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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1966
Page
1
A collection of Beckley WV answered questions covers dog confinement and licensing, drunk driving penalties, WAC enlistment, disposal of dead dogs, bicycle licensing and sidewalk rules, autoharp tuner, cap gun legality, and the Grandview International Dragway schedule. It cites Sgt. Tom Durrett and SSgt. Pat Murphy as sources and notes races run Sundays since mid April.
President Johnson urged China toward peaceful coexistence and opening to the outside world in a national address. He warned against continued aggression in Vietnam, called for a firm yet flexible U S policy, and stressed Asia peace depends on a peaceful mainland China. Chen Yi condemned Hanoi Haiphong oil raids as blackmail during a Peking banquet.
Heat wave stretches across the Midwest with at least 25 deaths and widespread outages. In St. Louis sidewalks hit 120 degrees while 19 deaths occurred there and East St. Louis reported six. Sandusky flooded as Gov Rhodes declared a disaster. Power shutoffs linger in St. Louis to avert outages.
Showers and thunderstorms redevelop this afternoon and tonight with a high near 80 and a low around 63. Thursday should be partly cloudy with likely showers and thunder showers. tomorrow's high in the low 80s. Airport reports: 79F at 5:15 pm, 64F at 6:30 am. Greenbrier River normal and clear, Lake normal and clear with 1.2 gates open, new Hinton gauge at 1.7 ft. Today's extremes: high 110 at Buckeye Arizona and Blythe California. low 39 at Susanville California. Five day: WV temperatures near normal. highs 86-82, lows 64-58. not too hot Thu-Fri. weekend showers possible. average rainfall three quarters inch or more.
A white station wagon owned by Texas Broadcasters Inc and kept at KTBC in Austin was stolen from the parking garage. The vehicle is held in trust for Mrs. Johnson and the President's daughters and was family owned before Johnson became Vice President.
In Ambrosia Lake New Mexico three Indian miners were rescued after spending 16 hours 100 feet below ground in a uranium mine. All were unharmed and accounted for following the incident reported by United Press International.
President Johnson commends the Defense Department for aiding U.S. wartime effort without domestic tax burdens. He designates October 9 as the start of Fire Prevention Week. Communist China withdraws from a joint Soviet nuclear program, citing little Russian benefit and fears of Moscow spying, per Iron Curtain diplomats.
In Chicago violence marred a peace effort as Dr. King faced riots while police and youths clashed. In Washington, union leaders agreed to resume talks with five airlines after Northwest Airlines agreed to roll back sanctions and debt demands. Separate meetings followed with joint negotiations to resume later.
The Justice Department argues before the Supreme Court on authority and legality of the FBI’s bugging of Fred B. Black Jr.’s Las Vegas hotel room, tied to Black’s tax evasion and eviction case, as prosecutors seek clarity amid a tangled legal dispute. A Philadelphia protest near the Post Office Building escalated with demonstrators clashing with police, a pane of glass shattered, and minor injuries reported.
Postmaster General Lawrence F. O'Brien urged the Senate Post Office Civil Service Committee to back a compromise House bill ending the parcel post system's "'fantastic complexity." The article notes Senate Foreign Relations Committee's unanimous approval of William S. Guad for heading the U.S. Foreign Aid Program and reports the death of 34 year old Robert Worth Bingham, son of the Courier-Journal publisher, in a Nantucket highway accident during vacation.
Indonesian cabinet reshuffle this summer could cost President Sukarno his position as premier and cement Lt Gen Suharto as the top leader, per high level government sources. A Senate panel approved a 7 billion agriculture appropriations bill for the year starting July 1, 670 million above last year and 28 million over the administration request. In San Francisco Bay Area, about 20 hospitals said they would present a unified salary proposal to avert mass nurse resignations.
J Banks Young of the National Cotton Council pressed the House Agriculture Committee to back low interest government loans for gins strained by federally driven cotton production cutbacks. Steel shipments and consumption surged past last year’s rate per Iron Age magazine. A Philadelphia hearing was set in the case of Evelyn Womgus a Jehovah’s Witness who refused a blood transfusion to save her unborn baby.
U S Senator Robert C Byrd announced a 3.2 percent military pay raise included in a compromised procurement bill. The measure adds about 640000 annually to West Virginia's military payroll, lifting total state servicemen pay to over 20.6 million dollars.
In Brooklyn, over 200 Negroes fought police after youths at a Coney Island dance clash with officers, bricks and bottles were used, seven officers were injured, six locals treated, and 15 alleged leaders arrested. The outbreak followed a prior incident involving white and Negro youths near a Young Men's Hebrew Association dance.
CAPE KENNEDY UP I reports Gemini 10 astronauts John Young and Michael Collins near the last test before launch. A Tuesday countdown rehearsal cleared the crew for a trio of simulated flights testing the Gemini 10 spacecraft and Titan 2 rocket as officials prepare for a 4 40 p.m. Atlas Agena rendezvous and a 6 21 p.m. Gemini 10 launch. If the 40 second rendezvous window or 18 minute Atlas window is missed, the mission would be delayed two days.
No conclusions have been drawn and charges are not imminent in the El Chico Restaurant fire that caused about 25000 dollars in damage. Capt. C L Walker said roughly a dozen people have been questioned, with evidence including a liquid believed to be gasoline and other items sent for analysis in Charleston. Acting Police Chief Tom Durrett warned the investigation could take up to two weeks. no polygraph tests have been used, and insurance coverage on the building is 90000 dollars with 40000 dollars on equipment.
Virginia Minnesota reported William Bradshaw a 23 year old Federal Forest Ranger delayed his Sunday wedding after a bear encounter in the woods. He said he climbed trees to escape the bear which followed him chewing his foot and ankle before he reached a rock point and was rescued by companions. He remained in a tree for about two hours and was later taken to a hospital for treatment.
Pfe. John Q. Quesenberry of Bluefield West Virginia was killed in action in Vietnam Defense Department said Tuesday He was the son of Mr and Mrs Howard Quesenberry of Bluefield West Virginia.
U S war planes bombed an oil dump near Haiphong as North Viet Nam rivers swelled raising fears of devastation. Soviet MiGs fled. surface to air missiles missed. Viet Cong shot down two U S helicopters. B52s bombed suspected troop concentrations.
SAIGON. Premier Nguyen Cao Ky named Nguyen Lau Vien a civilian deputy premier in a move to restore civilian confidence in South Viet Nam s military government. Vien, 47, a physician and former deputy premier and interior secretary, was imprisoned by Ngo Dinh Diem in 1960 and later led refugee and Red Cross efforts. Ky also abolished the interior ministry and moved its functions to reconstruction. Thieu said the changes aim to improve government effectiveness.
A UPI report notes that a 1000 women poll conducted in Paris among ages 18 to 55 finds four out of five favor birth control yet many distrust the birth control pill as a family limiting method. The ESOP organization conducted the survey.
In Virginia, two young lawyers backed by Negro voters challenge Sen. A Willis Robertson and Rep. Howard W Smith in the Democratic primary. William B. Spong Jr. narrowly leads Robertson and George C. Rawlings defeats Smith by 364 votes as Byrd Jr. rides to re nomination. Harry F Byrd Sr. dies amid the campaign but Byrd Jr. wins nomination to finish his father’s term.
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