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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1966
Page
1
In Charleston UPI report the drunk driving bill called consentation faces opposition in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Major objections center on immunity for hospital staff and potential deadly complications from blood tests. Some propose breathalyzer as a safer substitute.
Moreland emphasized the breath of the bill remains alive noting it is not dead and there is still time to work out difficulties.
In Charleston, a showdown vote is expected today in the Senate on a resolution for ratification of the presidential succession amendment to the U S Constitution. Minority Leader George Seibert of Ohio County plans to explain why he introduced a resolution seeking a second Committee-of-the-Whole meeting in the House and to demand Board of Public Works explanations for the 1966 67 budget. The House has passed and sent to Governor Hulett C. Smith the session’s first bill.
Charleston dispatch reports a $20 million capital improvements bill for major state institutions will be submitted to the Legislature this week. It aims to renovate and construct at least 12 health and mental health facilities including Pinecrest Hopemont Denmar Welch Fairmont St. Marys Lakin Barboursville Huntington Spencer Weston and the Colin S Anderson Center. Also planned are upgrades at Moundsville Penitentiary Huttonsville Medium Security Prison and the Indus.
Charleston West Virginia Treasurer John Kelly proposed moving the sale of revenue bonds for all state spending agencies to a single central agency. He told the Senate Finance Committee he favored good fiscal planning and suggested WVU, Marshall and other institutions remain within that framework while the governor or the public works board would handle bond sales.
Indira Nehru Gandhi, a 48 year old widow and mother of two, was elected prime minister by a secret ballot of 526 Congress MPs. She won 355 votes to Morarji Desai's 69, becoming the world's only woman head of government at that time.
Senators Byrd and Randolph propose an amendment to the National Wild Rivers System Act to add the Cacapon River and the Shenandoah River in West Virginia for federal protection and possible land purchases for recreation. Hearings are planned later in the year. the Senate bill stalled in the House Interior Committee after a 71 to 1 Senate vote.
Variable clouds with a few snow flurries this afternoon. high near 29. Tonight fair and cold, low around 6. Thursday brings increasing clouds and cold with a 40 percent chance of snow and a high in the low 20s. Airport readings show 21 at 1 p.m. and 8 to 11 in the last 24 hours. River levels Greenbrier normal and clear. Lake normal and clear. new gauge at Hinton reads 2.1 ft.
Paris reports government admission of complicity by French secret agents in the kidnapping and probable assassination of Moroccan opposition leader Mehdi Ben Barka. The communique followed investigations and raised tensions between France and Morocco amid allegations of state involvement.
European ministers press to satisfy Charles De Gaulle and preserve the Common Market. France sets end of month deadline for partners to accept changes or risk the bloc. Luxembourg hosts another ministerial session January 28 as De Gaulle seeks to maintain veto power over community legislation amid a crisis linked to the Ben Barka affair and a cabinet shakeup.
London dispatch notes China faces at least three defeats since the new year. Havana signals a possible end to Afro Asian solidarity aims while Moscow gains leverage in Asia. Tashkent aids India Pakistan reconciliation and renewed Russia Mongolia ties blunt Beijing. Vietnam ties tighten as Hanoi faces Soviet moves.
President Johnson asked Congress to act by March 15 on tax revisions to raise 4.8 billion for the Vietnam war. Treasury Secretary Fowler testified as Ways and Means opened hearings on speeding tax payments, raising excises on telephones and autos, and a new withholding system for income taxes.
Rain fell across South Africa on a national day of prayer for drought relief. The downpour began Tuesday in the southwest region and continued today, offering welcome relief though observers say more rain is urgently needed as the hottest summer on record peaks.
Weirton painter Clarence Donahue, 29, died after a fall from a scaffold in the Weirton steel strip Sunday. He was dead on arrival at a local hospital, officials said.
Johnson asked Congress for 12.7 billion in supplemental Viet Nam war funds to cover continued troop buildup near 200,000. He framed the request as unity between White House and Congress and urged quick action while pressing his reelection campaign. The plan seeks current fiscal year appropriations to support ongoing military operations.
Washington officials say the Johnson administration will raise savings bond interest to at least 4 percent from 3.75 percent to boost war funding for Vietnam and curb inflation. Treasury Secretary Fowler was ordered to initiate the process, with details to follow. The move aims to draw more civilian funds into government bonds and reduce consumer spending pressures.
In Monroe Michigan a 3 year old found in an outhouse is identified only as "little boy blue". An autopsy shows he was beaten to death and no relatives have claimed him. A nationwide search for his identity continues as officials plan a routine burial unless a relative steps forward.
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