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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1967
Page
7
Cyrus Vance former deputy defense secretary and civilian head of federal troops toured Detroit saying conditions appeared relatively quiet Romney stayed downtown as the city kept borders open and riot coverage continued on page 2 indicating ongoing unrest
President Johnson pledged relentless action to suppress rioting after ordering two brigades of Paratroopers into Detroit. He condemned pillage and violence, urged citizens to return home, and said federal help was necessary as order broke down in Detroit, Harlem, and other riot areas.
United Press International reports a nationwide wave of racial violence beginning Monday night. Detroit required 11,500 federal troops and guards, with at least 23 killed there and 1,500 injured. other cities including Pontiac Rochester Harlem Flint Grand Rapids Toledo Lima Englewood Cambridge Tucson and Houston saw shootings and arson. President Johnson mobilized two paratroop units totaling 4,700 and warned rioters that lawlessness would not be tolerated.
Readers' questions cover local telecom changes, Peace Corps deferments, blood donation rules, and public miscues. Mount Hope line linked to Beckley exchange late this year per Beckley office manager Robert Cunningham.
Dr Clarence C Cottrill of Glen Rogers wins the 1967 West Virginia University School of Dentistry Alumni Association Achievement Award. Presented by Dr Nathaniel Kennedy at the WV State Dental Society meeting in The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, the honor recognizes Cottrill’s leadership in state and national dentistry. Attending were Dr Carl Ostrand er and other officials. Mrs Cottrill and daughter Kathryn attended.
Charleston UPI reports Commissioner Chauncey Browning of the Department of Public Institutions says security at Moundsville Penitentiary is not a problem. He notes 20 escapes from prison work details since June 1, with escapes typically from the coal mine and farm outside the wall. Browning adds that annual coal costs would be about $50,000, rising if farm products from Huttonsville and Moundsville were bought commercially.
Weather bulletin notes cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms and showers in Beckley and surrounding area. High around 78, low near 64. Chance of precipitation 80 percent this afternoon and tonight. 40 percent Wednesday. Airport conditions show varying times and readings. river gauges indicate Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake normal and clear.
Pope Paul IV arrived in Istanbul for a peace pilgrimage and met with Athenagoras the Orthodox Patriarch. The two leaders, revisiting dialogue since their Mount of Olives kiss of peace, seek reconciliation after 900 years of schism.
Appalachian Regional Hospitals announces William B. Williamson, long time ARH controller, promoted to vice president effective immediately. Williamson, from Wilkes Barre, Pa, joins Philas Smith Jr from Anco Ky as controller and Barnam Pope from Alamo Ga as assistant controller. ARH runs nine nonprofit community hospitals in eastern Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia.
An unofficial total of $144 960.50 was raised by three auctioneers Monday in the State Purchasing Division annual surplus equipment sale. Some 150 to 200 buyers were on hand to bid on equipment from all state departments. Purchasing Director Clarence Johnson called the sale a tremendous success.
SPENCER Ind. UPI reports a Peru Indiana pilot J. H. Keller and two passengers escaped injury after a single engine plane made an emergency landing in a meadow when the engine threw a piston rod.
Pickets walk the gates of Union Carbide Blaine Island plant for the first time in 42 years. About 2,200 workers potentially more if other unions honor picket lines are off the payroll, amid a 3 percent regional idle rate.
In Montreal City Hall crowds cheered as Charles de Gaulle endorsed the free Quebec slogan during Expo 67 centennial visit. The French president asserted a strong French-Canadian revival, prompting Ottawa officials to seek clarification and consider actions.
FAA investigators arrived to probe a single engine crash that killed two men. Victims were pilot Harry Kaffenberger and observer Joseph Houchins. The Huntington Airport Inc. craft, used for oakout detail, carried a high powered engine and was used to drop paper rolls to locate and destroy blighted trees. The craft crashed near Accoville Hollow four miles northeast after striking trees and bursting into flames.
Gov. and Mrs Hulett C Smith marked their 25th wedding anniversary today. The couple wed in Beckley on July 25 1942 while the governor served in the U S Navy.
Benjamin Ferguson aged 25 escaped in the early hours from the boiler room at Huttonsville Medium Security Prison authorities said. He is serving a 115 year sentence for armed robbery in Kanawha County.
Georgia under segregationist Gov. Lester Maddox has appointed 15 Negroes to Selective Service boards in six months, about half the vacancies since he took office. He says boards should represent all people while neighboring Tennessee reports 14 Negroes on 105 boards. Four southern states show some integration. Mississippi and Alabama remain all white.
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