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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1966
Page
1
A compilation of reader queries and official responses on varied topics. Topics include tire regulations under a 1960 law, nurse aide training, school transportation, traffic light removal, livestock control within city limits, dress codes, I-64 routing questioning, Lucille Ball’s film career, Easter dates in 1960, and Storer College’s status and history.
Partly cloudy this afternoon with light snow. High 36. Cloudy tonight with snow flurries and a low around 26. High tomorrow in the upper 30s. Airport conditions show 33 at 6 p.m. and 28 at 6:30 a.m. River Greenbrier normal and clear. Lake normal, muddy and rising with 8 gates open. Five day West Virginia forecast colder weekend then near normal highs and lows.
United Press International reports heavy snowfall in West Virginia with Hampshire County in the Eastern Panhandle receiving 10 to 13 inches. Other counties show 7 to 12 inches as snow flurries continue with little new accumulation expected through Tuesday and Wednesday.
Nguyen Sac, 27, flown by Marine General Jonas Platt over Huong Tho, 350 miles north of Saigon, used a helicopter loudspeaker to persuade 276 residents to move to Tu Hiep refugee village near Tam Ky under government control, escaping Communist influence.
Johnsons Viet Nam policy clears a first congressional test with a 350 to 27 House vote approving 415 million dollars in supplemental economic aid for South Viet Nam. Senate inaction on aid bills criticized by Republicans and Morse delays on debate. In the field, U S Marines treated 624 refugees at Tu Hiep as Viet Cong mortar fire hit district HQs near Hue. U S 1st Division and Australian troops report 135 Viet Cong dead after attacks, with six machine guns and rifles captured. Air raids limited by weather. Trieu Phong district comes under mortar fire near the frontier.
Washington officials report the draft total cut to 22,400 men for March from 32,900 as voluntary enlistments surge. The new volume is the lowest since the August 16,500-man call, with Army and Marines adjusting the manpower forecast accordingly.
In Washington auditors of GAO challenge HUD and Public Housing Administration on balconies in 31 projects across Washington Baltimore Philadelphia Chicago. They say balconies and bricks add 3.8 million dollars in costs enough to fund 138 more units. McGuire calls balconies extensions of living space and practical.
London plotters led by Khaw Amihyia devised the coup from a West Cromwell Road townhouse as Ghana’s President Kwame Nkrumah was ousted while abroad. In Accra crowds toppled a bronze statue and clashes left soldiers and a student dead, with the new National Liberation Council taking power.
Preliminary autopsy indicates the newborn found on a Wheeling garage roof was murdered. Ohio County Coroner A H Namlik said foul play is likely and a final report from pathologists is pending. The infant, under 24 hours old, had three chest puncture wounds and a neck cut. air in the lungs suggests life after birth. A 10 year old found the body Wednesday. a bag with bloodstained cloths near the garage is under police scrutiny.
Two dynamite blasts ripped through a wing of Elba High School in Elba Alabama just after a banquet for the Coffee County Hog Producers Association ended. No injuries were reported. Demolition experts from Fort Rucker and FBI agents joined the investigation.
Roger Lee Barnes aged 25 from Romney West Virginia died when his car left U S 11 on a curve near Strasburg Virginia and plunged over an embankment rolling several times according to Virginia State Police.
Luigi Pagliarino a 25 year old Jehovah's Witness and conscientious objector in Naples was sentenced to one year and one month in a military court. He has been jailed since 1962 for refusing military service and wearing a uniform, and he repeated his refusal after each prior sentence.
London based UPI report says Jakarta radio spread rumors of President Sukarno’s ouster after a crackdown on anti Communist students. BBC noted rumors, MTI dispatch claimed palace siege but no confirmation. Philippine envoy Reyes said no abnormal events observed in Jakarta.
Sumatra's military commander Maj. Gen. Mokoginta ordered officers across Sumatra to be on alert for trouble and urged Indonesian students to prepare to sacrifice. The move follows two days ofJakarta rioting by anti Communist students protesting Sukarno's new cabinet. at least five students were killed.
Two U.S. space experts say Soviet spacecraft could photograph Mars in color next year and land life-hunting robots on the red planet in 1969 or 1971. They assert Russia has invested more in unmanned planetary exploration and warn the U.S. program risks delay and higher costs.
Enos Tackett, 57, pleaded guilty to the New Year’s Day murder of Wiliam “Red” Dobbins at Monitor Junction. He received life imprisonment with a mercy recommendation and will be eligible for parole in 10 years. trial was canceled as both sides agreed to the plea.
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson flies to Tuscaloosa to open a women leaders conference at the University of Alabama a visit recalling her 1931 summer school stay. Fleet Admiral Nimitz buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery on his 81st birthday after declining a state funeral. IL A president Gleason says union plans to boycott ships trading with North Vietnam. Apollo moon mission hopeful cleared for launch countdown at 5 15 p m EST for 7 45 a m blastoff. Thomas Harvey Robinson 16 Brownsville high school honor student faces adult trial in New Orleans for attempted hijacking of a National Airlines DC8. Eugene Thomas Klansman sentenced to two years federal firearms violation added to prior 10 year civil rights sentence.
The defense wrapped its case in the Candace Mossler and Melvin Lane Powers first degree murder trial over the slaying of Jacques Mossler. The report notes ongoing national Black Muslims convention in Chicago and the U.S. Army commutation actions releasing two soldiers convicted in East Berlin refugee help. Maj. Gen. Franklin suspended parts of sentences for Pvt William G. Taylor and Pvt Michael R. Herman while approving rank reductions.
The Rand Daily Mail of Johannesburg, a vocal opponent of apartheid, won the 1966 World Press Achievement Award announced by the American Newspaper Publishers Association. Also reported are the death in Polish exile of resistance hero Lt Col Leonidas Drenas at 59, and Uganda’s constitution suspended on orders of Premier Milton Obote amid claimed coup attempts.
Virginia DeLegal records librarian at Lakin State Hospital was acquitted Thursday by a Mason County Circuit Court jury after a one day trial. The jury deliberated about an hour before reaching the verdict.
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