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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1968
Page
7
A Raleigh County official says a question about placing a lady with one leg in Beckley Nursing Home lacks sufficient medical detail. If a physician recommends nursing home care, Welfare may supplement the difference between charges and the patient’s income.
A Civil War cannon display ended in disaster as gunpowder wadding failed to disintegrate, causing a keg explosion. Flames and smoke sent spectators scrambling. Of the 41 injured, 5 were critically burned and sent to the University of Michigan burn center. 16 treated on site and 25 hospitalized in Jackson Tecumseh and Hillsdale. Families, including Diane and Karen Korb, described the chaos.
The Raleigh County Circuit Court cut the true and actual value of the former bowling alley on Valley Drive in Berkley to 100000 dollars and set the assessed value at 40000 dollars, a 386 dollar tax reduction for 1947 through 1968. Owner B H Hopkins, who also ran a car agency there, appealed after the county court denied relief. Hopkins paid 1744 dollars in 1967 and is entitled to adjustment. his attorney A M Sparacing argued the assessor failed to present evidence or explain the original assessment.
Humid and warm conditions continue with periods of clouds and a chance of scattered thundershowers today and Tuesday. Highs near 88 to 92, lows around 42 to 46 in some areas, with a general trend toward cooler temperatures by Friday or Saturday and rainfall averaging over half an inch midweek.
Prague dispatches report Moscow urging an end to Soviet meddling as Czech reformists push for greater democracy. Pravda accuses the West of imperialism while warning against intervention, and thousands march amid the crisis.
The report describes a tense sequence as demands and threats flare across Wyoming and Moscow while Soviet forces delay their promised pullout. Czech Communist leaders avoid commenting on a Kremlin push for a face to face Czech Soviet summit amid confusion over allegiance to Moscow. Svoboda signals insistence on freedom while Moscow presses for alignment, with Soviet ties in Kiev or Lvov not clarified.
Writer Giovannina Guareschi famed for the Don Camillo novels died after a heart attack at a summer villa in Italy at age 60. The postwar writer had gained fame with a village humor series featuring a quarrelsome priest and his Communist mayor counterpart.
A weekend wave of terror by Viet Cong guerrillas in Vietnam fatally injured at least twenty people and wounded many more across Saigon and northern provinces. Attacks included theater and temple bombings near Saigon, casualties among Vietnamese civilians and several American personnel, as authorities warned of further strikes timed with the Geneva Accords anniversary.
A San Jose couple, Bill and Rebecca Abington, travel cross country on a motorbike with a dog riderless, joined by a traveling salesman Russell. They slept in jails and parks while covering about 5000 miles from San Jose to Key West and back toward California. Their story will appear in Cycle World magazine in fall.
A large 326 by 80 foot tent at Summerfest near Lake Michigan collapsed during a gusty wind, injuring about 85 seriously and 24 critically as 2,000 to 2,800 fans crowded the area. Fire crews praised orderly evacuation and noted no panic as poles were uprooted and canvas fell. Several other concerts and events were disrupted by the thunderstorm warnings.
British heiress Jayne Harries and Gavin Hodge announced their marriage plan and signed for a special license in Gibraltar. The 16 year old heiress, daughter of William and Ann Harries, and Hodge, 24, traveled from London with her parents to Algarve and then to Gibraltar aboard a chartered plane to wed on short notice.
Memphis jurist hearing sets November 12 for trial on charges that include assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Ray spoke nothing as he entered the plea and faced a brief, security heavy arraignment. A separate charge accuses him of carrying a dangerous weapon.
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