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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1966
Page
1
Q and A from Ring Register style column cover Beckley College credit for four and a half months, six month attendance not credited, parking lot plans, dress sharpening service, madras fabric, Medicare drug coverage limits, Dizzy Dean career, party line calls, and local utility inquiries with concise answers from college president D K Shroyer and local officials.
Washington UPI reports the IAM chief negotiator Joseph W. Ramsey claims airline cost figures are overstated by 25 million, arguing union demands would total 89 million versus carriers’ 114 million. He says a livable cost of living issue remains sticky as talks continue among Eastern United Trans World National and Northwest.
Passenger rail patronage on the Chesapeake and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio railroads more than doubles since the airline strike began. Extra sections and sleeping cars were added to key trains including the Capital Limited and George Washington to handle overflow, with routine services extended to Pittsburgh Detroit Cincinnati and Virginia cities. Local area impact appears minimal per station officials.
United Press International reports a mass of hot air blankets the Eastern two thirds of the nation for a fifth day with temperatures hitting 100 plus. The heat disrupts electrical service in St Louis Nebraska and parts of South Dakota and Wyoming, causing at least three deaths and stressing power grids. Nebraska endures pavement buckling and two power failures prompting an emergency review. A e 110 degree readings occur in Huron Pierre S D Blythe Imperial Gila Bend and Phoenix.
Cloudy with afternoon showers and thunderstorms. High around 80. Tonight partly cloudy with lows in the 60s. Wednesday partly cloudy with thunderstorms and highs in the mid 80s. Airport data shows 86 high in past 24 hours, 62 low, light east wind, precipitation 0.05 inch. River gauges Greenbrier normal, Lake normal with 1.5 gates open. Hinton gauge 1.7 feet. Regional extremes list several highs around 110 and lows around 42.
Sandusky officials declared a state of emergency as torrents five feet deep surged through streets. More than 9.5 inches fell between 2 am and 10 am per the Weather Bureau. Erie County deputies evacuated residents while amphibious vehicles aided evacuations. Ohio National Guard mobilized to assist.
A 51 year old Oak Hill woman Mrs Mildred B Potts was killed at 11 am today in a two car crash at Bradley according to Beckley State Police Several others were reported injured but their names could not be learned at press time Mrs Potts had recently moved to Oak Hill from Beckley and lived on Park Street
Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Chicago mayor Daley left a three hour discussion on slum housing dissatisfied and without specific commitments yet King announced plans for an action program an all out nonviolent assault. Canada and the Soviet Union agreed to establish regular airline service between Montreal and Moscow starting in fall. Kennedy wrapped up Canadian Rockies vacation and told Calgary Stampede crowd their hospitality forges US Canada ties. An Air Force Minuteman ICBM was launched 5000 miles down the Western test range successfully today.
Major James P. Cavanaugh of Detroit urged cities and counties nationwide to develop community action programs to broaden public involvement in elections. A Philippine official said Manila turned down a Chinese offer to sell rice at 20 to 30 percent below world prices.
Paula Carter wife of comedian Jack Carter welcomed their first child Michael weighing 6 pounds 4 ounces at a Hollywood hospital.
NASA plans five vapor cloud launches to study wind speeds and directions from dusk today to sunrise Wednesday. The first flight is scheduled for 9 p.m. EDT weather permitting.
The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled the state not obligated to purchase the towboat Mary Alice. Point Towing Co sought an order to accelerate payments by Finance Commissioner Truman Gore and state officials, claiming a lease purchase agreement and a $20 000 purchase option. The court found the contract void for fiscal 1965 66 as it predated the next fiscal year.
Sunday night viewers of Honey in the Rock can verify the fight scene at the Amphi theatre is real. Thomas Per Neuman, playing John Morgan, took a blow to the head and was knocked unconscious after striking concrete. He returned to the stage after a ten minute intermission and the cast continued the fight sequence.
Luci Baines Johnson will honeymoon with Patrick Nugent and be guarded by a Secret Service agent. The agent will accompany them, as the service maintains protection for the President and his immediate family. Luci plans to live in a small Washington apartment after returning from a undisclosed location wedding. Secret Service teams assigned to Luci include married agents who have formed friendly bonds with her and their families.
Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara says the Vietnam war will require more American men and planes, with no early end in sight. He notes costs now around $1 billion per month and troop levels rising toward 350,000 by year end, while North Vietnam shows no peace move.
PARIS UPI Mrs Anne Marie Leone tipped by a neighbor that her husband entertained another woman at their home while she was away. She rented a hotel, called police to report a burglary, and found him with the other woman. Arrested for giving false information, the court dismissed the charges but warned her.
A US spokesman gave total air losses in Vietnam since 1961, citing 179 helicopters and 396 conventional aircraft lost in combat. The figures cover through last Thursday, exclude some collisions and Viet Cong base attacks, and note three helicopters lost Monday. Losses include 286 fixed wing aircraft over North Vietnam and 110 over South Vietnam, with at least five North losses since July 7.
Former Motor Vehicles Commissioner Jack A. Nuckols receives an additional 30 days to appeal a 1 to 10 year sentence for falsifying state records. He was sentenced in Kanawha Intermediate Court on April 12. A 90 day stay of sentence had expired today but a new attorney prompted the extension. He also faces two criminal charges in Maryland including carrying a concealed weapon and assault with a deadly weapon after a June 8 arrest near Baltimore.
West Virginia Senator J Frank Deem accuses the Department of Natural Resources of conflicts of interest and political influence. He cites park concessions at Blackwater Falls and Tygart Lake and a personnel transfer at North Bend State Park after a dispute with Resources Director Robert McDonough.
President Johnson will fly to White Sulphur Springs West Virginia to address 1200 delegates from 980 colleges meeting at the Greenbrier Hotel. Press aide Moyers says he will depart the White House at 6 40 p m EDT and return by 10 10 p m EST after delivering an 8 p m address.
WVU President Paul A. Miller told a legislative interim committee that West Virginia is 25 years behind in adult education. He urged an expanded Kanawha Valley graduate center, noting about 2100 Kanawha County residents would study there and many more nearby would travel to Charleston. He defended centers away from main campuses, citing examples from Wisconsin to Alabama.
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