G. Moulton received a certificate of merit from the District of Columbia Bar Association for distinguished coverage of the high court under deadline pressure. The award recognizes public understanding of the American system of law and justice.
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Harold Wilson urged left wing Labor MPs to attack Hanoi and Peking as vigorously as the United States over the Viet Nam conflict. He backed U S Viet Nam policy and attacked a telegram from 90 Labour MPs to President Johnson. He said Hanoi may seek peace if not for malevolent Chinese influence and urged China to curb pressures on Hanoi to negotiate.
Scientists began a long countdown rehearsal for the Apollo 17 ton moonship on a Saturn 1B rocket to clear the way for the first test flight on February 22. The shakedown, a repeat of a halted test, must pass to start final launch preparations for the unmanned three seater in the opening suborbital shot of the U S lunar program.
A new Northern Plains storm brings thunderstorms and heavy snow with at least two deaths. A fatal head on collision near Lamont Wyoming occurs amid near blizzard conditions while Gainesville Texas floods force 50 families from homes. East of the storm heat and humidity raise Chicago to 50 as record highs are forecast for the Mississippi and Missouri valleys.
Olgerts Grinvalds a 39 year old West Virginia University chemist was found innocent by a Monongalia County Circuit Court jury after a 20 minute deliberation. He testified he shot John Huggins 51 in self defense as Huggins tried to run him down with a car. Police supported his account. Grinvalds is head medical technologist at the WVU clinical chemistry laboratory.
Mrs Martha Jane Wood 89 died Monday at 2 p m at the home of her daughter Mrs Opal Addington in Camden on Gauley She was born in McDowell County daughter of the late Elisha and Rebecca Bishop Survived by three sons and four daughters Services Thursday at 2 30 p m at Union Mission Church Camden on Gauley Burial at Blacks Chapel Camden on Gauley
Joe Lawson 74 of East Beckley died in a local hospital after a long illness. Born December 24 1891 in North Carolina he was the son of the late Mr and Mrs Tom Lawson. Survived by two sisters Roberta Blackwell of Kyle and India Hunt of Columbus Ohio. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
Samuel McVey aged 62 of 120 Morris Avenue will be laid to rest at Greenwood Memorial Park after a long illness. Funeral services are set for 1 p.m. Thursday in the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor Chapel with Elder J. L. Seales presiding. Friends may call after 1 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mrs Ela F Stover, 70, of Beckley, will have final rites Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Chapel. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. She died at home Monday night at 8 after an apparent heart attack.
Joe Kokoski, 49, Carlisle, is to receive funeral services at 10 a.m. Friday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel in Oak Hill with Rev. Leo Werner officiating. Burial will follow at High Lawn Memorial Park. Kokoski died in a state mine fall at the New River Coal Co. mine in Lochgelly about 1 a.m. Tuesday. Pensionary arrangements already were made after 5 p.m. Thursday.
Mrs Crecy B Long 85 of Ballard dies at 5am Tuesday. Services set for 2 pm Thursday at Broyles Funeral Home Chapel Peterstown with Reverends Howard Spencer and Ronald Goss leading. Burial in Orchard Cemetery.
Comedienne Phyllis Diller filed for divorce in Superior Court on grounds of mental cruelty from entertainer Warde Donovan. The couple wed a month after her previous divorce from Sherwood Diller, after a 25 year marriage, and Diller is mother to five children.
Commissioner Arthur Ross told the Joint Economic Committee that Viet Nam war draft quotas will push more women and teenagers into the labor market. He warned that manpower needs will require vigorous use of women, young people and older workers in jobs not previously held by them.
Mussolini's widow Rachele and her son Vittorio say a brain sample taken 21 years ago by Dr. Winfred Overholser was concerned. She asks U.S. authorities to return the brain and vows full burial in the family tomb at San Cassino after Benito Mussolini's April execution. A U.S. Embassy spokesman in Rome had no record of the request.
Mrs Carietta T Roop 57 of Belle and former Oak Hill resident died Tuesday after a long illness Born February 20 1909 in Franklin County Virginia she was a daughter of the late John and Anna Snead A member of the Church of Christ she is survived by her husband Cecil E a son Coy Allen Roop of Belle a daughter Mrs Gloria Jean Suhmaker of Rand a brother John E Snead of Oak Hill and six grandchildren Burial will be at High Ridge Cemetery following services at 2 p m Friday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Robert Shields Rand officiating.
Final rites for Aaron A. Young 63 of Norfolk Virginia formerly of Princeton and Mullens are set for 11 a.m. Thursday at Bailey Funeral Home Princeton with Elder Thomas Jenkins presiding. Burial follows at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Young died Monday in Norfolk.
Funeral services for Allan Rogers 70 of Huntington will be at 2 pm Thursday in Highlawn Baptist Church Huntington. Rogers died Monday after a brief illness. he leaves relatives in Wyoming and Raleigh counties. The body is at Beard's Funeral Home Huntington.
