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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1966
Page
2
An announcement by U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd D West Virginia said a survey will locate quarters for a main station. The Fayette and Earwood home of the Beckley Moose Lodge has been discussed as a potential site under consideration.
President de Gaulle rejects a decisive military victory in Vietnam and seeks a French role in shaping the search for a political solution. He argues for diplomacy and regional negotiation to end the war with France influencing the settlement.
Charleston dispatch reports the HRC will study potential racial discrimination in state government after a survey followed a memo from the governor last week. Letters received indicate a lack of clear findings but prompt further examination.
The 250 foot Pensacola sank in the Deep Mona passage between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Coast Guard said all 2 crewmen were rescued by a freighter.
The second Ferrell trial resumes with testimony focusing on SRC accounting practices. Witnesses include Fred Merch of SRC context division A L McNillion maintenance director, E L Keeling SRC accounting official, James A Singleton Logan County Civil Defense director, and former SRC employee Graham McCormick whose records are central to the allegations. The defense planned further cross examination of McCormick.
Fragmentary notes indicate Feb testimony supporting an additional 12.3 billion dollars for Johnson’s funding plan. The record cites North Vietnam context and mentions Vietnamese forces in a limited way within the discussion.
Du Page County police charged 26 year old Loren Schofield a West Chicago teacher with the murder of 10 year old Debbie Fijan whose body was found in a ditch near West Chicago after an autopsy showed stabbing. Schofield whose wife was with him when charges were filed submitted to six lie detector tests but did not confess. He taught at Benjamin Elementary School in West Chicago and had no known mental illness.
Talmadge D. Calfee is appointed by Criminal Court Judge Harry L. McCreery to serve a four year term as jury commissioner. Calfee resides at 111 Hill K Dr. and succeeds the previous appointee in the position.
The judge stated the plan to compile a master list of about 600 county residents annually. From this pool, commissioners will select the required number of people to serve on each year's Criminal Courts.
In Hamburg Theodor Heuss Platz will allow sidewalk oratory from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturdays starting next weekend provided speeches comply with West German law and are not pre advertised. The measure targets communist propaganda and restricts advance advertisement.
Wilhite asks high court to review PSC order allowing gas service to two Clarksburg industries without a public convenience certificate. Wilhite argues PSC acted arbitrarily and deprives it of property without due process. Consolidated cites Barbour to Harrison County pipeline and economic impact on rivals.
Deaths and Funerals notice lists survivors including wife Peg Mew and ten sons led by Ray and Enis, and daughters and siblings across Illinois and Delaware. Body at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill. RNS report embeds the obituary details from a church member.
Frank C Richard Henderson 4 of 510 Bibb Ave Ghent died at his home at 2 p m Monday after a Barnet Jumping Branch illness. He was 61, son of the late Rev John T French and Mary Mann French. A retired coal miner, he last worked for Lillybrook Coal Co. and was a charter member of Ghent Missionary Baptist Church, Raleigh County resident.
Blethen a retired miner of the New River Co at Lochgelly was a member of Cranberry Community Church and United Mine Workers No. 6046. Survivors include three daughters Mrs Chlorine Beckley and Mrs Violet Yakov Montgomery, sons Edward Pon Bock and dev ol of Oakinn, and Mrs Mary Ossick of Cleveland Ohio. The obituary notes his ties to the United Mine Workers and residence in Oak.
Rosary service for Charles Joseph Sloan age 78 of 7138 Oakwood Ave will be read in the Funeral Home Chapel today after he died Monday at a local hospital following an illness.
Emma Susan Lambert 88 died at home of her son Homer Thompson after a long illness. Rev Grover Combs to lead services for James Chesley Fink 6 of 326 Ellison Ave at 2 pm Thursday in the Mortuary Chapel with burial in Ridge Memorial Gardens. Fink died after a one week illness. James C Pink Jr David Edward and other sons survive along with Ruth Davis married in 1922. Beckley Wrecking Co. mechanic and wrecker operator years.
A. Comer of Ray Adams Tams died at 1 a.m. today in Big Island Virginia after a stroke. She had been in Virginia due to her mother Mrs Dean Blevins Comer. Surviving are three sisters Mrs Pearl Carter Tams Mrs Mattie Blevins Shady Valley Tennessee and Mrs Dora Walton Troutdale Virginia and five other children. Arrangements incomplete.
In a discussion of upcoming labor talks, UMW officials floated a two week vacation for all miners and a district panel for job security. Some members favor removing the no strike clause while wage policy discussions circulated among members. Local agitation grows as talks loom, with no industry-wide strike since 1952.
SANTO DOMINGO reports indicate terrorists use guns and bombs causing new casualties and extending a general strike that paralyzes business across at least ten cities for six days. In Barahona laborers reportedly burned over a thousand acres of sugar cane as violence raises tolls to 22 dead and over 70 wounded since Wednesday amid IAPF clashes.
Luci Johnson prepares for a double ring ceremony in Florida as she turns 19. Bridesmaids include Beth Jenkins and Walter Jenkins’s daughter. The president will give her away in a shrine on the Catholic campus, described as a Byzantine Romanesque structure towering over the area.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey held talks in Bangkok and planned discussions in Karachi and New Delhi to renew economic assistance to Pakistan and outline U.S. roles in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Observers noted American influence rising in Saigon and Vientiane as Bangkok urged more help to curb Communist guerrillas.
Federal authorities in San Diego arrested a man Sunday in a case involving a teen girl's death. A grim discovery was found in a garage where a body was located amid trash and blood, prompting police to push further inquiries.
Smith said the State Health Department received 500000 dollars for county aid and a sixth federal level to Beneve Vo program, with no specific birth control allocation. He noted a pavilion may not be erected though three truckloads of dismantled sections will be delivered to the city, and mentioned ongoing political resistance to constitutional reform and proposed amendments.
Mrs Edward Lassiter visited from Sao Paulo as doctors could not halt the disease. The House member, tall and lean, known for quiet charm and a pivotal appropriations role over independent agencies, including NASA, which has ties to Houston. He was married to Lera Millard and leaves two daughters.
Three SAC B52s from Guam attacked targets along the Cambodian border 65 miles west of Saigon. Bombs aimed at underground installations in Tay Ninh province in a Communist stronghold known as Zone.
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