Funeral services for Annie Belle Reynolds 84 of Warren Ohio and former Fayette County resident will be at 2 p m Friday at Calvary Baptist Church East End Oak Hill with the Rev Alden Meadows officiating Burial will be in Cunard Cemetery Cunard She died Monday in a Warren hospital after an extended illness Surviving are two sons two daughters 14 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren The body will go from Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill to church an hour before the service Friends may call after 5 p m Thursday
L. E. Marsh age 63 of Webster Springs died of natural causes found in a Ravenswood rooming house. Survived by daughter Marsh Kay Lough of Poplar Street. Funeral services set at Dodd and Hart Funeral Home Webster Springs.
Vice President Humphrey, returning from Honolulu with South Vietnamese Premier Ky and others, is slated to arrive at 1 p.m. EST. The Declaration of Honolulu urged new programs for a true social revolution in South Vietnam as Johnson orders Humphrey to launch the Far East tour in Saigon.
Gavin warns that regardless of South Viet Nam outcomes a decisive confrontation will occur in Thailand on the Mekong River. He stresses the strategic importance of Thailand in countering Communist challenges and suggests future military pressure may shift there.
Richard Ratliff of Goshen Indiana paid a ten dollar fine and court costs to Town District Magistrate W A Burke for failure to yield the right of way on the West Virginia Turnpike.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee turns its focus to Latin America as it reviews Jack Hood Vaughn for Peace Corps head. Critics question his 10 months as the State Department's Latin America chief and the Dominican intervention. Gen. Gavin testified about Viet Nam policy, with George Kennan due to testify next.
The House heard an anti gambling measure from the Senate, which passed 31 to 2 and moved to the Judiciary Committee. The Senate also advanced the House approved unclaimed property bill allowing state capture of abandoned accounts and policies.
A petition with 24 points of error was filed with the State Supreme Court on Tuesday asking to overturn a 1 to 10 year prison sentence given Ruth Maley. Maley, former State Commerce Department employee, was convicted of falsifying flood relief accounts after the 1961 floods.
A new bronchopulmonary lavage method washes the entire lung by separating lungs with a two channel catheter while the patient breathes saline in one lung and 100 percent oxygen in the other. The solution contains acetylcysteine or heparin and allows longer lavages without patient aid opening possibilities for treating varied life threatening lung diseases.
Two U.S. pocket submarines Alvin and Aluminaut are being readied at Rota navy base for shipment to the Almeria coast to help locate a missing American nuclear bomb believed sunk about 1,200 feet deep after the January 17 SAC B52 KC-135 crash. The operation follows unsuccessful air searches and the recovery of three other devices from the mid air collision site. The Plymouth Rock will transport the subs from Cadiz area to the search area two miles off Almeria.
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to consider the N and W C and O merger along with three smaller railroads. It will first hear petitions from the Boston and Maine Delaware and Hudson and Erie and Lackawanna for inclusion in the N and W Nickel Plate merger with hearings set for April 20. The ICC says combining the cases would create delays and will rule on the three requests promptly.
Social Security Commissioner Robert M. Ball said the government will seek Congress to remove a loyalty oath requirement for some elderly Medicare beneficiaries. The move follows congressional criticism of the provision tied to health benefits.
A Stockholm report on rising pregnancies among school girls prompts calls for school gynecologists. Dr. Sven-Ingvar Rollof cites 121 pregnancies in 1964-65 with many under 18 and several abortions, and Prof. Lars Engstroem urges dedicated medical staff in schools.
Lester Selby transferred from Charleston General Hospital Thursday to Pinecrest Sanitarium and is reported in serious condition.
Jordan recalled its delegate from an upcoming international trade relations conference in Colombo citing Israel’s invitation to the event. The move reflects broader regional tensions over Middle East diplomacy.
President Johnson pledges U S determination to prevail in Southeast Asia and to fight for social progress and peace worldwide. In Moscow Tass questions the Honolulu peace offensive. In Miami Candace Messler calls her husband’s death a frameup. In Washington Carl Madden argues education cuts inflation by employing the unemployed.
Sentenced Shady Spring Elementary Trap Hill High School and Crab Orchard Elementary face case updates as court appointed attorney George Ballard is relieved at his own request and replaced by Kermit A Locke this morning. Ballard cited a dispute with Sampson as reason. Quesenberry, indicted by the January Grand Jury, pleaded guilty earlier and is to be sentenced February 17.
Texas Supreme Court refuses review of a 500000 dollar libel verdict against the Associated Press in favor of former Maj. Gen. Edwin Walker. A Fort Worth jury awarded Walker 800000 total with 300000 exemplary damages over a 1962 University of Mississippi riot story.
Chicago officials consider hiring policemen as part time teachers to curb rising school violence. After a bubble gum dispute left a 14 year old stabbed by a 13 year old, Police Supt. Orlando W. Wilson suggested up to 300 officers with college degrees. Some would guard schools, others teach. The violence surge began Jan. 31 with a shooting at Englewood High School and four slashing incidents were reported in other schools last week.
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